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Beholder Halfway
To console music for the curse of its ambiguity. Radio essays airing 7pm on the 4th Tuesday of every month on Resonance.Extra on DAB and online.
Episode 17: Black Atlantis
This month a recording of a live performance of Black Atlantis, The End of Eating Everything, an audio-visual essay produced by Ayesha Hameed in collaboration with Tom Hirst.
Recorded live at the Empire Remains shop in London in November 2016, Black Atlantis looks at possible afterlives of the Black Atlantic: in illegal migration at sea, in oceanic environments, through Afrofuturistic dancefloors and soundsystems, and in outer space – taking as its point of departure the group Drexciya's sonic fictional world, it brings together ideas around afrofuturism and ecological crises and the related concept of the anthropocene.
Black Atlantis combines two conversations - afrofuturism and the anthropocene. It takes as point of departure Drexciya, the late 20th century electronic music duo from Detroit, and their creation of a sonic, fictional world. Through liner notes and track titles, Drexciya take the Black Atlantic below the water with their imaginary of an Atlantis comprised of former slaves who have adapted to living underwater. This wetness brings to the table a sense of the haptic, the sensory, the bodily, and the epidermal. What below-the-water, and Atlantis brings back is the bottom of the sea, the volume of the water, the materiality of the space of the ocean, and other protagonists that inhabit the sea.
This third instalment 'The End of Eating Everything'// Black Atlantis III follows Bodies and Storms// Black Atlantis I; and Agitations and Adaptations// Black Atlantis II. It takes its title from a work by Wangechi Mutu which shows a monstrous form of consumption underwater. 'The End of Eating Everything' considers what Drexciyans might consume underwater, what things are consuming each other around them and what boundaries might be eroded between the what's and the who's of what is being eaten.
With contributions from: Rachel Baker, Sam Dolbear, Lizzie Homersham, Marie Louise Krogh, Bijan Moosavi, Christian Nyampeta, Theodor Ringborg, Nikhil Vettukattil, Marina Vishmidt.
Part 1 Stars and Clocks
Drexciya The Quest (Submerge, 1997).
Sean M. Kelley. The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare: A Journey into Captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina University North Carolina Press: 2016. Pp.53, 55
Wikipedia Entry "Marine Chronometer" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer
Emily Lindsay Brown "The longitude problem: how we figured out where we are" July 18, 2013 http://theconversation.com/the-longitude-problem-how-we-figured-out-where-we-are-16151
Simon Schaffer "Chronometers, Charts, Charisma: On Histories of Longitude" http://journal.sciencemuseum.org.uk/browse/issue-02/chronometers-charts-charisma/chronometers-charts-charisma-onhistories-of-longitude/
Mark Richardson "Grava 4 review" http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2456-grava-4/
"Astronomical Guidepost" Drexciya Grava 4 (Clone ,2002)
"Sound of the Sun" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZQcLJjpdrI
"Raw Video: US Ship Under Pirate Attack" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y36D17uALA
"Skeleton Clock with Chronometer Escapement – Herschel" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQvopnjDI6E
"13965 - Bliss chronometer" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWOuWShc-t4
"NASA Voyager Space Sounds – Jupiter" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImuLz1Oo9c8&list=PLKzoKueiKNwtP6wJF0Qa5Pn8EAtReMtcQ
Draining of the Tanks Drexciya Neptune's Lair CD (Tresor, 1999)
Astronomical Guideposts: Drexciya Grava 4 (Clone Records, 2002)
Part 2 Cities under the sea
Mark Richardson "Grava 4 review" http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2456-grava-4/2
Andrew Duke "Drexciya" in Cognition Audioworks http://cognitionaudioworks.com/drexciya.html
Drexciya Neptune's Lair (Tresor, 1999)
Blue Planet "Episode 2: The Deep" David Attenbrough. BBC Natural History Unit/ Discovery Channel 2001.
"Solar Wind" Shifted Phases The Cosmic Memoirs Of The Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthrope (Tresor, 2002)
"Bubble Metropolis" Drexciya Drexciya 2 - Bubble Metropolis (Underground Resistance, 1993)
"Intro: Temple Of Dos De Aqua" Drexciya Neptune's Lair (Tresor,1999)
Crone, et al (2006). "The Sound Generated by Mid-Ocean Ridge Black Smoker Hydrothermal Vents". PLoS One 1 (1): e133. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0000133.
"Factory Sounds" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ih0JJLoMIg
"Sound Effect -- Factory Machinery" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT4xyUAiy30&list=PLpYsyhOXjEO5qg8xQjITqsNoCxuR-_aZ_&index=2
Part 3 Monsters
H.P. Lovecraft. 'The Call of Cthulhu' in The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre. New York: Ballantine Books, 1982, p.76.
Anaïs Duplan "A Body that is Ultra-Body: In Conversation with Fred Moten and Elysia Crampton" http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/a-body-that-is-ultra-body-in-conversation-with-fred-moten-and-elysia-crampton/
Charles Kingsley Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. London: Macmillian & co.,1886.
Omar Berrada "Defend the Dead: Omar Berrada on M. NourbeSe Philip's Zong!" Chumurenga/ Pan African Space Station (Radio Broadcast) 2015 https://www.mixcloud.com/chimurenga/defend-the-dead-omar-berrada-zong/
Space is the Place d. John Coney 1974.
"Species of the Pod" Drexciya Neptune's Lair (Tresor,1999)
"Fish recorded singing dawn chorus on reefs just like birds" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2106331-fish-recorded-singing-dawn-chorus-on-reefs-just-like-birds/
"Amazing monstrous whirlpool / Чудовищный водоворот / Dvietes atvars / Torbellino / Tourbillon" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqROBTVgL6A
"killer whale sounds - bruit orque - schwertwal geräusch - odgłos orki" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qeUBGMN-hg
"The Bloop: A Mysterious Sound from the Deep Ocean | NOAA SOSUS" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBN56wL35IQ
"Underwater Whale Sounds - Full 60 Minute Ambient Soundscape" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=savCAd6RyPI
"Walt Disney: Water Babies Silly Symphonies" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imOL1gImZb8
"Wangechi Mutu + Santigold - The End of Eating Everything - Nasher Museum at Duke" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMZSCfqOxVs
Part 4 Coasts
Drexciya Grava IV (Clone Records 2002).
Stephen Helmreich, Alien Ocean: Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2009, p.64.
"Mediterranean smuggler arrested for 'throwing dead body to sharks'"
Nick Squires, The Telegraph 14 Apr http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11535830/Mediterraneansmuggler-arrested-for-throwing-dead-body-to-sharks.html
"Seventeen migrants die of asphyxiation in Mediterranean smuggling boat"
Nick Squires, The Telegraph, 22 July 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/22/seventeen-migrants-die-of-asphyxiation-in-mediterranean-smugglin/
"Italy is killing refugees with kindness" Nicholas Farrell The Spectator, 6 September 2014 http://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/09/italys-decriminalising-of-illegal-immigration-has-acted-as-a-green-light-to-boat-people/
'New era of climate change reality' as emissions hit symbolic threshold" Press Association The Guardian Monday 24 October
2016 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/24/new-era-of-climate-change-reality-as-emissions-hitsymbolic-threshold
"Winter Wind 1 Hour / Relaxing Snowstorm Sound, Winds Blowing Snow Across Forest Meadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZYSMkLSolc
"Wind Sounds - Full 60 Minute Soundscape" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=113BMnYOaeM
Lamin Fofana "Another World" 2015
Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene (Polydor 1976)
"Cascading Celestial Giants" Drexciya Grava 4 (Clone Records, 2002)
"L'Atlantide - Georg Wilhelm Pabst (espejismo)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sgmvlSfqeM
Drexciya d. Simon Rittmeier 2012
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The Best Art Podcasts: Part Two
From "On Work, Episode 2: Invisible Labor"
Last spring, we did a roundup of the internet's best art podcasts, by which we mean podcasts about art, and artists who do podcasts. Today, we're bringing you Part Two, with highlights including subjects like why Sean Raspet's most recent show smelled like a Juul and how art fair workers are organizing. If you're bored of looking at your phone... welcome.
e-flux podcast
Image via e-flux
Were you wondering what to listen to while sipping a natural pét-nat at e-flux's new restaurant and natural wine "space," Bar Laika? No worries: if the e-flux podcast isn't seeping gently out of Bar Laika's speakers, you can listen on your headphones. The pod is like a more chill version of the e-flux journal. Very smart "artists and thinkers" (e.g. Simone White, Elizabeth Povinelli, Elvia Wilk) discuss their work and/or contributions to the journal. Hearing White read "or, on being the other woman," published in e-flux journal #92, is one of the few ways to make a train ride interesting and even bearable.
Rhizome Raw
Rhizome Raw logo, image via Rhizome
It's honestly surprising that Rhizome, which "champions born-digital art and culture," didn't get a podcast sooner, considering that the podcast genre proliferated with the internet and newly accessible sound-recording technology. Rhizome Raw only has one episode so far, but it's a good one. Writer Alexander Iadarola explains why Sean Raspet's show at Bridget Donahue gallery was like "a high-tech lavatory," while Rhizome Artistic Director Michael Connor samples different JUUL flavors in a co-working space. We hope that more episodes come out soon, although, to quote one of Iadarola's recent tweets, "everything is not possible."
Art & Labor
OK Fox and Lucia Love, image via Art & Labor
In an essay on "post-democracy," Hito Steyerl wrote that "a standard way of relating politics to art assumes that art represents political issues in one way or another. But there is a much more interesting perspective: the politics of the field of art as a place of work. Simply look at what it does—not what it shows." Taking this as praxis, hosts OK Fox and Lucia Love talk about what it's like to organize and survive as a cultural worker. Art world precarity is widespread and is designed to seem impassable, but Fox and Love make fighting back seem actually feasible and offer strategies on how to do so. Personal favorites include their episode on the WAGE Rager and their analysis of Ben Davis's "9.5 Theses on Art and Class."
Humor and the Abject
Humor and the Abject logo, image via Humor and the Abject
Sean Patrick Carney called it. After moving to New York, the creator and host of the Humor and the Abject podcast started going to shows in New York's "alt" comedy scene, an intersection of the art world and comedy which felt like a more accessible and formally innovative mode of performance art. As he noted in a 2015 email exchange with Artspace, "People are frustrated and pissed off, justifiably so, about multiple social issues around race, economics, misogyny—you name it…. Are these social injustices themselves funny? Absolutely not. But the institutions that make them manifest are laughable. There's a feeling of individual power in taking the piss out of something that aims to marginalize somebody." The Humor and the Abject podcast features interviews with "arty" comics (Ana Fabrega, Lorelei Ramirez, Casey Jane Ellison) and funny artists (Alex Da Corte, Andrew Ross, Molly Soda) as well as DSA, a "pod within a pod" featuring Carney, Darcie Wilder, and Azikiwe Mohammed.
Sarah Demeuse, image via SVA
As Dushko Petrovich pointed out in a recent Art in America piece, "Interview It Yourself: Art Podcasts, Part One," art podcasts are, formally, usually quite similar, relying on the standard interview or conversation formats. As a result, the quality of these podcasts often varies: each episode is only as strong as the show being reviewed, or the guest being hosted. Dos, Petrovich argues, is the only show so far to really mess with these templates. The pod "starts with two people recording a conversation. Crucially, this is not an interview but rather a discussion of an exhibition that neither of the interlocutors is involved in as artist or curator, and this fact alone eliminates a lot of navel-gazing. But then, instead of releasing this initial audio as a finished show, [podcast creator] Sarah Demeuse makes a transcript of it, which two other people read and record. This may sound like a convoluted procedure, or a gimmick, but when the personnel are up to it….the extra layer of filtering and self-consciousness is oddly effective."
Serpentine Radio
From "On Work, Episode 5: The Work of Art," image via Radio Serpentine
Produced by London's Serpentine Gallery, Serpentine Radio is both an archive of the institution's programming and a series of conversations and lectures in response to broader cultural and political events. A series of 2016 episodes took "Miracles" as a theme, while a group of 2018 were organized around "Work." The most recent "work marathon" drew some of our favorite artists, including Aria Dean and Anne Imhof.
7 Art Podcasts to Feast Your Ears On
Podcast: Comedian and Performance Artist Alexandra Tatarsky on the Value of Discomfort....and Clowning
We Ranked Hito Steyerl's Online Videos from Best to Best: Watch Them All Here
Punk Punishes Pundits with Puns: Devin Kenny's 'Revenge Body Politics' at the Goethe Institut
Mysticism, Memes, and Bratty George Washington: 2018's Best Pieces of Art Criticism
Five NYC Shows to Catch Before Summer Ends
The More the Merrier: 7 Group Shows to See in NYC Right Now

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Sama seperti postingan Top 100 Online Forex Brokers, dan Recommended Online Forex Brokers, disini ditampilkan 150 broker forex online berdasarkan popularitas dari pengguna. Daftar ini dibuat oleh bestonlineforexbrokers.
Granted, web site popularity is probably not the best way to determine the popularity of an online forex broker. Using total number of individual retail accounts as the measure would probably be better but that information is not always available so we have gone with a combination of web site popularity and the number of ratings given Internet wide by individual traders. Going forward on an annual basis, we will also track whether a forex broker is moving up or down the rankings and how much.
Popularity Rankings are presented for informational purposes only. Best Online Forex Brokers does not recommend online forex brokers based solely upon popularity.
Note: Some brokers offer other trading and investments (options, futures, stocks, etc.) which tends to raise their ranking.


A couple of weeks ago, Bec got in touch as she was starting her small tasty home-made baking business and wanted some product shots. Her kitchen is great, aery, bright and super clean, with lots of lovely natural light so we did pretty much the entire photo shoot with just natural light. A tiny bit of fill light was added on some shots, but in the end, the natural light was fine and I just had to tweak the colour balance a couple of times in post.
Some lovely cinnamon swirls. They are very tasty and I normally really hate cinammon!
I've always had a soft spot for flapjacks, and these are super tasty!
And no baking would be complete without pacman biscuits. We thought we might as well have some fun in the layout! The little pills are meringue.
Chef Bec at work with fresh batch of cinnamon swirls.
Thanks Bec, not only did I really enjoy the shoot, but the "goody-bag" went down a treat!


The Great Dragon, guardian of the realm, lies in a slumber. An evil wizard has entombed its breath in the jewel Dragonheart. Now, fire dragons (of the bad kind) and trolls run amok, with only mere mortals to defend the land. They're brave enough souls, but hopelessly outmatched. Can you, as the ancient Protector's disciple, break the spell and free the Great Dragon? Or maybe you feel just a little evil yourself, and fight to keep him petrified forever!
Dragonheart is a card game in which the goal is to collect cards from the display – or the game board – by playing other cards to the same. Even though it is a unique commercial deck with its own theme and artwork, it very much fits into the category of traditional fishing card games, albeit definitely a more intricate example.
Players assume the part of either the evil wizard's minion trying to keep the Great Dragon asleep, or of the beast's disciple attempting to free him. However, this theme does not impact play in the slightest. Each role has an identical deck of fifty cards and pursues the same goal. That object is to collect the most points before the game ends.
You begin with an empty board and 5 cards apiece. Individual turns proceed in three, quick and easy steps – play a card, collect cards, and draw cards. There are nine types of cards, some worth anywhere between 1and 4 points. Each type has its own convenient spot designated on the game board by identical illustration – so there's no confusion as to what plays where. Some spaces also have multiple, layered outlines which specify the number of that type required to trigger an effect. And most spots have arrows pointing to it or away from it, indicating how it reacts with adjacent spaces.
Playing a card to its matching space is pretty self-explanatory.
Playing cards is straight-forward, affected by only a few rules. You can only play one type of card per turn, though you may play multiple copies of it, and these must be placed to their corresponding spot on the board. If that location has only one outline, you may play as many cards there as you wish. If it has multiple outlines, you can only play a number up to the limit indicated, including what may already be there.
After playing a card, you may be able to collect others from one adjoining location. Those spots trigger this kind of effect, either individually or after finishing a collection. Arrows pointing from one space to another determine which plays claim which cards. A couple of spots point in two directions, providing an either/or option. Regardless of how many cards you play to a location, you only activate its collection ability once that turn. After collecting any cards, place them face down in a pile next to you and then draw enough cards from your deck to replenish your hand to five.
The first player to collect a petrified dragon card by capturing it with a sorceress receives the cute, little dragon miniature. Whoever holds the dragon gets a hand limit of six cards, rather than five. When the current caretaker loses control of the mini, he/she randomly places one card from his/her hand back on the draw pile, while the new player immediately receives the 6-card limit bonus. Owning the dragon miniature also provides a tie-breaker at the end of the game, in needed.
Two things can trigger the endgame. The most common scenario involves ship cards. When a set of three ships is completed on the board, they are removed and stacked to the side – the player doing so also earns any huntresses and knights sitting below it. After a player finishes the third set of these, the next player gets one final turn. Less commonly, when one player runs out of cards in his/her draw pile, the other player likewise receives a final play. In both events, players then count the points in their collected cards only. The winner either frees the Great Dragon or keeps it petrified, depending on which role you chose – that is, if you can remember, because nothing about game play will remind you!
The game in play…the board is quite intuitive.
Master Yoda once said, "Do, or do not. There is no try." Well, whoever wrote the rules for Dragonheart certainly tried to tie its theme in with game play. And failed. Don't get me wrong – I appreciate effort, and the thematic flavor text is mostly on the explanations of card actions. Still, it's humorous. It's fun to read that a set of ships captures all of the huntresses and knights below it because, "Distant lands and new adventures call the knights and huntresses. Once their work in this land is done, they board their ships and, when the time is right, set sail for the next challenge." Mkay.
Dragonheart has a nice "traditional" card game feel to it, almost playing like an advanced version of Scopa or Casino. While the nine card types do not equate to a standard deck's suits and numbers, they nonetheless serve a similar purpose in collecting cards. The design is very simple with only a few basic rules, and play moves briskly back and forth. The board is wonderfully intuitive, clearly outlining where cards are played and how the different spaces interact. But despite its simplicity, there are plenty of chances for deduction, baiting, and other strategic calculating.
Dragons take the treasure, right? How stereotypical!
Players have a tough choice between playing conservatively or a little riskier, and in deciding what cards to use in capturing others. If you spend a high-value card, or cards, to take something with lower points, you may just be setting your opponent up to snag what you just laid down. Unless you're playing some bait because you want him/her to take up your cards, knowing that you have a hand to collect the ones that he/she will need to play!
Some spaces have a set collection element, requiring multiple cards to trigger its effect. If you don't have enough of that type, but find yourself with few other safe moves, you might be able to play one card there, using the location as a delaying tactic. Then again, you could also just be playing into your adversary's hand as he/she swoops in behind you to complete the set and snag its rewards. Two spots, the treasure chest and petrified dragon locations never trigger a collection. Instead, you can use these to hoard points to collect for yourself later on, lure your opponent into playing another card that collects either of those two, or simply sluff off some unwanted cards.
In any case, playing a card, or cards, isn't as simple as just laying down whatever fits in order to get some points. Well, it could be. However, the winner will carefully calculate how his/her moves will not only gain cards now, but how such moves may possibly set-up chain reactions between you and your opponent. Looking a turn or two ahead needs to be part of your strategy.
For example, the Knight requires two cards to activate its collection event. When doing so, you get to take any card/cards in either the sorceresses spot or from that of the troll. Playing just one is generally more risky in setting up your foe. However, if you have ships to play, you can lay down that single knight, hoping the other player will finish the set and send the pair below the board, so that you can claim them with a set of ships on the next turn. On the other hand, if you play both knights to claim cards from the sorceress or troll spots, then you'll earn points, but might then entice your opponent to play his/her own ships. This will bring the game a little closer to an end, so you may want to make sure that doesn't put you in a bind. It may be worth it, however – knights are only worth 1 point, while sorceresses can be up to 2, trolls as high as 3, making for an exchange decidedly in your favor.
Other spots on the board have similar dual interactions and consequences. And if one doesn't, it'll still provide its own dilemma. The petrified dragon does nothing except lead to some one gaining the miniature by taking it with a sorceress. Do you risk laying one down, with a sorceress in your hand for the next turn? Or is it worth giving your opponent the chance? The dwarfs present an interesting stand-off. This spot does not interact with any other. Instead, whoever lays down the fourth dwarf claims them all – and their points (between 1-3). It's its only little "mini-game" of bluff and impasse. Card play always has some interesting and shifting dynamics thanks to the hard-coded relationships on the board.
The sorceress can collect the treasure chests or the petrified dragons.
The replay value is equal to most any other card game. Once you're familiar with Dragonheart, you know what you're getting each session. You have the same deck of the same number of cards with the same chances of play. There is no designed mechanic to generate variability from game to game. This, of course, is no different than any other classic card game since the invention of paper. But its replayability is predicated upon tactically managing your hand, while matching wits with your opponent. Given that single games average around 15 minutes, the level of depth and scope are well-suited to the design's purpose and target audience, which again helps create a classical impression.
Now, there is indeed randomness. Despite the general options, tough decisions, and opportunity for clever strategy, the whims of chance can always hamstring you from time to time. It's the nature of card games. Managing that luck is part of the genre's appeal. However, those averse to these sorts of limited card games probably won't find much in Dragonheart to change their minds about the subject.
The fantasy theme is fine and the artwork is really nice – by veteran board game illustrator Michael Menzel (of Stone Age fame). Adding "theme" to simple card games is a proven way of setting them apart from their plainer, classical cousins. Even though gamers realize it has little impact on actual game play, it can make these designs a little more attractive. With Dragonheart, however, it might ironically serve the opposite. Those wanting and expecting a fantasy-oriented card game will be sorely disappointed, while other casual gamers put-off by the genre may not be willing to even try it, though it's pure window dressing.
The 4 dwarves complete the set.
Dragonheart has a few interesting contradictions. It is a fast-paced game that can sometimes still go overly long. It has wonderfully thematic artwork with absolutely no impact on game play, probably turning off some gamers nonetheless. It offers plenty of strategy that swings on a bit of luck. Most of all, it is very simple to learn, but actual game play is much deeper. You must read your opponent, be willing to sacrifice points, and patiently bide your time until just the right moment to strike. As such, Dragonheart is a nicely accessible game for two – which can be played lightly social or tactically Chess-like – in the best tradition of classic card games.


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Privacy and Security in e-Health Applications
Milan Petkovic (Philips Research Europe and Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands) and Luan Ibraimi (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Source Title: User-Driven Healthcare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
The introduction of e-Health and extramural applications in the personal healthcare domain has raised serious concerns about security and privacy of health data. Novel digital technologies require other security approaches in addition to the traditional "purely physical" approach. Furthermore, privacy is becoming an increasing concern in domains that deal with sensitive information such as healthcare, which cannot absorb the costs of security abuses in the system. Once sensitive information about an individual's health is uncovered and social damage is done, there is no way to revoke the information or to restitute the individual. Therefore, in addition to legal means, it is very important to provide and enforce privacy and security in healthcare by technological means. In this chapter, the authors analyze privacy and security requirements in healthcare, explain their importance and review both classical and novel security technologies that could fulfill these requirements.
Digital Health Records: Current Situation And Trends
To reduce cost and improve accuracy there is a pressure on healthcare providers to start managing and sharing patient information in digital form. This implies a revolution in the way health information is managed. Paper-based records are becoming obsolete as with the increasing complexity of the healthcare system the paper systems cannot fulfill the complicated requirements and ensure that the right information is available at the point of care when needed. Therefore, digital records are increasingly used within hospitals in departmental information systems (DIS) as well as at the hospital level in hospital information systems (HIS). However, the use of digital records will go beyond the walls of the hospital. General practitioners (GP), pharmacies, remote patient monitoring systems and other home e-Health services are increasingly using them.
In this section, we give an overview of digital health records and describe two main purposes they have: (i) to serve healthcare providers and (ii) to empower the patient/consumer. To make the differences clear, we describe the architecture of a national/regional EHR system, as well as an example of a PHR system. However, there are a number of dedicated services such as remote patient monitoring systems that collect and use some types of health data, such as blood pressure, pulse, weight, etc. These systems share a number of security and privacy concerns with EHR and PHR systems, but we do not describe them in this chapter as their architectures are in most cases related to the EHR and PHR architectures. For a good example, the interested reader can check the architecture of the Philips Motiva system (Simons, 2006).


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Worse News: CYBORG NEMESIS ending production!
Posted: 24/02/2014 in Worse News
Tags: Albert Pyun, Cyborg, Cyborg Nemesis, Cyborg Nemesis: Dark Rift, Daniel Faust, Dru- Anne Perry, Jessica Delgado, Joei Fulco, Joseph Cannon, Kim Coture, Nemesis, Olivier Gruner, Sasha Mitchell, Tony Riparetti
After nearly retiring , and still fighting serious illness B (to Z) movie kingpin Albert Pyun found the strength to finish off his magnum opus (semi- sequel to both of his early career cyber- punk outings) CYBORG NEMESIS.
Final piece of the puzzle is completed as he cast (still unnamed) young actress that will open and close the movie. Final scenes will be shot in Ryolite (Nevada) and will officially signal the wrap of the lengthy shoot of CYBORG NEMESIS. Big part of editing is already done with sound designer Michael McCarty still working hard as we speak. Score will be handled by Pyun's long time collaborator Tony Riparetti (Mean Guns, Postmortem).
With a cast of old favorites and new talent: Sasha Mitchell, Dru- Anne Perry, Joei Fulco, Joseph Cannon, Daniel Faust, Jessica Delgado and Kim Coture this films actualy has a potential to be not a swan song but a return to form of sorts for Pyun who spend last couple of years working on ultra- small productions, making unofficial sequels to films (of others as well as himself). Visibly enthusiastic he called this his firs balls out Sci Fi movie- in outer space. So, even thou he is rehashing the old themes here- there seem to be a silver lining as this movie shows a more focused Pyun who surrounded himself with a bigger, more professional crew to help him realize his vision.
P.S. He still promises a few surprises in the final movie (Gruner cameo perhaps?), so we'll have to wait and see what future brings. Besides cyborgs and space stations and that kind of stuff.
Worse News: Cyborg Nemesis: Dark Rift teaser trailer!
Tags: Albert Pyun, Bianca Bree, Bianca Van Damme, Cris Cyborg, Cyborg Nemesis: Dark Rift, cyclops, Jean Claude Van Damme, Joei Fulco, Kevin Sorbo, Kim Couture, Michael Pare, MMA, Nemesis, Olivier Grunner, Randy Cuture, SF, UFC
We already talked about this one when we reviewed the original Nemesis film waaaaaay back but we finally have some concrete news… and they are not really promising. Or they are really promising if you want it reviewed on this page in the foreseeable future.
Anyway it seems that Albert Pyun failed to bring some of the old "stars" of his two franchises, namely Van Damme and Olivier Grunner. He also failed to bring 'roided female MMA star Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos and (I must admit an interesting choice that makes a lot of sense) Van Damme's daughter Bianca Bree (aka Bianca Van Varenberg aka Bianca Van Damme) . It seems that all the weight is planted firmly on the shoulders of a newcomer and a lead actress a 16 year old Joei Fulco and in the MMA fighters crossover department we're left with Kim Couture, 3rd rate fighter famous mostly for being an ex- wife of 5 time UFC Champion Randy "The Natural" Couture. The rest of the cast are Pyun regulars like Michael Pare (he's really fallen on hard times did he?), Kevin Sorbo (the less said about his career- the better) and Sasha Mitchell.
Pyun predicts that Fulco will end up being a great star and for his (and everybody's ) sake I hope he's right 'cause without a charismatic lead this cheap, lo- fi SF action flick could easily end up being a complete train-wreck. Just behold insecure camera work and sub- par CGI bellow (coupled with a strange, STRANGE soundtrack choice).
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Albert Pyun Interview
Posted: 29/11/2012 in Worse Interview
Tags: Albert Pyun, Cyborg, Nemesis, Road to Hell, The Sword and the Sorcerer, Toshiro Mifune
One of our most reviewed directors on our blog is by far Mr. Albert Pyun (Cyborg, Nemesis, Sword and the Sorcerer…), so naturally we wanted to have a few words with him, find out a thing or two about the classics and also see what's he been up to these days. So, here we go!
01. I understand that you started your career working with the great Toshiro Mifune and legendary Akira Kurosawa.
What was the whole Japanese experience like and what is the most important thing you learned while working there?
I learned the value of having a hardcore work ethic and preparation. The thing I loved most was watching such a high level of talent and artistry and how they applied their skills to the smallest detail. I also enjoyed the dedication everyone, including Mr. Mifune, had to doing their best no matter the challenges.
02. It can be said that you were slightly ahead of the curve with your Sword and the Sorcerer which came out almost simultaneously with Conan The Barbarian and started a trend of Barbarian movies which lasted some years. I would love to hear about your main inspirations for The Sword and Sorcerer?
My main inspirations for The Sword and the Sorcerer were Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers, John Milius' The Wind and the Lion and The Baby Cart samurai series.
03. One of the of the signatures of your involvement with the film is often a combination of kickboxing and hybrid martial arts with a post- apocalyptic backdrop. I am interested to hear how you developed that unique approach to action/adventure movies.
I know, but what's odd is I didn't being with great interest in martial arts or with post apocalyptic stories. I was drawn to martial arts as a lower cost replacement of firearms in my films. I was drawn to Post apocalyptic settings because they were easier to create on a limited budget. And there were no rules on how it had to look. I actually feel my current film "ROAD TO HELL" is one of the first films where I got the setting I was after without compromising for budget.
04. I find that most of your movies have a kinda comic-book quality (of course you also you directed one of the early Marvel adaptations). Did you grow up as a comic- book aficionado and if so what were/are some of your favorites?
Yes, I grew up on all the DC and Marvel comics along with the Japanese Manga books and Tintin as well because I lived i foreign countries as a child so I was exposed to many different types of comics and books.
05.What is the favorite actor/actors that you worked with and why? And is there some actor whose work you greatly admire but you haven't gotten the chance of working with?
I've really enjoyed working with all the actors for the most part. I never really had any problems there. My favorites were likely Scott Paulin and Norbert Weisser. Both understand my sensibilities. Sasha Mitchell, Michael Pare' and Christopher Lambert were great as well. I liked them as people immensely. The most colorful was probably Burt Reynolds and Dennis Hopper. Loved both and Ice-T as well. Jean-Claude and Steven Seagal were interesting because they aren't actors so much as archetypes. So that was a challenge. I really liked them all as they always brought great ideas and all were very easy to work with.
06. You worked on films of many, many different genres (SF, Fantasy, Horror, Contemporary Action even Western), do you have a favorite movie genre that you enjoy more than the others?
I love musicals most of all and sort of experimental films where I can play with form and structure.
07. I believe that you are hard at work at a Cyborg sequel/ prequel so it would be interesting to hear something about the basic plot, actors involved and of course about general tone and the esthetics of the film.
I'm just trying to make something different. Something a little experimental and surreal. And, yes, like an opera. A very pessimistic film.
Thank you and all the best!
Nemesis (1992)
Posted: 28/08/2012 in Trash movies
Tags: Albert Pyun, Cary Tagawa, Cyborgs, Jean Claude Van Damme, Kickboxing, Nemesis, Olivier Gruner, Terminator
*Here you can marvel at Gruner as he demonstrates his kickboxing skills on
a bad stop- motion Terminator rip- off.
One of those films that start kinda gritty Cyber Punk-ish with a possible promise of good innocent fun and then… goes absolutely nowhere! Director Pyun (somewhat rightfully claimed to be a Hawaiian reincarnation of Ed Wood) wanted to make a film with a dystopian , almost William Gibson SF atmosphere and every time he got close to nailing it he found a new way to royally screw things up (adding women with big muscles in the scenes has been known to do that.) It takes somewhere around a half an hour to set up our story and after that he just trows it all away the same moment our hero Rain (Olivier Gruner) gets to the island and fists start flying/guns start blazing.
Event that could be forgiven (often enough SF is just a backdrop for a classic action fest) if those same action scenes made some kind of impact but there are just cartoonish violence at it worst. Incoherent story gets completely lost in translation really fast while bizarre bunch of characters kill/fuck/or save one another almost randomly.
At some points you have to ask yourself did those people follow a REAL SCRIPT and soon after you start doubting that the script even existed. Perhaps they had a 10 page treatment… for the beginning of the movie and then they improvised from there. That would explain a lot of things. There is also a hilarious moment when a gun packing grandma starts unleashing hell, it is absurd as it gets, but at least it's fun and you can't say that for the rest of this picture.
THIS. IS. BAD.
Olivier Gruner ( our cyborg ex-government agent) is karateka/ ex- kickboxing champion and he demonstrates his skill here and there (in-spite of the laughable choreographed fight scenes ) but he's acting is so woden that after a while you start appreciating all the subtleties of Schwarzenegger's performances and that is never a good sign. On the + side (if there is one here) he gets to fight a crazed robot, terminator style stop- motion monstrosity that explodes for no apparent reason and takes his arm with him!*
One of his sidekicks (the only one that actually survives) is irritating teenage girl who becomes extremely important character out of nowhere in the last half an hour of the film– against all common sense. His dog at the beginning of the film had more character and a hell lot of more story potential than she ever had!
Legendary "Cary" Hiroyuki Tagawa (Sheng Tsung himself) makes an appearance as the crazy Yakuza boss in a Hawaiian shirt but not even his devilish charm can make this crap watchable.
Verdict: If you have to watch an Albert Pyun film watch his eulogy of Cannon Films in the form of Van Damme's Cyborg, Cyber- Punk angle is better realized and despite the fact that JCVD wasn't much of an actor back then/ or much of an English speaker back then he always had a ton of charisma, the thing that Gruner sorely lacks.
Trivia: Pyun is doing a (joint) prequel of both Nemesis and Cyborg. Unfortunately he discovered digital technology/ CGI (nobody told him that you need some money to make it work) so his movies are now worse than ever. Here's a trailer for Cyborgs: Rise of the Slingers so you can remember to avoid it if you have the bad luck of seeing it somewhere.
You can actually find better special effects (and acting!!!) in Porn these days .


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CAT6 STP Internet Cable Wire with Double Coated cabling is a type of wiring in which two conductors of a single circuit are twisted together for the purposes of improving electromagnetic compatibility. Compared to a single conductor or an untwisted balanced pair, a twisted pair reduces electromagnetic radiation, crosstalk between neighboring pairs and improves rejection of external electromagnetic interference. It was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
In a balanced line operation, the two wires carry equal and opposite signals, and the destination detects the difference between the two. This is known as differential modetransmission. Noise sources introduce signals into the wires by coupling of electric or magnetic fields and tend to couple to both wires equally. The noise thus produces a common-mode signal which is canceled at the receiver when the difference signal is taken.
This method starts to fail when the noise source is close to the signal wires; the closer wire will couple with the noise more strongly and the common-mode rejection of the receiver will fail to eliminate it. This problem is especially apparent in telecommunication cables where pairs in the same cable lie next to each other for many miles. One pair can induce crosstalk in another and it is additive along the length of the cable. Twisting the pairs counters this effect as on each half twist the wire nearest to the noise-source is exchanged.
Providing the interfering source remains uniform, or nearly so, over the distance of a single twist, the induced noise will remain common-mode. Differential signaling also reduces electromagnetic radiation from the cable, along with the associated attenuation allowing for greater distance between exchanges.
The twist rate (also called pitch of the twist, usually defined in twists per meter) makes up part of the specification for a given type of cable. When nearby pairs have equal twist rates, the same conductors of the different pairs may repeatedly lie next to each other, partially undoing the benefits of differential mode. For this reason it is commonly specified that, at least for cables containing small numbers of pairs, the twist rates must differ.[2]
In contrast to shielded or foiled twisted pair (typically F/UTP or S/FTP cable shielding), UTP (unshielded twisted pair) cable is not surrounded by any shielding. UTP is the primary wire type for telephone usage and is very common for computer networking, especially as patch cables or temporary network connections due to the high flexibility of the cables.
The earliest telephones used telegraph lines, or open-wire single-wire earth return circuits. In the 1880s electric trams were installed in many cities, which induced noise into these circuits. Lawsuits being unavailing, the telephone companies converted to balanced circuits, which had the incidental benefit of reducing attenuation, hence increasing range.
As electrical power distribution became more commonplace, this measure proved inadequate. Two wires, strung on either side of cross bars on utility poles, shared the route with electrical power lines. Within a few years, the growing use of electricity again brought an increase of interference, so engineers devised a method called wire transposition, to cancel out the interference.
In wire transposition, the wires exchange position once every several poles. In this way, the two wires would receive similar EMI from power lines. This represented an early implementation of twisting, with a twist rate of about four twists per kilometre, or six per mile. Such open-wire balanced lines with periodic transpositions still survive today in some rural areas.
Twisted-pair cabling was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1881.[3] By 1900, the entire American telephone line network was either twisted pair or open wire with transposition to guard against interference. Today, most of the millions of kilometres of twisted pairs in the world are outdoor landlines, owned by telephone companies, used for voice service, and only handled or even seen by telephone workers.
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4 Responses to Two Letters on Christmas eve.
William – that email address for acpoland@gmail.com appears to be rejecting email. I tried to send him a note, which failed. Thought you would want to know.
You may wish to try again, I sent one and it went through. Thank you for taking the time to share something with Mr. Poland's son.
My Father passed yesterday at age 87. He flew Stearmans at Alemeda NAS at the end of the war. He never flew after that. Last summer he said he wished he had "bought that plane" after he was discharged. I'll be 54 next month. Time to get some wings.
William I have not written for a year. this has been a bad year and I never thought I would lose both my parents 13 months apart. Enjoy the time you have with your Mom and Dad and cherish the moments. Happy New Year.


Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by symptoms of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Compared to ADHD in children, only a few studies have investigated ADHD in an adult population, and even less have investigated new forms of treatment such as neurofeedback. Neurofeedback has been applied effectively in various areas, especially in the treatment of children with ADHD, and symptom improvements were associated with increased amplitude of the contingent negative variation (CNV). This study investigated if any behavioral and electrophysiological changes reflected in the CNV can be observed after 15 sessions of SCP neurofeedback training. Furthermore, a comparison of CNV amplitude in adults with ADHD and a healthy control group was conducted. Continuous 22-channel EEG was acquired from 10 adults who met DSM–IV criteria for ADHD and 8 matched healthy controls. EEG recordings were collected pre=midtreatment and included resting EEG, P300, and CNV tasks as well as ADHD behavioral questionnaires. The adult ADHD group received 15 sessions of SCP training at Cz (referenced to A1, ground A2). The control group only underwent the EEG recording. After 15 sessions of SCP-training a significant improvement in self-ratings of ADHD symptoms was reported. In addition, a trend in increasing CNV mean amplitude was observed after training. A significant difference in baseline CNV between the adult ADHD group and the healthy control group was observed. These results give a promising outlook to the outcome after the completion of 30 sessions of SCP training. The differences in CNV amplitude between the ADHD group and healthy controls are in line with other studies about adult ADHD and CNV. This supports the idea of impaired self-regulation in adult ADHD. The behavioral improvements and increase in CNV after SCP training suggests that SCP training has a positive effect on adult ADHD symptoms and their origin.


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b. 3/4 Mar. 1582,1 1st s. of Richard Herbert† of Montgomery Castle and Magdalen, da. of Sir Richard Newport† of Eyton, Wroxeter, Salop;2 bro. of George* and Sir Henry*. educ. privately (Edward Thelwall) c.1592; Diddlebury sch., Salop 1593-5; Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1596-1600; travelled abroad (France) 1608-9.3 m. 28 Feb. 1599, Mary (d. Oct. 1634), da. and h. of Sir William Herbert† of St. Julian's, Mon. and Mortlake, Surr., 2s., 2da. (1 d.v.p.).4 suc. fa. 1596;5 cr. KB 25 July 1603; Bar. Herbert of Castle Island [I] 31 Dec. 1624; Bar. Herbert of Chirbury 5 May 1629.6 d. 20 Aug. 1648.7 sig. Edw[ard] Herbert.
J.p. Mont. 1603-42, Salop 1626-42;8 sheriff, Mont. Nov. 1604-Feb. 1606;9 collector, Privy Seal loans 1605,10 chief forester (jt.), Snowdon Forest, constable (jt.), Conway Castle and steward (jt.), Bardsey Is., Caern. ?1605-at least 1615;11 commr. mise, Mont. 1605,12 dep. lt. by 1608-42,13 commr. aid 1609, subsidy 1610, 1621-2, 1624-5;14 member, Council in the Marches 1611-?45;15 commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and Marches 1616-25, Forced Loan, Mont. 1626-7, knighthood fines, 1630.16
Vol., Dutch army 1610, 1614.17
Amb. to France 1619-24.18
Member, Council of War 1632.19
Herbert's great-grandfather, a nephew of the 1st earl of Pembroke (d.1469), acquired estates in Montgomeryshire in the reign of Henry VIII, and by the end of the century the family owned around 20,000 acres in the shire. On his father's death in 1596, Herbert's wardship was sold to his maternal grandfather, Sir Francis Newport†, for £80, although Sir George More* later recalled that he had laid out ten times as much in bribes to procure the grant. In 1599 Herbert married the daughter of his fourth cousin Sir William Herbert† of St. Julian's, Monmouthshire. His wife was heiress to estates in Monmouthshire, Caernarvonshire, Anglesey and Ireland (which More valued at £30,000), on condition that she married within the family: Sir Philip Herbert*, later 1st earl of Montgomery, had been one of her previous suitors.20
Herbert was raised with his mother's family at Eyton, Shropshire, but at the age of nine he was sent to Plas y Ward, Denbighshire, to learn Welsh from the father of Simon Thelwall*. He thrived as a student at Oxford, and his mother later hosted a literary circle in her house at Charing Cross which included Ben Jonson and John Donne*, who became Herbert's chaplain on his ordination in 1615. With such a background, it is hardly surprising that Herbert was a prolific author, producing an autobiography, poetry and several works of history and theology in both English and Latin.21 As head of one of the great families of mid-Wales he was a natural choice as knight of the shire, representing Montgomeryshire in 1601. However, at the 1604 election he yielded the county seat to his kinsman and neighbour Sir William Herbert* of Powis Castle. He made overtures to Sir George More for a borough seat in Surrey, but was ultimately returned for Merioneth, where he owned modest estates; the local gentry probably endorsed him chiefly in order to deny the seat to the Price family of Plas Iolyn.22
Herbert's activity during the first week of the 1604 session suggests that he aspired to make an impact in the Commons: he was named to the committee considering the business agenda laid out by Sir Robert Wroth I* (23 Mar.); appointed to confer with the Lords over an approach to the king for permission to debate reform of wardship and purveyance (26 Mar.); was among a delegation sent to James to justify the Commons' claim to jurisdiction over the Buckinghamshire election case (28 Mar.); and was among those appointed to set this claim in writing (30 March). However, having registered an interest in some of the key issues of the session, he then all but disappeared from view. On 10 May he claimed privilege in a Chancery case, and he was later named to confer with the Lords over wardship (22 May) and appointed to the committee which examined Bishop Thornborough's book attacking the Commons' proceedings over the Union (1 June).23
Appointed sheriff of Montgomeryshire in November 1604, Herbert was in London for the opening of the next parliamentary session when he received news of the Gunpowder Plot from Sir Walter Cope*. The Privy Council promptly dispatched him to help capture the conspirators ensconced at Holbeach House, Staffordshire, but he is unlikely to have arrived before their surrender. Though still serving as sheriff, he returned to Westminster in January 1606, when he was appointed to the committee reviewing recusancy legislation (21 Jan.) and three bill committees in the following week, but he presumably missed much of the rest of the session, as he was given leave of absence due to sickness on 11 April. He reappeared at the start of the third session, when he was ordered to attend a conference with the Lords about the Instrument of Union (24 Nov. 1606), but otherwise, apart from a nomination to the committee for the ecclesiastical canons bill on 11 Dec., he played no recorded part in its proceedings.24 This was probably because of a dispute with his wife, which began in January 1607 when the couple sealed a deed of attorney to allow disposal of Lady Herbert's estates in North Wales. Herbert planned to rationalize the family's estates before settling a fresh entail upon his children, but his wife refused to permit this, and the couple separated for several years. In June 1607 Herbert secured a passport to travel abroad, and he spent much of the next two years in France, both at Court and in the company of the duc de Montmorency and his son-in-law, the duc de Lévis-Ventadour.25
Herbert had returned to England by January 1610, when he challenged one of the queen's Scottish courtiers to a duel. He attended the parliamentary session which began in the following month, but played no recorded part in the formal debates. However, at the end of proceedings on 17 July he approached Speaker Phelips 'concerning the passage of a bill'; Phelips replied that the alteration Herbert proposed would be tantamount to repeal of the 1543 Act of Union, which suggests that the issue under discussion was the abolition of the jurisdiction of the Council in the Marches over the English border shires. On the following morning Phelips complained that Herbert had insulted him: 'he put not off his hat, put out his tongue and plopped with his mouth'. Herbert denied that he had intended to offer any affront to the Speaker, and Sir Julius Caesar* moved for a swift reconciliation to avoid delaying the substantive business of the Great Contract, but Phelips threatened to take the matter to the king, for which he was attacked by John Tey, who was then himself called to account.26
In light of this incident, it is hardly surprising that Herbert quickly left for Germany, where he served as a volunteer with the English contingent of the Dutch army besieging Jülich. Here he landed himself in more trouble by issuing a challenge to Theophilus Howard, Lord Walden*, for which he was questioned by the Privy Council when he returned to England; over the next few years, which he chiefly spent at Court, he picked several quarrels with the Howard affinity. In 1614, instead of seeking election to Parliament, he resumed his soldiering on the Continent. He offered to raise a troop of horse for service in France against the duc de Condé, but after the threat of a noble revolt receded, he joined the Dutch army operating in Jülich-Cleves. After this campaign ended in a truce Herbert travelled to Italy, where the duke of Savoy commissioned him to recruit Huguenot veterans in France. Arriving in Lyons shortly after an edict banned all recruitment by foreign powers, he was arrested by the governor, but released with the assistance of Sir Edward Sackville* and the young duc de Montmorency. He returned to England at the end of 1615, but was then taken ill; he remained sick for the next 18 months.27
Herbert's return to health fortuitously coincided with the fall of the Howards at Court. In 1619 the marquess of Buckingham secured his appointment as ambassador to France, where he served for most of the next five years. Herbert's contacts at the French Court made him a strong candidate for the post, but his selection was probably also influenced by the fact that his kinsman William, 3rd earl of Pembroke, had been one of Buckingham's earliest Court patrons. Relations between the two magnates deteriorated rapidly in the 1620s, as Buckingham asserted his supremacy at the English Court, and in 1624, when prospects of a French marriage for Prince Charles were explored as a serious alternative to the Spanish Match, Herbert found himself replaced by envoys the favourite considered more reliable. At the time of his recall, he had been lobbying to succeed the earl of Bristol (Sir John Digby*) as vice-chamberlain of the Household, but the only recognition he received for his services was an Irish peerage.28
Herbert requested a seat on the Privy Council in 1626, and wrote a tract defending Buckingham's handling of the expedition to the Île de Ré in the following year, but Pembroke's connivance at Buckingham's impeachment spelled the end of Sir Edward's Court career, and he retired to Montgomery Castle, which he rebuilt. In 1629, when the precedence of Irish peers was questioned in the (English) House of Lords, Herbert wisely acquired an English barony: as the earldom of Montgomery was already held by his kinsman Philip Herbert, he chose the title Lord Herbert of Chirbury, a Shropshire village near Montgomery Castle. Having published a theological work, De Veritate, in Paris during his embassy, he spent much of the 1630s researching a history of the reign of Henry VIII. A half-hearted royalist in the Civil War, he yielded Montgomery Castle to Sir Thomas Myddleton II* in September 1644 and retired to London, where he drafted his autobiography and further theological works before his death on 20 Aug. 1648. The next MP in the family was his son Richard, who represented Montgomeryshire in the Short Parliament, and Montgomery Boroughs in the Long Parliament.29
Ref Volumes: 1604-1629
Author: Simon Healy
1. C142/247/84; PRO 30/53/10/5.
2. Ped. at back of Herbert Corresp. ed. W.J. Smith (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxi).
3. Al. Ox.; Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury ed. J.M. Shuttleworth, 14-16, 41-2, 50.
4. Life of Lord Herbert, 15-16, 40-1.
5. C142/247/84.
6. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154; CP.
7. DWB.
8. JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 134-43; C231/4, f. 203.
9. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 263.
10. E401/2585, f. 64.
11. CSP Dom. 1603-10, p. 207; Denb. RO, DD/WY/6627.
12. NLW, Duchy of Cornw. A1.
13. SP14/33, f. 4v; APC, 1615-16, p. 266; HEHL, EL7443; Cheshire Archives, DNE16.
14. E179/222/387, 391, 396; C212/22/20-23.
15. Eg. 2882, ff. 52, 162v; NLW, 9056E/809.
16. C181/2, f. 254; 181/3, f. 154v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 146; C193/12/2; E101/668/11, f. 8.
17. Life of Lord Herbert, 52-4, 68-72.
18. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 105.
19. CSP Dom. 1631-3, p. 364.
20. C142/247/85; 142/249/62; 142/236/86; Life, 1-7, 15-16, 137; WARD 9/159, f. 30v; Loseley Mss ed. A.J. Kempe, 353-4; C2/Chas.I/O9/3.
21. Life of Lord Herbert, 13-31; PRO 30/53/7/8.
22. Life of Lord Herbert, 39; Loseley Mss ed. A. Kempe, 358-9; MERIONETH.
23. CJ, i. 151a, 154b, 157a, 160a, 205b, 222b, 230a.
24. Life of Lord Herbert, 39-40; CJ, i. 257b, 296b, 324b, 329b.
25. SO3/3, unfol.; Life of Lord Herbert, 40-3, 45-52; NLW, Powis 16176.
26. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 296; CJ, i. 393-4, 451-2; SIR EDWARD PHELIPS; Procs. 1610 ed. E.R. Foster, ii. 384-5; 'Paulet 1610', f. 26.
27. Life of Lord Herbert, 52-88; CSP Dom. 1603-10, p. 635; Winwood's Memorials ed. E. Sawyer, iii. 210; SO3/3, unfol.; PRO 30/53/10/4.
28. Life of Lord Herbert, 88-9, 119-20; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 552, 572, 595.
29. Life of Lord Herbert, pp. xii-xiii; Herbert Corresp. 115-17.
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Rawlings History and Legacy
Marjorie Rawlings and Norton Baskin are buried side by side in the Antioch Cemetery on the outskirts of Island Grove, about seven miles east of her home in Cross Creek. Some of her neighbors mentioned in Cross Creek, such as Zelma Cason, Berney Bass, Tom Morrison, and Chet Crosby, are buried there also. Look for the markers that note that they were "Immortalized by the writings of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings." Someone has placed statues of three deer on Marjorie's grave, and many of the other graves are extravagantly and lovingly decorated, with benches nearby to encourage quiet meditation. Tall cedar trees enclose the small country cemetery as well as a sturdy chain link fence.
Directions From the Rawlings Historic State Park
Drive East on CR 325 to Island Grove, about 3.8 miles
Cross US 301 and continue straight East on SE 219 Ave through Island Grove. You will cross over railroad tracks and pass the old red packing house on your left.
Continue on East SE 219 Ave for about 2 miles to SE 225 Dr, an unpaved road, and turn left. This road meanders through the woods for 2 miles before coming to a sign reading SE 189 Ave.
Turn right and you will see Antioch Cemetery just ahead.
Park and enter cemetery on the left side of the road at the gate located in the middle of the fence. It may be chained, but not locked.
To locate the pair of flat grave markers for Marjorie and Norton, walk about 40 paces to the small utility building, turn left and about 45 paces to the West. You will pass the Cason and Crosby family plots along the way.
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Join Jim Stephens as he walks us around Antioch Cemetery.
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It is known that the honor of seeking knowledge depends on the branch being sought. There is no branch of knowledge more honorable or sublime than that relating to Allah and His Attributes. This branch of knowledge instills Allah's fear and love into Muslims' heart. Owing to the lofty status of this branch of knowledge the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to mention this honor before his Companions saying, "I am the most fearing of Allah and knowledgeable of Him than all of you do" [Bukhari].
The virtue of this branch of knowledge, i.e. knowing the Attributes of Allah, springs from the purpose for which people are created; to worship Allah Almighty. None can worship Allah without knowing Him. The more we know Allah, the greater our worship will be. Therefore, it is necessary for whoever wishes to delve into branches of knowledge and worship Allah to ponder over His Names and Attributes. Getting acquainted with Allah's Names and Attributes are two great branches of knowledge that draw a Muslim nearer to His Lord.
To facilitate the means towards grasping this branch of knowledge, we compiled the Dictionary of the Attributes of Allah. We were concerned to include most of the authentic texts from the Qur'an, Sunnah and authentic reports of the predecessors. We mentioned the interpretations of these Attributes as stated by the scholars.
1- Believing in the Attributes of Allah means the firm conviction in them verbally and in meaning without being occupied with how are they. The "how" must be left to Allah's knowledge. For example, every Muslim knows that Allah has established Himself over the throne (Istiwa); however the how of it is unknown. Therefore, it is impermissible for Muslims to talk about this because it is considered lying against Allah.
2- It is impermissible to liken the Attributes of Allah to that of His creatures.
3- It is impermissible to derive names form the Attributes of Allah. For instance, we are not to derive the name al-Shai' (i.e. the one who disposes the affairs) from the Attribute al-Mashi'a (the will of Allah).
4- It is impermissible to place the word 'Abd (servant) before the Attributes of Allah. In other words, we cannot say 'Abd al-Istiwa nor 'Abd al-Mashi'a.
5- It is impermissible to call upon Allah through His Attributes, such as saying: Oh Allah's Glory (ya 'Izzatu Allah) Oh Allah's wisdom (ya hikmatu Allah) Oh Allah's Hearing (ya sam' Allah).
6- It is permissible to seek refuge in Allah through His Attributes; to say for instance: "Oh Allah! I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath and I seek refuge in your forgiveness from your punishment".
This Attribute means that Allah is Eternal; there is no beginning to His existence. He has existed since before His creations.
It is the first among the Attributes of Allah Almighty. It belongs to none but Him and is derived from His name al-Awal (The Eternal).
He (Allah) is the First (Eternal) and the Last, the Ascendant (al-Zahir) and the Immanent (al-Batin) [Qur'an: 57:3].
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Oh Allah! You are the First (Eternal), for there is none before You" [Muslim].
Allah is the One with no partners; nothing is like unto Him.
He is Allah, [who is] One" [Qur'an: 112:3].
Abu Huraira narrated the hadith Qudsi in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said on behalf of His Lord, 'The son of Adam has accused Me of lying, and he has no right to do so, and he insulted Me, and he has no right to do so. As for belying Me it is his saying that I will not be able to refashion him, while bringing him to existence at first is easier for Me than refashioning him. As for insulting Me, he says, 'Allah has begotten a son,' while I Am the One, the Ever-Sustainer" [Bukhari].
Allah is perfect. He is the Perfect Sustainer Who rewards those who do good deeds with better rewards; whoever does a good deed will be given a ten fold reward and whoever does an evil deed will be recompensed by its like. He perfected everything He created; humans, animals, heavens and earth which all prove His Perfection, Greatness and wisdom.
Who perfected everything which He created [Qur'an 32:7].
"And formed you and perfected your forms [Qur'an 40: 64].
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When you rule, be just; when you slaughter an animal, be kind to it for Allah is perfect and likes perfection" [al-Tabarani].
It is also mentioned in the supplication of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when waking up: "All praise be to Allah Who gave us life after our death (sleep) and unto Him is resurrection" [Bukhari].
Imam al-Bayhaqi commented on the above saying of the Prophet in his book al-'Itiqad (p.62): "The Giver of life (Allah) means: He is the one Who gives life to dead clot to bring out a living human being; He gives life to dead bodies on the Day of Resurrection; He revives hearts through the light of knowledge; revives the dead land by rain and gives life to plants to flourish".
This Attribute means that everything that occurs in this world is by the will of Allah which controls all His creations. When Allah wills something, He just says "Be" and it is.
Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is [Qur'an 2:117].
Indeed, Allah ordains what He intends [Qur'an 5:1].
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If Allah wills to torture a group of people, He sends torture down upon them and they will be resurrected on the state upon which they died" [Muslim].
This Attribute is proved to Allah through the texts of Qur'an and Sunnah.
'Istiwa' means that Allah is Exalted above His creation and has established Himself over the Throne in a manner that befitting His without likening it to His creation.
The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established [Qur'an 20:5].
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Verily, Allah created the heavens and earth and that in between in six days then He established Himself over the Throne" [Al-Nasa'I in al-Tafseer].
This Attribute is derived from the name 'Allah' or 'al-Ilah' (Diety). These two names are mentioned many times in the texts of Qur'an and Sunnah. Divinity or Uluhiya [Lordship] means that Allah deserves to be worshiped alone with no partner, to none but Him we should submit ourselves and He is the Exalted Lord in our hearts.
And He is Allah; there is no deity except Him [Qur'an 28:70].
This Attribute means that Allah is the Avenger Who victoriously prevails over and punishes the disbelievers, transgressor and tyrants. Intiqam proves the justice of Allah who punishes the wrong doers either in this world or in the hereafter according to His wisdom.
Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution [Qur'an 32:22]. And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror] [Qur'an 14: 42].
This Attribute means that Allah is invisible to all His creatures in this world. This Attribute is derived from Allah's name Al-Batin (the Immanent).
He (Allah) is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Immanent [Qur'an 57:3].


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A fire broke out in the Grand Chetun Plaza shopping center in Moscow. The minister who arrived at the scene suffered a heart attack [NAGRANIA]
The fire spread to the first floor of the mall and then quickly spread to the next four floors. Three of the five possible threat rankings were initially assigned to the fire. Because there were people in the business center, then it was elevated to a very high level.
The fire spread over an area of one thousand square meters and engulfed the rooms from the first floor to the fourth floor. According to Interfax, the fire spread rapidly through the building due to the high amount of synthetic materials in the building.
125 people were evacuated from the building, two of whom needed medical help, but none posed a threat to their lives. About 200 firefighters were involved in putting out the blaze.
The Moscow prosecutor's office is investigating the fire. Emergency services spokesman RIA Novosti said the fire may have caused the crash, but other versions are under consideration.
Gen. Sergei ełtow, head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, arrived at the scene. The officer was hospitalized with a heart attack, according to the RIA Novosti agency. He also has signs of poisoning from deep smoke.
This is another such incident in Russia in the last ten weeks. Earlier, there were a series of explosions and fires at Ministry of Defense facilities (including the Military Research Institute in Tver) and at oil depots (including fuel storage facilities near Belgorod and Bryansk). Fire in the Omsk region, where a state of emergency was declared in early May.
proof's: TASS / Interfax
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Services & Worship
6th Sunday of Easter, 17th May 2020
Thought for the Week - Staying Alert
Hi everyone. Hope you're all doing well and staying safe.......and alert. Since the Prime Minister's address last Sunday evening, I've been pondering on the change of language from Stay at Home to Stay Alert. It's a change that hasn't been well received by some, and has been described as confusing by others. What do you think? I'm sure being and staying alert is important, of course, as we continue to face an uncertain future at this present time.
Alert can be defined as 'the state of being watchful for possible danger'. That makes sense to me. However, I wonder if it can also refer to 'the state of being watchful for possible hope... or possible joy... or possible kindness'?
This morning, my husband Nigel and I were taken on a walk around the block by our 2 year old Iris. She strolled along with her sunglasses and wellies on, casually eating an ice cream as she went. Now, the walking pace of a 2 year old is slow at the best of times, but today it seemed that every step she took, she saw something worth stopping for and examining. So, we talked about the colours of the leaves and blossom, the shapes of road signs and rainbows, and the colours of cars and vans that we passed. And when a friendly cat came up to her for a cuddle, it was as though all the birthdays had come at once!! If I'd walked around the block myself, I would've missed all of this wonder, because I would've been rushing, or thinking about what to cook for dinner or something!! I wouldn't have been alert to every inch of my surroundings like Iris was.
This week, yes let's follow the Government's advice and Stay Alert. But rather than just looking for possible danger, why not try staying alert for the good things that surround us too? I know I'm going to. Sending love and prayers to all your homes and families from the Denyer household.
Nicola Denyer, Lay Reader
Church Use
Restrictions on the use of church buildings have been nationally reviewed and we are now able to carry out maintenance visits etc., but public worship is still not to be allowed. Only one or two people per week are permitted to enter at present. We are able now though to ring the bell and this will be done on Thursdays at 8pm.
Although there have been no house-to-house collections you can still donate to Christian Aid this year. There are lots of ways to do this which you can find on Christian Aid's website: Christianaid.org.uk. Or you can donate by phone with various options on 020 7523 2269.
Our Online Coffee Morning is a success, and we will be keeping it going. Join us online between 10:30am and 11:15am on Tuesdays. Go to 'Events' on our website: stmarysmonkseaton.org.uk/events to RSVP and get a link to join via Zoom. You would need to click on RSVP and enter you name and email address and click on 'submit'. An email is then sent to you with a link to the Coffee Morning. If you haven't already got Zoom, you can get it for free on your computer, tablet or phone. You could download it now from https://zoom.us.
Ascension to Pentecost
There will be a service for Ascension Day (this Thursday 21st May) available via our Church at Home page on the day.
Plus! on the church Facebook page from Ascension Day until Pentecost we will be posting a prayer to mark Thy Kingdom Come – a time when all Christians are invited to pray for a renewed sense of the Holy Spirit and for a deepening of faith. You can download the Thy Kingdom Come prayer app here, or you can order their booklet from Church House Publishing for just £1.99 with free delivery when you order online.
Pentecost Pub Quiz
There is to be a Pentecostal Pub Quiz via Zoom on Sunday 31st May at 8pm. If you check the Events on our website you can RSVP and get registered for this. More details in next weeks notices.
Will be held by Zoom on Wednesday 20th May at 7.30pm.
Good news for Bishop Mark
In case you missed it, Bishop Mark is to become the 41st Bishop of Chester. Bishop Mark has been Bishop of Berwick since 2016 and is expected to take up his post in the autumn, practicalities permitting. "It will be hard to say goodbye to the North East," he says. "But Lindsay and I are excited to return to Chester where I was ordained and both of our children were born."
New Daily Hope Phone Line
"Daily Hope" offers music, prayers and reflections as well as full worship services from the Church of England at the end of a telephone line. The line – which is available FREE, 24 hours a day on 0800 804 8044 – has been set up particularly with those unable to join online church services during the period of restrictions in mind. You can select options to listen to Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer updated daily, and a recording of the Church of England weekly national online service. A section called 'Hymn Line' offers callers a small selection of hymns, updated daily. An option entitled 'Hymns We Love', provides a hymn and reflection.
Gift Aid and Planned Giving
Please contact Rosie Tate if you would like a Gift Aid statement regarding the tax year just ended, or if you have any questions regarding Planned Giving during lockdown. (rosietate@me.com; Tel: 0191 297 0869).
Recognising how impactful the coronavirus and isolation can be to our mental health, The Church of England has provided some mental health resources, including tips for dealing with loneliness, daily reflections on various issues, and links to support providers. You can access the resources here: https://www.churchofengland.org/faith-action/mental-health-resources
Tom Savage celebrates his 70th birthday on Sunday. Happy birthday Tom, with all good wishes from your St Mary's family.
Happy 90th birthday to Jean Woodruff who will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Friday 22nd May. Many happy returns Jean, from all at St Mary's.
For your Prayers
Please pray for Ben, his mother Pamela and his sister and brothers as they attend the funeral of Ben's father Richard on Tuesday 19th May at 10am.
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Is Good Morning America hoping to use Michael Strahan as a Hail Mary pass to help its struggling ratings? The ABC network morning show is reportedly on the verge of bringing in the Live With Kelly and Michael host to co-host GMA three to four times per week, according to TMZ.
Strahan, the former NFL player turned media star, won't be replacing anyone on the show. Instead, he'll be an addition to the current host panel, appearing in various segments starting at 7 a.m. before shuttling uptown to the talk show he already co-hosts at 9 a.m. with Kelly Ripa.
Looks like Strahan will need an extra strong cup of coffee to keep up this hectic morning schedule.


By John Miller on Feb 9, 2019 at 5:55 p.m.
WEST FARGO — Fargo South-Shanley scored both its goals in the first period on its way to a 2-1 win over West Fargo on Saturday in Eastern Dakota Conference boys hockey.
South-Shanley (15-5, 12-4 EDC) has now won five consecutive games and 10 of its last 11.
Drew Sandy struck first for the Bruins on assists from Alex Iverson and Grayson Wetch. Iverson found the back of the net on assists from Drew Sandy and Noah Lantz. South-Shanley goalie Zach Sandy tallied 35 saves.
Jackson Prochnow scored for the Packers (8-13, 8-8) in the second period on assists from Brayden Jacobson and Carter Witt. Gabe Pederson tallied 23 saves.


In the future, many rivers and coastal waters are polluted still, and quite acidic. However, craters left from detonations of the Rapture Bombs now collect fresh water as clear rains begin to fall again.
The water is still not pure enough to drink right from the crater, it requires a bit of filtering and processing first. The gangs send out tanker trucks to collect water for their subterranean city.
To create a crater lake, I used a spare plastic crater, from Games Workshop's Moonscape terrain set. Doing some searches, I'm a bit annoyed, because I don't think they make that terrain set anymore. Looking around the net, I couldn't find a similar product anywhere, so at a later date, I'll try to come up with some home made tutorials for creating crater lakes, or I might sculpt a 3D Printable crater lake for people to use if they want.
Anyway, I used one of the Games Workshop moonscape craters. Step one was to paint the whole thing in a brown that would go with my terrain board. I then glued light brown grit flocking into the crater hole, and some of the crevices of its sides, and around the flat outer rim of the model.
Next up, I painted some of the raised areas as rocks with a coat of grey.
And then I forgot to take some photos. But basically, I glued grass flocking onto the up-facing surfaces, but left cliff / steep sides in the brown.
I then washed all the brown and grey with a muddy brown wash (I used Citadel Agrax Earthshade) - except for the center of the crater. I washed the center of the crater thickly with a dark blue wash, and let the blue and brown washes mingle around the edges of the crater hole.
Finally, I watered down some water soluble clear gum glue, and put a layer of that across the bottom of the crater hole. I brushed it about a bit, trying to make it flat, and put additional drops of glue wherever there were dimples in its surface.
However, the glue still has to dry. I'll be doing another coat or two of glue, because it flattens a lot once it dries, until I have built up a nice clear layer inside the crater. I'll post again in a few days to show the final appearance of the crater lake.