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March 14, 2011 by justin
My Sister, My Love, by Joyce Carol Oates
I thought about Diane Arbus as I read this book. Arbus's work forces me to look at and pay attention to people I might otherwise avoid, my eyes sliding away, consigning them to the crowd. Having to recognise the subject as an individual is unsettling and sometimes unpleasant, but ultimately edifying as it compels me to acknowledge the person's humanity and appreciate his or her difficulties and concerns.
Oates's work affects me the same way. Here, she has taken the JonBenet Ramsey case as a springboard for exploring the dynamics of a family caught up in a similar maelstrom: a personal tragedy turned into a media circus. Normally I avoid such distractions, preferring not to waste my time on the viral coverage of some self-indulgent celebrity heading to rehab or some non-public figure jockeying for fame, so I didn't follow the Ramsey case. But Oates is too good a writer to let me off the hook.
Now 19, Skylar Rampike narrates the events around the death of his younger sister almost ten years earlier. At six, little Bliss Rampike—born Edna Louise Rampike—is already an ice skating prodigy with several local titles on her resume and a promising future, when she is found murdered in the furnace room of the family home in a prosperous New Jersey suburb. Although a convicted pedophile confesses to the killing, Skylar himself is widely suspected of being the culprit.
Skylar does not spare himself. He was an unattractive child, with fly-away fawn-colored hair, and an even more unattractive adolescent. In his desperation to please his demanding parents, Skylar injures himself in a gymnastics class, leaving him with a permanent limp and a tendency to wear what his parents criticise as "his pain face".
I would like to think that Betsey and Bix are parodies of awful parents. Betsey's obsession with Bliss's career is rooted in her own frustrated dreams of glory. Although an outline description of Betsey's actions would sound like the stereotype of the worst of stage mothers, or the recently celebrated Tiger Mom, Oates fills in this image with emotion and self-deception. Bix may be idolised by his young children, but he cannot be trusted, reneging on promise after promise to his son and daughter, even as he swears that they are what matter most to him. Behind Bix's bluster, too, are shadows of uncertainty and baffled regret, as he consistently mispronounces clichés and foreign tags.
Betsey and Bix are not parodies, unfortunately, in spite of some reviewers' complaints that they are not sufficiently complex. Too many parents believe they can lie to children and control their futures without repercussions. Such parents don't see their children as independent beings with their own hopes and fears and dreams, but rather as extensions of themselves. Their tragedy, then, is when these parents find that the love and devotion they assumed was theirs by right is not, in fact, forthcoming.
Skylar's voice as narrator is perfectly pitched as a small child describing outings with his mummy and daddy, as an awkward pre-teen at boarding school experiencing friendship and romance for the first time, and as a thoroughly alienated adolescent. This is Skylar's story and it has to do with what connection such a damaged soul can find in our fractured and selfish world.
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For as long as I can remember, I've loved stories – to read them, to tell them, to share them, to soak them up like the last bit of sauce in a delicious bowl of shrimp scampi, to store them up and keep them close for days that just need a good story. So, several years ago, when I first heard about Listen To Your Mother, my storyteller's heart skipped a beat. A stage, both literal and figurative, for stories about motherhood? I.AM.IN!
Unfortunately, in the early years, none of the Listen To Your Mother shows were even in my time zone. Last year, I flirted with the idea of auditioning for the show in Little Rock. I almost sent an email for sign-ups but at the last minute realized that life was too chaotic to commit to making three drives to Little Rock in three months. When they made the announcement about the 2015 show cities, I saw Baton Rouge on the list and I was almost giddy. Baton Rouge is only four hours from my house. Surely, I could make it that distance for practices and the performance.
The initial Baton Rouge post was November 10th, 2014. My mother was still in the nursing home after her fall in September; she was not speaking to me yet again. I decided since I was disowned I might as well audition for a show about motherhood – I'm sure that makes sense to someone somewhere. Forget that fact that my life was even crazier than it was the year before; forget the fact that I had no idea what in the world I was going to submit; I just focused on the fact that I was passionate about wanting to audition.
I stalked the website and finally, finally, finally, audition details were released on January 12th, my niece Emmie's birthday. Since November, my mother had been released from the nursing facility and returned to her house with my ninety-year-old grandfather as her "caregiver" (side note – no one in the universe save my mother and my grandfather thought that was a good idea) which lasted two weeks. In those two weeks, mom made a trip to the emergency room and then the next weekend fell repeatedly and was admitted back to the hospital. She was released from the hospital back again to the skilled nursing facility where her health and her mental status deteriorated rapidly. At the end of December, we moved her to the facility where Steve works and realized that she probably wasn't going to recover enough from this event to even go to an Assisted Living facility. By the time audition details were released, I had signed papers confirming that mom was only to receive comfort care.
When I saw the LTYM Baton Rouge details, I talked to Steve about the lunacy of auditioning for a show when everything was so up in the air with mom. He encouraged me to at least try. So, that Friday, the 16th of January, around 2:00 p.m., I emailed Meghan, the director of the show asking if I could possibly set up an audition. She replied back that I was crazy to drive that far three times for rehearsals and the show (not really, she just wanted to make sure I knew what was involved). I told her that I really wanted to try this and she offered to let me Skype my interview. I said "sign me up". Seven hours after I sent that email, my mom died peacefully.
I spent the next couple of weeks helping to plan her funeral and trying to get her estate set up and the probate process started (friends, that is a long story for another day).
My audition was set for 11:00 a.m. on February 7th. I woke up that morning just before dawn with nothing to read for the audition. I considered emailing Meghan and cancelling. But two very different stories, based on two encounters with my mom and one with the girls in the van on the way to school, were swirling around in my head and I thought I could make one of them work. I sat down at the computer and started to type and somehow, someway, the two stories melded together into one that I wanted to share. I finished about 9:30 and shared it with Steve. He cried and said it was his favorite of anything I'd ever written.
So, I auditioned. And I waited. and waited. and waited. Okay..it wasn't that long. I waited two days and then the email from Meghan was in my inbox and I was scared to open it. The email started out thanking me for auditioning and reminding me that the show was about more than individual stories, it was about how those stories wove together to make a larger tapestry. Right then I knew I didn't get a spot. My heart dropped. I read the next line that said CONGRATULATIONS! And, possibly for the first time ever, I was speechless. And terrified.
Somehow, the next few weeks passed quickly and in March, we had our first group practice. IT.WAS.AMAZING! Meeting the other eleven women in the show and hearing their stories – I can't even explain it. Just know that being a part of this group of storytellers changed me forever.
Unfortunately, sadness has mixed equally with joy this year and on April 16th, two days before our second rehearsal, my grandmother died (If you're keeping track, yes, that was exactly three months to the day after my mother died) I wondered if I would be able to read my story on stage so close to Mother's Day. Then, I realized that what better way to celebrate their memories than to share my story and honestly, it helped to distract me a little (or a lot).
I will never be the same. I did something that day that was for me. Even though my piece was about being a mother and a daughter, I read it for me, not for my mom and not for Gracie and not for Abigail. I did it to share my story and if you never listen to anything I've ever said or will say, listen to this: share.your.story.
"Mother!" she yells, her frustration with me all too apparent in her tone. Sitting in the overstuffed leather chair across from her bed, I turn my head slightly so that I'm out of her line of sight and roll my eyes.
"DON'T ROLL YOUR EYES AT ME!" oops. I sigh that exasperated, exhausted sigh of mothers everywhere. You know the one – the one reserved for toddlers and tweens who refuse to listen, the one reserved for the night before science fair projects are due when glue and poster board and cranky fifth graders all collide to make you rethink this entire parenting gig. It's a sigh I have perfected over the last decade.
"I don't know", I answer.
Here's the thing. I do know where Terry is. Terry died four years ago. Telling her won't help. She'll just ask again next week, tomorrow, in an hour. Here's the other thing – she's not my daughter; I'm not her mother. In fact, it's just the opposite. She is seventy years old and I am her daughter. At least once upon a time I was.
My relationship with my mother has always been difficult at its best, ridiculous at its worst. Her lifelong struggle with depression and her insatiable desire to prove her worth to everyone made for an, at times, interesting childhood. Because she couldn't let others see her faults, she turned to me as her confidante. Because she couldn't admit any type of failure, my brother, sister, and I could not fail either. Perfection was expected. The perfect daughter. A label that I have strived to earn my entire life. A label that I have never, ever come close to achieving. There are times when I have wondered if I was ever even a good daughter, a decent daughter, a passable daughter. My mother loves me – this I know on some guttural level, but practically, I always wonder, would she love me more if I was a "better daughter"? The mantle of daughter is a difficult one for me to wear.
Over the last year, my mother's health has taken an atmospheric decline. Between the infections and the falls and the grave injuries, dementia has wrapped its heartbreaking vines around her. Subtle at first, noticeable only to those who know her well, it has been a roller coaster. In the last year, she has disowned me twice, called me names, begged for me to help her, cried because I'm there for her, cried because I'm not there for her, called me screaming in the middle of the night to rescue her from the doctors. I have been an evil villain, a saint, a caregiver, a withholder of kindness, a fool, a genius. I have been labeled more things than a Roget's Thesaurus. Scratch that roller coaster analogy. This last year has been a hurricane. Now, my mother is in long term care in a nice private room at the nursing home where my husband works. It is the best possible scenario for a difficult situation. And, now, for reasons unknown to me, my label is mother. Oddly enough, this feels easier and truer than daughter. I wonder about labels, about who we call what. Sister, brother, wife, daughter, mother, friend….
"Mommy?" asks Abigail from the back seat of our van. Abigail is eight years old. She is also extremely precocious. This is just a euphemism for you never know what in the world will come out of her mouth.
I choke on my diet dr. pepper and try not to run the car off the road. Her sister, Gracie, always my deadpan child says, "Holy Spirit? Holy Spirit? Now, that would have been awesome. Then when you were born, Aunt Dianne could have posted on Facebook, let's all welcome little Holy Spirit into the world." And I am laughing and Gracie is laughing. And Abigail?
And there it is….labels don't matter to Abigail. She is Abigail or Holy Spirit or Stephanie Einstein. I am mother or daughter or sister or friend. I am caretaker or villain or saint. The labels don't matter – the love between us does.
We are back in my mom's room at the nursing home. It's time to leave for the evening, so Abigail is pushing her wheelchair out to the nurses' station and I am walking ahead.
"HEY!" My mother calls. I stop and turn around. She grabs my hand and pulls it to her face.
She smiles a small, lopsided smile and somehow these labels work and I love her and she loves me.
Last night, I had dinner with one of my favorite people in the world. Becky and I have been friends for over a decade. Whenever we get together, there is always so much to talk about; our lives have followed very similar courses. We worked for the same company when we met, we got married within a few months of each other, each our our first child within weeks of each other, and you guessed it, had our second child within months of each other too! Now, we go to the same church, volunteer on Wednesday nights, and still work in the same industry. So, there is never a lack of conversational subjects.
Becky is also a blogger and like me, she hasn't blogged in a while. We were talking about the need to "catch up" on our blogs. I haven't blogged in months and months. I have this big post talking about all the things we've done and all the things that have happened since last October when I last wrote. It's massively long and it's taking me hours to try and find the pictures that I want to go with it. I thought about that post when I got home last night and decided I didn't want to finish it – too much time has passed and too many things have happened to try and cram them all in a post just for the sake of "catching up" feels overwhelming and pointless.
So, I've decided to pick up where I am now and go forward and maybe fill in the gaps as I go.
I'm the first to admit that quite often, I take on too much. Last Friday was one of those times. I volunteer every other week for an hour to read with a small group of fifth graders at a school across town. Truthfully, it is one of my favorite things to do. The students I work with are amazing, the books are great, and in the grand scheme of things, it's a really easy volunteering gig – I just have to read a book every two weeks and show up and talk. I have to be there at 7:30 a.m. which is actually good because it doesn't really interfere with my work schedule. If it started at 10:00 a.m., I can almost guarantee that any day I volunteered we'd have server crash or a program bug at work. Anyway, back to last Friday. The day also happened to be the quarterly teacher breakfast at the girls' school. Again, for me, it's a perfect volunteer opportunity – I get to cook and show the incredible teachers just a little bit of my appreciation. So, I signed up to make two dishes for the breakfast – my lemon blueberry breakfast bake and these muffins.
Now, common sense would tell you that if I had to have my baked goods to school by 7:00 a.m and then be downtown at the other school by 7:30 a.m. that I would have at least baked one thing the night before.. You would be assuming that I have common sense. I don't. So, I got up early and tried to bake. I made it through the blueberry bake quickly, but these muffins were more labor and time intensive than I'd originally thought. So, they were still in the oven baking when I left and I asked Steve to pull them out when they finished. Then, once I got home from volunteering, I added the glaze. I was so disappointed that I didn't get to share them with the teachers at the breakfast, but Abigail LOVED them and had one for breakfast for several days, so I guess it wasn't a complete loss!
Honestly, the recipe isn't difficult and it really doesn't take too long – if there hadn't been so much going on, I would have said it was fairly quick and very easy!. Here's the recipe so you can try it for yourself. I found the recipe at TidyMom. Check out here site – she's got some other yummy recipes, too!
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice.
In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, vanilla and the pumpkin.
Pour 1/3 of a cup of the batter into the muffin liners. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean. Place the pan on a cooling rack and let the muffins cool for about ten minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Put the powdered sugar in a bowl, and slowly whisk in milk and vanilla until there are no lumps. Continue to whisk while adding the pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice and melted butter until smooth.
Place a layer of wax or parchment paper under the cooling rack. Dip the muffin crowns into the glaze, place the muffins back onto the cooling rack and allow the glaze to harden. You can dip them again if you'd like to get a little extra glaze on the muffins, but I found that one dip was plenty!
In the dark, Steve reaches across our bed for my hand and says softly, "I don't want to scare you but there is a bat on the other side of the dresser." Because my mind can't quite process the events of the last few days, I think he is talking about a live bat. My first thought is, "Why the heck are you telling me this? Why aren't you already out of the bed and getting it out of our house?" Then I remember. He's talking about the aluminum baseball bat, not a live one. The one he wants me to use to protect myself and the girls. I tend to be the over-reactor in our family; few things ruffle Steve. In our fifteen years together, not once has he ever coached me on protecting myself or suggested that I have a weapon of any kind. The comment about the bat tells me that my fear is not my imagination; it is real and I have to face it.
The back story on this is somewhat long and torrid. I have made some huge mistakes and I fear that my hubris has brought this fear into my house, into our lives, into my children's lives. About eighteen months ago, my mother hired a handyman. I have had some misgivings about this from the beginning. She found the handy man, not by calling a reputable company or even through a friend of a friend, but by hiring the man who came to change her flat tire. Since then, he has followed her from Louisiana to Florida and has gone from being her handyman to her full-time caregiver. From the start, it was been a volatile relationship with repeated fights, multiple "I quits! You're fired!" with periods of relative calm in between. The caregiver has issues with alcohol and would show up drunk at mom's house, one time even taking her car without permission in the middle of the night (I would call this stealing but my mother doesn't agree with me on that point). I would occasionally think that I should say something but honestly, I was busy and my mother is an adult; I should have listened to that little nagging voice in my head.
This year, my mother has been in the hospital four times. After the third time, our family moved mom to a rehabilitation facility to help her get some therapy to get some strength back. It was a categorical disaster. Mom didn't want to be there and the caregiver enabled all of her concerns. The whole thing ended with him checking her out of the facility after five days instead of the minimum of three weeks that she needed to be there. I was furious and I let the caregiver know. We were communicating by texts which proceeded to get increasingly ugly. So, I did what any over-the-age-of-twelve person would do in a no-win situation. I blocked his number on my phone and told my mom that he behaved inappropriately and that while she was welcome to visit me any time I wasn't going to have any interaction with the caregiver. I didn't give her the specifics of what had happened. I know what you're thinking and trust me, I'm thinking it too. I am an idiot. But, truthfully, there wasn't much that I could do – my mother is an adult and who she chooses to have in her life is exactly that – her choice.
Tuesday morning was horrible. I went to visit my mom and the caregiver was there and I continued my ignoring act and he finally walked out of the room and my mom again reprimanded me for my behavior. Later, as the caregiver was leaving the facility, he just glared at me – gone was the sad, injured persona that he puts on for my mother.
Tuesday night was the pivotal plot point in this story. The caregiver posted another derogatory note on Facebook, again veiled so that unless you knew what happened earlier in the day, you couldn't be certain who it was about. I am tired, my friends. Six weeks of worry about my mother and dealing with this man have worn on me. I read the post and the tears just started and I couldn't stop them. Steve, from across the room, asked what was wrong. And for the first time, I realized what it was. I am scared – what can the caregiver do to me? To my family? To my babies? The veiled threat on Tuesday night implied violence if you read it one way. What have I done? Pretending to be tough by simply ignoring him and making my feelings know to anyone who will listen. Have I antagonized a monster? At this point, if this were a play, the notes would say "Our hero enters stage right".
Because that is what exactly happened. Steve took my fear and my worry and he took action. One look at my face and he immediately called my mother and told her what was happening. Then, he called the caregiver and told him in no uncertain terms that if he continued to harass me in any way, he would be calling the police. The caregiver hung up on him, removed the offending post, changed his cell phone number, closed his Facebook account, and called my mother and told her that he quit. Steve held my hand, whispered calming words, and told me about the bat.
On Wednesday, I was home alone with Gracie and the caregiver drove by our house (a place he has absolutely no need to be near) , stopped in the road, and turned and stared in my living room window. He did this not once, but twice. Anger and fear immediately began a vicious war in my chest. I'm sad to say that fear won. After I dropped the girls at choir, I went immediately to our sheriff's sub-station and explained everything. The deputy said what I already knew – the caregiver hasn't broken any laws – he's skirting them and trying to intimidate me. But, the deputy said they will make extra patrols around our street and if at any time I feel scared, he told me to immediately call 911.
An hour later, I drove past my mom's house and the caregiver's truck was parked there. Again, some place that he had no reason to be. My mom is still in the rehab facility and he has supposedly quit working for her. Steve and I each drove by a few more times over the next few hours and the truck was still there. We called my mom and she asked us to call the sheriff. So, after living here for twenty years and never having to call the police, I called them twice within four hours. About the same person. A deputy met Steve at my mom's house and the went inside and there was no sign of the caregiver. Apparently, parking the truck there is just another intimidation factor.
I have thought seriously about posting this story. Obviously, since you're reading it, I decided to brave it. The truth is that there are times when the story behind your fear must remain hidden from the world – times when your very safety depends on that. This is not one of those times. I do not have the weapons of intimidation in my arsenal; and making veiled threats on Facebook isn't my style; neither is using language that I find offensive. I do have a weapon though – my weapon is my story, my words, and what I know to be true. I will not cower in silence; I will not hide my fear inside my house, afraid to live my life. I am aware that what happens after I post this may cost me my relationship with both my mother and my grandfather, since they still refuse to fully believe my fears. But, I will not hide. I am surrounded by love that gives me strength. That, and I have my bat for protection!


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For those of us who no longer (or never did) live in London, it is one of those times of year when we are attracted to the capital to catch up with beery comrades and the promise of new brews. And so I headed for Olympia – and like many found myself proclaiming just how much better a venue it is than the horrid aircraft hangar of Earls Court – to meet up with friends and discover some new beers.
But frankly, my list is longer than 10 beers. Some of the beers in the article were ones I'd tried before in cask or bottle and others came from my own personal hit list of new beers to try. I've decided not to write up a full list of recommendations/reviews as you'd be here all day and I want you to have plenty of time at the bar. But I will tell you that I wasn't disappointed in the Kissingate Brewery Black Cherry Mild (4.2%) although it wasn't as cherry-flavoured as I'd anticipated. It is however a worthwhile dark mild with some chocolate elements to its flavour and a pleasing liquorice aftertaste. *Find it upstairs on W3 The Dunlop Bar.
Lowell Beer Works Sour Red (4%), a Flanders-style sour ale from a US brewer, had an immediate and obvious cheek-puckering sourness and red-berry flavour followed by an unexpected, but delicious, coconut aftertaste. I was quite surprised how much I liked it. Try it if you are a fan of rhubarb and custard sweets – as that is what springs to mind albeit some 24 hours after I had the beer. You can find this one on B5 The Ruth Bar*.
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen (5.1%) is described in the GBBF programme as, "Possibly the most highly smoked of all beers … 'smoky bacon' or 'kippers'…" but I first tried this in bottle while doing my beer sommelier training and found the smoked flavour much more subtle than that. If you've ever enjoyed lapsang souchong tea then this might be the beer for you. It is available upstairs from The Hetz Bar, stall W1*.
I am lucky enough to be GBBF bound again on Thursday but I'm not going to tell you what beers I'm planning to have in case you drink the bar dry before I get there.
*NB, as with all beers at GBBF…while stocks last!
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Q: Removing a NuGet package that isn't in my project? I keep getting this warning in my VS2015 solution:
Some NuGet packages were installed using a target framework different from the current target framework and may need to be reinstalled.

The thing is, there are no NuGet packages in my solution. I had one, but I removed it, but I still get this.
Any ideas?

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Removing a NuGet package that isn't in my project?

It seems that you have not properly removed that NuGet package.
To resolve this issue, please try to reinstall this package, then uninstall it.
Detailed:
Open the the Package Manager Console by Tools->NuGet Packager Manager->Package Manager Console, and type following command line to reinstall nuget package:
Update-Package -reinstall

After the re-installation is complete, type following command line to uninstall the package in the Package Manager Console:
Uninstall-Package <PackageID>

With this way, the nuget package will be moved from your project. If you have installed that package for multiple project in the solution, please use the uninstall command line for different default project in the Package Manager Console window:

Hope this helps.

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Showpiece LED Dancers for Opening & Closing Ceremonies (7,000 attendees).
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Norma Sheahan, Pendulum Summit Co-Founder, was very pleased with both performances.
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Q: Unindexed remote maven resitories in intellij IDEA 15.0.1 While creating new Gradle project in Intellij Idea 15.0.1,
I get the following error :

And when I try to update the repository in Repositories List, I get the following exception :

When I searched for this problem, I came across some posts stating that it was a known issues which was to be fixed in the previous versions (14. something) but apparently it isn't fixed, or it is not a bug.
Some also advised to uncheck "use maven3 to import project" in File -> Settings -> maven -> importing, but can't find that option:

Seems like the problem is with the internet connection, when I use my mobile hotspot sharing phone's cellular data, the updating start, but since it has to sync around 260MB data, it was too slow. But when I use the LAN provided by the school which uses proxy it gives the aforementioned error right away.
I've configured the http proxy in settings and connection seems okay.
Is this error (Unindexed remote maven repositories found) something to worry about, if I am able to download the dependencies? Any way to fix this?

A: In build.gradle, substitute:
repositories {
    jcenter()
}

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Kiss Novel
Spare Me Great Lord
600 Heading Towards The Remains
Spare Me Great Lord Chapter 600
Lu Shu was deeply traumatized by thunderbolts, as the divine punishment almost got him killed…
His fear of thunder had almost become an instinct. In that case, it would be such a shame that a strong man like him would be scared of normal lightning and thunderbolts as he walked on the streets.
In fact, the worry was unnecessary. His trauma was gone when he learned that the divine punishment had strengthened his aurablade… Lu Shu was amazed at his self-healing abilities.
Setting up the campsite beside Lop Nur was for the convenience of immediate medical care for the injured and orderly evacuation of the entire team after the end of the ruins.
After all, poorly equipped with transportation facilities, the tens of thousands of remains participants could only be fetched to the nearby train station via military carriers in batches.
Moreover, the presence of ruins translated to exceptionally condensed Spirit Qi in the region, which promised for the construction of a potential transit base in the vicinity. The unpopulated zone might be sprawled with high-speed railways in the future…
This was why humans were powerful. They could go anywhere on the planet with ease so long as there was a demand…
While others were busy with daily training, Lu Shu spent his days gazing into the sky sitting on a foldable chair in front of his tent. No one asked why he was doing it.
Mustering his courage, Chen Zuan came up to him and asked, "Hey, Brother Shu, what are you looking at?"
"Waiting for the wind," Lu Shu replied lightly.
"Since when were you a poet?" Chen Zuan commented, surprised.
"Yep, I, Lu Shu, am a young poet," replied Lu Shu, who was in fact waiting for a thunderbolt.
Unfortunately, drought tortured Lop Nur all year round. It was wishful thinking for even rainfall. Lu Shu suspected that the rain on the day of divine punishment was caused entirely by Chaos' transformation, and not some natural phenomenon at all.
Chen Zuan chose his words carefully and asked, "I see that you have almost recovered. Should we head to the remains?"
Chen Zuan was eager to go. In any case, his could not receive any cultivation support from his family, and his granduncle was unwilling to let him cozy up to himself as well. But if he could enter the remains, he could certainly get some military credits as Lu Shu's follower.
He did not tell Lu Shu that his family had confiscated his car and personal savings after the Heavenly Network decided to invest in him. They said it was to train him…
That was also why Chen Zuan, though reluctant, could not give Lu Shu anything in return for his help this time.
Lu Shu shot him a brief glimpse. "I have yet to fully recover."
Lu Shu's legs were still weak at the moment. He would die if he happened to run into the strongest creature in the remains!
Lu Shu asked curiously, "You can get anything you want from your family, so why are you in such a hurry to go to the remains?"
"No! That's not true!" Chen Zuan immediately started complaining, "They took away my car, my watch, and froze my bank account! I have nothing left! Brother Shu, do you know why?"
Lu Shu was silent for two seconds. "Because you have a miserable life?"
Chen Zuan was speechless.
"From Chen Zuan's distress, +666!"
"How's that got to do with a miserable life? Isn't it because of you? My granduncle praises you everyday in my family, and he says that you are so powerful because you had to grow up on your own. My family cannot produce anyone like you because we have the family behind us to support whatever we want. He insists we can only be strong without any backup!"
Lu Shu smacked his lips. "I would agree with that…"
"Brother Shu, it's all because of you! You have to bear the responsibility!" Chen Zuan announced, as if it was a matter of common sense.
"I'm not your scapegoat." Lu Shu's face darkened. "It's not entirely my fault. In any case, you have to wait for my full recovery before I can enter the remains. I'll be fine by tomorrow latest."
Chen Zuan's eyes immediately beamed with joy. "Certainly! Tomorrow it is."
Honestly speaking, Lu Shu was equally excited about entering the ruins, for the money…
Nonetheless, his battle experience had made him more composed. He had learned to maximize his winning chances despite his heavy emphasis on profits.
Before the next dawn, Lu Shu checked his injuries again and again. His celestial powers rolled through his veins like a torrential river, signifying his complete recovery.
After breakfast, Chen Zuan and Lu Shu set out towards the ruins. Lu Shu had informed Chen Hao that the underground hole was free from man-eating lizards, and the campsite was temporarily safe, but caution must be exercised as there might be other monsters on the land of Lop Nur.
Chen Hao gave a nod of assurance. It was his duty to ensure the safety of the campsite, and they might have had to bear a severe loss if Lu Shu was not there to save them in their plight.
However, if Chen Hao knew that there were a few hundred lizards lurking underground before Lu Shu went down, he might realize that their whole camp would have been wiped out in Lu Shu's absence.
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Thinking about it, Lu Shu felt sorry for the loss of his best area of effect weapon. It would be a headache to face down huge numbers of enemies in the future.
On the bright side, he would remain invincible if he could carry on with his chi mountain scraping and harvest more than tens of thousands of sword prototypes like the old man.
Chen Zuan's backpacks were heavy and clumsy, and contained mostly food. The task assigned to him by Nie Ting caused him great agony, as anything that came into contact with the miasma was all rendered inedible.
To make matters worse, Chen Zuan did not have invisible storage equipment. With all of his supplies contaminated by the toxic gas, Chen Zuan did not slim down anyway… because he had stuffed himself with a 15-day portion of food before he ventured into the miasma.
However, Chen Zuan felt a sense of emptiness if he stopped eating. Therefore, in addition to the necessary supplies. Chen Zuan brought enough food to last him 15 days…
Meanwhile, Lu Shu was empty-handed. Chen Zuan laughed and asked, "Brother Shu, did you gain some superpowers after the lightning strike? Why did you quit eating?"
"I believe that your special power in eating… is particularly suited for tasks in remote places. I will report it to Heavenly King Nie after our assignment this time."
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Man of Steel – Movie Review
By Elektra Hammond On June 20, 2013 In Reviews: Movies, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movie and Book Reviews No Comments
Director: Zach Snyder
Writers: David S. Goyer (screenplay & story), Christopher Nolan (story), Jerry Siegal * Joes Shuster (creators of Superman)
Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Antje Traue, Christopher Meloni, Harry Lennix, Richard Schiff, Laurence Fishburne
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I didn't know I was such a purist.
I love comic books. I love books about Superman–I adore Roger Stern's The Death and Life of Superman. I've been a fan of Superman through many incarnations: George Reeves, Dean Cain, and Tom Welling on TV, and Christopher Reeve in the movies (well, two of them anyway).
But my Superman is definitely NOT science fiction. And Man of Steel is, at its heart, a science fiction film as it attempts to ground Superman in realism.
The movie begins with an extended sequence on the planet Krypton, giving us a more in-depth look at society there than we've seen before. They're advanced technologically, but have a fairly rigid societal structure. In some ways, the production design for this part of the film was reminiscent of how I always imagined John Norman's Gor.
It's a little talky at the beginning, but then the action never lets up, despite the movie running well over the two hour mark. Starting from the revelation on Krypton that Superman's father Jor-El (Russell Crowe) has absolutely mad skillz, there's fist fights and smackdowns and rescues
enough to keep your head spinning.
In fact, your head spins so fact that it's a little hard to keep track of what's going on. To some extent, that's the nature of the beast–Superman has super powers, after all. But the fight scenes had you looking back and forth trying desperately to keep track while they dragged on endlessly, managing to actually make many of the fight scenes shift from exciting into boring.
Similarly, the timeline of the movie is very choppy in places. As yet another take on the Superman origin story, Man of Steel strove for originality, in storyline, in details, in the way they constructed the story. But they may have gone too far–again and again I was knocked out of the movie and I found myself thinking: if I didn't know the baseline story already, would I be able to follow the convoluted present/flashback timeline? Is there anyone who doesn't know some form of this story?
The action pieces were broken up with little character vignettes–they gave you a look at some of the people, but left you wanting more. Especially the Daily Planet worker bees and some of the military higher ups–I wanted more time with them.
They were enough scenes of Superman growing up as the son to Jonathan and Martha Kent to give you a good feel for his early family life. I loved the portrayal of Martha–Diane Lane did an amazing job balancing compassion, strength, and love. I was less impressed with dad Jonathan–Kevin Costner handled what he was given well, but I found the character they chose to create somewhat lacking. His paranoia at what would happen if humans discovered an alien living among them led Superman down a lonely, difficult road.
Consequences of those early choices come into play later in the film, as Superman seems better able to deal with saving humans in small, immediate groups, while busloads or buildings-full seemingly escape his notice in the heat of the moment. An easy enough thing to understand as he fights for his life, but something that was handled better in other versions.
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Too, this movie was short on Clark Kent. We got so very much on Superman and on Krypton that something needed to be sacrificed, and that ended up being the dichotomy usually present because Superman has a secret identity that he needs to keep hidden. The hijinks he goes through to do so usually helps lighten things up–they were needed here as the story got very dark indeed.
What works in this one works because of the actors. Henry Cavill does an excellent job as Superman, Russell Crowe owns every scene he's in, and supporting actors Amy Adams, Christopher Meloni, and Richard Schiff really shine. Michael Shannon was one tick off true for me as Zod, but still turned in a grand performance going toe to toe with Superman. And Laurence Fishburne wasn't in nearly enough scenes as Perry White, but was spot on in every second.
So, see this one for the really well done fight scenes and the way lots of things go splody. And for some really neat science fiction ideas. And spaceships.
But if you just want the guy in blue tights saving the world–wait for cable. While you're waiting, watch one of the Chris Reeve movies again.
Elektra Hammond
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I love comic books. I love books about Superman-- I adore Roger Stern's The Death and Life of Superman. I've been a fan of Superman through many incarnations: George Reeves, Dean Cain, and Tom Welling on TV, and Christopher Reeve in the movies (well, two of them anyway).
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Sought-After Architectural Salvage At Kleinfelter's Auction - Antiques And The Arts Weekly
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Sought-After Architectural Salvage At Kleinfelter's Auction
German translation of Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth and autobiography, published by Benjamin Mayer in 1796, closed at $5,412, the top lot in the sale.
Review by Z.G. Burnett, Photos Courtesy of Kleinfelter's Auction
MEYERSTOWN, PENN. – Kleinfelter's Auction hosted its online-only Antique Extravaganza sale on November 19, offering almost 600 lots of salvaged architectural goods, early furniture and decorative arts, fine art, collectibles and books. Of those, all but one lot went to new homes with many lots bought by nearby Pennsylvanian collectors, and the auction's total was $170,307.
The top lot was also somewhat local; a 1796 German translation of Benjamin Franklin's (1706-1790) autobiography and The Way To Wealth (1758), published by Benjamin Mayer of Ephrata, Penn., about half an hour south of Meyerstown. Ephrata was an agricultural community known for its "spring waters" that made the borough a resort destination in the Nineteenth Century and was also formerly the main seat of the Mystic Order of the Solitary, an order of the Seventh-Day Dunkers, founded in 1732. Books published by Mayer habitually appear at auction and can be found in archives, but little is known about the man himself, not even a burial record. The book brought $5,412 and went to a Lebanon, Penn., collector.
Only one piece of stoneware passed the four-figure mark, a Cowden & Wilcox stoneware jug that sold for $2,337. Made in Harrisburg, Penn., Cowden & Wilcox is known for its "Man In the Moon" decoration. This 3-gallon jug shows a bunch of three cherries, branches and a vine in the flamboyant style made popular by artist Shem Thomas, who worked with John Cowden after 1859.
Figural grapevine cast iron gate and fence in very good original condition, grew to $3,813.
The majority of the auction's top lots were architectural elements salvaged mostly for late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century buildings. The most elaborate of these was also the highest selling, a 40-panel cast iron gate and fence molded to resemble a grape vine. In "very good original condition," this polychrome gate was "one of the best [Kleinfelter's had] ever had the pleasure to sell." The next was two pairs of monumental iron gates from the school of Samuel Yellin (1884-1940), a Ukrainian-born blacksmith who studied and worked in Philadelphia, that each sold for $2,091. Another cast iron fence and gate set from the Nineteenth Century, in good condition, also did well, closing at $1,968.
Doors were also a prominent salvage category. A pair of Nineteenth Century oak doors with their original hardware, cast iron trellis work and glass were the top pair at $2,091. Two more pairs of oak doors followed, both sourced from the same Berks County, Penn., institution, both with stained glass windows and original hardware dating to circa 1920. One pair showed the alpha and omega Greek letters painted onto their glass, and the other was painted with the chi-rho symbol; these went for $1,722 per pair.
Furniture was also spread throughout the lot listings, including a paint-decorated washstand that achieved $1,722. Made circa 1810, the washstand retained all of its original paint and hardware, three drawers with dovetail drawers, convex fronts on both cases and scalloped sides. The decoration showed wear from more than 200 years of use, adding to the charm of the piece.
Prices are quoted with buyer's premium as reported by the auction house. Kleinfelter's conducts weekly online auctions through HiBid. For information, 717-272-7078 or www.kleinfelters.com.
Original paint-decorated washstand, believed to be from New Hampshire, bid to $1,722.
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Aase Nordmo Løvberg (10 June 192325 January 2013) was a Norwegian opera soprano. Dagbladet called her "one of Norway's greatest opera singers." For many years she sang with Jussi Björling at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, and she also sang under renowned conductors such as Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti.

Early life
Løvberg was born in Målselv, Troms in 1923. Her family were farmers.

Career

Løvberg made her professional début in Oslo in 1948 at the University of Oslo.

She sang at the Concert Hall in Stockholm during the 1952 Olympics. That year, she moved to Stockholm, where she would live until the 1970. Jussi Björling and Birgit Nilsson were two of the singers with whom she regularly performed. In 1957, Herbert von Karajan asked Løvberg to perform at the Vienna State Opera. She accepted, making her international debut as Sieglinde in Die Walküre. That year, she was appointed a knight of the first class for the Order of St. Olav.

Løvberg performed at the Metropolitan Opera and the Covent Garden Opera.

She became Norway's first professor of singing when the Norwegian Academy of Music opened in 1973. She was director of the Norwegian Opera starting in 1978.

Later life and legacy

In 1981, she retired from her position as director of the Opera. That year, she was also named a commander of the Order of St. Olav.

Løvberg lived her last years in Lillehammer, Oppland, where she died aged 89.

She is also a member of the Order of the Polar Star.

Further reading
Works about Aase Nordmo Løvberg
Baxter, Robert. "Aase Nordmo Lovberg (sound recording)." The Opera Quarterly 20, no. 4 (2004): 750-752.
Sandvik, Guri. Aase Nordmo Løvberg. Lublin: Orkana (2008).

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2013 deaths
People from Målselv
Academic staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music
Norwegian operatic sopranos

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Wynton at Harvard, Chapter 7: The Pursuit of Mutual Happiness
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Delve into Wynton Marsalis's six-part Harvard University lecture series, covering a range of topics including jazz, what it means to be American, and the importance of cultural literacy and the arts in the liberal arts education.
VII. The Pursuit of Mutual Happiness
In this chapter, Wynton explains how the jazz musician's code of ethics fosters mutual respect.
Go to jazz.org/wyntonatharvard for the complete series.
"Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music" is a series of six lectures delivered at Harvard University between 2011 and 2014 sponsored by the Office of the President and Provost. The inaugural lecture, "Music as Metaphor," was delivered in Sanders Theatre to a capacity crowd. It is an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and an investigation into how they illuminate the democratic process.
It covers many of the fundamental devices, forms, and songs that bind the different Americas together at the root. It is Marsalis's contention that "'Me vs. You' and 'Us vs. Y'all'—vs. 'All of Us'—remains the struggle at the heart of humankind and the central debate of our Constitution. How do we achieve a common ground when individual victories are so much more valued? This conundrum has been resolved harmoniously in our musical arts for more than a century. Under the vibrant din of our democracy, on the lower frequencies, sonic metaphors speak to and for us all. What they tell us about what it means to be American could serve us well in these divisive and uncivil times."
Performances by Marsalis's ensemble (with special guest, the iconic fiddler Mark O'Connor) punctuate the lecture with musical explanations.
Mark O'Connor - fiddle
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Flora Atlantica, (abreviado Fl. Atlant.), es un libro ilustrado con descripciones botánicas que fue escrito por el botánico y zoólogo francés, René Louiche Desfontaines. Fue publicado en París en 2 volúmenes con 9 partes en los años 1798-1799 con el nombre de Flora Atlantica: sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt.

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 Parte n.º  1(1): i-xx, 1-120, tt. 1-30. 29 Apr 1798;
 Parte n.º  1(2): 121-?, tt. 31-60. Jun 1798;
 Parte n.º  1(3): ?-?, tt. 61-90. 28 Jul 1798;
 Parte n.º  1(4): ?-444, [i*-v*], tt. 91-120. Sep 1798;
 Parte n.º  2(5): 1-80. tt. 121-150. Oct 1798;
 Parte n.º  2(6): 81-160. tt. 151-180. Nov 1798;
 Parte n.º  2(7): 161-?, tt. 181-210. Feb 1799;
 Parte n.º  2(8): ?-?, tt. 211-240. May 1799;
 Parte n.º  2(9): ?-458, [i-iii], tt. 241-261. Jul 1799

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Additionally, be prepared to succumb to uncontrollable fits of laughter at the slightest hint of humor after smoking a bit of Blissful Wizard.
But this strain is not all about escaping reality. The cerebral effects are balanced out by a relaxed body buzz that will bring you back down to earth – in the best way possible. Blissful Wizard is great for daytime use, though it tends to cause a bad case of the munchies.
The brilliant minds at The Captain's Connection were thinking out of the box when they thought to combine the amazing scents of lemon, lime, and cream from the parent strains into Blissful Wizard. The aroma is best described as a mixture of granny smith apples, key-lime pie, and dirt.
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The Blissful Wizard flavor is quite unique and often raved about by online users. It has a delicious flavor of sweet apples with hints of earthy flower that is surprisingly pungent upon exhale.
The Blissful Wizard buds look like they have been rolled in pure sugar. Expect these small-to-medium-sized, green, pear-shaped nuggets to be coated with fiery orange hairs and a heap of off-white, glistening trichomes.
Blissful Wizard Strain Grow Info
There is not much information available on growing Blissful Wizard. By all accounts, the most important thing is to give the plant extra TLC, especially during the flowering stage.
It's a true connoisseur strain that can be finicky to master, but those that treat her right are sure to proudly proclaim her superiority. Some may find the vegetative stage to be slower than others but don't let that fool you. This is a great time to train the plants as they will catch up with exceptionally heavy flowers as they start to mature closer to harvest time.
The Blissful Wizard strain can be grown indoors or outdoors. The flowering time is between 60-70 days when grown indoors.
THC Content – Highest Test
Most cannabis strains have a rather regular THC concentration, averaging between 12% and 25%. The amount of THC in a strain doesn't only affect how high it makes users feel, it also gives an indication of how overpowering it will be to first-time users.
Blissful Wizard is one of the most potent cannabis strains out there, with a THC concentration of up to 34%. This is easily one of the strongest strains ever and can be overwhelming for first-time users.
CBD Content – Highest Test
Blissful Wizard only contains a trace amount of CBD. It's unlikely that the CBD level exceeds the 1% mark.
Medical Benefits of the Blissful Wizard Strain
Medical cannabis patients will love Blissful Wizard for its potent pain-relieving abilities. Those looking for some serious daytime relief will be pleasantly surprised by this laidback yet strong-armed herb. As waves of tingling relaxation spread throughout the body, expect your aches and pain to subside.
Additionally, thanks to its happy and uplifting effects, Blissful Wizard is an excellent choice for those struggling with depression. It can also be helpful for patients who suffer from chronic fatigue due to the intense burst of energy provided, which can help you get through the day.
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Blissful Wizard is also believed to be helpful for several other medical conditions, including nausea and gastrointestinal distress, inflammation, and muscle spasms.
Possible Side Effects of the Blissful Wizard Strain
Since the Blissful Wizard buzz lives mainly in the head, too much of this strain may agitate headaches or lead to neck pain. Restlessness and anxiety are also potential side effects. And as always, users should be prepared for the usual dry mouth and red eyes – the most common side effects of just about every cannabis strain.
Final Thoughts on the Blissful Wizard Strain
As the name suggests, Blissful Wizard makes users feel extremely happy. But the happy feeling doesn't affect one's mental state hence the strain is considered to be safe and balanced. Most users smoke Blissful Wizard to elevate their mood and enhance their emotional energy. It's a strain that is often used in social situations where one can get lost in uninhibited talk and discussions.
If you get your hands on Blissful Wizard, you're in for the ride of your life.
The elevated mood will make you laugh your heart out even at the silliest joke, keeping you in a happy and blissful state. If you get your hands on Blissful Wizard, you're in for the ride of your life – and you may not want to get off.
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Class PlaneSelector

java.lang.Object
  toxi.geom.mesh.VertexSelector
      toxi.geom.mesh.PlaneSelector

public class PlaneSelector
extends VertexSelector

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A VertexSelector implementation for selecting vertices in relation to
 a given Plane. Using a plane Plane.Classifier vertices can be
 selected either: on the plane, in front or behind. A tolerance for this check
 can be given too.

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 Plane.Classifier
classifier

 Plane
plane

 float
tolerance

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PlaneSelector(Mesh3D mesh,
              Plane plane,
              Plane.Classifier classifier)

PlaneSelector(Mesh3D mesh,
              Plane plane,
              Plane.Classifier classifier,
              float tolerance)

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 VertexSelector
selectVertices()

          Selects vertices using an implementation specific method.

Methods inherited from class toxi.geom.mesh.VertexSelector

addSelection, clearSelection, getMesh, getSelection, invertSelection, selectSimilar, setMesh, size, subtractSelection

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

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plane

public Plane plane

tolerance

public float tolerance

classifier

public Plane.Classifier classifier

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PlaneSelector

public PlaneSelector(Mesh3D mesh,
                     Plane plane,
                     Plane.Classifier classifier)

PlaneSelector

public PlaneSelector(Mesh3D mesh,
                     Plane plane,
                     Plane.Classifier classifier,
                     float tolerance)

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selectVertices

public VertexSelector selectVertices()

Description copied from class: VertexSelector

Selects vertices using an implementation specific method. This is the
 only method which needs to be implemented by any selector subclass.

Specified by:
selectVertices in class VertexSelector

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