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Opinion: Ga.'s HB 481 will protect mothers, unborn children
Ed Setzler
The Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act is worthy of being enacted into law because it is scientifically and legally sound and passes the common-sense test of everyday Georgians. As the Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, the first time a new technology ever led me to tears was a television commercial that depicted a young mother gazing into the face of her unborn child through the screen of a 4D ultrasound (YouTube: GE First Time). With Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" playing as background, this 60-second commercial was, for me, an unmistakable reminder that children inside their mothers are one of us - members of the human community who deserve full legal protection.
The Georgia legislature, a citizen body of working professionals which consists of doctors, lawyers, nurses, engineers, teachers, and businesspeople, is advancing the LIFE Act (HB-481) because science tells us that a child with a beating heart has crossed the definitive scientific threshold in which they have a 95 percent chance of being carried to term and the definitive medical threshold that for centuries has established the presence of human life: the heartbeat.
In the face of vitriol from pro-abortion legislators and shout-downs from costumed activists, Georgia legislators are advancing the LIFE Act because it is also legally sound. HB-481 is unlike any other "heartbeat bill" in the nation by establishing the legal personhood of the unborn child. Quoting the text of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade (1973) opinion, if the "personhood [of the child] is established, the [pro-abortion] appellant's case, of course, collapses for the fetus' right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [Fourteenth] Amendment." Informed by the Roe decision itself, the LIFE Act is built on the long established foundation of a state's authority to recognize a person's rights more expansively than the minimum required by federal law. As examples of this, Georgia currently provides more expansive privacy and eminent domain protections than the U.S. Constitution requires; also, many states recognized a woman's right to vote long before the 19th Amendment required it.
In passing the LIFE Act, Georgia is applying common sense in how it balances the individual liberty of pregnant mothers with the right to life of the distinct persons living inside of them. In addition to the generous prenatal care benefits that Georgia already provides, HB-481 extends important new benefits to expecting mothers such as access to child support from the baby's father and a full dependent tax deduction. In extending these tangible benefits, the legislature cannot ignore the fact that abortion is an act that is so ugly most people avoid even talking about it. This out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach is what allowed racial segregation to fester for decades after the Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) decision, until television cameras brought the ugliness of segregation into Americans' living rooms for the first time in the 1950's.
Ironically, while the picture of aborted children is too horrific to be shown on modern television, the out-of-sight, out-of-mind reality of the Roe vs. Wade (1973) decision festers on with the destruction more than 27,000 human beings each year in Georgia alone. An appropriate reference is the riveting five-minute testimony of former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levantino before the U.S. Congress as he tells the story of abortion in clear medical terms (YouTube: Anthony Levantino).
While allowing for abortion in cases of rape, incest, risks to the life of the mother, medically futile pregnancies, and for any reason through six weeks of pregnancy, HB-481 seeks a consensus by putting an end to elective abortion as a means of birth control at the point that a child has a detectable heartbeat. Applying science, law, and common sense to achieve a careful balance for both mothers and children, the LIFE Act is law that is worthy of support from across our state's diverse cultural, socioeconomic, religious, and political spectrum.
State Rep. Ed Setzler (R-Acworth) has represented a portion of Cobb County in the Georgia House of Representatives since 2005. He is chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology.

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As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,324 and the density of 92.51 persons per km². The total area was 46.74 km².

On March 31, 2005, Inukai, along with the towns of Asaji, Mie, Ogata and Ōno, and the villages of Chitose and Kiyokawa (all from Ōno District), was merged to create the city of Bungo-Ōno.

Notable people

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Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture
Bungo-ōno, Ōita

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I don't think I have to point out what's wrong with these photos. First, it arrived with a dent in the lid. And while I could probably look past that, the lid not only moves around a lot, like enough that it feels like you even so much as attempt to use the petal that it's going to fall off at any minute. As a matter of fact, I used the petal once and realized it was probably a bad idea. Both weren't on there very well. If that's not bad enough, the lid sits on there crooked. You can adjust it, but like I said, use that petal and when it comes back down, it's off-centered again.
I mean, I did like that it has a lift out bucket center in it, making it easier to empty, although I usually just put a bag in my trash can anyways so it's not necessary. I hate to say this, because I really don't like giving negative reviews, but I'm 100% honest, and I would say if you want a tough, sturdy, long lasting trash can, just spend the money on a good one, but this one isn't one of those.


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Q: Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL and Symfony using Docker : Nginx 502 Bad Gateway and Symfony No route found exception This post will be quite long, so make sure you have something to drink near you.
Basically, I want to use Docker to make an Nginx container, a PHP-FPM container, a MySQL container and a Symfony container which will contain the code of my Symfony app.
I've been trying to make things work for a whole week, been reading so much things, but unfortunately nothing worked.
I made a docker-compose.yml, which uses Dockerfiles for Nginx, PHP-FPM and Symfony.
MySQL is based on the image hosted on Dockerhub.
I installed everything and finally, after a week of work I still encounter two types of error :
Nginx gives me "502 Bad Getaway" randomly.
It's mainly because of a port error as if my nginx fastcgi_pass parameter wasn't set at the right value, but it is, so I don't quite understand the problem.
Then, Symfony gives me a "No route found for GET /" but I don't understand why, since the website actually works on production and for my colleagues.
I was suspicious about the database since when it's empty it could give me that error. So I took a dump from the database but it didn't give anything concluent.
Here are the files you could want

*

*docker-compose.yml
 version:'2'

services:
  symfony:
    build: symfony/
    volumes:
      - ./symfony/code/:/var/www:rw
      - ./symfony/code/app/logs/symfony:/var/www/project/app/logs/symfony:rw
      - ./symfony/code/app/logs/nginx:/var/www/project/app/logs/nginx:rw

  nginx:
    build: nginx/
    ports:
    - 8080:80
    links:
    - fpm
    volumes_from:
    - symfony
    environment:
        <APP_SERVER_NAME>: dev-machine

  fpm:
    build: php-fpm/
    links:
    - mysql
    volumes_from:
    - symfony
    environment:
      APP_SERVER_NAME: dev-machine

  mysql:
    image: mysql
    ports:
    - 3306:3306
    volumes:
    - ./.data/db:/var/lib/mysql:rw
    environment:
    - "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root"
    - "MYSQL_USER=root"
    - "MYSQL_PASSWORD=root"
    - "MYSQL_DATABASE=databaseName"

*Nginx Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:14.04

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
nginx

ADD nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

ADD vhost.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

ADD start.sh /start.sh

EXPOSE 80

ENTRYPOINT ["/start.sh"]

*My nginx.conf file has this
proxy_buffer_size   128k;
proxy_buffers   4 256k;
proxy_busy_buffers_size   256k;

fastcgi_buffer_size 128k;
fastcgi_buffers 4 256k;
fastcgi_busy_buffers_size 256k;

*vhost.conf
server {
    listen       80;

    server_name  project.dev;
    access_log   /var/log/nginx/symfony-access.log;
    error_log    /var/log/nginx/symfony-error.log;

    #server_name  dev-machine;
    #access_log   /dev/stdout;
    #error_log    /dev/stdout info;

    root /var/www/web;
    index app_dev.php;

    location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /app_dev.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ ^/(app|app_dev)\.php(/|$) {
            fastcgi_pass fpm:9000;
            include fastcgi_params;
            fastcgi_param HTTPS off;
            try_files $uri =404;
            fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
            fastcgi_index app_dev.php;
    }
}

*PHP-FPM Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:14.04

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    git \
    nano \
    curl \
    php5-cli \
    php5-fpm \
    php5-json \
    php5-intl \
    php5-gd \
    php5-mysql

# Set timezone
RUN rm /etc/localtime
RUN ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime
RUN "date"

# Install Composer
RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
RUN composer --version

ADD start.sh /start.sh
ADD symfony_environment.sh /etc/profile.d/symfony_environment.sh

EXPOSE 9000

WORKDIR /var/www

ENTRYPOINT ["/start.sh"]

*Symfony Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:14.04

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    git \
    curl \
    php5-cli \
    php5-json \
    php5-intl \
    php5-gd

RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
RUN mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

ADD entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
ADD ./code /var/www
ADD symfony_environment.sh /etc/profile.d/symfony_environment.sh

WORKDIR /var/www

ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
CMD ["echo", "hello"]

I loaded the dump in the database and the parameters.yml is like this :
    database_driver: pdo_mysql
        database_host: mysql
        database_port: 3306
        database_name: <databaseName>
        database_user: root
        database_password: root

I really don't know what to do, any clue is welcome and I think it would be helpful for a lot of people in the future.

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Terence Griep's Real Life Gay Wrestling Alter Ego SpiderBaby Crosses Over Into Comics in Champions #55!
by ZanChristensenJun 6, 2012News0 comments
Long Beach, CA – Heroic Publishing today announced the release of a comic book with a postmodern kink. "At What Price Victory?", the lead story in Champions #55, guest stars the alter ego of author Terrance Griep who spends his nights and weekends as professional wrestler Tommy "The SpiderBaby" Saturday. In the story, The SpiderBaby invades the Heroic Multiverse to challenge America's Newest Costumed Heroine, the Sensational G-Girl.
To celebrate his own meta comic book debut, SpiderBaby, in full wrestling regalia, will be signing copies of Champions #55 on June 9, 2012 at the College of Comic Book Knowledge, 3145 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 12pm to 5pm.
"The reason I thought it would be fun to pit the G-Girl against a real-life wrestler has to do with the old Superman versus Antonino Rocca story that appeared way back in Superman #155," explains publisher Dennis Mallonée. "The notion of a real-world character entering into a fictional world has a great deal of charm and fascination. Once thought of, the fact that we could do this with a writer who is the real-world character, and thus give him an opportunity to publicize his real-world character, made it a no-brainer."
And Mallonée was just getting started. "Dennis actually suggested the plot when he proposed introducing The SpiderBaby to his comic book line," remembers Griep. "The encounter between the Sensational G-Girl and my wrestling alter ego constitutes the final match of a charity tournament. I really, really loved the notion of appearing as a comic book character, but the concept didn't become real for me until I saw Petrigno Gaetano's fantastic cover art. Then the whole thing became awesomely real."
Griep refers to the story's artist, a European prodigy whose American inauguration is marked by Champions #55. "I love Petrigno Gaetano's clean, crisp style," Mallonée affirms. "I think the sweet sexiness of how he draws girls nicely complement the earthy approach of the G-Girl's other main artist, Mark Beachum." Adds Gaetano, "The whole story was a lot of fun to draw, but what I enjoyed the most was introducing the characters, especially SpiderBaby."
With the maelstrom swirling around the writer's rôle in the comic, the fact that the story also represents the Sensational G-Girl's long-awaited Heroic Multiverse solo debut has nearly been lost. "The G-Girl herself, as is so often the case, grew out of a sketch," Mallonée reports. "I drew a picture of a girl wearing a bathing suit costume that was nothing more than a great big 'G' and showed it to Mark Beachum. Mark ran with the notion, and we were satisfied enough with the design that we decided we should put her into the comics." This double-premiere is sure to make Champions #55 an instant collector's item.
"This is SpiderBaby's debut as a fictional character, but it's actually the second time he has been presented to a worldwide audience," Griep distinguishes. "My grappling persona was featured in Out Magazine when I came out as gay before my first match. SpiderBaby's gender identity becomes a factor in the story, but it's presented as a good-natured, proudly-politically-incorrect gag."
Even the series' title carries significance, as far as Griep's concerned. "Considering his lust for gold trophies, I'm sure The SpiderBaby will appreciate guest-starring in a title called Champions," Griep laughs. "Best of all, this issue, which also includes a Tigress story, represents a perfect jumping on point for new readers!"
You can get in on the bumps and bruises by ordering your copy of Champions #55 here. Retailers can register for a retail account with Heroic Distribution.
Visit Heroic Publishing to learn more about the company and its popular books!
And how does a wrestler cap off his appearance in a title called CHAMPIONS? By winning a championship, of course! SpiderBaby v. "The Egotistical" Robbie Thunder for the IWI United States Championship, 287 Maria Ave., St. Paul, MN, 06.09.12, 7:30p.
Finally, grease the arachniskids by checking out this terrific interview with Terrance at Jazma Online!


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July 5, 2018 · 10:48 am
The Fourth, Siblings, and The Searcher
Hope everyone had a wonderful, safe Fourth of July. I didn't celebrate the holiday, I seldom do. But, I did go see my sweet momma in the nursing home. She has been ill and had to have IV antibiotics. I hated seeing her like that, so weak and feeling unwell. She was still precious and happy to see me, though. I love her so much, and I'm so grateful she's still living. I feel bad, though, because I know her quality of life is not great. She often says she just wishes she'd pass so she could be in Heaven with my dad. Then, she says, "But I worry, what if he's up there with his first wife, Anne?" 🙂 I assure her that Anne is with the husband she was married to for 4o something years and Mom will be with Dad, who she was married to for 40 years.
I then had dinner with my BFF, Paige. We've been friends for more than 40 years, and I'm so blessed to still have her in my life. Her daughters, who are 13 and 14, are spending a few weeks in California with their aunt, so Paige is a little lost, but I encouraged her to enjoy the peace and 'me' time. As a single mom, she doesn't get much of that. What about you? When your kids were away, were you lost and bereft? Relieved and at peace? A little of all of those?
This weekend, my siblings and I are all going to Checotah, Oklahoma, near Lake Eufaula, and renting an AirBnB so we can visit my brother, who's battling cancer. He lives in the area and can't travel, so we're going to him. There are seven of us (and two of my brothers-in-law will be there as well, so we'll have eight in the house we're renting…should be interesting! :)). My eldest brother, my half-brother, is coming from Arkansas. I'm sad, yet excited, about the weekend. It's horrible to watch Brett struggle with this awful disease, but I'm glad that our family will be spending time together. The seven of us were together a few months ago at a music benefit for Brett. Before that, I believe our last time to be together was after Dad passed in 1994.
(If anyone is interested, we are holding a few different fundraisers for Brett's medical bills. You can purchase Tupperware, my books, a wrist band, or just donate. Brett Robertson Cancer Fundraiser)
Top Row: L to R: Eddie, Me, Sheri, Christi (the baby). Bottom Row: Ruth, Brett, Janis
What I'm reading/listening to:
I seldom actually read a book. I'm so busy that having down time to sit and relax and read is a rare luxury. So, I'm a member of Amazon Audible, and I do most of my pleasure 'reading' via audio books in the car. Even if I'm on a 15 minute drive, I listen to audio books. I'm very picky, though. Suspense/Thriller is my favorite genre, but it's difficult to find a good, solid suspense. I give up early in quite a few of them. My very favorite are police procedurals. If you have any good recommendations, I'd love to know. (Not really 'romantic' suspense. I have plenty of good ones I haven't read yet) The one I'm listening to now is 'Their Lost Daughters.' The plot and writing are pretty good, but the characters are not all that memorable or interesting. The protagonist is a good 'copper' whose team are good coppers, they just aren't at all unique and didn't really come alive for me. I do love that it's British. I love listening to British narrators, and I enjoy the idioms. For example, 'Duty Solicitor' instead of Public Defender and 'Dust Up' instead of argument or disagreement. 🙂 Overall, it's definitely worth reading. The fact that I'm almost finished with it is a testimony to its enjoy-ability. 🙂
What I'm writing:
I'm working on my Martini Club 4 story, Paralyzed. It's been slow going, but it's starting to pick up and I am determined to finish soon. We had our critique meeting on Monday night, and I actually had a scene submitted by the time we met. We all did, as a matter of fact. I was quite pleased. I told the group a few days before the meeting that, in order to provide some incentive, we should make it a rule that, unless all 4 of us have submitted, we will not meet. They balked at the idea (well, they shot it down altogether, LOL), BUT, even the threat of it apparently encouraged us all to submit. 🙂 My thought is, we're in this for the writing. We need to get a little more serious. If we can't even finish a scene in two weeks, we're not taking it seriously enough, am I right? Of course, once we finish a project, we'll be in revisions for a while, then we'll need to brainstorm and plot our next project. So, at that time, we shouldn't be expected to submit during that time. This is a 'mock' cover for my MC4 story. Hopefully, looking at it will inspire me to keep plugging along!
Elvis:
I'm excited about this new documentary about Elvis. When Krysta Scott and I were in Memphis in March, we stayed at The Guest House at Graceland and met some ladies who mentioned the show and that they were there at the hotel when the film crew was there filming part of the documentary. Can't wait to see it!
https://www.hbo.com/content/hboweb/en/documentaries/elvis-presley-the-searcher/about.html
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Retreat, Zoodles and Serialized Novels
Our weekend retreat was even better than I expected! You can read about it here if you'd like: Facebook Post
The place we stayed was perfect, our host could not have been more gracious and accommodating. And, I was fairly productive, although now that I'm back in the 'real world', I'm afraid I've once again let my writing slide. I'm working on a daily habit, though. Wish me luck!
I've done a very poor job of staying on Weight Watchers, but like my writing, I'm determined to be more committed. I made cauliflower rice and was NOT a fan, but then, I don't like cauliflower. I'm going to try zucchini rice, since I love zucchini. Here is a video showing different ways to make them and another with a few recipes:
Would you like to share any healthy tips/recipes you've run across?
I'm meeting a friend this evening to help her with a book she'd like to self-publish in a serialized format. She'll release each section, which will be approximately 15 to 20,000 words, every two weeks for 99 cents each and let readers know it is 'to be continued.' I plan to do the same, one of these days, with a story idea I have. As a reader, I very much dislike when authors leave me on a cliffhanger. However, if I know going in that it's 'to be continued', it wouldn't bother me. How about you? Would you be okay with a continuation if you knew it going in?
And, just because…
Tagged as Ebook, Elvis Presley, Serialized, Serialized Novels, Weight Watchers, Writing, Writing Retreat, You Gave Me a Mountain, Zoodles
Maestro, Eggs, and Nina No More
I'm so excited about this weekend. My critique partners and I are getting away for a mini writing retreat. We will be staying at an Air BnB called "The Maestro" which is owned by the son of band leader Al Good. It looks like a cool place to hang out. And, I definitely need the push and focus for my writing. I've been neglecting it terribly lately, feeling very inadequate, but yesterday, I received a really nice compliment from an author I respect a great deal plus, I've been listening to Donald Maass' The Emotional Craft of Fiction via my Kindle. Wow, such great insight about how to tap into reader emotions. It also helped tap into my emotion for my story, which has made me like it a little more, and that's important. If you don't like your story, how can you expect readers to? Suddenly, I'm re-inspired and I feel I might actually have the ability to write…and finish something!
I've been attempting weight watchers and some days I do well, others, not so much. I have found that if I meal prep, I'm much more likely to stick to it. Also, if I use my Tupperware Breakfast Maker, I eat healthier breakfasts. Without this, I often stop for fast food breakfasts…yuck! I keep eggs, spinach, cheese, milk and Canadian bacon at work. (Did you know Canadian bacon is only 2 smart points for 5 slices!!! – I only use 2 in my breakfast, so that's very low in points.) Admittedly, the cheese jacks up the points, but without cheese, what's the point of anything, right? What tips do you have for eating healthy? (Please don't suggest cauliflower rice, been there done that, didn't like it. I also tried that two-ingredient pizza crust with flour and greek yogurt….blech!!!)
Ugh, I've been working on my 1940s Martini Club story for a while now, (way too long), and I haven't gotten nearly far enough. But, I have realized some things about the story that has made it more interesting to me, so now, I am more enthused and I am determined to finish it, this month, maybe during our retreat weekend. One thing I unhappily realized is, my heroine's name, Nina, was used by me for a heroine in a short story. So, I had to come up with a new name for her. I researched girl names for babies born in 1925 and the list was not all that appealing. I did find a few gems and ran them by my critique partners, who I met for dinner last night, and they came up with some suggestions as well. However, after thinking about it further, I decided not to use the ones we discussed, and now, my heroine is Sylvia. It will feel weird for a while to call her that, but I'm sure I'll get used to it soon. Hope she does too! 😀 Have you ever done that, repeated hero/heroine names for your stories? Once you have a name for a character, does it bother you to change it? Side note, this is Jessica De Gouw, the actress who is the model for Nina Sylvia—
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Ramblings of a Lifelong Elvis Fan – Part 86 – The Guest House at Graceland
[INTRO: I am a die hard, card carrying Elvis fan and have been for as long as I can remember. There is so much about Elvis to love; his incredible singing voice, his generous spirit, his looks (the most gorgeous man ever), his movies (yes, his movies. They make me happy, so critics can just shush), his service in the army, his magical presence on stage, his transcendent charisma, and…I could go on and on. As a matter of fact, on my 50th post, I believe it was, I DID go on and on. I listed 50 things I love about Elvis. It wasn't difficult. I am an author and I mention Elvis in almost every story I write. I named my son Presley. I was fortunate to see Elvis in concert three times. I have been to Graceland five times… See? I love Elvis. I have been blogging weekly for more than a year, but going forward, I will blog every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. My life is insanely busy and I found myself missing weeks from time to time. This way, I'm more likely to be consistent. Hopefully, even if you are not an Elvis fan, you appreciate something about him and will find my posts interesting. Feel free to comment. Thank you so much for stopping by!]
Oh my gosh, have you SEEN this? On October 27, 2016, the brand new hotel, The Guest House at Graceland, will open. It looks magnificent!!! I must stay there before I die. The rooms are a little pricey, but totally worth it. Look at this gorgeous lobby:
The hotel has 450 guest rooms, some of them with really cool themes.
The King's Suites, one of which is inspired by Elvis' bedroom at Graceland, the other by Las Vegas decor with both vintage and contemporary accouterments.
Vernon & Gladys Suites – Decorate with mid-century flair and inspired by Elvis' Palm Springs home.
There are also the TCB & Living Room Suites. Is anyone else surprised there is no Jungle Room suite? I would imagine that even the 'regular' rooms are fabulous. I would love to stay in a special-theme room, but I'd be content with the least expensive one.
I am utterly in awe and would LOVE to visit there some day. Not only is it spectacular, but just being at Graceland is a feeling that is indescribable. It's somehow both thrilling and heart wrenching, and as I've mentioned before, there is an almost tangible presence there. As if Elvis' essence was so strong, it remains. I can imagine how much more amazing the entire experience would be if I stayed at this new hotel. Surrounded by so many Elvis related items and people would be heavenly.
Here is a pic of me with my three kids and my niece when we visited Graceland a few years back. We stayed at The Heartbreak Hotel, and I'm so glad we did since it has now been torn down.
Maybe I'll make it to The Guest House at Graceland some day… When I DO go, believe me, I'll be sharing all about my experience right here. 🙂
You can find out more at the site: http://guesthousegraceland.com/
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EOLS Charity
Elvis was known for his giving heart and charitable work during his lifetime. Lisa Marie and Elvis Presley Enterprises have continued that tradition with their involvement in various charities. In 1984, The Elvis Charitable Foundation was formed. The EPCF created a scholarship fund for students majoring in the arts. The charity also contributes to one of Elvis' favorite charities, Goodwill Homes, a Memphis facility that provides counseling and services for abused children and their families. The EPCF also assists numerous other charities, especially focusing on arts, education and children's programs.
Learn more here, including how to donate:
http://www.graceland.com/epcf/
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On Elvis' birthday this year, I released a Vintage Romance short story set in 1957, and of course, my heroine is an Elvis fan. 🙂 As a tribute to Elvis' generosity, and in order to assist with this worthy cause, 10% of my proceeds for End of Lonely Street will go to the EPCF.
All Toby Lawson wants is to go to college to become a teacher and to be free of her alcoholic mother and some painful memories. But when her mother nearly burns the house down, Toby must put her dreams on hold and return home to care for her. The only time she isn't lonely and miserable is when she's listening to her heartthrob, Elvis Presley. His music takes her away and helps her escape from everything wrong in her life.
Noah Rivers has always loved Toby, but no matter what he says, she can't get past the fact that her drunken mother once kissed him. He soon realizes the true problem lies in Toby's belief she's not good enough for him and in her fear she will be just like her mother.
What will it take to prove to her that she deserves to be happy, and that he would give anything to be the man to make her dreams come true?
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September 9, 2016 · 10:35 am
Ramblings of a Lifelong Elvis Fan – Part 85 – 50 Years Ago Today & Other Tidbits
September 9, 1956 – Elvis performed "Love Me Tender" for his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show "Toast of the Town." He was shot from just the waist up during the performance. Elvis would make a total of three appearances on the show. Record stores were swamped with requests for the record, which had not been released yet.
Songwriter Ben Weisman has the honorable distinction of having written more songs for Elvis than any other songwriter. Guess how many? That's right…57!! (See how much faith I have in you?) Elvis called him The "Mad Professor."
On Elvis' right, Sid Wayne, on his left, Ben Weisman
Some of my favorites he's written are: "Slowly but Surely" – "As Long as I Have You" – "Fame and Fortune"
Here is As Long as I have You from King Creole. Very sad moment 😦
Quote from Ben:
"I approached writing for Elvis differently than I did for any other artist. The songs had to have a combination of blues, country, rock and pop [what came to becalled 'rockabilly']. It was like walking in his musical shoes. With each new Elvis movie, more of my songs were being recorded. It became more and more exciting, for I was becoming the only songwriter to have so many songs recorded by him."
And, finally, just a random quote I love:
Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.
– Jimmy Buffett
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Ramblings of a Lifelong Elvis Fan – Part 84 – Prince is no King
Bremer Trust, the same company that manages Graceland tours, has made a deal to oversee tours of Paisley Park, Prince's mansion/studio/concert hall outside of Minneapolis. Not to disparage Prince, I know he was a huge talent, and I have a lot of respect for him as an artist. However, I cannot imagine that the tours of his estates will be as successful as those of Graceland. I am certain the tours will be quite prosperous for the first few years, but I can't see them having the longevity of the Graceland tours. Prince has a ton of fans, but I don't believe they span generations the way Elvis fans do. Elvis fans of all ages travel from across the world to see his home, still, nearly forty years after his death.
Graceland was opened to the public in 1982, five years after Elvis passed away. It draws more than 500,000 visitors annually. And has for nearly thirty-five years. I doubt people will flock to Paisley Park every year for decades, but maybe I'm wrong. While I'm sure the company who handles the tours is doing a great job, I don't believe their business acumen is the reason for the huge turnout of visitors to Graceland. As in life, Elvis in death still has a magnetism that draws people to him in droves.
Of course, it's not a competition. I hope the venture is successful. I'm sure it will be great for the economy. Visitors to Elvis' home bring in around 150 million dollars per year to Memphis. Not a bad chunk of change.
From an article on the venture: Paisley Park tours will include Prince's video editing suites, rehearsal rooms, private NPG Music Club, and a massive soundstage and concert hall where he rehearsed for tours and held private events and concerts. Visitors also will see thousands of artifacts from Prince's personal archives, including his concert wardrobe, awards, musical instruments, artwork, rare music and video recordings, concert memorabilia, automobiles and motorcycles.
Here is a photo of Paisley Park:
It looks more like an office complex than a home, doesn't it? From what I understand, inside the home is much more appealing.
What do you think? Would you travel to Minneapolis to see Prince's estates? If so, more than once?
I've been to Graceland five times, and I will go as many more times as I can. Most fans who visit have visited several times. There's just something about Elvis that keeps people coming back. We'll see if Prince has that same kind of draw.
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Ramblings of a Lifelong Elvis Fan – Part 83 – Elvis Week – The 39th Anniversary of His Death
This coming Tuesday, August 16th, marks the 39th anniversary of Elvis' death. I know I've said this before, but it just does NOT seem like it has been nearly four decades since we lost him.
'Elvis Week' is, as the name implies, a week honoring Elvis. It began in 1978, the year after he passed away, starting with a small group of Elvis fans. It has grown like crazy and now is a huge event spanning several days and including multiple guests and a horde of attendees. More evidence that no other entertainer ever has, or ever will, have the kind of impact on the world that Elvis had.
I have yet to visit Graceland during Elvis week. On one hand, I would love to so that I can help be a part of something so monumental and be with thousands of other Elvis fans. On the other hand, I prefer visiting Graceland when it's not quite such a frenzy of people and activity.
There are many events during Elvis week I would love to see, especially the presentations by those who actually knew him, his friends, co-stars, etc. But something I have no interest in whatsoever—and it is one of the main things Elvis week features–are the Tribute Artists. As I've said many times, I do NOT like Elvis impersonators. If it's not the real thing, then it is nothing to me, not even the slightest bit interesting, appealing, or entertaining. I don't understand why Graceland and those who knew and loved Elvis are so gung-ho about these guys who try to dress and sing like him. Yes, I know they changed it to 'Tribute Artists,' presumably to sound less like they are simply imitating and, in some cases, not very well. To me, rather than being a tribute, I find it a little disrespectful. I know 'imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' but again, I don't need an imitator. I need the REAL thing. But maybe that's just me?
Here are some events that I would love to attend:
A Sock Hop with DJ Argo – Elvis music, dancing, games, and giveaways.
Hound Dog Tour: A Musical City Tour Celebrating Elvis by Backbeat Tours – A tour going from BB King's Blues Club on a bus playing Elvis music. It shows where he grew up, where he went to school, where he worked, and sites important to his early career. It includes an optional visit inside the Presley family apartment at Lauderdale Courts – meticulously restored to its 1950s appearance, a visit to Apartment 328 of the Courts is like taking a step back in time, offering an unparalleled glimpse into the lives of Vernon, Gladys, and young Elvis. The tour includes exciting sites such as Sun Studio, Elvis' Audubon Drive home, Humes High School, the Overton Park Shell (the amphitheater where he performed his first big show in 1954), Lansky Bros. clothing store, the Memphian Theater and the Chisca Hotel (home of the WHBQ radio station).
The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley – Performances by gospel singers who shared the stage with Elvis, and some who were influenced by his music. Elvis imagery and videos will play on a big screen throughout the performance.
Conversations on Elvis: Elvis Co-Stars – Two of his co-stars this year that I would really like to see are Warren Berlinger, one of his co-stars in "Spinout" and Celeste Yarnall, a co-star in "Live a Little, Love a Little" This is Elvis and Celeste from the movie:
An Afternoon with Elvis' Piano Man, Glen D. Hardin – Elvis' Piano player shares music and stories.
The Sound and Soul of Memphis – Blues music by local musicians. Performances of Elvis song and other rock, blues and soul music.
The Candlelight Vigil
George Klein's Elvis Memorial Service
Some interesting tidbits about Elvis week can be found here:
http://blog.graceland.com/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-elvis-week/
Maybe I'll try to go next year. The 40th anniversary of his death should be quite a blowout. Thank you for joining me. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Ramblings of a Lifelong Elvis Fan – Part 82 – The Movies 23-25 (1967) – Easy Come, Easy Go – Clambake – Double Trouble
Easy Come, Easy Go:
Not one of my top Elvis movies, but as long as I can look at him, I enjoy ANY of his movies. I didn't feel Elvis and his love interest had much chemistry, and Elvis usually has great chemistry with his leading ladies. Also, their love story didn't really develop. They didn't have many moments or sexual tension, etc, but at the end, they were just together.
About: Elvis plays Lt. Ted Jackson, a Navy frogman who recently got out of the service and is singing for a living. He discovers a buried treasure and decides to go after it. The treasure belonged to the grandfather of Elvis' love interest (played by Dodie Marshall who was also in Spinout). She is none too pleased to learn Elvis is after it, but she decides to help him after extracting a promise that he'll donate the money to a commune for her hippie artsy friends. Someone else is after the treasure too, and although there are some dicey moments at the end, with a little help from his friends, Elvis gets the treasure and the girl. However, they discover the coins are not gold and are almost worthless. The 'team' donates their shares to the girl anyway, so she has enough to help her friends.
Side notes: The move was originally planned by Paramount as a vehicle for Jan and Dean, but after a train wreck that injured them an many of their crew, the project ws scrapped and the script was rewritten for Elvis.
This was the last movie Elvis and Hal Wallis did together.
The director, John Rich, is the only director in Elvis' movie career he didn't get along with. He'd also directed Roustabout. While filming a scene in Easy Come, Easy Go, Elvis and Red West kept screwing up and laughing. The director was pissed and threw all of Elvis' buddies out. Elvis was furious. He told the director and producers, "Now, just a minute. We're doing these movies because it's supposed to be fun, nothing more. Now when they cease to be fun, then we'll cease to do them."
Favorite Song: I wasn't crazy about the songs in this movie, but I suppose my favorite would be You Gotta Stop. The title song isn't bad.
Favorite Scene: It would probably have to be him in the all-black shirt and pants doing yoga. Adorable!
Double Trouble:
I enjoyed this movie because it was different, since it took place in Europe and had sort of a crime caper feel to it. It was actually filmed in California. Other than when in the army, Elvis never visited Europe. Elvis had many scenes in fog, which is very sexy. 🙂
About: Elvis plays Guy Lambert, an American singer who falls for a teenage heiress whose uncle, it turns out, is trying to kill her. They are chased and murder is attempted throughout the movie until the end, where the bad guys are caught and Elvis gets the girl.
Side Notes: An Elvis fan bought a jacket as a gift to Elvis. Elvis told her to watch the movie carefully when it came out. The film came out and she saw that the jacket was in the suitcase which belongs to Elvis' character on film.
This was the first and only movie Annette Day (his leading lady) ever made.
Elvis gave Annette a sports car as a gift, which she later gave to her brother.
Favorite Song: Probably Long-Legged Girl.
Favorite Scenes: I loved any of the scenes where he fought. And there was a really sexy part where he threw a chair through a glass window. I loved this line after the rich uncle says that as a musician Elvis can't have much money. Then he says, "I didn't mean to offend." Elvis says, "I'm not offended, I'm just in a hurry. I don't want to lose my place in the brad line." In this really annoyed sexy way. (Are you sensing a 'sexy' theme to my recap of Elvis movies???) 🙂
LOVE this movie. Sigh…Elvis was so sexy and I always love Shelley Fabares as his leading lady. And, Bill Bixby is in it, and I loved watching him in Elvis movies. He plays the perfect cad in Clambake. This was another movie where people said Elvis was fat. UGH…SO not true.
About: Elvis plays Scott Heyward, the rich son of a rich oil field magnate who is discouraged because he feels women only love him for his money. (Yeah, right!). He takes off for some 'me-time' and heads to Miami Beach. On the way, he meets poor water ski instructor, Tom Wilson, and they switch identities so Scott can see what it's like to have people know him for who he really is. He meets Shelley (Dianne), who is there to look for a rich man and finds him in the form of Bill Bixby. But, of course, she ends up falling for Elvis, he wins the boat race and all live Happily Ever After. One reason I love this movie so much is that there was true chemistry between Elvis and Shelley, and there were some emotional, angsty moments that I always enjoy. You could really see the romance develop, which was lacking in some of his films.
The movie was set in Florida but filmed in California. In some shots, you can see the California mountains in the background. 🙂
Elvis was becoming more discouraged with his film career at the time this movie was made and he and his buddies pulled more shenanigans than usual on the set.
Elvis' character used a mobile phone and the gas station attendant remarked something to the effect of, "That must be one heck of a long cord."
One of the children at the playground during the song "Confidence" is Corbin Bernsen.
Lee Majors visited the set and filmed a cameo; he can be seen in the background of the restaurant scene, wearing a fake mustache.
Favorite Song: Probably "You Don't Know Me" – Check it out here:
Favorite Scene: Just before he sings the above song. Shelley comes to see him before her big date with Jameson (Bill Bixby) and the scene is charged with sexual tension. She turns to leave and Elvis says, "Hey, come here." (in this cave-man sexy way) She returns to him and he takes her hanky from her purse and says, "Blot." He blots her lips and then tosses the hanky away aggressively and tugs her hair out of its pins and settles it loosely around her shoulders. He gives her a smoldering look and says, "Unless Jameson is blind, maybe he can see the forest for the trees." Sigh…
Thank you for joining me. Have you seen these movies? What did you think?
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Ramblings of a Lifelong Elvis Fan – Part 81 – The Pure Beauty of Elvis
I was listening to Elvis radio this morning, and the DJ, Argo, said he was going to play a song that most of us probably hadn't heard, one that wasn't a big hit for Elvis. My ears always perk up when I hear statements like this. I think… "Challenge accepted!" 🙂 I believe, in my years of listening to Elvis radio, I've only heard them play one song I hadn't heard before. (Can't recall the name right off hand). In this case, though, he played "Where Did They Go, Lord" – And, my oh my, have I ever heard that one. It's one of my favorites. As I listened, tears welled up, just because it was so damn beautiful. No one could convey a song like Elvis. No one ever sang with such heart, such emotion.
See for yourself: (Many who have heard this song think it's one of his gospel songs, but it's actually not.)
As if I wasn't already emotional enough, the sadistic Argo followed up with this: (Sorry there aren't any fun photos, but the videos I found with photos were either subtitled or showed his funeral. I can't handle that, so…this is the one I'm sharing)
As I listened to both, it hit me (as if it hadn't already done so many, many times before :)), Elvis was so…beautiful. His voice, his delivery, his smile, his looks, just pure, unadulterated beauty. Enjoy…
And don't think Elvis only did his world-famous rocking songs in the 50's. He performed some gorgeous ballads as well: (My hero and heroine in End of Lonely Street dance to this one, just as an FYI :))
One of my favorites, maybe my all-time favorite, of his early career:
So…there you have it. Kicking off your weekend with a whole lot of exquisiteness. Thank you for stopping by…have a wonderful weekend!
On Elvis' 80th birthday, I released a Vintage Romance short story set in 1957, and of course, my heroine is an Elvis fan. 🙂 As a tribute to Elvis' generosity, and in order to assist with this worthy cause, 10% of my proceeds for End of Lonely Street will go to the EPCF.
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July 2, 2016 · 8:44 am
Ramblings of a Lifelong Elvis Fan – Part 80 – The Death of Scotty Moore
On June 28, 2016, Scotty Moore passed away. He was Elvis' original lead guitarist and played behind him on the big hits of his early career, such as "Hound Dog," "That's All Right Mama," "Heartbreak Hotel," etc. To me, one of the songs that showcased his guitar skills the best is Mystery Train. He almost makes the guitar sound like a train coming down the track. You can listen here:
Scotty was also Elvis' first manager. He tells a story about how he and Elvis were talking one day and he told Elvis he was going to make it big. Elvis said that when he did, he would give Scotty 50% of his earnings. Scotty insisted that was too much and they finally settled on 1%, I believe. Then, when The Colonel took over Elvis' career, he refused to honor the agreement. I wonder how different things would have been had Scotty remained Elvis' manager. Probably quite different, the question is, would it have been better or worse?
It's sad that another of the people from Elvis' history is gone, but of course, they're all getting up there in years. Fortunately, and especially thanks to Elvis Radio, we were able to listen to Scotty recount stories about his time with Elvis. Here is the story of their first meeting when Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Studios where Elvis famously got his start, asked Scotty to call Elvis and have him come over and play for him and see what he thought. Scotty said this about that meeting:
"…[Presley] was dressed a little strange for the times. He had on a — it was either a pair of pink pants or black pants with a white stripe up the leg, you know, and a lace, see-through shirt and, of course, his famous ducktail. But, you know, he was very clean, very polite, and we kind of, you know, just hit it off right from the start.
"He sang some Marty Robbins songs, some Hank Snow songs, some Roy Hamilton some of the current R&B hits at the time… a little bit of everything really. So Sam then did call him and set a time for us to go into the studio the following night. It was just me and Bill and all intended to be to fill up a background just to give us an idea of how he would sound like on tape. Well the rest ofcourse is history. The audition turned into the actual first session and out of that came "That's all right mama". We went in and went through several different songs and nothing was really happening because you know it was an audition and then we were taking a break, sitting around drinking coffee. Elvis started clowning around, he picked up his guitar and started dancing around and started singing "That's all right mama", and Bill picked up his bass, started slapping it, just more or less clowning and I joined in and that's it … really it's just one of those things."
Scotty was a phenomenal guitarist and was a role model/hero to some of the most famous rock and roll musicians in the world. Keith Richards was quoted as saying: "When I heard Heartbreak Hotel, I knew what I wanted to do in life. It was as plain as day. All I wanted to do in the world was to be able to play and sound like that. Everyone else wanted to be Elvis, I wanted to be Scotty Moore."
I completely give Scotty Moore his due for being such a remarkable guitarist, but it's unlikely he would have made his mark the way he did had it not been for Elvis.
Elvis wanted his band with him in all his movies, but the producers wouldn't allow it. However, Scotty played backup for Elvis on screen in the movie Jailhouse Rock. Here's a photo from that scene:
The last time Elvis and Scotty played together was when Elvis reunited with Scotty and D.J. Fontana (The third member, Bill Black, passed away in 1965), for the '68 Music Special. It was Elvis' first time in front of an audience after years away from live performances during his years of making movies. They held an informal jam session that turned out to be one of the most well-loved and critically acclaimed, one of the most spectacular and unique performances of all time. Afterward, when Elvis was beginning his stint in Vegas in 1969, he wanted Scotty and D.J. to join him. But, they had other obligations and the engagements were six weeks, and they did not want to be gone for that length of time.
Scotty was indeed a musical legend, and he will be missed. Rest in peace, Scotty. I hope you and your pal Elvis are playing together again.
Thank you for stopping by…have a wonderful Fourth of July weekend!
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C&EN's 2021 10 Start-Ups to Watch
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2021 — Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society (ACS), unveiled its annual list of 10 chemistry start-ups to watch. The companies were chosen from among hundreds of firms suggested by readers and identified by C&EN reporters who scoured the chemical, biotech and materials world for young companies with great promise.
C-Zero: Producing hydrogen without leaving a carbon footprint
California's C-Zero is betting that turquoise hydrogen is going to be part of the mix. This relatively new variety of hydrogen, somewhere between blue and green, is made from methane. But rather than reform methane, which generates CO2, companies use pyrolysis to decompose it without oxygen, creating elemental carbon that can be sold or buried underground. C-Zero and other backers of turquoise hydrogen argue that methane is a cheap and abundant fuel and that their technology offers the best way to keep using it for as long as necessary.
C-Zero is an outgrowth of what Eric McFarland, a chemical engineering professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, calls his long interest in low-cost hydrogen production. In 2016, with the help of a US Department of Energy grant, McFarland's UCSB lab started exploring high-temperature liquids that could catalyze methane pyrolysis. Traditional solid catalysts can also do it, but liquids are good at getting heat into a reactor and getting carbon out....."


Hydrogen has a high antioxidant capacity and removes undesirable active oxygen (spots, wrinkles, sagging, dullness, redness, etc.) that cause skin problems.
By applying powder to the skin, it reacts with sweat and sebum and produces hydrogen on your face, so you can use it directly on the skin.
Nanopowder is applied to the skin with enough "lightness" to forget its existence, and this feeling can last for a long time.
The elegant shiny pearls cover the dullness and give you translucent skin.


If you are like 9 out of 10 Americans, you occasionally have headaches. Although the discomfort of a typical headache should not be discounted, migraine headaches are debilitating and afflict 37 million Americans each year. Horrifyingly, about 5 million people in the U.S. experience at least one migraine headache each month. If you are familiar with the nausea, sensitivity to light and noise and visual disturbances that migraines are associated with, you should speak with a chiropractor to learn about safe, alternative treatments that could help you get off the migraine treadmill.
Chiropractic care focuses on providing a healthy body and one of the ways they do so is by manipulating the spine, to allow for better blood flow. Another is to remove common irritants that interact in nerve fibers throughout the spine. Chiropractors avoid the use of medication, surgery and other mainstream medical practices.
Instead, they restore blood flow through the body with adjustments, relaxation techniques and encourage excellent nutrition. They may also assist with techniques for effective stress management recommend the use of vitamins or other supplements.
Their approach is based on a concept that a healthy body will not have chronic pain. By determining the cause of your pain and you healthier, your body is more likely to aid in the healing process.
Can Everyone Benefit From Chiropractic Care?
Unfortunately, regardless of the severity of headache and migraine pain that some patients experience, they would not be eligible for chiropractic care.
In addition, pregnant women and anyone who has spinal surgery should consult with their primary physician before consulting a chiropractor. At-risk individuals who receive treatments without permission from their primary physician or without letting the chiropractor know about all of their medical conditions could experience increased pain and loss of function.
Does Chiropractic Care Work For Everyone?
The bad news is that chiropractic care is not a magical cure-all for migraines. There is no cure for migraines and even the strong medications provided by most physicians to migraine sufferers do not stop all migraine symptoms. Antidepressants, mild sedatives and anti-nausea medications are commonly prescribed by mainstream physicians and do not always work.
The good news is that a recent study, featuring 127 patients, established that patients that received chiropractic care for two months had fewer migraine flare-ups and 22% of those patients reduced their migraine symptoms by more than 90%.
In conclusion, chiropractic care (available at clinics like Smith Chiropractic) has few side effects for otherwise healthy migraine-sufferers and therefore, you owe it yourself to try it. The pain and discomfort from migraines interferes with so many daily activities and chiropractic care could help your migraine symptoms, just as it already has for so many people.


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Liner Notes Cat. No. NWCR853 Release Date: 2007-01-01
Capriccio Ensemble; Chouhai Min, violin; Korey Konkol, viola; Mina Fisher, cello
John Tartaglia's string trio, Wave Functions, is a wonderful contemporary example of the connection that has long existed between the weird science of quantum mechanics and the harmonious field of music. The sound waves that make music possible are subject to many of the same mathematical rules as the quantum wave functions that describe the activity of electrons and photons. But John Tartaglia's trio goes far beyond formal similarities to demonstrate that absolute music provides a genuinely appropriate language for expressing the abstract ideas of modern physics.
One of the first works commissioned by Ensemble Capriccio, Around Columbia belongs to a growing number of works that Randall Davidson has written on America. His fascination with this continent exceeds national boundaries and cultural histories.
The three movements of this work draw their inspiration from towns in central Missouri. "Centralia" takes its name from the self-proclaimed capitol of "Little Dixie," an area that still mourns the death of the Confederacy. To many of the natives of this town, its name perfectly describes their attitude toward their community and themselves. You will recognize three types of music in this movement: the music that takes power by attacking (atonal), the music that takes power by parading its patriotism ("Star Spangled Banner" and "Dixie"), and the music that takes power by surviving.
Ensemble Capriccio commissioned Stanislaw Skrowaczewski to write String Trio in 1991. In this work Skrowaczewski follows traditional, classical principles to horizontally and soloistically expose each instrument. At the same time, he sought to bind the three parts by vertical chords and harmonies, and with sharp rhythmic patterns that demand perfect synchronization. Harmonically, each movement has one or more melodic groups or themes. Patterns of certain intervals reflect Skrowaczewki's obsession with the interplay of augmented fourths with perfect fourths, diminished ninths and sevenths, etc. These patterns are repeated in all five movements. The titles describe the musical character of each movement.
Capriccio Ensemble
String Trios by Tartaglia, Davidson, Skrowaczewski
Wave Functions for String Trio: I. The Dancing Wu-Li
John Tartaglia
Wave Functions for String Trio: II. Bell's Theorem
Wave Functions for String Trio: III. Schrödinger's Cat
Wave Functions for String Trio: IV. Surely...Mr. Feynman
Around Columbia: I. Centralia
Randall Davidson
Around Columbia: II. Mexico-Bolivar Tango
Around Columbia: III. Around Columbia
String Trio: I. Misterioso
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
String Trio: II. Adagietto
String Trio: III. Scherzando
String Trio: IV. Adagio amoroso
String Trio: V. Furioso


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Wesley Botton
Sport / Columnists
South African marathon runners on the rise
If Gerda Steyn opts to hold off on her return to ultras next season, there is little doubt that she can go even quicker over the classic 42km distance.
Gerda Steyn has led the charge this season, displaying superb form in the marathon event. Picture: Reg Caldecott
With some experienced stars still in the mix, and a few newer prospects on the rise, the 2022 season should see South Africa's top marathon runners making further progress as they continue to lift the standard across the board. After struggling to find an international 42km race in the first half of this year, with most events being postponed, Gerda Steyn and Irvette van Zyl managed to secure spots at a race in Siena, and they both made it count. Steyn clocked 2:25:28 to shatter the SA women's marathon record, which had been held by Colleen de Reuck for 25...
With some experienced stars still in the mix, and a few newer prospects on the rise, the 2022 season should see South Africa's top marathon runners making further progress as they continue to lift the standard across the board.
After struggling to find an international 42km race in the first half of this year, with most events being postponed, Gerda Steyn and Irvette van Zyl managed to secure spots at a race in Siena, and they both made it count.
Steyn clocked 2:25:28 to shatter the SA women's marathon record, which had been held by Colleen de Reuck for 25 years, while Van Zyl completed the race in 2:28:40, ripping nearly three minutes off her eight-year-old personal best.
Having finished a respectable 15th at the Olympic Games, Steyn went on to finish fourth at the Cape Town Marathon in 2:26:25, cementing her place as the country's top female athlete over the classic distance. In her last five 42km races, she has dipped under 2:28:00 on four occasions, and if Steyn opts to hold off on her return to ultra-distances next season, there is little doubt that she can go even quicker.
Van Zy, meanwhile, had another disastrous Olympics, pulling out during the race with an injury, but her result in Siena was a well-deserved breakthrough for the gutsy 34-year-old athlete, who continues to shine some two decades after she first broke onto the elite domestic road running scene.
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And it's only a matter of time before Glenrose Xaba makes her very promising marathon debut, with the stocky athlete threatening to make a statement when she steps up in distance, forming a potential domestic rivalry which could match the battle between De Reuck and Elana Meyer which was waged at the turn of the century.
On the men's side, Stephen Mokoka experienced a rare failure at the Tokyo Games, but he is by no means a spent force, and he bounced back to beat a quality field at the Cape Town Marathon.
In the same race, Melikhaya Frans finally delivered on his true potential with an impressive 2:11:28 personal best, which should earn him a spot in the national team for next year's World Championships.
Add to this the depth offered by the likes of experienced campaigners Elroy Gelant and Desmond Mokgobu – if they can regain their best form – and promising distance runner Precious Mashele (who has not yet made his marathon debut) and we have a recipe for success.
While Gert Thys' 22-year-old SA record (2:06:33) remains safe for now, it could soon join the history books alongside De Reuck's mark, with the country's best long-distance runners looking stronger than they have in decades.
It has been a memorable season for South African road running, including the sport's blue riband event, and if the country's stars can carry their momentum into the new year, it could be another record campaign in the marathon.
Gerda Steyn
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A Campanile (, velenceiül Canpanièl de San Marcó, azaz "Szt. Márk harangtornya") az olaszországi velencei Szent Márk-székesegyház különálló harangtornya a Szent Márk téren.

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Magassága csaknem 100 méter, oldalait féloszlopoknak tűnő kiemelkedések tagolják. A fehér kővel borított harangkamra minden oldalán négy-négy ablakot alakítottak ki. Fölötte négyzet alaprajzú dobon álló piramis alkotja a torony tetejét, amelynek csúcsára Gábriel arkangyal szobrát helyezték el.

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A ma látható torony helyén állt Velence legrégebbi, római kori alapokra emelt harangtornya, amelyet Pietro Tribuno dózse idejében kezdtek el építeni. A harangtornyot ekkor még őrtoronynak is használták, és közvetlenül a víz mellett helyezkedett el. Ekkor a mai Piazzetta, (a Libreria és a Dózse-palota közötti terület) egy kis öböl volt és egyfajta belső kikötőként funkcionált. A tornyot a 12. század második felében újjáépítették, ekkor két oldala összeépült a mai Libreria és az Új Prokuráciák helyén álló épületekkel. A torony a következő évszázadok alatt a földrengésektől és viharoktól súlyos károkat szenvedett, ezért 1511 és 1514 között Giorgio Spavento tervei alapján Bartolomeo Bon vezetése alatt újjáépítették. Ezután majdnem négyszáz éven keresztül nem végeztek rajta komolyabb átalakításokat. A későbbi földrengések, viharok, valamint a nem tökéletes kivitelezés miatt a torony 1902. július 14-én összeomlott. A katasztrófának voltak előjelei, így nem járt halálos áldozatokkal. Mivel torony nem dőlt rá a mellette álló épületekre, így a lábánál álló Loggettán kívül, amely darabokra tört a törmelék súlya alatt, más anyagi kár nem keletkezett. A városi tanács úgy döntött, hogy a tornyot újra felépítik "com'era dov'era" (ahogy volt, ahol volt). A munkálatokkal, amelyeket Luca Beltrami és Gaetano Moretti felügyelt 1912-ben végeztek, ünnepélyes felavatására április 25-én, Szent Márk napján került sor.

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Nino Cenni: Art and History of Venice, Casa Editrice Bonechi, 1990
Vittorio Serra: All Venice, Casa Editrice Bonechi, 1988

Velence vallási építményei
Olaszország tornyai
Harangok
Olaszország román stílusú vallási építményei


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Q: Работа с огромным массивом Есть json массив большого размера(порядка 30000 записей(база товаров)), нужно разбить этот массив на части по 100 записей из этих записей сформировать лист-запрос и отправить его через POST запрос.
Отправить нужно всё содержимое массива, кусками по 100 записей.
Почему именно по 100? Потому что POST отправляется на API маркета, которое имеет ограничение на 100 товаров за один запрос.
Нужно: Разбить массив на части по 100 элементов и последовательно отправить POST запросом, при этом желательно не использовать сторонние библиотеки, максимум "Promise"

A: Для разделения массива на чанки, можно использовать нативный js или например lodash chunk.
Затем можно использовать возможности async/await или например async
Это небольшой пример с for и await:
// * node.js 8
// const axios = require('axios')
const products = require('./products.json')

async function main(data) {
  data = data || []

  let i, j, chunk = 100
  for (i = 0, j = data.length; i < j; i += chunk) {
    await apiQuery(data.slice(i, i + chunk))
  }

  console.log('*** DONE ***')
}

function apiQuery(data) {
  console.log(`query for next ${data.length} records`)
  // axios.post(...)
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout(resolve, 100)
  })
}

// start
main(products)


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Kamarád taky rád ( Friends with benefits) je americký film režiséra Willa Glucka z roku 2011, v jehož hlavních rolích stanuli Mila Kunis a Justin Timberlake. Film je označován jako romantická komedie.

Ve Spojených státech měl snímek premiéru 22. července 2011. Česká premiéra se konala 29. září 2011.

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Mila Kunis v roli Jamie je typická newyorčanka živící se hledáním nových příležitostí. Dylan Justin Timberlake je umělecký ředitel z Los Angeles a byl přemluven Jamie, aby vzal své vysněné místo v New Yorku. Postupem času si oba uvědomí, že měli doposud podobné životy a jsou si velice podobní.

Každý z nich zažil tolik rozchodů, že jsou ochotni se starat už jen o zábavu. Dylan se nastěhuje do New Yorku a užívá si spolu s Jamie spoustu zábavy. Oba si totiž myslí, že láska je pouze mýtus a že nic takového neexistuje. A právě tehdy se rozhodli, že vyzkouší něco nového, a to kamarádství s výhodami. Ze svého skvělého přátelství chtějí vytěžit co nejvíc a jsou přesvědčeni o tom, že už nebudou cítit žádné emoce.

Postupem času to ale začíná být osobnější a oba si na výletě za Dylanovými rodiči v Los Angeles uvědomí, že se mezi nimi něco změnilo. Oba se toho leknou a nějakou chvíli se nebaví. Na konci ale Dylan příjemně překvapí Jamie. Po závěrečném polibku se z nich stane plnohodnotný pár.

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James Bond has a Philadelphia connection that may surprise you
As the trailer for 'No Time to Die' debuts, we explore the fictional British secret agent's link to a real Academy of Natural Sciences ornithologist with same name
By Sinead Cummings
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James Bond, seen above in the upcoming movie 'No Time To Die,' as played by Daniel Craig, has Philadelphia roots. Bond author Ian Fleming borrowed the name for his the famous character from James Bond, and ornithologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences, who he befriended because of his love for birds.
We've been anticipating the return of James Bond since 2015 and finally, the first trailer for "No Time to Die," starring Daniel Craig as the British secret agent, has been released.
In the sequel to "Spectre," coming in 2020, Bond's peaceful life in Jamaica is interrupted by his old friend Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) from the CIA who needs 007's help.
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Of course he was going to be pulled back into the spy game. His name is Bond. James Bond. And fans have impatiently waited to hear 007 say his iconic line again while on a new mission.
What's interesting, though, is that while the name James Bond has a firm place in pop culture, not many know about its origins – or its Philadelphia connection.
"'The real James Bond,' as Ian Fleming liked to call him, spent almost 50 years of his professional life here in Philadelphia at the Academy of Natural Sciences, where he was the world's authority on birds of the West Indies," explained Robert McCracken Peck, a senior fellow of the Academy.
"(The Philadelphia James Bond) would have been much more with the #MeToo movement today than he would have been with the Sean Connery figure who was forever making advances on women." – Robert McCracken Peck, Bond's friend
Fleming, the author who created the beloved James Bond series of spy novels, was an avid bird watcher. He came across the book "Birds of the West Indies" by James Bond, an ornithologist from Philadelphia, and was struck by the name.
The Academy published the book in 1936 and a first edition remains within its library and archives. Watch 2002's "Die Another Day" starring Pierce Brosnan and catch a glimpse of a copy of the book in an early scene – it's an Easter Egg for those in the know.
"(Bond and his wife Mary W. Bond) actually visited Fleming in Jamaica in 1964. He invited them to come to Goldeneye, which was his house there, and he gave them lunch. Then at the end of their visit, he gave them a copy of his newest book – he had an advance copy of "You Only Live Twice" – and in it he put an inscription, which was 'To the real James Bond from the thief of his identity,'" said Peck, who once saw the gift on the Bonds' table.
Peck, who started working at the Academy in 1976, got to know the couple toward the end of the ornithologist's life. Bond died in 1989.
"Although he was no longer coming in on a regular basis, he was still very much involved in the whole field of ornithology, and so he often asked me to bring things out to his apartment in Chestnut Hill. I would take his mail to him and bring out books he wanted to borrow from the library, and he and Mrs. Bond would have me for tea," he recalled.
While visiting the Bonds at Hill House, a high-rise located near the Chestnut Hill West train station, Peck would listen to stories about Bond's many trips to the Caribbean to work with birds.
The ornithologist, who actually went by Jim not James, is remembered by Peck as being charming, with a great sense of humor.
"I have such fond memories. He almost looked the part of Sean Connery. He had been educated in England, went to the boarding school Harrow and to Trinity College Cambridge, and often dressed in tweeds. He was just such a gentleman, through and through," Peck said.
Connery was the first actor to play the spy in the film series. Bond shied away from any connection to the other, secret agent Bond, though, switching the conversation back to birds if the topic came up.
"I think he was embarrassed by all the fanfare that he got and the attention, and he particularly did not want to be associated with someone who was a romantic womanizer," Peck said. "He would have been much more with the #MeToo movement today than he would have been with the Sean Connery figure who was forever making advances on women."
The fictional Bond's chauvinistic persona was recently discussed by "Fleabag" creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who co-wrote the "No Time to Die" script.
"There's been a lot of talk about whether or not (the Bond franchise) is relevant now because of who he is and the way he treats women," she told Deadline. "I think that's bollocks. I think he's absolutely relevant now. It has just got to grow. It has just got to evolve, and the important thing is that the film treats the women properly. He doesn't have to. He needs to be true to this character."
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James Bond worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences, located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. He was an expert on Caribbean birds.
Philadelphia's Bond did have something in common with the character, though, Peck recalled.
"His wife used to joke about this – that he was often carrying guns," Peck said. "He would go in and out of the Caribbean, carrying shotguns and pistols and so on and the people at customs would – after the Fleming books started coming out – do a double take. Look at his passport. Look at all the guns. Then just nod and let him through."
Interestingly, in the new "No Time to Die" trailer, Craig's Bond seems to have some trouble going through security and must remind them he's Bond. James Bond.
Despite the Bonds' visit to Goldeneye and Fleming's personal inscription in "You Only Live Twice," there is a chance the author did not actually borrow Bond's name from the Philly ornithologist, or at least not entirely. Earlier this year, the BBC reported on newly released records that revealed an intelligence officer named James Charles Bond was a member of a secret elite unit working on missions under Fleming during his time in the British military, before he became an author.
"He confessed to Mary that he had stolen the name (in a letter). I had not heard about this more recent claim that there was someone whom (Fleming) had worked with in the secret service, who had a similar name that someone thinks may have been adopted from for his book," Peck said. "Certainly in all of Fleming's correspondence with the Bonds and some interviews that he did back in the '60s, he focused on the James Bond here in Philadelphia."
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Improving quality assurance and content management with a broken link checker tool.
Previously, we outlined many of the benefits of using a link checker tool. Once you understand all of the detrimental affects broken links can have on your websites' user experience, it is time to take action.
There is a lot of weight put on the design of a website and on the SEO, both from a technically optimized standpoint as well as user experience.
Design and UX matter more today than ever before when it comes to SEO. Google wants to provide the best listings possible in the SERPs. Basically, they want you to use their service because their results are always the best.
Bounce rate– a visitor clicks on your listing in the SERP and then hits the back button returning to the SERP after they see your site/content.
Time on site– if you get past the bounce, then the next indicator is time on site. Literally how much time the user spends on the site once they've clicked in from the SERPs.
Your bounce rate and time on site numbers can be improved with design and UX improvements. For example, if you click on a restaurant listing and the site looks like it was done in 1999, do you stay?
If you do stay, but you can't find a menu or the hours or maybe there are no good images of the location or the food. Do you spend much time there?
User experience is about design and usability. But it's also about value. What value does this website have for the user? Will they then pass it along to others in social channels, rating sites, or listed in their blog or on their site (backlinks)?
While we, at LinkTiger, completely agree with this statement, there is one component often overlooked, which is broken links internally within a website as well as broken links going out to other websites.
The impact of broken links within a site significantly affects the user experience AND it can also hinder the way the search engine spiders crawl through a website. If a spider hits a broken link, it may assume there is no more content to crawl and it will leave the website. This can lead to indexing issues and potentially not seeing all of the great content you have put so much effort into creating.
When you encounter indexing issues because a spider can't crawl your site, this negatively impacts the SEO of your site. When a user bounces because they are constantly encountering pages that don't exist, this will increase your bounce rate and reduce time on site…which again negatively impacts the SEO of your site.
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Broken link checkers can make the task of finding broken links much faster and regular scanning of your site for broken links can help ensure you are not impairing UX or search engine spiders.
So, when evaluating your site for SEO optimization ensure you take all of these ranking factors into consideration and don't forget to deal with the broken links!


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How parents and educators can work together
So let's think about this. How do parents learn from educators? How do educators learn from parents? I feel the pluralistic approach to education has all of its roots in good parenting. That it really is a common sense approach to what to do in a classroom, because a parent thinks in terms of what their child does well, thinks in terms of encouraging their child, thinks in terms of moving them in a direction that supports the things they love, and that they're passionate and excited about and they're energetic about. And that's exactly what good teaching should be doing. But somehow we turn it over. We start thinking of education or schools as being very different from home metropolitan living workplace or anything like that. And it's not. So really, for the most part, it's educators that need to be learning from parents. And our approach to education didn't come out of a book. It came out of common sense experience. And I think that the things that we talk about often appeal to people, because they're saying, my God. That just makes sense. That's the way I relate to my child. How come when I go to a parent conference, and the teachers say somewhat completely different from what I'm thinking that I think they must be right and I'm wrong. No, that's not true. Parents are right. Parents are very often right in that. Now parents can get a different perspective than a teacher might. Parents are naturally going to hear their child's side of a story, so it's not about us versus them. It's really about a partnership and working together. But in terms of how we honor a child, I think schools have a lot more to lean from parents than parents do from schools.
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'I Went for It," Affirms 4th Place Amy Hastings; 'I Gave It My All'
These four-women races to pick just three Olympians are excruciating just to watch; to actually be the fourth-place finisher is heartbreaking. Hastings had been on a bit of a yo-yo with three other women--Shalane Flanagan, Desiree Davila, and Kara Goucher--falling behind in one mile, then shooting to the front in the next. "Sometimes when things are going bad and you go to the front it gives you a surge of adrenaline," explains Hastings. "You can run faster and it can completely change how your race is going, so I was trying that. Unfortunately, I couldn't quite take it to the finish line." Hastings believes the women who defeated her are all potential Olympic medalists; "I'm not just competing against the best Americans, but all of them have been players in major marathons and can be the best in the world," she reminds herself. More
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Q: Making a blackout div stretch to 100% of the height of the div on top of it I have a "blackout" div (a div that fills the entire screen with black on 50% opacity) to help create focus for a popup div that's on top of it.
I currently have the blackout div set to height: auto and min-height as 100 VH. It has position: absolute. The popup div is 600 px in height. The issue is, if the height of the browser window is smaller than the popup div height, the blackout div only stretches to the height of the browser window rather than the popup div.
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Small browser window height, scrolled down:

A: Not sure height:auto; has an effect in this case.
Try :
.blackout {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
}


True to Toys of Hope's mantra that "we're more than toys," the Gregory family of Brentwood has received hats, scarves and even laundry detergent from the Huntington Station-based charity.
But Friday was all about toys, as Judy and Kenny Gregory watched their pint-size grandson, Zion, busily examine the offerings inside the charity's warehouse.
He got down to business, announcing his preference for wrestling-related toys.
Two years ago, the family was in trouble. Kenny Gregory, 53, was unemployed, and one of the couple's daughters moved back into the house with her four children, including Zion.
"Money was not coming in," he said.
Toys of Hope's founder Melissa Doktofsky stepped in and gave the family enough donations for each grandchild to get five toys for the holidays.
"She was a great help for the kids," said Judy Gregory, who is 54. "She made it possible to have a Christmas."
Now the family is heading back to steadier ground. Kenny Gregory is working as a security guard, and Judy Gregory enrolled in cooking school.
Still, the demands of holiday shopping for four grandchildren exceeded their available funds. Once again, Doktofsky stepped in.
"I'm very, very, very happy," Judy Gregory said.
Toys of Hope volunteers are now recipientsLinda and Ed K. used to walk into the Toys of Hope warehouse in Huntington ... LI toy drives scramble to meet holiday demandThe Suffolk County Toys for Tots campaign has received about 60,000 toys for its holiday campaign this year - compared to about 200,000 toys collected last year.


I took the kids to the harp petting zoo first, and they all had a little play. Then we went and watched a performance before heading back to the petting zoo again. The children were so much more expressive on their harps after watching the concert.
It was a beautiful afternoon, so after we left 100 Harps, I took the children to the Blockhouse Bay playground for fresh air and exercise. The playground looks out over a beach, and I COULD NOT resist filling up one of my reusable bags with seaweed for my garden. I just threw the bag into the washing machine after I had emptied it and now it's back into its normal shopping bag rotation.
On Sunday we had friends over for lunch - a simple potluck affair of rotisserie chicken, buns, oven chips, coleslaw and salad vegetables. Afterwards we all drove into the city to go to Cakes 'N' Ladders, a board game cafe that our friends have been to several times. You pay $2.50 per person per hour you're there, and get to play any of the board games in the cafe. It's a good way to try out board games you've been thinking about buying. The kids played several games with each other. Unfortunately I was coming down with a cold, which got the best of me while we were there, so us adults had to cut our game short. We all headed back to our house where I had a nap while Paul ordered pizza for everyone for dinner.
I knocked my cold on the head pretty quickly by taking lots of vitamin C, taking three drops of Lugol's iodine solution daily, and eating a clove of raw garlic.
This week I was able to make use of my emergency container several times. It's a container I keep in the boot of our car and it's filled with spare clothes for the kids, including togs and rain coats. It also holds a towel and a light blanket. We used jackets from the container twice this week, when the weather did a sudden 180, and we also used the blanket for the children to sit on during a class that was held on a cold wooden floor. I'm so glad I put this container together.
I've been trying to make the most of the abundant kale currently growing in my garden, by whizzing up green smoothies for my breakfast most days. I usually throw kale, spinach, parsley, frozen okra, frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, ground flaxseed, chia seeds, collagen powder, cinnamon, vanilla, vitamin C, Natvia and water into my Thermomix and whizz it all up until smooth. I was adding a teaspoon of spirulina powder as well, but I've just run out so I'll need to buy more. My kids won't go near these smoothies, but I don't mind them.
On Monday morning I had an appointment with Voice Therapy at Auckland Hospital, because I've had a hoarse voice for almost a year now. The Voice Therapist stuck a camera down my nose and had a good look at my vocal chords. She showed me the videos after she'd finished and it was pretty fascinating. To make sound, your vocal chords are supposed to move towards each other at the same time, but mine have adopted a subtle follow pattern, which the therapist thinks might be due to nerve damage. I had a terrible cold when I went to SISTAS conference last year, but I sung anyway and it might have permanently damaged my vocal chords. I'm pretty devastated at the loss of my voice, because I've always loved to sing and now that's not really a possibility. My voice also gets tired reading to the kids, and I can't put the expression into their stories that I'd like to. I'm going to voice therapy again next week, where the therapist will work with me to make the most of the voice I do have. In the meantime, please pray that my nerves will heal and my voice will come back. I miss it.
While I was at my voice therapy appointment, Paul took the kids down the road to The Domain, The Winter Gardens and The Auckland War Memorial Museum. (He said they were able to pack so much into the hour because they didn't stop to take photos.) The kids LOVED the museum and have been begging to go back, so guess where Paul will be taking them when I have my next appointment?
On Tuesday night, Paul and I went to our regular parents' group and our friend babysat for us. She goes to the same parents' group, but on another night, and on those nights I babysit for her.
This week I started reading the recent release, My Plain Jane, by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows, but I just can't get into it. It's killing my life-long love of Mr Rochester and Jane Eyre, so I'm not sure if I'll finish it. I really loved these authors' first book, My Lady Jane, so I'm pretty disappointed that this book isn't living up to my expectations. Definitely go read My Lady Jane though, because it is awesome.
This week I also read (and actually finished) another book called All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover. It's about a couple dealing with infertility and it made me cry, but in the best possible way. It's got some mature content, so I'd recommend it for more mature readers. It will definitely make you appreciate your spouse more.
I got both these books out from the library, because the library is awesome.
I've got more library books in my to-read pile, but lately in the evenings I've usually been watching YouTube to unwind. I really love Darci Isabella's channel, and through her I was introduced to Justin Rhodes' homesteading channel, which I'm also really enjoying. Both these YouTubers are making me long for my own flock of chickens though, and Paul is dead-set against that idea unless we move to somewhere with more land. Maybe one day.
This week was our first week of full homeschool activities this term, and it gave me a good idea of what term three is going to be like. Some days were seriously go-go from morning to night, while others were more relaxed. On the busy days I started to get anxious, worrying about whether we were going to be late to our activities. But then I realised I was stressing about the possibility of being late, not the reality of it. And I decided not to worry about something that hadn't even happened yet. If we ever actually were late for something, I decided I would deal with it then. It was amazing how much this inner pep talk calmed me down. We were slightly late a couple of times during the week, but it didn't actually matter anyway.
L has been coughing a lot in the evening this week, so last night I plugged in a diffuser in her bedroom and set it running with tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil, and the World Organics essential oil combinations, Vitality and Joy. The diffuser was one my sister-in-law gifted to me, and I love it. I love being able to freshen the air in my home with essential oils. They smell amazing.
A friend recommended this Peanut Butter, Chickpea and Banana cookie recipe when I mentioned I had bananas that needed using. I ended up baking the cookies a couple of times, because they were so moreish. First I soaked and cooked up a big pot of chickpeas to use as the cookie base, because it works out a lot more economical to cook beans from scratch than to buy them tinned. The cookies turned out a lot softer than our other cookie recipes, more like a soft brownie, but the kids devoured them anyway so I called this recipe a win. It's certainly a lot healthier than our regular cookie recipe and any time the kids eat a healthy alternative to their favourite unhealthy treat, I do a happy dance.
I'm cooking a big meal for our church's youth group leaders this weekend, and I've been mulling over something frugal, simple and tasty to make. I've finally settled on pumpkin soup, so I'm currently simmering a big batch of chicken stock on my stove to use as the soup base.
On my kitchen counter, I also have a jar of milk kefir doing its thing, as well as an Easiyo container of yoghurt brewing. I used a couple of tablespoons from the Easiyo starter packet and mixed it with one cup of milk powder to make the yoghurt. It works out quite a bit cheaper than using one whole starter packet per batch of yoghurt.
I forgot to mention it, but when we went away on holiday, we turned the hot water off at home. It saved us a huge amount on our July power bill. Each week I get a power usage email, and I can see a sharp drop off on the days we didn't have the hot water cylinder running.
L seems to have shot up lately and outgrown a lot of her clothes, so I took her shopping at Kmart last night. While we were there, I found Be Kind tops in the clearance section, so I bought one for each of the girls. "Be Kind" is a constant catch phrase in our home, and I thought that having a visual reminder could only be helpful.
I think that's all my frugal news for now. What have you been doing to save money lately?


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Polski Przegląd Neurologiczny – to kwartalnik Polskiego Towarzystwa Neurologicznego wydawany przez Wydawnictwo Via Medica. Redaktorem naczelnym jest prof. Ryszard Podemski. Zastępcą redaktora naczelnego jest prof. Roman Mazur.

W skład rady naukowej wchodzą samodzielni pracownicy naukowi z tytułem profesora lub doktora habilitowanego z Polski oraz z zagranicy. Artykuły ukazują się w języku (polskim.

Stałe działy
 prace oryginalne
 artykuły poglądowe
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Indeksacja
 Index Copernicus (IC)

Współczynniki cytowań:
 Index Copernicus (2009): 4,23

Na liście czasopism punktowanych przez polskie Ministerstwo Nauki znajduje się w części B z sześcioma punktami.

Linki zewnętrzne
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Przypisy

Czasopisma wydawane od 2005
Polskie czasopisma medyczne
Neurologia
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