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Last week at the SCIEN Workshop on Augmented and Mixed Reality, a group of industry and academic researchers met to discuss the future of virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR). One goal was clear: we'd all like to put on devices that look and feel like ordinary eyeglasses but can bring us to new places. We also want to maintain the full fidelity of human vision while experiencing VR/MR.
We're still in the early days on the journey toward this vision, and there isn't a clear route to solving all the optical challenges. For example, today's near-eye displays feature a trade-off between bulkiness and field of view. They provide only part of the information the brain uses to judge depth. It's not clear how to make a display that looks like eyeglasses when many must wear actual eyeglasses to see clearly. Typically, when we try to solve one of these challenges, we take a step back in another area.
In a new publication to be presented at SIGGRAPH 2017, we propose a new solution to VR/MR displays that has the potential to address all these problems at once: holography. When light waves from a 3D scene meet on a flat surface, they interact to form a sophisticated pattern, known as a hologram — much like a series of waves combining to form a detailed set of ripples in a pool. The hologram can then be "played back" with a beam of laser light to re-create all the intricacies of the 3D scene, including the depths of all the objects.
One of the greatest challenges to building near-eye displays is balancing the trade-off between the field of view and device form factor. A wide field of view is desirable so that we can see the whole scene at once; at the same time, we desire a lightweight, compact and aesthetically pleasing design that is both comfortable to wear all day and socially acceptable. Today we find these qualities only in isolation: sunglasses-like displays with very narrow fields of view (<20 degrees horizontal), or goggle- or helmet-sized displays with wide fields of view (>= 80 degrees horizontal). In our work, we created a simple prototype display with a sunglasses-like form factor, but a wide field of view (80 degrees horizontal), shown below. The key insight from our admittedly crude prototype is that we can create an optical design with visual defects, that is very compact, and then correct the defects in the hologram calculation. In the image below, we show a photograph of our prototype display as well as a simple augmented image shot through the display — note the image is clear edge-to-edge.
Another key challenge in building near-eye displays is reproducing the focal depth cues. When viewing real objects, our eyes can focus on different depths, and the blurriness of out-of-focus objects is used to judge depth. However, most near-eye displays present all objects at the same focus. This limitation causes visual discomfort, reduces the realism of the scene and can cause focus conflicts between real and virtual objects. Many solutions have been proposed to address the problem — varifocal displays, multifocal displays and light-field displays — however, these solutions provide only a coarse approximation of the focal cues of the real scene. Holographic displays can provide highly accurate focal control that is individually addressable on a pixel by pixel basis, like a real scene.
In the image below, we show a hologram on a prototype display where each pixel in the image is at exactly the correct focus. The camera is focused at the dragon's chest region, which appears in focus, while the nearer and farther regions appear out of focus. In the blue-bordered inset images, we show additional images of the chest, middle body and tail regions when the camera was focused at that region and focused away from that region. See the video for an animation of the camera focusing through the depth of the model.
Another important challenge to solve in near-eye displays is handling problems with the user's vision. If we ultimately wish to make a display the size of eyeglasses, we must build the functionality of eyeglasses into the display. A current solution is to provide adjustable image focus control by mechanically moving the distance between the display panel and the lens. However, this solution does not scale to providing a display the size of eyeglasses, and does not correct for more advanced vision problems such as astigmatism. We demonstrate that holographic displays can correct for advanced vision problems entirely in software by pre-distorting the emitted light waves so that they appear correct when viewed by the eye.
In the image below, we demonstrate a vision correction capability on a prototype display. In the left image, for reference, we show a holographic display viewed with normal vision. In the center image, we show the display as it would look to a viewer with astigmatism — note in the blue-bordered inset image that the horizontal lines become blurred vertically. In the right image, we show the display viewed with astigmatism, but with compensation in the hologram; note that it looks virtually the same as when viewed with normal vision.
For more information, please visit our project page and video.
The Microsoft Research paper is not necessarily indicative of any Microsoft product roadmap, but relates to basic research around holographic displays.


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The Washington Post: Prophet or Judas? Son of Chinas church founder tackles thorny legacy
By William Wan September 7
Wu Zongsu, right, seen here in 1978, took care of his father Y. T. Wu up until his death in 1979. (Courtesy of Wu Zongsu)
BEIJING — Six decades after Y.T. Wu founded an organization used by the Communist Party to control churches in China, his son is suing the government to get Wu's diaries back in hopes of rehabilitating his image among the many Chinese Christians who despise him.
To this day, the vast rift caused by Wu's organization defines China's churches. Among the booming unregistered churches, he is vilified. Some worshipers call him a Judas who delivered China's Christian community into the hands of the Communist government and abetted the persecution of hundreds of thousands of Christians.
Yet in government-sanctioned congregations, Wu is revered for creating theThree-Self Patriotic Movement in charge of all Protestant churches.
Since Wu's death in 1979, these dueling legacies have haunted his son, Wu Zongsu. Now 84 and in the twilight of his life, the son is spending his final years and a small fortune trying to piece together a more nuanced portrait of his father.
The key to that, however, lies in a 40-volume collection of diaries that the younger Wu says he lent to the Communist Party days after his father's death and has been unable to recover.
Wu thinks that if church scholars could access his father's early writings, they would understand his original vision for China's churches — a vision he says the Communist Party later twisted to suit its own purposes.
In a phone interview from San Francisco, where he now lives, Wu called the lawsuit against China's government a last-ditch effort that has slim chances of succeeding.
"I don't have much time left, and there is no one after me to do this work," he said. He is the last remaining heir and has no descendants. "Some call my father a prophet; others say a betrayer. But the truth is he was just a man, a very complicated one."
Wu was in his 20s when his father began the Three-Self Patriotic Association in the 1950s. China's Communist leaders had finally won control of the country, expelled all foreign missionaries and set up an atheistic government.
At the private urging of China's premier, Zhou Enlai, and after meetings with Party Chairman Mao Zedong, Y.T. Wu — also known in China by his full name, Wu Yaozong — spearheaded the establishment of a national church that would be free from foreign influence and completely loyal to the new Communist government.
The resulting organization took its Three-Self name from its principles of self-governance, self-support and self-propagation of the Gospel.
Congregations that submitted to the organization's authority were allowed to carry on; those that did not were declared enemies of the state. In the ensuing years, thousands of people were arrested and imprisoned, according to church historians, as Christian worshipers, churches and pastors were encouraged to inform on each other.
With the late-1960s Cultural Revolution, registration became moot. All religion in China was banned, and even previously state-backed church leaders were sent to labor camps, Y.T. Wu among them.
But from that repression emerged a thriving illegal underground church movement, whose growth outpaced that of the government's Three-Self churches when they were restored in 1979.
A bitter rift between China's official and illegal churches has existed ever since.
A government think tank in 2010 pegged the number of Chinese Protestants at 23 million, but outside experts estimate an additional 35 million belong to the enormous underground churches.
To this day, many in the underground churches as well as overseas Chinese Christians question the motives of Wu's father for creating a state church and ask whether he even believed in God.
Wu argues that while his father was flawed, he was an idealist who subscribed to the mistaken belief that Christianity could coexist with the Communist government, rather than be controlled by it.
During the Communist revolution, Wu notes, party leaders spoke of many of the same ideals as Christians — equality, people's rights and values. "My father saw Communism and Christianity as two sides of the same truth — in pursuit of the same goal, a better society."
The son said he became disillusioned with Communism in 1989, when Chinese troops opened fire on Tiananmen Square activists. He was teaching at the time at a university in San Francisco and decided to remain there.
"I realized then that Christianity and Communism are like fire and water," he said. "Christianity emphasizes love. Communism emphasizes the life and death struggle of classes."
With the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Three-Self association approaching, Wu has pushed his more favorable view of his father in personal meetings and at academic symposiums.
He said he has spent $100,000 — his and his wife's life savings — to help a Hong Kong professor collect what remains of his father's speeches and writings from throughout China. (They hope to publish the collected works at the end of this year.)
He also wrote a 60-page paper on his father's beliefs and work that caused ripples of controversy among scholars when it was published four years ago. Based on his father's writings and his own recollections, the work is surprisingly unsentimental and unsparing in parts.
Only the title betrays Wu's sympathies: "Fallen Flower, Ruthless Waters." The flower refers to his father, Wu explains, the waters to the party.
But all that work pales in comparison to what could emerge from the diaries his father kept, Wu said. Beyond their importance in explaining his father's intentions, Wu and scholars say, the diaries could yield valuable insights into a crucial era of China's church history.
Wu has petitioned various departments within the Communist government for years without a response. The closest thing he received, he said, was an indirect explanation from leaders in the Three-Self movement that because his father is a historical figure, his diaries were now considered state property.
Wu's efforts have drawn mixed reactions from Chinese Christians.
When Bob Fu, founder of the Texas-based Christian rights group China Aid, invited Wu to speak at a San Francisco conference this year, one of the most prominent leaders in the Chinese Christian community refused to attend.
Fu said the leader quoted the Bible, "A good tree doesn't produce bad fruit," and pointed to the imprisonment of innumerable Christians in China that followed the creation of the Three-Self association.
But at the conference, Fu said, many appeared disarmed by Wu's sincerity and willingness to criticize some of what his father did.
"I still think his portrayal of his father as a tragic figure may be an overly gracious assessment," Fu said. "But there's probably some truth to both sides."
Views are also softening among some in the underground church, with the emergence of a new generation of church leaders who never experienced the persecution of earlier decades, said a pastor from an unregistered church in Beijing.
Rather than a villain, Wu's father is now viewed by some as a man who — for better or worse — was used by God as a tool during that era to strengthen churches in China.
"How you see Wu Yaozong depends on how you view the Three-Self church he created," said the pastor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "And opinions are beginning to change as the church itself changes."
Liu Liu contributed to this report.
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The Double Mamba was an engine design of around 3,000–4,000 hp (2,500–3,000 kW). It was used mostly on the Fairey Gannet anti-submarine, naval carrier based aircraft developed for the Royal Navy. 36 Fairey Gannets also saw service on HMAS Melbourne with the Royal Australian Navy.
The Double Mamba (also known as the Twin Mamba) was a development of the Armstrong Siddeley Mamba with two Mambas driving two 4 blade contra-rotating propellors through a combining gearbox.
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Napoli Injury News and Updates
Zuniga Close To A Return?
Badly missed in the months he's been out of the lineup, it sounds like Camilo Zuniga might finally be returning soon.
By Conor Dowley@c_dowley Mar 27, 2014, 5:56am CET
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After being out since October thanks to a knee operation that just hasn't seemed to heal properly, Tuttonapoli is reporting that Camilo Zuniga is finally set to make his return to the squad, saying that he could be available as soon as Sunday's match against Serie A leaders Juventus.
The wingback has been out for almost five months with the knee injury, despite initially being expected to miss a little over a month at the outside. He's returned to training several times, but always disappeared shortly thereafter, with vague mentions of continuing discomfort. Given that the surgery was supposed to correct a reoccurring problem, him being out so long with apparent complications from it is something of a bad sign.
Still, if he is healthy and ready to come back in to the squad, Zuniga will be welcomed back with open arms. Anthony Reveillere has been one step shy of terrible for the last couple of months, and the experiments with Henrique Buss as a fullback haven't exactly been wildly successful either. With Maggio still out for several weeks, a boost to the depth at fullback will be well received.
Zuniga Still Out, But Barca Rumors Won't Go Away
Despite Zuniga having been out since October with a mysteriously nagging knee injury, rumors connecting the wide man to Barcelona have persisted.
Zuniga will also be wanting to push himself to return to top form as quickly as possible, as his position in Colombia's squad for the World Cup is in serious doubt after such a long injury layoff. If he plays well, his path to the squad would be fairly clear with Pablo Armero (remember him?) only playing once since he moved to West Ham on loan. Before that, though, he has to prove that he's healthy first, and that will be a challenge after such a long and borderline mysterious layoff.
While it's doubtful that he'll be starting right away, it does seem fairly likely that Zuniga will play some role against Juventus if he's deemed ready, as a late-game defensive sub is almost certain to be needed almost no matter the situation. Hopefully he'll be ready and doesn't, you know, break again when he's called upon.
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Q: How to read binary content of an embeded word object I have an embedded OLE object in word as "InlineShape". I would like to access this object as a data stream / string. at the moment, I can see some ideas for Excel via OLEObject, but it seems that there is no solution for Word that I can see.

A: The following code achieves what I want:
' from here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1356118/vba-ws-toolkit-how-to-get-current-file-as-byte-array
Public Function GetFileBytes(ByVal path As String) As Byte()
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    lngFileNum = FreeFile
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        Open path For Binary Access Read As lngFileNum
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        Get lngFileNum, , bytRtnVal
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    End If
    GetFileBytes = bytRtnVal
    Erase bytRtnVal
End Function

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    Dim ns As Object
    Dim folderItem
    Const namePrefix = "site-visit-v2.5"
    Const nameSuffix = ".dat"

    Dim fileBytes() As Byte
    Dim tempDir As String: tempDir = Environ("TEMP")
    ' first embedded Item - you may need adjust if you have more shapes
    ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.Item(shapeIndex).Range.Copy

    ' paste it to temp dir
    Set ns = CreateObject("Shell.Application").namespace((tempDir))
    ns.Self.InvokeVerb ("Paste")

    ' find the file now
    Dim Item As Object
    Dim rightItem As Object
    Set rightItem = Nothing
    ' find the file that was pasted
    ' because when files are pasted and name exists, you could get a name such as "site-visit-v2.5 (10).dat"
    ' we pick the most recent that matches
    For Each Item In ns.Items
        If Item.Name Like namePrefix & "*" & nameSuffix Then
            If rightItem Is Nothing Then
                Set rightItem = Item
            Else
                If Item.modifyDate > rightItem.modifyDate Then 'a more recent date is found
                Set rightItem = Item
                End If
            End If
        End If
    Next
    fileBytes = GetFileBytes(tempDir & "\" & rightItem.Name)
    MsgBox "Read " & UBound(fileBytes) + 1 & " bytes"
End Sub

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#ifndef AnimatableLengthBoxAndBool_h
#define AnimatableLengthBoxAndBool_h

#include "core/animation/animatable/AnimatableValue.h"

namespace blink {

class AnimatableLengthBoxAndBool FINAL : public AnimatableValue {
public:
    virtual ~AnimatableLengthBoxAndBool() { }
    static PassRefPtrWillBeRawPtr<AnimatableLengthBoxAndBool> create(PassRefPtrWillBeRawPtr<AnimatableValue> box, bool flag)
    {
        return adoptRefWillBeNoop(new AnimatableLengthBoxAndBool(box, flag));
    }
    const AnimatableValue* box() const { return m_box.get(); }
    bool flag() const { return m_flag; }

    virtual void trace(Visitor*) OVERRIDE;

protected:
    virtual PassRefPtrWillBeRawPtr<AnimatableValue> interpolateTo(const AnimatableValue*, double fraction) const OVERRIDE;
    virtual bool usesDefaultInterpolationWith(const AnimatableValue*) const OVERRIDE;

private:
    AnimatableLengthBoxAndBool(PassRefPtrWillBeRawPtr<AnimatableValue> box, bool flag)
        : m_box(box)
        , m_flag(flag)
    {
    }
    virtual AnimatableType type() const OVERRIDE { return TypeLengthBoxAndBool; }
    virtual bool equalTo(const AnimatableValue*) const OVERRIDE;

    RefPtrWillBeMember<AnimatableValue> m_box;
    bool m_flag;
};

DEFINE_ANIMATABLE_VALUE_TYPE_CASTS(AnimatableLengthBoxAndBool, isLengthBoxAndBool());

} // namespace blink

#endif // AnimatableLengthBoxAndBool_h

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GreenBiz is pleased to partner with Code for America to co-host a fun-filled evening at Temple, San Francisco's first and greenest night club. Code for America is holding their own summit that week -- the joint party a celebration of our aligned missions by providing a unique opportunity for the cross-pollination of both organizations' rich and diverse communities.
The party will be open to all VERGE and CFA Summit attendees - and is included as part of the VERGE Interconnect Expo pass. To attend the party separately (with no Interconnect Expo pass), you can simply register via Eventbrite.
Founded in 2009, Code for America (CfA) is a nonprofit collaborating with local governments to foster and facilitate innovation. CfA is known for its fellowship program, which embeds tech and design professionals in local governments explore new approaches to resolving local challenges. Through the Accelerator, Brigade, and Peer Network programs, CfA is connecting cities with startups and volunteers, as well as each other. For more information, watch Founder Jennifer Pahlka's TED talk: http://codeforamerica.org/TED or go to http://codeforamerica.org.


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While not the first time Steve Jobs has left Apple, his battle with pancreatic cancer signifies that this exit may be the last one. Jobs announced Wednesday that he is stepping-down as Apple CEO, though said he would like to remain on the board if the company will have him.
Despite Jobs' departure, analysts say he has infused the company with his customer-serving mindset and that will live-on in his wake (both metaphorically and, eventually, literally). Instead of worrying about whether or not a product will make a profit, Apple employees have been taught to wonder how best will a product serve the end-user. This is Job's legacy, and one that has made Apple the leader in innovation throughout the industry.


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Chiropractors have been caring for children many years, and as many people seek out more natural remedies for their families, chiropractic care has seen an increase. Many common childhood ailments respond favorably to chiropractic care.
A child encounters many physical stresses during their growing years, growth spurts being one of these stresses. The results can differ, but include problems in children's spines. While a child is growing, their bones will experience physical stress. It's important that proper joint motion and care is practiced during this period. This is where chiropractors can help!
Just like their bones, your child's nervous system is also developing at a rapid rate. It's important that the nervous system experience proper motion. Chiropractic adjustments stimulate nervous system function, and in return contribute to overall health of your child.
So what are some common ailments that can be treated with chiropractic care?
All Doctors of Chiropractic (DCs) receive basic pediatric training as part of their core curriculum, so it's likely that your nearest chiropractor has experience that can help you and your child! Be sure to ask Dr. Kille or one of his staff at your next appointment about how chiropractic care can benefit your child.


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White House | Unlocking the Diaspora's Potential, One Woman At A Time
January 31, 2012 / Semhar Araia
Original post is available here.
JANUARY 31, 2012 AT 10:15 AM ET BY SEMHAR ARAIA
If I were to tell a 10-year old girl in Middle America that she, the daughter of African immigrants, would one day start her own organization focused on women and girls like her and it would one day be recognized by the White House, she probably wouldn't believe me. She'd probably think it would be just a dream because she'd never seen it happen before. Until now.
As a member of the Horn of Africa diaspora, as an Eritrean-American, and as the founder of the Diaspora African Women's Network, I am humbled and honored to be selected as a White House Champion of Change. I am proud to share my story & offer you a glimpse into a community I care so much about. I am even more proud to share this moment with my fellow Horn of Africa diaspora colleagues, who I know also share the same passion for this region as I do.
When most people hear of the Horn of Africa, they tend to think of chillingly negative images of suffering, famine and war. Maybe even pirates or Black Hawk Down. They miss the brighter moments of opportunity, success & resilience. The Horn of Africa is a beautifully proud, complex, and rich region. But it's had limited success in showing its strengths against these negative stereotypes.
I am the daughter of Eritrean immigrants. My parents came to the States in the late 1960s for education and work. I was raised to be proud of my heritage and developed an early and loving relationship with our homeland. I learned everything I could about our history, culture, language and our 30-year struggle for independence from Ethiopia. There were countless days I'd share Eritrea's story with as many people as I could. It was a love affair of the best kind.
Ultimately, I took my love and tested it by moving to Eritrea to work for two years. It was there I learned that I was just as much American as I was Eritrean, that I carried habits from both worlds, and that I didn't have to pick one over the other to define who I was. I could have and enjoy both!
I returned to the States eager to take these lessons to task and find other women like me. Within weeks, I met women whose identities, beliefs and professions were simultaneously rooted in Africa and America, as mine were. We instantly bonded. It was a great feeling. I had somehow tapped into a hidden gem, discovering a part of America and Africa's diverse social fabric that I dreamt about as a little girl, and finally discovered it for myself.
In 2007, I decided to invite the women to a dinner so we could begin meeting regularly. Now, we are DAWN, or the Diaspora African Women's Network, a volunteer-run organization whose mission is to support women and girls of the African diaspora focused on African affairs. Our goal is to connect, empower and elevate the role and contributions of African diaspora women in African affairs while celebrating our rich diversity and excellence. DAWN provides Africa-related networking, leadership, mentorship and professional development opportunities for our members as well as host regular private events and community service projects.
Our members are inspiring, phenomenal, passionate next generation leaders of African descent. We are American and African, hailing from both continents by way of citizenship, birth or culture. We represent 28 African countries, the United States, the Caribbean, South America, Europe and the Middle East. Each woman is a proven diaspora community leader with professional focus on African affairs. Most are in careers that are often underrepresented in our diaspora communities, such as public policy, international development, journalism, communications, government, and nonprofit management.
I want to show that Africa's greatest strength is its people and communities everywhere. Being in the diaspora is about owning and sharing your heritage, embracing your multiculturalism and building bridges between your communities and homelands. I want to show that the Horn of Africa is full of bright minds & leaders. It is not a place of misfortune and misery. And most of all, I want to show that 10-year old girl in Middle America, whose parents are African immigrants, that she can do whatever she sets her mind to because she can and because she matters.
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For around 30 years, Ballet Ball has been one of the most anticipated spring social events for arts patrons. The black-tie gala is Oklahoma City Ballet's largest fundraiser, and proceeds support its roster of performances, education and outreach.
This year's event is 6:30 p.m. April 9 at Chevy Bricktown Events Center, 429 E. California Ave.
Since OKC Ballet debuts its production of Peter Pan just one week after the ball, this year's event theme is A Night in Neverland and features an exclusive show performance for guests, said Robert Mills, OKC Ballet artistic director.
"It will be a fun and fanciful evening with food, drink and a sneak peek from our new production," Mills said.
Upon their arrival, guests will be offered champagne before being whisked away for a full-course dinner in Neverland.
This year's event chairs are Phil and Maggie Clayton, who also will be honored for their contributions to the dance company. Diana Hampton, who will be honored for her many years of service to Oklahoma City Ballet, is honorary chairwoman.
Mills is a driving force behind the ballet company's artistic endeavors. He also offers a unique perspective. Not so long ago, he was onstage as a regular performer.
Oklahoma is still in high ranks, Mills said. OKC Ballet employs dancers from 13 different countries and many different states. The company also brings in internationally recognized choreographers. Production sets and costumes are locally produced or rented and shipped to Oklahoma City.
In addition to its lavish productions, OKC Ballet has a number of educational initiatives for younger performers. The company teaches dance classes in seven elementary schools around the metro. Additionally, its Project Plié program offers professional dance training through its afterschool programs at Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County. The Dance Center of Oklahoma City Ballet has about 300 students enrolled in its classes.
Ballet Ball tickets are $250. Complimentary valet parking is available. Younger professionals who desire a less formal event option can attend Ballet Ball After Dark, which runs 9:30-11:30 p.m. at the event center.
After Dark tickets are $50, or free with Ballet Ball admission, and include an open bar, a silent auction and music from SquadLive.
Visit okcballet.com or call 405-843-9898 for more information.
Print headline: Neverland adventure, This year's Ballet Ball carries guests to Neverland and beyond.


The latest edition in our round-up of fall desserts. Apple and Cinnamon Cupcakes. Basically apple pie, in cupcake form. I think we should aspire to transform more desserts into cupcakes. What do you think?
They're perfect individual portions. Nothing to slice, just a simple grab and go. Great for parties and definitely kid approved. Not to mention the frosting… nearly a 1:1 ratio of frosting and cake… I like those ratios.
I created these for a special birthday earlier this fall. I love them because they only require an apple, you probably have a couple getting wrinkly in your fruit basket. Everything else you most likely already have on hand. Simple ingredients, and one bowl to wash. Not that's what I'm talkin' about.
Vegan, Gluten-Free Apple and Cinnamon Cupcakes. A perfect fall dessert, that tastes just like apple pie. Simple ingredients, and just one bowl.
For the cupcakes, preheat oven to 350°F and line a standard 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In a large measuring cup whisk together the oil, almond milk, sugar, applesauce, vanilla and salt. Mix until smooth.
In a separate bowl whisk together the gluten-free flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and xanthan gum.
Add the wet ingredient to the flour mixture and stir together until combined and smooth. Gently fold in the grated apple.
Divide the batter among the lined cupcake tin using a tablespoon or large ice cream scoop.
Bake for 23-25 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Reduce the speed to slow and add in the confectioners' sugar. Let the sugar incorporate into the frosting before bringing the speed back up to high (otherwise you'll wear it). With the mixture running on high begin adding the vegan butter and shortening, one tablespoon or chunk at a time. If the mixture looks like it's beginning to split, don't worry, it'll come back together.
To assemble, fit a pastry bag with a large star or round tip, and set it in a glass to keep it upright while you fill it with frosting. Also a good idea to fold down a couple inches of the side. Fill the pastry bag with frosting.
Starting from the center of each cupcake make a spiral outwards, then spiral it back towards the center to add some height. You can practice on a piece of parchment paper if you prefer and later return the frosting to the bag.
Serve at room temperature. If you're not serving them immediately, they can be stored in the fridge. Cupcakes are best eaten the day they're made, but I won't lie, I ate leftover cupcakes for a few days afterwards and they were still delicious. Bring to room temperature before serving.
*Note: Depending on the temperature of your room and the temperature of the butter you used, you may find the frosting too soft to pipe. If that's the case, place the bowl in the fridge to chill for 15-30 minutes.


i bought some "responsibly farmed" salmon from the store and was wondering if there's any difference in the levels of pcb and other toxins. do you eat it?
Canned wild salmon is relatively inexpensive!
I eat it on occasion (just because wild is so expensive), though I don't recommend it at all. Even if it is organic or sustainably farmed, it could still be fed grains and all sorts of stuff which mess up the o3/06 balance. You are better off to go for canned wild salmon.
Unfortunately, that radius may even be too small.
This is 100% correct, all salmon at sushi restaurants (in the US) are farmed.
As I understand it, most salmon served in sushi restaurants is farmed, and sushi/sashimi is the only way I eat salmon, so yes, in all liklihood I do eat farmed salmon.
I eat farmed bivalves (clams, mussels, oysters) because they're pretty sustainable, but farmed salmon is pretty sketchy in my opinion.
If I didn't eat farmed salmon, I wouldn't be able to eat it at all. My family waits for it to go on sale at costco. It has to be a real good sale before I can afford it. We jump for joy when we find any meat besides chicken that's below 3 bucks per lb.
What's worse? Farmed salmon or no salmon? Commercial beef or no beef at all?
I'm just happy to find salmon with out added pink dye.
Nutrient wise they are equivalent to factory farmed animals; in some cases they're fed terrible food and in almost all cases they're sick. Some salmon farms are fed their natural diet, which is other fish. Ethically, farmed fish isn't a sound choice for two main reasons. One, farmed salmon is fed something like 10-20x their mass in fish-meal while caged - meaning farmed salmon is a huge waste for our fish populations. And two, infected fish tend to escape now and then infecting wild fish and wild salmon; this is endangering the wild salmon race from super-bugs and making true wild salmon hard to identify. Why catch 20x the fish for salmon when they could catch them their selves and at the same time be healthier and free of super-bugs.
The only way I would eat it is if it were on sushi, which I can rationalize since it's a special occasion outing I may have once every two months or so. But I have a better question to respond to your question with... Do you really want to give your dirty little dollars to a fish farm? Is it really worth it to promote feeding more wholesome wild fish to sick, farm raised salmon that will sell for more? If you're going to be in a situation where you can control what you're choosing to cook for yourself, why would you want anything other than wild caught, even if it is a less commercially recognized fish?
I do not eat farmed fish of any kind. It's generally fed corn and soy and I don't eat corn and soy.
What in the world does "responsibly farmed" mean??? Exactly, there is NO REGULATION for that title, so literally, it's just a marketing ploy and it clearly got you!
I don't bring it into my house as groceries, but I'll eat it at a restaurant. There is absolutely no such thing as a restaurant within a one-hour radius of my house that serves anything similar to "responsibly raised" meat. For wild salmon, I think that radius can be stretched to 400 miles.
i do not eat any farmed fish.
I eat it because I honestly do not give a damn. Same with CAFO beef and chicken.


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Q: Using EF over WCF How can I expose an Entity Framework IQueryable<T> over WCF?
I'm thinking of writing an N-tier application framework and I would like to use Entity Framework and WCF.
I am aware of WCF Data Services, but I do not want REST or HTTP. This is because I want to have bidirectional communication between the clients and the server.
Right now, it will be WinForms/WPF and ASP.NET applications will consume the services.

A: It seems like you may be looking for WCF RIA Services or WCF Data Services

A: Take a look at WCF Data Services / OData.  In particular, I think this video shows an example of what you are trying to do.

A: You could to write the query handling for yourself similar to what the already mentioned Data Services do. Unfortunately you can't serialize LINQ queries, but you can probably serialize LINQ expressions. Check the answer to Serializing and Deserializing Expression Trees in C#.
Another option would be to offer a specific service contract with parameters for every query that you need to make.


In spring 2009 I started a long term investigation into the field of garage sales. My practice includes the collecting, inventorying and reselling of artifacts. I've been collecting a wide array of objects, found or purchased at fleamarkets, garage sales, through eBay, etc. These items can be viewed as agents for a fictitious and temporary owner. Garage sales are part of a do-it-yourself-culture, where people help themselves and create a parallel economy. My work traces this otherwise unmapped trade and reflects on the ever-changing value of objects under given circumstances. I create a document of every item before letting it re-enter the commodity circuit through my own garage sales/exhibitions, using a scanner or a camera. As the project progresses, other materials such as sales receipts, invitation cards, polaroids, texts and more documents are added to create a snowball effect. Each garage sale generates new material for an ever-growing image database.
Within the framework of this project, I travelled to the United States and visited the worlds longest yard sale, also known as the 127 Corridor Sale, that runs along Highway 127 through the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. I assembled about 120 objects, and photographed each item in a locally chosen setting. 40 of these photographs form the series "127 - Imagine a golden piggy bank with no one to spare a dime", showcased at the 2011 Louisville Photo Biennial.


61 Whitehall is a Grade II* Listed Building designed by Sir Aston Webb and constructed in 1895. This magnificent building is located between the Banqueting House and the Wales Office on Whitehall. The building sits within the Whitehall Conservation Area.
The Client, the Royal United Services Institute, is an independent British defence and security think tank. This unique institution was founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington. Having recently acquired the freehold of their headquarters at Whitehall, the Institute is now in a position to refurbish and extend its vital research base and enable its headquarters to operate effectively in the twenty-first century, in their original location.
Planning Approval was recently granted for the scheme designed for the refurbishment of the Grade II* Listed Building. This provides additional office accommodation, along with a proposal to introduce a contemporary glazed dome to the existing rear bow. The scheme demonstrates a series of sensitive architectural interventions that aim to modernise the building so it continues to meet the users requirements.


fun. This course will show you all that you have to know to begin with Laravel and create great applications. I ensure, that you'll have the capacity to make considerably more intricate applications and sites subsequent to taking this workshop and learning Laravel.
In the event that you might want to begin utilizing the universes most mainstream PHP system, this is the workshop for you. We will cover from introducing Laravel to building an essential application. Everybody will take in along as we go from a crisply introduced Laravel application up to making a fundamental web application that cooperates with a database.


2012 – PECO Energy in Philadelphia replaced all its Sensus smart meters after several of them overheated and caught fire, two of them resulting in serious house fires. (Source) Subsequently in February 2014, outfitted with the replacement Landis+Gyr smart meter, an apartment complex caught on fire in Bensalem, Pennsylvania displacing 14 families and resulting in damage to nearly 20 apartments, 5 with significant smoke damage. One firefighter was also injured. (Source) See a video of this fire below.
To date, data received from seven recent issues in an installed base of 175,000 meters points to contributing, long-standing industry issues: one was caused by an issue with a meter base attached to a home, three were caused by utility over voltage, two were caused by water intrusion through the meter base and one remains under investigation.
Given that there are more than 40 million meters deployed to date in North America, the failure rates seen in the industry are very low.
Landis+Gyr has not made any formal comments about the fires caused by its smart meters.
So for now, the burden is on you, the customer, to monitor the smart meter on your home and make sure it's not running too hot, and not a danger to you and your family.


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Cosby Lawyers Want Quaalude 'Disco Biscuits' Testimony Banned From Trial
Bill Cosby's new set of attorneys urged a Montgomery County judge to exclude from his upcoming retrial all of his prior statements about using Quaaludes with women he wanted to have sex with, saying what he did in the 1970s has "no relevance" to the criminal charges against him.
"There's no admission from Mr. Cosby that he drugged and assaulted women," defense attorney Becky James argued. "In fact the opposite was true. In the deposition testimony he described it as being a party drug. It was known as 'disco biscuits' back in the 1970s."
Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Stewart Ryan disagreed, saying those admissions go to the heart of former Temple University employee Andrea Constand's drugging and sexual assault allegations against Cosby, which are the subject of the criminal case against him.
"No one can be certain what Ms. Constand was given that night," he said. "What we have is testimony about the defendant obtaining a central nervous system depressant, using it for a particular purpose than having a familiarity with it. He used these Quaaludes much as someone would use a [spiked] drink." CLICK FOR MORE


The British Ports Association (BPA) has called on the Transport and Environment Ministers to introduce 'port zoning' in and around UK harbour areas to support jobs and trade post-Brexit.
BPA Chairman Rodney Lunn wrote to the ministers outlining the new concept that would see both marine and land areas within ports being classified as special areas for growth.
These zones would be safeguarded against the impact of marine designations and planning system challenges allowing ports to fast-track developments and have certainty about future activities, BPA said.
Ports throughout the UK now face increasing restrictions stemming from marine and planning designations, often representing a challenge to their statutory duties and future plans.
As pre-existing economic areas, ports are defined by in private legislation and are unable to move or change their limits, forcing them to undertake costly programmes to continue operating, according to BPA.
"Ports are vital clusters of jobs and trade, supporting coastal communities as well as safeguarding harbour areas for commercial and recreational users. As we move into a new trading environment post-Brexit, it is important that the sector remains competitive. Environmental and planning constraints in ports statutory limits are becoming increasingly difficult to work with. Our proposed 'port zones' would allow ports to continue to fulfil their duties to maintain safe harbours whilst supporting jobs and trade without endangering the environment," Lunn said.
Posted on December 16, 2016 with tags British Ports Association, port zoning, UK.


d=114 F=900 sounds like a 4.5" Reflector. It could be that the drive motor is just bad quality.
Check the local university and see if there is an astronomy club nearby. Perhaps a membership to the club would be a better investment as he could go to star parties and try out a lot of good quality equipment before investing in another mistake.
There are many astronomy clubs across Canada. The first place I'd try is the Royal Astronomical SOciety of Canada at http://www.rasc.ca . Don't let the name put you off...the vast majority of people are 'just plain folks' who are amateurs just like your husband.
There are many other non-RASC groups across Canada, too. Check out these pages from Sky and Telescope Magazine: http://skyandtelescope.com/resources/organizations/ .
Hi, I hope you can help me... my husband is an amature astronamer.


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Hughes Claims RSM Classic
Canadian Mackenzie Hughes just missed a chance to win the RSM Classic, but he's got another shot Monday morning in an extended playoff.
Update: Mackenzie Hughes has won the RSM Classic in Sea Island, Ga., collecting his first career PGA Tour win. On Monday's first playoff hole — the third of the tournament — the Canadian rolled in a clutch par putt on the par-3 17th, while the remaining trio of players settled for bogeys.
No case of the Mondays here.
Mackenzie Hughes' clutch putt to claim his first PGA TOUR victory.#QuickHits https://t.co/uCMBFJ9n0f
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 21, 2016
The RSM Classic win is Hughes' second title in the past three months. In August, he captured the Web.com Tour's Price Cutter Charity Championship. However, this victory unlocks a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and will be an incredible boon to the youngster's career.
Hughes collects a hefty $1,080,000 paycheque and catapults to fourth in the FedEx Cup ranking. He's the second Canadian in the last three years to win as a rookie, the last being Abbotsford, B.C.'s Nick Taylor at the Sanderson Farms Championship in November 2014. He's also the 13th Canuck overall to win on the PGA Tour.
Five men, two playoff holes and still no decision Sunday at the RSM Classic, which means Canadian golf fans will have to wait until Monday morning to see if rookie Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., can become the first Canadian since Nick Taylor in the fall of 2014 to win on the PGA Tour.
The 54-hole leader — and the 36- and 18-hole leader — Hughes put forth a gritty performance in the final round, carding a one-under-par 69 on Sea Island Resort's Seaside Course to finish at 17 under par and join Blayne Barber, Henrik Norlander, Camilo Villegas and Billy Horschel in extra holes.
Hughes, who turns 26 on Wednesday, held a two-shot lead through 10 holes, but bogeyed the par-4 11th — a frame he made a seven on the day before — to fall back into a tie. He was out of the lead for the first time since early in the first round on Thursday shortly thereafter, but made a great birdie on the par-4 14th to catch the pack.
It was Hughes, who won on the Web.com Tour this season to earn his PGA Tour card, who perhaps had the best two chances to win the tournament in the playoff. He put a tentative stroke on an uphill, makable birdie putt on the first extra hole, and slid a much better effort from short range just past the hole on the second. Shockingly, Horschel missed a two-footer for par on the first extra hole to fall out.
With play suspended by darkness, Hughes, Norlander, Villegas and Barber will be forced to resume action at 8 a.m. ET on Monday morning on the long par-3 17th hole. Of the four, only Villegas has birdied the hole this week, doing so in the third and fourth rounds. Action can be seen on Golf Channel or streamed on GolfChannel.com.
Tags: golf news, mackenzie hughes, pga tour
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You say that MacKenzie is the 9th Canadian to win on tour I count 10 plus 2 arguables.
Leonard, Balding, Knudson, Barr and Weir are multiple winners. Hallderson, Zokol, Leggat, Taylor and now Hughes have each won once.
You also had Pat Fletcher who won the '54 Canadian Open though he did not play the TOUR it was a tour event, and Stephen Ames who has won 4 times since becoming a Canadian Citizen in 2003


Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of fatality and injury worldwide. Injuries related to TBI often include physical, cognitive, and behavioral impairments. As a result, individuals who struggle with these deficits may be less able to participate in employment, leisure activities, and healthy social relationships, causing an overall reduction in quality of life. Personal factors – such as resilience, or the ability to recover quickly from difficult circumstances – can also influence individual outcomes during the TBI recovery period and may serve to mitigate impairments associated with brain injury.
Resilience was a significant predictor of high participation. Individuals who were able to adapt to lifestyle changes after TBI were also more likely to maintain employment and participate in healthy social lives.
Individuals with higher levels of depression and anxiety had lower participation levels than those without psychological disorders.
Resilience provided protection from depression and anxiety, which in turn made individuals more able to participate in typical life activities.
The complications associated with TBI commonly reduce quality of life for months or years after the initial injury. However, personal factors like resilience and psychological health may enable individuals with TBI to continue participating in healthy lifestyle activities and maintain their pre-injury quality of life. Clinicians are advised to account for these personal psychological factors when designing individual treatment plans for people with TBI.
Wardlaw C, Hicks AJ, Sherer M, et al. Psychological resilience is associated with participation outcomes after traumatic brain injury. Frontiers in Neurology. (July 2018).


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Environment and Sustainability, Passenger Rail
Auckland rail line electrification a step closer
Electrification of an important Auckland rail line is closer following the approval of resource consents for the main works. Read more
David Sexton August 11, 2021, 5:00 pm August 11, 2021
Engineering, Passenger Rail
Construction underway across Auckland public transport network
The New Zealand government is investing in building and renewing public transport infrastructure in Auckland to boost the local economy and improve rail services.
The Puhinui Interchange is one of four projects that will receive funding as part of the national government's transport infrastructure package. Transport Minister Phil Twyford said the upgrades would ensure the projects are finalised on time.
"By investing in the under construction Puhinui Interchange and Stage One of the Ferry Basin Redevelopment project, we are protecting jobs and making sure these important projects can continue. Both are expected to be completed next year."
Other projects include upgrades to improve bus services and active transport links said Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter.
"By investing in public transport and walking and cycling infrastructure, not only are we helping people leave the car at home, we are reducing emissions and tackling climate change," said Genter.
In addition to working on the Puhinui Interchange, Auckland Transport is also upgrading Papakura Station to rectify water leaking into the lift shafts which caused the lifts to often be out of service.
Works at the southern Auckland station will include new roofs and canopies, and a small concrete wall at ground level. Construction is expected to begin before the end of July and completed by mid-October.
At the Karangahape station site in central Auckland, construction has begun on the City Rail Link station, the deepest in New Zealand.
The first of 28 panels for the diaphragm walls are being constructed, which are the first permanent sections of the station.
Once finalised, the station will be 30 metres deep, the deepest of the underground stations built as part of the City Rail Link project.
Once the walls are complete, a roof and supporting columns will be built, and then the station's platforms and concourse will be built.
Dale Burtenshaw, deputy project director for the Link Alliance, said that the construction process has been designed to minimise disruption.
"Working top-down like this will reduce the impact of construction at street level in a busy part of the city like K Road," he said. "At the same time, using a hydrofraise allows us to operate close to other buildings without disturbing those buildings. We've also fitted mufflers to the machine to reduce noise levels for our neighbours."
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October 2020 Update
With a bit of careful use of the available timber, the three revised baseboards came together soon after the last update, and the trackplan fitted quite well.
Then, slowly, I got on with tracklaying. The sector plate came first – basically four nearly-straight tracks, so easing myself in. The tracks are all electrically linked, with one pair of power feeds diving through the baseboard just in front of the pivot.
The rest of the track followed, its pace determined by the fact that bits of real life happened over the summer and needed to be dealt with. Also, I managed to cut track wrong every so often, even after having measured it. However, it is now all laid. Rolling stock seems to be able to cope with the various points, curves and joins between sector plate and baseboards, and between baseboards. Push test only so far, but not making me worry. The boards even come apart and go back together again with track in good alignment, much to my relief.
The next thing I'm doing is putting the bridge on the fiddle yard board that will form the scenic break, because that will form a benchmark for the backscenes for the other two boards and the scenic bit in front of the sector plate. I managed to secure it with a combination of screws, panel pins and glue, because that end of the baseboard is quite congested underneath with timberwork. When I came to putting up the backscene that will hide the sector plate and be the setting for a little warehousing area, I found that the piece of 4mm ply I was intending to use had warped a bit in the changing weather over the last few months – alternating hot and dry, biblically wet, warm and humid, cool and autumnal conditions. Having the "sky" be twisty just looks odd, so I wasn't happy with that. Because there is very little space between the back of the backscene and the sector plate, bracing wasn't a practical option and I will be using 9mm ply instead.
I have started the skins of the bridge, based on mounting board with coarse stone plasticard facing. It has taken a few attempts to get to a reasonable painting and weathering regime. There is still a bit of work to do on this; however, at least it can be done indoors ("I have to do this on the table, dear, because otherwise the damp garage will cause the cardboard to warp")
Then after that will be wiring, one board at a time. All the sections of track have dropper cables already fixed, so all I have to do is connect them to the bus that I will install…and then wire up the point motors and polarity switches…and then fit a few signals. My original intention was two single platform starters, but having to squeeze the layout width makes me think that I'm more likely to end up with a bracket signal.
And after that, buildings, rolling stock and scenery. It'll keep me out of mischief for a while.
Main boards set up
Sector plate complete, photo is rotated sideways, unless Michael is up to something...
All trackwork laid, with droppers
The road over-bridge, taking shape
Bridge skin under construction
The best-laid plans…Though clearly my plans hadn't actually been that well laid.
About a month ago, baseboards had progressed to the point where I could think about starting to lay track. One of the conditions of planning permission for the layout from the domestic authorities was that it had to able to be stowed away in the loft. So boards had been sized to fit through the loft hatch. Just to check, I tried putting the boards in the loft – and they wouldn't fit. They fit through the hatch (just), but because of the position of a few significant items like roof joists, I couldn't turn them to store them in the intended place.
"Oh dear me, how disappointing", I said (or words to that effect).
To be store-able, the layout has had to shrink a bit; from 10' to 9' overall length, and from 2' wide to about 19". I warmed up the brain cell and pondered various options for next steps, including some radical revisions to station design. After consultation with the others, I concluded that I can keep essentially the original trackplan, without too much squeezing. The street scene behind the station will have to go on separate add-on boards, which will make it easier to work on away from the layout. I'm OK with that; I like the idea of that street – it will hopefully be reminiscent of Portrush and will help set the scene. There should still be room for at least one siding in front of the sector plate.
The sector plate itself has to be shortened by about 6", which will limit the maximum train length a bit, but won't affect the everyday railcars. The plate will stick out further behind the backscene when in operation, so I will need something to stop hard-to-get stock plummeting to the floor because I put the wrong number in the controller. I have some initial thoughts for a restraint, which will have to get refined as work goes on.
Over the last few weeks, I have started trying to salvage as much of the material of the original baseboards as possible to make the smaller versions. To add to the challenge, I am trying to do this with the minimum requirement for new wood, etc. so that I don't have to break lockdown for the relatively trivial purposes of shopping for my hobby.
So far, I have managed to rebuild the fiddle yard board, as seen in the photos. A backscene will go in between the sector plate and the flat triangle 'in front' of it, but my thinner plywood has warped, so that will have to wait for a while. I definitely have enough timber for the next board, and it's looking a bit tight for the third board, so that shopping trip might have to happen at some point, hopefully when lockdown restrictions ease a little in the future.
Still, it makes a nice change from sitting on a computer all day.
NIR 80 Class DEMU
The first tentative steps have been taken to create a stalwart of the NIR passenger carrying fleet, the 80 Class DEMU
The first vehicle, a driving trailer, takes shape. 2 Hornby BR Mark 2a coaches have given up their plastic, along with a scratchbuilt plasticard cab. Obviously there is a lot more to do, I'll post updates as and when progress is made.
February 20 Update
Work on Portandoo has been slow over the last few months, not helped by the fact that the "railway work room", aka garage, hasn't been the nicest place to spend time over the winter.
However, creating a short test track (see pics below) has been possible in more indoors conditions, and has let me fit DCC chips to some stock and try them out. The photos show the test board and a couple of Murphy Models' fine products.
Also, a bit more track planning has been going on.
Whilst layout planning is continuing, a start has been made on the rolling stock...a 'Brown Van', which in typical Irish style, will be maroon. Of course.
The Chassis with the right wheelbase from a Hornby Railroad van, scratchbuilt plasticard body and roof from an old Mk. 1. Still some work to do but its getting there


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'House' 150th episode review: Olivia Wilde, hoarders, and potato guns
By Ken Tucker
April 12, 2011 at 04:02 AM EDT
The soap-opera version of House continues relentlessly. In the series' 150th episode on Monday night, a maudlin medical case was matched with the return of Olivia Wilde, wilder than Hugh Laurie's House might have dreamed, since she's now a slinky ex-con.
The opening scene suggested that the producers have been watching Breaking Bad: Silent, sun-bright overhead shots of a dusty landscape that isolated the figure of House, who turned out to be waiting to give Thirteen a ride as she was released from a jail in New Mexico New Jersey.
The dramatic eeriness was shattered, however, when House started gabbing away, offering his theories about why Thirteen had been in the slammer for six months, as though she was a case to be diagnosed in the hospital. Speaking of the hospital, the rest of House's underlings were busy being fussy over a patient admitted for coughing up blood for no immediately apparent reason. Once Foreman and Taub bust into the guy's home — because that's what doctors so often do on House; I really don't remember anyone on ER or Marcus Welby, M.D., breaking and entering as part of their Hippocratic oaths — they find signs of morbid hoarding (the piles of trash and the dead cat in the fridge are subtle giveaways).
Let's just forget the sub-subplot of Taub's ridiculously active sex life — indeed, let's just leave the hospital plot alone, because as is true with increasing frequency on House these days, the medical case is the filler between the anguished-or-funny Greg House moments. The funny stuff was the idea that House, after picking up Thirteen, was on his way to a potato gun competition he was taking very seriously — which is to say, played for absurd laughs.
The lack of motivation on this show these days is extraordinary; it's amazing what regular viewers will put up with in leaps of logic to remain in contact with their cherished characters. In this instance, we were asked to believe that Thirteen, freshly freed into civilian life, would become totally immersed in helping House design a powerful spud gun to defeat his arch-enemy competitor, Harold (Justin Chon).
It was only after House updated Thirteen on his tortured relationship with Cuddy that Thirteen unburdened herself of her own unhappiness.
Turns out she euthanized her brother, who suffered from the same Huntington's disease that killed her mother and may kill her. She was arrested and plea-bargained down to a charge of over-prescribing drugs. How did she and House ultimately bond at the end of this hour? He solemnly pledged, "I will kill you when the time comes and you want me to."
This was meant to be shockingly blunt in the great House tradition. Instead, given the current context of House dramatic exaggeration and absurd inter-personal relationships, it was almost a laugh-line. Almost.
What did you think of House this week?
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Rev. Harrison Ayre is a priest in the Diocese of Victoria and the co-host of the Clerically Speaking podcast.Matthew Bodnarek, Grandin Media
New book aims to help readers find Christ in coronavirus crisis
By Kate Olivera, Catholic News Agency
When Rev. Harrison Ayre looks back on 2020 and the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the phrase that immediately comes to his mind is 'dazed and confused.'
"I look back and I think to myself, 'Oh, I could have put [that] more pastorally here and there,'" Father Ayre said. "But I'm also quite forgiving of myself in that regard because I think we were just all dazed and confused and no one knew what to do, because virtually everyone has no experience with a worldwide pandemic to base this off of."
Ayre is a priest of the Diocese of Victoria, and co-host of the podcast Clerically Speaking. His diocese initially suspended public Masses in March of 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite the early days of lockdown being a challenging and scary time in so many ways, Father Harrison remembers something else that happened during that time.
"For me personally, it was actually a time of great spiritual renewal," he said. "My prayer life was never as good as it was in those three months of kind of initial lockdowns and closures. It was a really a time of intimacy with the Lord, and praying – really interceding for the Church."
A big part of that spiritual renewal involved the Bible.
"The Bible is not just a historical document that tells us about the past, but rather it's something living. God is speaking to the Church today through the events of scripture. Scripture is always pumping, alive."
The situation of global lockdown caused Father Ayre to read certain Bible passages with fresh eyes. For example, the story of Israel's exile to Babylon, in the Old Testament.
"They lost the temple, they lost the kingship, they lost their land … Everything that made them, the Jewish people, the chosen people of God, was removed from them," he said.
"And in that process of that absence from everything, they actually came to a deeper appreciation of who God was and it purified them … It helped them see that God is not just the God of our land. This is the God of the universe. This is the true king. And they came back with a renewed energy and a renewed life into their vocation to be the light to the world."
Ayre said the Church is a new Israel, and we can look at the events of Israel to help us try to understand what is happening in the Church today.
"This is not new in the history of God's working with his people. He does this with Israel," he said. "This has happened in history before too in the Church, with other plagues and churches closed down. This is not a unique moment. This is how God often acts to bring us to an even deeper vigour."
"There's a deep hope here for renewal, for the Church, if we can open our hearts to listen."
Father Ayre's experience of spiritual renewal is something he hopes to share with the world through a new book, Finding Christ in the Crisis: What the Pandemic Can Teach Us. He co-wrote the book with Michael Heinlein, his editor at the U.S. publication Simply Catholic.
Ayre, a graduate of Newman said the book was inspired by conversations he and Michael had during the initial lockdowns.
"We were just noticing … reactionism to a lot of things that were happening, instead of quiet receptivity," Ayre said. "Sometimes there were perhaps some unhealthy attitudes manifesting itself. That's not always a bad thing, per se. It's not a judgment, it's just a revelation."
As the two talked more and more about it, they decided to create a series of articles that could publish on the Simply Catholic website. But Ayre said it didn't seem like it was enough.
"As we kind of talked about more and more, we said, 'No, this needs to be like a resource that you can hand out to people.' We just want this to be a tool to help build hope and to build up the three theological virtues of faith, hope and love."
Finding Christ in the Crisis was published in the fall of 2020. The book was written in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, but Ayre hopes it can serve as a resource for Catholics navigating other crises in the life of the Church.
"The Church is not immune to crises," he said. "And so we just hope and pray that this is asking that big question, 'Where is Christ in this?' "
Ayre emphasized that we can be realistic about the difficulties of this time, while still maintaining the virtue of Christian hope.
"I think there is a balance there … But when we do feel down or alone or discouraged – that those feelings won't go away, per se, but the Christian faith says that this is where the cross is at work," he said. "Often that's the place where Christ actually might be showing his closeness to us."
"But the cross is still a cross. When we say that the cross is really the source of hope as a Christian, it doesn't remove the pain of the cross. It just inserts God's presence into that pain."
"When we're feeling discouraged alone, angry … It only becomes a problem when we don't do that rooted in Christian hope, which is not wishful thinking. But rather to say, I recognize the presence of Christ here. When I'm discouraged, Christ is suffering that with me because he has taken on our humanity to suffer this with me. When I'm feeling alone, the Lord is alone with me, so that I'm actually really not alone."
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Angie's Top 10 Films of 2014
Posted on Monday, December 29th, 2014 by Angie Han
In box office terms, 2014 wasn't a huge year for film. But in creative terms, it's hard to fault this year's crop. It contained at least one once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece, not to mention one of the greatest horror movies in years, several big-budget franchise-builders that soared way past expectations, and some completely out-of-nowhere gems.
As the year winds to a close, I've taken a moment to look back at some highlights. As usual, this shouldn't be considered an objective list of the year's best film, but an entirely subjective list of favorites. Run down my top 10 films of 2014 with me after the jump.
The Runners-Up
The sole reason Only Lovers Left Alive didn't make my top 10 this year was that it made my top 10 last year, after I caught it at the New York Film Festival. Jim Jarmusch's vampire hangout movie is still one of the best things I've seen in the past few years — funny and moving, wholly original and unimpeachably cool.
Frank was a creative endeavor about the pitfalls of creative endeavors. It shot down the usual Hollywood myths about fame, artistry, and mental illness, and had great fun doing it. Michael Fassbender was nearly unrecognizable as the titular Frank, and not just because his handsome mug was hidden under a giant papier-mâché head.
Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier illustrated the best and worst aspects of the Marvel formula. The two films were wildly different, but both offered that special mix of heart, humor, intelligence, and personality that we've come to expect from the studio. It's just too bad that boring villains, an unwillingness to kill off characters, and a CG-heavy action sequence over a major metropolitan area are also part of the familiar Marvel formula.
Jake Gyllenhaal gave perhaps the most indelible performance of the year in Nightcrawler. For that alone, this film stood out. But it also featured excellent supporting performances by Rene Russo and Riz Ahmed, impressive action sequences, and an overall sense of queasiness that stuck with me for days.
The Boxtrolls was Laika at its best, not that we've seen the young animation studio any other way. Its hand-crafted details felt special in a pop culture landscape littered with slick CG surfaces. It's also smarter than your average kids' entertainment, offering nuanced lessons about villainy and courage among all the cutesy cheese puns.
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The University of Bristol is ranked 11th in the UK for its research, according to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 by GPA. The University of Bristol has been ranked 29th by theQS World University Rankings, and is ranked amongst the top ten of UK universities by QS, THE, andARWU. A highly selective institution, it has an average of 6.4 (Sciences faculty) to 13.1 (Medicine & Dentistry Faculty) applicants for each undergraduate place.
Bristol is organised into six academic faculties composed of multiple schools and departments running over 200 undergraduate courses situated in the Clifton area along with three of its nine halls of residence. The other six halls are located in Stoke Bishop, an outer city suburb located 1.8 miles away. The University had a total income of £485.5 million in 2013/14, of which £131.5 million was from research grants and contracts. It is the largest independent employer in Bristol.
Bristol is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities, the European-wide Coimbra Group and the Worldwide Universities Network, of which the University's Vice-Chancellor Eric Thomas was chairman from 2005 to 2007. In addition, the University holds anErasmus Charter, sending more than 500 students per year to partner institutions in Europe.