"I entered a war I did not seek. I entered a war I cannot win.
I entered and found the enemy to be me.
I entered a war and now I see that peace will only be had in my defeat.
At the End of Every Service You'll Hear Us End with a Benediction that goes,"May Christ be Victorious in Your Life". Read below to see why we do this.


FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) today appear that it has suffered an crooked advance into its computer systems that action and abundance advice accompanying to chump transactions. While TJX has accurately articular some chump advice that has been baseborn from its systems, the abounding admeasurement of the annexation and afflicted barter is not yet known. This advance involves the allocation of TJX's computer arrangement that handles acclaim card, debit card, check, and commodity acknowledgment affairs for barter of its T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and A.J. Wright food in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and its Winners and HomeSense food in Canada, and may absorb barter of its T.K. Maxx food in the U.K. and Ireland. The advance could additionally extend to TJX's Bob's Food in the U.S. The Aggregation anon alerted law administration authorities of the abomination and is alive anxiously with them to advice analyze those responsible. TJX is additionally allied with acclaim and debit agenda issuers and accouterment them with advice on the intrusion.
TJX is administering a abounding analysis of the advance with the abetment of several arch computer aegis and adventure acknowledgment firms and is gluttonous to actuate what chump advice may accept been compromised. The Aggregation is committed to accouterment its barter with added advice back it becomes available.
With the advice of arch computer aegis experts, TJX has decidedly able the aegis of its computer systems. While no computer aegis can absolutely agreement the assurance of data, these experts accept accepted that the ascendancy plan adopted by TJX is adapted to anticipate approaching intrusions and to assure the assurance of acclaim card, debit agenda and added chump affairs in its stores.
The Aggregation does not yet accept abundant advice to appraisal the admeasurement of the banking amount it will acquire as a aftereffect of this situation, and does not apprehend to be able to quantify the estimated banking appulse of this affair at the time TJX announces January 2007 sales.
The TJX Companies, Inc. is the arch off-price banker of accoutrement and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide. The Aggregation operates 826 T.J. Maxx, 751 Marshalls, 271 HomeGoods, and 162 A.J. Wright stores, as able-bodied as 36 Bob's Stores, in the United States. In Canada, the Aggregation operates 184 Winners and 68 HomeSense stores, and in Europe, 212 T.K. Maxx stores. TJX's columnist releases and banking advice are additionally accessible on the Internet at www.tjx.com.
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Trachoma in the Western Pacific – end in sight
by Damian Facciolo
| Regional Program Manager, IAPB Western Pacific, IAPB
As originally posted by IAPB
Through strong collaborations and evidence, several governments in the Western Pacific can now claim trachoma is no longer a public health problem. For many more, trachoma elimination is in sight.
So where are we with trachoma in the Western Pacific?
A national assessment of trachoma conducted in Lao PDR in 2013 and 2014 found low prevalence of both trachomatous inflammation - follicular (known as TF) and trichiasis (or TT). Those assessments concluded that trachoma is no longer a public health problem in Lao.
In Cambodia, rigorous studies of trachoma in 2014 and 2015 concluded that prevalence was below agreed thresholds.
Mapping (see this paper in PLOS and this one from Ophthalmic Epidemiology) found low evidence for trachoma (and related blindness) in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. In contrast, significant rates of trachoma – both TF and TT – have been found in Kiribati. With the SAFE strategy, it is hoped Kiribati will eliminate trachoma soon. In the Pacific Islands, further research, surveillance and program are ongoing with support from the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.
In 2015, Papua New Guinea's National Prevention of Blindness Committee commissioned mapping and research which found endemic trachoma in some areas. Unlike trachoma endemic countries in Africa, there appears to be little blindness from trachoma, so the disease profile may be similar to neighboring countries in the Pacific. The significance of this is unclear, and more research is planned.
In Australia, trachoma remains prevalent in many remote outback communities. With government funding and partnerships in research, health promotion and service delivery, rates of trachoma in children in outback communities decreased from 21% to 4.6% between 2008 and 2015. In December 2016, Australia's health minister pledged funding to continue elimination activities until 2021.
At IAPB's Annual Council of Members meeting in Beijing in 2015, eye health leaders in China announced that comprehensive surveys – supported by the Lions Clubs International and led bythe National Institute of Hospital Administration – found trachoma was no longer a public health problem.
Governments and health ministries across the region have stepped up, led research and implemented the SAFE strategy. Donors, NGOs, research organizations, public health workers, water and sanitation experts, surgeons and communities have all contributed to this success.
By working together, gathering the right evidence, raising awareness and engaging decision-makers, trachoma may soon be a disease of history.
Globally, there has also been commitment and collaboration. In 1997, the Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma was formed to bring together governments, international organizations and NGOs. The Global Trachoma Mapping Project, managed by Sightsavers with funding from the UK and US governments, is the largest-ever survey of infectious disease. The GTMP has helped to map trachoma hot spots in the Western Pacific and around the world, and given governments and stakeholders the evidence to plan and respond.
Trachoma has shown that public health problems aren't solved just in the lab or the clinic. Elimination requires improved water and sanitation and changes to policy, behavior and systems. Gender issues are more pronounced in trachoma than in other eye conditions, so community-based responses are critical.

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Here come the Christian knights, dressed in red and white.
To bring the holy word and set the world alight.
Here comes the Inquisition to burn you at the stake.
Bearing gifts of death and torture.
To be our judge to be our jury.
A new dark age descending, it's Torquemada's dream.
Liberty lies raped, crushed, broken, 'neath the Christian war machine.
With death they bring the lore of love.
Of the women and the children impaled on Christian blades?
Sing it till your lungs burst or they'll set you alight.


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Topic: Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Science fiction film
Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film
Saturn Award for Best Actor (Film)
Saturn Award for Best Actress (Film)
Solaris (novel)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Amy Acker
Malthusian catastrophe
List of science fiction films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The tone of science fiction films is often a guide to the tone of the times the film was made: other worlds and species are viewed in turn as wonderful, terrifying, threatening, incomprehensible, and childishly benign.
The following list of science fiction films include a number that are notable and all too many that are considered mediocre, including quite a few that have been listed among the worst movies ever made.
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film (tie)
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The SF Site: Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is awarded every year to the best science fiction novel which received its first British publication during the previous calendar year.
The Award was established with a generous grant from Arthur C. Clarke with the intention of encouraging science fiction in Britain.
The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society.
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Dark City - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Film critic Roger Ebert is a well-known fan of the movie, having rated it with four stars out of fourEbert, Roger.
The film is dedicated to the memory of Dennis Potter, which may be considered a useful indicator of the style of the story.
The soundtrack for the film was released on February 24, 1998 on the TVT label.Fawthrop, Peter.
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Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Minority Report won the Saturn Award for best science-fiction film at the 29th awards ceremony of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and Cinescape Magazine on May 18 in Hollywood.
Minority Report director Steven Spielberg took home the award for best director and was on hand to accept the award personally at the gala ceremony at the Hollywood Renaissance hotel.
Tyler Hoechlin accepted the award for best younger actor for his role in Road to Perdition, which was also named best action-adventure thriller film.
www.scifi.com /scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-05/19/11.00.film (429 words)
Stargate (movie) - SGCommand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Though it's stated in the film that Abydos is "on the other side of the known universe" and that it is located in the Kaliem Galaxy, in Stargate SG-1, Abdyos is located in the Milky Way and is one of the closest planets in the gate network to Earth.
For example, in the film the blast doors that obscure the gate are in front of the window in the briefing room, rather than on the outside.
Though it is heavily implied, the film, contrary to popular belief, never actually states that Ra was the last of his race or that he built the Stargates.
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The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films has announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Saturn Awards.
The Saturn Awards honor the most popular and successful film releases of the year.
The genre film continues to dominate and control the box office with its' imaginative and creative stories.
www.saturnawards.org (536 words)
The Saturn Awards are presented by The Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films in recognition of excellence in films and television in the science fiction genre.
The Leo Awards are given in recognition of excellence in films and television in British Columbia.
The Saturn Awards were presented on June 12, 2001, in a ceremony in Century City in Los Angeles.
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Fox Searchlight Pictures : Filmmakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The film, starring Julianne Moore, Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner and Noah Wyle, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on play at several festivals throughout the world, winning the Audience Award at Deauville in 1997 before it's worldwide release later that year.
The film earned Boyle a Saturn Award for Best Horror Film from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and was nominated for three British Independent Film Awards including Best Director, Best Film and Best Achievement in Production.
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and received the PEN West Screenplay Award and the Golden Globe Award, for her screenplay RUNNING ON EMPTY.
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Science Fiction News of the Week
The BSFA awards are the main popular-vote science fiction awards in the United Kingdom.
The nominees for the awards are compiled from nominations submitted by members of the BSFA and will be voted on by BSFA members and by attending members of the convention.
The award is named for the prolific SF writer and recognizes distinguished science fiction published originally in paperback form in the United States.
www.scifi.com /sfw/current/news.html (12942 words)
The members of the upper echelon, represented by the science officer Ash, are cold and literally not-human (he is an artificial life form).
One of the most discussed aspects of the film was the prominence of the female characters, notably that of Ripley, played by Weaver.
The film reflects changing gender roles in the culture for it posits Ripley as the hero of the film.
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The SF Site: The Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Any 'best of' title is, by its nature, prone to individual interpretation, and putting together a cross section of work by an author as prolific as Philip José Farmer was never going to be easy.
This is a 'zine with a quiet reputation for printing some of the best short fiction from the odder corners of SF and fantasy, and this issue continues to uphold that reputation.
This is an anthology of six original novellas of the very far future, commissioned by the Science Fiction Book Club, in a departure from their usual reprints-only policy.
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Star Wars: Episode III | Ten Saturn Nominations for Sith
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Saturn Awards.
In a new category established this year, LucasArts was nominated for both Star Wars Battlefront II and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II for Best Science Fiction Video Game.
Industrial Light & Magic was also honored in the Best Special Effects category for their work in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe and War of the Worlds.
www.starwars.com /episode-iii/release/publicity/news20060217.html (223 words)
SpielbergFilms.com - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Audiences were entranced and moved by the story of the little lost alien, so much so that filmgoers of all ages around the world drove the box-office to a then record-shattering $729.9 million dollars.
Besides praise from enchanted audiences and box-office spoils, "E.T." was also honored by the film industry.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated the film for nine Oscars, of which "E.T." earned four.
www.spielbergfilms.com /ethome.html (480 words)
Anime News Network - Howl Nominated for Saturn Award
The awards, in their 32nd year, honor the best in Science Fiction, Horror and other genre cinema.
Spirited Away won the award for Best Animated Film at the 29th annual Saturn Awards, in 2003.
The other nominations for this year's Best Animated Film award are: Chicken Little, Corpse Bride, Hoodwinked, Madagascar, and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
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The 32nd Annual Saturn Awards were presented at a gala affair in Universal City, California on May 2.
The awards were spread out over several films showcasing the amazing success of genre films as a whole.
The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the George Pal Memorial Award to legendary filmmaker Ray Harryhausen.
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Battlestar Galactica Wins Three Saturn Awards - Hollywood North Report
Awards for the Best Actor and Best Actress on Television were given to Matthew Fox (for Lost) and Kristen Bell (for Veronica Mars)
In the film categories the award for Best Science Fiction Film went to Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith.
Best Make-Up: Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero, Nikki Gooley (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
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SFWA Nebula Awards
SFWA and Nebula Awards are registered trademarks of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
The Nebula Awards are administered, voted and presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing.
The 2001 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, April 27, 2002 in Kansas City, MO. Keith Stokes Photos from the 2001 Nebulas.
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Hopelessly Devoted To... Bill Paxton: Aliens
When Bishop is performing his hand knife trick on Hudson during the breakfast scene, look closely at the left side of the screen, where the other soldiers are looking on.
You will notice that their movement appears sped up, giving away that the film speed was increased.
The mechanism used to make the face-huggers thrash about in the stasis tubes in the science lab came from one of the "flying piranhas" in one of Cameron's earlier movies Piranha II: The Spawning (1981).
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The intrepid Robinson clan's journey through space didn't garner quite as many popular awards as New Line Cinema might have hoped, but it was met with a few notable kudos from the movie industry and from science fiction circles.
The ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards® awarded Lost in Space the 1999 ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films, while the Motion Picture Sound Editors nominated the film's cutting with a Golden Reel Award® for Best Sound Editing.
Science fiction circles thought highly of the film, as evidenced by the Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films nominating Lost in Space for several Saturn Awards® in Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up, Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress (Jack Johnson), Best Science Fiction Film, Best Special Effects and Best Supporting Actor (Gary Oldman).
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The film relates haunted and lonely last years of James Whale, the director of Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933), and, perhaps his greatest, The Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
The film is a psychological portrait of a unique human being at a crossroads in his life.
The Manchurian Candidate is one of the first conspiracy films that use political and social science to explore the dark and sinister secrets that might be withheld by the Government and the Army regarding "brainwashing." The film precedes Oliver Stone's JFK and Chris Carter's The X-Files by three decades.
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Walter Hill @ Filmbug
Walter Hill has directed, written and produced some of the biggest film successes in the action/adventure, science fiction and Western genres.
A native of Long Beach, California, Hill came to directing through screenwriting, quickly making his mark in the action field with solo credits on films such as Hickey and Boggs and the original of The Getaway, which was directed by Sam Peckinpah and starred Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw.
As a producer, Hill's credits include (with Gordon Carroll and David Giler) the science fiction phenomenon Alien and its sequels.
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Asimov's Science Fiction - Links
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is the longest-running (almost)-continuously published science fiction magazine in the world.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. offers writers many valuable services.
If you plan to write science fiction and fantasy and can meet their membership requirements, this is for you.
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b985.com: Event Guide Movie reviews, production notes, and more! - "Undisputed"
For the final fight in the film between Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames, we employ the London Prize Rules (as revised by the Pugilistic Association in 1853), which simply means a fight to the finish".
The film won critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival in 1987, and won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York.
The film was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and was produced by John Penotti.
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The Safe House - Expositions
Minority Report won the Saturn Award for best science fiction film at the 29th awards ceremony of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and Cinescape Magazine on May 18 in Hollywood.
In the weird climax, after a bruising battle with the genetically altered "double" of her best friend, Francie, Sydney (Jennifer Garner) awoke in Hong Kong, dazed and confused.
I don't have a copy of it, as it it stands, I was waiting in the checkout when I saw JG pic on the cover and made a mad dash to read the article before I had to pay and leave the store.
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Dragon*Con Biography: [Gary Goldman]
Completed in 1979, it won the National Film Advisory Board Award for excellence and the Golden Scroll Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
Since leaving Disney, the team produced several feature films, starting with The Secret of NIMH (1982), which won the Saturn Award for Best Animated Feature from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film.
The film's theme song "Somewhere Out There," also received two Grammy Awards and an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
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GateWorld - Stargate News: 'SG-1 snubbed at 2001 Saturn Awards'
The ceremony, sponsored by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, was held June 12 in Los Angeles.
Richard Dean Anderson ("Colonel Jack O'Neill") lost the award for Best Actor on Television to "The X-Files'" Robert Patrick ("Agent John Doggett"), while Amanda Tapping ("Major Samantha Carter") lost the award for Best Supporting Actress on Television to Jeri Ryan, "Star Trek: Voyager's" Seven of Nine.
Michael Shanks ("Dr. Daniel Jackson"), nominated for Best Supporting Actor on Television, lost the award to James Marsters of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" ("Spike").
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SpielbergFilms.com - Jurassic Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Internet movie fansites were sent buzzing last year over a supposed script review by of an earlier draft by screenwriter John Sayles.
The review, first published at Ain't It Cool News, definitely set the online film fan community into an uproar (of both the positive and negative variety).
There is still no confirmation on whether or not the reviewed script was legitimate in any form.
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AMBUSH ENTERTAINMENT | 323.951.9197 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Academy Of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films has nominated Dead and Breakfast for a Saturn Award for Best Film (DTV or Limited Theatrical)
The Squid And The Whale nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Arclight Films announces they will be selling The Oh in Ohio at the Toronto Film Festival.
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Return Of Saturn
The unfair shunning of George Lucas is inevitable at the Oscars this year (Episode III should be SWEEPING most of the technical awards, but instead in most cases it hasn't even been nominated), but the Saturn Awards are getting it right.
The Saturns award the best in genre entertainment every year.
Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, and all the other things except comedy that the Academy Awards and their ilk tend to ignore.
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I took a few shots for this assignment. It is about hair. I really like photography, but I often don't know what to photograph. So I really liked the idea of participating in this kind of assignments or competitions. It gives me a bit more motivation, challenge and a deadline. These are all self-portraits. A lot of photographers that I love take mostly self-portraits. There are a lot of things really comfortable about taking self portraits, par example: the model (you) knows exactly what the photographer (also you) wants. But taking photos with a tripod is not that easy though.
I'd really like to photograph more so if you guys have some tips, or competitions that you think are fun for me to join, please leave a comment!
Doh! I was gonna participate in this and totally missed the deadline. Your shots are beautiful! The first one and the second boat one are my favorites!


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Francisco José Requejo Rodríguez (born 17 April 1972) is a Spanish politician and businessman. Francisco Requejo is a member of the Citizens and is the highest provincial leader of Zamora, as president of the Zamora Provincial Council.

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Dr. Paulraj Arogyaswami
Dr. Paulraj ArogyaswamiShrenik Kenia2019-04-04T05:17:49+00:00
Venture Partner
Dr. Paulraj Arogyaswami is a Venture Partner with WRVI Capital — a technology venture fund established in 2019 focussed on accelerating the monetization and scaling of disruptive companies globally.
Paulraj is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University since 1993. He is a pioneer of MIMO wireless communications, a technology break through that enables improved wireless performance. MIMO is now incorporated into all new wireless systems. His group has developed many key fundamentals of a new field called space-time communications theory and has helped shape a worldwide research and development focus on this technology.
He is the author of over 400 research papers, two text books and a co-inventor in 66 US patents. He has won over a dozen awards, notably the Marconi Prize and Fellowship, 2014 and the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, 2011.
In 1999, he founded Iospan Wireless Inc., which pioneered MIMO-OFDMA fixed wireless technology and developed chip sets for fixed wireless systems. Iospan was acquired by Intel Corporation in 2002. In 2004, he co-founded Beceem Communications, Inc. to develop base band and RF chips sets for WIMAX 802.16e standard. The company has emerged as the leading supplier of Mobile WIMAX chip sets worldwide. In 2014 he founded Rasa Networks to develop Machine Learning tools for WiFi Networks. The company was acquired HPE in 2016.
Prior to moving to Stanford in 1992, Paulraj was with the Indian Navy (1961- 1991). His career in India included development of military sonar systems (1971-82), massively parallel computers (1987-91), and the founding of three national level laboratories — Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Centre for Advanced Computing, and Central Research Laboratories (1986-91). He has received over a dozen national awards in India, including the Padma Bhushan, Ati Vishist Seva Medal and the VASVIK Medal, for his contributions.
Paulraj is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, where he was elected for his pioneering leadership in MIMO wireless. He received the IEEE Technical Achievement Award in 2003 and several best paper awards from the IEEE and is a Fellow of the IEEE. He was acclaimed as the "father of WIMAX" by Business Week.
Paulraj currently serves on board of directors for 3 wireless companies and on several advisory boards of companies, universities and foundations.
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I love to recycle and re-purpose – if I can figure out a way to make something that would normally be trashed into something useful or beautiful – or both – I'm up for the challenge.
I've been thinking about this project for a while now and finally committed myself to actually having a go. It came about this way…..
Do you remember I made a bunch of small gift bags a while back. I wanted to make some really big ones, you know, the size of a good shopping bag and I had figured I would need six 12 x 12 sheets per bag. Using quality specialist paper would have made the cost prohibitive – I mean $24 just for the paper and I haven't even put the time in yet …. you can buy big gift bags at the moment for $2.50…..
With my creative mojo firing on all cylinders I had the genius idea I could make them from newspaper – the big giant ones.
An open double page measures 80 x 57 cm – I'm sorry I can't convert that off the top of my head for you non-metric folk…… perhaps someone else might in the comments 🙂 Anyhow, it's big!
I painted two double page spreads with a thick layer of paint and left them to dry overnight.
The next day I turned the paper over and ran wrestled a length of contact paper over the page. [Contact paper is used to cover books and shelves – sticky on one side and a plasticky / wipeable finish on the other.] I used this to give the newspaper some strength and durability.
I worked out my score lines for width and depth and top and bottom ……. ooooh headaches!!
I like that you can still see the newsprint showing through – but the photo is not true to the red I used – think blood red and you'll be closer to the truth of it.
With the basic bag hanging together quite well it is embellishment time – Hurrah!!
I rummaged through my paper stash and found a 12 x 12 vintage collection that I purchased in a sale a year or two back and have never known what to do with – I chose two different pictures and roughly cut out around the images and stuck one on each bag.
Using white, black and gold pens I highlighted the edges of the cut outs, faux stitched outside the edges and outlined different aspects of the woman.
The hearts were given faux stitching in black pen.
So, looking good you say – finished?
The beaded flowers I learnt to make from someone on the internet two or three years ago and I've completely forgotten who it was – but they too are fun to make. It's just beads and twisted wire and they hang freely and move about which adds another layer to the whole thing.
I think they are finished – but there is still three weeks til Christmas, you never know what might happen to them between now and then…..
I think they came out quite well for a first try – I learned lots and know how to do it now….
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Thank you for visiting my blog Sartenada, I am happy to meet you! I like your 'coffee bags bag' very much and the instructions are excellent! I shall have to save my coffee bags from now on – I have always felt there must be a good use for them 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Hi Pauline! I love this project and your bags turned out beautifully! Especially your theory on if a lot is good then more is better–I agree!
I love it Pauline! I posted a week ago or so after a long absence. I'm so happy to be checking out your projects!
Squeal! These are terrific. We sure are on the same wave length. I'm sorry I saw this *after* my reuse/repurpose post as it would have been perfect to include it.
As always, I love the way you 'layer up' improving and finessing as you go. These are a lovely color and a clever design. It also looks like lots of fun, and although it sounds like you encountered some frustrating moments, overall, it looks like you had a good time.
Sorry about the return of cold weather. Hopefully the sun will be out again soon.
The frustrations were relatively minor, I always have something I have to work through – a bit like life really 🙂 I think that's part of the not giving up at the ugly stage scenario don't you think?
The sun has been and gone again and now we are having quite strong winds – which is unusual for this area. It's all change!
Thank you, Pauline. There is so much out there to explore. I had the same problem at the library or bookstore. How could I ever get to all the good stuff.
I suppose if it was all easy and without challenge, we wouldn't feel the growth or accomplishment. As you say…a bit like life! I also follow a gardening post in NZ. She posted that the wind snapped all the posts supporting her beans and that the winds were so heavy there wasn't nothing to be done but wait it out. Crazy.
What an absolutely gorgeous project, Pauline! I liked the intrigue this post created – my thoughts as I read – "large newspaper gift bags – no – newspaper? – no – oh! I see – painted – but don't you need another coat? – gosh, contact – haven't seen that since mum made me sit down and cover my year seven text books in it – oh! gorgeous vintage pics – beautiful embellishments and additions – oh! so glad no second coat of paint – newsprint looks great showing through – what an incredibly amazing and unique result. What talent." Reusing, repurposing and recycling never looked so good!
Oh, I loved reading your thought process as you went through – that is such good feedback!
I always try to show the 'providence' of things I alter and change up – kind of like leaving the original wallpaper inside the wardrobe as proof of what once was – hence the one coat of paint and the newsprint showing through …….. it's fun to go back and try to decipher what you can see.
Thanks Annie – isn't it great to think you can do stuff with old newspapers!! I'm pleased you all know what contact paper is – I'm still trying to find out what 'deli paper' is and what we might know it by here……… sometimes items are internationally recognisable, sometimes they aren't.
When I see newspaper I see bird cage liner (unless it has one of my columns in it). I admire your vision!
Chuckle! I wish that was true – I just have really random 'good ideas' and then sweat for hours trying to make them a reality 🙂 Many don't make it …..
Thanks Hon 🙂 If it's raining i guess that will keep the fires away – so that's good!
We had warm sunshine again today – but the previous three days were a return to winter…. brrr not nice!
How clever to use the newspaper. It dried a lot flatter than you'd expect when putting wet paint onto thin paper. How ever did you come up with contact paper? Very clever. I haven't seen that around in years here. They must have it somewheres, maybe I've just never looked for it.
Of course I'm a pushover for everything vintage and really fancy the black and white photo's you made use of. What did you use to stick them on? Just white glue? Now you'll have to find a very extravagant give since the bags are so special.
Re: easy approximate conversion from cm to inches is # of cm divided by 2.5 (80 / 2.5 = 32) So it works out very close.
You are nothing short of a genius! My brain doesn't seem to be able to do math any more – do you think it's an age thing?
Poster paint is quite good for things like this – its pretty gluggy and I didn't use a lot of water, just enough to move it round and to the edges.
The vintage prints are on really strong card – probably 180 gsm so I used a liberal coating of tacky glue to ensure good stickability. I also forgot to mention that after everything was stuck down, but before I added the final touch of bling, I gave the entire exterior a double or treble coat of matte spray varnish which will also help ensure stickability and durability.
I think there is a lot more we can do with a newspaper – it has to be good for something right?
LOL, "till the end of the world"…good to know..you kill me.
I'm afraid newspapers will be gone like the dinosaurs soon. I just watched a segment all about 'Bitcoin'. Currently legal tender on many websites and Germany. No bank, no svc charge and currently no tax…things are changing pretty fast.
Ah, Boomdee the Reb – there's a bitstrip!! They are changing! Not always for the worst either ….. I like the sound of that 'Bitcoin' thing, must check it out.


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Conjunctions:77 States of Play: The Games Issue
The Sequence
Brian Evenson
When she was young, Sidra and her twin sister used to play a game. They used to play lots of games, but this was, so far as Sidra could remember, the only game they were careful about, the only one they never played somewhere where adults would see. Except, of course, their grandfather: because of his condition they felt it did not really matter if he could see them. Though later, they, or at least Sidra, came to feel differently.
It was Sidra's twin who started it: Sidra never would have thought up the game on her own. At the time, she was not sure exactly how Selene had come up with it. Later, she thought perhaps her twin hadn't thought it up on her own after all. Perhaps something had whispered the rules of the game in her ear, and though she had not consciously heard them, she had still taken them in. Perhaps her twin had felt she was making up a game from scratch when, in fact, she had been tricked into playing it all along.
The game began something like this. Sidra was gathering buttercups into a heap and Selene was stirring an anthill slowly with a stick, when suddenly Selene stood up and said, "Do you want to play a game?"
This confused Sidra a little. "But we're already playing games," she said.
Selene made a little disgusted noise and brushed the hair out of her eyes. She was sweaty and dirty, but so was Sidra. Each of them was always just as sweaty and dirty as the other. That was, Sidra felt, part of being a twin.
"This isn't really a game," Selene said. She gestured at the stick poking out of the anthill, astream now with confused ants. Then she gestured at the pile of wilted buttercups. "That isn't either." Ants had made their way into the flowers as well, Sidra saw, and were swarming all over them. "These are the kinds of things people do when they can't think of a game."
Sidra shrugged. "OK. What do you want to play?"
Selene stretched out her hand. "Come on," she said. "I'll show you."
Her twin led her away from the anthill and the buttercups and across the lawn to where their grandfather's wheelchair was. He sat in it slightly slouched, a parasol wired to the wheelchair's frame and unfurled above him. He was dressed to go out—their mother always dressed him like that, even though she never took him anywhere. The only thing she did was roll him out of the house and park him in the yard. She would check on him every hour or two, charging the girls with letting her know if anything went wrong in the meantime.
"Hi, Grandpa," said Selene to him, and Sidra echoed, "Hi, Grandpa."
He didn't respond, or hardly did. Behind his greasy-lensed glasses he blinked. That was all he could ever manage. He had been paralyzed for as long as Sidra had been alive. She had asked her mother about it once, asked why he couldn't move, and her mother had sighed. "Nobody knows why," she said. One day her father had been walking and talking like normal and then, abruptly, he collapsed. He hadn't moved since.
"We're going to play a game, Grandpa," said Selene, and their grandfather blinked again. One blink. Probably means "yes" or "I understand," thought Sidra. If it means anything at all. Maybe it means nothing.
"Is Grandpa playing too?" asked Sidra.
Selene shook her head. "He's just the starting line," she said. Then she turned to their grandfather. "No offense," she told him.
He blinked again.
Selene looked at Sidra. "You need to do everything I do," she told her. "Exactly as I do it, in the exact same way."
"That's the game," said Selene. "Step where I step, exactly. Move like me too. It should be easy for you because we have the same size feet. If we weren't twins probably only one of us could play."
This confused Sidra, but she just nodded.
"All right then," said Selene. Her face was creased, her gaze abstracted as if she was listening hard, trying to hear something far away. "Let's begin."
Sidra's twin moved forward until the toe of one foot was touching the rubber of the wheelchair's wheel, her opposite hip knocking against her grandfather's knees. She sidestepped, clapped once, then stepped backward while sucking in a deep breath. All the while their grandfather was blinking, blinking, more rapidly than Sidra had ever seen him blink before. What did it mean?
Her twin took another step, clapped, then peered back over her shoulder, encouraging Sidra to repeat the pattern.
Sidra did. She moved toward her grandfather until the toe of her shoe touched the wheel. That close to her grandfather, pressed against his leg, she could smell his body. She did not care for the sour smell of him. But despite that she concentrated on doing everything her twin had done, and doing it all exactly right. That was the game after all.
"Good," murmured Selene, and began another sequence. This time Sidra followed her closely, staying only a step or two behind, putting her foot into the impressions Selene's feet pressed into the grass before they could disappear. And this time, with this new sequence, Sidra felt something had begun to change. Not something she could see exactly, more something she could sense. The air seemed stiller than elsewhere on the lawn and the light was becoming different too. This scared Sidra a little, but since Selene kept moving forward Sidra did too. Sidra had been born second, and ever since she had always followed behind Selene.
They turned right and took a few dozen steps, touching the toe of one step to the heel of the next, picking a quiet, gapless line across the lawn. There was their grandfather, to one side, a little way away now. It looked to Sidra as if a pane of dirty glass now lay between them and him, leaching him of color. And then Selene stepped sideways and suddenly the hum of insects, the soughing of the gentle breeze, the chirping of birds all vanished. Sidra couldn't hear any of it anymore, couldn't even hear her sister's footsteps.
In front of her she saw her sister clap her hands together in the air, but Sidra couldn't hear that either. She could feel it, though, could almost see the soundless sound ripple out through the air toward her. She could see the air shiver, and for just a moment a transparent wall became vaguely visible beside her, and then the shiver stopped and the wall faded away, becoming invisible again. Or nearly so: perhaps that was what was making their grandfather seem drained of color. The house, too, had faded, felt less present, less real.
Suddenly Sidra began to be afraid of where her sister was taking her. I don't like this game, she said, I want to go home. But no sound came out of her mouth, none at least that she could hear. Only that same ripple through the air, a brief coalescing into being of that translucent wall beside her.
But her sister felt it. She turned her head to face Sidra, her finger pressed hard to her lips. Because the game demanded she do what her sister did, Sidra turned her head too and pressed her own finger to her own lips, even though she was not sure that her sister had meant for her to repeat the gesture. She wanted to stop playing, but was afraid of what would happened if she did: would everything that was drained of color stay that way? She could sense now parts of the world around her opening and other parts closing—but above all changing, folding in, tightening, in ways that made her feel they were being herded into a tighter and tighter chute. What, she worried, will be there to meet us at the other end?
Her sister turned again, and smiled. Her skin was gray, her teeth gray, as if she were carved from stone. Sidra turned and smiled behind her too, and for just a moment thought she caught a glimpse of another fleeting face. But no, it was her imagination, an odd trick of the light, it had to be: there wasn't, there couldn't be, anyone following them.
And then, as suddenly as it had begun, it ended. Another step and sound swelled back up around them and the colors returned. She and her twin were back on the lawn, not far from their grandfather, and everything was back to normal.
"We got it wrong," her sister told her. "We were close, almost there. I could feel it but you stepped wrong or I did or we both did, and then everything came crashing down."
"Almost where?" asked Sidra.
Her sister chose not to answer. Perhaps she didn't know the answer or perhaps she simply didn't want to tell Sidra.
"Where were we walking?" Sidra asked. "What was that place? Why did everything go gray? What happened to the sound?"
"Nowhere," said Selene.
"Nowhere? Where's that?"
Her sister frowned. Sidra watched her search all around her with her eyes, looking for some way to explain it.
"We were…between things," her sister finally offered. "At least I think so."
"Between what things?"
"I don't know how to explain," said Selene. "I'm still figuring it out."
And so they stopped talking about it.
If it had been up to Sidra, they wouldn't have played again, but her twin insisted. Even then, she made it clear that Sidra didn't have to play, that Selene could do it without her. She didn't need her—she could do it all by herself. Which made Sidra feel like Selene was threatening to take something away from her. Indeed, everything her sister said, she realized later, was carefully constructed to ensure that Sidra would play the game again after all.
As soon as they entered their grandfather's field of vision he began rapidly, desperately blinking. They ignored this, simply began to execute the sequences of the game again.
But this time, nothing happened. They were just two girls playing a made-up game, walking in strange made-up patterns across the lawn. There was no leaching of color, no graying of bodies, no absence of sound.
"You stepped wrong," Selene accused.
Sidra shook her head. "I did everything you did."
They traced the path backward, taking the sequence apart, but Selene couldn't figure out where they'd gone wrong. "We'll do it better tomorrow," she finally said.
In the middle of the night, Sidra awoke. Her sister, in the bunk above her, was moaning, shaking. It seemed like she was saying words that were not words—at least not words from a language that Sidra could recognize. It was an awful sound and Sidra could not bear it.
She climbed the ladder until she could see over the edge and into the top bunk. There was her sister, a blanket all contorted around her. Sidra shook her until she woke up.
"What is it?" her twin asked.
"You were having a nightmare," said Sidra, "and it was starting to leak out of your mouth."
Selene was silent for a while. "Yes," she finally said, slowly, "I suppose that's true. A dream, anyway."
Standing on the ladder, holding to the side rails, Sidra waited for Selene to go on. But she did not.
"Do you want to tell me about it?" prompted Sidra.
"No," said Selene. "No, I don't think I do." She was quiet for a while, then finally said, "It was just a dream."
The next time they played the game they must have somehow gotten the sequence right, because it began to happen again. There came, as she focused on following her sister's steps, a moment where Sidra began to pass into a different relation to the world. There was the fading of the colors of the world as she knew it, and then, without warning, the snuffing out of all sound, the rippling in the air as Selene clapped her hands, the barest hint of that translucent wall. Sidra reached out and touched the wall and felt it, or felt something anyway, for just a moment before the rippling of the air calmed and the wall was gone, her hand sliding right through.
Ahead of her, her twin hesitated, trying to decide where to go. What was the right next step in the sequence? Selene lifted her foot tentatively, then set it down again in exactly the same spot. Then, a little more confidently, she repeated this gesture, then did it a third time.
When she brought her gray foot down to rest again on the now gray grass this third time, the air tore open just beside her. Selene stared into the sudden, impossible opening then stepped up to it and waited just outside it for Sidra.
Sidra, amazed, quickly moved to the place Selene had left, stomped her own foot thrice, then joined her sister. Together they went through.
On the other side lay a world that looked exactly like their own world, except that it was a sickly gray. There was their house, their lawn. There was their grandfather, sitting as always in his wheelchair. The only thing different was that standing directly behind their grandfather was a man. When he turned and faced them, Sidra realized with a start that he looked exactly like their grandfather.
This other grandfather seemed astonished to see them. He opened his mouth and called out to them in a voice that couldn't be heard and they saw the air rippling out from him. And then, moving rapidly, he started toward them.
For once Sidra acted rather than following her sister's lead. Before the other grandfather could reach them, she grabbed her sister's arm and yanked her back through the tear.
Almost immediately they were back in the normal world, breathing hard, fallen in a heap on the ground.
"Why did you do that?" asked her sister. She was very angry; Sidra could hear it in her voice.
"I was saving us," said Sidra.
"Saving us? But we'd finally arrived!"
Once Sidra refused to play the game anymore, Selene tried to play on her own. Sidra watched, sitting on the grass, her knees drawn up and her arms locked around them, as Selene engaged in her careful, slow trancelike movement across the lawn. But Selene never disappeared, never turned gray. Without Sidra, the game wasn't working.
Selene, stubborn, kept trying. Once—so it seemed to Sidra from where she was sitting—there was the shimmer of something nearly happening. But that time too her twin did not manage to step out of the world and into a place between things.
Her sister tried for all of three days, then for the morning of another, before finally collapsing beside Sidra. She was, Sidra saw, sweaty and dirty—much sweatier and dirtier than Sidra was, which had really never happened before. It was as if one of the conditions of their twinship had been violated, but Sidra couldn't say if Selene had betrayed it or if she had.
"What do I have to give you?" asked Selene, flopped there beside her.
"For what?" asked Sidra, though she already knew the answer. And Selene, knowing her well enough to know this, said nothing, just stared.
"I don't want to play," said Sidra.
"It's a whole other world," said Selene. "How can you not want to? Aren't you curious?"
"I'm happy with just this world," said Sidra.
And then Selene, never raising her voice, never looking directly at her sister, began to slowly and relentlessly lay out all the reasons why Sidra must play the game again. Didn't she love her sister? Didn't she want Selene to be happy? Well yes, of course Sidra wanted her sister to be happy, but hadn't Selene felt how awful that man who looked like their grandfather was? No, claimed Selene, she hadn't. It had felt strange, sure, to have two of the same grandfather, but that was all—it felt strange, but not awful, not like a threat.
But to Sidra it had felt like a threat. "What is it?" she asked. "And why has it taken the shape of our grandfather?"
"It is him," Selene insisted. "It's all the parts of him that have slipped out of his body somehow. That's why he can't move, can't speak."
Sidra thought about this. Perhaps this was true, but even if it was, something still nagged at her.
"I'm just guessing," claimed Selene.
"No, it was more than guessing," said Sidra. "We're twins. I can tell when you're lying. How did you know?"
Selene wouldn't meet her gaze. "I just know," she said.
"You're not telling me the truth," said Sidra. "You're hiding something."
Selene looked at their grandfather. She looked at the house. She looked at everything except for Sidra.
And then, finally, she did look at Sidra. "I dreamed it," she said.
There was more to it, more discussion, more back and forth, but it hardly mattered—it was just a kind of ritual they went through, another game the twins played. Sidra could not resist Selene. She knew she couldn't: she never had. It just wasn't in her nature. In the end, she knew, she would do what her twin wanted, even if she was sure it was a bad idea. That, too, she told herself, was part of what it meant to be a twin.
They began at the starting line, at their grandfather. But now that she had seen the second grandfather it felt like there was a reason for starting just there, standing touching the real grandfather. And what had before seemed a game that her sister had made up but that somehow still worked now seemed to Sidra like something that had been whispered to her in a dream. It was a mistake to listen to someone or something that came to you in a dream.
But there was no reasoning with her twin. Sidra knew that. Selene was used to getting her way. Better, then, to just get it over with, to let whatever bad was going to happen happen so that, if they survived it, they could get on with their lives.
Her sister stepped just as she had the first time, and Sidra followed. Almost immediately, Sidra felt as if someone was watching them. Any time the sequence instructed her to turn around, she would catch the briefest glimpse of a face in the air behind. Her heart began to beat too fast and too hard, as if threatening to break the bones of her chest, but somehow she kept walking, kept imitating her sister.
Ahead of her, Selene clapped, and Sidra clapped a moment later as well, neither clap making the slightest sound. Suddenly, she couldn't hear even her own breathing or the beating of blood in her ears. Every noise within her body had been snuffed out. And there, just ahead, her gray sister raised her foot and brought it down, raised it and brought it down, raised it and brought it down, until the air to one side of her tore open. Selene stepped to the very edge of the tear and turned toward Sidra, smiling, triumphant, waiting for her to catch up. Sidra moved forward and, just like her sister, lifted her foot and brought it down. She repeated the gesture a second time, flawlessly. But before she could manage a third, she looked up and saw what was there behind Selene.
It was not that what she saw was unexpected; it was more that it was all too expected. It was the same face, she realized now, that she had glimpsed vaguely behind her as they had traveled between things. It was the face of her grandfather, grayed but animated, expressive rather than slack, and in this case expressing the same sort of triumph that Selene had shown when the air had torn open. As Sidra watched, his arms flashed out through the opening and wrapped around her twin and pulled her through. An expression of terror flooded Selene's face, and she must have screamed too—her face looked like she was screaming even though no sound came out. And then she was gone.
Sidra leaped after her—of course she did: this was her sister! But she hadn't finished the final sequence and so everything fell apart. She found herself sprawling on green grass, back in her own world.
But everything was okay: Selene was there too, lying on the ground beside her, staring up at the sky. Sidra got to her knees and extended her hand to Selene to help her sit up, but Selene ignored the hand. In fact, Selene did almost nothing at all. She just blinked, blinked, blinked, blinked, blinked.
Her mother came, a doctor was called, specialists appeared. Just as with her grandfather, nobody could quite say what had happened to Selene or why, and Sidra's panicked, tear-stricken explanation was seen to be the delirious imaginings of a child. They did tests on Selene, tests on the grandfather as well, but none of it told anybody anything. The specialists tried to communicate with both of them, one blink for yes, two for no, but although both gave responses that seemed at first lucid, they quickly decayed into incoherence. They're both there and not, one specialist said, a statement that struck Sidra as being close to the truth, though perhaps not in the way they realized.
The tests continued several weeks. During that time, every day Sidra attempted to play the game, hoping to find her sister again. At first it didn't work and she worried she could not do it without her sister to guide her. But then, finally, one day it did work, but though the gray version of her house and lawn was present, nobody was there. The world seemed deserted. She wandered through the gray yard a little, made her way into the empty gray house, then went back through the tear, fell back onto the green lawn. Later she realized she hadn't seen anyone because her sister and grandfather were both absent, away doing their tests, her parents gone with them. She would have tried again once her sister and grandfather were home, but before she could a decision was reached: out of an abundance of caution Sidra must be separated from her twin and their grandfather, just in case whatever it was that had afflicted them was contagious.
Sidra was sent to a boarding school. "Just for a few months," her father told her. "Just until we have a better handle on what's going on and know it's not contagious." She tried to tell them it wasn't, that that wasn't remotely what had happened to her sister, but as they had been doing with her all along, they ignored her. She was a child: what did she know?
That first night away from home, that first night in her new room, she dreamed a dream. In the dream at first all she could see was her sister's mouth. Her sister was speaking but her lips did not move, and the sound of her voice was so soft Sidra could hardly hear her. Was Selene trying to tell Sidra that she was all right, to reassure her? No, not that exactly: she was saying she missed her, that she wanted to see her again, that she wanted to be with her again. Twins belong together, Selene said—only said wasn't quite the word. It was more that the words appeared hazily in her mind. Sidra could see how if she didn't know what was happening she might believe she was thinking it herself rather than being told it by something that had crawled its way into her dream.
In the dream, once she thought this, she recoiled from her sister's mouth. She drew back and, as she did, saw more and more of her sister's face, the skin slack and seemingly lifeless, the eyes blinking rapidly. And then she pulled away farther and saw the gray being that both was and wasn't her sister, standing behind her sister, hands lightly resting on her shoulders. It was these gray lips that the words were coming from, though now that she could see the lips she understood that they were not making sounds, only making the air shiver. But for her sleeping mind, that was enough that she could understand.
And then she recoiled farther still and saw, seated beside her sister, her grandfather, and, behind him, his gray other self. He was speaking too, no sound coming out. But if she focused very hard, she could feel words begin to form in her mind.
Come play with us, the words prodded. We love you and we want you. And then there came the sequences she would have to follow to play the game that would allow her to join them.
Below this gray man, her real grandfather was blinking rapidly, desperately. Beside him, so was her real sister.
The other grandfather kept speaking with his gray, gray mouth. The gray sister, however, just smiled. She knew Sidra well enough to know that in the end she would give in. She knew that Sidra could never resist her twin, no matter what form she was in or how gray her flesh was, that at this game she had already lost. All they would have to do was wait.
Longtime Conjunctions contributing editor Brian Evenson is the author of overa dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection The Glassy Burning Floor of Hell (Coffee House Press). His work has won the World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Awards, and he has been a finalist for the Edgar Award and the Ray Bradbury Award.


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SCRCA Structure 249515: Exchange Sidings for Blea Moor Tramway
This was the transition point between the locomotive-hauled section of tramway (to / from the Ribblehead area) and the southern cable-operated inclined plane section (to / from Blea Moor Summit).
The archaeological remains suggest that there were three parallel transfer sidings here (in the form of loops) plus a single terminal siding (facing the Ribblehead direction) laid on an adjacent embankment. The relative position and orientation of the terminal siding suggests that it was probably used by wagons suppying coal for the winding engine at the adjacent access shaft for Blea Moor Tunnel (Access Shaft A - Structure ID 249530). This interpretation is reinforced by the fact that coal fragments have been found on the ground adjacent to the trackbed for the terminal siding. In the default image below:
The exchange sidings were located on the relatively flat land to the left of the green-fence. The loco-hauled section of the tramway (towards Ribblehead) is to the left. The start of the inclined plane (towards Blea Moor summit) is to the right.
The green-fence surrounds unstable land above 'Access Shaft A' (which was capped when construction work ended). The spoil tip associated with 'Access Shaft A' is clearly visible beyond the fence.
The winding engine for Access Shaft A was located on the relatively flat land to the right of the green-fence.
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249 miles (chains not estimated)
This location IS visible from nearby publicly accessible land.
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If you drive or take a bus, be patient because, as the media has touted this grassroots attraction, there have actually been traffic jams along the streets of Dyker Heights during the Christmas season. NYC Christmas Windows: A Free Walking Tour to see the best department store window displays, Xmas trees& treats in New York City around the holidays. We are happy once again to offer our very own walking tour of the Christmas lights in Dyker Heights Brooklyn, but we also list two well-reviewed bus tour operators below.
For our walking tour, meet your tour guide in Brooklyn, just a 12-minute walk to the main light displays. Christmas in New York City: Check out 5 reviews and photos of Viator's New York Holiday Lights Walking Tour. Christmas is a magical time of year for many, especially if you're in NYC. If you and your loved ones are visiting the city for the holidays, the lights tour is one of the best activities to enjoy. How can the answer be improved?
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DYKER HEIGHTS BUS TOURS. We are also partnering with our friends at A Slice of Brooklyn Tours and Tour America to offer a guided bus tour of the Dyker Heights Christmas lights displays.
These excursions are part bus and part walking, but the tours are guided throughout. On this four hour walking and subway tour, you will learn the rich history of how the city shaped Christmas traditions as you make your way through the finest seasonal markets.
You will see holiday lights, Christmas movie sites, and charming holiday department store window decorations along the way. Christmas in New York City This post is a guide to things to do in NYC during Christmas, including markets, public Christmas trees, tours, and shows. The holidays are always a magical time of year, but there is something extra special about spending Christmas in New York.
Nov 16, 2017. Get into the Christmas spirit on these holiday tours of NYC attractions like the. The New York Holiday Markets and Lights Walking Tour. NYC Christmas Windows: A Free Walking Tour to see the best department store window displays, Xmas trees& treats in New York City around the holidays. Skip to primary navigation Skip to content 'Tis the season to check out all the best holiday lights and department store windows on Christmas tours in NYC.
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Why Take a New York City Tour with Inside Out Tours? Established by New York natives, Inside Out. No one does Christmas lights better than Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. This 3. 5 hour tour takes you through the Italian-American section of Brooklyn, made Check them all our on our New York Holiday Lights Tour, a 2-hour festive pay- what-you-like walking tour that you won't forget.
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The tour is led by the renowned Christmas and Rockefeller Center Historian Sibyl McCormac Groff, who has studied the history of Christmas and the importance of New York in developing our holiday traditions. Christmas Lights In New York City See the Holiday Lights in New York City. Take our NY SEE THE LIGHTS! Tour between November 24 and January 7, and see the holiday lights of New York City.
Christmas in New York City This post is a guide to things to do in NYC during Christmas, including markets, public Christmas trees, tours, and shows. The holidays are always a magical time of year, but there is something extra special about spending Christmas in New York.
Dec 9, 2014. New York City at Christmastime is one of the most magical places in the. displays, check out this NYC Holiday Windows Walking Tour Map. Dyker Heights Christmas lights. Come see the" Dyker Lights" of Brooklyn on this guided bus tour. Over 100, 000 people flock to this famous area every year! Discover the brilliant lights, stunning views and vibrant nightlife with our exclusive double-decker Night Tour! The Best New York Night Tour from Gray Line New York.
A NYC Christmas Walking Tour When I was younger, my family used to make an annual trip in to see the tree at Rockefeller Center& visit the beautiful stops along Fifth Avenue — like FAO Schwartz, Saint Patrick's Cathedral, and the holiday window displays.
A New York City Holiday Lights Tour is a great way to see the magical holiday wonderland all. To the Rescue: a warm, guided, personal holiday lights tour! In this video I walk the 2017 Dyker Heights Christmas Lights, starting from 11th Avenue and 86th Street, walking down 85th Street to 13th Avenue, walking dow. New York City is the Christmas Capitol – take in glittering lights and trees, enchanting displays and abundant entertainment.
The tour is led by the renowned Christmas and Rockefeller Center Historian Sibyl McCormac Groff, who has studied the history of Christmas and the importance of New York in developing our holiday traditions. New York City Walking Tour, Holiday Markets and Lights - 4 Hours special Immerse yourself in the spirit of the season on a New York City holiday lights and markets walking tour! New York Holiday Lights Walking Tour This walking tour takes you through all Midtown Manhattan's best holiday decorations, including Macy's Herald Square, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany and Co.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is considering imposing more sanctions on the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but has not discussed an oil embargo, Malta's foreign minister said on Monday.
"The intention ... is that sanctions can be possible on certain individuals rather than on issues that might have an effect on an already weakened economy," Carmelo Abela told Reuters following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Since November 2017, the European Union has imposed an embargo on exports of weapons and equipment for internal repression, as well as a travel ban and an asset freeze on 18 officials accused of violating rights and undermining democracy.
Oil and related products make up three quarters of Venezuela's exports to the EU, but the bloc is unwilling to take steps that might further worsen an economy already in deep crisis with widespread suffering.
The U.S. administration of President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil firm PDVSA.


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What is FOSS
Who is the FOSS Business User
Why become a FOSS Business User
How to become a FOSS Business User
The Consortium - FOSS4SMEs
Who is behind it all
Our team comes from 6 different European countries and organisations promoting the project. The main partners of the consotrium are Atlantis Engineering S.A. (Coordinator) (GR), European Digital Learning Network (Dlearn) (IT), OpenForum Europe (UK), Dublin Institute of Technology (IR), Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. (DE) and University of SKOVDE (SE).
Contact us to learn more and be involved!
ATLANTIS Engineering
ATLANTIS Engineering, is an ICT Small Medium Enterprise (SME) working in the field of Maintenance and Asset Management. We help companies organise their assets, maintenance departments,personnel, resources. We are active in the vocational and adult education and training fields, providing training and consulting for the maintenance community. Our goal is to ensure a smooth transfer to the digitised production and economy era, putting efforts in closing the digital skills gap. ATLANTIS Engineering coordinated the 2nd transnational project meeting held on the 3rd and 4th of May in Berlin @MozillaBerlin, where the consortium agreed on the main contents that need to be included in the training course for FOSS Business Users
DLEARN
DLEARN stays at the forefront for the research, analysis and spread of all kinds of digital skills fostering social fairness, inclusion and higher employability. Our commitment to the FOSS4SMEs project gives us the opportunity to explore the universe of Free and Open Source Software and the valuable solutions it offers. Both members from our European network and representatives from the target group (particularly, Italian SMEs) are to be involved, at first in the research phase and then for the pilot test of the training course which we are going to develop. Our proven expertise with the ECVET system will be at disposal of the whole consortium, in order to design the course in compliance with the European standard allowing for knowledge recognition, mobility and transparency.
Open Forum Europe
OpenForum Europe (OFE) is a not-for-profit, independent think tank launched in March 2002 to accelerate, broaden and strengthen the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Open Standards in business and government. From its Brussels office OFE engages in policy debates on the European Union level to advance its goals. OFE has its roots in UK SMEs and maintain a close link with them. As such OFE understands the needs and issues of SMEs. Besides supporting its partners, OFE's main role in the FOSS4SMEs consortium is to develop a policy recommendation to raise awareness among policy decision-makers on the importance to invest in digital education for SMEs, while ensuring equal access to FOSS.
Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology is ranked in the top 3% of universities worldwide and our School of Computing is the largest of its kind in Ireland. We offer professionally-oriented undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programmes which are characterised by strong industry engagement through internships, industry projects and industry accreditation. We are based in Dublin city centre, Ireland's capital city, which has earned a reputation as the 'Silicon Valley of Europe'. Ireland has the second highest concentration of top ICT multinationals in the world and has a thriving indigenous IT sector. DIT's School of Computing are consortium partners on many European projects. FOSS4SMEs is an exciting project for the School of Computing to be involved in as it allows us to offer expertise in both a technical capacity and in teaching and learning. In addition to this DIT's School of Computing has strong links with SME industry partners and the national representative for Irish SMEs (ISME).
University of Skövde
The University of Skövde is one of the most specialised universities in Sweden and focuses on the development and use of advanced information technology systems and models. Areas of expertise include organisational and technological aspects of the ICT area. The Software Systems Research Group has significant experience related to provision and use of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) in company contexts including SMEs. This experience has been gained through collaborative research in a number of projects involving small companies (and other organisations). In collaboration with the project consortium we will contribute to the development of learning material and its relevance for SME stakeholders in various roles.
Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a charity that empowers users to control technology. We help individuals and organisations to understand Free and Open Source Software and how it contributes to freedom and transparency. As partner in the FOSS4SMEs project, we contribute to make learning about FOSS as sustainable as possible. We share our experiences in pan-European communication to help spreading the word about the project. Together with the whole consortium we identify the optimal reuse strategy of the materials and knowledge we created. And last but not least we will channel the feedback of our strong community in diverse fields to constantly improve the e-learning course contents.
Coordinator & Contact:
Atlantis Engineering S.A.
21 Ant. Tritsi street
Pilaia
Email: tsinari@abe.gr
Website: https://abe.gr/en/
FOSS4SMEs Policy Recommendation Report
3rd Project Newsletter
SAVE THE DATE: Policy Recommendations to jump-start digital competitiveness of SMEs
2nd Project Newsletter


You might not see that 'Skip Ad' button as much anymore.
Starting next week, you might come across more YouTube ads that don't come with the option to skip to the video you want to watch. The video-sharing website has announced through its official Creator Insider account that it's rolling out non-skippable ads to all the channels that can already monetize their videos. YouTube first made the feature available to a select few as an experimental option. Now, the company says it's releasing it to everyone in the YouTube Partner Program, so creators can get the chance to earn more money. After all, advertisers (unsurprisingly) tend to pay more for ads you'll have to watch in their entirety.
Thankfully, it doesn't sound like you'll have to deal with watching the kind of lengthy commercials you're used to seeing on TV. According to a Google Help page, the max video length for non-skippable ads is 15 to 20 seconds. That's still three to four times the wait if you're used to clicking the "Skip Ad" button as soon as the skippable format's 5-second countdown is done, but it's probably not a length that would deter you from watching something you really want to watch. It could still hurt creators who don't have a lot of loyal fans and whose content and niche of choice aren't that intriguing or unique, though.
When a creator gets access to the feature, it'll be auto-activated for all their previous uploads. They'll also be given access to tools that can track their non-skippable ads' performance. If they notice a decline in viewership or earnings, they can always deactivate it for all their videos in settings.


The Tournament of Daolu (December 2017): This is a free adventure set in the city of Daolu centered around a tournament. However it is a lot more than just a tournament adventure. It is a 100-page city supplement that presents the city in two different historical eras. Daolu is a place where gangs and corrupt officials reign. It also has a small time travel scenario included.
The Ogre Gate Inn and Strange Land of Li Fan (September 2017): The Ogre Gate Inn and Strangle Land of Li Fan is an adventure and setting supplement. It describes the region of Li Fan and includes a hex map of the area. It also has a three-chapter adventure set at the Ogre Gate Inn.
Sects of the Martial World: The Glorious Death Cult (November 2017): A sect sourcebook for the Glorious Death Cult, who are disfigured by Supreme Master Tung and taught the art of painting new faces. They spread death and chaos through the martial world.


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Pam Patel performs with numerous Canadian companies, touring nationally and internationally. A graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University's music program, Pam specialized in new music and improvisation, establishing a career as a multidisciplinary artist.
Pam is currently the Artistic Director of MT Space where she pursues her passion for centralizing racialized voices through theatre. Pam is also the President of local new music organization, NUMUS, and the Vice Chair of Arts Awards Waterloo Region. In line with efforts to advocate for the arts on a local level, Pam sits on the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee for the City of Kitchener where she plays an active role in voicing concerns on behalf of the larger arts community.
Most recently, Pam was a recipient of Rotary International's Paul Harris Fellowship for Service Above Self in Arts and Culture, which was given at the Mayor of Waterloo's State of the City Address 2018.
Pam will be defending "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline


My config worked normally on 5.0.0 and 5.0.1, but fails on 5.0.2 ( and many previous kernels on this box). Never have this in many years, if ever, in compiling countless kernels since 2002.
Tried removing and downloading new source file, same result. Is this a known problem with 5.0.2?
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I am pleased that I was on the right track- must be getting a little better at this kind of stuff.


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Shurooq organises 'Sharjah Day' in London
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Investors from Great Britain will have the opportunity to find out about the advantages of doing business in Sharjah thanks to a special business–to-business (B2B) forum being held in the country's capital, London. Organised by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) under the banner 'Sharjah Day,' the April 8 event will introduce British investors and businesspersons to prominent opportunities in Sharjah, with an emphasis on the many projects run by Shurooq.
Sharjah Day in London, UK aims to attract British companies operating in the fields of health, the environment, tourism, logistics and education to the emirate, which is being promoted as having numerous benefits and incentives for prospective British investors.
Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of Shurooq, will give a keynote address during the forum which she will use to highlight Sharjah's business-friendly environment and its unique attractions, which have established the emirates as a preferred regional investment destination.
Abdul Rahman Ghanem Al Mutaiwee, UAE Ambassador to the United Kingdom, will also give a speech during Sharjah Day, which will be followed by an address delivered by Lord Clement-Jones, Managing Partner of British DLA Piper, a major legal firm that has significant interests in the UAE.
H.E. Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO at the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) said; "The UAE enjoys strong relations with the UK across a broad section of spheres, which is reflect in the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. Trade between the UAE and the UK touched AED 72 billion, two years ahead of the predetermined scheduled to reach this level, prompting the two countries to work towards doubling the volume of trade to approximately AED 153 billion by 2020."
Al Sarkal added that the UAE-UK economic cooperation is not limited to trade and commercial transactions, but also includes other sectors, such as tourism and aviation. There are 170 flights weekly between the two countries, with more than 50,000 Emiratis visiting the UK every year. These and other factors, she said, will pave the way to expanding avenues of cooperation between the two entities.
"There are 4,000 British companies currently operating in the UAE and we are seeking through this forum to attract more British corporations and business people to work in Sharjah by familiarising them with its thriving investment environment and highlighting its future growth opportunities in various sectors, particularly within the emirate's portfolio of current and new projects", Al Sarkal said.
In addition to his keynote speech, Al Sarkal will also give a brief presentation during Sharjah Day that will outline Shurooq's projects and the rewarding returns that the authority can offer to potential British investors, especially in the tourism investment sector, with an emphasis specifically on unique projects such as the Mleiha Archaeological Centre, eco-tourism and Al Majaz Waterfront.
The B2B forum will host a panel discussion moderated by Oliver Cornock, Managing Editor at Oxford Business Group, with the attendance of H.E. Khalid bin Butti Al Hajri, Director General, Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Khaled Al Huraimel, CEO of Bee'ah; Ahmed Al Suwaidi, Head of the Commercial Investment Section, Sharjah Economic Development Department, Hussein Al Mahmoudi, CEO of AUS Enterprises; Dr. Abdul Aziz Al Muhairi, Director of Sharjah Health Authority and Sharjah Healthcare City; Lalo Samuel, Chairman of Kingston Holding and James Moffatt, CEO of Lamprell plc.
The session will highlight a number of success stories by British companies and how they have made the most of the encouraging environment to achieve significant growth in a short period of time. It will be followed by meetings with representatives from British organisations interested in investing in Sharjah to discuss ways to facilitate the launch of their businesses in the emirate, including the various forms support that they can avail.
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'There is no potential for any conflict in the Arctic' – Lavrov
© Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation © Sputnik
Russia is working to develop the Arctic as a region of peace and stability, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has told the Arctic Council in Alaska, but expressed regret at the lack of security cooperation between member states over the last few years.
"Russia is doing and will do a lot to make sure the Arctic develops as a territory of peace, stability and cooperation," Lavrov said speaking at the council's meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska. "There is no potential for any conflict here."
"International law makes it possible to reliably ensure the national interests of all Arctic states in our common region," he emphasized.
Lavrov said the expansion of economic ties in the Arctic is among Russia's priorities.
"As the largest Arctic power, we continue to contribute to enhancing the region's stability [in regards to] to global challenges, implementing the agenda approved by the UN General Assembly for the period until 2030."
The Arctic Council, formed in 1996 to co-ordinate international efforts for sustainable development in the Arctic territories, does not typically discuss military or security issues. However, Lavrov lamented the suspension of high-level military talks between defence officials of the Arctic states.
"Between our countries until 2013 there was a practice of annual meetings of the chiefs of the armed forces of the Arctic states. These meetings were very useful in terms of building confidence and mutual understanding, but unfortunately, for the fourth year now they have not taken place, and not at the initiative of our country," he said.
Among the delegates present were representatives of Sweden, Finland, Russia, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Canada and the United States – with State Secretary Rex Tillerson transferring the two-year rotating Arctic Council chairmanship to the Finnish FM Timo Soini.
Secretary Tillerson passes the #ArcticCouncil gavel to #Finland's Foreign Minister Timo Soini pic.twitter.com/PVLvBjGIrk
— Department of State (@StateDept) May 11, 2017
Tillerson said the Council has proven to be an indispensable forum in which the Arctic states can pursue cooperation, but added: "We are appreciative that each of you has an important point of view… (but) We are going to make the right decision for the United States."
Various indigenous organizations, including the Aleut International Association, Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gwich'In Council International, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Saami Council and the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON), represented by Vice President Vladimir Klimov, were also present at the meeting.
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov with colleagues on the margins of the 10th @ArcticCouncil Ministerial meeting 🇷🇺🇫🇮🇩🇰🇨🇦🇸🇪🇺🇸🇳🇴🇮🇸 in Fairbanks #Alaskapic.twitter.com/Qjvi29CWp5
— Russia in USA 🇷🇺 (@RusEmbUSA) May 11, 2017
"I promise to take measures that will make it more comfortable for representatives of the indigenous peoples of Russia to participate in the work of the Arctic Council," Lavrov said, noting that all native peoples should have a more active role in the Arctic Council.
READ MORE: Putin says 'welcome' to US business in Russia, offers to work in Arctic jointly
The council adopted an intergovernmental document noting the need for global action to reduce climate pollutants and strengthening international scientific cooperation. This, according to Lavrov, has the potential to boost mutually beneficial economic ties.


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