Inverness Cat Rescue was set up in November 2009 to rescue and re-home stray and unwanted cats and kittens in the Inverness area. We have over 25 years experience in dealing with the welfare and rehabilitation of needy cats/kittens. Please note that we have no connection to Cats Protection.
We are funded entirely by donations, and rely on the generosity of cat-lovers. All donations of money, food, blankets etc. are most gratefully welcomed. (Can be collected).
Thanks so much to everyone who has generously donated money and cat-food to us recently, and also for the continuing support through PayPal. Your kindness enables us to help more needy cats in our area.
Oddments and scraps of wool/yarn of any kind are always gratefully received. Some is used for making cosy blankets for the cats, and some is used for fund-raising. We are happy to collect in the Inverness area.
Heather and Derik are committed to helping needy cats in the Inverness area and devote their lives to caring for the unfortunate, unwanted and abandoned.
Heather has a vast amount of experience in all fields of cat (and dog) care and welfare, having founded the Inverness Branch of Cats Protection and co-ordinated it for 20 years, as well as helping to set up the Tain, Gairloch, and Nairn branches of CP before branching out on her own, supported by husband Derik. Inverness Cat Rescue is a totally independent and local rescue, and has no connection or link with Cats Protection. Heather worked in a local rescue kennels and cattery for 12 years, has over 25 years experience working in a veterinary practice, and was also the Inverness contact for a national Petcare Helpline, giving advice on all aspects of pet care. She is a qualified dog beautician and is certified to implant microchips.
The Cat Rescue is entirely voluntary, and run from home. All funds raised are spent solely on food, litter, veterinary fees, maintenance of cat accommodation, and website hosting. All overheads and other day to day expenses are met by Heather and Derik…. for the love of the cats.
Our sole objective is to help needy cats in the Inverness and surrounding area. Stray cats are taken into our shelter and kept for a minimum of two weeks, which gives an owner plenty of time to come forward, and also gives us time to assess the cat's character and behaviour to see what type of home would best suit that cat. Any urgent vet treatment is provided immediately, and if the cat is not claimed we would have it neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before offering it for adoption.. No cat is ever put to sleep unless advised by a vet in the case of severe illness or injury.
Cats signed over to us by an owner are usually kept for a minimum of one week, so that our assessment of the cat, along with information provided by the owner, enables us to make the best match for that cat when looking for its new home. We ask that owners relinquishing cats to our care give a minimum donation to help cover day-to-day expenses, and also that the cat is neutered and vaccinated before coming to us.
After adoption we maintain contact with the new owner, and we are always available to advise if necessary.
Donations and all other monies received are used to finance vet costs, food and litter, maintenance of the cat cabins, and the hosting of our website, and ALL other expenses are met by ourselves. Our meticulously kept accounts and cat work records are available to view on request.
Inverness Council TEC Services contact us if an unfortunate cat is picked up from the roadside, and we will collect the cat and scan for a microchip so that an owner may be informed, a very sad but necessary aspect of our work.
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Is your child entitled to 30 hours free childcare per week?
In September 2017, children with working parents will be entitled to 30 hours free childcare per week. There is also a new way to help you pay for childcare, called the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.
If you missed out on your code or your child turns 3 before 31st December 2017, apply now for your for your free 30 hours.
All 3 and 4-year-olds in England currently get 15 hours per week free childcare. In September 2017, this will increase to free 30 hours per week for children with working parents.
The government's aim is to make a really positive impact on the lives of families, and allow those parents who wish to start work, or to work more hours, to be able to do this.
To qualify, you must be earning at least £120 a week (each, if you have a partner), but no more than £100,000 per year (each). If you're aged between 21-24, you must be earning at least £112.80 per week (each).
During 2017, the government will also be rolling out a new Tax-Free Childcare scheme. You will be able to open a childcare account and for every £8 you pay in, the government will pay in an extra £2 (up to £2,000 per child, per year). You then use this money to pay for your childcare, but your childcare provider must be signed up to the scheme.
You can't use Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as childcare vouchers, Universal Credit or tax credits. But you can use any of these schemes in addition to the 15/30 hours free childcare. Check the GOV.UK childcare calculator to see whether this scheme is the best offer for you.
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Lit2Go
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Chapter 26: The Story Club Is Formed
Source: Montgomery, L.M. (1908) Anne of Green Gables London, England: L.C. Page and Co.
Readability:
Flesch–Kincaid Level: 7.5
Genre: Realism
Keywords: 19th century literature, american literature, children's literature
✎ Cite This
Passage PDF
Montgomery, L. (1908). Chapter 26: The Story Club Is Formed. Anne of Green Gables (Lit2Go Edition). Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/53/anne-of-green-gables/1033/chapter-26-the-story-club-is-formed/
Montgomery, Lucy Maud. "Chapter 26: The Story Club Is Formed." Anne of Green Gables. Lit2Go Edition. 1908. Web. <https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/53/anne-of-green-gables/1033/chapter-26-the-story-club-is-formed/>. January 16, 2022.
Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Chapter 26: The Story Club Is Formed," Anne of Green Gables, Lit2Go Edition, (1908), accessed January 16, 2022, https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/53/anne-of-green-gables/1033/chapter-26-the-story-club-is-formed/.
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Junior Avonlea found it hard to settle down to humdrum existence again. To Anne in particular things seemed fearfully flat, stale, and unprofitable after the goblet of excitement she had been sipping for weeks. Could she go back to the former quiet pleasures of those faraway days before the concert? At first, as she told Diana, she did not really think she could.
"I'm positively certain, Diana, that life can never be quite the same again as it was in those olden days," she said mournfully, as if referring to a period of at least fifty years back. "Perhaps after a while I'll get used to it, but I'm afraid concerts spoil people for everyday life. I suppose that is why Marilla disapproves of them. Marilla is such a sensible woman. It must be a great deal better to be sensible; but still, I don't believe I'd really want to be a sensible person, because they are so unromantic. Mrs. Lynde says there is no danger of my ever being one, but you can never tell. I feel just now that I may grow up to be sensible yet. But perhaps that is only because I'm tired. I simply couldn't sleep last night for ever so long. I just lay awake and imagined the concert over and over again. That's one splendid thing about such affairs—it's so lovely to look back to them."
Eventually, however, Avonlea school slipped back into its old groove and took up its old interests. To be sure, the concert left traces. Ruby Gillis and Emma White, who had quarreled over a point of precedence in their platform seats, no longer sat at the same desk, and a promising friendship of three years was broken up. Josie Pye and Julia Bell did not "speak" for three months, because Josie Pye had told Bessie Wright that Julia Bell's bow when she got up to recite made her think of a chicken jerking its head, and Bessie told Julia. None of the Sloanes would have any dealings with the Bells, because the Bells had declared that the Sloanes had too much to do in the program, and the Sloanes had retorted that the Bells were not capable of doing the little they had to do properly. Finally, Charlie Sloane fought Moody Spurgeon MacPherson, because Moody Spurgeon had said that Anne Shirley put on airs about her recitations, and Moody Spurgeon was "licked"; consequently Moody Spurgeon's sister, Ella May, would not "speak" to Anne Shirley all the rest of the winter. With the exception of these trifling frictions, work in Miss Stacy's little kingdom went on with regularity and smoothness.
The winter weeks slipped by. It was an unusually mild winter, with so little snow that Anne and Diana could go to school nearly every day by way of the Birch Path. On Anne's birthday they were tripping lightly down it, keeping eyes and ears alert amid all their chatter, for Miss Stacy had told them that they must soon write a composition on "A Winter's Walk in the Woods," and it behooved them to be observant.
"Just think, Diana, I'm thirteen years old today," remarked Anne in an awed voice. "I can scarcely realize that I'm in my teens. When I woke this morning it seemed to me that everything must be different. You've been thirteen for a month, so I suppose it doesn't seem such a novelty to you as it does to me. It makes life seem so much more interesting. In two more years I'll be really grown up. It's a great comfort to think that I'll be able to use big words then without being laughed at."
"Ruby Gillis says she means to have a beau as soon as she's fifteen," said Diana.
"Ruby Gillis thinks of nothing but beaus," said Anne disdainfully. "She's actually delighted when anyone writes her name up in a take-notice for all she pretends to be so mad. But I'm afraid that is an uncharitable speech. Mrs. Allan says we should never make uncharitable speeches; but they do slip out so often before you think, don't they? I simply can't talk about Josie Pye without making an uncharitable speech, so I never mention her at all. You may have noticed that. I'm trying to be as much like Mrs. Allan as I possibly can, for I think she's perfect. Mr. Allan thinks so too. Mrs. Lynde says he just worships the ground she treads on and she doesn't really think it right for a minister to set his affections so much on a mortal being. But then, Diana, even ministers are human and have their besetting sins just like everybody else. I had such an interesting talk with Mrs. Allan about besetting sins last Sunday afternoon. There are just a few things it's proper to talk about on Sundays and that is one of them. My besetting sin is imagining too much and forgetting my duties. I'm striving very hard to overcome it and now that I'm really thirteen perhaps I'll get on better."
"In four more years we'll be able to put our hair up," said Diana. "Alice Bell is only sixteen and she is wearing hers up, but I think that's ridiculous. I shall wait until I'm seventeen."
"If I had Alice Bell's crooked nose," said Anne decidedly, "I wouldn't—but there! I won't say what I was going to because it was extremely uncharitable. Besides, I was comparing it with my own nose and that's vanity. I'm afraid I think too much about my nose ever since I heard that compliment about it long ago. It really is a great comfort to me. Oh, Diana, look, there's a rabbit. That's something to remember for our woods composition. I really think the woods are just as lovely in winter as in summer. They're so white and still, as if they were asleep and dreaming pretty dreams."
"I won't mind writing that composition when its time comes," sighed Diana. "I can manage to write about the woods, but the one we're to hand in Monday is terrible. The idea of Miss Stacy telling us to write a story out of our own heads!"
"Why, it's as easy as wink," said Anne.
"It's easy for you because you have an imagination," retorted Diana, "but what would you do if you had been born without one? I suppose you have your composition all done?"
Anne nodded, trying hard not to look virtuously complacent and failing miserably.
"I wrote it last Monday evening. It's called 'The Jealous Rival; or In Death Not Divided.' I read it to Marilla and she said it was stuff and nonsense. Then I read it to Matthew and he said it was fine. That is the kind of critic I like. It's a sad, sweet story. I just cried like a child while I was writing it. It's about two beautiful maidens called Cordelia Montmorency and Geraldine Seymour who lived in the same village and were devotedly attached to each other. Cordelia was a regal brunette with a coronet of midnight hair and duskly flashing eyes. Geraldine was a queenly blonde with hair like spun gold and velvety purple eyes."
"I never saw anybody with purple eyes," said Diana dubiously.
"Neither did I. I just imagined them. I wanted something out of the common. Geraldine had an alabaster brow too. I've found out what an alabaster brow is. That is one of the advantages of being thirteen. You know so much more than you did when you were only twelve."
"Well, what became of Cordelia and Geraldine?" asked Diana, who was beginning to feel rather interested in their fate.
"They grew in beauty side by side until they were sixteen. Then Bertram DeVere came to their native village and fell in love with the fair Geraldine. He saved her life when her horse ran away with her in a carriage, and she fainted in his arms and he carried her home three miles; because, you understand, the carriage was all smashed up. I found it rather hard to imagine the proposal because I had no experience to go by. I asked Ruby Gillis if she knew anything about how men proposed because I thought she'd likely be an authority on the subject, having so many sisters married. Ruby told me she was hid in the hall pantry when Malcolm Andres proposed to her sister Susan. She said Malcolm told Susan that his dad had given him the farm in his own name and then said, 'What do you say, darling pet, if we get hitched this fall?' And Susan said, 'Yes—no—I don't know—let me see'—and there they were, engaged as quick as that. But I didn't think that sort of a proposal was a very romantic one, so in the end I had to imagine it out as well as I could. I made it very flowery and poetical and Bertram went on his knees, although Ruby Gillis says it isn't done nowadays. Geraldine accepted him in a speech a page long. I can tell you I took a lot of trouble with that speech. I rewrote it five times and I look upon it as my masterpiece. Bertram gave her a diamond ring and a ruby necklace and told her they would go to Europe for a wedding tour, for he was immensely wealthy. But then, alas, shadows began to darken over their path. Cordelia was secretly in love with Bertram herself and when Geraldine told her about the engagement she was simply furious, especially when she saw the necklace and the diamond ring. All her affection for Geraldine turned to bitter hate and she vowed that she should never marry Bertram. But she pretended to be Geraldine's friend the same as ever. One evening they were standing on the bridge over a rushing turbulent stream and Cordelia, thinking they were alone, pushed Geraldine over the brink with a wild, mocking, 'Ha, ha, ha.' But Bertram saw it all and he at once plunged into the current, exclaiming, 'I will save thee, my peerless Geraldine.' But alas, he had forgotten he couldn't swim, and they were both drowned, clasped in each other's arms. Their bodies were washed ashore soon afterwards. They were buried in the one grave and their funeral was most imposing, Diana. It's so much more romantic to end a story up with a funeral than a wedding. As for Cordelia, she went insane with remorse and was shut up in a lunatic asylum. I thought that was a poetical retribution for her crime."
"How perfectly lovely!" sighed Diana, who belonged to Matthew's school of critics. "I don't see how you can make up such thrilling things out of your own head, Anne. I wish my imagination was as good as yours."
"It would be if you'd only cultivate it," said Anne cheeringly. "I've just thought of a plan, Diana. Let you and me have a story club all our own and write stories for practice. I'll help you along until you can do them by yourself. You ought to cultivate your imagination, you know. Miss Stacy says so. Only we must take the right way. I told her about the Haunted Wood, but she said we went the wrong way about it in that."
This was how the story club came into existence. It was limited to Diana and Anne at first, but soon it was extended to include Jane Andrews and Ruby Gillis and one or two others who felt that their imaginations needed cultivating. No boys were allowed in it—although Ruby Gillis opined that their admission would make it more exciting—and each member had to produce one story a week.
"It's extremely interesting," Anne told Marilla. "Each girl has to read her story out loud and then we talk it over. We are going to keep them all sacredly and have them to read to our descendants. We each write under a nom-de-plume. Mine is Rosamond Montmorency. All the girls do pretty well. Ruby Gillis is rather sentimental. She puts too much lovemaking into her stories and you know too much is worse than too little. Jane never puts any because she says it makes her feel so silly when she had to read it out loud. Jane's stories are extremely sensible. Then Diana puts too many murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them. I mostly always have to tell them what to write about, but that isn't hard for I've millions of ideas."
"I think this story-writing business is the foolishest yet," scoffed Marilla. "You'll get a pack of nonsense into your heads and waste time that should be put on your lessons. Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse."
"But we're so careful to put a moral into them all, Marilla," explained Anne. "I insist upon that. All the good people are rewarded and all the bad ones are suitably punished. I'm sure that must have a wholesome effect. The moral is the great thing. Mr. Allan says so. I read one of my stories to him and Mrs. Allan and they both agreed that the moral was excellent. Only they laughed in the wrong places. I like it better when people cry. Jane and Ruby almost always cry when I come to the pathetic parts. Diana wrote her Aunt Josephine about our club and her Aunt Josephine wrote back that we were to send her some of our stories. So we copied out four of our very best and sent them. Miss Josephine Barry wrote back that she had never read anything so amusing in her life. That kind of puzzled us because the stories were all very pathetic and almost everybody died. But I'm glad Miss Barry liked them. It shows our club is doing some good in the world. Mrs. Allan says that ought to be our object in everything. I do really try to make it my object but I forget so often when I'm having fun. I hope I shall be a little like Mrs. Allan when I grow up. Do you think there is any prospect of it, Marilla?"
"I shouldn't say there was a great deal" was Marilla's encouraging answer. "I'm sure Mrs. Allan was never such a silly, forgetful little girl as you are."
"No; but she wasn't always so good as she is now either," said Anne seriously. "She told me so herself—that is, she said she was a dreadful mischief when she was a girl and was always getting into scrapes. I felt so encouraged when I heard that. Is it very wicked of me, Marilla, to feel encouraged when I hear that other people have been bad and mischievous? Mrs. Lynde says it is. Mrs. Lynde says she always feels shocked when she hears of anyone ever having been naughty, no matter how small they were. Mrs. Lynde says she once heard a minister confess that when he was a boy he stole a strawberry tart out of his aunt's pantry and she never had any respect for that minister again. Now, I wouldn't have felt that way. I'd have thought that it was real noble of him to confess it, and I'd have thought what an encouraging thing it would be for small boys nowadays who do naughty things and are sorry for them to know that perhaps they may grow up to be ministers in spite of it. That's how I'd feel, Marilla."
"The way I feel at present, Anne," said Marilla, "is that it's high time you had those dishes washed. You've taken half an hour longer than you should with all your chattering. Learn to work first and talk afterwards."
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Q: Heatsink earthing? I'm currently working on my first circuit that dissipates enough power that I need to use a heatsink.  The component in question is a TS1085CZ33 which I'm running with a maximum load of 2.8A dissipating around 7.5W.  I'm just wondering a couple of things:

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*Is the heatsink tab on these chips (I'm using the TO-220 variant) electrically connected internally?  If so, what is it connected to?

*If it isn't connected should I ground the heatsink?

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I think if you used an up-to-date spec you'll see the above in red - this spec has stuff about RoHS compliance and the device being lead-free so it's probably more recent than the one in the OP link.
TS1085 newer link

A: That datasheet doesn't seem to specifically mention it, but many positive voltage regulators have the tab tied to the output. It's certainly something you'd either want to test with a multimeter or insulate it. There are TO-220 insulator kits available that consist of a mica insulator and plastic spacers for that purpose if you're worried about it coming into contact with something else.
There is no technical reason to ground the heatsink, but you will see many designs made that way when they are mounted in a metal enclosure just for a combination of mounting convenience and so that the enclosure dissipates some additional heat. Certainly don't go out of your way to ground it otherwise.

A: Update: Edited to incorporate new information from an updated datasheet.

The datasheet for the device makes no specific representation of the heat sink tab, as to whether it is internally connected to anything or not. The newer datasheet for the component specifically mentions that the heat sink tab is connected to Pin 2, i.e. Output. Many voltage regulators do have their heat sink tab connected to the ground or output pin, but this is not guaranteed.
The following generic approach still applies:
In such a situation, one would simply use a multimeter between the heat sink tab and each of the leads, to confirm whether they are internally bonded. To avoid a false positive due to some internal diode junction, one would use both resistance readings, and diode readings in both directions, for each of the 3 leads.
This will establish whether the heat sink is internally connected at all.
Whether the tab is connected to anything or not, as a general practice one would not need to ground the heat sink - it is simpler to leave it not grounded. That way, accidental contact with a test probe or some wire connected to a powered part of the circuit would do no harm.

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The Birds of Bird City in Jungle Gardens
The cattle egret
The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is the newest arrival to Bird City and North America. Originally confined to Europe, Asia, and Africa, on its own it traversed the Atlantic Ocean to arrive in the New World. The first in the US was a small flock observed in Florida 1942, and within 15 years it was seen in Louisiana and has continued to expand its range across the US.
Cattle egrets are the smallest white herons in our area. They have yellow beaks and yellow legs and feet. During the spring breeding season, the adults acquire rich buff-colored plumage to the head, neck, and back. They nest right alongside all other egrets in Bird City each year.
This species is particularly terrestrial compared to other herons. It is fond of fields and grasslands, often following tractors or other grass mowers taking advantage of insect activity. Their name aptly refers to their cohabitation with cattle and other farm animals as they follow along catching insects disturbed by these animals. Many ornithologists believe that their association with agriculture has brought about their widespread range expansion.
The cattle egret may be more inclined to migrate out of our area compared to other herons, as fewer of them are seen by birders in winter months.
Photos by Pam McIlhenny.
Cattle egret with breeding plumage
Cattle egret in Bird City.
The Great Egret
The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret or large egret, is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. It is perhaps the most abundant heron on Avery Island. The great egret is easily distinguished from all other similar birds in our area by its large size, bright yellow beak, and all-black legs and feet.
This species is sometimes confused with the great white heron of southern Florida and the Caribbean, which is a white form of the great blue heron. When breeding, great egrets develop delicate lacey plumes. Because of this it was once hunted nearly to extinction. Its nesting season in Bird City coincides with that of the snowy egret.
Great egrets are partially migratory, retreating from northern areas before winter and moving to warmer southern regions. Because of its wide distribution in North America, great egrets can be found in all types of aquatic habitats. In 1953 the great egret was chosen as the symbol of the National Audubon Society.
All photos by Pam McIlhenny
Great egret in flight
Great egret in breeding plumage
Great egret, note yellow beak and all black legs and feet
Great egret in Bird City with young.
The snowy egret
The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron, which is easily distinguished from other similar white herons by its prominent black legs and yellow feet. No other North American heron has this unique color combination. The snowy egret is native to North, Central and South America. It is present all year round in the West Indies and South America, ranging as far south as Chile and Argentina. Elsewhere, in the southern part of the United States, it is migratory. It breeds all along the Gulf Coast as well as in many western states. Snowy egrets are usually found in all types of wetland habitats.
People often ask, "What's the difference between an egret and a heron?" The answer is simple, all egrets are herons. The term egret usually applies to smaller species of herons.
At one time, the plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand as decorations for women's hats. The birds were hunted primarily during the breeding season for these plumes. This practice reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels and prompted E. A. McIlhenny to take steps to secure their survival. In 1895 he kept 8 young birds in a large aviary in Jungle Gardens and released them in the fall to migrate. He hoped they would return, and they did the following spring. This led to the sanctuary now known as Bird City. McIlhenny wrote that by 1910 thousands of egrets were nesting in Bird City. The plume trade ended in 1910 in North America but continued for some time in Central and South America.
All herons are now protected in the United States by law, under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Today the snowy egret population has rebounded and is thriving.
Bird City is unique because of its man-made nesting platforms. In early January of each year the nesting platforms are refurbished with dried bamboo. This encourages the birds to begin nesting as early as late January – much earlier than in natural rookeries, which usually become active in early March. By late February of each year the herons of Bird City already have nests filled with eggs, and young begin to appear in March. Nesting activities continue until late June and often by mid-July the young begin to leave the nest. Often by the end of July it's all over and the adults and young have dispersed across the Island and elsewhere. Some return to the platforms in the evenings to roost at night.
Photos courtesy of Pam McIlhenny.
https://www.pamandedmundmcilhenny.com/Avery-Island-Louisiana
Snowy Egret in breeding plumage
Note the black legs and yellow feet.
Epidendrum magnolia The Green Fly Orchid
Louisiana's only native epiphytic orchid Epidendrum magnoliae, formerly E. conopseum aka the Green Fly Orchid. It is usually can be found in bloom from April – August but the species is known produce flowers as late as November.
It ranges from Louisiana to southern North Carolina but the range map is misleading. It only occurs along the lower part of most states and not in their northern areas. It has been documented in Louisiana from the Abbeville area of Vermillion Parish eastward including many locations in the Atchafalaya Basin near St. Martinsville. It is particularly common east of the Mississippi River in nearly all of the "Florida" Parishes. I recall being told about a location near Lake Charles as there are many Southern Magnolias in the woods in that area, but have never seen a specimen to confirm it.
It is apparently not known from TX, but it would not surprise me if it is eventually discovered there along the lower east coast region.
Its favorite tree is the Southern Magnolia. Dr. Charles Allen (Louisiana plant guru) once told me that he thought every Southern Magnolia in Livingston Parish had this orchid on it. The orchid also is also known to grow on Live Oak trees and I have even seen it growing on River Birch in an area where the orchid was very abundant. Its occurrence on Live Oak is somewhat of a mystery to me, Why? Well Live Oaks are very common trees throughout the south, but the orchid is NOT common on them. I have only seen it in abundance on many Live Oaks in one location near Hammond LA. I have found it under Live Oaks at Jean Lafitte National Park, where the orchid plants that had fallen from the trees on the ground beneath them. Oddly I never could see it in the trees above. Since our native resurrection fern is so common on Live Oak trees I suspect the orchid may also be more common but it remains well hidden by all of the ferns. Surprisingly it seems to be frequent in Swamps often growing on Bald Cypress trees. There are numerous herbarium collections documenting it from the Pearl River swamps all the way to swamps near Abbeville. Obviously such places are just a tad inhospitable to explore so no doubt thats why it remains elusive.
A subspecies of this orchid occurs in Northeastern Mexico. I have seen specimens from that region being grown by orchid enthusiast. The leaves from Mexican plants are slightly larger and thicker but its still recognizable as the same species. While it is very cold hardy, it has always been assumed that it favors Magnolia trees because they are evergreen (not deciduous) and the dense leaf canopy offers the orchid increased protection from the elements.
While it has not been found on Avery Island there is certainly a high probability it is in the area and surrounding Cypress Swamps. I did transplant some on 3 trees in different locations on the Island, two of which still survive, and one of those is doing exceptionally well.
PHOTOS BELOW SHOW A LARGE ORCHID GROWING ON A LIVE OAK TREE.
Aralia spinosa Devil's Walking Stick – New to Avery Island
A NEW TREE FOUND ON AVERY ISLAND.
Its always exciting to discover a new plant species on Avery Island and especially one that is native to Louisiana. On May 24th, I found a small grove of Aralia spinosa, Devils Walking stick growing in a wooded area near DeVance Pond, which is located in the center of the Island.
While the species was previously known from Iberia parish, it had not been reported or collected on Avery Island. The colony that I observed consists of at least five medium size trees. I intent to explore the patch of woods in greater detail to see the full extent of the colony.
Araila spinosa has pattern of distribution in the southeast not unlike many other native plants. It is noticeably absent from the Mississippi River flood plane and occurs extensively to the east and west of the river on elevated lands, with a most peculiar disjunct population in Iberia and St. Mary Parishes. This is a considerable distance from both the western and eastern populations, and could be either very old relicts or recent additions, since their fruits are widely consumed and dispersed by wildlife.
Devil's walking stick is a member of the ginseng family (Araliaceae). The common name and species epithet is derived from sharp prickles on the plants stems and branches Its alternate leaves are pinnately to tri-pinnately compound and may be up to 5 feet long and 4 feet wide, making them amongst the largest leaves of any native plant found in North America
Devil's walking stick supplies fruit for many animals such as squirrels, foxes and raccoons, as well as many songbirds. Their berries are also known to be a favorite food for larger species such as black bears. The nectar in the flowers is used by butterflies and bees. Overall it can be a very important food plant for many native species. In earlier periods, Aralia Spinosa found widespread use in folk medicines, food, and furniture making. One such folk medicine claimed that the dried leaves could be ingested and used as an antidepressant. A tincture made from the bark was also used for rheumatism, skin diseases and syphilis. Its very prominent sharp spines make it a potentially dangerous plant to handle.
This is an exciting discovery of a very useful native plant that may be more widespread in the forest of Avery Island than previously known.
Large compound leaves of Aralia
Stem with spines and leaf arrangement
Plant growing at edge of forest
Heavily armed stem of Devil's Walking Stick
Known distribution of Aralia spinosa in the southeastern US


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BLM-PD – The Beginning
by deardeandotcomPosted on May 30, 2020
In the near future the world hadn't changed—
Many nations were at war, some diseases were eradicated while others spread due to growing disbelief in science that was spearheaded by middle class white Americans who traveled the world promoting anti-vaccination as the safest method to good health. There were international trade disputes, contested elections, new regimes moving countries forward, and old regimes surviving through brutality.
The United States was at its most unsettled since the Civil War, and at its most divided since the post-Civil Rights era. Dissatisfaction with the outcome of midterm elections some years ago, led to riots in twenty-three states—including all Southern states. White supremacists, upset that their candidates had been swept from office in a rebuke of the president and his party, left their insignias, Nazi signs, and damage and death in their wake. The president fanned the flames by claiming voter fraud to explain their historical losses and the supremacists were energized by his support. The day after those midterms, the president called a press conference to say that he was officially running for re-election on a platform of Making America Pure Again.
For the next two years heading into the presidential election, his supporters disrupted voter registration drives, intimidated campaign workers, and incited riots when police escorts were used by opposition candidates. Neither the Democratic National Committee nor the New Progressives offered any serious counter message to the Republicans and the president, and instead pleaded with the electorate to "wait until the election to show your disapproval and make real and lasting change."
The lack of national support and money for the Democratic candidate, combined with suppressed voter turnout, led to a landslide victory for the President. He easily won his core voters in overwhelming numbers and many white Democrats solidified his hold on the US federal government by aligning with his message of Make America Pure Again, which had quickly become synonymous with Make America White Again, or, put the white man back in charge.
(It was discovered in later interviews that white Democrats rationalized their vote for, and work with, him in order to "better understand the anger of the voters." Also coming into play was their anxiety over losing their country's "identity" (read, white, Christian identity) and, most telling, wanting to be on the "winning side" if the country went to war with itself again, i.e. a new Civil War.)
The scene of his inauguration was shocking in its thoroughness. Surrounding the president were generals of high rank and from every branch of the military; most of the Senate, and almost all of the Congress; thirty-six Republican governors; thousands of federal and state officials and law enforcement from the FBI, NSA, Homeland Security, ICE, CIA, and hundreds of police officers; and eight Supreme Court Justices, hundreds of federal judges, and 450 of 500 Fortune Executives, including one—Stephen C. Bronson—who, like others, was not only an industry leader (his specialty was information with a company called TechFive) but was also a key player in a top-secret, high-level organized movement to "protect white spaces."
Flags festooned the red curtain that hung behind the group on the elevated platform, and many in the sea of white men, the medals of uniforms glinting bright in the high sun, carried flags representing key white-majority states. The White House lawn never looked more militaristic.
It was a jarring scene that had been orchestrated as a show of force: A strongman leader with his power base before a national and global audience. He was supported by millions of white supremacist citizens who proudly called themselves City Soldiers, and they had millions of their own supporters.
At his inauguration, the two-term president's speech shocked the nation and the world:
"White Americans. For too long you have been made to feel ashamed of your
heritage! You and your ancestors built this country! There were people here who were savages and had nothing! They created nothing! They're gone —well now I hear they're in California—hah! —and good riddance!
Some like to say we had help building this great US! Well, they lie! They all LIE! The slaves didn't help—they were a burden! A BURDEN! And the slaves, who otherwise would still be in the poorest place in the world if we didn't bring 'em here, the blacks (laughter) are STILL A BURDEN! And the gays! The feminazis! The fake transsexuals who, by the way, don't exist!
Well, NO MORE, I tell ya! NO MORE! White men built this great nation, and white men will reign supreme here again!"
Thunderous applause rose from the crowd, and those who were there said they felt the power and hatred surge like a tsunami which had been sucked back and back and held and finally allowed to rush forth. Those who watched from home said they wept, or vomited, smashed the surface of their television screens, or just stared gape-mouthed, unbelieving.
"For too long we have taken care of the blacks, the Mexicans, those immigrants,
the gangbangers, drug addicts, criminals and thugs while they unjustly accuse us of
mistreating them–they rape our women and steal our jobs! NO MORE! NO MORE! NO MORE!"
Once again, cheers and chants spat from the white mob—from the snarling politicians and the gap-toothed coal-miners, from the blue-suited and red tied businessmen to the greasy ball capped roughnecks on the White House lawn. The video cameras spun from one side of the crowd to the other, lingering from time to time on a rapt face.
"We are a NEW and BETTER COUNTRY now that whites are back in charge of
everything! We are at the top because we built this country and we will not allow the blacks or Mexicans to take over!"
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I just went and bought it. The first five lines…holy crap. It isn't the future, we're there.
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Q: "Press any key to boot from USB" doesn't work on Windows 10 install [Please do not vote to close! Most of the solutions I've found involve a PS/2 Keyboard; or one of the things I have tried]
A little information: I am running Ubuntu 16.04, and was running Windows 7 alongside it on a different HDD, but wiped my Windows 7 drive in preparation for Windows 10.
I am trying to install Windows 10 alongside my Ubuntu 16.04 installation. In preparation for this I backed up important files and wiped the HDD containing Windows 7. Now I'm trying to install Windows 10, it fails at "Press any key to boot from USB". For some reason my keyboard works in the BIOS, doesn't work during boot, and then comes back again at the Ubuntu logo (or did start working at the Windows login screen, before I wiped it).
My keyboard has never worked before in GRUB, nor when Windows has an error and hits the black "Recovery" screen; GRUB and recovery just time out to the first option, no matter what I do. Though this has not been a problem as the OSes are on different drives, so I can just change the boot option in the BIOS.
Things I've tried:

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*Enabling/Disabling legacy USB support in BIOS

*Removing bootfix file from USB (supposedly removes the "press any.." message and continues automatically - doesn't)

*Plugging keyboard into new USB port, restarting into USB, mashing keyboard, trying again for all 10 ports

*A different USB keyboard, again in all 10 ports

*Disabling all other boot options in BIOS (creates a loop of the "Press any.." screen)

I've read that this problem can be alleviated by using a PS/2 keyboard, but I don't have one or know anybody that does; and would rather not order one and wait for it, just to use it to press one button.
Actual question: how can I boot into a Windows 10 USB installer without "Press any key..." prompt before boot, or how can I remove this prompt from the USB drive?

A: Use Rufus ... Under Advanced ... The Arrow Next to Format Options...
Checkmark Use Rufus To Write MBR Bios ID
Use Macrium Reflect.iso as a bootable.iso
I also like to see a Progress Bar... You want the Text On The Left
so it's out of the way from the Windows 10 Wait Logo that will show up.
I modified the "Windows is loading files" in the Center... to... Loading Files... From The Far Left.
I changed the padding from 25 to 2 using a Text Editor and Resource Editor.
Modified the BootMgr.exe.mui type file... same as BootMgr.exe.efi.mui
The BootMgr.exe.mui file is an example of Windows is Loading Files
with the Progress Bar... I add the Progress Bar on all my USB Flash
Drives so I can see how long it will take before it loads...
Like I said I modified the 23 BOOTMGR.XSL Resource exported the txt file
and modified it and added the Resource back to 23 BOOTMGR.XSL 1033
The simple answer is get Rufus... But also if you want the Progress Bar modify the BootMgr.exe.mui or the BootMgr.exe.efi.mui ... I have the files I can zip them up... alzio2020@gmail.com   ... I use the same shell all the time and just change the boot.wim file for the programs I want.
I have a Windows 10 USB Install from the Flash Drive ... Use WinToFlash
If you use Rufus and Don't Checkmark ... Use Rufus To Write MBR Bios ID
You Will Not Get a USB Prompt...   Not sure what you are looking for
but you can have it with the Prompt and without the Prompt using Rufus.
If I need to modify the Boot.wim file  I use GimageX

A: I found a solution workaround, I had to reinstall Windows 7 so that I could use the setup.exe file to install Windows 10 from inside Windows 7. I was met with an error stating that my install disk was not 64 bit, so I used the setup.exe file in the sources folder, which apparently supported 64 bit. This is unhelpful if you are using an OEM copy of Windows 10.
Hope this helps someone.

A: I had the same problem and i used PS/2 keyboard and it worked (as you mentioned "I've read that this problem can be alleviated by using a PS/2 keyboard") .  For the people who face this problem, try using a PS/2 keyboard first.

A: had the same issue, this helped:
BIOS settings > Integrated Peripherials > USB Keyboard Function  = Enabled
(was disabled)


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Q: Identify user Authentication provider - FBA vs Domain I have a SharePoint website configured to use both Windows (AD) Authentication and SQL Authentication with Forms based authentication..
I want to query all Form Based Authentication users.. Is there a property or anything that I can identify if the current user is FBA User or Windows (AD) user..
I know I can use UserName and see if Domain\Username is the pattern than the user is AD User.. Is there any other method? What if I want to Query all FBA Users and apply some operation!
I am planning is to make a separate List (maybe External Users) and once registered place all the FBA Users in that.. But do I have any other choice?
EDIT
One more thing I can think of is using membership.GetUser to identify if the he is the external user!

A: The Fba menmbers are stored in FBA Database so you can query using the following:
Membership.GetAllUsers method which will return all FBA users.


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layout: single
title: 'CybercrimeTech Interviewed!: Baby Got Bactria'
date: '2013-07-08T17:01:00.000+09:00'
author: Joshua James
tags:
- Thanks!
modified_time: '2013-07-08T17:01:00.284+09:00'
blogger_id: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701259639305045003.single-7481438189676933560
blogger_orig_url: http://www.cybercrimetech.com/2013/07/cybercrimetech-interviewed-baby-got.html
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Since the single went up in the middle of travelling for conferences and Police training, I didn't get a chance to thank the very interesting history blog Baby Got Bactria for interviewing Cybercrimetech.

In the single, Briana K. asked us about issues facing Central Eurasia in Cyberspace. To which I went off on a rant. See the rant here!: http://bactrianbria.blogspot.kr/2013/06/central-eurasia-and-internet-lovehate.html

Thanks again Baby Got Bactria!


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MFA BFA Creative Writing/Literature
Melville Library
Guide to creative fiction and nonfiction at SBU Libraries
Lit Journals
Southampton Library Collection
Teaching CWL
Works by MFA Faculty and Students
Chris Kretz
Central Reading Room, Melville Library
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Subjects: Digital Humanities, Psychology, Resources for Graduate Students, School of Professional Development, Southampton Arts, Theatre Arts
Here are just some suggestions for books in the Melville Library in these different genres and formats.
Enter the Main Stacks on the third floor of the library. From there, many of these will be in the P call number range on the fourth floor.
You check out the books at the third floor circulation desk.
Most books will be due back at the end of the semester (unless recalled). More details here.
Don't see the book you want? Try using Interlibrary Loan to get it.
The Trial
Metamorphoses
Interior Chinatown
Drawing Blood
Hillbilly Elegy
The Color of Water
Angela's Ashes
The Abundance
Take the Cannoli
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Poetry
American Poetry in Performance
Shed for Wood
The Early Stories
Sourland
The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
Talk Stories
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Selected Books
Soldier Girls: The Battles of Women at Home and at War
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life... And Maybe the World
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War
Youngblood: A Novel
The Press March to War: Newspapers set the stage for military intervention in post-World War II America
Columbia guide to the Vietnam War
Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia
George Washington, Spymaster: How America Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
The Encyclopedia of the Korean War
Manipulating Images: World War II Mobilization of Women Through Magazine Advertising
Caring for the military : a guide for helping professionals
The Rise of the Military Welfare State
It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan
Dark at the Crossing
American Sniper: Autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
A people's history of the U.S. military : ordinary soldiers reflect on their experience of war
The Good Soldiers
Among the nightmare fighters : American poets of World War II
Remembering the forgotten war : the enduring legacies of the U.S./Mexican War
War! What Is It Good For? : Black Freedom Struggles and the U.S. Military From World War II to Iraq
Entangling alliances : foreign war brides and American soldiers in the twentieth century
So wrong for so long : how the press, the pundits-- and the president-- failed on Iraq
Almost A Miracle : The American Victory in the War of Independence
Landmarks of the American Revolution: Library of Military History
Care of Military Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
Redeployment
The Things They Carried
Recollections of War Times By An Old Veteran
A woman of valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War
When the nation was in need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps during World War II
A piece of my heart: the stories of twenty-six American women who served in Vietnam
Visions of war, dreams of peace: writings of women in the Vietnam War
Ground zero: the gender wars in the military
Ashley's war: the untold story of a team of women soldiers on the special ops battlefield
Women in the military: an unfinished revolution
A contemporary history of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps
The wars we took to Vietnam : cultural conflict and storytelling
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ZfL
Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung
The ZfL
History of Theory
Knowledge of Life
Practice and Transfer
Annual topics of the ZfL
Research at the ZfL
The ZfL's research is organized into three areas, History of Theory, World Literature, and Life Knowledge, which are interrelated in many ways. Historically, they are linked because key concepts in each field either emerged in the late 18th century (life, world literature) or assumed a new meaning then (theory). Systematically, the research foci cohere by virtue of the enormous discursive impact they have had. For example, the then newly conceived genre of the novel, with the relationship between life and literature at its center, could not be accommodated by the established tradition of rule-governed poetics. Hence, it induced new modes of inquiry that came to be known as theory. Early biology offers another example. The new notion of ›organism‹ traversed several fields, from literature and art to biology and philosophical aesthetics. In terms of methodology, moreover, all three areas are under the purview of historical-hermeneutical approaches. Of course, these interpretive tools can and need to be calibrated in accordance with each particular research endeavor. In the past, concept history and history of religion have proved to be rich reservoirs for questions and modes of inquiry. In the future, juridical aspects will be given greater attention.
Research Area: History of Theory
Prior to the reduction of literature to ›belles lettres‹ at the end of the 18th century, the concept included other fields of erudition such as rhetoric, poetics, religion, natural history, and the arts. Those intellectual traditions and interpretive practices did not simply disappear around 1800, but rather underwent a transformation. One of the effects of this change was the emergence of theory, originally limited to literary theory. From the 18th century onwards, ›theory‹ has been the name given to the study of the discursive conditions that organize any given culture. It has since expanded and turned into a mode of observation with its own historical developments and genre conventions. Theory, as a meta-discourse, is part of a history that surpasses a simple recapitulation of the theories and ›turns‹ that have come and gone since the 1960s.
Detailed information about the Research Area: History of Theory
Research Area: World Literature
While the notion of world literature emerged together with the national philologies in the 19th century, it also competes with them and offers ways to overcome their divisions. Today, world literature refers to the specific global conditions shaping the realm of literature and to the effects globalization has had on literary production and its reception in a rapidly changing society. However, world literature also suggests that literature is more than just a representation or reflection of particular realities—it creates worlds and shapes realities. Our goal is therefore not the study of all the world's literatures but an exploration of how different literatures form and help understand certain worlds.
The ZfL's long-standing study of East-European literature is a good example. Eastern European cultures belong to a politically, ethnically, and religiously fraught region at the ›margins‹ of Europe. In light of recent crises, research into the region's literature and culture prompts a critical examination of Europe's hegemonic self-presentation.
Detailed information about the Research Area: World Literature
Research Area: Knowledge of Life
Reading and thinking have always been means to some end. These skills were believed to be vital to both the lives of individuals and collective bodies, such as nations. The idea that the arts produce and transmit knowledge relevant to life can be traced throughout history from notions of education during Antiquity to the modern Bildungsroman and into the concept of national literatures and cultures. But this conviction is faltering as the natural sciences now address subjects which according to the idea of ›two cultures‹ were once the exclusive domain of the Humanities dealing with subjects that used to pertain solely to the humanities (e.g., the definition of free will). Moreover, modern technology constantly generates new kinds of applied knowledge that erode the distinction of living and non-living as well as nature and culture. The research area »Life Knowledge« operates within the context of the challenges posed to the ›two cultures‹ model. Its interdisciplinary projects engage with the field of biology in particular as the leading science of life. Without ignoring the logic and traditions of specific disciplines or flattening them into a single, shapeless concept of culture, our research takes on the task of investigating how natural objects, artefacts, organisms, and human beings can be studied within a shared framework.
Detailed information about the Research Area: Knowledge of Life
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Gender Equality and Diversity
The ZfL is actively committed to gender equality and diversity. Equal opportunities Commissioners at the ZfL are Gwendolin Engels and Jana Lubasch (Deputy).
Information on equal opportunities and diversity at the Leibniz Association
Ensuring Correct Academic Practice: Ombudspersons at the ZfL
The Ombudspersons are a point of contact for all questions regarding the preservation of good academic practice and a collegial work environment. Internal ombudspersons are Dirk Naguschewski (substitute: Jana Lubasch), external ombudspersons are Ulrike Vedder from the HU Berlin (substitute: Irmela Marei Krüger-Fürhoff, FU Berlin).
Information on correct academic practice at the Leibniz Association [in German]
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overview of the research projects [PDF]
Archives of research projects at the ZfL
Here you will find a selection of ZfL research projects, completed or processed in the past at the ZfL since 2002. You can search for further projects via the general search field.
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La  de l'armée est une inspection de l'armée de l'Empire allemand.

Statut en 1889
 Inspecteur général : général d'infanterie, grand-duc Louis IV de Hesse
 Siège social : Darmstadt
 Unités subordonnées :
  d'armée

Statut en 1906
 Inspecteur général : général d'infanterie Oskar von Lindequist
 Siège social : Hanovre
 Unités subordonnées :
 7e corps d'armée
 8e corps d'armée
 9e corps d'armée

Statut en 1914
 Inspecteur général : Generaloberst Karl von Bülow
 Siège social : Hanovre
 Unités subordonnées :
 7e corps d'armée à Münster
 9e corps d'armée à Altona
  à Hanovre

Bibliographie
 Curt Jany: Geschichte der preußischen Armee vom 15. Jahrhundert bis 1914, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1967.
 Hans Meier-Welcker (Hg.): Handbuch zur deutschen Militärgeschichte 1648-1939, (Band 2, 3), München 1979.
 Albert Benary, Oberstlt.a.D., Das deutsche Heer, Etthofen Verlag Berlin 1932.

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Unité militaire allemande de la Première Guerre mondiale

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Julio César Pardini, nació en Guasave, Sinaloa, el 25 de abril de 1984. Juega de delantero y a partir del 2017 estará a préstamo en el Club Sport Herediano de la Primera División de Costa Rica.

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Tuvo sus inicios en las filiales del Cruz Azul, así como en el Tampico Madero. En el 2008 fue ascendido al primer equipo cementero. Debutó en la Primera División de México el sábado 15 de noviembre de 2008. Aquel día, alternó 11 minutos en la victoria de Cruz Azul por 4-1 sobre Jaguares de Chiapas.

En el Ascenso Mx del apertura 2015 jugó a préstamo en Cafetaleros de Tapachula.

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Futbolistas de Sinaloa
Futbolistas del Cruz Azul Fútbol Club
Futbolistas del Cruz Azul Oaxaca
Futbolistas del Tampico Madero Fútbol Club
Futbolistas del Venados Fútbol Club
Futbolistas del Cruz Azul Hidalgo
Futbolistas del Celaya Fútbol Club en los años 2010
Futbolistas del Club Zacatepec
Futbolistas de los Cafetaleros de Chiapas


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Film Discussion
Please choose two of these four questions to answer and discuss (100 – 150 words each). Mise-en-scene. Consider how the elements of the mise-en-sce?ne of a movie contribute to its meaning. For example, the mise-en-scene in a 4 minute clip of Baz Luhrman's The Great Gatsby – Baz Luhrman's party scene in The Great Gatsby – is given a thorough analysis in this 6.5 minute clip:Great Gatsbyparty scene analysisFor your exercise, watch the following parlor scene in Hitchcock's Psycho in which Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) talk while Marion eats a sandwich. In the scene, they discuss the respective "private traps" in their lives. –> Watch and take notes on how the mise-en-sce?ne elements contribute to this scene's meaning. For instance: in terms of theme: how is the dialogue of entrapment reflected in various elements of the mise-en-sce?ne, including objects in the room and how they work with entrapment? What other elementsreinforce the theme? Hitchcock's Psycho 2. Extended tracking shot. Choose two of the following film clips with an extended tracking shot. Discuss how these shots work to establish or reinforce meaning in the scene. Examples: a. the ending of Truffaut's, The 400 BlowsTruffaut's The 400 Blows b. the Big Wheel scene from Kubrick's, The Shining. Kubrick's The Shining, c. the opening credit sequence from Tarantino's Jackie Brown.Tarantino's Jackie Brown. Film noir contains dark settings, cynicism, and an emphasis on the seamy side of human nature and crime, as well as an alienated and tough protagonist. Watch what is known as the "horse racing" dialogue in Howard Hawks' film, The Big Sleep.The Big Sleep (1946) In The Big Sleep, Humphrey Bogart's hard-boiled hero, Phillip Marlowe, suddenly turns from friendly sexual innuendo to interrogating detective. Locate, describe, and discuss moments in the dialogue that embody the seamy or cynical elements of film noir. Soundtrack. Consider how non-diegetic music contributes to meaning by examining the same music, in this case Barber's Adagio for Strings, in two different films. What kind of effect does the song have in each scene? Compare these two examples a) the ending of David Lynch's The Elephant Man b) during the death of the character Sgt. Elias in Platoon. (warning: gunfight violence, disturbing images) Oliver Stone's Platoon Sent from my iPhoneAttachments areaPreview YouTube video Epic Party – The Great GatsbyEpic Party – The Great GatsbyPreview YouTube video A Boy's Best Friend – Psycho (2/12) Movie CLIP (1960) HDA Boy's Best Friend – Psycho (2/12) Movie CLIP (1960) HDPreview YouTube video The final sequence of "Les Quatre Cents Coups" ("The 400 Blows") 1959 directed by François TruffautThe final sequence of "Les Quatre Cents Coups" ("The 400 Blows") 1959 directed by François TruffautPreview YouTube video "The Shining" – steadishot by Garret Brown"The Shining" – steadishot by Garret BrownPreview YouTube video Jackie Brown introJackie Brown introPreview YouTube video the big sleepthe big sleepPreview YouTube video The Elephant Man – The EndThe Elephant Man – The EndPreview YouTube video Platoon (1986) – The Death of Sgt. Elias Scene (7/10) | MovieclipsPlatoon (1986) – The Death of Sgt. Elias Scene (7/10) | Movieclips


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Mum and Dad have gone home, in fact they are there as I know because I rang them when I got home after going to drop the pump of with the man who I have been told fixes pumps, he wasn't the most charming of people, I had prepared loads of stuff to say to him and he wasn't interested. Your pumps broken ok leave it there, name and number, you can get out by that door.
Moira has also gone, she went to Scotland this morning to sell jewellery. It's just me and the cats.
After a long weekend of doing hardly anything how comes I'm exhausted. Mum and Dad arrived last Wednesday. Thursday we went to eat at Chez Luisette after I had met up with Joanna to do my intercambio with her mum and dad came along while we were speaking English.
Friday I wasn't working we went shopping in the morning and in the afternoon Dad and I went to trim a hedge, we stayed in to eat that evening.
Saturday we had to get up early to set up a stall of Moira's jewellery in the village sherry and doughnut fair, a great day to spend a sunny day watching people go by, chatting to people we knew and every now and then selling some jewellery. Natalie and Andy arrived mid day. That night we went to eat at Can Battle, the first time this year, it hasn't changed.
Sunday was Natalie's and Moira's birthday party, Tina and John where here from France, Sonya and Max and the girls came as well. Irena as well as usual on form, great fun and the bad weather held of.
Monday another day off, we went to Empuria Brava to go on a boat round the canals then to eat in the Italian. We seemed to do a lot of eating this weekend. We ate left overs for the evening.
Tuesday back to work, but Mum and Dad wanted to take s out for a meal, old faithful, the pizza in Roses.
It was Moira's birthday on Monday and to celebrate we went to the Indian in Figueres, mainly because Moira loves Indian food and also because all the other restaurants she wanted to go to were closed, Monday night off season, not a good night to find a restaurant.
Friday night we went to Pepesthis time with Irena, Ian, Diane,Cerrie and Sonny. Diane and Ian were here for a couple of days to sort out something in their house. Great night especially as lasagne was back on the menu.
Sunday I worked, as I didn't have time on Saturday, while Moira had a Her jewellery stall in Pau Jonathan was in France for the weekend and came down to see us, he arrived, wen the market finished Moira packed up and we went to Roses for tapas, lovely afternoon sitting outside enjoying the old fashioned ambiance of Roses seafront.
It rained this morning the first time for ages after days of Traumontana.
the weekend went well. Friday night was the usual at Pepes. Pepe hadn't made his lasagne without lasagne so I went back to the old faithful salad and patatas bravas. Sonny was on good form as usual.
Saturday we went to the market quickly, I went of to buy Nats and Moira's birthday presents while Moira got stuff in the figueres supermarket. That afternoon I worked a few hours, which payed for the pizza we had in the bar that night, we hadn't been in the bar for ages, it was nice for a change, the shepherd came in with fresh goats milk from his goats that graze in fields around us. We were allowed to taste it, it was a lot nicer then I had imagined.
Sunday we went to Bascara with Cerrie and Sonny as Sonya was selling her fairies at the Bascara tortelle fair, it was a lovely day, the fair was packed with stalls and people looking at the stalls.we had a bit to eat and a bit of a walk, a chat to Sonya, her friends, Moira and Cerrie made something out of wool and sticks, just enjoyed a sunny day at a slowish pace.
I would say that today without a shadow of a doubt has been the coldest day of this wínter, due mainly to the Traumontana. I didnt take my coat of until mid day, that never happens.
Saturday Moira and I painted a bedroom for the people that we worked for a couple of weeks ago, money for the next time we go to the Italian in Empuriabrava. Then in the afternoon i pruned some trees for one of my regular clients, Saturday was a good day for making money. That night we broke all the rules and went out for a drink at Chez Luisette as we had some money in our pockets. As well as some wine, i bought my self a wooly hat hand made by a lady in Rabos. Her and her partner go to Chez luisette often, she is 64 and he is most probably younger then me, not that that matters they both seem to be happy.
Sunday we went to Cadaques to do a bit of the Cami de Ronda that we hadnt done before. Really interesting, no idea why we hadnt been there before, the Palm weevil has made it to Cadaques, how did it do that?
Its. Tuesday, also the third day of serious Traumontana. It doesnt keep me awake as much as it used to, been living here to long.
Friday night was spent at Pepes with Ingar, Irena, Cerrie and Sonny. Irena is still on her diet so she went home early but not too early, we staggered home with Ingar.
Saturday and it rained, they said it wouldand this time they were right, it did rain in the morning. It didnt stop me doing some work but it saved me from having to climb and prune a huge tree. The afternoon, after doing some shopping was spent giving the garage a well needed spring clean.
Sunday and it had rained all night and starting to be windy. Moira fancied a walk from Llança to Port de las selvas light house along the cami de Ronda, usually a lovely walk when its not blowing a gale and at times raining. We got to the light house and had a beer sheltered from the wind. All said and done regardless of the weather it was nice walk.