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The Curse of the Moroi
Campaign: Krevborna open table G+ campaign (5e D&D)
Marek, human fighter
Elaria, wood elf ranger
Erron, half-elf bard
Erasmus, tiefling barbarian
Objective: Bring the murderer of Evanus Ogarski to justice.
Marek and Elaria were summoned to the home of Andullah, Piskaro's most notorious sea witch, in the midst of a torrential storm blowing in from the sea. Andullah asked them to investigate the murder of her old friend, Evanus Ogarski, and to bring her the head of his killer. Andullah did not offer gold as a reward for the completion of this task; rather, she offered to give both of them a potion of healing upfront and to brew whatever kind of potion they desired should they succeed in their mission.
Andullah took them to meet with Ivanna, Evanus's widow. Ivanna sat in a rocking chair in front of the house she shared with Evanus, smoking a clay pipe. Inside the house, Elaria and Marek examined Evanus's corpse; no ordinary murder, this, for Evanus had been turned to greenish-gray marble by his killer! In fact, it looked as though petrification had inadvertently been the cause of his death: after being turned to stone, he had fallen to the floor and his head and left hand had broken off his body. Examination of his petrified form also revealed that he had been wounded before being turned to stone; his body and clothes showed the work of a serrated bite--but the pattern of teeth marks didn't match any animal that Elaria was familiar with.
Further investigation of the house revealed signs of a struggle, and broken glass that seemed to be from a shattered bottle of "Doctor Voke's Blood-Cleansing Tonic." Erron arrived to help with the investigation at this point and noticed an usual object that didn't belong in the house under a fallen bookcase--a farrier's rasp.
The adventurers found their way to Doctor Voke's Apothecary, where they found the walrus-mustached man vending his tonics and patent medicines of dubious efficacy. Inquiry about his blood tonic revealed that Voke had run out of the stuff, that it was hard for him to keep it in stock, and that it was concocted from rare roots and herbs.
Voke was distressed at the idea that one of his products had been found at a crime scene, and mentioned that the blood tonic seemed to be causing no end of problems lately. When pressed as to what he meant by that, he explained that he had sold his last bottle to Evanus Ogarski, but right after Franz Melville, a local farrier, had come in to buy a bottle for his afflicted daughter. Franz was distraught that there was no tonic for sale, and demanded Evanus's address so that he might try to buy that last bottle from him.
Sensing a strong connection, the group again traversed the rain-swept streets of Piskaro to the home and business of Franz Melville. Before they reached his home, their approach was spotted by a teenage girl with blonde hair in a calico dress. She ran into the entrance of the farrier's and the party overheard a man saying, "Stay in the house, Yetel, and do not let yourself get upset. I will get rid of them!" The group entered Franz's shop and found him to be a bald, middle-aged man with a sunburned face. Perhaps trying to put Franz off his guard, Marek quickly and directly accused him of the murder of Evanus Ogarski.
Franz denied murdering Evanus, even when it was pointed out that there was an empty space on his rack of rasps where the tool recovered from the scene of the crime aught to go. Yetel rushed in from the house, clutching her stomach, obviously upset at the party's intrusion and accusations. Suddenly, she fell to her hands and knees and began to change into a beast covered in green feathers, scales, and with a beak full of serrated teeth. The transformed Yetel lashed out at Marek, but luckily he was not turned to stone. Elaria managed to sink an arrow into her, and Erron assaulted her mind with magic. Marek grabbed the girl and bore her to the floor; he could feel her changing back into her girlish form underneath him.
A barrel was used to keep Yetel confined. Franz explained that yes, his daughter had killed Evanus while in her transformed state. He had gone to buy the blood tonic from Evanus, and they argued when Evanus would not sell him the tonic. Yetel became upset and transformed into her monstrous form--a form in which she has no control over her actions. Franz further related that Yetel's affliction was a curse. When he and his wife were courting, they would meet at Marsburg Swamp to spend time in each other's company. Their joy, however, offended an Unseelie fey spirit who lived in the swamp. This moroi was a bear-like thing with the fangs of a vampire; it cursed Franz and his wife, saying that their joy would become their sorrow. The curse did not affect them directly; it fell upon their pride and joy, poor Yetel Melville.
Even though their task was to bring the head of Evanus's killer to Andullah, no one in the party wanted to kill Yetel. Franz proposed that they might seek out the moroi, kill it, and bring the witch its head in place of Yetel's since it was more properly the cause of all this horror. The party sought out Andullah to see if this would be agreeable to her, and she let them decide how they might best mete out justice. Erasmus joined the group's venture at this point.
Using a map provided by Franz, the party set out the next day and arrived early at Marsburg Swamp. As they stood on the bank, they observed that a massive fallen tree acted as a bridge across the swamp's water to the cave known to be the lair of the moroi. Erron used an illusion to simulate the sound of people walking across the tree to see if it would attract the interest of any waiting creatures, and it did. A deer's head emerged from the surface of the swamp. Noting that deer are not generally submersable creatures, Marek fired his crossbow into it, wounding it--but it didn't seem phased by the pain. In fact, it declared his action rude in a human-like voice. Erasmus then began to parlay with the creature; it offered him information on the moroi if he would pluck the bolt from its body. As it drew near, more of the deer's body became visible--well, what was left of it. The creature only had two front legs and half a body; its entrails spilled out behind it like a tail of viscera. Erasmus pulled the quarrel from the being, who introduced itself as Lashenka. Laskenka explained that the moroi could not be trapped within the cave, that the moroi had evil fey allies within the cave, and that in the old pagan days men used to bring their firstborn to the moroi as sacrifices.
Now thusly armed with some knowledge about the beast in the cave, the party traversed the fallen tree and dropped down into the cold water of the swamp, making their way into the cave. During their exploration, they encountered the spirits of those slain by the moroi, and the spirits demanded payment from the living to be allowed to pass within; they found and restored a statue of St. Elusia, the found the valuables the moroi took from the bodies of its victims, and they found the moroi itself. Lured from deeper within the cave by the party so that they might fight it in a larger chamber of the cave system, the moroi emerged as a bear-like monstrosity covered in patches of thick vegetation. It attacked with talons and blood-drinking fangs; its bellowing cry turned their blood to poison within their veins. Even so, the crew made quick work of their foe, and severed its head to take back to Andullah.
The party knew that the moroi had allies within the caves, and they had previously heard what sounded like the giggling of children coming from one of the unexplored passage. Was it a sense of completionism or greed that drove them to explore further? Whatever it was, it nearly ended in tragedy. They came to a junction where the waist-high water in the cave grew warmer and was bubbling softly. Suddenly, a gremlin-like creature made of mud erupted to the surface and vomited a stream of filth onto Erron that fixed him in place. Battle was joined.
At first, the moroi's minions proved ineffective, but then the tide of battle turned. Marek was bludgeoned to death's door, then Erron fell beneath their hands, and then Erasmus found himself breathing what might be his last. Elaria stood alone against three of the monsters. While her compatriots fought against the dimming of their life's lights, she slew two with her short swords; as the final creature attempted to pull Erron under the murky water, she fired one last shot from her bow and destroyed the monster. Elaria managed to revive the rest of the party using their healing potions before any of them slipped into whatever awaits them in the afterlife.
The party returned to Andullah's house and presented her the head of the moroi. Marek also paid a visit to the Melvilles' house, where he was showered with affection from Franz--and a tentative embrace from Yetel. The curse afflicting the girl had been lifted!
Spoils:
XP: Marek and Elaria each gain 279 XP, Erron gains 251 XP, and Erasmus gains 190 XP.
Treasure: Marek, Elaria, and Erasmus each get 136 gp from the coins and gems found in the moroi's lair; Erron gets 86 gp since he left a gem as tribute to the statue of St. Elusia.
Magic Items: Marek has a potion of superior healing; Elaria has two potions of superior healing, and Andullah will brew her three potions of her choosing in addition; Erron has a potion of superior healing and the promise of magical training from Andullah; Erasmus has a potion of superior healing and a bag of vicious, primordial teeth (they would be a good material to have enchanted and added to that sword you already had, if you wanted to search out someone capable of such).
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I have no idea which meme started first or how the relative popularity has varied over time (I first came across the Alderaan one, and currently the sports memes seem to predominate). I'd love to be able to find out, but in general the problem with these memes is that one only becomes aware of them after they've become somewhat popular and by then it's too late to find the origin. The other problem is that only a fraction of statuses are public, which is a real impediment if you're trying to track the spread precisely, especially near the beginning.
Twitter has neither of these problems — almost everything is public, and since you can get a reasonable approximation to the full firehose you can spot memes very, very early — but unfortunately due to the 140 character limitation the variety of Twitter memes is much poorer.
Note that I'm using the word meme here in a somewhat restrictive sense: the message is self-contained, and it explicitly exhorts you to replicate it. These are the properties that lead to the richness that I'm talking about.
I may have said it before, but I think these little snippets of text offer an incredibly powerful window into humanity if someone will take the time to analyze them rigorously and quantitatively. At present I'm not aware of any research groups doing so, but I'm sure it's going to become a hot area pretty soon.
Finally, for all the grief I've given Facebook for trampling over user privacy, I think this one tiny little positive externality alone — the ability to analyze public status memes — is a good that is of the same magnitude as the harm that's come out of the company's privacy practices. I don't buy the "greater good" argument, but one has to wonder if there's a point at which the greater good becomes so incomparably huge in comparison with the individual risk that the latter is excusable.
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The 2015–16 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves were led by first year head coach Brian Wardle, who was hired in the offseason to replace Geno Ford. The Braves were members of the Missouri Valley Conference and played their home games at Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois. They finished the season 5–27, 3–15 in Missouri Valley play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to Loyola–Chicago.

Previous season
The Braves finished the 2014–15 season with an overall record of 9–24. The team finished in last place in the Missouri Valley Conference with a conference record of 3–15. Following a first round upset of No. 7 seed Drake in the MVC tournament, the Braves season ended with a loss to Northern Iowa.

On March 22, 2015, Bradley fired head men's basketball coach Geno Ford, who compiled a 46–86 (19–53) record in four seasons at Bradley. Ford was replaced less than a week later by UW–Green Bay head coach Brian Wardle.

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2015 recruiting class

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It's practically cliche, but if you live in Vancouver, chances are you've visited or are captivated by the idea of going to the legendary Whistler-Blackcomb mountains. The famed site is consistently named one of the world's top ski resorts. As its website points out, Whistler's skiable terrain simply dwarfs those of other venues in North America.
Whistler has 8100 skiable acres, and 37 lifts, and more than 200 marked trails. It gets nine meters of snowfall per year, and the Whistler village provides plenty of shopping and entertainment.
Whistler is consistently packed, and prices are more expensive than most: $96 for an adult day pass, $81.50 for youth (13 – 18 years) and seniors (over 65) and $48 for children (7-12 years). Beginner skiers who don't want to spend that much money (and have to factor in ski rental costs to boot) may want to consider Cypress or Grouse Mountain instead.
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It's like the shy younger sister of Big White and Whistler, but Silverstar is a popular favorite among skiers in the Okanagan. It has 3,065 skiable acres, 12 lifts, and 115 marked trails, and has some excellent trails for the intermediate to advanced skier or snowboarder. The fast-moving lifts and lack of crowds makes it one of the most satisfying skiing experiences in the province. Its village is family-oriented and quaint: it lacks the options of Whistler Village, so non-skiers/snowboarders would do well to bring their own entertainment.
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Agricultural Injuries among Operation Household Members: RRIS-II 1999
Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
Alexander, Bruce H.;
Carlson, Kathleen F.;
Gerberich, Susan G.;
Jensen, Kristen E.;
Masten, Ann S.;
Mongin, Steven J.;
Renier, Colleen M.;
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The purpose of this study was to determine the magnitude and consequences of agricultural injuries, and to reveal potential risk factors among agricultural household members. The Regional Rural Injury Study (RRIS-II) collected injury and exposure data on agricultural households of 16,538 people in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska for each six-month period of 1999. Adjusted injury rates, consequences, and potential risk factors were identified through analyses. Selection of variables for multivariate analyses was based on a causal model. Injuries reported here occurred while the individuals were involved in activities associated with their own farm or ranch, unless otherwise stated. Estimates of injury rates and the effects of various exposures were derived by Poisson and logistic regression. These models accounted for correlation within both subject and household, and were adjusted for non-response. The rate of agricultural injury to household members on their own operation was 74.5 injuries per 1,000 persons per year. Differences in rates due to age and gender diminished when rates were calculated according to hours worked. Although only 5% of injured persons required in-patient hospitalization, 28% required emergency department treatment, and 84% required some type of professional health care. Moreover, 47% of all injuries required time off from agricultural work, and 7% required time off from non-agricultural work. In multivariate analyses, decreased risks were associated with Minnesota, and increased risks were identified for those with prior injuries and for males. This study provides a basis for further research on agricultural injuries and their prevention.
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Gender Identity Disorder and Gender Dysphoria
Gender Identity Disorder (GID) and Gender Dysphoria (GD) are the same thing. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, prepared by the American Psychiatric Association, the terms GID and GD apply to the same condition, depending on which edition of the DSM you look in.
Up to the fourth edition, DSM4, the condition appears as Gender Identity Disorder and in DSM5 it appears as Gender Dysphoria . There is a note in DSM5, which confirms that the name was changed to Gender Dysphoria because the word "Disorder" was seen as having negative connotations and was stigmatising to people suffering from it, not because it was no longer considered a mental disorder — as most trans-activists will tell you. GD still appears in the DSM5.
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Kathoey: Thailand's Ladyboy Sirens
Phuket, Thailand. Midnight: Bangla Road is packed with tourists. They're mostly Westerners and Russians, but many Asians and a smattering of Indians. There seems a disproportionate number of unattached males.
The music is very loud, and throbbing. Outside the bars, on elevated stages, Thai girls are dancing provocatively. They're tall, fantastically beautiful, and seductive. They look, and move, like supermodels, but with better bodies. Then you realise: there are other Thai women here too, but they're short, cute and pretty, not at all statuesque or magnificent. Alongside the kathoey, Thailand's famous trans women, they are all but invisible, like candles next to a searchlight. It's easy to see who has the attention of the gathered men.
On stage, one girl rolls her dress down to her hips so that her naked breasts and torso – she sports an intricate tattoo on her back – are shown off, as she wriggles to the thrumming music. Her body is as flawless as a Greek goddess' and her dance mesmerising as a Siren's: you just can't help but watch and smile at her exquisite insouciance.
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Is the New Gay Man a failed transsexual?
For many years now, the New Gay Man's promoters, speaking through activists from Jim Fouratt to Peter Tatchell, have claimed that HomoSexual TransSexuals (HSTS) are a form of 'failed gay man'. But is this true?
No. In fact, far from completed Sexual Inverts (homosexual transsexuals) being 'failures', all feminine homosexual males are transsexual but for various reasons some repress or deny this — as demanded of them by the New Gay Man cult.
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Transsexual, transvestite and transtrender
Most 'transgenders' are not transsexual, they're either transvestite or transtrender.
Only males can be transsexual, in the purest sense and to be so they must identify as girls from childhood and be exclusively attracted to men. They will usually take the receptive role in sex, though a small number may either desire to penetrate or be prepared to do this. Most male 'transgenders' are actually transvestite — wearing male clothing and affecting conforming mannerisms, but remaining heterosexual. Many have a condition called Autogynephilia.
'Transgender' is not a scientific term. It is a socio-political umbrella term that covers everyone from true transsexuals to fetishist transvestites to fashionista transtrenders. The purpose of this unhelpful conflation will become clear once you understand the different types.
The profiles I'll discuss in this article apply ONLY in the West. Although the fundamentals of gender are innate, many expressions of it are cultural. So in different cultures we see differences in gender expression.
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Sexual Inversion and Gender
In Sexual Inversion, the expected norms are shifted innately towards those found in the opposite sex. This affects body morphology, neurology and most importantly, sexuality. This produces major changes in gender.
Gender is a complicated set of appearances and behaviours which depend on many things. Mainly, however, gender is dependent on sexuality, since its primary function is to attract mates. It conditions how we feel about ourselves, the way we like to dress, the way we present to others, the social roles that we play, the responsibilities we feel we have to family, friends and society and so on.
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Moser's mischievous intervention.
In 2009 Dr Charles Moser entered the discussion about Blanchard's Typology of transsexualism. It is worth revisiting Moser because his mischievous intervention not only hindered the progress of the science of transsexualism, but damaged some people, while favouring others.
As you may know, Blanchard separates male-to-feminine (MtF) transsexuals into those attracted to their own sex from their earliest arousal, and those who are either not attracted to their own birth sex or who develop such an attraction, usually partially, in later life. These are called, using Blanchard's terminology, 'HomoSexual Transsexuals' or HSTS and 'Autogynephilic Transsexuals' or AGPs. (We will later quote studies that call the latter 'non-homosexual'.)
Blanchard's underlying thesis is that both these forms of transsexualism are stimulated by male sex drive. MtF HSTS are, essentially, seen as extremely feminine homosexual males. This is relatively easy to understand and this type was formerly known as the 'Primary' or 'True' type. The other type is much more complex and shares an aetiology with fetishistic cross-dressing men. These individuals are romantically or sexually attracted to themselves, but as women.
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Sex atypical kids are usually transsexual.
Sex atypical children, also known as 'gender nonconforming' or 'sex nonconforming' children, that is, young people who have not yet reached puberty but who persistently show cross-gender behaviours and sex atypicality, are, today, a hot-button issue.
Parents should realise that it is quite normal for children to indulge in cross-gender role-play; it's one way that they find out who they really are. Nearly all will move on to another form of play very quickly. Boys liking pink are not necessarily sex-atypical, nor are girls liking blue. Loads of boy children like playing with dolls and plenty of girls like cars and motorcycles; yes there are distinguishable, statistical trait characteristic differences that allow us to be quite sure that the bases of gender are indeed innate, but these are not absolutes at all and there is huge individual variation.
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The ideal partner for an HSTS transwoman?
The fact is that the HSTS transwoman's dream–of finding a young, fit, handsome, financially secure, STRAIGHT Mr Right, who will stick around, will but rarely happen and a lot of broken hearts are made along the way. I know there are some exceptions and I wish them all the very best. So who is the ideal partner for an HSTS?
Most straight men will eventually want children; I don't care what they say. This will hit them usually no later than their mid-thirties, and by and large, that's when the fantasy ends; they go and find a genetic woman who can provide what they're looking for. Adoption just doesn't cut it for men, unless it's the only recourse because they are sterile themselves.
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Love of transwomen
Love of transwomen is a little-discussed area. There are at least two forms, in males: autogynephilic and non-autogynephilic.
Plus, since there are actually two distinct types of males who appear to be women, unsurprisingly this affects the type of men who display love of transwomen.
Nice bump, baby.
A 'homosexual' in the original definition, is an unmasculine male This conforms to other terms used elsewhere in the world, like kathoey, bakla an travesti. It also conforms to older Western terms like catamite and sodomite. Obviously, the most complete expression of this is the HomoSexual Transsexual.
However in the West, because of Kinsey, 'homosexual' has come to mean 'male who has sex with other males'. I've addressed this HERE. This was extremely unhelpful and has spawned reams of claptrap about 'same sex attraction' and 'sexed bodies'. These concepts are nonsensical. The function of gender is to attract; we are attracted to gender and not to sex. Love of transwomen, on the part of a man, is therefore not in itself homosexual.
Homosexuals may be smaller, lighter and more neotenous than other males. They are cross-gender identified from childhood. All such males have the potential to be successful as women. They are attracted to masculine gender features—muscular taught bodies, facial hair, prominent jaws, assertive attitude and so on.
If it were as simple as that, then that would be it. But it's not. There are some other issues to deal with, especially where the girl retains a penis. I've made a YouTube video discussing this, here.
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Sex and HSTS: by Guest Author Amanda Grimes
I am an MtF Homosexual Transsexual (HSTS), who, having socially transitioned just after my 23rd birthday, some 30 years ago, underwent Sex Reassignment Surgery at age 25; this is how I see the issue. I will attempt to be as candid as possible about what is honestly a deeply personal and private part of my life.
I am doing so because there are a great deal of myths and misunderstandings surrounding the topic of sex with transsexuals and what they do or do not enjoy and or what they do or will not do during sex and about the men who have sex with them. This article is written from my own perspective based upon my own experiences and in addition recounting what I have been told by other HSTS whom I have known personally.
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Can You Identify These Toy Brand Logos?
It would be a "sign off" on every commercial, for example, "by Mattel" or "by Hasbro". The logos were shown on the toy box, on the opening scenes to the video game, on the cards or accessories in the game, you name it. It's amazing how much brand advertising is absorbed as a child and still stays with us as adults. And let's not forget adult games, like Trivial Pursuit® and Cranium® -- those toy brands stay in our brains as well.
But a toy doesn't make a brand. A brand contains the toy and all the extensions of the toy. Take for instance, My Little Pony. It's not just a single pony, but all My Little Pony friends, T-shirts, toothbrushes, purses, movies, books and so much more. That's how a toy can become a brand. In board games, take Monopoly for instance, the brand itself contains an amazing number of board games -- over 1000 -- tailored to different audiences. You can play the Chicago edition, the Betty Bop edition, the Simpson edition, editions in different languages and so many others. Learn a little about the background of the toys that have become brands and the brands that sell many of the toys and games you love. You'll be delighted by how much you know, even with a partial logo. Challenge yourself and play to win.


Three-blade kitchen utensil system peels potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and more.
I have a killer potato peeler living in my kitchen. It stalks innocent fingers and when least expected, it tries to take a bite out of them. Unfortunately, sometimes it succeeds. Well, look out medieval-torture-device-posing-as-a-kitchen-utensil: Your days are numbered...and I'm in a mood for counting.
Not only does the Trio Tri-blade Peeler from Prepara have a retractable blade, but it also has three blades. A twist of a dial at the base of the unit selects which style of blade is needed. The 'soft' blade setting is used to peel soft skinned produce, such as tomatoes and peaches, while the 'hard' setting is suited for tougher skinned items such as potatoes. Want shoestring potatoes or maybe some thinly sliced carrots for a salad? The third julienne setting has you covered. The blade assembly separates from the body and is dishwasher safe. The entire three-blade system nestles in the handle for easy (and safe) storage.
Not only is this a safer, friendlier peeler, but it is also rather elegant. It's balanced with smooth lines and stands on edge, it even has a tapered point at the top for poking out pesky eyes--potato eyes that is. It's my other soon-to-be-recycled peeler that has a propensity for unscheduled surgery. As a final nod to safety consideration, this peeler is even safe for all you lefties out there.


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World egg
The cosmic egg is an ancient mythological concept resurrected by modern science in the 1930s and explored by theoreticians during the following two decades. The idea comes from a perceived need to reconcile Edwin Hubble's observation of an expanding universe (which was also predicted from Einstein's equations of general relativity by Alexander Friedmann) with the notion that the universe must be eternally old.
Current cosmological models maintain that 13.7 billion years ago, the entire mass of the universe was compressed into a singularity, from which it expanded to its current state (following the Big Bang), the so-called cosmic egg.
1 Ancient ideas about a cosmic egg
2 Metaphysics and philosophy
3 Hindu tantra
4 Cosmic egg in modern cosmology
5 Influences on science fiction and popular culture
Ancient ideas about a cosmic egg
Hindu concepts of Hiranyagarbha (golden womb) and Brahmanda (the first egg), are comparable to cosmic egg origin systems. The Bhagavata Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Vayu Purana among others contain references to the initial process of the origins of the universe as a cosmic egg. The twelve phase creation of the universe and the history of our Brahmanda is described in Srimad Bhagvatam.
The Hiranyagarbha Sukta announces: Hiranyagarbhah samavartatagre bhutasya jatah patireka asit, which means, Before creation existed the golden womb Hiranyagarbha, Lord of everything born. (Rig Veda 10.121.1)
The whole universe including sun, moon, planets, and galaxies was all inside the egg, and the egg was surrounded by ten qualities from outside. (Vayu Purana 4.74-75)
At the end of thousand years, the Egg was divided in two by Vayu. (Vayu Purana 24.73)
Furthermore the god Mithras is often depicted as appearing from within an egg.
"The Crack in the Cosmic Egg" is a book by Joseph Chilton Pearce and Thom Hartmann. The same title was used by musicologists Alan and Steve Freeman for their encyclopedia of Krautrock (also called Kosmische musik), German experimental rock music from the 1970s.
Hindu tantra
In Hindu tantra, based on the Hindu philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism, the Shri Yantra represents the expansion of the universe from the cosmic egg after its creation by Shiva through the power of Shakti. The cosmic egg is represented by a dot in the center of the Shri Yantra mandala called the bindu.
Cosmic egg in modern cosmology
Georges Lemaitre proposed in 1927 that the cosmos originated from what he called the primeval atom.
In the late 1940s, George Gamow's assistant cosmological researcher Ralph Alpher, proposed the name ylem for the primordial substance that existed between the big crunch of the previous universe and the big bang of our own universe.
Influences on science fiction and popular culture
The cosmic egg concept has caught the imagination of many science fiction and fantasy writers, including the creators of the Marvel Comics character Galactus. Galactus, with the help of the Phoenix Force managed to survive the previous Big Crunch and, preserved in the cosmic egg, emerged as a being of immense power in the present universe. The cosmic egg concept was also used by DC Comics and Marvel comics in their Avengers/JLA crossover, in which it was used to capture their mutual enemy Krona.
In the 1970 science fiction novel Tau Zero by Poul Anderson, a starship forced to travel very close to the speed of light by an engine malfunction survives traversing our universe collapsing via a big crunch into a cosmic egg and re-exploding in a new big bang. The crew of the starship finds a planet similar to Earth in the new universe, upon which they land and establish a colony.
In 1972 science fiction novel The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov baby universes, in their cosmic egg stage, are used as alternative fuel.
In the popular Pokémon series of games, the Alpha Pokémon Arceus is said to have been born from a Cosmic Egg in a churning turmoil of chaos; proceeding to shape the universe with its 1000 arms.
Early 1990s Rotherham 3 piece band The Cosmic Egg were named for this concept, and many of their recordings featured imagery and lyrics inspired by the original Cosmic Egg concept.
The Australian Rock band Wolfmother released their album Cosmic Egg on October 23, 2009
Hiranyagarbha
Ultimate fate of the universe
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Another knitting project done! For anyone who ever watched the TV show, Monster House, I desperately need a "DONE" stamp to put over these projects. Because this one is done baby, done!
Although this is in no way my oldest finished project (we probably won't even talk about some of those!), it is one that has been weighing heavily on me. I started this on New Year's Eve or there about. I thought it would be a real quick project, and it should have been, but I got bored part way through the 2nd skein. This scarf has travelled with me to Florida, to Alaska, to Chicago, and to numerous cabin trips. In fact, this project actually lived in my carry on bag for many months. There was no reason to take it out as it was my go-to project in case I finished whatever I was meaning to work on during any one of those trips. The kicker is that I never really needed that go-to project.
You can see the true colors a little better here.
The crazy part is that I really didn't need to do all that much more on the scarf. I probably finished about ten pattern repeats over the last week before I called it done.
Pattern: Based on the Seafoam pattern from Barbara Walkers Second Treasury of Knitted Patterns. Here's one of the many patterns for this scarf.
Yarn: Panda Wool in Neptune.
Like all lacy knits, this one didn't look like much while I was knitting it. It was shrivelled up and just plain short. I kept hoping that it would block out well and I wasn't disappointed. Other than turning the wash water an amazing shade of blue, it really blocked amazingly well. I think it was just over five feet long when I blocked it, which is plenty long for me. I have slightly under a skein of yarn (100 yds or so), it might be enough for baby socks.
You are on a roll! I'm hoping that my socks get completed!!!
Ugh i took a class on how to make this scarf and i have like 2 feet done and i am so bored with it! i dont know why, its really easy but boring!


Excelsior, Minn.-based WaterleakXSystems has launched a new system that detects water leaks in a house, sends alerts to the homeowner, and turns the water off at the source.
Preventing water damage 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, the WaterleakXSystems features a Central Controller that sends a text or an email with the exact location of the leak and water shutoff status to as many as three email addresses or mobile numbers.
Price at around $1,295, the Basic System is easy to install, the manufacturer says, and includes the Central Control Unit, Water Detection Sensors, Valve Control Unit, and Water Shutoff Valve. A battery backup protects during a power outage, and the optional Signal Repeater/Temp Sensor can be added to detect and report the temperature extreme set points that the homeowner sets.


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Watson can prove the ace in Augusta pack
Tuesday April 07 2015, 2.20pm, The Times
Watson hits a tee shot during a practice round before the start of the 2015 Masters
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Bubba Watson should be backed at the generally available odds of 11-1 (Stan James offer a top price of 12-1) to join such luminaries as Gary Player, Sam Snead, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson by claiming a third green jacket at this week's Masters.
The most creative shot maker in the game confirmed his suitability to the unique test presented by Augusta National when winning in Georgia for the second time in three years 12 months ago and has shown his game to be in rude health with a string of high finishes already this season, winning the WGC-HSBC Champions in China in November.
Watson's three-shot success last year means six of the past 12 renewals have been won by left-handers whose ability to play


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2018 NAMM Show Review
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The 2018 NAMM is now history and Cort is thrilled to announce that it was the company's most successful NAMM exhibit ever with a wider range of guitars displayed than ever before and a very high level of traffic generated by both the instruments and artist performances alike.
With a bevy of exciting new models introduced for 2018, the Cort booth was frequented by the media reporters and camera crews eager for the lowdown on the instruments' features. The booth was the largest and the most spacious that Cort has every constructed for NAMM, signaling that Cort is a global musical instrument brand that is being taken seriously.
The Cort booth also featured superb performances by an impressive roster of world class artists: Frank Gambale, Jeff Berlin, Yvette Young, Hedras Ramos and Danny Gomez.
2017 was certainly a banner year for Cort and the stunningly successful 2018 NAMM Show promises an even greater year ahead with the introduction of so many cool new models that will set a new standard for Cort's famed quality, attention-to-detail and value.
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"After Dark: Nocturnal Landscapes & Public Spaces in the Arabian Peninsula"
If you plan to attend this conference, please register here.
In the Arabian Peninsula, public spaces are often most used after darkness falls and the temperatures with it. This symposium explores typologies of nocturnal landscapes common in the Peninsula, and similar hot climates. During this interdisciplinary event, we will ask who uses night-time landscapes and public spaces, what activities are peculiar to the night and ultimately, how to design for life after dark?
For a complete schedule of the two-day conference, please visit the CMES website.


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Congress and the War on Terror
Making Policy for the Long War
by Darren A. Wheeler
More than 3,000 people died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, inciting the War on Terror that has lasted over 15 years and involved military action in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
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Topics Politics, Law, and Government/General
Current Events and Issues/Politics and Government
As the U.S. government continues the battle against terrorism, Congress—representatives of the people—must develop long-term policies that provide for national security and protect the civil liberties of the American people.
Much of the conversation surrounding the War on Terror focuses on presidential power and responses to the president's exercising that power. Often overlooked or downplayed is the role of Congress in directing the outcome of the war. This book illustrates how Congress—in conjunction with the president and the judiciary—has played a key role in laying the foundation for many post-9/11 policies in areas such as surveillance and detention.
Instead of arguing that Congress is incapable of making successful counterterrorism policy, Congress and the War on Terror objectively examines what Congress has done in the past to suggest what action may be needed in the future. Covering controversial topics including torture, interrogation, drones, and military tribunals, it shows that only understanding previous decisions will enable Americans to determine what role Congress should play as the United States fights terror.
Chronicles congressional policymaking in the War on Terror, notes its successes and failures, and provides recommendations to improve the congressional role in the US's fight against terror
Includes up-to-date examples of post-9/11 issues such as military tribunals and electronic surveillance
Focuses on how Congress handles conflict related to the important issue of War on Terror policymaking
Explores whether Congress can serve as the voice of the American people in debating the balance between national security and civil liberties
Darren A. Wheeler earned his PhD in political science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, specializing in public law. He is currently associate professor of political science at Ball State University. Wheeler regularly teaches classes in constitutional law, terrorism, civil liberties, and the War on Terror and the rule of law. He is author of Presidential Power in Action: Implementing Supreme Court Detainee Decisions and Understanding and Using Social Media on College Campuses as well as numerous articles on implementation of judicial decisions, presidential power, civil liberties, the War on Terror, and homeland security.
"Darren A. Wheeler's carefully researched and fluidly written book makes the claim that our counter terrorism policy has been developed by all three of the branches of government working together. He gives a boost to my confidence that we may be returning to the regular-order process in the development of American foreign policy that enabled us to become a respected world leader."—Lee H. Hamilton, Former Congressman, Former House Intelligence Committee member, and Co-Chair of the 9/11 Commission
"With close and insightful analysis, Darren A. Wheeler covers the post-9/11 period on such issues as electronic surveillance, interrogation of detainees, torture, military tribunals, efforts to close Guantánamo, and the use of armed drones. Although the Supreme Court from the 1936 Curtiss-Wright case forward regularly endorsed independent presidential power in external affairs, in four decisions after 9/11 the Court from Rasul to Boumedience placed important limits on the executive authority by affirming the system of checks and balances."—Louis Fisher, Scholar in Residence, The Constitution Project


13-th Passage podcast is presented by Stanislav Vdovin also known as Unit 21. Stanilav is an experienced Nizhny Novgorod based electronic musician, who has already released more than a dozen issues on such respected resources as Thinner, 3rd Wave Music and his own Occasion imprint. Stas has provided a unique ambient set, which consists entirely of his own compositions recorded live. Recommended to attentive listening.


According to Verified Market Research, The Global Self-Healing Material Market was valued at USD 0.78 Billion in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 4.93 Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 25.97% from 2019 to 2026.
Self-healing materials are artificial or synthetically-created substances having a built-in ability to automatically repair the damage by themselves without any external human intervention or diagnosis of the problem. Generally, materials will degrade over time due to fatigue, environmental conditions, or damage incurred during operation leading to eventual failure of the material. Hence, self-healing materials stand degradation through the initiation of a repair mechanism which response to the micro-damage. Some self-healing materials have sensing and actuation properties and can adapt to various environmental conditions.
Key factors such its long-term financial benefits compared to traditional materials, knowledge transfers and closer collaboration at early stage development, increasing demand in Europe and shift of focus of government regulations mandating longer service guarantees/warranties are anticipated to drive the global Self-Healing Material in the forecast period.
On the contrary, self-healing materials are currently more expensive than conventional materials which could be one of the major restraining factors in the growth of this market in the coming years.
Verified Market Research narrows down the available data using primary sources to validate the data and use it in compiling a full-fledged market research study. The report contains a quantitative and qualitative estimation of market elements which interests the client. The "Global Self-Healing Material Market" is mainly bifurcated into sub-segments which can provide classified data regarding the latest trends in the market.
The "Global Self-Healing Material Market" study report will provide a valuable insight with an emphasis on global market including some of the major players such as Acciona S.A. (Spain), AkzoNobel N.V. (Netherlands), Applied Thin Films, Inc. (U.S.), Arkema SA (France), Autonomic Materials Inc. (U.S.), Avecom N.V. (Belgium), BASF SE (Germany), Covestro AG (Germany), Critical Materials S.A. (Portugal), Devan Chemicals (Portugal), E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company (U.S.), Evonik Industries (Germany), Sensor Coating Systems Ltd. (U.K.) and Slips Technologies, Inc. (U.S.). Our market analysis also entails a section solely dedicated for such major players wherein our analysts provide an insight into the financial statements of all the major players, along with its product benchmarking and SWOT analysis. The competitive landscape section also includes key development strategies, market share and market ranking analysis of the above-mentioned players globally.
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Matt Erickson of the Brainerd Dispatch in Brainerd, MN has written an interesting article profiling some fast food workers in his town.
For the past 13-1/2 years, save for an 18-month break, Bakkila has been employed at Burger King in west Brainerd. Outside of managerial duties she has handled every aspect of the job - cashier, cook, prep and maintenance. She has worked with five of her seven children at Burger King.
Though not her full-time job - she also works at Wal-Mart Supercenter in Baxter - Bakkila has no plans of quitting her work at Burger King. The job provides a second income and, more importantly to Bakkila, a second family.


In recent years, many governments globally have formally recognized community land and natural resource tenure, either based on existing customary practices or more recently established land governance arrangements. These tenure arrangements have been called by a variety of names, such as community, customary, communal, collective, indigenous, ancestral, or native land rights recognition. In essence, they seek to establish the rights of a group to obtain joint tenure security over their community's land. This approach is not necessarily limited to use by those communities that largely manage their lands solely on a communal or collective basis, because it can encompass individualized arrangements within it. In fact, recognizing the boundary of all lands held by a community, and then allowing the community itself to define individual rights within that community land boundary, can be much more cost-effective (Deininger, 2003). Neither is it an approach solely used by indigenous, ancestral, or native communities, because any rural community with established occupation of their lands can potentially be eligible for such protections.
We use the term "community land and resource tenure" because many community-based forms of tenure encompass a range of different land use types, including permanent agricultural land, shifting or swidden cultivation areas, forests, grazing areas, and water bodies. In some jurisdictions, rights are limited to settlement and agricultural lands; while in other countries, lands recognized may include forests, shifting or swidden cultivation areas, grazing land, hunting areas, fallow fields, coastal lands, water bodies, and sacred forests. Finally, the set of rights conveyed by various recognition processes vary considerably across countries, particularly with regard to the rights of alienation, such as rights to lease or sell land.
The global experience indicates that there is no one best practice that is applicable to all national contexts. Instead, it is clear that careful tailoring of a national approach to community land and resource tenure recognition requires a detailed understanding of the national government administration, policy, and legal context; the political economy of development; and the diversity of existing land tenure practices (customary or otherwise) that prevail across a country. This review of a wide variety of country experiences aims to support the design of local-level pilots for community land and resource tenure recognition in Myanmar, which will, in turn, inform the national land policy, legislation, and regulatory reform process that is underway with USAID support.


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my question was about choosing the correct Zynq in Vivado when creating a new project for the Zybo Z7-20 (see attachment). This exact label with -1, -2 or -3 at the end you can't find anywhere. But all you have to do (and what probably anybody does anyway, besides me) is downloading the Digilents board files here, so the Zybo Z7 shows up in the list of boards. I thought this is not worth a thread. But maybe there will be another user who won't just open up another tutorial that gives the information about the board files, you're right.
most likely it's the slowest speed grade ("C"ommercial). The faster ones are AFAIK only available in "E"xtended (2, 3) or "I"ndustrial (2) temperature range.
As a rule of thumb, the price penalty is fairly substantial, the performance difference is not. Higher speed grades tend to be rare in mass market boards.
E.g. see page 27 here: https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/data_sheets/ds181_Artix_7_Data_Sheet.pdf "Minimum clock period" -1=2.5 ns; -2=2.26 ns, -3=2.1 ns but there is more to the topic than just this one number.
I realize (based on the time stamps) that you figured out the answer to your question before you got a response, but do you mind posting your original question and what you found out so any future users with a similar question would be able to see the answer you (and xc6lx45) found out?


I don't know you and you don't know me but as you read the following be in the moment – absorb every word. This is a small message to those whose hearts have been broken after they've have FALLEN into forbidden(haram) relationships.
Time and time again, I would hear stories of haram relationships and how it ended in depression. But if you were to mute your heart, isn't it only logical that haram ends in darkness? Isn't that where it belongs? See the heart was made for Allah and when you force it to go anywhere that displeases Allah, then it's like feeding it carbon dioxide, it will suffocate you slowly.
I watch as many give their hearts to haram relationships and they expect to live happily. But my question is, do you think that you're really happy as Allah is displeased with what you're doing?
Happiness is only found in noor (light); you can NEVER find it in the dark. If Allah is not pleased with what you are doing then there will NEVER be "TRUE'' happiness nor true peace. It is avoiding junk food that can make us healthier, likewise if we want to see the sun shining in our lives, we need to walk away from darkness. Following darkness will only lead you to night but by following good, you will be lead into light.
Will Your Heart Ever Heal – Will it Ever Feel Peace Again?
Don't let your broken heart swallow you into darkness like sinking-sand. When death comes knocking on your door, will you be satisfied with yourself? Can you face Allah with your baggage? If not, then let it go because the moment you do, the weight of darkness will leave and soothing light will lift you up. And how does one let go of darkness by replacing it with light by feeding your soul with goodness. So for Allah, let it go – fully.
'Our eyes, voices, hands, feet, etc… are special gifts from Allah. Don't use what Allah gifted you with in doing what displeases Him. Allah doesn't deserve that.
When a tooth hurts we tend to forget about nearly everything else and you live in the moment of pain. Well, right now for some, this is how you're viewing life. You are mostly concentrating and focusing on the scar, on the hurt. You are only focusing on that small fraction of your WHOLE entire life:/ There is far more to life then what you look at. Stop looking out from a window that's shut with curtains but change your perspective. Life is rich with vast crops of opportunities. So begin, develop, grow and remember un-Zoom. Look beyond the sentence and view the whole context.
In any choice you want to take or whatever situation you are in just stop for a moment. Close your eyes, imagine your lying in your own grave. All alone; you're confined in a very cold, damp, small grave waiting to be judged by Allah the Great and in that very moment ask yourself, what would I do if I could come back to life? If you're heart-broken, ask yourself, is it worth it? If you were in a fight, lie in the grave and ask yourself, what can I do? If you wanted to say something, lie in the grave and ask yourself, what would I say? This type of thinking can sometimes help you make better choices that you won't regret.
Does Allah deserve the haram you do?
If you are in this state, thinking that you are worthless and empty, then to yourself SHOUT, ''There is Allah and when I go to Him, He'll take me in. As shattered, as broken, as wrong, as nothing as I am, He will comfort my heart and with grace take me in.'' For dear reader, even if your sins reaches the heavens, He is MOST kind, MOST forgiving. And life is not worth wasting it on haram. Wallahi dear reader, Allah does not deserve the wrong that you do.
To your aching heart that cries… you NEED to wake up. Open your eyes to reality, which is: Your life is NOT rotated around this problem. That's one of the devil's tricks, to make you think that you're drowning in life WHEREAS life is like a tree and you only broke one TINY branch and NOT the whole tree. And branches always grow back, just feed it with eman.
Am I against love? Hell NO:) I believe in it with ALL my heart because Allah would not have created such a word unless it was real – completely real. But the love I believe in is 'True Love' of halal relationships where merciful Allah is by your side. True love is when Allah is your partner and not your enemy, the devil. True love is beautiful and such beautiful characteristic of life is never found in the dark but found with Allah.
How can you erase the pain?
The dunya and what's in it was made to break your heart; to break your soul. And to avoid darkness entering the heart, send your spiritual heart to Allah by DOING and SPEAKING in a way that pleases His Majesty. To free your heart from heartbreak, to free it from darkness, from deep sadness, then dear reader do acts of goodness.
Start with small steps like saying assalamualaikum more often, respecting your parents more, giving a chocolate to a child, saying alhamdulilah more often, etc. And don't underestimate these small actions because the more you do good, the more nour/light fills your heart; HENCE slowly kicking out darkness, heartbreak, depression etc.
Happiness follows light, so be that light. Be the person that Allah wants you to be. Before you take any step, before you make any decision, before you speak, before you send a message, before you call… ask yourself, would it please Allah or would it please our worst enemy, the devil?


gnome-shell Archives - Page 3 of 3 - OMG! Ubuntu!
GNOME Shell users are spoilt for choice when it comes to beautiful looking 'Shell' themes - a fact made even more apparent with the updated release of 0rAX0's 'Nord' theme.
Over the last few weeks I have been working on some nifty Zeitgeist extensions for GNOME Shell. I finally managed to finish all of these Zeitgeist extensions, and figured I'd share them with the OMG! Ubuntu! audience. Here's a brief rundown and instructions on how to install.
How much does Unity, GNOME-Shell affect performance?
Hardware review site Phoronix recently took the time to see how much of a performance dent the popular desktop environments 'inflict' on system performance.
The latest version of the GNOME desktop environment has been released - and what a release it is. GNOME 3, aside from looking visually different to GNOME 2 thanks to its new 'Shell' - has had a refit, rethink and re-code of pretty much everything.
Just a quicks heads up to those following the development of GNOME-Shell - Florian Müllner has just announced that the new-look relayout branch - which we cooed over lovingly several weeks back - has landed in the GNOME-Shell Master branch.
A new default GTK and Metacity theme for Gnome 3 landed in the Gnome Shell git a few days back. Called Adwaita it looks very similar to the design mock-ups displayed at GUADEC earlier this year.


KryptonZone Blog: European Union: a bunch of guys who can't get it up!
European Union: a bunch of guys who can't get it up!
Artist rendering of what "peace on earth" may look like!
Seriously, I've had it. I was rudely awaken this morning - yes, it's a freaking Sunday - by a cacophony of sirens ringing in my ears. When I did wake up, I thought: "Hmm... Maybe the European Commission has been bombed or attacked, finally." Alas, no. It turned out to be a bunch of useless Eurocrats and their heads of states deciding to meet in Brussels to talk about the failing Euro.
I've been living in this grey hole (aka Brussels) for the past eight years. And for the past five, I've had to pay a huge amount of my earnings in tax. I'm talking around the 45% mark, which jumped to 50-55% in January this year. As far as I can see, normally, when there is a high tax, citizens have a higher quality of life, like in Scandinavia and Switzerland. In Belgium, no... Not even close.
Now those heads of state are having meetings over a Sunday because they have nothing better to do, they decided to make use of that tax money I've been putting into this country. They've mobilised the police force en masse and their flying squadrons to drone around over my head like a very large and very annoying fly, but instead of hovering over poo, they've hovering over the European Commission.
Apart from my tax money being burnt up in fuel and turned into massive amounts of CO2 (yes, you bleeding hypocrites, you're emitting more Greenhouse Gasses by meeting next to my house than you've saved in the past year with your pesty laws!), what is also happening is that I've had no say in any of this.
As the Belgian government considers me a transiting resident, even though I've been here for eight years, and force me to pay exorbitant amounts in tax, I'm legally not allowed to vote. I'm not allowed to vote in local or national election, and I'm also not entitled to have a say over European matters. Does that seem fair? No, I don't think so either.
Hence my furious gripe about all of this. A bunch of losers are meeting, spending a whole heap of my money, and not allowing me to have some sleep so I can work harder and earn more so I can pay more of my money for their idiotic meetings.
Last line of thought... An exciting statement was just released by the spokesperson from my neighbour saying that the EU States have "mostly agreed" with the bailout blah blahs that were discussed. So, after annoying me for a whole day, they didn't even come to a conclusion?! For f£%£'s sake! Useless limp dicked twats!
Occupy EU! Occupy EU! Occupy EU! Come on netizens!
EDIT: After careful consideration of the hard work done by everyone at all of the European Union's many, many institutions, and to avoid any of the other many, many satellite institutions (including things like ECHELON at RAF Menwith Hill) from misunderstanding the purpose of this post through the slightly misleading, and quickly construed graphic, I've updated it to convey the correct message. What was the point of this post? Well, it's a blog, isn't it? What is the point of all blogs? It's just a channel to vent and spread information. In this case, it's the former.


The Schranz Family of Artists – A Journey of Rediscovery is a much awaited exhibition marking the bicentenary of the Schranz artists' family's arrival in Malta in 1818. This exhibition was inaugurated on Friday evening by Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of the Republic of Malta, at Fort St Elmo which will host the exhibition for the next three months.
This exhibition is hosting over 170 works of art ranging from oil paintings, watercolours, pen-and-washes, pencil and pen drawings, books, lithographs and photographs. The final selection was arrived at after a year and a half of rigorous sifting of well over 400 works. A susbstantial number of exhibited works are coming from private collections in Malta, from public art collections such as Heritage Malta, Palazzo Falson and the Mdina Cathedral Museum while important loans from the Victoria & Albert Museum, the UK Government Art Collection and Menorca's Museo Militar de Menorca, Museo de Menorca and Ayuntamento de Ciutadella are also featuring.
The visitor has the unique opportunity to view various artistic talents of the Schranz family members spanning four generations. This exhibition promises to dispel the long established impression that paintings by the Schranz artists only portray naval and run-of-the-mill topographical subjects of Malta, since their repertoire of subjects extends to portraiture and landscape. It casts also light on the Schranz artists legacy, perpetuated also by the many students who attended classes in their respective studios in Valletta. A prime catalyst of this exhibition was Prof John J. Schranz, a 5th generation direct descendant of Anton Schranz through his first born son, Giovanni. In 2002, nineteen years after his father traced relatives still living in Germany, from where Anton originally hailed, Prof Schranz made it his mission to seriously embark on research on the artist-members of the family. This quest turned into the goal to commemorate their work in 2018, 200 years after Anton together with his family made Malta their home.
This exhibition is also another hallmark in the series of high standard exhibitions organised by the national agency for cultural heritage. Heritage Malta Chairman Dr Joseph M. Buttigieg stated that the national agency is proud that during this year when Valletta is Europe's Capital of Culture it is offering the Maltese public the unprecedented opportunity to experience world class cultural heritage at home rather than having to travel around the globe in order to appreciate it.
A fully illustrated catalogue including interesting information about the Schranz family exhibition will be on sale from all Heritage Malta sites and museums for the price of €15 in the coming days.
'The Schranz Family of Artists – A Journey of Rediscovery' exhibition will remain open till mid-July 2018 and admission is included in Fort St Elmo's regular ticket price. The fort opens daily between 9.00hrs and 17.00hrs, last admission at 16.30hrs, while from 1st April the fort will remain open till 18.00hrs, last admission at 17.30hrs.


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English sentences with feel down in context,
In contrast, I almost always feel down on NYE.
still haven't quite got the feel down for oils so I tend to stick to acrylics.
feel down (verb)
To feel depressed or unhappy.
feel (verb)
To use the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on. To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious mo...
To use the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on. To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements. To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing. To search by sense of touch.
To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally. To experience an emotion or other mental state about. To think, believe, or have an impression concerning. To experience an emotion or other mental state. To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
To be or become aware of.
To experience the consequences of.
To seem (through touch or otherwise).
To understand.
feel (noun)
A quality of an object experienced by touch.
A vague mental impression.
An act of fondling.
A vague understanding.
An intuitive ability.
Alternative form of feeling.
to understand; relate
Something that is amazingly awesome or connects to the senses in a wonderful way
feel down
Same thing as feel up, but down. pretty self explanitory to go down the pants and feel around
Its unfortunate for anyone to feel down welcoming a new year in.
One thing I've found with depression is that it makes you feel down even if you have zero problems, and the worst thing is that zero problems means you can't fix it.
Man, don't feel down.
If you ever feel down about not keeping up with your reading, just try to make smaller goals.
For awhile it seems like most of the posts here revolve around people who are stuck in life or feel down or unsure about their lives and goals as well.
well the saddest part is he can feel down easily as is, to do this is just disrespectful beyond belief, I really do detect some bit of attention seeking from Steel, if he was a respectable player he'd probably have said no to the stream, Pro players have a lot of influence on their followers and this can actually hurt WarOwl's continued growth and goal to get into casting.
Just stick with the program and when you ever feel down or can't motivate yourself, just take a look at this sub and get out there!
OOC:Oh.......well i feel down now.
So don't feel down :)
The expectations we set in our mind are usually not met and we feel down about ourselves due to the realistic responses we receive.
Hey man, when you feel down, press that d-pad and dance.
It's got that super metroid feel down to a "T."
Don't see how you could feel down and average, you are 9/10 and shouldn't be able to save yourself from guys wanting to date you.
I feel down , low , lethargic and im always lamenting myself for making the WORST decision of my life on 22nd Jan 2014.
If you start to feel down on yourself or envious of others, just remind yourself that you are really quite spectacular and that every person is different.
Just like you can see people posting things like "LOL I'm so OCD" there are people self diagnosing themselves with depression and anxiety, when really they could have anemia or malnutrition or something else making them feel down, etc.
If you feel down on energy bump up the carbs.
He doesn't know how he will feel down the road.
Good luck mate, and never feel down because you're yet to have sex.
The point is, when you feel down, you can just look at this book and start feeling good, and bombarding yourself with inspiring media.
No need to feel down.
What do you do when you feel down?
If it stops some unknowing teenager from grabbing a handful the next time they feel down and out, then I feel better.
You feel down enough to believe the "If only" lie we all tell ourselves.
Stay strong man, if you feel down just remember they're with you.
"I think I'll settle for enough, because I don't want you to feel down."
Are you depressed for no reason and just feel "down" all day but don't know why?
Don't feel down, the discount only applies to a couple things.
(Not so much for someone who has common situational depression, where temporary circumstances cause them to feel down.)
you are SUPER pretty, don't feel down kay?
Only dose when you feel down, it's what it's for.
This community is just wonderful.Whenever I will feel down again, I will come here and re-read all of this.
Young man... there's no need to feel down...
for what its worth i dont think other people necessarily feel down, just that they dont want to say the wrong thing.
I also suggest you start praying often and when you feel down.
And actual meetings are basically a bunch of people making sure that eachother are sufficiently miserable, since anyone who is happy and trying not to feel down from their situation they accuse of being brainwashed.
I know that at times it's hard not to feel down on yourself, but you should appreciate your body.
It's like I can't talk about my loss because it just makes other people feel down.
I have a quote diary... however it's mostly just funny quotes from TV shows that make me laugh when I feel down.
It's understandable she feels down, not having much hair is a very personal thing for a lady so i can understand she doesn't feel very happy right now.
It may be coming from a place of spite, but when you already feel down it's all the confirmation you need.


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Merry-Achi Christmas at Fox Tucson Theatre
Fox Tucson Theatre 17 West Congress Street, Tucson, AZ
Mariachi Sol De Mexico with Jose Hernandez presents Merry-Achi Christmas: A beloved Tucson annual holiday tradition, part of the romance of Mariachi songs is that all things are possible. The humor, the spirit, and even the bittersweet, inspire us to a world where we live out our dreams. In that same way, much of the […]
The Doo Wop Project at Fox Tucson Theatre
The Doo Wop Project begins at the beginning: tracing the evolution of Doo Wop from the classic sound of five guys singing harmonies on a street corner to the biggest hits on the radio today. In their epic shows, The Doo Wop Project takes audiences on a journey featuring foundational tunes from the Crests, Belmonts […]
World Ballet Series: Nutcracker at Fox Tucson Theatre
Step into the whimsical, magical world of one of the most beloved fairytales, coming to the Fox Tucson this Holiday Season! A part of the World Ballet Series, the Nutcracker […]
Mavis Staples at Fox Tucson Theatre
That message—a clarion call to love, to faith, to justice, to brotherhood, to joy—lies at the heart of 'We Get By,' Staples' spectacular twelfth studio album and first full-length collaboration […]
The Mavericks Holiday at Fox Tucson Theatre
Any band that manages to survive three decades, seeing its core members go from young adults to veteran musicians is bound to have its swings and cycles. The Mavericks, the eclectic rock and country group known for crisscrossing musical boundaries with abandon, has gone through three distinct phases since it was founded in Miami in […]
In The Christmas Mood at Fox Tucson Theatre
Liven up your holidays with Tucson's favorite holiday tradition: In the Christmas Mood: A Holiday Music Spectacular. The show features timeless treasures and new songs that'll make your season merry and bright. Produced by Khris Dodge Entertainment, In the Christmas Mood will feature treasured holiday songs such as "Sleigh Ride," "Happy Holidays," "Jingle Bells," "The […]
An Evening with Gordon Lightfoot at Fox Tucson Theatre
Gordon Lightfoot has recorded 21 albums and has five Grammy nominations. His songs have been aired regularly for over 50 years, earning him Radio Singles Chart Positions in North America […]
Recurring Event "Elf" at Fox Tucson Theatre
"Elf" at Fox Tucson Theatre
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The Fox's own Wurlitzer organ will kick off this event with a 30-minute mini concert ahead of the film. Buddy was a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in […]
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Holiday at Fox Tucson Theatre
For 29 years, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's unique take on American swing and jazz music has thrilled audiences around the world, while their unique and spirited "Wild and Swingin' Holiday […]
The Ten Tenors: Home for the Holidays at Fox Tucson Theatre
Make time this holiday season to enjoy a joyous night of music featuring hit Australian classical-crossover supergroup The TEN Tenors. This hugely popular ensemble has headlined more than 2,000 concerts […]
A Carpenters Christmas at Fox Tucson Theatre
While The Carpenters are known for over a dozen chart topping hits, they also won over their fans with their Christmas celebrations. Singer and playwright Lisa Rock and her 6-piece […]
Jake Shimabukuro: Christmas in Hawaii at Fox Tucson Theatre
Ukulele master and jolly ambassador of aloha, JAKE SHIMABUKURO, will bring joy to the world this upcoming 2022 Holiday Season by delivering a special gift for all with the debut of his highly anticipated holiday show, JAKE SHIMABUKURO – CHRISTMAS IN HAWAII. With only four strings, Jake is a humble master whose mission is to […]
Brian Regan at Fox Tucson Theatre
Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, "The funniest stand-up alive," and Entertainment Weekly calling him, "Your favorite comedian's favorite comedian." Having built his 30-plus year career on the strength of his material alone, Brian's non-stop theater tour continuously […]
Altan: Donegal to Tucson at Fox Tucson Theatre
No Irish traditional band in the last dozen years has had a wider impact on audiences and music lovers throughout the world than Altan. Altan has moved audiences from Donegal to Tokyo to Seattle with their exquisitely produced award-winning recordings and their heartwarming, dynamic live performances. Ranging dynamically from the most sensitive and touching old […]
Shemekia Copeland & Sugaray Rayford at Fox Tucson Theatre
Shemekia Copeland never holds back. Her instantly recognizable voice—capable of being sultry, assertive, and roaring—delivers every song with unparalleled honesty and passion. Her wide-open vision of contemporary Americana roots and soul music showcases the evolution of a passionate artist with an up-to-the-minute musical and lyrical approach. With her new Alligator Records album, America's Child, Copeland […]
Deck The Halls with Disney featuring DCappella at Fox Tucson Theatre
Disney Concerts presents Deck the Halls with Disney featuring DCappella. Delight in a family night-out set to the magical and musical sounds of Disney's premier a cappella singing sensation DCappella! Kick off the holiday season as DCappella takes you through a musical journey featuring all of your favorite holiday songs PLUS Disney's greatest hits from […]
Curious Conversations: Inspired by Irish Music at Fox Tucson Theatre
Traditional Irish music has found its way into the hearts (and ears) of people all over the world, including in Southern Arizona. The legendary Irish group, Altan, will be bringing the music of County Donegal to the Fox stage. Before their visit, come learn a bit about this genre with a local, world-class Irish musician […]
United States Air Force Airmen of Note at Fox Tucson Theatre
The Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force. Stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., it is one of six musical ensembles that form The U.S. Air Force Band. Created in 1950 to continue the tradition of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces dance band, the current […]
Ryan Adams at Fox Tucson Theatre
Ryan Adams has been praised as "one of rock's most talented songwriters" (SPIN). The 7-time Grammy nominated artist has 16 studio albums. He has produced albums for esteemed musicians including Willie Nelson, Jesse Malin, Jenny Lewis. Adams has also collaborated with some of music's most influential artists such as Weezer, Fall Out Boy, America and […]
Cirque Mechanics: Zephyr at Fox Tucson Theatre
An emotive and exhilarating tale about the choices humans have made regarding our planet and its resources. In Zephyr – A Whirlwind of Circus by Cirque Mechanics, audiences will witness the unrelenting tug of war between man and nature, in the name of progress.
Viva Dia de Los Muertos at Fox Tucson Theatre
The 8th annual Viva Dia de Los Muertos Glow in the dark Spectacular is a multi-media dance celebration that explains the true meaning of Mexico's Day of the Dead Holiday. It is the first and only glow-in-the-dark Dia de Los Muertos Production in the United States and Mexico. Featuring Viva Performing Arts dance troupes- Ballet […]
The Phantom of the Opera w/ LIVE Wurlitzer Organ Accompaniment at Fox Tucson Theatre
This is sure to be a spooktacular Sunday! Come see the fully restored digital screening of Lon Chaney's 1925 Phantom of the Opera. This renowned classic silent film has English intertitles and will be accompanied by LIVE organ accompaniment, featuring organist Dave Wickerham playing the Fox's own Mighty Wurlitzer organ. VIP pre-show reception and film […]
Wicked Wurlitzer Halloween Organ Concert Featuring Organist Dave Wickerham at Fox Tucson Theatre
75-minute Halloween themed mixed repertoire organ concert, featuring thrilling tunes that showcase the extraordinary Mighty Wurlitzer's dynamic range, including: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg) Toccata in D Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach) Le Danse Macabre (Camille Saint-Saens) Phantom of the Opera Medley (Andrew Lloyd Weber)
"Comala" at Fox Tucson Theatre
(Gian Cassini, Mexico, 2021, 98 min. In Spanish with English subtitles) In his acclaimed debut feature, named after the town where Juan Rulfo's landmark 1955 novel Pedro Páramo takes place, […]


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The Vendor for Expedição de Talanji is Mantenedora Lija.
Talanji's Expedition is an expedition of Zandalari trolls from Zuldazar. It is personally led by Talanji, Princess of the Zandalari Empire. The expedition will face off against the blood troll forces.
A Princesa Talanji e seus aliados lutam para proteger Zandalar de um massacre pelas mãos dos Trolls Sangrentos.


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Junk Kouture meets the land of Haute Couture
Janine Marsh
Capturing the imagination of over 100,000 students to date, the Irish-born start-up Junk Kouture was formed in 2010. It aims to empower young people with its primary offering, a Recycled Fashion Competition for all young people aged 13-18. Aspiring artists, budding designers, and engineers are challenged to envision, design, create and model wearable haute couture styled from everyday junk.
Incorporating elements of sustainability, fashion, art, design, engineering, and performing arts, a Junk Kouture creation can be inspired by anything, but the golden rule is that the outfit must be made from 100% recycled materials.
The highly anticipated competition is now opening its doors to France. Everything from Nespresso capsules, sea glass, milk bottles, and much more have been used to create beautiful haute-couture inspired pieces.
Celebrity judge Michelle Visage of RuPaul's Drag Race fame, was clearly blown away by the student's work stating: "milk cartons? I'm never going to look at a milk carton in the same way. I could be wearing it instead of drinking from it. That is unbelievable"
France loves fashion that's not fast
Junk Kouture is not alone in its quest to promote sustainability in fashion. France is leading the way in Europe when it comes to ending fast fashion. Government officials have put together a bold new plan to make France the sustainable capital of the world by 2024. Coined the "Paris Good Fashion" initiative, it will bring designers and experts together to make fashion in France Greener.
Leading fashion sustainability consultant in France and founder of Fair game Studio, Laura Hayes says "France is leading impressive examples in sustainability including President Emmanuel Macron hiring Kering CEO Francois-Henri Pinault in 2019 to create a 'coalition' of CEOs and top brands in the fashion industry who join forces and set ambitious sustainability targets together.
"Kering is the parent company to some of the world's most iconic fashion brands and that role, a first-of-its-kind, marks a new era of collaboration and open-source cooperation across the fashion industry and possibly other industries down the line. The idea of sharing ideas and resources in the fashion industry had traditionally been hush-hush until that point."
France's goals align with the competition perfectly and that is why there is no better time for Junk Kouture to arrive and help transform the fashion industry through the creativity of young people. Later this year, young creators across six countries will have the opportunity to participate in Junk Kouture. Submissions will be made on the new Junk Kouture app, with the top designers from each country qualifying for the Digital World Final.
Junk Kouture offers incredible prizes for winners. Such as attendance at prestigious events, memorable experiences, bursaries and scholarships, and a monetary prize for the winning school! 2021 is no different with an amazing list of prizes up for grabs in the digital competition.
French brands have proven they are ready to promote sustainability in fashion by shifting their designs to inspire the same young people competing in the competition. Brands like H&M, Vejas, Sezane, and large department stores like Galleries Lafayette have all shown they want to bring more sustainability to their products. Maybe these young budding students can inspire their next designs and sustainable textiles.
Visit www.junkkouture.com to find out more and register your interest in the upcoming competition. You can also stay inspired, gather tips, and keep up to date with the latest news and updates on social media @junkkouture.
By Krystal Kenny, author of Paris, A Life less Ordinary: A Memoir, and photographer at MissParisPhoto.com
Best place to taste Beaujolais Nouveau in France!
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The Angela Taylor Memorial Run/Walk was started in 1989. This is community event that welcomes individual runners or walkers, juniors, nippers, veterans and seniors. There's a category to match all levels of fitness.
Police & Emergency Service teams (5km & 10km) - The team with the best aggregate time in the 5km and the 10km Run will retain the Angela Taylor Memorial Shield for 12 months.
Catering and refreshments included in entry fees.
Your participation will assist the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation to continue its valuable work. Proceeds from this year's event will support our WHY (We Hear You) program for mental health services and initiatives for those who are or have served Victoria Police.
All participants will be electronically timed. Timing provided for the event by OzTiming.


Sutton Lodge is a local B&B, in Sutton Bassett, Market Harborough. Sutton Lodge B&B is based on a beautiful, family run, working farm which has been part of a local family for many generations! The large ground floor rooms all have private access and private parking, with free fast dedicated wi-fi.
Sutton Lodge B&B offer excellent rates and a great farmhouse breakfast all in tranquil and peaceful English Countryside setting.
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