When practicing taiji and qigong, we are often conscious of the forwards/backwards and the left/right of the movements, but it's easy to forget the crown to feet expansion/contraction.
When doing Tai Chi & Qigong, it's important to keep that structural line intact.
By this I mean that any forces that the spine is dealing with are evenly spread over its length; i.e. no part of the spine is taking more force than any other part. (I do not mean that the spine has to be vertical).
It's important to keep the spine intact/connected at all times; but we usually don't.
If you bend a stick, the stress is distributed over the length of the stick. In other words, each part of the length of the stick supports the other parts.
Most people's postures don't reflect this, we do things both with our necks and with our hips that make the spread of force through our spines very uneven.
When working correctly though, it's yet another example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts; all of our body-systems work much better when the individual parts (in this instance the muscles on either side of the spine) work as a collective.
The majority of tai chi forms begin with the hands lifting and lowering.
When lifting a heavy object, your feet naturally press downwards as you raise your arms (gravity/weight of object), and as you lift the object, your intention is to rise, so you think your head upwards. In other words, you automatically lengthen your back (unless you're lifting the 'wrong' way and lifting from the lower or middle back – an example of spinal disconnection).
'Raise hands' at the start of a tai chi form.
Your arms together weight somewhere between 16-20lbs (roughly 7-9kg), so if you feel their weight as you lift them, you'll also be pressing your feet into the ground.
Not only that, if you try to gauge the weight of your arms, you have to relax your shoulders (it's almost as though you have to isolate the arms, in order to feel their independent weight), and by doing so this helps to sink the body mass further.
The problem for many people who don't do this is that they end up raising their whole body and become ungrounded (shoulders rise, neck tenses, and hips tighten, head actually compresses); it's almost as though they are trying to lift themselves off the floor.
When lowering the arms and bending the knees in tai chi, (even when sitting on to a chair), people make themselves a dead weight at the expense of their necks and spines; in other words, they feel as though their heads (and necks) are also sinking. This means that the vertical expansion of the spine (Peng) is lost; the upper part of the body collapses into the lower part. In effect, the body has 'sagged'.
The body ceases to have spring, and becomes soggy; it's rather like attempting to bounce some putty or a bean bag off the floor; neither object bounces but instead collapses or squashes into the floor.
So, as you sit down, go with gravity, and feel the body's mass dropping. Feel the weight of the pelvis and let it 'hang', let the shoulders fall, and feel the weight of your arms, but as you do so, try softening the back of your neck from a point between your shoulder blades and up into your occiput (the hollow at the back of your head where the neck enters), through the base of your skull and to the crown of your head.
Don't stretch though; doing it correctly is an UN-doing, not a DOing.
For those of you who find balance difficult, you might find that the above helps, but it takes practise as it involves a change of mindset.
This spinal line is very much a physical sense of connectivity within you; there is an actual feeling of a solid line running through the body from top to bottom, as though it were a part of you.
You don't have to do Tai Chi or Qigong to practise this, you can do it at any time, even when lying in bed.
This entry was posted in balance, qigong, tai chi, taiji, Uncategorized and tagged balance, crown of head, james drewe, occiput, peng, posture, qi, qigong, raise hands, relaxation, sinking, spine, tai chi, taiji on Jun 30, 2018 by Taiji.co.uk - James Drewe Taiji & Qigong.
Balance – Walking the Tightrope.
"An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady".
Some can, some sometimes can, and some find it almost impossible. Why can some people balance and others not?
According to The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi, balance problems rely on four body systems working together: 1) musculoskeletal (muscle strength, flexibility), 2) sensory (eyes, pressure sensors in the skin, muscles, and joints, and the vestibular system in the inner ear), 3) neuromuscular (muscle groups functioning cohesively), and 4) cognitive (fear of e.g. falling, and postural awareness whilst multitasking) .
Over 25+ years of teaching tai chi, I have thought a great deal about balance, had numerous discussions with osteopaths, Alexander teachers, dancers (both ballet and contemporary), and yoga teachers, and have had to deal with my own balance issues.
I've noticed that some days are definitely better than others, that the body sometimes balances better on one side than on the other – but that this can change, and that being aware of certain postural habits, and really understanding how to correct them, can make a huge difference.
Currently, I think that tension is the main culprit; this could be in the form of muscular inflexibility (on a cellular level) as well as stress, (mental tension and therefore also an inflexibility).
Both of these amount to being ungrounded; the muscular meaning that your body locks up and is unable to settle like silt in a pond, and the mental meaning that your energy is up in the head. In the first case your energy is locked in the middle of the body, and in the second it's locked in the top of the body.
If we were to go along the path of least resistance, I guess we would just be piles of flesh and bones on the ground, and gravity would have won. In a sense, we fight our natural inclination to be on the floor, (perhaps that's why going to bed is so nice!); we have definitely "taken the weight off our feet".
But we don't collapse on the floor, and therefore the body spends it's entire upright existence sensing or 'reading' gravity.
What this means is that, without being aware of it, the body constantly tries to find the position that requires the least energy to stay upright. For example, when your body bends forward, the back muscles have to become more active to stop your body from bending forward any further, and therefore more energy is used. We are permanently fighting gravity, but we look for the path of least resistance.
When 'reading gravity' goes wrong.
As we grow older, our muscles and tendons lose flexibility, our nervous system doesn't function so efficiently (see below), and our ability to adapt to our environment alters. We might still be able to 'read' gravity, but sometimes are unable to adapt fast enough.
Below are 8 factors that I've noticed affect balance. Below that is a brief description of each of those factors. It's not necessary to read the lot! If one of them appeals, it might be the one that's relevant to you, but then again it might not be; I'm quite sure that I haven't got all the problems down on paper!
1. Tension in the hips (pelvis, sacroiliac joints, iliofemoral joints).
2. Tension and relaxation in the body generally.
3. Deterioration of the spinal column, particularly in the neck (cervical vertebrae) – common as we age.
4. 'Over-connection' between the upper and lower body.
5. Weakness in the leg muscles.
6. Weakness in the muscles supporting the spine (erector spinae).
8. Concern about falling causes the qi to rise.
1. Tension in the pelvis, sacroiliac joints, iliofemoral joints.
The flexibility of the spine allows for balance and counter-balance to take place. As both the spine and legs attach to the pelvis, the pelvis therefore becomes the pivotal point for the vertical body; if the pivot is frozen, balance and counter-balance are compromised.
In addition, when the pelvis locks, it affects the flexibility of both the knees and ankles.
Good body tone allows freedom of muscular movement. Stress and tension cause the body to try to 'hold' itself in position.
When the muscles are well toned and stretched, when there is elasticity in the tendons and ligaments, the counter-balancing system of the body works efficiently.
Because the body automatically counter-balances itself, when there is tension in one part, another part will adjust. The classic example of this is that, if you damage your lower back, you'll often discover that your neck becomes sore a couple of days later… the top and the bottom 'rearrange' themselves.
Most often due to bad posture for any number of reasons, but nowadays frequently because of the time spent on screens, the cervical vertebrae wear more than the other vertebrae.
As a result, the motor messages from feet to head are compromised resulting in a fractional increase in time when the body tries to adjust itself.
4. Over-connection between the upper and lower body.
This is when the person's waist no longer functions actively either for horizontal turning (turn your chest to left or right without your hips moving at all), or for flexing (bend down and touch your toes without involving your stomach!).
Therefore from the chest to the pelvis becomes an inflexible mass with head and legs sticking out (the potato man).
I'm not necessarily talking about overweight people; most people have inflexible waists due to lack of exercise.
As a result of this inflexibility, compensations of balance are less subtle, and double compensations – when you have to compensate twice in rapid succession, are impossible.
Because the muscles are weak, the body 'borrows' other muscles to do the job that the leg muscles should really be doing. In the Alexander Technique this is called 'recruiting'.
In effect this locks the body's balancing mechanism, rather like rust getting into the one part of an analogue clock's mechanics and affecting the whole clock.
The same principle as above.
How the pelvis is held affects balance.
In a way this is an add-on to '5' above. When there is a problem lifting the knee (weak quadriceps and psoas muscles), the person will destabilise the pelvis by lifting it on the same side as the knee that they're trying to raise. (I'm not referring to what is often called a 'pelvic tilt'; I'm referring to a left/right imbalance).
This creates such a major disturbance in the balance of the rest of the body that the body finds it difficult to compensate; it's almost as though the maths of trying to juggle the balance equation is too much for it. This is hardly surprising as putting the pelvis out of kilter is upsetting the very core of the balancing unit.
I have noticed, particularly when teaching older people who perhaps have had a fall, that they often spend a lot of energy trying to 'lift themselves off the ground', as though they are hoping that lifting their shoulders and chests – almost trying to float – will save their falling.
The result is to make matters worse; in effect they become top heavy.
I know that, from the weight point of view, this is illogical… After all, the person weighs the same whether he/she thinks up or down.
But in fact, if you try to 1) lift someone up who is thinking about the sky, and then 2) lift them up when they're 'playing dead', thinking of their feet, thinking 'through the floor', or pretending they're 'asleep on their feet', the difference is obvious.
But the other point is that, when our centre of gravity is lower, we are less likely to fall; you only have to think about that children's toy – the impossible-to-knock-over wobbly man/woman with a rounded base coming to a smaller rounded head at the top – to know that this is true.
Other reasons for difficulty in balance.
There are other medical reasons for balance problems, such as inner ear problems, vertigo, eye problems, numbness in feet and legs, arthritis, heart and blood circulation problems, stroke, low blood pressure, diseases of the nervous system, and certain medicines (in particular ototoxic drugs that damage the inner ear).
This entry was posted in alexander technique, balance, posture, qigong, tai chi, taiji and tagged balance, gravity, grounding, james drewe, pelvis, qigong, relaxation, sinking, tai chi, taiji, taijiquan on Mar 25, 2018 by Taiji.co.uk - James Drewe Taiji & Qigong.


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Venezuela: Maduro calls on army to be "ready" in case of US attack
May 5, 2019 May 5, 2019 Written by AbdeslamLeave a Comment on Venezuela: Maduro calls on army to be "ready" in case of US attack
Supporters of the Venezuelan opponent Juan Guaido headed Saturday "in peace" but in small numbers, to the barracks to urge once again the army to release Nicolas Maduro, the president who called the troops to be "ready" in case of American attack.
"The goal is to carry our message without falling into confrontation or provocation," Juan Guaido wrote on Twitter.
And the opposition leader called on the Venezuelans to hand over a leaflet to the soldiers urging them to turn their backs on Nicolas Maduro, four days after trying unsuccessfully to provoke a military uprising.
The increasingly pressing calls of the opponent to the army are explained by the weight of this institution in the balance of power. It holds the oil sector, the economic heart of the country, and several ministries.
So far, the staff has remained faithful to Nicolas Maduro, who has been to two bases since Thursday morning to ensure the loyalty of troops to him.
Saturday at midday, Juan Guaido had not appeared in public and the mobilization around his initiative was relatively weak in front of the four barracks of Caracas where the opponents were gathered, according to journalists of AFP.
The surrounding areas were mostly guarded by the police and the Bolivarian National Guard, a militarized body, which prevented demonstrators from approaching and handing over leaflets to the military.
The opponents of Nicolas Maduro read, for some megaphone, the text that invites the military to "put themselves (…) on the side of peaceful transition".
"More soldiers" –
"We are asking the military to help end the usurpation and join the people," 53-year-old Dina Alonso told AFP, posted near the National Guard headquarters.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Juan Guaido seems to have admitted to having presumed his chances during the military uprising. "We still need more soldiers to support him, to support the constitution," he said.
For Juan Guaido and his supporters, the Venezuelan president is a "usurper" who keeps on the basis of the results of the "fraudulent" presidential election of last year. Juan Guaido proclaimed himself acting president on January 23 and is recognized as such by some fifty countries including the United States.
His call for an uprising on Tuesday sparked massive protests amidst violent clashes. At least four people died and 200 others were injured, according to Amnesty International, during the clashes.
The Socialist president on Saturday called on the army to be "ready" for the possibility of an attack by the "North American empire" during the inspection of a base in the state of Cojedes , in the north-west of the country.
Seven soldiers who took off from Caracas on Saturday for this base were killed in the crash of their helicopter. An "incident" that the president regretted on Twitter.
As early as Tuesday, the socialist president had launched a hunt for "traitors" and claimed to have foiled a "putschist skirmish" undertaken by the small group of rebel soldiers to join Juan Guaido.
Some 25 rebel soldiers then sought asylum at the embassies of Brazil and Panama, and Leopoldo Lopez, one of the opposition figures, fled to Spain.
Washington tries at all costs to push Nicolas Maduro to the exit for the benefit of Juan Guaido. On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that "military intervention is possible (in Venezuela, ed.) If necessary, that's what the United States will do."
Conciliatory tone of Trump –
And in a video message to Venezuelans on Saturday, he said "the moment of transition has come".
For his part, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Twitter that Cuba, Nicolas Maduro's closest ally, "will support and contribute to the resolution of disputes through a dialogue respectful of the sovereign equality of states" , without explicitly mentioning Venezuela.
US President Donald Trump, for his part, has, surprisingly, touted a "very positive exchange" with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Venezuela, a file on which the two countries accuse each other of playing a dangerous game.
The tone has been rising for several months between Washington and Moscow, which accuses the United States of trying to organize a "coup" in Venezuela.
Mr Trump has adopted a particularly conciliatory tone towards Moscow, which contrasts with that of its main advisers and the State Department.
"Vladimir Putin is not trying to get involved in Venezuela beyond the fact that he would like to see positive developments," he said from the Oval Office. "We had a very positive conversation," he insisted.
The report of the Kremlin, which insisted that the call had been made at the initiative of Washington, was far removed from the tone of the host of the White House. "Interference in internal affairs, attempts to change by force of power in Caracas undermine prospects for a political settlement of the conflict," warned Moscow.
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In my previous post in the DevExpress VCL TileControl I laid out the basics of getting a Metro-inspired application functional. However, while the result definitely had function, it was a little short on "form".
When using the VCL TileControl, odds are you will also want a Metro-inspired skin for your application. While the ExpressSkins Library does not currently ship with any Metro-inspired skins, the RealtorWorld demo that ships with the DevExpress VCL TileControl includes two such skins: MetroBlack and MetroWhite.
Making use of these skins in your own Metro-inspired VCL application is a cinch.
Next, locate the TdxSkinController component on the Tool Palette and add it to Form1 of the TileControlSample project created in my previous post. You can download the source to that project here.
And that's all it takes to give our sample a dark, Metro-inspired skin.
Replace the reference to MetroBlack.skinres with MetroWhite.skinres in order to use the lighter Metro-inspired skin.
You can download the updated Delphi sample here.
This entry was posted in Developer Express, Development, Embarcadero Delphi on July 18, 2012 by Nathanial Woolls (Nate).


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High tech ski goggles with in built GPS.
No you didn't misread the title.
This pair of badass ski goggles comes with in an in built GPS system that will allow you to see in real time things like the speed at which you are travelleng, the distance that you have travelled, the altitude that you are currently at, the current temperature, your jump times and a whole lot more.
This incredible piece of technology adds a whole new level of fun to skiing and is something that every skiier should experience.
The GPS ski goggles weigh 1 pound and have an integrated rechargable battery and a flexible frame that's both durable and comfortable. The goggles are also fitted with an antifog lens to ensure that your vision always stays clear.
If you're big on skiing then you are going to love these goggles. They take the skiing experience to a whole new high tech level that feels like something out of James Bond and is a hell of a lot of fun.
This really is one very clever device… two thumbs up!


Now that all of our guests have received their wedding invitations I can share them!
Leanne of Quaint Correspondences created them, and I love them so much! Working with Leanne was a blessing. From start to finish she was patient and creative and created the exact invitations we wanted. If you need any invitation or paper design of any sort please be sure to contact her!
*Sorry for the intense blacking out of words.. I didn't want to share to much in this very public forum.
We used very simple colors to keep it classic and formal.. but every color has some sparkle in it! Love that. Also, the invitations were thermographed (is that even a word? I think that's what it is called?)… basically the text is raised, but unlike letterpress you don't see the indentation on the other side. It is also a lot cheaper than letterpress, not that it was cheap. Paper costs a lot more than you think it will!
Why do I share all of this today?
Because PB and my wedding is only 100 days away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful invitations!!! So exciting – 100 day count down will be here before you know it!
Gorgeous!! You gave inspired me to share mine soon!
Awww beautiful sparkly. I also like the phrasing that involves both sets of parents.
I also thought about your pancake dilemma from this morning – maybe add a little bit of milk – it will add some protein and I know when I add milk to oats it fills me even more.
LOVE LOVE these!!!! The paper is beautiful…I love when it has that sheen to it! The save the dates are awesome too!! I wish I found those 🙂 SO exciting…100 days!!!!!
thank you for letting me know.. working on changing the info there right now!
You're welcome. You can never be too careful.
Very pretty! I love that last photo of the two of you, it's so picturesque.
We are inviting, um, 450 guests. We come from huge families and it just kind of happened before we realized it. Insane, I know.. worth it, I think it will be! Our reception is at a hotel so they take care of everything.. if I could start over I would probably do a mansion + catering.. it would have been cheaper + prettier + tastier. Have you checked out weddingbee yet? lots of great ideas.. http://www.weddingbee.com !
What beautiful invitations. Makes me want to marry my husband all over again!! I love how excited you are. You can tell that you have found your soul mate. All the best.
GORGEOUS invites Rhodey Girl!!!!! i am sooo excited for you!
Beautiful invites!! I can't wait for your wedding! You will look stunning!
I love your site! I am a new visitor and have learned a great deal re new and exciting healthy meal ideas. I am in the process of wedding planning – getting married this fall – and would love to see the images of your invitations. However they are not coming up (just see small red x marks). I tried on 2 computers and my iPhone and no luck. Would you mind reposting? Or perhaps sending me an image or two? Thanks!!!
@Isabel, Thank you for your comment. I did try to email you a couple of photos, but the email address is rejecting them. Do you have another address where I can send the files? Also, sorry the photos aren't loading here… I just recently changed servers and am having a few issues.
Sorry about that – I cleaned up the inbox a bit so please give it another try. If that doesn't work I've given you another email address to try. Thanks!


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From Android to automatons: Rubin's robots are Google's next moonshot
Senior Editor, TechHive | PT
Imagine this future: your smartphone chimes, you walk to the door, and touch your Android phone to a small tracked robot that hands you a package. Off it trundles back to a Google self-driving car, and on to the next delivery.
Sound far-fetched? Well, another piece of the puzzle dropped into place on Wednesday, when Google's Andy Rubin revealed that he was heading up Google's nascent robotics department. Speaking to The New York Times, Rubin actually revelaed little, other than that the company has picked up several robotics houses. The idea, however, is that the robotics project is less a "moonshot" than an attempt to achieve something like low earth orbit—a project designed to become a product sooner, rather than later.
As the Times notes, Google's other projects have ranged from the ambitious to the practical. They encompass Project Loon, which aims to float routers on giant balloons to provide Internet access to underserved areas; the self-driving car, which has spurred similar efforts by automakers even if Google doesn't eventually plan its own products; and Google Glass, which is already shipping to early adopters and will become a formal product sometime in 2014.
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"I am excited about Andy Rubin's next project," Larry Page, Google's chief executive, said on his Google+ page. "His last big bet, Android, started off as a crazy idea that ended up putting a supercomputer in hundreds of millions of pockets. It is still very early days for this, but I can't wait to see the progress."
Rubin himself, who only occasionally publicly posts to Google+, didn't offer any further clarifications.
What Google intends to do with the robotics project isn't clear. The Times notes that Google has bought up Schaft, a small team of Japanese roboticists who recently left Tokyo University to develop a humanoid robot, and Industrial Perception, a start-up that has developed computer vision systems and robot arms for loading and unloading trucks.
According to the International Federation of Robotics, robot sales slightly decreased in 2012 by 4 percent, to 159,346 units, the second highest level ever recorded for one year. The decline of robot sales to the electrical electronics industry was the main cause for the slight sales reduction, the IFR said. Between 2014 and 2016, the IFR said that worldwide robot sales will increase by about 6 percent on average per year, to more than 190,000 units.
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Industrial robots at work.
Google could certainly use its robotics expertise to improve the factory floor, where more assembly lines are governed by robots, rather than teams of skilled workers. But Google has traditionally set its sights on individuals first, rather than businesses. (The humanoid robots described at the beginning of the Times story reinforces that notion.)
But Amazon's speculative drone delivery fantasy also suggests that delivery could be a possible target of Google's robotics arm. Google recently launched Google Shopping Express, a same-day delivery service in San Francisco and San Jose that nominally competes with a similar effort by Amazon in Seattle. Google already knows the best path to your door, and it's busy programming cars to negotiate those turns themselves.
In reality, it's probably more feasible to suggest that a fleet of self-driving vans armed with some sort of automated lockbox would be more feasible than dispatching a robot to your front door. But there's another aspect: After Google maps the world's roads, what's next? There's millions of miles of sidewalks and paths for Google's robotic minions to explore. And all it needs are the robotic legs to take them there.
This story, "From Android to automatons: Rubin's robots are Google's next moonshot" was originally published by TechHive.
As PCWorld's senior editor, Mark focuses on Microsoft news and chip technology, among other beats.


Is this Ballarat's ultimate renovator's delight?
The property in Queen Victoria Street Newington will be auctioned on May 4. Picture: Lachlan Bence.
THERE are many tricks of the trade when it comes to selling a property. Cosy is a good term for small, warm probably means no air conditioning, but for this property in Newington, there's only so many ways you can spin it.
Possibly Ballarat's most dilapidated home, a property in Queen Victoria Street has hit the market, and if you're prepared to put in the work - and we mean a LOT of work - it could turn into gold for an investor or a family looking for their new home.
The heritage overlay property, on a 520sq/m block, could be yours for a song with an expected sale price of around $300,000.
Putting it bluntly, it's a renovators delight.
The two bedroom home, which could be upwards of 100 years old still has an old school charm, you just need to look really hard and dig through a lot of garden to find it.
Selling agent Tim Veal said it was understood the property had been vacant for up to three years.
Is this the ultimate renovator's delight?
Is this Ballarat's most dilapidated home?
"The current owners had purchased this with an intention to restore it, they had some building plans approved, but it hasn't matched with their plans and they've decided to move on, which is why it's come back on the market," he said.
"There is a heritage overlay, but you could definitely extend all the way out the back which is ideal on the north-facing block.
"It really does lend itself to someone who wants to restore the home and someone wanting it for their home. The location is outstanding."
Mr Veal said the property, which had only been advertised since last Saturday had already had more than 30 inquiries and at least 20 groups of people going through.
He admitted it was the most dilapidated he had seen in his five years of selling properties in Ballarat.
"This is in the worst state we've had," he said. "But the location is ideal for a home, the elevation of the blocl the north facing backyard, it lends itself to a nice home if you're prepared to put in the work."
He said interest had been from both Melbourne and Ballarat buyers.
"Of the 600 properties we sold last year, 40 per cent would have been to Melbourne folk, with many of them who are now living here," he said.
"You'd probably at least double the price, $650,000-$700,000 with the equivalent land in Melbourne. You go back a number of years and you look at places like Kensington which have really gone ahead with tiny blocks that are nothing compared to this.
"With the infrastructure we have in Ballarat and now with the upgrades to the rail line and connections to the airport, we will become a commuter city. It's a great opportunity."
The property is slated to be auctioned on May 4, however it is also open to private sale before that date.
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All sales cars are hand picked and HPi checked. We service, MOT and fully check sales cars to offer customer peace of mind and confidence in their new purchase.
With over 18 years experience in the motor trade, owner Chris Sterriker has enjoyed a successful career with main dealers including Citroen and Suzuki.
Redgate Garage is fully equipped with an MOT testing station and offers servicing on all makes and models of vehicles. We can also arrange to collect your car.
Engine management, airbag, ABS or other fault light on your dashboard? With our completely up to date diagnostics equipment, we can help find the solution!
Located just off Main Street in Flixton, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Redgate Garage is a local run business offering Car Sales, Servicing and Repairs.
We now offer Air Conditioning Servicing and Re-gas!
Nice clean example of an economical car with bluetooth, front electric windows, air conditioning, DAB digital radio, hill start assist. Sold with 3 months warranty and 12 months MOT. Credit and debit cards accepted.
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Just collected our new car, Toyota Carina Automatic, no more clutch or changing gears thank heavens so it should make my driving less painful. I want to thanks Chris at Redgate Garage, Flixton for his excellent service and for being so helpful. Thank you Chris.


Welcome to the Regent RamShop. We are partnering with Order My Gear and Midwest Sports to offer spirit wear online (items that may be worn on Spirit Dress Day or in public). There will be online Spirit Stores throughout the school year that will be open for a specific period of time with a deadline to order. You will receive an email whenever an online store has been opened. Once the deadline has passed, the items will no longer be available for purchase and that specific online store will be closed. Items purchased through the online stores will be delivered to Regent. You will receive an email from Denise Newton when your Spirit Store/RamShop Order is ready for pick-up.
Please note: There will be other online stores with merchandise made available through Athletics and other departments and pick-up/delivery of those items may vary. Questions should be directed to the appropriate party.
We will continue to have our RamShop on campus, however, the items offered through the online Spirit Store/RamShop may not be available in our campus store. If you are interested in acquiring any online item, please purchase it at the time it is offered, as there is no guarantee that the item may be available in the future.
As in the past, navy sweatshirts with our Regent Crest and navy sweatshirts with "REGENT", as well as, fleece jackets will be available in the campus store. Please review the Student Handbook for specific guidelines concenring the appropriateness of these items in the classroom.
We hope you have an enjoyable shopping experience. If you have any questions regarding the campus RamShop or online Spirit Store, please contact Denise Newton via email at dnewton@rpsok.org.
Please click on the following link to access the Regent RamShop online.
The online store is currently closed.
Tuesday/Thursday/Friday: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.


A The Mayor expects 25 per cent of the heat and power used in London to be generated through the use of localised decentralised energy systems by 2025. In order to achieve this target the Mayor prioritises the development of decentralised heating and cooling networks at the development and area wide levels, including larger scale heat transmission networks.
d require developers to prioritise connection to existing or planned decentralised energy networks where feasible.
5.32 The Mayor supports the greater use of renewable and low carbon generation technologies, and has set a target for London to generate 25 per cent of its heat and power requirements through the use of local, decentralised energy (DE) systems by 2025. DE generates power at point of use, making more efficient use of primary energy by utilising generated heat that would otherwise be wasted in large-scale thermal power generation plants. Supported by planned development, London's future district heating networks will evolve from natural gas CHP to being supplied by energy from waste. Depending on future technologies, the systems could mature into low temperature networks taking advantage of low grade surplus heat, minimising the need for primary energy input. Renewable energy DE opportunities including the use of energy from waste and biomass schemes are also supported. Shifting 25 per cent of London's energy demand to be supplied through decentralised systems could save up to 2.57 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. Greater use of DE will also help London become more self-sufficient and secure in relation to its energy needs.
5.33 London has the potential to increase its DE capacity ten-fold. The Mayor is working to stimulate a major increase in investment in the necessary district energy infrastructure required to maximise the opportunities it can deliver. Map 5.1 shows heat demand density across London, which when used in conjunction with other relevant spatial factors (such as social housing density, major development and regeneration areas) can help identify opportunities for DE networks (see paragraph 5.35).
5.34 Some boroughs have already undertaken technical and financial feasibility work to progress district-wide heat and power schemes, and it is expected all boroughs will actively promote DE in their LDFs. This will enable systematic identification of key opportunities across London for different types of DE systems. The scale of opportunity can vary from CHP systems on specific development sites, through town centre wide district energy projects such as Elephant and Castle and the Olympic Park/Village schemes, to connecting into large scale infrastructure such as the London Thames Gateway Heat Network. This could ultimately extend to 23 kilometres and supply the heat requirements of 120,000 homes and properties, saving approximately 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
5.35 The Mayor has developed an online London Heat Map tool, which will help boroughs and developers identify and develop key DE opportunities. Boroughs and others (including developers) are encouraged to update information to this tool and utilise the heat map to develop more detailed local energy masterplans. The tool continues to be developed and updated as boroughs and others add further information into the map on heat loads, heat supply plants and networks in their areas. The Mayor and London Councils have also developed a comprehensive decentralised energy masterplanning support package, tailored to boroughs' individual requirements and ranging from organisational capacity building to the identification, development and implementation of specific projects.
5.36 Boroughs should work with significant energy users, potential energy providers and Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) to identify and develop DE network opportunities. Where an opportunity for a DE network is taken forward, the borough should connect its own buildings to the network wherever possible and identify potential sites for energy centres on either council owned land or in buildings. The GLA are developing decentralised energy technical specifications and standards in conjunction with the boroughs and other relevant stakeholders to ensure compatibility between decentralised energy networks as they are developed in London. Boroughs are encouraged to make use of these specifications and standards when developing network opportunities in their borough. They may also wish to explore the use of local development orders (LDOs) for implementation purposes. Further information on proposals to support the wider uptake of DE systems in London can be found in the Mayor's Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Strategy.


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Jazz Night with Lauren Armstrong
Jazz Night with Lauren Armstrong: CANCELLED
Sorry this event has been cancelled
Thu 13 May '21, 8:00pm
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VIP Seated with Table: $16.38
G/A: $10.25
On the 2nd Thursday of the month, we bring you a sexy night of Jazz with Lauren Armstrong.
You may know her as Wellington's herbaceous and curvaceous burlesque songstress Whoopsie Daisy, but on Thursday, June 4th, my friends, it's time to get intimate with the woman behind the glitter - it's jazz raconteur & chanteuse herself, Miss Lauren Armstrong. Expect a dazzling set list of everything from jazz standards to gay favourites to risque twists on modern hits (and perhaps even a costume change or two).
Armstrong will be accompanied by two of her favourite's Olivia Campion and Mr Christopher Yeabsley on drumset and electronic organ respectively.
Born and raised in Wellington, Lauren Armstrong's voice is influenced by the style and character of 1920s New Orleans. Having graduated from the New Zealand School of Music (BMus), she performs regularly in Wellington and around New Zealand with vocal group "The Victory Dolls" as well as leading a few of her own ensembles. A Wellington icon in her own right, she regularly works alongside many local luminaries in the New Zealand jazz scene.
Welcome to Burlesque
Monkey House Theatre, Whitianga, The Coromandel
Creative Jazz Club: Duncan Haynes Trio
Anthology Lounge, CBD, Auckland
Loud Lewd Nude: A Naked and Vulnerable Cabaret


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CAPAA Monthly October 2018
By CAPAA|2018-10-30T12:57:11-07:00October 28th, 2018|Events, News|
UPDATE: PUBLIC BOARD MEETING DATE CHANGED TO DECEMBER 8, 2018
The Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs will be convening a public board meeting on December 8, 2018 at the Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) in Tacoma, Washington. The Commission will be introducing our new Executive Director, Toshiko Hasegawa, providing updates on our 2018-2019 Strategic Plan and the 2019 Legislative Session, and hearing from the community.
Community members are invited to attend the public meeting. We will also have time for public comment.
Board Meeting Details
Date & Time: December 8, 2018 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: Asia Pacific Cultural Center
4851 S. Tacoma Way
For more information, contact Sam Le at Sam.Le@capaa.wa.gov or 360.725.5667
Message from Executive Director, Toshiko Grace Hasegawa
Dear Community Partners,
Greetings from my first week as Executive Director of the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs! As Governor Inslee's recent appointee, I am honored to serve the public in this capacity and help address critical issues impacting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across Washington State.
The commissioners and staff were hard at work long before my arrival, and I am fortunate to step into this role while CAPAA stands in a primed position to achieve major new accomplishments. The Commission's 2019-2022 Strategic Plan, which is in the process of being finalized, centers pertinent issues that impact immigrants, refugees, and communities of color who have been historically marginalized. I'm excited to support and expand upon this important work in the years to come. And excitingly, this year, the Commission secured its authority to formally advise the state legislature and support legislative priorities defined by community stakeholders. In the 2019 legislative session, I'll be working closely with the Governor and Commissioners to engage community stakeholders and elected leadership alike to put as much power behind our causes as possible. Indeed, CAPAA is a force to be reckoned with, and together we are ready to step into our new power.
I strive to approach each issue and challenge by applying a lens of equity and social justice. The work we do impacts people in the most personal of ways – sometimes, their very lives are at stake. As a society, we're going to address complex issues by talking about them and proactively working towards solutions. I look forward to listening to your experiences, engaging in meaningful conversations, and building strategies to achieve positive outcomes for our diverse communities statewide.
With that said, I welcome every opportunity to meet with you in community – just get in contact, and we'll make a plan.
My father always taught me, "Solidarity will win us our victories." With the spirit of collaboration and the audacity to lead, I'm certain our diverse communities will champion the political causes we set out to pursue. We are the hope that the world needs. We are the change we wish to see. We are the victorythat we deserve. I look forward to all we'll take on and accomplish – together.
Yours in Service,
Toshiko Grace Hasegawa
toshiko.hasegawa@capaa.wa.gov
COFA Islander Health Care: Open Enrollment
From November 1st through December 15th, the the Compact of Free Association (COFA) Islander Health Care program will be accepting enrollments! Enrollments for the program will be through the Washington Healthplanfinder.
Starting January 1, 2019 the Health Care Authority (HCA) will pay the monthly premiums and out-of-pocket expenses for silver level qualified health plans for eligible COFA islanders.
COFA Islanders include people from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated State of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
How to apply for coverage
Online: Go to Washington Healthplanfinder and select the& Apply Now button under Washington Apple Health.
Phone: Call the Washington Healthplanfinder Customer Support Center at 1-855-923-4633.
Paper: Submit an application for health care coverage.
In-person: Find a local resource who, at no additional cost, can help you apply for health coverage at Health Benefit Exchange Navigator.
When you're ready to apply, you'll need this information:
Your household monthly income.
The Social Security numbers and dates of birth for each member of your household.
Your immigration information.
2018 People of Color Legislative Summit
The Senate Members of Color Caucus is hosting the first-ever Washington State PoC Legislative Summit: A multicultural gathering of leaders serving communities of color statewide, convening to identify shared legislative priorities between separate community of color across Washington.
The goal of the Summit is to achieve a unified POC community driven legislative agenda that all communities of color will collectively support. (This is not meant to pre-empt any individual community's legislative priorities.)
This is a statewide summit with eight separate meeting "rooms" sited at college campuses around the state, joined together using modern video conferencing technology (i.e. a "Zoom" session). Each site will have a lead facilitator and staff to provide support and ensure a productive conference.
This event is free and open to the public to attend. Coffee, tea and water will be provided. All locations have parking and are ADA accessible. Childcare and language translation services will be available at locations with advance request. Advance registration is required by November 1.
Email: Sam Cho at Sam.Cho@leg.wa.gov to register.
When you register, please provide the following information:
a) Your name
b) Your organizational affiliation
c) Which location above you'll participate at
d) Your organization's legislative priorities (if already developed)
e) Whether you'll need childcare and/or translation services (if so, name your language request)
2020 Census Opportunities
The US Census Bureau has re-advertised and extended the deadline for these two Partnership Specialists for Tagalog and Vietnamese in King County.
Additionally, the US Census Bureau is taking applications for a Census Field Manager in the Seattle area.
Partnership Specialist (Tagalog), King County
Deadline for Application: October 30, 2018
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/511103600
RCC2020LA-2018-0259 (External)
Partnership Specialist (Vietnamese), King County
Census Field Manager, Seattle, WA
Deadline for Application: November 1, 2018
RCC2020LA-2018-0308
Community Resources & Opportunities
2018 Rising SEAs Conference is on November 17, 2018 hosted by the Southeast Asian American Education Coalition. For more information, visit here.
The Governor's Office is currently seeking applicants to serve on various boards and commissions. View the current and upcoming gubernatorial appointment opportunities.
Looking for employment opportunities? Visit CAPAA's Jobs Resource Page.
Looking for community resources? View CAPAA's Resource Directory.
Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA)
CAPAA was established by the Legislature in 1974 to improve the well-being of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) by ensuring their access to participation in the fields of government, business, education, and other areas. It has a board made up of 12-governor appointed members that represent the diverse APA communities of Washington State.


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Cade Tompkins Projects
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Dean Richardson
American, 1931-2020
Dean Richardson American, 1931-2020
Camp on the Missouri, c. 1990
Tyger, 2011
Western Landscape with Horseman, 2002
Baseball Series: Musial, 1995
Baseball Series: Wahoo Sam Crawford, Detroit Tigers 1909, 1995
Chico in the Forest, 1995
Shaman, 1995
Baseball Series: Relay, 1993
Chief Gall, 1991
Baseball Series: Hack Wilson, 1990
Crazy Horse Disappearing 2, 1989
High Back Canoe, 1989
John Chapman in Ohio, 1987
Self Portrait of the Artist, 1960
Dean Richardson studied at prestigious institutions including the Newark Academy of Fine Arts, Newark, New Jersey; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Brooklyn Museum School, Brooklyn, NY; and Hochschule fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany. Exhibitions of his work have been shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; The Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI; and the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA. Throughout his career he received a Max Beckman Memorial Scholarship to the Brooklyn Museum School (1956-57); a Fulbright Scholarship, Berlin, Germany (1957-58); a Guggenheim Fellowship (1962); and a Mellon Grant (1986).
Notable collections include the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Fuller Craft Museum (formerly Brockton Art Museum), Brockton, MA; the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, NY; and the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME; among others.
Copyright © 2021 Cade Tompkins Projects
by appointment: 198 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02906 cade@cadetompkinsprojects.com


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Q: Use Post Method to send XML Parameter I wonder if somebody could help me out with this - I have been trying for a few hours and no joy. When this is submitted I get an error message that says "Use POST method to send XML paramater". I thought I was doing this but obviously not. Any pointers are much appreciated. Obviously the Username, Password and URL are different on the live version
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Ronald N. Snow, from Royal Oak Michigan, comes from a long lineage of decoy carvers. His grandfather, Bert Snow, only carved about a dozen decoys and the only remaining example is now in Ronald's personal collection. His father Walter, whose work is highly collectable, was an avid decoy maker who began in the early 1950's under the guidance of renown Mid-Western decoy maker Ben Schmidt (1884-1968). Today Ben's work is in the permanent collection of the Ward Museum of Waterfowl Art in Salisbury, Maryland.
By the age of 11 Ronald was hunting and it was then that his interest in decoys began to grow. At the age of 16, he began carving decoys with his father and his fathers brother Bob. By this time Walt was teaching decoy making at several adult education classes around Royal Oak and after a stint in the Navy Ronald began producing decoys regularly in 1969. Upon his return from the navy his father and he built a classroom and assisted his father with decoy making classes in the basement of their home. Also at this time Ronald's brother Bob had also began carving. As their reputation continued to grow soon they were teaching classes 4 nights per week. Walt taught two as Ronald and Doug each taught one.
In the early 70's Ronald began altering patterns and began creating new patterns of his own designs. In 1977 Robert sent one of his decoys, a Ringneck Drake, to the Ward World Championships in Ocean City Maryland. Much to his surprise that decoy was added to the permanent collection of the Ward Museum of Waterfowl Art. An accomplishment reserved for only the best examples of decoys from around the world.
Then by the early 80's things began to change as Ronald explains "By the early 80s, the interest in making working decoys had waned greatly and almost everyone wanted to make decorative's, which I wasn't qualified to teach. About the same time I was unemployed as was my brother, Doug. So decided to do what we knew best. We went into the decoy business. We made both wood and cork decoys for a couple of big catalog houses for the next couple of years as well as continuing to cut and supply head and body blanks to a large list of customers. This was the core of the business for that period. In 83 both my brother and I found full time regular employment and returned to making decoys for our own use as well as for other hunters or collectors who were eager to buy the decoys we made." Ronald stopped carving for competition about the same time as the rules became too complicated with self-righting requirements and such. By this time he was producing and selling decoys which kept him busy as well as says was reformation that his the birds that he had designed and made were where he wanted to place his efforts.
For additional information about Ronald, his family or his decoys simply click the below link and send him an email!


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Q: EC2 instance stops working after running supervisorctl update command laravel So I just faced this issue second time. First time I stopped that instance and created a new one as I coudn't resove it but happend the same in the second instance.
I was working on the Laravel queue and had to make the jobs run automatically so as per their document below I followed the steps.
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/queues#supervisor-configuration
As soon as I run the "sudo supervisorctl update" command the whole instance stops working. SSH is also stop working so not sure how to resolve this issue.
The installation of supervisor and adding the laravel-worker.conf file works fine. Also the "sudo supervisorctl reread" works fine but as soon I run the update command, the whole instance stops working.
Please help.
updaing the Laravel-worker
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numprocs=8
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And Leo closed the door in Michael Bayning's astonished face.
Poppy stared at her brother desperately. "Do you think Michael had anything to do with Harry's disappearance?"
"No." Leo reached up to signal the driver. "He's not in a condition to plot anything other than where he's going to find his next drink. I think he's essentially a decent lad, drowning in self-pity." Seeing her distraught expression, he took her hand and squeezed it comfortingly. "Let's go back to the hotel. Perhaps there'll be some word about Harry."
She was silent and bleak, her thoughts taking the shape of nightmares.
As the carriage jounced along the street, Leo sought for a remark to distract her. "The interior of Marlow's wasn't nearly as pleasant as I'd expected. Oh, there was quite bit of mahogany paneling and nice carpeting, but the air was difficult to breathe."
"Why?" Poppy asked glumly. "Was it filled with cigar smoke?"
"No," he said. "Smugness."
By morning, half of London was indeed looking for Harry. Poppy had spent a sleepless night waiting for news of her husband, while Leo and Jake Valentine had been out searching gentlemen's clubs, taverns, and gaming halls. Although Poppy was frustrated by her own enforced inactivity, she knew that everything possible was being done. The cracksman, Mr. Edgar, had promised to use his network of thieves to find any possible scrap of information about Harry's disappearance.
Special Constable Hembrey, for his part, had been exceedingly busy. Sir Gerald at the War Office had confirmed that Edward Kinloch had threatened Harry during their meeting. Subsequently, Hembrey had procured a search warrant from one of the Bow Street magistrates, and had questioned Kinloch early in the morning. However, a thorough search of Kinloch's residence had revealed no trace of Harry.
The Home Secretary, who was the acting head of the Metropolitan Police Force, had directed his Criminal Investigation Unit—comprised of two inspectors and four sergeants—to apply their skills to the case. They were all engaged in questioning various individuals, including employees at the fencing club and some of Edward Kinloch's servants.
"It's as if he's disappeared into thin air," Jake Valentine said wearily, lowering himself into a chair in the Rutledge apartment, taking a cup of tea from Poppy. He gave her a haggard glance. "Are there any problems with the hotel? I haven't seen the managers' reports—"
"I went over them this morning," Poppy said scratchily, understanding that Harry would want his business to continue as usual. "It gave me something to do. There are no problems with the hotel." She rubbed her face with both hands. "No problems," she repeated bleakly, "except that Harry is missing."
"He'll be found," Valentine said. "Soon. There's no way he can not be found."
Their conversation was interrupted as Leo entered the apartment. "Don't get comfortable, Valentine," he said. "Bow Street has just sent word that they have at least three men claiming to be Harry Rutledge, along with their 'rescuers.' It's assumed they're all impostors, but I thought we'd go have a look at them in any case. Perhaps we'll find a chance to talk with Special Constable Hembrey, if he's there."
"I'm going, too," Poppy said.
Leo gave her a dark look. "You wouldn't ask to go if you knew what kind of riffraff parades through that office every day."
"I'm not asking," Poppy said. "I'm telling you that you're not going without me."
Leo contemplated her for a moment, and sighed. "Fetch your cloak."
The Bow Street court was universally regarded as the foremost London magistrates' court, where the most publicized criminal cases were investigated and prosecuted. The Metropolitan Police Act had been passed more than twenty years earlier, resulting in the formation of what was still called the "New Police."
However, there still remained a few law enforcement establishments outside the Home Secretary's direct control, and Bow Street was one of them. Its mounted patrol and half-dozen Runners were answerable only to the Bow Street magistrates. Oddly, the Bow Street enforcement office had never been given a statutory basis for its authority. But that didn't seem to matter to anyone. When results were needed, one went to Bow Street.
The two buildings that comprised the court and office, nos. 3 and 4, were plain and unassuming, giving little hint as to the power that was wielded inside.
Poppy approached Bow Street with Leo and Valentine, her eyes widening as she saw throngs of people milling around the building and along the street. "Don't speak to anyone," Leo told her, "don't stand close to anyone, and if you hear, smell, or see something offensive, don't say you weren't warned."
As they entered no. 3, they were surrounded by the mingled smells of bodies, sweat, brass polish, and plaster. A narrow hallway led to various holding rooms, charge rooms, and offices. Every inch of the hallway was occupied with jostling bodies, the air thick with exclamations and complaints.
"Hembrey," Jake Valentine called out, and a lean man with close-cropped gray hair turned toward him. The man possessed a long, narrow face and intelligent dark eyes. "He's the Special Constable," Valentine told Poppy as the man made his way toward them.
"Mr. Valentine," Hembrey said, "I've just arrived to discover this lunatic gathering."
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The Songsters are our senior choir who represent the good news of the gospel of Christ through their music and singing. They sing regularly in our Worship Services and practise each week.
To join, you are required to be a regular attender at The Salvation Army, all are welcome to attend practices.


Character » Joseph appears in 355 issues.
Joseph was a younger clone of Magneto, created by Astra. He sacrificed himself to repair Earth's magnetosphere, which had been altered by Magneto. He has recently returned to cause trouble for the redemptive Magneto.
. She restored his memories (by an unknown method), and created Joseph from his DNA with the important alterations of correcting the instabilities in Magneto's nervous system that caused him to go mad when he wielded too much power. Astra also removed Joseph's instinct for self-preservation, thus making Joseph far more reckless and powerful than his unwitting progenitor.
and once alone he knocked Joseph on the back of the head with an engine block at 500 mph and escaped. Joseph fell into the jungles of South America with no memory of who or what he was.
Joseph was created by Scott Lobdell, Andy Kubert and Joe Madureira and first appeared in a cameo in X-Men Vol.1 issue 46 (1995) before appearing fully a month later in Uncanny X-men Issue 327. However until the revelation of him being a clone of the original magneto by Alan Davis in he was believed to be the original Magneto made in some way amnesic and younger.
Joseph was found, unconscious and sick with fever, by small children who belonged to the Holy Sepulcher Orphanage in Guatemala. Sister Maria de la Joya of the orphanage nursed him back to health, but he proved to have no memory of his past. One of the orphans who had found him, Migdalia, gave him the name Joseph. Over the following months Joseph displayed the superhuman ability to manipulate magnetic forces. Sister Maria suspected he might be the mutant terrorist Magneto, despite the fact that Joseph seemed to be in his twenties making him younger than Magneto had been when he recently vanished. However, given Joseph's good nature, she was willing to give him a second chance in life.
At one point criminals from the local drug cartel captured Sister Maria and the children in order to force Joseph to aid them in fighting law enforcement agencies. In rescuing the hostages, Joseph slaughtered their captors. The children, who had grown to love Joseph, were horrified, and he knew he had to leave. Sister Maria told him about the team of mutant adventurers called the X-Men, suggesting that they could help him. Joseph left to seek them out.
Before contacting the X-Men, Joseph infiltrated a paramilitary anti-mutant group called "Humanity's Last Stand". When the group captured Rogue, Joseph helped free her. Rogue was reluctant to reveal to Joseph who she thought he was, and the two traveled onto. They arrived just as Onslaught was attacking the city, and helped fight it. In the course of the battle, Joseph encountered Magneto's children: Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Both of them were shocked my their father's apparent transformation and his gentle and generous nature. When Onslaught was defeated, with the apparent sacrifice of the Scarlet Witch among many other heroes, Joseph remained with the X-Men.
The X-Men believed Joseph to be an amnesiac Magneto, but nonetheless allowed him to join their team, only revealing to him that Magneto had been an evil criminal madman (they neglected to mention the time Magneto spent with the X-Men and New Mutants to him).
A subsequent encounter with the Acolytes convinced him that he had indeed been Magneto, though Joseph gained a greater understanding of the events that shaped the mutant terrorist. At one point, Joseph began experiencing Magneto's memories, which greatly worried the team members around him but Jospeh was a loyal member of the team saving their lives on several opportunities. Despite her constant wavering between Joseph and Gambit, and repeated failure to live up to her promises to talk to Joseph about "the man he once was", Joseph fell in love with Rogue. However, she eventually chose Gambit, leaving Joseph at loose ends still questioning who and what he was.
He accepted an offer from Sabra to uncover the truth, and in scientific testing revealed that Joseph was not Magneto, but a "copy": A clone that had been genetically altered. Joseph was subsequently kidnapped from the Israeli base where he was being tested, by his creator Astra. Astra revealed that she was a former associate of Magneto's that had parted ways with him over his idealism prior to the Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants going public. She then revealed to him is origins.
He was then mind controlled by sabra into attacking Magneto in cruel revenge and after she let loose the energies he had sought to control, Joseph and Magneto faced off again. This time the world was in peril and Joseph stepped up as the only X-Man present who had a chance of saving them. With Astra removed from the scene and Magneto battling the X-Men, he took control of Earth's magnetic energy and carefully re-released it into the atmosphere. Tragically, in the process of saving the world, his cloned DNA 'burnt out' and he rapidly aged to the point of an old man, surpassing Magneto's own age. With his dying breath, he thanked Charles Xavier for all he had taught him and, using the last of his power he destroyed Magneto's machine, and became one with Earth's magnetosphere.
His most notable posthumous appearance to date has been his funeral, which was held at the Xavier Institute, with Professor Xavier giving a speech on how his death allowed their dream of peaceful co-existence with mankind to live on. He has also appeared in a series of Rogue's flashbacks that reflected on those who had been able to touch her (without being subject to her power siphoning abilities).
Joseph returns at an anti-mutant rally killing all present and framing Magneto. It is revealed that Joseph is the true perpetrator of the crime when Erik asks Emma for help going into his mind through the "magnetosphere" (similar to cerebra but using electromagnetic impulses to make a map of people with his abilities). In his mind he finds that Joseph has returned, and he's "not alone".
It was revealed that Astra had reconstituted Joseph after his "death", captured him and reimplanted the copy of Magneto's mind she had originally implanted within him, causing him to think like the former villainous Magneto. During a confrontation with Joseph and his cloned versions of the Brotherhood, Magneto was able to defeat his duplicate, and Joseph was taken into SHIELD custody.
See Magneto for a run down of his powers. Joseph has less skill and finesse as his counterpart though he has more raw power.
On an uncatalogued alternate world he was a member of the X-Men who condemned Gambit to death.


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Audio Drama Review: Doctor Who – The Emerald Tiger
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"I really must have a word with the Brigadier about your education. There seems to have been very little emphasis placed on sport and altogether too much prominence given to sarcasm."
As we eagerly await the next round of releases from the fine folks at Big Finish, the reader is invited to join us as we indulge in a bit of catch up on some worthy releases of recent vintage, still available for download or CD purchase at their rather comprehensive homepage.
Today, we'll jump back a year or two for release #159 in the main monthly Doctor Who range, the "full Tardis" adventure The Emerald Tiger.
The most important revelation the tale provides us occurs fairly early on in the proceedings, in fact shortly after the Tardis arrives in Jazz Age Calcutta. Forget anything else you've heard or seen about his respective qualities, because this is the adventure where we learn that the Doctor is cheap!
When Turlough dons a three piece suit which the ladies compliment him on, we get this exchange:
Tegan – "…It makes you look more…mature."
Turlough – "Is that a good thing?"
The Doctor – "Not as far as the tickets are concerned. Children get in half price."
Perhaps it's getting a bit cliche, but once again, the apparent impetus for the company's arrival is the Doctor's desire to attend a cricket match. Yeah, I know, we've heard this how many times? Nonetheless, it's a comfortably predictable character touch quite apropos to the John Nathan Turner era Doctors, all uniforms and standardized costuming to encourage easy identification of persona and role.
Is Major Haggard a sly reference to the great H. Rider Haggard, of King Solomon's Mines and She fame? Regardless, he bears quite a similar tonality to the late Nicholas Courtney, best known to Whovians as the much beloved Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (though he was no less notable as Inspector Lionheart in Big Finish's highly entertaining Scarifyers line, a comedically Lovecraftian by way of Holmesiana concern that features Aleister Crowley himself as a running bit player (!)
"Here you are…a bug in a box."
While there's a bit of confusing continuity going on (this is the Nyssa of Cobwebs, an older one who'd married and even had a boy she named Adric(!), but by the end of the story, she's been restored to youth…at least apparently. Don't ask me.), this is a doozy of a tale, with were-tigers, gentleman thieves, archaeological expeditions, adventures by train, a kidnapped Tardis, psychic powers, quotes from both Wilde and Shakespeare and more.
If anything, The Emerald Tiger reminds one of Nico Mastorakis' Bloodstone, itself a more entertaining take on Romancing the Stone, whose lineage wends its way back through the Richard Chamberlain King Solomon's Mines and eventually to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
There are spy-like antics via steam train, comic relief professors, and a considerable degree more hands-on action/adventure, comedy and derring-do than one expects of a classic Who Doctor not going by the name of Jon Pertwee.
The next most important thing we learn from this tale? The Doctor is "an excellent driver" (in his own estimation, though the sound of burning rubber and eventual messy crash would seem to put lie to said assertion)!
Killer ruby beetles and diamonds from space, a Burroughs by way of Haggard hidden "lost world", and myth and legend "explained" in a sci-fi milieu – this is both stock Who and quite outside it, tapping equally into early 30's Tarzan OTR like the Fires of Tohr or Diamonds of Ashur and Haggard's aforementioned magna opera, and all the more entertaining for it.
The Indian setting provides the requisite exotica, and the deft scripting and usual top notch voice acting give body and thrust to the piece, resulting in a nigh-perfect mix of action and atmosphere, matinee serial fantasy adventure and the more expected sci fi trappings Who bears as its stock in trade. When even Tegan and Turlough get to pull off a bit of physicality and swashbuckling for themselves, you know we're breaking new ground just a tad…
There are certainly a few nigh-cliches here, from the recurrent cricket motif to Nyssa's psychic contact with outside forces to one of the characters getting effectively possessed, and even a bit of a misstep in taking a kitchen sink approach (the minor character serving as a direct Tarzan analogue is a bit much, really), but overall, it's more than sufficiently well done to overlook a bit of indulgence in the "oldies but goodies" motif.
The music too (by one Howard Carter, doubtless fresh off his excavations with Lord Carnavaron!) manages to pull in some of the expected sitar, tabla and chimes without being overbearing about it – it's a welcome presence, but never gets to the level of becoming overly unsubtle or tacky.
A minor sticking point for some may be the use of, to go by the actors' names at least, mainly non-Indian actors for Indian roles. That being duly noted and speaking as someone who works with a large number of desi, the accents and cadences are for the most part well done, if not reasonably authentic.
In an increasingly cross-pollinated world, I may in fact be dead wrong here – like Ben Kingsley as Gandhi, some of these folks may indeed show some measure of heritage from Southeast Asia – but the more Anglicized names on display from many of them make this worthy of note for the overly sensitive.
"The past isn't a separate part of us, a photograph album we can leave in a drawer and forget about. Every decision we take, every thrill we experience, every disappointment we face, they make up who we are. Lose the past, and you lose yourself."
A relatively recent and quite welcome recurrent happenstance, Big Finish has once again managed to pull together pretty much the entire "full Tardis" of the Peter Davison era: regular audio companion Nyssa (Sarah Sutton), occasional one Turlough (New Zealand based Mark Strickson, who spends the better part of a day in flight to take part in these!) and in a surprise bit of business, even convention-shy Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka. Beginning with the excellent Cobwebs back in 2010, each year we've been treated to a trilogy of tales reuniting the quartet, replete with all the bickering and vibrant character interaction fans have come to know and love.
As usual with Big Finish productions, many of these are actually quite superior to the original televised serials, and I admit to growing some affection towards the crew over the last few years (Fielding's Tegan, being the most recent participant, becomes notable therefore as one of the latest in a long line of characters I never quite took a shine to in their original run, but whom I've come to appreciate now in our respective dotage, as it were (I admit to being a bit wry with that last line).
I'm unsure as to whether time and distance have softened the actors' takes on the characters, or whether it's just the caliber of the writing and performance here bringing out the best in everyone, but it's a notable trend, and a point which I've been hammering home throughout in regards to the across the board quality of the Big Finish line. Old school Whovians, take note*.
* If you're on the fence about dipping your toes into such a large backlog of releases, you can find my own personal recommendations here.
Next year's offerings should take a different tack, or at least tap into a different era and incarnation of the "full Tardis", as the folks at Big Finish managed to recruit none other than Matthew ("Adric") Waterhouse himself to travel once again alongside Davision, Sutton and Fielding.
While I for one will certainly miss Strickson and the opposing magnetic pole dynamic between Turlough and Tegan (the whole New South Wales routine in the story under discussion presently is priceless), it will be interesting to see whether Big Finish manages to pull off the unthinkable and actually rehabilitates Adric as well…!
Time, to coin a hoary and pun-intentional phrase, will tell.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-emerald-tiger-327


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Blood plums, red cherries, black spice, cloves and background toasty oak.
A mild Spring and Summer set the vines up for a good vintage. Rain in the second week of January freshened the vines and provided ideal moisture for the ripening period. This was followed by warm weather which persisted throughout the entire harvest period, resulting in a compressed vintage. There was no disease pressure due to the great canopies and low yields. All red grapes were of great quality this season with vibrant fruit flavours and supple tannins.
Machine harvested in the cool nights of Hilltops with a small portion of whole bunch fruit to express the lifted aromatics of Hilltops Shiraz. Carefully de-stemmed into open top fermenters, the fruit was cold soaked for 2-3 days before inoculation with selected yeasts. During ferment the wine was pumped over and plunged up to three times daily; and after a period of 7 days was pressed off, allowed to settle then racked to old new and used French oak puncheons and hogsheads. Larger oak was selected to allow a gentle maturing of the tannins without loss of the characteristic aromatics of the variety and region. Matured in barrel for 10 months with minimal rackings occurring during this period.


When Ertharin Cousin was in Rotary, she issued a challenge to Rotarians to take action. Hal Hawk and Carl Hughes were in Rome where they presented Rotary checks from their respective clubs on February 3rd. Give up a lunch and donate the proceeds to WFP.
Our goal is to have every Rotary Club join us. Remember, hungry people do desperate things.


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Today firm's competitiveness depends on the development of proprietary technology and its integration to commercial technological products. Experiences and case studies show that the micro, small and medium firms (MIPYMES, in Spanish) develop technological products collaborating with public universities. In this work it is presented the colaborative technological product development process phases focusing in the identification of the diverse obstacles occurring along the process. Diverse technical, organizational and communication aspects that affects the project development are discussed. The resistances or barriers to the development make it difficult and could cause project abandon sometimes. This empirical and exploratory research is conducted under the reference of the technological project management model developed and used at the Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico (CCADET) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
technological development barriers; resistance; technological products; Small & Medium enterprises.
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CRUZ, R., Martínez, C. (2009). Tema 8: Estrategias competitivas dinámicas ; Dirección Comercial II, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, disponible en http://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/economicas/javierg/docencia/Derecho/Tema%208.doc [Consultado el 30 de abril de 2009].
DIARIO OFICIAL DE LA FEDERACIÓN (2008). Acuerdo por el que se establecen las Reglas de Operación para el otorgamiento de Apoyos del Fondo de Apoyo para la Micro, Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (Fondo PyME). 15° Sección; Secretaría de Economía, 29 de diciembre.
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KHALIL, T., Ezzat, H. (2005). Management of Technology and responsive policies in new economy, International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM), Vol. 32 Nos. 1/2; pp. 88-111.
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Joaquín Rodríguez Espinar (born 28 November 1982 in Paradas, Seville, Andalusia), known simply as Joaquín, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward.

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Desperate Housewives Season 7
The seventh season of Desperate Housewives, a television series created by Marc Cherry, began airing on September 26, 2010 and concluded on May 15, 2011. The deceased Mary Alice Young continues to narrate the events in the lives of her friends and Wisteria Lane residents, Susan Delfino, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp and Gabrielle Solis. The new housewife, Renee Perry, is introduced in this season. Paul Young returns to the lane and is the center of this season's mystery. Season seven was originally intended to be the final season, according to creator Marc Cherry. He has a new plan to extend the series two more seasons, meaning an eighth and ninth season. Marc Cherry has signed a new two-year deal with ABC that will keep Desperate Housewives on the air until the year 2013, subject to negotiations with Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria, the show's main actresses, who are all contracted for seven years. The first episode of the season aired in Latin America on October 6, 2010. Season 7 premiered in Ireland on Tuesday, October 12, 2010. Season 7 began airing in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2010. It started airing at 9:00 PM on October 25, 2010 on OSN's Show Series in the Middle East. It began airing in Israel on December 12, 2010. Season 7 began airing in France in the translated version on April 14, 2011 on Canal Plus.
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
George W. Perkins, Larry Shaw, Alexandra Cunningham, Patty Lin, Tracey Stern, John Pardee, Chris Black, David Grossman, Joe Keenan, Bob Daily, Joey Murphy, Kevin Murphy, Charles Pratt, Jr., Charles Skouras III
Michael Edelstein, Tom Spezialy, Marc Cherry
secret, housewife, female friendship, neighbor
Lynette Scavo
Gabrielle Solis
Susan Delfino
Bree Van de Kamp
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Carlos Solis
Brenda Strong
Mary Alice Young
Mike Delfino
Tom Scavo
Mark Moses
Renee Perry
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Kevin Rahm
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Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 1 : Remember Paul?
Paul Young, now out of prison, returns to Wisteria Lane with an enigmatic new wife; Susan, Mike and M.J. live in an apartment on limited funds; Lynett...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 2 : You Must Meet My Wife
Lynette is angry when Renee starts spending a lot of time with Tom; Bree finds herself falling for Keith (Brian Austin Green); Susan feels guilty abou...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 3 : Truly Content
Susan is less than pleased when she finds out that some of her best and sexiest internet show moves are being copied by a competitor (guest star Rebec...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 4 : The Thing That Counts Is What's Inside
Susan is horrified when she discovers that she has become the face of the provocative internet company she's been secretly working for and is now the ...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 5 : Let Me Entertain You
Susan's days as a sexy internet sensation may be coming to an end after she angers an important client and incurs the wrath of her boss, Maxine; Renee...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 6 : Excited and Scared
Susan is forced to reveal her secret to Mike; Juanita becomes suspicious of Gaby's interest in Grace; Lynette is worried about Tom's mother's memory l...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 7 : A Humiliating Business
A reluctant Susan accepts Lynette's offer to be baby Paige's nanny; Bree meets Keith's parents; Renee makes a proposal that Lynette can't refuse; Gaby...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 8 : Sorry Grateful
Thanksgiving on Wisteria Lane finds Gabrielle and Carlos hosting Carmen, Hector and Grace to a bountiful feast. But the Solis's discover some surprisi...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 9 : Pleasant Little Kingdom
Gabrielle desperately tries to figure out a way to keep Grace in her life; Keith plans a very special dinner with Bree; Tom is angry at Lynette for no...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 10 : Down the Block There's a Riot
Paul's nefarious plan for Wisteria Lane is put into full effect. Juanita discovers that she isn't Gabrielle's biological daughter, and Bree invites Ke...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 11 : Assassins
Paul finds out that Beth is Felicia Tilman's daughter while a therapist asks Carlos and Gabrielle to erase Grace from their lives. Susan finds out she...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 12 : Where Do I Belong
Susan's mother and aunt visit her at the hospital, Lynette plots revenge against Tom, Gabrielle becomes increasingly obsessed with getting Grace back ...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 13 : I'm Still Here
Lynette feels her mother (guest star Polly Bergen as Stella) is marrying Frank (guest star Larry Hagman), an abrasive and obnoxious man, for all the w...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 14 : Flashback
While in therapy, Gabrielle learns the truth about her past; Keith becomes suspicious about Bree's secret; Lynette's mother tells a lie to a coroner a...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 15 : Farewell Letter
Gabrielle and Carlos head to Texas to visit Gabrielle's stepfather's grave; Lynette prohibits Porter and Preston from bringing home prostitutes; Renee...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 16 : Searching
Susan vows to get the most out of life when she learns that her dialysis isn't working and that, unless she receives a kidney transplant soon, she wil...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 17 : Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed
Paul tries to stand between Susan and her kidney transplant; Felicia is released from prison and swears revenge against Paul; Gabrielle is furious abo...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 18 : Moments in the Woods
Believing she's on a winning streak after undergoing a successful kidney transplant, Susan begins to think she's invincible and starts to gamble with ...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 19 : The Lies Ill-Concealed
Gaby covertly meets Bree when Carlos forbids them from being friends after learning the truth about his mother's death. Meanwhile, saved by the late B...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 20 : I'll Swallow Poison on Sunday
With Gaby and the girls temporarily staying at Bree's house, Bree must lay down the law and demand discipline before Juanita and Celia destroy her hom...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 21 : Then I Really Got Scared
Paul begins to suspect that Susan is responsible for his rapidly declining health; Lynette and Tom butt heads over where to go on their family vacatio...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 22 : And Lots of Security...
A progressive dinner party thrown for Susan to celebrate her move back onto the lane leads to a shocking murder. Meanwhile, Gaby is stunned to learn t...
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 23 : Come on Over for Dinner
The Wisteria Lane residents each enjoy a progressive dinner; Renee begins a short-lived relationship with a bartender; Bree sees a connection with Chu...
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Wow, that's really short notice for those of us who would have to come from the East Coast. Maybe some other time.
Will you be doing an 'east coast' version of this!!!??? Also will there be a transcript of any of the presentations? Sounds really useful!
That one's very important to me, but unfortunately I live all the way in Florida and will not be able to make it to this HubCamp.
Is there a chance it will all be video taped for the rest of us Hubbers around the US (and world)?
Would love to attend something similar on the east coast and had we been given a few months notice we would have made arrangements to come. Can it be video conferenced or taped and put on the site for those of us unable to attend? A seminar just for newbies would be great, just to discuss or dispell our specific concerns and occasional confusion.
This is something I would totally be interested in going to – if it were in my area. There's just no way I can afford to take off work & get a plane ticket. If one was held in MN that would be great.
I like the idea of a video being made.
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I wish the camp all success!
Great idea, the proposed hubcamp topics sounds really good. Look forward to a newsletter or video update. Thanks for sharing with us!
What a grand idea. Wishing there was something on the east coast.
I would love to come to the camp; however, being on the east coast with school in session, it would be hard to fly across the country. I am a new hubber and need all the help I can get.
Hopefully you will plan to conduct a Hub Camp on the east coast soon.