South Arlington deserves safe, direct, low-stress bike routes too.
Columbia Pike is one of Arlington's least bike-friendly corridors— there aren't any bike lanes, traffic is heavy, and the bike boulevards on parallel streets are disjointed and disconnected.
The County has budgeted over $165 million rebuilding Columbia Pike to make it a "complete street" according to the Capital Improvement Plan, and yet current plans wouldn't even provide a complete bike facility that runs the full length of the Pike, let alone one that is safe, direct and low-stress.
A 10' wide sidepath (wide sidewalk / trail) on the North side of Columbia Pike from the Arlington/Fairfax border to the bridge over Four Mile Run.
A bike boulevard parallel to Columbia Pike on 9th St S from S Quincy St to S Wayne St.
A bike boulevard parallel to Columbia Pike on 12th St S and 11th St S from S Quincy St to S Cleveland St (definitely) and eventually to S Queen St and then connecting under 395 to Army Navy Drive (hopefully / pending land acquisition and funding).
A 10' wide sidepath (wide sidewalk / trail) on the North side of Columbia Pike from S Wayne St to S Joyce St (connecting to Pentagon City).
There are no plans to improve the Columbia Pike bridge over Four Mile Run leaving cyclists to either ride in the road with speeding traffic or to share a narrow, un-buffered sidewalk with a steep drop into traffic.
Cyclists on the 9th Street Bike Boulevard currently have no safe way to cross Walter Reed Drive. A traffic signal is planned for that intersection eventually, but the timeline for that installation is currently unknown.
Cyclists on the 9th Street Bike Boulevard have no safe way to cross Glebe Road. The intersection didn't meet "warrants" for a traffic signal (since crossing there now is crazy dangerous) so the County installed a "rectangular rapid flash beacon" instead, but it is nearly impossible to reach and use for cyclists riding on the boulevard.
The 9th Street bike boulevard dead-ends at George Mason Drive forcing cyclists to detour down to the Columbia Pike sidewalk or up to 8th St S.
The County's bike plans rely heavily on sidepaths along portions of Columbia Pike. Sidepaths have a questionable safety record along busy streets with some studies finding cyclists are 1.8 times more likely to be in a crash than if they were biking on the street. In contrast, cyclists in regular bike lanes are 50% safer than biking on streets with no infrastructure and cyclists in protected bike lanes are up to 90% safer.
A parallel bike & pedestrian bridge over Four Mile Run immediately adjacent to the existing bridge to provide dedicated, safe space for cyclists and pedestrians. The sidewalk on the existing bridge is dangerously narrow and lacks any sort of buffer from speeding traffic. Timeline: within three years.
A traffic signal at 9th & Walter Reed Drive to ensure safe passage across this busy arterial for cyclists on the 9th Street Bike Boulevard. Timeline: within three years.
A traffic signal / HAWK or other crossing treatment that requires drivers, by law, to stop at Glebe Rd & 9th St S that does not require cyclists to leave the roadway or dismount to activate it. This would aid safe passage for cyclists on the 9th Street Bike Boulevard across Glebe Road. The existing Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacon is not effective and is clearly not located with usage by cyclists in mind. Timeline: within four years.
Funding and construction of the "Hoffman Boston Connector / Army Navy Country Club Emergency Access Road", provision of a safe, direct connection between it and the Washington Blvd Trail across Columbia Pike and increased County effort to connect the Emergency Access Drive directly to the 11th / 12th Street Bike Boulevard. Timeline: within five years.
A medium-to-long-term plan for addressing the George Mason Drive gap in Columbia Pike bike accommodations so cyclists no longer need to detour all the way to 8th St S or ride on a narrow sidewalk between Quincy St and Taylor St. Timeline: within twelve years.
A fresh look at plans for the Pike East of Washington Blvd to see if a better bicycle facility can be provided than the County's planned 10' sidewalk, given that this portion of the Pike is a) last in line for construction b) faces uncertainty due to Arlington National Cemetery's Expansion c) is the portion with the fewest alternative routes and d) sees the least automotive traffic.
Re-engaging the Arlington Heights Civic association in a conversation about two-way bicycle traffic on the 9th Street Bike boulevard within the neighborhood to eliminate the current Eastbound detour.
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God, Improv, and the Art of Living
Maryann Mckibben Dana
HARDCOVER; Published: 5/8/2018
"We're all improvisers," says MaryAnn McKibben Dana, whether we realize it or not.
In this book McKibben Dana blends personal stories, pop culture, and Scripture into a smart, funny, down-to-earth guide to the art of living. Offering concrete spiritual wisdom through seven improv principles, she helps readers become more awake, creative, resilient, and ready to play—even (especially) when life doesn't go according to plan.
Ken Evers-Hood
— author of The Irrational Jesus: Leading the Fully Human Church
"Life happens. Living well means improvising, which is a craft that can be practiced and honed. In MaryAnn McKibben Dana we have the gift of an honest, playful, and deeply wise guide. In this book you will find practical insight drawn from the world of improv, tested in the crucible of pastoral ministry, and engagingly told in story after story."
Sarah Little
— filmmaker, comedian with The Second City
"This spiritual guide explores a world of universe-expanding possibility through the simple act of uttering the word yes."
Bruce Reyes-Chow
— coauthor of Rule #2: Don't Be an Asshat: An Official Handbook for Raising Parents and Children
"McKibben Dana artfully, tenderly, and prophetically challenges us all to embrace the idea that it is precisely by experiencing and sharing vulnerability and a lack of control with others that we meet God. Her God, Improv, and the Art of Living is a gift for those who dare to step into this holy improv space and risk the possibilities."
Allison Gilmore
— CEO of DuMore Improv
"Like me, MaryAnn has discovered the intersection of improvisation and the divine—and she shares it beautifully in her writing!"
Jessica Tate
— director of NEXT Church
"Insightful and truthful. . . . Offers a fresh perspective on the profound freedom and gift of saying YES to life and God."
Elizabeth Hagan
— author of Birthed: Finding Grace through Infertility
"Are you at a place in life where you feel stuck? If so, this wise and humorous book by MaryAnn McKibben Dana is exactly what you've been searching for! I'll be recommending God, Improv, and the Art of Living to every person in my life who finds themself in an unexpected transition—and isn't that all of us at some point?"
St. Anthony Messenger
"Using Scripture and personal experiences, [McKibben Dana] offers a well-written, approachable, and creative reflection that will provide you with tools as you improvise through your own daily challenges."

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Watchdog: U.S. Wasted $89 Billion on Currently Nonexistent Afghan Military
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Frances Martel
The top federal agency in charge of oversight of American involvement in Afghanistan published a report on Friday stating the U.S. government spent nearly $89 billion on "training and equipping" the Afghan military in the past two decades.
The Afghan military, formally the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), "no longer exist," the report – the latest installment of its mandatory quarterly report to Congress – noted.
The country's armed forces collapsed this summer after President Joe Biden announced he would extend the Afghan War, the longest in American history, beyond the May 1 deadline that the previous administration had agreed to in a deal with the Taliban terrorist organization. In response to Biden's violation of that agreement, the Taliban began a national takeover, conquering every region of the country before taking over the capital, Kabul, on August 15. The Taliban's rise to power was largely bloodless as a consequence of ANDSF soldiers reportedly fleeing the battlefield en masse or joining the Taliban rather than fighting on behalf of the collapsed Afghan government.
At the time of the Afghan government's collapse, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) estimated that the U.S. government had allocated $146 billion to "rebuild" Afghanistan after the initial invasion in 2001.
"More important … some 2,400 American service members, and at least 1,233 contractors, including 45 Americans, lost their lives in that country," the report noted. "Meanwhile more than 21,000 service members and 1,427 contractors, including 38 Americans, were wounded."
In Friday's nearly 200-page report, Inspector General John Sopko called the military mission "the single costliest reconstruction effort." Given that the objective of the investment in the ANDSF was to ensure its success, the fact that it no longer exists suggests that the U.S. received nothing in return for its investment of American taxpayers' dollars.
SIGAR noted the Biden administration had reason to see the collapse of the country and return of the Taliban, who ruled with an iron fist before the 2001 invasion meant to dethrone it, years before it occurred. SIGAR itself warned in 2014, the current report recalled, "Much of the U.S. reconstruction effort 'risks being wasted because the Afghans cannot sustain the investment without massive continued donor support.'"
Taliban fighters stand guard near the venue of an open-air rally in a field on the outskirts of Kabul on October 3, 2021, as the Taliban supporters and senior figures held their first mass rally in a show of strength as they consolidate their rule of Afghanistan (Hoshang Hashimi/AFP via Getty Images).
"[U]nder current and future plans, the ANSF [Afghan National Security Forces] is not fiscally sustainable," the agency warned that year.
The watchdog evaluated "reconstruction" as a separate mission from the Pentagon's military operations in Afghanistan against the Taliban and its ally organization al-Qaeda. That effort, SIGAR noted, cost $88.3 billion between September 2001 and June of this year, according to the Pentagon. SIGAR accused the Pentagon of failing to provide for a litany of expenditures, however, including:
(1) training and advising programs such as the Train Advise Assist Commands (TAACs), the Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs), the Ministry of Defense Advisors (MODA) program, the Afghanistan Hands Program (AHP), and the DOD Expeditionary Civilian (DOD-EC) program; (2) support provided to members of the NATO Resolute Support Mission; and (3) certain advisory and support costs of the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) and its successor, the Defense Security Cooperation Management Office-Afghanistan (DSCMO-A)
The agency noted that independent estimates suggest the true cost of the war effort may be in the trillions of dollars.
The Biden administration may lose millions more in training efforts in the near future even when the force it is spending to train does not exist, SIGAR warned. The U.S. still had $356 million in training contracts as of September 13. SIGAR estimated only $141 million of these funds are "recoupable," meaning another loss of more than $200 million.
SIGAR had identified widespread corruption and incompetence as a significant factor in U.S. government waste in the ANDSF for years. In 2016, SIGAR warned that the Afghan government was reporting "ghost" troops – that is, individuals who do not exist – among the military's ranks to request funds to "train" them. Much of that money was never accounted for. SIGAR warned that year that Washington had no idea how many ANDSF troops "actually exist."
By this summer, former Afghan officials were loudly denouncing that the U.S.-backed Afghan government had made it impossible for real Afghan troops to do their jobs.
"There is no motivation for the army to fight for the corrupt government and corrupt politicians here," former Afghan Ambassador to London Ahmad Wali Massoud told the Wall Street Journal in August. "They are not fighting for Ghani. They haven't even been fed properly. Why should they fight? For what?"
The collapse of the Afghan military caused international turmoil. More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers fled a Taliban advance in July and crossed into Tajikistan, overwhelming the Central Asian nation. Tajikistan has since urged its larger neighbors like Russia and China to help it maintain stability on its border and announced China would build a military base on the Tajik-Afghan border this week.
On Thursday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the Biden administration would invest $144 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Administration officials insisted the money would not go to the Taliban.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to staff at the US State Department during the first visit of US President Joe Biden(L) in Washington, DC, February 4, 2021 (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images).
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The Bourne Valley Historical Society celebrated its 70th anniversary this year.
Members celebrated on 15th March with drinks and some light snacks whilst taking a look at a display from the archives. This was followed by a talk entitled, "Bourne Valley Historical Society 1948 to 2018," by one of our previous Archivists, Dr Keith Norris. The evening will closed with the cutting of a special cake plus tea and coffee.
Dr Keith Norris and the current archivist Mrs Angela Armstrong.
Chairman Mr Tony Lyons with Mrs Maureen Atkinson and Dr Keith Norris.


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Q: JS Date object - return human readable string without time I'm working with a string of data in this format: "mm-dd-yy". I convert this to a Date object in this way:
var dateData, dateObject, dateReadable, dateSplit, year, month, day;

dateData = "07-21-14"; //For example

dateSplit = dateData.split('-');

month = dateSplit[0] - 1;
day = dateSplit[1];
year = 20 + dateSplit[2];

dateObject = new Date(year, month, day);

dateReadable = dateObject.toUTCString(); //Returns Mon, 21 Jul 2014 04:00:00 GMT

I would like to return the date (Mon, 21 Jul 2014) without the time (04:00:00 GMT). Is there a different method that will do so? Or a way of calling .toUTCString() to return the date without the time?

A: I believe you want .toDateString() or .toLocaleDateString()
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_todatestring.asp
In fact, you should also look at Date.parse():
var dateData, dateObject, dateReadable;

dateData = "07-21-14"; //For example

dateObject = new Date(Date.parse(dateData));

dateReadable = dateObject.toDateString();

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666.6: Rev 16.1, 17."Hark, an uproar from the city!
8Who has heard such a thing?
9Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth?
17"Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating swine's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, says the LORD.
18"For I know66.18 Gk Syr: Heb lacks know their works and their thoughts, and I am66.18 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb it is coming to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and shall see my glory, 19and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put,66.19 Gk: Heb Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD. 21And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.


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Another important source of facts has been the RHS quarterly magazine vivariva. Piero Gibbelini and others have continued to survey the boats history and many new data have been published over the years in the magazine. The vivariva is exclusive for members of Riva clubs associated with RHS.
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Matt Hayden Appointed President & CEO of Boyle Investment Company
MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 31, 2022 – Boyle Investment Company (Boyle) has appointed Matt Hayden President and CEO. He will oversee the management, finance and operation of Boyle and its affiliated companies, Boyle Nashville, LLC and Boyle Insurance Agency, with a total of approximately 135 employees. Boyle will celebrate its 90th anniversary next year, and Hayden will work directly with the company's Chairman Paul Boyle, Vice Chairmen Henry Morgan, Jr. and Bayard Morgan, and senior managers to guide the strategic direction of the company.
Hayden joined Boyle in 2014 as Deputy Treasurer. In 2016, he was promoted to CFO and since then has overseen all finance, tax accounting, and re-financing activities of Boyle and its affiliates and played a major role in property acquisition/disposition decisions. Hayden also oversees the company's investment fund, Midsouth Capital Fund, its investment committee and its acquisition/disposition analysis of properties.
"For the past six years as CFO of Boyle, Matt has successfully handled a wide range of responsibilities that were extremely complex and involved the oversight of financial accounting and reporting for a large portfolio of investment properties, including 150 different real estate entities comprised of different investors," said Paul Boyle, Chairman of Boyle.
"Matt has the experience, the ability to handle complexity, an exceptional analytical ability, and the human touch to lead Boyle Investment Company to the next level," agreed Bayard Boyle, Jr. and Henry Morgan, Sr., Co-Chairmen Emeritus of Boyle.
"Since joining the company in 2014, Matt has contributed hugely to the company's growth," said Mark Halperin, Executive Vice President and COO of Boyle. "We are confident that Matt is uniquely qualified to oversee the operation and management of our Memphis office, now the largest office landlord in the greater Memphis region, and Boyle Nashville, LLC, one of the largest private developers in the greater Nashville area."
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"I am humbled, honored and excited about this opportunity," said Matt Hayden, President and CEO of Boyle. "Since joining Boyle, I have learned so much about the company, its operations and culture from a team of long-term industry executives who developed a significant amount of real estate in the greater Memphis and Nashville markets. Along with the Boyle and Morgan families, these executives have been key in preparing me for this new role."
Hayden succeeds Paul Boyle, who has served as President of Boyle since 2013 and has been promoted to Chairman. Henry Morgan, Jr. and Bayard Morgan have been named Vice Chairmen, and Bayard Boyle, Jr. and Henry Morgan, Sr. have been named Co-Chairmen Emeritus.
Founded in 1933 by Bayard Boyle, Sr. and his two brothers, Snowden and Charles, Boyle Investment Company is one of the oldest real estate development, management, sales and leasing firms in Memphis. In 2001, Boyle opened a Nashville office, which has grown from two principals to 34 employees and is actively developing major large-scale, mixed-use projects including Capitol View, Berry Farms, Meridian Cool Springs, McEwen Northside and CityPark. Boyle is known in Memphis for developing complex mixed-use projects such as Ridgeway Center, Humphreys Center, and Schilling Farms in Collierville, as well as for its many high-end residential communities, such as River Oaks and Spring Creek Ranch. Boyle's real estate portfolio consists of more than eight million square feet of commercial space, multiple high-end residential communities, multi-family communities and extensive land holdings.
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Boyle Investment Company received the "Defender of Potential Corporate Partner Award" from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee (BBBSMT) during their annual Better Together Breakfast. This award recognizes companies that have shown extraordinary dedication to BBBSMT in defending the potential of children in the community through volunteerism, financial support and advocacy.  The Boyle team […]
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Engineers seen as unable to make moral decisions
from the who-else-is-even-paying-attention? dept.
From a Newsweek article on MSNBC on the coming age of cyborgs: "Who, then, can speak on moral issues? Certainly not the engineers. Ellen Ullman, a former computer programmer and the author of the 1997 book Close to the Machine: Technology and Its Discontents, says that 'the problem is not the technology, which in any event canít be stopped. The problem is that engineers are making decisions for the rest of us.' Programmers are hired guns, she says, and rarely understand in a nuanced way their clientsí actual work. They are, she says, the last people 'to understand what is an acceptable risk.' " CP: In Foresight's experience, programmers and engineers are far more attentive to ethical issues in technology than members of other professions.
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file: /home/feymark/OpenFOAM/feymark-2.3.x/run/NACA0009/v20/0/p at line 0.
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Try the -noFlow argument if all you are interested in is generic postprocessing.
Could not find U, p or rho in database.
Problem is that execFlowFunctionObjects doesn't read the rho field.
The forces functionObject is special in that it needs a model to determine the wall stress.
Reading of two-phase flow model (used in interFOAM) is not implemented in execFlowFunctionObjects. Will this be fixed?
I've been interested in this topic, mostly due to curiosity.
And after some researching into OpenFOAM's source code, the conclusion I've gotten so far is that it would make more sense to have a systematic way for the solvers themselves to handle execution of the function objects, without going into the outer solving loop.
Because the main problem is that there isn't exactly an easy to consolidate all transport models under a single structure. Specially multiphase solvers, given that each solver in this category can use one of several possible structures, may it be a mixture based structured or its own explicit separate phase management system.
- or we delegate this feature to the solvers themselves, something like and option for "-onlyRunFunctionObjects", as a counter-option to "-noFunctionObjects". Because this way all of the necessary fields are loaded-in, along with any bits and pieces needed for running the case.
The second solution seems the more practical, at least for the near future, given that consolidating all transport models under a single management system would be a rather massive overhaul of OpenFOAM's infrastructure... at least based on what I've seen so far in the source code.
I have also thought about this issue a lot and also came to the conclusion that it would be better if the solvers had an option to run the functionObjects but the problem is how to handle multiple time-steps, each of which must be read and processed which is very different to the handling of the time-loop in the solvers. The other option would be to separate the part of the solver code which constructs the fields and models in such a manner that it can be executed in the solver or in execFlowFunctionObjects.
Any of the options is a significant amount of work.
The simplest option for handling multiple time-steps would be to use a script (or program with a "system" call) to execute the solver to process the functionObjects separately for each time-step. The only major disadvantage is that the mesh will be read and constructed for each time-step which is an unnecessary overhead except for moving-mesh cases for which the mesh needs to be reconstructed anyway.
1- First include would be for adding up the necessary command line options.
2- Second include would be before the "while(runtime...)" loop, which would have a big if "-onlyRunFunctionObjects" block that would end with a "return 0" at the end and wrap up the solver before entering the loop.
This way it would be minimally invasive to most solvers and it would only grow the binaries a little bit.
The only issue I've seen so far is whether we will need a third header file for defining the dictionary re-loading function that execFlowFunctionObjects has internally, at least for "*DyMFoam" solvers.
Things didn't go as I wanted today, so I don't have a proof-of-concept of this.
Executes application functionObjects to post-process existing results.
the "functions" sub-dictionary of "system/controlDict"
OpenFOAM solvers if it proves effective and maintainable.
@henry interFoam is fine. Thank you very much!


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Evelyn LaGrone
Evelyn L. LaGrone of Lockhart, passed away on Aug. 20, 2012, at the age of 88. She was born on Sept. 9, 1923, in Wiergate, Texas, to Clay Martin and Arra Helen Scott Miller.
Evelyn and Charles were high school sweethearts. They were both lifetime members of Apostolic Pentecostal Church. She was also a member of the Garden Club and Art Club, were her paintings were displayed
at the First National Bank 20 years ago. She loved to read her bible and also loved to do any kind of crafts.
Her parents, brother, Thurman Miller and sister-in-law, Lois Miller preceded her in death.
She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Charles R. LaGrone; one son, Ronnie LaGrone and wife, Debbie, of San Antonio; one daughter, Ginger Pieper and husband, Elroy, of San Antonio; one brother, Vernon Miller and wife, Kathleen; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Family will receive friends at McCurdy Funeral Home, at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, with at service to follow at 11 a.m. with Chris Clements and Tim Delano officiating. Interment to follow at Lockhart City Cemetery.
Arrangements under the care and guidance of McCurdy Funeral Home, 105 E. Pecan, Lockhart, Texas 78644 (512) 398-4791.
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The recipe of spicy gravy with sev is called as Shev Bhaji in Marathi. When I make shev bhaji at my home I have to make extra chapattis or bhakri (ज्वारीची भाकरी / बाजरीची भाकरी jawar or bajra roti) . My mom use to make gravy masala of shevechi bhaji on pata- warwanta(पाटा वरवंटा ) & always made it in Iron Kadhai (लोखंडी कढई lokhandi kadhai) . My mom was very patient lady, sometimes we used to ask her randomly to make this recipe and if at that time there is no ready-made Shev is at home my mom made it with Sev maker . I still remember the taste of that tasty gravy. My mom was Gujarati but born and brought up in Maharashtra so both shev bhaji and sev tameta nu shaak was cooked at my home. Shev tameta nu shaak comparatively takes less time to cook as compare to shev bhaji, but for spicy food fans it's a feast .Shev bhaji or shev rasa bhaji is made in different ways in each parts of Maharashtra.
In Maharashtra if you travel by road you can get a nice spicy shev bhaji on roadside dhabas. If you want to make Dhaba style shev bhaji just increase the amount of oil , red chilly powder and garam masala . They add less dry coconut .Well I add little oil in my shev bhaji to make it little low in calories. To make shev bhaji healthy as well as tasty I have shared some of my tips at the end of this recipe.
In Khandesh this spicy recipe is also called as Shevanchi Lal Bhaji .Shev bhaji curry masala is prepared with dry coconut, onion, garam masala, corriander powder etc. In authentic khandeshi style shev bhaji tomato is not added in the curry . You can add Kala masala (खान्देशी काळा मसाला Khandeshi kala masala) or Kolhapuri garam masala or normal garam masala according to your taste in shev bhaji .. Kolhapuri garam masala is comparatively very hot as compare to kala masala or garam masala.
I have explained step by step recipe of shev bhaji , share your queries and suggestions for this recipe .
Note- Use Iron Kadhai ( lokhandi kadhai) to make Shev Bhaji or any rassa bhaji. It gives nice taste and color to the recipe.
Roast onion with 1 teaspoon oil until it becomes light brown now add dry coconut (khopra) to it and roast it until it becomes brown . let it cool down. Take roasted onion coconut,red chilies, ginger ,garlic in a mixer jar and make a fine paste of it .
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds (jeera) to it .
Then add fine paste of onion ,coconut ,red chillies, ginger& garlic to it. Add little salt and sauté it for a while .
Sauté it until oil start separating from masala .
Add coriander leaves in this gravy masala (rasa masala) .
I have transfered the dry masala from kadhai into big vessel as it was small.
Now add 4 cups of water in masala to make rasa for shev bhaji, we r adding lot of water in gravy as when we add shev in rasa (gravy)it will soak lot of water .
Let it boil on low flames for 4-5 minutes . Check the salt , add little more if required.
Remove gravy (rasa) from the heat and add shev to it .
Serve shev bhaji hot with chapattis or bhakris or phulkis or even with paratha or kulcha.
Add less oil while making masala, as shev has already lots of oil in it.
Add shev when you r serving it. Keep the shev bhaji gravy ready when its time to serve it make I hot and add shev to it and serve it immediately otherwise shev becomes very soft.
If you want to remove oil from shev to make it low calorie add shev in water and then remove it and then add it in shev bhaji rasa. By this method we can remove the extra oil in shev (in water). Well this is for those who want to eat interesting but on diet regime.
When salt is to be added ?
Thanks for mentioning Bhupad. I have updated the recipe.
I've been looking for this one since long and wanting to try it out. Will try it your way. ..
You can use mortar and pestle or follow the recipe of sev tameta nu shaak http://healthyvegrecipes.com/sev-tameta-tomato-nu-shaak-jain-sev-tameta-shaak/, Use the same ingredients of shev bhaji just follow the steps of sev tameta nu shaak. Don't add coconut if you following this recipe.Use finely chop onion,ginger and garlic to make it. You can make it with or without tomato.
Thanks for the recipe..I have a doubt.. you haven't used khada masala..like lavang,kali kiti ,dalchini,veldoda for masala..any specific reason?
Thank u so much for the recipe!Tried today!!It tastes great!!
मनापासून धन्यवाद!!आजच पदार्थ घरी करून बघितला!अप्रतिम झाला होता!
मनापासून धन्यवाद!आजच पदार्थ घरी करून बघितला.अप्रतिम झाला होता!
How many people does the receipe serve?


Unpack your gear and dust off your boats….its sailing season!
Peter Burton (99), Phillip Page (03) and Hank Beyer (914) and in the Silver Division 1st Ian Beveridge, 2nd Barry Archer, 3rd Stewart Campbell .
Check out the Regatta results page for more information (Results and report coming soon!
The CCRYC is one of the oldest Central Coast Sailing Clubs. Formed in 1972 the club has continued to be a source of enjoyment for all its members both past and present. Sailing at the Lakeview Drive location since 1979, the club continues to set the standard in friendly and informal club management.
Displaying consistent activity both on and off the water the CCRYC aims to be around for many years to come.
Remain a source of instruction and knowledge for developing interest in the hobby.
To become the best one stop club for advice to encourage new and experienced skippers to join.
Make welcome all visitors and guests in a friendly relaxed atmosphere.
Remain the most established club on the coast.
Please feel free to take a look around our website. We look forward to answering any enquiries you may have.
In the meantime HAPPY SAILING!


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Hepatitis death and six unexplained diagnoses in Ireland: what do we know about the mysterious cases in children?
Fry Electronics TeamMay 12, 2022
The six unexplained cases of severe hepatitis diagnosed in Irish children – which resulted in one death and another requiring a liver transplant – are among 106 similar diagnoses in Europe and 450 worldwide.
Epatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue.
No firm theory has emerged for over two months as to what is triggering the cases, although public health officials in the UK in particular are intensely searching for possible causes.
Here's what we know so far.
Irish cases
All of the probable cases here involve children between the ages of one and 12, and all have been hospitalized.
One child died and another received a liver transplant in the UK.
None of the Irish cases tested on admission to hospital had evidence of Covid-19 infection at the time. The majority of cases had not received a Covid-19 vaccination. The Irish cases are unlinked to UK cases, where 181 children were hit and none had recently traveled to the UK before developing symptoms.
The HSE said the common viruses that cause hepatitis viruses A, B, C and E were not detected in any of the cases.
"One area under investigation is whether hepatitis cases are associated with an increase in adenovirus infections, a common cause of childhood illness."
Other possible causes, such as another infection – including Covid-19 – or something in the environment are also being investigated. It said that in Ireland, as in other countries, research is underway to determine whether current or previous Covid-19 infection could increase the risk of the disease in some children. There were 35 cases in Italy and 22 in Spain.
Causes are being investigated
One theory is that Covid-19 lockdowns may have weakened children's immunity because they were exposed to less common pathogens in isolation, or that the virus is acting in tandem with another infection.
The UK Health Security Agency is leading the investigation into the cases and has been supplied with information from Ireland. It is said that the viruses that normally cause hepatitis (hepatitis virus AE) have not been found in the children affected by the recent increase in acute hepatitis, so public health teams are looking at all other possible causes.
One area under investigation is whether the hepatitis cases are linked to an increase in infections caused by adenovirus, a common cause of childhood illness.
In the last two years children have been mixing less due to the Covid-19 pandemic and because of this the number of common infections seen in children has been reduced.
Now that children are socializing normally, there is an increase in some infections, including adenovirus. Other possible causes are being investigated, e.g. B. another infection, including Covid-19, or something in the environment.
Some of the children with acute hepatitis had recent Covid-19 infection, but there was a high number of Covid-19 infections in this age group, so this is not unexpected.
There is no connection between these hepatitis cases and the Covid 19 vaccine. None of the cases there under the age of 10 have been vaccinated, according to the latest update.
Belfast-born Prof Martin Mckee, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said parents should be aware the cases are very rare. He said much is unknown, but there may be an abnormal immune response to previous infection.
families with pets
It emerged last week that health officials are investigating whether dogs could be linked to the cases, although that's on the lower end of the scale when it comes to theories. Health officials said adenovirus, a usually mild viral infection that causes the common cold, remained the main theory.
But the report added that "a fair number" of affected children — 70 percent of the 93 respondents — either came from families with dogs or were otherwise "exposed" to pets before becoming ill.
"The significance of this finding is under investigation," officials wrote. However, they noted that dog ownership is "common in the UK" and there is "limited data on background rates of pet ownership in families with young children", making it difficult to assess the significance of the data.
Advice for parents on possible symptoms
Parents are advised to see their GP if their child develops symptoms of hepatitis. Symptoms of hepatitis can include:
pale gray colored stools
dark urine
yellowing of the eyes and skin (jaundice)
The most common symptom – found in more than 70 per cent of children in the UK – is jaundice, while vomiting and pale stools were also common. Look for a yellow cast in the whites of the eyes.
The HSE says if a child has any of these three symptoms they should contact their GP immediately.
The GP assesses the child and refers them for further assessment.
Other symptoms to look out for include muscle and joint pain, high temperature, nausea and vomiting, constant unusual tiredness, general malaise, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, and itchy skin.
If a child is unwell with respiratory or diarrhea or hepatitis symptoms, keep your child at home and do not send them to daycare/preschool/school until they are better.
You should also practice good respiratory hygiene. This includes covering your nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing and washing your hands regularly.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/hepatitis-death-and-six-unexplained-diagnoses-in-ireland-what-do-we-know-about-the-mystery-cases-in-children-41643197.html Hepatitis death and six unexplained diagnoses in Ireland: what do we know about the mysterious cases in children?
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> Captain Rainbow (キャプテン レインボー)
Captain Rainbow (キャプテン レインボー)
Weight: 160Grams
Captain Rainbow (キャプテン レインボー) is the quest to restore popularity. Guide a washed up super-hero with the aid of washed up b-tier Nintendo Characters. Birdo! An overweight Little Mac! The Devil from Devil World. They are all here and hard on their luck. This little known gem was made by Skip (Giftpia, Chibi Robo) and was sadly overlooked during it's initial release. It was never released outside of Japan but with this handy guide: https://bordersdown.net/content/162-Captain-Rainbow-Walkthough-Guide-Translation-FAQ?s=2369967a269190da43a318b6236137c6 you can play it.
The game has been tested on an authentic Japanese Wii and plays great. The photo uploaded is of the actual game I am selling. Make sure that you have the necessary hardware to run Japanese Wii games before buying. This game will run on a US/PAL Wii if it is modified, but I have no information on how to do that. The game will also run on a Japanese WiiU.
Wii games will be wrapped in a removable plastic sleeve and then placed in a bubble wrapped mailer for shipping. Please remember, the games will ship from Japan so please allow some additional shipping time. Also during Japanese postal holidays (New Year's, Golden Week, Obon) orders will be delayed while the post office is closed.
As always, if you have any questions about this or any item on the store, you can contact me on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/JapanRetroDirect/


According to records that go back 18 years, the arrival of Howell Farm's bug-eating air force -- the barn swallows -- usually occurs between April 9 and April 21. There have been no 2012 barn swallow sightings as of yet.
Each spring, the barn swallows migrate from as far as Argentina.
According to the bird-migration tracking website woodcreeper.com, weather patterns have been working against migrating bird so far this week, but conditions are looking to clear up by Sunday.


This box is a winter/holiday edition box which I think is super cute!
I have never heard of this brand before and this full size lipgloss retails for $17.50 USD. This is bright pinkish red gloss with medium to full coverage. It is lightweight with a hint of scent of mint to almost nothing. I like this lipgloss as it is quite comfortable to wear and the shade is not too bold for everyday. The bright color might be more suitable for spring/summer time.
Color Club - Nail Polish in Feverish - 0.5 fl. oz.
Yay for nail polish! I don't have too many Color Club polishes and sure want to try more since I heard that they are great. This is a gorgeous burgundy or deep red color perfect for winter! Love the shade!
Glossybox - Eyeshadow in Mauve - 0.11 oz.
I didn't know Glossybox make their own makeup products! This mauve shade is very wearable and I think most people would like it. It has a slight hint of soft purple/lilac under certain lighting. It can be a everyday light wash over the lid color or a more intense smoky eye effect. The texture is quite creamy as well. I am impressed!
Orogold - 24K Hand Cream - 1 oz.
I was a bit disappointed when I squeezed the hand cream out and did not see any gold flakes! The name "24K" certainly confused people. Other than that, it is a good hand cream with medium texture and absorbs quickly into the skin. I like it.
MTJ Cosmetics - High Definition Mascara - 0.32 fl. oz.
I have never heard of this brand before. On the description card it says this is a non-clumpy and long lasting mascara with lots of drama. I will sure try this out but I still have a line up of new mascara to use, so it will take a while. Haha.


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const float Phantom::kSpeed = 0.02f;
const glm::vec3 Phantom::kStimulusColor(1.0f);
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const int Phantom::kLifeMax = 20;
const float Phantom::kSpeedOnTough = 0.06f;
const glm::vec3 Phantom::kStimulusColorOnTough(1.0f, 0.3f, 1.0f);
const float Phantom::kStimulusEffectOnTough = 2.4f;
const int Phantom::kLifeMaxOnTough = 60;

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The Unmaking of a Mayor
Jesse Walker | 2.28.2008 10:56 AM
In 1965, William F. Buckley, Jr., ran for mayor of New York City. It was the perfect place for Buckley's brand of conservatism. New York has no foreign policy, so there was little room for his militaristic tendencies. Instead he aimed his lance at the city's dysfunctional bureaucracy, producing a platform that was at least 80 percent libertarian.
He was sure to lose, of course, but that allowed him to be creative -- and impolitic. Consider this exchange from his first press conference:
Q: Do you think you have any chance of winning?
WFB: No.
Q: How many votes do you expect to get, conservatively speaking?
WFB: Conservatively speaking, one.
That wasn't just a good line. At a time when some at National Review argued that the magazine should always support the most conservative electable candidate, the journal's editor himself was asking New Yorkers to vote for a man who knew very well that he was unelectable. That's a far cry from the National Review of today, a magazine more willing to settle for Mitt Romney than to cheer on a protest campaign.
Buckley received 13 percent of the vote in a three-way race. His campaign demonstrated, three years before it became obvious to everyone else, that a conservative could appeal to northern blue-collar Democrats. It also paved the way for other jape campaigns with a literary sensibility, by Norman Mailer in New York, Hunter Thompson in Aspen, even Jello Biafra in San Francisco. To my mind it was the highlight of Buckley's career.
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Alcohol and Drug Information
Pennsylvania Law/Borough Ordinances
O 18 Pa. C.S.A. 6308.
This includes consumption, or transportation of alcoholic beverages. Penalties include fines up to $300 to $500, up to 90 days in prison and 90-day to two-year driver's license suspension. Parents will be notified for those under 21.
Misrepresenting age to obtain alcohol
Penalties include fines up to $300 to $500, up to one year in prison, and 90-day to two-year driver's license suspension. Parents will be notified for those under 21.
Carrying a false ID to obtain alcohol.
O 18 Pa. C.S.A. 6310.3.
Penalties include fines up to $500, up to one year in prison and 90-day to two-year driver's license suspension. Parents will be notified for those under 18.
Representing a minor to be 21 or older.
Penalties include fines of $300 to $2,500 and or up to one year in prison.
Requesting or inducing a minor to obtain alcohol.
Penalties include fines of not less than $300 up to $2500 and or up to one year in prison.
Knowingly making, altering, selling, or attempting to sell a false ID.
Penalties include fines of not less than $1,000 to $5,000 and or up to two years in prison.
Furnishing alcohol to minors (including allowing minors to possess alcohol on premises owned or controlled by person charged). O 18 Pa. C.S.A. 6310.1.
Penalties include fines of not less than $1,000 up to $2,500 (can be per person served) and or up to one year in prison.
Restriction on alcoholic beverages. O 18 Pa. C.S.A. 7513.
It is unlawful for any person who is an operator or an occupant in any motor vehicle to be in possession of an open alcoholic beverage container or to consume any alcoholic beverage or controlled substance. Penalties include fines up to $300, up to 90 days in prison.
Alcoholic Beverages (Open Containers)
It shall be unlawful, within the Borough of Gettysburg, for any person to drink "liquor" or "malt or brewed beverages" upon any public street, municipal parking lot, private parking lot open for public use or public park, or in any vehicle operated or parked thereon.
It shall be unlawful, within the Borough of Gettysburg, for any person to have in such person's possession or in a vehicle under such a person's control any open container containing "Liquor" or "malt or brewed beverages" upon any public street, municipal parking lot, private parking lot open for public use or public park.
Noise Violations (Disorderly Conduct)
It shall be unlawful for any person to make unreasonable noise as to disturb, annoy or inconvenience any other person. Any noise includes but is not limited to noises caused by loud music, loud talking, yelling, and barking dogs (etc.). The Gettysburg Borough Police Department has the right to issue citations on a single complaint from the public. A warning is not necessary if the Police Officer feels the citation is warranted.
Federal Penalties and Sanctions for Illegal Trafficking and Possession of a Controlled Substance: Federal Trafficking Penalties can be found at: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ agency/penalties/htm.
Alcohol/Drug-Related Support Services
Gettysburg College's Counseling Services has a staff of licensed mental health professionals who are available to students for on-going counseling, assessment, referral to off-campus counseling, and crisis support. Students may participate in a confidential individual assessment of their alcohol and other drug use by Counseling Services staff. The counselor and student collaborate to set mutually agreed upon goals. Substance use assessments generally take three, one-hour sessions. Harm reduction and abstinence support groups are offered if requested by a group of 5. On-campus support for students returning from off-campus treatment programs is available. All counseling services are offered at no charge and are strictly confidential. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 717-337-6960.
All first year students participate in a mandatory on-line alcohol education course, before arriving and during orientation. The following programs build on this foundation. Students can refer themselves to our program or can be referred by the residence life or judicial systems, a Dean, faculty member, coach, Parent, other advisor or friend.
BASICS Group*
Trained staff offer this as a 1-session educational group followed by an individual meeting with a counselor. This program gives students the opportunity to assess the effects of their drinking, to set goals and to get support for effecting positive change in their lives. Students complete BASICS only once. (*Group adaptation of Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students, G. Alan Marlatt et. al., U. of Washington, Guilford Press, 1999)
Alcohol and Other Drug Use Assessment
Students may complete a substance use assessment through True North Wellness Services, 44 South Franklin Street, Gettysburg (717 632 4900) or Pennsylvania Counseling Services, 344 York St., Gettysburg (717-337-0026). There is a fee for this service but both providers participate with many health insurance plans, including our student health insurance provider. Be sure to have your health insurance information available when you call. Students must sign a release with their off-campus assessment provider, giving them permission to send notification to the Gettysburg College Counseling Services office (where it remains protected by confidentiality laws) that the assessment process was completed and indicating any follow-up recommended for the student as the result of the assessment. The student must also sign a release with the Gettysburg College Counseling Services office allowing them to confirm with the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities that the off campus assessment was completed (no other information from the assessment is shared with the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities unless the student requests this and signs a separate release form).
True North Wellness Services, 44 South Franklin Street, Gettysburg; 717-334-9111
Pennsylvania Counseling Services, 334 York St., Gettysburg; 717-337-0026
Wellspan Behavioral Health, 1270 Fairfield Rd., Gettysburg, 717-337-4283
Gettysburg College community members experiencing an acute alcohol or other drug emergency should be transported to the Gettysburg Hospital Emergency Department via ambulance (call 911).


*Mahabis is a game played between two teams. One team place their hands beneath a blanket and hide a ring in the palm of a teammate's hand. Then they show their closed hands to the other team. The other team have to guess in which hand the ring is hiding.


The popular tractor and utility vehicle manufacturer Kubota has issued a recall concerning several models of their gas-powered utility vehicles. The recall affects the Kubota RTV400 and RTV500 models from the years 2013, 2014, and 2015. These vehicles came in both orange and camouflage design and possess serial numbers that cover 10001 to 22042 if located on the RTV400, and from 25083 to 40991 if located on the RTV500. To locate the serial number of your Kubota, owners should look at the data plate on the rear end of the cab, right before the bed of the vehicle.
The original price range of these utility vehicles ranged from $21,000 and $22,000, and they were distributed exclusively by the Kubota Tractor Corporation, which is located in Torrance, California. The vehicle is manufactured in the United States.
The reason for the recall concerns the steering shaft, which has been proven to be easily breakable. If the steering shaft does break, then the driver of the vehicle can easily lose control. This poses a fairly serious risk to any individuals operating a Kubota RTV400 or RTV500, and so far the company has filed nine separate reports of broken shafts. In only one report was the operator of the vehicle injured (this injury was a result of an impact between the vehicle and a barbed wire fence).
The number of units affected by this recall is estimated to be around 23,400. If you own one of the affected models, the Kubota company has issued a statement requesting that you cease using the vehicle immediately and bring it to an authorized dealer. The statement further states that any repair and inspection directly related to this malfunction will occur completely free of charge to the consumer.
Continued operation of a vehicle that has been recalled is highly dangerous and ill-advised. Products that enter the consumer market are in no way guaranteed to be safe, although companies often try to predict any and all malfunctions the product may suffer over the course of normal use. This is why the recall procedure is a common one in most every arena of manufacture.
If you, or a loved one have been injured in an ATV accident, contact Orlando product liability lawyer James O. Cunningham today at 877-FL-INJURY (877-354-6587).


High-end segment rent growth accelerated and low-end segment decelerated in November 2018 compared with November 2017.
Seattle rents decreased in November.
Single-family rents increased 2.9 percent year over year in November 2018, up from a 2.8 percent increase in November 2017, according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rental Index (SFRI). The index measures rent changes among single-family rental homes, including condominiums, using a repeat-rent analysis to measure the same rental properties over time. Single-family rents climbed steadily between 2010 and 2018. Rent increases have stabilized, fluctuating between 2.7 and 3.2 percent for the past 12 months. This is a departure from the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI), which lost momentum over the past 12 months. The HPI increased 5.1 percent in November 2018 a slow-down from the November 2017 gain of 6.2 percent.
Using the rental index to analyze specific price tiers reveals important differences. Figure 1 shows that the index's overall growth in November 2018 was propped up by low-end rentals, defined as properties with rents 75 percent or less of a region's median rent. Rents on lower-priced rental homes increased 3.8 percent year over year and rents for higher-priced homes, defined as properties with rents more than 125 percent of the regional median rent, increased 2.6 percent year over year. However, rent growth is accelerating for the high end and decelerating for the low end. High-end rent growth was 0.3 percentage points higher and low-end rent growth was 0.2 percentage points lower than in November 2017.
Rent growth varies significantly across metro areas. Figure 2 shows the year-over-year change in the rental index for 20 large metro areas in November 2018. Las Vegas had the highest year-over-year rent growth this November with an increase of 6.7 percent, followed by Phoenix (6.1 percent) and Orlando (5.3 percent). Orlando had the strongest year-over-year employment growth among the 20 metros in November, with job gains of 4.8 percent. This is compared with national employment growth of 1.6 percent. Seattle was the only one of the 20 metro areas to show a decrease in rents, falling 0.7 percent in November 2018 compared with November 2017. While the growth rate in the national index was stable, accelerating by only 0.1 percentage points, some metro areas are showing significant acceleration or deceleration compared with a year ago. Miami had the greatest acceleration in rent growth, increasing 3.3 percentage points faster than in November 2017. Seattle's rent growth decelerated the most, easing by 5.1 percentage points.


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Strange Weather
01) Stranger Intro
02) Boulevard of Broken Dreams
03) Ain' Goin' Down to the Well No Mo'
04) Yesterdays
05) Sign of Judgement
06) Strange Weather
07) Love, Life and Money
08) I'll Keep It With Mine
09) Hello Stranger
10) Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)
12) A Stranger on Earth
Strange Weather is a 1987 studio album by British singer Marianne Faithfull.
This album is the first complete studio work recorded by Marianne Faithfull after recovering from a 17-year addiction to heroin in 1986. The album's 3 predecessors on Island Records were all recorded while Faithfull confronted various personal struggles and contained a majority of lyrics and some music penned by Faithfull herself. In contrast, Strange Weather is a striking mix of rock, blues and dark cabaret, and though none of the songs were written by Faithfull all are tied together by the spare and nuanced production of Hal Willner along with a notable group of contributing musicians. The title track has since become a Faithfull concert staple and has appeared live in three additional recordings.


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Sunday 18 November 2018 | 4:30-8.30pm—Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park
Across the Coals
Following the launch of Julie Gough's new work, HUNTING GROUND incorporating Barbecue Area, Across the Coals presents new, site-specific work by four early-career artists which further interrogates the space the public barbecue occupies in our collective memories, social landscape and natural environment.
Hidden Egg (Qvevri, Amphora)
Adam James will be making a kimchi (of sorts) to be buried in the ground on the waterside. Working with local ceramicist Georgie Vozar to build a vessel which will be filled with vegetables and local ingredients including kelp, sea lettuce, saltbush and pepperberry. Adam has made the salt from local sea water, and has dived and foraged for the other local ingredients. The ingredients are prepared on site then transferred to the qvevri, which is sealed and buried – to be dug up in a years time.
Theia Connell
FREE #democracysausage*
FREE #democracysausage* is a performative sausage sizzle at GASP!'s public barbeque. Connell weaves a complex scenario that questions the use of the barbecue for political ends, provoking us to question in turn what we might be willing to give away for a snag. (vegan and GF options included)
Richie Cuskelly
So The Dolphin Ate The Man
A one act play centred around a bloke at a family barbeque who, after being spotted discarding a plastic tinnie 6-pack holder without breaking the rings by his young niece, gets interrogated about why he doesn't care about dolphins… as well as most of the other things around him.
Leen Rieth
You and me [5]
Leen Rieth will use a high pressure water hose to clean the exterior and interior of the barbecue spaces. Over the duration of the performance, our attention will shift between the artist, the act of cleaning, the barbecue and GASP. Multiple perspectives can be accessed depending on how we pay attention at any particular time. The barbecue can be an artwork and part of an art institution, a symbol of nationalism and colonialism, a common structure in Australian parks, a public place for communities to meet and so on. Art costs more than sausages, more than women, more than everything.
Across the Coals from Constance ARI on Vimeo.
Wednesday 24th October—Sunday 28 October | Mawson's Place and Waterside Pavilion, Hobart Waterfront
Bliss Me | Tian Baker
Step into Tiyan Baker's immersive installation and delve into the nuances of Tasmania's tourism industry. Through documentary-style interviews with tourists, locals, artists, hospitality workers and academics, Baker's work takes a close look at the blissful indulgence of Tasmania's arts tourism and its impact on the state. The work explores the positives, negatives and complexity of our state brand of world class arts experiences, premium food and drink products, luxury accommodation and pristine nature, against a backdrop of declining political and fiscal support for the arts in Australia.
ABOUT TIYAN BAKER
Tiyan is a Sydney-based artist who practices across video, sound, installation and performance. Her practice explores the emotional experience of the self as embedded in greater socio-political, cultural and environmental contexts. Learn more about Tiyan Baker here.
Friday 5th October—Sunday 14th October | Kelly's Garden and Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre
they tell you which rock they were and how they travelled so far
Photograph by Josh Quigley
they tell you which rock they were and how they travelled so far brings together four women: Alana Collins, Jessica Quinnell, Gabbee Stolp and Caitlin Fargher (curator). These artists look to the past to untangle intricate narratives in poetic and sensitive ways within the confines of Kelly's Garden, delving deep into the emotional and the elemental. A conversation emerges between the materials and personal histories, highlighting the importance of the personal within historical narratives of settlement, trauma and impact on landscapes.
By recognising that each chosen material has its own lineage and timeline, the artists weave a web of stories. It is within this silky, sticky web that we can begin to speculate on ways of understanding where we stand in relation to the place (nipaluna, muwinina Country) on which this space (Salamanca/Hobart) is built.
This project is part of the Artist/Curator Project in partnership with CONSTANCE and Salamanca Arts Centre, made possible by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia.
Image: Carolee Schneemann, Fuses, 16mm film. 18 min, still. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
Wednesday 24th October—Sunday 28 October | Victoria Gunpowder Magazine, 20 Carriage Drive, Domain TAS 7000
Raw Form
Carolee Schneemann, Fuses, 16mm film. 18 min, still. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York
Chloe Alison Escott (Hobart)
BABY (fka Callan) (Melbourne)
Carolee Schneemann (New York)
Damien Jalet/Gilles Delmas (Paris)
An exhibition and performance space of raw states, as achingly personal as it is dissonant and uncertain. (Eco)sexuality, identity, spiritual force, a lyrical and narrative reflection on nature, society, its slippages, its resistances. Exploring subconscious and connective forces through the reflective offering of art and the creative mind.
December 7th, 2017 — February 10th 2018 | IMAS Mawson exhibition space, MAS Reception and IMAS Wet Laboratories, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point
Curated by Kira Askoroff
Pony Express collaborating with Professor Beth Fulton
Ken + Julia Yonetani collaborating with Assoc. Professor Julia Blanchard
Selena de Carvalho with Dr. Alistair Hobday
Welcome to the Anthropocene is an art/science collaboration between Constance ARI, The Centre for Marine Socioecology (CMS), The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Hobart, Tasmania.
CONSTANCE is an off-site, project based A.R.I based in nipaluna / Hobart. CONSTANCE is focused on creating critical dialogues and engagement within, and beyond, the local Tasmanian arts community through supporting experimental and critical praxis.
Constance ARI 2018 program is assisted
through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts..


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Domestic Servant Robot
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ホームヘルパーロボ (Hōmu Herupā Robo)
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Home Helper Robot
ホーム = Home, ヘルパー = Helper, ロボ = Robot/Robo
Pink-Collar Blues
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" Well, you finally sent me a monster that's my cup of tea! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
— King Dedede to the N.M.E. Sales Guy after ordering the Domestic Servant Robot to clean up his castle. • Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
The Domestic Servant Robot is a servant robot monster that appeared in the 47th episode of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.
King Dedede ordered the Domestic Servant Robot to replace his Waddle Dees, as he was growing tired of their incompetence. At first, the robot appeared to obey Dedede's commands, but it was later revealed that the robot was stealing from Dedede's treasury to pay off Dedede's huge debt to Nightmare Enterprises. When the Waddle Dees come back and try to protect Dedede, Domestic Servant Robot transforms into battle mode and overpowers the Waddle Dees; however, Stone Kirby pins it to the ground, letting the Waddle Dees dismantle it. Kirby finally destroys it by slamming himself one more time onto its head.
First Form
The Domestic Servant Robot looks like a mechanical version of Blocky's game counterpart. It has treadmills for feet and round, purple eyes on its face. The right eye looks like a camera that can extend, whereas the left eye has a large, rectangular eyebrow over it. Where its mouth should be, there is a mechanical door that opens up to bring out the items requested by customers. The mech also has mechanical arms with three red fingers, and on the top of its head is a circular hatch.
Second Form
The Domestic Servant Robot, in battle mode.
When Domestic Servant Robot transforms into battle mode, its treads move behind its back, and it grows an extra pair of mechanical legs with red shoes. Its arms become more flexible, thicker, and coil-like, and it gains two red shoulder pads. A dome rises out of the mech's head, on the front of which is an extra purple eye.
The Domestic Servant Robot displays a wide arsenal of abilities. In its first form, when ordered by King Dedede, it can do many things. For example, it can retract and extend its arms, roll around at high speeds, hand Dedede items from its mouth, rotate its waist, and massage with its hands. When ordered to clean up, the robot can take out a cleaning fan or towel from its back, use the washing machine above its face, and pull down a broom from its head to mop large areas quickly. In battle, it can swing its arms, or extend its right camera-like eye to fire an explosive, purple laser strong enough to destroy the castle walls. The Domestic Servant Robot's surface also functions as strong armor, able to sustain being blasted by its own laser without a scratch. Although it can fight in its primary form, it can also transform at will into a dedicated battle mode.
In its battle mode, the Domestic Servant Robot becomes far stronger. It gets a great increase in strength, being able to easily shake off the Waddle Dees trying to dismantle it and also to pick up Stone Kirby (in his stone form) and toss him around. As in its first form, it attacks by hitting opponents away with its arms. Its armor also receives an upgrade from its first form, now being able to withstand multiple slams from Stone Kirby before being significantly damaged.
The Domestic Servant Robot is one of the few monsters that can talk in the original Japanese version. However, it only says one word, "TRANSFORM!" in the whole episode; it says this when it transforms into battle mode.
The Domestic Servant Robot is the second monster in the anime to be a robot, the first being Slice n' Splice.
The Domestic Servant Robot is one of the many monsters to have two forms.
Domestic Servant Robot is one of the few monsters that wasn't ordered by Dedede specifically to destroy Kirby. Others include Crab and Honker Stomper.
The Domestic Servant Robot is one of the only monsters in the anime that secretly betray King Dedede; the mech was used by the N.M.E. Sales Guy to retrieve Dedede's stashed money, as Dedede had not payed his debt to Nightmare Enterprises.
The Robot firing its laser.
Domestic Servant Robot in Battle Mode.
The robot is dismantled by the Waddle Dees.
The Domestic Servant Robot before its defeat.
Kirby turns the robot into scrap metal.
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What Can Come of Our Brokenness?
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
– Leonard Cohen
Just about everyone I speak to these days is feeling some sort of cracking or tearing at the seams. Our internal world feels it and the outside world reflects it. Some of its profoundly beautiful and of course, some immensely heart-wrenching. Its hard to know what to think of whats to come, with an answer like: well, we'll see being both wise and a bit frightening. In certain ways, things are better than they have ever been, hard to believe, but its true (if you look at crime rate and statistics). However, awareness and empathy are also on the rise, as outcries can be heard and seen more clearly from violent and atrocious acts of injustice. The heart begs for no more, it cries out for understanding, it cries out to be known and held. There are so many of us that want to sincerely help and yet there is a feeling helplessness too. How do we grow as individuals in that broken feeling? How do we rise and speak up, while keep our joy and aliveness alight? How can we come together even more as a collective to finally understand we are all so intricately connected?
Practices that have helped me rise out of some pretty intense anxiety this past year:
Mindful Breathing
Sweating (Moving)
Eliminating coffee + sugar (this one has been huge)
EMDR ——> This.
My beloved therapist
My wonderful sisters
My wise partner
And we can paint it all out too. We don't need to hide. Life is magical, it's in its woven tapestry of the nature of Creation. Nothing goes unseen. Nothing is not held, even after life.
Some concepts that I teach my students about creativity that I love to share are below. The Japanese really understood how the nature of life and aesthetics work in IMHO.
Wabi-sabi (侘寂?) represents Japanese aesthetics and a Japanese world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".[2] It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence (三法印 sanbōin?), specifically impermanence (無常 mujō?), suffering (苦 ku?) and emptiness or absence of self-nature (空 kū?).
Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.
For Richard Powell, "[w]abi-sabi nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect."Buddhist author Taro Gold describes wabi-sabi as "the wisdom and beauty of imperfection."
After centuries of incorporating artistic and Buddhist influences from China, wabi-sabi eventually evolved into a distinctly Japanese ideal. Over time, the meanings of wabi and sabi shifted to become more lighthearted and hopeful. Around 700 years ago, particularly among the Japanese nobility, understanding emptiness and imperfection was honored as tantamount to the first step to satori, or enlightenment. In today's Japan, the meaning of wabi-sabi is often condensed to "wisdom in natural simplicity." In art books, it is typically defined as "flawed beauty."
Kintsugi (金継ぎ?, きんつぎ, "golden joinery"), also known as Kintsukuroi (金繕い?, きんつくろい, "golden repair"),[1] is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
Not only is there no attempt to hide the damage, but the repair is literally illuminated… a kind of physical expression of the spirit of mushin….Mushin is often literally translated as "no mind," but carries connotations of fully existing within the moment, of non-attachment, of equanimity amid changing conditions. …The vicissitudes of existence over time, to which all humans are susceptible, could not be clearer than in the breaks, the knocks, and the shattering to which ceramic ware too is subject. This poignancy or aesthetic of existence has been known in Japan as mono no aware, a compassionate sensitivity, or perhaps identification with, [things] outside oneself."
— Christy Bartlett, Flickwerk: The Aesthetics of Mended Japanese Ceramics
We can be flawed and still be beautiful. We can come back together and fill the cracks with the gold of our wisdom and love; a reference and empathy for one human family. We can ease into this, like newborns, asking and yes even demanding a better world.
categories: art magic, inspiration
January: Awareness
February: Surrender
6 thoughts on "What Can Come of Our Brokenness?"
Bonnie Sue Chasnoff says:
Loved Leonard Cohen, his words are so meaningful just days before a new presidency begins. Thanks for reminding us.
We lost a beautiful wise light, indeed! I miss him so much.
I am hopeful of the future when I hear such wisdom coming from younger people like you Alena. This piece brought tears to my eyes for two reasons. Firstly, I had fallen down the spiral of hopelessness and defeat as I began to succumb to the stories of fear that is daily fodder from our media. Secondly, I realise that I've putt off any creative pursuits because of perfection issues and yet, I see here in the writings you share, how much growth and beauty exists in making "mistakes" and, evolving as a human being cannot occur otherwise. I love Taro's Taro description of wabi-sabi as "the wisdom and beauty of imperfection." Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing Alena. You are as talented with words as you are with paints. 🙂
What a touching comment, that means so much! I am 40 this year, so mid-life I guess. Thank you thank you. x
Lila Shepley says:
Thank you for this beautiful, inspiring piece.
Makes the cracks beautiful!
Perfect timing ☺
Thank you for sharing. Xo


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Q: Implicit conversion from Traversable to Foldable in Scalaz 7 Where is the implicit conversion from a scala.collection.Traversable[A] to a scalaz.Foldable[A] defined in Scalaz 7.x? The standard import
import scalaz._
import Scalaz._

does not include it.
There used to be an implicit def TraversableFoldable[]... defined in scalaz/Foldable.scala, but
Relevant implicits used to be defined in scalaz/Foldable.scala, but have been moved into
scalaz.std.list
scalaz.std.iterable
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scalaz.std.traversable does not exist, though. Perhaps this is an accidental omission?
FWIW, scalaz.std.list is included by the standard import, so a List[A] converts to a Foldable[A].  scalaz.std.iterable is not in the standard import and must be explicitly imported.to convert Iterable[A] to Foldable[A] implicitly.


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