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Idris Alkali: Tears, tributes pour in for murdered Army General at candle light procession
By YELL on November 3, 2018 No Comments
Human rights activist have called on the relevant authorities to bring those behind the abduction and murder of Major General Idris Alkali (Rtd) to book.
The lifeless body of Major General Alkali, who went missing since September, was discovered in a well last week.
Some human rights activists and sympathizers, who converged at the Unity fountain in Abuja for a candle light procession in his honour, wondered why the perpetrators of the dastardly act will chose to murder a military officer who had put in 35 meritorious years of service to the nation in such an inhumane manner.
The sympathizers, who came out in their large number under the auspices of Concerned Patriotic Citizens, lambasted the killers of the late Maj Gen Alkali and called for justice, as according to them, no individual in the society has the powers to take his neighbour's life, lest a member of the Nigerian Armed Forces who has given all his life in the service of the nation.
Mr. Anngu Orngu, who led the procession, after praying for the peaceful repose of the soul of Maj Gen Alkali, called on Nigerians to treat members of the Armed Forces with utmost respect.
Mr. Anngu also decried the failing standard of humanity in the society, "where a group of persons will take to such heinous crimes against either serving or retired military officers in the country".
He decried the mob attack on the military when they do wrong in the course of their duty but fail to accept that members of our armed forces and their families also deserve all the dignity and respect entitled to every other Nigerian.
"It is pertinent that we always recognise and appreciate the selfless efforts of our troops whose struggles often go unappreciated but unfortunately we are ever ready to castigate for any little shortcoming," he lamented.
Meanwhile he saluted the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai for maintaining a high standard expected of his office by not allowing the troops to descend into taking the laws into their hands in the process of fetching the missing officer.
"It will be necessary to hail the Chief of Army Staff for showing restraint even when the army as an institution has been desecrated. We have witnessed the manner other Army chiefs reacted in such occasions. We comment him for his good relations with the civilian population," Mr. Anngu stated.


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Rehderodendron es un género de plantas fanerógamas perteneciente a la familia Styracaceae. Comprende 13 especies descritas y de estas, solo 5 aceptadas.

Taxonomía
El género fue descrito por Hsen Hsu Hu y publicado en Sinensia 2: 109. 1932. La especie tipo es: Rehderodendron kweichowense Hu

Especies aceptadas
A continuación se brinda un listado de las especies del género Rehderodendron aceptadas hasta septiembre de 2014, ordenadas alfabéticamente. Para cada una se indica el nombre binomial seguido del autor, abreviado según las convenciones y usos.

 Rehderodendron gongshanense Y.C.Tang
 Rehderodendron indochinense H.L.Li
 Rehderodendron kwangtungense Chun
 Rehderodendron kweichowense Hu
 Rehderodendron macrocarpum Hu

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Enlaces externos

Styracaceae

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The hardware is based around the PIC18F2550 microcontroller which has on-board USB. A minimal component count was used to connect the device to the USB port as well as to the switch, meters and RGB LED.


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I don't generally enjoy listening to super long audiobooks. Since I listen to audiobooks almost exclusively in the car, I only get through a certain number of hours a week, and if a book takes me longer than a week or two, I tend to start getting impatient. I have listened to a few longer novels (i.e. A Game of Thrones), but I generally stick with books that are around ten to fifteen hours long. So it's kind of a big deal that I made an exception for this book. And it was totally worth it.
I decided to listen to Alexander Hamilton because I really wanted to read it, and just wasn't getting around to it. So, even though it was a full day and a half long, I decided to start the audiobook. I fully expected to switch between the audio and the paperback, but I actually never picked up my physical copy for any purpose other than to see how many pages I'd gotten through. I unexpectedly loved the audiobook. The few times I did try to read a bit of the physical book, I just wasn't as into it. Which, in my mind, means this is a particularly great audiobook.
It's definitely a long book, but I did speed it up a bit (just one of the many benefits of listening to audiobooks), and that did help. Still, it took me nearly two months to complete. And, while I took breaks – many of which were to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack, because I'd gotten to a part of the book that matched up with a song and couldn't get it out of my head – I never actually got bored.
More importantly, I learned a ton from this book! Despite a degree in history (and a minor in American studies), I had never actually studied Hamilton, and I just find him fascinating. But I also learned a lot about how the US government was set up and why. Which was actually pretty relevant to what's going on today. There were so many times I'd read a news article and think, "hey, that's not why that law was written in the first place." Which made me really happy, because I am a huge nerd.
Overall, I thought the audiobook was such a great way to ingest this story. I loved listening to it, and I am so happy that I did, because it turned out to be one of my all-time favorite biographies. And not just because I love Hamilton. If you're into biographies, or history, or Hamilton, I HIGHLY recommend reading (or listening to this book). It's worth it, I promise.
I hope you enjoyed this post! If you have a favorite audiobook, share it in the comments – I'm always looking for good audiobook recommendations.
I pretty much only listen in the car to/from work. But that's still at least 6 or 7 hours a week. And it makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something, instead of wasting time.
It makes traffic less stressful. But I rarely listen outside of the car, so if I didn't have a commute, I definitely wouldn't listen to audiobooks as much.
I love audiobooks. I'm also currently listening to a very long audiobook- Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell but I'm enjoying it so far.
My favorite audiobooks to listen are contemporary YA standalone books- They are always done very well. Few of the best ones are Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan, I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson, Aristotle and Dante, 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith. And also the Harry Potter audibooks are an all time favorite.
I LOVED Aristotle and Dante on audio. I've been meaning to get to I'll Give You the Sun, so I'll definitely look into the audiobook. Thanks for the recommendations!
Please please read I'll give you the sun soon. It's one of the best books I read this year. And yes, listen to it on audio.
I will! (I accidentally acquired two copies at some point, so I definitely need to read it.) I'm planning on checking out the audiobook as soon as I finish my current one. Thanks!
Aah this is one of those books that I want to try but I've always been scared by how long and dense I presumed it was. I've never tried a straight-up non-fiction audiobook, but I'm intrigued about this one now that you say it's so engaging!
I hope it comes to the UK soon!
I started listening to audio books in the car recently. The first one I listened to was Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell. It's a good one for history buffs.
I will definitely have to check that one out! Thanks!


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The holidays bring so much cheer and wonderful food but not surprisingly also meals fit for a feast! Many of us indulge in foods we would not normally eat, and as much as our taste buds celebrate, often our digestive tract asks for a little extra support. I love serving this soup as a light lunch during this season for this reason.
On the energetic level - Cucumber offers, broad-spectrum relief for easing difficult emotional states (this plant can be understood as natures rescue remedy) renews and refreshes the physical body i.e. for exhaustion, illness, shock that drains prana, etcetera.
On the physical level - Cucumber health benefits includes, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, healthy weight management, detoxifying the body, alkalizing the blood, combating bad breath, supporting digestion, and controlling blood sugar level.
On the energetic level – Avocado harmonizes the body and mind by dissolving emotional tension and the negative influence of past pain that causes one to turn inward and harden against love offered. Offers shelter when feeling overwhelmed with emotion. Avocado allows the individual to become more vulnerable to others without fear and facilitates intimacy and healing through touch.
On the physical level – Avocado contain a wide variety of nutrients, including 20 different vitamins and minerals, reduces inflammation, has high amounts of soluble fiber that is known for feeding the friendly gut bacteria in your intestine, which are very important for optimal body function, supports reduced risk of cataracts and macular degeneration.
On the energetic level – Yogurt facilitates a clear, healthy mind.
On the physical level – Yogurt offers fermentation flora that inhabits the second half of the small intestine, ascending colon, and the traverse colon. Lactobacilli acidophilus is one of the most widely present germs of this flora. The role played by these germs is to facilitate the fermentation process, this includes breaking down fibrous material that makes up fruit and vegetables and releasing their nutrients, which cannot be digested solely by digestive system of human beings.
Remember when serving this soup, you are gifting not only the physical properties, but the subtle ones as well.
Dice cucumber, avocado, slice all of the white part of the green onions and 1/3 of the green leaves, place in blender (reserve the rest of the greens for a garnish). Add the yogurt, buttermilk and spices to blender and blend until smooth. Adjust seasoning to taste.
Offer thinly sliced radishes, reserved green onion leaves mixed with chopped herbs of choice, and feta cheese, to sprinkle on top of soup. I also provide Kilauena Onyx and Molokai Red Sea Salt at the table.
If you would like to incorporate the subtle energy of these plants beyond what you can eat in a day! I have created vibrational essences to support your process.


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Wyoming and Fans Mourn The Loss Of Steven Suder
David Settle Published: May 23, 2019
Courtesy: Univ. of Wyoming Athletics
Surprising and saddening news came Wednesday, as former Wyoming wrestler and wrestling coach Steven Suder passed away.
Suder was a Cowboy wrestler from 1975-79 and earned All-America honors as a senior in 1979. He came back to the UW and led the wrestling program as the head coach from 1989-2008. Just last year, on Aug. 31, 2018, Suder was inducted into the University of Wyoming Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.
In a release from the university, Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman had a similar reaction to many when it came to this unfortunate news.
"We were shocked and saddened to hear of Coach Suder's passing. We respect and appreciate the commitment and leadership Coach Suder brought to his time as both a Cowboy student-athlete and coach. He not only accomplished great things as a coach and athlete, but he was a great role model for young people. He was highly respected as a member of the Laramie community for decades and will be missed by so many. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Suder family."
KOWB has learned that a memorial service for Steven Suder will be held Tuesday, May 28 at 2 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex on campus. That will be followed by a reception at Snowy Range E-Free Church, located at 2552 North 15th Street.
Suder finished with 127 career dual wins as head coach of the Cowboys. That's second only behind the legendary Everett Lantz in school history. He led UW to a pair of Western Athletic Conference team titles. Suder won conference Coach of the Year honors four times and was the NCAA West Region Coach of the Year twice.
Current Wyoming wrestling head coach Mark Branch passed along his respects, as well.
"The Wyoming wrestling family is in pain and heartbroken. Coach Suder was a legend at UW as both a wrestler and a coach, but his impact was so much greater than the sport of wrestling. I was blessed to know him as a friend. He was a respected leader in this community, on this campus and in my church, and he will be greatly missed. My prayers are with his wife, his children, and his many dear friends."
Steven Suder was 64.
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CDI 2015: How Do Rich Countries' Policies Affect Development? – Podcast with Owen Barder
How much do rich countries' policies help or hinder the world's poorest people? That's what CGD's Commitment to Development Index (CDI) measures.
Opportunity Knocks: Paying for Results at the Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the newest funding source to address climate change in developing countries. With $10 billion in pledges – and $5 billion committed to mitigation – the GCF is at a critical juncture because its Board is considering the rules and protocols it will follow when it pays for results. We believe the GCF can learn a lot from existing results-based aid agreements and the state of REDD+ finance (summarized in the forthcoming report of a CGD Working Group) which demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of pay for results approaches.
Michele de Nevers and William Savedoff
The View from Addis – The Third Financing for Development Conference
The Financing Development for Development Conference is well under way, and this week's podcast comes to you direct from Addis to give you an update on the negotiations. Owen Barder, who has been in on the conversations, tells you what's being discussed and the likelihood of meaningful results being reached.
A Global Prosperity Agenda for the 2016 Election – The White House and the World
What does the 2016 election mean for America's future position in the world? It's likely too early to tell at this stage of the campaign cycle. Many of the early Republican contenders — such as Jeb Bush and Scott Walker — have been relatively quiet on foreign policy issues or have focused almost exclusively on Iran, Israel, and Russia. That's to be expected at this point. Yet, other candidates — like Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham — are already outlining a more comprehensive vision for advancing American interests.
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India's Big Climate Move
India just did something big for the climate: it announced that it will allocate $6 billion a year in tax revenue in a way that will encourage forest conservation. That's more results-based finance for forest conservation than any other country in the world, including the current biggest spender Norway.
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My Ten Development Policy Wishes for 2015
Here are my wishes for commitments that countries could make at each of three big development-relevant international events in the next 12 months. I find it harder than ever to make such a list this year; global cooperation is becoming harder than ever to manage. With the rise of China and other emerging markets, cooperation in what is now a multipolar system is more necessary than it has been in decades, but more and more elusive. That puts a premium on strengthening the world's international institutions and on—yes—UN and other international conferences and convenings and conversations in search of a global consensus on norms, programs, actions, and goals


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Declan Sinnott - It's never too late for backroom boy to move centre stage
Declan Sinnott has tale to tell that defies the general impression of the music industry's twin fixations with youth and established stars. At sixty-one, the singer and guitarist from Wexford who has guided the recording careers of such Irish success stories as Mary Black, John Spillane and Sinead Lohan, and who for the past thirteen years has been accompanist and travelling companion to Christy Moore, had long since given up thoughts of starting a recording career of his own.
He'd had brushes with stardom. As the guitarist with Irish folk-rock pioneers Horslips, Sinnott managed to walk out on a point of principle – one of the band's early songs was used as an advertising jingle – before they became one of Ireland's most popular attractions of the time. Sinnott was also in at the start of Moving Hearts, whose album The Storm remains a benchmark of Irish music.
While he was content to be Moore's foil, however, unbeknownst to Sinnott someone was watching him. The head of mighty Warner Bros' UK classical and jazz division, no less, has a holiday home near where Sinnott and had been catching some of the low-profile gigs Sinnott plays in the local pub between tours with Moore.
"He said he'd seen me five or six times and wondered what I thought about making an album of my own," says Sinnott with the air of surprise still noticeable in his voice. "I thought, I'm sixty-one, there's a recession on and record companies aren't doing very well. Everything's against this. I have to say yes."
As he began work on what would become I Love the Noise it Makes, Sinnott realised that he'd set the bar fairly high in working on other singers' recordings and that people would be expecting a similar standard from him. He also hadn't written a song in a long time.
"Songwriting had gone off my radar, to be honest," he says. "With Mary [Black], I'd be looking for the right material from other sources. Mary also had her own ideas of what she wanted to sing and with Sinead and John, they were songwriters themselves. It was my job to find the musical picture, if you like, that set them off in their best light."
Sitting down to work with Owen O'Brien, a friend with whom he'd written before, Sinnott soon began to feel that, yes, he could produce an album of his own that would stand comparison with his other production work. He and O'Brien, he says, inspired each other in a big way and with I Love the Noise it Makes creating a strong reaction, he's already looking towards the follow-up.
"I was always fascinated by songs and how they worked," says Sinnott. "I wrote a lot in my teens and early twenties and then I got heavily into American roots music and I started trying to emulate other people. I lost the idea of what I wanted to say, so there wasn't the impetus to write and because I was working with Mary or Christy, I always had a gig. I didn't need to think about making my own records. Lack of confidence played its part, too, but if I'd really needed to, I think I would have been able to do make an album."
On recent tours Moore has been encouraging Sinnott to take centre stage in feature spots that have let the Christy Moore audience hear that the man who seems to unerringly find just the right guitar setting for whatever Moore has chosen to sing can deliver a song himself. Moore is on record as saying that, were it not for Sinnott, he wouldn't tour any more. So what's the view from the other chair on the stage?
"Working with Christy has been brilliant," says Sinnott. "It's hard to explain exactly what goes on when we're up there. He has such presence as a singer and he hardly ever misses the target as an interpreter. No two nights are the same and that's great because most situations I've been in, you get into a rut after a while and that hasn't happened with Christy. Possibly it's because we never have a set-list, and that's the way I work on my own shows. I don't have the history of songs that Christy does but I probably have twice as many as I need and I play them, sometimes very quietly, sometimes a bit more forcefully, the way that feels right in the moment."
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Alex Straiker, Antimatter, Don Belton, Indiana Court of Appeals, Jacob S. Hacker, Jim Wager-Miller, John Gregg, Matthew Rowe, Michael Griffin, Michael Snow, Mike Pence, Paleoindians, Paul Pierson, Rachael's Cafe, Rape, Roger Ebert, Science Cafe Bloomington, Tea Party, Vi Simpson, Winner-Take-All Politics
"…[T]he fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday." — Roger Ebert
THE WAGES OF SIN
So, the state Court of Appeals reduced Michael Griffin's sentence by five years. They're saying the fact that he had to suffer the horror of homosexual sex is as onerous as five years in the joint.
Don Belton: Dead
See, Griffin, who summarily executed IU professor Don Belton during the Christmas season 2009 claimed during his trial that Belton orally and anally raped him while he (Griffin) was passed out drunk after a party. And because Belton did that bad stuff, he (Griffin) felt compelled to stab him 21 times with his Marine combat knife a couple of days later. Did I mention that Griffin also slashed Belton's throat?
Griffin was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison. Monday, his sentence was reduced by the higher court. The reduction was based on that claim that Belton committed a crime.
Michael Griffin: Five Years Closer To Freedom
Does this mean that every time Hooisers are sentenced for crimes, all they have to do to get years shaved off their sentences is to claim their victim did something bad first? Without any corroborating evidence?
WHO WAS FIRST?
The Bloomington Science Cafe convenes again tonight at Rachael's Cafe on Third Street at 6:30.
The bi-monthly caucus of certified knowledge geeks and the folks who dig them (me, et al) will hear IU archaeology doctoral student Matthew Rowe discuss the peopling of the Americas at this second confab of the season.
Who Were These People?
Organized by Alex Straiker and Jim Wager-Miller of IU's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, our town's Science Cafe brings topics of pressing import to the knowledge hungry masses of Bloomington. IU physicist Michael Snow wowed the crowd with a trippy explanation of antimatter two weeks ago.
Rowe's gabfest, entitled "The First Americans: New Insights into Ancient Migrations," will address the question of whom, if not the Clovis people, were the first Americans.
Get to Rachael's early if you want to find a seat.
VI ON RICHISTAN
The race for Indiana governor between Tea Party darling Mike Pence and Dem John Gregg may be a close one.
Gregg earned high praise for selecting as his running mate former State Senate minority leader Vi Simpson. She'll give a talk today at the Indiana Memorial Union Dogwood Room on "The War on the Middle Class."
Vi Simpson & John Gregg
The topic is fairly timely for me. I'm reading a book called "Winner-Take-All Politics" by Yale's Jacob S. Hacker and Cal-Berkeley's Paul Pierson. Hacker and Pierson are as liberal as the Republican Party fears all university-employed political scientists are. Their thrust is the Republicans have engineered an economy and a federal legislative system in the last 40 or so years that's geared to funnel more and more dough in the pockets of the plutocracy — at the expense of the middle class
Funny thing is, the Tea Party, which trumpets itself as the voice of jes' plain folk, really is in the bag for the billionaires of this holy land.
Check out Vi if you have a chance. She'll speak at noon.
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DISCUSSION ◗ Meadowood Retirement Community, Terrace Room — Issues & Experts series, bi-monthly talk by an IU faculty member on an issue of local, national, or international importance, today: Tim Grose of Central Eurasian Studies discusses Economic Disparities & Consumer Confidence in the People's Republic of China; 12:15-1:45pm
SCIENCE ◗ Rachael's Cafe — Bloomington Science Cafe, bimonthly discussion led by an IU faculty member on a selected topic in the hard sciences, tonight: Matthew Rowe discusses "The First Americans: New Insights into Ancient Migrations;" 6:30pm
MUSIC ◗ Cafe Django — Dave Gulyas & Dave Bruker; 7pm
FILM ◗ IU Memorial Union, Whittenberger Auditorium — UB Films: "Perfect Pitch," sneak preview; 7pm
SPORTS ◗ IU Bill Armstrong Stadium — Hoosier men's soccer vs. Notre Dame; 7pm
PERFORMANCE ◗ Unity of Bloomington Church — Auditions and rehearsal for the Bloomington Peace Choir; 7pm
STAGE ◗ IU Halls Theatre — Drama, "When the Rain Stops Falling;" 7:30pm
MUSIC ◗ The Player's Pub — Stardusters; 7:30pm
MUSIC ◗ Max's Place — Open mic; 7:30pm
MUSIC ◗ IU Auer Hall — Pro Arte Singers, William Jon Gray, conductor; 8pm
DANCE ◗ Harmony School — Contra dancing; 8-10:30pm
ASTRONOMY ◗ IU Kirkwood Observatory — Open house, public viewing through the main telescope (weather permitting); 8:30pm
MUSIC ◗ Buskirk Chumley Theater — Ani Difranco; 9pm
MUSIC ◗ The Bluebird — Rod Tuffcurls & the Benchpress; 9pm
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"Land and Water," by Ruth Kelly; through September 29th
"Samenwerken," Interdisciplinary collaborative multi-media works; through October 11th
ART ◗ IU Kinsey Institute Gallery — Exhibits opening September 28th:
"Outsiders and Others:Arkham House, Weird Fiction, and the Legacy of HP Lovecraft;" through November 1st
"A World of Puzzles," selections form the Slocum Puzzle Collection
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Celebration of Cuban Art & Film: Papercuts by Ned Powell; through September
ARTIFACTS ◗ Monroe County History Center — Exhibit:
"Doctors and Dentists: A Look into the Monroe County Medical professions"
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2012 Annular Eclipse, 2012 Transit of Venus, Allen Ginsberg, Columbia University, David Halberstam, David Kammerer, Don Belton, Jack Kerouac, Libertine Circle, Lindsay Taylor, Lucien Carr, Michael Griffin, Odessey and Oracle, Soma Coffee, The Beats, The Fifties (book), The West End (bar), The Zombies, Truman Capote, University of Chicago, William S. Burroughs
"That isn't writing at all; it's typing." — Truman Capote on Jack Kerouac's work
ZOMBIE MORNING
A courtly hat-tip to the one of the demi-bosses over at Soma Coffee, Lindsay Taylor.
She turned me on last Sunday to the fabulous Zombies disc, "Odessey and Oracle" (sic). I immediately ordered it online and it came in the mail yesterday.
The Loved One and I listened to it in part on the way to my Sunday morning headquarters.
Do yourself a favor and get it. Trust me.
LOVE KILLS
I was re-reading a part of David Halberstam's indispensable history of the 1950s entitled, appropriately enough, "The Fifties."
One of its chapters covers the Beats, natch. Halberstam tells the story of how Allen Ginsberg met a fellow named Lucien Carr in his dorm room at Columbia University. Ginsberg immediately fell in with other Columbia students and hangers-on like William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and the rest. Carr was acknowledged as the untitled leader of the gang, then referred to as the Libertine Circle, that eventually became the Beats.
Burroughs, Carr, & Ginsberg (1953)
A dramatic episode in Carr's life brings to mind one of the biggest news stories in Bloomington in years — the stabbing death of IU English professor Don Belton.
The Belton story broke a mere three months after T-Lo and I arrived in Bloomington. He may or may not have had sex with some kid who was a former Marine and had served in Iraq. The kid went to Belton's house one morning, stabbed him repeatedly with his hunting knife, and allowed him to bleed to death on his kitchen floor.
The kid was convicted of murder in short order, despite claiming that he was driven to a murderous rage only after Belton had made sexual overtures to him.
Don Belton & Michael Griffin
When Lucien Carr was a teen, he was involved in a similar manner with a man who was 14 years older than he was.
This fellow, David Kammerer, was the leader of a youth group that Carr had belonged to isn St. Louis, where he was raised. Apparently, Kammerer fell head over heels for the tender teen. Carr' mother moved him to a number of private prep schools in New England to get him away from Kammerer but the man followed the youngster to each new locale.
After high school, Carr enrolled at the University of Chicago and Kammerer again moved to be nearer him.
Carr attempted suicide by sticking his head in an oven while at Chicago. He told school officials it was an act of "art." He told his mother he wanted to kill himself because Kammerer was driving him batty. Carr was committed to the psych ward at Cook County Hospital for a few weeks after the incident.
Carr's mother transferred him to Columbia in New York City. Kammerer followed.
Carr swore up and down to his new Columbia chums that he'd never had sex with Kammerer but some historians suspect otherwise.
Jack Kerouac And Lucien Carr
In any case, Kammerer became a fringe member of the Libertine Circle. He and Carr often hung around together but, just as often, Carr would freeze the man out.
Anyway, one night in August, 1944, Carr and Jack Kerouac got drunk together in the Libertines' hangout, The West End. Kerouac left the place and ran into Kammerer on the street. Kammerer asked where he could find Carr and Kerouac directed him to The West End.
Kammerer and Carr went for a walk and wound up in a park near 115th Street and the Hudson River. The two lolled there for a while and, according to Carr later, Kammerer came on to him. A scuffle ensued, Carr pulled his Boy Scout knife, and stabbed Kammerer to death.
Carr bound Kammerer's body, weighted it with rocks, and dumped the corpse into the river. He buried Kammerer's glasses in the park.
Carr immediately went to William Burroughs' apartment and told him what had happened. Carr even brought a blood-soaked pack of Kammerer's cigarettes as proof. Burroughs disposed of the pack and advised Carr to go to the police. Carr didn't care much for that idea.
Instead, Carr went to Kerouac's place the next morning and told him about the killing. Kerouac and he went out and dumped Carr's Boy Scout knife down a subway grating. Then the two went to the movies and the Museum of Modern Art.
Finally, Carr went home and told his mother about the slaying. She brought him to the New York DA to confess. The cops fished Kammerer's body out of the river and found the dead man's glasses. Carr was charged with second degree murder.
Newspaper coverage at first tended to be hostile to the wealthy college boy killer. Then, his story of fighting off the advances of the older homosexual before resorting to homicidal violence touched the sympathies of a homophobic public. One newspaper termed the incident an "honor" killing.
Carr eventually copped to a manslaughter plea and served a mere two years in the juvenile section of the Elmira state prison.
A Monroe County jury last spring hung a murder conviction on Michael Griffin for the killing of Don Belton. Griffin is now serving a 45 to 65-year sentence in state prison.
Things change — or do they?
Men still kill men for the "sin" of homosexuality but at least we're putting those killers away for a good long time now.
Hey, don't forget about today's solar eclipse. We may be able to see the moon's disc cover a small part of the sun's from our vantage point in South Central Indiana, although our sky won't be darkened to any appreciable extent as it will be in the southwestern United States.
But you can follow its progress on a number of websites.
Sky & Telescope Viewing Map For Today's Eclipse
This particular eclipse is classified as annular, meaning because of the particular points in their orbits at the moment of totality, the moon's disc is smaller than the sun's. Ergo, a dramatic circle of the brilliant sun's orb will surround the moon.
How cool.
An Annular Eclipse
Oh, and don't forget, the planet Venus will transit the sun's disc in two and a half weeks. It's another rare sky spectacular. I'll remind you about it as we get nearer the date.


Mushrif al-Irr sits outside his mud-brick home.
Since 2011, Aaed al-Athamna, his wife Asmaa and their six children have been sheltering in a mud-brick home in the Izbet Abed Rabbo neighborhood in the northeastern Gaza Strip.
They have been displaced since Israel's three-week-long "Operation Cast Lead" assault which began six years ago.
The area suffered heavy Israeli bombing and shelling in January 2009, destroying the family's 230-square-meter cement home.
The al-Athamnas' life has been similar to that of thousands of families in the coastal enclave displaced during the Israeli attack six years ago. The situation has gotten catastrophically worse since Israel's most recent attack in the summer, which left more than 2,200 people dead.
"I consider myself lucky compared with tens of thousands of others," Aaed, a taxi driver in his mid-thirties, told The Electronic Intifada. "At least my current home of sand and mud has sheltered my family from the sun and winter rains, even though it is only 80 square meters [860 square feet]," he said.
The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs now reports that an additional 100,000 people in Gaza have been displaced and need permanent shelter.
More than 113,000 homes, or 13 percent of Gaza's housing stock, were affected by the summer bombardment, with 22,000 units destroyed or severely damaged.
Much of the destruction would have been caused in attacks by barrages of inaccurate Israeli heavy artillery.
But Israel also deliberately targeted private homes on a large scale, including multi-story apartment buildings, actions Amnesty International has described as war crimes.
It is now winter and Asmaa al-Athamna spends much of her time mopping up water and trying to keep the house comfortable for Aaed and their four girls and two boys. Asmaa told The Electronic Intifada that Israeli shelling in the area over the summer caused cracks in the ceiling that allow the rain to come through.
"But in general, this home has proved much better than many other metal boxes," al-Athamna said, referring to the shipping container homes donated by international organizations as emergency shelters for some of the displaced. The metal containers are known for being extremely hot in summer and bitterly cold in winter.
"Thank God we have a home to protect us," al-Athamna said as she carried on with her housework.
Mushrif al-Irr lives in another mud-brick home with eleven members of his family, also in northeastern Gaza. What's remarkable is that the house contains not a drop of cement, nor any steel reinforcement bars (known as rebar).
Cement and rebar are the basic ingredients of construction in Gaza, but both are in severely short supply due to the siege Israel imposed on Gaza in 2007. The UN's Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism, brokered after this summer's assault, has done nothing to ease the shortage. Many Palestinian analysts say the arrangement for strictly monitored imports simply turns the UN into the enforcer of Israel's siege.
Al-Irr, who is in his early fifties, spoke as he showed The Electronic Intifada the spot — about two kilometers from the Israel-Gaza boundary — where his old home had stood.
The initiative to build the mud and sand houses has been backed by UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, and a number of other international aid organizations.
Engineer Imad al-Khaldi, a designer of alternative buildings, told The Electronic Intifada that he had suggested the initiative to UNRWA.
"Back in 2009, I and many others realized the need for speedy reconstruction of destroyed homes. I had long experience in the field of alternative construction and I offered my expertise to UNRWA, which had built several such homes of sand by then," al-Khaldi said.
A 2010 photo shows the technique used to build mud-brick homes in Gaza without usual materials such as cement and rebar.
Each home costs about thirteen to fourteen thousand dollars to build and includes three rooms — a small family room, a kitchen and a bathroom — al-Khaldi explained during an interview at his office in Gaza City.
In his forties, al-Khaldi is the owner of the New Horizons alternative construction company.
Al-Khaldi says that using materials from Gaza's "rich" soil makes sense. Natural ingredients such as potassium and calcium make the buildings durable, he says.
While al-Khaldi is excited by these innovations, the number of people likely to benefit is still a tiny fraction of those in need.
UNRWA says that while it is providing emergency payments for shelter assistance to 39,000 displaced refugee families, its funding for this purpose will reach zero in January. As of mid-December, the agency said that it was still sheltering more than 19,000 people in its schools displaced by the most recent Israeli assault.
After two full-scale Israeli assaults in 2008-2009 and 2014 destroyed tens of thousands of homes, reconstruction has barely begun, and to rebuild on such a scale there is still little alternative to traditional methods.
According to estimates by the Palestinian Authority ministry of housing and construction in the Gaza Strip, only two percent of the $5.4 billion in reconstruction funds pledged by international donors last October has actually arrived.
The international charity Oxfam has estimated that at the current glacial pace, reconstruction could take 23 years.
The housing shortage doesn't just apply to the destroyed homes. Gaza was already suffering from a shortage of some 250,000 units, the housing ministry estimates, to accommodate its fast-growing population which is now around 1.8 million.
"In our assessment, Gaza needs at least 5.5 million tons of raw building materials, including 1.5 million tons of cement alone," Nabil Abu Muelik, chairman of the Gaza contractors union, told The Electronic Intifada.
Yet under the UN Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism, a mere 4,000 tons of cement has entered Gaza since October — that's less than one quarter of one percent of the estimated need.
In March 2009, following Operation Cast Lead, donors also pledged billions to help rebuild Gaza. With the latest pledges, the total offered is almost ten billion dollars. And yet little has gotten through. People in Gaza are exasperated that nothing has happened.
"It is deplorable that such little progress has been made given the enormous scale of needs and massive destruction," Catherine Essoyan, Oxfam's Middle East regional director, said in a recent year-end statement.
"I can live in this sand-built home for ten years to come. I prefer living here than waiting for Godot," al-Irr said, referring to famous play by Samuel Beckett.
For tens of thousands of others in Gaza, even such small comfort remains a distant dream.


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Pretty Little Pocket: Planners and Notebooks, Oh my!
Planners and Notebooks, Oh my!
Today I'm going to introduce you to my Filofax family and my other planner collections. As you can see I keep them all lined up on the shelves in my office closet. My shelves just make me happy every time I see them!
On the Left side I keep my Franklin Covey / Quo Vadis / Moleskine and other random planners and notebooks. I just ordered a new Classic size Franklin Covey that will serve as my work planner (as an experiment - more on that in another post). The zebra striped trunk in the middle of the shelves holds a massive amount of journals and diaries that I've filled up over the years.
A5 Chameleon in Raspberry - A travel Filofax where I keep information on upcoming trips, trips I am dreaming about taking, camping trips, and day trips.
Personal Osterley in Plum - My everyday Filofax. I've recently posted about my setup on my other blog.
Personal Osterley in Orange - This is a recent purchase and I haven't set it up yet. I am thinking of using it as a health & fitness binder.
Pocket Chameleon Raspberry - Another recent purchase. This will be my wallet, once I get it set up.
Pocket Finsbury in Raspberry - Not currently in use. Currently for sale.
Pocket Osterley in Plum - Not currently in use. This one was my main planner until I switched to the personal size. I'm not sure if I'm going to sell this one or not, because I love it so much.
Pocket Amazona in Red - Not currently in use. This one is going up for sell soon.
Mini Miami in Pink - Not currently in use. Currently for sale.
So that's a current snapshot of all the binders I own. It is always in flux! I'm thinking about buying a few more binders, but I need to sell my pockets first.


At a highly anticipated hearing with James Comey, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn spent much of his time questioning the fired former FBI Director about an incident related to the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails.
WASHINGTON – At a historic hearing a month after President Donald Trump fired him as FBI Director, James Comey faced a panel of U.S. senators, including Texas Republican John Cornyn.
Over the course of the morning, Comey did not withhold on drama, repeatedly telling the Senate Intelligence Committee that the president of the United States was a liar.
When it was Cornyn's turn to ask questions, he called Comey "a good and decent man who's been dealt a very difficult hand, starting back with the Clinton email investigation."
His early questions focused on the logic of Trump's firing and its connection to the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
"If you're trying to make an investigation go away, is firing an FBI director a good way to make that happen?" Cornyn asked.
"It doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I'm obviously, hopelessly biased, given that I'm the one who was fired," Comey replied.
That line of questioning mirrored a point Cornyn made last month: That getting rid of Comey was a "lousy way" to "squelch the investigation into Russia." would only magnify the Russian investigation."
"All it does is heightens the attention given to the issue," Cornyn said the day after Trump fired Comey.
At Thursday's hearing, Cornyn also wondered whether it was reasonable for any president to push an FBI director to publicly announce whether he was under investigation, as Comey has said Trump did. Comey said it was "a reasonable point of view" but warned that it could "boomerang" back on the individual if the investigation status changed.
Cornyn spent much of his time at the hearing questioning Comey about a 2016 incident in which former President Bill Clinton spoke with then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch, just as the Justice Department was investigating his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, over her use of an unofficial email system.
Cornyn is the second-ranking Republican in the Senate and the lone Texan on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Several Texans serve on the House Intelligence Committee, including U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, a Midland Republican who is leading that chamber's Russian cyberattack investigation.
Trump fired Comey on May 9th and suggested a series of evolving reasons for the dismissal. That decision set off a chain of events that eventually resulted in the selection of another former FBI director, Robert Mueller, as a special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation.
As Comey testified on Capitol Hill, two other top Texas Republicans – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz – were speaking at a conference of social conservatives across town hosted by the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Trump was scheduled to speak at the event soon after.
In back-to-back speeches, neither Cruz nor Paxton directly mentioned Comey but seemed to be well aware of the event consuming much of the city's attention.
"It's great to be here," Paxton said shortly after taking the stage, "on a day when nothing's happening in D.C."
Cruz called it "a strange time in Washington."
"There's a lot of noise. There's a lot of people lighting their hair on fire on cable television every day," he said.
Cruz continued: "I've got one simple bit of advice for each of us, for the administration and for the majorities in both houses of Congress, which is ignore the political circus, and let's focusing on delivering results."


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David Karmon
Architectural Historian and Writer
Events/Presentations
Renaissance Architecture and Natural History (in preparation).
Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance: The Varieties of Architectural Experience. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
The Ruin of the Eternal City: Antiquity and Preservation in Renaissance Rome. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Also available in Oxford Scholarship Online.
Articles and Book Chapters
Roundtable: "Rethinking the Urban Landscape," co-edited with Thaïsa Way. Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians 81, 3 (September 2022).
"Architectural History and the Environmental Humanities: A Call for an Expanded Approach," Platform (8 August 2022)
"On Vitruvius and the Early Modern Worksite." Companion to the Reception of Vitruvius, eds. Ingrid Rowland and Sinclair Bell, under contract with Brill Companions to Classical Reception Series, (forthcoming 2022).
"Roundtable: Constructing Race and Architecture 1400-1800, Part 2." Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians 80, 4 (December 2021).
"Rethinking the Tempietto Through the Senses," Aeon (26 November 2021).
"On Vitruvius and the Early Modern Worksite." Companion to the Reception of Vitruvius, eds. Ingrid Rowland and Sinclair Bell, under contract with Brill Companions to Classical Reception Series (forthcoming November 2021).
"Roundtable, and Editor's Introduction: Constructing Race and Architecture 1400-1800, Part 1." Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians 80, 3 (September 2021).
Editorial: "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow." Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians 80, 1 (March 2021): 6-7.
"Early Modern Spaces and Olfactory Traces." Co-authored with Christy Anderson for The Routledge Handbook of Material Culture in Early Modern Europe, edited by Catherine Richardson, Tara Hamling, and David Gaimster, 354-370. New York: Routledge, 2017.
"The Sacro Monte at Varallo and the Choreography of an Olfactory Landscape." Future Anterior 13.2 (Winter 2016): 57-76.
"On Foot: Architecture and Movement." Co-authored with Christy Anderson. Architectural Review 12 October 2015.
"The Destruction and Renewal of the Via Triumphalis, 1533-36." In Philibert De l'Orme: un architecte dans l'histoire: artes, sciences, techniques: actes du LVIIe colloque internationale d'études humanistes, eds. Frédérique Lemerle and Yves Pauwels, 300-325. Turnhout: Brepols, 2015.
"Archaeology and the Anxiety of Loss: Effacing Preservation from the History of Renaissance Rome." The American Journal of Archaeology 115 / 2 (April 2011): 159-174.
"Preserving Antiquity in a Protestant City: the Maison Carrée in Sixteenth-Century Nîmes." In Art, Piety, and Destruction in European Religion, 1500-1700, ed. Virginia Raguin, 105-140. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010.
"The Colosseum." In The Classical Tradition, eds. Anthony Grafton, Glenn Most, and Salvatore Settis, 216-217. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010.
"Preservation as Transcendent Vision: Antonio Duca and Santa Maria degli Angeli." In Faith and Fantasy in the Renaissance: Text, Images, and Religious Practices, eds. Olga Pugliese and Matt Kavaler, 316-330. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2009.
"Michelangelo's 'Minimalism' in the Design of Santa Maria degli Angeli." Annali di architettura 20 (2008), 141-153.
"Printing and Protecting Ancient Remains in the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae." In The Virtual Tourist in Renaissance Rome: Printing and Collecting the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, ed. Rebecca Zorach, 36-51. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
"Renaissance Strategies to Protect the Colosseum: Selective Preservation and Reuse." Future Anterior 2.2 (Winter 2005): 1-10.
"Restoring the Ancient Water Supply in Renaissance Rome: The Popes, the Civic Administration, and the Acqua Vergine." In Aquae Urbis Romae, ed. Katherine Rinne, July 2005.
Catalogue entries in Palladio and Northern Europe: Books, Travelers, Architects, ed. Guido Beltramini. Milan: Skira, 1999.
Victor Plahte Tschudi, "Baroque Antiquity: Archaeological Imagination in Early Modern Europe," Future Anterior 17.1 (Fall 2021).
Caroline Fowler, "Drawing and the Senses: An Early Modern History," CAA.reviews, March 2018.
Emanuele Barletti, ed., "Giovan Antonio Dosio da San Gimignano architetto e scultor fiorentino tra Roma, Firenze, e Napoli," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 73 / 1 (March 2014): 167-169.
Jill Burke, ed., "Rethinking the High Renaissance: The Culture of the Visual Arts in Early Sixteenth-Century Rome," The Sixteenth Century Journal 44 / 1 (Spring 2013): 317-319.
Thomas Barrie, "The Sacred In-Between: The Mediating Roles of Architecture," Annali di architettura 23 (2011): 181-182.
Sabine Frommel, "Francesco Primaticcio architetto," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 65 / 3 (September 2006): 437-438.
David Coffin, "Pirro Ligorio: The Renaissance Artist, Architect, and Antiquarian," The Sixteenth Century Journal 37 / 3 (Fall 2006): 300-301.
Christof Frommel et al., "Baldassare Peruzzi 1481-1536," Renaissance Quarterly 66 / 2 (2006): 513-515.
Amanda Lillie, "Florentine Villas in the Fifteenth Century," CAA.reviews, March 2006.


This is our most far-reaching polar expedition, taking in three different locations. The wild and remote environments of the sub-Antarctic Falkland Islands and the island of South Georgia are home to a proliferation of unique wildlife and birdlife. There are penguin rookeries with more than 100,000 nesting birds, the beaches are covered in fur seals and elephant seals, while seabirds, including many of the albatross species, nest and raise their young. The islands have a fascinating human history as well which we will explore with our onboard experts. After exploring these sub-Antarctic islands we will continue to push south to the frozen continent itself, Antarctica. Icebergs in all shapes and sizes fill the waters, and yet more unique wildlife can be found living in sizable colonies. The waters are full of life and we frequently encounter whales including humpback, minke and orca.
Having arrived in the Falkland Islands overnight, we launch the Zodiacs and are excited to make our first shore excursion this morning. Our plan will be to explore several locations in the West Falkland archipelago. These remote islands are home to a proliferation of seabirds and migratory birds including the stunning black-browed albatross. Our first penguin sightings will be on West Point Island with its bustling rookeries of rockhoppers. On Carcass Island, we observe nesting magellanic penguins as well as oystercatchers, geese and the striated caracara – a bird of prey. The following morning we arrive in Stanley, the capital of the Falklands Islands. As we wander through the charming streets of brightly painted houses, we learn how this quiet harbour was once a major port in the 19th century for tall ships rounding the fabled Cape Horn. There are several interesting activities to enjoy today. Stanley has an excellent museum that outlines the historic events that took place during the conflict with Argentina in 1982. The waterfront memorial built to commemorate the lives of the British servicemen killed during the war is a sobering reminder of recent history. Stanley's famed philatelic museum with its impressive collection of historic stamps is another interesting diversion.
We chart a southeasterly course bound for South Georgia. The seabirds once again join us in the Southern Ocean. Our educational presentations continue and are always popular. History is a key theme of this voyage and the epic story of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the HMS Endurance expedition is central to any trip to South Georgia. Perhaps you will pick up some valuable tips from our onboard photographic guide, learning about image composition, the subtle polar light and all the basics of good camera craft. We will also learn about Polar conservation - a theme particularly close to the hearts of our One Ocean Expeditions' guides and crew.
South Georgia has often been called the 'Serengeti of the Southern Ocean' – and as we approach the deep bays of this rugged, rocky outcrop, you will begin to see why. Launching the Zodiacs we begin our exploration of the island, in the vicinity of Elsehul Bay. Large numbers of fur seals and the much larger elephant seals will line the dark sand beaches. Living in the tussock grass, king penguins and their chicks may number up to 100,000 birds in some locations, including Salisbury Plain, St Andrews Bay and Gold Harbour. The island is also home to large numbers of nesting albatross as they fill the skies above, coming and going from the nest. South Georgia is a thrilling location for history lovers and the rusting relics of the early whaling industry are all around us. We hope to observe several of the old stations at locations including Leith, Husvik and Stromness. A highlight is a visit to Grytviken – the largest of the whaling stations, situated at the head of Cumberland Bay. It is here we visit the gravesite of Sir Ernest Shackleton. For many, being in the presence of the great explorer will be a highlight of the trip. An excellent museum at Grytviken, maintained by the South Georgia Heritage Trust and the restored church built by the original Norwegian whalers provides a fascinating glimpse into the past.
Around 60 miles off the coast of the Antarctic mainland we find the South Shetland Island chain. Possible landing sites could include King George Island, Half Moon Island or Yankee Harbour. Weather conditions permitting we sail the ship into the flooded volcanic caldera of Deception Island. There are some outstanding hikes at these locations and the old whaling station and aircraft hangar at Deception Island beg for further exploration. After so much anticipation, we enter the icy waters of the Antarctic Peninsula in the vicinity of Mikkelson Harbour or Cierva Cove. Snow covered mountains soar from the dark waters. Along the shoreline in the bays and harbours of the Peninsula lives an incredible abundance of wildlife. Large rookeries are home to chinstrap, gentoo and Adelie penguins. Seals live on the ice floes, including the powerful leopard seal that we hope to encounter. Gulls, skuas and cormorants are also found nesting and feeding at many sites along the Antarctic Peninsula. We explore by Zodiac boat and ashore where a range of exciting activities await. Locations we hope to visit include Wilhelmina Bay, Orne Harbour, Cuverville Island and the Errera Channel. Join the photographic guide taking pictures of stunning icebergs. Or enjoy a hike to the top of a snowy mountain saddle with one of our adventure guides. If the opportunity presents itself, visit a science base or an old historic hut. The sea kayakers may explore up to several miles from the ship, for a truly memorable experience.


Life of Meg: Great Jewelry Sale!!
Greetings from sunny Phoenix! I just had to take a quick post-breakfast second to tell you about the amazing jewelry sale going on over at Outfit Additions!
This little beauty of a statement necklace is top on my wishlist! It would look so cute with any holiday outfit, or to spice up a cozy work sweater!
The sale is through Monday and you can get up to 40% off trendy bangles, earrings, and more!
Spend $25 and get $5 off, $50 and get $15 off, or $75 and get $30 off.
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So wheather you are a chunky bib necklace girl, or need some boho bangles, this sale is for you! I have a few bangles in my shopping cart and I'm still milling over a fun necklace!


Due to the increasingly competitive landscape in the manufacturing industry, every manufacturing company must design, manufacture and supply products of superior quality in the shortest time and the lowest cost possible to win and retain customers. That notwithstanding, managing the processes involved in the production, selling, and distribution of products is a terrific challenge in itself.
January 13 - HOUSTON - ABIS, Inc, an ERP Software provider catered to the Manufacturing, Metal and Utility industries has been named one of the 2016's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in the Nation by the 101 Best and Brightest organization.
The Best Places to Work in Manufacturing Smart Asset, a personal finance and research company, released last week a very interesting ranking that analyzed 389 areas in the country and identified the best places to work in the Manufacturing Industry.


How to Connect DVD player to TV in 10 easy steps.
1.) Look at the back of your DVD player. It should look something like the picture below.
2.) Locate the three round connectors - a yellow, a red and a white together. The yellow one should read video output, the red and white should read audio output.
3.) Get cables. Your DVD player may have come with three RCA type cables in the box when you got it, a yellow at both ends, a red at both ends and a white at both ends of the cable. If not, you will have to get these three cables. You can find them at Radio Shack or other retail stores. The cables should be long enough to reach to your TV location from the DVD player. Typically 6 feet is long enough.
4.) Plug in the three RCA type cables to the DVD player as shown below. Match the colors! Yellow to yellow, red to red and white to white! The connectors on the ends are known as RCA connectors, and the yellow cable is known as a composite video cable, the red and white as stereo audio cables. The white is the left stereo and the red is the right stereo channel.
5.) Look at the back of your TV. It should look something like the picture below.
You are looking for three round connectors, a yellow, a red and a white. The yellow one should read video in, the red and white should read audio in. If you do not have the three colored connections, you probably have an older TV set, so you need to go here.
6.) Plug in the other ends of the three RCA type cables to the TV set (match the colors and make sure you put them into the video and audio INPUT.
7.) You will probably have to set the TV to the INPUT that is being fed via the video connector, so you'll need to press a button on the TV or the TV remote control - it will probably say something like TV/Video or VIDEO1 or DVD. Once the DVD player is connected to the TV and powered ON, keep trying the button until you see the DVD players output on the TV screen.
8.) Push the OPEN button on the DVD player and insert a DVD-Video in the tray (label side UP).
9.) Push the button to close the tray and then push the PLAY button.
10.) You did it! Now you are done! Sit back and enjoy the show.
OLDER TV - OK, so your TV is old and you don't see the round colored connections shown in the photo. What you probably see is just one connector on the back of your TV - like the photo below.
This is the RF coax cable connection. A cable TV or antenna 75 ohm coaxial cable connects to this INPUT on your TV and provides video and audio over one cable. A VCR also has these connections.
If your TV only has this kind of connection, you need to get a RF modulator box in order to connect your DVD player to your TV. A RF modulator box is a small $20 converter which allows you to plug in your DVD player's 3 RCA cables to the box and plug in your coax cable connected to your TV. You can watch TV as normal or switch over to watch the DVD player's video on channel 3 or 4. The DVD output will be converted to a RF (radio frequency) and be then output to your TV over the coax cable. The picture will not be quite as good as a direct connection but will be OK. See connection diagrams.
RF Modulator box used for DVD player (and other devices) to TV connection.
Some older TV sets do not even have a coax cable connection. They may just have two screws where a VHF rabbit ears antenna connects and two screws where a UHF loop antenna connects. For these older TV sets, you need to use a video balun (balanced to unbalanced) to convert 75 ohm coax to 300 ohm twin lead and then still use the RF modulator box to connect the DVD player to your TV.
A video balun is a transmission line transformer for converting balanced input to unbalanced output or vice versa. An old typical usage of the balun was (and still is) with TV antennas.
An example of a video balun to convert 75 ohm coax cable signals to 300 ohm for connection to TV antenna terminals. The coax cable screws into the round end and the twin lead connects to the TV antenna terminals. Connect the coax cable from the RF modulator box OUTPUT to the round end of the balun and then connect the twin leads to your TV antenna terminals.
For those of you with newer, more modern TVs you're better off connecting your DVD player to the TV using an S-video cable or component video cables if your TV has these connections. You will probably have to buy an S-video cable as they are not normally supplied with the dvd player. The S-video cable or the component video cables transfer VIDEO only, not AUDIO, so you'll still have to use the stereo cables for the audio.
S-Video uses a 4-pin connector and is usually black. S-Video gives you a better picture than composite video. Most DVD players have S-Video connections and most new TV sets also have S-Video.
Newer TV with composite video (yellow), S-Video (4-pin black) and component video (green, blue, red). Many DVD players have component video output. Component video gives you even better video than S-Video.
Component video uses the same RCA type connectors that composite video uses, but has 3 (green, blue, red) instead of just 1 (yellow) cable for video.
The component video connections on this TV are outlined in gray (upper right corner). The stereo audio connections are outlined in red. This modern TV has yet another video connection, the DVI, which is all digital video. It is a multi-pin and is usually white or silver. Few low cost DVD players will have DVI but it is becoming more popular with the advent of digital TV monitors and High-Definition TV.
The HDMI connection (not shown) is the top-of-the-line found only on the newest players and it transfers both digital video and digital audio in one cable.


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Elathalam, or Ilathalam, is a metallic musical instrument which resembles a miniature pair of cymbals. This instrument from Kerala in southern India is completely made out of bronze and has two pieces in it.

Elathalam is played by keeping one part of the cymbal in left hand banging the other cymbal to the one in left hand. Even though this instrument is small by size, it does have more thickness than the common cymbal, and thus gives a distinct chime.

Elathalam is never a lead instrument but is used in a number of ethnic Kerala percussion ensembles like Panchavadyam, Chenda melam, Thayambaka and Kailaya vathiyam besides by second singer on a Kathakali stage beside providing the beat in Kuzhal Pattu and Kombu Pattu.

Masters of Elathalam
Leading elathalam masters of the present day include:Cheriyath Thanku Marar, Chelakkara Unnikrishnan, Maniyamparambil Mani, Kothachira Sekharan Nair, Chengamanad Paramu Nair, Pallavur Raghava Pisharody, Chelakkara Jayan, Pookottur Sasidharan (Asiad Sasi), Guruvayur Velutty and Peruvanam Murali, Ajith marar, panjal velukutty, Venu Bharanganam, Hari Thalanadu, Azhakam Ajayan, mani kenoor, Angadippuram kannan, Chethalloor hari, Kunduvanpadam Sundaran Nair, Chelakkara Suryan, and many

See also

 Pandi Melam
 Panchari melam
 Thayambaka
 Panchavadyam

Arts of Kerala


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Молдовеня́ска (; букв. — «молдавская») — один из наиболее популярных молдавских народных танцев, а также музыка к этому танцу.

Музыкальный размер 2/4 со счётом на 2. Темп быстрый. В композиционной структуре преобладает форма рондо (запев — припев). Все танцовщики становятся , после нескольких кругов разбегаются по парам и начинают зажигательный танец, снова становясь в круг после определенного набора фигур. Круг, которым обычно начинают молдовеняску, образуется каждый раз с новой фигуры.

Молдовеняска распространена как в художественной самодеятельности, так и на профессиональной балетной сцене. Наиболее известный коллектив, исполняющий молдовеняску, — молдавский государственный национальный академический ансамбль народного танца «Жок».

В Болгарии существует вариант этого танца под названием «мулдуванска».

См. также

 Жок
 Хора
 Сырба
 Оляндра

Литература

 БСЭ

Ссылки
 Молдовеняска для аккордеона или баяна
 Молдовеняска // Танцевальный словарь

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What does one wear when you have to present to a new client on your user experience and design process? Well polka dots, paired with black, red and white of course!
I am always a bit anxious before these meetings, but find that once I start speaking, things go fairly well. Probably because I love my job and it also helped that I felt confident in this outfit. But, for the sake of full disclosure, I have to admit that I didn't actually wear these boots to the morning meeting. I wore a pair of black ones instead and regretted the decision. So, I made a pit stop at home to change into the red ones before my afternoon meeting. The things I do for fashion but looking at the photos I feel I made the right choice.
What a great outfit! I'm not a big fan of white tights, but you take that away, and I wish all of it was mine; from the lipstick right down to the boots!
Lovely outfit! And those boots are amazing.


11/17/2012: Please share to find Colleen Spencer (60) missing from RENO, NEVADA since 11/16/2012. Article: Reno Police are looking for a missing woman who they say may be in need of immediate medical attention. Police say 60-year-old Colleen Spencer has not been seen since 1:00 Friday afternoon, near Longley Lane and Rock Boulevard. She is known to frequent areas around Pembroke Drive, Airway Drive and Peckham Lane. Spencer is a white woman, approximately 5'4" and 130 pounds. She has red hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a long black trench coat and tan galoshes. If you've seen her or have information to help locate her please call Reno Police at (775) 334-2677.
The Reno Police Department joined forces with Washoe County Search and Rescue to look for 60-year-old Colleen Spencer.
Search crews searched for Spencer all afternoon Sunday and well into the night.
A raven advanced the search even further just after 7 p.m. Sunday.
Colleen is described as a white female adult, approximately five feet four inches tall and 130 pounds. She has red hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a long black trench coat and tan galoshes.
Spencer was last seen on November 16 at approximately 1:00 pm in the area of Longley Lane and Rock Boulevard. Colleen may be in need of immediate medical attention. She frequents the areas around Pembroke Drive and has been found in the past wandering and disoriented in the area of Airway Drive and Peckham Lane.
Sunday search crews combed through southwest Reno looking in parks, along sidewalks and all along the Truckee River.
"These areas happen to be areas this missing person is familiar with, that she frequents, and we suspect that that's probably where we're going to find her," Reno Police Department Sgt. Scott Shaw says.
Spencer may suffer from some form of dementia which would cause her to be disoriented.
"Based on some on going medical issues that she has as well as the inclement weather that we have it's getting colder with the rain and the snow we are concerned with her safety," Sgt. Shaw says.
She was living with family when she wondered away.
There have been possible sightings, but RPD sergeant Scott Shaw tells News 4 nothing has been confirmed.
Police are looking for community help.
"That's why we want to get her photo out to the media and we appreciate your guys' assistance and the public's assistance in trying to locate her. They public plays a key role in finding her and finding her safely," Sgt. Shaw says.
Colleen may be in need of immediate medical attention. If you see her or have any information regarding her whereabouts you're urged to contact the Reno Police Department at 334-2126.
Re: Colleen Spencer (60) missing from RENO, NEVADA since 11/16/2012.
Wow, she's pretty young to have dementia. I sure hope they find her soon and alive.
Me, too Raine and for the update. Missing people lately in droves.
Thanks - could not resist C's picture!


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Le Post : a successful and innovative news site that mixes pro and am content
If you're not French, or francophone, there is little chance that you have heard about the French news site : Le Post. The site has been launched a little bit more than 18 months ago, by le Monde interactif, publisher of lemonde.fr, the website of one of the most famous newspapers in France, le Monde, and the largest general news site in France.
According to Nielsen, Le Post had, already, an audience of 2 million in November 2008, more than 7 million visits according to the OJD (the equivalent in France of the audit bureau) for January 2009. Pretty impressive for a new site.
Le Post is a news website, covering national news. For many, it leans more towards the "tabloïd side". It is true that its content, its tone, its look and feel are very different than le Monde. But, its main difference comes from the way the content is produced. It is a mix of pro and am.
Benoît Raphaël, the editor in chief of Le Post, gives us some details about a site that I think is one of the most innovative news sites produced by a media company in 2008. It should break-even in 2010. Not bad at all.
The uniqueness of Le Post is that the content is produced by pro and am. How many professional journalists in the team?
BR: We have one editor that manages the newsroom of nine journalists :
- 4 specialized (crime and accidents, politics, media, internet),
- 2 at the desk (in charge of the HP, aggregating content, organizing the news in different formats in order to make things easy for the readers and animating the conversation),
- 1 video journalist in charge of non-stop "zapping", a video "collage" from different sources,
- 1 coach journalist in charge of the community. Among his work is to check the information sent by the citizen-journalists, look for witnesses, etc.
How many amateurs contribute to the site?
Our community has 25,000 members. 1% produces content and a 1,000 are very active. Among the active, you have what we call "guests". They are bloggers and columnists that are paid on a revenue sharing basis. Amateurs send 400 to 500 contributions and write 6,000 comments a day.
What is the rest of the team?
- One editor in chief (me),
- one product manager,
- one marketing director,
- one ad sales representative,
- two developers
- and we are sharing some other team members with lemonde.fr
On average, what is the percentage of content produced by pro versus am?
It is 10% pro, 90% am. In other words, we publish 400 am articles a day versus 40 from pro. But, it does not mean anything because in fact the newsroom really takes advantage of the community, reacts to what they are sending, checks and updates information. The majority of the articles that appear on the HP are a mix of pro and am. In fact, our goal is to co-produce the content, not to have on one side the pro and on the other side the am.
Do you double check am content?
We do double check the am content that we publish. Absolutely.
How do you proceed?
We have put together different processes. All the content is filtered, a posteriori, by a team of moderators. We want to make sure that there is no illegal content, that am follow our guidelines and that they are not propagating rumors. Then, the newsroom also looks at it. The coach goes first, then the specialized journalists. Each journalist manages a small community of am that he trusts. So each interesting content that we receive is checked according to our techniques of "fast fact checking" that we have developed.
What do you mean by "each journalist manages a small community of am"?
Active amateurs help us to collect and add value to information by proposing smart angles, aggregating, finding witnesses, etc. They are also "the eyes of the newsroom". They are following the news for us, on print, tv, radio, news sites, but also blogs. They are sending us valuable links with quotes.
And sometimes, they are helping us on fact checking. It is because of an amateur that we have been able to figure out that a video about Gaza was a fraud. France 2 (the French public television chanel) published the video without fact checking it.
What is the job of a journalist at Le Post?
He is, at the same time, a news producer, an aggregator and a community organizer. Because of the way he approaches information, he is first a network journalist. He checks first what has been said and published in other media. He aggregates the best content from different sources, including blogs, Twitter, You Tube, etc. and traditional medias. Then, on some of them, he brings complementary information, new elements, adds value and fact checks. Even the news published by other journalists.
The newsroom of Le Post looks like the one of a radio station. The information is a permanent conversation that is built step by step by the community of am and the journalists.
Each journalist is also in charge of a small group of active amateurs. He is their coach and teachs them the basics of the journalist job, tries to encourage them and even meets them in person. He understands that information is a conversation. He does not produce an article but more a process.
How much does a journalist make?
They are new and young journalists, so they are making the minimum salary for the job.
How about amateurs?
Only guests make some money. As I said, we have a revenue sharing system (50/50) and we guarantee a minimum of around US$500 (350 euros)/month.
Are you making money?
Not yet, but we should break-even next year.
(Disclosure: Benoit is a friend. I have worked with him right before he became the editor in chief of Le Post. We launched together (and with other talented persons) the very successful site for the French presidential election: quelcandidat.com. It was for the local newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré. Mignon-Media also worked for the new formula of Le Monde, a few years ago, rethinking and reorganizing the informational graphics department)
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JD Lasica 4:58 AM
Very interesting. Would have liked to have heard more about what kind of content the amateurs are producing.
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Benoît 12:09 PM
euh, 10% de production journalistique vs 90 am ça fait :
- soit 40 vs 400
- soit 4 vs 40
... mais pas 4 vs 400, non ?
Ou bien il y a qqc que je n'ai pas saisi ?
Jeff Mignon 12:19 PM
@Benoît. En effet, il y a un pb. I'm going to check. Tx.
@ Benoît. Erreur corrigée. C'est 40 vs 400. Merci encore.
Benoît 8:37 AM
OK, welcome :-)
I just started reading Le Post and wonder... It is certainly a way of exploiting journalists and wannabees to work for almost nothing, It shows what can be done with a staff of 14 provided you have an endless supply of galley slaves, which apparently they do.
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Conman tricks woman, 87, out of £1,500 for scooter
A suited conman tricked a pensioner into handing over more than £1,500 for a mobility scooter that never existed. The smartly dressed thief pretended he was selling the scooter and twice made the victim withdraw cash from her bank which he pocketed.
The smartly dressed thief pretended he was selling the scooter and twice made the victim withdraw cash from her bank which he pocketed.
A suited conman tricked a pensioner into handing over more than £1,500 for a mobility scooter that never existed.
He first called at the 87-year-old woman's home in the Castleton area of Rochdale on Wednesday April 14th wearing a suit and persuaded her to buy a scooter from him.
He then took her in his car to the Santander bank on Yorkshire Street in Rochdale town centre and she withdrew £500 from her bank.
She also ordered a further £1,100 for a future withdrawal. Two days later, he returned to her home, this time in casual clothing, and took her back to the bank and collected the £1,100 she had ordered.
He promised the scooter would be delivered, but when it failed to arrive she told her carer who called police.
CCTV stills of the thief entering the bank on the two dates have now been released and police are appealing to anyone who recognises this man to come forward.
He is described as white, spoke with a Lancashire accent and also has what appears to be a distinctive mark / tattoo on his neck.
Police believe the conman first worked out the victim lived alone and then just called at her home.
Detective Constable Charlotte Humphreys, of Rochdale CID, said: "This callous thief came up with a well-orchestrated and devious plan to con a vulnerable pensioner out of quite a large sum of money.
"He should be thoroughly ashamed of himself and I'm sure people reading this will be utterly appalled.
"We need to catch this man because clearly he has no scruples and we do not want anyone else to fall victim to his scheme.
"I am therefore appealing to anyone who recognises this man to come forward. He appears to have a distinctive mark or tattoo on his neck so please, if you think you know this man, do the right thing and call us because his crimes cannot go unpunished and we do not want anyone else to be conned.
"I would also ask that people be on their guard when answering the door to cold callers claiming to be selling something. Check their credentials before you do anything and do not give anyone money until you have a contract in place. A reputable salesman will be happy to provide genuine identification and let you check this with their employer."
Anybody with information is asked to call Rochdale CID on 0161 856 8745 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.


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We LOVE Jonny Duddle and his pirate tales which are perfect for 4-6 year olds! This is the second chapter-book instalment about the eccentric pirate family, the Jolley-Rogers, following on from the best-selling picture books 'The Pirate-Cruncher' and 'The Pirates Next Door'.
While the Jolley-Rogers are enjoying a day at the beach, little sister Nugget toddles into a cave. When she doesn't come out again, Mum goes in to find her. And, when Mum doesn't return, Dad follows.
Jim Lad is suspicious and sends Bones the dog to Dull-on-Sea to find Matilda before he too ventures in to the cave. Jim Lad soon discovers a magical haul of treasure inside the cave has bewitched his family. Will the cave's spooky inhabitant, a sinister sea witch, keep them prisoner forever, or can Matilda and Bones come to the Jolley-Rogers' rescue?
Perfect as a first read-aloud chapter book for 4-5 year olds, or for 6-7 year olds making their first forays into independent reading. Gudrun.


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Until The Edge Of The World
by Daniel Bertram
The five-year-old Flo cannot understand the condition that her father is in. Her mother explains: "He is with us but also far away at the same time". This description sparks the child's creativity, as she begins to imagine her father embarking on a journey far away, into the vastness of space.
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Lisa Hagmeister, Tanja Kübler, Alicia Valencia Pollex, Johanna Linden
At the young age of 20, Daniel Bertram directed the Anti-Racism-Spot for the Fifa World-Cup 2006 with national team players from Germany, USA and Albania. His Social-Spots were broadcasted in more than 70 countries worldwide. Until the Edge of the World is his debut film and diploma film at the University of Applied Science and Arts, Hannover.
I wanted to make a film in which the audience becomes a silent observer of a world dominated by grief and loss. My vision was a film in which we immerse ourselves in the thoughts of the characters, to a metaphorical, visual and acoustic dimension, where we slowly begin to realize on whose mind we are.
Lisa Hagmeister
Born in Berlin in 1979, Lisa Hagmeister performed in Theatre as well as on TV in the German Tatort, for which she won a German Television Award. She recently starred in a leading role in System Crasher, which won her the Silver Bear at the Berlinale.
Alicia Valencia Pollex
For this promising German child actress Until the Edge of the World marks the first film role.
Director Daniel Bertram
Screenplay Daniel Bertram
Cinematographer Knut Adass
Producer Daniel Bertram
Costume Designer Christian Hofmann
Music Billy Ray Schlag
Production design Patricia Ulbricht, Ann-Kathrin Paul
Original Title: Bis die Welt einen Rand bekommt | Germany 2019 | Drama | 84' | 2.39:1 | German with English Subs | 2K | 25fps
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