The C by GE Lamp is a big ol' ring of light that comes with Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa built right in.
The C by GE Lamp, featuring Amazon's Alexa.
In 2015, Amazon made the world of manufacturing an offer. Make a device with a microphone, a speaker, and an internet connection, they said, and we'll let you add in our virtual assistant Alexa, free of charge.
Now, GE is taking them up on it.
The device in question looks a lot like something that came out of Dyson's R&D department, but it's really just an internet-connected desk lamp. Plug it in and pair it with your phone via Wi-Fi, and you'll be able to control it alongside the C by GE smart bulbs in GE's smart lighting app. And, thanks to the addition of a microphone and speaker in the base, you'll be able to use it to talk to Alexa, too.
In essence, that makes this thing an Amazon Echo with a lamp growing out of its head (though given the size of the speaker, the sound quality might be closer to the pint-size Amazon Echo Dot). GE says you'll be able to use it just as you'd use an Echo -- just say the wake word, "Alexa," followed by a question or a command. No button press needed.
What else works with Amazon Echo?
As with other Alexa products, you'll be able to ask it to wake you up in the morning, read off the day's news or weather forecast, tell you a joke, play a podcast from iHeartRadio, or stream some music from Pandora, Spotify or Amazon. You can also ask it to control any Alexa-compatible smart-home devices you might own (including the lamp itself, obviously), or enable any of Alexa's thousands of third-party "skills" -- essentially voice apps that teach Alexa new tricks.
For now, GE's just calling it the C by GE Lamp, though I'd challenge them to do better given the fact that it's such a unique-looking product. Preorders are expected to start in early 2017, with devices set to arrive on the C by GE website and on Amazon in the second quarter of the year.
Pricing isn't set yet, but a GE spokesperson tells me that they expect the lamp to cost less than the Amazon Echo, which sells for $180 in the US and £150 in the UK (that's about AU$240, converted roughly -- though Alexa isn't available in Australia yet). GE also tells me that the lamp will make its start in the US, as the Echo did, though it wouldn't rule out the possibility of expanding to other countries where Alexa is available, as well.


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I Dream of Wireless: Two Crowd-funded Accessories Make Music Without Cables
Wait, maybe Godspeed You! Black Emporer was wrong, and your country is just PUC'ed.
There are still many situations in which cables have some advantages for control, as we saw in this week's tutorial on iPad connections. But two separate crowd-funded projects are working on high-performance wireless solutions for music controllers. That could open up the chance for performers to move around, take advantage of tilt sensors and other location tools inside controllers, and work with gear in studio situations more flexibly.
Keith McMillen already has a track record using crowd funding to support projects – and they've been getting better at it. After the "3D" grid-and-ribbon QuNeo suffered production delays, the keyboard-style QuNexus shipped quickly to backers – and the QuNeo continued to mature as a product. Now, the QuNeo is getting an accessory called the Rogue (not to be confused with the Moog synth of the same name), an add-on that adds extended battery life and wireless connections.
The whole thing attaches via velcro, lasts 12 hours, and uses the 2.45GHz wireless band (not the crowded WiFi spectrum) to make connections. US$315-400 gets you the Rogue, with a QuNeo added in if you don't already own one for $405-500.
KMI tells us they've just gotten a production prototype back:
Funding is on IndieGogo:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/quneo-rogue-wireless-midi-controller-accessory
For a more general-purpose accessory, there's the PUC, scene in the video above. In lab tests, at least, they've gotten stunningly-low latencies between hardware, as illustrated in a video:
The PUC is US$129 – a reasonable price for a wireless adapter, especially given what iOS accessories cost. What's nice about the design is that it allows easy connections between iPad and traditional MIDI gear, without all the combinations of dongles. The hardware runs with USB power or via a couple of AA batteries. The project is the work of a Minneapolis-based team of mobile developers. (They work on Android, too, but it appears initially PUC is iOS-only. It'd be especially nice to see Mac/Windows/Linux support.)
In a refreshing departure for crowd funding projects, the team are giving early backers a steep discount on pricing – rather than charging them full freight and making them wait. That lowers the price to as little as US$79, with delivery due in December.
I'm surprised the project hasn't been more successful, I think owing to the low profile of the developers. The campaign runs through the 9th of October on IndieGogo (which also seems to be generating less money than Kickstarter, perhaps also because of a lower profile).
PUC: Free your MIDI from the tyranny of wires! The only solution for MIDI & iOS
Looks promising, though with any of these projects, there's a risk on the hardware until you have it in-hand.
The KMI gear seems a safe bet – modest goals, unique wireless band, and a track record. But the PUC's broader utility makes it just as interesting, too. We'll be watching.
Any of you who have worked on similar projects, we'd love to hear from you – and to hear about what challenges these projects may face, or what opportunities they have.
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This one time event is in celebration of the YMCA and YMCA Camp Wapsie as we reach two large milestones in one year! 2018 marks the Y's 150th anniversary in the Cedar Rapids community, along with Camp Wapsie's 100th anniversary of providing the best camping experiences for youth!
The event will include dinner, a short program with history and dueling pianos entertainment courtesy of PIANOPALOOZA. Proceeds will benefit the Y's mission; helping people for over a century to participate in our life improving programs and to gain access to our facilities. The YMCA financially assists nearly 50% of its 13,000+ program participants and members (including campers) each year!
Sponsorships are available. Please contact Sara Mentzer at mentzer@crmetroymca.org for more details.
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Free public full band show celebrating all things Vikings!
Join us at the 10th annual FRYfest Concert to see The Pork Tornadoes and opener PIANOPALOOZA!
As always, the FRYfest musical talent will be off the charts! Putting their own spin on an eclectic mix of songs from Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift to Kings of Leon, The Killers, and Third Eye Blind, the Pork Tornadoes are truly one of the most versatile party bands around.
Tickets go on sale June 15th!
Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at Johnson County MidWestOne locations, the Coralville HyVee, The Iowa Children's Museum, The Iowa City/Coralville Area CVB, and Coralville City Hall.
Zoo Brew is every Wednesday in June, July & August from 5:30- 9:00 PM! Great music & all the animals of the zoo! Zoo Brew is a cash only event!
Sunday Funday at Des Moines' Premier rooftop bar. Overlooking Principal Park and the beautiful downtown skyline. Great beer selection and seasonal cocktail menus.
While Pianopalooza doesn't start until 8:30pm, you should come early and make a day of it! So many people volunteer and donate to make these celebrations happen, and its great to visit these events to learn more about life in rural Iowa!
Join the Marion Parks and Recreation Department for some free outdoor family fun this summer at sunset. Come early to get your seats. Visit the Marion Parks and Recreation's Facebook page or the city website for more information as the dates get closer.
The Summer Sounds Concert Series is held on Thursday nights at the Wagner Park Band Shell. Live music will run from 7 - 8:30 p.m. These concerts are free and open to the public. Sponsored by John Deere. Bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating.
Thanks to our host Doubletree by Hilton Cedar Rapids Convention Complex for bringing us to the city of five seasons. Also please tell us what this means before we leave please.


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Tepezza Hearing Loss Lawsuit
Our lawyers are handling Tepezza lawsuits throughout the country.
Tepezza is a drug used to treat the symptoms of thyroid eye disease (TED). Soon after Tepezza was released on the market it was discovered that Tepezza can cause permanent hearing damage and/or tinnitus (ringing in the ears) in some patients. Patients who received Tepezza and suffered hearing damage are now filing Tepezza lawsuits.
If you received Tepezza infusions and subsequently suffered a loss of hearing or other hearing issues, you may be able to file a product liability lawsuit and get financial compensation by a settlement or jury payout. Our attorneys are currently seeking Tepezza hearing damage cases in all 50 states. Contact us today at 800-553-8082 or reach out to us online.
January 2023 Tepazza Lawsuit Update
January 19, 2023: A group of Tepezza plaintiffs have filed a motion seeking consolidation of ten Tepezza hearing loss lawsuits pending in the Northern District of Illinois.
So we now have a Tepezza class action lawsuit? Yes and no. If granted, the motion would result in sort of a mini-MDL within the district in which the cases proceed before a single judge and discovery is consolidated.
Horizon filed a response last week stating that it is opposed to the consolidation request on the grounds that the cases involve substantially different facts. There are a handful of Tepezza cases pending in other federal districts.
January 18, 2023: Lawyers began looking to file Tepezza hearing loss lawsuits in earnest about four months ago. What have we learned?
We have learned that there are not many Tepezza lawsuits out there. We have a strong position in developing these cases and we have not had even 100 potential leads. No lawyer we have spoken to has a significant volume of Tepezza lawsuits to file. This tells us the Tepezza litigation will be small.
But those same lawyers we have talked to universally agree these are strong claims that will have a high settlement value. Smaller litigation is bad for lawyers but good for victims. Horizon or Amgen will be able to pay the high settlement amounts a Tepezza claim should garner without
January 17, 2023: Many victims are interested in knowing what a Tepazza settlement might look like. We have written a new page projecting Tepazza settlement amounts we anticipate at the conclusion of this litigation.
January 9, 2023: Last month, biopharmaceutical giant Amgen announced a deal to acquire Horizon Therapeutics for $116.50 per share. One of the main goals of the acquisition was to increase Amgen's rare disease drug portfolio, which includes Tepezza.
Now, however, Amgen investors have filed suit seeking to block the acquisition due to concerns about the Tepezza litigation liabilities.
From a plaintiff's perspective, the Amgen acquisition would be a good thing because it would mean more resources available to make fair settlement payouts to victims.
Brief History of Tepezza
Tepezza (teprotumumab) is a new prescription drug that is used for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED) and a condition known as Graves' eye disease. TED is a condition in which the eye muscles, eyelids, tear glands and fatty tissue behind the eyes become inflamed. The inflammation is triggered by an abnormal autoimmune response and it can cause the eyes to swell and obstruct vision.
Tepezza was developed by Horizon Therapeutics and it is still under its original patent protection. Tepezza was formally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January 2020. It was the first medication approved for the treatment of thyroid eye disease. Tepezza blocks a specific protein that is believed to be responsible for the development of TED. Tepezza is administered by injection about every 3 weeks for around 5 months.
Horizon obtained FDA approval for Tepezza based on very limited testing and without determining the exact mechanism of action of the drug. The clinical trial which Horizon used for the FDA approval of Tepezza included less than 100 patients.
Study Links Tepezza to Serious Hearing Loss
During the FDA review and approval process for Tepezza, Horizon acknowledged that the drug presented some risk of hearing damage as a potential side effect. However, Horizon represented to the FDA that the hearing loss was "temporary and generally of limited duration," and claimed that this side effect occurred in less than 10% of patients. But adverse event reports, the medical literature, and even Horizon's post-marketing studies suggested that Tepezza causes permanent hearing loss.
Soon after Tepezza was released on the U.S. market, reports of serious hearing damage from patients and doctors began coming in. In early 2021, the results of new research studies on Tepezza showed that not only did Horizon grossly understated the risk of hearing damage associated with Tepezza, it also undersold how serious that hearing damage could be.
In March 2021 the results of a major study were published in the Endocrine Society journal which found that 65% of patients who received Tepezza reported some level of hearing damage or ringing in the ears. This is over 6 times higher than the estimated risk of hearing loss disclosed by Horizon during the FDA approval process. Additional case reports about the risk of hearing loss associated with Tepezza followed.
Horizon's Failure to Warn About Tepezza and Hearing Loss
Horizon acknowledged to a limited extent in its warnings that hearing damage was a potential side effect of Tepezza infusions. However, the warning was grossly inadequate because it understated the level of risk and did not advise doctors (or patients) about the risk of permanent hearing damage or the need for monitoring. Horizon knew or should have reasonably known about this potential risk associated with Tepezza and warned doctors and patients accordingly.
Tepezza Hearing Loss Lawsuits
In summer 2022, patients who received Tepezza and subsequently suffered hearing damage or tinnitus began filing product liability lawsuits against Horizon. The Tepezza lawsuits allege that Horizon negligently failed to properly warn doctors and patients about the true level of hearing loss risk presented by Tepezza.
At least two Tepezza hearing damage lawsuits have been filed against Horizon in federal court so far. The cases were filed in August and September in the Northern District of Illinois which is where Horizon has its corporate headquarters.
The plaintiffs in these Tepezza lawsuits claim that suffered hearing damage as a result of receiving Tepezza infusions for the treatment of their TED. The lawsuits claim that the lack of an adequate warning about the risk of hearing damage from Tepezza left the plaintiffs and their doctors unaware of the potential harm that could be caused by the drug. The lawsuits bring claims based on negligent failure to warn and defective design.
Many more Tepezza hearing loss lawsuits are expected to be filed as more Tepezza patients suffer damage to their hearing. At this point, the Tepezza lawsuits have not been consolidated into a class action MDL. But if many more Tepezza lawsuits get filed that could happen in the future (or some modified version of a class action lawsuit as we are now seeing in Illinois in January 2023).
So far, Horizon's defense strategy to every Tepezza lawsuit has been to seek dismissal because the plaintiffs' state law tort claims are preempted by federal law. The argument (which we see all the time in pharmaceutical tort cases) is that the warning labels on Tepezza are governed by federal law and regulations which preempt the state law tort claims.
Estimated Settlement Payout Value of Tepezza Hearing Lawsuits
There is no way of knowing for certain how much Tepezza hearing damage lawsuits could potentially be worth in settlement or at trial. The first Tepezza cases have only recently been filed and there are too many variables at this stage to know for certain whether these cases will be viable or not. The best we can do is provide a reasonable estimate of what a successful Tepezza hearing loss lawsuit could be worth in a settlement.
Our attorneys predict that Tepezza hearing loss cases with favorable facts may have a payout value at settlement of $140,000 to $250,000. The precise value of a specific case will depend on various factors, including the age of the plaintiff and whether they had any preexisting hearing issues. Cases involving a major, permanent hearing loss in relatively young plaintiffs could be worth much more.
Contact Us About a Tepezza Hearing Damage Lawsuit
Our firm is currently seeking Tepezza hearing damage lawsuits across the country. If you took Tepezza for treatment of TED and you subsequently suffered hearing damage, hearing loss, or permanent ringing in the ears (tinnitus) contact our office today for a free consultation at 800-553-8082 or contact our team online. We want to help you.


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I have written about this before but it really hit home with me again today as I reflected on some of my own personal challenges.
and scientists to discover the human genome.
It is the belief every human child is born with that enables them to let go of the couch, a table and a mother's finger…to take those first scary steps alone.
Never forget one person can make a difference in the world….that one person is YOU!


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A Story of Hope and Joy: A Quick Reminder of Why We Celebrate Christmas, The Birth of Jesus Christ
December 21, 2022 December 21, 2022 - by Matt Couch - 5 Comments.
The Christmas story, as told in the Bible, is the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a story that has been celebrated for centuries by Christians around the world, and is central to the Christian faith.
The story of Jesus' birth is told in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament of the Bible. According to the Gospels, Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem, in the region of Judea, during the reign of King Herod the Great.
According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus' mother, Mary, was a young woman who was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph. While Mary was still a virgin, the angel Gabriel appeared to her and told her that she would give birth to a son, and that he would be the Son of God.
Mary was hesitant at first, but eventually accepted the news and agreed to bear the child. However, when she told Joseph about the pregnancy, he was skeptical and planned to quietly divorce her. But an angel appeared to him in a dream and told him that the child was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and that he should marry Mary and raise the child as his own.
As the time of Jesus' birth approached, a decree was issued by the Roman Emperor Augustus that all people should be registered in their ancestral towns. Joseph and Mary, who were from the town of Nazareth, traveled to Bethlehem to be registered.
While they were in Bethlehem, Mary went into labor and gave birth to Jesus in a stable, because there was no room for them at the inn. Jesus was wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a manger, because there was no other place for him to sleep.
According to the Gospel of Luke, the birth of Jesus was announced to shepherds who were tending their flocks in the fields nearby. An angel appeared to them and told them the good news of Jesus' birth, and said that they would find the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. The shepherds went to Bethlehem and found Jesus, as the angel had told them, and they spread the news of his birth throughout the town.
In the Gospel of Matthew, the birth of Jesus is also announced to wise men, or magi, who had followed a star to Jerusalem. They asked King Herod where the newborn king of the Jews could be found, and Herod told them to go to Bethlehem and search for the child. The wise men went to Bethlehem and found Jesus, and they brought him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
The Christmas story is a story of hope and joy, and is a reminder of the love and grace of God. It is a story that has inspired and comforted people for centuries, and is a central part of the Christian faith.
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Charlie's crime is that he suffers from severe birth defects, caused by mitochondrial depletion syndrome, which the medical establishment and the British government deem makes him less than human and therefore not deserving of life.
To their great credit, Charlie's parents have fought to keep him alive and to bring him to America for treatment—some of it experimental—that might preserve or at least prolong his life.
Click here to learn more about the eight myths surrounding Charlie Gard's condition.
Pope Francis, through the Vatican press office, also issued a statement last week saying that the pontiff was following the case "with affection and emotion" and "expresses his own closeness to his [Charlie's] parents."
Republican Congressmen Brad Wenstrup and Trent Franks who will introduce a bill to the House of Representatives this week calling for the 11-month old baby—who is on life-support in a London hospital—and his parents to be granted permanent residence in the United States.
"Our bill will support Charlie's parents' right to choose what is best for their son by making Charlie a lawful permanent resident in the U.S. in order for him to receive treatments that could save his life," the congressmen said in a joint statement released Friday.
Last week New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center offered to admit Charlie and to provide him with experimental treatment, according to The Washington Post.
The hospital also offered to send the drug to Great Ormond Street Hospital—the British hospital where Charlie is being treated—if approved, according to the Post.
All of these extraordinary measures to keep baby Charlie alive are being taken without the assistance of the human rights laws of Great Britain and the European Union.
A petition, organized by Americans United for Life, an advocacy group based in Washington D.C. has been signed by more than 370,000 people: "Please save Charlie Gard! Do not remove his life support," the petition read, "I, and the entire international community, will be outraged if you kill Charlie Gard."
Charlie's parents are also being supported by outspoken pro-life advocate Reverend Patrick Mahoney, pastor at the Church on the Hill in Washington D.C. who went to London to drum up support to keep Charlie alive.
However, a Twitter account promoting Charlie's right to life said the pastor was turned away by doctors when he asked to go into Charlie's room to pray by his bedside.
In a statement tweeted from the account, @Fight4Charlie, Charlie's mother Connie Yates said "We are heartbroken that after we invited Rev. Mahoney to come to England and pray for our son Charlie, Great Ormond Street Hospital has turned him away. Once again, the hospital doesn't care about Chris and my wishes."
Charlie's parents have raised over 1.2 million pounds to pay for his treatment, but the British medical establishment and the British government still want to kill him—and the much-vaunted human rights laws of the European Union have been of no protection in preserving Charlie's right to life.
Our Declaration of Independence made America the first and last refuge of those who believe that the right to life is an inalienable right of every human being. We urge readers to join the fight to preserve Charlie Gard's life by going to the Americans United for Life website and signing the #IAmCharlieGard petition and then calling your Congressman and Senators to urge them to support the Wenstrup–Franks bill to grant Charlie and his parents permanent residency in the United States to facilitate his treatment. The Capitol Switchboard is 1-866-220-0044.
George Rasley is editor of Richard Viguerie's ConservativeHQ.com.


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The Anxious City
British Urbanism in the late 20th Century
Richard J. Williams
Published December 16, 2004 by Routledge
Published February 29, 2004 by Routledge
The Anxious City: British Urbanism in the late 20th Century
Book Description Table of Contents Author(s) Reviews
In the Western world, cities have arguably never been more anxious: practical anxieties about personal safety and metaphysical anxieties about the uncertain place of the city in culture are the small change of journalism and political debate. Cities have long been regarded as problems, in need of drastic solutions. In this context, the contemporary revival of city centres is remarkable. But in a culture that largely fears the urban, how can the contemporary city be imagined? How is it supposed to be used or inhabited? What does it mean? Taking England since WWII as its principal focus, this provocative and original book considers the Western city at a critical moment in its history.
Dedication Foreword by Anthony Vidler Acknowledgements 1: The Anxious City 2: The Picturesque City 3: The Free City 4: The Mediterranean City 5: The City in Ruins 6: The Architecture of Civility 7: America, E14 8: The Museum, The City, and the Space of Flows 9: The Spectacle of Pleasure 10: Staging the City Bibliography
Richard J Williams is a lecturer in the Department of History of Art, University of Edinburgh. He studied at the universities of London and Manchester, and he previously taught at Liverpool John Moores University. His publications include After Modern Sculpture (2000) and numerous articles on the art and visual culture of the 1960s.
'In this stimulating and perceptive study of modern cities, Williams argues that anxiety has been the defining characteristic of architectural debate and practice...With a few well-aimed barbs at Richard Rogers, a remarkabl defence of Milton Keynes and an astute comparison with Barcelona, this is highly interesting.' - Scotland on Sunday: The Review, December 2004
'Williams is impressive on the way that architects have articulated a culture informed by fear.' - David Clements, Culture Wars.org.uk, January 2005
'This is a very well researched, incredibly detailed and thoroughly insightful critique of the apprehensive period in which we live represented in a critique of a number of British cities.' -Austin Williams, Futurecities.org.uk
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A Pill For Peanut Allergies Is Coming Soon!
If you have a peanut allergy, it looks like there's some life changing news for you!
The first-ever drug to treat peanut allergies is on its way.
According to the Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), peanuts are one of the top food allergies in the country.
Well, a new clinical trial is showing promising results among those tested, giving hope to peanut-allergic individuals everywhere.
Aimmune Therapeutics, a biotech company in the US, conducted a year-long clinical trial in which they administered daily capsules of their peanut flour to 500 children and teens.
By the end of the year, they found that 67 percent of the participants were able to tolerate 660 mg of peanut protein (about two nuts), as compared to the 4 percent of participants on a placebo powder.
But that doesn't mean you should go try it for yourself because even in the controlled trial some children faced adverse reactions that caused them to drop of the study.
From the results, the drug wouldn't allow you to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but it would help reduce a life-threatening reaction if they're exposed to peanuts.
Aimmune is hoping for FDA approval later this year, and is likely to cost $5,000 to $10,000 for the first six months of treatment.
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2:59 p.m. Violation of probation on Bitterwater Rd.
8:51 p.m. Vandalism and burglary report on Broadway.
5:45 p.m. Assault with a deadly weapon (non firearm) on River Dr.
6:01 a.m. Stolen vehicle report/recovered on Brighton Av.
2:19 a.m. DUI arrest on River.
10:38 a.m. Lost property report on N Vanderhurst Av.
12:30 p.m. Stolen vehicle report/recovered on Wellington Av.
2:22 p.m. Local bench warrant arrest on San Antonio.
7:26 p.m. Local bench warrant arrest on S First St.
8:55 p.m. Battery report on King.
12:30 a.m. Vandalism report on S. Vanderhurst St.
4:00 p.m. Theft report on Sussex Wy.
6:30 p.m. Possession of methamphetamine on Willow St.
12:00 p.m. Vandalism report (excess $400) on Lynn St.
1:30 p.m. Vandalism report (damage property) on S Vanderhurst Av.
1:30 p.m. Vandalism report (excess $400) on S First St.
2:20 p.m. Vehicle towed (expired tags) on Rio Vista Dr.
5:30 p.m. Battery on peace officer on Broadway St.
8:48 p.m. Public intoxication report on S 1st St.
9:58 p.m. Theft report on Canal St.
10:53 p.m. Matter of record (Disturbance outside the residence) on River.
1:23 a.m. Violation of restraining order on N Russ Av.
4:48 p.m. Child sexual abuse report on Bassett St.
4:41 a.m Vehicle towed (bonded) on Bitterwater Rd.
7:59 a.m. Unlicensed driver report on N Mildred Av.
9:50 a.m. CPS referral on Bassett St.
12:33 p.m. Fraud report on Canal St.
8:35 a.m. Unlicensed driver report on Broadway St.
9:28 a.m. Vehicle towed (expired tags) on Broadway St.
11:14 a.m. Vandalism report on N Vanderhurst Av.
5:51 p.m. Criminal threats report on Willow St.
11:25 p.m. Domestic violence arrest repot on Bishop.
9:53 a.m. Local bench warrant arrest on Collins St.
1:30 p.m. CPS referral on N Third St.
7:14 p.m. Animal control report on Lewis St.
7:19 p.m. CPS referral on Brumwell.
7:00 a.m. Fraud report on Bluff Av.
12:49 p.m. Local bench warrant arrest on Bassett.
10:40 a.m. Stolen Vehicle on N Vanderhurst Av.
7:55 p.m. Burglary report on S Vanderhurst Av.
11:39 p.m. Battery report on Haven Dr.
7:57 a.m. Vandalism report (excess $400) on S First St.
6:57 p.m. Missing person report/returned on Amherst Dr.
9:11 p.m. CPS referral on Leeds.
11:03 a.m. Unlicensed driver report on S Mildred Av.
3:46 a.m. Domestic violence arrest report on Bluff.
10:00 a.m. Suspended license arrest on Ellis St.
9:24 a.m. Stolen vehicle report/recovered on N Third St.
11:11 p.m. Suspended license arrest report on Broadway St.
10:40 a.m. Local bench warrant arrest on Broadway St.
1:15 p.m. Issued in error on Collins St.
3:19 p.m. Issued in error on Basset St.
6:52 a.m. Arson report (vegetation fire) on S Vanderhurst Av.
12:22 p.m. Criminal threat report on Bassett St.
2:10 p.m. Burglary report on Rio Vista Dr.
4:21 p.m. Vandalism report (excess $400) on Canal St.
5:00 p.m. Lost property report on Beech St.
7:20 p.m. Battery report on King St.
1:01 a.m. Possession of a controlled substance on Broadway St.
2:15 a.m. Domestic battery arrest on S Vanderhurst Av.
8:30 a.m. Petty theft on Sussex Wy.
8:30 a.m. Matter of record (structure fire) on Collins St.
10:48 p.m. Possession of methamphetamine on Bassett.
7:06 a.m. Past tense vehicle vandalism on Oak Av.
10:44 a.m. APS referral on Tom Rogers Cr.
10:51 a.m. Past tense vehicle vandalism on Cherry Av.
11:32 a.m. Past tense grand theft from unlocked vehicle on El Camino Real.
1:25 p.m. Past tense theft on Vazquez Av.
2:57 p.m. Warrant arrest on Oak Av.
8:10 p.m. Driving with a suspended license on Walnut Av.
10:12 p.m. Missing adult on 13th St.
10:03 a.m. Report of obscene/harassing tex messages on El Camino Real.
10:48 a.m. Past tense rape on Unknown Av.
11:35 a.m. Vandalism report on 8th St.
2:53 p.m. Attempted kidnaping on Cherry Av.
3:20 p.m. Shoplifting on El Camino Real.
6:34 p.m. Unlawful taking/driving of a vehicle on El Camino Real.
8:48 p.m. Driving with a suspended license and possession of nunchucks on 4th St.
9:06 p.m. Violation of restraining order on 10th St.
9:44 p.m. Corporal injury of spouse on 10th St.
9:44 p.m. Hit-and-run traffic collision on 10th St.
1:08 a.m. Warrant arrest on 5th St.
4:36 a.m. Violation of restraining order on Cardona St.
8:00 a.m. Violation of restraining order on Cardona Cr.
5:21 p.m. Suspicious circumstances on El Camino Real.
7:52 p.m. Oral Copulation of a minor child on 2nd St.
8:35 p.m. Violation of a restraining order on Heidi Dr.
10:36 p.m. Vehicle vandalism on Moreno St.
8:42 a.m. APS cross reference report on Alves Ln.
10:57 a.m. Child endangerment on Apple Av.
2:11 p.m. Unlawful sex with a minor on Barolo Cr.
2:26 p.m. Removal of a minor from custody of parent/guardian on El Camino Real.
8:05 p.m. Stray dog found on Chardonnay Dr.
8:29 a.m. CPS Referral on El Camino Real.
12:36 p.m. Warrant on Oak Av.
1:24 p.m. Debit card fraud on El Camino Real.
6:18 p.m. Warrant on Oak Av.
2:37 a.m. DUI on Cypress Av.
6:18 a.m. Unlawful sexual intercourse on El Camino Real.
8:49 a.m. Info report (foster parent surrendering foster child) on Walnut Av.
9:33 a.m. Possession of a controlled substance on Chalone Dr.
10:08 a.m Vandalism (punctured tires) on El Camino Real.
1:13 p.m. Hit-and-run traffic collision on Maldonado St.
3:37 p.m. CPS referral on El Camino Real.
5:19 p.m. DUI traffic collision on El Camino Real.
9:00 p.m. Probation violation on El Camino Real.
9:53 p.m. Resisting arrest on 7th St.
11:22 p.m. Shoplifting arrest on El Camino Real.
11:22 p.m. Warrant arrest on El Camino Real.
4:12 a.m. Trespassing on San Antonio Dr.
10:11 a.m. Vehicle theft on 10th St.
1:37 p.m. Failure to appear on El Camino Real.
3:35 p.m. Vandalism and shoplifting on El Camino Real.
7:45 p.m. Bringing drugs into a jail/prison on Apple Av.
Soledad and Gonzales police reports were not immediately available.
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Every day the capacity of our schools to do the very best by our students is compromised by a lack of resources.
Schools funding must be about meeting the needs of every learner by equipping every teacher with the tools, resources and time to do this.
Every teacher knows the importance of the right resources for providing students with a high quality education.
Teaching is more complex and demanding than ever before, yet the new federal funding model shifts resources away from public schools and towards the already over-resourced non-government sector.
The union's school funding campaign has always been about ensuring all schools have the right level of resourcing to meet the learning needs of every student, by providing every teacher with more time to plan and collaborate, quality professional development, additional learning support staff where required and extra intensive support for students in need. It is about giving schools the capacity to develop whole school programs that engage all students.
In the past four years, we have seen schools across the state start to get the resources they needed via a Gonski funding agreement between the state and federal government. But two-thirds of the money has not been delivered, despite a formal Commonwealth-NSW agreement.
That funding was due to increase significantly in the next two years to help all schools in our system move closer to a national Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) — a standard that was created by the original Gonski panel as an objective measure to indicate how much funding each school required to meet the needs of all of its students.
Unfortunately, the Turnbull Government cut the funding and unilaterally tore up the agreement.
The Turnbull plan will only deliver 20 per cent of what is required for public schools to meet the national SRS. For private schools, the Turnbull Government will deliver 80 per cent of the funding towards this standard. This is now enshrined in law, passed in June this year.
As an example of what will happen under the Turnbull plan, Trinity Grammar will get a $28 million increase over 10 years compared with $4 million for Blacktown Boys High School.
Even with state government funding taken into account, all public schools in NSW will be below the resource standard in 2023 and, therefore, under resourced.
Teachers will not be provided with what they need to do their work and students' learning needs will not be met.
Students with disability is an area with a history of inadequate funding to meet the needs of students. Schools have been participating in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data, which is an annual census. Teachers categorise and measure the support provided to students with disability. This data has exposed the huge difference between the number of students with disability that schools currently are funded to support and the number they actually have.
While the Federal Government has committed to using the data from next year, it has failed to provide the needed funding to meet the needs of students with disability. Next year, the number of students identified will increase from 212,000 to 470,000, an increase of 122 per cent. However, funding will only rise by 6.2 per cent or $368 per student on average.
Our campaign will continue until all public schools are funded to at least the national Schooling Resource Standard so that all teachers have what is needed to deliver a high quality education to every child.
The next election is critical. Already Labor has said it will reverse the Turnbull cuts. We want all sides of politics to commit to getting all schools to the national Schooling Resource Standard.
We need all teachers to get involved in the next phase of the campaign that will be launched early in 2018 — to talk to parents, caregivers and community members so that we can ensure every public school is properly resourced. While significant progress has been made in the past four years, we must keep going now and finish the job.
The needs of all students and their teachers must be met.
Cuts $1.5 billion from NSW public schools over the next four years.
Ends the cooperative funding arrangements between the states and the Commonwealth.
Introduces a flat indexation rate that means funding is not determined by student need.
The original Gonski plan intended for all schools to have funding lifted in order to reach a minimum resource level by 2019 so the needs of all children could be met. This is the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS).
The Federal Government's funding commitment as a proportion of the SRS will deliver 80 per cent to private schools and only 20 per cent to public schools.
Less than 50 per cent of the additional funding over the 10 years will now go to public schools, compared with the NSW-Commonwealth agreement where our schools were due to receive more than 80 per cent.
Plan locks in under-resourcing of public schools for at least 10 years.
By 2027, across Australia, 84 per cent of public schools would be receiving less than the 95 per cent of the SRS.
Currently, 17 per cent of private schools are above the SRS. But, under the Turnbull plan, that would jump to 64.7 per cent of private schools receiving more than 100 per cent of the SRS by 2027.


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Q: Windows 7 Install/Setup DVD boot problem So, given the following information, is it possible to rescue my windows 7 install, or reinstall it? if so how?
Moving my machine to my new place, I set it up and turn it on to find the BIOS complaining it needs to recover itself.
One recovered BIOS later and I try to boot my install of windows 7, resulting in a black screen and a blinking caret/cursor. No boot logo, no "loading windows".
I then attempt to load a windows 7 recovery CD with identical result.
Booting the windows 7 setup dvd however gives me the "loading windows install files" screen, followed by this:

For reference, the only USB devices attached were a standard USB keyboard with no fancy features, and a Razor copperhead mouse. Removing the mouse made no difference. Removing my second HD made no difference.
So I burnt Ubuntu. Ubuntu worked. Tests show no issues with any hardware, my primary drive, the SSD windows 7 is installed to, was functional, read write tests passed, performance tests showing 260MBps+ read write speeds. No bad sectors, SMART reporting all fine. No RAM issues.
I then burnt a Windows XP Live CD, which loaded and ran with no issues:

Just to be sure, I went to the ASUS website and downloaded an update for my BIOS, entered setup, flashed, verified the BIOS setup/EFI UI was working, and proceeded to boot windows 7. Same result. I have tried setting up the SATA interface as IDE/AHCI/RAID with no change, disabling various chipset features, disabling VIA IDE controllers, forcing my CPU to 1 core, loading optimised defaults, etc.
So, given the above, is it possible to rescue my windows 7 install, or reinstall it? if so how?
Immediate Tools available:

*

*A macbook running bootcamp with OS X 10.6 and Windows 7

*An Ubuntu 10 live CD

*A Windows XP live CD

Hardware:

*

*ASUS P8H67-M-PRO

*Core i5 2300 Sandybridge

*OCZ Vertex2 60GB SSD

*Inno3d GTX 550 Ti 1GB

*4GB DDR3 1333Mhz (2x 2GB)

A: One potential issue that could be happening if you have an early series SandyBridge based motherboard is that there is a problem with the SATA controller, to quote AnandTech:

The Failure Manifested
I asked Intel how we'd know if we had a failure on our hands. The
  symptoms are pretty simple to check for. Intel says you'd see an
  increase in bit error rates on a SATA link over time. Transfers will
  retry if there is an error but eventually, if the error rate is high
  enough, you'll see reduced performance as the controller spends more
  time retrying than it does sending actual data.
Ultimately you could see a full disconnect - your SATA drive(s) would
  not longer be visible at POST or you'd see a drive letter disappear in
  Windows.

The problem is supposedly limited to the SATA 3gbps interface, if you are using the 6gbps ports then you should be fine.
The I/O error you are seeing could be Windows 7 telling you that you have this problem.
If this is the case then you should be able to RMA your motherboard as Intel issued a recall on them some time ago.
Likewise there's a page on PCAdvisor: Intel Sandy Bridge recall: what you need to know

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I'm sadly going to get this owing to the many, many hours playing Theme Hospital on the original PlayStation.
I thought I'd seen the images before, the last time I searched Google to see if there was an up to date alternative to Theme Hospital - it's known as Sarah's Emergency Room elsewhere - though I guess it wasn't able to get published as that here for some reason.
According to Wikipedia though, there are some bugs (such as a shortage of patients at times) which has not been patched.
I'll wait for the collector's Pandemic Edition later this year..
Theme Hospital was really good. I think I still have a PC version somewhere.
Theme Hospital was excellent, it had a wounderful sense of humour, this on the other hand seams like a poor mans copy with better graphics.
WHY, EA, WHY? Why cut them down in their youth!?
On the PC, as a casual game you can dip into when bored this is excellent VFM. However, my kids have the Wii version (rrp £17.99) which whilst equally as fun (for them, they're addicted), I don't think the price is justified as it offers nothing over the PC version.
I still have my copy of Theme Hospital somewhere.


text:
<?php

namespace Cake\Test\TestCase;

use Cake\Http\CallbackStream;
use Cake\Http\Cookie\Cookie;
use Cake\Http\Response;
use Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter;
use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;

require_once __DIR__ . '/server_mocks.php';

/**
 * Response emitter test.
 */
class ResponseEmitterTest extends TestCase
{
    protected $emitter;

    /**
     * setup
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function setUp()
    {
        parent::setUp();
        $GLOBALS['mockedHeadersSent'] = false;
        $GLOBALS['mockedHeaders'] = $GLOBALS['mockedCookies'] = [];
        $this->emitter = new ResponseEmitter();
    }

    /**
     * teardown
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function tearDown()
    {
        parent::tearDown();
        unset($GLOBALS['mockedHeadersSent']);
    }

    /**
     * Test emitting simple responses.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitResponseSimple()
    {
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withStatus(201)
            ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html')
            ->withHeader('Location', 'http://example.com/cake/1');
        $response->getBody()->write('It worked');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('It worked', $out);
        $expected = [
            'HTTP/1.1 201 Created',
            'Content-Type: text/html',
            'Location: http://example.com/cake/1'
        ];
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $GLOBALS['mockedHeaders']);
    }

    /**
     * Test emitting a no-content response
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitNoContentResponse()
    {
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withHeader('X-testing', 'value')
            ->withStatus(204);
        $response->getBody()->write('It worked');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('', $out);
        $expected = [
            'HTTP/1.1 204 No Content',
            'X-testing: value',
        ];
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $GLOBALS['mockedHeaders']);
    }

    /**
     * Test emitting responses with array cookes
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitResponseArrayCookies()
    {
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withCookie(new Cookie('simple', 'val', null, '/', '', true))
            ->withAddedHeader('Set-Cookie', 'google=not=nice;Path=/accounts; HttpOnly')
            ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
        $response->getBody()->write('ok');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('ok', $out);
        $expected = [
            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
            'Content-Type: text/plain'
        ];
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $GLOBALS['mockedHeaders']);
        $expected = [
            [
                'name' => 'simple',
                'value' => 'val',
                'path' => '/',
                'expire' => 0,
                'domain' => '',
                'secure' => true,
                'httponly' => false
            ],
            [
                'name' => 'google',
                'value' => 'not=nice',
                'path' => '/accounts',
                'expire' => 0,
                'domain' => '',
                'secure' => false,
                'httponly' => true
            ],
        ];
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $GLOBALS['mockedCookies']);
    }

    /**
     * Test emitting responses with cookies
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitResponseCookies()
    {
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withAddedHeader('Set-Cookie', "simple=val;\tSecure")
            ->withAddedHeader('Set-Cookie', 'people=jim,jack,jonny";";Path=/accounts')
            ->withAddedHeader('Set-Cookie', 'google=not=nice;Path=/accounts; HttpOnly')
            ->withAddedHeader('Set-Cookie', 'a=b;  Expires=Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:23:01 GMT; Domain=www.example.com;')
            ->withAddedHeader('Set-Cookie', 'list%5B%5D=a%20b%20c')
            ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
        $response->getBody()->write('ok');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('ok', $out);
        $expected = [
            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
            'Content-Type: text/plain'
        ];
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $GLOBALS['mockedHeaders']);
        $expected = [
            [
                'name' => 'simple',
                'value' => 'val',
                'path' => '',
                'expire' => 0,
                'domain' => '',
                'secure' => true,
                'httponly' => false
            ],
            [
                'name' => 'people',
                'value' => 'jim,jack,jonny";"',
                'path' => '/accounts',
                'expire' => 0,
                'domain' => '',
                'secure' => false,
                'httponly' => false
            ],
            [
                'name' => 'google',
                'value' => 'not=nice',
                'path' => '/accounts',
                'expire' => 0,
                'domain' => '',
                'secure' => false,
                'httponly' => true
            ],
            [
                'name' => 'a',
                'value' => 'b',
                'path' => '',
                'expire' => 1610576581,
                'domain' => 'www.example.com',
                'secure' => false,
                'httponly' => false
            ],
            [
                'name' => 'list[]',
                'value' => 'a b c',
                'path' => '',
                'expire' => 0,
                'domain' => '',
                'secure' => false,
                'httponly' => false
            ],
        ];
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $GLOBALS['mockedCookies']);
    }

    /**
     * Test emitting responses using callback streams.
     *
     * We use callback streams for closure based responses.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitResponseCallbackStream()
    {
        $stream = new CallbackStream(function () {
            echo 'It worked';
        });
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withStatus(201)
            ->withBody($stream)
            ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('It worked', $out);
        $expected = [
            'HTTP/1.1 201 Created',
            'Content-Type: text/plain',
        ];
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $GLOBALS['mockedHeaders']);
    }

    /**
     * Test valid body ranges.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitResponseBodyRange()
    {
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
            ->withHeader('Content-Range', 'bytes 1-4/9');
        $response->getBody()->write('It worked');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('t wo', $out);
        $expected = [
            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
            'Content-Type: text/plain',
            'Content-Range: bytes 1-4/9',
        ];
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $GLOBALS['mockedHeaders']);
    }

    /**
     * Test valid body ranges.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitResponseBodyRangeComplete()
    {
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
            ->withHeader('Content-Range', 'bytes 0-20/9');
        $response->getBody()->write('It worked');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response, 2);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('It worked', $out);
    }

    /**
     * Test out of bounds body ranges.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitResponseBodyRangeOverflow()
    {
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
            ->withHeader('Content-Range', 'bytes 5-20/9');
        $response->getBody()->write('It worked');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('rked', $out);
    }

    /**
     * Test malformed content-range header
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitResponseBodyRangeMalformed()
    {
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
            ->withHeader('Content-Range', 'bytes 9-ba/a');
        $response->getBody()->write('It worked');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('It worked', $out);
    }

    /**
     * Test callback streams returning content and ranges
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testEmitResponseBodyRangeCallbackStream()
    {
        $stream = new CallbackStream(function () {
            return 'It worked';
        });
        $response = (new Response())
            ->withStatus(201)
            ->withBody($stream)
            ->withHeader('Content-Range', 'bytes 1-4/9')
            ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');

        ob_start();
        $this->emitter->emit($response);
        $out = ob_get_clean();

        $this->assertEquals('t wo', $out);
        $expected = [
            'HTTP/1.1 201 Created',
            'Content-Range: bytes 1-4/9',
            'Content-Type: text/plain',
        ];
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $GLOBALS['mockedHeaders']);
    }
}

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Choosing a Mother's Day card is the easy part, especially when you can sit at home, browse and purchase using your phone or laptop. Coming up with a heartfelt (or funny!) message isn't always so easy.
You don't want to go with a simple "To Mum, Happy Mother's Day!", because it's a bit uninspiring and impersonal. The woman who's given up so much of the years to help you become the person you are today deserves more than that, surely?
Something thoughtful, heart-warming or light-hearted should do the trick. Get some inspiration from our suggestions below.
For just £1.99, you can get Mum an extra-special, personalised card this Mother's Day. Choose from over 100 Mother's Day card designs, add a photo, personalise, and write a funny or heartfelt message for Mum. It's that easy!
Years of sweat and tears to help you become the person you are today. She's too good for supermarket flowers. Chocolates might not go down to well because she's "watching her figure" (her words, not ours!). So, what should you get for the number one woman in your life this Mother's Day?
Check out these 5 Memorable Photo Gifts for Mum you can make in minutes.
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This past weekend we spent over at the parental's building two raised veggie beds. They didn't have much room in their actual yard for these planters so we decided to clean out one side of the alley and build them there. The only problem was- there was a literal mountain of dirt that had been there for who knows how long- plus yard waste and pallets.
Once we cleared out all of the pallets and debris, we began pulling old pieces of cedar and lining them up on the road to figure out which pieces weren't warped. Using reclaimed pieces of wood allowed us to make both beds for just $20. We measured out the length of all the boards and marked them, and John used a circular saw to cut down all of the individual pieces. We used 2x4s for all of the sides and 4x4s for the corner braces. Two screws held each board to the corner joints, and one brace in the center of the longest sides kept the bed from bowing once filled with dirt. I realize these pictures make it look like John did all the work but I was there, I promise.
We ended up with the first bed measuring 123" x 69" because that made for the fewest cuts and was the perfect width to allow the snow plow access to the road in the winter. The second bed ended up being 100" x 69". To protect the seeds from scavenging birds and inclement weather, we constructed a cover using PVC pipes. We used a 1" diameter pipe that was cut down and screwed into the bed with pipe strapping. This created a "holder" for the 1/2" pipe that we bent over the top of each box. The large bed had three hoops, the smaller one only used two. And we did not cut the 1/2" pipe at all. At this stage I am pretty sure the neighbors thought we were making a covered wagon... The hoops make it easy to drape a clear tarp over to create a mini greenhouse for seedling.


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Atomic models¶

Atomic models have to be defined in  in order to carry out a
calculation. This section describes the model atom file in detail by
using the example helium.mod that is included in the present version
of Hazel. The atom model for He I is given by:

2
5
1        0
                   0.00
2        2
                   0.00
                  -0.987913
                  -1.064340
3        0
                   0.00
4        2
                   0.00
                  -0.270647
                  -0.292616
5        4
                   0.00
                  -0.044187
                  -0.046722
4
1    1    2    1.022d7    10829.0911    1.0000000    1.0000000    0.0000000
2    1    4    9.478d6    3888.6046    0.2000000    1.0000000    0.0000000
3    2    3    2.780d7    7065.7085    1.0000000    1.0000000    0.0000000
4    2    5    7.060d7    5875.9663    1.0000000    1.0000000    0.0000000

The first two numbers define the general properties of the atom. The
first line of the file is equal to \(2S\), where \(S\) is the
value of the spin of the terms. In the example, \(S=1\). At present,
the code does not treat transitions between terms of different
multiplicity which are, otherwise, of reduced importance due to their
small transition probability. The second line contains the number of
terms included in the model atom. This example represents the triplet
system of He i with the lowest five terms, 2s\(^3\)S,
3s\(^3\)S, 2p\(^3\)P, 3p\(^3\)P and
3d\(^3\)D

Then, the following lines define the term levels included in the model. The
information for each term consist of a line with an index (0,1,2,…) that
is used just to label each term and the value of \(2L\), where
\(L\) is the value of the electronic orbital angular momentum. Then,
for each term, we must supply a list containing the energy separation in
cm\(^{-1}\) between each \(J\)-level and the level with the
smallest absolute value of \(J\). In case only one value of
\(J\) is possible in the term, just put 0 in the energy difference.

Finally, the list of transitions has to be supplied. The first number
indicates the number of radiative transitions included in the model.
Then, the list contains the following numbers for each transition: index
number, index of lower level, index of upper level, Einstein coefficient
for spontaneous emission \(A_{ul}\) of the transition, modification
factor \(f(\bar{n})\), modification factor \(f(w)\) and value of
\(J^1_0/J^0_0\). The modification factors \(f(\bar{n})\) and
\(f(w)\) are multiplied by the mean number of photons per mode
\(\bar{n}\) and the anisotropy factor \(w\), respectively. Since
 uses the value of \(\bar{n}\) and \(w\) calculated from the
tabulated solar CLV and taking into account geometrical effects, these
factors can be used to analyze the behavior of the emergent Stokes
profiles when, for some reason, the anisotropy or the intensity of the
radiation field is increased or decreased by an arbitrary factor.
Finally, if the radiation illuminating the atoms has non-zero net
circular polarization, it is possible to include its effect in the
statistical equilibrium equations by giving the value of
\(J^1_0/J^0_0\).

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Baked meaty flan with peanuts.
Yes, I know that sounds odd but it's a variation on a Joscelyn Dimbleby recipe that's really good. She uses minced lamb where I've used the cheaper beef option and I've substituted posh pine nuts with peanuts. It works out really well. Honest.
Spices (whatever you have. I used the old favourites of paprika, fennel, chilli with a bit of cinnamon.
Soak the bulghur in lots of cold water for 20mins, then drain and squeeze dry.
Mix everything together – meat, bulghur, egg, spices, onion, salt.
Squash it all into a cake tin or flan dish.
And yes, I know I call it bulghar and not burghar but I'm an old Middle Easterner.


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Jagamas János (Dés, 1913. június 8. – Kolozsvár, 1997. szeptember 15.) Széchenyi-díjas erdélyi magyar népzenekutató, zenetudós.

Élete és munkássága

Középiskolát a Kolozsvári Római Katolikus Főgimnáziumban végzett (1931), zenei tanulmányait a kolozsvári zenekonzervatóriumban kezdte (1936–40), a budapesti Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Főiskolán folytatta (1941–44) többek között Kodály Zoltán tanítványaként, és Kolozsvárt fejezte be (1947–48). Közben tanító a román lakosságú Alőrön, ahol először gyűjtött népdalt, majd óvónőképzői zenetanár, magán-zenekonzervatóriumi igazgató volt Kolozsvárt. 1949-1960 között a Román Akadémia kolozsvári Folklór Intézetének tudományos főkutatója volt. 1949-től a Magyar Zenekonzervatórium, majd annak megszüntetése után a Gheorghe Dima Zenekonzervatórium adjunktusa, később docense (szakjai: folklór, formatan, zenei paleográfia) lett, nyugdíjazásáig (1976). Vikár Béla, Seprődi János, Bartók Béla, Kodály Zoltán, Domokos Pál Péter és mások erdélyi és moldvai terepmunkáját folytatva fontos gyűjtéseket végzett a Fekete-Körös völgyében, Kalotaszegen, a Mezőségen, a Nagy-Szamos, a Felső-Maros, az udvarhelyszéki, gyergyói és csíki székelyek, valamint a moldvai, gyimesi és barcasági csángók körében. Mintegy 6000 népi dallam gyűjtőjeként s dallamlejegyzéseinek tökélye révén is a Bartók utáni délkelet-európai népzenekutatók kiválóságai között a helye. Gyűjtéseinek nagy részét a kolozsvári Folklórintézet őrzi; értékéről többek között az 1954-ben kiadott Moldvai csángó népdalok és népballadák, valamint az 1974-es Romániai magyar népdalok című kötet 350 dallamot tartalmazó anyaga tanúskodik.

Népzenetudományi írásai közül jelentős az Adatok a romániai magyar népzenei dialektusok kérdéséhez (1956), amelyben a Bartók szerinti IV. népzenei dialektusterületet (Erdélyt) aldialektusokra osztotta, és leírta ezeket az időközben föltárt vidékek népzenéje alapján. Megállapította, hogy Moldva a magyar népzene külön dialektusterületének tekintendő. A magyar népdal régi és új stílusának, valamint a magyar népzene és műzene kapcsolatainak kutatójaként is jelentős eredményeket ért el. A magyar népdaltípusok és népies műdalok morfológiai elemzését és osztályozását egyéni módszerrel végezte. Az általános zenetudomány körébe tartozó Bartók-tanulmánya a Mikrokosmos I. és II. füzetének hangsorairól (1974) szintúgy morfológiai elemzés, ill. alaktani elemek rendszerbe foglalása. Jelentős pedagógiai életműve: közvetve vagy közvetlenül tanítványa több romániai magyar népzenekutató. Tanítványa volt többek között Almási István, Demény Piroska, Kallós Zoltán, Pávai István, Szenik Ilona, s e szűkebb körön kívül is számos muzsikus hivatkozik rá mint mesterére.

A budapesti Ethnographiában a falu nótájáról (1957/2), a Korunkban a romániai magyar népzenekutatásról (1957/9), az Árkos 1971 c. kiadványban (Sepsiszentgyörgy, 1972) a magyar népzene és műzene kapcsolatáról ír, az 1973-as Korunk-évkönyvben feldolgozta népzenénk kutatásának történetét, vitacikkeiben tisztázta, mi népdal és mi nem az (Művelődés, 1980–81). Szaktanulmányait közölték a Bartók-dolgozatok című gyűjteményes kötetek (1974, 1982), a Zenetudományi írások három kötetében pedig a magyar népdal régi és új stílusának kapcsolatairól (1977) s a kupolás kvint szerkezetű magyar népdal és a fúga expozíciójáról értekezett (1980), majd a hétfalusi csángók közt folytatott népdalgyűjtést ismertette (1983).

Szerzeményeiből önálló kötetet adott ki Öt gyermekkar címmel (1955), hat további kórusműve a Szállj, szép szavú dal című gyűjteményben (1972) jelent meg.

A Magyar Néprajzi Társaság tiszteletbeli tagjává választotta, 1993-ban pedig Széchenyi-díjjal tüntették ki a romániai magyar népzenekutatás terén több évtizeden át kifejtett kimagasló munkájáért.

Főbb tudományos művei
 Moldvai csángó népdalok és népballadák (Faragó Józseffel közösen), 1954
 Adatok a romániai magyar népzenei dialektusok kérdéséhez, 1956
 Romániai magyar népdalok (Faragó Józseffel közösen), 1974
Magyaró énekes népzenéje. Egy Felső-Maros menti falu magyar néphagyományaiból; Palkó Attila kiegészítő gyűjteményét és Zsigmond József szövegkiegészítését felhasználva közzéteszi Jagamas János; Kriterion, Bukarest 1984
A népzene mikrokozmoszában. Tanulmányok; Kriterion, Bukarest, 1984
 Pávai István - Zakariás Erzsébet (szerk.): Jagamas János népzenei gyűjteménye a Román Akadémia Folklór Archívumában, 2014

Szerzeményei
 Öt gyermekkar (kórusművek), 1955

Források
 Almási István: Jagamas János emlékezete.
 Benkő András: Jagamas János (1913–1997)

Kapcsolódó szócikkek

Népi irodalom Erdélyben
Népköltészet Erdélyben
Népzenekultúra Erdélyben
Zeneírás Erdélyben
Zenetudományi Írások

Magyar népzenegyűjtők
Széchenyi-díjasok
Romániai magyarok
Désiek
1913-ban született személyek
1997-ben elhunyt személyek


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Interview: Jah9 (Part 1 - The Education)
https://unitedreggae.com/articles/n1331/041713/interview-jah9-part-1-the-education
By Angus Taylor on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 1 comment
"I'm kind of an introvert. I live in my head"
Janine "Jah9" Cunningham has caused an enormous stir with her prodigious debut album 'New Name', produced by Rory Gilligan of Stone Love. This is roots music of old, made in Jamaica, with the same jazz inflections that bolstered its counterpart in 1970s London so great. Jah9's vocal, lyrical and spiritual confidence seem to have sprung fully formed so it was a necessity for Angus Taylor to seek her out for United Reggae to discover where she and her poetic music came from.
It is a testimony to the strength and self-determination of Jah9 that after several false starts the interview took place on her terms between 12 and 2am London time – a commitment that only Sizzla Kalonji has inspired in the past. Jah9 had an uncanny ability to anticipate each follow up question before it was asked and spoke at length with steely conviction. The resulting two part story is in essence authored by her in answer to a few pointers on topics. Part one deals with her education prior to becoming a professional musician, both inside the system and out. Part two, on her music, will be published soon.
On the name "Jah9" and its significance
"When I was younger my uncle used to call me Jah9. He was the first one who actually pronounced it that way and it just took on. He isn't even Rastafari or anything.
As I went to high school, even before I came into consciousness, I was drawing my name as J-A-H and the number nine and writing it on the desk tops! So I started visually seeing my name as Jah9 right from the desks at school.
As I grew older and felt the significance of the name of Jah as The Most High it just made me want to hold on to it even more. I'd always wanted to have an African name because names are so significant to me. My sister had an African name and I was like "I'm the darkest one! How come she gets an African name?" (Laughs) So as the significance grew I just held on to it."
On singing in church
"I am a preacher's daughter so I'd be at church every Sunday. My mother and my sister could sing so I'd just be sandwiched between these two women singing. We knew all the hymns so it was just learning how to memorise and keep melodies for all these songs would stick in my head. I was five or six, going on seven - those ages where I was cognisant of what's happening around me. I would be singing and they would be singing and we'd be making harmony and then we'd go home and have our family fellowship there would always be singing so I developed a natural ear for harmony. There would always be three part harmony in the house.
Then as I grew up and moved from Trelawny to Kingston I joined my school choir. The man who was directing the choir was a legendary Jamaican, Lloyd Hall, who had written melodies for some of the national songs and he was auditioning people five at a time. I ended up in a group with some people who really couldn't sing! So he auditioned my group and dismissed us all! I was like "What???" So I just went to choir practice the next day like I was a part of the group that got through anyway! I was always on the choir since then."
The Bible – it's really poetry. Just being exposed to that wordsound made my mind work in a particular way where words were concerned
On her interest in poetry
"I can't even remember when I started writing. I started reading pretty early so the whole connection with writing came very early as well. I'm only thinking this now as I try to answer your question but growing up in a family who sing hymns and read the Bible a lot – it's really poetry. Just being exposed to that wordsound made my mind work in a particular way where words were concerned.
I was always coming up with a verse but it was not poetry-poetry until I got to Kingston when I was about eight. I was in class and our grade three teacher introduced us to the whole concept of poetry, verse and stanzas and I remember being so excited about learning this officially. We were all given an assignment and I was so ready to deliver and so proud of myself! But I went to her and she was so unimpressed by my poem and she had so much to say about it! I wasn't even disappointed, it was just "This lady clearly doesn't know what she's talking about!" I was so confident that this was my thing. I was so comfortable writing.
Since that age I have been consistently writing ever since. I can actually watch my own development through all these volumes of writing. At first it was just from my imagination "My Life As A Shoe" and that kind of thing! As I started to interact it started to become more social because I was thrust into a new environment so writing became an escape for me to leave my physical space and just write. Then you get older and learn more and get exposed to my heritage and culture then certain themes that I wouldn't necessarily have conversations about I could just tackle them with writing. At that time I had no intention of showing everybody this. It was just for me. I started to experiment with different styles because of different things I was reading or the music I was listening to or whatever it was.
By the time I got to university was when I started to share my writing and read it out loud. I had a little background in public speaking from High School so I had the confidence to present it. I just wasn't sure how people would take to the topics I would choose to talk about. Then I went to a few open mic poetry events and got a really good reception which gave a little confidence "They're feeling it. That's cool!""
On studying Psychology at University of the West Indies and how Psychology contributed to her development as an artist
"I studied psychology as a major and chose two minors – criminology and human resource development. But they said I could only declare one minor so I chose human resource development because that was the one that was more likely to get me a job when I came out of university. I'm kind of an introvert. I live in my head. My parents were in the social sciences. My father is a minister but he was a guidance counsellor as well, while my mother is a social worker who does counselling as well so there were a lot of those kinds of books around. That was the kind of literature I was exposed to.
The formative years of my life were spent in a more traditional environment outside the city, so when I got to the city everything was brand new and as an outsider I had the opportunity to watch the people around me. The whole psychology of looking at yourself from outside became real to me as I had those experiences. Before I went to university I went to an all girls' school so there were no distractions like having boyfriends. It was all just learning and arguing with teachers and students – it was really a mental experience. In relating to girls I got to look at myself also - you can't help but compare where you are with where other people are – and at that time I was heavily into church and my spirituality. My spirituality was being contained within the church environment at that time. I was the quiet Christian girl, the pastor's daughter – I was everybody's friend and nobody's friend. They wouldn't talk to me when it came to personal details about things that they thought I might not have any experience with but I was fun to talk to so I always had the opportunity to look at the whole social sphere from outside. So a lot of my poetry would reflect a lot of introspection and even the wordsound on this latest work is very introspective as well.
I was the quiet Christian girl, the pastor's daughter – I was everybody's friend and nobody's friend
By the time I got to university, out of all the options, psychology was logical and natural. I went through several phases in terms of what I wanted to be when I grew up, lots of the them to do with the sciences because they felt the most interesting and challenging, with brand new concepts I had never been introduced to before. I started to build ambitions around nuclear physics and then forensic psychology which were always evolving but revolving around natural sciences. But when I got to sixth form I realised I didn't want to work that hard in school. I didn't want to do that. I didn't have an academic personality even if I have a brain for it. So when I got to university I chose psychology and although it did feel like I was chickening out, it was what I was interested in so I just went ahead and dived in.
After the first year I realised I was acing everything and not even trying which was the worst thing that could have happened! (laughs) Because by my second year I had started to delve more into other subjects and read way more widely than the curriculum. So I started to challenge the teachers again because if you brought anything up out of the ordinary they were very predisposed to whatever the textbooks say - "This is what we are teaching you and that's how it goes"! I can remember in particular in cognitive psychology where the lecturer – and I can still see her face right now! – was talking about when a child learns to read and saying because of the way a child's brain develops there is no way they can read until they are five. I told her I was reading when I was three years old and brought up the possibility that they could read when younger than that but she wouldn't even allow the idea to be brought up in the class! It was like I was offending her! I could read when I was three and I was sitting beside two brethrens whose cousins were reading at that age at the time so it opened up a whole discussion which I eventually didn't win because I wasn't the teacher! That woman's class was the only one I ever got a C in and she affected my entire grade for university – it was like she did it on purpose! I had a lot of challenges with different personalities and opinions when I was growing up. When you read for yourself it makes it harder for people to tell you things unless you believe them. Most children were going to school to learn and not learning out of school but I grew up differently which made me a little difficult for teacher!"
My father had always exposed me to a level of Afrocentricity
On her philosophical education outside the system
"My father had always exposed me to a level of Afrocentricity because he was kind of a radical. He was a pastor but he went away to do his Masters at a theological seminary that was run by some very strict and what he termed almost racist white people. The way they presented information almost offensive to him. He went through a lot of those kinds of struggles because of the time he went to school and they made him very radical and very firm in his beliefs about African pride, knowing yourself and understanding your roots. He kind of passed that on to me because of how he spoke and how he related to people. As I said, I am the darkest child and he would outrightly favour me and make it known like it was something he was doing for himself – to make me feel very proud of the fact that I was so dark skinned. So ever since I was a little girl he would affirm things about black pride and being beautiful because you are black. When I got to Kingston I found the city mindset was much different. I would look and see some beautiful dark skinned boys and say "Wow!" and these boys would have no interest in me! They would only be interested in these other girls. So I would go into myself and start to write about it and explore that concept. It made me upset, not at the boys or even the situation, but at this slavery and this thing that was a heavy weight around all of our necks.
So it got me very into reading our history and by the time I got to high school they would expose us to books like by authors like William Green who had never set foot in the West Indies and was writing about it in a way that was very offensive to me because I was already reading other books that taught me a lot more about Africa. My education of Africa was not starting with slaves. For a lot of students in Jamaica, the first thing they hear about Africa was "That's where they took the slaves from". They don't learn about Timbuktu having the first university or ancient medicine coming from Kemet or how the Kushites left Africa and educated other parts of the world. They don't have any of that so they have no reason to feel proud of themselves. So I ended up looking like I was an aggressive little girl because I had all this information and won't take any talk from anybody about it.
For a lot of students in Jamaica, the first thing they hear about Africa was "That's where they took the slaves from"
The first time I was exposed to the book Wretched Of The Earth by Frantz Fanon I was really excited by it. I was even excited about how the preface before the book started because the voice of the writer of the preface was a different voice from the author. It was almost as if he was preparing a white reader to absorb this information – that was how I received it because he used terms like "they". I was like "Wow, it's almost as if he thinks black people aren't going to read this book". There is a saying "If you want to keep something from black people put it in a book" and I've found some truth in that saying as said as it is. So when I started to read the book I got so excited and went to my dad and told him about it – and he went out and came back with a beat up copy of the same book! I was like "Wow, we really are our father's children" and that opened a new chapter in our relationship where I got to talk very firmly about certain things – certain injustices that have filtered down into our society because of colonialism and imperialism – and my father had a lot of opinions about those things as well. There was a period where I was really angry and intolerant of a lot of things I didn't agree with. If I thought it was injustice then I wasn't having it. It was kind of a self-righteousness but it was just where I was in my development. Because if you read the history you can't help but become emotional."
On patriotism
"It's a very sensitive topic. I think this country and its people are blessed and strategically positioned on this rock with the soil we've been blessed with and the water and the land and the mountain-scape that protects us from hurricanes. The way we've been placed in the Caribbean Sea at that point in the journey of the Triangular Trade and how it was that Jamaica had to be passed at the time that it was and the particular Africans that got let off in the journey because they were kings and queens who were the least likely to be cooperative. To see the heritage we have and the bloodline we come from – because His Majesty said we in Jamaica are direct blood relatives to those in Ethiopia. Even His Majesty proclaims that so I see the importance of us as a people in that way. But in terms of patriotic? Patriotic has to do with politics. I have nothing to do with politics. I have nothing to do with it – I am not interested in their divide and rule colonialism bullshit at all."
On Rastafari
"The real turning point in my whole journey in terms of Afrocentricty came when I started reading about His Imperial Majesty and being exposed to Rastafari culture. I don't mean those Rastafari people you hear about who say "Burn this" and "Burn that". I mean those real Rastafari people who adopted this livity of simplicity and humility – the highest form of livity. Because you're not taught that Rastafari is anything divine; you are taught about "Dutty Rasta". I wasn't even taught that by my parents. I don't know where I got that idea. It's almost like you're subliminally programmed to perceive that Rastafari are dirty heathens and dangerous. And when I was really truly exposed to Rastafari I started to wage battle within myself because I was so extremely drawn to it and at the same time there was something within me that was so opposed to it because I felt like I was betraying everything I was ever taught. But I couldn't help it.
When I was really truly exposed to Rastafari I started to wage battle within myself
This was at university and at the same time I met a professor who was a doctoral candidate. He was so intelligent that it was almost like he spoke a different language. He would use words the way a Rastaman would change around the words. So a fruit like Mango would be I-Trod and Ackee would be I-KI and everything had a new name. I was like "How do you do that?" and he explained it was a kind of defiance as well as putting the essence of I into everything. He explained so beautifully and when someone can explain something and express it with good language than I am sold. I found myself around him so often and found my own ways to use the words as well and it became something beautiful to me."
On diet
"I would see how these men would eat – no meat, no fish, and would prepare all their food with live ingredients. There is a fruit called Stinking Toe and when you grow up you heard Stinking Toe stinks when you crack the shell and no one would want to eat it. But that is such a nutritious food, it's a nerve food, so I have seen this Rastaman collect enough Stinking Toes, breaking the shells and putting them in a calabash and mashing it up with oats and nuts. I watched him put it together so effortlessly while he was reasoning with me and I was so intrigued like "I don't want to taste that" and at the same time "I really want to taste that". So when I started to eat from these ones that changed me.
I remember, little by little my own diet changing, and that was when I was exposed to marijuana. It was always something I was excited about but I wasn't exposed to it. I got to sit with a steam chalice for the first time on one of the halls of residence. We would have a fire space and fire pit with logs around it and there would be upward of about 8 of us around the fire. Everyone would have their own steam chalice because there were calabash trees growing on the campus and bamboo growing and there were people who would built our little kutchie's down in Papine so everything we needed was there. To sit with the herb and taste it and reach to the particular heights of meditation and hold certain reasoning under that meditation – there is no way you can not be moved. It opened up my mind, removed some of the inhibitions about not wanting to hear certain information and I started to absorb and to read – because when I hear something I don't understand but my spirit believes it I will go search it out.
And that is how I found Rastafari – by reading about His Imperial Majesty. Because you hear propaganda about HIM but reading for myself I found The King wrote his own biography in two volumes in his own words – apart from the fact that it's translated - so that nobody could make up a story about him. And there are volumes of speeches he wrote. So that now became the journey and I fell in love with The King. I grew up in a family where my grandfather and my father were gentlemen and this ill prepared me for the world because when I went out into the world I realised "Man no stay like your father"!"
The greatest gift my parents have given me – is the space to be myself
On leaving the church
"As I continued the journey I found I outgrew the church environment because I came to realize how person-centred it was. It was a lesser livity but my connection with The Most High was still the same since I was a little girl. Because that introverted nature was me knowing the difference between my personality and myself – being able to look at my personality and correct myself. That is something that the Bible will train you to do too. But I remember releasing even the Bible when I started to read certain things and find out where a lot of the information in the Bible comes from. That it is really an African story that they took and pieced together. I remember I became angry at the Bible and put it down. I stopped going to church and shut out all of Christianity from my reality. I decided that I was just going to have to find it. Jah was going to have to show me something because none of that was real. I struggled with it and talked to my dad about it and he understood that I was on a journey. He understood it was not my spirituality or him that I was turning my back on. He gave me the space. That is the greatest gift my parents have given me – the space to be myself. Especially as a young woman. People always want to determine what the girls do and watch what the girls do extra carefully. But my parents really took a lot of chances and gave me my space. That journey was really instrumental in me being able to spend some time with some elders who I would sit and listen to for hours as my mind would just blow wide open."
On coming back to the Bible
"Learning about His Majesty from his own words really helped to ease some of the anger and some of the tension that was in me – to the point where I hardly even read about history any more. I've been so saturated with that information that I have learnt that it is only in releasing it that I can be free. It's only through forgiveness of everything including myself that I am going to be able to grow and evolve and self-actualise. That was the message His Majesty brought and it was His Majesty who brought the word about reading the Bible – or I would never have taken up reading the Bible again. When the King said "Read it" I realised there was something beyond just the stories. This thing is a science. This Bible reading thing is not even about the physical book the Bible. There is a particular way I had to read it. Just like any other book I had to approach it the same way. I had to read it from beginning to end. I had to take it in particular dosages. And I had to approach it with humility, knowing that I am not dissecting it, just absorbing it bit by bit. And it is in doing it over the past year or so in small doses, one chapter a day, that I have realised that this is my story. This is the story of being a human being. This the challenge. It's difficult to put that journey into words because I haven't completed it yet. I have opted not to read ahead. I have opted to do it in this particular way was a ritual and as a reverence. There are a lot of rituals I employ in my life including the steam chalice which is a ritual in and of itself – it's not just crushing up herb and rolling weed. It's preparation. Just like the other elders who would burn the chalice and cut up their herb and have that whole ritual space and burn their kutchie every morning – as African people exiled in the west you will find those of us who are closer to our roots will create rituals for ourselves. That is what I have done within Rastafari."
As African people exiled in the west... those of us who are closer to our roots will create rituals for ourselves
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Posted by fyahredball on 04.28.2013
Love Jah9, she is a beautiful sister but we must never judge seen the part of her reasoning where she is saying I am not talking about those rastas that is saying burn this and burn that I am talking about the real rastafarians... That statement is wrong love her she is a real artist but we must speak without offending especially, regarding our rastafari brothers and sisters this fire must burn if you have a different approach so what???? Everyone does there thing different we just need the oneness the togetherness and always show the love Jah bless.


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