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The locomotive represented in this pack, No. 4261 was outshopped from the Swindon Locomotive Works on the 31st May 1917 and was withdrawn from Shed 86D Llantrisant on the 31st March 1959 and was finally cut up on the 30th November 1959 by T. W. Ward, Briton Ferry.
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Vampires in Wuthering Heights. Seriously? Yes, seriously. This is no movie adaptation taking liberties; this is a valid interpretation with textual evidence to support it. Whether you choose to push that interpretation to metaphorical or literal levels is up to you.
Okay, let's cut right to the chase. Within Wuthering Heights there's plenty of evidence to read this plot: Cathy becomes a vampire, haunting Heathcliff for years before finally turning him into one as well, so they – joined at last – can roam the moors eternally as the undead.
Think I'm smoking something? Let's break it down.
Is he a ghoul, or a vampire?' I mused. I had read of such hideous, incarnate demons.
After this vivid description, Cathy flees to her bedroom and locks herself up for three days. Three is key; it's the mythical length needed to transform in vampire lore. What's more, Cathy's bed is singular: a "large oak case, with squares cut out near the top, resembling coach windows [...] In fact, it formed a little closet." Sounds eerily like a coffin, doesn't it? During her three days locked in her room, Cathy refuses to eat. (In some lore, vampires can't eat, only drink blood.) When she finally unbars the door, she tells Nelly that she believes she's dying. Her transformation has begun.
During Cathy's prolonged death, the connections to vampirism multiply. Perhaps the most striking scene is when Cathy sees "someone" in the mirror across her bedroom, demanding to know who it is. Nelly cannot seem to make Cathy realize that she sees her own reflection, and covers the mirror with a shawl. Yet Cathy continues in fear: "It's behind there still! […] And it stirred. Who is it? I hope it will not come out when you are gone! Oh! Nelly, the room is haunted!" The fact that Cathy doesn't recognize her reflection is reminiscent of the legend that vampires cannot see themselves in mirrors, either because they have no reflection or because they're unable to look at themselves. "'There's nobody here!' [Nelly] insisted. 'It was yourself, Mrs. Linton; you knew it a while since.' 'Myself!' she gasped, 'and the clock is striking twelve! It's true then, that's dreadful!'" At this point Cathy realizes what she is becoming, and she fears her future.
May she wake in torment! […] Where is she? Not there – not in heaven – not perished – where?
(Who says romance is dead?) Heathcliff's declaration that Cathy hasn't "perished" even though she's dead comes to interesting fruition. When he digs her up twenty years later, he finds her unchanged. A body failing to decompose after that long more than hints at the supernatural. No doubt, Brontë knows what she's doing.
The final nail in the coffin (sorry) that proves Cathy's vampirism? Her return. Vampires always come back for their loved ones. When Lockwood, our outer-layer narrator, opens the novel, it's twenty years after Cathy's death. And before he even knows her story, he spends the night at Wuthering Heights in Cathy's creepy oak-paneled coffin bed, pressed up against the bedroom window.
The girl, of course, is Cathy, dead and begging to be let in. What's vampire rule number one? We They have to be invited in. Understandably terrified but perhaps not understandably brutal, Lockwood saws Cathy's wrist across the broken glass until she lets go. Then he blocks the hole and refuses to let her in. Heathcliff, however, hearing the commotion, bursts in, flings open the window, and yells, "Come in! come in! […] Cathy, do come." Although by then the "wraith" is gone, this invitation seals Heathcliff's fate.
The reader never receives an explicit depiction of Cathy transforming Heathcliff by biting his neck, sucking his blood, etc. (The only overt reference to such a thing comes when at one point Heathcliff threatens, "I would have torn his heart out, and drunk his blood!") The reader knows when something occurs because Heathcliff says, "Nelly, there is a strange change approaching—I'm in its shadow at present." However, the method, manner, and form of his interaction with Cathy are left to the reader's imagination. In fact, when Nelly questions Heathcliff about his strange behavior, he simply replies, "You'll neither see nor hear anything to frighten you, if you refrain from prying," which quite beautifully implies that there is something there to frighten.
Just as when Cathy fell ill, Nelly tells Heathcliff, "The way you've passed these three last days might knock up a Titan. Do take some food, and some repose. You need only look at yourself, in a glass, to see how you require both. Your cheeks are hollow, and your eyes blood-shot, like a person starving with hunger, and going blind with loss of sleep." Again, after several such descriptions, we get starvation within the mystic period of three days, a refusal to look in the mirror, paleness, strength, and extraordinary eyes. It's clear to a discerning reader that what befell Cathy is now befalling Heathcliff.
The girl, of course, is Cathy, dead and begging to be let in. What's vampire rule number one? They have to be invited in.
Her first reaction is perhaps the most important, due to its instinctive correctness; he is not quite dead. She draws attention to his throat again, to his bloodlessness, and even to the window, that symbol through which the vampire was invited in. Nelly says, "I tried to close his eyes—to extinguish, if possible, that frightful, life-like gaze of exultation, before any one else beheld it. They would not shut—they seemed to sneer at my attempts, and his parted lips, and sharp, white teeth sneered too!" The transformation is complete; Heathcliff has joined Cathy in the realm of the undead.
I would have torn his heart out, and drunk his blood!
It's clear there's plenty of textual evidence for the theory of Cathy and Heathcliff as vampires, but it does beg the question: Was there enough cultural knowledge at the time of Emily Brontë's writing to produce such intention? The short answer is yes. In fact, the word 'vampire' appears in Wuthering Heights: "'Is he a ghoul, or a vampire?' I mused. I had read of such hideous, incarnate demons." Nelly's use of the word at minimum puts the thought in the reader's head and proves the author's knowledge of its existence.
What's more, Emily Brontë was writing Wuthering Heights in the thick of what scholars call the 'vampire mania' that hit England. We know Brontë had access to some popular vampire literature in her father's library (Byron), and likely many more (Polidori, the famous penny dreadful Varney the Vampire).
Indeed, when Emily Brontë decided to subtly weave a tale of vampirism – whether she intended it literally or metaphorically, and I do believe there's a strong case for literalism here – she was contributing to a long, complex lineage that authors and readers continue to this day. Indeed, with her striking feminist portrayal of what may be the first female vampire in English literature, she could well have influenced such classics as Le Fanu's Carmilla and Stoker's Dracula, notorious in critical circles for its themes of sexuality and gender.
In sum, I believe that in the long list of genres that Emily Brontë influenced with her seminal work – the gothic novel, romance, horror, literary fiction, family saga, and drama – we can rightfully include the vampire novel.
Hi Annie, You've come up with a really fascinating and exciting interpretation of my all-time favorite novel, Wuthering Heights! I've read the novel many times over the years and referenced it in as many of my college writing assignments as possible :) Many symptoms of Cathy's, and later Heathcliff's, illness can easily be attributed to mental anguish, but some aspects can't, as you pointed out, Cathy's unaltered corpse.
Another part of the novel that follows your theory is the period right before Cathy's death where Heathcliff stations hiimself outside her window. It's been a long time since I've read Dracula, but I believe Renfield behaves the same way, breaking out of the asylum more than once to seek out Dracula at his house. I wonder if Stoker was indeed, as you suggest influenced by Wuthering Heights when he wrote Dracula.
Thanks for this really cool and fascinating theory!!
Never read Wuthering Heights, but now I want to!
I am SO re-reading Wuthering Heights now. I read it long ago in college and thought it was good, but a tad dramatic--why is everyone so mournful and whiny? (Yeah, I didn't really "get" it.) But this reading is awesome. I am definitely going to have to read this one again. Great article!!!
Wow! Huge congrats on being a new columnist for such a great site! You make a very good case for the vampiric Wuthering Heights. I'm sure I'll read many more great articles from you here!
I always read the three days of suffering and subsequent weirdness biblically: they descended into hell and after three days were raised into some other form. This is a fascinating theory, and rests on whether Bronte did have access to vampiric lore since Dracula for example, wouldn't be written for another 50 years.
Alison- Thanks so much! That's a really interesting addition that I hadn't even thought of. I love that; now I need to re-read Dracula, too. Glad you liked the post!
Joshua- You should! But then, I think everyone should. ;) Fair warning, though, that reading my theory first will probably alter your reading. Also, after seeing my evidence accumulated here you may be disappointed by how spread out (and subtle) it all is in the book. The vampire plot is fairly well hidden under drama and family history.
Taylor- "A tad dramatic" may be an understatement. Melodrama is a classic trope of gothic novels, and Brontë played right into that. Thanks very much!
Lexa- Thank you! I'm thrilled to be here.
Kristin- Interesting take. I like it quite a bit, and actually think it fits rather nicely hand-in-hand with the vampire interpretation, don't you? Vampires have long been associated with demons, devils, Hell, etc. And to address your question: she absolutely did have access! In fact, Europe was in the midst of 'vampire mania' at the time. We know she likely read Byron, for example, and probably also the classic penny dreadful "Varney the Vampire." That's why I postulate that Brontë may have actually influenced Stoker himself.
I think "beguiling me with your beautiful and scary brain" simply must be one of my favorite compliments ever. I'm so glad you enjoyed the theory! I had a suspicion you might. And you make a great point about the vampire fatigue, as it were, and how we've all become desinsitized. I felt the same way about Dracula, though -- jarred out of that numbness by its originality. And just for the record, I don't at all think that the literal vampire reading is the only valid interpretation of WH. There's certainly room for a mental illness interpretation; in fact, I think Bronte intentionally allowed for both and then some. Anyway, thank you so much for the kind words and enthusiasm!


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El Puerto de Andrach (en catalán y oficialmente Port d'Andratx) es un puerto natural de las islas Baleares, rodeado de calas de aguas transparentes como cala Llamp, cala Moragues y cala d'Egos. Esta moderna localidad portuaria, de 3000 habitantes, ha pasado de ser un antiguo refugio de pescadores a ser uno de los centros turísticos más importantes y visitados de Mallorca, gracias a su actividad náutica, cosa que propicia un turismo residencial muy exclusivo.

El Puerto es un lugar cosmopolita  y alegre, donde se mezclan numerosas culturas y se combinan compras, sol y ocio nocturno. También ofrece  una infinidad de actividades relacionadas con el mar. No obstante, cuenta con uno de los puertos deportivos mejor dotado de las Islas, el Club de Vela del Puerto de Andrach, con unos 500 amarres ocupados por embarcaciones deportivas y de recreo.

La máxima animación se concentra en el paseo marítimo y el muelle, donde se sitúa el edificio de la Lonja, testimonio de la vigencia de la actividad pesquera donde por la mañana se pueden comprar las capturas de peces frescos de los pescadores. Tiendas y restaurantes con agradables terrazas mirando al mar observan el paseo marítimo, que conduce al faro y al Club de Vela, pasando por el pequeño torrente des Saluet.

En el Puerto se ubican elementos patrimoniales de gran interés histórico y arquitectónico. Por un lugar, las torres de defensa, testimonios de la amenaza corsaria que existió en la zona, como la de Sant Carles, a sa Mola; o la del número 9 de la calle Rodríguez Acosta, convertida en una vivienda privada. Por otro lugar, la arquitectura religiosa está representada por la iglesia Nuestra Señora del Carmen.

El Puerto de Andrach dispone de una selecta infraestructura hotelera y también algunos de los establecimientos de más renombre de la oferta gastronómica de la isla. A la tarde, se convierte en una de les zonas más animadas del municipio.

Desde el puerto es posible ir hacia a sa Mola, desde donde se puede admirar una espléndida puesta de sol y del mar abierto con la isla Dragonera.

Véase también
 Sierra de Tramontana

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Star Wars: Clone Wars Revived for Surprise Seventh Season
By Chris Arrant
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The animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars is being revived for a surprise seventh season on the upcoming Disney streaming service. The series will pick up the storylines from 2013's sixth season, following Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, and Captain Rex in the lead-up to Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
Here is the first trailer:
The season will run for 12 episodes and be overseen by the supervising producer of the original, Dave Filoni.
"I honestly didn't think we would ever have the opportunity to return to The Clone Wars," says Filoni. "Thanks to the relentless fan support and the team behind Disney's direct-to-consumer streaming service, we will now get to tell more of those stories. We feel a tremendous responsibility to make something that lives up to the legacy that George Lucas created with the original series and I think our team, many of whom worked on the show from the beginning, has risen to the challenge."
Lucasfilm has not specified when the new Star Wars: The Clone Wars season will debut.
Originally published on Newsarama.
Chris Arrant
Newsarama Senior Editor
Newsarama Senior Editor Chris Arrant has covered comic book news for Space.com sister site Newsarama since 2003, and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News and CBR. He is the author of the book "Modern Masters: Cliff Chiang," co-authored "Art of Spider-Man Classic," and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology "Pros and (Comic) Cons." He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)
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Brian Wilson Documentary Director Wants To Show the Beach Boys Singer in a Different Light
by Jennifer Shea November 24, 2021
written by Jennifer Shea November 24, 2021 9:27 pm
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In Brent Wilson's documentary about Brian Wilson (no relation), Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, the director was trying to capture a different side of the Beach Boys singer. But their first interview together didn't go well.
So the director came up with a bold idea. He got in touch with Rolling Stone editor Jason Fine, a longtime friend of the singer. Then he fitted a car with cameras and a microphone. And he had Fine and Wilson drive around together for seven or eight days, just talking.
"There are numerous documentaries. There's a feature film, there's three television movies, there's numerous books and essays on Brian," the director told People this month. "There's a saying that when it comes between the truth and the legend, print the legend. And Brian has become legend. So with my film, I wanted to show people Brian, the man. Not Brian Wilson, the myth."
Brian Wilson Documentary Tackles Some Tough Subject Matter
At various points in his life, the singer suffered from depression and schizoaffective disorder as well as drug and alcohol addiction. He also developed a codependent relationship with the psychologist Eugene Landy, later disgraced and de-licensed, who practiced a radical form of therapy called "24-hour therapy." (According to the Los Angeles Times, the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance charged Landy with "grossly negligent conduct" and the sexual abuse of a female patient.)
In the documentary, the musician talks about Landy. He talks about his abusive father. He even talks about being 311 pounds and having to get in shape. All difficult topics. But those discussions weren't forced on him, the director insists. They came up organically as Wilson was chatting with Fine.
"Jason and I decided pretty early on that we wouldn't go any place Brian didn't want to go," the director said. "If he didn't want to talk about something, we just weren't going to talk about it. We had this Hippocratic Oath that we took, which was do no harm. That was really important to us. So all of those moments that are in the film that are, I think, painful for Brian, are moments that Brian wanted to talk about."
Wilson Never Badmouths Anyone, Even Those Who've Wronged Him
They ended up gathering roughly 70 hours of footage and distilling that into the documentary. The film is now playing in select theaters and on streaming platforms. And at the end of making the documentary, the director said he had one takeaway: Brian Wilson "doesn't have the capacity to say anything bad about anyone."
"When you see the film, you see that Eugene Landy was such a traumatic person in his life," the director said. "Yet, in the film, Brian can't bring himself to say anything bad about him. He just doesn't have it in his heart. In the film he even gives Landy credit for helping him lose weight and getting off of cocaine and quitting cigarettes and getting him in shape."
"Not only will he not say anything negative about Landy or anyone, he gives credit to them," he added. "As abusive as his father was, he talks about how he instilled in him this sense of competition and this work ethic. So even in those negative spaces, I think you see the light in Brian."
Fans of the Beach Boys will no doubt welcome this opportunity to gain a little more insight into the storied singer. And it seems there's plenty of interesting material for students of human nature, as well.
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With the 2016 World Series of Poker final table – otherwise known as the November Nine – quickly approaching, it is time to speculate on who will become poker's newest world champion. Poker fans can also engage in another type of speculation by putting money on who they think will win. Sportsbooks have released their odds on the November Nine; as usual, they fall into chip count order.
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy is the oldest and most experienced at the table, so combined with the fact that he is the chip leader with 74.6 million chips, it is apparent why he was made the favorite by Ladbrokes at 12/5 odds. With 67.925 million chips, Qui Nguyen is next at 4/1. Gordon Vayo and Kenny Hallaert are both in the 40 million chip range and are both 5/1 to win. The next three – Michael Ruane, Vojtech Ruzicka, and Griffin Benger – are all fairly close in chips, though Ruane comes in at 9/1 and the other two at 10/1. The two short stacks, Jerry Wong and Fernando Pons, are 33/1 and 50/1 to win, respectively.
Ladbrokes also has all sorts of prop bets such as what the winning hand will be, what the winning hole cards will be, and what color the final flop will be. So go have a sweat while you watch the final table!
After years of keeping its online poker players separated from the rest of the world, it appears that the French government will finally let players spread their wings. According to a CardChat.com report, France is finalizing a liquidity-sharing agreement with other European countries which would allow players in France to play at the same tables as players in other nations.
At the beginning of this year, the French National Assembly adopted the Digital Republic Bill, laid out regulations and the rights of individuals when it comes to the internet. The bill, which was then passed by the Senate in May, included an amendment which would permit poker players to play on licensed sites, even if those sites were in other EU or EEA countries.
The amendment text explained that such a change was necessary because many poker players were playing on "illegal" sites in order to take advantage of greater traffic and more lucrative prize pools.
In August, PokerStars announced that it was ending the European Poker Tour (EPT) and creating two new live poker series: the PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival. The schedule has now been officially released for the first-ever PokerStars Festival stop, PokerStars Festival New Jersey.
Held at the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, PokerStars Festival New Jersey will run October 29th through November 6th and will consist of 40 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $100 to $5,000, though most will be on the lower end of that scale.
The Main Event will cost $1,100 ($1,000 plus $100 fee); it will go November 1st through November 5th and will have two starting flights.
It looks like PokerStars is aiming to have this be festival full of different competitions, not just poker. The StarsFun Skill Zone will include games such as basketball, mini-golf, and pinball for cash prizes, as well as free games like air hockey, table tennis, and foosball. The StarsFun Casino Festival adds other gambling contests in games such as blackjack, slots, and video poker.
Players will have plenty of opportunity to qualify for the PokerStars Festival New Jersey events online.
Zachary Smiley came away with an improbable tournament victory this week, making his way from the bottom of the final table to last player remaining, winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland Live! Main Event. Smiley had just 1.255 million chips to begin the six-handed final table, ahead of only Cate Hall, who had 1.235 million. In the meantime, Ryan Belz was the chip leader with 4.865 million and two-time WPT title holder Darren Elias had 4.515 million.
After Hall was eliminated in sixth place on Hand 73, Smiley made his move. Just eleven hands later, he knocked out Benjamin Zamani on what turned out to be a semi-bluff. Smiley had moved all-in from the button with A-T – not terrible, but likely not a hand he wanted called – only to be looked up by both Zamani in the small blind (pocket Eights) and Belz in the big blind (Queens). An Ace flopped, though, allowing Smiley to triple-up. He took over the chip lead by Hand 100 and eventually went into heads-up play against Belz with a 10.305 million to 6.345 chip lead.
It was slow going heads-up as Smiley gradually increased his lead. On the final hand, Smiley raised to 300,000 pre-flop, Belz re-raised to 800,000, and Smiley moved all-in. Belz made the call, risking his tournament with A-Q against Smiley's pocket Fives. Belz had an open-ended straight draw after the turn, but was unable to hit any of his river outs, thus giving Smiley his first WPT title and $356,536.


His name is Spirit. He is the Grandfather horse of my herd, 25 years old. Free? I think in some ways we are all about as free as we want to be. He has always been that for me: Free by choice and attached the same way.
I don't post full body shots of Spirit anymore. His back has a deep sway, his legs are bowed, and his hip bones are no longer hidden in muscle. His body no longer reflects his heart, but his eye is still free.
← Cheer up! It's all your fault.
Yup, I know how he feels! 😉 He's still beautiful and wise.
I am an old gray mare myself.
I hate to admit this, but seeing a once-beautiful creature (even a human!) bow to age always taps a deep well of emotions. My gorgeous old Aly looks wretched after a hot, airless summer, though his eye is still bright, like your lovely Spirit's, and I'm sure I can put condition back on him as the weather cools, but every time his health falters it's such a worry and a wrench.
It is definitely a day to day process with these oldsters… nutritionally and emotionally. Good luck to you and Aly this winter.
I always see him as beautiful!
Thank you, but I can take no credit. This horse is a gift.


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Connecticut Man Killed in Louisiana After Police Chase
By The Associated Press	• Published March 11, 2021 • Updated on March 11, 2021 at 3:13 pm
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A Connecticut man died after sheriff's deputies fired at him following a chase spanning two north Louisiana parishes, state police said Thursday.
In a news release, state police say they were asked to investigate by the sheriff's offices in Red River and DeSoto parishes after 42-year-old Michael Laduca of Waterford, Connecticut, died following a confrontation with deputies Wednesday night. State police have not said whether Laduca was armed.
State police say the investigation so far indicates Laduca drove away as deputies patrolling Wednesday night in DeSoto tried to stop him. He led deputies on a chase into Red River Parish, where the Jeep Cherokee he was driving went through a barbed wire fence and got stuck in a ditch, according to the news release.
Deputies from both parishes fired after a confrontation, the news release said. State police declined to release any more information when asked by email if Laduca was armed or if they have recovered a weapon. It was unclear why deputies tried to stop him in DeSoto Parish or why he refused to stop.


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Q: Broken Motherboard Trace When you're fairly certain that a motherboard trace is broken near the CPU (i.e.: you suspect heatsink / fan was improperly inserted) is it advisable to attempt a repair?
I've heard that it can be done using a substance for repairing embedded windshield defoggers.  Has anyone had any experience with this?

A: I have seen an experienced electrical engineer put a small wire-patch to the rescue on an old Macintosh Quadra 900 that was overclocked to 40MHz with a daystar accelerator that goes over the cpu. That block cooler + crystals slipped and cut a trace. This was repaired. It is therefore possible, but super tricky, and it gets much harder to do with current motherboards due to there being what... 900+ traces for the cpu? Also Mboards are multi-layered now, so it takes good fortune to have a fixable scratch.

A: well, there's a significant chance you won't get it to work, unless its the top layer - motherboard PCBs are multilayered and very carefully designed to keep traces precise lengths. I've heard of people fixing simpler pcbs with a conductive ink pen, but never a motherboard. I'd say, try it at your own risk, but replacing it would be what i recommend.

A: Cut copper traces are not easily repairable using things around the house. Traces around the CPU are typically critical to the motherboards functionality.
First a few questions:

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*Is the cut trace visible? Typically copper traces around the processor are 4-5 mils wide (1 mil = 1 thousandth of an inch).

*Is it just one trace that is cut? If a improperly installed heatsink has cut a trace, then more than just one trace could have been damaged.

*Can you check with a meter to make sure that the trace is disconnected?

*Does the cut trace connect to the memory slots or chipsets?

I've intentionally cut traces with a scalpel and it takes a little effort to do correctly. A heatsink cutting a trace is very unlucky.
To repair a trace (depending upon the size of the gap), I would use some solder and a small piece of bare wire, if necessary.

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[Editorial] Is Selective Disclosure of Bugged Tape Content Right?
Posted August. 09, 2005 03:07,
[Editorial] Is Selective Disclosure of Bugged Tape Content Right?. August. 09, 2005 03:07. .
President Roh Moo-hyun commented yesterday on the 274 wiretapping recording tapes, saying, "Let what should be revealed be revealed, and let the rest be kept secret." His argument was that the contents of the tapes include both criminal records that should be made public and investigated, and privacy that should be protected. What he argued is "selective disclosure" of the wiretapping record.
His remark underpins the position of the ruling Uri Party, which has argued for the enactment of a special law to reveal the contents of the tape. The situation looks familiar. Last year, president Roh drew a clear-cut conclusion for the dispute over the abolition of the National Security Law among Uri Party members by saying, "The National Security Law should be sheathed and sent to a museum."
However, passage of a special law on the tapes has some unconstitutional elements. Experts point out that it goes against the principle of the separation of powers that a commission composed of civilians conducts the investigation on the tapes. It is also questionable if the politically neutral appointment of commission members can be guaranteed. In a nutshell, the controversy over the commission and its decision on the tapes has a dangerous possibility of triggering more major political strife, which will in turn translate into a wasteful national chaos.
President Roh rebuffed the opposition party's idea of introducing a special counsel for the investigation of the wiretapping scandal, saying, "It is against common sense," and urged a wait for the result of the prosecution's investigation. However, this April, the prosecution dismissed illegal wiretapping charges against the National Intelligence Service (NIS) during the 2002 presidential election denounced by the Grand National Party after a two-year long investigation. That the NIS was uncooperative with the investigation was its excuse. Given this history, President Roh's argument is not very convincing.
President Roh has pushed for NIS reform for the past two and a half years, appointed reformists as main NIS staff members, and has instructed that the truth of the NIS' history should be revealed. However, the NIS had repeatedly said until recently that there had been no illegal wiretapping since the inauguration of the Kim Dae-jung administration. It seems that the wiretapping was not a part of the truth about the NIS history that should be revealed.
President Roh is the successor of Kim Dae-jung regime, as he was the presidential candidate of the New Millennium Democratic Party (predecessor of the Uri Party) established by the former president. In this regard, he is not totally free from the bugging scandal. Rather than brushing off the case as the former regimes' responsibility, he should make an apology for the crimes conducted by a state agency and seek legal and regulatory measures to fundamentally prevent illegal wiretapping.
박영수, 화천대유에 5억 송금…"김만배 부탁에 계좌만 빌려준 것"


I'm still slacking on the #bloglife, but that's okay because the running has still been happening! The last few weeks have had hills and valleys for sure. Here I am, in the "taper zone" and less than three weeks from my fourth marathon. To be honest, I started this post a week ago, and never finished it. I've thought about letting my blog subscription just "run out," but today I got an itch to share again!
April included three races, and I have three more in May before the marathon! It's felt good to push myself a bit, but I'm trying to save myself for that sub-5:00 on May 27th!
Here's how weeks 7-9 (most of April) went! However, since there are three weeks in this recap, it'll be an abbreviated version.
*Disclaimer: Strength and extra stuff isn't on here because while I'm in a bit of a sharing mood, I'm still lazy.
2 Peloton rides: 1 x 45 minutes, 1 x 20 minutes. 24.7 miles total.
4 runs: 2 easy, 1 tempo which I killled! (4 tempo miles at 10: 26, :22, :10, :05), 13.1 mile long run.
The first part of my long run was running a 5K (which was short) with some of my best friends who have gotten into running. It was a great time! It was also the first hot day of the year and my 18 miler turned into 13. Womp.
Week 8 (April 16-22): This week wasn't the greatest, but I got it done!
3 Peloton rides: 15 min + 30 min, 20 min. I've been slacking on this the last few weeks! 18.5 miles total.
4 runs: 2 easy, 1 progression ( 11:47 –> 9:45), 18 mile long run at 11:45 mi/avg.
My long run started good and was really great until the last three miles. 2 days of GI issues left me feeling pretty dehydrated and depleted. Nevertheless, I got it done!
Total run mileage: 31.13 miles.
2 Peloton rides: 2 x 30 minutes. 16.6 miles total.
5 runs (4 days): 2 easy, 1 at November Project (first Wednesday in forever!), 1 marathon goal pace run (11:07, 10:57, 11:00, 11:00, 10:47 for MGP miles), 1 race!!
I ran 12 miles at the North Face Endurance Challenge DC marathon relay race (2 relay legs of ~6 mi each). I participated with a team during the Oiselle Volee team weekend and I seriously had the best time! A recap may or may not be coming, but I was very proud of my run and ran 12 miles with a 10:40 average pace!
All in all, I finished April with just south of 112 miles. When I first saw that I felt really discouraged. I'm used to hitting 120+ during marathon training. However, I'm running 4 days a week instead of 5, and I'm also actually cross training! I also shortened a few runs, especially that 18 miler that turned into 13. However, my bike miles are meaningful too, and I have to keep reminding myself that. That's getting easier as I'm starting to see more definition in my legs from the spinning, as well as in my arms as well!
Last week was peak week (Week 10) and this is my first week of the taper! To be honest, tonight I flat out skipped a run for the first time all cycle (I think?). I worked an 11 hour day and still had work to do when I got home. I was dead and wanted a good dinner and some wine. If I made it to taper before truly skipping a run, it's not end of the world right? Anyways, I'm in week 11 now and will post another update as I finish this week up!
What are you training for right now? Yeah, we're already a week into May, but what was a running/non-running highlight of your April?
Post Disney-Feels and It's Go Time!
How has it already been three weeks since I completed the Goofy Challenge? (Part 1, Half, Full) Aside from some lingering hamstring tightness from the second day of my trip, I feel great. I spent three weeks recovering, running as I pleased, and deciding what I want to do next.
As I shared my recaps, I am still so proud of myself and over the moon about how I did during the Disney Marathon. I feel like I'm stronger than I could ever believe, and I truly can do hard things.
As I expected, I also went through the post-marathon blues. I almost signed up for a March full, thought about training for a "speedy" 10K, almost spent all my pennies to go down for Star Wars weekend, so on and so on. I really did struggle with what to do next.
Y'all, running after a marathon is HARD.
Last Friday, it finally hit me. I want to run faster. My biggest running dream (besides running the Athens Marathon) is to run Boston. Obviously, I have a really far way to go before that happens. The first step is to get faster, and truly work to do it. So I'm dedicating my spring to a half marathon PR.
This is scary, really scary. My half marathon PR was so unexpected and random, and I'm still not sure if it was a fluke or not. I'm not so sure it's attainable. But I'm putting it here to keep me accountable. I'm going to attempt to break my 2:09:05!
Follow a half-marathon training plan (with speed-work!): I'm following Lindsey Hein's plan that's up on Zappos. It's been so long since I've done "just" a half-marathon plan! Between now and march, I'll be doing longer long runs than is called for, as I have Rock N Roll DC in early March.
Actually cross train and do strength work: Yeah, thats always a goal. I'm going to be buying a spin bike soon, so it'll happen.
Do more running and less intervals!: Galloway intervals work for me, but they're also a way of keeping it safe. I'll be using them for easy and recovery runs, but I plan to run more during long runs and speed days.
On Saturday January 6th, I ran my first half marathon of 2018 and my 18th half marathon overall! This was the first part of the Goofy Challenge (13.1 + 26.2) and I was so excited to finally run at Walt Disney World.
Just a little shakeout at my hotel. Yes – I wore my new hoodie because it was only 30 degrees!
Friday, pre-race: I woke up early and got in a shake-out run around Hourglass Lake (Art of Animation/Pop Century property) before heading to Animal Kingdom for the day. Unlike at Epcot on Thursday, I ate enough (not necessarily healthily, though) and didn't have too much to drink (although I did have quite the cocktail in Pandora). My mom and I headed back to the hotel to have a pasta dinner around 5:00 and settled in for the night. I had done almost 11.5 miles of walking and running during the day and the back of my right knee was realllly stiff. I took a warm bath, put my legs up on the wall, and foam rolled as I got ready for bed. I was finally in bed to sleep around 9:00.
I ended up leaving the water bottle and trading out the pants for capris.
Saturday, pre-race: Disney World races are known for their early mornings, and mine arrived earlier than planned. Jeez, I forgot how badly my mom SNORES! I was woken up around 1:15 and wasn't able to fall back asleep. Also, I was starving! I gave up falling back to sleep around 2:15 and got dressed in my running clothes and throwaways. I hit up the resort cafe for some cereal and was on the bus just after 3:00.
I arrived at the pre-race village around 3:30, which was obviously plenty early for the 5:30 am start time (we were told to be in our corrals by 5, I think). I was super happy to get my picture with Goofy before heading to the corrals. I checked my bag then started "the walk." Seriously, it was a walk. Before I started the race I had already logged 2 miles of walking! It was really cold waiting in the corrals (low 30's), but I was warm enough with a pair of sweatpants, a bathrobe and blanket. Around 5:00 the pre-race entertainment started and before I knew it Donald was starting the race! I was in Corral D and started about 15 minutes after the first gun went off.
Miles 1-5 started on a highway and brought runners to the Magic Kingdom, first passing through the Ticketing and Transportation center and past the Contemporary Resort. After stopping for a porta-john during the first mile, I settled into a very easy pace while running :45/:30 intervals. There were times where the course was wide and spread out and others where it was pretty cramped and hard to keep up with intervals. I ended up being on the grass alongside the road a lot in order to stay out of others' ways. I ran pretty steady 12:30ish miles from miles 2-5.
Mile 5 happened right at the main entrance to the Magic Kingdom and brought us down main street past the castle! At this point I dropped the intervals for a while to just enjoy running through the Magic Kingdom. I also stopped 3 times to try to find my mom (finds out she was back at the Ticketing and Transportation Center – ugh). After Main Street USA, I started stopping for characters: first the White Rabbit and Queen of Hearts, then Sebastian the crab. Then it was time to run through the castle!! You couldn't have paid me $1,000,000 to stop smiling. We hit Mile 6 running towards Splash Mountain and left the park shortly after.
Miles 6-10 had us exiting the Magic Kingdom, past the Grand Floridian and Polynesian resorts and around the back side of the Ticket and Transportation Center. I stopped for a pit stop and a couple of character stops, penguins from Mary Poppins and the Genie from Aladin, but otherwise these miles weren't all that special. They were pretty cramped as we were down to 1-2 lanes on the highway. There was also entertainment about every .5 miles, whether it be a DJ, marching band, or a mile marker with music. These really helped the miles fly by. Despite the landscape not being all that exciting, I was still having lots of fun. Around 15K we passed this awesome Mickey hot air balloon (we also saw him at 5K) and we headed back towards the Epcot area. My pace during these miles varied due to stopping for pictures but I started to run a little faster when I was running (mile 6: 23:30 LOL (2 character stops and the castle), mile 9: 12:01).
Miles 10-13 brought us back towards Epcot, into and out of Epcot's Future World and of course, to the finish line! Around mile 11 (I think) there was a short hill with entertainment by a green army man from Toy Story, which was super fun. At this point I realized that I wasn't sweating, but instead of that being due to dehydration/hyperhydration it was because I really wasn't working that hard! My paces dipped into the low 11's (like 11:40ish), which would have been nervous about if my heart rate wasn't so low (yay!). I found myself feeling a little "let this be over!" around mile 12 as we were coming into Epcot and sped up a bit. I was happy to run mile 12 in 11:00 and run the final .48 mile nubbin at a 9:40 pace. Not only did I finally break a little sweat but I also FINALLY saw my mom and crossed a RunDisney finish line!!
My mom also got me a rose – how sweet!


If you want to put all the other hipsters to shame, this is the bag that will do it. Nice compact size, yet these have plenty of room for a laptop, clothes, food, nerdy accessories and more. Featuring one main compartment and two outer pouches, these make for one heck of a day pack for camping/hiking.
Made of durable yet lightweight canvas and the straps feature leather reinforcement.
GRADE 2 NOTE: Grade 2 Bags are priced accordingly. They will be missing parts, have tears, and be in generally not good condition. They can be modified to work normally, but since they aren't ready to go right out of the box, I have discounted them. Expect worn/frayed straps, tears, missing D rings, stains, and other imperfections. A great deal on a cheap bag that needs a little TLC and some field modifications. No returns on these, they are sold as-is.


Alan Turing's family: Asks British government to pardon men convicted under gross indecency law.
The family of scientist Alan Turing delivered a petition to British officials on Monday calling for 49,000 men to be pardoned for "gross indecency" convictions, AFP reports. Turing was charged in 1952 under the now-discarded law, which criminalized homosexual behavior, and the chemical castration he received as a result was followed by his apparent suicide a few years later. The petition, hosted by change.org, bears more than 523,000 signatures.
Turing's story gained wider attention with the 2014 release of The Imitation Game, which brought Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal of the code-breaking and computing pioneer. Cumberbatch recently expressed support for the pardons.


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I will be the first to admit that I picked this DVD up, and said something like "Oh God, more bloody Metal", actually I think I used some words slightly stronger, so strong that if we had a cat (which we do not) it would have blushed! My wife Jan gave me one of her 'knowing' looks, and put her headphones on to tune me out!
Well have I got a surprise for you, this is a must have DVD. For those of you not familiar with Rat Skates, he was the glue that created the Thrash Metal band Overkill, who were a huge influence on the genre in the 80's. Rat has tales to tell, and he does them with a panache that just does not seem to fit the usual 'brain dead' label. As a school kid he loved the idea of playing the drums, unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, in those early years he had to practice using a set with rubber skins, that sure serves two purposes, it keeps the noise level down, and the neighbors don't want to kill you!
Although he was making a name for himself Skateboarding his love was in the drums. Begging, borrowing, but not stealing, he managed to get, not just the drums but also some other people to join him in this musical quest. Starting off doing covers, and very much influenced by the 'Glam' bands like Kiss they slowly began to grow. Of course every bands dream is to get that recording contract!
Unfortunately the contract comes at a price, Rat discovers that suddenly he is broke, while it may not be fun building your own drum riser out of milk crates, or creating your own 20 foot logo, you do at least have some control over your destiny. Fame comes at a price, fame costs!
To quote Rat, "I loved the journey, but not the destination".
I cannot recommend this DVD enough, on the five star scale it scores a seven!
Pick up your copy from MVD.
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We have been busy over the past months working towards sustainability for the project. We have been building relationships with other service and support providers, building our network of volunteers, working with understanding your personal needs and developing projects to support these needs, some are in planning stage, some in development and some in grant application stage, we will continually update you with our service portfolio as it grows. Our current services can be found on the website and we always place our upcoming events on facebook as well for ease of booking. Remember you are always welcome to contact with Beth or Jacqui and they will be happy to support you.
Here are a few of our current successes enabling us to continue providing you with AFLP services.
We were so delighted earlier this year to be awarded and supported by The Big Lottery Fund which will enable the project to purchase much needed external space along with equipment for the young people to use in session.
We were also so delighted to receive funds from Comic Relief London Community Fund to support some of our core costs which is all the back office costs to ensure we provide you with the smoothest and best possible service.
We recently received news that we were eligible to award bronze level Jack Petchey Awards to 3 of our over 11 year olds this year for their internal development and growth. These awards are amazing for our young people and they will become members of an amazing wider community of young peer support.
Because our amazing supporters at TSB have done such a fantastic job of fundraising for us this year and that we have so many amazing young people under 11 years old, we have decided to create an AFLP Award for under 11's and will be creating a support network of the same magnitude as our amazing colleagues at Jack Petchey. This year we will be awarding 2 AFLP Awards for young people for their internal development and growth throughout the year.


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Grace At Home
Sometimes life is about taking your feet off the pedals
Published August 15. 2011 4:00AM
By Wendy Fontaine
My daughter, Angie, was three years old when she rode her tricycle down Baldwin Hill for the first time.
No longer content with the sidewalk on flatter ground, she pedaled her bright red Radio Flyer to the intersection of High Street and Baldwin, where safety crossed paths with chance.
Beneath the stop sign, she looked to her right, where the hill sloped toward the old primary school. She looked ahead, where High Street continued level and smooth into the distance. Then she looked back at me.
I don't recall the exact name of Baldwin Hill, but that's what my friends called it when we were kids. We rode our bicycles down that street to get to the corner store, where we bought penny candy and root beer popsicles.
Later on, as teenagers, we drove our parents' station wagons too fast down Baldwin, squealing with delirium when the wheels hit the hill's crest fast enough to launch us into the air.
And Baldwin Hill was one block from the house I rented for Angie and myself after her father fell in love with another woman and asked me for a divorce. After 12 years of what seemed to be a happy marriage, I took my daughter to the place that felt safest: an apartment on solid ground in my hometown in western Maine, where I could gather my strength after losing the man I had loved and the life I had expected to lead.
After about a year, Angie and I were doing well. I had a part-time job as a secretary at the local university, and she was getting invited to birthday parties and learning how to write her name.
Each night after dinner, we wandered the neighborhood — her on the Radio Flyer, which we had found at a yard sale for seven dollars, and me strolling behind her. We made our way up High Street and over to Baldwin, where the corner store still sold candy for pennies.
As Angie waited beneath the stop sign that day, I wanted to say no to her. I wanted to pull her tricycle back to the flat, safe sidewalk. But I also wanted to see her grow, see her take a chance and discover her own potential.
"OK," I said. "But go slowly and pay attention!"
In a second, she was off, her little trike bouncing over the gritty pavement. I watched her long brown hair flap in the breeze of her momentum. I saw her lift her Little Mermaid sneakers off the pedals and thrust them toward the horizon.
"Woo hoo!" she shouted. "I'm doing it!"
A few months after that ride down Baldwin Hill, Angie turned four — and I set out on a ride of my own. It was steeper than any hill in my hometown, riskier than any crossroads I had ever faced.
Every night after Angie went to sleep, I studied for the graduate school entrance exam. I passed the four-hour test and applied to a university in Los Angeles, where only twenty percent of the applicants are admitted. I never expected to get accepted. But I did.
I stood at that intersection for weeks, wondering whether to stay on the flat, safe path of life in my small town or to chase my dream of getting a master's degree in creative writing. I consulted my family, friends and neighbors — even strangers in the grocery store. I listened to my heart and my head, but neither instinct nor logic provided an answer.
My parents probably wanted to grab the back of the tricycle too, to keep their daughter and first-born grandchild from coasting away from them — three thousand miles away
from them. But they didn't.
"Go," my father said. "If it doesn't work out, the plane can always bring you back."
After weeks of vacillation, I decided that I wanted more out of life than a safe place to hide. I could either spend the rest of my life living with the choices my ex-husband had made for me, or I could turn my devastation into a second chance to accomplish something great.
So I gave my notice at the university and paid my last month's rent. Angie and I said goodbye to her classmates and her teacher, our family and our friends. We gave our furniture to relatives and donated our winter jackets to charity.
Then we boxed up our favorite things (she packed a black-and-white stuffed cow and a worn copy of Goodnight Moon; I packed her baby book and the pink patchwork quilt I sewed before she was born) and crammed the boxes into the trunk of our car, which we shipped off to southern California.
We sold the rest of our things, including that red Radio Flyer, at a yard sale on a cold Saturday morning in October. Another mother bought it, for seven dollars. Angie and I earned a hundred dollars that day — just enough to bag-check two suitcases and get some dinner on the night our plane left Boston bound for Los Angeles.
Somewhere over Iowa, Angie fell asleep, and for a few moments, I felt the buoyancy of my decision and the magnitude of the adventure that was about to unfold. I knew how my daughter felt that day at the precipice of Baldwin Hill, the moment she made up her mind to go for it and boldly pushed her tricycle toward the slope.
Life is not a consolation prize. It's not about playing it safe or learning to live with the circumstances that are handed to you.
It's about pushing yourself and feeling your own momentum. It's about taking your feet off the pedals and having faith that the ground will rise up to meet you.
As Angie snoozed in her airplane seat, I leaned over and pushed aside one of her long brown locks. My lips touched the soft skin of her right earlobe.
"Woo hoo," I whispered. "We're doing it."
If you have some writing that you'd like to share with Grace readers, contact the editor at f.trafford@theday.com or 860.701.4375.
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Located on the plateau region of the Western Ghats, it was called "Scotland of India" by the British. Some people have named the place as "Kashmir of South India" as well. This place is one of the most famous tourist destinations of the state as well as the country. The natural beauty of the area has made it popular even amongst international tourists. This district of Karnataka is mostly frequented by nature lovers. Coorg or Kodagu as it is officially known now, is an astonishing land in the heart of the southern Indian peninsula. This unspoilt "country of million hills", situated on the slopes of the Western Ghats, is India's coffee bowl. The tiny district in the state of Karnataka is the biggest producer of coffee.
There are two popular road routes to drive to Coorg to, the first option is to drive to Coorg from Bangalore, first is via Mysore, the second is via Channarayapatna on the NH48 towards Hassan from Bangalore.
Distance wise both are comparable though the NH48 route is a tad longer.Located at a distance of 243 km from Bangalore. Coorg has a population of 554,519. It is famous for its austere sights, varied wildlife, world-class coffee and the Kodavas.
The places worth visiting near the town are Dubare Elephant Camp, Namdroling Monastery, Iruppu Falls, Raja's Seat, Brahmagiri Hills, etc.
The best eateries near the town are Coorg Cuisine, Taste of Coorg, East End Hotel, etc.
People visiting Coorg often look for reliable taxi services to go to nearby cities like Kannur, Ooty, Tirupati, etc.
Abbey Falls makes for one of the most popular places to visit in Coorg. Located 1 km from the town of Madikeri, the waterfall is located between coffee plantations and spice estates. Enjoy the gushing beauty where the Kaveri River cascades down a rockface turning into the falls. The best time to visit is November and December, just after monsoons.
Brahmagiri Peak is a scenic spot full of forested woods and mist-topped hills. On the way to the peak, you will trek through grasslands, colourful floras and sparkling streams of clear water. It also has a wildlife sanctuary which includes Lion-tailed Macaque, Jungle Cat, Spotted Deer, Nilgiri Langur, Giant Flying Squirrel amongst others. It is one of the most beautiful places to see in Coorg in 2 days.
One of the most interesting things to do in Coorg is get close to elephants at the Dubare Elephant Camp. With over 150 elephants, the camp is a great chance to get to know these enchanting creatures. Watch the elephants being given a bath, fed and trained by Mahouts. In addition take a coracle ride on the River Cauvery and spot a crocodile, gaur, the wild dog, sloth bear and peacocks.
Of all tourist places in Coorg, Iruppu waterfall is one of the most popular. River Lakshmana Tirtha takes a 60 feet plunge amidst the green mountains to turn into these falls. The picturesque view of the ferns along with the gushing sound of the falls makes for a memorable experience.
If you are interested in wildlife, the Nagarhole National Park is possibly one of the best places to visit in Coorg in one day. Despite the dense jungle, it has open sight-lines along the river bank, which makes for fantastic place to watch animals and over 270 species of birds. The best time to visit is during summer (April to May) or winter (November to February).
If you are into cultural tourism, an interesting thing to do in Coorg would be to visit a local village. Chettalli is a small village on the Madikeri – Siddapur Road is just the place. With the misty hills being perfectly complimented by the unending greenery it provides a great place to enjoy the serenity and relax.
Present in the town of Madikeri, Raja's Seat is considered one of the most scenic places to visit in Coorg. A popular sunset point, it provides a breathtaking view of the green valley and the surrounding hills. It is also surrounded by a beautiful garden of seasonal flowers and musical fountains. The best time to visit is during the early morning and evening hours.
With abundance of greenery, trekking is definitely one of the things to do in Coorg, tourist places for this activity too are in abundance here, but Mandalpatti is considered the best. Climb up towards the Mandalpatti View Point via the scenic Makkandur route but be sure to pack some water for the way as you explore one of the best trekking places in Coorg.
Of all tourist places in Coorg, Bylakuppe is full of cultural delights. The second biggest Tibetan settlement in India, the main attraction in Bylakuppe is the Golden Temple or Namdroling Monastery which adheres to the typical Tibetan style of architecture. The town is especially great to visit during the festival of Losar (Tibetan New Year), which is celebrated with much fervor.
Nisargadhama is a beautiful island, 28 km from Madikeri, surrounded by thick foliage of bamboo groves, sandalwood and teak trees. An interesting things to do in Coorg would be to stay in the treetop bamboo cottages here, and enjoy the elephant rides and boating on the river side.
This service is useful for the people who want to book a cab for whole day or half day. Tapscabs provide the taxi service for Coorg Local use in which the traveller who want to travel within the city or for local sightseeing within the city limit. Tapscabs car rental provide the cabs for full day (8hrs/80kms) or for half day (4hrs/40kms).
1–Roundtrip: This is the to and fro service means roundtrip which is useful for those who need to and fro from Bangalore. You can request for a Roundtrip from Bangalore to Coorg roundtrip.
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What could be more giggle-inducing than recognizing our own human foibles in a pair of sweet and spunky turtles? With its slapstick, smiles and airy, upbeat illustrations, this simple story helps us laugh at the silliness of squabbles and invites us to find a better way.
You can sneak a peek at the whole book on Heather Castles' blog, here!
The MommyCast and Friends Family Channel launched in October 2007 with its initial lineup of podcasts — including Just One More Book. Earlier today we sent a note to Paige and Gretchen announcing our decision to leave the network. We parted on very good terms and we're happy to say that we have made some new friends along the way. We wish them success with the network and look forward to meeting up with them, again.
When she was little she wanted to be a teacher, in high school a tennis player and in college a paleontologist. She eventually went into advertising before starting her own public relations firm and since 1992 has been an author of children's books.
On this edition of Just One More Book, Mark speaks with author Natasha Wing about writing for 5-8 year-olds, the parallels of baking and writing children's books, and exploring different styles.
***Be sure to check out the complete list of Fiction Picture Book Finalists for The 2007 Cybils Awards here.
Vintage poster-style illustrations and meticulously crafted poems pay tribute to the skill, spirit and style of twenty-six jazz greats, from A to Z.
Exquisite Insanity: There Were Monkeys in my Kitchen!
Concentrated comedy, chaos, and commotion explode from every detail-packed image and fervent verse of this frenzied celebration of syllables and silliness.
Is it just me, or does this book perfectly capture the pandemonium of parenting?
The hush of dependable peaches and greens gently gives way to a crescendo of red in this thoughtfully unfolding, true story of a young girl with a dream — and the patient, respectful cracking of cultural constraints that made her dream come true.
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Her books are wonderfully imaginative, action-packed, suspenseful and filled with vividly humourous characters and situations with great messages about human nature.
On this edition of Just One More Book, Mark speaks with author Eva Ibbotson about — among other things — her childhood experiences, her writing process and style, and why children connect with orphans.
Click here for Eva Ibbotson book reviews by Lucy.
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January 27 is the ABC Canada Literacy Foundation's Family Literacy Day; an event that celebrates and promotes literacy, with a family twist.
Across the country, libraries, schools, community centres, arts centres, and homes — maybe even your home — will be hosting events and reading children's books. It's a great excuse to read a book with your child, if you need one.
On this edition of Just One More Book, Mark speaks with Margaret Eaton, President of the ABC Canada Literacy Foundation about literacy and this year's Family Literacy Day.
Full page, personality-packed portraits, deceptively adorable sketched studies and frank, enthusiastic poems reveal the charm and distinct characters of sixteen beguiling breeds in this irresistible celebration of spunky, demanding, affectionate, rambunctious, cantankerous, lovable dogs.
Scowls, gasps and frowns abound in this surprisingly informative yet thoroughly entertaining account of the Audubon Society, its origins and its triumph over the silliness of the dead-bird fashion industry.
You can read more about John Audubon's Bird's of America here.
For twenty years, Jane Ray has been dazzling the children's book world with rich and exotic illustrations for stories that include fairy tales, cultural and biblical stories, Shakespeare and more. She's become involved in promoting awareness of green issues and the inclusion of children with disabilities in books as part of the In The Picture project. In March of this year, Ms. Ray will publish The Apple Pip Princess, her second book as both an author and illustrator.
On this edition of Just One More Book, Mark speaks with Jane Ray about museums for inspiration, exploring the darker aspects of stories and what we can expect in The Apple Pip Princess.


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Arab Women's Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gendered Revolutions
A Conversation with Dr. Sahar Khamis
Edited by Sahar Khamis and Amel Mili
This book illustrates how Arab women have been engaging in three ongoing and parallel struggles before, during, and after the Arab Spring, on three levels: the political struggle to pave the road for democracy, freedom, and reform; the social struggle to achieve gender equality and fight all forms of injustice and discrimination against women; and the legal struggle to chart new laws that safeguard both political and social gains. The contributors argue that while the political upheavals were oftentimes more prevalent and visible, they should not overshadow the parallel social and legal revolutions that are equally important, due to their long-term impacts on the region. The chapters shed light on the intersections, overlaps, and divergences between these simultaneous and continuous gendered struggles and unpacks their complexities and multiple implications locally, regionally, and internationally, across different countries and through various phases.
Sahar Khamis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland. An expert on Arab and Muslim media, she served as the former Head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department at Qatar University and as a former Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. Khamis is a co-author and co-editor of several books: Arab Women's Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gendered Revolutions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), Egyptian Revolution 2.0: Political Blogging, Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), and Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). Additionally, she has authored and co-authored numerous book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers, regionally and internationally, in both English and Arabic. Khamis is the recipient of a number of prestigious academic and professional awards and serves as a member of the editorial boards of several journals in the general field of communication and the more specialized field of Arab and Muslim media. She is a media commentator and analyst, public speaker, and commissioner in the Human Rights Commission in Montgomery County, Maryland. She hosts a monthly radio show on "US Arab Radio," the first Arab-American radio station broadcasting in the United States and Canada. Khamis is a member of Arab Center Washington DC's Academic Advisory Board.


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All spiritual leaders are besieged with similar queries around holiday time. Why is this and what is an effective way to respond?
The "Holiday Humbugs" are actually a rather common reaction which many people try to deny within themselves. They cannot imagine they are feeling badly and so they kid themselves and pretend with others. This only creates more stress and leads to further denial, repression and underlying guilt feelings. As troubled persons approach holidays, they see around them expressions of joy, frivolity, laughter, excitement and expectation. They hear others anticipating the giving and receiving of gifts, Religious season and secular commercialism combine creating a rising crescendo of happiness. However, many of us bring to the holiday season our lingering unhappiness about our own particular lives. The joyful context in which we find ourselves only makes us feel worse and often leads either to play-acting or withdrawal from others. Feigning joy when we don't experience it results in an internal sense of falseness and failure.
Being able to recognize these murmurings within ourselves (the caregivers) is the first necessity for true empathy with the full blown 'humbugs.' This suggests we either treat them casually or judge them harshly. Also, it is helpful for us to take ambivalence seriously and realistically. Seldom can we or others feel totally and completely one way about experiences. Many persons need assurance on this point and, once reassured, feel a decrease of pressure. Then, too, holidays are packed with meaning, some known and some unknown. Memories of Christmas past from childhood and early adult life have enormous impact on all of us. Negotiating new traditions is often experienced as an irresistible force/immovable object. Helping others to appreciate the commonality of these dynamics can be tremendously relieving.
Summarizing: 1) obligatory happiness, 2) feeling different, 3) past holiday meanings, 4) pretense and denial all play a part in creating the Christmas blues and New Year fears. You can help persons by 1) appreciating your own partial identifications with them, 2) helping them understand the naturalness and commonness of these feelings, 3) assisting their verbalizing expectations from past holidays, 4) participating in the realistic evaluation of these expectations and 5) creating a dynamic perspective in which persons can experience the coming of feelings and the going of feelings.
Have a realistically happy holiday season.


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At his pre-match press conference, Chris Hughton delivered the latest team news, assessed the threat from Burnley under Sean Dyche, spoke about welcoming Gordon Greer back into the squad, and the benefits of having an international break.
Team News: "Gaetan has of course been out for a while. Sam Baldock will miss Sunday as well, but we are in relatively good shape.
"Losing Sam is a blow because he has been involved right the way through this campaign. He's only missed one game.
"But that's the nature of the game. You have to be able to adjust. It's exactly the same as when we lost Gaetan; it's an opportunity for someone else who plays in that position.
"At the moment we have enough scope with the players we've got and, fortunately for us, some flexibility with the players that we have as well. We'll adjust in the best way we can."
Burnley under Sean Dyche: "They have got an extremely good manager who has managed the club very well in the time he has been there.
"If you look at the Premier League season, they didn't invest like some of the other clubs in the division, so they probably went into that season as one of the favourites to go down. But I always felt they always had a chance of staying up.
"They were always in with a chance and with a little bit more fortune and the small margins, they might have stayed there.
"That's testament to the work Sean has done with the squad that he's got."
Welcoming back Gordon Greer: "Gordon is a very fit lad. The thing that always come into your mind when selecting a team is consistency, but there are also games that particular individuals are more suited to.
"Gordon hasn't actually missed that much training so that's a plus, but at the moment we're on a decent run and it's certainly good to have consistency in the team.
"There is competition for places in defence. Young Connor Goldson has done really well since he's been here and he'll want to keep pushing for a place in the squad.
The benefits of having an international break: "If you spoke to most managers in the Championship with the volume of games we have, then it's a real good opportunity. We now go into a heavy schedule of games - I think the next international break is not until March.
"These breaks have given us a really good opportunity to work with the players, assess where we are and give rest and recovery to those that need it.


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note: There are no ferry reservations. We recommend that you arrive at least 15 minutes early in order to queue for the passage. During peak holidays and summer time, island traffic may be much heavier with the ferry shuttling continuously between Kettering and Roberts Point. An additional ferry is usually running during these times. At these times the timetable is not always followed.


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Q: LIBGDX: How can I intercept clicks on the UI in a mixed 2D/3D setup? I'm rendering the game environment using lwjgl while using scene2d.UI to construct a table which contains my inputs.
Currently, if I click on the UI it does react but so does the game environment. Obviously because I haven't handled it.
The problem here is -where- should I handle input so that mouse clicks on the UI do not also activate the environment's input handling.
My thought is to attach a listener to the UI table and move the input processing to the listener. I just don't know how to set this up.
Should I be setting up a ClickListener on the Table, on it's children, or is there something else I should be doing here?
This is the method that is run in the render loop:
    private void processInput() {
    //Handle user input here
    //[...]
    //Mouse input
    if(Gdx.input.isButtonPressed(Input.Buttons.LEFT) && lastClick == null) {
        //lastClick = new Vector2(Gdx.input.getX() + CameraOrigen().x, (CameraOrigen().y+camera.viewportHeight)-Gdx.input.getY());
        lastClick = ScreenToWorld(new Vector2(Gdx.input.getX(),Gdx.input.getY()));
        gridIntersect = WorldToTileCoord(lastClick);
    }
    else if (!Gdx.input.isButtonPressed(Input.Buttons.LEFT) && lastClick != null) { lastClick = null; }
}

And this is how I am currently constructing the UI:
//------------- UI Construction ------------//
    table.align(Align.top);
    Table debugTable = new Table();
    debugTable.add(debugMouseTable);
    debugTable.add(debugTileSelectTable);
    table.add(debugTable).expandX().height((float)(game.VIRTUAL_HEIGHT * 0.85));
    table.add(spTest).width((float)(game.VIRTUAL_WIDTH * 0.2)).height((float)(game.VIRTUAL_HEIGHT * 0.85)).bottom();
    table.row();
    table.add(sbTileTypes).align(Align.left).expandY();
    table.add("corner");

    spDebug.pad(10).defaults().expandX().space(4);
    for (AtlasRegion aReg : hmTiles.get(TileType.FLOOR)) {
        spDebug.add(new Button_TilePreview(aReg, skin, sbTileTypes.GetSelectionValue(), this, brush));
        spDebug.row();
    }
    spDebug.invalidateHierarchy();
    //------------------------------------------//

A: Don't use the polling mechanism for input (Gdx.input.isXXX(...)). It is not very stable because you might miss some events and it is also framerate dependent.
Implement an InputProcessor for your gameplay input as well. Then use InputMultiplexer to let both processors (Stage and your GameplayInputProcessor) have a chance to handle the events.
This should look like the following:
InputMultiplexer multiplexer = new InputMultiplexer();
multiplexer.addProcessor(stage);
multiplexer.addProcessor(gameplayInputProcessor);
Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(mutliplexer);

This way your stage will get the events first. In case you don't want your second processor to receive the input events if your UI already handled them, then you need to return true in the handling methods of the stage.


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10 Christian Missionaries Every Christian Should Know
By Kenneth Ortiz
In Articles, Biography, Featured, History, Missions
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Christian missionary stories have made a huge impact on our culture's generation today.
Through prayer and introducing Biblical principles, Christian missionaries have influenced education systems, belief practices, lifestyle behaviors, and economic structures. Their faithfulness to God and His Word is a testimony of cultural history, as well as traditional rituals, having been challenged and developed because of their devotedness to the One who is worthy to receive all the glory.
These people were by no means perfect, fully prepared, or fully equipped for the life they would live. Their faith was tested and tried countless times through endurance and suffering, and many were on the verge of giving up. Yet because of their obedience to God, their stories continue to motivate us today.
While we believe that the foundation for missions is based upon scripture, we also recognize that pioneer Christian missionaries have been the first to carry out the Great Commission. Through the impact of their stories, God is raising up another generation who has a burning desire in their hearts for His love to be known by every person on earth.
In this blog, we are introducing 10 pioneer Christian missionary stories that have inspired thousands of people for centuries. Over the course of the next few blogs, we will look at the life of each missionary and the legacy that is still being carried out to this day.
1. David Brainerd: Pioneering a Legacy in Missions
Born in 1718, David Brainerd was one of the first missionaries to translate and carry the good news of Jesus to the Native Americans of New Jersey in their own language until the day of his death in 1747. His faith and passionate pursuit of God's holiness has inspired countless missionaries such as William Carey, Adoniram Judson, and Jim Elliot. His story is still being told today to rekindle the beating heart of missions that every Christian should have: That the love of God would be made known to every lost soul on earth.
2. William Carey: Pioneer to India and Father of Modern Missions
William Carey was born in 1761 and is often called the father of the modern missions movement because of his forty-one years of service on the mission field until he passed away in 1834. He was the first missionary to India and the first Baptist preacher to believe that the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:18-20 was a binding command on every generation of Christians. He is known for translating the entire Bible into Bengali and transforming culture through business and education.
3. Adoniram and Ann Judson: Pioneers of Overseas Missions
Adoniram and Ann Judson were the first American missionaries who were sent overseas to serve on the mission field in both India and Burma—now known as Myanmar. Both Adoniram and Ann worked on translating the Bible into Burmese until Adoniram was thrown into prison when accused of being a spy during the first Anglo-Burmese War. Ann, known as the mother of modern missions, fought to get her husband out of prison by going to every government court of law, raising awareness, and writing books on being a missionary in a foreign country. Their stories reflect that it is God who plants the seed and makes it grow.
4. David Livingstone: Missionary, Abolitionist, and Explorer to Africa
David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary, slave abolitionist, and physician during the mid-19th century. He is best known for his explorations of the continent of Africa, his revulsion for the African slave trade, his belief in the dignity of Africans, and position towards commercial enterprises with Biblical foundations.
5. John G. Paton: Working Among the Cannibals
Born in Scotland in 1824, John G. Paton was a Christian missionary to the cannibals on the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific until he died in 1907. His life was filled with trials, as his first wife and their child soon died after his arrival on the island, and many times he had to flee for his life from the natives. However, Paton's faith withstood testing and he continued to work and preach for several years while also raising support for missionary work. Today, the impact of his life can be seen in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Read the full story about John G. Paton.
6. Hudson Taylor: Founder of the China Inland Mission
James Hudson Taylor was the first Christian missionary to China and spent fifty-one years working to bring the gospel to those who had never heard the name of Jesus in their own language. In 1865, Hudson founded the China Inland Mission (CIM) because he knew that there were millions of people who needed to hear the message of Jesus Christ. His legacy has inspired countless Christian missionaries to go to the hardest and darkest places on earth.
7. Mary Slessor: Pioneer Missionary to Nigeria
Mary Slessor was born in 1848 and was a Scottish missionary to the Efik people of Nigeria. After learning the language and gaining the trust and acceptance of the people, she began to teach the locals the Bible and was able to promote women's right and protect native children. She is most famously known for stopping the common practice of infanticide of twins among the Ibibio people.
8. Amy Carmichael: Mother to India
Born in 1867, Amy Carmichael was an Irish missionary to India. She is known for opening an orphanage after rescuing children from being trafficked in the Hindu temples. She served in India for fifty-five years without a furlough, and in the last twenty years of her life she remained bedridden and wrote several books about the missionary work to be done there. Her dedication to serving God has inspired many Christians to become missionaries and to remain steadfast in their faith. Read Amy Carmichael's full story.
9. Jim and Elisabeth Elliot: Undivided Devotion to God and the Unreached
Jim and Elisabeth Elliot met as students at Wheaton College in Illinois. Jim was a young man whose heart was on fire for God to be known among the unreached, who was inspired by several missionaries such as David Brainerd, William Carey, and Amy Carmichael. He convinced his four friends to join him as missionaries in reaching the Auca Indians along the Curray River in Ecuador. In 1956, all five missionaries were martyred by the tribe. Later, Elisabeth Elliot went to go live among the tribe that killed her husband and share the gospel with them. Their lives continue to impact countless Christians all over the globe to this day.
10. Brother Andrew: God's Smuggler
Brother Andrew is a Christian missionary known for smuggling Bibles into communist countries during the height of the Cold War, which earned him the nickname "God's smuggler." He is known for praying "Lord, make seeing eyes blind." He continues to speak to Christians all over the world and has stirred up dissatisfaction in the hearts of those who have never considered preaching the good news, to go to the unreached and bring the gospel to where it is not.
These missionaries knew that the cost of traveling overseas could take away everything they held dear on this earth. Parents, loved ones, children, safety, and health. While they found peace and security in God, they knew that there would be little comfort out in the wild Amazon jungle, traveling by crowded train in India, or preaching the gospel in a rural village in Burma.
Still, these pioneer missionaries endured through their trials and sufferings because of their love for God and their desire for Him to be known among the nations. They willingly gave their lives to Christ and dedicated all their days to living for Him. If need be, they were willing to die for Him. Their lives are seeds that went into the ground, multiplying and bearing much fruit. Their commitment to loving Him above all else encourages us to do the same and to follow in their footsteps.
Featured image courtesy of Beck Link via Pinterest. Source: Pinterest.com/link2brazil.
Kenneth Ortiz
Kenneth E. Ortiz (M.Div.) is a professor and recruiter at Bethlehem College and Seminary, pastor at Cities Church, Ph.D. student at Midwestern Seminary, and author of two books. Kenneth lives in Bloomington, MN with his wife Malaina, they have one daughter.
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I love this! And I love you, Brave Girl!
Thanks, Kathy! Love you too!
I love this. All of it!
Tears, chills, and a love for you that swells up in my heart so big I can hardly bear it. And the words – you just put them together in all the right ways. Gosh, watching you is challenging, and encouraging, and absolutely beautiful.
Thank you, friend. Thank you. I love you more and most.