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De Villiers powers SA to 209/5 against Afghanistan
By The Assam Tribune - 15 Sep 2010 12:00 AM GMT
MUMBAI, March 20 (IANS): South Africa's swashbuckling batsman AB de Villiers smashed 64 runs off just 29 balls to steer his team to 209/5 in 20 overs against a low-key Afghanistan side in their second Group 1 clash of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday.
En route his hard-hitting innings, the right-handed batsman struck four boundaries and five massive sixes.
Opting to bat, South Africa were given a flying start by openers Quinton de Kock (45) and Hashim Amla (5), scoring 21 runs off the first two overs.
But Amla's stay at the crease was cut short as, while trying to hit the ball over the covers, the right-handed batsman chipped it straight to Asghar Stanikzai at mid-off off the bowling of Shapoor Zadran to have team at 25/1 inside three overs.
But Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis (41) played positively along with De Kock to help team post 66 runs after the powerplay.
Du Plessis, who struck seven boundaries and a six, was becoming a threat to Afghan bowlers. He was run out when Mohammad Nabi came up with a good effort in the field which was followed by an electrifying throw to wicket-keeper Mohammad Shahzad who removed the bails easily to catch Du Plessis short of the crease.
Th Proteas received a double blow as another set batsman De Kock after smacking six fours r and two sixes in his 31-ball innings nicked it to keeper off the bowling off Amir Hamza to have South Africa at 97/3 in 12th over.
Next up, it was an entirely de Villiers show as after he took a bit of time to settle down. Finally, he exposed himself smacking leg-spinner Rashid Khan off 29 runs in 17th over which included four sixes, one four and a single to bring up his eighth T20I half-century in just 24 balls.
De Villiers and his partner Jean-Paul Duminy (29 not out) struck 76-run partnership for the fourth wicket to take team past 150-run mark.
But with the dismissal of De Villiers in the 18th over, Duminy and David Miller (19) ensured team got past 200-run mark.
Shapoor Zadran, Dawlat Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Amir Hamza claimed one wicket each for Afghanistan.
Brief scores: South Africa 209/5 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 64, Quinton de Kock 45, Faf du Plessis 41; Amir Hamza 1/25, Shapoor Zadran 1/28, Mohammad Nabi 1/35, Dawlat Zadran 1/46)


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Tonight we have Veggie Bingo from 5:30 to 8:00. It is gorgeous out so come and sit out in front with a frosty beer and win some great prizes from Irv and Shelly's Fresh Picks, Dill Pickle Co-op, Central Pickling and more! Hot dogs donated by Hot Doug's will be coming off the grill!
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Thursday, we have Spider Bags. Spider Bags music manages to glide along the razor's edge, and true to an actual acid trip, there are moments of utter terror alongside unfettered joy. Recently giving a great review byPitchfork this is going to be a rocking weird one. Flesh Panthers and Life Partner open.
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Later, we have a dreamy bill with The Singleman Affair, Angela James and Quarter Mile Thunder. These three acts successfully blend indie rock, psych, country and folk music in unique ways. Should be a beautiful night of great alt-country acts that were the foundation for the Hideout.
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Jim Thomas
| 1st October 2008
Do you know where your email is stored and what it costs the environment to store it there?
For millions of people who use web-based email services, these are difficult questions to answer. A webmail message is one of those seemingly intangible objects stored 'somewhere else' on the internet. That somewhere is increasingly known as 'The Cloud'.
The Cloud is geek shorthand for the virtual place where you search the web, watch YouTube videos, make Facebook friends or carry out internet banking. Although we access all of these virtual services via our desktops, some other computer at the other end of the internet is actually doing the heavy lifting of assembling data into cat videos or love-letters or mortgage payments.
Calling this vague collection of 'other' computers a 'cloud' evokes a vaporous world of weightless websites, but that would be misleading. In truth, The Cloud consists of dataprocessing warehouses the size of football fields, strung together by fat cables and inside which air-conditioning fans cool rows of computing servers 24 hours a day. Far from being weightless, the expanding digital cloud is really an enormous necklace of steel, silicon and concrete.
That necklace is now growing heavy. As the demand for online services skyrockets, a global building bonanza is underway. Governments from Malaysia to Iceland are touting for data centre contracts. Facebook is currently investing $200 million in data centres. Microsoft is investing $500 million per new data centre, while Google is spending $600 million on each new facility, having spent an astonishing $2.4 billion on data centres in 2007 alone. Every one of these data centres is a serious energy hog.
According to San Francisco power utility PG&E, the demand for power by data centres in its region rocketed from 70 megawatts to 500 megawatts in just a year and a half. Carrying out a single search query on Google's servers is estimated to use as many as 11 watt-hours of energy – equivalent to lighting a compact fluorescent light bulb for one hour.
By one reckoning, each search emits just under 7g of CO2. If that's right then the 113 billion internet searches performed last year emitted more greenhouse gases than the economy of Eritrea, even before accounting the climate cost of buying boots on eBay or watching cute kittens on YouTube. According to a recent study by McKinsey & Company, data centres currently account for 0.3 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050 they are expected to outdo air travel in their contribution to climate change.
All of that also burns cash, of course, and so the scramble is on to reduce power costs. New data centres are being sited next to icy rivers or in chilly countries, in the hope of cutting down on aircon. Google is investing in solar, wind and other renewables to defray a $2 million electricity bill. It is even looking to push The Cloud out to sea: in the past few months it has emerged that Google has designs on a fleet of floating data centres that would use the cold waves to produce energy and cool the computers.
Beyond energy and carbon costs, however, The Cloud may also turn out to have a toxic lining. Managing electronic waste (e-waste) is a problem that plagues all computer-users, but is especially acute for data centres aggregating thousands of electronics in one location. Google is estimated to run about half a million data servers built in-house from the cheapest possible components. A single upgrade of this data centre hardware could liberate thousands of tonnes of e-waste, particularly in circuit boards. According to the US-based Computer TakeBack Campaign, thousands of chemicals are used in the production of electronics, including heavy metals and hazardous materials such as PVC. Their production and disposal often exposes workers in poor communities and prisons to environmental and reproductive toxins. Massive aircon systems for data centres can also employ toxic coolants. Unfortunately, as the data centre industry moves offshore (literally in Google's case) to chillier and cheaper locations, keeping a watchful eye on The Cloud may prove ever more difficult.
Jim Thomas is a research programme manager and writer with ETC group (www.etcgroup.org)
This article first appeared in the Ecologist November 2008
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Q: Find the nth percentile I am given the β=4... Meaning this is the mean and SD
But I have to find the tenth percentile. I tried entering this into a software and found Z. Which is -1.282 and entered it into a formula of xo = mean + (Z)(SD).
But my answer was wrong.. what approach should I do?

A: It seems you have $X \sim \mathsf{Norm}(\mu = 4,\, \sigma = 4).$ You seek $x$ such that $P(X \le x) = 0.10.$
If you are doing this using printed tables of the standard normal CDF, then
the following approach would work:
$$0.10 = P(X \le x) = P\left(\frac{X - \mu}{\sigma} \le \frac {x - 4}{4}\right)
= P\left(Z \le \frac{x-4}{4}\right).$$
From the table you should be able to get $(x - 4)/4 \approx -1.2816.$
then $x \approx -1.1262.$ (Different printed tables have different formats, so I can't tell you exactly how to use the table you happen to be using.) Depending on how much rounding you have to do
to use your printed table, your answer may be a little different.
Some kinds of statistical software and statistical calculators allow you
to make this computation without standardizing. For example, in R statistical
software qnorm is the quantile (or inverse-CDF) function of a normal distribution with specified parameters:
qnorm(.1, 4, 4)
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You are here: Home / News / University of California's Direct Access to New Elsevier Articles Has Been Discontinued
University of California's Direct Access to New Elsevier Articles Has Been Discontinued
Filed by Gary Price on July 10, 2019
From the University of California, Office of Scholarly Communication:
The University of California has been out of contract with Elsevier since January. UC ended negotiations for a new journal subscription contract on February 28, with the support of the systemwide Academic Senate. The publisher continued to allow access to new articles via ScienceDirect for several months; however, UC's direct access to 2019 Elsevier articles (and older articles in some journals) is now being discontinued. (Note: The process for discontinuing access is complex, so access may vary by journal and/or campus until Elsevier's rollout of the changes is complete.)
Over the coming months, the UC Libraries will be carefully evaluating the impact of losing access to new articles on ScienceDirect, and will do our best to ensure that members of the UC community have access to the articles they need
From an Open Letter to the UC Berkeley Academic Community by Jeff MacKie-Mason, University Librarian and Professor:
What is affected: Members of the UC community no longer have direct access to:
2019 articles in all Elsevier journals
Older articles in certain journals (download the list)
What is not affected: Articles published before 2019 in most Elsevier journals (covering about 95% of historical usage) should continue to be available via ScienceDirect.
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From the San Francisco Chronicle:
On Wednesday, professors and students across the University of California who tried to read articles published in any of 2,500 scholarly journals since Jan. 1 got an unpleasant surprise: They couldn't.
Elsevier, the world's largest publisher of journals — from the famous Lancet to the less known Journal of Psychosomatic Research — had cut UC off.
"We are sorry for the inconvenience and we hope to continue to work with the University of California to find a solution," the Dutch publishing company announced in a statement Wednesday, after telling UC Tuesday evening what it planned to do at midnight.
"For a world-class university system that prides itself on the quality of its research, that cancellation represents a real challenge," Elsevier's Senior Vice President Gemma Hersh, a member of the negotiating team, said in a statement.
"With access now turned off, the librarians are now proposing researchers instead use inter-library loans, which could take anywhere from one to four days to provide the article," said Hersh. "One senior library official has repeatedly pointed to illegal sources of articles, including a Russia-based piracy site."
The UC libraries are prepared to help them get the materials they need in other legal ways," said Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, university librarian at UC Berkeley and co-chair of the UC system's publisher negotiations task force. "While it may take a few minutes to a few days longer to get an article via other legal means (including but not limited to interlibrary loan), the libraries have also been putting systems in place over the past several months to expedite urgent article requests when needed.
See Also: "Publishing Giant Elsevier Has Shut Off the University of California's Direct Access To New Articles. Here's How That Affects You." (July 10, 2019)
UPDATE: Full Text of Statement From Gemma Hersh, Elsevier
As of midnight last night, Elsevier implemented the California Digital Library's request to end University of California's systemwide access to the world's largest collection of scientific and medical literature – ending a mutually-beneficial partnership which has for decades supported UC researchers as they advance science and medicine.
See Also: Open Letter to Members of the UC Berkeley Community: "Imminent Change to Elsevier Access Library Communication (June 27, 2019)
See Also: infoDOCKET Roundup With UC/Elsevier Coverage Back to February 2018


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Italian Mother Syndrome: Inauguration, live from DC!
When I saw your pics of the Washington Monument, I thought that we may have only been feet away from each other and not knowing it! But then I saw you were on the east side of the monument, while we were right in front of the WWII memorial.
Your photos are fantastic. I'm really glad that you brought light to the fact that we're all capable and should use all of this optimism and positive energy to change the universe around us. I think that people get defeated and think that they're too small and insignificant to forge true change in our world. If more people shared your sentiment, we'd be even further along the way to making this country the best it can possibly be.
Thanks for your reflections! They're fantastic.
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a) The Roman Catholic Church preaches a consistent ethic of life, which holds ALL life and human dignity sacred. I try my very best in my life and in my voting decisions to support these teachings. Abortion is certainly one element -- but so is pacifism, the death penalty, and human rights, among others. I believe the previous administration violated far more of this spectrum than they held sacred, and I voted in this election to achieve the *most* good possible (acknowledging that no one, on any side, will get it all right).
b) You're absolutely right about the booing. I did not participate, and tried to discourage the people I was with from joining in. Like you, I believe the office should be respected, even if I am not thrilled with the person in it. Please re-read my post; you'll see I did not condone the behavior, I was simply citing it to prove a much bigger point.
c) We are each entitled to our beliefs about what we "should" (your word) hold sacred. I do not aim to dictate mine to others through this blog, and I greatly appreciate it when my commenters treat me and my other readers with similar respect so that we can all have an interesting and fruitful discussion.
You did a wonderful job taking those photos and we enjoyed all your comments. I'm sure it won't take long for you to find another good position. Why don't you try going to Washington to get a meeting with the President. Show him your intelligence and expertise. Who knows, he might chase Hilary Clinton out of her office. Good luck, Julia, and God bless you...Love, Grandpop Taraborelli.
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The Indianapolis-based drugmaker could spend more than a half-billion dollars under a licensing deal with ImmuNext of New Hampshire to identify and commercialize a new antibody for immune diseases.
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The Undertaker will once again rise to step onto The Grandest Stage of Them All for a highly personal showdown against AJ Styles.
At WWE Super ShowDown, moments after The O.C. took out Rey Mysterio in an attempt to help Styles win Tuwaiq Mountain Trophy Gauntlet Match, The Deadman suddenly emerged and took down The Phenomenal One to seize the honor. Then at WWE Elimination Chamber, Undertaker again emerged to pave the way for Styles to be defeated by Aleister Black in a No Disqualification Match.
Back on Monday Night Raw, an irate Styles showed major disrespect for The Demon of Death Valley by vowing to take The Deadman's soul. In a message to The Undertaker that got personal, Styles declared The Undertaker has desecrated a beautiful moment at WrestleMania 33 by continuing to compete for the past three years, implied he was at the beck and call of his "conniving" wife, Michelle McCool, and promised to put the final nail in The Deadman's coffin by challenging him to a match at The Showcase of the Immortals.
During a contract signing on the March 16 edition of Raw, Styles appeared from the backstage area to mock his adversary and put pen to paper, but he refused to meet The Undertaker in the ring. Instead, he sent his O.C. mates to the squared circle to deliver the contract to The Deadman, who brutalized Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson before signing the dotted line. The following week on Raw, the brazen Styles once again mocked The Last Outlaw and challenged him to a "Boneyard Match."
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Despite unprecedented levels of global prosperity, too many are still left by the wayside, adding to an ever-growing class of excluded people. Large scale industrial projects disproportionately affect those at the bottom of global production chains, with the consequences often invisible to those at the top. Addressing the impact business activities on human rights is one of the most challenging and topical issues for organizations like Franciscans International (FI).
The demand for new international binding rules to hold transnational corporations that commit human rights violations to account as they operate in an increasingly globalized and complex economic system dates back to at least the 1990s. However, these efforts have so far only resulted in non-binding agreements and guidelines that have failed to adequately protect the rights of victims.
A significant step was taken in 2014, when Human Rights Council resolution 26/9 established an open ended Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) to elaborate a treaty to prevent and remedy the negative impact on human rights caused by business activities. In October 2018, the IGWG convened in Geneva for its 4th session, where delegates discussed a zero draft – the first proposed text of a future treaty.
The protection of marginalized and economically vulnerable communities is deeply ingrained in the Franciscan tradition and Franciscans International (FI) has actively engaged the IGWG since its establishment by providing technical expertise and facilitating access to guests from affected communities to share their testimony and work toward a treaty that reflects the needs of victims, rather than that of commercial interests.
This year, FI hosted three high level religious leaders to show faith-based support for the future treaty for more business accountability. Mrg. André de Witte (Brazil), Mgr. Alvaro Ramazzini (Guatemala), and Rev. Ralf Häussler (Germany) met with diplomats and other stakeholders to share testimonies on how their parishioners have been negatively affected by the impact of large-scale industrial projects.
During a side event, the two Bishops and the Reverend elaborated on the challenges of seeking redress through existing non-binding mechanisms, and their inadequacies in preventing human rights abuses. "Experience has shown that guiding principles need to be complimented by strict laws," said Mgr. Ramazzini, who has been an outspoken defender of indigenous communities in Guatemala and has repeatedly received death threats because of his advocacy.
During the formal deliberations focused on the zero-draft, FI's International Advocacy Director was among those invited to share their insights on the scope and definitions of the treaty. Ms. Epal Ratjen elaborated on FI's expectation that the future treaty will address the specific challenges posed by transnational businesses, operating across national borders, without undermining responsibilities that all businesses have to respect human rights.
Despite the urgent need to prevent, and provide redress for, human rights abuses committed by transnational corporations, progress toward adopting a legally binding instrument remains slow with many economically powerful States only nominally engaging in the deliberations or boycotting the process altogether. Nevertheless, FI will continue to engage all stakeholders ahead of the IGWG's 5th session in October 2019.


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Bicycle Film Festival - BIKE MONTH NYC
TOGETHER WE CYCLE
Available to stream May 14 - June 7, 2021
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BFF Bike Month NYC
Featuring TOGETHER WE CYCLE
Hosted by Transportation Alternatives and Bike New York
Premieres: May 14 at 600pm ET
Available to stream: May 14 - June 7
The 20th Anniversary of Bicycle Film Festival is going virtual.
Transportation Alternatives & Bike New York have come together to host: BFF Bike Month NYC
Featuring the film: TOGETHER WE CYCLE
Join us for a virtual New York documentary premiere and select short films curated by BFF preceding the feature-length presentation.
Bicycle Film Festival has been celebrating bicycles through art, film, and music for the last 20 years. Founded in New York City in 2001, the physical BFF spanned the world in over 90 cities worldwide to an audience of over one million people. The festival has an incredible history of working with the most important artists, filmmakers, venues, and institutions around the world.
TOGETHER WE CYCLE (feature film) investigates the critical events that led to the revival of the Dutch cycling culture. For most people, cycling in the Netherlands, appears like a natural phenomenon. However, until the 1970s the development of mobility in the Netherlands followed trends across the globe. The bicycle had had its day, and the future belonged to the car. The only thing that had to be done was to adapt cities to the influx of cars. Then Dutch society took a different turn. Against all odds people kept on cycling. The answer to the question of why this happened in the Netherlands, is not straightforward. There are many factors, events, and circumstances that worked together, both socially and policy-wise. In TOGETHER WE CYCLE, key players tell the story of the bumpy road which led to the current state. Where cycling is an obvious choice for most citizens.
A portion of all ticket sales goes to support the work of Transportation Alternatives and Bike New York.
Transportation Alternatives' (TA) mission is to reclaim New York City's streets from the automobile and to advocate for better walking, biking, and public transit for all New Yorkers. Through grassroots organizing, data-driven research, and strategic communication campaigns, TA advances infrastructure and policy improvements that prioritize people, create safer streets, and ultimately realize a more accessible, sustainable, and equitable city. Since our founding in 1973, we are proud to have led and won the critical campaigns that brought the first public bike share system, the first protected bike lanes, the world's largest automated speed safety camera system, and the nation's first Vision Zero initiative to New York City. Learn more at transalt.org
Bike New York empowers New Yorkers to transform their lives and their communities through bicycling. We provide a wide array of free bike education programming to New Yorkers, including Learn to Ride classes, after-school and summer camp programs, and bike safety skills in middle schools throughout the five boroughs. Through Bike Path, Bike New York trains formerly incarcerated New Yorkers to become bike mechanics who are then employed by Citi Bike. Our Recycle A Bicycle community bike shop in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn is responsible for salvaging 1,800 bikes and 45,000 pounds of waste annually from the city's landfills while providing affordable refurbished bikes to New Yorkers. Bike New York also advocates for safer and more equitable streets in NYC. Learn more at Bike.nyc
How does the virtual Bicycle Film Festival work? A ticket allows you to view the feature length film TOGETHER WE CYCLE at any time from Friday May 14 at 6:00pm ET until Monday, June 7 at 11:59pm ET streamed to your computer, tablet, or smart TV by simply clicking on the link provided by email after you purchase. You may view BFF in one sitting, or as you will, from the comfort and safety of your home. Ticket prices are sliding scale at $10, $20, or $30. All ticket prices entitle you to the same content.
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Program 1: URBAN BIKE + CINEMATIC shorts
Program 2: CYCLE SPORT shorts
Program 3: ADVENTURE shorts
Program 4: ADVENTURE long form


Kim Swift, one of the designers of the groundbreaking Portal, is at Penny Arcade Expo to show that she's not out of clever game ideas.
On Saturday evening, Swift and her team at Airtight Games will host a PAX panel and give fans the first glimpse at Quantum Conundrum, a first-person, physics-based puzzle game coming next year for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Fans of Portal will find the downloadable game to be comfortingly familiar, from the quirky sense of humor to the clever puzzle design.
Wired.com saw a hands-off demo of Quantum Conundrum, to be published by Square Enix, on Friday morning. You play as a young boy at your uncle's house, which would be a dreary scenario were it not for the fact that your uncle is a mad scientist who's invented an interdimensional glove. You soon discover that you can use this glove to instantly jump back and forth between different dimensions, all of which have special properties.
At this point in the explanation I thought to myself, "I feel like I've played things like this before." As it turns out, the first dimension they showed us was the "Fluffy" dimension. In this dimension, everything is made of cotton balls. Thus was I immediately proven wrong.
In the Fluffy dimension, everything weighs 10 times less. So our young hero can easily pick up a heavy iron safe and move it into a more advantageous position and use it as a stepping stool to an otherwise unreachable ledge. At this point, he could jump on the cotton safe, but because it weighs less, Swift said, it might get knocked around. So it's best to switch back into the normal dimension to do the platforming.
Switch back and forth between reverse gravity and normal so that the safe, with forward momentum, floats in a sine-wave pattern towards the exit.
This last effect—switching back and forth between gravities to cause something to float along—arose spontaneously as a result of Quantum Conundrum's existing game physics, Swift said, and her team quickly implemented puzzles using it into the game.
Portal, a game that had its origins in a student project that Swift worked on when she was still in school, was a smash hit not only because of its clever gameplay but because of its well-written, humorous characters and scenario. The demo of Conundrum was mute, and probably for good reason; having the game narrated by a snarky disembodied voice probably would have been a little too on the nose.
Airtight Games (making a clean break from its last project, the ambitious but fatally flawed Dark Void) is instead going for visual humor. Photos of your uncle and his pets line the hallways of the mansion, and they change when you flip dimensions. Switch to "Fluffy" and everybody has bunny suits on. Switch to "Slow Motion" and everybody is painted to be looking at their watch, including the goldfish if you zoom in on it close enough.
If this year's Portal 2 had an Achilles' heel, it's that it's difficult to surprise players with a sequel. There's great potential for Quantum Conundrum to do that—which is why I'm hoping we don't hear too much more about it following Saturday evening's panel.


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Lessons I learnt from dating a woman who constantly put me down
Sadly I stayed too long hoping for a change, hoping I could hang on and cope till it happened. It never did.
The lessons you learn when you date someone who has no qualms putting you down [Credit: Getty]
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Whenever I am in a space, whether real or virtual, and the talk of terrible exes come up, I invariably remember that time I dated this really pretty babe who constantly put me down, having more bad things to say about me than good.
If only I could have broken away from her with the same speed which memories of that terrible relationship comes to my mind in these situations, maybe there wouldn't be this much sour memories to discard.
Sadly, as with almost all bad relationships, I stayed too long, hoping for change, hoping I could hang on and cope with her till that desired change happened. But again, as everyone who has held on to bad partners for too long knows, that change hardly ever happens. In my case, the only things I took from that period were lessons. Tough lessons that showed me all the things a good partner would never say to someone they claim to love, no matter how angry they were.
Unhappy man cowering in the face of his partner's angry look [Credit: Martha Stewart Weddings]
It became more obvious to me how important it is to have a partner who knows what to say and refrain from saying when their significant other was doing great at something. Most importantly than every other thing, that was my session of learning how awful it always feels to have a partner who reacted unintelligently to their partners insecurities, secrets and worst fears shared in trust.
Admittedly we were both younger at the time, and maybe she did not know better. Maybe if she did, she would have done better. Really, I think a lot of that period and I try to make all of these excuses for her but then again, when I think about all the forms of hurt her words created, the excuse of young age fades away.
We were both 22 after all, nearing our final year in Uni, both old and wise enough to know what instant connection looked and felt like [we actually bonded from our very first conversation]. If someone was old enough to know that, then it's probably not so wrong to expect them to have a little emotional intelligence to know, at least, that when people are happy they should be left alone to enjoy their happiness instead of trying to dampen it.
One would expect that every reasonable person would know that if you can't join someone in celebrating something they consider a success, the next best thing would be to leave them be, instead of downplaying the importance of their personal achievements. If my girlfriend knew any of these, there weren't traces of that knowledge in all the time we dated for.
Imagine dating someone who has no qualms saying things intentionallly designed to hurt you [Credit Black Excellence]
How does one explain raving to one's girlfriend about something they love doing and enjoy so much, only to be told how stupid the thing was, and how it was only "boring people" who found pleasure in such thing?
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I remember retaking a course that bothered me so much as I had a lot of difficulties with it. After stretching myself and giving it my all, I aced it, getting an 'A' on my second attempt. I was so elated to give her the news and because she wasn't picking my calls, I called her repeatedly before giving up with an intention to retry at a later time.
When she returned my call few hours later and I excitedly told her what had happened, her response was cold, her words were colder. She basically just reminded me that I had no reason to be 'that' excited because I took the course more than twice before passing it.
She didn't care how hurtful her words were, or how much pain it possibly caused me. [Credit: All This]
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Not only was that comment insensitive to the embarrassment and disappointment I already was already personally struggling with for failing the course the first time, it was, worse, discrediting the effort and work I applied so as not to just pass the course that second time, but actually ace it with a score of over 80.
And these weren't isolated cases; there was the constant [un]intentional rubbishing of things I enjoyed and found pleasure in doing; she had shitty things to say about my friends, even though they all treated her with nothing but respect even behind her back.
I also remember telling me that like my taste in music, my choice of friends was trash [I still love folk music and orchestra sounds a lot]. Hell, this babe could not even compliment me without adding some extra comment to take away the
I used to speak to this babe of a desire to travel and see the world at some point in the future and she always looked for a way to make that sound like an idea only losers contemplated. I could go on and on but what's more important than all the trash I put up with, is the fact that at some point, I realized that that negative energy was too toxic to bear, and that I deserved better.
It is important to have a partner who builds your worth with their words . [Credit: Theminecraftserver]
It's been over five years since I broke up with her [I got called a pu**y for my effort] and though my next relationship did not work, it was not for a lack of positivity on my next girlfriend's part.
She was as emotionally supportive as a partner should be, we supported each other's dreams and respected each other's choices. There was, of course, ribbing and good humour and moments of differences, as all couples would go through, but none of those was done in a way that constantly made any of us feel less than a person, neither was any ego regularly mashed into the mud. It was a healthy exchange of words that built more than tore any of us down.
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They always say that you do not know what the light meant if you haven't been in the dark and it's true. Every time I remember that I once dated a babe who was relentless in putting me down, I'm reminded of the importance of having a partner who builds your worth with their words and make you feel treasured, important, loved, respected and valued.
Knowing what I know now, would I spend as little as one month in a relationship with someone who doesn't know what words of affirmation means or how to even use them?
Not in this life, not in the one to come.
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BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL 2 WON'T BE AT E3, LIKELY SHOWN LATER THIS YEAR
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Beyond Good & The Evil Within Season Pass Steam CD Key won't appear at E3 2017 but will likely be shown sometime later this year, if recent comments by series creator Michel Ancel are any indication.
When asked on Instagram if footage of the game might be shown at E3, Ancel replied, "Mhhh, not sure that E3 would be the best place to showcase BG&E2 but we're working on the game so sometime this year, you should hear about it!"
A new Beyond Good & Evil game has been in the works for quite some time. Word of the project resurfaced last year when Ancel posted several images of concept art. Shortly thereafter, he said the game entered pre-production and Ubisoft officially confirmed that the title is in development at its Montpellier studio.
While it's unclear whether this new game will be a sequel, prequel or reboot of the 2003 original, Ancel hinted that the title will feature "planet exploration" and "space travel."
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The Russo Brothers and cosplay fans to take an epic Avengers photo at SDCC
Following their interview, the Russos and a special surprise guest will join fans who are dressed as their favorite Avengers character in one "heroic" selfie!
DC announces Tales from the Dark Multiverse
DC Comics has announced that it is not done with the Dark Multiverse with a new series of one-shots from some of the publisher's top writers.
Dynamite Entertainment teases new James Bond series from Ayala, Lore, and Gapstur
Dynamite Entertainment released a teaser announcing a new James Bond series coming writers Vita Ayala and Danny Lore, with art from Eric Gapstur. The ongoing mini-series launches in December 2019.
Ellis and Hitch reunite for The Batman's Grave
DC Comics has announced The Batman's Grave, a new twelve-issue maxi-series, from Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, that features the World's Greatest Detective inhabiting the mind of a murder victim, without filling the empty grave next to his parents.
Marvel Studios announces We Love You 3000 tour
In celebration of the in-home release of "Avengers: Endgame," Marvel Studios and directors Anthony and Joe Russo have teamed up to launch the "We Love You 3000" Tour as a way to thank the fans who have invested so deeply in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), making it the single most successful franchise in film history.
ComiXology kicks off Comic-Con with event revealing originals, trends and more
ComiXology, Amazon's premier digital comics service, will kick off Comic-Con International San Diego 2019 on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 with an invite-only press event showcasing comiXology Originals debuts, news and creators, as well as providing data-backed insight on comics industry trends and more.
DC announces new Metal Men series
Ahead of the San Diego Comic-Con, DC Comics has announced the return of the Metal Men, but with a twist! The series will introduce the Nth Metal Man!
Image Comics at San Diego Comic-Con 2019
Image Comics is pleased to return to San Diego, California this year for Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 17 through Sunday, July 21 and will be located in a new booth space—for the first time in decades—booth #1915.
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Action Lab Entertainment shared a big list of Danger Zone exclusives it is bringing to this year's San Diego Comic Con 2019.
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Bedside announces full Comic-Con programming schedule
Bedside Press announces a full dance card of programming across multiple days of this year's convention!
Humanoids announces SDCC 2019 plans
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As Johnny Depp and Amber Heard prove each other to the cross, it appears that the career misconduct that accused Kevin Spacey is slowly making a comeback. But he doesn't make as many movies as he used to. Do filmmakers still dare to deal with actors who made (alleged) gaffes in the past?
On Thursday, Spacey's return was announced 1242: Gateway to the WestIt is said to be his biggest project since he was accused of sexual misconduct in 2017. However, this Hungarian production is still a fraction of the Hollywood level it was a two-time Oscar winner.
Media scientist Simone Driessen closely follows these kinds of issues for her research on cancellation culture in popular culture. "If you ever get the chance to come back, it's still hard to appreciate how people will react to it," she explains. "I'm also curious why the director or producer would now dare to work with Spacey."
"However, the fuss hasn't been that bad yet," says Driessen. "Viewers may also be curious now and are responding intelligently to it. And because previous cases have not led to serious convictions, they may now dare to take a risk sooner."
However, Spacey is not out of the woods yet, as there is still a case against him pending in London. "You don't lose the character of abolition culture," says the media scientist. "People may want to forgive, but we don't forget that easily. If more news comes out on this issue, it is possible that there will be uproar again."
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There is currently a lot of media attention for Johnny Depp, who was involved in a lawsuit with his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
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Looks like Depp is using it as a tactic
Especially the lawsuit between Depp and Heard recently caught Driessen's attention. "For a celebrity, that's a bit of a bit of putting your private life in the spotlight. But with Depp it's even stronger, he even seems to be using it as a tactic. It also makes it interesting to see how we're headed toward him in thinking."
Heard is also not afraid to go into detail about their toxic relationship. "They're actually playing the same game," Driessen agrees. "You can take a look behind the scenes at two celebrities arguing. But you must not forget that you are dealing with skilled actors, who are fully aware of the image they want to project to the outside world."
Depp appears to do this better than his ex-wife, says the researcher. I mentioned Online petition to hear Aquaman 2 Which has now been signed nearly four million times. "You've always had a good guy and a bad guy. Depp's team has so far made him friendly and human, while Heard comes across as a killer."
In this respect, the blow to Heard's career may be greater than that of Depp, although the latter already took a huge hit when he fell out of popularity. Fantastic beastsFranchise issued. In any case, the consequences are clear. Driessen explains that this also has to do with the times we live in.
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"The concept of rejecting and condemning someone has been around for quite some time of course. But since the MeToo movement, the term 'abolishment' has appeared more and more recently. And it has just spread. When Mel Gibson was convicted in 2006 for his anti-Semitic statements, we were still in a completely different world. Social media nowadays plays a major role in how long someone cancels and how quickly it happens."
We won't know until later if Will Smith's behavior at the Oscars has consequences.
It also depends on the image of the actor
Gibson was able to capture his acting and directing career from 2010 as if nothing ever happened. Howard Braggman, Hollywood Crisis Director, dedicate This is partly due to the image of the actor already. "If Tom Hanks made such statements, we would be confused. But with Mel Gibson we are a little used to it. With him you are less sensitive to it."
Wesley Snipes, who has served a three-year prison sentence for tax evasion, appears to have no problem with public disapproval as an actor. "The type of crime may also make a difference," says Driessen. "In this case, there was no physical suffering. He also paid the fine during this prison sentence, so that fans can also get through it more easily."
There are a lot of actors with a shaky image. For example, Will Smith must be on standby after overtaking at the Oscars and Alec Baldwin is under scrutiny after the infamous shooting incident on set. Hello† How quickly they recover – and whether they are fully successful in doing so – depends on a variety of factors. Not everything can be expected.
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Bragman sums it up: "Some people get away with something and some don't." "It could be because someone is making a lot of money, or because someone is really loved. Everyone in Hollywood has a different DNA, there are no strict laws. Two people can do the exact same thing, one losing his career and the other just being Go ahead." "could."
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Teen Tobacco Use on the Decline - Are You a Well Being? : Are You a Well Being?
Ask any parent … teenagers are notorious for pushing boundaries and testing limits, oftentimes to their detriment. And while making questionable choices is perhaps just part of growing up, there's some recent positive news that reflects a decrease in tobacco use among teens.
Still the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, tobacco use is on the downswing among middle school and high school students, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2016, 20.2 percent of surveyed high school students (3.05 million) and 7.2 percent of middle school students (0.85 million) reported tobacco use, with e-cigarettes accounting for the majority (11.3 percent and 4.3 percent of current users, respectively).
While the rate of combustible tobacco use among teenagers declined between 2011 and 2016, overall tobacco use (including cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, hookahs, pipe tobacco and bidis) didn't change considerably. However, between 2015 and 2016, high school students reported a decrease in use of any tobacco product, combustible products, 2+ tobacco products, e-cigarettes and hookahs. In the same period, the use of e-cigarettes also declined among middle schoolers.
Christopher Blewett, M.D., pulmonologist and critical care physician on the staff at Texas Health Plano, says that while teens may choose e-cigarettes more often, they aren't necessarily any safer than traditional tobacco products.
"Vaping is a health hazard, because many of the long-term effects are not known," he explains. "While one may not be inhaling smoke, you are still inhaling [aerosol ED particles] into your lungs, which can still result in harm.
The new statistics from the CDC have the potential to make a significant impact, as tobacco use predominantly begins during the teenage years, with nine out of 10 cigarette smokers first lighting up by age 18. In fact, every day across the U.S., more than 3,200 kids (ages 18 or younger) smoke their first cigarette, while an additional 2,100 youth and young adults become regular smokers.
Blewett warns that while teens may not see any day-to-day damage from their tobacco use, it's wreaking havoc in their lungs whether they know it or not.
"Traditional cigarette smoke has both short-term and long-term effects, but much of the damage that causes people to be symptomatic takes years to occur, due to relatively large lung reserve we have.
According to the CDC, approximately one in 13 Americans under the age of 18, or 5.6 million people, will die prematurely due to a smoking-related illness if tobacco use continues at the current pace. And while those statistics are shocking, tobacco use is a serious health issue for Americans of all ages.
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which affect 16 million Americans. The use of cigarettes causes 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including 41,000 due to secondhand smoke, and close to six million deaths per year worldwide.
Blewett deals with patients of all ages who are struggling with health issues due to smoking. No matter how long they've been tobacco users, he says one thing most of them have in common is a sense of regret.
"The younger patients I see with smoking-related issues tend to have increased susceptibility to infections such as bronchitis and chronic issues like cough or exacerbation of underlying asthma," he says. "Because of the relatively large physiologic reserve with our lungs, it takes a while before the damage results in lifestyle-limiting side effects like shortness of breath with mild activity (walking or walking up stairs).
Despite the health challenges his patients face, Blewett provides hope.
"Like many things, we need something tangible to motivate us, whether it's our diet, lack of exercise or smoking," he says. "We are all human and we all have things that we can do to change to improve our health. The hardest part is the decision to make a change. Remember that family, friends and your health care providers are here to support you.
American Thoracic Society (ATS) – (www.thoracic.org/patients) – Under Patient Resources there is a fact sheet with topics listed alphabetically, including COPD, smoking, second-hand smoke, pollution, hookah and vaping.


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Dr Yeon's introduction to Korean
by Colette Balmain posted 10 Nov 2010 9 Nov 2010
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Not only am I lucky enough to be studying Korean for free at the Korean Cultural Centre in London, but I managed to obtain a ticket to a special lecture (again free) on the Korean Language by Dr Jaehoon Yeon, Senior Reader in Korean Language and Literature, SOAS, on Wednesday, 27th October 2010.
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The Centre was packed for Dr Yeon's engaging and informative talk on the origins of the Korean Alphabet, Hangeul, and its relationship to the Korean language more generally. Dr Yeon started by explaining the common confusion between the Korean Language and Hangeul. In 1446, a book on the alphabet and detailed explanations of the scientific and neo-Confucian philosophy of its design, called, Hunmin Jeongeum (which translated means "the correct sounds to teach people"), was published by order of King Sejong (1397-1450), the fourth King of the Choseon Dynasty (1397-1910) and widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Korean history. The alphabet was designed by King Sejong together with the Crown Princes with the aid of the Court's scholars in 1443 as a unique writing system designed for all Koreans based around the sounds of the spoken language in order to promote literacy as the Chinese Script which was used at the time was seen as too difficult for the ordinary person to learn. However it did not come into common currency until the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.
Dr Yeon also explained that while Hangeul is one of the easiest alphabets to learn as it consists of five basic geometric figures which mimic the shape of the mouth and tongue when the letters are said and the remaining letters formed by adding lines to the basic shapes (based upon philosophical concepts), Korean is one of the more difficult languages. This was a statement that I was heartened to hear as I struggle with the intricacies of the structure of the Korean Language on a daily basis. The three basic shapes of the vowels are symbolic of the Sky, Earth and Mankind, fundamental concepts on the nature of the Universe according to Neo-Confucian thought at the time.
While Dr Yeon pointed out that the lack of written evidence means that it is difficult for scholars to pinpoint the origins of Hangeul, he said that Korean is thought to belong to the Altaic family of languages in that there is phenomenological correspondence with Turkic, Mongolian and Tungusic languages: the three main branches of the Altaic family. Dr Yeon then went on to explain that while today there are 24 simple letters in Hangeul (10 vowels and 14 consonants), with complex vowels and consonants adding up to 40, 4 of the simple letters have fallen into disuse over time although the reasons for this is not clear. He finished the talk by reminding the audience that English is also a difficult language to learn, by showing a quote based upon words which had no phonetic correspondence with their written script.
During the lively discussion which took place during the remaining time allocated which was mainly spent talking about the debates surrounding the invention of the Korean language and alphabet and its usage in other Countries, Dr Yeon told us that although there are some differences between the Korean language in North and South Korea as a result of the division of the Korean nation, these are not substantial.
I found the talk informative and enlightening. It renewed my enthusiasm for learning the Korean language although my enthusiasm was slightly dampened by my inability to remember the simplest information at my next Korean lesson. One day I hope I will be able to speak and read Korean, and am indebted to the Korean Cultural Centre for enabling me to do this. However I still am afraid that I will be forever stuck in Beginners 1.
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Brooklyn songstress Julia Easterlin is an artist who has escaped me until now, with the release of her impressive debut 'Vestiges' EP. I'm a bit of a sucker for loop-laden music, and Easterlin has mastered the art, as you'll find out on EP opener 'Go Straight Away' below, with a Bruce Springsteen cover thrown in for good measure.
The vivacious, multi-layered opening of 'Go Straight Away' adds Easterlin's soothing vocals, crafting a magical folky pop number. There's a lovely, uplifting nature to 'Go Straight Away' that contrasts the moodier remainder of the EP, although that sometimes works in the EP's favour - such as on the softly haunting cover of Springsteen's 'Eyes On The Prize'. Catch Easterlin at next week's CMJ Festival in New York and see if she can replicate the magic live.
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Commentary by: Mark Bialek, Aaron Christensen, Dwight Kemper, Jon Kitley, Don Leifert, Michael Mack, Streebo Majic, Gregory W. Mank, Deborah Painter, Lee Price, Gus Russo, Gary J. Svehla, Robert Tinnell
Producers: Gary J. Svehla, A. Susan Svehla and Jeff Herberger
Writer: A. Susan Svehla
Narration: Tom Proveaux
Videographer, Editor and Director: Jeff Herberger
Narration Director: A. Susan Svehla
Two DVD Disc Set – 4 hours in total:
Part 1: The Golden Age of the Horror Film: 51 min.
Part 2: The Atomic-Crazed Fifties: 52 min.
Part 3: Teens Invade the Drive-Ins/The Studio That Dripped Blood: 53 min.
Part 4: The Swinging Sixties to the Awesome Eighties: 51 minutes
Here is the synopsis of the film – straight from the Midnight Marquee Website: "Grab the popcorn and settle back as we take you on a 4-hour trip filled with monsters, aliens, vampires and things that go bump in the night. And your tour guides are none other than the people who put the thrill in the chill, the tingle in your spine and the scream on your lips. And remember, it's not only a movie—it's a treasured memory from your past when life was simpler and monsters were ever so much more fun!"
I honestly do not know where to start with this review. How many times will I be able to describe that this production is perfect before my faithful readers say "Okay Rob – we get it already!" Gary J. Svehla and A. Susan Svehla of Midnight Marquee Productions have outdone themselves with this 2 DVD set. Divided into four sections (listed above) this documentary on all things horror and science fiction related has everything plus the kitchen sink thrown in – yet it is perfectly balanced; the segments never overstay their welcome, and the viewer is always in want of more.
Did you check out the roster of the people that appear in this compilation? It's the who's who of horror, science fiction and exploitation! And this is no "my camera caught a fleeting glimpse of a celebrity at a convention." No, these are all segments that were taken from the celebrity interviews at the famous FANEX conventions, which the Svehla's ran from 1987 to 2005. The footage feels like a real one-on-one with the viewer as the stars and starlets talk about their careers. I doubt if the Tinseltown machinery could put together something this candid and in-depth with so many involved.
The 2 DVD set can be found on line between $25 and $30. Let me tell you – it's worth every penny. The style, tone and mood set by Jeff Herberger's editing is incredible; it leaves the viewer with a fun but extremely polished look that can meet or beat the feel of any other documentary on the market. The people that provide the commentary and insights on the discs are very engaging, and really know their stuff! The passion, love and dedication everyone involved shines through in every single moment of this documentary.
Robert's Final Rating: I have to give this a solid 10/10. This is a flawless DVD set that any horror and science fiction fan MUST have in their collection to consider themselves a lover of these genres. If you cannot find something to love and enjoy out of this documentary then you simply do not have a pulse. Order it – NOW!
Go to the Midnight Marquee website to order this fantastic documentary. While you are there make sure to check out all the other fascinating movies, CDs, and books they have for sale!


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Sunday Snippet, Complications.
This is the start of another story Amelia and I are putting together. There's a pun in the title that will become obvious in time.
The story starts with Rachel, Lady Hayforth, throwing the dice in a desperate try at the marriage mart and coming up short when her carriage breaks down in the middle of nowhere. After a complicated string of happenings, she ends up engaged to Rupert, Lord Hartshorne, an aspiring chemist who did mysterious things for the war office in the recent past. His notebooks have gone missing, and a mysterious Mr Oliver is involved. Last week Rachel and her friends went to look at the stars after an eventful afternoon. George has left for the village. One might think that Rachel's life would get simpler without this distraction, but that would be no fun.
Rupert showed he has something that connects his shoulders to his hips. Last week, the start of a new chapter shows that another of his talents is important. We discovered why it was so important that Rupert come with Sir Roger recently. Rachel awoke below decks in a ship (a channel barge). Despite the sterling reputation of the English as cooks, the crew ask Rachel to cook for them. Her choice of seasonings has their desired effect. The morning after she gave thanks for her deliverance she writes to let her friends know where she is. Things, however, are afoot and the game is on – especially with the reappearance of Mr Oliver.
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Rachel's resolve to warn her host grew as she walked back to the vicarage. When she opened the door, the sound of two familiar voices greeted her. Dr Fowler and
"George! You're here."
"I came as soon as I could. I must say you're looking radiant. Simple muslins become you."
"Yes, yes. Thank you for the compliments. Oliver is here."
"Mr Oliver, or Harding or … Dr Fowler, you and your daughter know him as Mr Richards."
"Him, here? I forbid her from talking to that man."
"At the inn. A clandestine communication."
"And you know this, how?"
"We went there together so I could post my letter to Lord Hartshorne."
"Lord Hartshorne, yes," George said with a peculiar dry tone to his voice.
"How is he? Healthy I hope."
"Badly shaken. Char- Miss Deacon is attending him. Much to my mother's distress."
Rachel thought However apparently not yours.
Dr Fowler pushed himself back into the conversation, "You can talk later, what about my disobedient little Miss?"
"I think they were planning an elopement. At least your daughter was. Mr Richards, who knows?"
"Did she say anything?"
"No. But she was far more excited about a letter than I'd be."
George coughed, "You, Lady Hayforth, are an exceptionally level-headed woman. At least that's what Captain Lewis said. It's how I knew to find you."
"Who is Captain Lewis? Oh the preventive. You know, I didn't ask his name. How is he?"
"Basking in the glow as the man of the hour."
Dr Fowler rather abruptly said, "I must find my daughter before she makes a fool of herself. The inn, you said?"
"If you'll pardon me, I."
"No," George said, "Please don't. I'm afraid this is a matter for the crown. Lady Hayforth, did they mention something on that ship?"
"Something?"
"I don't want to put words in your mouth. Was there a Frenchman, or did they talk about one."
"Oh … yes. Henri, they never used his last name. They said something about … similar to 'Vive L'emporer' and talked about Saint Helena. I don't understand."
Dr Fowler paled, "I do. That's where Napoleon is in prison. Isn't it?"
George said, "Yes. I'm afraid Mr Richards is involved in a plot to free him."
Dr Fowler put his face in his hands, "Oh Elizabeth, what have you gotten into? I don't want to lose two children to this war. I thought it was over."
"It shouldn't come to that, and yes, it is over." George paused, "Ra- Lady Hayforth, do you mind waiting a day before I return you to Oulten Hall? I need to alert … some friends of mine."
"No. It won't do."
"I can't stay. If Mr Oliver sees me, he'll know he's been seen."
"Damn. Sorry. I didn't bring. I mean I rode. I mean."
"No chaperone?"
"Yes, and I drove a curricle. Not exactly suitable." George drew a deep breath, "Though I should think you'll be safe with me. I am a gentleman, after all. Almost a married one."
Alone with you? I trust you; it's me I don't. "What would people say, especially people like Miss Deacon?"
"Charity won't mind. She likes you."
And Rupert even more. "It's not her I'm worried about."
Dr Fowler interrupted them, "Lord Bedlington, I can lend you a maid."
"Don't bother. No one could possibly think there's anything improper with my driving together with my intended niece."
This discussion would have continued, but the front door to the vicarage slammed. Then the door to the parlour burst open and Miss Fowler shot in.
"You!" she pointed at Rachel, "You, you viper, you heartless … vixen!"
Then as suddenly as she appeared, she retreated. They heard her run up the stairs to her room, then the door slam behind her.
"What was that about?" Rachel asked.
"I think our cover is blown." George replied, "If you'll pardon me, I must dash."
No history this time. Instead, a question about writing. It's beginning to look like Amelia and I are really writing a series. "The art of deception" is volume 1, "The Divinity School" (working on a cover) is volume 2, Volume 3 – tentatively called "O Zeitung O Mores" is about half complete. This work is volume 5, and volume 6 "Freddy and the Bird of Paradise" is well underway. No idea what we'll call volume 4, but since volume 3 takes place in 1811 Hamburg and parts beyond – including Aarhus, and this one is 1816 or so there's a gap.
Is it ok to release a series out of sequence?
By the way, O Zeitung O Mores, is a bad pun on the epigram O Tempora O Mores (The Times, The Morals).
Amelia reminded me to put a link to our book page. The first book in our series, The Art of Deception is now available for sale with an extract on instafreebie as a teaser.
Author rharrisonauthorPosted on September 10, 2017 Categories A Formulaic Romance, Chemistry, historical background, WritingTags England, Historical Novel, regency, Writing
8 thoughts on "Sunday Snippet, Complications."
P.T. Wyant says:
Ooh, the plot thickens!
And I don't know about releasing a series out of order, but I have written one out of order and it's an editing nightmare. But then, this is a fantasy series and the books all revolve around the same characters and one overarching plot for the series so I have to make sure all events and such are consistent throughout.
rharrisonauthor says:
Thank you. Keeping things straight can be … amusing.
Aurora Springer says:
Exciting interruption!
veronicascott says:
Interesting snippet in which a great deal happens and more is tantalizingly revealed. Nit: a little bit too much talking heads for me – I lost the thread of who said what when without a few more dialog tags to help out. Personally I wouldn't publish a series out of order, at least not one with sequential events. IF what's going to happen in the "missing" book doesn't directly bear on events in the following books, then it might be ok. You might find readers holding off though, waiting for book 4 before going on to 5 and 6. (And I don't think Amazon will let you number the books out of order? Not sure there.) If these are Regency romances (and perhaps that's not the niche you envision, in which case please disregard this comment) you might try for titles more in the genre BTW.
Thank you – Dialog tags are my besetting sin. You're right about the titles, I've picked duff ones.
Andrea R Huelsenbeck says:
I think you have to number the books in a series in order of release, but couldn't a later number be a flashback?
Thank you. That might work.
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gulp-cache-buster
=================

Gulp plugin that searches for asset references (URLs) and replaces them
with a cache busted representation.

This plugin was designed to work with [gulp-hasher][1]

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/disintegrator/gulp-cache-buster.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/disintegrator/gulp-cache-buster)

## Install

    npm install --save-dev gulp-cache-buster

## Usage

Options with default values shown:

    buster({
      env: 'development',
      hashes: {},
      assetRoot: '',
      assetURL: '/',
      tokenRegExp: /ASSET{(.*?)}/g,
      hashLength: 8
    })

- `env`: the target environment for the current build
- `hashes`: an object containing mappings of asset paths to their hash digests
- `assetRoot`: points to the root folder containing assets e.g. 'dist/'
- `tokenRegExp`: pattern that describes how asset references are presented in your source code (css, less, jade, html, etc...)
    - With the default setting you define an asset reference like so: `background-image: url(ASSET{assets/images/pingu.jpg});`
    - This option is usually left as-is
- `hashLength`: the number of characters to use from the asset's hash digest
    - With the default value this plugin will generate url's like so: `background-image: url(http://cdn.example.com/assets/images/pingu.jpg?v=df23b44e});`
    - This option is usually left as-is

If the plugin encounters an asset path that is not present in the `hashes`
mapping, the plugin will not add the url query parameter
(the `?v=df23b44e` part).

## Example

Given a CSS file with the following content:

    .logo {
      width: 200px;
      background: url(ASSET{assets/images/logo.svg});
      background-size: contain;
      background-repeat: no-repeat;
      background-position: center;
    }

    .logo-basic {
      width: 80px;
      background: url(ASSET{assets/images/logo-basic.png});
      background-size: contain;
      background-repeat: no-repeat;
      background-position: center;
    }

Notice that asset reference are wrapped with `ASSET{<relative_path>}`. This
notation can be changed by setting tokenRegExp.

Furthermore, while CSS is used in this example this plugin can be passed
HTML, Jade and any text files that contain the asset reference as seen in the
CSS example.

There is additional support for some common switches for selecting minified
and/or gzipped assets as shown below:

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="ASSET{assets/styles/style.css,min}" />
    <script src="ASSET{assets/scripts/vendor.js,min,gz}"></script>

If the `env` option is set to production these lines will turn into something like this:

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.mysite.com/assets/styles/style.min.css?v=af1358" />
    <script src="https://cdn.mysite.com/assets/scripts/vendor.min.js.gz?v=db231bc"></script>

... also assumes `assetURL` is https://cdn.mysite.com/

We can build the following gulpfile tasks:

    var autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer');
    var buster = require('gulp-cache-buster');
    var gulp = require('gulp');
    var hasher = require('gulp-hasher');
    var imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin');
    var minifyCss = require('gulp-minify-css');
    var pngquant = require('imagemin-pngquant');
    var rename = require('gulp-rename');

    // First we build up asset hash digests using gulp-hasher
    gulp.task('images', function() {
      return gulp.src('assets/images/**/*')
        .pipe(imagemin({
          progressive: true,
          svgoPlugins: [{removeViewBox: false}],
          use: [pngquant()]
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/assets/images/'))
        .pipe(hasher());
    });

    // Using gulp-cache-buster in a css workflow looks like this:
    gulp.task('styles', ['images'], function() {
      return gulp.src('assets/styles/themes/*/style.less')
        .pipe(autoprefixer())
        .pipe(buster({      // <-- STARTING HERE
          assetRoot: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),
          hashes: hasher.hashes     // since images task has run we can pass in the hashes object
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/assets/styles/'))
        .pipe(hasher())
        .pipe(minifyCss())
        .pipe(rename({extname: '.min.css'}))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/assets/styles/'))
        .pipe(hasher());
    });

## See also

- [gulp-hasher][1] which can be used with gulp-cache-buster to obtain a mapping
of asset paths and their md5 digests

[1]: https://github.com/disintegrator/gulp-hasher

## Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. If you add functionality, then please add unit tests to cover it.

## License

MIT © George Haidar

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