Low key images are fun to take as one can play around quite a bit with light and shadow.
Low key in photography pretty much means to create predominantly dark images. It is however not a new concept by any means but much older than photography. It has its origin in painting whereas some of Da Vinci's or Rembrandt's masterpieces are based on low key painting techniques. I love to do low key stuff ever since I tried it.
Let's first start with the good news – you don't need a studio to do low key images and you don't need to invest crazy in equipment. In fact you can do low key stuff with nothing more than your camera and a light source.
If you don't want or can't invest in equipment or facilities, don't worry at all. You can even take low key pictures outside without having a studio. I would recommend you do so during the evening, when the sun already is about to set and no other light source is in your way. Now you want to point some kind of light source (e.g. flash light shining through a white umbrella to soften the light) to your models face and take a picture. The trick is to stop down your camera to darken out everything that's not lightened up by the light source (start with f/8 and stop further down if needed – I do a lot of stuff with f/18 believe it or not). The picture on the right, was taken outside in our backyard with a cheap flash light and umbrella setup. You likely wont get shiny eyes with such a setup but its a good thing to start exploring this kind of photography.
If you compare the first and the second image you will notice a difference in terms of quality. The second one is much clearer. If I could take that shot again, I would however position the soft box more direct as one side of the face is slightly overexposed. This by the way tells you something about the angle in which the light source was pointed to the face.
I am mostly using my beloved 50mm f/1.8 lens that is great for portrait photography in general and also works wonderful for low key photography. Please be aware that I am using a full frame camera. If you are using a crop camera, you may would like to consider a 35mm f/1.8 lens because of the crop factor. In order to take shots inside (and not only outdoor), I bought a black blanket and hammered it to an empty wall. Depending on what I want to do, I am using only one or both soft boxes. The beauty of the remote trigger is, that one can add the boxes into two different groups and with this control the light for each soft box individually (without constantly walking to the flashes). As you can see in the above sample images, I tend to stop down quite a bit.
This not only supports the low key effect but also leaves you whit a very sharp image as the entire face from the tip of the nose to the lobes of the ears is in focus. You can play around with light, shadow and dark by changing the position of the soft box. Be creative and use both boxes with different light intensity from different angles or create a lot of drama in your pictures by keeping most of the image in dark.
I hope this article was helpful for you. If there is anything you are looking for, please let me know and I try to find examples to discuss.
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An interesting article over at the [BBC on the future of newspapers in the digital world.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6220424.stm) It wades through all the usual arguments in the usual BBC way but it was the end that caught my eye.
A fully functioning media needs more than fast reacting rolling news, it also needs newspapers which spend more time chewing over what the news actually means.
There is a problem with free: it often comes unpackaged and without the know-how to understand it.
I'm not sure what this means. Is it that newspapers are somehow inherently imbued with that understanding?
I don't think they are. People don't read a range of newspapers. They read one. Are they getting a broad and balanced view of the world from one paper? No, of course not.
The 'voice' of the paper is one of the things that is being used to sell papers in this digital world. They are Viewspapers not newspapers as Simon Kellner once put it. We get a deeper but sadly biased view.
Still, perhaps it suits the old '*lecture rather than conversation' *model of newspapers to keep that know-how to themselves.


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Our departments of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry comprise a single-site outpatient clinic care center, the Neuroscience Institute, staffed by more than 50 physicians and medical professionals. The institute is the only state-approved, academically based, single-site neuroscience center in Illinois.
This multidisciplinary approach gives you access to a full range of specialty and subspecialty services, offering care for stroke, Alzheimer's, brain tumors, spine disease, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression and more. Our faculty direct academic research in clinical and basic neuroscience as well as patient outcomes. They also participate in a wide portfolio of clinical trials that provide access to cutting-edge therapies for movement disorders, neuromuscular disease, neuro-oncology and vascular disease at two outpatient sites in Springfield and our affiliated hospitals, Memorial Medical Center and St. John's Hospital.
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Iron Sky is a science-fiction comedy film directed by Timo Vuorensola. Set in 2018, it tells a story where German Nazis, after being defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon where they built a space fleet, and are now ready to conquer Earth. The film comes from the makers of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning and was produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures.
Production of Iron Sky began in early 2006, and the production team took their teaser trailer of the film to The Cannes Film Festival in May 2008 seeking co-financiers and signed a co-production agreement with Oliver Damian's 27 Films Prods.
Samuli Torssonen was responsible for the computer generated effects of the film. The screenwriters were Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko. The film was financed by Energia Productions, Blind Spot Pictures, New Holland Pictures and 27 Films production companies, and it is scheduled to be released on 4 April 2012.
The cast includes Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Christopher Kirby, Udo Kier, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie Paul and Tilo Prückner, and the screenplay is written by the acclaimed sci-fi writer Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.
In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.
When American astronaut James Washington (Christopher Kirby) puts down his Lunar Lander a bit too close to the secret Nazi base, the Moon Führer (Udo Kier) decides the glorious moment of retaking the Earth has arrived sooner than expected.
Washington claims the mission is just a publicity stunt for the President of the United States (Stephanie Paul), but what else could the man be but a scout for the imminent attack by Earth forces? The Fourth Reich must act!
Two Nazi officers, ruthless Klaus Adler (Götz Otto) and idealistic Renate Richter (Julia Dietze), travel to Earth to prepare the invasion. In the end when the Moon Nazi UFO armada darkens the skies, ready to strike at the unprepared Earth, every man, woman and nation alike, must re-evaluate their priorities.
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His critically acclaimed auto exhibitions have appeared at many major fine art museums. The author of twenty-five books, Ken has received the Automotive Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Citation, the International Motor Press Association's Ken W. Purdy award, the Motor Press Guild's Dean Batchelor Award, and the Lee Iacocca award. He collects Sadler OKT42 teapots, Glenn Appleman cookie jars and Ford flathead speed equipment.
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Appleman Ceramic Cookie Jars:
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Glenn Appleman's whimsical, car-shaped ceramic cookie jars were produced by his company, Appleman Autoworks, in Union City, NJ, from 1977 to 1987. Appleman made a few animals in 1970 and then he crafted individual busts of Alfred Hitchcock, Mao-Tse-Tung and Teddy Roosevelt. His first cookie jar was produced in 1977. Pudgy and cute, bigger than your typical cookie jar, each one was hand-made. Painted in bright kiln-fired enamel colors, they average about 17.5" long and 8" high.
Each Appleman cookie jar has a snug-fitting lid which serves as the "greenhouse" on closed cars and the passenger compartment with a windshield on open models. They were initially offered at $75, and sold in gift shops, and that price was soon raised to $100. I don't remember the first time I saw one, but I think it must have been at Jacques Vaucher's l'art et l'automobile gallery in New York City, in the late 1970s. From memory, it was priced at about $200, which is the equivalent of approximately $750 today, so they were relatively expensive.
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In Automobilia #13, we learned about Glenn Appleman's whimsical and now very valuable collectable cookie jars. For this second installment, Glenn tells us how the cookie jars were made, and tells some funny stories about the famous people who were his customers — and he hints about a cookie jar to come…! "They were $70-75 apiece when we started, then they went up in price," he said. "We moved out to New Jersey and we started paying some real expenses, so prices inevitably went up. That was one of the things that eventually made us go out of business. Expenses were spiraling. We got a letter saying that my workman's comp insurance had to be for a hazardous business, and they tripled the premium.
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Inverurie Chartered Physiotherapy Clinic is now recognised in Grampian as a centre of excellence. We provide the highest standard of clinical care within a modern facility which includes five treatment rooms, a rehabilitation area and two Pilates studios.
All of our physiotherapists are fully qualified, state registered, members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and have extensive experience in the treatment of joint and muscle problems. We are dedicated to the very best physiotherapy care, post-graduate education and evidence based practice. We are registered with all major private health insurance companies.
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One Raffles Place is that shopping mall where all gym rats gather for a fill-up-me. There are several salad joints at One Raffles Place itself so naturally, all those fit and fabulous people would gather there for a meal right after their workout.
Personally, I like to hang out at Wheat and The Daily Cut because their meals are not only clean but pretty affordable too. Not too bad for a healthy and nutritious meal!
Kraftwich is under Swiss Bake and they served wholesome and generous slices of sandwiches. Each slice of the sandwiches is huge!
They also have a salad bar with a variety of toppings. And if you have a sweet tooth, you could also try their desserts from pastries, cakes to mug cakes. It's as comprehensive as any other cafes.
If you want healthier treats, go for their freshly-squeezed juices!
This Health Promotion Board (HPB)-approved eatery is always crowded especially during lunch time and right after office hours. On weekend mornings, it can get quite packed too! Gym goers can get a under-500 calorie meal here cooked with less salt and oil for around $10 or so. I would usually get the reindeer soba noodles for only $7.80!
The other day we tried their new dishes on the menu – Quinoa, Bull's Eye and Striploin. Their ingredients are always fresh and even the meat is very tender. I would say that it is more of a cooked-type of well-balanced salad with some carbs, protein and a good amount of healthy fats. This is what conscious eating should be all about! A well-balanced meal with fresh ingredients cooked with healthier oils.
There are also other salad bars like Munch Smith Salad, Smors, Salad and Wrap and The Rabbit Hole. And if you are a vegetarian, you should check out Green Dot which serves one couple of my favourite vegetarian dishes too!
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package net.sourcewalker.olv.messages;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import net.sourcewalker.olv.messages.events.CapsResponse;
import net.sourcewalker.olv.messages.events.DeviceStatus;
import net.sourcewalker.olv.messages.events.GetMenuItems;
import net.sourcewalker.olv.messages.events.GetTime;
import net.sourcewalker.olv.messages.events.Navigation;
import net.sourcewalker.olv.messages.events.ResultEvent;
import android.util.Log;

public final class MessageDecoder {

    private static final String TAG = "MessageDecoder";

    private static LiveViewEvent newInstanceForId(byte id)
            throws DecodeException {
        switch (id) {
        case MessageConstants.MSG_GETCAPS_RESP:
            return new CapsResponse();
        case MessageConstants.MSG_SETVIBRATE_ACK:
        case MessageConstants.MSG_SETLED_ACK:
            return new ResultEvent(id);
        case MessageConstants.MSG_GETTIME:
            return new GetTime();
        case MessageConstants.MSG_GETMENUITEMS:
            return new GetMenuItems();
        case MessageConstants.MSG_DEVICESTATUS:
            return new DeviceStatus();
        case MessageConstants.MSG_NAVIGATION:
            return new Navigation();
        default:
            throw new DecodeException("No message found matching ID: " + id);
        }
    }

    public static final LiveViewEvent decode(byte[] message, int length)
            throws DecodeException {
        if (length < 4) {
            Log.w(TAG, "Got empty message!");
            throw new DecodeException("Can't decode empty message!");
        } else {
            ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(message, 0, length);
            byte msgId = buffer.get();
            buffer.get();
            int payloadLen = buffer.getInt();
            if (payloadLen + 6 == length) {
                LiveViewEvent result = newInstanceForId(msgId);
                result.readData(buffer);
                return result;
            } else {
                throw new DecodeException("Invalid message length: "
                        + message.length + " (should be " + (payloadLen + 6)
                        + ")");
            }
        }
    }

}

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The introduction of real-time search results has heralded new changes for search marketing, an expert has said.
Speaking about Google plans to integrate feeds from social networks, such as Twitter, into its search engine results, Sam Tilston, online marketing director for internet mail order company Zoombits.co.uk, said the integration of real-time results will signal profound changes to and search engine optimisation (SEO) strategies that search engine marketing companies must take heed of.
Because users can now find accurate, up-to-the-minute information for many of their search queries, companies must step up their SEO game, he added.
Companies should include keywords in Twitter posts, accounts and descriptions, to allow the feed to be "properly optimised for Google".
The move comes months after Google began integrating social networks into its search engine results pages. It is important that search engine marketing companies are aware of these changes so they can tailor their work to these updates, and create the necessary blogs and content that will contribute to successful natural search marketing.
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Neuroscience of Marijuana Munchies
Cannabinoids cause appetite-suppressing neurons to produce an appetite-stimulating hormone in mice.
Ruth is a freelance journalist.
WIKIMEDIA, ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE
Using marijuana can sometimes compel a person to scoff down large quantities of food. A mouse study published in Nature today (February 18) may reveal part of the reason why. Researchers have found that cannabinoid-induced bouts of "the munchies" occur in mice when the compounds subvert brain cells that normally produce an appetite-suppressing hormone and redirect them to produce an appetite stimulator.
"All evidence, based on manipulations of the functions of these neurons, was consistent with their role in suppressing appetite—until this [paper]," said neuroscientist Scott Sternson of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus in Ashuburn, Virginia, who was not involved in the study.
The cells in question, pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons, reside in the hypothalamus—the body's homeostasis headquarters in the brain. When a person eats, these cells are activated to produce α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH), which in turn promotes feelings of satiety....
"When you block the POMC neurons as a whole, by ablating them, deleting them, lesioning them, blocking MSH, or blocking MSH receptors in downstream targets of the POMC neurons, you get hyperphagia [over-eating] and morbid obesity," explained Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Roger Cone, who studies how the brain controls feeding, but was not involved in the work. "So there is no doubt that POMC neurons . . . have a primary role in inhibiting food intake."
Yale School of Medicine's Tamas Horvath and his colleagues therefore reasoned that marijuana-induced munchies might be the result of reduced activity in these satiety neurons. But when the researchers gave mice the cannabinoid mimic arachidonyl-2'-chloroethylamide (ACEA), which prompts overeating, the animals' POMC neurons were activated. "We were shockingly surprised," said Horvath.
Furthermore, when Horvath's team experimentally blocked POMC neuron activity, the animals no longer exhibited ACEA-induced overeating, which confirmed the cells were essential for the behavior.
Horvath was perplexed: "How could it be that all of a sudden the mechanism that acts like a brake becomes the accelerator?"
The answer was to come from treating POMC neurons with ACEA in culture. Instead of producing and secreting α-MSH, the neurons secreted β-endorphin—a hormone that, "when administered pharmacologically, has been shown to increase appetite," explained Sternson.
Both β-endorphin and α-MSH are in fact derived, via cleavage, from the same precursor protein—POMC, after which the neurons are named. For this reason, Horvath had suspected long ago that POMC neurons might both stimulate and suppress appetite. However, he dropped this early theory after an abundance of experimental evidence suggested otherwise. Indeed, even when β-endorphin itself is deleted from POMC neurons in mice, said Cone, you get "animals that are hyperphagic and obese."
"There's always been a disconnect between the effects on appetite seen when we inject [β-endorphin] into a person or animal and what happens when we study the neurons that actually produce β-endorphin," agreed Sternson. But understanding the pathways by which POMC neurons do stimulate eating might offer new targets for future appetite-boosting or -suppressing treatments, he added.
To that end, Horvath's team has started to investigate the cellular mechanisms behind the behavior. The researchers have so far found that ACEA treatment increases the expression of mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP2), which regulates both feeding and hypothalamic mitochondrial activity. The team has further shown that UCP2 is essential for the ACEA-induced overeating behavior and the β-endorphin release by POMC neurons.
The team also found that a fraction of secretory vesicles in POMC neurons contain only β-endorphin or only α-MSH, suggesting the two pools of vesicles could be under differential control. However, exactly how ACEA-induced UCP2 activity is connected to differential packaging and secretion of the hormones remains unclear. "There's still quite a bit to understand about the mechanism," said Sternson. "It's clearly something that people will have to dig into for some time to come."
M. Koch et al., "Hypothalamic POMC neurons promote cannabinoid-induced feeding," Nature, doi:10.1038/nature14260, 2015.
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Cutting Room Rug
Arms Of Kismet
Wampus Multimedia, 2005
http://www.armsofkismet.com
REVIEW BY: Jason Warburg
"It's a fine line between crazy and clever" -- "Auriculara (Listen To Me)"
Mark Doyon makes me look up words in my dictionary. It is one of his many endearing qualities.
In addition to being master of the Wampus Multimedia universe (recording/manufacturing/distribution/marketing/graphic design/who-knows-what-else), Mark employs the pen name Arms Of Kismet to issue discs of witty, idiosyncratic indie-rock that is to a band like Maroon 5 what a film like Sideways is to one like Miss Congeniality 2. In other words, zealously off-center, moderately acidic, daringly intellectual and vastly entertaining.
Last year Arms Of Kismet issued the terrific Eponymous, winner of multiple raves from yours truly. This time around, the secret word is "Auriculara," as in things encompassing the act of hearing, also known as the first song on this eclectic disc. The range of tones, textures and production quirks Doyon applies to these songs is endless fun to deconstruct, but the framework is singer-songwriter roots-rock. Imagine Tom Petty and Beck throwing a party for Todd Rundgren and you might be getting close.
"Outbound Train" has a Pink Floyd-plays-rockabilly feel as Doyon's nimble picking lays over a bed of loops, his laconic vocals and surreal lyrics lulling you in between bursts of found sounds and electro-shock guitar. Its sequel "Clover" starts out in the same rockabilly territory, but goes all dreamy on the choruses as our narrator takes some sort of psychological inventory. Doyon's characters are in fact often found in the process of stopping to assess their lives and the twists of fate that keep them moving forward; it's an approach that any fan of irony and synchronicity can't help but appreciate.
Later on, "Coil" features tightly-wound Knopflerisms, "Life Imitates" startles by pairing bright acoustic chords with dark lyrics ("Frozen images of fatal scrimmages / I am a voyeur of pain and grief"), "Cracks" delves into creepy trip-hop, and the deeply sardonic "Pinnacle Of Same" offers an anthemic ode to mediocrity. As for "Clarendon," it's such a spot-on Petty-Lynne-Harrison-Dylan pastiche it makes you want to nominate Doyon as an honorary Traveling Wilbury.
To flesh out the relatively modest length of the album (35 minutes), Doyon employs a framing device, using the backbeat from "Auriculara" as a backdrop for amusing radio snippets that feature as tracks four and eight and also figure in the end-of-the-show overture that is the closing track "Listen To You." It's a device that didn't wow me, but is executed deftly and makes sense in the context of this disc.
What Cutting Room Rug might lack in quantity, it more than makes up for in quality. These are songs to not just listen to, but explore, a series of musical masks donned by an artist with keen insight and an outsized sense of playfulness. Doyon's world is a little bit crazy, a little bit clever, and a lot of fun to get lost in for a half hour or so.
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Rookpot had been a city since before the eleventh century. At first there had been a wooden stockade around the straw-strewn streets and thatched houses, then there had been stone walls – remnants of these can be seen in the modern city. Outside of the walls other settlements sprang up as people were drawn to trading and employment opportunities in the city. These settlements consisted of crude stone houses, and these were passed on and renovated over several generations. By the sixteenth century there were small leaning houses with hearths and two storeys. Sixteenth century maps of Rookpot show that the medieval city had broken free of its stone walls, and the tor was becoming more populated and more affluent at this time. Narrow streets branched off from the centre, Dameg Square, up and down the hill. One of the areas that was on the rise was what would become EassenBren Square.
According to the microfiche records of The Rookpot Chronicle (1420-1643; 1645-1801; 1811-1833; 1840-1922), which are available in the Local History section of Rookpot Library, Greta and Alun Collins purchased one of the leaning houses in a street above Dameg Square and opened a "store fore the sellings of informatione" in 1510. This store was called The Boke.
The original shop was a ramshackle affair. Advertisements in tiny print in the newspapers boast of a store for informatione in worde, printings and hearsayings. Come hither, booksellers, buyers, distributors, experts in knowledging, the fantastical, the travelles. We welcome your enquiries.
The Boke was the first, and for a long time, the only bookshop in Rookpot. It employed agents who travelled over the mountains to the rest of the country, and beyond Britain's shores to Europe and Scandinavia, and occasionally to the Americas: all to gather information, and, increasingly, to buy books. The books were brought back to sell in the bookshop: curios, popular texts, anything related to Farynshire, particularly anything written about the Peoples (a rare subject outside of Farynshire). The Boke also took orders from those that could afford to purchase books, and the agents would be tasked with procuring volumes for prestigious clients. It was said that it was a Boke agent that brought the Cathedral's Tyndale Bible back from Europe at the request of a rebellious priest. The University also made use of the intrepid agents to bring back academic and radical tomes for their own libraries. The agents also took catalogues with them that contained titles published from the printing press on Eassentor, Rookpot University Press, and for sale from The Boke. The bookshop's reputation and business grew exponentially.
During this time Rookpot itself had grown. It was the capital of Farynshire, the county's largest city. EassenBren Square had also swelled to house the burgeoning population, especially those who could not afford to live in the Cuts around Dameg Square. EassenBren was not as ordered or impressive as Dameg Square – in fact, it was a squalid over-crowded slum, with no management or planning to the haphazard and precarious housing. It was primarily known for being a cesspit of crime, disease and frequent, sometimes accidental, fires. It was also home to the city's theatre, which ended up being the Square's saving grace. When the old wooden theatre burned down for the seventh time (almost certainly caused by a playwright who had resented the poor reviews his latest offering had received in The Chronicle) it was re-built with brick and mortar and called Ye Reven. The fire also wiped out a lot of the wooden slum houses, clearing space for new growth. After the fire, The Boke was one of the largest properties left standing. It too had grown to accommodate its business, and by the time Ye Reven was built it had numerous extensions that made a higgledy piggledy place filled with nooks, crannies, hidden rooms, and thousands of uncatalogued books. The fire saved EassenBren, and essentially created the artistic hub we know today, with the new theatre and the ancient bookshop at its heart.
The Boke had always had a good relationship with the theatre, even before the fire. In its rooms many a playwright worked on their latest piece, and the shop would sell copies to actors and theatre-goers, and promote the plays for the theatre.
In 1727 Ye Reven was bought by Sir Edward Ayres, head of the wealthy philanthropic family who would have such an impact on Rookpot over the years, right up to the present day. Sir Edward invested heavily in renovating EassenBren. In particular he wanted spacious and suitable accommodation to house his affluent friends who often visited Rookpot for a night at the theatre. He proposed knocking down the ramshackle stone houses that had survived the fire, and building in their place a terrace of beautiful new houses. He also planned to install a fountain with clean water, and an area for artists to work and display their creations.
There was huge protest at this proposed destruction, not least for the two hundred year old bookshop at its heart. But Sir Edward gave assurances that anyone who owned property in EassenBren would automatically be given the lease and rights to one of the new terraced houses. Once he showed the suspicious and disgruntled owners the architectural plans, all protest ceased.
By 1737 the terrace was built. The Boke moved into a central, five-storey house, and was renamed The Beech (the Lilac was added in 1836 by a new owner) for the indomitable purple-leaved tree that had survived the growth of EassenBren, the squalor, the fire and now its resurgence and reconstruction (one of its descendants resides in the back yard of The Lilac Beech to this day).
The present owner of The Lilac Beech is Nolwenn Hughes, possibly the most knowledgeable person on Rookpot Tor. The bookshop has had numerous owners over the years, passing through several families and business owners. There was much excitement when Nolwenn's mother bought the shop, as she was a direct descendant of Greta and Alun Collins, the original founders. It was destiny. It looks set to continue in the family, as Nolwenn's daughters, Eira and Elwen, work there too when they are not studying at the university. Like previous owners, they live on the fifth floor, and the other four floors make up the shop.
Nolwenn inherited Parry Gwent, who has worked at The Lilac Beech since the 1960s. He is officially a sales assistant, but he is also a bookseller, curator, local history expert, recommender, shelver and tea-maker. If you want a recommendation for a book on Farynshire history, Parry is your man.
The ground floor of the shop is open plan with displays scattered throughout. Every wall is lined with books, floor to ceiling, except at the far end where there is a large fireplace, around which gather a motley collection of squashy armchairs, wingback chairs, and a few beanbags. The children's area is on the far side of the shop from the fireplace, strewn with cardboard books and toys on colourful fluffy rugs. Rising up from the middle of the shop is a wrought iron staircase wound tight like a corkscrew that twists up through the centre of the building. The door to the courtyard at the back of the shop is open in the summer, so that peopled can read their books under the whispering purple leaves of the tree. Behind the counter with the enormous till is the main staircase and the backroom with a back store room and a small kitchen. Next to the till are the cakes and treats that Nolwenn, Parry and the Beech's regulars bring in. It is not unusual to find either Nolwenn or Parry sitting with their customers, or a reading group, or a group of children, discussing books, reading, history, unicorns, what's on at Ye Reven, with thick slices of lemon drizzle and mis-matched cups of sweet tea. In the winter the ground floor of The Beech is a popular place to come and warm up in front of a cozy fire. But those hoping for a quiet doze are usually woken rudely by loud and verbose arguments between Parry and a lecturer from the university or a historian from the Museum on obscure topics such as the disputed succession of a sixteenth century Meyrick, with each enthusiastic participant hauling battered leather-bound tomes off the shelves to back up their point.
If you want peace and quiet, the second floor is probably your best bet. This is the Local History section, and it is crammed with guide books, biographies, histories, old editions, first editions, myths, legends, leaflets, pamphlets … anything to do with Farynshire. Here you will find serious scholars, genealogists, maybe the occasional reporter, studying or researching at one of the few battered wooden desks – after they have removed the stack of books from them first.
The third floor is where the various local groups meet. This floor also has a large fireplace, with a wood-burning stove in the hearth, a black iron kettle quietly whistling on the top plate. There are noticeboards on the walls advertising various events and meet-ups. Anyone in Rookpot can use this space to meet. The most frequent users have been reading groups, the Local History Group (every second Wednesday at the Library in Dameg Square, every third Friday at The Lilac Beech), Mrs. Hackett's Knitting Club (examples of their work can be found scattered on the window seats), the Produce Rolling Steering Committee, and the Clean Up Rookpot Campaign. It has also been the meeting place for many radical groups who have had to hide from the authorities and meet in secret; these range from religious sects persecuted by the Council, to the Censored Council of Rookpot of 1855, to Iver Morys and his supporters when the robbing magnates were after him. There were even rumours that the third floor of The Lilac Beech had provided a safe place for refugee wolvern when the Council were looking to expel them from the city.
The fourth floor is the Map Room. Some of the most rare and treasured maps and charts are now housed in the Museum vaults, but they still belong to The Lilac Beech. The agents who brought books and custom to and from Rookpot when the bookshop was called The Boke either bought or created their own maps of their travels. There are also shelves and shelves of Farynshire maps by wolvern and human cartographers, and possibly even one or two by seafolken too, charting the waters around Riversouth and Sylnmouth from an unique perspective. This is the first stop for any Museum Digger planning an archaeological expedition anywhere in the county. As any cartographer knows, maps are stories and histories as well as guides, and the treasure trove on the fourth floor tells the history and legends of Farynshire and its Peoples.
The Lilac Beech is the history of Rookpot in particular, and Farynshire too. It welcomes the curious, the radical, the argumentative, the contemplative, and those who like to lose themselves in perusing shelves of obscure and popular books with a cup of tea and a slice of lemon drizzle. People come in for the love of books and stay for the company and cake.
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Author: Donald Hirsch Category: General, Universal credit
George Osborne's scrapping of the tax credit cuts announced last summer is momentous in several ways. But it is by no means the end of his mission to reduce families' dependence on the state.
First and foremost, the changes save millions of badly-off working families from some drastic reductions in their incomes next April, typically by well over £1000 a year. The day these cuts were announced in the Summer Budget, I pointed out that even people benefiting from the new 'National Living Wage' would lose out by these large amounts; but I did not dream that this argument would cause the cuts to be scrapped. It was only when the evidence piled up – my analysis for Joseph Rowntree Foundation, alongside reports by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Resolution Foundation – that it persuaded Conservative MPs, amongst others, that the backlash could be disastrous.
So a second important aspect of the reversal is that the evidence got through clearly to politicians, and made a difference – a rare enough event in social policy these days. The reasons it caused such wobbles are also revealing. Unlike many welfare cuts, the 2016 changes to the tax credit allowances and withdrawal rate (a) came in one fell swoop, (b) affected existing recipients not just new ones and (c) were entirely borne by those in work. In other words, they would have instantly and drastically hit the pockets of people seen as 'deserving'.
This provides a seminal lesson to George Osborne about how not to do welfare cuts. Most of the time, the Government do them differently. Both in the past five years and in remaining plans for the next five, support for working and non-working families is being progressively chipped away. Some of this happens gradually through failing to uprate benefits, tax credits and disregards with inflation. Some is through measures only affecting new claimants – so eroding our system of social support over time, without directly reducing support for individuals. Other measures make selective reductions for people in particular situations – people with larger families, those with more expensive housing, social tenants deemed to be 'underoccupying' their homes and so subject to the 'bedroom tax'. These changes all add up over time, without delivering one single blow to be parried by a House of Lords revolt.
As things stand, this march to ever less generous support for people on low incomes continues apace. As the Chancellor has pointed out, the plan to replace tax credits with Universal Credit will mean that not cutting the former will make no difference to what is spent in a few years' time. (The summer Budget's cuts to UC have not been modified.) My post-Budget projections of living standards over the current decade remain unchanged, based on the Universal Credit regime in 2020. It found, for example, that a working lone parent, who in 2010 had almost what her family needed for a minimum household budget, would be nearly 30% short of meeting this budget by 2020. Cumulatively, this is not just a squeeze but a drastic assault on the living standards of such families.
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SEMI-FLOATER vs. FULL-FLOATER There are two types of rear axles found on light-duty 4x4s: semi-floating and full-floating. Each has its advantages and disadvantages.
A semi-floating axle is very common on the rear of most 4x4s. It consists of an axleshaft on each side that is splined on the inner end where it mates to the differential and has a wheel flange where the wheel studs mount at the other end. This assembly typically mates to the end of the axlehousing using some type of flange arrangement. The axleshaft also rides on a large roller or ball bearing out at the end of the axlehousing.
The axleshaft in a semi-floating assembly serves two purposes. First, it attaches to the wheel and is used to support the weight of the vehicle and its cargo. Second, the axleshaft must transmit the rotational torque from the differential out to the wheel.
A full-floating axle can be found on the rear of some 4x4s, but it is generally reserved for vehicles that are designed for severe duty, or are intended to carry heavy loads. This type of axle uses an axleshaft on each side that is simply splined at both ends or splined on the inner end and has a drive flange on the outer end. The shaft mates to the differential in the same way as a semi-floater. However, the outer end of the shaft differs. Here, the splined end of the shaft slides into a locking hub or an internal splined steel drive plate that bolts to a hub cap, similar to what is found on a front axle. In some cases, the drive flange may be part of the shaft itself. In either case, the axleshaft is allowed to float in the system.
For a full-floater system, the axleshaft only serves to transmit the rotational torque from the differential out to the wheel. It does not carry the weight of the vehicle like a semi-floater does. On a full floater, a spindle is attached to the outer end of the axlehousing. The hub's cap is attached to this spindle and rides on tapered roller bearings. It is this assembly that carries the vehicle weight. As such, a full-floating axle system is considerably stronger than an equivalently sized semi-floating system.
For those of you who carry heavy loads, this means your axle load capacity is greatly increased with a full-floater. Load ratings for similar vehicles with the two different axles are usually significantly different. If you do hard-core 'wheeling on big tires, a full-floater means that your axleshafts can also handle much more loading than a similar semi-floater could because it now must only handle torque loading.
Further advantages of a full-floater include being able to remove a broken axleshaft, yet still have the ability to keep a functional rolling tire on that corner of the vehicle. This can be done since the wheel actually bolts to the hub that rides on the spindle attached to the axlehousing. If the axle has manual locking hubs, it may be possible to unlock the rear hubs for towing a disabled vehicle on the trail or for flat towing over the road.
It is now possible to convert some semi-floater rear axles to full-floaters using aftermarket kits. These kits allow an owner to easily upgrade the axleshaft strength of his axle. However, such a kit does not upgrade the differential assembly, so axles with this portion as a weak link would not benefit much from such a conversion.
C-clip vs. PRESSED BEARING
When it comes to holding the axleshafts in a semi-floating axle housing, there are two methods. One uses a C-clip inside the differential assembly, and the other uses a pressed bearing out at the wheel end of the axleshaft. On a C-clip-style axle, the axleshaft rides on roller bearings and is held in the axlehousing by a C-clip in the differential assembly. The clip fits in a small groove machined near the end of the axleshaft. To remove this clip requires the removal of the differential inspection cover, and may require partial disassembly of the carrier itself depending on the specific type of limited slip or locker used in the axle. Once the clip is removed, the axleshaft can be slid out of the axlehousing.
On an axle using a pressed bearing setup, the axle is held in place by the pressed-on wheel ball bearing and possibly a pressed collar or retaining clip adjacent to the bearing. The bearing assembly usually fits into a flanged cup that bolts to a mating flange on the outer axlehousing. This type of axle uses ball bearings because the bearings must support both radial and axial loads (perpendicular and parallel to the axleshaft).
There are advantages and disadvantages to disassembling each type of axle. The C-clip variety requires access to the differential area, but the press bearing variety requires brake line work and brake bleeding. Another difference is that when an axleshaft on a C-clip assembly breaks, there is nothing left holding the axleshaft in the housing so the tire and wheel assembly will readily separate from the vehicle. On a pressed bearing-type axle, the wheel and tire will usually remain intact, with the bearing pressed to the axleshaft holding the assembly together.
For some axles that are factory-equipped with C-clips, there are kits designed to eliminate the C-clips and convert the setup to a pressed bearing setup. These eliminator kits solve the problems associated with standard C-clips. The stock roller bearings are removed and replaced with press-on ball bearings. A pressed collar and shaft flange are added to the axleshaft, and the assembly is bolted to the housing flange through the newly added shaft flange and the holes on the brake backing plate.


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Decade since Japan Airlines' bankruptcy
Sunday marks ten years since Japan Airlines went bankrupt. The carrier has succeeded in rebuilding its business but now faces new challenges, including the expansion of flight routes and global warming.The company failed on January 19, 2010. The government bailed out JAL to the tune of about 3...more
Japan to hold meeting with island defense chiefs
Japan's defense minister has decided to hold a meeting with defense chiefs from Pacific island nations in connection with China's growing maritime presence in the region.The ministry is to invite officials, including the defense ministers of Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Tonga, to the conference in...more
The Japanese Communist Party, or JCP, has amended its platform for the first time in 16 years. It has also adopted a resolution intended to strengthen its cooperation with opposition parties.The party finished a five-day convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Saturday.
Orange juice from faucets becomes reality
A long-running joke that orange juice flows like water in western Japan's Ehime Prefecture has come true.Two faucets serving up the fruit juice have been set up at an orange festival that started in a department store in the city of Matsuyama on Saturday.
Toyota Tacoma assembly moving from Texas to Mexico
Toyota announced Friday it will move production of its mid-size Tacoma pickup from the United States to Mexico as it adjusts production strategies around North America to better consolidate vehicles built on shared architecture. This move will make room for more production of full-size trucks and...more
Suspect in KyoAni arson attack able to converse
Sources say the suspect in last year's arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio has recovered enough from his burns to speak clearly. Police plan to arrest him when he is well enough to enter detention.The attack in Kyoto on July 18 killed 36 people, all employees of Kyoto Animation. A further 33...more
SCANDAL add Europe to world tour
SCANDAL have added more shows to their world tour 'SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2020: Kiss from the darkness' that's scheduled to kick off this March. At this time, they have announced dates for the Europe segment of the tour, which will be held in September. Ticket details will be posted on the band's...more
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There are many factors that can turn a sweet night of sleep into a real nightmare. If you are one of those people who struggle to sleep more than just a few hours every now and then, or if you wake up in the middle of the night, or if you haven't enjoyed a good night of sleep for a while, or if you feel extremely tired in the morning, then you need to read this! We will be discussing the ten main foolproof tricks to sleep better every single night.
Sleep deprivation is the cause of many on-going health problems. It can also affect your mood, health, energy and your ability to function appropriately during the day. Whenever you experience an on-going lack of sleep, the results can be damaging to your daily functions. You may feel daytime fatigue, anxiety, depression, lack of concentration, mood swings, and daytime napping.
Additionally, sleep deprivation can lead, and is linked to heart disease, strokes, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. It is necessary to sleep better to keep a healthy and steady life. In addition to this, the National Institutes of Health confirms that the ideal amount of sleep varies from 10 daily hours for school-aged children down to 7-8 hours of sleep in adults. Children usually sleep better than adults. Many adults in developing countries have sleep disorders. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), in the US alone there are 50-70 million adults with this issue.
In this article, we will discuss ten of the most important steps to follow to sleep better. These are foolproof tricks to help you relax and sleep better altogether. Make sure to read it through and take notes, you will soon sleep like the baby you once were!
Due to the changes in lifestyle, stress is now one of the big killers together with obesity. However, because stress is not a visible physical symptom, many neglect to treat it correctly.
Stress is also one of the main causes of sleep deprivation. This is because of what stress does to your body. It upsets the balance of your sleep patterns and causes hyper arousal. It will directly affect your ability to fall asleep and stay asleep. During a survey released in 2013, the American Psychological Association stated that over 40% of US adults experience stress which results in wakefulness.
When you feel overwhelmed or stressed, your body goes through a complex process that involves emotional, biological, and cognitive factors which affect your sleeping behavior. This is caused by the activation of the HPA (hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis) and SAM (sympatho-adreno-medullary) systems, as proved by the 2012 study in the Experimental Neurobiology Journal.
Additionally, another study published in 2013 in the Psychosomatic Medicine Journal explained the relation between coping skills, stress, and arousal in relation to primary insomnia. If you do feel under a lot of pressure or stress, or if you feel like things are out of control, then this might affect your sleeping quality. Whenever you want to sleep better, it is important to control certain aspects of your life.
You can do so by following certain relaxing actions such as reading a book or listening to soft music. Also, another trick to sleep better is to practice deep breathing or meditation. Any of these activities will help your brain and body to relax. If you can take ten to twenty minutes of your evening to do some of these activities, you will not only sleep better but also learn how to control your emotional responses to daily activities.


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Fredrikson & Byron Hires New Associates
Fredrikson & Byron announces the addition of twelve associates to the firm's Minneapolis office, one associate to the firm's Bismarck office and one associate to the firm's Fargo office.
Tyler J. Bush is an associate in the Bank & Finance Group. He assists lending institutions and borrowers in a wide range of complex financing transactions. Bush advises banks and other lending institutions on a variety of loan transactions and represents private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers in commercial finance matters.
Dalton K. Crum is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He provides merger and acquisition support in strategic and private equity transactions to both buyers and sellers. Crum represents clients navigating the legal and business crossroads. He has worked both with private equity firms and directly with companies on a variety of strategic transactions. Crum has experience working with multiple private equity firms to close portfolio company add-on transactions, platform sales and corporate reorganizations.
Devin T. Driscoll is an associate in the Litigation Group. He leverages his knowledge of state and federal courts to help clients navigate complex litigation, either at trial or on appeal. Driscoll represents clients in a wide range of disputes. His insight into the trial and appellate systems of Minnesota's state and federal courts help him effectively advocate for clients. Before joining Fredrikson, Driscoll served as a law clerk to Chief Judge John R. Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota and Associate Justice David L. Lillehaug of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He also brings extensive campaign experience, including service as a regional voter-protection director for President Biden's 2020 campaign and a state director for President Obama's 2012 reelection.
Abigale R. Griffin is an associate in the Litigation Group in Fredrikson's Fargo office. She represents clients in a range of regulatory and compliance litigation matters. Griffin is a devoted advocate whose primary practice is complex commercial litigation. She is experienced handling business disputes. Prior to joining Fredrikson, Griffin served as a summer law clerk to the Honorable Shon Hastings, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota. In this role, she researched complex bankruptcy issues and assisted Judge Hastings with in-court proceedings. She also spent time as a law clerk at Fredrikson during law school, gaining valuable experience to apply to her practice.
Melissa R. Hodge is an associate in the Employment & Labor Group. She assists businesses with their employment-related compliance and litigation matters. Melissa advises businesses on managing the employer-employee relationship and helps companies develop and strengthen their employment policies. Prior to joining Fredrikson, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable David L. Lillehaug and the Honorable Anne K. McKeig of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
William M. Howieson is an associate in the Business & Tax Planning Group. Howieson is a practical tax and business attorney who partners with clients to solve complex legal problems. Howieson works with family-owned and closely-held businesses to resolve federal, state and local tax issues. Howieson also advises clients on general corporate and transactional matters.
Aaron J. Hurd is an associate in the Real Estate Group. Hurd provides tailored service to clients in the areas of commercial leasing, real estate finance, purchase and sale agreements, land use and real estate due diligence. Hurd represents retailers, corporations, lenders, borrowers, landlords and tenants, using his varied skill set to deliver practical solutions on a wide array of real estate matters.
Emily M. McAdam is an associate in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Workouts and Litigation Groups. McAdam supports clients from a variety of industries with debtor/creditor law, bankruptcy and complex commercial litigation. McAdam is devoted to providing effective solutions to complex business needs. She works closely with clients to understand their specific concerns and develop strategies to meet their business litigation, bankruptcy and restructuring goals.
Sage H. O'Neil is an associate in the Business & Tax Planning Group. He advises clients on a variety of transaction and litigation matters. O'Neil assists businesses with tax issues and works to provide practical support to clients' issues.
Tanner J. Pearson is an associate in the Oil & Gas Group in the firm's Bismarck office. Pearson assists clients in the oil and gas industry with litigation matters. He concentrated on business law and civil litigation while attending law school and served as a summer associate in Fredrikson's Bismarck office.
N. Chethana Perera is an associate in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. She supports her clients in patent, copyright and trademark disputes. Before joining Fredrikson, Perera clerked for Magistrate Judge Steven E. Rau and Judge Joan N. Ericksen in the District of Minnesota. While clerking, Perera gained invaluable judicial insight into motion practice and honed her research and writing skills. She puts her experience to work on behalf of her clients to help them protect and monetize their intellectual property.
Edward M. Peilen is an associate in the Securities Group. He provides high-quality, strategic advice for clients on securities and general corporate matters. Peilen works with clients in all types of enterprises to provide business planning and to help them realize long-term goals. In his practice, he assists clients ranging from recent startups to public companies. Prior to joining Fredrikson & Byron, Peilen served as an artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Aaron Z. Stenz is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He provides thorough, strategic general counsel to clients at all stages of mergers and acquisitions. Stenz represents buyers and sellers in all manner of corporate transactions and corporate governance matters, facilitating key details such as the drafting and negotiation of contracts, due diligence, financing and entity formation, and asset and stock purchase agreements. In his practice, Stenz counsels corporate clients on how to most efficiently achieve their goals. He delivers for his clients through an emphasis on understanding not just business, but their business, and his focus on practical, timely, and cost-effective service and solutions.
Thomas Wheeler is an associate in the Litigation Group. He assists clients throughout all stages of litigation. Wheeler provides legal representation to clients in a wide range of business disputes, and he uses his experience serving as a judicial law clerk to resolve complex legal issues. Prior to joining Fredrikson, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Lorie S. Gildea, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, and as a legal extern to the Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United State District Court Judge for the District of Minnesota. Wheeler graduated from the University of St. Thomas School of Law, where he received the Living the Mission award.
Fredrikson & Byron is a 300-attorney law firm based in Minneapolis, with offices in Bismarck, Des Moines, Fargo, Mankato, St. Paul, Saltillo, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. Fredrikson & Byron has a reputation as the firm "where law and business meet." Our attorneys bring business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to work with clients, and operate as business advisors and strategic partners, as well as legal counselors. More information about the firm is available at www.fredlaw.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and on Twitter @FredriksonLaw.
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Dalton Crum
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Devin Driscoll
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Abigale Griffin
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Melissa Hodge
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William Howieson
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Sage O'Neil
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Tanner Pearson
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Edward Peilen
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Aaron Stenz
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W. Thomas Wheeler
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Kelly Griffith
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Humours of Ennistymon digital sheet music. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file.
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What Is The Most Popular Halloween Candy In Texas?
Diets be gone! We are about to enter the holiday season. Starting with the sweetest one of all, Halloween! If you are in Texas, Candystore.com has just announced their 2018 most popular Halloween Candy by state map. Looks like everyone in the USA loves sweets, but the preference is wildly different.
Candystore.com has come out with this list for years. Take a look at their site, and you'll know they have the data. All they had to do was make a sweet interactive map. It's much more user friendly than in past years. If you hover over a state, it will show you in detail how much they really love their candy. "We looked at 11 years of sales data (2007-2017), looking in particular at the months leading up to Halloween. We sell nationwide (and to Canada) so we broke down our sales by state."
There are a lot of shake ups this year, and one of my all time favorites, Skittles is slowly taking over the map. This year Texas had a major upset. Reese's peanut butter cups have taken over. Last year years winners Starburst didn't have a chance. 3rd place went to Almond Joy? WHO IS ORDERING THIS COCONUT MONSTROSITY. It's not even candy. I am a little ashamed. Click the link to the map below for more details.


THE CLOCK's KNOWN HISTORY: Our unique museum acquired this rare and unusual Canadian-made floor clock in June of 2005. The clock's "history", recorded in French probably in the 1920s, indicated that it was made in the early 1820s north of Montreal, Lower Canada. The maker is recorded as Xavier Clement, a man who apparently made spinning wheels at that time. A scan of that small document, which includes the English translation provided by the previous owners of the clock, is included below.
THE CASE: The main case and removable hood are made of pine wood with a dark finish. In bright light there is evidence for grain painting seen through the outer finish. Some sections of the front (probably cut from the same board) show evidence for aging perhaps caused by severe temperature and humidity variations over the clock's lifetime of almost two centuries.
THE DIALS: They are made from wood, with hand-painted numbers, chapter ring, and ornamentation that includes the colourful rainbow ring around both dials and the two moons on the moon phase dial.
THE WOOD MOVEMENT: In this gallery you will see many pictures of the various wood components in the three-train movement, including the gears and pulleys. This 8-day, weight-driven pendulum clock has a painted pine wood case in the 1820s piller & scroll hood style better known for the Twiss pine-case floor clocks made in their own factory in Montreal, province of Lower Canada in the 1820s.
The Twiss brothers used 30-hour wood time & strike movements imported from Connecticut, and tin-can weights filled with stones or sand. This Xavier Clement clock has two much larger tin can weights (stones) for running the eight-day time and strike gear trains, plus a smaller lead weight for the third gear train that runs the simple quarter-hour strike on four bells.
This unusual movement also has a simple calendar system driven by two wood gears, one with seven teeth (for day of the week) and the other with thirty-one teeth (for day of the month). Two small hands indicate the day and date on the main dial below the centre. The first letter of the French word for each day of the week is printed in pencil on the calendar dial - for example j = jeudi (Thursday) and v = vendredi (Friday). See the pictures in this Gallery.
Note that the brass hands and four cast bells are replacements installed by the previous owners in Montreal when they had the movement restored (several broken teeth). It was a "basket case", missing its hands and bells, when they found it many years ago. We painted the hands flat black after acquiring the clock in June 2005.
RESEARCH: museum volunteer, Ray Springer, has done much research recently about Xavier Clement in various archives in Quebec. The results of that work will be recorded here in the near future (summer 2015).
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The history of the clock to the 1920s, in French (the English translation shown was provided by the previous owners).


✨ FAVORITE: This is one of my favorite Humans of Judaism posts from one year ago, July 2016.
How cool is this Star of David Braid!
6 points to be exact… see what I did there ? #JerusalemDay ??
I'm a Jew living in Barcelona.
Because Who Doesn't Order Their Pizza Cut into a Star?
Wow! When 324 Border Police soldiers completed their training last week, they stood united to send a message of unity and pride — in the form of a Star of David!
Some people wear their heart on their sleeve, this soldier wears it on her hair!


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"A 70 million-year-old Alioramus dinosaur skull is going back home to Mongolia where it belongs."
WINGS Fellow Bolortsetseg "Bolor" Minjin has confirmed that fossils attempting to be unlawfully imported into the U.S through the Port of Newark are actually stolen from Mongolia. The 70 million year old Alioramus dinosaur skull is one of the most complete of its kind and will now be placed in the Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs.
Bolor works to educate Mongolians as well as people all over the world about the rich dinosaur heritage of Mongolia. Her most recent work consists of combatting the widespread problem of fossil poaching by working with with government agencies, legal experts, NGOs and private organizations. Bolor is creating all of the partnerships necessary to educate anyone and everyone who can stop poaching and trafficking of Mongolian dinosaur fossils.
Bolortsetseg received a 2009 Earth Award from the Wings WorldQuest and is a 2010 Emerging Explorer of National Geographic. In 2013, she was awarded a Polar Star by the Mongolian Government for her efforts to protect the fossil heritage of Mongolia.
Please click on the photo above for the full article in the New York Daily News.


My mom recently visited and she came with lots of goodies for me. One thing she brought me were these adorable shark clothespins, and anyone who knows me knows that I am absolutely crazy for sharks.
It is on my bucket list to cage dive with great whites, that's how insane I am.
But these super cute shark clothespins gave me an idea for my classroom.
I've used clothespin activities in the classroom before and it's a great dual way to practice an academic concept and motor skills at the same time. So I created these alphabet picture assessment strips for easy use in the classroom.
To create your clothespins, simply print the resource linked above, cut out and glue to the clothespins.
To create the alphabet assessment strips, print the resource linked above.
I printed them out on white cardstock and laminated them for longevity.
Then cut the assessment strips out.
They should look like this when you finish cutting the strips out.
Next, you'll need to single hole punch on the grey circle at the top of each strip.
After you've put a hole through each strip, you'll need a 1″ binder ring. You can put the strips in any order or you can keep them in the order I've put them in on the freebie. Once you attach the binder ring, you're ready to play!
That's it! I love the power of a short and sweet assessment process, especially for my little friends.
How do you assess students in your classroom?
Thank you so much! These are adorable. I can't wait to get them ready for my students!
I absolutely love these! Thank you SOOOO much for sharing!


The ability to integrate approaches in this way means that I am able to respond to a broad range of problems and individual needs. Some people will wish to work collaboratively to gradually make sense of anxieties that may be preventing change. Others may demonstrate a high level of motivation to tackle well-defined, specific behaviours (e.g. excessive hand washing, worrying, low mood, angry outbursts, people pleasing). My training has equipped me to respond with flexibility to each individual I work with.
I have a particular interest in working with complex and/or longstanding difficulties that may not have responded to previous treatment, particularly where that treatment has been brief, as the majority of psychological therapy offered within the NHS today tends to be.
Arranging a no-obligation, free consultation is usually the first step towards commencing a course of psychological therapy.
Psychological therapy always begins with an assessment, where information is gathered about your difficulties in order to understand them better. A preliminary 'map' of what may keep the problems going is then usually developed and shared. This is called a 'formulation' and it tends to evolve as treatment progresses. Typically, the assessment and formulation phases shade in to treatment and a report is not provided.
The Assessment & Formulation package does include a report. This details the nature of your difficulties and the historical and current day context for those difficulties. A preliminary formulation is included, as are recommendations for treatment or management of the difficulties in question. The report is based on an in-depth clinical interview carried out over four sessions. A fifth session is also included and this serves as an opportunity to discuss a draft of the report and to consider any changes that may be required before it is finalised. Often, people wish to have an assessment report to share with their GP.
Prefers to have a report that includes treatment recommendations prior to deciding whether to commit to therapy.
Presents with a significant level of risk and/or complexity and a formal assessment is recommended as a first step.
Wants an opportunity to talk about their problems in depth before deciding whether psychological therapy is for them.
Wishes to consider whether there may be things they can do to help themselves without on-going psychological therapy.
Attending a free consultation is often the first step towards arranging an Assessment & Formulation Package. To find out about pricing, see fees.
I also offer Psychological Therapy via a virtual clinic, using Zoom, which has been described as a more secure and reliable alternative to Skype. Virtual clinics are available on a standalone basis or in combination with standard psychological therapy e.g. for people who prefer to attend face-to-face sessions, but who often work away from home, or who are students living elsewhere outside of term-time.
I have completed a BPS approved Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS) training course and am experienced in providing clinical supervision to other psychologists. I am also an accredited Balint Group leader and can provide reflective practice groups in this format. I have significant expertise in the field of adult mental health and am happy to discuss your requirements for organisational training/ consultancy on topics linked to my specialism. Fees for individual clinical supervision are the same as for therapy.


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Elite E-Motion roller - in action
IceBike: Elite rock and roll with E-Motion
New floating rollers 'nearly impossible' to fall off
by dave atkinson
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 10:08
Things that are good about rollers: they're simple to set up, quiet and easy to stash under the bed when they're not being used. For most people the main downside is that fact that you need to keep your wits about you - one slip and you're off and careering into the sideboard/sofa/wall/plate glass door. We've heard apocryphal tales of over excited roller users watching the Tour on rollers, coming off in the cut and thrust of the final sprint and riding straight through their telly.
Well, Elite feels your pain. They were showing off their new set of rollers at IceBike, the E-Motion. You might recognise the profile of the roller drums themselves from Eilte's Ghibli unit; they're a similar parabolic shape which gives you a bit of a nudge if you're close to the edge. With the E-Motion, though, Elite have taken the concept a stage further.
By the front drum there's a smaller roller, a bit like a skate wheel, mounted horizontally on both sides of the frame. Should you reach the limit the roller contacts with the tyre or rim and stops the wheel leaving the roller. It's such a simple idea that we were amazed no-one had thought of it before, but Elite were adamant that they hadn't.
The biggest change, however, is that the entire roller bed is floating within a separate frame that's in contact with the floor. The rollers are centred with springs and can move forwards and backwards a few inches. This effectively means your bike can move underneath you much more naturally, especially when you're out of the saddle and going for it.
The upshot, Elite say, is that it's 'nearly impossible' to fall off the E-Motion rollers and though we gave it a good go on our short test run we'd have to say that they're right. The motion of the bike is much more natural than fixed rollers and even when you're really going for it the platform feels very steady. It's more often than not your front wheel you lose on the rollers and that really isn't possible here, unless you hop over the little wheel. slam it into the side and it just bounces back, it's very reassuring.
There's three levels on the resistance on the E-Motion, they're accessible by a switch on the side of the unit so you have to pretty much pick one and stick to it, but there's plenty of magnetic resistance in there if you want to do a few hill reps. Without some kind of costly wireless switch it's hard to see how they'd bo a bar mounted control, you don't really want a trailing wire anywhere near a set of rollers. One for the next incarnation, maybe?
Sounds all good? It pretty much is, except for the bit where you get your bank statement the next month and there's a £649.99 hole in it. That's some wedge for a set of rollers but if it has to be the best – and you're going to put the hours in to justify the spend – then they look like they'll be the new benchmark.
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Dave Atkinson
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
jaymack 3 min 4 sec ago
Melius in patria lingua fuisset
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Adam Sutton 7 min 54 sec ago
I don't know about how many know the changes, but plenty of cyclists in London just don't know, or rather just ignore the highway code....
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