Words are a spattering of letters jumbled together to make coherent sentences. They are the beginning of a story or the creation of a song.
Words twist and turn and meander across the page, their journey coming to an abrupt stop with the placement of pencil lead proclaiming the end of an idea with a small dot.
Yet words can be cruel, forever held in time for the world to see. Unforgiving and shameful in their lot, words prod at the mind as guilt spreads its talons and digs in deep.
Words can rejuvenate and replenish a soul but only once regret remains firmly on the surface. The words that brought hurt and pain should be a constant reminder to the uneducated.
Words can eventually be reinvented to blossom into something tangible and humble, their presence perhaps not welcome for now but needing to be written anyway as a genuine expression of remorse and concern for well-being.
Words are what we use to communicate our feelings and opinions but more importantly, to bring about long-awaited change.


Here's my sincere apologies to all the book lovers who have followed my posting and made some book purchase on BookDepository.co.uk and BookDepository.com.
Apparently there are some problems with the company – they promise cheaper books and free delivery worldwide but their delivery services is the worst.
If you have read some of the comments, apparently two of my readers have been affected by their lousy services – they did not get their books, the books are damaged, they got their books late and the email support is not the tip top kind.
I am a victim of their service as well. I have bought my book on Christmas Day and till date, I have not received the book as well. I have to change my statement here… I got my book on 18/01/2011.
I like to stay positive. That's why if you are reading this post and you are either a victim or you have successfully receive your books from BookDepository, please kindly provide your details here.
If there's more victims, it only goes to show that there's a need to boycott that site and advise people not to make their purchase with them.
But if there are really more successful ones who are able to prove their stand that this site is legitimate and their operation is normal, then we should continue to support them.
What can you do after reading this?
If you have successfully made and received your purchase, and you can prove that you are not a "buy-off" supporters of BookDepository, make your stand with your comment here and prove it as well!
Let's weed out all the bad online companies and only support the Real Good Deals in 2011!
Lastly, for those who have made purchases through my recommendations and not been getting your books yet – my sincere apologies!
I am a victim! Bought 6 books – 1 set containing 4 books on the series A Song of Ice and Fire and 2 books from Ken Follett. Status of the order has been "Processing" for over 2 weeks now. What is taking them so long to process 6 books???? Payment have gone through already and yet I am left waiting for the books.
Im scared. Ok. Im scared. SO let me begin. I ordered this book: The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern(The hardcover/back with the red cover and the two guys on the front cover with black edged page) because one youtube friend recommend me bookdepository. In my conditions, im a college medicine student from Dominican Republic. Yeah a little island in the Caribbean. I dont speak a perfect english, so sorry for some bad-spelled words. Anyways, I had to make an PO box account on USA because that was the only way i could buy anything and arrive here fast. "Fast". Since our Dominican Postal service has bad services and much problems. Anyway i made the order in a X week. SO yeah i was very excited you know, im crazy to have this book. It passed more than a week my book still in that "processing" label thing i totally hate. You know im thinking my book wont arrive. And is dissapointing because yeah i contact them. Im not mad. Im really not. Im sad and because the emails for "help" i recieve showed no sing of "We care for ourcustomers". What made me feel bit like stupid was that i recieve like 10 different emails from some persons. One told me my book was going to be dispatched in 48 hours. Uff that 48 hours passed and wheres my book? Maybe in China who knows. Another email. We're sorry but your book is UNAVAILABLE NOW. HELLO? Then why it letted me made the order if there was "no book" and the book was going to be dispatched in MAXIMUN 3 days. 3 days passed. The processing label still look me with monster eyes.(when i made my order of course they were books).
I did this. I put another email to see if the book was "available". Another email. Dear we have 211 of this tittle available. That email punched my face worst than does hits you see on WWF. WHAT? 211 available?!. BUT yeah. In ALL ok. ALL emails i riecieve the same sentence: "IF YOU WANT REFUND/CANCEL". Hell NO. I want MY book.
Im a possitive person. I still wait my book to arrive. Sadly i got so many different emails treating me like idiot. Excuse me if that was not your point. But thats how i felt.
One last thing. I dont know much about prices of books. How come i buy a book one day in a price. Next day is cheaper. And still they charged me the high price. I dont get that. Anyway I really hope not to have to cancel my order.. Maybe my book arrives someday..
Hope you all have recieve your book and i hope none of you ever got this issues.
I buy from book depository all the time. I'm in Australia. I love their site.
Hi May, thanks for sharing your positive experience with BookDepository!
I recently ordered 5 manga books from the book depository, ranging from volume 22 – 26. I received all except number 24. I emailed them and they just told me to wait. Why can't they put all the items in one parcel rather than individual ones? Either way, I am not doing business with them again.
Hi Alex, thanks for sharing your experience. Do be persistent in checking out the delivery for your Volume 24!
Hi Amy… Thanks for sharing your experience and also recommending FishPond. You are right! FishPond is another great place for book lovers to compare prices and they have Free Delivery worldwide as well!
Great posting, Dexter. My experience with Book Depository was receiving my book without the rest of the items. The book supposed comes with a comprehensive package inclusive of a swatch kit, Instructor's Manual and a Powerpoint Presentation besides the textbook. The textbook arrived and the other items did not. Have written to them and they are now ooking into the matter. Hope to get a positive response soon. I am now more careful when buying such books. I did not have problems when I bought from Amazon.
I've ordered a book for my baby…its been 12 working days…still have not received it. This is the first time i encountered such thing with books depository uk.
I've bought a couple of children's book from them before…all came within the stipulated estimated days they stated which is 8-10 working days. One of the book was sent within 7 days in fact. However, the latest books i bought have not arrived yet…and it makes me worry as i still have about 7 more books that i just ordered recently…im hoping that all my books will arrived within this month of November as i spent more than S$50 on those books.
I live in Australia and I've ordered at least 20 books from them over the past year at amazing prices and I've received them all very fast, in new condition and packaged safely. A couple of times they have accidentally send me the wrong edition of a book and I've sent them an e-mail letting them know. In both cases, they got back to me immediately with a full refund and they let me keep the book. Honestly The Book Depository are absolutely the best online bookseller I've ever encountered. Their service is outstanding.


Marcia A (Morin) Blake, of Hingham, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 3, 2019 at the age of 60.
Wife of Steven W. Blake. Cousin of Joe and Cindy Castro of Hull. Aunt of Paul Castro of Hull and Alexandra Castro of Taunton. Great Aunt of Raina and Saige Castro. Daughter of the late Stanley J. Morin and Lucy J. (Magnoli) Morin. She is also survived by many Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins.
Marcia was raised in and lived most of her life between Hull and Hingham. She worked at Building 19 in Hingham for many years. She also took pride in her volunteer work for the annual Joanna Mullin Motorcycle Run.
Visiting hours will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019 at the Downing Cottage Funeral Chapel from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Funeral Mass will be held immediately following the visitation in Saint Paul's Church, 147 North Street Hingham, at 12 p.m.


Learn why and how you should leverage the Windows 10 security technologies like Device Guard, BitLocker, AppLocker, UAC, Least Privilege and Remote Desktop Restricted Admin -mode. In this 75-minute bombardment against the Windows OS, see scary hands-on examples on how to break into an unprotected OS. If you still need to convince your boss to give you budget for implementing more security measures, you don't want to miss this!
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How long has MIRC been in business?
We have proudly served our dealers since 1992.
Why do MIRC guitars have a USED stamp and new serial number?
These two steps are taken to protect the interests of our manufacturers and to prevent the filing of improper warranty claims.
Where does MIRC get their product?
We have long standing contracts with most major manufacturers. We get our guitars directly from the manufacturers.
What is the condition of the product?
MIRC gets seconds, blems, overstocks, and some guitars in need of repair. We have a manufacturer's certified shop that thoroughly inspects every guitar. Our goal for you is that when you receive one of our instruments, you tune it up, hang it on the wall, and that guitar is ready to sell.


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A man who is wanted by police has a distinctive tattoo of a superhero.
He has Batman inked on his arm, as well as a dragon and the name 'Stella' on the other arm.
The wanted man, Steven Lee, also goes by the name Steven Burbridge.
The 35-year-old is wanted by police as officers wish to speak to him in connection with alleged incidents of malicious communications. These communications are believe to have taken place between December 1, 2018 and February 1, 2019.
He has links to Braintree and Witham.
He is described as being 5ft 9ins tall and has distinctive tattoos. These include Batman on his arm, a dragon on his upper right arm and the name 'Stella' on the same arm.
If you think you have seen Steven Lee, or know anything about his whereabouts, please call DC Carole Currey at Chelmsford police station on 101 with any information.


The District General Hospital of Vavuniya can do what it does best — care for the health of people — without worrying about sewage and waste water contaminating the environment.
A new sewage and wastewater treatment facility was inaugurated and handed over to local authorities on 16 February.
Previously, the hospital's sewage disposal system consisted of several septic tanks and soakage pits, which were routinely overloaded and clogged. Wastewater would drain from the hospital, contaminating irrigation canals, and polluting water systems in the area. The health of patients was at risk. It became clear that the situation had to change.
"The topics of waste, waste water and sewage are often forgotten until they become a nuisance or a public health risk," explained UNOPS Director Françoise Jacob, at the ceremony.
The Ambassador of the EU to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, H.E. Tung-Laï Margue, the UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. Una McCauley, UNOPS Director Ms. Françoise Jacob and the Hon. Dr. Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam, Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine of the Northern Province, marked the event.
With 1 million euros from the EU, UNOPS worked with consultants, local authorities, the Central Environmental Authority and communities to finalize designs for the plant.
Work included the development of a sewage collection system, supply and placement of sewer lines, and the construction of a wetland to receive treated water. Nearly 25,000 patients a month and 850 staff will benefit from the new facility. .
"The support UNOPS and the EU provide is not limited to the building of the facilities. We also work to improve the capacity of hospital staff on the operation and maintenance of the system as well as raise public awareness on water management issues," said Ms. Jacob.
The work was carried out as a part of the EU funded Support to District Development Programme, implemented by five UN agencies and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group. UNOPS also supported the Vavuniya Urban Council on better flood management. This is part of the organization's broader focus in Sri Lanka on solid waste and water management, and support to sub-national authorities on stronger public services and good operational governance.


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Q: Trigger Javascript, Java, or a Bash Script on submit in Orbeon? I would like to know if it is possible to trigger either a Java servlet, Javascript or a local Bash script when I submit a form in orbeon?
Thanks

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You can call Javascript by adding the following inside your action:
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Calling a Java Servlet:
Create a submission: If you are using the Form Builder you can do it by creating a HTTP service, similar to the way a service is created in this link: http://wiki.orbeon.com/forms/how-to/fb-fr/call-service
If you are not using the Form Builder or prefer to write the submission manually:
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After creating a submission to call your Servlet, you have to send it from your action and it'll call the Servlet: <xf:send submission="my-submission"/>
http://wiki.orbeon.com/forms/doc/developer-guide/xforms-advanced-submissions
Action and Events
If you want to call it after submiting and saving the form and you are using Form Builder:
<xf:action ev:event="fr-data-save-done" ev:observer:"fr-form-model">
//Call the javascript or Servlet
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If you are not using Form Builder, just change ev:event/ev:observer according to your needs. xf:send also accepts these attributes.

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Barack Obama admits it was a "mistake" to not give Dolly Parton a Presidential Medal Of Freedom
"She deserves one. I'll call Biden"
By Tom Skinner
Dolly Parton and Barack Obama. CREDIT: Getty
Barack Obama has admitted that it was a "mistake" to not give Dolly Parton a Presidential Medal Of Freedom.
The NME Big Read: Dolly Parton: "I take care of business"
The medal is the highest civilian honour that can be awarded by a sitting US president. Recent recipients include the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross and Elvis Presley (the latter was given his posthumously in 2018).
During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (December 1), former POTUS Obama participated in a segment titled 'Questions We're Pretty Sure Barack Obama Has Never Been Asked Before'.
"How does Dolly Parton not have a Presidential Medal Of Freedom?" host Colbert asked Obama at one point, to which he replied: "That's a mistake. I'm shocked."
He continued: "That was a screw-up. I'm surprised. I think I assumed that she had already got one. That was incorrect. I'm surprised. She deserves one. I'll call Biden."
You can watch the clip in full above.
This comes after it was revealed that Dolly Parton donated $1 million (£749,000) of her own money towards the funding of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine.
"I'm a very proud girl today to know that I had anything at all to do with something that's gonna help us through this crazy pandemic," the country icon later explained in a TV interview.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama recently shared a Spotify playlist compiling a selection of music that soundtracked his time in the White House. Among the artists included were Eminem, Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z.

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Catalogue Search for "collection:"Main Catalogue" Staff Library Middlemarch
A masterful tale of a small town in the English midlands, and the hopes, regrets, and unrealized dreams of those who make it their home. In Middlemarch, George Eliot created a landmark of English literature as she incisively portrayed the drama and folly found in even the most simple and bucolic of precincts. Intertwined are the lives and stories of unforgettable characters such as Dorothea Brooke, whose desire for intellectual fulfillment leads her to marry the Reverend Edward Casaubon, who coldly refuses to let her follow her ambitions; Tertius Lydgate, a young doctor whose wife, Rosamond, sees him as a stepping stone to a greater place in society; Mr. Bulstrode, the wealthy town financier whose past corruptions return to plague him; and a menagerie of players large and small who find themselves both driven by their own motivations and held in stagnation by the will of others. As complex in theme as it is heart-wrenching and engaging, Middlemarch stands as a true classic of Victorian-era storytelling. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices
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Thursday, December 15th - Symphony Orchestra & Wind Ensemble Winter Concert at 7:00 PM in the Mira Mesa Theater. Tickets proceeds benefit our band and orchestra programs at Mira Mesa High School.
Bring the flyer below to our Scripps Ranch Chili's location on Wednesday and our program will receieve a portion of the proceeds!
I want to take a moment and thank everyone who came out and supported our Mira Mesa Orchestras at our recent concert - we had a wonderful turnout. Your attendance at our events means a lot to our musicans and program - thank you!
Attached below are documents pertinent to the event. Enjoy!
If you have any videos or pictures of our concerts that you are willing to share, please email them! We are happy to share videos and photos, but it's hard for us to capture them while we are working on stage!
Here are some videos courtesy of one of our orchestra families!


I want to encourage you to do something that helps me achieve incredible success in my own life and in supporting the people that I coach. And that is to put into place a well-designed system in the area or areas of love and relationship that you would love to create more success.
2. You ask your partner when would be a good time to talk about this important issue. She/He lets you know a time. You have a date for communication-- either that moment, or later that day.
6. From your conversation you create a new system that can honor your differences as well as support the health of your relationship, such as an agreement to give each other a loving kiss, hug and/or loving words prior to going to sleep instead of what's been frustrating you and then going to bed in two different worlds.
3. Don't go out with everyone who asks. Be discerning about which dates will bring you health, energy and joy.
4. Be positive, honest, and self-confident all the time. You will be impressed by how many people will start to ask if they can set you up with a "wonderful person."


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Love season
U, 86min
Doors open 7.10pm for a 7.30pm start
Friends Meeting House. Queens Road, Clarendon Park, Leicester
Entry: £5.00, Concessions £4.00
Pay on the door
Synopsis: Jour de fête ("The Big Day") is a 1949 French comedy film starring Jacques Tati in his feature film directional debut as an inept and easily distracted mailman in a backward French village. Shot largely in and around Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, where Tati had lived during the Occupation, most of the actors were unknown and villagers served as extras.
In the small French town, the local postman, scatterbrained and bumbling François (Jacques Tati), spends his working hours casually delivering the mail, while being the subject of the townsfolk's teasing. When a traveling carnival arrives in town, a drunken François is goaded into watching a film depicting the efficiency of the U.S. Postal Service. Inspired by the footage, the hapless François sets out on his bicycle to become just like the mail carriers in the United States.


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Masquerade – dziewiąty album studyjny niemieckiego zespołu heavymetalowego Running Wild. Wydawnictwo ukazało się 30 października 1995 roku nakładem wytwórni muzycznej Noise Records. Nagrania zostały zarejestrowane między lipcem a sierpniem 1995 roku w znajdującym się w Hanowerze The Horus-Sound Studio.

Lista utworów
Opracowano na podstawie materiału źródłowego.

 "The Contract / The Crypts of Hades" – 2:20
 "Masquerade" – 4:29
 "Demonized" – 4:41
 "Black Soul" – 5:18
 "Lions of the Sea" – 5:49
 "Revel at Heart" – 5:45
 "Wheel of Doom" – 4:03
 "Metalhead" – 4:57
 "Soleil Royal" – 4:45
 "Men in Black" – 4:36
 "Underworld" – 6:15

Twórcy
Opracowano na podstawie materiału źródłowego.

 Thilo Hermann – gitara
 Thomas "Bodo" Smuszynski – gitara basowa
 Jörg Michael – perkusja
 Rolf Kasparek – śpiew, gitara
 Ralf Nowy – efekty w utworach "The Contract / The Crypts of Hades" i "Underworld"

 Karl-U. Walterbach – produkcja wykonawcza
 Marisa Jacobi – oprawa graficzna, typografia
 Gerhard "Anyway" Wölfle – inżynieria dźwięku
 Andreas Marschall – okładka

Przypisy

Albumy Running Wild
Albumy muzyczne wydane w roku 1995

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U.S. steel industry on the rebound / Exports help feed China's growing demand
David Armstrong, Chronicle Staff Writer
Published 4:00 am PDT, Tuesday, May 4, 2004
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Driven by China's voracious appetite for imported steel, buoyed by a booming construction market at home and braced by U.S. tariffs on some imported steel, the U.S. steel industry has been on a fast run lately.
That run may be threatened, ironically, by China, which has been buying American steel to fuel its construction and modernization splurge.
China imported more than 1 million tons of U.S. steel in 2003, contributing to the 8 million tons of steel exported by the United States, up from 5.5 million tons in 2000, industry figures show.
However, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said last week that Beijing may move to cool off its red-hot economy by canceling some new construction projects and even temporarily forbidding banks from making loans.
In a sustained cooling down, China, which makes from one-fourth to one- third of the world's steel, might see its excess steel production exported instead of used in China to build high-rise buildings, cars and appliances. That could create a glut in the world's steel supply, pulling down the price of steel and taking market share from the recently restructured U.S. steel industry.
"China generally has been good for our industry," said U.S. Steel Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer John Surma at the annual meeting of the American Iron & Steel Institute on Monday in San Francisco.
"As long as they come onshore free and fair," it would be no problem, Surma said. "We are a much more productive company and industry than in the past. So we are not ceding low-cost steel to China."
However, should China dump steel on the U.S. market below the cost of production, that would be very different, said Surma, who will become CEO of U. S. Steel in September. In that event, the domestic steel industry would turn to Washington for relief, he said, and a major transpacific trade spat could be in the offing.
A filing before the World Trade Organization is one possible course of action, industry experts said. At the San Francisco meeting, steel executives also urged Washington to encourage China to revalue its currency, the yuan, which would make U.S. exports to China less costly while raising the price of goods imported to the United States from China.
China's possible transformation from customer to rival preoccupied some sessions of the three-day meeting, which ends today at the Fairmont Hotel.
The meeting was generally upbeat, however, as executives basked in the rebirth of their long-beleaguered and shrinking industry, which was portrayed as an old-fashioned Rust Belt business in the 1970s and '80s.
The steel industry was helped by tariffs slapped on some imported steel between 2002 and March of this year, Surma said. After finding the room to restructure, "We were able to make a $1 billion acquisition (National Steel Co. ) at this time when that was maybe half of our market cap. We're a different company today."
During this breather, which was roundly criticized by free-trade advocates who decried the tariffs as protectionism, U.S. Steel and other producers won concessions on pensions and other issues from organized labor, tapped capital markets for modernization and increased productivity.
"It's been a good year," said Bob Smith, president of USS-Posco Industries, a joint venture of U.S. Steel and South Korea's Pohang Iron and Steel Co. in Pittsburg.
The joint venture "added about 40 to 50 people" to its 850-strong staff early this year, Smith said. Business, he said, is driven largely by the housing construction boom in California, where some 80 percent of USS-Posco's steel is sold. Most of the remaining 20 percent goes to other Western states.
USS-Posco, which does very little exporting, makes about 1.4 million tons of products annually, including tin plate, galvanized steel and cold-rolled coil, which Smith said "goes into computer cabinets, steel furniture and the like."
With domestic demand running strong, and not much competition from foreign imports, "we pretty much have the market to ourselves," Smith said.
While that could change if China intensifies low-cost exports, the major problem for the U.S. steel industry seems to be criticism of high prices in this country. For example, a ton of hot-rolled steel coil in the United States has jumped 66 percent to $500 since last June, according to British steel consulting firm MEPS International.
Steel executives said their companies are not to blame for high prices. Their costs for raw materials used in making steel have gone up, too, and bottlenecks in delivery by rail and by sea brought on by rising demand from China and other countries have also pushed up the price of steel.
"The little guy in Chicago is not being driven out of business by steel producers," said Daniel DiMicco, president and CEO of Nucor Corp., of Charlotte, N.C. "I'll be damned if steel is going to take it on the nose. It's not because of the big, bad steel industry. I resent that."
Steel industry executives also said their industry has made substantial progress in reducing pollution. Greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by 9 percent in the 1990s, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported. Moreover, some 95 percent of the water used in making steel is recycled, the institute said, and last year, 70 million tons of steel was recycled in the United States.


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PPS - I am not offering to do this!  I don't have the skills.


The Province of Cotabato is all set for the celebration of the 7th Kalivungan Festival.
A week-long celebration of thanksgiving and commemoration of Cotabato Province's 103rd founding anniversary, Kalivungan Festival will once again showcase Cotabato's diverse cultures, traditions and way of life. There will be activities such cultural presentations, ethnic dances, rituals, music, native games and display of native and agricultural products from the province's 17 towns and the lone City of Kidapawan.
Kalivungan is a Maenuvu word which means "Gathering".
The culmination program and Kalivungan Street Dancing and Showdown on September 1 is once again expected to gather not only the locals but as well as tourist and visitors from neighboring places.
We are also excited for the Kavurunan and Tau SOX, the Festival of the First People to be held on August 28-29. An event spearheaded by the Department of Tourism- Region 12, Tau SOX will showcase Indigenous Peoples' traditional dances and rituals, cultural villages, traditional food, arts, sports and games, among others.


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May 9, 2014 Anderson Idris
We stayed in a monastery cut up into condos, ours with a terrace of dried-up papery roses overlooking Fiesole. The clang of the bell in the morning and evening, the lights of bridges across the Arno, even the road—bumpy, rutted, in places washed out—had its charms. We'd come and go as we pleased, into Florence often, or drive to other hilltowns.
The road to the condo passed by the side of the big priest's house where Sylvia now lived. She gave us the key and showed us how to turn the hot water on, a mystery I never figured out. The trick was to open the faucet even as you put a match to the gas. There was a whoosh and the pilot held. She spoke almost no English, we spoke less Italian, but she managed to answer most of our questions, with nods and laughs and hands flying around her head; enthusiasm was essential, a way to convey good will and patience when no one understood anything.
One of Sylvia's front teeth was missing, the other one oversized and yellow, her pink tongue pressed against it constantly feeling for the missing tooth. Every time we saw her, leaving or returning in our little rental car, she wore the same flower-print dress that fell in folds over her generous middle. She watered geraniums on her porch. She sat on the steps with her knees apart, letting the cool of the shade flow under her skirt.
Farther along, another pair of ruts, hardly a road, cut through a vineyard to a warren of shacks, low to the ground, chickens in the yard. Several vacant-eyed older adults wandered about like children or stood and stared. A hulk of a man with hollow hunched-over shoulders in overalls—no shirt underneath, just the crisscross straps of his baggy overalls—held his tight-knuckled fists under his chin as he dug at the dirt with his heel, kicking the same spot over and over. Several yards away, a thin woman with strands of gray hair falling over her face sucked her fingers, two or three in her mouth, as if from a bottle.
We never talked about what we saw three kilometers from town. We never saw an attendant or any responsible adult, just those standing shadows staring at something on the ground or in the clouds or along the roof of the house—a snake? a shape like a face? a row of rose-breasted doves?—something so fascinating their heads bobbed from side to side as if to the beat of music in their minds.
The thin woman with gray hair falling over her face was always the closest to the road when we passed in our car, windows up, wheels stirring up dust as we headed down the hill through the narrow streets of Fiesole to the parking garage on the edge of Florence. From there we would walk to galleries and churches. On the last morning—but how could she know?—she looked up and I caught her large smoky eye so oddly cold blank and connected that it held my eye. Her arm lifted as if she were stretching on tiptoe. In the rearview mirror I saw she had turned and was waving good-bye.
That summer of indulgence, in fresco colors and hilltowns, a woman sat beside me in our little red car. She couldn't drive a gear-shift; she couldn't read maps. I was happy. Everything was seething with beauty. Sunflower fields and paintings in churches and especially my companion, the woman with the map in her lap. The heat and dust and ache of it, the enigmatic endurance of the silent and inaccessible, like the fringe of ivy under the eave of the eastern gable of the monastery, its root-like sucker-tendrils fastening in the stucco.
Author: Idris Anderson
Idris Anderson's second collection of poems Doubtful Harbor has been selected by Sherod Santos for the Hollis Summers Prize and will be published in March 2018 by Ohio University press. Her first collection of poems Mrs. Ramsay's Knee was selected by Harold Bloom for the May Swenson Poetry Award 2008 and published by Utah State University Press. She has won a Pushcart Prize (2010), and a Pushcart Special Mention (2012). She has published poems in AGNI On-Line, Arts & Letters Prime, Crab Orchard Review, The Hudson Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Mudlark, The Nation, Ontario Review, The Paris Review, Plume, Southern Review, ZYZZYVA and other journals. She has held a number of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study lyric poetry with Helen Vendler at Harvard University, Greek tragedy at Stanford University, and Virginia Woolf in London. She was born and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area almost two decades ago when she was awarded an NEH Teacher-Scholar grant to study Greek and Greek tragedy at Stanford University; she never left the Bay Area. She recently completed a residency at The MacDowell Colony and recently won the Yeats Society of New York Poetry Prize, 2015.
By Bierds Linda in Poems, Issue #35 May 2014
The Labors of Psyche
By Ali Kazim in Poems, Issue #35 May 2014


I guess you have all heard by now about the exciting nuclear treaty our President has signed with the former world power Russia. Just a question, when is the last time you heard a plane going overhead and for a moment you had a wild thought that Russia was attacking with nukes… Ever? Maybe in '65 when the Soviet Union still existed? Russia is at best a fading power on the world stage, primarily a threat at all because of a nuclear buildup began and paid for by the Soviet Union, and aging now (some say without maintenance) in Russia. But just for the sake of our discussion, let's pretend that Russia (and not the new nuclear powers like those rational and peace loving folks in North Korea and Iran) IS the major threat to world peas….er peace.
The last time Russia had any influence on world events that I recall was when they threatened the natural gas pipeline to Europe, and invaded Georgia. Their invasion and takeover of sovereign territory from Georgia was accomplished with nary a mention of the nuclear bogeyman. I would propose that Russia's influence focuses primarily on their ability to disrupt and interrupt the energy supplies to Europe and particularly to the former satellite states that surround her. (It almost seems as if our President, raised as he was by grandparents, is in some time warp that has him confused about what today's challenges really are? Is he really focused on RUSSIA as the source of insecurity in the world? I digress) If we would just turn the clock back a few years and look at Russia as she stood after the breakup of the Soviet Union, this was a state on the brink of failure. Only the rebound in world oil prices saved her and re-ignited her delusions of granduer. So if we really fear the "Russian Threat" can I make a few suggestions?
Let's start with the only real source of wealth left to her, and that is oil and gas. A major expansion of the United States development and production of these energy supplies would have a major effect not just on Russia, but a lot of other folks who wish us harm. (Our REAL concerns.) So one way to start to cut her down to size would be to break the stranglehold she has on Europe's energy supplies…Say sign some big contracts with former soviet block countries and give them an alternative to the benevolence of "Mother Russia". And what about all those machine shops, and iron workers etc. etc. that need some work to do? Why I am betting there is a lot of pieces and parts that would need to be made to rush oil and gas exploration into full bloom. And there would be jobs and revenues flowing into OUR coffers instead of the treasuries of those folks who wish us harm.
Folks, nuclear arms are not our biggest threat. It is our unilateral disarming in the energy fight that has left us vulnerable in so many ways I cannot count them. Think what our old buddy Chavez would look like trying to buy off the peasants without peak oil prices. And the Middle East, they maintain their stranglehold on energy through controlling production, not world scarcity. Let's tell the land of fruits and nuts (California) that if they want to spend a boatload of money on stuff the other 49 states do without, they best be drilling off the coast, on the coast, and everywhere else they can find to stick a drill. 'Cause the federal government is not going to foot the bill for their social experiments, and pass the pain around to the other 49 states that never got a voice in the discussion. While we're at it (just to prove we can both chew gum and walk), let's give Nassa a new mission. Since we've parked the shuttle fleet, and subcontracted space exploration to our "partners" around the world, let's put those minds to work on a crash program to develop alternate sources of energy. Give them until the end of this year to find three promising lines of inquiry that will lead to energy independence. If we can get a crash program to shoot a rocket to the moon… we sure as heck can figure this one out.
It's time to get out in front and lead, not cringe around the world kissing the backend of despots and dictators that ought to be worrying about us, and not the other way around. In a world of violence and power, sucking up don't get you no respect and besides, when did THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ever take a backseat to anybody? Come on folks – let's kick some …!
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Dr. Vince Voelz is a relatively recent addition to the Folding@home team. His interests involve studying protein folding in biophysical settings as well as folding in the presence of the ribosome. He is part of the multi-institutional grant from NSF's Frontiers In Biological Research program. While it's a bit early to talk about his work with FAH, Vince has been one of the key driving force behind a major new protein folding initiative at Folding@home (more on that later) as well as working with FIBR experimentalists to see what we can do to predict their experiments and build a tighter connection in general.
Below is a recent youtube movie where Vince explains about electrostatics in proteins, a key aspect of protein stability.


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Comedian Vir Das shares his side of his 'Two Indias' poem controversy "Don't ever let anyone tell you how to love your own country," Vir Das says in his new comedy special.
His poem polarized India. Now comedian Vir Das is telling his side
January 10, 202310:00 PM ET
Ziad Buchh
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Vir Das attends the International Emmy Awards in 2021 in New York City.
Comedian Vir Das was called a terrorist. Seven charges were filed against him in India. He was even accused of defaming his home country on foreign soil.
His crime?
In November 2021, he was wrapping up a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., when he decided to go back onstage and recite a poem he had written that morning. Titled "I Come from Two Indias," it describes the contradictions in his home country.
"I come from an India where we worship women during the day and gang-rape them at night," he said.
The video of the poem went viral. And Das faced police complaints from several politicians, including members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party. Aditya Jha, a state spokesperson for the Hindu nationalist party, called for his arrest and filed a police complaint against Das for "insulting the country."
Vir Das | I COME FROM TWO INDIAS
In his new Netflix special, Landing, Das shares how the controversy has impacted his life. He told Morning Edition's A Martínez that this isn't his first time being labeled an outsider.
This is not the first time you have been called an outsider. You said you have been carrying that label since you were a young boy growing up in Nigeria.
Just when I'm nearing happiness in any country in the world, my parents can smell it and send me to another country. So just as I was nearing happiness in India, a public school in Lagos, where I got my a** beaten every day because I was the guy from India. And just as soon as I made friends in Lagos after private school in India, I was the kid from Africa. I went to drama school in Galesburg, Illinois, which is the mecca of civilization. As we all know. It's just cornfield, college, cornfield. So, I was the kid from India then. And then I came in to try and work in Bollywood, where I was the guy from drama school. And now I work in America, where I'm the guy from Bollywood.
Did the "Two Indias" backlash feel almost like people in India ghosted you, like a whole country ghosted a comedian?
No. I think that assigns blame to people, which I would never do. It felt like I let down my country and I'll only ever assign blame to myself. In that moment, you're not angry — you're ridden with guilt. And whether that's deserved or undeserved guilt, only retrospect will tell. But at that moment, you just like, man, I feel sad. I think I let people down. I was always taught to take my feedback, you know, mouth shut, head down. And I respect artists who do. So, you know, what I always tell people is any feedback that you have or any opinion that you have about that or any piece of evidence is a valid opinion. But in that moment, I just was very hard on myself.
Do you think those in power saw you as a threat?
I don't think so. I think that's lionizing yourself, which I wouldn't do. I think I touched a chord with people, and I don't think artists get to decide when you stumble into a conversation or when you create a conversation. But I do not think comedians are a threat to anybody or anything. I don't think laughter is a threat. I think it's a beautiful thing. Nobody's ever mad at laughter. What you're mad at is the agreement.
How did that experience change you?
I think I had to just kind of go within myself for a while and make sure that it was at least two months or three months before I wrote my first joke. The tough thing is to never paint yourself as a victim or a hero. Sometimes comedians can get stuck in a feedback loop, where they're reacting to their last special in this special, etc. So I set a rule when I was doing the special, which is your content may have become controversy, but controversy will never become your content. So if you've seen the special, you know that I never reference the content or the beginning of the controversy or the reason for the controversy or defend my content. I just kind of say a video went up, here's what happened immediately after, and here's why I was a moron at every level through dealing with it and here's what's funny about that. And hopefully you resonate with stumbling and this makes you feel better about who you are.
Do you feel a greater sense of responsibility to be a voice for the people in your country?
I feel like I have a responsibility to access my conscience a little bit more honestly. You know, perhaps with age, you don't get funnier or better, but who you are comes out onto the page a lot quicker. And to me, the goal of doing anything is, whether you're watching a musician or a dancer or an artist, do I know them? Yes, they made me laugh. Yes, they made me dance. Yes, they made me cry. But do I know who this person is? And I feel ultimately very driven that whoever watches me should know who I am. They should know my identity. They should know my country. They should know what I represent. So just being really honest is the goal.
Reena Advani edited the audio version of this interview.


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Robert Fanshawe
1740-1823. He was born on 4 January 1740, the second son of Rear-Admiral Charles Fanshawe and his wife, Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of a leading politician, Sir John Rogers of Blackford, Devon.
He joined the service in 1753, going out to India in the following year and seeing action in Vice-Admiral Sir George Pocock s several indecisive battles with the French during 1758-9. On 11 September 1759 following the Battle of Pondicherry the day before he was commissioned lieutenant of the Tiger 60, Captain William Brereton, and he returned to England in 1761 when that ship was hulked.
Fanshawe was promoted commander of the bomb Carcass 8 on 23 August 1762 and retained until paid off at the peace of 1763, after which he recommissioned the brig Speedwell 8 in June, sailing for North America in August before being paid off in September 1766. He was posted captain on 25 May 1768 and recommissioned the Lively 20 in April 1769, commanding her in home waters for a couple of years.
HMS Monmouth's part in the Battle of Grenada was heralded by friend and foe alike
In December 1775 he recommissioned the Carysfort 28, going out to North America in the following April. He had her during the New York campaign of July-October 1776 and in the autumn of 1777 led a squadron off the coast of the Carolinas, having under his orders Captain Hon. George Keith Elphinstone pf the Perseus 20 and Thomas Mackenzie of the Lizard 28. In December he received aboard a number of escaped British prisoners who brought valuable details of the rebel ships in the port of Charleston. During 5-6 September 1778 he escorted troops under Major-General Charles Grey that attacked the rebel privateer base of New Bedford where some seventy vessels and assorted stores were destroyed.He then sailed south at the end of the year with Commodore William Hotham s reinforcement to the Leeward Islands station, although he was not present at the Battle of St. Lucia.
Having joined her earlier in the year, he commanded the Monmouth 64 at the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779, losing twenty-five men killed and twenty-eight wounded. So well did she fight that the French officers toasted her performance, but the damage incurred almost led to her capture and she was forced to bear away for Antigua before returning home and being refitted at Portsmouth that winter. In July 1780 he returned to the Leeward Islands in command of the Egmont 74, joining the fleet but then remaining under the orders of Commodore William Hotham at St. Lucia when Admiral Sir George Rodney took the rest of the fleet north. During the Great Hurricanes of October 1780 the Egmont was swept out to sea and dismasted, and such was her damage that she was obliged to return to England with a convoy in the summer of 1781. Learning of a strong French presence in the Channel Fanshawe took the convoy around the north around Scotland to anchor in the Leith Roads, and the Egmont was eventually paid off in August.
At the beginning of 1782 he assumed command of the Namur 90 at extremely short notice,, actually rising from his bed at Plymouth and going aboard at Admiral Sir George Rodney s invitation after Captain Herbert Sawyer had requested to be superseded on the point of sailing. Going out to the Leeward Islands once more he fought at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782, ably supporting his commander-in-chief and following him through the French line. The Namur then sailed to North America with Admiral Hugh Pigot s fleet before returning to the Leeward Islands and being eventually paid off in June 1783.
From 1785-8 he commanded the Bombay Castle 74, during which period she was refitted as a guardship at Plymouth. He took up the civil position of commissioner of the dockyard at Plymouth on 13 November 1789 and remained in that position for twenty-six years. During his long and valued tenure Captain Israel Pellew convalesced at his house following the destruction of his command, the Amphion 32 as the result of an explosion on 22 September 1796. When the great mutiny spread to Plymouth on 26 April 1797 he provided funds at the request of the captains of the disaffected ships in order for them to send delegates around to Plymouth.
He was succeeded as commissioner on 12 December 1815 and died at Stonehouse, Plymouth, on 4 February 1823.
Fanshawe married Christiana Gennys of Whitleigh Hall, St. Budeaux, Plymouth, on 5 December 1769 and had three sons, Captain Robert Fanshawe, who died at Antigua in June 1804 when commanding the frigate Carysfort 28, General Sir Edward Fanshawe and Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe who held a number of senior appointments in the 1850 s. He also had nine daughters, many of whom married into the service with Fanshawe becoming the father-in-law of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, Admiral John Chambers White, Vice-Admiral William Bedford, and Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford.
He was the MP for Plymouth from 1784-9 in the interest of the Admiralty and as a supporter of William Pitt. He never spoke in Parliament.
Fanshawe and his large family were renowned for their hospitality towards brother officers at Plymouth. He was seen as a first rate seaman and brave too, if somewhat of a strict disciplinarian. Religious, he was also charitable but he could also be ill-tempered and unhelpful and he was described as an odd fish .


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package pila

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
)

// Pila contains a reference to all the existing Databases, i.e.
// the currently running piladb instance.
type Pila struct {
	Databases map[fmt.Stringer]*Database
}

// Status contains the status of the Pila instance.
type Status struct {
	NumberDatabases int              `json:"number_of_databases"`
	Databases       []DatabaseStatus `json:"databases"`
}

// NewPila return a blank piladb instance
func NewPila() *Pila {
	databases := make(map[fmt.Stringer]*Database)
	pila := &Pila{
		Databases: databases,
	}
	return pila
}

// CreateDatabase creates a database given a name, and build the relation
// between such database and the Pila. It return the ID of the database.
// If a Database called `name` already exists, it will be restarted. So
// please consider using AddDatabase in case of possible conflicts.
func (p *Pila) CreateDatabase(name string) fmt.Stringer {
	db := NewDatabase(name)
	db.Pila = p
	p.Databases[db.ID] = db
	return db.ID
}

// AddDatabase adds a given Database to the Pila. It returns and error if the Database
// already had an assigned Pila, or if the Pila already contained the Database.
func (p *Pila) AddDatabase(db *Database) error {
	if db.Pila != nil {
		return errors.New("database already added to a pila")
	}
	if _, ok := p.Databases[db.ID]; ok {
		return errors.New("pila already contains database")
	}

	db.Pila = p
	p.Databases[db.ID] = db
	return nil
}

// RemoveDatabase deletes a Database given an ID from the Pila and returns
// true if it succeeded.
func (p *Pila) RemoveDatabase(id fmt.Stringer) bool {
	db, ok := p.Databases[id]
	if !ok {
		return false
	}

	delete(p.Databases, id)
	db.Pila = nil
	return true
}

// Database determines if a Database given by an ID is part
// of the Pila, returning a pointer to the Database and a boolean
// flag.
func (p *Pila) Database(id fmt.Stringer) (*Database, bool) {
	db, ok := p.Databases[id]
	return db, ok
}

// Status returns the status of the Pila.
func (p *Pila) Status() Status {
	ps := Status{}
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	dbs := make([]DatabaseStatus, len(p.Databases))
	n := 0
	for _, db := range p.Databases {
		ds := DatabaseStatus{
			ID:           db.ID.String(),
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}

// ToJSON converts a Status into JSON.
func (pilaStatus Status) ToJSON() []byte {
	// Do not check error as the Status type does
	// not contain types that could cause such case.
	// See http://golang.org/src/encoding/json/encode.go?s=5438:5481#L125
	b, _ := json.Marshal(pilaStatus)
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Action Bowling Arrives on Gear VR
Perhaps one of the most surprising trends with the Gear VR mobile-based virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) is seeing developers with titles that have already released on Android and iOS operating systems (OSs) embrace the platform by porting their projects to it. It's a practice that has had varying degrees of success across the likes of Temple Run VR and more. Another example of this arrives this week, as Atomic Bullfrog has brought Action Bowling to Oculus VR and Samsung's kit.
Action Bowling costs $2.99 USD and allows players to take part in 10-pin bowling with the added immersion of VR. This is a somewhat exaggerated take on the sport that allows players to choose from a number of stylised bowling alleys and themed bowling balls. They'll also be able to pull off special shots, curving the ball and more as they attempt to knock down as many pins as possible within a set number of goes, trying to reach a high score. It's not yet clear how the title will change in terms of controls.
Gear VR itself is finally available as a full consumer version following a year of two Innovator Edition releases for the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S6 smartphones respectively. The latest version of the device arrived in the US on 20th November 2015 for $99 USD and is currently being rolled out in other territories across the globe. It supports Samsung's wide range of 2015 smartphones including the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge plus and Galaxy Note 5 Action Bowling is just one of a number of new titles that have been released for the kit in recent weeks, with developers such as Ustwo Games, CCP Games and more also making initial releases for it.
For the latest Gear VR launches and news on the device itself, stay tuned to VRFocus.
Action Bowling
Atomic Bullfrog
VRGO Kickstarter Campaign Hits Funding Goal
At the start of November VRFocus reported on the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for VRGO, a chair…
Oculus Working on Open Avatar Platform to Enable Cross-System Compatibility [Updated]
Oculus avatars will be available cross-platform to Steam VR and Google Daydream
Jaunt Continues Business Momentum Appointing New CEO
The company also announced additional senior personnel promotions.
New Details Surface for Sci-Fi Mystery Torn
Aspyr Media has released the first gameplay trailer for Torn.


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Barnes & Noble Press raises ebook royalties to 70% across all prices and speeds up payouts
February 4, 2021 by Roger Packer
Barnes & Noble Press has increased its ebook royalties to a flat 70% across all prices and has stepped up its payment schedule to pay out authors 30 days after purchase instead of 60 days.
The rise in royalties is a decent boost for authors with ebooks in the lower price range as B&N/Nook previously paid 40% royalties on ebooks priced from $0.99-$2.98 while it paid 65% for ebook sales priced at $2.99 and above .
B&N Press also says it is expanding 'an array of merchandising options, including curated ads on BN.com, better email placement to promote titles to customers, and social media and blog exposure on Barnes & Noble Press and Nook channels'.
The firm doesn't give much in the way of details about how it's boosting merchandising, but one of the ways seems to be by offering a 30% discount on a service called ScoreIt from Inkubate. This claims to analyse your manuscript to compare it with best-selling authors and to offer keywords to improve discoverability. The analysis for a single manuscript usually costs $99.99 but is available for $69.99 with the discount.
It is also featuring a 5% discount on the services of a company called BookTrib which offers a range of marketing services, including a full-length book review and social media exposure for $395 (before discount), and inclusion in a syndicated book column called Bookbites distributed to 10,000 local newspapers ($595 fee before discount).
Barnes & Noble Press had a tough time during 2020 when it was hit by an online attack on its website during October, which took around a month to resolve before the site was fully functioning again. The company also delayed payments to ebook distributors in February when it switched to 90-day payments amid the onset of the Covid pandemic. However, it soon reversed the delays for independent ebook distributors and restored payments.
You can find out more details about self-publishing ebooks and print books with B&N Press on their website.
Barnes & Noble Press and Nook 'back in business' after attack on online systems
Barnes & Noble reverses author payment delays for indie disties and pays out early for March
Barnes & Noble opens up new self-service advertising portal for indie authors
Wattpad will join Webtoon in $600 million sale deal with Korean search engine company Naver
NetGalley bought by Japanese ebook distributor


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Litro #151: Letter from the Editor
Welcome to Litro #151: the Adrenaline issue
For this issue we asked for stories on exploring when exactly we feel that moment of Adrenaline rush? How do you get your fix of Adrenaline, and those moments of strong emotion?
The science: Adrenaline is a stress hormone secreted from the adrenal glands on the kidneys. It plays a major role in preparing the body for a fight-or-flight reaction in threatening environments. This happens when the brain communicates to the glands that there will be a need for a fight-or-flight response.
The cause of an adrenaline rush need not be an actual physical threat but can also be an imagined threat, strenuous exercise, heart failure, chronic stress, anxiety or a disorder of the brain or adrenal glands.
The reward: Sex: We open the issue with Look at Me, by Sarah Wilkinson, a story about the rush of excitement experienced by a young girl and her illicit sexual relation- ship between a married older man.
Misadventure: In Playing Games, by Rebecca Lawn, a young daughter – in seeking the affection of her father- finds that three will always be a crowd, an attempt to shake off her mother –in-law leads to a near death swim.
Fear: In Toni Ford's, I Died and Went to Hell in Hong Kong, Toni Ford narrates
an experience in Hong Kong, where a game designed for participants to experi- ence their own death gives the inevitable traumatising experience.
In Smiley Face, by Sam Gilbert, the sporting career of a young American Football star is cut short abruptly on the playing field leading to soul searching and a .22 pistol.
Donna Stefano, gives us The Calm After the Tear Gas, about an encounter with tear gas at Qalandia checkpoint outside of Ramallah in 2009.
Fight-or-Flight: Just Noise by Kieran Gosney, is a piece about how the accept- ance of and desire for noise in music has changed over time, and its relationship of that change to our environment. It goes into how noise affects the body and mind, and how noise music fans tap into primal fight- or-flight responses for their thrill. Touching on how culture has learnt to normalise louder and more dissonant sounds, the modern world's discomfort with silence
and the difference between the reactions to Stravinsky's Rites of Spring premiere and the Japanese noise band Hanatarashi's infa- mous bulldozer performance. In case you're wondering—Hanatarash was a noise unit from Osaka, founded in 1983 by Yaman- taka Eye, the name Hanatarash literally means "Sniveller", i.e. a person with a snotty or runny nose.
Our cover artist this month is Emma Coyle, her work has featured in the magazine's such as the Sunday Times Style supplement, with exhibitions taking in the at Saatchi Gallery. Emma say's her inspiration often comes after visiting exhibitions in galleries and museums which deal with contemporary art, fashion design, past art movements and cultural history .She finds that it allows her to focus on the importance of working with different themes, and always to push the boundaries of her comfort zone.
You can read our artist profile interview with Emma on page 49.
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One of the most common tips for saving money on your monthly grocery bill is to buy in bulk from a big box store like Sam's Club or Costco. But access to these stores costs a yearly membership fee, which may not be worth the price for individuals or small families. Here are five smart alternatives to purchasing a Sam's Club or Costco membership while still getting the buying-in-bulk savings.
It's true, you don't need to to pay for a big box store membership from Sam's Club or Costco to buy groceries or household items in bulk. Thanks to premium grocery delivery services, like Instacart, you can place an order from Costco and have your goods delivered right to your door -- no membership needed.
This is especially budget-friendly for smaller families and couples who only shop at big box stores once or twice a year. Instead of paying the $45-55 yearly membership fee for Sam's Club or Costco, respectively, you'll only pay a $3.99 delivery fee, and possibly a tip, to have the items delivered from Instacart.
In addition to an in-person delivery service, check out bulk discount sites online who give access to bulk-discounted items without the membership fee. Two of the most popular ones include Boxed.com, Jet.com, and Amazon's bulk section. After spending the time to personally compare these options, to the exact same items available via the Sam's Club and Costco websites, I was actually able to save a bit more money by choosing to purchase online.
Many regular grocery stores offer the ability for customers to purchase items in bulk by ordering cases or boxes of certain items. Whole Foods, for example, allows customers to purchase entire cases of unopened food or household items for 10% off.
To take advantage of these savings, call your local grocery store ahead of time and request unopened boxes of cases or pallets of items you need to purchase. Verify with your local grocery store to see exactly how much you can save on items you purchase most.
Buying clubs are created when groups of individuals and/or families merge their monthly grocery lists to purchase food and household items in large quantities at nearly wholesale prices. This allows everyone to split the items as well as the overall cost. The savings can be quite significant, even as much as 50% off certain items on your monthly grocery list.
One downside though is the fact that buying clubs come with a lot of planning and you'll need your own jars or containers for your portion of the food or household items. You'll also need to designate some volunteers to help coordinate the once-monthly grocery shopping, handle the payments and distribute food to everyone. But the added savings could be worth it. You can find more detailed information on how to get started or how to look for a local grocery buying club at startabuyingclub.com.
Another option is to go to one of these big box stores with a friend and use their membership card as a test to see how much you could save on regular trips to these stores. An additional alternative is to purchase a gift card from Sam's or Costco, which allows you to shop at their store without a membership card. During the checkout, you simply purchase a gift card and then use it while shopping and paying for all your groceries.
By using these alternatives, you don't have to pay for a big box store membership and can still save money by buying in bulk for your household needs.


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Mark Cuban's NBA Proposal: What Works, What Doesn't
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After the recent report involving the return of the NHL, other major sports leagues are on the clock for their respective proposals to continue the 2019-20 season. With it, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has proposed his own individual plan to close out the current season.
Here, we look at what works and what doesn't with Cuban's proposal:
Prior to the beginning of the NBA Playoffs, Cuban suggests that all 30 teams would undergo a small number of regular season games in order to prepare players for competition.
This is a reasonable request, considering players have spent extensive time away from playing. This permits teams to get any 'rust' out of the way in hopes of creating a competitive environment. At this time, anywhere between 5-7 regular season games have been suggested.
Under his current proposal, 10 teams from each conference would qualify for a chance at the NBA Championship. From there, the teams would be re-seeded based on record. If the season were to end today, the Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets would represent the East, while the Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans would be among the competition in the West.
While it doesn't open up a purpose for teams to participate in regular season games, each of the four aforementioned teams is 20+ games behind the #1 seed. It dilutes the playoff picture in which the intention is for the best teams to play one another.
The NBA has Orlando/Disney World as a clear frontrunner for return-to-play site for resuming 2019-20 season, sources tell me and @sam_amick. Orlando has gained significant seriousness among other cites such as Las Vegas.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 20, 2020
As part of the proposal, NBA games would take place at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. This would allow the league to fulfill broadcasting contracts.
Once again, this seems to be a reasonable request. Teams will not permitted to travel to multiple venues, and likely decreases the chances of an individual receiving the Coronavirus.
With games taking place at a singular location, how often would teams be forced to play? How many games take place in a singular day? Previous reports suggested the NBA could take on a similar format as the Summer League, where games are ongoing throughout each day.
However, scheduling becomes a major challenge for the NBA with this proposal. At this time, no clear solution has been provided.
Under Cuban's proposal, every team (aside from the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors) could qualify for a spot in the playoffs. The increased level of immediate competition could generate entertaining games; especially with the low number of regular season games expected to take place.
Damian Lillard won't play if the Trail Blazers don't have a "true opportunity" to make the playoffs. pic.twitter.com/Fq6SY5tOnN
— ESPN (@espn) May 26, 2020
In other proposals, disgruntled stars such as Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard may not risk playing if their teams are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Considering the Timberwolves and Warriors are eliminated from contention in Cuban's proposal, why should Karl-Anthony Towns or Stephen Cury play? The benefit needs to outweigh the risk, but it's understandable that Cuban and others are looking to create the most fair outcome.
Within the proposal, Cuban suggest two play-in matchups (either a single game or best-of-three) in which the #17 and #20 teams play one another, while the #18 and #19 compete. The winners of each matchup would advance to play against the #15 and #16-ranked teams. If the NBA expands its playoff picture to a similar fashion as the NHL, this seems to be an appropriate solution.
With the proposal, Cuban admits that it could throw away the value of the current season. In that sense, he's correct. Is expanding the playoff picture, forcing teams to participate in games almost daily, and pressuring eliminated superstars to participate worth the risk?
Obviously, everyone wants to see the current NBA season resume. However, let's create the best possible solution that creates the most entertaining and safe product available.
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New service for the media: with EUrVOTE, the European Parliament makes available information packages about the European elections
From May 23 to 26, some 400 million people in 27 EU member countries can take an active part in shaping the future of the European Union and cast their votes in the European elections. On assignment from the European Parliament, the dpa subsidiary news aktuell, under the press portal URL http://EUrVOTE.eu, in the weeks ahead will be making information packages for use by the media available free of charge. The spot news, background reports and interactive graphics were produced by dpa-Custom Content and can be used by the media for their news coverage.
Why is the EU important and how does it affect its citizens? EUrVOTE provides answers. Starting with the first themed packages in February, the offering will be expanded with new content at regular intervals through May. Each package consists of dpa texts and photos, accompanied by interactive graphics from dpa-infocom that illustrate specific issues and aspects and offer vital added value to editorial staffs.
Elections in figures: In the run-up to the European elections the service will be expanded with a number of elements from dpa-ElectionsLive with opinion surveys from all EU member states. As soon as the first vote projections appear, the widgets will show all the results from the individual member states and the distribution of seats in the new EU Parliament. dpa-ElectionsLive visually illustrates the latest data in real time. Media may likewise incorporate this content in their internet services.
About Custom Content:
dpa-Custom Content (dpa-CC) is an On-Demand editorial desk of Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German Press Agency), Germany's largest news agency. The corporate publishing and con-tent marketing unit stands for the established diligence and precision of dpa – coupled with comprehensive resources with regards to texts, photos, graphics, audio and video content as well as the agency's worldwide network. From printed communication materials all the way to newsletters and website content, we provide custom-made creative and content services on the basis of briefings and concepts that we develop for clients. dpa-CC works for companies, government ministries, media and associations.
About infocom:
dpa-infocom is a 100 per cent-owned subsidiary of dpa and specializes in innovative multi-media information services. dpa-infocom develops, carries out and operates tailor-made content and solutions for online, mobile and print outlets. Serving as a bridge between editorial staffs and technology, dpa-infocom connects the basic formats of the dpa group with multi-media "ready-to-publish" products. Sports data content and high-value interactive graphics round out the portfolio.
About dpa:
The Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German Press Agency) dpa was founded in 1949 and belongs among the world's leading independent news agencies. dpa supplies media, companies and organizations with editorial services. These include texts, photos, video, graphics, radio features and other formats. As an agency operating internationally, dpa reports in four languages – German, English, Spanish and Arabic. Around 1,000 journalists work for dpa in more than 160 locations both in Germany and abroad. The owners are 180 German media companies. The editorial desk operates under the basic principles laid down in the dpa statutes: independent of ideologies, business enterprises and governments. The central news office led by Editor-in-Chief Sven Gösmann is located in Berlin. The business management led by President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Kropsch works at the company headquarters in Hamburg. Chairman of the Board of Supervisors is David Brandstätter of the Main-Post GmbH company in Würzburg.
Internet: www.dpa.com (German, English, Spanish, Arabic)
Social Web: www.dpa.com/de/social-media
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dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH
Jens Petersen
Phone: +49 40 4113 32843
E-Mail: info@eurvote.eu
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Wolfpack 'Bashes' Toulouse 42-14
Richard Mauntah
Toronto Wolfpack's Chase Stanley scores a try against Toulouse Olympique during Betfred Championship second-tier rugby league action in Blackpool, England, on May 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Touchlinepics, Stephen Gaunt
Gareth O'Brien said it wasn't about revenge. But for the Toronto Wolfpack, it felt good to get back at the Toulouse Olympique.
The Wolfpack were the life of the Summer Bash on Saturday, opening the Betfred Championship's showcase event in Blackpool, England with a 42-14 win over their French rivals. Toulouse (10-4) handed Toronto (13-1) its only loss, a 46-16 drubbing on March 9.
"It's about ourselves," O'Brien said. "We have one goal, and it's to get to the Super League."
"We've got great players. We've got a lot of confidence now. But we're not complacent."
The Wolfpack dominated the game, taking much of the possession and yardage. The scoreline would probably have been higher but for strong goal-line defence from Toulouse.
The Wolfpack gave an early penalty kick to Mark Kheirallah, but then scored four tries in a 16-minute span in the first half. A short field led to a try from O'Brien. The Toronto fullback sent a short kick ahead to a wide open Josh McCrone, who touched it down to increase the lead. On the ensuing set, Chase Stanley scored. Stanley would score again a few minutes later, ending a seven-tackle set to give the Wolfpack a 22-2 halftime lead.
In March, Toulouse erased a 10-point deficit with a 40-point run, and Joe Bretherton's early second half try on Saturday brought back those memories. But Darcy Lussick, who earlier in the game unleashed a punishing hit, scored to restore Toronto's momentum. Stanley then completed his hat trick and Nick Rawsthorne added one more to put the game away. O'Brien finished the Toronto scoring with a penalty kick. Rhys Curran scored a last-minute consolation try for Toulouse.
The game was the first of seven played at Bloomfield Road over the weekend, with all 14 Championship teams in action. The Wolfpack now has a six-point lead atop the league standings.
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Toronto next sees action on Friday when it travels to face the Sheffield Eagles.


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Plentiful sunshine. High 58F. Winds NNE at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible..
A clear sky. Low 39F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.
Oil and gas industry faces 2020 slowdown
By Kiah Collier The Texas Tribune
AUSTIN — The oil and natural gas industry paid a record-setting $16.3 billion in taxes and royalties to local governments and the state in 2019, the Texas Oil and Gas Association announced Tuesday.
It is the highest sum since the 100-year-old association began tracking payments in 2007 — an indicator of the historic nature of the oil and gas boom that's gripped the state in recent years. The frenzy has driven U.S. fossil fuel production — and exports — to record levels.
But the announcement comes as the industry appears on the precipice of a major slowdown as high production rates, softened global demand and a host of other economic and political factors have shifted the calculus.
While fossil fuel production continued to rise in Texas in 2019, major cracks emerged in the latter half of the year: a significant drop in the number of active oil rigs, thousands of industry job losses and a spate of bankruptcies. Some analysts have said that already modest oil prices could drop below a key level of $50-per-barrel, which would deal a further blow.
Texas Oil and Gas Association President Todd Staples said on Tuesday to expect more of the same in 2020.
"With production strained by prices, we may have additional bankruptcies and mergers and acquisitions as companies work to maintain a competitive (advantage)," Staples said during a conference call with reporters. "Job growth may continue to lag further than we've enjoyed in recent years."
Aside from more industry-specific pressures, Staples said there's "no question the trade war with China has put a strain on U.S. natural gas producers." The announcement of a final trade deal, he said, was "welcome news."
Citing the tax and royalty figures released Tuesday, which are broken down in a report that emphasizes support for K-12 and higher education, Staples repeatedly emphasized that fossil fuel production, transport and processing remain a crucial factor in the state's economic well-being.
While the $16.3 billion in taxes and royalties the association reported paying to counties, school districts and the state of Texas is historic, it also is slightly inflated. In past analyses, the association has focused on 10 industrial sectors. This year, it chose to include four additional ones in its calculations — sand mining and pipeline construction among them — "to provide a more comprehensive view of the industry," Staples explained. That boosted contributions by half a billion dollars, up from $15.8 billion.
Still, the prior record of $15.7 billion was bested. That was set in 2014 when oil prices began to slip amid a fossil fuel glut that developed after nearly a decade of significant energy production, culminating in a devastating bust.
Facing another downturn means it's more important than ever to support the industry, Staples said Tuesday.
"We need to be doing all we can to maintain the stabilizing force that Texas has become for the world," he said.
That support, Staples said, should come in the form of promoting "science-based" regulations, pipeline construction, port expansions and resisting "political schemes that call for bans of the world's most important asset" — an apparent reference to the controversial Green New Deal.
At the same time, Staples openly acknowledged that manmade climate change is a threat and said the industry is "absolutely committed to climate progress" — definitive comments that would have been unheard of just a few years ago. (National lobby groups have recently begun promoting the industry as a force for good in the climate change fight, though Staples said "everyone's independent" when asked if his association was taking a cue.)
"We believe that all emissions contribute to climate change and we believe that our industry is committed to doing our part to make improvements," he said.
The development of carbon capture and leak detection technologies and improvements in refining processes are all "areas where our member companies continue to be difference-makers and will lead to a lower-emissions future," he said.
Staples on Tuesday repeatedly contended that it's possible to achieve environmental goals while also growing the economy.
"No matter how much rhetoric we hear, there's no replacement for all the good that the oil and natural gas industry does for our lives today," he said.
Todd Staples
Gas Association


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GAM — Eiszeit
(Cosmic Egg UTCE 002, 1978/2005, CD)
by Henry Schneider, Published 2007-03-01
The name GAM is an acronym of the member's first names Günter Schickert (guitar, vocals, trumpet), Axel Struck (guitars, vocals), and Michael Leske (drums, percussion). Eiszeit, or Ice Age, was their first studio album, recorded in 1978, but has remained unreleased until now. The story behind this album is that the producer had kept the multi-track masters promising the band to release the album, yet it never happened. The producer disappeared and now 25 years later, Günter Schickert believes that if anyone has the rights to this music, he does. So this long overdue gem of Krautrock is finally available to fans worldwide via Cosmic Egg. Since the original masters were lost, Cosmic Egg, AKA Steve and Alan Freeman, had to work from a CDR master and a cassette copy to painstakingly create the final product. The result is great! Some of the music is like their Krautrock / Spacerock contemporaries in the 70s (Tangerine Dream, Michael Hoenig, Can) while most of it the disc is abstract, eerie, floating sounds, pulsating cyclic guitar riffs, falsetto wordless vocals, and cool drumming. There was never enough of this kind of music recorded and we are fortunate today to have it available. Highly recommended.
Filed under: New releases, Reissues, Issue 34, 2005 releases, 1978 recordings
Related artist(s): Günter Schickert, GAM
Débile Menthol - Emile à la Campagne – This two-disc set collects both of Swiss band Debile Menthol's early-80s studio LPs (1981's Emile au Jardin Patrologique and Battre Campagne from '84) into a single package, adding a... (1995) » Read more
Between the Coma and Me


As the emphasis on preventing obesity has grown, so have calls for interventions that extend beyond individual behaviors and address changes in environments and policies. Despite the need for policy action, little is known about policy approaches that are most effective at preventing obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and others are funding the implementation and evaluation of new obesity prevention policies, presenting a distinct opportunity to learn from these practice-based initiatives and build the body of evidence-based approaches. However, contributions from this policy activity are limited by the incomplete and inconsistent evaluation data collected on policy processes and outcomes. We present a framework developed by the CDC-funded Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation that public health practitioners can use to evaluate policy interventions and identify the practice-based evidence needed to fill the gaps in effective policy approaches to obesity prevention.


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blkcalc - Converts between unallocated disk unit numbers and regular disk unit numbers.

Help Text
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usage: blkcalc [-dsu unit_addr] [-vV] [-f fstype] [-i imgtype] [-b dev_sector_size] [-o imgoffset] image [images]
Slowly calculates the opposite block number
	One of the following must be given:
	  -d: The given address is from a 'dd' image
	  -s: The given address is from a 'blkls -s' (slack) image
	  -u: The given address is from a 'blkls' (unallocated) image
	-f fstype: The file system type (use '-f list' for supported types)
	-i imgtype: The format of the image file (use '-i list' for supported types)
	-b dev_sector_size: The size (in bytes) of the device sectors
	-o imgoffset: The offset of the file system in the image (in sectors)
	-v: verbose output to stderr
	-V: Print version

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Example Usage
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blkcalc -u 64 images/wd0e

Links
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[1] http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/man/blkcalc.html