At the beginning of a new piece of art there is often only a vague idea. I rarely work with a clear visualization of what an object should look like in the end. The materials that I use – preferably wood – often look different inside than outside. Thus, unexpected structures emerge that provoke integration into the final form. Or the material has errors. And yes, sometimes it happens that a piece breaks during the process, which requires a re-orientation. Just like in 'real' life.
When creating a work, I like a casual style or in other words a flow process. This has to do with my personality. I like freedom, unconventionality, but also harmony. The creative process is ultimately a dialogue: in the best case, the wood (material) speaks to me and we agree on a result.
As a discoverer and inventor, I also like experiments. The combination of materials and the mixing of ideas from various sources of inspiration always brings something new. Often very unexpectedly, hence more or less a proof that a big constant in life is change.


Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota is heading into a pivotal year.
Nerve issues in his elbow kept him off the field for stretches last season and he's entering the fifth and final year of his rookie deal without any assurances that he'll be back in Tennessee in 2020. During an interview with Rob DeMello of KHON in Hawaii, Mariota said that he feels close to 100 percent physically and that he isn't stressing the contract uncertainty as the offseason unfolds.
Since trading for Ryan Tannehill, Titans General Manager Jon Robinson and head coach Mike Vrabel have both said that he's coming in to be the No. 2 behind Mariota. Robinson also said that Tannehill is in Tennessee to push and compete with Mariota and any more injury issues — Mariota has not played all 16 games in any of his four seasons — might force the Titans to consider other quarterback options in the future.
The Titans are going to have to make a tough call on Mariota. They have to hope he either plays great or stinks this year. He's shown some flashes, but I would be nervous about committing to him.
Tannehill isn't the answer beyond this season as a backup. That much we know for certain. Barring a horrible season by Marcus, I'd bet on him getting a long term deal from the Titans. He is a good QB and much better than half of the league.
Considering he played with a numb throwing hand All season, he played great. Injury free, and with decent weapons around him this year, he will earn his new contract.
The decision on what to do after this season would be so much easier if he weren't such a nice guy.
yesterday Vrabel said in an interview that we'd be bringing in a 3rd QB to develop. After signing Tannehill the only way that makes sense to me would be if it's someone drafted decently high which to me would be pretty telling about how they feel about the chances of Mariota being the long term answer. it wouldnt' make sense to me to waste another QB in the late rounds like we did last year. what's the point.
He's good enough to get the HC and GM fired.


Data Security Gets New Look With Insurance Tax Credit Bill - News from Anderson Kill P.C.
A House lawmaker's proposal to give a tax credit to companies who purchase data breach insurance and implement a widely respected cybersecurity framework is likely to win backing for its approach of encouraging rather than requiring robust protections, but questions about how strong safeguards will actually need to be is likely to raise roadblocks.
Building on the wealth of legislative and regulatory proposals floated in recent years to combat the growing spate of cyberattacks that have hit businesses in a range of sectors, Rep. Kevin Perlmutter, D-Colo., on Thursday floated H.R. 6032, the Data Breach Insurance Act.
However, unlike the vast majority of its predecessors — including tough cybersecurity rules for financial institutions proposed by the New York Department of Financial Services last week — Perlmutter's bill doesn't mandate compliance, but instead proposes to give a 15 percent tax credit to companies who purchase data breach insurance coverage and adopt the National Institute of Standard and Technology's voluntary cybersecurity framework.
Given that both lawmakers and regulators have tended to take more of a "stick" rather than a "carrot" approach to cybersecurity to date, this shift is likely to not only win favor among businesses, but could also help to improve their cybersecurity posture in general, attorneys say.
"If taxpayers are indirectly subsidizing these security measures, then one certainly hopes the insurance product is going to deliver and it's not going to be business as usual with either policyholders not protecting their systems as well as they should, or having insurance companies take kind of an unduly narrow interpretation of cyber insurance and start fighting claims," Anderson Kill PC shareholder Joshua Gold said.


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There will also be close to 16 people arrested for drug charges and around 12 DUIs in Bethel this year.
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Sweetened deals heat up December auto sales
Brent Snavely
Just about every automaker has a special year-end sales event
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For both auto dealerships and car shoppers, December can be one of the best times of the year to get a good deal.
Just about every automaker has a special year-end sales event, and most will use it as they try to boost December's sales tally.
Chrysler is touting its Big Finish event, Ford is telling customers to Dream Big, Toyota has its Toyotathon sales event, and Hyundai is pushing its Sonata midsize sedan with Hyundai Holidays. Even BMW has its Happier New Year Event, to counter Mercedes-Benz's Winter Event.
For the past four years, automakers have sold more vehicles in December than any other month of the year.
"We've been looking for the last four to five months and, as far as pricing goes, right now it seems like this is the best time to buy," said Rich Torossian, 34, of Canton on a recent afternoon at Southfield Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram.
Torossian, who was trading in his white Chevrolet Silverado in favor of a black Ram Bighorn pickup, was just one of a flurry of customers in a dealership buzzing with activity about a week before Christmas.
In December 2012, the average incentive on a new car or truck hit $2,381 — the highest point of the year, according to Edmunds.com. Since then, incentives have continued to slowly but steadily creep upward. This year, December's incentives also are likely to again hit the highest point of the year.
"The sales will be as aggressive at the end of this month than probably at any time of the year, if not more so," said Bob Page, owner of Page Toyota in Southfield.
The average incentive numbers can be slightly deceiving, said Jessica Caldwell, senior analyst for Edmunds.com. That's because automakers in December sell a higher percentage of pickups than in other months. Pickups normally sell for a higher average price than cars, often with big incentives on them.
Manufacturers and auto dealers spent about 10% of their total ad dollars in December 2012, making it one of the biggest months for marketing for the year, said Jon Swallen, chief research officer for Kantar Media.
"December is an above-average month for auto advertising, especially for the Dealer Association groups," Swallen said.
Ford sales analyst Erich Merkle said automakers increase incentives and boost advertising because consumers have more time to shop between Christmas and New Year's.
"There a lot of people that may make the decision to buy a new car … but they are not able to actually act upon it until they have some vacation time," said Merkle.
Also, truck sales are higher in December than other months because business owners take advantage of tax write-offs for equipment purchases.
Torossian said incentives on his new Ram, combined with a credit he got for turning in his Silverado before its lease expired, allowed him to cut his monthly payment from about $450 to $300.
Across town, at Suburban Buick in Troy, Bob Breitman was shopping for a new Buick LaCrosse. There is nothing wrong with his 2011 LaCrosse, but he came into the dealership because of the special holiday deals. Last week, General Motors began adding an additional $500 off of three models — Enclave, LaCrosse and Regal.
"If the deals are not good enough, I am going to keep my car," Breitman said. "It is really that simple."
At Page Toyota, Kamal Gupta of Bloomfield Hills bought his daughter a black Toyota Camry Hybrid for about $30,000 as a Christmas gift.
"She is now working as a doctor, and I wanted to give her a present," Gupta said. "I am very proud of her."
Even with the year-end frenzy, automakers will have a hard time topping last year's December sales. That's because incentives were higher than usual in November.
In addition, a number of snowstorms and colder than average weather may also freeze customers out of the car shopping mood.
TrueCar.com, an automotive pricing website, predicts December sales will top 1.4 million new vehicles. That would be a 4% increase over last December, but less than the 1.5 million sales in August, when Labor Day weekend started at the end of the month.
But in certain segments, especially at the luxury end, bragging rights are at stake.
For example, Mercedes-Benz had a 7,610 edge over BMW through November to be the nation's best-selling luxury brand. BMW is offering a a holiday credit of up to $4,500 on select 2013 models and up to $2,000 on select 2014 models.
Meanwhile, Chevrolet has sold 75,552 Camaros, putting it 4,093 ahead of the Ford Mustang for the year.
"Auto geeks are rejoicing when you get to this time of the year," said Jeff Schuster, vice president of forecasting for LMC Automotive.

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College Football Playoff Plan Comes Up Short
Jeff Jacobs
Better than it was. Not as good as it should be.
When the hyperventilating over the implementation of a four-team college football playoff had calmed a bit, when the initial media lovefest for a presidential oversight committee's approval of something that should have been approved decades ago quieted to a more restrained smooching, 11 words rang truest.
And that's why the length of this deal, from 2014 to 2025, bothers me. Twelve years is too long for a plan that decades from now surely will be remembered as a transitional one. The legitimate debate is an eight-team vs. 16-team tournament and until that is settled the longest running argument in sports will not end.
Granted, by using six bowls in a rotation, the 12-year deal allows each to host a semifinal game twice. It makes logistical sense. Yet if logistics is the guiding factor, using six bowls for a six-year term makes equal sense.
ACC Commissioner John Swofford gave the most honest assessment of intentions of the game's power brokers when he told reporters on Tuesday, "The vast majority of the people in the room wanted something long term so we're not re-inventing the wheel every four years, because that gets old and tiresome. I think there's a feeling that we needed to bring some stability to the postseason."
In other words, the vast majority of people in that room didn't want the continued headache of constantly tweaking a joke of a BCS system and forever reacting to criticism that has rung from coast to coast. It is clear that any notion of further expansion of the playoffs in the near future never gained footing with this current group of power brokers who won't be around to slog through the implementation of a real tournament a dozen years from now.
And while their BCS fatigue is understandable, anybody who wants to be an effective mover and shaker in college sports these days must be open to constant change. Change is the given in today's uncertain college athletic landscape and failure to address this subject again by, say, 2020 is a failure to address the inevitable.
The incredible TV money that will be generated by a tournament, climaxing with a highest-bidding host city for the national title game, eventually will convince even the worst foot-draggers that an eight- or 16-team field is the way to go. Eventually.
The instability Swofford talked about, of course, was ushered in after decades of a corrupt bowl system. The instability was brought about by payola, false premise and a bowl cartel that so monopolized the sport it is a minor miracle that Congress didn't pull a coup d'BCS. Yes, the ensuing four-year BCS deals brought about constant tweaking. Mind-numbing computer data, coaches contaminating the integrity of polls with selfish votes … they only led to more controversy.
Yet here's the news flash. The controversies have only begun.
In case you haven't noticed, the multibillion-dollar industry of sports entertainment has spawned any number of cottage industries. Mel Kiper became a cottage industry with the NFL draft. And then Mel Kiper's hair became one. Joe Lunardi, aka Joey Brackets, and college basketball tournament bracketology became another.
Bank on this. A cottage industry will be founded at a plot of land owned by the fifth-ranked football team in the nation. Call it The Five Hole. Call it Cinco de Pain. Call it anything you want. There will be thousands upon thousands of fans who annually will live and die as their school teeters on the brink of the football playoff. ESPN, NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, all their permutations, and every fanatic with a Web page and Twitter account will be forwarding statistical analysis proving a school has been horribly wronged.
If you think those cries on basketball's Selection Sunday over the last five in and first five out are loud, you haven't heard anything yet. When the four teams are announced by the selection committee, the seismic howling from the highest ranked school or two left out will be enough to sink Michigan into Lake Huron and Alabama into the Gulf of Mexico.
There won't be any BCS computers to kick around anymore, but members of the selection committee better be prepared to be called stupid, idiotic, crooked, SEC-loving, Notre Dame-loving, Big East-Mountain West hating, Texas-controlled jackalopes. There has been talk that a projected 15-person selection committee, to be filled with athletic directors, conference commissioners and probably former coaches, might include a few media members. That would be a colossal mistake. Controlling the course of sports history, not to mention a multibillion-dollar industry, and trying to report on it shatters the boundaries of conflicting interest.
All the familiar standards of win-loss record, strength of schedule, head-to-head, conference champions will be measured, but it sure sounds like strength of schedule is going to huge. A metric similar to the RPI in basketball also could be used. Yet in the end — despite all the happy talk Tuesday to the contrary — the old, ugly arguments will surface, too.
When it comes down to fourth school in and fifth one out, it will be fascinating to see how the committee judges, oh, an 11-1 LSU vs. a 12-0 Boise State, or an 11-1 Ohio State vs. a 12-0 Cincinnati. SEC-tested Florida, you might recall, was No. 5 behind TCU and Cincinnati in the final 2009 BCS poll before the bowls and ranked third by the AP after the bowls. You can go year by year and find media storms among teams with razor-thin differences.
The point is regardless of how many teams you include in a playoff, there will always be arguments. Yet I would argue vehemently that while the ninth-ranked team probably would never and the 17th ranked team certainly wouldn't win any national championship, a No. 5 team certainly could. Four is at least four too few for a playoff.
And with automatic BCS qualifying eliminated and so much talk of the Big East losing its status to the Big Five, the Big East must fight like crazy for its piece of the huge financial pie. The conference just has to prove it can play with the big boys.
Until fairly recently, the Big Ten and its commissioner, Jim Delany, were balking at a playoff. College presidents wouldn't take control of the situation. The SEC-Big 12 Champions Bowl, where two major conferences decided to grab control of their fate, served as a tipping point. Yet even with the important changes made Tuesday pains were taken to point out that the overall bowl system was not severely damaged. And more than one power broker pointed to public demand as the reason for a four-team playoff. No, doing the competitively fairest and ultimately most lucrative thing should be the reason for an eight- or 16-team tournament.
Change comes to college football, yet it still comes too slow.
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Minister of Petroleum Tarek el Molla on Saturday 8/9/2018 said that the ministry is currently speeding up the implementation of an integrated program to develop and upgrade the country's oil refineries.
The program includes new projects and upgrading the existent production units to increase the refineries capacity in order to meet the local needs, the minister said in the general assembly meeting of the Alexandria Mineral Oils Company (AMOC).
During the meeting, Molla said that the future plans of AMOC aims at achieving sustainability by the implementation of new projects in order o increase the produced high-quality oil products.
He added that AMOC and the Egyptian Petrochemical Holding Company (ECHEM) have considered supplying the planned petrochemicals project in Al Alamien with Naphtha.


Today at lunch we had the incredible luck to hear a presentation by Carolyn Porco, a planetary scientist on the team of the Cassini Imaging project. She brought with her some amazing images of Saturn and Saturn's moons and rings, which they have been exploring for years since the international Cassini spacecraft went into orbit around Saturn.
She is a very articulate and moving speaker and brought me to tears several times. She talked about the day when a probe was sent to the surface of Titan, ending over 300 years of speculation about what we might find there..and how that day should have been one when all humanity could celebrate and feel common cause. But do you even know when that was? (2004) She mentioned that next week, NASA will celebrate its 50th anniversary. And in that short time, humans have gone to every planet in our solar system. She talked about the way in which our species hurls itself out into the "maw" of space, just on the impulse to explore and to find out how we fit into the giant scheme of the universe.
Her ending images were so powerful. She reminded us of the power of the image of Earthrise, taken in 1968. She compared that image with one taken of a solar eclipse of Saturn. There is a tiny blue dot just to the left and above the rings. That dot is Earth.
Last months astronomy magazine had an outstanding summary with pictures of course of the Cassini mission. It was so wonderful I told several people here at work about it . The picture on your blog I had not seen, it looks like a superball dropping into a pond.


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System Builder Marathon, August 2012: Alternative $2000 Gaming PC
By Thomas Soderstrom
Page 17 of 17:
Which $2000 Machine Is Right For You?
Page 1: Opening The Floodgates: 5760x1080 And More Graphics
Page 2: Budget Stretchers: The Motherboard And Power Supply
Page 3: Economizers: CPU, CPU Cooler, And RAM
Page 4: Breaking Point: Graphics Cards And Case
Page 5: SSD, Hard Drive, And Optical Drive
Page 6: Building Our Graphics-Oriented Beast
Page 7: CPU And GPU Overclocking
Page 8: Overclocked System and Benchmark Configurations
Page 9: Benchmark Results: 3DMark And PCMark
Page 10: Benchmark Results: SiSoftware Sandra
Page 11: Benchmark Results: Battlefield 3
Page 12: Benchmark Results: DiRT 3
Page 13: Benchmark Results: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Page 14: Benchmark Results: Audio And Video Encoding
Page 15: Benchmark Results: Productivity
Page 16: Power, Heat, And Efficiency
Page 17: Which $2000 Machine Is Right For You?
The limitations of testing have continuously beset our highest-end builds for the past several System Builder Marathons. Today, we challenged ourselves to uncork the performance of our games using more monitors, higher resolutions, and a graphics subsystem that any enthusiast should envy.
We're hoping that wins in the game tests are more than adequate to compensate for losses in the threaded benchmarks dominated by the six-core Core i7-3930K processor.
Unfortunately, we fell just short of our goal, though not necessarily because of its premise. Instead, we find the new machine suffering a 3% value loss due to a processor that came up 2.2% short on matching Sandy Bridge-E's overclock. Not impressive, Ivy Bridge. Additionally, we wasted, if you want to call it that, more than $200 on parts to support four-way SLI. Had we dipped in below the budget, today's machine could have picked up an additional 11% on its value score through simple cost savings.
This high-end machine is only slightly limited by its mid-range CPU and cooler. Had we also chosen a mid-range motherboard and power supply, we really would have ended up with a mid-range box with expensive graphics. That whole high-end title has to be worth something at least, right?
Victory is declared when we look exclusively at the purpose for which this system was specified, Surround gaming. If we narrowed down our criteria to only the most aggressive test settings, today's box would have scored an even more decisive finish.
Reality sets in when we remember that our $2000 PCs have to compare against the $500 and $1000 builds at the pathetic resolution of 1280x1024. Core count doesn't matter at that resolution, and even modest graphics cards are taxed much at all. Instead, CPU frequency determines how each machine performs, in much the same way it dictates the outcome of our iTunes and Lame benchmarks. The difference is that owners of all three systems might transcode music, while anyone with a $400 graphics card (or an $800 SLI setup) won't touch 1280x1024, or even 1680x1050 for that matter. Because so much of our benchmark set is targeted towards mainstream components, the competition is rigged to favor middle-priced-and-below complete systems.
We'd like to change that, but doubt that Paul will ever get to pick a parts combo that handles Eyefinity or Surround gracefully. Until that becomes possible, we'll continue reading your feedback for suggestions on ways we can test to better satisfy your curiosity!
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Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.
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idroid
now THAT'S a real 2000$ PC, not the other 2000$
zander1983
Now this is a $2000 machine. The 3930k is a nice-to-have, but not a need-to-have. If you need more horse power, swap the 3570k for a 3770k.
Crashman
idroidnow THAT'S a real 2000$ PC, not the other 2000$Actually, this one is the fake, as in the experimental PC designed specifically for gaming. The other one was picked by reader recommendations, and that's why it made it into the "main event".
That is to say, as much as this one costs, it's still pretty much worthless to the majority of high-end users. Basically it's a $1000 PC with a bunch of extras.
To put it another way, money "wasted" on the other one went towards making it more flexible and practical. Money "wasted" on this one went towards supporting future upgrades to its SLI array. It's nothing more than an expensive toy.
brucek2
I enjoyed the article and am glad Tom's ran it. I agree with Crashman though about this being an experimental system: while I may rarely have call to exercise six cores, it is something that would come in handy from time to time. Meanwhile, I will never be gaming at 5760x1080. I'd get more value out of the original system.
hmp_goose
Why aren't they in portrait mode?
dudewitbow
orz, using blue ares ram and an antec eleven hundred together makes me think back to my wishlist changes I wish I could have gotten instead.(albeit im still deficient on other parts)
hmp_gooseWhy aren't they in portrait mode?Too narrow. The wide bezels are a major distraction when they're that close together. I think manufacturers should make some 5x4 or at least some 4x3 mid-sized displays specifically for this purpose.dudewitboworz, using blue ares ram and an antec eleven hundred together makes me think back to my wishlist changes I wish I could have gotten instead.(albeit im still deficient on other parts)Ares is cool because it lets you run pretty much any CPU cooler you want, without sacrificing memory frequency or timings.
EzioAs
9536498 said:
Actually, this one is the fake, as in the experimental PC designed specifically for gaming. The other one was picked by reader recommendations, and that's why it made it into the "main event".
Really? If it were me, I'd pick this one over the original $2000 PC. There are a lot more people gaming at 5760x1080 and 2560x1600 than they used to be so having more GPU performance is much more beneficial. Although that's primarily for the gamers, for other 3D purposes, video editing, etc the 6-cores 3930K and single GPU might be the best choice
bawchicawawa
Would have went with crossfire 7970 for that res.
killabanks
they are both great machines!! i personally think the sweet spot is somewhere around 1500 if you can get acceptable 5760x1080 performance
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Costs involved in shifting home loan from one bank to another?
I heard that the thumb rule for shifting home loan from one bank to another is that the new bank should offer a rate of interest at least 1% below your current bank. Is this true?
it comes to around 47K to shift home loan. is this estimate proper?are there any other fees apart from these ?
Dear Roshan, I'm answering that purchasing a term cover has nothing to do with your home loan. Yes as you are running a loan, bank w'd like to make sure that in case of your demise, the money from the claim amount comes to it first.
If you are purchasing a term cover higher than loan amount, you need not to assign the policy to bank. In my personal case, I'm having a large term cover and policy is not at all assigned to my bank.
Thanks for answering my query. Now when you say that home loan has nothing to do with term insurance does it mean that i dont need to make the bank as a nominee when i take a term insurance?
Dear Roshan, why do you want to cover your property for 75L Rs. If the market valuation is indeed 75L Rs. and you are ready to pay the required prem. any insurer 'll happily provide property cover to you.
Yes you can avail term cover of your choice. Your home loan has nothing to do with your home loan.
I have another query. The home loan amount is around 25 lakh. I understand that i can avail property insurance + term insurance.
a) can i avail property insurance of 75 lakhs although my loan amount is just 25 lakhs? Any idea what the yearly premium will come to?
b) Can i avail term insurance of 75 lakhs instead of 25 laksh which is my loan amount?
Dear Vz, your assumption seems OK.
The costs are more or less in order.
EXCEPT for the insurance component. You are calling it 'Home Loan Insurance'. It can either be (a) Term Insurance equivalent to the Loan amount OR (b) Property Insurance or a combination of both.
Bank (institution) may always insist on any and every fee income product to be bundled with the loan. You may do well to know that they can not make it 'mandatory'. It is a regulatory guideline(RBI) that all insurance can NOT be mandatory with loan.
– If you already have adequate Term Insurance, provide a copy of that to the bank and you should be OK.
– Property insurance will be in your own interest BUT the cost is no-where close to what you have mentioned, for 20 Lacs, it could be around Rs. 7,000/-.


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From 12.15 p.m. to 2.00 p.m., be enthralled by the city, a walk that will take you calle de Caputxins, Plaza de la Villa, the Rambla, the market, etc.
From 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m., treat yourself to a seafood meal in the Marejol restaurant, located on the seafront.
From 4.15 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., be mesmerised by the tour with a commentary in la Lonja, where you can witness the fish auction.
At 5:30 p.m., relax and go back to the departure point.


ESPN's Zach Lowe added that the first-round pick Philadelphia will receive originally was the Oklahoma City Thunder's 2020 pick, top-20 protected. Both picks they are giving up are on some level superfluous, as Orlando has all of their own future first-rounders, and also has the Nets' second-round selection in 2019. He played in just 33 games with the Sixers over the past two seasons with averages of 7.7 points on 41.4-percent shooting from the floor, 3.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists. The Sixers just gave away Fultz for next to nothing.
Fultz played in 19 games for the Sixers this season, putting up 8.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game after missing most of the 2017-18 season with his shoulder injury. Philly was never going to recuperate the value of using a top pick on Fultz due to the point guard problems stemming from thoracic outlet syndrome. He's building the Sixers to win now, while he knows that his Big 4 of Harris, Jimmy Butler, Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid will be around.
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Besides its place in ceremony, incense is often used to evoke a mood or create an atmosphere for shopping, entertainment, romance or home relaxation. It's a mental stimulant that can bathe ordinary events and activities in a special glow.
Making herbal incense at home is easy using some simple steps.
The basics needed for making herbal incense at home.
I can only imagine mankind's earliest use of incense. Was it the same day that fire was discovered, or was it the day after? Since that beginning, the fragrant smoke of ancient fires has risen in rhythm with the sun, the moon, and the tides: the heartbeats of life on earth.
The burning of sweet gums, resins, woods, and plants has taken hundreds of beautiful, diverse cultural forms, many of which persist today. Ancient Egyptians burned offerings to the sun god, Ra, on his daily trek across the heavens. Frequent references to the use of incense in the Old Testament suggest that the Jews have used it since very early times. Modern Hindus burn camphor and incense before the image of Krishna. The Greeks burned sweet incenses to make sacrifice and prayer more acceptable to the gods. Little use of incense is evident in Islamic traditions, and incense was unknown in early Buddhism, opposed as it was to external dogma. However, public and private use of incense has now become widespread among Tibetan, Japanese, and Chinese Buddhists. By the fourteenth century, it had become part of most of the established Christian rituals, and is still used for such ceremonies as high mass, processions, and funerals. Modern pagan and neopagan practices also involve highly developed ritual uses of incense. In Native American religion, sage, sweet grass, yerba santa, uva-ursi, cedar, and tobacco are burned ceremonially for purifying oneself and one's environment, for sending up prayers to the Great Spirit, and for connecting with one's spirit helpers—the unseen forces that assist humans.
Besides its place in ceremony and religion, incense is often used simply to evoke a mood or create an atmosphere for shopping, entertainment, romance, or home relaxation. It's a mental stimulant that can bathe ordinary events and activities in a special glow.
Incense makes use of many botanical products which cannot be liquefied or distilled into a perfume. Tree barks and saps, gums, resins, roots, flowers, fragrant leaves, and needles can be combined in myriad ways to create a rising, mood-enhancing bouquet of fragrant smoke. The botanical ingredients may be purchased, grown, or gathered from the wild.
Incense can take many forms, from simple, loose ingredients to be thrown on glowing coals to ornately shaped cones, cylinders, sticks, or coils. All are fun to make and enjoyable to use. All except loose incense consist of four basic ingredients: an aromatic substance or mixture, a burnable base, a bonding agent, and a liquid to change the bonding agent into a glue. Coloring agents can be added as well.
Aromatic. Any herb, spice, or botanical powder that gives off a pleasingly scented smoke when burning. These include many kinds of wood (such as sandalwood and juniper) and bark (such as cinnamon) as well as some leaves. The smoke from burning herbs smells different from the fresh or dried herb itself. To test the fragrance of herb smoke, drop a small amount of the dried herb on a hot piece of charcoal. I have never heard of an herb whose smoke was toxic, though certain mushrooms can produce narcotic fumes. Essential oils also can be substituted for the aromatic plant material; again, test on hot charcoal.
Base. A substance that burns readily with either a pleasant aroma or no aroma at all. The base aids in the burning of the aromatic and often enhances or tempers the scent. The most popular bases are powders derived from woody plants: sandalwood, cassia, vetiver, willow, evergreen needles, and charcoal. You can make the wood powders yourself by processing sawdust in your blender for two minutes on high speed. Talc or clay is sometimes added to slow the rate of burning, but I don't recommend talc because it can cause respiratory irritation. Potassium nitrate (saltpeter, available at drugstores) may be added to a base to ignite it more quickly and evenly.
Bonding agent. A resin or gum that holds the aromatic and base together. Bonding agents that burn well without giving off toxic smoke and are readily available include agar, karaya, gum arabic, and tragacanth. Of these, tragacanth is the binder most often recommended, and I find that it's the easiest to work with and gives the best results for shaped incense.
Liquid. Water is easiest and cheapest, although creative incense makers may not be satisfied when there are much more interesting liquids to use: wine, brandy, herb waters, olive oil, and tinctures, to mention just a few. I haven't noticed a significant difference in either the odor or the burnability of the incense.
Coloring agents. The easiest way to color incense is with food coloring, but plants can also supply natural colors: for example, red sandalwood for red, willow for brown, safflower for yellow, and charcoal for black.
The recipes that follow are simply examples of what's possible. You can apply the basic methods and proportions to the creation of your own scented treasures. You'll want to keep a journal of your formulations, lest the perfect blend be created only once!
You'll need a blender, a wooden spoon, a bowl or two, and a set of measuring spoons and cups. Be aware that porous utensils may take up some scents from your aromatic ingredients. Brown paper will protect your work surfaces, and a wooden board can serve as a drying surface.
The volume of aromatic substances should be about twice that of the base, and all dry ingredients should be powdered. Use about three parts liquid to five parts dry mixture. Besides changing the bonding agent from a dry powder into a glue, the liquid also serves to dissolve the potassium nitrate.
For each recipe except the loose incense, mix together liquid and potassium nitrate and add enough tragacanth to make a thick paste (start with 1 teaspoon and add more as needed). Then stir in the blended dry ingredients. If the dough is too soft, add more tragacanth powder; if too dry, add more liquid. The consistency should be like that of soft putty or moist dough—neither too runny nor too dry to be easily shaped.
You may shape prepared incense dough into all manner of cones, cylinders, or coils or roll it onto sticks. Bamboo skewers split lengthwise with a razor blade make suitable sticks. After forming cones, cylinders, and coils, place them on a wooden board and set them aside to dry in a sunny window, a warm attic, or even a closed vehicle on a hot day. Avoid humidity, which will make your incense mildew. When drying stick incense, poke the lower ends of the sticks into a piece of clay or styrofoam.
When the incense is thoroughly dry, store it in airtight containers. Dark, dry conditions will help to preserve color and scent.
Loose incense consists of dry ingredients which are simply mixed together and sprinkled over smoldering charcoal. Store as you would other kinds of incense.
Throughout this article, charcoal is referred to as a base ingredient, a coloring agent, and the smoldering heat source for loose incense. Most books recommend willow charcoal (available from incense suppliers), but any charcoal can be used. The briquettes that are made for use in barbecue grills are suitable unless they have been impregnated with lighter fluid or other chemicals to enhance burning.
Most people can make and use incense with no untoward effects, but some, especially those with hay fever, asthma, or certain skin problems, may have adverse reactions to the ingredients or the smoke. And be aware of the fire hazard when using incense: smoldering incense improperly contained can ignite your furniture, drapes, or other flammable things in the home. It's best to keep incense and fire out of the reach of children.
Simple and exquisite incense from the Native American tradition can be enjoyed by growing and/or gathering special herbs from the wild. Sprigs of sage (Salvia apiana or S. officinalis) and cedar (Juniperus virginiana) can be bound together with cotton string into a cigar-shaped smudge stick, which is then burned a bit at a time.
Clumps of sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata) may be pulled up by the roots and hung, roots up, to dry. The blades are then braided and burned a little at a time to bring sweetness to one's life.
Fettner, Ann Tucker. Potpourri, Incense, and Other Fragrant Concoctions. New York: Workman Publishing, 1977.
Smith, Steven. Wylundt's Book of Incense. York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, 1982.
Sandy Maine is the founder and owner of Sunfeather Herbal Soap Company, an exceptionally fragrant mail-order company based in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.


Memorable Last Days of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Retreat of the Harried Confederate Columns from Petersburg.
Scenes Preceding the Surrender at Appomattox–Anxiety of the Men for General Lee's Safety.
I conclude the extracts from my journal with the record of the terrible scenes leading to the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse of the peerless Army of Northern Virginia.
April 3, 1865–Oh, ever memorable day of horror! The long agony is over; after an heroic struggle for ten long months, Lee's army has been forced to leave the lines in front of Petersburg and Richmond and fall back towards Lynchburg. Every inch of that thirty-five miles of earthworks had become hallowed ground, steeped in the blood of martyrs to the holy cause of southern independence. How sacred now, after the lapse of thirty-seven years, are the memories evoked by this act of recording those scenes wherein the noblest impulses of man's nature were displayed.
Joe Moulton came up on the train, bearing most harrowing details of the final struggle on the extreme left of the line, wherein our beloved corps commander, the intrepid A. P. Hill, laid down his life. Overpowered at every point, the remnant of the three army corps has crossed the Appomattox to follow the standard of Lee with blind faith until the end cometh. All is bustle and excitement at camp in anticipation of marching orders, while the most intense anxiety prevails about the fate of our comrades of the battery who had so faithfully defended the Rives salient during the entire siege. A night of watchful anxiety followed, full of rumors of disaster that seemed to burden the very air that we breathed.
Tuesday [April 4, 1865]–Whiting, of the Norfolk Blues, reached camp with news that all the guns in the first line in front of Petersburg had been abandoned to the enemy; we are heart-sick with despair. Preparations being made to retreat to Farmville on the arrival of artillery horses.
Wednesday, [April] 5th–At 3 o'clock a. m. the two guns without caissons and one wagon started from Camp Paradise, en route to Farmville. Before leaving, we blew up the magazine of Battery No. 8, and disabled the guns and caissons, which we were forced to abandon for lack of horses. Then we marched with heavy hearts through the thick gloom of the early morning away from those scenes of so much pleasure. The heavens wept for us, and amid these depressing surroundings we tramped sturdily through the mud alongside of our guns, passing through town at dawn and taking the road to Prince Edward Courthouse.
At 7 o'clock we halted at Mrs. Venable's farm, and an hour later were ordered back to Farmville. Thence our route lay in the direction of Lynchburg, and we went into park a short distance from town. Even here our good friends of the vicinity found us, and sent lots of good food to cheer us in the dark hour of adversity. Here we remained until next morning, when cavalry scouts galloped up furiously with the information that the Yankees were coming. The bugle sounded "boots and saddle," and in a short time the two guns were dashing through town as rapidly as our miserable horses could trot. The ladies crowded the sidewalks, crying and waving their handkerchiefs in encouragement.
and soldiers at dinner–a superb banquet, washed down with fine old sherry wine. Miss Mildred Carrington, a remarkably beautiful woman, did the honors of the table.
The advance guard of the army is now streaming up the road, ragged and actually starving, as the rations that were to have been distributed at Amelia Courthouse never materialized. So the townspeople fed hundreds of the veterans as they marched past. General Breckenridge stopped at the hotel, and was the observed of all observers by reason of his noble appearance. After dark an interminable crowd of wagons and ambulances passed along the Lynchburg road.
Friday, [April] 7th–News came that our artillery battalion was nearing town, so we went to work preparing food for friends and comrades. Orders arrived for our two guns to report to Colonel McIntosh, and we stayed not on the order of our going. Captain Landry is in command of the section of artillery, having arrived, after a journey from Richmond on foot: he happened to be absent from Petersburg on leave on that memorable morning when the lines were broken.
Our section of artillery moved down the road towards Cumberland Courthouse amid a confused mass of infantry, cannon, wagons and starving stragglers; the letter had not strength enough to "tote" their muskets. Near the wagon bridge over the Appomattox, General Lee and staff formed a group on horseback, viewing critically the motley procession of the remnants of brigades of infantry and battalions of artillery. As we saluted the distinguished leader, on whom all our hopes were fixed, we noted in his mild gray eye a mmixed expression of pride and anxiety. In the midst of the dire confusion attending the retreat, the dearest thought of the veteran is for Lee; the very cause for which we have fought during these four years seems now to have become a minor consideration compared with the intense desire for the safety and happiness of our beloved commander.
Now the guns begin to growl again and rattle of musketry is plainly heard on all sides as the enemy, in overpowering numbers, swoops down on the staggering ranks of veterans who know not what defeat means. Mixed in with the main wagon train, we moved slowly along until, having reached a [coign?] of vantage, we went swiftly into battery to repel cavalry. Before and behind us were high conflagrations, the bodies of wagons cut out by the active and persistent pursuers thrown into piles and set on fire. Skirmishing was the game all that day, turning back with sharp sallies of resistance every mile of the road; and thus the relics of the army hastened along in that terrible race for life.
No food was to be had, the commissary department is no more; the more provident of the men munching parched corn to keep body and soul together. Too weak to carry their muskets, thousands of gaunt men threw away their arms and floundered through the weeds until nature gave way. The poor horses and mules were in worse plight than the men as to the food supply, and it did seem like the refinement of cruelty to urge the poor beasts on with whip and spur. The long line of men and teams moved like a huge wounded serpent, writhing, when the enemy dashed across the line carrying death and destruction in his track. Not in the hours of its most assured success, when the laurels crowned their brows at Manassas, Cold Harbor, Wilderness, Fredericksburg and on a hundred other battlefields, did the soldiers of the lost cause fight more heroically than on that desperate retreat. Now and again, when teams would lay down in the mud to die, we plundered our own wagons and had a rapid distribution of rations to all in the vicinity. During this day we made less than six miles, and added three miles more to the score by 10:30 o'clock at night, when we parked on the Johns farm. The time until midnight was devoted to cooking provisions looted from our disabled wagons. I slept until dawn under the gun.
Saturday, [April] the 8th–The sad procession moved soon after daylight to the music of Yankee cavalry rifles near-by. The day was bright and clear and, with the sun, our spirits rose. We felt that while Lee lived we had a fighting chance of getting to the mountains beyond Lynchburg, where a guerrilla warfare might be waged until the southern confederacy was recognized. But we reckoned without our host, for those ubiquitous cavalrymen continued to slash our wagon trains and capture guns as they had done since the morning that the army left Petersburg. As the day waned, these mounted fiends became more fierce in their onslaughts, until the route of our army for miles was marked by blazing pyres of wagons.
By dark our section parked at the base of the hill on which is situated the pretty village of Appomattox Courthouse. No camp fires allowed, as they might draw the fire of the foe, so we munched raw provisions until, from sheer exhaustion, sleep overcame us. It was understood, however, that we were to cut our way through Grant's army on the morrow, and we felt reasonably certain that move was almost an accomplished fact. The Yankees regaled us by burning the Appomattox railroad depot to-night.
Sunday, April 9th–Soon after dawn that familiar sound, the rebel yell, refreshed our souls as the remnant of Gordon's Division charged the enemy. Even the famished artillery horses pricked up their ears at the sound, like unto the war horses described in the Bible. Suddenly all noise of battle ceased, and a courier notified Captain Landry that a flag of truce had been sent to the enemy's picket line by our commander. We felt that this act was the beginning of the end, and in a short time the news of the conference between Lee and Grant, and of the arrangement of terms of surrender, came to us on the thousand tongues of rumor. The last act in this most terrible of tragedies was over. The old lion, full of scars of honorable actions, harried to death by ravening wolves, faint with hunger and fatigue, was forced to succumb.
The feeling of mortification at the surrender of all our dearly-cherished hopes was tempered by a sad sort of joy–the sense of relief that the end had come. The Yankees cheered loud and long, and their cry of jubilation swept over the graceful Virginia hills as a hundred thousand throats gave tidings that the battle flags of the Army of Northern Virginia had been furled forever. Then the men in gray and the men in blue sat down together, sharing their rations and talking of home and the home-coming. But in the midst of this peaceful scene, again our thoughts turned to our idolized commander, and we wondered how he was provided for in the terms of surrender. When we learned later of the liberal and magnanimous conditions of the official agreement between Lee and Grant, we felt that in its death agony the Army of Northern Virginia had compelled the chivalrous generosity of its old opponent, the Army of the Potomac.
As General Lee, accompanied by his faithful adjutant, Colonel W. H. Taylor, rode through the ranks of his army to say farewell to the men he loved so well, the big tears rolled down his cheeks. The veterans, choking with emotion, pressed forward to touch his hand and take a last fond, lingering look at their friend, the great commander. When the golden orb of day declined below the hilltops, every man then felt that the sun of the the Confederacy had set.


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A man holds a sign that reads "Supplies" in Hong Kong on Sept. 28, 2014. The pro-democracy protesters occupy several city blocks surrounding the government headquarters, effectively blocking key roads linking Central to the rest of Hong Kong Island
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By Rishi Iyengar / Hong Kong
September 30, 2014 3:27 AM EDT
Update: Sept. 30, 4:27 a.m E.T.
Occupy Central leaders on Tuesday announced an Oct. 1 deadline for the Hong Kong government to respond to their demands for voting reform, as mass pro-democracy protests entered their third day.
Oct. 1 is China's National Day, and stipulating it as an ultimatum will be seen as a grave affront by Hong Kong's sovereign rulers in Beijing.
A statement from Occupy Central called on Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to grant Hong Kong people the right to nominate and directly vote for candidates for the city's highest office. The group also called for his resignation by Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.
However, Leung said Tuesday that there was no way Beijing would acquiesce. "The central government will not rescind its decision," he said, adding that neither would he resign is position.
Chan Kin-man, a co-founder of Occupy Central, told TIME late on Monday that the large-scale occupation of Hong Kong's streets may not go on for much longer, and mentioned Oct. 1 as the day the barricades could come down and the protests would switch gear. However, his stance is at odds with the determination of tens of thousands of mostly young protesters to stay on the streets.
— Video by Helen Regan / Hong Kong
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Hike to the 3 Granite Boulders in the Paarl Rock Nature Reserve
When Is the Best Time
Paarl Rock Nature Reserve is an excellent destination throughout the year, but it should be sunny or at least dry. The rocks are utterly exposed, it can be windy, and it's not pleasant in the rain. During spring, in September and October, beautiful proteas and wildflowers are in bloom.
Avoiding Crowds
Paarl Rock is still a "hidden" gem and is more known by the South Africans. Therefore, it's a little busy on weekends and public holidays, especially the braai (BBQ) areas but far away from crowded. On weekdays enjoy the tranquillity on top of the rocks.
The so-called dry season lasts from November to March. In summer, it can get hot around midday. Bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen. Most precipitation from May to September with its peak in June but overall not much. In winter, temperatures range from 8 to about 20°C during summer, frequently temps top 30°C.
Opening Hours of the Paarl Rock Nature Reserve
There are beautiful proteas around in spring.
Summer: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (1 Oct – 31 March)
Winter: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. (1 April – 30 Sept)
Last entry 1 hour before closure times.
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Paarl Rock are three granite outcrops, the second biggest on earth, more than 500 million years old. It was declared a Nature Reserve in 1977. The three rocks are Paarl Rock, Bretagne Rock, and Gordon's Rock; the formerly names were Diamond and Pearl Mountain. After heavy rainfall, the rocks sparkle like diamonds and pearls. That is the reason for the town's name Paarl, which is the Dutch word for pearl.
Directions and Road Conditions
The huge boulders are high above the town, with a 360 degrees view around the valley and the vineyards. Turn off the R45 into the Jan Phillips Mountain Drive to get to the reserve. The gravel roads within the reserve are in good condition, but the one leading to the rocks needs some attention, especially after rain. There is ample of parking Google Maps Location
Several hiking trails ranging from 2.5 km to 10 km exist. The most popular one takes about two hours to Paarl Rock and Bretagne Rock, where chains have been added for safety. The trailhead starts at the reserve's top at the well-maintained picnic and braai areas. Bring your own water and a picnic. An entrance fee for the car and each visitor is requested. The indigenous garden at Meulwater is worth a visit. Nearby is the Afrikaans Language Monument.
Some of the pictures are provided by our friends Umamisky
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Q: How to Create table in flutter with dynamic content? I want to create a table with the data inside the table to be fetch from internet(API)
As, we build ListView.builder is there any way to build table in flutter?

A: To create a table and insert data into it dynamically, you need a data model first. See the example below for more details.
data.dart (data model):
class NameOne{
    String sn, name, address, phone;

    NameOne({
        this.sn,
        this.name,
        this.address,
        this.phone
    });
    //constructor

    factory NameOne.fromJSON(Map<String, dynamic> json){
        return NameOne(
          sn: json["sn"],
          name: json["name"],
          address: json["address"],
          phone: json["phone"]
        );
    }
}

main.dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:testapp/data.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget{
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
        home: HomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class HomePage extends StatelessWidget{

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {

    List<NameOne> namelist = []; //list of names, you can generate it using JSON as well
    namelist.add(NameOne(sn:"1", name:"Name 1", address:"Address 1", phone: "Phone 1"));
    namelist.add(NameOne(sn:"2", name:"Name 2", address:"Address 2", phone: "Phone 2"));
    namelist.add(NameOne(sn:"3", name:"Name 3", address:"Address 3", phone: "Phone 3"));
    //add more adata here

    return Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
            title:Text("Dynamic Data Table"), //title of app
            backgroundColor: Colors.redAccent, //background color of app bar
        ),
        body: Container(
            padding: EdgeInsets.all(15),
            child:Table( //if data is loaded then show table
            border: TableBorder.all(width:1, color:Colors.black45),
            children: namelist.map((nameone){ //display data dynamically from namelist List.
              return TableRow( //return table row in every loop
                      children: [
                        //table cells inside table row
                          TableCell(child: Padding(
                              padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
                              child:Text(nameone.sn)
                            )
                          ),
                          TableCell(child: Padding(
                              padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
                              child:Text(nameone.name)
                            )
                          ),
                          TableCell(child: Padding(
                              padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
                              child:Text(nameone.address)
                            )
                          ),
                          TableCell(child: Padding(
                              padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
                              child:Text(nameone.phone)
                            )
                          ),
                      ]
                );
            }).toList(),
          )
        )
    );
  }
}

Output:

This is the way you can insert data to Flutter table dynamically,visit How to Make Table and Insert data from PHP MySQL JSON Dynamically in Flutter App to see more details to create table from JSON data fetched with REST API.

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For a book series called "Holidays in Rhythm and Rhyme" I illustrated the book about the Memorial Day.
Familys visiting a military cemetery on Memorial Day.
Close up of the little boy placing flowers on the grave.
Children and families watching a Memorial Day parade with veterans, boy and girl scouts and even a fire trucks.
The book tells a bit about the history of the USA and this spread shows Soldiers from the Revolutionary War.
This spread shows Soldiers that got hurt and probably died in the Civil War.
Children joyfully jump into a crowded pool in the summer.
Childrens talking to Veterans and listen to their storys.
Please download my portfolio and of course I would love hearing from you if you like my work.


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Wheel chair access is possible via the bow ramp although there are some limitations. Please check with us first.
The Wanaka Cruises team are all Wanaka locals with a great deal of knowledge of the area. We pride ourselves on extending a very friendly welcome to our guests while maintaining a high level of professionalism and safety.


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As you finish this season a little tired, a little weary, a little over it all.
As you look forward with anticipation and trepidation to the uncertainty ahead.
As you take the rest you require, yet your own exhaustion surprises you.
As your mind flows with an avalanche of thoughts previously unheard.
And let change come to you at its own pace.
May your hands unclench and release the past.
And may your spirit be open to the promise of the future.
May you find peace in the new rhythms of not doing.
May you find rest in the quietness of your days.
May you find the healing you didn't know was needed.
May you find hope in the dreams that rise up.


It is not often that you read a book and feel like you have been witness to a piece of art. Island of a Thousand Mirrors is like art on canvas. Bold strokes, intricate detailing, vivid imagery and a pathos that grips you. By the time I was done reading, I felt awash in emotion. Grief, horror, wonder hit me in waves. Then I slowed down and savored it again.
It reads like a memoir though it isn't one, making you want to go back and re-read chapters in order to get the family tree right in your head. As the stories of women alternate and intersect, you feel your heart race and brace for the eventual outcome.
The description of Sri Lanka, the aromas the food evoke, the dialect, the names of the characters all speak of careful detail. Of a story told from the heart. It delves into the Sinhala – Tamil conflict in a way that is an eye opener for someone who has but passing knowledge of the area or the civil war that has consumed the island nation.
Pick it up if you enjoy the language as much as the story, if you want to read a story that will haunt you for weeks afterwards.


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Plastic surgery is surging in America — the trends in six simple charts
Jennifer Lopez, center, performs last November in Los Angeles. Buttock implants that can presumably make your behind look like the one J. Lo was born with, are increasing in popularity. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Ariana Eunjung Cha
National reporter
March 2, 2016 at 12:20 p.m. UTC
America's increasing obsession with beauty is fueling a surge in cosmetic surgery procedures. In 2015, there were 15.9 million surgical and minimally invasive cosmetic procedures or about one procedure per 16 adults in the United States. The fastest growing: buttock implants. Below is a look at some important trends.
[Last year's numbers: Thanks, Kim, Nicki, Iggy and JLo. Love, plastic surgeons everywhere]
1. The number of cosmetic procedures performed in the United States jumped 115 percent from 2000 to 2015.
2. But the types of procedures being performed is changing. Most of the growth has been in minimally invasive cosmetic procedures. Below is a look at the top five in this category.
3. Of the surgical procedures, breast augmentation remains the most popular.
4. Buttock implants, which involve silicon implants that make your behind fuller and rounder, like J. Lo's, are now the fastest growing type of cosmetic surgery. They were so rare in 2000 that they weren't even tracked, but in 2014 there were 1,863 procedures and in 2015 there were 2,540.
5. Plastic surgery is no longer just about face-lifts. Increasingly, Americans are seeking breast lifts, buttock lifts, lower body lifts and upper arm lifts.
6. It's no longer just a woman thing. More men are getting into the plastic surgery trend, and the shift is most in breast reduction surgeries.
This post has been updated.
Who still smokes in the United States — in seven simple charts
Beyond Zika: The map of things that keep NIH's infectious diseases director up at night
Study of 1,000 38-year-olds shows 'biological age' ranges from 30 to 60


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We are a not-for-profit, environmentally conscious, grass-roots community association with no political affiliations, lobbying for changes to a system where Representational Democracy is failing!
HP Locality Plan. Council was provided with this draft locality plan last year and 2 years prior. Council has given no response except to say in respect of its first issue that it had lost it when implementation was questioned. This is despite the fact that Council's own written policy strategy states that it will work with communities to introduce their own locality plans.
1. Why is it that the people of Hastings Point have been lobbying State Government Ministers for 20 years only to be passed from department to department – pillar to post?
2. Why is it that the recommendations of the Daly Report (reporting on developer associations in Tweed Council) have not been implemented?
3. Why was it necessary for the residents of Hastings Point to conduct their own investigation into Tweed Council's decision making processes and uncover information and processes of extreme concern?
advocate for developers on the floor of Council chambers?
manipulate planning instruments to achieve particular outcomes?
openly advocate for developers in the media?
expressly discount the concerns of resident owners?
work for months with developers to ensure their developments comply but refuse to spend half an hour posting a letter to the Dept. of Planning which would have prevented this mess by implementing Amendment 81?
5. Why is it that the Chinderah Marina has been delayed for a third time, at the request of the developer, yet adjournment refused when requested by the HP community so it could address a 100 page report on the Hastings Point Seniors Village?
6. Why is it that developers of projects at Wooyong and Kingscliff are forced to negotiate with the community for a mutually beneficial outcome, YET developers of Hastings Point Seniors Village, and others, have been allowed to simply impose their development on the community?
7. Why is it that Hastings Point Seniors Village, while determined as a 'Facility for providing elderly residents of the Tweed with affordable accommodation', can suddenly be advertised and sold as a 5 star luxury resort?
8. Why could council planners ignore 670 objections, including residents, visitors, entire organisations representing residents of all Tweed Coast villages in addition to recommendations by its own Administrators to the Director of NSW Department of Planning, and recommendations from the Director of NSW Deparment of Planning?
9. Why is it that even in the face of all this opposition and against Tweed Council's own written charter and strategic plans, the Council's Senior Officer could verbally advocate for the developer of HP Seniors Villlage rather than respond to questions of legality?
10. Why is the same development consultant (acting for developers in HP) and Council's Senior Officer able to determine the 'future character of Hastings Point' in a manner contrary to Council's own policies and strategies and the interests of the community and the environment.
having to tolerate the stench of dewatering and sewerage for weeks and months on end having vast increases in traffic, garbage, and crime.
12. Why are decisions being made which will ultimately destroy a prized environmental asset of the Tweed Shire contrary to policy and law.
…because Local Councils can avoid real community consultation despite the fact that the Minister can force developers to not only consult with the community, but to also negotiate outcomes.
…because Local Councils can completely ignore any objections raised by the community knowing that the community cannot appeal the 'merits' of developments in Court while developers can. The 'system', including the legislation, is weighted ridiculously in favour of developers!
…because the only chance the community has is if its Council actually listens and acts in the interests of the community which elects it and actually follows and implements policy and laws correctly. Unfortunately, this is uncommon and manipulation to achieve results contrary to the intentions of planning instruments is rife.
All we are asking is that the Council and Government Departments no longer pass the buck & do what they recommend!


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Editorials Gaming
Games That Deserve A Remake
by Kurt Jensen June 14, 2020
Leave a Comment on Games That Deserve A Remake
After seeing the reveal of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 being remade for consoles, I became so excited to relive my childhood and play these soon to be released remakes. We have already received Spyro and Crash Bandicoot collections and I started thinking of all the other low polygon or janky games that deserve, no, NEED an upgrade since their conception. And thus this little list was made! Lets just say it is a great time to have 90's and early 2000 nostalgia.
Vigilante 8
I have only had a little experience with this classic but because of its legacy and countless sequels I think the 90's gaming crowd would go crazy for a complete, from the ground up, remake and obligatory couch coop mode with it. This is mainly because like many games of the era, it was the coop that made it shine.
Mega Man Legends
I can talk a lot on the Legends series, so I will keep this short. The limitations of the day had Capcom make this memorable Mega Man RPG. It was fun but one look and modern players will notice how blocky and clunky the original game was. The original game was built for a D-pad on the original PlayStation controller but the game itself took place in a 3D space. This made traversing the world a little weird in turn. Legends 1 and Legends 2 was placed on the PSP in 2005 which probably fixed some of these issues. Slap these two games and the misadventures of Tron Bonne and I think we have ourselves a winner!
Every Final Fantasy for the Playstation One
You read me right, EVERY FINAL FANTASY that was made for the PS1. Already we are getting Final Fantasy 7 in installments and I understand how long that will take. But after Seven, lets get Eight, and in my opinion the best Final Fantasy, Nine. Though Eight has gotten a graphical update we know that Square Enix can make it much more from seeing what they did so far with the Final Fantasy 7 remake. This also includes Chocobo Mystery Dungeon and Final Fantasy Tactics.
Syphon Filter
With third person adventure games not going out of style, Syphon Filter should rear its head once more. This would really need a "from the ground up" remake or perhaps a whole new game as looking at screenshots makes this game feel very outdated. Now we just need to get Splinter Cell back if this comes through.
Ape Escape
My experience with Ape Escape was a mini-game in the bonus features of Metal Gear Solid 3, but I have seen others play it and I think these games need to come back. A game revolving around catching monkeys doing weird things? It is exactly what we want and is sitting next to other weird games like Katamari Damacy.
The original Xbox title is now a name that garners conspiracy as it is thought that Microsoft is making a whole new Fable game. If these rumors are true, I would say it would be smart to remake and make better the original title. It was revolutionary for the time with choosing the good or evil path for your character. I feel this series deserves a little shine.
The original Metal Gear Solid was technically remade for the Gamecube, which did make it more accessible and playable even by today's standards, but let someone up the quality and push everything Metal Gear to its limits. Really just remake the original where we first fell in love with Solid Snake.
Mario Party 1,2,3
When listing the best Mario Party games, a lot of people put a Gamecube title here or there, but the N64 parties are unarguably some of the best in the series. N64 graphics are endearing, but the games themselves are the most fun I have had with friends and family when it comes to video games. Do not just give us the best mini-games Nintendo, (I'm looking at you Mario Party The Top 100 for the 3DS) but give us a shiny remake collection for the Nintendo Switch. These three games are honestly so much better than Super Mario Party am I right?
Games from yesteryear that were trying to figure out 3D are the ones I think need the most upgrades, but giving an older game the modern treatment is also a good prospect to have. If anything, it looks like a bright future for remakes in the coming years. What are the remakes you would love to see done? Please let us know in the comments below.
Other Worthy mentions for remakes:
007 Goldeneye
SSX Tricky and Cool Boarders
Tomb Raider 1,2 and 3.
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Psychology Says » Intelligence
People on the "left" are smarter, study finds
People who support right-wing political ideology tend to be less intelligent than those on the left, and people with low intelligence during childhood, when they grow up, hold racist and anti-gay views, according to a recent controversial study. in Ontario, Canada.
Political ideology and intelligence: is there a relationship?
Belonging to a certain social class does not predict ideology
People on the left seem smarter and people on the right less. At least, that's what a controversial study says.
Conservative politicians are facilitators of prejudice against other individuals or groups, say Canadian academics. The article analyzes massive UK studies (of over 15,000 people) in which the UK has been compared childish intelligence with the Political Views into adulthood of these subjects.
The authors claim that low-intelligence people position themselves with the political right because they feel more secure with this line of speech. Basically, people's education level is not what determines whether they are racist or not, but it is the innate intelligence, According to the authors.
Social status does not play an important predictive role either. The study, published in Psychological Science, states that right-wing ideology forms a path for people with poor reasoning skills to become racist and xenophobic.
Researchers say cognitive skills are essential for forming the impressions of others and are essential for having an open mind.
"People with weaker cognitive abilities tend to advocate more conservative right-wing ideologies because they maintain the status quo. The right gives a sense of order, of continuity with what it establishes. A higher cognitive level is needed to detect this. functions poorly in a political system and therefore to be able to make a criticism and a proposal for improvement "
The study, conducted by Brock University in Ontario, Canada, used information from two British studies conducted in 1958 and 1970, where the intelligence of several thousand children aged 10 and 11 was assessed. At the age of 33, they answered questions about politics, And from there, most of the data could be extracted to prepare the report.
The first British study, conducted in 1958 by the National Child Development Organization, looked at 4,267 men and 4,537 women born in 1958.
The second UK study, the British Cohort Study, involved 3,412 men and 3,658 women born in 1970.
As adults, they were asked if they agreed with statements such as "I wouldn't mind working with people of other races" and "I wouldn't mind if a family of a different race lived ".
They were also asked if they agreed with the political ideology of the conservative right, such as "I would give the harshest sentences to violators" and "schools should teach children to obey" authority. ".
Original study: http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/2/187.full.pdf
Categories Intelligence
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How human memory works (and how it fools us)
The 10 smartest countries according to their IQ


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Kristina has been a busy bee! Now comes the challenge of deciding how to put them all together. What setting pattern to use? Lattice? Border?
Stepping back a bit in time, 3 months ago, in fact---we saw pictures of Debbie's sewing room.
She has a great cabinet to keep quilts folded and out of the sun and dust. The shelves are glass and the lower part is glass-fronted drawers, good for smaller pieces like tablerunners. Something about this says IKEA to me.
And this shelving area is tidied up and probably catalogued, right, Debbie?
And just to keep things fair and square, here's my own little bit of heaven!
The panorama takes in all of my weak spots! Since this was taken, I have cleared off the disorganized clutter on the cutting table, front and center in the photo. Now what's really bugging me is the mess on and below that white table on the right. That has got to go! More pictures will follow. What you can't see from this picture is that I have washed the windows and screens for the first time in at least a year! I really should have taken down those blinds and washed them too, they are beyond dusting. Put that on the list!