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By: Jessica Rae | November 9, 2011 at 2:52 PM EST
GCB is a show you can look for on ABC during the 2012 midseason premiere schedule. The show has had two trial names, "Good Christian Bitches" and "Good Christian Belles."
Having not seen the show yet, my general feeling is that this will be the equivalent of a guilty pleasure, chick flick. Except it will be a TV series. And that's unfortunate. Why? Because people will tune into a silly Lifetime movie for a couple hours, but they won't be a fan of an exceptionally cheesy TV show for an entire season. However, sometimes campy works. If GCB manages to produce something that's on the level of Desperate Housewives, then they'll likely get a season 2.
A Sidebar: I'm looking forward to the GCB show, but not expecting anything too amazing. And if you're a TV exec, low expectations are your friend! It's easier for me to gradually warm up to a show than to be blasted with promo spots that built it up only to have the first several episodes flop. You might ask me, hey, how can we promote the darn show, then? My suggestion is to use internet banner ads on major websites like TV Guide, maybe even on Twitter. But don't overdo the hype, and don't replay the very best parts of your show on TV for a week before it airs. People will be annoyed. And the best marketing doesn't happen online. It happens over the phone and on the playgrounds where Mother's sit and talk to each other in a few spare moments they have. And since these are busy women (and men, although this show seems to target women), they don't want to waste their time on a bad TV program. In a nutshell: only hype up your series half as much as you should. Then let other people build the show up for you by talking about how good it was. That's free publicity, and everyone wants to get in on something cool that's being kept a little bit secret.
While "GCB" will be super easy to trend on twitter (#gcb – except that I keep typing the c before the g…) it's odd that they had to change the name so much. When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody. To take a show that is based on a book, you already have a title and built-in fans. The show went from Good Christian Bitches to Good Christian Belles and for some reason it was decided to be shortened down to GCB. Although it has a little bit of a mafia tone to it "The GCB!" this writer thinks the name change was a poor choice. "Good Christian Belles" conjured up a lot of connotations, and it was still appropriately snarky sounding. "GCB" sounds like what us TV fans on Twitter do to shorten TV show names (i.e. TVD for The Vampire Diaries and TSC for The Secret Circle.) It will be interesting to hear why the name change from Belles to just letters was made.
Now, let's talk a little bit more about the actual series. Because a name, alone, does not make or break a series. The show will center on Amanda Vaughn, played by Leslie Bibb, who returns home to Dallas after her marriage ends. She has two children. Amanda's overbearing and pushy mother, Gigi Stopper, is played by Annie Potts. …From that description it sounds a lot like "Hope Floats" set in a different location, huh? On the other hand, this has the possibility to end up resembling one of Bravo's Real Housewives series
There's Carlene Cockburn (Kristin Chenoweth) who's the queen bee. And you know Chenoweth always delivers. Carlene's husband is Ripp Cockburn (David James Elliot.)
GCB also stars Jennifer Aspen (Rodney) as Sharon Peacham, Miriam Shor (Swingtown, Damages) as Cricket Caruth-Reilly, Marisol Nichols (24) as Heather Cruz, Brad Beyer (Jericho) as Zack Peacham, Mark Deklin (Lone Star) as Blake Reilly.
Marisol Nichols is someone I remember from "Scream 2" (the sorority sister who scares Cici Cooper shortly before she dies.) A quick wiki check of this actress notes she was in that awful show The Gates, and is also a Scientologist.
Both Leslie Bibb and Marisol Nichols had small parts in the 90's hit movie "Can't Hardly Wait."
GCB Show Synopsis from ABC
The soap returns to Dallas in this wicked new drama that shows that you can go home again… but only if you're ready to face the sins of your past.
Amanda Vaughn (Leslie Bibb), once the ultimate high school "mean girl," is forced to return home in disgrace after her marriage ends in scandal. Amanda is nothing like the girl she was 20 years ago, but as her old classmates reacquaint themselves with the new Amanda, will her home town welcome her with open arms or seek revenge? No one in this town is a saint, but that doesn't mean they can't have a heart. As Amanda and her teenage kids try to adjust to their new lives, the ladies from her past alternate between sympathy and scheming.
GCB Show Pictures / GCB Pictures
Based on Kim Gatlin's hit book, Good Christian Bitches. GCB is produced by ABC Studios.
What do you think? Will you give the pilot a chance?
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[George CRUIKSHANK]. - [William HONE].
A Slap at Slop and the Bridge Street Gang ... Fifteenth Edition
a savage side-swipe at 'The New Times' and John Stoddard in particular and un-earned privilege in general.
Published: William Hone, London, 1821
A Slap at Slop and the Bridge Street Gang ... Fifteenth Edition. London: printed by and for William Hone, [August] 1821. Large folio (22 1/4 x 16in; 572 x 406mm), 4-page broadsheet parody of a newspaper, with a "tax stamp" in red, and 26 other wood-engraved illustrations after George Cruikshank. (Old folds, some small holes at folds, some surface soiling).
A later issue, revised to include two pieces on the death of Queen Caroline: a vitriolic anti-establishment diatribe, starting "Her Majesty died by the dagger of persecution" and "The Death-Light of Caroline's Hall'.
"The Lenny Bruce of the early nineteenth century, William Hone (1780-1842) was a radical comic writer and publisher who joined forces with the visual artist George Cruikshank (1792-1878) to expose and ridicule abuses in British politics as well as the news media supporting the conservative government...
One of the greatest but least celebrated publications issued by the two men was a serial news sheet titled A Slap at Slop, lampooning the work of John Stoddard" (https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2019/01/19/a-slap-at-slop/).
Stoddard, publisher of The New Times newspaper was also a leader (along with the Duke of Wellington) of the "Bridge-Street Gang" - a pro-government propaganda group whose real name was the Constitutional Association for Opposing the Progress of Disloyal and Seditious Principles. Some of the humor is too 'time-specific' too be easily understood by the modern reader, but in general the aims of Hone and Cruikshank are clear, and they clearly skewer their targets more often than not!
For some background and a fuller explanation: https://magazineparody.com/2016/07/27/william-hones-a-slap-at-slop-1821/
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I can't remember this happening on Ubuntu 10.04 and it doesn't seem to be theme specific, as I tried it on Ambiance and Radiance and still see the flicking white border.
I'm using the nvidia-current proprietary driver enabled through Additional Drivers menu.
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Ivanka Trump flashes her toned abs while at the gym with her trianer
EXCLUSIVE: Working hard for those abs! Ivanka Trump flashes her toned stomach in a cropped tank and leggings as she hits the gym with her trainer after celebrating Hanukkah with her family
Ivanka, 41, was spotted heading to the gym with her personal trainer on Tuesday
The former White House senior adviser had on a black sweatshirt and speckled gray and black leggings
Instead of a gym bag, she carried her car keys in one hand and her cellphone and water bottle in the other
Ivanka showed off her abs in her cropped tank as she left the gym with her sweatshirt draped over her arm
The day before, she celebrated the final night of Hanukkah with her husband Jared Kushner and three kids
Ivanka Trump showed off her toned abs in a cropped tank after working up a sweat in Miami on Tuesday following her family's Hanukkah celebrations.
The former White House senior adviser, 41, was spotted heading to the gym with her personal trainer wearing a black sweatshirt over gray and black speckled leggings. She topped off the sporty look with a pair of black, orange, and pink Nike sneakers.
Ivanka's long blond hair was pulled back in a messy bun, and she had on dark shades to shield her eyes from the Florida sun. Instead of a gym bag, she carried her car keys in one hand and her cellphone and water bottle in the other.
She later peeled off her sweatshirt for her workout and had it draped over her arm when she left the gym following her training session.
Ivanka Trump was spotted at the gym with her personal trainer in Miami on Tuesday
The former White House senior adviser flashed her abs in a black and gray speckled workout tank and matching leggings
The mother of three had on a workout tank that revealed a sliver of her toned stomach. Her long blond hair was in a loose ponytail, and she had a red string bracelet on her wrist, which she has been wearing off and on for years.
Although she hasn't spoken about the purpose of the bracelet, it does bear a resemblance to the type of red string that Kabbalah practitioners wear to ward off the 'evil eye.'
Ivanka's latest gym session follows her family's Hanukkah celebrations. The eight-day holiday started on Sunday, December 18, and ended on the evening of Monday, December 26.
She converted to Judaism to marry her husband Jared Kushner in 2009, and they are raising their three children in the same faith.
Ivanka posed for a sweet family photo in honor of Hanukkah after returning home from a lavish mother-daughter trip to Paris with her eldest child, 11-year-old Arabella.
Ivanka wore a black sweatshirt over her tank when she drove to the gym in her black SUV
Ivanka topped off her workout look with a pair of black, orange, and pink Nike sneakers
The mother of three had her long blonde hair pulled back into a messy bun for her gym session
'Wishing all who celebrate a warm and peaceful last night of [Hanukkah],' she captioned a photo of herself with Jared and their children, Arabella, Joseph, and Theodore.
The family was dressed to the nines and smiling brightly as they stood in front of two menorahs. One was gold and the other appeared to be crafted by one of her children.
Ivanka looked festive in a shimmering gold turtleneck dress with a large flower on the shoulder and an asymmetrical hem. Arabella was the spitting image of her mother in a black dress with silver sparkles.
Jared opted for a classic black suit paired with a maroon tie, while his sons had on white button-down shirts and black pants. Joseph, nine, had his shirt untucked, while Theodore, six, added a black and white plaid tie to his ensemble.
Ivanka wore a pair of dark shades to shield her eyes from the Florida sun as she made her way through the parking lot
Ivanka met up with her trainer, who was dressed in a hooded sweatshirt, leggings, and white Nike sneakers
Ivanka had a smile on her face as they chatted on their way into the gym
Ivanka looked fresh faced and didn't appear to have any makeup on for the outing
Ivanka is often seen going to and from the gym since she and her family moved to Florida last year
Ivanka also wished her followers a Merry Christmas on her Instagram Stories in a post that was set to Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. The mother of three, who was raised Presbyterian, posted adorable throwback photos of herself celebrating Christmas as a kid.
One showed her posing in a bright red dress next to an enormous Christmas tree, while another featured her performing the Nutcracker on stage. Another picture captured her and her late mother Ivana Trump skiing together, which she captioned with three red hearts.
Ivanka spent the first half of Hanukkah in Paris with her daughter Arabella.
The two visited many of the French city's top sightseeing destinations, including the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and the royal stables at the Versailles Academy of Equestrian Arts.
They also headed to La Galerie Dior, which takes museum-goers through the history of French haute couture designer Christian Dior, his work, and the evolution of the brand.
Ivanka was later seen leaving the gym with her sweatshirt slung over her arm
Her hair, which was in a bun when she arrived, was in a loose ponytail when she left
Ivanka had a red string bracelet on her wrist, which she has been wearing off and on for years
Although she hasn't spoken about the purpose of the bracelet, it does bear a resemblance to the type of red string that Kabbalah practitioners wear to ward off the 'evil eye'
Ivanka seems to have had the travel bug as of late, and she enjoyed a number of international and national trips this fall.
She celebrated her 41st birthday back in October with getaways to Prague and Utah. The next month, she and her family jetted off to the Middle East for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Their travels started in Egypt, where they rode camels and toured the pyramids. They then headed to Qatar to watch the World Cup and attended a total of four matches.
The family vacation came just weeks after Ivanka announced that she was done with politics and that she would be prioritizing her private life instead of joining her father Donald Trump's upcoming presidential campaign.
'I love my father very much. This time around, I'm choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family,' she said. 'While I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena.'
The former first daughter once again had her keys, cellphone, and water bottle in her hand
A few days before, Ivanka was seen enjoying a run with her husband Jared Kushner
Ivanka has been enjoying a quiet life in Florida filled with plenty of water sports and activities since leaving politics
Donald Trump's oldest daughter announced last month that she wouldn't be a part of her father's 2024 presidential campaign
Ivanka and Jared, who both served as advisers during her father's presidency, moved to Florida after they left their posts at the White House in early 2021.
Jared cut ties with his father-in-law after he hosted antisemitic rapper Kanye West and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at his Mar-a-Lago compound for a dinner last month, New York Magazine reported on Friday.
The revelation was provided by insiders familiar with the matter, who told the outlet that he ignored requests from Trump's camp to help with his 2024 presidential campaign.
Instead, the former top Trump aide, who oversaw Trump's most recent, ill-fated re-election bid, has taken to handing out the ex-head of state's number to supplicants, so that they can call him directly to avoid acting as an intermediary.
If legitimate, the claims bolster previous reports the former fixer and his wife are fed up with the family patriarch, who announced his third campaign on November 15, two days after welcoming West and Fuentes
Ivanka's trip to the gym followed her family's Hanukkah celebrations earlier this week. 'Wishing all who celebrate a warm and peaceful last night of [Hanukkah],' she captioned a family photo on Instagram
Ivanka also wished her followers a Merry Christmas on Her Instagram Stories while posting some adorable throwback photos of herself celebrating the holiday as a kid
One of the snapshots showed her skiing with her late mother Ivana Trump, which she captioned with three hearts
Ivanka spent the first part of Hanukkah in Paris with her only daughter, 11-year-old Arabella
'He was like, "Look, I'm out. I'm really out,"' the source told the magazine, adding that the dinner with Fuentes was the last straw for Kushner, who in the past would have been responsible for addressing such a controversy.
Another source, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, added the only reason Kushner attended Trump's campaign kick-off event at Mar-a-Lago was because he felt a sense of 'familial obligation.'
However, Trump has claimed that he asked Ivanka and Jared to steer clear of his latest campaign in a bid to shield them from the 'nasty' world of politics.
'Contrary to Fake News reporting, I never asked Jared or Ivanka to be part of the 2024 Campaign for President and, in fact, specifically asked them not to do it — too mean and nasty with the Fake & Corrupt News and having to deal with some absolutely horrendous SleazeBags in the world of politics, and beyond,' he wrote on his Truth Social page on Monday.
'There has never been anything like this 'ride' before, and they should not be further subjected to it. I ran twice, getting millions more Votes the second time (RIGGED), & am doing it again!'
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Theater reviews: Solo performances with the power to touch many
Writer and performer Luis Alfaro rehearses for the world premier of "St. Jude," directed by Robert Egan, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
(David McNew / Los Angeles Times)
By Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times Theater Critic
The three solo performance pieces being presented on separate bills at the Kirk Douglas Theatre — Luis Alfaro's "St. Jude," Roger Guenveur Smith's "Rodney King," and Trieu Tran's "Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam" — haven't much in common stylistically. And why should they? They're the product of different sensibilities in a theatrical form dedicated to celebrating radical individuality.
But taken together these DouglasPlus offerings, which are part of the Radar L.A. festival, present a portrait of an America made up of insiders and outsiders. The insiders hold the power, leaving the outsiders little choice but to lunge after the truth.
The truths these artists tell have a highly personal quality even when the story isn't autobiographical. But it's personal in a way that is also resonantly political. First-person singular virtuosos, they give voice to multitudes, reversing the e pluribus unum motto to offer their own version of democracy in action: out of one, many.
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Alfaro's piece has a casual candor, as though he were speaking intimately to a group of friends. A big man with a wide smile and a glint of friendly mischief in his eyes, he invites the audience to join him in church songs before relating tales of his family that have been sparked by his beloved father's long and arduous hospitalization. Highlighting the informality of the theatrical experience, he glances routinely at his script to keep himself on track.
An overhead projector displays a hand-drawn map of the California towns that will play a crucial role in his autobiographical saga. Before beginning a section, Alfaro pricks a finger and wipes blood on the spot of the map in which his story will center. Moving along Highway 99 in the Central Valley during the earliest chapters of his tale, he subsequently jumps down to Southern California to fill in the story of the adult Alfaro, the accomplished theater artist and USC professor.
Directed by Robert Egan, "St. Jude" has a narrative flow that is more subjective than logical. Alfaro is puzzling out the mystery of his own history, connecting the dots of his life journey as a gay Latino who ran away from home at 16, fell into addiction and found redemption not in the religion of his family but in the secular spiritualism of the arts.
Still in search of wholeness, he realizes there are secrets from the past that need to be shared before his father makes his final exit. If "St. Jude," named after the hospital treating his father but also after the patron saint of lost causes, can at times seem loosely constructed, it's perhaps because the material's rawness would be misrepresented by too much poetic polish.
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The love and anguish are unmistakably genuine even when the language has a slightly clichéd ring. And there's more than enough originality in Alfaro's meditation on the contradictions of being a Latino American, reconciling cultures within himself while courageously defending his own irrepressible singularity.
"Rodney King" provides us with another occasion to extol the magnificence of Roger Guenveur Smith's solo wizardry. Smith, whose works include the Obie-winning "A Huey P. Newton Story" and "The Watts Towers Project," is the jazz master of the form, riffing as freely and confidently as Sonny Rollins on sax.
Working again with his ace collaborator, sound designer Marc Anthony Thompson, Smith has created what is as much an aural experience as a theatrical one. Before he utters a word, a chorus of voices — cursing, quarreling, viciously caricaturing — fills the sound space of the Douglas.
When Smith, dressed in sporty black and moving with stylized slowness, picks up his microphone, he mimics the hip-hop mix of abuse and recrimination that was directed toward King from all sides after he became a national figure as a victim of police brutality and racial injustice.
But Smith also portrays with sly empathy the heavy-drinking man at the center of the whirlwind, the humble, bumbling ex-con who was having enough difficulty getting by without having to bear the weight of all the platforms and positions thrust upon him.
Smith doesn't so much set out to define King as demonstrate the way in which he was overwhelmed by other people's definitions — verbally assaulted in as relentless a manner as he was physically attacked by the police on that fateful night of March 3, 1991.
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Infusing the sensationalism with subtle compassion, Smith restores to King what King himself was always trying to wrestle back from the media before his sad death at the bottom of his backyard swimming pool last year — his simple humanity.
"Rodney King" is the least autobiographical of the solo shows at the Douglas, but Smith communicates his own character as an artist in this emotionally potent character study. The work doesn't duck the uglier aspects of the story, all those reasons we can't just get along, as King famously wished we could. But it does register the plea for peace from a man who knew little of it before or after the riots that erupted in his name.
Trieu Tran's "Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam" contains so many harrowing events that were this a fictional drama I would fault the work for overdoing the melodrama. But as this is a theatrical memoir, the complaint should be lodged with life for dealing Tran such a merciless hand.
The good news is that he has survived to tell his tale of a Vietnamese refugee who never wavered in his love for America even when the country wasn't willing to love him back. But his journey to the Douglas stage almost defies belief. There's a perilous boat voyage that includes pirates, the violent death of his abusive father, gang mayhem in Boston, the murder of his friend and even sexual assault.
Tran's story, unfolding on an alluring shrine-like set designed by Takeshi Kata, darkly illustrates Claudius' line from "Hamlet," "When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions." Still, the piece, directed by Egan (who also collaborated on the writing) and performed by Tran with sweaty verve, might have artistically benefited from a tighter focus.
But "Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam" is as much a theatrical offering as a modern-day exorcism. Tran (whom you may recognize from his recurring role on the HBO series "The Newsroom") confides his history to the audience so that it can become part of this nation's larger mosaic of stories. Like so much solo work, his piece is a valuable corrective to the silence and invisibility that make private pain a public matter.
charles.mcnulty@latimes.com
Luis Alfaro's 'St. Jude' / Roger Guenveur Smith's 'Rodney King' / Trieu Tran's 'Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam'
Where: Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City
When: Thru Oct. 6. Contact theatre for schedule.
Price: $20-$25 for each production.
Contact: (213) 628-2772 or https://www.centertheatregroup.org
Charles McNulty
Charles McNulty is the theater critic of the Los Angeles Times. He received his doctorate in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism from the Yale School of Drama.
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The orange-brown flowers are covered with quite large, purple-red spots. Probably the most famous colony of Lilium humboldtii is growing in a town cemetery. A difficult lily to cultivate, it will challenge even the most patient gardener. "Cemetery" photo courtesy of Orrel Ballantyne. Orrel reported that the finest stand of L. humboldtii he ever found was in a cemetery. See insert #1.
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Are you frustrated with your iPhone's battery life? Has your phone ever died while you were traveling, or out with friends? Do you find yourself carrying around a charger or battery pack in your pocket or purse, because you're worried that your iPhone might die?
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Dozens of Saudi Arabian women moved into the driver's seat and took the wheel Friday in defiance of the law against women driving.
Dozens of Saudi Arabian women moved into the driver's seat and took the wheel Friday in open defiance of the Muslim nation's law forbidding a woman to drive.
What appeared initially to be a simple Saudi Women's Revolution protest against a long-standing ban began in April, called the Iqal Campaign.
A 32-year-old single mother named Manal al-Sharif – easy prey for the patriarchal Saudi system – organized a Facebook call for a protest on June 17 by posting photos of herself driving around. Police arrested her in late May, jailing her for nine days.
Nevertheless, although smaller than expected, the group of women activists stuck to their guns and last week carried out the planned protest. Women holding drivers' licenses from other countries were encouraged to drive around the capital on basic errands, reported The New York Times.
One woman, whose husband is a human rights activist and who accompanied her on such a mission, even brought with her a prayer rug and a change of clothes in case police decided to arrest her.
But they didn't. They ignored her instead.
In fact, only one other woman was even approached by police in Jedda, and after two hours of questioning, she was released without further incident.
Traditionalists in Saudi society remain opposed to allowing women the right to drive, seeing the change as a breakdown in Islamic norms that prohibit public mingling of the sexes. Reformists, on the other hand, ask why it is then considered acceptable for women to be ferried about by thousands of male drivers imported from southeast Asia. They also question Islamic clerics' sexualization of even basic day-to-day behavior.
Drivers in Saudi Arabia must obtain a special visa costing more than $3,000 in order to work, and then earn salaries of some $600 per month. Those who hire the drivers typically pay both fees. Few women can afford such sums, protesters point out.
Reports on social media, where the Saudi Women Revolution Facebook page has garnered nearly 7,000 "Likes" supporters, also reflect increased political activism by women in the country.
Writing in her "With Time" column, Fassi commented that the time has come for the government to allow women the right to vote. She pointed out that the Shura Council had several years ago granted women the same privilege, and noted that the kingdom will need to do the same or soon suffer international embarrassment.
Fass noted that the current inability of women to vote in municipal elections is "contrary to the international conventions signed by the Kingdom, especially the Convention 'Against All Forms of Discrimination against Women' which was ratified by the Kingdom in 2000." She noted that the Convention vowed in 2008 in its report before the UN to work to erase discrimination against women in any election held – and which must be addressed by Saudi Arabia by 2012.
"I do not think that the kingdom wishes to be embarrassed … having pledged to such a front before the world, and as a member of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations and the Council, "UN Women," especially without caveats to its participation," Fassi wrote.


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By Samantha Rossi • July 22, 2022
The Week in Review provides an overview of the past week's top health care content, including industry news and trends, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Laboratories news, and upcoming events.
Loss of smell, taste no longer predominant COVID symptoms as virus continues to mutate
As the coronavirus continues to mutate, the symptoms reported by patients with COVID are changing as well. A recent survey of 17,500 patients in the United Kingdom found that the loss of taste and smell were no longer predominant symptoms of COVID while sore throat, dry cough, headache, and stuffy nose were the most common. Fewer patients reported high fever, shortness of breath, and loss of taste with the Omicron variant compared to the Alpha and Delta variants. Loss of smell was reported by about half of COVID patients earlier in the pandemic but only ranked 20th in this survey. However, anecdotally, some doctors are reporting an increase in patients reporting loss of smell with the newer BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants. Source: CBS News
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Veilchenfeld
Originally published in 1986, Veilchenfeld appeared towards the end of Gert Hofmann's career as a novelist, though it lies in the middle of what has been translated into English, the earliest of which is Balzac's Horse and Other Stories from 1981. Veilchenfeld, which has only just been translated by Eric Mace-Tessler this year, deals explicitly with the rise of Nazism in the 1930s. It is told from the point of view of a young boy – perhaps unsurprising as Hofmann was born in 1931 – but the title character is an elderly Jewish philosopher (though it is never specifically mentioned that he is Jewish). In the novel we see Veilchenfeld's increasing persecution through the innocent and bewildered eyes of the narrator.
The novel opens with Veilchenfeld's death, denying the reader hope of any other escape from the cruelty he is subjected to, and making later scenes in the novel when Veilchenfeld attempts to get a passport, and therefore permission to leave the country, even more affecting. Aspects of Veilchenfeld's treatment are immediately illustrated, for example when the narrator's Mother wishes he had moved into a house with a larger garden, and his Father replies;
"And how was he supposed to know that one day he would not dare leave his garden when he wanted to have some exercise?"
At the same time the narrator and his sister are told not to speak to him if they meet him in the street. Hofmann uses the child's perspective to highlight the absurdity of Veilchenfeld's persecution: when the narrator asks his Mother why Veilchenfled is to be relocated she tells him, "Because of what he thinks," but when he asks her what he thinks she cannot answer. The irony is that, being a philosopher, it is unlikely anyone in the town would understand what he thinks should they be interested enough to find out. Her reply is more pointed when his sister asks how they think: "Like everyone." It is not accurate – his Father has remained sympathetic to Veilchenfled – but it does identify the central danger faced by the other characters, that of non-conformity. The Mother's frequent illnesses, we are led to assume, are of a nervous kind, caused by having to 'fit in'.
The novel then rewinds to its earliest scene when the family invite Veilchenfeld to dinner. After the meal, however, one of their windows is smashed:
"Wherever I go, I bring misfortune in the form of brutal violence."
Hofmann's child's eye view allows him to focus on the most poignant details, such as Veilchenfeld trying to drink his too hot coffee before he leaves at his hosts' insistence. The narrator's innocence is also reflected in his speech. When he visits Veilchenfeld – he has been allowed to go for drawing lessons – he tells him he can be seen from the street and Veilchenfeld "turned a little pale." This ability to see him, even his shadow, will be important later, when a mob arrives outside his door. The narrator is also excited at being one of the few people allowed to see round Veilchenfeld's flat, a scene that will be repeated at the end when he takes his sister there to see Veilchenfeld's body. On this first visit Veilchenfeld tells him that his earliest work was his most important:
"The older one then becomes, the less courage one has and also the less one succeeds."
Although he is referring to his life as an intellectual, the comment equally applies to the people of the town who are sympathetic to his position but who slowly retreat from him in the course of the novel.
Much of what the narrator tells us is overheard and not fully understood ("It's not that I don't hear their sentences, it's simply that I don't grasp their meaning"). For example, the attack on Veilchenfeld which soon follows, is relayed as a conversation between his Mother and Father and the Laubes. This allows Hofmann to do more than simply arouse the reader's sympathy by describing the attack; more importantly, he reveals attitudes in the town even among those who are not overtly anti-Semitic. Herr Laube questions why Veilchenfeld would walk passed a particular pub:
"And he wonders if it were not even perhaps an unconscious provocation."
Hofmann is not interested only in the violence or the overt cruelty (as when, after weeks of attempting to get a passport, one is produced in front of him only to be torn into pieces), but also the reactions of those citizens who might be termed 'neutral'. Later, when a crowd gathers outside Veilchenfeld's house a neighbour, Hindenburg, tells them that despite the light being out, Veilchenfeld is probably in:
"And having said this, he stops himself, with his fist in front of his mouth, because it's suddenly clear to him that he should not have said this, because now they won't go away anymore. I should have warned old Veilchenfeld about them instead, he thinks."
Each of these small choices creates the atmosphere of persecution in which Veilchenfeld lives, and dies.
Veilchenfeld is a powerful and affecting examination of the way in which ordinary people collaborate with violent oppression, and CB Editions and Eric Mace-Tessler should be congratulated for this timely translation. Its gentle pace and child narrator make it even more chilling. It is often argued that fascism must be resisted before it is too late; Veilchenfeld exists in that moment when it is too late.
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The Parable of the Blind
A couple of years ago I read Gert Hofmann's The Film Explainer, winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 1995, during German Literature Month, an experience which left me intrigued to explore his work further. As luck would have it, I came across a copy of The Parable of the Blind earlier this year (Hofmann's work is largely out of print – though, unknown to me, this particular novel was reprinted by Verba Mundi in March). The novel, translated by poet Christopher Middleton (one of three Hofmann novels he translated), not only shares its title with that of a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder but seeks to describe the origins of that particular artwork, narrated entirely by the blind men who have been assembled by Bruegel to model for him.
As the novel opens the blind men are awakened by a knocking. The communal voice which narrates the novel describes a dream of burial:
"Good, it's over now, we say, and we've been buried. First as far as others are concerned, then as far as we ourselves are. We're beginning to be forgotten."
The knocking is a summoning back to existence in the world –a world largely confirmed by sight. The initial conversation suggests that the blind men remember little of where they are or why. Once awake they must confirm their own presence as well as that of their comrades:
"Then we pass our hands over our bodies. Yes, we're still the same people as yesterday."
Their daily returning to being echoes the work of the painter's more permanent creation and Hofmann is clearly interested in the irony of the painting which its models cannot see. Hofmann presents the world entirely from their viewpoint, one which is excessively focussed on dialogue. When actions do occur, for example when a child touches their faces, only what they experience is described:
"Then through the morning breeze the child's warm hand comes and strokes our cheeks, right and left, and creeps into our ears."
This scene also illustrates the curiosity of the villagers and the vulnerability of the blind men. After they are fed they are taken to relieve themselves, but the promised privacy is a deception:
"But when we're crouching in the cold and tickly grass we sense that we're not alone at all, there's breathing and gasping and giggling in front of us and behind us."
Throughout the novel they remain reliant on others to lead them, not always honestly or successfully, to the painter. That help is rarely offered and they must first of all discover if there is any other person there:
"But probably there's nobody there, it's the same as ever."
Bruegel is famed for his powers of observation with this particular painting often being cited as evidence, not only in the detail of the clothing but in the way in which each of the men's blindness can be seen to have its own cause. In the novel, however, the men tell the villagers a common story:
"One evening in the summertime when it was very hot they were sitting under a cherry tree and birds came. The birds sat in their shoulders and pecked their eyes out."
The blind men themselves know this isn't the case – one of their number, for example (Slit Man) has had his eyes removed as a punishment – yet they frequently ask if there are crows following them. Bruegel's accuracy is a refutation of superstition, just as Hofmann's fiction has often tackled history with a view to seeing accurately in the face of assumed narratives. Bruegel also paints so that his subjects can be seen. When the child tells the blind men that people can't always be seen he gives this explanation:
"Because one day they die, the child says, then they can't be seen anymore, and that's why he paints them. And that's why he also paints himself, so that he'll always be seen."
Yet if blindness is a misfortune, so is sight. Bruegel is tormented by the pictures he must paint:
"More and more often now, since the slaughter at Liege, the pictures are of people dying and dead."
When the blind men finally arrive he asks for them to be described to him:
"No, I don't want to look at them, the painter says after hesitating a bit, not yet. The mere sight of people like that had a devastating effect on him in his present state because he at once put himself in their place. He couldn't see people who've been broken without being broken himself."
The Parable of the Blind is an impressively sustained exercise in limited viewpoint, and also interesting simply in its portrayal of the immortalised but forgotten models of the painting. However, it can also be read as a parable itself, a tortured Pilgrim's Progress, where we are the blind leading the blind with death hovering above us, shouting our questions into the darkness.
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The Film Explainer
As the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize is absorbed into the Man Booker International Prize, it seems an opportune time to take a look at a past IFFP winner, Gert Hofmann's The Film Explainer, translated by his son Michael. Coincidentally, this German novel was the last to win the prize in 1995 before it became dormant for five years; this year's second German winner sees it disappear (in name anyway) again. Both novels deal with Germany's problematic twentieth century (cynics would say that an IFFP jury loves anything connected to the Second World War), though Hofmann's take on it is more traditional. Dispiritingly, the novel, like most of Hofmann's work, is now out of print: yesterday's prize-winners, it seems, are tomorrow's fish and chip papers.
The novel tells the story of the author's grandfather, Karl Hofmann; we can assume the autobiographical element from the novel's dedication and introductory sentence:
"My grandfather Karl Hofmann (1873 – 1944) worked for many years in the Apollo cinema on the Helenenstrasse in Limbach / Saxony."
Hofmann goes on to describe the role of the film explainer, an occupation of which I had been entirely ignorant:
"My grandfather was the film explainer and piano player in Limbach. They still had those back then… In the cinema they wore red or blue tail coats with gold or silver buttons, a white bow tie, white trousers, sometimes top-boots…
"Watch out, don't nod off, here comes a wonderful sequence, maybe the most wonderful in the whole, film, cried Grandfather, reaching for his pointer."
(You can hear more about film explainers in general here). It would be fair to say that Grandfather regards his role as a vocation rather than a job. On the long walks he often goes with his grandson he carries a notebook in case inspiration strikes; when at home he is often found leafing through newspapers and a school encyclopaedia in search of vocabulary:
"The words he wanted to use in the evening in the Apollo he would jot down on pieces of paper in the morning."
On any visit to another town, inspection of the cinema is mandatory. His job, however, is threatened both by diminishing audiences and the arrival of sound. The cinema's owner believes the talkies can save his business; at the same time they will make Grandfather's role redundant.
The novel generally has a light, comic tone. Grandfather is, in many ways, a ridiculous character, pompous when it comes to his 'art' and otherwise of little use. That his ridiculousness is filtered through the eyes of his admiring grandson softens this, though the narrative is frequently interspersed with barbed comments for the Grandmother to compensate:
"In January, he had got a new hat. This hat…had, if anything, an even broader brim than its predecessor. 'You could use it to sweep the streets with' (Grandmother)"
However, this is 1930s Germany and the novel inevitably has its darker side. Though the role of film explainer and Grandfather's attachment to it may seem foolishly Luddite to the contemporary reader, the novel reveals the way in which technology advances regardless of the human cost – an issue society continues to grapple with. When Grandfather loses his job, he also loses his sense of self:
"I used to think, he said, that as an artist I was something special. But it isn't true. I'm on the street, same as millions of other, and all of us treading on each other. Soon I'll be reduced to begging, artist or not!"
It is during this time that attends his first political meeting:
"If people weren't so desperate there wouldn't be so many meetings in the world! Every meeting is a kind of last straw that they try to clutch."
Hofmann shows us, in miniature, the way in which individuals can be attracted to extremism: when everything else is taken away from them. Luckily his love of film ultimately saves Grandfather: when on a rally, he abandons the flag to visit the nearest cinema.
The Film Explainer uses its provincial, unimportant characters to reveal a little of the process by which a country can lose itself. Perhaps its greatest achievement, though, is its wonderful three-layered narrative voice in which the Grandfather, the Grandmother and the grandson unite to tell their story.
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How singing your heart out could make you happier
by SoP | Jan 2, 2018 | News | 2 comments
R esearchers examined the benefits of singing among people with mental health conditions including anxiety and depression.
They found that people who took part in a community singing group maintained or improved their mental health. And that the combination of singing and socialising was an essential part of recovery because it promoted an ongoing feeling of belonging and wellbeing.
Lead researcher Prof Tom Shakespeare from UEA's Norwich Medical School and his researcher Dr Alice Whieldon worked in collaboration with the Sing Your Heart Out (SYHO) project, based in Norfolk.
The grassroots initiative runs weekly singing workshops, aimed at people with mental health conditions as well as the general public. It originally began at Hellesdon psychiatric hospital in 2005, but afterwards moved into the community. Around 120 people now attend four free workshops each week across Norfolk – two thirds of whom have had contact with mental health services.
The research project followed the group for six months and undertook interviews and focus groups with participants, organisers, and workshop leaders.
Prof Shakespeare said: "We found that singing as part of a group contributes to people's recovery from mental health problems.
"The main way that Sing Your Heart Out differs from a choir is that anyone can join in regardless of ability. There's also very little pressure because the participants are not rehearsing towards a performance. It's very inclusive and it's just for fun.
"The format is also different to a therapy group because there's no pressure for anyone to discuss their condition.
"We found that singing as part of a group contributes to people's recovery from mental health problems."
"We heard the participants calling the initiative a 'life saver' and that it 'saved their sanity'. Others said they simply wouldn't be here without it, they wouldn't have managed – so we quickly began to see the massive impact it was having.
"All of the participants we spoke to reported positive effects on their mental health as a direct result of taking part in the singing workshops.
"For some it represented one component of a wider progamme of support. For others it stood out as key to their recovery or maintenance of health.
"But the key thing for everyone was that the Sing Your Heart Out model induced fun and happiness."
The report shows how a combination of singing and social engagement gave participants a feeling of belonging and wellbeing that often lasted a day or more, as well as improved social skills and confidence.
Taking part on a weekly basis provided structure, support and contact that helped people improve their mood, feel good, and function better in day-to-day life.
"The Sing Your Heart Out model offers a low-commitment, low-cost tool for mental health recovery within the community," added Prof Shakespeare.
Source: UEA
j	on January 4, 2018 at 8:27 pm
what is the mechanism, neurologically?
CM	on January 18, 2018 at 4:14 pm
There are two mechanisms at work while singing. 1) improved breathing regulation which calms the vagus nerve. 2) singing together in a group has been shown to stimulate the production of oxytocin which supports social bonding.
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CS Video: Joe Carnahan & Frank Grillo on Time Loop Actioner Boss Level
By Grant Hermanns
Just in time for the film's arrival on the streaming platform, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with writer/director Joe Carnahan (The Grey) and star Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) to discuss their work on Hulu's time looping action thriller Boss Level. Our interview can be viewed in the player below!
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In Boss Level, trapped in a time loop that constantly repeats the day of his murder, former special forces agent Roy Pulver (Frank Grillo) uncovers clues about a secret government project that could unlock the mystery behind his untimely death. In a race against the clock, Pulver must hunt down Colonel Ventor (Mel Gibson), the powerful head of the government program, while outrunning skilled ruthless assassins determined to keep him from the truth in order to break out of the loop, save his ex-wife (Naomi Watts) and live once again for tomorrow.
The film also stars Will Sasso (The Three Stooges), Ken Jeong (The Hangover), Annabelle Wallis (The Mummy), Michelle Yeoh (Star Trek: Discovery), Selina Lo, and Meadow Williams.
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Boss Level is directed by The A Team filmmaker Joe Carnahan on a script co-written by him, Chris Borey (Open Grave) and Eddie Borey (Open Grave, Deadly Beloved) and was produced by Grillo and Carnahan's WarParty Films, Randall Emmett and George Furla's Emmett/Furla Films, Ridley Scott's Scott Free Entertainment, and The Fyzz Facility Pictures.
The hilarious and pulse-pounding action thriller is now available to stream on Hulu!
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Sailor kills 2, himself in attack at Pearl Harbor shipyard
December 4, 2019 7:23 pm Associated Press Top Stories
UPDATE (AP) - The military says a U.S. sailor shot and killed two civilian Department of Defense employees at the Pearl Harbor shipyard before taking his own life.
The military didn't release a motive or any identifying information about the sailor who opened fire Wednesday at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. A third victim is in stable condition at a hospital. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam has reopened following a lockdown.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, one of the Navy's major installations, said the shooting began around 2:30 p.m. The military didn't release a motive.
The shipyard repairs, maintains and modernizes the ships and submarines of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which is headquartered at Pearl Harbor. The base is the home port for 10 destroyers and 15 submarines.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige said the White House has offered assistance from federal agencies and that the state is also ready to help if needed.
"I join in solidarity with the people of Hawaii as we express our heartbreak over this tragedy and concern for those affected by the shooting," Ige said in a statement.
The shipyard is across the harbor from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, which on Saturday will mark the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II. More than 2,300 Americans died in the attack on Dec. 7, 1941.
HONOLULU (AP/NBC) — An active shooter situation at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard has left at least three victims injured, including two critically.
A spokesman told NBC affiliate KNHL-TV the situation has been "contained," and a witness said he saw the gunman fatally shoot himself.
Sources tell KNHL-TV that several civilians are among the gunshot victims.
The base is on lockdown and a PA system is urging people to take cover. Base personnel also received text messages alerting them of the situation.
Honolulu Fire Department says firefighters are responding to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard amid reports of a shooting.
Military forces are also responding to the ongoing incident.
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I take a Slann in a unit of 20 Temple Guard. Then two units of 30 Saurus, two units of 10 Skink Skirmishers, two Salamanders, and a Stegadon. That adds up to 2000 points once I play with wargear and such.
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I never finished my Predator from last month. Any takers on a Predator Challenge?
I'm liking everything so far! Can't wait to get my hands on some of these.
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Nanol Fuel Additive to be used in Three More Åland Vessels
Ab Nanol Technologies Oy (Nanol Technologies) announces today that The Government of Åland, will start using Nanol Technologies in three new vessels, that means as from now all of the fleet.
After successful use of Nanol on M/S Skarven for almost two years, The Government of Åland, (Ålands Landskapsregering), has decided to use Nanol and expand to their remaining fleet, consisting of three more ships.
There has been a direct procurement process during the spring of 2019, which led to a decision to expand the usage of Nanol Technologies.
Since, the results from the vessels on M/S Skarven running on Nanol have been very good, the next natural step is to expand the usage to the rest of the fleet. This also as it is in line with The Government of Åland's goals for environmentally friendly transports according to the Sustainability strategy 2 report.
The Government of Åland will start using Nanol additive in the fleet's vessels during June 2019. The goals are to lower the fuel consumption, reduce the wear and tear on the vessels, and reduce emission. This is an important step for The Government of Åland in their sustainability work.
"We are of course thankful that the Government of Åland has taken the step to use Nanol for the rest of their fleet as well. This is a great step in the right direction for improved health of the marine environment in the Baltic sea, and I hope more counties and organizations will follow," says Tanja Ilic, Manging Director, Nanol Technologies.
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Rig market to remain tight
COMPETITION for offshore drilling rigs in the Asia-Pacific region is intense and is unlikely to ease in the medium term, ODS Petrodata head of consulting and research Tom Kellock told last week's APPEA Conference.
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The Australia and New Zealand region is an active offshore drilling area and there are currently 15 or 16 rigs off Australia and New Zealand, up from only five three years ago, Kellock said.
But this is still only 2-3% of the global offshore rig fleet and local operators don't get the economies of scale available elsewhere as there are fewer sublet opportunities.
In addition, rig contractors around the world now had many options open to them when choosing where to locate their equipment as industry operators continued to gain confidence that oil prices would stay above $US50 a barrel.
"Operators in Australia have to contract rigs at enormous expense and bring them from elsewhere," he said.
"But if the rigs that are now here can be kept in Australia and New Zealand, this may take care of demand over the next couple of years."
Rig share arrangements in Australia and New Zealand make a lot of sense for both contractors and operators, according to Kellock.
Although there are many rigs now under construction, demand is forcing exploration and production companies to sign contracts years in advance of the work itself.
According to ODS Petrodata's figures, 164 rigs are now under construction around the world. Of these, 82 are jack-ups, 32 are drillships and 44 are semi-submersibles, while six are in other categories.
The good news for Australian operators is that 75% of these are being built in Asia and many are not under contract. Seventy-five per cent of jack-ups being built, 20% of semi-submersibles and 50% of drillships are not yet under contract, but operators seeking rigs should get in quickly as all of these rigs will be needed.
"Operators have nothing to gain by waiting," Kellock said.
The jack-up market would probably be in balance, according to Kellock, but there would be a shortage of floaters (drillships and semi-submersibles).
"It will either be a very tight market or we will see a lot more construction of floaters," he said.
It was unlikely that any old rigs would be retired - indeed there would be process of "reverse attrition" in which retired and damaged rigs were put back together and reconditioned.
Kellock claimed that one jack-up rig now operating had been built in 1958.
"It was officially built in 1982, but that was actually a rebuild," he said. "It's still operating and it's doing fine."
Rates were likely to remain high with Australian rig rates staying in the top half of world rig rates, and rates being even higher in New Zealand.
However, jack-up rig rates were likely to remain near current levels and operators were likely to have a little more choice, allowing them to use rigs appropriate to their needs.
"There will be an increasing trend for rates to match work specs rather than rig specs," Kellock said.
"Operators will not be forced to pay top dollar for a top rig doing everyday kinds of work."
This would not necessarily be true of floaters, he warned.
"Floater rates are expected to rise further," Kellock said.
"There will be an ongoing shortage of rigs. The fleet will be overspecced by and large, especially in water depth capabilities, and will be capable of doing anything thrown at it. But numbers will be a problem."
However rates would be capped by new-build rig costs - if they went too high, big companies would simply choose to have their own rigs built.
Kellock estimated that nowadays jack-ups cost about $US200 million to build, semi-submersibles cost $US550-650 million and drillships cost at least $US750 million.
He left his audience with an interesting thought.
"Most projects are still being based on oil prices in the $40 to $55 bracket," he said.
"What will happen if explorers and developers accept that $100 a barrel oil is here to stay? Surely demand for rigs would blow sky high."
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Axicon's verifiers have been designed to be robust, light weight, and portable, with no moving parts, so that they can provide consistently accurate results. Regular user calibration ensures that they are measuring the reflectance of the barcodes in accordance with the relevant ISO/IEC standards, but they should still be serviced every year by Axicon to check that all the optical components are perfectly clean and in focus, and that the illumination provided by the LEDs is consistent.
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The IQ/OQ/PQ Kit is available for Axicon verifiers, and is available in two forms, one for linear barcode verifiers, and one for the 2D barcode verifiers.
Each kit comprises a set of precision-made, NIST-traceable reference test cards and a protocol document. (NIST is the USA's National Institute of Standards and Technology.) When the user has carried out the tests they can be sure the verifier is working as intended, and it can be re-certified as being compliant.
Each of the cards is printed with a precisely engineered symbol of known size and characteristics, and these are used in turn to check particular aspects of the verifier's operation.
Once the test has been completed satisfactorily, the user can self-certify that their particular verifier is compliant with the relevant ISO/IEC standards. For linear barcodes, these are ISO/IEC 15426-1 and ISO/IEC 15416, while for 2D verifiers they are ISO/IEC 15426-2 and ISO/IEC 15415. (Any verifier that can assess both linear and 2D symbols must
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Axicon Auto ID is a world leader in barcode verification, having developed and manufactured our own range of verifiers since 1989. Axicon barcode verifiers are used to measure the quality of linear and matrix barcodes, on all levels of product packaging.
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This Manaia is called 'Circle of Union' and is symbolic of attaining the joy of union. This can be the union of a loving relationship with someone close to you. Alternatively, it represents the union of the self with ultimate truth. By practising meditation, we can obtain such a union and experience true peace and joy. This carving also represents protection as depicted by the Manaia. The actual protection is achieved through developing a mind of love.
Double Manaia representing the ultimate union of our mind.
Through being enclosed in the protection of the circle, these Manaia merge into one entity. The carved details of the various Koru show us the untapped potential that we contain within our own mind. The koru symbol is common in New Zealand and is inspired by the unfurling of the new fern fronds. Meanings associated with this are new growth, new beginnings and awakening.
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Jurassic world party bags look great.
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The shopkins theme would go down a treat with my daughter!
Noah's ark for 1st birthday!
My niece is loving PJ Masks at the moment.
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