This ancient substance is highly sought after by fragrance aficionados for its undeniable rich and enchanting aroma. It is a modern day trade secret ingredient in designer perfumes and colognes."Every time is like the first time."
Medicinal uses of the heartwood, bark, resinous stem, resinous wood and aloeresin, prepared from Aquilaria spp., have been recorded in traditional medical systems including Chinese (TCM), Tibetan, Ayurvedic (Indian) and Unani (Greek derived Islamic). External and Internal preparations have been used citing a variety of Aquilaria species. These traditional medical systems have been used for indigenous health-care for thousands of years and can stand up on their own merits, because of the general non-scientific 'universal truths' on which all these systems are based, there are inevitably similarities in some major classifications.


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Амабль Луи Мария Мишель Журден (, 1788—1818) — французский востоковед.

Биография
Сын Ансельма Луи Бернара Брешилье Журдена, отец Шарля Мария Габриэля Брешилье Журдена.

Основные работы Журдена — «Персия, или Описание управления, верований и литературы этой империи» (, 1814) и опубликованные в 1819 г., посмертно «Критические разыскания о возрасте и происхождении древних латинских переводов Аристотеля и о греческих или арабских источниках, использовавшихся учёными схоластами» (); в этом последнем труде впервые, как считается, обобщены сведения о влиянии арабской философии на средневековых латинских схоластов.

Примечания

Литература

Востоковеды Франции
Арабисты Франции
Иранисты Франции
Историки по алфавиту

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Investigators believe a missing Colorado woman has been found dead in southern Alabama.
Wilcox County Sheriff's Office
Monroe County Sheriff Tom Boatwright said his deputies were called after a body was discovered in a shooting house near the Monroe and Wilcox County line.
Officials said it is believed to be Cheryl Pence, who was last seen on December 31. At this time, investigators aren't suspecting foul play.
Family members said Pence and her son, Michael McBee, were seen by hunters as they were walking in the woods of Wilcox County.
Boatwright said Pence had been working in Florida recently, and the mother and son were in Alabama for a 'spiritual journey.' The sheriff said they drove out to Wilcox County and wandered into the woods and became separated from each other. McBee was found alive on January 3 and taken to a hospital for treatment.
Local agencies spent countless hours searching after Pence was reported missing.
"We feel like she was just in the woods, was lost, did not know where she was at. We've had a lot of cold nights since then. We feel like she went to that shooting house maybe to get shelter, to get out of the weather," Boatwright said.
The sheriff said McBee is back home in Colorado.
MORE ALABAMA NEWS
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer
Frigid temperatures keeping people inside
Mayor of central Alabama city arrested in Orange Beach on domestic violence charge
Ex-Alabama QB Jay Barker charged with domestic violence
MPD searching for missing teen and her son
Mardi Gras tree lighting, kicking off the season
Cheryl Pence
Tom Boatwright
Michael Mcbee

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We are trying to undo the harm we cause because we are ABLEIST AF and that is not cool! We are working on it though!
Racial equity is recognizing that we have a problem with inequity based on race. Racial justice is the work of resistance against the damaging impact of racism. Racial liberation is reconciliation between and among flourishing communities. If we don't celebrate our collective work towards racial equity, justice, and liberation. we might be consumed by the daunting nature of the task.


The Prayer Shawl Ministry is made up of women of all ages coming together to use their talents of working with yarn in various ways to share the love of Christ in a tangible way.
We meet on the third Saturday of each month at 9:30 a.m. to offer instruction to those who may not yet know how to knit or crochet, but would like to learn. Also, at that time, the items we've made during the month are brought in to be prayed over and dedicated. Our items are passed from person to person, hand to hand, and heart to heart. Come and be a part of this ministry that offers comfort and support to so many.


No-Guilt Wednesday (NGW) is not about compromising on quality. It's all about drinking good wine that does not break the bank, eating good food and of course, it's about sharing with the ones you love.
Today's choice is a wine that I seek out simply because it has consistently delivered value from Bordeaux. Normally, varying vintages of this wine are available for anywhere from $18-$21. The current vintage of this was offered to me at $20+ per bottle. I was about to put in my order. But then I decided to check the internet and lo and behold, I was able to score a case of this at $14 prior to shipping. With shipping the cost per bottle rose to $16.70. But we don't count shipping charges, do we?


Urban Outfitters is dumping its cash registers. The 456-store chain—which includes Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain and BHLDN stores—is retiring dedicated registers, replacing them with iPod Touches for in-aisle checkout and iPads for cashwraps, the chain's IT head told analysts on September 27.
The shift is part of an IT revamp that includes a merged inventory system, ship-from-any-store capability and improved turnaround on returns—in addition to a new West Coast datacenter that effectively works as a disaster recovery hot site for the company's existing East Coast IT operations.
Let's be clear: Nothing in Urban's IT revamp is revolutionary. The unified view of inventory, the in-aisle checkout, the ability to find out-of-stocks instantly in nearby stores—that's all been pioneered before by Macy's, Nordstrom, Apple and other higher profile chains (and they're the ones with the scars to show for it).
A few nice touches are specific to Urban: For example, if an E-Commerce item from Anthropologie is returned by a customer to wedding-dress store BHLDN, which may not carry that product, the item can still be shipped out by the store to fill a new E-Commerce order without having to return it to a distribution center.
But what's really striking is how quickly, and with how little fanfare, Urban has pushed through the changes. If a $2.5 billion chain can roll this out in less than two years, there's been a very real shift in how fast non-cutting-edge retailers should be adopting the current wave of new technology.
In fairness, at least some of the new IT wasn't so easy to deliver. This year, Urban opened a $55 million West Coast distribution center in Reno, Nev., which will cut E-Commerce delivery time to under two days for 80 percent of Urban's customers. In the same building, Urban added the new datacenter, which splits Web site traffic that previously all went to the chain's IT shop in Trenton, S.C.
The restocking application uses sales and inventory numbers instead of RFID-based counts. But it's still possible to flag associates when an item is running low and to let corporate track how well stores do at restocking. The app also helps in cases where on-shelf or stockroom counts don't match inventory numbers—"which gives an indication: Do we have some bad stockroom practices or operational practices in a store which need to be improved? Or do we have a shrink issue in the store?" Hollinger said.
Again, this is clearly second-wave use of retail IT. The pioneers have already collected the arrows in their backs, which makes it easier for Urban to know what to copy and what to avoid.
But it's also now clear that second-wave time has arrived for some of these technologies. Not every chain is going to be dumping all registers and building new parallel datacenters, but that's no longer cutting-edge retail IT.


I found this little bench at Kobey's Swap Meet and thought it would make a perfect coffee table. After a year and half, it's now the nightstand in our guest bedroom and eventually I want to repaint it, add a protective layer, and put it outside for my succulents to sit on.
Neat find turned into something so cute!


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1.90.0 (2022-10-13)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports forwarding SCTE-35 messages through the Event Signaling and Management (ESAM) API, and can read those SCTE-35 messages from an inactive source.

1.89.0 (2022-09-08)
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* Feature - This change exposes API settings which allow Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision to be used when running a channel using Elemental Media Live

1.88.0 (2022-07-22)
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* Feature - Link devices now support remote rebooting. Link devices now support maintenance windows. Maintenance windows allow a Link device to install software updates without stopping the MediaLive channel. The channel will experience a brief loss of input from the device while updates are installed.

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* Feature - This release adds support for selecting a maintenance window.

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1.84.0 (2022-02-03)
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1.82.0 (2021-12-21)
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1.79.0 (2021-11-04)
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1.78.0 (2021-10-18)
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1.77.0 (2021-10-11)
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1.76.0 (2021-09-01)
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1.75.0 (2021-07-30)
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1.74.0 (2021-07-28)
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1.73.0 (2021-07-22)
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* Feature - MediaLive now supports passing through style data on WebVTT caption outputs.

1.72.0 (2021-06-11)
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* Feature - AWS MediaLive now supports OCR-based conversion of DVB-Sub and SCTE-27 image-based source captions to WebVTT, and supports ingest of ad avail decorations in HLS input manifests.

1.71.0 (2021-06-04)
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* Feature - Add support for automatically setting the H.264 adaptive quantization and GOP B-frame fields.

1.70.0 (2021-04-06)
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* Feature - MediaLive VPC outputs update to include Availability Zones, Security groups, Elastic Network Interfaces, and Subnet Ids in channel response

1.69.0 (2021-04-05)
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* Feature - MediaLive now support HTML5 Motion Graphics overlay

1.68.0 (2021-03-25)
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* Feature - EML now supports handling HDR10 and HLG 2020 color space from a Link input.

1.67.0 (2021-03-11)
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* Feature - MediaLive supports the ability to apply a canned ACL to output sent to an AWS S3 bucket; supports ability to specify position for EBU-TT and TTML output captions converted from Teletext source.

1.66.0 (2021-03-10)
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1.65.0 (2021-03-05)
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* Feature - Medialive now supports the ability to transfer AWS Elemental Link devices to another region.

1.64.0 (2021-02-15)
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* Feature - AWS MediaLive now supports Automatic-Input-Failover for CDI Inputs.

1.63.0 (2021-02-02)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports Image Media Playlists on HLS outputs, version 0.4 (trick-mode).

1.62.0 (2021-01-29)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports output to a private VPC. When this property is specified, the output will egress from a user specified VPC.

1.61.0 (2020-12-04)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports black video and audio silence as new conditions to trigger automatic input failover.

1.60.0 (2020-11-19)
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* Feature - The AWS Elemental MediaLive APIs and SDKs now support the ability to see the software update status on Link devices

1.59.0 (2020-11-06)
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* Feature - Support for SCTE35 ad markers in OnCuePoint style in RTMP outputs.

1.58.0 (2020-10-30)
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* Feature - Support for HLS discontinuity tags in the child manifests. Support for incomplete segment behavior in the media output. Support for automatic input failover condition settings.

1.57.0 (2020-10-16)
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* Feature - The AWS Elemental MediaLive APIs and SDKs now support the ability to transfer the ownership of MediaLive Link devices across AWS accounts.

1.56.0 (2020-10-09)
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* Feature - WAV audio output. Extracting ancillary captions in MP4 file inputs. Priority on channels feeding a multiplex (higher priority channels will tend to have higher video quality).

1.55.0 (2020-09-30)
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* Feature - Code Generated Changes, see `./build_tools` or `aws-sdk-core`'s CHANGELOG.md for details.

1.54.0 (2020-09-18)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports batch operations, which allow users to start, stop, and delete multiple MediaLive resources with a single request.

1.53.0 (2020-09-15)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports CDI (Cloud Digital Interface) inputs which enable uncompressed video from applications on Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2), AWS Media Services, and from AWS partners

1.52.0 (2020-08-25)
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* Feature - Code Generated Changes, see `./build_tools` or `aws-sdk-core`'s CHANGELOG.md for details.

1.51.0 (2020-07-28)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports several new features: EBU-TT-D captions in Microsoft Smooth outputs; interlaced video in HEVC outputs; video noise reduction (using temporal filtering) in HEVC outputs.

1.50.0 (2020-07-22)
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* Feature - The AWS Elemental MediaLive APIs and SDKs now support the ability to get thumbnails for MediaLive devices that are attached or not attached to a channel. Previously, this thumbnail feature was available only on the console.

1.49.0 (2020-06-23)
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* Feature - Code Generated Changes, see `./build_tools` or `aws-sdk-core`'s CHANGELOG.md for details.

1.48.0 (2020-06-19)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports Input Prepare schedule actions. This feature improves existing input switching by allowing users to prepare an input prior to switching to it.

1.47.1 (2020-06-11)
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* Issue - Republish previous version with correct dependency on `aws-sdk-core`.

1.47.0 (2020-06-10)
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* Issue - This version has been yanked. (#2327).
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1.46.0 (2020-05-28)
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* Feature - Code Generated Changes, see `./build_tools` or `aws-sdk-core`'s CHANGELOG.md for details.

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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to ingest the content that is streaming from an AWS Elemental Link device: https://aws.amazon.com/medialive/features/link/. This release also adds support for SMPTE-2038 and input state waiters.

1.44.0 (2020-05-07)
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* Feature - Code Generated Changes, see `./build_tools` or `aws-sdk-core`'s CHANGELOG.md for details.

1.43.0 (2020-04-28)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports several new features: enhanced VQ for H.264 (AVC) output encodes; passthrough of timed metadata and of Nielsen ID3 metadata in fMP4 containers in HLS outputs; the ability to generate a SCTE-35 sparse track without additional segmentation, in Microsoft Smooth outputs;  the ability to select the audio from a TS input by specifying the audio track; and conversion of HDR colorspace in the input to an SDR colorspace in the output.

1.42.0 (2020-04-08)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports Automatic Input Failover. This feature provides resiliency upstream of the channel, before ingest starts.

1.41.0 (2020-03-09)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to configure the Preferred Channel Pipeline for channels contributing to a Multiplex.

1.40.0 (2019-12-17)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports HLS ID3 segment tagging, HLS redundant manifests for CDNs that support different publishing/viewing endpoints, fragmented MP4 (fMP4), and frame capture intervals specified in milliseconds.

1.39.0 (2019-11-25)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to create a multiple program transport stream (MPTS).

1.38.0 (2019-10-23)
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* Feature - Code Generated Changes, see `./build_tools` or `aws-sdk-core`'s CHANGELOG.md for details.

1.37.0 (2019-09-12)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) for standard-definition (SD), high-definition (HD), and ultra-high-definition (UHD) encoding with HDR support.Encoding with HEVC offers a number of advantages. While UHD video requires an advanced codec beyond H.264 (AVC), high frame rate (HFR) or High Dynamic Range (HDR) content in HD also benefit from HEVC's advancements. In addition, benefits can be achieved with HD and SD content even if HDR and HFR are not needed.

1.36.0 (2019-07-25)
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* Feature - AWS Elemental MediaLive is adding Input Clipping, Immediate Mode Input Switching, and Dynamic Inputs.

1.35.0 (2019-07-01)
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* Feature - Code Generated Changes, see `./build_tools` or `aws-sdk-core`'s CHANGELOG.md for details.

1.34.0 (2019-06-17)
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* Feature - Code Generated Changes, see `./build_tools` or `aws-sdk-core`'s CHANGELOG.md for details.

1.33.0 (2019-05-21)
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* Issue - Update version dependency on `aws-sdk-core` to support endpoint discovery.

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The weekend of Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer vacation season, I decided to spend the weekend in New York City. As part of the trip, I had planned to ride my motorcycle to Brooklyn Bridge Park and take a couple of pictures late at night using the Manhattan skyline in the background.
I tend to look at the weather constantly to monitor rain, I am always worried about getting wet. Riding a motorcycle in the rain can get dangerous real quick.
Friday night I was late heading to NYC. For the first time in a long time, the ride northbound on Interstate 95 was smooth sailing. Even though there is always a traffic jam at the Holland Tunnel, I was pleasantly surprised that for a Friday night on a three day holiday weekend, I encounter no traffic congestion.
It could be dangerous riding a motorcycle in any big city; New York City is no exception. The New York metro region roads and highways are known for being in bad condition, lots of potholes. And taxi drivers are the worst of the worst, they move into your lane with little disregard for others. They stop in the middle of the street, and customers open their doors and exit. Just a few weeks ago a motorcyclist was killed after slamming into the rear of a car in Brooklyn, …. but I digress.
The plan was to ride to Brooklyn Bridge Park Saturday morning at 4:00 a.m. Why so early you may ask? Due to the hundreds of tourists that visit the location every day, the park is guarded by overzealous security guards; they don't allow motor vehicles in the waterfront area. At 4:00 a.m. the Brooklyn Bridge Park is deserted, and completely pitch dark. It's like walking into the lion's den.
When I arrived at about 4:00 a.m. to the waterfront in the DUMBO area of Brooklyn, the only person in the area was a homeless man sleeping on a park bench. To ensure my safety first and foremost, and to get out of Dodge, I quickly set up my tripod and Nikon D7000, composed the scene and started shooting. About 20 minutes later, hoping to succeed in getting one good one, I had taken two dozen pictures.


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Shudder Announces All 12 'Creepshow' Segments in 6-Episode First Season
Shudder Announces All 12 Creepshow Segments in 6-Episode First Season
Shudder has announced all twelve segments of their six-episode first season adaptation of George A Romero and Stephen King's Creepshow.
Mike Sprague
We recently passed along word that Shudder's upcoming series based on George A. Romero and Stephen King's classic horror movie anthology, Creepshow has added Kid Cudi, Big Boi, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Davison, and DJ Qualls to their cast. And today we have word that Shudder has announced all twelve segments that will make up the show's six-episode first season. They are as follows.
"All Hallows Eve" written by Bruce Jones and directed by John Harrison. This entry follows a group of friends who, even though they're a little too old to trick-or-treat, still want to. But getting candy isn't all they are looking for. Then there's "Gray Matter" which is based on a story by Stephen King and adapted by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi. Greg Nicotero himself directs this segment which centers on Doc and Chief, two old-timers in a small, dying town, who brave a storm to check on Richie, a single alcoholic father, after encountering his terrified son at the local convenience store. First published in 1973, the story was part of King's best-selling 1978 collection, Night Shift.
RELATED: More Creepshow Season 2 Cast Announced with Marilyn Manson, Ali Larter & C. Thomas Howell
Next, we have "By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain", which is written by Jason Ciaramella based on a story by Joe Hill. Tom Savini directs this segment which follows a girl whose father died looking for the monster living at the bottom of Lake Champlain, and now, will she? And then there's "The House of the Head" written by Josh Malerman (Bird Box) and directed by John Harrison. This segment focuses on a girl named Evie, who discovers her new dollhouse might be haunted.
From there, the first season will also tell the tale of "The Companion" based on a story by Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale, and Keith Lansdale, and adapted by Matt Venne. The Ritual helmer Dave Bruckner directs this entry which follows a young boy, bullied by his older brother, who sneaks into an abandoned farm that is protected by a supernatural force. Then there's "Lydia Layne's Better Half" written by John Harrison based on a story he co-wrote along with Greg Nicotero. Roxanne Benjamin (Body at Brighton Rock) directs the entry which follows a powerful woman who fails to anticipate the fallout after denying her protégée and lover a promotion.
Rounding out the first season will be Benjamin's "Skincrawlers" written by Paul Dini and Stephen Langford which centers on a man who considers a miraculous new treatment for weight loss that turns out to have unexpected complications. And John Harrison's "Times is Tough in Musky Holler" which follows a town's leaders getting a taste of their own medicine after controlling the area through fear and intimidation. This segment is written by John Skipp and Dori Miller, based on their short story.
On top of that, we've already let you guys know about some of the other entries such as "The Man In The Suitcase" written by Christopher Buehlman and directed by Dave Bruckner (The Ritual), "Bad Wolf Down" written and directed by Rob Schrab, "Night of the Paw" written by John Esposito and directed by John Harrison, and "The Finger" by David J. Schow (The Crow) and directed by Greg Nicotero. "The Man In The Suitcase" focuses on a college student who brings the wrong bag home from the airport only to find a pretzeled man trapped inside, afflicted by a strange condition that turns his pain into gold. Meanwhile, "The Finger" is about an unhappy man who discovers a severed, inhuman appendage on the street and brings it home, where it grows into a loyal companion with some deadly quirks. Then, "Bad Wolf Down" follows a group of American soldiers, trapped behind enemy lines during World War II, who find an unconventional way to even the odds. And "Night of the Paw" is about a lonely mortician who finds company in the ultimate 'be careful what you wish for' story.
Greg Nicotero is an executive producer on Shudder's Creepshow along with Stan Spry, Jeff Holland, Eric Woods, Brian Witten, Robert Dudelson, James Dudelson, Jordan Kizwani, Russell Binder, and Marc Mostman. The Cartel produces this new take on the classic horror anthology film by George A. Romero and Stephen King along with Monster Agency Productions, Taurus Entertainment, and Striker Entertainment. Creepshow will premiere on Shudder later this year. This update comes to us via Shudder.
Topics: Creepshow, Streaming
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Historic Districts & Sites in Natchitoches Louisiana
Louisiana has the most colorful history of any state and of many countries. Beginning long before the Louisiana Purchase, our state took shape in prehistoric times. We have had a past of many battles, on the battlefield and in the political arena. Louisiana's architecture is a lasting impression of French and Spanish rule. Today, there are many reminders of the past in our museums, plantations, historic sites and attractions.
The City of Natchitoches is the heart of Natchitoches Parish. Founded in 1714 the site was established near a village of Natchitoches Indians. As the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory, its history is also a story of the development of our nation.
The City's Historic Landmark District, which fronts Cane River Lake and encompasses a 33-block area, includes many historic homes, churches and commercial structures. A mixture of Queen Anne and Victorian architecture, along with Creole style cottages can be seen throughout the district.
People settled in the Natchitoches area in large numbers after the Louisiana Purchase. Eventually, however, the river changed its course, bypassing Natchitoches. What was once known as the Red River is now Cane River Lake.
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North Complex Fire updates: Fire closes in on Camp Fire scar as death toll reaches 14
Matt Brannon Damon Arthur
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Update at 6:45 p.m., Sunday
Crews discovered two more people killed during the North Complex Fire burning in Butte County, Sheriff Kory Honea said Sunday.
The two more deaths associated with the fire brings the death toll to 14, he said. The sheriff said he could not release the names of the most recently killed because they have not been positively identified and their families have not been notified.
As of Sunday, the sheriff's office had received 181 missing persons reports; 160 of those people have been found and sheriff's officials were still looking for seven of those, Honea said.
Cal Fire officials said 417 structures have been destroyed, including 253 homes, and another 38 buildings have been damaged.
Burning conditions are not expected to improve Monday, as weather officials plan to issue a Red Flag Warning in areas surrounding the fire, due to hot and dry winds forecast for Monday afternoon, North Complex Meteorologist Dan Borsum said.
The winds, however, could blow smoke away from the fire, possibly making conditions favorable for using air tankers to drop retardant on the fire, he said.
Update, 7:30 a.m. Sunday
The North Complex Fire reached 258,802 acres Sunday morning and the fire was 26% contained as the fire closed in on the 2018 Camp Fire scar.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials said the fire activity was reduced Saturday night and Sunday morning due to cooler temperatures and higher humidity.
The fire is apparently approaching the 2018 Camp Fire scar as crews continued to do backburning and dozer lines are being built and meeting the Camp Fire footprint, Cal Fire said.
Update 7 p.m. Saturday
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Saturday night the number of people believed to have died in the North Complex Fire has increased to 12, up from nine on Friday.
"I don't have any further information about where those remains were recovered," Honea said, adding that his office is working to notify next of kin and assist with DNA analysis to identify remains.
In terms of the number of people missing and welfare checks, Honea said his office has received 174 such calls and successfully cleared 149 of them. He said 13 people are unaccounted for and that detectives are continuing to search for them.
As of Saturday night, the West Zone of the North Complex Fire is 73,000 acres and 10% contained, up from 7% contained in the morning.
As a whole, the North Complex grew by about 6,000 acres Saturday from 252,313 acres in the morning to 258,496 at night. Containment rose from 21% to 22%, according to a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection update. At least 227 structures have been destroyed.
Cal Fire spokesman Steve Kaufmann broke down the numbers of damaged and destroyed structures in a 6 p.m. news conference:
132 destroyed residential structures
13 damaged residential structures
36 destroyed commercial structures
0 damaged commercial structures
59 destroyed other structures
10 damaged other structures
"The fire remains very active and now more than ever we need to remain vigilant," read a Cal Fire situation summary.
Honea said his office is working to replicate a practice from the 2018 Camp Fire, where law enforcement officers could escort people to their property for a limited amount of time to take photos and gather belongings.
Honea also said his office is working to mitigate a disruption in postal service.
Incident meteorologist Dan Borsum said he expects more fire-friendly weather Monday with southwest winds increasing, bringing gusts as high as 16-18 mph in the afternoon. The gusts will move smoke out of the area, raising temperatures and lowering humidity.
Borsum said the entire area of the Northern Complex will be under a fire weather watch, which is the precursor to a red flag warning.
He said there is a chance for moderating conditions beginning Wednesday.
An evacuation warning remains in place for the city of Oroville, according to the sheriff's office.
Update, 5:15 p.m. Saturday
The Butte County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday at 5 p.m. that it has reduced the evacuation order to an evacuation warning for the Bangor area. That includes everything east of Oro Bangor Highway at Swedes Flat Road and everything south of Swedes Flat Road to the Butte County line.
At 5:30 p.m., sheriff's officials lifted the evacuation warning for the area south of Oro Dam Boulevard, Olive Highway and Foothill Boulevard, west of the Oro Bangor Highway. An evacuation warning was also lifted for areas west of Lincoln Boulevard and south of the Feather River.
More details on the North Complex Fire will be given at a 6 p.m. news conference.
California fire officials on Saturday morning released a partial map showing where the North Complex Fire destroyed homes in Butte County. Readers can access the map online at bit.ly/2Zzb7pd.
At least 92 structures have been damaged or destroyed in the fire's West Zone.
Nine people have been confirmed dead in connection to the fire, which is 252,313 acres and 21% contained. Evacuation orders remain in parts of Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties.
More:All 18 California national forests, including Shasta-Trinity, close due to wildfire threat
Fire officials expect southwest winds to increase from Friday with afternoon gusts of up to 18 mph. A significant amount of smoke will remain in the region, reducing visibility and keeping temperatures below normal.
The West Zone portion of the North Complex Fire, which primarily covers Butte County, is 72,500 acres burned and 7% contained, according to a Saturday morning post by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
In the North Zone, forest officials said firefighters are making progress securing containment lines and reported no significant fire growth Saturday morning. Structure protection groups are working in communities around the fire perimeter.
In the South Zone, officials said most fire activity was on the west side of Little Grass Valley.
Damage, structures burned in the North Complex Fire
The West Zone has seen 82 buildings destroyed, 10 damaged, and 23,356 threatened, according to Saturday update from Cal Fire.
Here is Friday's damage report tally from the North Complex Fire:
23,356: Single residences threatened
6: Single residences damaged
44: Single residences destroyed
0: Non-residential structures damaged
11: Non-residential structures destroyed
4: Minor structures damaged
27: Minor structures destroyed
The North Complex Fire is a compilation of wildfires – including the Bear, Sheep and Claremont – on the Plumas National Forest that started after a series of Aug. 17 lightning strikes. On Thursday, the Bear Fire was renamed the North Complex West Zone.
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In Nevada, the Washoe County Health District has issued a Stage 1 air pollution alert due to wildfire smoke.
What we know about victims
Officials had announced Wednesday that three people had died in the fire, and on Thursday, they had announced seven more deaths. The death toll was reduced to nine Friday night because officials said that a burned skeleton used for academic purposes was mistaken for human remains.
Josiah Williams, 16, died in the fire at Berry Creek, his aunt Bobbie Zedaker said on Friday.
Zedaker, who also had to flee as the town of Berry Creek burned in the blaze, said she heard from Williams' father Thursday night that Josiah died in the fire.
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Friday evening that Williams was trying to leave the area in his car but didn't make it out.
A couple also trying to flee the North Complex Fire in their vehicles are two of those killed in the blaze, according to their nephew, Zygy Roe-Zurz.
Roe-Zurz said he was notified that his aunt and uncle, Millicent Catarancuic and Philip Rubel, were among those killed.
"They were the two of the three (deaths announced Wednesday)," he said. "They were in two cars. They made a late run for it and didn't make it. The fire and heat must have been so intense."
Roe-Zurz said the couple lived in Berry Creek with his mom, S.V. Zurz, and he feared she was one of the not yet identified remains.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office had received reports involving 151 individuals either missing or in need of a welfare check at the request of family members. As of Friday afternoon, Butte County officials successfully located 123 of those individuals.
The sheriff's office also announced that it will be deploying more resources next week to search for fire victims from the North Complex Fire.
Evacuations and Road Closures
Mandatory evacuation orders and evacuation advisories are in place for Butte, Plumas, and Yuba Counties. Check the appropriate county's Facebook page for their latest information.
Butte County Sheriff's Office: https://www.facebook.com/bcsonews
Plumas County Sheriff's Office: https://www.facebook.com/plumascountysheriff
Yuba County Sheriff's Office: https://www.facebook.com/yubacountysheriff
Call the Cal Fire Information Line at (530) 538-7826.
More Butte County public safety information can be found at 211northcomplexfire.org.
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Q: initialize array with constant number does not work I get the following error when I use constant nVar instead of a number.
constants.h:
extern const unsigned int nVar;

constants.cpp:
#include "constants.h"
const unsigned int nVar = 5;

main.cpp
#pragma once
#include "constants.h"
void foo(const double q[nVar])
{
    // ...
}

Compiler:
array constant is not an integer constant before ']' token
expected ')' before ',' token
expected unqualified-id before 'const'

A: I think it happens because compiler should know array's size at compile time, but in your example value of nVar will be known only at linking time due to extern

A: Firstly, you are not "initializing" the array with a constant in our example. You are specifying the size of the array. Note that in the given example the array size will be ignored anyway. Your declaration
void foo(const double q[nVar])

is actually equivalent to
void foo(const double q[])

and to
void foo(const double *q)

Secondly, in order for integral constant to be usable in a constant expression it has to be declared with an initializer. In your main.cpp your constant is declared without an initializer, which means that it can't form constant expressions and can't be used in array declarators.
Unless you really need a const object with external linkage, the proper way to declare your constant would be
const unsigned int nVar = 5;

right in the header file. Note: no extern and the initializer is specified right in the header file. The definition in constants.cpp has to be removed in that case. Technically, this will create an independent nVar object with internal linkage in each translation unit, but it won't normally occupy any memory unless used as an lvalue.

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Irish nanny's acquittal could impact hundreds of similar infant death cases
Nick Bramhill
Aisling Brady McCarthy at her bail hearing.AP Images
The acquittal of Aisling Brady McCarthy could influence the outcome of more than 100 other legal challenges to similar convictions across the US, experts believe.
The Irish nanny, who had been accused of murdering a one-year-old girl in Boston, had charges against her dropped two weeks ago after the state medical examiner found the child had past medical issues and may have had an undiagnosed disorder.
The 37-year-old's acquittal is now likely to have broad repercussions on future cases and past convictions, based on "outdated" SBS [Shaken Baby Syndrome] and AHT [Abusive Head Trauma] diagnoses.
Kate Judson, a clinical director at University of Wisconsin Law School and co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, said there are more than 100 such convictions that are being challenged by a nationwide network of innocence project lawyers.
She told Peter Schworm of The Boston Globe: "Part of the problem is outdated science. Practice and testimony in courts have not kept up with science."
The publication also reports that the Supreme Judicial Court – the highest court in Massachusetts – is determined to provide clear guidance in future when it comes to diagnosing the deaths and serious injuries of infants and toddlers in cases where there are no independent witnesses.
That court is currently considering two appeals, both which involved men who were convicted of causing permanent injuries to children they were minding.
In one of the cases, the lawyer for one of the convicted men is basing his appeal on the testimony of the same physician who provided the recently-discredited diagnosis against the Irish nanny.
Melinda Thompson, McCarthy's lawyer, said that in both of the cases that are being appealed there was a rush to judgment, where physicians told the prosecutors what they needed to charge someone with a crime, but without any serious consideration of underlying health issues of the children who turned up with brain injuries.
Thompson said: "In Aisling's case, Dr. Newton never put pen to paper. We asked her for notes. But there were none."
Thompson also said the Irish former nanny, who is now back in Ireland trying to re-build her life, is fully supportive of her efforts to challenge convictions of people found guilty on evidence similar to that which was presented in her case.
She added: "Aisling just doesn't want anyone else to go through what she did."
McCarthy, from Cavan, spent two-and-a-half years in jail before charges against her were dropped.
Since returning to Ireland, she celebrated her wedding anniversary with her husband, Don, for the first time. The pair married just four months before she was arrested in relation to the death of one-year-old Rehma Sabir.
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Late-Breaking Study Results Reinforce Positive Real-World Outcomes with the WATCHMAN FLX LAAC Device
The SURPASS analysis included more than 16,000 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) Registry – representing the largest number of real-world WATCHMAN FLX patients studied to date.
WATCHMAN FLX Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device
February 28, 2022 – Boston Scientific Corporation has announced positive results from a new analysis assessing real-world outcomes with the WATCHMAN FLX Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device. Presented during a late-breaking trial session at the Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2022 meeting, the SURPASS analysis included data from more than 16,000 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation within the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) Registry.
The positive data demonstrated a low 0.37% rate of major adverse events at seven days following a WATCHMAN FLX implant or the time of hospital discharge, whichever was later. This key safety endpoint was defined as a composite of all-cause death, ischemic stroke, systemic embolism or device/procedure-related events requiring open cardiac surgery or major endovascular intervention. Additional outcomes measured at the 45-day follow up after a WATCHMAN FLX implant included a 0.51% rate of pericardial effusion requiring either surgical or percutaneous intervention, with only 0.03% of patients requiring cardiac surgery.
"This analysis includes the largest number of real-world WATCHMAN FLX patients to date and provides evidence that this stroke reduction therapy is associated with a low incidence of adverse events and peri-device leak through 45 days," said Dr. Samir Kapadia, chairman of the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic. "SURPASS represents the experience of more than 2,000 physicians using this therapy in routine clinical practice."
In the analysis, the WATCHMAN FLX device was successfully implanted in 97.6% of patients, and data also demonstrated low rates of ischemic stroke (0.28%) and device embolization (0.03%) in patients at 45 days. The SURPASS study is ongoing and will continue to collect outcomes through at least two years post-implant on all patients in the NCDR-LAAO Registry treated with WATCHMAN FLX between August 2020 and August 2022. The key effectiveness endpoint of occurrence of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism will be evaluated after 24 months.
"The strong safety and efficacy profile of the WATCHMAN FLX device demonstrated in the SURPASS analysis reinforces many of the safety and effectiveness results seen in the pivotal PINNACLE FLX trial, while representing a high-risk, real-world patient population and wide variety of patient anatomies," said Dr. Ian Meredith, global chief medical officer, Boston Scientific. "We look forward to further analyses from this large, representative study of patients with NVAF treated by physicians with a broad range of implanting experience."
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As Brian Wilson waited to board a plane in Los Angeles one morning in December 1964, he glanced over at his wife, Marilyn Wilson, who appeared to be gazing at fellow Beach Boy and Wilson cousin Mike Love. The sight greatly upset Wilson, who was suffering through the typical newlywed spats. It didn't help that he was already experiencing mood swings and didn't like touring or flying, anyway. Five minutes into the flight to Houston, Wilson started crying and making shrieking noises. He screamed into a pillow, spun out of his seat and sobbed on the cabin floor. Beach Boys Carl Wilson and Al Jardine tried to comfort him, but couldn't.
"We were really scared for him," says Jardine. "[We were] concerned for him because he was so upset. He obviously had a breakdown. None of us had ever witnessed something like that." (Curiously, Love doesn't recall the incident. "I don't know if it was because I wasn't there or some other reason," he says. "[I] might have been in another part of the plane. I think his brothers were closer to that than I was at the time.")
Upon landing in Houston, Wilson insisted on being flown back to L.A. Eventually, he got off the plane and spent the afternoon in his hotel room, regaining his composure. Wilson, according to most accounts, went on to perform that night. Ron Foster, then a member of the Houston band the Detours, places the concert at the Music Hall. It would be Wilson's last regular performance as a Beach Boy for almost 12 years.
Yet staying off the road had its benefits. While not touring, he was able to focus on composing and producing. His growth in those areas was exponential. Throughout 1965 he pushed the pop genre in unforeseen directions, what with catchy, radio-friendly songs, introspective ballads and complex fare that challenged conventional pop. In 1966 he teamed up with lyricist Tony Asher and created Pet Sounds. The incredible production stunned the popular music world and remains one of the greatest albums of all time. "We wanted to bring love to people as best we could," Wilson said in a recent phone interview. "We think people need love, and it's a loving album."
The breakdown on that morning of December 23 has taken on the proportions of pop-culture myth. Entertainment Weekly perversely ranked the breakdown No. 33 of its 100 Greatest Moments in Rock, right behind John Lennon's murder. While calling such occurrences "great" is morbid and tasteless and trivializes personal tragedies, actually seeing such moments as special makes sense, especially as it pertains to an enormously talented musician whose frail psyche defined many of his greatest songs, and one who is still recovering from a wretched past.
Wilson wasn't an entertainer, at least not in the Elvisian sense. Profoundly deaf in his right ear, most likely the result of hard slap from his abusive father, Murry, Wilson found loud concert volumes hurt his good ear and caused buzzing in his bad one. He suffered from stage fright; performing took away from what he really wanted to do: make records.
He had removed himself from the road once before, in mid-1963. Since Wilson had total authority over his albums -- and was the first major rock figure with such power and the only one who was writing, arranging, producing and performing on his own albums at the time -- he was under tremendous pressure to produce hit material. He needed time to work on records, not to tour. But he was pulled back onto the road not long after he left it. Beach Boy David Marks was fired in the summer of '63, and Wilson's services were required.
As 1964 came to a close, the Beach Boys were in the second year of a four-year run as America's most successful band, taking pop music to levels unmatched by any other group at the time. Then the demands of masterminding a mega-act and coping with personal problems, many stemming from childhood, began to overwhelm Wilson.
On a flight to Australia that November, Wilson suffered what has been described as a mild panic attack. The only thing that kept him calm was thinking about his then-girlfriend, Marilyn. He telegrammed her from the airplane and asked her to await his phone call. Upon arriving in Australia, he telephoned Marilyn and proposed. On December 7, 1964, Wilson and Marilyn were married, and a few days later he was back in the studio. Sixteen days after his wedding, Wilson suffered that nervous breakdown, his first, on the flight to Houston.
Foster, now an oldies disc jockey with ABC Radio Networks in Dallas, says he finagled himself backstage and met Beach Boy Dennis Wilson that night. Dennis, being his usual affable self, let Foster into the dressing room before the show. Though unaware of the day's events, Foster sensed an uncomfortable aura in the room. As the Boys were teaching him the chords to "The Warmth of the Sun," Foster couldn't help noticing Wilson. "He was just kind of staring off into space," Foster says. "He wasn't rude. He didn't tell us to get out or anything like that. He was just kind of like staring off into the corner like he wasn't there."
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This trip takes you to 1 Duty Free Shop and popular sites in Fukuoka city. Firstly you visit uminonakamichi seaside park! Then, you go to DFS for shopping. After that the bus ride you to a large tourist facilities & restaurant have lunch. After lunch, you go to Ohori park which is a place of relax for people in Fukuoka. With a large pond at its center. There is a walking path around the circumference of the pond that is just a little over two kilometers long and is popular for jogging, walking pets and leisurely strolls by the water. Ohori is Japanese for moat, and the pond at the center of the park once served as part of the moat system of the neighboring Fukuoka Castle. The park was constructed and designed after the classical garden style of the West Lake in China. There are three islands in the middle of the pond that are connected to the mainland and each other by elegant stone bridges. After relax walk in the park, go to Kushida-Shrine which is the most important shrine in the area. Lastly, enjoy shopping at Kawabata-Shopping Street where you can buy a souvenir of Japanese traditional items.
Japanese new year holiday(1/1 to 1/7), shrine's religious activities event day. The shrine couldn't accept foreign tourist, another candidate tour site should be available to arrange for this tour.


Recently I explained how an experience of PLR (Past Life Regression) helped answer a difficult question and, possibly more importantly, took me on my first steps towards becoming a Comedy Stage Hypnotist.
Since then I have been particularly interested in PLR on a personal level, although since that first session, I haven't had the opportunity to take part in another session. However, it would be very interesting to see if a second regression would take me to the same place and time, or if I was to end up somewhere completely different, and as a different person.
Now I'm no scientist; Chemistry and Physics at school were both very difficult subjects for me, so getting into the theory of the memory of atoms etc would be far beyond my knowledge base... but I understand from all those years ago that atoms are essentially undestructable in the natural world. (No doubt someone will correct me if I am wrong on this point!). So when a person dies and the body decays, those atoms must go somewhere. Perhaps into the soil or air, to be absorbed into another living being in the future. In which case, it seems perfectly reasonable that some of the atoms in your body once were in the body of someone else - perhaps even someone famous such as Queen Victoria, Nelson or Jack the Ripper... it's quite a disgusting thought really! So could it be that those who have memories of a past life could be recalling the experiences of some atoms in their body?
Another possibility is that we are not actually recalling a true past event of a real person, but instead that under hypnosis, the subconcious mind is doing as is suggested... to go back to a time before the subject is born, and with nothing to refer to, the brain relies on an imaginary scenario, partially based on historical films & books etc, but uses the opportunity to allow the subject to experience a setting that is close to their current state of mind. This could mean that those who are troubled by something in the present day would imagine a darker, more terrifying event, and those who are happy and content might see a happier, brighter place or time. In this case, memories of a past life would also depend on an individual's own personality. This might explain why in my PLR session I found myself in, what I can only assume was, a dark, seedy and quite threatening bar in Dickensian London!
-That the soul, or Life-force, of a person truely does exist after the physical body decays, and in some primeval way the subject can pick up on this energy.
-Memories of a past life are embedded in the DNA of a human being. Quite an interesting theory, and quite plausable in some cases.
-Past Life Regression does not exist at all, and any thoughts or recalled memories are simply put there by the hypnotist in a very manner and by using some extremely leading questions to illicit a response. Or in some cases the subject feels the need to please the hypnotist / therapist / audience / themselves, and so will conjure up a completely ficticious personalty and location. This could be quite true in a small number of cases, depending on the skills and integrity of the person leading the session, and the personality of the subject. I can assure you though, from my own personal experience this was not the case, and others who were present in the room, some of whom were sceptical of PLR (and hypnosis as a whole), and others who too were trained in hypnosis, NLP etc, confirmed afterwards that there were not any such suggestions or leading questions... just the induction and regression followed by such questions as "where are you", and "what can you see, smell, taste etc...". Unfortunately not all people are as scrupulous and it is very important that if you are considering PLR that you choose the right person to take you back in time.
"It is estimated that as many as fifty million people (sixty percent of the world's population believe in reincarnation (source: Dr. J. Chiappalone, author of Keys to Reality) and though the vast majority are of Eastern origin and do so because it is a central part of their religion. an increasing number of Westerners are beginning to accept this idea."
Really? Sixty Percent of the world's population is fifty million people? That means that the total number of people living on planet earth is approximately 83 Million. According to the International Programs Center, U.S. Census Bureau the total population of the World, projected to 11/15/10 at 19:23 UTC (EST+5) is 6,881,743,366 - a staggering difference of over 6.7 Billion!
Perhaps though there has been a sudden increase in the population since these figures were calculated? A quick Google Search led me to Wikipedia's World Population page where it is estimated that the last time the world's inhabitants totalled 83 Million was sometime between 1000BC and 500BC! Now I realise that the author has only quoted another souce, but surely he, or the publisher's proofreaders should have realised that the figures given must have been an error.
That aside, the rest of the book looks well researched, and nicely presented with plenty of photos, diagrams and information. If you are interested in purchasing the book, it is currently available from Amazon although I am not sure I would be as happy paying the full price of the book (currently £8.99).
Another book that has been recently recommended to me is Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr Brian Weiss subtitled "The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient and the Past-life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives" Dr Weiss seems to be quite a prolific author in this field, and all the reviews I have read so far are very complementary. The only reason I have not purchased this book yet is that I was lucky enough to get an Amazon Kindle recently, and am hoping that the publishers will be releasing an ebook version soon.
When I finally read both of the above books, I will let you know my true thoughts here.


Jean Dupre, Les Moulins a Vent (1835). Even with such low technological capacity, early 19th century France had won the battle against famine.
I was really lucky recently to be invited to speak to the Global Scholars Network Conference at Rhodes House in Oxford.
The event was a way of getting together postgraduates studying on international scholarships, such as the Rhodes and the Fulbright, from across the UK, and allowing them to discuss some of the big issues in today's world. The theme was the challenges humanity might face over the next 30 years – so, being the thoroughly difficult sod that I am, I decided to talk about the last five centuries.
My question was whether we might look back to the past to give us some sense of whether humanity might be able to tackle to problem of famine. Most of the famines that humanity has experienced have taken place in the pre-industrial past, so it seems to me that looking back is the only way of looking forward, at least in this case. And unlike, say, political events, famines do show quite considerable continuity even over long periods of time.
Essentially, my contention was that History gives us great cause for optimism, for by the nineteenth century most of the societies of Western Europe had stopped suffering peacetime famines. This was achieved despite these societies having a fraction of the technological capability of the modern world, and despite the fact that – unlike poor countries today – they had no rich neighbours able to send help. Astonishingly, England suffered its last famine in 1623, nearly four hundred years ago. If the age of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell could defeat famine, then surely our own world can too.
The roots of this success, I suggested, lay in a combination of economic growth and robust welfare regimes. England, the first country to escape famine, was also the first country to instigate a national system of social welfare (which probably became fully established in the 1630s – surely not a coincidence).
It was also a society that was, by the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, becoming increasingly wealthy. Unlike some scholars, I see global trade and the development of capitalism (whatever that is) as major positives: they meant that food markets became integrated, helping societies to absorb weather shocks better, and they – most fundamentally – made societies wealthier. Famine is a social disease of poverty, and Europe was becoming less poor. But I also suggested that the proceeds of such economic growth and liberalization need to be shared widely across society to ensure that the poorest are protected from hunger. Hence the need for strong welfare programmes.
I didn't get the chance (it was a short paper…) to talk about the important issues of chronic malnutrition, and the present-day allocation of food resources, and these are omissions I regret.
Amartya Sen once argued that the fear of famine felt by the government of late 20th-century India, which encouraged it to hoard food for use in cases of acute shortage, actually worsened the problem of chronic malnutrition by elevating the price of grain. At the same time, much of the reason, perhaps the main reason, we still have hungry people in this world – despite our historically sky-rocketing wealth – is that some societies consume (and waste) such astonishing amounts of food.
It is perhaps these questions of how to ensure the fair and efficient allocation of food, both over time and over space which will be the major challenges for the next thirty years, even if we manage to avoid any future famines. And these are questions which, I hope, historians will help us answer.
You can see the text of my paper here.


text:
Re-Connect West Baltimore aims to bridge old neighborhood divides
Posted on May 23rd, 2016 in News
Tags: Baltimore, connectivity, equity, FHWA, highway
By Robbie Webber
Construction on a bridge project in West Baltimore will soon begin, and federal and local officials hope it will improve connectivity in a neighborhood that has long suffered from the legacy of urban highways built through low-income and minority communities.
USDOT Secretary Anthony Foxx has been speaking out recently about the harm that was inflicted on many urban neighborhoods when highways were built in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Almost every large city has examples of neighborhoods that were bulldozed or divided for an interstate or spur highway. Now FHWA is urging cities to repair that damage and reconnect neighborhoods with opportunities and ways to meet daily needs.
One of these locations is West Baltimore and the economically disadvantaged neighborhoods that never recovered from a highway project that was never finished. In the 1970s construction of U.S. 40 leveled twenty blocks, including 971 homes, 62 businesses, and one school. More than 1,500 families were displaced. But the sunken highway, intended to connect the downtown Baltimore interstates to I-70 to the west, was stopped by neighborhood opposition, and it has been a gap in the neighborhood network for decades. Although local streets cross the highway, the bridges are often not friendly to those on foot or bicycle.
The Fulton Ave. Bridge reconstruction, also called Re-Connect West Baltimore, will spend $4 million to reconfigure lanes, add pedestrian and bicycle improvements, calm traffic, and upgrade traffic signals. The sidewalks will be ADA accessible, and the project is meant to lessen the isolation of the neighborhoods to the north and south of U.S. 40. West Baltimore is one of the neighborhoods in the Ladders of Opportunity Transportation Empowerment Pilot that aims to improve connections and opportunities in challenged areas of seven cities.
Robbie Webber is a Senior Associate at SSTI.


text:
namespace base {
namespace {

class FlagOnDelete {
 public:
  FlagOnDelete(bool* deleted,
               scoped_refptr<SequencedTaskRunner> expected_deletion_sequence)
      : deleted_(deleted),
        expected_deletion_sequence_(std::move(expected_deletion_sequence)) {}

 private:
  friend class DeleteHelper<FlagOnDelete>;
  FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(SequencedTaskRunnerTest,
                           OnTaskRunnerDeleterTargetStoppedEarly);

  ~FlagOnDelete() {
    EXPECT_FALSE(*deleted_);
    *deleted_ = true;
    if (expected_deletion_sequence_)
      EXPECT_TRUE(expected_deletion_sequence_->RunsTasksInCurrentSequence());
  }

  bool* deleted_;
  const scoped_refptr<SequencedTaskRunner> expected_deletion_sequence_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FlagOnDelete);
};

class SequencedTaskRunnerTest : public testing::Test {
 protected:
  SequencedTaskRunnerTest() : foreign_thread_("foreign") {}

  void SetUp() override {
    main_runner_ = message_loop_.task_runner();

    foreign_thread_.Start();
    foreign_runner_ = foreign_thread_.task_runner();
  }

  scoped_refptr<SequencedTaskRunner> main_runner_;
  scoped_refptr<SequencedTaskRunner> foreign_runner_;

  Thread foreign_thread_;

 private:
  MessageLoop message_loop_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SequencedTaskRunnerTest);
};

using SequenceBoundUniquePtr =
    std::unique_ptr<FlagOnDelete, OnTaskRunnerDeleter>;

TEST_F(SequencedTaskRunnerTest, OnTaskRunnerDeleterOnMainThread) {
  bool deleted_on_main_thread = false;
  SequenceBoundUniquePtr ptr(
      new FlagOnDelete(&deleted_on_main_thread, main_runner_),
      OnTaskRunnerDeleter(main_runner_));
  EXPECT_FALSE(deleted_on_main_thread);
  foreign_runner_->PostTask(
      FROM_HERE, BindOnce([](SequenceBoundUniquePtr) {}, std::move(ptr)));

  {
    RunLoop run_loop;
    foreign_runner_->PostTaskAndReply(FROM_HERE, BindOnce([] {}),
                                      run_loop.QuitClosure());
    run_loop.Run();
  }
  EXPECT_TRUE(deleted_on_main_thread);
}

TEST_F(SequencedTaskRunnerTest, OnTaskRunnerDeleterTargetStoppedEarly) {
  bool deleted_on_main_thread = false;
  FlagOnDelete* raw = new FlagOnDelete(&deleted_on_main_thread, main_runner_);
  SequenceBoundUniquePtr ptr(raw, OnTaskRunnerDeleter(foreign_runner_));
  EXPECT_FALSE(deleted_on_main_thread);

  // Stopping the target ahead of deleting |ptr| should make its
  // OnTaskRunnerDeleter no-op.
  foreign_thread_.Stop();
  ptr = nullptr;
  EXPECT_FALSE(deleted_on_main_thread);

  delete raw;
  EXPECT_TRUE(deleted_on_main_thread);
}

}  // namespace
}  // namespace base


text:
import codecs
import hashlib
import os
import sys
import inspect
import traceback
import sj
import typing

from mitmproxy import http
from mitmproxy import ctx
from mitmproxy.script import concurrent

from subprocess import CalledProcessError, Popen, PIPE, STDOUT

p = Popen(['mitmdump --version'], stdout=PIPE, stdin=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, shell=True)
stdout = p.communicate()[0]
mitmversion = stdout.decode()[9:] # remove "mitmdump "

filename = inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.currentframe()).filename
JALANGI_HOME = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(filename)), os.pardir))
WORKING_DIR = os.getcwd()

sys.path.insert(0, JALANGI_HOME+'/scripts')

print('Jalangi home is ' + JALANGI_HOME)
print('Current working directory is ' + WORKING_DIR)

global jalangiArgs
jalangiArgs = ''
global useCache
useCache = True
ignore = []

# For enabling/disabling instrumentation cache (enabled by default)
if '--no-cache' in sys.argv:
    print('Cache disabled.')
    useCache = False
    sys.argv.remove('--no-cache')
elif '--cache' in sys.argv:
    sys.argv.remove('--cache')

# For not invoking jalangi for certain URLs
ignoreIdx = sys.argv.index('--ignore') if '--ignore' in sys.argv else -1
while ignoreIdx >= 0:
    sys.argv.pop(ignoreIdx)
    ignore.append(sys.argv[ignoreIdx])
    sys.argv.pop(ignoreIdx)
    ignoreIdx = sys.argv.index('--ignore') if '--ignore' in sys.argv else -1
def mapper(p):
    path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(WORKING_DIR, p))
    return path if not p.startswith('--') and (os.path.isfile(path) or os.path.isdir(path)) else p

jalangiArgs = sys.argv[-1]

def processFile (flow, content, ext):
    try:
        url = flow.request.scheme + '://' + flow.request.host + ':' + str(flow.request.port) + flow.request.path
        name = os.path.splitext(flow.request.path_components[-1])[0] if hasattr(flow.request,'path_components') and len(flow.request.path_components) else 'index'
        hash = hashlib.md5(content.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
        fileName = 'cache/' + flow.request.host + '/' + hash + '/' + name + '.' + ext
        instrumentedFileName = 'cache/' + flow.request.host + '/' + hash + '/' + name + '_jalangi_.' + ext
        if not os.path.exists('cache/' + flow.request.host + '/' + hash):
            os.makedirs('cache/' + flow.request.host + '/' + hash)
        if not useCache or not os.path.isfile(instrumentedFileName):
            print('Instrumenting: ' + fileName + ' from ' + url)
            with open(fileName, 'w') as file:
                file.write(content)
            sub_env = { 'JALANGI_URL': url }
            sj.execute(sj.INSTRUMENTATION_SCRIPT + ' ' + jalangiArgs + ' ' + fileName + ' --out ' + instrumentedFileName + ' --outDir ' + os.path.dirname(instrumentedFileName), None, sub_env)
        else:
            print('Already instrumented: ' + fileName + ' from ' + url)
        with open (instrumentedFileName, 'r') as file:
            data = file.read()
        return data
    except:
        print('Exception in processFile() @ proxy.py')
        exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
        lines = traceback.format_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback)
        print(''.join(lines))
        return content

# Example usage: "proxy.py --no-cache --ignore http://cdn.com/jalangi --inlineIID --inlineSource --noResultsGUI --analysis ..."

@concurrent
def response(flow):
    # Do not invoke jalangi if the domain is ignored
    for path in ignore:
        if flow.request.url.startswith(path):
            return

    # Do not invoke jalangi if the requested URL contains the query parameter noInstr
    # (e.g. https://cdn.com/jalangi/jalangi.min.js?noInstr=true)
    #if LooseVersion(mitmversion) >= LooseVersion("0.17") and
    if flow.request.query and flow.request.query.get('noInstr', None):
        return

    try:
        flow.response.decode()

        content_type = None
        csp_key = None
        for key in flow.response.headers.keys():
            if key.lower() == "content-type":
                content_type = flow.response.headers[key].lower()
            elif key.lower() == "content-security-policy":
                csp_key = key

        if content_type:
            #print("here", content_type)
            if content_type.find('javascript') >= 0:
                flow.response.text = processFile(flow, flow.response.text, 'js')
            if content_type.find('html') >= 0:
                flow.response.text = processFile(flow, flow.response.text, 'html')
            if content_type.find('mvc') >= 0:
                flow.response.text = processFile(flow, flow.response.text, 'html')

        # Disable the content security policy since it may prevent jalangi from executing
        if csp_key:
                flow.response.headers.pop(csp_key, None)
    except:
        print('Exception in response() @ proxy.py')
        exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
        lines = traceback.format_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback)
        print(''.join(lines))


Let's find out! 3 Minutes could change all of our lives!
Everyone around the world is invited to meditate, pray for peace, and co-create the sound vibration of OM at the exact same time for 3 minutes (simultaneously around the world) on December 22nd, 2012.


Hatred shouldn't be natural, ignored, or accepted. It should make you physically uncomfortable.
Sometimes precious and fragile things don't break. Sometimes things don't have to end poorly or even at all.
Her potent love, healing the wounds of the weak.
She makes the chaos of living, simple.
I finally came to my own conclusion, my own acceptance: That if being gay was the "worst" thing I could do in life, then I fully surrender to proudly owning my sexuality.
I want to dive head first into the Gay Box, lock myself into it, make a little nest of it, cuddle up in the restrictive warmth of Category.
From a young age into my early teens the message was clear: being gay is not acceptable. But this knowledge didn't change how I felt. I was increasingly attracted to other females.
I kissed back and before I knew it we were in the middle of a full-blown makeout session. Once we got this first major one out of the way, the others that followed were natural and frequent throughout the rest of our conversation on the couch.
You learn not to get so defensive and aggressive about things you don't understand.
It's refreshing to see two notable former Disney stars making a heartfelt LGBT video.


text:
Kathleen Freeman
Some people are born to play bit parts; others have bit parts thrust upon them; still, others are born to have bit parts thrust upon them; and, a fourth group is essential because they did most of the thrusting. So let it be with Kathleen Turner, a woman who was never a star, but always recognizable…
Kathleen Freeman was born on the seventeenth of February in the year 1919 to Jessica Dixon & Frank Freeman and was immediately upstaged. Her parents were a well-known vaudeville team: Jessica sang and Frank performed in black-face as a minstrel. Despite what you may have heard, minstrel shows were not racist; they were sensitive portrayals of African-americans as stupid, cowardly and clueless; or, as I believe it was called, "Cultural Sensitivity in the Time of Cholera".
Kathleen began performing on stage with her parents at the age of two because it was cheaper than hiring a baby sitter. It is highly unlikely that her singing killed vaudeville but upon finishing her first number, a priest was called to deliver last rites just in case. She performed with her parents off and on until she came of age. At that point, it was decided that she go to the University of California to study music.
Let me say, at this point, that "it" decides a lot of things and that "it" is wrong about half the time. Freeman did study music for a while; but, she eventually switched to acting. Her own explanation is that, during a musical performance, she "got a laugh". To potential clowns, comics, comedians, humorists and lumberjacks, a first laugh is as addictive as that first refreshing shot of heroin. Sure, they'll eventually find you freebasing old Marx Brothers routines in a rest stop bathroom, trying to amuse a group of hikers from Des Moines; but, until you hit rock bottom, humor seems like a perfectly viable career. I think a lot of accountants start out the same way…
After college, the roles started like a torrent of a trickle of a tidal wave of non-activity. Her first role was "girl on train" in the movie Naked City. She said, "Did you read about that bathtub murder?". And, she so impressed producers that she wasn't credited in the film… or the next three.
After three non-credited roles, she did star, probably for the only time, as a Swedish house-servant in Annie was a Wonder. It was a short movie about fond memories the narrator had of his housekeeper, Annie, essentially a slave. Freeman did a great job but, if aliens ever have to decide whether to wipe out our species on the basis of that movie, I wouldn't make any long-term plans.
After that, Kathleen Freeman averaged about seven movie roles a year, most uncredited. And, these were good movies like Singin' in the Rain and Monkey Business. The roles got larger even though she still was not often listed at the end of the movie. But, how important is recognition to an actor? That isn't rhetorical, I actually need to know this as I haven't known an actor since high school.
By the early fifties, half of her roles were television. There was just something about her. When they needed to portray a character that was fat and ugly, they called Kathleen. Not that she was fat and ugly, but she was MOVIE fat and ugly… that means pleasant to look at but not drop-dead gorgeous. Like Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island. It was in the fifties that Ms. Freeman started working with a man whose genius he himself could only begin to describe. I refer, of course, to Jerry Lewis.
Her first Lewis role was uncredited, as was her custom at the time. The movie was Artists and Models. The movie was either a "delightful romp" or "unbearable idiocy", depending upon the gender of the person you ask. Her next Lewis movie was The Ladies Man. Jerry Lewis must've seen something in her because she was a major character in this one and… CREDITED. But, her character had yet to get a last name in a Lewis movie. In The Errand Boy, Kathleen Freeman's character got that coveted last name and the rest is history… mostly because this entire essay is historical…
To understand the extent of Freeman's comedy skills, one only has to see her in The Disorderly Orderly. It's a pleasure to see her slow burn to rage while Lewis cringes like someone a whipped dog might whip.
Kathleen Freeman's television roles became more frequent, often as recurring characters. It wasn't until 1973 that she would be an actual member of a sit-com cast. That show was Lotsa Luck and, despite what you may have heard, it didn't end before it began. It was a time of ethnic comedies when racism was discussed frankly and freely. We don't discuss it now because there is no racism any more, of course.
Freeman's roles got coarser as she got older: An unbelievably foul-mouthed
Holy Yardstick, Batman! It's the Penguin!
landlady in Dragnet, a moll in one of the Naked Gun movies and The Penguin in the movie The Blues Brothers. From there she went on to another television series and plenty of voice acting.
She was still acting on stage in The Full Monty when she succumbed to cancer, in 2001. The standing ovations she would get upon her first appearance on stage each performance was proof that we can love a bit-player or supporting actress as if they are a star…


To use Guineapigsqueaks/Sa1sysoo words "A new thread for declutterbugs in 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019!"
Sold my dining room table and chairs and that should be going today and tomorrow ready for when i get my new to me table and chairs from dd which will free up lots of floor space in my lounge/dinning room.
MrsSD, Thanks for that. I did wonder if the tip would be able to take them. I shall take them down next time I go.
Loads out today, huge bag of coats back to the shop as OH's Mum had tried them on and decided on which one she wanted to keep for her B'day. And towels, dog coats, a bale of hay and a box of charity leaflets donated to an animal charity. They have been gathered up cluttering the place for weeks, so glad they are gone!
Have started a new charity bag but not enough in it yet to make it worth the trip..
Whoo Hoo ! 2 cs bags collected . I even managed to get 3 bags into the 2 and I couldn't shoe horn anything else in.... but I did try . They were quite heavy too and I felt sorry for the collection man but they had gone by the time I woke up . Only a medium to large suitcase full of clothing to get rid of now. Probably won't be able to do much decluttering this week as we have a busy week ahead, including some food shopping and oncology appointments for DH.
3 items sold and posted but just small items.
Envelope recycled by reusing it for a letter I've written. I do like reusing stuff but that is why I have so much clutter I suppose.
Loads of stuff into recycling and some bulbs planted that should have been done ages ago but in the ground now & out of the shed.
ailz95 and welcome aboard the 'Decluttering Bandwagon' We love to have new people aboard & you have taken the first step you have posted on the Decluttering Thread Sorry that you are suffering ill health but beavering away is the right approach - little & often. You have my admiration for moving into MiL's house to take care of her. Merging two households into one is definitely not my idea of fun times I am surprised you are still sane So sorry to hear the news of your mother's passing - it must be a comfort to you that you were with her.
White_musk, can you get a larger bin You are doing really well .
Barny1979, Well Done Are you painting or re wallpapering?
251 DSis has decluttered a box to send a parcel to her son in France.
We sorted out the recycling bin earlier, not trusting that the sellers had left it as exclusively recycling (and it wasn't). Sorting it out also made room for our recycling though! Collection tomorrow, I'd like to give it a good scrub but that might have to wait.
Behind the bin we found the interior panel of a car door - any idea how the heck to get rid of it? Council website (Bolsover) says tip is restricted to tyres.
220 a shampoo sample used up and binned.
Only small but something out of the house.
Returning to declutter after a week of holiday and another week dealing with everything that went wrong in my absence!
Aliz95 sorry to hear of your loss; sending you strength for the days to come.
Does anyone know where you are supposed to dispose of sharp kitchen knives? I've had four sat on the side to declutter to somewhere, but not sure where?
I wrap mine up together, blades in cardboard sleeves and sticky tape, and they take them at the charity shop. I think they said they pass them on for house starter packs.
Now to decide which part of this untidy cluttered house to start with this morning! Have decluttered a grapefruit and porridge so should be good to go all morning!
*120 brand new laptop case DD had. We tried it on the bay of e before Christmas but no interest so DD wanted it to go to favourite charity.
Sorted out overweight exploding parcel, 2 items had to be taken out but it does mean and I can sort and send another parcel of stuff.
So a new non exploding underweight parcel was sent this morning containing laptop case and more neutral items.
Kitchen looks better now parcels have gone and spare room is looking better for neutral items being shipped out.
My DD was like this with my DGD's clothes until I saw a program about clothing banks for babies and children. They are sometimes attached to food banks but I'm sure the school nurse or health visitor would be able to tell you about a scheme in your area.
It made parting with clothing so much easier as you know people who really need the clothing will get it free and it helps little wee ones.
My thoughts are with all who have suffered losses recently. Am having a busy couple of weeks out of house but am working myself up to a shredding session, big deal as the shredding box seems to fill up so quickly and then its a faff to put in a big bag etc etc but need to be done. My main reason for trying to de-clutter is that I an thinking (only been thinking for a couple of years or so) of selling and buying/moving to an old persons flat/complex, maybe in the next couple of years as climbing the stairs is getting a bit of a chore. But I have a 3 bed house with furniture etc, no idea what to do with everything, too much for a flat. Not really looking forward to the whole thing, sort of hoping that everything will "see me out". I am not depressed about anything, just big cant be bothered but ought to be. Ah well, makes dd happy that I am thinking of moving. Onward and upward.
Not much to be done today as this afternoon we are going to get DH's oncology injection done and there's always some sort of a problem. But gone in the bin today - 1 pair of broken slippers. Only a baby step taken but in the right direction.
Not had a good week, DS went into hospital on Friday for croup and yet another ear infection, I keep getting panic attacks and my mental health isn't the best at the moment and to top it all of I now have a chest infection! So I haven't really been doing much decluttering!
Although today I did do some bits I really needed to do on my to-do list so I could say I decluttered that?
Will try and get back to it when I'm feeling better.
Bless you.. sounds to me like you need a hug right back!!
Try and take some time out for you, a warm bath, snooze when you can, drink plenty..
Sending one more hug for luck..
Not much happening here - real life is getting in the way, however even though there's only minor improvement, we are managing to keep on top of things and not let the clutter accumulate any more. Things like dealing with the post and school etc ppw immediately, and being ruthless with packaging is helping to keep the decks clear.
I'm sorry to see that so many posters are going through a difficult time just now - sending sympathy and strength to each of you.
196 Decorative metal tin - really tried to find a use for it, but it's a little too deep and not really big enough for anything.


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