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SOUL MASQUE By Terry Grimwood – Reviewed
Posted in Morpheus Tales Magazine, Reviews with tags abuse, book, books, brutality, characters, Clive Barker, death, disease, download, entertaining, exciting, faith, fantasy, fiction, horror, horror novel, literature, madness, magazine, morpheus tales, novel, novels, pages, plot, read, reading, review, reviewed, reviewer, reviews, sad tale, series, SF, Simon Marshall-Jones, slaughter, soul masque, spectral press, story, supplement, terry grimwood, write, writer, writers, writing on September 12, 2013 by stanleyriiks
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Confused. Having read this it's clear this is an ambitious story, but I learnt almost as much about what was happening from the back cover description as I did from the contents of this limited-edition chapbook. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it; Grimwood writes in a way that makes you want to read more, he makes you want to know more, about the characters and the strange world he creates. But I think he needs more space to work, a story double the length may have made a lot more sense.
Soul Masque is about the battle of good against evil, that age- old tale, but looked at through a brief period in the lives of four flawed and failing characters, when things all come to a head: a woman with cancer held in check by her allegiance to religion, a preacher addicted to drugs, a dominatrix with an angel as a client, a man who must kill to survive…
The more I think about the story the more layers I think I find. The struggle for faith, the struggle to live, dealing with death in its many forms, the very concept of good and evil; there's a hell of a lot going on here in these 30 pages.
This is a very different book from the Spectral Chapbooks published before this, and yet it sits right at home within them as well. It's challenging, intelligent, and wholly original. Although it's not as creepy as Gary McMahon's effort, or as gory and bloodthirsty as Paul Finch's, this is horror at its most morally ambiguous.
It is a sad tale of brutality, of abuse, of disease, slaughter, madness, and faith. It is as frustrating as it is enjoyable, leaving the readers with a slightly bitter taste in their mouths like they've just had arsenic. A lingering sense of unease and discomfort remains after putting the story down. Grimwood achieves his desired effect of making us think far beyond the story he's put down on paper. This is a very very clever little book.
Spectral Press again shows why they are at the top of the UK's small presses.
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ALOHA FROM HELL By Richard Kadrey – Reviewed
Posted in Reviews, Uncategorized with tags action, aloha from hell, anti-hero, army, assassin, betrayal, book, book three, books, brutal, building an army, capture the imagination, characters, Clive Barker, creates, crime, darkly brilliant, death, demented genius, demon fighter, demon killer, destroy earth, destroy heaven, destroy hell, drama, drips reality, entertaining, entertainment, epic, excitement, exciting, faith, fantasy, fiction, Fighting, god, gods, great adventures, heaven, hell, hellions, hero, horror, horror novel, joe lansdale, kadrey, LA, la underworld, lies, literature, los angeles, lucifer, magazine, magic, magician, monster fighter, monster hunter, morpheus tales, murder, Neil Gaiman, nemesis, novel, novels, pages, plot, plots, private detective, read, reading, reality, religion, review, reviewed, reviewer, reviews, richard kadrey, sandman slim, sandman slim series, series, slim, Stephen King, story, sub-rosa, third book, thriller, world, write, writer, writers, writing, you must read on September 6, 2013 by stanleyriiks
I hate Richard Kadrey. I hate his books. I hate Sandman Slim, one of the greatest anti-heroes to ever be captured on the page.
Kadrey writes books I wish I'd written. He had created a world and characters that I can only dream of creating. He has plots that make me want to read the whole book in one sitting because I want to find out what happens so bad. But also I want to read slowly, to savour every sentence, and respect every line because there is such a wit and darkness in these pages.
This is the third book in the amazing Sandman Slim series, featuring Slim who is a magician returned from hell after turning monster fighter and demon killer. He lives in an LA underworld ruled by Sub Rosa (old magical) families and factions. And finds himself involved as a bodyguard to Lucifer, a private-detective and monster hunter. Slim is my hero. The dude rocks my world, and I wish, I so wish, that he was mine. We would have such great adventure together. But what am I saying? We do have such great adventures together, but that bugger Kadrey creates them! I don't want to share, I want Slim all to myself.
The third book in the series see Slim having to head down to Hell as his nemesis is having success building an army of hellions and plans to head up to Heaven to destroy it, and then destroy the rest of the world. Of course, there's excommunicated priests, demons and gods, magic, fighting, betrayal, lies, and all manner of excitement to get in the way of things moving along smoothly.
Slim narrates with a unique voice that entertains with a brisk pace and style that you will find hard to match. The closest comparable voice stylistically would be Joe Lansdale's East Texas drawl. But Kadrey goes further, where most are afraid to go. He seems unafraid to deal with difficult and controversial issues such as religion and faith, all the while having a wicked sense of humour, and one hellish, fetid darkness that sucks the reader in.
Like the very best fantasists, Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman at the top of their game, Kadrey creates a magnificent world that drips reality, characters that ooze personality, and plots that truly capture the imagination.
The third book in the series continues on the success of the previous two books. You must read the Sandman Slim novels. You MUST read one of them.
I hate Richard Kadrey, I want to be Richard Kadrey. I love Sandman Slim. I look forward to most adventures together.
Darkly brilliant.
Demented genius.
Slacking!
Posted in Morpheus Tales Magazine, Reviews, Uncategorized with tags action, author interviews, book, book review, book reviews, books, brutal, characters, download, entertaining, entertainment, exciting, fantasy, fiction, free download, free magazine, horror, horror novel, literature, magazine, media, morpheus tales, morpheus tales supplement, mt supplement, murder, novel, novels, pages, plot, read, reading, review, reviewed, reviewer, reviews, SF, story, supplement, thriller, write, writer, writers, writing on August 16, 2013 by stanleyriiks
I know! I've been slacking on the reviews recently. Fortunately this is due to a massive load of reviews I've been doing for the next issue of the Morpheus Tales Supplement.
What? You've never heard of this amazing FREE magazine? Go here, read them all, there are quiet a few so spend the whole weekend reading them. I wrote some of those reviews, and I edit that magazine, so it's gotta be good, right? Right!
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For the next issue we've got a couple of great author interviews, a load of reviews, and we should have some excellent columns and articles too. Why do we give it away if it's so good? Because we love you guys!
Morpheus Tales Supplement July – Out Now!
Posted in Morpheus Tales Magazine, Reviews with tags action, andy remic, book, book review, book reviews, books, brutal, characters, Clive Barker, death, download, duane myers, entertaining, entertainment, epic, exciting, fantasy, fiction, film review, film reviews, firestone books, free, free download, free magazine, free online, horror, horror novel, illustration, Juliet E. McKenna, karen distasio, literature, magazine, morpheus tales, morpheus tales 21, novel, novels, pages, plot, read, reading, review, reviewed, reviewer, reviews, sci fi, science fiction, series, SF, Simon Marshall-Jones, Stephen King, story, supplement, thriller, write, writer, writers, writing on July 3, 2013 by stanleyriiks
Do you want a free magazine? Do you like films? Do you like books? Do you like fantasy, sf and horror?
Want to read interviews with best-selling authors, brand new authors, publishers, and artists?
Want to read more of my opinions?
The latest issue of the Morpheus Tales Supplement (FREE and ONLINE!) is out now!
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45 pages of genre non-fiction, including author interviews with Juliet E. McKenna, Jack Skillingstead, and Karen Distasio, artist Duane Myers, and Firestone Books' David Lear. Simon Marshall-Jones offers his Ramblings of a Tattooed Head column, plus loads of horror, sf and fantasy reviews! The Morpheus Tales Supplement accompanies MT#21 which launched 1st of July 2013.
Morpheus Tales Supplement July – Coming Soon!
Posted in Morpheus Tales Magazine, Reviews with tags artist interview, author interview, book review magazine, books, characters, charles stross, china mieville, Chuck Wendig, comedy, download, elizabeth hand, emma newman, entertaining, entertainment, exciting, fantasy, fantasy magazine, fiction, film review magazine, free, free download, free magazine, horror, horror magazine], horror novel, interview, jack skillingstead, James Lovegrove, jeff noon, Juliet E. McKenna, karen distasio, literature, magazine, morpheus tales, neal asher, novel, novels, pages, paul kane, Personal Finance, Peter F. Hamilton, publisher interview, read, reading, review magazine, reviewed, reviews, richard thomas, seth patrick, sf magazine, Simon Marshall-Jones, Stephen King, story, supplement, theresa derwin, thriller, writers, writing on June 21, 2013 by stanleyriiks
Want to know what's coming up in the July issue of the Morpheus Tales Supplement? There might be a little bit more coming, and this is not the final order, but this will give you a good idea of what's coming!
Author and artist interviews, regular columns and loads of reviews! And it's all free!
Coming in July!
THE DEPARTURE By Neal Asher
ZERO POINT By Neal Asher
GREAT NORTH ROAD By Peter F. Hamilton
CREAKERS By Paul Kane
THE FICTIONAL MAN By Al Ewing
Interview with David Lear of Firestone Books
MISSPENT YOUTH By Peter F. Hamilton
RAILSEA By China Mieville
VURT and POLLEN By Jeff Noon
BETWEEN TWO THORNS By Emma Newman
REVIVER By Seth Patrick
THE SERENE INVASION By Eric Brown
THE BLOODLINE FEUD By Charles Stross
Juliet E. McKenna Interview
Duane Myers Interview
GENERATION LOSS By Elizabeth Hand
GRIMM AND GRIMMER: VOLUME TWO Edited By Theresa Derwin
STARING INTO THE ABYSS By Richard Thomas
MONSTERS ANONYMOUS By Theresa Derwin
UNCLEAN SPIRITS By Chuck Wendig
Jack Skillingstead Interview
AGE OF SATAN by James Lovegrove
TELLING TALES OF HORROR
11/22/63 By Stephen King
BLACK RAIN By Joshua Caine
RISE OF THE ZOMBIES
THE BARRENS
REC 3: GENESIS
Karen DiStasio Interview
KILL THE DEAD By Richard Kadrey – Reviewed
Posted in Reviews, Uncategorized with tags action, alcoholic, angel, angry young man, anti-hero, antidote, apocalypse, aviation, bodyguard, book, books, breakfast, brutal, chain, chain smoking, characters, death, demented genius, demon assassin, demon fighter, detective, devil, download, e, engaging, entertaining, entertainment, epic, excitement, exciting, exciting episode, fantasy, fascinating, fiction, hardcore, harry potter, hell of a story, hellions, hellish, hero, horror, horror novel, humourous, inventive, james stark, kick-ass, kill the dead, killing vampires, killing zombies, LA, literature, los angeles, lucifier, magicaly families, monster filth, morpheus tales, murder, murderer, narrator, novel, novels, pages, part-angel, plot, raised the bar, read, reading, review, reviewed, reviewer, reviews, richard kadrey, sandman slim, series, SF, Stephen King, story, sub-rosa, supplement, techniques, terror, thriller, tortured, urban fantasy, witchcraft, witty, write, writer, writers, writing, zombie, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE on May 9, 2013 by stanleyriiks
It's not often that a book comes along that excites me. It's not often that anything excites me. In fact, it's a very rare occasion that anything wakes me from the tortured stupor that is my day to day life. I read almost constantly to escape the dull oblivion that is my pitiful existence.
And then a book like this comes along…
James Stark (demon fighter and part-Angel celebrity) is dragged into LA's zombie while being Lucifer's bodyguard. And that's barely scraping the surface of this story, but I don't want to ruin the surprises in store for you.
This is the second book in the Sandman Slim series, and if I haven't read the first book then go read it. Go now. What are you waiting? Go, just go. No, don't read any further, get it now! Right now I tell you!
You could probably pick this book up and struggle along to catch up, but don't. The first book is a hell of a story (literally), and there's far too much you'll have missed out on if you start the series with book two. Although this is pretty much a stand-alone story, this is very much the second part of a series, and there's a ton of background (and it's really fun background!) that you'll miss out on if you skip the first book. Do not skip the first book! DO NOT!
Stark is a serious piece of work, an alcoholic, chain-smoking, demon assassin, murderer, kick-ass detective; just the kind of dude Lucifer wants as a bodyguard. Our hellish anti-hero is a brilliantly humorous, angry young man, killing vampires and zombies with witty asides, and inventive techniques.
Kadrey has produced an LA dripping with monster filth, which works so well. This is a city bound-up with demons and hellions, drowning in Sub-Rosa (magical families), and is an antidote to those good folks in the Harry Potter novels. These magicians would cook up Harry and his pals for breakfast and then shit them out as zombies. This is hardcore witchcraft, terror and death.
This book is demented genius. Kadrey raised the bar for urban fantasy with Sandman Slim, and the expectations were high for the second book in the series. Not only does Kadrey gives us another exciting episode, but he continues to explore one of the most fascinating and engaging narrators/creatures in modern genre literature.
Sandman Slim is dead. Long live Sandman Slim!
33AD: A Vampire Novel By David McAfee – Reviewed
Posted in Reviews with tags 33ad, action, ambition, ancient world, betrayal, bloodshed, bloodthirsty, bloody excellent, bloody excellent book, book, books, brutal, characters, city guard, conspiracy, council of thirteen, david mcafee, death, doings, editor's groan, enjoy, enjoyable romp, entertaining, epic, exciting, fantasy, fiction, frustration, good editor, great promise, horror, horror novel, jerusalem, jesus, jewish, legionary, lies, literature, lust, magazine, main characters, more conspiracy, morpheus tales, murder, murder mystery, murderer, murders, nefarious, nefarious doings, novel, novels, pages, plentiful, plot, plot twists, polish, population, problems, rabbi, read, realism, review, reviewed, reviewer, reviews, rewriting, roman legionary, roman soldiers, romanc, ruin it, SF, sheen, small press, small problems, steadying hand, story, stupidity, suspect, tale, taras, thriller, torture, treachery, twists, typos, vampire, vampire assassin, vampire assessin, vampire gatehouse, vampire novel, violence, write, writer, writers, writes, writing on April 24, 2013 by stanleyriiks
I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a book that has so many problems. But I did rather enjoy this.
The Romans have taken control of Jerusalem, but the Jewish population aren't happy about it. A young rabbi named Jesus is causing problems. And a vampire assassin is loose in the city…
Romans, vampires and Jesus. What more could you ask for?
The story begins as a kind of murder mystery as Roman Legionary Taras sets out in search of the murderer of two city guards. He comes across a Vampire Gatehouse, although he doesn't know what it is, when he follows a man suspected of the murders. That man isn't a man at all, but a vampire assassin, sent out by the Council of Thirteen to rid the world of any that know about their secret.
What follows is conspiracy, betrayal, murder, lies, more conspiracy, bloodshed, torture, another conspiracy, and treachery.
McAfee doesn't lack ambitious, the plot involves various nefarious doings and plots by the main characters, and he manages to imbue this ancient world with a realism that holds. The action is plentiful and keeps the pace of the story going along fast enough to take your mind from the various small problems the book has.
And now we come to those problems… As a small-press book you don't expect the sheen and polish you would expect from a major publisher, so the many typos can be forgiven. The stupidity of some of the characters and their actions becomes a little tedious as it continues throughout the book. The predictability of many of the plot "twists" and ease with which everything falls into place, calling into question the presence of an editor's firm hand, become sigh-worthy by the end of the book.
There are times when this book will make you groan, as the writer writes himself into a corner and then must abuse his plot to find his way out; there are times when you will sigh with frustration, knowing what is going to happen before the hapless characters falls into the obvious trap or plot twist; and there are times when you will want to scream at the writer to not repeat himself, again, and just get on with telling the story.
And yet these are minor foibles that do take away from the book, but don't ruin it. This is still an enjoyable romp. With the steading hand of a good editor and a bit of rewriting, this could be a bloody excellent book.
Action, violence, vampire conspiracies, Roman soldiers, lust, murder and Jesus. Surely you can't want more than that? Shows great promise, and it's not too difficult to look past the problems and enjoy this lusty, bloodthirsty tale.
DEPARTMENT 19 By Will Hill – Reviewed
Posted in Reviews with tags action, baddies, book, books, bprd, character, characters, comic, crying, death, department 19, dracular, entertaining, exciting, fantasy, fiction, films, frankenstein, goodies, haunt, hellboy, horror, horror novel, james bond, jamie carpenter, kidnapping, literature, long, murder, novel, novels, pages, plot, powerful, read, reading, review, reviewed, reviewer, second book, secret service, series, SF, story, t-bone, the loop, thriller, traitor, vampire, vampire hunter, vampire hunting, vampires, weapon, will hill, write, writer, writers, writing, yk on December 18, 2012 by stanleyriiks
Jamie Carpenter's dad is a traitor who was killed in front of his very eyes. The murder of his father still haunts him when he returns home to find a vampire kidnapping his mother.
Then Frankenstein appears and saves his life.
Swiftly, Jamie finds himself in The Loop, a secret hidden base of operations for Department 19, the most secret service in the UK. A vampire-hunting group who his father worked for before his death. Jamie is desperate to find his mother and with the help of Frankenstein, his father's loyal companion, and a young female vampire who failed to kill him, Jamie will stop at nothing, including hunting down the second most powerful vampire to ever live…
Anyone who is familiar with the Hellboy comics or films with find similarities with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, this is very much the English version of that, with a hint of James Bond thrown in for good measure.
The story is simple enough, the set up is well thought out, with some nice touches such as the t-bone weapon, and there's plenty of action here to keep you entertained.
Despite some miss-direction it's clear from the start who the goodies and baddies are, there's no shock when the traitor is finally revealed. There is also rather a lot of crying at the end of the book, fair enough there might be some crying, but it just feels a bit forced and fake after the twenty-seventh person in the last thirty-odd pages balls their eyes out. If this is an attempt for us to engage with the characters emotionally then it fails, miserably.
The biggest problem with the book is the distinct lack of decent characters, ok, we have some work put into this area for Jamie, but there's nothing to flesh the rest of them out. A shame because a little more work in characterisation and this would have been a great book.
Exciting and entertaining, the world of Department 19 is interesting and needs further exploration. The plot works well enough and the action and story carry it through, although it feels a little long, a bit contrived at the end, and the characters are pale facsimiles.
The second book is the series is out now, and I enjoyed the first enough to give the second a try, but I have high standards and expect them to be met, otherwise I will abandon the series after that. Shows promise.
The Function Room: The Kollection By Matt Leyshon – Reviewed
Posted in Morpheus Tales Magazine, Reviews, Uncategorized with tags action, atmospehere, atmosphere, book, books, brutal, characters, children, Clive Barker, darkness, death, decay, depth, description, dirt, disgusted, disturbed, download, dripping, entertaining, fantasy, fear, fiction, filth, gary mcmahon, horror, horror fans, horror novel, horror porngraphy, horroristic, humanity, immersion, literature, lovecraft, magazine, magazune, Matt Leyshon, morpheus tales, nasty, novel, novels, originality, plot, pornography, pushing boundaries, read, reading, review, reviewed, reviewer, reviews, ruin, sensual, SF, sheer genius, short story, shower, Stephen King, stories, story, supplement, taboo, the function room the kollection, the kollection, thick, thriller, true works of genius, twisted vision, unafraid, unclean, uninhibited, utterly, vampires, violent, viseral, work, write, writers, writing on November 7, 2012 by stanleyriiks
This is horror pornography. A non-stop and diverse collection of violent and brutal filth. The pages literally drip with ruin. This is horror for horror fans. This is for those wishing to push the boundaries of taboo.
Those familiar with Morpheus Tales will know of Leyshon's work, the first of the Function Room stories have featured within the magazine's pages, and these are true works of genius. Uninhibited, utterly sensual in their horroristic descriptions, his stories are thick with atmosphere. Reading the Function Room stories is like watching a snuff movie, hideously depraved and yet so fascinating you can't take your eyes off it.
But this is just part of the Kollection, although many of the stories are linked and contain familiar characters, there are a few stand-alone, or less obviously connected, stories. There is a wide range here, from the dripping filth of "The Function Room" to mysterious Lovecraftian towns, mass suicides, vampiric creatures, nasty children and loads more. A full bucket of originality, depth, characterisation and atmosphere. Leyshon does not hold back, he is unafraid of exploring the darkness of humanity in the same way Clive Barker or Gary McMahon do.
My favourite are definitely the Function room stories, where his heavily stylised world drips with filth and decay. Leyshon writes stories that are so visceral and dripping with atmosphere and filth you feel the need for a shower afterwards. These stories are written with a knowledge of depravity that makes me smile. Very few stories, and this is especially difficult with short stories, can give you such a feeling of immersion that you feel disgusted and unclean. Leyshon's twisted vision is sheer genius.
Having read far too many single author collections and anthologies this year (I much prefer novels), there is only one collection that every horror fan should read and that is The Function Room: The Kollection. It will likely disgust some, send others whimpering to their bed, but will also put a sick and disturbed grin on some (including my own) faces.
This first collection from Leyshon promises much and deliveries in filthy, dirty, brutal blood-filled bucket loads. I cannot remember when I felt impure and entertained at the same time. Twisted genius.
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BEYOND HERE LIES NOTHING By Gary McMahon – Reviewed
Posted in Morpheus Tales Magazine, Reviews, Uncategorized with tags action, beyond here lies nothing, book, books, brooding, brutal, by, catastrohpic finale, characters, Clive Barker, concrete grove, creating, entertaining, exciting, fantasy, fiction, flawed, gangland, gary mcmahon, ghost, horrible, horror, horror novel, literature, magazine, marc price, mcmahon, modern horror, morpheus tales, murder, nasty, northumberland, northumberland poltergeist, novel, novels, pages, part three, photos, plot, poltergeist, post mortem photos, punish, quiet horror, read, reading, realisticall, review, reviewed, reviewer, reviews, scarecrows, silent voices, solaris, solaris books, spookily unreal, Stephen King, stifling, story, supplement, the groce, thriller, thug, trilogy, unsolved kidnappings, write, writer, writers, writing on October 16, 2012 by stanleyriiks
Review published courtesy of Morpheus Tales Publishing.
This is the third and final chapter in McMahon's splendidly brooding Concrete Grove trilogy.
Reading the first two parts of this story isn't essential to your enjoyment, as the third novel, like the other two, stands on its own, but they are interlinked, and knowing what's going on beforehand will greatly enhance your understanding of the Grove and appreciation for the events unfolding therein.
This book has several cleverly woven plot strands, including: Marc Price, visiting the Grove for a funeral and investigating the Northumberland Poltergeist, discovers a lot more than he bargained for while delving into his dead friend's archive; Eric Best, a gangland thug and protective ex-boyfriend to Abby, will stop at nothing to keep his ex for himself, including murder; DS Royle is separated from his pregnant wife, who can't live with him or without him, meanwhile, the policeman is investigating the disappearance of the Gone Away Girls, a series of unsolved kidnappings, and then scarecrows start appearing with photos of the missing girls attached… post-mortem photos.
Beyond Here Lies Nothing has the same heavy, brooding atmosphere of the first two books. It is stifling and you can't get away from it, which adds to the increasing drama, both human and supernatural. Although the human beings in McMahon's novels are horrible enough, he doesn't rest there, inserting some strange and spookily unreal action along the way.
Although this is an ensemble piece and lacks the depth of characterisation of the stunning second book in the series, Silent Voices, it is more ambitious in scale and plot. Both previous books lead in to this catastrophic finale.
Although not as brutal and nasty as some of his other novels, this isn't quiet horror; it still hurts, and that's what horror is all about – making the reader feel. McMahon does this by drawing us into his story, creating realistically flawed characters and brutally punishing them.
McMahon has his finger firmly on the carotid artery of modern horror. No horror fan should be without the entire Concrete Grove trilogy and the Thomas Usher novels.
www.solarisbooks.com


Yesterday we looked at a Jdater's essay about taking a girl to Costco for an 'ideal first date'. I mentioned that this type of date is actually a GREAT idea, but Costco is probably not the best choice of venue. So if you are going to go this route (and be prepared to win points for being creative and ballsy), head over to IKEA.
This date also gives you the opportunity to see HER creative side. Take her down to the marketplace and get her sense of style. See what kind of furniture, accessories and prints she is into. Are you guys gonna gel?
Now getting back to those points you are going to score. Ask yourself how many times this woman has been on the same boring 'dinner and a movie' date. Then try and guess how many guys have taken her to IKEA. Exactly. She'll be talking about this one for a LONG time. (TIP - scope the place out before your date and figure out your way around. Ikea is notoriously difficult to navigate).
It is also QUITE hard to spend a lot of money on an Ikea date. This is a FUN and INEXPENSIVE venue, and it also sets a good tone for future dates with her. After all, you really can't go anywhere but UP from here. Of course, have a plan for something else to do afterwards in case you want the date to continue.
"Hey, let's hang out [Sunday]. I am heading over to Ikea to grab a few things. You should come. Maybe I'll let you pick some stuff out..."
I am really sorry that you have such low self esteem that you have to call people names and go around Boston mauling others. Wow, you must be having a really bad day. That's a shame.


East Devon District and Devon County Councils have granted The Exmouth Community Fund with a whooping £31,000. They are now looking for voluntary community groups, interests and companies to apply for some funding.
Grants are for a maximum of £5,000 and minimum of £250 for both capital items (one-off costs of a permanent item, buildings etc) and / or one-off revenue costs (temporary items, events, start-up costs, costs of a time-limited project etc.).
Exmouth Town Council is organising a free workshop on 27th November from 5 – 7pm at Exmouth Town Hall, chamber and committee rooms, for community groups to find out more about the scheme and get help and advice in making an application. To reserve a place at the workshop or find out more, contact Action East Devon, Hannah Reynolds via emailhannah.reynolds@actioneastdevon.org.uk or Exmouth Town Council, Chetna Jones on 01395 276 167 or deputyclerk@exmouth.gov.uk.


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Think it's fair to say that the ultimate end of their troubled marriage has been cemented. Apparently the husband here is a man of passion, easily given over to irrational whims. At least we all got an entertaining video out of the mix!
Philip Urtz sees his wife come home and unwind after arduous 14-hour shifts and can't help but feel for her. Jessica (his wife) is always coming home during the late hours of the night. Making it difficult to arrange a proper sit down dinner. Because of this Philip decided to write a touching note to let his wife know he understands the struggle.
Jack Graham and Rachael Green are high school sweethearts at Meadowdale HS in Washington. The two have been dating since they were 15.
"We already knew we were going to be with each other for the rest of our lives," Jack said.
Meadowdale HS allows students to choose who they sit next to for graduation, so, of course, Jack and Rachael chose to sit next to each other. That's when Jack went off-script. Jack pretended to fall after receiving his diploma, Racheal came to help him up and BOOM!
The roaring applause from the proposal drowned out the names that followed and that's why the school decided to withhold the diploma.
Jack has since apologized and finally got his diploma.
His wife has always been kind of hard to read though.


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from __future__ import annotations

from collections import OrderedDict

class XInfo:
    """A class to represent all of the input to the xia2dpa system, with
    enough information to allow structure solution, as parsed from a
    .xinfo file, an example of which is in the source code."""

    def __init__(self, xinfo_file, sweep_ids=None, sweep_ranges=None):
        """Initialise myself from an input .xinfo file."""

        # first initialise all of the data structures which will hold the
        # information...

        self._project = None
        self._crystals = OrderedDict()

        if sweep_ids is not None:
            sweep_ids = [s.lower() for s in sweep_ids]
        if sweep_ranges is not None:
            assert sweep_ids is not None
            assert len(sweep_ids) == len(sweep_ranges)
        self._sweep_ids = sweep_ids
        self._sweep_ranges = sweep_ranges

        # read the contents of the xinfo file

        self._parse_project(xinfo_file)

        self._validate()

    def get_output(self):
        """Generate a string representation of the project."""

        text = "Project %s\n" % self._project
        for crystal in self._crystals:
            text += "Crystal %s\n" % crystal
            text += "%s\n" % self._crystals[crystal].get_output()

        # remove a trailing newline...

        return text[:-1]

    def get_project(self):
        return self._project

    def get_crystals(self):
        return self._crystals

    def _validate(self):
        """Validate the structure of this object, ensuring that
        everything looks right... raise exception if I find something
        wrong."""

        return True

    def _parse_project(self, xinfo_file):
        """Parse & validate the contents of the .xinfo file. This parses the
        project element (i.e. the whole thing..)"""

        project_records = []

        with open(xinfo_file) as fh:
            for r in fh.readlines():
                record = r.strip()
                if record and record[0] not in ("!", "#"):
                    # then it may contain something useful...
                    project_records.append(record)

        # so now we have loaded the whole file into memory stripping
        # out the crud... let's look for something useful

        for i in range(len(project_records)):
            record = project_records[i]
            if "BEGIN PROJECT" in record:
                pname = record.replace("BEGIN PROJECT", "").strip()
                if len(pname.split()) != 1:
                    raise RuntimeError("project name contains white space: %s" % pname)
                self._project = pname
            if "END PROJECT" in record:
                if not self._project == record.replace("END PROJECT", "").strip():
                    raise RuntimeError("error parsing END PROJECT record")

            # next look for crystals
            if "BEGIN CRYSTAL " in record:
                crystal_records = [record]
                while True:
                    i += 1
                    record = project_records[i]
                    crystal_records.append(record)
                    if "END CRYSTAL " in record:
                        break

                self._parse_crystal(crystal_records)

            # that's everything, because parse_crystal handles
            # the rest...

    def _parse_crystal(self, crystal_records):
        """Parse the interesting information out of the crystal
        description."""

        crystal = ""

        for i in range(len(crystal_records)):
            record = crystal_records[i]
            if "BEGIN CRYSTAL " in record:

                # we should only ever have one of these records in
                # a call to this method

                if crystal != "":
                    raise RuntimeError("error in BEGIN CRYSTAL record")

                crystal = record.replace("BEGIN CRYSTAL ", "").strip()
                if len(crystal.split()) != 1:
                    raise RuntimeError(
                        "crystal name contains white space: %s" % crystal
                    )
                if crystal in self._crystals:
                    raise RuntimeError("crystal %s already exists" % crystal)

                # cardinality:
                #
                # sequence - exactly one, a long string
                # wavelengths - a dictionary of data structures keyed by the
                #               wavelength id
                # sweeps - a dictionary of data structures keyed by the
                #          sweep id
                # ha_info - exactly one dictionary containing the heavy atom
                #           information

                self._crystals[crystal] = {
                    "sequence": "",
                    "wavelengths": OrderedDict(),
                    "samples": OrderedDict(),
                    "sweeps": OrderedDict(),
                    "ha_info": OrderedDict(),
                    "crystal_data": OrderedDict(),
                }

            # next look for interesting stuff in the data structure...
            # starting with the sequence

            if "BEGIN AA_SEQUENCE" in record:
                sequence = ""
                i += 1
                record = crystal_records[i]
                while record != "END AA_SEQUENCE":
                    if "#" not in record or "!" in record:
                        sequence += record.strip()

                    i += 1
                    record = crystal_records[i]

                if self._crystals[crystal]["sequence"] != "":
                    raise RuntimeError("error two SEQUENCE records found")

                self._crystals[crystal]["sequence"] = sequence

            # look for heavy atom information

            if "BEGIN HA_INFO" in record:
                i += 1
                record = crystal_records[i]
                while record != "END HA_INFO":
                    key = record.split()[0].lower()
                    value = record.split()[1]
                    # things which are numbers are integers...
                    if "number" in key:
                        value = int(value)
                    self._crystals[crystal]["ha_info"][key] = value
                    i += 1
                    record = crystal_records[i]

            if "BEGIN SAMPLE" in record:
                sample = record.replace("BEGIN SAMPLE ", "").strip()
                i += 1
                record = crystal_records[i]
                while "END SAMPLE" not in record:
                    i += 1
                    record = crystal_records[i]
                self._crystals[crystal]["samples"][sample] = {}

            # look for wavelength definitions
            # FIXME need to check that there are not two wavelength
            # definitions with the same numerical value for the wavelength -
            # unless this is some way of handling RIP? maybe a NOFIXME.

            # look for data blocks

            if "BEGIN CRYSTAL_DATA" in record:
                i += 1
                record = crystal_records[i]
                while "END CRYSTAL_DATA" not in record:
                    key = record.split()[0].lower()
                    value = record.replace(record.split()[0], "").strip()
                    self._crystals[crystal]["crystal_data"][key] = value
                    i += 1
                    record = crystal_records[i]

            if "BEGIN WAVELENGTH " in record:
                wavelength = record.replace("BEGIN WAVELENGTH ", "").strip()
                if len(wavelength.split()) != 1:
                    raise RuntimeError(
                        "wavelength name contains white space: %s" % wavelength
                    )
                # check that this is a new wavelength definition
                if wavelength in self._crystals[crystal]["wavelengths"]:
                    raise RuntimeError(
                        "wavelength %s already exists for crystal %s"
                        % (wavelength, crystal)
                    )

                self._crystals[crystal]["wavelengths"][wavelength] = {}
                i += 1
                record = crystal_records[i]

                # populate this with interesting things
                while "END WAVELENGTH" not in record:

                    # deal with a nested WAVELENGTH_STATISTICS block

                    if "BEGIN WAVELENGTH_STATISTICS" in record:
                        self._crystals[crystal]["wavelengths"][wavelength][
                            "statistics"
                        ] = {}
                        i += 1
                        record = crystal_records[i]
                        while "END WAVELENGTH_STATISTICS" not in record:
                            key, value = tuple(record.split())
                            self._crystals[crystal]["wavelengths"][wavelength][
                                "statistics"
                            ][key.lower()] = float(value)
                            i += 1
                            record = crystal_records[i]

                    # else deal with the usual tokens

                    key = record.split()[0].lower()

                    if key == "resolution":

                        lst = record.split()

                        if len(lst) < 2 or len(lst) > 3:
                            raise RuntimeError("resolution dmin [dmax]")

                        if len(lst) == 2:
                            dmin = float(lst[1])

                            self._crystals[crystal]["wavelengths"][wavelength][
                                "dmin"
                            ] = dmin

                        else:
                            dmin = min(float(x) for x in lst[1:])
                            dmax = max(float(x) for x in lst[1:])

                            self._crystals[crystal]["wavelengths"][wavelength][
                                "dmin"
                            ] = dmin

                            self._crystals[crystal]["wavelengths"][wavelength][
                                "dmax"
                            ] = dmax

                        i += 1
                        record = crystal_records[i]
                        continue

                    if len(record.split()) == 1:
                        raise RuntimeError(
                            "missing value for token %s" % record.split()[0]
                        )

                    try:
                        value = float(record.split()[1])
                    except ValueError:
                        value = record.replace(record.split()[0], "").strip()

                    self._crystals[crystal]["wavelengths"][wavelength][key] = value
                    i += 1
                    record = crystal_records[i]

            # next look for sweeps, checking that the wavelength
            # definitions match up...

            if "BEGIN SWEEP" in record:
                sweep = record.replace("BEGIN SWEEP", "").strip()

                if self._sweep_ids is not None and sweep.lower() not in self._sweep_ids:
                    continue

                elif self._sweep_ranges is not None:
                    start_end = self._sweep_ranges[self._sweep_ids.index(sweep.lower())]
                else:
                    start_end = None

                if sweep in self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"]:
                    raise RuntimeError(
                        f"sweep {sweep} already exists for crystal {crystal}"
                    )

                self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep] = {}
                self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep]["excluded_regions"] = []

                if start_end is not None:
                    self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep]["start_end"] = start_end

                # in here I expect to find IMAGE, DIRECTORY, WAVELENGTH
                # and optionally BEAM

                # FIXME 30/OCT/06 this may not be the case, for instance
                # if an INTEGRATED_REFLECTION_FILE record is in there...
                # c/f XProject.py, XSweep.py

                i += 1
                record = crystal_records[i]

                # populate this with interesting things
                while "END SWEEP" not in record:
                    # allow for WAVELENGTH_ID (bug # 2358)
                    if "WAVELENGTH_ID" == record.split()[0]:
                        record = record.replace("WAVELENGTH_ID", "WAVELENGTH")

                    if "WAVELENGTH" == record.split()[0]:
                        wavelength = record.replace("WAVELENGTH", "").strip()
                        if wavelength not in self._crystals[crystal]["wavelengths"]:
                            raise RuntimeError(
                                "wavelength %s unknown for crystal %s"
                                % (wavelength, crystal)
                            )
                        self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep][
                            "wavelength"
                        ] = wavelength

                    elif "SAMPLE" == record.split()[0]:
                        sample = record.replace("SAMPLE ", "").strip()
                        if sample not in list(
                            self._crystals[crystal]["samples"].keys()
                        ):
                            raise RuntimeError(
                                f"sample {sample} unknown for crystal {crystal}"
                            )
                        self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep]["sample"] = sample

                    elif "BEAM" == record.split()[0]:
                        beam = [float(x) for x in record.split()[1:]]
                        self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep]["beam"] = beam

                    elif "DISTANCE" == record.split()[0]:
                        distance = float(record.split()[1])
                        self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep]["distance"] = distance

                    elif "EPOCH" == record.split()[0]:
                        epoch = int(record.split()[1])
                        self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep]["epoch"] = epoch

                    elif "REVERSEPHI" == record.split()[0]:
                        self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep]["reversephi"] = True

                    elif "START_END" == record.split()[0]:
                        if "start_end" not in self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep]:
                            start_end = [int(x) for x in record.split()[1:]]
                            if len(start_end) != 2:
                                raise RuntimeError(
                                    'START_END requires two parameters (start and end), not "%s"'
                                    % record
                                )
                            self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep][
                                "start_end"
                            ] = start_end

                    elif "EXCLUDE" == record.split()[0]:
                        if record.split()[1].upper() == "ICE":
                            self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep]["ice"] = True
                        else:
                            excluded_region = [float(x) for x in record.split()[1:]]
                            if len(excluded_region) != 2:
                                raise RuntimeError(
                                    'EXCLUDE upper lower, not "%s". \
                       eg. EXCLUDE 2.28 2.22'
                                    % record
                                )
                            if excluded_region[0] <= excluded_region[1]:
                                raise RuntimeError(
                                    'EXCLUDE upper lower, where upper \
                       must be greater than lower (not "%s").\n\
                       eg. EXCLUDE 2.28 2.22'
                                    % record
                                )
                            self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep][
                                "excluded_regions"
                            ].append(excluded_region)

                    else:
                        key = record.split()[0]
                        value = record.replace(key, "").strip()
                        self._crystals[crystal]["sweeps"][sweep][key] = value

                    i += 1
                    record = crystal_records[i]

            # now look for one-record things

            if "SCALED_MERGED_REFLECTION_FILE" in record:
                self._crystals[crystal][
                    "scaled_merged_reflection_file"
                ] = record.replace("SCALED_MERGED_REFLECTION_FILE", "").strip()

            if "REFERENCE_REFLECTION_FILE" in record:
                self._crystals[crystal]["reference_reflection_file"] = record.replace(
                    "REFERENCE_REFLECTION_FILE", ""
                ).strip()

            if "FREER_FILE" in record:

                # free file also needs to be used for indexing reference to
                # make any sense at all...

                self._crystals[crystal]["freer_file"] = record.replace(
                    "FREER_FILE", ""
                ).strip()
                self._crystals[crystal]["reference_reflection_file"] = record.replace(
                    "FREER_FILE", ""
                ).strip()

            # user assigned spacegroup and cell constants
            if "USER_SPACEGROUP" in record:
                self._crystals[crystal]["user_spacegroup"] = record.replace(
                    "USER_SPACEGROUP", ""
                ).strip()

            if "USER_CELL" in record:
                self._crystals[crystal]["user_cell"] = tuple(
                    float(x) for x in record.split()[1:]
                )

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Are you a local authority, a utility company or a highways agency with underground assets? If so, you may be interested in our Project Iceberg industry workshop on 27 June.
Project Iceberg is a collaborative project between us, the British Geological Survey (BGS) and Future Cities Catapult (FCC) to explore how to better capture, collect and share data about underground assets and geological conditions.


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I've been having this issue with my passenger front door for a while but because it closes properly with force not slamming I just rolled with it. But now it's starting to annoying me.
Is this an adjustment issue or do I need new hinges?
Have you lubricated the latching assembly in the door?
Check your latch adjustment. Also, does the door drop a bit when opening? Does it rise a bit when closing? Perhaps the door pins in the hinges are getting loose.
I don't know how to do a latch adjust on the doors. I've on'y done it to my civic hood... And no it doesn't rise or drop when opening/cosing . it's just stiff and heavy feeling. When you close it you don't get that silent thump .. Its like metallic like shutting it on your seatbelt buckle..
That middle arm piece that stretches between the door and the body should that be greased and with what?
The service manual states to use multipurpose grease on door hinges.
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Need DIY on replacing passenger door cable wire inside door.
Passenger door map pocket flys open when closing door!
Where is 2nd gen Wiper Relay located????
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It is always an interesting time as I live in the UK, and done so for more than half my life. Whilst I do have a couple of cousins living in London, our contact is limited to Facebook and meeting once, or twice a year. So without close family nearby, my celebrations for the new year are somewhat limited … erm .. pretty much non-existent, to be honest.
As I reflect, I am conscious of the fact that my relationship with my culture and heritage is less than intimate. I was brought up speaking English and I remember as a child going through the motions during the various Chinese festivals, but did they really mean anything to me? Probably not. That part of my heritage was certainly not etched into me as a child and coming to England to study for my A-levels just took me further away from that.
The Malaysian-Chinese heritage is one that is steeped in tradition and so there is a side of me that is a tad despondent that I don't know much about it at all. However, I made no effort on my part, and could not wait to move to the UK to study. I wonder if I would be different if I had children; that I would feel the need to pass on that tradition. I do believe that we should embrace our heritage and be proud of it, and yet, if I were to look at what is happening in the world today, there is so much unrest, prejudice and pride, that I wonder if we will end up tearing our world apart because of it.
Heritage, culture and tradition are part and parcel of what makes this world such a beautiful and interesting place. It would be wonderful if we can embrace all of that as part of being human. They add vibrancy and life to the world around us. The sounds, the music, the colour, the taste, the smell … how wonderful and how fascinating!
Wouldn't it be lovely if we all took the time to appreciate and marvel at our differences??
Because strip away our skin, our clothes, our beliefs, we are all the same.
Our flesh and blood is the same.
Our deep-seated needs are the same; and perhaps all we want is to just be happy.
Hi Ann-See! I enjoy reading your blog..and have replied previously..in my mind! time constraints always having prevented the actual reply.
I don't disagree that we should embrace our heritage..in theory. I didn't really do so myself for about 15 years or so…I always strived much more strongly to 'integrate' rather than being part of a little community that would "remind me of home". Having children definitely changes that outlook somewhat I can tell you. I didn't raise my first child bilingually…which I regret a little now. But I'm doing much better with my second now…managing, amazingly, to only speak my mother tongue, German, with him. Something I found so alien with my first child….I was just not " into it"….
I wholeheartedly agree though…even though our differences are undeniable…culturally & individually….like you say, our flesh and blood is the same…and we all just want to be happy!


The citizens of Brisbane have widely expressed the importance of sustainability and its application to the Brisbane Baylands project. In response, the City Council formed a Baylands Sustainability Committee to prepare the Draft Baylands Sustainability Framework, which is organized around the ten One Planet Living principles developed by BioRegional. The committee's efforts involved five years of effort, multiple drafts and numerous rounds of community review and feedback.
The efforts culminated in the City Council's acceptance of the Final Baylands Sustainability Framework on November 5, 2015. The Framework can be accessed here.
The purpose of the Sustainability Framework is to identify key sustainability principles to be addressed in future Baylands development and create an approach to implement these principles. The principles, key performance indicators and implementation approaches in the Framework are aspirational and are not intended as mandatory requirements for any future Baylands project. This document is expected to continually evolve over the course of the Baylands project to reflect new information, new funding mechanisms, new policies and technologies, and improvements to the project design. Thus it is termed a "living document." The Framework will inform the City's ongoing decision-making process for the Baylands.


"Magic" is a studio EP by talented British-Nigerian singer, Moelogo. It was released on April 13, 2019, through MotRakz Records.
"Magic" is an 8 track EP featuring no other artist but Moelogo with productions by BayozMuzik, Spax, Jaysynthbeatz, StevJazzbeatz and other inputs from guitarists OpJakesB and Godwin Guitar.
Enjoy "Magic" by Moelogo and share!


Note: You will need oven proof bowls for this recipe.
Heat butter and olive oil in large, heavy bottomed sauté pan over medium low heat. Add sugar, stir to dissolve. Add sliced onions to sauté pan and caramelize, cooking until golden brown. This will take about 30-40 minutes. Add flower to pan, stir and cook for about 2 minutes.
Add Brandy to pan and deglaze pan scraping up any brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Reduce until almost dry. Add stocks, and simmer for about 30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings.
While soup is simmering, cut baguette into thick slices and toast until golden brown.
When soup is done simmering, ladle soup into oven proof bowls. Top each bowl with a piece of toast. Cover with about 1 1/2 -2" of cheese.
Place soup bowls on a cookie sheet and place on top rack of the oven and melt cheese until golden brown and bubbling.
If you are going to caramelize a large amount of onions, do so over a higher temperature i.e. medium heat. You can use white wine in place of the brandy. Use your cuisenart to quickly grate the cheese. If you wish to add another punch of flavor to your soup you can finish your soup with a splash of sherry poured over the soup before you add the toast and cheese to the soup. As always, use as many organic ingredients you can find for optimum flavor.


It seems in a day and age of technology, data streams and portable entertainment, it is no wonder how the quiet, speculative words of poetry fail to penetrate the public and awaken the passion within.
In a society where war, violence, crime, hate, insanity, and aberrations consume the airwaves, it is a miracle that we ever pick up a book. Especially those that are tucked away in the far reaches of a store and invite you to enter worlds filled with fantasy, love, romance, delights, and dreams.
As the Canadian Federation of Poets President and Founder, I have personally watched a trend that pushed poetry back to the coffee houses and educational institutions where clusters gather, from the global and national cohesive cord that it should be. From this unnerving discovery I put into motion a campaign that would eliminate the misconceptions of this enlightening medium, and return it to prominence. While on this journey I made some observations that poetry could remedy with the proper education and execution.
From my experiences teaching poetry as a featured speaker in classrooms ranging from grades one to college level, along the way the desire and need for poetry was gradually eliminated. At the childhood stage they are riveted to the comfort and mastery of nursery rhymes. At the youth level, pre-high school students use poetry as a coping mechanism. They write about their surroundings, feelings, emotions, and more importantly, clearly inscribed angst, anger, and the betrayal they start to feel about life. They write, whether it stem from a broken relationship, breakdown in communication with society, or an accumulation of apathy for the lack of power they possess to change their environment.
So how can we attack this decline in poetry? Highschools and education systems are a good place to start. The brilliance of Shakespeare has been used to alienate more passionate writers than inspire. What we need to do is reconnect youth with poetry, which will continue the evolution and appreciation through adulthood for the desire and necessity of poetry in their lives. In-depth reviews of great literary figures, studying scenes, reciting soliloquies and dissecting lines accomplishes a contra-survival realm that invalidates what students were creating (if you don't write like Shakespeare – you're not a poet), and erects a barrier that could take generations to remove. We seem dedicated to teaching literature, let's just expand this by demonstrating poetry using the hundreds of ways to create a poem, from Haiku, to Cinquain, to Prose, to whichever method appeals to the student. Read excerpts from Shakespeare, or Dickens, or Poe, and even some living poets while we are at it – award winners they can relate to of what works today. We could recite the popular songs of the youth, so they relate to poetry always. Perhaps spending less time on literary analysis, and more on performing, public reading, writing, and articulating would not only promote its appeal, but help to instill confidence and communication skills for all situations. We would get far more dedicated advocates, far more passionate people about the importance of delivering a message, expressing a thought, providing an empathetic and cathartic release, and start to create a mankind that uses words and less extreme methods of coping with change and chaos.
With the next generation in place understanding the power of poetry they could venture outside their confined worlds, and address the more important tasks at hand. Creating a world where every time a doctor prescribed a pill, or someone purchased over the counter medications, we would recommend a particular poem instead. Most of our email, television and radio commercials, billboards, newspapers, make mention of drugs, herding us into becoming a nation of junkies. The exposure is reducing the lethal effects and stigma, and pharmaceutical giants are using this window to assault us with an endless stream of cures for what ails us, or could ail us, or will ail us if we don't take it now. With twelve million children forced to take drugs for 'abnormally high levels of activity', if we don't introduce new methods of coping soon, we'll all be defenseless.
Let's use poetry as a prescription to life's aberrations instead. A bit of Adams for allergy relief, soothing Browning for that back ache, Chaucer for colds, Keats for ulcers, Parker for that migraine, Shelley for blood pressure, Yeats for stress, and the list goes on.
Amidst these profound words is a better solution. Not only would we revere poetry for what it is, a vital part of our culture, but it could provide a healthy alternative to our ill-fated practices and future.
So all in favor of Poetry Practitioners say "AYE". Increase the health and welfare of mankind with this new technology, and reach for the Poet's Handbook instead of a pill.


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You know I'm going to tell you to ink the edges! I cut squares off a sheet of cut n' dry foam, and put the name of the colour on the back, so that I can just grab the right pad quickly and easily.
I used a white gel pen to draw stitching round the edge.
On the back I placed some double sided tape, then threaded ribbon through the holes, and stuck it to the tape. I than cut another apron out (without holes) and stuck that to the back to hide the ribbon ends.


Jaclyn began working at Invis – Nanaimo's Mortgage Experts in September 2015 and has been an invaluable asset ever since! She is organized, polite, kind, thoughtful and highly intelligent.
Prior to working at Invis – Nanaimo's Mortgage Experts, she was a bookkeeper/office manager for over 10 years in various industries including construction, counselling and property management. Her experience in these settings has given her tools that have been very beneficial to all of us here.
Jaclyn was born and raised in Nanaimo and is now raising her own family here. She recently bought a home and was able to experience the "client side" of what we do here. It was an eye opener and highlighted why we do many of the things we do. Having gone through the process herself has allowed her to have empathy for the feelings that come along with the process and no matter how seamless we make it, the anticipation is hard to handle.
In her free time, she enjoys spending time outside exercising her green thumb in her new big yard and garden. She and her family also like to spend lots of time exploring the many trails and beaches all over our beautiful Vancouver Island.
Jaclyn will likely answer the phone when you call and is ready to answer your questions and get the ball rolling.


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We are now accepting bookings for the spaces we still have available, but they are going quickly. Avoid being disappointed and book your vacation time NOW!
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere. --Carl Sagan
Wild Imagination
--by Geneen Marie Haugen, syndicated from Parabola, Jul 25, 2019
John Atkinson Grimshaw, Midsummer Night, or Iris, 1876
"Go forth onto the land"—and reanimate the world
Descended from the indigenous hunter-gathers of the European arctic, I am an uprooted – or unrooted, or partially rooted – human being, currently re-homed in the American Southwest. Part of my family's story was deliberately misplaced. Like the colonized indigenous people of North America and other continents, my Sami ancestors ingested profound shame for their "uncivilized" ways. Decades ago, when I started to wonder if there was something unspoken in my family story, I asked my mother if our Finnish ancestry might actually be Sami. She vehemently denied that we could be related to "those people." Her brother hedged and told me it was possible, since it was thought that the family had "come from the north." Neither of them could have imagined that DNA analysis and genealogical databases would break open the family secret. Before she died, my last surviving aunt told me quite matter-of-factly, "We are Laplanders. We've always known that." She knew, but her children and the children of her siblings did not know. Almost all of those children, some already grandparents themselves, enact seasonal, generational rituals of hunting, fishing, and/or gathering – rituals that extend, through our grandmother's line, back to (at least) the last ice age.
I do not know if my Sami ancestors were easily Christianized, or if they vigorously resisted the obliteration of their animistic, Earth-based spiritual tradition. I do not know how many generations have passed since my ancestors engaged in ceremonial drumming to commune with spirits or to enter an altered state of consciousness – or go through the portal to an otherworld for purposes of healing or vision. I do not know how far back they were enacting ceremonies at sites of sacred rocks or mystical lakes. My great-grandmother was a Sami midwife and healer before she and her husband and many children crossed the Atlantic, migrating to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. My sister inherited a blood-letting horn that belonged to our great-grandmother. The blood of our mother's lineage suffuses our bodies. I believe we also carry something like psycho-spiritual DNA, a kind of cellular ancestral memory. I have no "proof" of this, only a low-pitched, bodily intuition arising from my own affinity with the wilder Ones, with the living, many-voiced Earth, and with the mysteries of the world-behind-the-world.
Somewhere in mists of ancestral times, all of us are connected with people who once lived close to Earth, entwined with their places, entwined with the Others – people who participated and communed directly with plants and animals, dependent on Sun and rain, at the effect of storms and geological events. Many, if not most or all, of our distant ancestors once inhabited an animate world, infused with intelligences and souls. Clouds and stone spoke. Seas opened. Birds and snakes delivered messages. For some, eating bear opened the way to bear-mind. Perhaps honey was known as sacred elixir. Plants revealed themselves as characters with talents for healing or for inducing ecstasy. Dreams offered direction.
For modern people, an animate worldview might seem a superstitious, primitive perspective, or an artifact from an "over-active imagination" – a dismissive designation that was frequently directed toward me as a young person. Meanwhile, the common (and perhaps unconscious) dead-universe worldview allows for, and maybe even insists upon, a cannibalistic relationship with unfeeling forests, mountaintops, rivers, creatures, cultures.
Anguish over the diminishment of our world, the destruction of Earth's life support systems, and the extinction of species is deep in our shared human psyche, though largely unexpressed. So many of us can only dimly imagine our way through the psychic and physical debris to a regenerated, thriving, Earth community. Yet the mysterious human imagination itself may be our best resource for experiential recovery of a vibrant, participatory, and wildly sacred Earth.
Once upon a time, waking visions, night dreams, messages from angelic beings or guardian spirits were regarded as true guidance, even for people of the Western world. In our own time, such guidance might be commonly regarded with skepticism or even ridicule. But there are still cultural alcoves – or side-channels meandering off the mainstream – where the significance of such encounters with the imaginal is valued, especially, perhaps, in culturally edgy terrain such as depth psychology, neoshamanism, art of all mediums, modern myth-telling, and soul-guiding.
Through the ecotone where the contours of the known world shapeshift into the mundus imaginalis, astonishing or fateful encounters may await the imagineer. Blue deserts, crenulated caverns, or dark-veined forests may suddenly appear, populated with devas, spirit bears, green angels, embryonic music, beasts that goddesses never invented, geniuses loci, inexplicable images or presences. In the imaginal world, anything and everything is – or could be – vividly alive, suffused in intelligence and agency. Poems might have legs. Wind might ask questions. Myths might enact themselves. Seasoned or intrepid explorers of the imaginal might return to the everyday world with images or experiences that make no sense to the ordinary mind, but which nevertheless become guiding, even life-altering, encounters. Carl Jung's The Red Book documents his explorations in the imaginal – his "fantasies"– from which he wove his life's work.
The imaginal world is breached or reached through the organ of perception called imagination – a mode of perception that lost value as the Western world privileged rational thought. Imagination as an organ of perception is a Western idea that figures prominently in the scientific method of renaissance man, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – poet, playwright, polymath.
Scholar of Sufism, Henri Corbin, articulated the idea of the mundus imaginalis – or imaginal world – for the Western mind. Even those of us who were inoculated with the Western worldview can sense the possibility that a mode of perception has atrophied in the industrial, technological, scientific, abstract, monotheistic world.
Engaging intentionally with imagination can re-awaken access to the imaginal world, and may be a portal for re-awakening perception of the imaginal's close cousin: the animate Earth. The imaginal and animate worlds are related, if not wildly the same. Perhaps the animate Earth is woven with the planetary body – while the imaginal expresses anywhere, any dimension, anytime.
Of course, concepts for imaginal world and animate world may not be necessary for more traditional peoples, or for a more-entwined-with-Earth psyche. Then, animate Earth is simply the world.
Even though all of us are descended from people who once lived close to Earth, knowingly dependent on – or interdependent with – the wilder Others, it's not likely we could recover our indigenous selves in a weekend workshop, or even in a week, or become a "shaman" in a time frame, but perhaps we can open the way to an experiential, felt-sense of enlarged or deeprooted perception, for at least a few moments – a few enlivening moments that might then become a life-way. Though unless one is a trickster or sacred fool, it may be farfetched to attempt to reinhabit an indigenous self while simultaneously participating in the cannibal economy, where it is legitimate and even encouraged to steal from other life forms – including people, redwoods or plankton – on the way to accumulating more stuff and power.
Decolonizing our own minds may be a lifelong practice rather than quickly acquired, but psychic habits and habitual perceptions can be disrupted with intentional, radical enactments of imagination.
So much clamors for our attention, such noise, constant seductions and distractions from whatever is most valuable to us. I don't engage with social media but even so the electronic images vying for my attention are relentless and seldom rewarding. Checking email or news is radically different from a deep listening to birds in migration or breeding, or the sound of water passing under ice, or the haunting bugle of a bull elk in rut. Even without social media, I struggle to turn my gaze away from the screen content that is provided for me in the background of even some alternate news sites. It's ironic, because I simultaneously recognize that – via screens and headphones – we live amidst the greatest colonization of the imagination ever known. The images and ideas we ponder are often – maybe mostly – implanted through political or commercial advertising, which asks little of us except for a willingness to turn to stimulation provided by (usually) a screen, where we may be programmed to believe, to want, to dislike, to crave, to shun, to desire. Right now many of the images projected into the collective psyche are a nightmare of eco-degradation, governments unraveling, resource competition and violence – rather than a vision of a thriving Earth community, a collaboration of true visionaries, an honoring of the great mysteries of the cosmos. Who could fault anyone for regarding the nightmare as the only reality, the only option?
Naturally, I am subject to programming just like anyone. But perhaps I am fortunate to have familiarity with a potent and primal antidote – a widely available antidote.
Alexandre Buisse, Suorvajaure from Vakkotavare, in Stora Sjöfallet Park, northern Sweden. (Wikipedia)
I grew up a little wild, and have always sought wildish, mystical thresholds in so-called nature where I could find solace and solitude to track my own wandering, mytho-poetic thoughts, as well as fascinations with the wilder Others. From the beginning, the wildish Earth was leafed and winged magic. I felt the nearly-excruciating revelation of waterlilies, butterflies, or the Milky Way as if they were guides toward a possible world, one where all human beliefs and actions were coherent with such splendor – though I would not have had that language then. As if these astonishing presences could be guides toward the magnificence that even human beings, with all of our faults and sorrows, might express and reflect. In my "over-active imagination," the possible human world, and the human-Earth relationship, were so much more glorious than anything I observed in school or home or church. And the wild Earth was not an unfeeling, disinterested backdrop to our lives, but the breathing, expressive presence in which we were entangled. The world was filled with interactivity. The mundus imaginalis was very near. But of course I did not have the language then, only a felt-sense like a guiding compass, a life-way.
One antidote to the colonization of the mind is the wild imagination. Cultivating the extraordinary human capacity to imagine alternate possibilities is, I believe, at least part of an essential navigation strategy for our times of multiple crises and ecological peril. Becoming conscious of the power of imagination in our lived collective experience may be an evolutionary movement, a call to participate with an emerging mode of human consciousness that may have many names. My own neologism is homo imaginans.
Every species occupies a niche relative to its ecosystem, a niche that is intimately connected with the unique abilities of that species. The ecosystem inhabited by the human species is now the whole planet. To my senses it appears that our seemingly-unique mode of forward-seeing imagination may suggest the ecological niche of humans in the planetary ecosystem. The human imagination has brought us violins and nuclear weapons, Hubble and fracking, democracy and despotism, and every other human invention or creation – changing the world over and over again, with consequences that perhaps no one fully envisioned.
Declaring the all-encompassing, foundational importance of imagination in her epic poem, Rant, Diane di Prima writes, "THE ONLY WAR THAT MATTERS IS THE WAR AGAINST / THE IMAGINATION / ALL OTHER WARS ARE SUBSUMED IN IT." Let us pause for a moment to ask, who controls the images that allure us, that may direct our efforts toward a better car, a holiday, new technology? Who is streaming the script? Without the vigorous occupation of collective imagination by visionary persons who have no industrial, consumerist, or military agenda, planetary well-being is under siege. We need images of alternatives to endless war and ecocide, we need images that guide us toward purposeful creation, toward human/Earth coherence and sacred intimacy.
Intentional, ecologically-coherent enactments of imagination can help us not only decolonize the mind, but also revive animist perception – a perception that seems to weave through indigenous cultures, perhaps including the perceptions of our own distant ancestors. Persons for whom the world is ensouled, for whom the wilder Others are suffused with agency and intelligence, are more likely to resist the on-going corporate, colonizing agenda. Political soap opera – as alluring and distressing as it is – may also be theater that distracts from the on-going diminishment of Earth's life support system. It's challenging to pull away from the narratives that are being determined for us, and to engage, instead, directly with the wild Earth, or with the deep imagination.
When the troubles of the world overwhelm me, when I can't find my way out of the distressed hamster wheel of my own mind, I take myself out onto the land with wild prayers for Earth's imagination to find me. I go out as if everything – juniper, Navajo sandstone and cloud – is alive, intelligent, and aware of me. Today I stepped across a threshold with my longings to sing praise for the world even while feeling despair. My voice wobbles with perhaps an unfortunate resemblance to amateur throat singing. But there are no human people to hear, so I carry on, praising the deconstructing beauty of lichen turning sandstone back into sand, singing for pinyon, cacti, and cryptobiotic soil who catch the nectar of gentle snowmelt. It can be an effort to keep my attention tuned outward, toward the wilder Others, but like a meditation practice, I keep returning to praise for the delicious curve of the far mesa, a pair of ravens, the bobcat tracks in a patch of snow. Dark basalt boulders gather in small herds. A few boulders the size of bear cubs balance on pale sandstone legs. How long have they been poised like that while support erodes beneath them? I turn my head, praising mountains in the far distance, praising immense ancient winds that blew these pale mesas into being. Earth has taught me to sing; sometimes – not always, not even usually, but sometimes – it seems to be her voice in my throat. For a spell – like Whitman – I contain multitudes.
When I look again, the balanced boulders are still motionless, but some in the basalt herd have cleverly shifted places while my gaze was turned. A coyote slinks in and out of view.
Perhaps our distant ancestors had no concept for imagination; perhaps they had no words for wild. Perhaps the contemporary concept of "re-wilding" would be utterly baffling. The indigenous mind is presumably less shaped by the modern worldview, less programmed with institutionalized or corporatized thinking. But even the modern mind can still access more free-ranging, wilder perceptions. We can sometimes find that portal through radical, purposeful acts of imagination.
I don't know how the original human people of this land participated with the Others. I don't know their sacred practices or their ways of knowing. I am not trying to mimic or appropriate from them or anyone else, including my own ancestors. But it seems that the wild Earth has invited me to praise, to imagine, and to be ceaselessly amazed – even by the great storms, by the elementals of floods and fire – and sometimes to grieve out loud, or rage, as if it matters to the wilder presences including human beings. So I go as if there are listeners. Sometimes an organ of perception opens, and the dreaming-sigh of Earth is loud and palpable.
Here is a practice that anyone can enter. Go forth onto the land – it's best if this is wildish land, wildish nature. Go as if every presence is aware of, and participatory with, you. You don't have to be convinced that the wilder Others areactually aware of you; you can simply venture out as if such a thing might be true. An experiment. A kind of pretending. An intentional recalibration of perception. Speak out loud to the Others – especially speak or sing praise and wonder – as if it might matter to them. Offer attention to the world, noticing in the most intimate sensual details what happens in the field you inhabit with them. Notice what shifts in the phenomenal world, and also attend what shifts in perception. Notice what images or other impressions might come, perhaps pawing out of the shadows and into awareness. Perhaps, just perhaps, the images or impressions that arise are Earth or the wilder Others speaking – not through the ears, but through the organ of perception called imagination. ♦
This article originally appeared on Parabola's website. Parabola is a not-for-profit organization. Four times a year for over thirty-five years, it has gathered the wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions to illuminate the central questions of life. Geneen Marie Haugen grew up as a free-range wildish kid with a run amok imagination. She is a guide to the experiential, intertwined mysteries of nature and psyche with the Animas Valley Institute, and is on the faculty of the Esalen Institute, Schumacher College, and the Fox Institute for Creation Spirituality. Her writing has appeared many journals and books, including Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth; Thomas Berry: Dreamer of the Earth; Parabola; Ecopsychology Journal; DailyGood.org; Kosmos Journal; High Country News,and others.
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This reserve is host to the Big 5 – lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, rhino – as well as many other exciting wildlife species. The area is also renowned for its exceptional birding.
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Paul Glendinning est un mathématicien britannique, professeur de mathématiques appliquées à la faculté de mathématiques de l'université de Manchester, connu pour ses travaux sur les systèmes dynamiques, en particulier les modèles de l'évolution temporelle de processus mathématiques ou physiques complexes.

Biographie
Il obtient son doctorat au King's College de Cambridge en 1985 avec une thèse intitulée Homoclinic Bifurcations sous la direction de Nigel Weiss.

Après des recherches postdoctorales à l'Université de Warwick, il retourne à Cambridge, avec une bourse de recherche junior à King's. En 1987, il part au Gonville and Caius College de Cambridge en tant que directeur d'études en mathématiques appliquées. En 1992, il remporte le prix Adams. En 1996, il est nommé titulaire d'une chaire au Queen Mary and Westfield College de Londres, puis titulaire d'une chaire à l'Institut des sciences et technologies de l'Université de Manchester (UMIST) en 2000.

En 2004, l'Université Victoria de Manchester et l'UMIST fusionnent et il est nommé à la tête de l'École de mathématiques formée par la fusion des départements de mathématiques des anciennes institutions. Son mandat de chef d'établissement se termine en août 2008.

Il est directeur scientifique du Centre international des sciences mathématiques d'Édimbourg de 2016 à 2021. En 2021, il est élu Fellow de la Royal Society of Edinburgh. Il est membre du comité de rédaction du European Journal of Applied Mathematics et de la revue Dynamical Systems. Il est nommé président de l'Institut des mathématiques et de ses applications en janvier 2022.

Ses principaux domaines de recherche sont la théorie des bifurcations (en particulier les bifurcations globales) ; bifurcations de synchronisation et d'éruption ; cartes de faible dimension ; et les systèmes forcés quasi-périodiquement         .

Glendinning vit à Marsden, dans le West Yorkshire depuis 2012. Il est le fils de l'universitaire Nigel Glendinning et de l'écrivaine et animatrice Victoria Glendinning et le frère du philosophe Simon Glendinning.

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