Yesterday I did some pressure washing on my house. I hate painting so years ago I had vinyl siding installed. What I did not know, vinyl siding builds up static electricity much like when a person who still has hair runs a comb through his nest. As a result dust is attracted to the vinyl. I don't have to paint but I do have to wash.
While washing it seemed spiders were everywhere. Mostly those big brown ones with giant hairy legs – that tells you a lot – I suppose all spiders seem big, brown and hairy. It doesn't really matter for the story, so let's forget I even brought up the whole spider type thing. As I was pressure washing, I was blasting spiders off the wall left and right, wiping spider webs off my face and it seemed I was continually flicking the creep creatures off my shirt, neck and arms.
The whole spider invasion thing was creeping me out. Have you ever felt that light scampering of spider legs clicking across your skin? It is almost a tickle but not really, it is a one of a kind sensation. Well, I had now moved well past itching and now was firmly planted in the world of feeling real and imaginary creepy skitterers dashing across body parts. The trouble with spiders, they are everywhere. You know they are there but you can't always see them. You just can't be sure if one is hiding in some crease or fold of your clothing just waiting to bite you.
Here is the problem, itching and swatting at imaginary hair legged spiders at the top of an economy brand extension ladder is a bad idea. I was constantly fighting the urge to itch. I had to let the real and imaginary critters run up and down my arms, across my neck, and over my ears. I guess the fear of a twenty foot fall was for the most part a sufficient hindrance to keep from itching and swatting because I made it off the ladder safely.
By the time I was finished I was totally soaked. Still itching, I headed straight for the shower. As the water began coursing over my head – take a guess how many spiders I saw take a ride down the drain?
Did you guess three? Two? Four? Well I am here to tell you, you are way wrong. Not a single spider came off me. I just wondered if that question would creep you out. One spider did go flying off me when I peeled off my wet shirt in the wash room but let's not tell Mrs. Grayquill. She is not like me who doesn't mind spiders and is never really bothered by the hair creatures. You see, she is afraid of the little monsters. I wouldn't want her to know that hairy creature are somewhere in her laundry room, alive, lurking, and waiting to pounce.
Are you beginning to itch? Don't worry they only bite a little.
"Grrr….Who put this rock in my pack? Dad, did you do it?" B began stomping around mad as a hornet trying to find out who put the 4-5 pound rock in her backpack.
After a three mile hike to the ocean and another two miles up the beach, my twelve year old daughter B was unloading her pack and discovered the extra weight. The last two miles particularly had been a bit hard trudging through the deep sand. Carrying that extra weight had bent B's disposition into the red zone. The rain had drizzled on and off for most of the way. All of us were a bit heavier from the damp clothing, and I couldn't blame B for being mad. I was a bit ticked myself.
As soon as we hit the sand my five year old son refused to go any further, so to keep him walking, his backpack was hoisted on top of mine. A half mile latter I inherited my eight year old daughter's backpack. My friend Buck had also inherited his youngest daughters backpack and these extra loads were now bungee corded to the top of our packs. As we slogged down the beach, Buck commented, "Do you feel a bit like a mule? Yip that's all we are, mule dads." The view must have been similar to two high rise buildings waddling up the beach. I dared not stoop or bend to far forward because the balance was askew and my core was doing everything to keep my top heavy pack from toppling me over.
It seemed longer than it was but we finally arrived at our campsite. We soon had all the tents pitched. Buck laughed at me for bringing my huge family dome tent. I reminded him I had brought me family. I found a nice log to rest a minute which was awesome.
The remainder of the trip was uneventful and this is where I should probably consider making up some lies to keep the story interesting. I read once that when the author feels his story begins to lag, it is a good idea to kill off one of the main characters. Well I have not introduced any characters in this story yet that I would be willing to kill. Maybe if B was writing the story she might feel differently.
That first night brought out a hoard of raccoons which of course forced me to accept the mission to kill at least two. Sadly, I was unable to kill even one. Is the story getting more interesting now? Not? Hmmmm…. I know raccoons just do what raccoons do and they can't help it. I know it's not really their fault God created them the way He did, but I really wanted them to go somewhere else and to do their raccoon'in behavior. Some would argue that I was the one invading their space. Now don't get all new age'y on me. Remember I'm the guy who thought it was a good idea to shoot a rooster because I wanted a taxidermy subject. Scavengers during the night are what raccoons do but doesn't that simply translate into being just lazy. Who respects that?
Sure the little bush balls are as cute as scaditch but who can see them at night? It's dark out! Let's think about this a minute. I know it is wrong to question God because I am just a mere human and being created myself but why would he make a cute animal and then make it nocturnal. If I was god I would keep all the ugly animals as the nocturnal ones. Maybe I shouldn't be too hard on God after all He did get it right when he made the rat, the bat and the possum nocturnal. Gee, I wonder if God feels better that I at least partially approve.
The rain stopped and the sun came out but it never warmed enough for bathing suits or water play. I did abscond a few muscles from a rock formation at low tide. They made a nice treat for dinner one night. One more highlight was the pictographs up at the north end of the trail. I suppose they were made by the Makah Indian Tribe in times past. I found them a little less wonderful than the advertisement described.
Upon repacking to head home B was in for justice but it just did not seem possible. Buck kept repacking his pack and each time finding a huge rock hidden amongst his stuff. The sun was out and with our packs a little lighter, leaving a food offering for the night scavengers, we headed back up the trail. Everyone was in great spirits and laughing could be heard up and down the trial amongst the children. It took us a couple hours coming out to make it back to our vehicles. We had driven separate vehicles so we caravanned down highway 101 out of Forks. Being in the jovial all around good mood I made the decision to use an area designated for slower vehicles to zoom past Buck and wave bye bye. He of course within the next 10 miles did the same thing to me. B informed me that she didn't think Jesus would have done such an illegal thing.
Pulling into Sequim I needed a quick stop at a mini-mart and being a rule breaker, YES! there were lots of open parking spaces but I pulled into the lone Handicapped space right up front. B informed me once again she didn't think Jesus would do such a thing.
No other events worth mentioning happened on our return trip. The next day I talked with Buck and he laughed at that little B'ster because somewhere somehow when he unpacked his backpack, way down at the bottom was a huge 5 pound rock. I of course asked B if she thought Jesus would have done such a thing - - - no I didn't - - - but I am pretty sure He would have.


We welcome you, our dear friends. For friends you truly are. Having the interest and commitment to read our monthly transmissions in an ongoing and regular fashion places you in a special relationship with us. Together we have formed a connection between the realm of spirit and the world of matter – a most unusual type of interaction indeed. In truth, those of you who take in and process our messages are participating in an energetic imprint, which expands your consciousness.
The veil between the many dimensions within your universe is thinning. This process has occurred often during the history of your planet, but it has been many eons since it last took place. This is one of the reasons why the inhabitants of Earth are living in such significant times. An opening into the energy fields between dimensions is happening throughout your universe – making this a period of great spiritual advancement.
The contact between those living on your planet and those who have died is becoming more widespread. A growing number of people are telling about communications they have had with loved ones who have passed on. Also, the first tentative steps are being taken by a very few to move into the realm of fourth dimensional consciousness.
Life on Earth operates within the matrix of third dimensional reality, which anchors every aspect of physical matter in a very concrete way. The next dimension above the third is the fourth dimension, which includes all the elements of time. As we have discussed in our second book The Higher Dimensions: Our Next Home, when one enters the fourth dimension, the experiences one has revolve around time.
Time on this dimension is not segmented into past, present and future. Every aspect of life occurs simultaneously in what we shall call the Eternal Now. When one is able to enter the fourth dimension, it is possible to view past, present and future together in one unified whole where there is no separation. Being able to see in this manner expands the spiritual capability and mental capacity of the being, elevating one to a more advanced way of life.
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Most people find long rides considerably more enjoyable with company – be that rolling out with the local cycling club at 9am, or arranging a rendezvous with a more select group at a time that suits you.
The sign of a good group ride is the troop piling into a café stop after anywhere between 30 and 100 miles, smiling in shared exhaustion and chatting over hot coffee and warm cake.
A ride that has been less than perfectly executed usually results in cold glares, a missing rider (dropped somewhere along the route or ridden off in a huff) and a severely reduced chance of a repeat meeting.
Here are some tips for ride leaders, and ride partakers, to ensure that everyone involved has a great time and comes back for more..
Let's start at the very beginning. Before you go anywhere, it's best to make sure everyone knows what sort of ride this is going to be.
The person leading the ride needs to state the proposed distance, give an idea of what sort of elevation those joining in can expect to enjoy, and the anticipated average speed.
These three stats do need to be at least based loosely on the truth. It's ok to chuck a couple of extra hills in there, but don't advertise a 20 mile flat ride at 15 miles and hour and then wonder why there's mutiny in the ranks 50 miles in after the 10 minute ascent of a small local mountain.
Long weekend rides are for totting up the miles, races are for proving your fitness. Unless otherwise agreed, put away your competitive spirit for another day.
You can opt to let the ride break up on the hills, as long as everyone waits at the top (see point 7). However, if you and your ride buddies are after a short and tough workout, opting for a fast paced session comprised of laps of a small circuit, or riding hill repeats is a great way of making the ride inclusive – those that struggle to keep up can simply ride a few less laps or reps.
It is a universal law that the ride will always leave around 5 minutes after the proposed time. It's best to stick with this tradition, because the chances are someone will be racing to the ride start location with -4 minutes to spare having spent all morning searching for their right arm warmer or suffered a puncture on the way.
Try your best to make sure you're on time and ready to ride, though. No one wants to become known as Holding Everyone Up Harriet.
That means a spare inner tube, ideally patches, tyre levers, a hand pump, Co2, food and drink. You won't be popular if you get a flat and don't have your own spare tube.
In winter, it's also common courtesy to fit mudguards to your bike, so as not to provide the rider behind with a complementary mud-facial.
Group rides work best when everyone communicates. That doesn't just mean having a good chinwag about whatever was on TV last night – it means ensuring riders behind know when there are holes in the road, and everyone is made aware of approaching cars.
There are agreed hand signals used by road cyclists to herald various hazards and intentions, and it's good practice to make sure you know these before heading out for a group ride.
Having joined a newish ride lately, I've picked up a new method of making other riders aware of cars, too. The traditional call is 'Car Up' for a car ahead, and 'Car Back' for a vehicle behind. However, this can get confused with 'Car Up' and 'Car Down', sometimes referring to a car driving past the peloton from the front or rear. My new ride buddies prefer 'Car Front' and 'Car Back' – a lot simpler, in my opinion.
Regardless, make sure everyone on the ride knows the calls you intend to use – you can shout 'Pink Muffin', as long as you all know what it means (though other road users might think you're a bit odd).
Our ride with Wiggle Honda – doesn't editor Michelle blend in well in black and orange?!
Riding together means those further back will benefit from the lovely shape their buddies cut through the air in front of them. In other words, drafting off each other makes riding easier or faster (depending on the pace of the front riders).
Before setting off, make sure everyone is comfortable riding in a pack. If it's new to you, check out this guide. They key rules are to ensure you leave enough distance if you're not confident, never overlap another rider's wheel, and not to brake suddenly. The rest you'll pick up as you go!
Fact: hills separate riders. This is natural, and will always happen unless you've got a group of rather fit riders, all keeping an identical pace below their ability level.
There is absolutely no problem with this, as long as everyone re-groups and is respectful. Allowing faster riders to smash the hills means that they get a great interval workout, and it also serves a dual purpose of slowing them down on the flats as the effort saps their excess watts.
Before a notable incline or descent, make sure you agree that you'll all meet at the top should you separate, and then stick with it. Remember that the first riders will have had a little longer to recover than the last, so give slower riders a minute or so to re-coup and have a drink.
If you're aware that one rider is really struggling, try to have someone hold back and ride with them on tougher hills, if they want it – but don't hang next to their back wheel like a bird of prey, it won't be appreciated!
If you are the weakest rider, try not to feel like everyone has been waiting for you for ages – in reality it's probably been a minute or two. Don't panic!
Groups move a lot quicker than a few individuals. Therefore, when you come to a junction, make sure the riders at the front check that the entire group has made the crossing. If some riders are still waiting, those in front should pedal softly until they re-join.
There is nothing more disheartening than watching a group ride disappear as you wait your turn to cross a road. Especially if they're moving fast, or you were already at the back for a reason!
There will always be a rider who is having a bad day, or just not able to hold the same pace as everyone else comfortably.
Being that rider is pretty tough – not only physically, but mentally too. If it's you, try not to get disheartened. Most people in the group will have been in your position at least once, and the chances are they're happy to take a breather after the hills or long sections of headwind, should you lose contact with the group. Just accept you're having a tough day on the bike.
Even the most level headed person in the world can get huffy when tired. However, the absolute worst thing you can do is become moody with everyone – it won't help your case. Chances are, they're more than happy to wait for you, but that won't be the case if you turn sour!
If you're one of the stronger riders, the characteristics you need to adopt are 1) encouraging 2) non-patronising. Offer your rear wheel for a break where you can, and advice where it seems desired, but if it's clear that the struggling rider is unable to talk/really in the hurt box, do try to refrain from nattering away at 150 words a minute, and asking questions!
Thinking of joining a group ride near you? Here are six tips for your first club ride.


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Why is it that authorities are so quick to fear, blame and entirely eliminate electronic communications in the face of unpredictable gatherings of people?
Hosni Mubarak pulled the plug on the Internet during the Egyptian uprising in an attempt to do away with the protesting masses. After the recent riots in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister David Cameron blamed social media and pondered shutting down electronic communications. And, most recently, San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (or BART) subway system turned off mobile coverage because there were rumors of protest. Authorities large and small across the globe are worried about people being more connected than ever.
Putting aside the important issue of free speech, I want to ask why BART officials feel that communication technologies are making people less safe in times of confusion? Is it part of a larger knee-jerk reaction to not understand social media and thus be scared of it? Ultimately, disrupting communications in a time of potential crisis to make people more safe is a fallacy; it does just the opposite.


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Calgary city council begins debate on increasing fire, police budgets in 2022
The Calgary Fire Department is hoping city council will bump up its budget to help relieve the stresses of the pandemic of an ever-growing city. The firefighters' association agrees that more firefighters are needed in Calgary.
"With current staffing levels, it's safer to live in Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto than Calgary," Matt Osborne of the Calgary Firefighters Association told council, noting the city has the lowest-staffed metropolitan fire department in the country.
The comments were made during deliberations on changes to the 2022 city budget.
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Osborne said the fire department's budget has been cut by more than $35 million since 2015, adding five trucks were pulled from service in July 2019 and a fall 2020 recruiting class was cancelled.
The firefighters' association said that Calgary does not currently meet the National Fire Protection Agency minimum standard for staffing requirements, also known as NFPA 1710. When applied to Calgary's context, those standards would have four crew members per engine truck, ladder truck and rescue truck, while also being able to respond within seven minutes of a call.
The Calgary Fire Department currently only staffs two crew on ladder and rescue trucks.
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Osborne also outlined how CFD members are also tasked with responding to severe medical emergencies, water rescue, hazardous material response, rescue of people in compromised structures, flood and frozen pipe response, in addition to fighting fires.
"We also do cats in the tree," Osborne noted.
As part of the budget deliberations, city officials are requesting $10 million be added to the city's budget for 56 new firefighters and six new training officers.
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If council approves the request holus bolus, that could result in a 0.58 per cent increase in the tax rate, or about $0.92 per month for a typical single-residential home.
Mayor Jyoti Gondek said the problem of funding a fire department in an expanding city is one she'd tried to work on with the previous city council and will work on during this term.
"The work the fire department does is critical to the safety of Calgarians and we have to ensure we're funding them properly," Gondek said.
"I think for the Calgary Fire Department in particular, the work they do has evolved and changed over time and I don't think the way we evaluate them in the budget has kept pace," the mayor added. "There seems to be a disparity between fire and police in terms of representation and that's something we need to talk about."
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Osborne brought up exploring the idea of a fire commission, despite it not being legislated like the police commission.
"Is that the answer? It could possibly address a few things, but that's a part of the discussion we really want to promote to happen … in order to look at how can we more efficiently structure (the fire department) in order to make sure that you have the information at your fingertips and understand what's happening," the firefighters' association spokesperson said.
The mayor said having a commission to both advocate on behalf of and guide the fire department could help, especially given the increased first-response responsibilities the fire department has taken on.
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"One of the most disappointing things is not having a direct line to the fire chief and being able to ask some of those tough questions and having an advocacy body," Gondek added.
The firefighters' comments seeking more funding were echoed by the president of CUPE Local 38, representing City of Calgary administrative and technical staff.
"We have seen satisfaction with city programs and services are at 68 per cent (in the latest citizen survey), which is good but it is declining. And we believe it is declining because Calgarians need more support and services," D'Arcy Lanovaz said. "However, it's important to note that a majority of Calgarians also see a value for their tax dollars and simply a majority of Calgarians favor a tax increase versus service cuts."
Calgary's mayor addresses business community ahead of budget
Alex Chevalier of the Calgary and District Labour Council also urged council to spend more on city services.
"You need to reinvest in the city again. This budget does not factor for growth," Chevalier said. "And I think this last election has demonstrated that this is what Calgarians want: they want a council that's willing to reinvest back into the city."
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Calgary city council is also considering a $6-million ask from the Calgary Police Service for 38 new positions it says are needed given increased demands from the COVID-19 pandemic, more protests and demonstrations, investigation requirements and low morale.
This week is earmarked for council to complete its budget deliberations. The original recommendations from city officials would see city expenditures increase by $11 million, representing at 0.64 per cent tax rate increase or about $1 a month more for a typical single-detached homeowner.
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The Prince of Wales' visit to Bahrain was announced in September, and came under immediate criticism. As part of his agenda, Prince Charles will be visiting the new Royal Navy base currently being constructed at a cost of £30m by the Bahrain Defence Force, in an arrangement which the Ministry of Defence described to BIRD as a "gift" from Bahrain to the UK. The UK is expected to be contribute around £7.5m towards the base, the cost of which has ballooned in size from the originally announced £15m total figure.
The visit comes a week after the latest court appearance of Nabeel Rajab, the human rights defender currently facing up to 15 years on multiple charges of "insulting a statutory body", "insulting a neighboring country", and "disseminating false rumors in time of war". These are in relation to remarks he tweeted and retweeted on Twitter in 2015 about torture in Bahrain's Jau prison and the humanitarian crisis caused by the Saudi-led war in Yemen. He was also charged in September with "undermining the prestige of the state" after the New York Times published his opinion piece, Letter from a Bahraini Jail. If convicted on this charge, Rajab faces an additional year in prison.
On 31 October, the court ordered Rajab's case to be reopened for new investigations into his twitter account. The United States has described his trial unjust and called for his release.
Prince Charles's visit will be followed up by a visit by Prime Minister Theresa May in December. Last month, King Hamad of Bahrain visited Downing Street and, in a meeting marked by protests, invited her to the Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders Summit in December. It will be the first time that the Prime Minister travels to the oil rich and human rights poor Gulf region.
As well as the prosecution of Nabeel Rajab, over 20 human rights activists were banned from travel in June and August according to BIRD's data, preventing them from attending two sessions of the UN Human Rights Council and engaging in international events. One human rights defender, Zainab Al-Khawaja, was forced into exile in June after receiving threats of re-arrest and indefinite detention. This came within weeks of her release from prison on charges related to her expression, which was secured through pressure from the United States.
Since June 2016, the Government of Bahrain has carried out a sustained campaign against the country's civil and political society and the country's Shia community. According to BIRD's documentation, over 60 clerics have been subject to questioning and prosecution for their sermons and participation in protests, with three sentenced in the past month. Since 20 June, police have subjected Sheikh Qassim's hometown of Duraz to a physical blockade and nightly internet blackouts, collectively punishing the village's 20,000 residents.


Is this twins? Looks like two seahorses in one sac.
6 weeks and 2 days. Was spotting, had an sonogram done, everything is ok but my sac looks like it has two seahorses in it. The tech never said anything but I would like someone's opinion.
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I am 9 weeks pregnant and my fiance saw two dark spots in the ultrasound... The doctor said they weren't at liberty to say anything... Could it be twins???
Probably not, to be honest. I can see the baby to the bottom right with the dots marking the fetal length, the 'seahorses' are just related to the plane of the ultrasound and resolution limitations.
I agree, it does look like two. Please come back and let us know. I also am questioning my u/s pic.


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I enjoy giving advice to others on how to get unique hairstyles.
Hair, as it happens, is an amazing indicator of time. Anyone can tell you this after going through old photo albums, looking at vintage advertisements, and watching old movies and television shows. Hair speaks volumes about certain decades- even specific years!
Now, I'm all for keeping up with fashion trends, but I also want to lessen the number of times I cringe at dated hairstyles, so I have been researching completely off-trend styles: hairstyles from 100 years back or more.
While I expected most of these styles to be too strange for modern use, or too time-consuming to be practical, I was pleasantly surprised to find that many historical hairstyles are not only fetching, but completely doable! The Victorian era has some of the best. Let's have a look at the time period's predominant coiffures. Perhaps you can take one or two of them for a spin!
Hair in loops
lovelornpoets, CC-BY, via flickr
Getting Loopy
As the Victorian period was in its infancy, it was popular for women to arrange their hair in an updo collected at the back of the head, complimented by one or more loops of hair leading from the front of the hair to this arrangement at the back, sort of like a sash.
The fun thing about recreating this style is:
It does not require a lot of effort.
It is unique: NOBODY wears their hair like this these days!
It is an option for straight-haired ladies who do not feel like curling or crimping their hair.
Of course, this style is NOT ideal for the modern woman who moves around a lot (something proper Victorian ladies didn't have to worry about so much), nor is it all that feasible to those with curly hair (unless they might choose to braid those loops, which would look pretty cool). But it might be a fun choice for a quiet day- especially if you feel like trying something novel!
Princess Victoria in 1833
Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Queen Victoria's Hairstyles
It would be silly to discuss Victorian style without mentioning the influence of Queen Victoria.
When it comes to hair, this icon kept things pretty simple. In nearly all of her portraits, Princess Victoria, and later Queen Victoria, parted her hair down the center, looped her glossy hair around the sides, and secured what remained in an updo.
The fanciest styles I've seen her exhibit involved piling her braids high on her head, but she seemed to do this mostly when she was younger. In one 1935 self-portrait as Princess of Kent (below), Princess Victoria also sports some fancy curls at the side of her face, in addition to the braid-crown worn at the top of her head.
Princess Victoria of Kent, sporting curls in a self-portrait sketch from November 1845
Princess Victoria (self-portrait), Public Domain
In her later years, Queen Victoria seems to have opted mostly for the simplest possible hairstyle, and was more often than not photographed with just a bit of tightly pulled back hair peeping out form under a veil, bonnet, or hat.
Crimped hairstyles
Hot irons were introduced as hair styling devices during the Victorian era, which resulted in the popularity of crimped updos.
One of these styles, known as the "Marcel Wave," involved using a hot iron on the hair to create a loose wavy updo, similar to that shown by the women in the image above.
The Victorian Era's predilection for accessories made a big difference when it came to the crimping style—the waves look great when tied back with combs, flowers, ribbons, and strings of beads.
The Victorian Mullet
One more thing that many Victorian women did with curling irons was cut the hair around their faces very short, and then crimp it, leaving a sort of curly fringe around their faces. I...I just can't condone this. I see it as the Victorian Mullet. Alas, you will see it make many an appearance in Victorian-era portraits.
Use of Curls
Curls had been stylish for decades and decades before the Victorian period ever began, but they certainly took a turn for the creative during this time.
Some Victorian use of curls was influenced by the Regency era, in which curls were often worn in medium coils that framed the face. This style is apparent in the self-portrait sketch of Princess Victoria, which was created before the Victorian era, which officially began in 1837.
Also in the early 19th century, children were known to sport "sugar curls" or "barley curls," long ringlets that hung down from the rest of their hair. During the latter half of the century, women began to adapt the style to their own updos, leaving one or two long curls hanging down from a more polished coiled bun or similarly twisty updo.
Re-creating this look is much easier today than it was back then! With the help of a curling iron and some hairspray, you can create a coiled lock of hair that will hold its form for several hours.
Fun with Braids
As is apparent from Princess Victoria's self-portrait, many of this time period's updos were complimented by braids, either as a finishing element or as a flourish.
In the video below is a look at one hairstyle involving three braids and another take on the ever-so-popular looping that was going on during this time—all at the back of the head at this point.
As torrinpaige in the video points out, this hairstyle is good for people with hair just-past-shoulder length or longer, and it looks reasonably easy. I definitely recommend giving it a go!
lovelornpoets, CC-BY, via flcickr
What About Letting Your Hair Down?
Long, loose hair, at least during Victorian times, was only appropriate for children, so if you're looking for a more free-flowing look, you may wish to consider reproducing some different time periods with your coiffure, since most respectable grown women only wore their hair down in very intimate settings: their bedroom or dressing room, for example.
That said, loose hair did have some interesting connotations in Victorian times. For example, in Denmark, long, loose hair marked a period between childhood and adulthood for young women. Girls who were of marriageable age, but not engaged, would wear their hair down and without a hat or bonnet as a signal of their eligibility. Pretty cool, huh?
If you're not looking to advertise your eligibility, you can still get your way, at least partially, by braiding and styling hair at the front of your head and letting your hair in the back hang loose. This style saw some popularity during the 1870s, so by at least some Victorian standards, your style would not be too scandalous!
A depiction of fashionable hairstyles in the Danish "Punch," 1879
A Victorian hair comb from 1835
By Poderosopontes, CC-BY-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Let's Accessorize!
The Victorian period preferred opulence to minimalism. During this time, people fought back against the forced simplicity of the Regency Era and really went to town with their clothing and accessories.
It should come as no surprise, then, that many Victorian hairstyles were pretty bedazzled. Many of the time period's most classic updos would be considered incomplete without flowers, beautifully crafted ornaments, and elegant combs.
Women also wore hats during this time. It was common convention to wear some sort of head covering upon going outside, so most hairstyles would be covered! While that might seem like a shame, hats got pretty elaborate during this period, and were often complimented by impressive, supporting hairstyles beneath. While the hat depicted in the painting below is very simple, many hats from the time were embellished with lace, flowers, feathers, and veils, and had a sizable girth to accommodate for large updos.
Girl wearing hat over curls
George Frederic Watts, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Gibson Girl Style
Around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, a new feminine ideal emerged on the scene: the Gibson Girl. The Gibson Girl personified a much more independent, sporty, and simple type of woman, and her hairstyles were much more loose and carefree-looking than some of the Victorian era's more involved updos.
The Gibson Girl was often portrayed as wearing one of the following hairstyles:
The chignon. This simple style involves tying the hair in a knot at the nape of the neck.
The top bun. A loose bun tied at the very top of the head.
The psyche knot. Very similar to a high, normal bun.
The gist of any Gibson-girl-inspired hairstyle is this: it must be effortless, simple, and graceful.
The Gibson Girl
Sarah Kaplan, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
If one were to sum up hairstyles worn during the Victorian period into just a couple details, they would be:
Simple, smooth, and tight updos
Long coiled curls hanging from a loose chignon
Crimped updos
Closely-cropped and curled bangs (the Victorian mullet!!!)
The more airy but swept up Gibson Girl updo
And when one considers how complex hairstyles from other periods has been, these styles are all quite reasonable! Which is your favorite?
Perhaps you might consider giving a nice top bun a try instead of going for today's most trendy hairstyles. I know I shall! We may have to live in the 21st century, but we are by no means barred from enjoying our favorite styles from the past.
Shayla on April 22, 2020:
I like the one that you didn't add which is called loop braids were it loops at the front and clips into a bun made of braids creating a hair style
Emma on January 24, 2020:
I actually wore a simple early victorian hairstyle today to work, I work in a doctors office, a bun in the back with to braids looped to the back, and it has held up all day, is not restrictive and soo simple to do. Definitely will be trying a few more but like it so far. It goes with my fashion sense.
sasa on February 14, 2014:
Wow really an amazing hub some of the hair style are totally perfect and Interesting.i just love the way you present this page Thank you so much for this great blog. http://www.sasa.com/SasaWeb/eng/category/well_bein...
Karina from Edinburgh on July 31, 2012:
Really interesting hub! Some of the hair styles are really beautiful making me sort of want to live in those times. A good inspiration!
Mary Craig from New York on July 06, 2012:
Now I find this hub after I just cut off all my hair!!! The thing about Victorian hairstyles is they are so feminine. I think my favorite is the Gibson Girl.
I loved this hub because it speaks to our feminine side!
Vote up, useful, and interesting.
Victoria Lynn from Arkansas, USA on July 04, 2012:
I love the Victorian era as far as home décor goes, but the hair styles are kind of restrictive. Still, some are kind of fun and would be challenging to pull off. Tell me, though, Simone, do any of them allow bows to be put in them? Sorry, I couldn't resist. Excellent layout of this hub. Love the photos!
Haydee Anderson from Hermosa Beach on July 04, 2012:
Love your hub! Some things today just are not as classy (and sexy) as they used to be. Thanks for sharing.
GypsyFootedWoman on June 29, 2012:
I love this. Not enough time is spent paying attention to women and their role in history. Good hub, thanks for sharing.
Nira Perkins on June 29, 2012:
These are beautiful hair styles. I loved the way they looked back then with their hair and clothes. It was so classy. Some styles were a little weird but most of them were very nice.
Miss Lil' Atlanta from Atlanta, GA on June 26, 2012:
I absolutely "adore" vicotrian fashion!! I mix it into my everyday style here and there quite a bit.
Janelle from Houston on January 14, 2012:
I was actually just in a show set in the victorian period. I had to wear a lot of different hairstyles. These brought me back! Thanks.
Simone Haruko Smith (author) from San Francisco on January 13, 2012:
Oooh! Yah, a couple more inches and I could see you TOTALLY ROCKING the Gibson Girl style, Om! Danke for stopping by the Hub!
And thanks so much, Alastar Packer! Julia Margeret Cameron's work sounds fascinating. I'll have to check it out!
Alastar Packer from North Carolina on January 12, 2012:
Simone i love this kind of hub. Having an eye for fashions and hairstyles to identify time periods is cool when browsing old photos and paintings. Not crazy about some of the repressed Victorian hair fashions but they are interesting and they'll look great if done right on today's women. There was a 19th century artist called Julia Margeret Cameron who took photos of women in legendary themed poses with more of a natural hairstyle that is rare for the time. A great photo book of her work was published several years ago that is awesome.
Om Paramapoonya on January 11, 2012:
I'd like to try the Gibson Girl style, but first I guess I'll have to grow my hair a few inches longer. This is a very interesting hub. Good job, little ninja!
Thanks shea duane! I love seeing the evolution of style, too. And yeah, I'm not much of a crimping fan... though I do find every one of these styles to be intriguing!
The Gibson Girl style really is classy, innit anglnwu??
Thanks for stopping by, liza.bom!
Agreed, Daniella. Of all these styles, the Gibson Girl style would seem the least strange- though it would definitely still stand out! I don't see many loose top buns- though I'd love to see more!
Daniella Lopez on January 10, 2012:
Excellent hub! I absolutely love the Gibson style. It even looks like a style that wouldn't be too odd for today's time.
lisa.bom on January 10, 2012:
anglnwu on January 10, 2012:
If I've to pick a style I can still use today, it will be the Gibson free style. I think it requires little effort and I'm all for simplicity. Great hub.
shea duane from new jersey on January 10, 2012:
Cool hub. Some of the styles were a bit...ummm too much. But I love looking at how we've evolved as women. Thanks.
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I have been on a roll making stationary and decorative boxes. It's so much fun, and you'll love doing it, too. See how to make a faux suede box HERE, and a fun baroque box HERE.
My aunt owns a horse farm that she calls "Magnolia Farm." During these lazy and HOT days of summer, I decided to work on her Christmas gift. Hopefully, when Christmas finally arrives, I won't forget about it! You should do the same thing, too! What better way to spend the summer? It's way too hot down here in south Florida to do anything outside. Not only do these fun stationary boxes make great gifts, but they also make a great project to work on with your kids. You could even host a girls'-night-out! Just provide a list of supplies for your friends to bring. You're sure to have a fab time.
I haven't made the box yet, but in the meantime, here is a look at the cards, gift tags, and personalized stamp.
P.S. I used Stampin' Up's "Well Worn Designer Series Paper" to add some texture to the card. I also used a technique called "direct ink to paper" to create a worn look. All you have to do is apply the ink directly to the edges of the cardstock, and then randomly wipe some of the ink directly from the ink pad onto the paper in random places. This is one of my favorite techniques.


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https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Peruse-this-remote-controlled-smart-house-11429933.php
Peruse this remote-controlled 'smart house'
Michele Lerner, Special to The Washington Post
Published 12:00 am EDT, Friday, April 12, 2013
Artificial and natural light illuminates a staircase. Choksi can turn on, turn off or dim practically any light in the house. (Matt McLain for The Washington Post)
Photo: THE WASHINGTON POST
Armeane M. Choksi acknowledges he's a bit of a "gadget freak" in explaining his need for an uber-connected house.
Whether he's sitting in his second-floor home office or vacationing out of the country, Choksi can control just about every major component of his mansion in Northwest Washington by touching the screen of his smartphone or tablet.
He can preset his drapes in his dining room, living room and south side area of his family room to open at 4 p.m. and close at 10 a.m. to protect his rugs and furniture from the harsh sun. While he's in the kitchen, he can lower the screen in the basement home theater and begin playing a favorite movie so that it's ready for him when he gets there. And he can turn on, turn off or dim practically any light in the house.
"This system is completely comprehensive and controls the front-door camera, cable TV, the Kaleidescape video-distribution system, Internet radio, satellite radio, lighting, temperature, the shades and security," says Choksi, 69, who served as vice president of the World Bank before founding two investment firms.
"The advantage is that if I want to change the temperature, I don't have to go running from room to room," adds Choksi, who lives in the house with his wife, Mary. "If I have dinner, I can preset the lighting in every room and preset the music -- all with one button. You can watch one TV in one room and listen to music in a second room."
Smartphones and tablets have made luxury more convenient to those with means, but it's not for everyone. If you're the type of person who struggles with the TV remote, you may not want your entire home controlled by technology. And some over-the-top features can become outdated quickly, requiring expensive updates.
Choksi said the app-based technology is far more advanced than a similar system he previously owned. The older system, he said, was clunky, with touch screens attached to walls and components that didn't talk to one another.
Being able to operate "online has lowered prices and made these systems more accessible," says Tom Wells, president and founder of Integrated Media Systems in Sterling, Va.
Neither Choksi nor Wells would disclose the cost of the system. But experts say such technology can cost tens of thousands of dollars or more.
Wells says the new systems can do 50 percent more than they used to for 30 percent of the cost. "Now everyone can start with a Web-based device instead of needing to install a special touch panel. That brings down the cost tremendously."
Although this technology may seem frivolous, it has some practical applications.
For example, when Joseph Pigg needed to let a plumber into his beach house in Delaware while he was at work in Washington, he pulled out his iPhone to shut off his alarm system. When he's at the beach and his dogs need walking in the city, he can use the same app to handle security at his Washington home and let in a pet sitter.
Pigg installed SimpliSafe, a wireless home-security system with motion sensors on the doors and windows. He gets a text message when they're opened.
"The ability to use my phone to control everything remotely is what really sold me on the system," Pigg says.
Joshua Baker, founder and co-owner of Bowa, a luxury-home renovation and remodeling company in McLean, Va., says handling things remotely from a tablet or smartphone is particularly important for people who travel frequently or have a second home.
"One client travels often and has a lot of packages delivered to her home," Baker says. "We have a sensor set up so that if the door to her vestibule is opened, a caretaker gets an e-mail and can check by camera to see if a package has been delivered, and then go pick it up."
Derek Goldstein, principal and chief executive of Casaplex, a technology-services company in Kensington, Md, says someone typically calls his company to set up TVs or a security camera and then asks what else can be automated. The answer: everything.
"You can incorporate everything into your home-automation system such as lighting, security, audio-visual equipment, energy monitoring and your HVAC, and then all the systems can speak to each other," he says. "For instance, I can set my system so that when the security camera picks up the fact that I'm coming home, it can turn the TV on to CNN, kick on the heat and turn on the right lights to illuminate a path to my bedroom so I can get changed."
Here's a look at some of the most popular smart-home devices:
-- Lighting: Baker says Bowa frequently installs lighting "scenes" that can control an entire house.
"Most people only have a few ways that their home is lit, so we can set up standard weekday scene, a weekend scene and an entertaining scene," he says. "For example, if you have a 'night' scene, you can touch your iPad or a button on your bedroom wall that will set the TV onto the news with a 30-minute timer, turn off the interior lights throughout the house, turn on the alarm, turn on your outside security lights and set your temperature for sleeping."
-- Security: Multiple cameras allow owners to remotely monitor their homes and to allow people to enter.
Casaplex's Goldstein says some homeowners are adding keyless entry systems; a regular key is a backup.
"If you have a maid that comes every Tuesday, you can give her a code that you activate to let her in and deactivate at all other times," Goldstein says.
-- Energy efficiency: A temperature sensor will record your preferences and learn over time how to optimize your energy use. You can also get a monthly energy-use report from the system.
"You can tie your HVAC to your mobile phone's GPS, so that when the GPS shows that you're four miles from home, the heat will automatically go on," Goldstein says.
-- Home monitoring: You can set sensors to check for a leak in your basement, to alert you if your plants need water and even keep an eye on your kids.
"If you have cameras or sensors and it's time for your kids to go to sleep, you can flash the lights in their room instead of yelling at them," Goldstein says.
-- Entertainment: "Consumers want their entertainment to be tech-friendly, too, so they're including the ability to stream video and audio services anywhere in the house," says Wells, of Integrated Media Systems. "People want to store their photos, music and movies on the cloud so that they can access them remotely, especially if they have a second home."
-- Appliances: "Some of the new ranges and refrigerators have a built-in ability to look up recipes and set the temperature and timer for you," Goldstein says. "They have internal diagnostic systems that e-mail the dealer and the homeowner if servicing is needed."
New appliances also have safety features that allow you to deactivate the controls and reactivate them with a smartphone, Goldstein says.
At the International Consumer Electronics Show in January, Goldstein says, he saw a prototype for wall-mounted refrigerator cubes that cool different types of food to the optimal temperature. The cubes can be connected to food providers that automatically deliver more chicken, for example, when poultry is running low.
With the smartphone and tablet serving as the nerve center of the home, what happens if the devices are lost or stolen?
"The thought that someone would have your address and complete access to your home is pretty terrifying," Wells says. "That's why you need make sure all your information is encrypted and that you password-protect your devices."
In addition, most devices can be wiped clean remotely if you report it as stolen. Goldstein says his company installs one or two hard-wired control panels in the house as a backup to wireless systems. He says wireless networks sometimes get congested, which can cause problems with home-automation systems.
"Before you jump into adding high-tech features to your home, you need to make sure you know what you're asking for," Baker says. "There's a fine line between control and automation, so you want to make sure whatever it is, that it actually makes your life easier."


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Remembering Those Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice While Serving Their Country
Arthurs, Peter (World War I Casualty) PRIVATE, U.S. ARMY 58th INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4th DIVISION, killed in action August 6, 1918. Buried at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France in Plot B, Row 7, Grave 6. No monument is located in the Hanna Wyoming cemetery. Age: 23.
Jones, William D. (World War I Casualty) PRIVATE, COMPANY E, 30th INFANTRY, died October 13, 1918 from wounds received in action. Buried in the Hanna cemetery in plot 72. Age: 26.
Love, Michael Vickers (Peace Time Casualty) LIEUTENANT COLONEL, US AIR FORCE, killed in the line of duty on March 1, 1976 when his aircraft crashed on Rogers dry lake bed in California. Michael was a combat veteran of Vietnam and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He is buried at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, but he a memorial stone in the Hanna cemetery in plot 448. Age: 37.
Lucas, Bernard R. (World War II Casualty) Serial number 17054597, TECHNICAL SERGEANT, 328th BOMBER SQUADRON, 93rd BOMBARDMENT GROUP, killed in action, August 1, 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart Medal and Air Medal. Buried in Florence, Italy. Memorial stone in Hanna Wyoming cemetery plot 218. Age: 22.
Lucas, William C. (World War II Casualty) Serial number 0-524578. SECOND LIEUTENANT, 331 INFANTY, 83rd DIVISION U.S. ARMY, died July 14, 1944 from wounds received during action. Buried in the Hanna Wyoming cemetery, plot 218. Age: 27.
Luoma, Arvo A. (World War II Casualty) Serial number 3714 3722. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, U.S. ARMY. killed in action April 21, 1945. Buried in the Hanna Wyoming cemetery, plot 365. Age: 28.
McAtee, William J. (Vietnam War Casualty) Serial number 54903692. SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS, COMPANY D, 7th CAVALRY, 2nd BATALION, U.S. ARMY, killed in action December 2, 1968 in the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). Awarded the Silver Star, Bronse Star Medal, Air Medal and Purple Heart. Buried in the Hanna Wyoming cemetery, plot 433. Age: 20.
Saari, John W. (World War II Casualty) Serial number 39197110. TECHNICIAN GRADE 5, 297th ENGINEERS COMBAT BATTALION killed in action June 26, 1944. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal. Buried in Cherbough France. Memorial monument in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery, plot 360.


Charles County is located in the southern central portion of the U.S. state of Maryland. The county seat is La Plata. The county was named for Charles Calvert, third Baron of Baltimore. Charles County was created in 1658 by an Order in Council. There was an also an earlier Charles County from 1650 to 1653, sometimes referred to in historic documents as Old Charles County.
In April 1865, John Wilkes Booth made his escape through Charles County on his way to Virginia after shooting President Abraham Lincoln.
In Port Tobacco, one of the oldest communities on the East Coast, you'll see the home of Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the restored Port Tobacco Courthouse, the original county seat that also houses exhibits on tobacco and local archaeology.
La Plata is the county seat. Historic Mount Carmel (1790), a Catholic convent, is just outside La Plata.
The county has a number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places. Among which, are the distinguished Green Park and the historical Pleasant Hill, home of the Green and Spalding Families.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 643 square miles of which 458 square miles is land and 185 square miles (29%) is water.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 146,551.
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) is headquartered in La Plata. CSM is a public, regional community college, serving Southern Maryland's Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert counties.
The Charles County school system is run by the Charles County Board of Education and is funded by Charles County, Maryland through the taxpayers. CCPS is one of the fastest growing school systems in Maryland. There are 6 Public High Schools, 8 Public Middle Schools, and 21 Public Elementary Schools in this county.
The Towns of Charles County are Indian Head, La Plata (county seat), and Port Tobacco Village. The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated places in the county: Bennsville, Bryans Road, Hughesville, Potomac Heights, Saint Charles, Waldorf.
Unincorporated communities in Charles County are: Bel Alton, Benedict, Bryantown, Cobb Island, Dentsville, Faulkner, Glymont, Grayton, Ironsides, Issue, Malcolm, Marbury, Morgantown, Mount Victoria, Nanjemoy, Newburg, Pisgah, Pomfret, Popes Creek, Port Tobacco, Pomonkey, Ripley, Rison, Rock Point, Swan Point, Welcome, White Plains.
To learn more about the various Departments in Charles County Government, and the services offered, please visit our Departments page. Below is just a sampling of the items of interest to the residents of Charles County.


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FOCUS public transport system not only connects people to daily life but also spurs socio-economic development, sustainable job creation and improved access to markets. The City of Polokwane was chosen by the government, through the National Department of Transport (NDoT) to be among 13 cities in South Africa to introduce the Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network (IRPTN). For Polokwane the vision has found expression in the multi-modal transport service aptly called "Leeto la Polokwane" – It is Our Journey. The project is implemented in phases with Phase 1 covering the Central Business District and Seshego corridor. The project has resulted in the construction of a trunk route and the upgrading of road infrastructure. The majority of road infrastructure has been constructed, including the following: • a trunk route between Seshego and the City • trunk extensions • feeder routes • feeder stops • non-motorised transport (NMT) infrastructure • a control centre at the new Peter Mokaba Stadium • a layover facility • Leeto la Polokwane is characterised by dedicated bus lanes, modern buses, smartcard payment systems, modern bus stations that are safe and comfortable, and a control centre to speed up public transport and give passengers a better quality of service • Go-Live 2019 will in the interim operate kerbside until the depot and bus station are ready. Buses will in the interim be operated at the layover facility. "We are well on track towards our Go-Live targets. We have set our sights on delivering the high-quality public transportation infrastructure that the City of Polokwane, and indeed the greater Limpopo Province, needs to build and sustain a more productive economy. The progress that has been made so far in the implementation of Leeto la Polokwane is testimony to this," says Executive Mayor Nkadimeng. "We will ensure that the people of Polokwane benefit fully from this project, through job opportunities, skills transfers and meaningful participation through stakeholder engagement." Honouring Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu Executive Mayor Nkadimeng adds that Leeto la Polokwane was one with South Africa in honouring the Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu Centenary. "The central theme for this year is to celebrate these great leaders and keep their legacies alive LIMPOPO BUSINESS 2019/20 66
FOCUS by making an individual and collective contribution towards the attainment of a South Africa where everyone has equal opportunities for self-determination. As Leeto la Polokwane we note and acknowledge the cooperation and support of the people we serve. Such partnerships and dedication to a better South Africa continue to ensure that the project remains on course for Go-Live. These achievements are also a testament to the hard work and dedication that the City has tackled this project with," she says. Interaction with taxi and bus owners Since inception of the project in 2012, the municipality has ensured proper and active stakeholder engagement. The taxi and bus industry is among the key stakeholders which fully participate in and benefit from the total value chain and wealth creation of the transportation industry. "An MOA has been signed between the municipality and the four Taxi Associations involved in Phase 1&2 of the project. Working with the University of Limpopo's Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership (TGSL), owner members were trained on the Taxi Industry Capacitation Programme with modern business and operational skills in order to create the space and capacity to ensure a successful integrated transport system for our city and value-add for the entire industry," Executive Mayor Nkadimeng says. In 2017, the TGSL programme successfully offered professional business development training to approximately 100 taxi owners across Flora Park- Pietersburg, Moletjie, Seshego-Polokwane and Westernburg Taxi Associations in Polokwane. Participants received a Professional Certificate in Business Management Skills for the Public Transport Sector upon completion. The programme comprises four modules, namely: Introduction to General Management; SA Companies Act and Corporate Governance; Communication, Problem-solving and Negotiation Skills; and Introduction to Public Transport Management. "We have also seen the signing-off of the Great North Transport (GNT) Market Survey Results in October 2017, as an important milestone which presents the municipality 67 LIMPOPO BUSINESS 2019/20
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Blog > Culture > Entertainment > Can Blockchain Technology Finally End Cannabis Censorship?
Can Blockchain Technology Finally End Cannabis Censorship?
Ever posted your favorite topic on social media, only to have it end up in "Facebook Jail" or deleted? If you post about cannabis, you almost certainly know this frustration. Accounts are often summarily suspended or deleted over one post about a plant that's legal in 29 states and counting.
First-generation social networks are private interests owned and operated by private corporations. They have control over what language they choose to allow and when to allow it. Of course, there are viable free speech arguments about public forums and discrimination over access, but this takes years of judicial red tape.
Meanwhile, blockchain's disruptive technology can provide an easier solution to censorship than slogging through the court system—build something better and beat them at their own game. Sashi Nakamoto's invention may be the key to making this possible.
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His true identity is actually a mystery. It's also evidence of blockchain's complete anonymity. For all we know, Nakamoto could just be some hapless technoweenie who invented blockchain in his mom's basement while eating Hot Pockets and playing Halo. General consensus whittles it down to a handful of candidates who still won't fess up to creating the incorruptible digital ledger.
But we do know that whoever (or whatever) Satoshi Nakamoto is, he/it owns about 5% of Bitcoin, the first monetary application of blockchain tech. This gives him/them a net worth of at least $9 billion.
Some governments argue Nakamoto is a criminal gang set on breaking the current market with their disruptive technology. Bitcoin is worth roughly $180 billion, yet so anonymous users don't know who created it or owned the original stake. Bitcoin made Silk Road, the dark web's eBay, possible.
But that's the point of disruptive technology, right? Create disarray by proving something new is possible. With blockchain, Nakamoto showed it's possible to have anonymous, decentralized and unalterable transactions on a reliable and efficient network. Blockchain could even become the basis for a new kind of internet.
There are many other "programs" that can also run on blockchain technology. Morning uses it as the backbone for his distribution network's databasing. The company believes it's vital to ensure compliance with the state's new track and trace program.
When data is added to a ledger on a blockchain network, it's entered into a block. These information blocks are attached to each other via chain. Once the chain is full of blocks, it's hashed into the previous info chain connecting back to every other one.
The data is then stored in duplicate form across all other computers attached to its network. Think of it as double-entry bookkeeping on steroids, making records more secure and error-proof.
When a transaction is entered, anyone can see it—but no one can edit it (like only viewing a Google doc). All you can do is add new pages and link them to the original document.
If there's a user error, he or she can see the mistaken transaction and agree to correct it with a new one (i.e. getting a refund). Once that transaction's fixed, the record will contain both the mistake and the correction in the order they were added. This is why it's so useful for meeting the new compliance standards for track and trace set up by California.
Until now, social networks were like old-fashioned central databases. These first generation ones store all of our personal information on a single database that they themselves have complete control over. A social network can censor and eliminate any posts by their direct competition, or any content that doesn't fit their moral or political agenda.
A blockchain network has no single, old-fashioned database that can be controlled. There's no person or entity to decide what can be posted except users themselves. Once someone adds content, no one can change or alter it without leaving evidence of tampering.
Even better, it can be humans, not algorithms, who decide what's relevant and what constitutes quality content via consensus. And since it's blockchain, users should be able to enjoy the freedom and security of their shared information while remaining completely anonymous—if they're careful.
For many, this revolutionary social networking concept couldn't come at a better time.
Marketers, writers and activists can expend thousands of hours and energy on their profiles, building up followers and creating a presence, only to lose it to the capricious censorship of the network's owners.
The cannabis industry has been getting the brunt of corporate social networking's formidable banhammer.
By the time our courts decide on the free speech lawsuits surrounding first-generation social media networks, the behemoths that created the controversy won't be relevant. The internet age is the embodiment of instant gratification and millennials have neither the time nor the desire to fix a broken system. It's become easier just to move on.
Nothing illustrates this point more than the inevitable demise of Facebook, which is now losing young users at an unprecedented rate. Some say the network has simply become uncool because Mom and Dad crashed the party.
But when Facebook lost $3.3 billion in stock values last month after announcing new changes to their news feed, censorship definitely came into the conversation.
So, Mr. Zuckerberg, who gets to decide what's good for us?
It's not surprising that Facebook's disenfranchised users have simply decided to leave. And now they have some interesting new options for a replacement forum.
That's why so many ears are perking up at the idea of a new blockchain social network dedicated entirely to what us cannapreneurs and stoners love most—ganja! Smoke Network is more than happy to provide an outlet for dangerous concepts like saying whatever the hell we want about a plant that should be legal anyway.
Because the network is based on blockchain, savvy users could keep their personal information as private as Sashi Nakamoto's—if it's built well. And since their contributions can't be edited, deleted or censored, they won't risk spending hours or weeks on content that gets chucked down the Orwellian memory hole.
Even better, Smoke Network created their own cryptocurrency designed to pay users just for hanging out and adding content.
So is paying users in "smoke" to hang out a gimmick, or a new way to approach advertising? It's a bit of a ploy, but think of it this way: corporations already pay networks to get our attention; blockchain simply makes it possible to cut out the middleman and pay the target of that communication directly.
The amounts paid are measured in cents and fractions of cents, not dollars. Even if you spend day and night posting content and surfing for pay, it's more like bonuses that accumulate using a rewards-based credit card.
The concept of a blockchain social network isn't all sunshine and butterflies. An anonymous forum is likely to be inundated with horrifying content. This is nothing new.
Supposedly, members will be able to upvote and promote good information while downvoting or ignoring the bad. At least users will get a proper warning before clicking on something that can't be unseen or undone.
Assuming that the majority of users are responsible human beings, the system is capable of self-censoring and creating a relatively safe environment.
Consider a poster who wants to sell moldy weed from a ditch in Missouri swarming with pesticides and Feds in equal amounts.
If the network is truly decentralized, it'd be very difficult to eliminate this user's posts, although more honest users could downvote to give others fair warning. This still leaves room for innocents to be victimized. Worse, what if our villains are communicating something truly dangerous like paid foreign propaganda to influence American elections or human trafficking networking instructions?
But before you decide to join the new network and go wild, think again. It may be difficult to track down users but it's not impossible. When there's a will, there's a way, and the criminal investigations that accompanied the Silk Road shut down should make this crystal clear.
In the case of Smoke Network, the network isn't like the dark web where servers were down more than up. Data will be extremely traceable. So it's feasible that the very determined investigator could eventually track down its source.
While most people are contemplating problems like black market sales in a dark web environment, they might be missing other regulations that could target the forum's creators and users directly.
For instance, Smoke Network could accidentally end up paying users for illegal content, like advertisements for black market dealers or instructions for how to manufacture BHO with primitive equipment.
This may seem like a free speech matter, which would let the network's owners and users escape culpability, but not all speech is protected by the First Amendment.
So the idea of incentivizing blockchain social networks based around a Schedule 1 drug seems destined for a lawsuit. Will blockchain social networks be sued over user content?
Protecting free speech has always been a matter of balancing society's need for safety with our personal need for expression.
Perhaps a completely anonymous blockchain system will open more avenues for criminal action, but this system will give users more options to moderate those actions and protect the community as a whole without government intervention or corporate censorship. Perhaps this is the balance we're looking for.
We need uncensored networks to carry out our activism. Otherwise, how can we change the unjust laws that keep cannabis illegal? There's a reason that activist speech was the very first topic of the Bill of Rights.
Besides, nothing worth having comes without risk. We all know free speech comes at a price. Here in America, we tend to feel that price is worth paying. It's an uphill battle for sure, and not for the timid, but the courts can't stay in the way of progress forever.
Hopefully, blockchain social networks can make a dent in the current corporate censorship holding back progress towards a free and legal market for all.
Of course, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye, right?


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Roll the dough into a 30cm round on a floured work surface. (If using a premix, you'll need to add eggs to the mix, to make the dough).
Remove to an oiled baking tray lightly dusted with flour, drizzle with half the olive oil, and bake for 8 minutes.
Remove from the oven, scatter over the tomatoes and top with the goats' cheese, season and bake for another 5 to 6 minutes. Scatter over the basil and drizzle over the remaining oil.
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Q: Oracle group by, take first element from non-grouped column I'm quite new to Oracle and I recently ran into a problem :
I have a table with the following columns : person_id, account_login, add_date.
person_id | account_login | add_date
----------|---------------|------------
1         | user1         | 2012-07-10
1         | user2         | 2012-07-09
2         | user3         | 2012-07-05
2         | user4         | 2012-07-04

A person can have multiple account_logins. For every person, I want to fetch the oldest account_login :
person_id | account_login | add_date
----------|---------------|------------
1         | user2         | 2012-07-09
2         | user4         | 2012-07-04

So what I did was :
select
  person_id,
  MAX(account_login) KEEP (DENSE_RANK FIRST ORDER BY add_date)
from
  table
group by
  person_id;

I get exactly the result I want, but I think the syntax of my query is far from good.. Oracle forces me to use an aggregate function and I used MAX() or MIN() knowing that it's completely senseless..
Is there a way to write the query better than this? (Oracle 11g)

A: You can use DENSE_RANK as an analytic alone, and select from the resulting query:
SELECT person_id, account_login, add_date
  FROM (SELECT table.*
             , DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY person_id ORDER BY add_date) rnk
         FROM table)
 WHERE rnk = 1;

Not sure which version you consider more elegant. It also does not address what to do if you have two accounts created on the same date for a particular person_id. If you've also got a time component in your add_date then you should be okay. If ties are likely, perhaps ROW_NUMBER() would give you a more desirable outcome.

A: You can join the table and the nested view like this
select person_id,account_login,add_date
from tab inner join
(select person_id,min(add_date) add_date
from tab group by person_id)
using(person_id,add_date)

BTW,I really don't think this is clearly.

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He died in 1962 aged 66.
A senior Royal Navy officer and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff to the Royal Navy during World War II.
He died in 1977 aged 88.
The translator for Major-General Ivan Sousloparov at the Reims surrender ceremony.
Nothing further is known about his career.
A senior British officer who commanded the British Second Army during the Battle of Normandy and throughout the rest of the campaign in North-western Europe. He died in 1969 aged 72.
An Admiral who was named Hitler's successor as Head of State and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
Following the Nurenberg trials, he received ten years imprisonment and died in 1980 aged 89.
An American diplomat and lawyer who became the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence.
He died in 1969 aged 75.
The Supreme Allied Commander who became the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.
He died in 1969 aged 78.
He became Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine and was promoted to Generaladmiral on 1st May 1945.
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Major Friedel was killed in a car accident in France in May 1945.
A German military commander who attained the position of Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command.
At the Nurenberg trials he was found to be a war criminal and was hanged on the 16th October 1946 aged 56.
Somewhat controversially, on February 28 1953, Jodl was posthumously exonerated by a German de-Nazification court.
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A highly decorated General der Infanterie in World War II and was part of the delegation that participated in the surrender negotiations with Field-Marshal Montgomery. Eberhard Kinzel, together with his girlfriend Erika von Aschoff, committed suicide on the 23rd May 1945.
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A senior German government official who became the Leading Minister of the German Reich in the short-lived Flensburg government. Convicted of war crimes in 1949, he was jailed for ten years but granted amnesty in 1951.
He became an author and publicist. He died in 1977 aged 89.
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After playing a significant role in WW2 he became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany and then Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He died in 1976 aged 88.
Maj Gen W. D. Morgan was the Chief of Staff of the 21st Army Group. Nothing further is known about this officer.
Major Oxenius was a prisoner of war from 10th May 1945 to 3rd January 1948 and died in 1979 aged 66.
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Following his role in the Italian surrender, nothing further is known about this officer.
In 1948, whilst out hunting, he was hit by a bullet that ricocheted off the thick skin of a wild boar. He died on the 29th February 1948 aged 56.
He was General Eisenhower's chief-of-staff at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) from 1944 through 1945. After World War II, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1948. Then in 1950, Smith became the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other intelligence agencies in the United States. He died in 1961 aged 65.
The commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe. He became Chief of Staff of the newly-formed United States Air Force in 1947. Spaatz died in 1974 aged 83.
He was a general of the Luftwaffe and was released from British captivity in 1947. He died in 1968 aged 78.
The Soviet Liaison Officer who attended the surrender ceremony in Reims.
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He was the commander of the German and Italian troops in German-occupied Italy in 1945. After the war, he spent two and a half years in British captivity and was released in September 1947. He died in 1952 aged 64.
He was a state prosecutor of Stalin's Moscow trials and in the Nuremberg trials. He was the Soviet Foreign Minister from 1949 to 1953. He died in 1954 aged 70.
In the postwar Germany he was the first flag officer to hold the position of the integrated NATO Commander Naval Forces Baltic Approaches. He died in 1987 aged 88.
For his services he was awarded the OBE. He became a businessman whose company made water heaters. He ran the business from 1946 to 1976 when he retired. He died in 1999 aged 86.
Following his role in Operation Sunrise, he was made a PoW. It is believed that he was given new identity documents and "vanished" into the CIA. Nothing else is known about this officer.
He was arrested and imprisoned in May 1945. During the Nuremberg trials, he escaped prosecution by providing evidence against his fellow Nazis. In January 1947 he was transferred to a British prison in Minden.
Following his release in 1947 it is alleged that he worked for the CIA at the same time as developing his public relations company. He died 1984 aged 84.
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After the German capitulation, Zhukov became the first commander of the Soviet Occupation Zone in Germany. After Stalin's death, he became the Deputy Defence Minister in 1953. He retired in 1959 and died in 1974 aged 77.


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Zell Miller's Defense of George W Bush
It's great to hear that Zell Miller has finally come out of his Republican closet.
I find Zell's description of GWB's personality acceptable. He seems like a nice guy to have as a neighbor, but he's dangerous when the US economy or American soldier's lives are at stake.
"This is a president who understands the price of freedom. He understands that leaders throughout history often have had to choose between good and evil, tyranny and freedom. "
Yet he has made a priority of fighting a war to secure oil fields for his Vice President's former company rather than find the guy who attacked us on our own soil: Osama bin Laden. This president does not understand the price of freedom. He had a chance to learn about that in Vietnam but his dad managed to get him into the Texas Air National Guard, from which he then went AWOL. He lied about being willing to serve overseas duty at that time. In fact, George still owes the Texas Air National Guard a year of service. I wonder if he'd get shipped to Iraq if he was serving that year now? Probably not, since his flying skills were poor.
"And the choice they make can reverberate for generations to come."
It will take generations to reverse the diplomatic damage done by GWB. The environmental damages are possibly an even bigger issue. And we will certainly be paying for Bush's wasteful spending, tax cuts, and unnecessary wars for generations to come.
"This is a president who has some Churchill in him and who does not flinch when the going gets tough. This is a president who can make a decision and does not suffer from "paralysis analysis.""
I'd rather have a president who pauses, then makes the RIGHT decisions. Or takes the time to build "strong"coalitions"/strong". It's hard for a guy who doesn't like reading security briefings to suffer from "paralysis analysis."
"This is a president who can look America in the eye and say on Iraq, "We're not leaving." And you know he means it."
That's a lot easier to say when your children aren't being shot at.
"This is also a president who understands that tax cuts are not just something that all taxpayers deserve, but also the best way to curb government spending. It is the best kind of tax reform. If the money never reaches the table, Congress can't gobble it up."
Tax cuts without naming the programs that will have to be cut and by how much is cowardice. Running up the hugest deficit this country has ever seen is idiotic. Giving tax cuts to the riches 1% of Americans in a time of war is pure cronyism.
"Some want to raise our taxes a trillion, while the others want to raise our taxes by several hundred billion."
That's called, "making economic sense."
"They also, to varying degrees, want us to quit and get out of Iraq. They don't want us to stay the course in this fight between tyranny and freedom."
They don't want to see more American lives lost to Oil. Think about how much less oil dependent the US would be if we'd invested the over $100,000,000,000 we've spent in Iraq into clean fuel sources?
"This is our best chance to change the course of history in the Middle East."
Our best chance to change the course of history in the Middle East would have been for GWB to continue Clinton's peace work in Israel. George decided to ignore Israel for the first two years of his presidency, and now the area has receded back to violence.
"I find it hard to believe, but these naive nine have managed to combine the worst feature of the McGovern campaign — the president is a liar and we must have peace at any cost — with the worst feature of the Mondale campaign — watch your wallet, we're going to raise your taxes. George McGovern carried one state in 1972. Walter Mondale carried one state in 1984. Not exactly role models when it comes to how to get elected or, for that matter, how to run a country."
It's sad to hear Zell describe being honest, "naive." He certainly doesn't rebut the fact that GWB has and continues to lie to the American people. And he has done nothing to describe how we can reduce our deficit while continuing to fight wars without sufficient revenues.
"For I believe the next five years will determine the kind of world my four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren will live in."
Zell apparently wants his four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren to live in a violent world where might is always right. Where the air and water is less clean that it is today. Where less people are working than today, leading to higher levels of crime. Where car fuel efficiently is even worse than it is today. Where corporations decide which countries we're going to attack without a preeminent threat.
Have fun in the Republican party, Zell. You won't be missed.
Tim, thanks for sending over the article.
Author Ed KohlerPosted on January 6, 2004 September 4, 2018 Categories Politics
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