This year I have been asked to do a special project with the Alpine Theatre Project. I am doing photos from the shows they produce and I am excited for these because ATP always does great work with costumes and lighting and staging. But the photos I am personally most looking forward to are the behind-the-scenes shots they've commissioned.
At the beginning of the year I got to sit down with Betsi Morrison. She and her husband Luke Walrath are the driving force behind ATP. We have been fans of each others work for a while, but haven't been able to do any large scale collaboration. That is changing this year. Betsi and Luke want to document their productions. I have loved photographing plays basically since I became a photographer. (What's not to love? Beautiful setting, beautiful light, charismatic subject focused on what they are doing, rather than self-consciously worrying about me and my camera.) But they are also looking for something more. They want photos that record the lifestyle of ATP: what it feels like to participate, the relationships between the cast members, the laughter and warmth and hard work and dedication that go into creating a full scale production.
As Betsi described what she had in mind, I immediately started thinking that I wanted these two kinds of photos to work together, but to remain visually distinct from one another. I wanted the rehearsals and recordings and all the nitty-gritty working photos to be black and white. I learned photography with T-Max film. To my mind black and white will always have a documentary feel to it. Like old newspapers and photos from back in the days when film was the only medium and color wasn't even an option. I wanted to save the color shots for the big, beautiful productions. And bless her, Betsi loved the idea.
And so we tried it out with the first show of the year: Pippin.
First can I just say YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!!!!
That pretty well made my day.
I work hard and I always want to do my best and have my best live up to, or better yet surpass expectations. But photography isn't a binary process. It can never be reduced to a simple pass/fail equation because each image will pass or fail with every different person who sees it. The upside to this is you never know what of your work will speak strongly to one particular individual and what will be passed by. The downside is, there is no security, no certainty. Every time I hand over photos to a client I am filled with hope and terror. Will they approve? Will they like what I created? Does this meet their needs? Match their vision? Is it good? Until I hear from them, I am always uncertain, and usually at least a little afraid.
Afraid may not be the best word, it needs clarification. Most of the time my attitude about my photos is "it's not about them." I do what I am called to do (what I am meant to do in the grand scheme of things) and they will either love it or hate it. If they love it great — if not, oh well. My goal was never about their response. But when someone is paying me to take photos…then I have to give more concern to their wishes, their tastes, their reactions. I am not afraid of not being liked. I am afraid of not living up to the challenge presented to me and not earning my paycheck.
There is always a bit of tension when working with another artist. There is a certain amount of "whose vision is it?" that invariably happens. Betsi and Luke have a vision for their shows. They work with their stage production and lighting people to carefully craft that vision and bring it into reality. Then I show up. And I have a vision of my own. I see things in my own way, and my vision is strongly influenced by my career in journalism.
For a newspaper photographer it is not someone's job to stand still at the moment of highest drama and peak action so I can click the shutter release. It's my job to find the most dramatic moment and capture it as it is happening. It's my job to step into the flow and wait and watch and anticipate and capture what speaks most to me. And when I nail it — Ha! Life is awesome. And when I miss it, the responsibility falls on my shoulders. I know this can sound rather arrogant, but this is what makes photography meaningful for me: the challenge, the responsibility, the full weight and pressure of it, and, in the end, the full reward.
I am happy as a photographer because I get to take my photos my way. I love the time spent seeking new ideas, trying new techniques, constantly striving to learn and grow. And at the end of the day, I get to take pictures that matter to people. I get to record truths and make tangible the fleeting moments. I get to be the witness, get to capture and create a lasting record.
Thankfully I convinced them to not freeze scenes. Bring out the cast. Set up the lights. Let them just act and let me record.
And when I turned in the color photos and got this response I was beyond joyful.
I'm not rendered speechless very often but these are nothing short of exquisite!!!!! I can't thank you enough!! When can I post them so my NYC friends can see them? The cast is going to flip!!!


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Gorman to Friars
5'10", 170 lb. New Hampton School senior LW Connor Gorman has committed to Providence College for the fall of '12.
An 8/20/92 birthdate from Shrewsbury, Mass., Gorman is currently the leading goal scorer in New England prep hockey with 35. He shares the overall tie in points with Cushing's Robbie Baillargeon. Each has 59.
Gorman, who will play a year for Sean Tremblay's New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs (EJHL) before matriculating at PC, is a bit off the beaten path at New Hampton, but that didn't stop Friars' head coach Tim Army from taking a trip up there in early January.
In his second year at New Hampton after coming in as a repeat junior from St. John's-Shrewsbury last season, Gorman is a tenacious, relentless player who works hard, both with and without the puck. While he's not the biggest guy, he has speed and is dangerous getting the puck in stride and coming down the wing. Gorman also uses his speed and quickness well on the PK and forecheck. He'll need to add strength before arriving in Providence.
"His biggest assets are his speed and his quickness," says New Hampton second-year head coach Matt Wright. "Those are the key attributes at the next level. He also has a really good shot. Not only has he been the leader offensively, but he's been the leader in the locker room as well. He's very vocal, and a really positive individual. He leads by example."
UMass-Lowell was also in the hunt for Gorman.
NEPSIHA All-New England Teams
The 2010-11 New England Prep All-Stars, as voted for by league coaches. You might say this season was the year of the goaltender!
East All-Stars
G- Steve Mastalerz-KUA- Senior
G- Sean Dougherty- Milton- Senior
G- William Flaschbinder- Tilton- Senior
D- Pat McNally- Milton- Senior
D- Desmond Bergin- St. Sebastians- Senior
F- Rob Baillargeon- Cushing –Sophomore
F- Cam Spiro- Tabor- Senior
F- Connor Gorman- New Hampton- Senior
West All-Stars
G- Steve Michalek- Loomis Chaffee- Senior
G- Pat Spano- Westminster- Junior
D- Colin Sullivan- Avon- Junior
D- Craig Wyszomirski- Gunnery- Senior
F- Noel Acciari- Kent- Senior
F- Mark Naclerio- Avon- Senior
F- David Limoges- Albany- Senior
Mon. 2/28/11- Note: The Nobles-Milton game will be played at 4:00 pm Wed., at Milton.
Quarterfinals --
at campus sites except as noted.
Please check back for updates on starting times.
Corkery/Stuart (Open) Tournament:
#8 Nobles @ #1 Milton, 4:00 pm
#5 Avon Old Farms @ #4 Lawrence, 5:30 pm
#6 Kimball Union @ #3 Kent (at Loomis, 4:15 pm)
#7 Cushing @ #2 Salisbury, 3:30 pm
Martin/Earl (Large School) Tournament:
#8 Berkshire @ #1 Albany Academy, 3:30 pm
#5 Northfield Mt. Hermon @ #4 Governor's, 3:00 pm
#6 St. Sebastian's @ #3 Belmont Hill, 3:30 pm
#7 Brunswick @ #2 Westminster, 5:00 pm
Piatelli/Simmons (Small School) Tournament:
#8 New Hampton @ #1 South Kent (at Williston, 2:30 pm)
#5 Groton @ #4 Gunnery (at Avon Old Farms, 3:30 pm)
#6 Hebron @ #3 Tilton, 5:45 pm
#7 Pomfret @ #2 Dexter, 5:00 pm
The winners of Wednesday's quarterfinals advance to the Icenter in Salem, NH for the semifinals and finals on the weekend of March 4-6.
Schedule/brackets for Salem:
Fri. March 4
5:30 pm -- Stuart/Corkery Semifinal (1-8 winners vs. 4-5 winners)
Sat. March 5
9:00 am -- Piatelli/Simmons Semifinal (1-8 winners vs. 4-5 winners)
11:30 am -- Piatelli/Simmons Semifinal (2-7 winners vs. 3-6 winners)
2:00 pm -- Martin/Earl Semifinal (1-8 winners vs. 4-5 winners)
Sun. March 6
10:30 am -- Piatelli/Simmons Final
1:00 pm -- Martin/Earl Final
3:30 pm -- Stuart/Corkery Final
O'Regan Following Father's Path
5'9", 170 lb. St. Sebastian's junior forward Danny O'Regan has committed to Boston University for the fall of '13.
A 1/30/94 birthdate from Needham, Mass., O'Regan will play a year of juniors before entering BU, where his father, Tommy O'Regan, played from '79-'83 then went directly to playing a full season in the NHL. After a couple more years in the Pens organization, O'Regan played for 11 years in Germany.
Danny O'Regan made his final choice from between BU and Harvard, where his older brother, Tommy, now with Sioux Falls (USHL), will matriculate in the fall. Yale, Dartmouth, and Northeastern were also in the picture earlier.
After playing as a freshman and sophomore at Roxbury Latin, O'Regan came over to St. Seb's this season and was the team's top center. In 25 games so far has a 23-23-46 line. The Arrows have one more regular season game, and it's on Saturday at noon, against Thayer. The game will be played at… Walter Brown Arena.
A small, skilled, playmaker, O'Regan is an excellent puck distributor, one of those players who finds the seams, and makes those around him better.
"His strengths are his vision, playmaking ability, and hockey sense," says St. Sebastian's head coach Sean McCann. "He understands and does things so well down low because he has that ability to separate himself from the D to create offensive opportunities for himself and linemates."
"He's also a very competitive, internally-driven kid. He works hard in the weight room. He never stops challenging himself. "
Nickerson to Big Green
5'7", 154 lb. Boston Advantage forward Kyle Nickerson has committed to Dartmouth for the fall of '13 or '14.
A '93 from Weston, Mass., Nickerson plays for the midget major club and, in 38 league games, has a 12-13-25 line with four penalty minutes.
Nickerson is a quick, cerebral, playmaking center in his second season with the Advantage organization. Last year, he played with the midget minor squad.
He's also the cousin of former Dartmouth defenseman Ben Lovejoy, now with the Pittsburgh Penguins; and Nick Lovejoy, currently a freshman d-man for the Big Green.
Wed. 2/23/11- Correction: Tringale is going to Harvard in the fall of '13, after a year in juniors.
Tringale Goes Ivy
6'0", 185 lb. Lawrence Academy junior LW Devin Tringale has committed to Harvard for the fall of '12.
A 9/21/93 birthdate from Medford, Mass., Tringale is one of the dozen freshmen that Lawrence head coach Kevin Potter brought in a couple of years ago. A hard-working power forward type who plays on the school's top line with Andrew Cerretani, Tringale is a relentless worker on and off the ice. While he was slowed a bit last month with asthma, and his production tailed off, the basics of his game remained in tact. He's physical. He takes the body well. He's strong on his skates. He's also possibly the best two-way forward in prep hockey, a smart player who can handle all situations.
Being a late '93, Tringale is not eligible for the draft until '12. We can see him going in the middle rounds. He's a sturdy type who does a lot of little things well, and plays a pro-style game to begin with. He could develop well over four years in college.
Brown and BC were the other schools that Tringale was interested in.
In 27 games so far this year, he has a 16-25-41 line.
Mastalerz a Minuteman
6'1", 200 lb. Kimball Union senior goaltender Steve Mastalerz has committed to UMass-Amherst for this fall.
Mastalerz, a 4/14/92 birthdate from North Andover, Mass., has had an excellent season this year for the Wildcats, posting a .928 save percentage in 1,516 minutes played.
Last year, as a junior, Mastalerz posted a .901 save percentage playing in the shadow of Martin Ouellette, who accelerated at the last minute and entered Maine a year early due to the end-of-season meltdown by Black Bear goaltender Scott Darling.
With Ouellette gone, goaltending was a question mark for KUA entering the season, but KUA head coach Ryan Miller stuck with Mastalerz, who had been with the program since his sophomore year, rather than go with someone new. The move paid off in a big way for everyone.
UMass will have two freshman '92's competing for playing time in the fall as Kevin Boyle of Westside (BCHL) is also due to come in. Boyle, from Manalapan, NJ, committed to UMass two years ago, when he was with the New Jersey Rockets (AJHL).
Fur Flying
There may be a dustup coming in the Founders' League, where Salisbury has been called on the carpet by an opposing school – or schools -- for playing a 20-year-old.
NEPSAC rules don't prohibit this – only Founders' League rules – so Knights forward Connor Cunningham, who turned 20 on Feb. 6, can not be barred from the post-season.
Avon Old Farms senior D Denton King has been suspended from school and will miss the remainder of the hockey season. King, a Saskatchewan native, will be allowed to return for the spring semester, but that will not help the Winged Beavers as they try to make a push toward Salem.
As we've mentioned, St. Sebastian's key forward Joe Prescott is out for the year. That's hardly the end of the injuries, though. Doubtful for Wednesday's big game against Lawrence Academy is top defenseman Desmond Bergin (MCL).
Milton Tops USHR Poll for 5th Straight Week
Milton Academy (21-3-1 overall; 20-3-1 NEPSIHA) sits atop the USHR Prep Poll for the fifth consecutive week.
New to this week's poll is South Kent, winners of four of their last five, three of which have come against Albany Academy, Belmont Hill, and The Gunnery, all previously-ranked teams.
Out is... The Gunnery, which lost two in a row last week -- to Salisbury and South Kent.
This, by the way, is the last poll of the season. We find polls that are conducted once the regular season is over -- and teams have been seeded for the playoffs -- rather pointless. Or at least after the fact. And that's exactly where we'll be at this time next week.
USHR Prep Poll: Week of Feb. 21, 2011
Post-Season Schedule
It's gettting to be that time of year.
On Sun. Feb. 27th, the NEPSIHA Tournament Committee meets, goes over the numbers, seeds the field for all three tournaments, and releases a schedule for the quarterfinals, which will all be held on Wed. March 2 at campus sites.
The three tournaments are:
Elite 8 - Scott Stuart/Matt Corkery Tournament (Open Tournament)
Larger School - Ken Martin/Tom Earl Tournament (Large School Tournament)
Smaller School - Larry Piatelli/Sam Simmons Tournament (Small School Tournament)
Teams will be seeded 1-8 for each quarterfinal tournament, with #8 at #1, #7 at #2, #6 at #3, and #5 and #4.
All games, as mentioned, will be played at campus sites. However, if two schools are located over two and three quarters hours apart, a neutral site approximately midway between the two schools will be chosen.
The winners of Wednesday's quarterfinals advance to the Icenter in Salem, NH for the semifinals and finals on the weekend of March 4-6. Here is the schedule/brackets for Salem, with times subject to change.
Tier I Midget Showcase This Weekend
The Boston Advantage is hosting a Tier I Elite Hockey League Midget Major showcase starting tomorrow, Sat Feb. 19th and running through Monday the 21st at the Pilgrim Skating Arena in Hingham, Mass.
There are a dozen or so high-end players scattered among the ten teams, which are:
EAST: Boston Advantage, Team Comcast, Pittsburgh Hornets, Buffalo Regals, Philly Jr. Flyers.
MID-AM: St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets, Madison Capitols, Russell Stover.
The Math Behind the Rankings
We here at USHR have been receiving a lot of questions about how the new playoff system works. Instead of replying to multiple emails with the same information we will do our best to explain the mathematics the formula is built on, and hopefully address many of the questions that have been sent to us.
In order to understand the system one must first start with the calculations for RPI. RPI, which stands for Ratings Percentage Index, is set up as a way to rank all of the NEPSIHA teams in an equitable manner, taking into account both results and strength of schedule. The RPI is split into three categories. The first is winning percentage, which is self-explanatory. This is worth 25% of the final RPI calculation. The second category measures your opponents' winning percentage. In other words, how good are the teams that you are playing? This category is worth 21% of the RPI calculation, which you will note recognizes that how you play -- your own winning percentage - is of greater weight than how your opponents play, i.e the second category. The third category is opponents' opponents' winning percentage and is worth 54% of the RPI calculation. This category is truly a strength of schedule component and it was created to reduce the variation that happens for some teams on a yearly basis. It also eliminates any benefit that might come from running up gaudy won-loss records against weak teams.
Once the RPI numbers are calculated, the top 16 teams (based on the RPI) are then put into what is known as the JSPR system, which ultimately determines the seedings for what we have been calling the elite 8. The JSPR system offers a more in depth comparison of the Top 16 RPI Teams - aka "Teams Under Consideration." It does so based on four criteria that we will get to shortly.
We should first mention that teams under consideration have been limited to 16 teams because it was determined that 16 teams provides a large enough sampling to determine the top eight teams overall. It would be extremely time consuming and of dubious value to evaluate all NEPSHIA teams under the JSPR system because of the fact that if a team doesn't make the top 16 in RPI, there is little to no chance that they would crack the top eight in the JSPR system - they simply would not have won enough games against the top teams. Teams within the top 16 in RPI have a legitimate chance of cracking the top eight of the JSPR system and making it to the big tournament. This begs the question, how does the JSPR system work?
It works because it takes the top 16 teams in the RPI, and then, using four separate categories, compares each team to the other fifteen teams in hypothetical comparisons based upon actual on-ice results. The four categories the JSPR system uses in order to compare two teams are as follows.
1. Season Series, i.e., if two teams in a JSPR comparison have played this season, the winner of the season series earns one point.
2. RPI Comparison, i.e., how any given pair of teams stand against all other NEPSHIA teams in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).
3. Record vs. Mutual Opponents, i.e., if the two teams have faced common opponents on the ice, results against those teams provides an indicator of the comparative strength of the teams being compared.
4. Record vs. Teams Under Consideration, i.e., how have the two teams played against the top sixteen teams in NEPSHIA.
The Season Series Criteria (#1 above) is slightly changed from last year's formula. Last year, a point was earned in each JSPR comparison for each victory a team has in a JSPR comparison. However, this year, only a single point is given. An example of where this change affects the standings is a JSPR comparison between Nobles and St. Sebastian's. St. Sebastian's has beaten Nobles twice this year, but only gets one point in their JSPR comparison against Nobles. Last year, they would have received two.
Milton Keeps a Tight Grip on #1 Slot
Milton Academy (19-3-1 overall; 18-3-1 NEPSIHA), which came back from a 2-0 deficit to top Nobles 4-2 on Saturday, sits atop the USHR Prep Poll for the fourth straight week.
Albany Academy, 4-2 losers to South Kent last Thursday, have been bounced out of this week's prep poll. Moving back into the top ten is Kent, currently riding a four-game winning streak.
Top Recruit Chooses UNO
5'10", 190 lb. Fargo Force (USHL) LD Brian Cooper has committed to the University of Nebraska-Omaha for the fall of '12.
Cooper, despite his size, could be a first round draft NHL draft pick in the summer of '12. More immediately, he projects to be a terrific college hockey player and, for a long time now, the Anchorage, Alaska native has been the object of an intense recruiting battle. Cooper, who at one time had a list of suitors as long as his arm, narrowed it down in recent months to the University of Minnesota, Colorado College, and UNO.
A Keith Ballard/Nick Leddy type, Cooper is a puck-moving D with excellent skating skills. He's also extremely competitive, and gets everything out of his frame.
Currently a junior in high school, Cooper is an 11/1/93 birthdate. Now in his second year with Fargo, he has, in 36 games to date, a 10-13-23 line with a +11 and 96 pims.
A Couple of Links
On Wednesday, the New York Times ran an article entitled A Battle Across the Border in Recruiting that focuses on the efforts of College Hockey Inc. and its executive director, Paul Kelly, as they go head-to-head with the CHL and Hockey Canada. It's not exactly filled with any new developments, but it does define the battle for the general reader and for that reason alone is worth perusing.
New York Times: A Battle Across the Border in Recruiting
An article that should be reaching the Canadian kids who are doing fence sitting over the NCAA or major junior route can be found in yesterday's Wall Street Journal entitled Why College Hockey Arenas are the Cathedrals of Sports. You may disagree with some of their choices (Cornell's Lynah Rink didn't make the cut), but, no matter what, college arenas certainly have the edge over major junior in arena atmosphere. Besides all that, we thought the new new cathedral of college hockey arenas – and hockey arenas in general – was the great outdoors.
Wall St. Journal: Why College Hockey Arenas are the Cathedrals of Sports
A Future Wildcat…
5'11", 160 lb. RC Andrew Poturalski of the Nichols School has committed to the University of New Hampshire for the fall of '13.
A 1/14/94 birthdate from Williamsville, NY, Poturalski is a junior at Nichols, where he has been the sharpshooter on a young team that has shown that Nichols hockey doesn't just have a past, but a future, too. Last season, Poturalski, in 38 games, had a 33-28-61 line.
Poturalski is very clever with the puck, being able to handle it in extremely tight quarters. He can snipe it, too. Watching him at last summer's Select 16 Festival in Rochester, NY, we saw all those skills on display (he was a participant in the all-star game at the close of the festival) but we also saw a player who was undeveloped physically and had a difficult time asserting himself because of it. It is fair to say that will change with time and effort.
Poturalski was selected by the Sioux City Musketeers in last spring's USHL Future's Draft.
… and a Future Catamount
6'1", 190 lb. LC Kyle Mountain of the Penticton Vees (BCHL) has committed to the University of Vermont for this fall.
Mountain, who does a little bit of everything for Penticton, has a 9-14-23 line – and 33 pims -- in 54 games played.
A 9/30/90 birthdate from Bryn Mawr, PA, he's the son of NHL player agent Steve Mountain and the brother of Northeastern's backup goaltender Bryan Mountain, a sophomore.
Milton Tops USHR Prep Poll Again
Milton Academy (16-3-1 in NEPSIHA games; 17-3-1 overall) sits atop the USHR Prep Poll for the third consecutive week.
No teams have been bounced out this week. The top few teams remain the same; ditto for the bottom three. There is change in the #4-7 slots. And lurking just outside the top ten are Dexter, Kent, Choate, and Westminster.
USHR Prep Poll: Week of Feb. 7, 2011
Martin Reaches 700-win Plateau
With last night's 7-1 win over Andover, Belmont Hill head coach Ken Martin reached the 700-win plateau.
Now in his 38th year as head coach at Belmont Hill, Martin's overall record is 700-265-43, a winning percentage of .710.
--- Two NEPSIHA Div. I prep championships, in 1985 and 1990.
-- 15 ISL championships, including 11 in a 12-year stretch between 1977 and 1988.
-- 13 Lawrenceville Xmas Tournament titles.
-- Nine Nichols Tournament titles.
-- Two Hobey Baker winners, defenseman Mark Fusco and his younger brother, forward Scott Fusco, were Belmont Hill grads.
Most remarkable perhaps is the fact that Martin has never, in all those years, missed a game. And only once has he missed a practice, which came when his son, Ken, then a Babson senior, played his last college game. That's positively Ripkenesque.
Martin himself was a star forward at Belmont Hill in the 1960s before going on to Bowdoin.
Two More '95s Commit
5'8", 145 lb. Delbarton School sophomore forward John Baiocco has committed to Yale.
A 6/6/95 birthdate from South Morristown, NJ, Baiocco is currently the second-leading scorer at Delbarton, trailing only senior Peter McMullen. Baiocco, in 17 games, has a 12-12-24 line.
Baiocco, who also played for the Westchester Express last year and was at last summer's Select 15 Festival as a last-minute fill in for an injured player, is the fourth member of this year's Delbarton squad with a Div. I commitment. Baiocco joins Matt Killian (Yale), McMullen (BC) and Drew Melanson (RPI).
-- 5'10", 160 lb. Buffalo Regals U-16 forward Dylan McLaughlin has committed to Northeastern for the fall of '13 or '14.
A left-shot center, McLaughlin, a sophomore in high school, is a 6/5/95 birthdate from Lancaster, NY, a bit west of Buffalo.
More a playmaker than scorer, McLaughlin is a good skater who plays well in all three zones. Like Baiocco, McLaughlin has yet to physically mature.
McLaughlin, who played at last summer's Select 15 Festival, also made a visit to Yale, and is a possibility for the NTDP.
A Future Wildcat... and a Future Catamount
NEPSIHA Seedings
Sat. Feb. 26 Highlights
Empire Cup Schedule & Results
Lakes Region Schedule & Results
Playoff Race Heads into Final Weekend

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Vrouwe der Stormen is boek uit de fantasy-serie Darkover, geschreven door Marion Zimmer Bradley. Deze serie gaat over de mysterieuze wereld Darkover waar wetenschap, magie en hekserij samengaan. Dit boek speelt zich af tijdens de Chaosjaren, toen matrixkracht werd gebundeld om de oorlog tussen de Elhalyn en de Ridenow te beslechten. De oorspronkelijke titel van het boek is Stormqueen, en het werd uitgegeven in 1978.

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Tijdens een hevige onweerstorm schenkt Aliciane van Rotsraven het leven aan Dorilys van Aldaran, kind van Dom Mikhail van Aldaran, de heer van het huis Aldaran. Aliciane sterft bij de geboorte van haar dochter. Mayra, de leronis en tovenares van het huishouden heeft Adaran vervloekt, en voorspelt dat Dorilys het land grote rampspoed zal brengen. Op elfjarige leeftijd doodt het meisje haar neef Darren van Scathfell, als deze tracht haar te verkrachten. Dit leidt tot een breuk tussen de broers Dom Mikhail van Aldaran en Rakhal van Scathfell. Dorilys is verworden tot een verwend prinsesje dat zich door vrijwel niemand meer laat commanderen. Slechts haar halfbroer, Donal Dellaray, een jongen met het larantalent om stormen te bedwingen, kan haar nog aan.

Om de alliantie tussen het Huis Hastur van Elhalyn en het Huis Aillard te bezegelen moet Allart Hastur van Elhalyn met zijn nicht Cassandra Aillart trouwen. Allart weet echter door zijn voorspellend larantalent dat zij zal sterven in het kraambed en weigert daarom met haar te slapen. Ze vertrekken samen naar de afgelegen Hali-toren, waar ze hun werkplicht in een matrixkring gaan vervullen. Ondertussen verklaart Damon-Rafael, broer van Allart en Overheer van het Huis Hastur van Elhalyn (die bovendien tweede in de lijn van troonvolgers van het koninkrijk is), de oorlog tegen de Ridenows. Dit leidt ertoe dat 'neutrale' Renata Laynier, de monitor van de matrixkringen, de Hali-Toren moet ver-laten. Zij vertrekt naar het Aldaraans Domein om de leronis van Dorilys te worden. Ze wordt vergezeld door Allart, in de functie van Afgezant van Elhalyn.

Renata helpt de koppige Dorilys met de beheersing en ontwikkeling van haar laran, die zeer gevaarlijk blijkt te zijn voor haarzelf en haar omgeving. Ondertussen krijgt zij een geheime relatie met Donal Dellaray, die tot grote rampspoed zal leiden, als Dom Mikhail besluit dat zijn dochter zal trouwen met haar halfbroer, waardoor deze als erfgenaam erkend zal worden door de Aldaraanse familiehoofden. Na het huwelijk van Donal en Dorilys verklaart Rakhal van Scathfell de oorlog aan zijn broer, en zoekt contact met Damon-Rafael, die inmiddels een conflict met Allart heeft. Aldaran wordt aangevallen, maar dankzij de larankracht van Dorilys wordt de aanval afgeslagen. Het meisje verandert in de Vrouwe der Stormen en stuurt het vernietigende Kiltvuur retour naar de vijandelijke coalitie-troepen van Rakhal van Scathfell en Damon-Rafael. Deze worden hierdoor gedwongen tot overgave. Dan gebruikt Allart zijn voorspellend larantalent om zijn broer te laten inzien welke fouten hij maakt. Overmand door emoties pleegt deze vervolgens zelfmoord. Ondertussen blijkt dat Dorilys gedurende de strijd de dodelijke drempelziekte heeft opgelopen, waardoor ze alle controle over haar krachten verliest. Als ze erachter komt dat Renata een kind van Donal draagt, doodt ze haar halfbroer, waarna ze het bewustzijn voor eeuwig verliest. De gebroken Dom Mikhail van Aldaran benoemt ten slotte Renata's ongeboren zoon als erfgenaam.

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So Lonely in Gorgeous: Running on Empty: May Empties!
Joico K-PAK Moisture Intense Hydrator. My hair loved this product! I used the Moisture Intense Hydrator once a week after a clarifying shampoo; it left my hair feeling soft, moisturized and tangle free...the complete opposite of the Deep-Penetrating Reconstructor. I will be Repurchasing this product!!
L'Oreal Elseve Damage Care Pro. I purchased this leave-in condition after I ran out of my Kerastase Nutritive Nectar Thermique. I use this product as an extra treatment after deep conditioning my hair. This product leaves my hair feeling very soft and moisturized. I would repurchase.
Redken Smooth Down Conditioner. Redken Smooth Down is one of my staple shampoo and conditioners. Smooth down really leaves my hair looking and feeling soft, shiny and keeps the frizzies at bay. I go through conditioners faster than shampoos, so I always buy a bottle of shampoo and two bottles of conditioner. Will never be without!
Alterna Bamboo Shine Luminous Shine Shampoo. I've tried and like some of other lines from Alterna, so I was looking forward to trying the Bamboo line. I wasn't impressed, actually, I was disappointed. Before conditioning, the Bamboo shampoo left my hair feeling dry, brittle and tangled...not good at all!
Moroccan Oil Moisture Repair Shampoo and Conditioner. My second staple of Shampoo and Conditioners. My hair just drinks up all the benefits that the Moroccan Oil Moisture Repair Shampoo and Conditioner offers. This brand is worth every yen, and I highly recommend!
Bath & Body Works Shower Gel in Sea Island Cotton. Great scent for Spring, very refreshing! I have and will continue to repurchase.
Bobbi Brown Cleansing oil. I believe this was a free gift with a Bobbi Brown purchase from Saks. I'm glad this was a free gift with purchase, because I would be kicking my own a@# if I bought this cleanser. This cleanser did absolutely nothing in removing my eye makeup (which it claims to do). I would have been better off just using vegetable oil.
L'Occitane Brightening Cleansing Foam (travel size bottle, since I cracked the standard bottle after dropping it...butter fingers :P). This cleanser leaves my skin feeling soft and clean, and looking radiant. This is my favorite cleanser to using during Spring and Summer, since it's light weight, yet still moisturizing. Also, I love this cleansers refreshing scent. I've been using this cleanser for several years and I will always repurchase!
Estee Lauder Idealist Pore Minimizing Skin Refinisher (sample). I don't have an issue with enlarged pores, but this product did a lovely job at smoothing out the appearance of my skin on those dryer days. I love the way this product felt on my skin, like velvet!
Molton Brown Vitalising Vitamin AB+C Bath & Shower (sample) I believe I got this sample at barneys, I can't remember. This shower gel was ok. At first, I really liked it, but after a while, I found the scent (a orange/citrus mixing with a holistic vitamin store. Basically, it smells like a vitamin shop that uses pine-sol to clean it's floors) to be a bit overpowering. Won't purchase.
Murad Refreshing Cleanser & Intensive Wrinkle Reducer (sample). My skin did not like these products one bit! After using the cleanser my skin felt tight. The Intensive Wrinkle Reducer caused my skin to breakout in red blotches. I found it odd, that my skin had such an adverse reaction to these products, since my skin is pretty tough and I never have issues with sensitivity. Will not purchase!
Dry Idea AdvancedDry Unscented Deodorant. I purchased the AdvancedDry thinking, "why not ensure more antiperspirant coverage". I've been using Dry Idea as long as I can remember and I will continue to do so. I don't have any issues with underarm sweat/odor, but I am paranoid about it. Also, I don't like scented deodorants at all! I find scented deodorants nauseating (especially during Summer).
Covergirl Lashblastfusion Mascara in Black Brown, Black and Very Black. I like using this mascara for natural subtle understated day looks.
BareMinerals Mineral Veil (sample). I have no idea why I have so many of these BareMinerals samples, but this is the first one I've used up. It's a good product, but I wouldn't purchase a full size of this.
Korres White Tea Facial Fluid Gel Cleanser. I was able to get two uses out of this sample packet. It was good, but don't think I would purchase a full size bottle.
DHC Deep Cleansing Oil. I really liked this oil cleanser. If I'm ever in a pinch and without my trusty Shu Uemura Skin Purifier High Performance Balancing Cleansing Oil Enriched, I would definitely buy this oil cleanser. The DHC Deep Cleansing Oil is a more cost friendly version to the Shu Uemura Oil Cleansers.
These products were not used up within a month, they were finally emptied at the end of the month. Also, I usually go through hair products rather quickly, I have a whole lotta hair and it's thick as hell too.
Can't wait to see/read your empties post Jacq!


The string and multiverse wars are going strong in fundamental physics! And philosophy of science is very much at the center of the storm. I am no physicist, not even a philosopher of physics, in fact (my specialty is evolutionary biology), so I will not comment on the science itself. I take it that the protagonists of this diatribe are more than competent enough to know what they are talking about. But they keep bringing in Karl Popper and his ideas on the nature of science, as well as invoke — or criticize — Richard Dawid's concept of non-empirical theory confirmation, so I feel a bit of a modest commentary as a philosopher of science is not entirely out of order.
Let me begin with two caveats: first, there are many people involved in the controversy, including Sean Carroll, Peter Woit, Sabine Hossenfelder, George Ellis, and Joe Silk (not to mention astute commentators such as Lee Smolin and Jim Baggott). Refreshingly, almost all of them have respect for philosophy of science, unlike ignorant (of philosophy) physicists like Lawrence Krauss and Stephen Hawking. So, who knows, some of them may even read the following with some interest. Second, I actually know most of these people, obviously some better than others. I like and respect them all, even though — as we shall see — in this post I will come squarely down on one side rather than the other.
And what are these sides? For this round, I'll focus on an exchange between Sean Carroll and Peter Woit on the specific issue of multiverse theory, though the two disagree — for the same reasons — also about the status of string theory. I have published an extended commentary on the string wars at Aeon magazine, after having participated to a conference organized by Dawid, where Peter, unfortunately, had not been invited, and which Sean, equally unfortunately, couldn't attend.
A good part of the discussion hinges on Sean accusing critics of both string theory and the multiverse of "Popperazism," a neologism coined by him (as far as I can tell), which refers to the alleged misappropriation of the ideas of influential philosopher of science Karl Popper. Indeed, Sean already wrote a short piece for Edge back in 2014 in response to the question: "What scientific theory is ready for retirement?" His answer: falsificationism, the notion, proposed by Popper, that what demarcates science from non-science (and pseudoscience) is the feasibility of falsifying the tenets of a given theory or hypothesis. If a theory is in principle falsifiable, argued Popper, then it is scientific. If there is no way to subject it to the falsifiability criterion, it isn't science.
Setting aside that falsificationism is not a scientific theory, but rather a notion in philosophy of science (after all, how would you falsify Popper's account?), Sean admits that he hasn't gone over the nuances of what Popper actually wrote. That's unfortunate, because Popper was a bit more of a sophisticated philosopher than he is usually given credit for. Even though his ideas are no longer current in philosophy of science (you know, philosophy does make progress!), if one invokes him to dismiss a scientific theory (as Ellis and Silk do), or, conversely, rejects his insight in order to deflect criticism against one's favorite theory (as Sean does), it would be good to take a look at what the men actually wrote.
Without going into too much detail (for an in-depth discussion and pertinent quotes see my Aeon article mentioned above), Popper realized that falsification is not a sharp blade capable of neatly cutting off science front non-science. He was also aware of, and discussed at length, the fact that legitimate scientific theories do include ad hoc explanations that are used by scientists as place holders until (and if) they figure out what is wrong with the theory they are working on. Nobody has ever rejected a scientific theory because all its statements were not immediately falsifiable, nor did Popper suggest such a crude practice in the first place.
Those are exceedingly weak criteria indeed. As an extreme example, take the very fuzzy notion of God: it might be true, and whether it's true or not this would affect how we understand the world. So what? Neither of those two observations — in itself — provides an iota of reason to believe in God. Or the multiverse.
Hmm, as a philosopher, I don't actually subscribe to this notion that we use "confirmation" in a weak sense at all. Still, Sean is right that we may, in the course of exploring the logical entailments of a given theory, discover that it has many more than we at first thought. Indeed, this is precisely what happened during the early history of string theory, and why it has attracted so much attention for so long. As for Dawid's not suggesting that a theory should be declared correct on just such grounds, this is true. But it is also true that the whole point of Dawid's Bayesian-informed approach is to make the argument that our belief in a theory should be updated, and even tilted toward provisional acceptance, on the basis of non-empirical entailments. This is controversial to say the least, both among philosophers and among scientists.
There is a lot to unpack in those sentences. Beginning with the end, again, yes, multiverse theory may be true, but if we will never be able to decide that on the basis of empirical observation it simply shouldn't count as a scientific theory. Nor should it be considered "probably" true, pace Dawid's Bayesian approach. Indeed, at the moment, at least, the notion of a multiverse should be classed as scientifically-informed metaphysics. Too bad that so many scientists recoil from the "m-word," though.
Moreover, there seems to me — as a naive external observer to the debate — to be nothing "boring" or "conventional" about the multiverse. It is, rather, a radical theory that would dramatically revise our whole conception of what a "universe" is in the first place!
Here we get pretty close to the edge of my competence, and I am going to leave it to Sean, Peter and the rest to evaluate what actual (novel) predictions multiverse theory makes, and whether and how they might be tested. But the more time passes (and this goes for string theory as well), the more the burden of proof rests on defenders of the theory, while the skeptics are increasingly justified in their impatience regarding the current dearth of such tests.
Postscript: the term "Popperazzi" appears to have been used first by Leonard Susskind, at least since his 2006 "The Cosmic Landscape," p. 192 (with thanks to various commenters on Twitter, especially Jim Baggott).
Also, entirely coincidentally, Sabine Hossenfelder has a (critical) piece on the multiverse at NPR.org.
This entry was posted in Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science on January 22, 2018 by Massimo.
Can we retire this unnecessary Multiverse Hypothesis meme, and stop conflating it with String Theory? It really gives the appearance of intellectual laziness and an ideological agenda. What the multiverse really means is that we have many causally disconnected regions of spacetime. Classic Big Bang cosmology predicts a multiverse for large enough universes. All inflation has done is predict a global structure to these regions of spacetime. Sure, we'll never be able to explore this global structure, but what are cosmologists supposed to do? Place a 'Here be Dragons' sign for anything outside our Hubble volume? Also, no one can know a priori if the analysis of the global structure will yield empirical results or not.
Now, the idea that these regions may have different particle physics is speculation. However, even though this is a possible interpretation of the String Landscape, it's actually an idea that has existed independent of String Theory. Coel has provided a good and clear synopsis of this. If we take the Standard Model seriously then the idea that the various symmetry breaking always happens the same way seems unlikely. And the idea that these separate spacetime regions may have different periodic tables is not considered terribly controversial by most particle physicists I've talked to. The fundamental laws will still be the same. I think Smolin is the only one I know who considers changes to actual fundamental laws.
Speculative theories like string theory and inflationary multiverse theory perhaps could be a mix of (physically-motivated) metaphysics and physical mathematics ("physically-motivated mathematics" ).
Depends on the nature of the failure.
Per the issue at hand, it also sounds like it's a question of accepting whether one has failed or not.
The physical processes that determine the properties of our everyday world, and of the wider cosmos, are determined by some key numbers: the 'constants' of micro-physics and the parameters that describe the expanding universe in which we have emerged. We identify various steps in the emergence of stars, planets and life that are dependent on these fundamental numbers, and explore how these steps might have been changed, or completely prevented, if the numbers were different. We then outline some cosmological models where physical reality is vastly more extensive than the 'universe' that astronomers observe (perhaps even involving many 'big bangs'), which could perhaps encompass domains governed by different physics. Although the concept of a multiverse is still speculative, we argue that attempts to determine whether it exists constitute a genuinely scientific endeavor. If we indeed inhabit a multiverse, then we may have to accept that there can be no explanation other than anthropic reasoning for some features our world.
An argument from our lack of imagination? And why should higher levels like GR and field theory be so coherent driving from simple principles…when the larger universe is incoherent hodge podge.
Why does the process always march forward?
To raise an issue I've brought up before, when redshift was first discovered, the two assumptions were basic Doppler redshift and the universe was expanding, or something was interfering with the light, but since it was otherwise clear, this "tired light" hypothesis was dropped.
Then it was discovered that redshift is directly and increasingly proportional to distance in all directions, creating the impression that we are at the center of the universe. So then it was argued that space itself must be expanding, based on the premise of spacetime. But that seems to overlook the central premise of Relativity and thus spacetime, that clocks and rulers dilate equally, so that light is always measured as a Constant. If it is taking light longer to cross, in order to be redshifted, between galaxies, it obviously is not Constant to this universal frame. No one seems to be able, even Coel, to explain why this isn't some bad plot device, they just say that's the way it is.
Of course, given we do appear as the center of the universe, to any logical person, that might suggest looking for optical explanations, but that doesn't seem to occur to anyone with any say so.
I realize it's bad politics to go against the march of progress, but I'm one of those people who hate bad plot devices.
, but what are cosmologists supposed to do? Place a 'Here be Dragons' sign for anything outside our Hubble volume?
Perhaps the sign could say "we don't know what be here".
As for Norton's Dome, I would have thought the real problem would be that it is possible to define a dome shaped such that, in principle, an object given just the right initial velocity at the base would reach the apex in a finite time and have a zero velocity when it reaches the apex.
Given that shape and time reversibility of Newtonian physics then a static object at the apex of such a dome ought to begin to slide down after an arbitrary time period in an arbitrary direction.
What "agenda" would that be? Intellectual honesty? Nobody conflates the two, but critics see a commonality there, in terms of dearth of ways to produce any testable empirical predictions. Also, sociologically, many people who accept one also accept the other.


This month, Granny tells us how she easily switched from MS Office to the fully compatible OpenOffice to gain the benefits of Linux.
Read other Linux software reviews by Granny: Even Granny Has Linux Installed and Linux Makes Granny Cry Beginner Linux Help is available here.
I am so thankful you stopped at my page to learn a little about my favorite Linux programs and for some of my home made apple cider! While the cider is cooling, let me introduce you to the amazing OpenOffice software.
I went from using the expensive MS Office to the fully compatible SUN OpenOffice on my stable and inexpensive Linux OS. It is such a joy to gain both the stability of Linux and the compatibility needed to exchange files with my dear friends.
I was so concerned that moving to Linux would mean I was no longer able to be compatible with and exchange files with others. Within moments after installing OpenOffice, I realized this was not true at all!
Instead, I was able to easily edit my MS Word .doc files, make changes to old PowerPoint .ppt files, and even update an Excel .xls spreadsheet all from the convenience of OpenOffice for Linux!
I've included a screen capture of me opening my home-goals.doc file in Linux. I could edit and save to the file format I knew people used without sacrificing performance, stability, and especially my hard earned money!
How easy the OpenOffice creators made it for me to switch. The menus and features were so easy and similar that I could begin using OpenOffice immediately. Below I have a screen capture of the OpenOffice main menu, which is a breeze to use if you are use to Microsoft tools.
This shows how even an old lady like me can easily make this change from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice! Most important of all, I don't have to waste my meager retirement money on the expensive Office software, when I can get OpenOffice for so much cheaper.
But please don't take my word for it. I want you to see for yourself that making the switch away from Microsoft is easy and still totally compatible! I've included a link to the fully operational OpenOffice program, which is the free open source version of OpenOffice.
For my next article, I hope to review a few more of my favorite programs at the usual Linux price of $0. Until then, the Lord bless you and hope you have a joyful day!
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On Saturday, September 22nd, Convoy of Hope will be at Bishop Park in Detroit to serve the community and those who are in need.
The faith-based organization will offer $1 million in goods and services to the community. This will also include groceries, veteran services, haircuts, family portraits, job services, a kids zone, hot meals, and more!
The event is free and open to the public and no I.D. is required.
According to Jonathon R. Yinger President and CEO of CBSL & Broadcast Properties, the job fair will be a big event for Detroiters. Community members can also receive a free 8×10 family portrait.
Convoy of Hope also partners with the National Breast Cancer Foundation and women will have the opportunity to receive a free exam during the event. The testing will be done in a designated secure area. There will also be a medical tent where community members can receive various medical services.
Mike Duggan, the Mayor of Detroit, issued an official letter supporting Convoy of Hope Detroit encouraging citizens to participate in the event.
"Through the past 18 years, Convoy of Hope Detroit has brought a better quality of life to over 30,000 Detroiters in areas surrounding Osborn, Northwestern High Schools, Herman Gardens; for people attending the Superbowl and in 11 different locations around our city through an event called, "Lovefest".
This year, with the help of Bishop Andrew Merritt and Straightgate International Church and associated networks, the Convoy of Hope/Detroit event will deliver over $1,000,000 in goods and services to the residents of Detroit. Convoy of Hope is currently working with many leaders in the community developing a plan that will deliver an additional $5,000,000 in goods and services to the residents of our city over the next 5 years.
You can get additional details about this community event at www.convoyofhope.org/detroit or contact Jon Yinger at (810) 714 – 4312 / jonry10@aol.com.


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Q: Like button doesn´t show up This is driving me crazy.
I got the code from the fb own tool at:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/

Also got the meta key needed.
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http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/og/object?q=http%3A%2F%2Frecept.se%2Fcontent%2Fatt-gora-honungskaka-med-mandel
Gives me 206 but it shouldnt be enough to hide the button should it?
Heres an example page(Scroll down below the article).
http://recept.se/content/att-gora-honungskaka-med-mandel
Anyone able to clear this out for me?

A: I got it working just by copying the code from the plugins/like page on facebook.
You probably forgot to include this code:

It says everything right here:
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Got a Camera? Grab Some Amazing Fireworks Photos With These Simple Tips!
If you are one of those people that always has their camera "at the ready"... then this post is for you! Here are some easy-to-learn tips for capturing the best possible images of those great 4th of July fireworks displays.
1st Step - Arrive at your location in plenty of time to stake out a great position that will allow you to take obstruction-free photos.
2nd Step - Keep it steady! That's right, "shake" is the enemy of great fireworks images, so make sure you have a rock-solid tripod with you.
3rd Step - To eliminate vibrations and shake, try using a wireless shutter release so you're actually not handling the camera. If you don't have one of these, set a delay of a couple of seconds for after you press the shutter release.
4th Step - Since it's likely you'll want to do some creative things in Photoshop with your images, make sure to shoot in RAW mode. This gives you a lot more data to work with.
5th Step - Noise reduction settings on a camera can create more problems than you can imagine, so for fireworks shots, turn it off. It's best to clean up any residual noise in Photoshop.
Many of today's cameras, especially newer DSLRs, have actual preset modes for "fireworks", or "night images", so if you're unsure about manually changing your settings, go ahead and try one of these presets and see what kind of results they can deliver!
Simply leaving your camera set to a "Full Auto" mode will generate poor results, so if your equipment does not have a specific preset geared towards "fireworks", with a few simple steps you can manually adjust your camera to capture great-looking images.
So once you have these baseline setting ready, go ahead and try some shots. If the images appear too bright, reduce the shutter speed by 1-2 seconds, and also lower your ISO. If they are too dark, then you'll need to increase your shutter speed, and also raise the ISO.
The Elevated Exposures Team wishes you the best for a joyous and relaxing holiday weekend… and should you capture an amazing image of fireworks, feel free to tweet it to us at @ElevatedExp and we'll share it across our networks!
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IKEA is set to launch a new collab with Swedish House Mafia
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Some of the items that you can expect from the upcoming collection include a record player, music production desk, and lounge chair
by Shazrina Shamsudin / September 9, 2022
Credit: IKEA/Swedish House Mafia
Music lovers this one's for you. IKEA has just announced that they will be launching a 20-piece joint collection with house music supergroup Swedish House Mafia. While fans may not have expected the group to be teaming up with the furniture store, the two powerhouses shared that they were inspired to make a collection that allows people to explore music and creativity at home and make everyday life easier for those who produce, perform, play, or listen to music.
Here, the limited collection, titled OBEGRÄNSAD, is built on the band's insights into the needs of those starting up their music or creative career.
During the press interview, Swedish House Mafia mentioned, "Since we were kids, we have valued IKEA's approach of making things affordable and available for a lot of people. We used to find a creative way to make IKEA furniture to accommodate our teenage lives as creatives, so the collaboration's purpose was formed around our own personal journey in life."
Whether you're looking to produce or perform in your room, we can't help but agree that the collection will definitely come in handy in elevating your space. Besides, why go to a studio when you can have your own private one in the comfort of your own home, right?
With that being said, some of the items that you can look forward to in the collection include LED work, wall and floor lamps, a clock; laptop, tablet, speaker and record stands; a desk, two options of shelving units, an armchair, four options of bags, including an accessory, a record and a laptop bag, a rug and sleepers in two sizes, a throw and a cushion cover. And following the success of Ikea's FRAKTA bags that are said to be built to hold 100 vinyl records, Swedish House Mafia will also be releasing their own take on the IKEA FRAKTA bag as well.
Within the collection, you'll also find unique shelving units that are perfect for you to place your amplifiers, as well as a desk with speaker stands and a pull-out shelf and not to mention stands for your laptop, tablets and speakers – so you can have more productivity in your room. used. As Swedish House Mafia put it:" the design in our collection features a timeless theme with a distinct trace of our DNA". The solutions will easily add smart functionality to the existing space – or help build an affordable home studio from scratch.
The collection has yet to be released in Singapore, but it has been said that it will launch in the later part of October. Stay tuned for more updates.
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First of all, strictly speaking, if your laser cutter is enclosed properly it should not be possible to be exposed to the laser. However, safety equipment is designed to protect you when things don't go as planned and so even though my laser is fully enclosed I still wear eye protection. If your laser is not enclosed it is even more critical that you have some type of protection. Don't be fooled by the low power diode lasers either, they are dangerous and you need to protect yourself. It doesn't take much to damage an eye.
You should wear eye protection that is designed to protect you from your specific laser. This means that you must consider the type of laser and what frequency and power it is capable of. The best place to find that information is from the manufacturer. Once you know the details on your machine, you can look for laser eye protection that is designed to protect you from that specific type of laser source. This will vary from user to user based on the equipment they are operating.
What kind of laser cutters can cut metal?
What is the accuracy of a laser cutter?


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It sits on the edge of campus — all crazy angles and shiny pleats and looking like something from out of this world. It doesn't match anything around it. It's confusing and different and yet, somehow it makes sense by the very fact that it's nonsensical. Many people love it. Some people hate it. But everyone feels something when they look at it — which is exactly what art is supposed to do.
MSU's Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is big and bold and makes itself known, just like the architect who brought it to life. Zaha Hadid, the world-renowned, incredible talent who designed the Broad at MSU, passed away suddenly last week. I was saddened to learn that the world has lost this daring artistic force at far too young an age. I consider MSU to be extremely lucky to have the Broad, one of only two Zaha buildings in the United States. As Lou Anna K. Simon, president of MSU said, "Through the Broad Art Museum, Zaha's creative spirit will be part of MSU forever."
I was fortunate enough to have witnessed that creative spirit in person while I worked on communications during the building and opening of the museum. I met Zaha a couple of times when she came to campus and once in New York. Amidst her crazy feather boas and noteworthy pleated collars, I knew I was standing next to brilliance. One of the coolest things I've been able to do was to be with her as she first set on eyes on the completed museum — her vision brought to life.
One of the first exhibits at the museum blended art and MSU's agricultural roots — two seemingly incongruous topics. But it worked. In true Spartan spirit, the museum looks for diverse and interesting ways to not only bring art to the community, but to be an active partner in it.
For example, the museum is taking part in the MSU Science Festival. Yep, I said science. Most people don't think that the two are related at all, but they are in ways you might not have thought of. As part of the festival, the museum will host events that explore the intersection between science and art through a number of activities. In the true spirit of Zaha, things that don't necessarily match can be truly inspirational.
Elizabeth Simmons is a living example of how things that don't seem to go together actually do. She is the dean of Lyman Briggs College and University Distinguished Professor of physics, but for a time was also acting dean of the College of Arts and Letters. She says her year of doing both reminded her "how crucial it is to pay attention in one's own life to the arts and the sciences, to keep in touch with both kinds of human knowledge and human engagement with the world." To learn more about her and her philosophy, read her FACULTY VOICE: Science, Art and Human Experience.
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Lazarius Miller, a senior from Detroit majoring in biological sciences, discovered his inner scientist when he was just in middle school. He says he fell in love with science and winning a science fair solidified his desire to study it and ultimately teach science to others. As a Dean's Research Scholar and a member of the Urban Educator's Cohort Program, he is well on his way. Check out his story and video in the STUDENT VIEW: A Mission to be Myself, to learn more about this motivated young man.
Dean Simmons and Lazarius exemplify what it is to be a Spartan. Spartans are confident, innovative, complex and determined. Spartans think outside the box and seek new solutions to old challenges. When I think about what Zaha created for MSU, I think she gave our museum Spartan spirit too. It's bold and unflinching. It makes itself known. It challenges assumptions and seeks to bring together seemingly unrelated things. Not everyone loves it, but no one can deny its presence and influence. It's a game changer. Spartans Will.
Photo of the Edythe and Eli Broad Art Museum by Derrick L. Turner


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Catch the Wind () is a 1978 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Lyubomudrov.

Plot
The manager of the stud farm with his daughter and her fiance are trying to avoid a civil war in the Ural steppes, but the war still comes to them.

Cast
 Konstantin Grígoryev as Pavel (as Konstantin Grigorev)
 Pavel Kadochnikov as Sergey Sergeyevich
 Elena Proklova as Natasha
 Lev Prygunov as Viktor
 Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov as Captain
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 Nikolay Pogodin as Timofeyev (as N. Pogodin)
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Atogwe Move Does Not Threaten Draft or Franchise Future
Thread starter Bulldog
There has been a lot of discussion that adding a 29 year old player in free agency is a move backward for the Redskins into past patterns of doing business.
I am willing to give the front office some lattitude on this move.
The Redskins have been grappling with a free safety position that has been one of the biggest achilles heel over the past 3-4 years, whatever defensive alignment has been played.
With a #1 and #2 pick but no selections in Rounds 3 and 4, there was little chance the Redskins were going to be able to address positions such as free safety.
The state of both the OL and DL show few established starters and only one or two players that right now can be considered building blocks for the future.
There are needs at cornerback, wide receiver and quarterback as well.
If all comes to form in an ideal draft scenario the Redskins are able to deal down and take Taylor at NT in the late teens and pick up an OL, DE or WR in Round 2.
An extra pick in Round 3 from the move down could net a developmental quarterback (if not taken in Round 2) or an OL candidate to play OG or RT.
But in none of the scenarios that I have seen have any draftniks paired up the Redskins with any free safety that is capable of making a big impact. Nor any draft experts that think with the other holes that Washington should necessarily select a free safety with any Day 1 picks.
So, in my mind fans can relax a bit with Atogwe and the signing.
He fills a need and does it at a cost that is bearable when considered against what other established safeties make in the NFL.
And his presence will no doubt have a positive effect on the further development of LaRon Landry upon his return to health at the SS position.
Haslett wants turnovers and Atogwe is a guy that has a nose for the ball.
And having receivers being covered deep down the middle of the field will be a nice change for us to see
Bulldog, I love ya, but you could replace the words 'safety' and 'Atogwe' with 'quarterback' and 'McNabb' and this is one of your posts from last offseason.
We're not going to fill all the holes this year. We're just not. We need to accept that. Instead of strategizing how we're going to fill every hole this year, we should be thinking long term.
This team is years away from being competitive. Years away means a guy who's 30 at the start of the season is going to be 32 or 33 before this team is at the start of it's run (if things actually work out) and probably 34 or 35 when the team peaks.
This move is not a killer, but it's not one that makes me smile either. Shanahan has paid a lot of lip service to rebuilding this offseason, so we'll see if he really means it. This move, while fairly minor, does not indicate he does. Right now I call this one a push.
The Burgundy Ghost
The Shadows of the Unknown
Here's some quick pro and cons.
Pros.
Have already addressed the S position. As of now we finally have 2 FS and about 4 SS on the roster. The need to re-sign Reed Doughty has been eased and the need to find a S in the draft or FA can be significantly reduced. The facts are simple: Skins needed an upgrade at FS. Atogwe is one of the better FA FS available.
- price really isn't bad for a valuable FA. Skins didn't pay Antrell Rolle money and got a player in equal or better value IMO.
- Had his best production during Haslett's tenure as DC in Stl.
- Hurt Dallas. They didn't get him and had a similar need at the pos.
- By signing him, don't have to try and draft a FS. THis is a very bad year for the S class.
Cons.
- Will be 34-35 by the end of his contract
- his production in turnovers has declined over the last two years
-groin injury hindered him in a chunk of 2010
- Landry's contract is up after 2011. You'd expect LL will want north of Atogwe's #. Which means can the Skins re-sign him. If they can, do they really want to invest close to 12 mil./ year for the S position.
Overall it's a solid signing that could have some problems in later years of the deal. Not a AA splash signing. The Skins get a very good player at a reasonable price while he would still be considered in the prime of his career. It does go against the "get younger" vibe of the Skins, but the Skins just don't have enough draft picks to find starters for every hole.
I have not seen anyone say anything negative about this move or that it conjures up visions of the past. Like previously posted we get a need filled at a fair price. How much you want to bet that the one year wonder that is Michael Huff gets a larger contract than Atogwe? I bet he does and I bet Dallas pays it.
As has been said, we do not have enough draft picks. Even if we did, the FS crop this year is very poor. There is no one in it that could fill in immediately.
I think this was the best move for our team at this time. Hopefully his shoulder, thigh, and hernia hold up.
It will be as it always is.
If he turns out to be a "London Fletcher type" at FS, and the team wins, all will hail the move.
If he turns out to be a "Stanley Richards", while the team loses, the move will be categorized as just another FO failure, with Dan Snyder secretly pulling the strings from behind the curtain.
Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of Dimwit Nation.
fansince62
"If all comes to form in an ideal draft scenario the Redskins are able to deal down and take Taylor at NT in the late teens and pick up an OL, DE or WR in Round 2."
BT...you know...what with CBA and all....I'm willing to bet some teams may anticipate that higher round picks this year will have a lower cost....i.e.,...there may be more incentive to strike a deal (and pick up some extra selections)
fansince62 said:
You know, that is an excellent point. I had not thought of that angle before, but you may be right. It may be a lot easier to get some extra picks.
Goaldeje said:
Agreed, excellent point - teams shied away before because of the huge price tag associated with higher picks - now with the rookie wage scale, teams won't be quite so scurred to move up. I guess it will depend on what the rookie wage scale ends up being as to how tempted teams are to move up.
Wouldn't that be a nice little stroke of luck?
Henry said:
The difference being that this signing did not cost us any draft picks which the McNabb trade did.
I do agree that we are still years away, but at least we haven't given away our draft picks and are instead supplementing them.
Yusuf06
I think this is a long-term move. First as China mentioned, we didn't give up any draft picks. For this team, that's actually a big deal as we're poor in picks, starting talent, and depth on the roster.
In the grand scheme of things safeties aren't that big a deal and linemen are since pass rush pressure usually trumps good coverage. Signing Otogwe means we have one less hole on the roster that won't take up a draft pick which could be used on a DL, i.e. the strength of this draft.
You're correct that we're not going to fill all the holes this year. However, those holes do have to get filled at some point. Signing Otogwe fills a position of significant need for us at moderate cost and it buys us time to put off drafting a safety for a year or two at which point we'll hopefully have more picks to work with.
Yusuf06 said:
Like I said, the move is a push. I just don't think we need to paint rainbows on it.
Lanky Livingston said:
lanky...since we are on the football side and not the political side of BGO (i.e., we share a common set of goals and hopes!)...I'm interested in your take on the Skins and QB. we have argued in the past about where QBs can be taken in a draft and a team still prosper. while we may disagree on probabilities....your point has historical truth to it. Do you think there is a candidate out there who the Skins could draft in the second round and eventually grow into a franchise leader/SB caliber product? You seem to track scouting reports pretty closely...what's your take on this draft in this scenario?
I like the move simply because it means one less thing (barring injury, non-performance) to worry about!
I'm personally intrigued by Ponder...but as they usually do, the intriguing QB guys sneak into the first or early second. The ideal scenario is to trade the 10th overall pick with New England for the 17th overall and 33rd overall, and take Taylor and Ponder. Unfortunately, that will never happen, since New England covets its draft picks. Hopefully they do trade back, take Phil Taylor in the teens or 20s somewhere, and then hopefully Ponder is there at 41.
On the other hand, I've read some promising things about Locker, also. A year ago, I was 100% sold on drafting him; he just had a poor season and I've had second thoughts. He could definitely rebound in the right situation; I just don't know if he's worth the 10th overall pick. But if the Shanahans truly believe in him, there's a lot of Matt Schaub in him.
EDIT: If he ends up pulling a Rodgers and dropping into the mid-20s, I would not be opposed to packaging 41 & next year's first to grab him up. QB is, afterall, one of the most important positions on the field. And hopefully we'd get another 2nd & possibly a 3rd in any trade down scenario...
The title of this thread is "Atogwe Move Does Not Threaten Draft or Franchise Future." In other words, the move isn't negative. Since when is stating something isn't bad the same as painting rainbows on it?
Perhaps your view has become so skewed by all the negativity typically surrounding Redskin moves that something that states a move isn't negative is now viewed as being wildly positive.
agree with the logic....with a follow-on question....all I have to work with is NFL Channel....what I have heard about Ponder from those analysts is that he lacks arm strength compared to the other guys. does a team pin its hopes on this? don't know much about Locker but Mayock obviously likes the guy. we know Shanahan was interested last year. like you...I see this as the most likely scenario if the Skins do go QB......I just want to have a warm and fuzzy if they do pull the trigger. I can't take another package of promise who never delivers (e.g., JC) or a retread vet who I know won't deliver (e.g., Sexy Rex).
I don't think there are ever any guarantees when selecting a QB, plenty of highly drafted QBs have failed. That said, however, there are some that seem to clearly stand out above the others. Unfortunately, none of the QBs in this years draft class seem to stand out to me an none inspire me with confidence that they'll be a good franchise QB; I'm not getting a warm and fuzzy from any of them. But what do I know, I didn't get a warm and fuzzy from Sam Bradford last year either, and he seems to be playing well so far.
Chris Steuber, director of player personnel for the Georgia Force (AFL) says this:
Again, this QB class reminds me of '05 class & the more film I go back & watch of JakeLocker; he will turn out better than Newton & Gabbert.
Blaine Gabbert is Alex Smith & Jake Locker is Aaron Rodgers, if you compare '05 & '11 QB draft classes.
Many analysts are now comparing Cam Newton to Ben Roethlisberger. I made that comparison a month ago.
I do see some Aaron Rodgers in Jake Locker. Remember, when Rodgers entered the #NFL, footwork & accuracy down field were issues like Locker.
If Locker has time to develop, like Rodgers, he has star qualities. Shanny will help.
Also, Steuber believes we will trade back and take Locker.
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That's probably it.


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Intel Chairman Proves McCain Right
by HyperbolicDem
House Intelligence Committee Chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, proved Sen. John McCain's point today that there needs to be an independent investigation into the Trump campaign's possible collusion with Russian government officials. From the New York Times—
"Representative Devin Nunes of California, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, met on the White House grounds with a source who showed him secret American intelligence reports a day before he revealed that President Trump or his closest associates may have been "incidentally" swept up in foreign surveillance by American spy agencies."
In his explanation of why he had to take this meeting on the White House grounds, Nunes' spokesman said this to The Hill—
"A spokesperson for Nunes told The Hill in a statement that the congressman "met with his source at the White House grounds in order to have proximity to a secure location where he could view the information provided by the source.""
Nunes' spokesman also said that no one in the White House knew he was there, which proves he did not act inappropriately. Rep. Nunes and his office must mean he did not be taking into account that he did not inform his committee, co-chair and ranking member, or the Speaker of the House before taking this meeting. Also, they must not be allowing for the fact that his account of the "facts" keeps changing from definitive proof of incidental collection to maybe, possibly, some collection, of some people, that could have been on the Trump campaign.
This has gone from comical, to sad, to borderline criminal. If Speaker Ryan does not remove Nunes from his position as Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, not only will the committee's investigation be worthless, Ryan will look feckless and a sycophant to the administration. If the GOP wants to salvage any chance of saving seats in 2018, they need to stop the incompetence and fight the constant urge to appease a President who does not understand, nor cares about how the government works. This is, of course, not going to happen, so I look forward to a Democratically controlled Congress in ten months!
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7 comments on "Intel Chairman Proves McCain Right"
This story gets crazier by the day.
HyperbolicDem
I am always apprehensive about putting something up on current events since this White House has a daily, sometimes hourly, crisis that changes the narrative. I love watching 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver', but if you do not watch it at its scheduled time, most of the jokes and information are irrelevant by the next morning. How is this type of "governing" sustainable over the next four years?
I heard John Dean speak the other day and he thought that if the Rs held Congress under Nixon there probably would not have been an impeachment.
bamboozer
Certainly is crazy, but it also serve the purpose of discrediting the Republicans as well as Trump. At this point any attempts to hush it up will fail and probably blow back on those that attempt it, Nunes comes to mind. And yes, above all else I find many parallels to the Nixon era which I remember very well. Time to start answering the phone with a cheery "Impeach The President!". Sorry, getting nostalgic.
delacrat
The Dems need to focus on Medicare-For-All instead of this.
albertacrowley
Supposedly, he talked to Ryan before he went to the president. Ryan can't get rid of him without exposing himself
This story keeps shifting. Now he, reportedly, drive for a short distance, then took an Uber the rest of the way. Why would anyone who was not trying to cover something up do something so TV-spy-drama dumb?


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