Werewolves and the paranormal, you've got to love it. Or you would if you're me. Regular readers of my blog will know how much of a fan I am of all things fantasy and paranormal, so I was really looking forward to reading Raised by Wolves when I picked it up. Having finished reading this book, I'm not sure what I think. I liked the novel, but I wasn't as wowed as I expected to be.
The whole premise of this novel is something I haven't come across before - not in anything other than The Jungle Book. An orphan child, Bryn, is taken in by a pack of werewolves after a rabid wolf attacked and killed her parents and went for her. The alpha of the pack, Callum, Marked her (read: bit), and through doing so, created a bond between her and the rest of the pack. If she doesn't keep her walls up, Bryn will be mentally connected to every single wolf in the pack. She knows pack law, she knows about dominance and she knows she isn't really one of them, but it's the only life she knows.
It's intriguing. For the purpose of the world building, the pace starts off fairly slow. The reader needs to find out about the alpha, about the pack, about Bryn's place in it. The reader needs to know enough about this world to get why, when things start happening, something isn't right. That isn't to say that the world building is dull, it's really interesting finding out the rules and positions of the characters in the book. The only thing is, when things do start happening, the plot's pace gets only a little quicker, and stays there for most of the story. There aren't too many highs or lows, and though it's still a good story, it wasn't as action packed as I was expecting for a werewolf book.
There were times when the book started to remind me of some of my favourite adult urban fantasies; the Shifters series by Rachel Vincent, and the first book in the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost, Halfway to the Grave. The plot is in no-way similar to these other novels, but aspects of the novel reminded me of them. The training, the way the werewolves shift. There was enough to make the meerkat in me stand to attention and rekindle my interest. But they were only moments.
The climax of the book, how things went, was a complete surprise to me. I didn't see any of it coming, and thought it was a pretty awesome twist, but it ended to quickly for me. I turned the last page expecting more. The danger didn't feel that dangerous, the love didn't feel that powerful. The book just generally wasn't as exciting as I was hoping it would be. Still, as I said, I did enjoy it, and I am looking forward to seeing what happens next in the next book in the series, Trial by Fire.


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Double Brown is a naturally fermented bitter beer. It is  produced by DB Breweries in New Zealand, containing 4% alcohol by volume. It is considered a low-cost beer since it is priced below mainstream brands owned by the company such as Tui, Export Gold and DB Draught. Double Brown is produced in DB's main brewery in Auckland. It is not marketed as heavily as the brewery's main brands, in order to keep costs as low as possible. It is colloquially referred to as DoBro in New Zealand.

In 2004 Double Brown won the prestigious BrewNZ New Zealand Draught Beer of the Year Award

In 2009 DB Breweries controversially reduced the iconic "20 box" to 18 cans whilst holding the price constant.

New Zealand band Missing Teeth recorded a song named "Double Brown" as an homage to the brew.

Double Brown is featured in the Lee Tamahori film Once Were Warriors, where bottles can be seen throughout the film. It can also be seen in the 2012 film Two Little Boys.

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What is the place to see semi-finalist list?
A friend just told me I was on the semi-finalist group, I didn't know there was such a place. Where do I find it???
There are Finalists, and winners chosen from the Finalists. That's all. If you were a Finalist, you would have been contacted already.
Hey Jo Ann, there was a few pages posted with semi-finalists on it. One of mine was in there too. It's hard to find but the address is in the countdown to november thread somewhere. I didn't get a badge but it was fun to see mine in there.
Sharon 's Gallery Yeah, and view it while you can. After announcing the location in the Q&A it's bound to disappear like it did last time someone announced it in the Q&A. Don't even bother looking for them come January. I can tell you exactly what will happen. You'll go through the site looking and you'll click on a number and it will dump you back to the homepage. There will be several numbers in a row like that and you will know you found them only all you'll see is the homepage. Does anyone know why BP wouldn't want us looking? Part of that answer may be unnecessary emails to the staff. I've heard they get email from people whining about why their entry didn't go any further than Runner's Up. BTW, this is all speculation on my part. I don't know any of the staff and have never even met them. It's all grapevine type gossip, but it makes sense to me. I would hide the rounds too.
Have fun while it lasts. It was a fun secret for a while anyway.
I had no idea this was a secret when I asked the question! I was not told it was and just wanted to see some of the others. I was in the semi group and was thrilled! See no reason for folks to get upset over why they don't win?? You either win or don't, as long as I have fun making images and I like them, that should be enough. Naturally I would be even more thrilled to have the judges select mine too, but am not going to call and complain to them or anything like that.
Maybe because I am a new photographer (since Mar 06) I don't "get it"? I have so much to learn and appreciate the BP community helping me and have made friends with some excellent photographers.
Sooo, if I caused a problem, I am sooo sorry!
Happy New Year to all, "go out and shoot something" and enter it in the contests!
Sharon 's Gallery Jo Ann, I apologize. I shouldn't have been so abrupt. A lot of people have had fun watching the rounds then someone posted the link in a Q&A (long ago, not recently at all) and they abruptly disappeared. I suspect they'll disappear again. I personally don't see what it hurts to watch them (unless BP just doesn't want members seeing so much of the judging process) if people would not email the staff with "issues". I wish they would at least post them after the announcement so we could see how far a photo progressed if we wanted but going by what I've seen in the past I imagine they'll bury them again. None of it really matters. It's just something interesting to watch. A photo won't do any better or worse for watching the process and it tells a photographer absolutly nothing about how good a photo is since judging is subjective anyway.
I hope you all have a Happy New Year too!
I stand corrected. I guess since I haven't entered anything in the contest in a while, and haven't been keeping up with the countdown threads, I missed this.
Sharon 's Gallery Well, I hate to say I told you so but I told you so. The links are gone. Bummer!
Sharon 's Gallery Ok, I'm back. I was reading this thread again and wanted to make sure no one thinks I was blaming Jo Ann for the fact the links can't be viewed anymore. I really didn't mean to post this here, but on a different thread. The cat was out of the bag before Jo Ann asked her question and life goes on anyway. I apologize again, Jo Ann!
I most likely won't ask anymore questions here anyway, surely my friends can keep me posted! Heaven knows I wouldn't intentionally cause this big problem!
Happy New Year everybody! Hugs to ya Sharon, don't you worry at all about that.
Sharon 's Gallery Jo Ann, you shouldn't be afraid to ask questions in here just because you got ahold of one crotchy old woman :o)! Most everyone is really very helpful and friendly. Besides you did not cause any problems at all!


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New technology aims to improve taste, shelf life, production of beer, food
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Just in time for summer—a new technology to improve the taste, quality and shelf life of juice and other beverages, and help craft brewers make more beer.
Purdue University-affiliated startup Induction Food Systems (IFS) has finished the major first round of testing on a technology system to provide on-demand heating options for food and beverage manufacturers.
"We were tired of seeing the old-school processes for heating food and beverages during manufacturing," said entrepreneur Francesco Aimone from Columbia University, who co-founded IFS with George Sadler, an alumnus of Purdue's College of Agriculture. "Those legacy systems like steam are slow, energy-consuming and can take away some of the food's natural flavors and textures."
IFS plans to launch in the next few months its first go-to-market line, which involves a fluid heating system for use in the manufacturing of beer, water products and juices.
Aimone said their technology increases the speed and efficiency for producing beverages and foods, and helps manufacturers grow. He said the IFS on-demand heating system uses plug-and-play heating components involving electromagnetic energy and induction, which has been shown to be about six times more precise in controlling temperature than conventional methods.
IFS' technology uses a coil and core design in its heating systems. It uses solid-state electronics to generate electromagnetic energy instead of the traditional combustion that creates steam in boilers.
"We know that manufacturers need and want more nimble, responsive and sustainable heating options," Aimone said. "We are prepared to meet those needs with our technology."
Aimone said their technology is part of a $20 billion market for heating equipment in the food and beverage segment.
Aimone said the next focus for the startup is to address the problem of fouling—which is sticky substances left behind after processing—for manufacturers.
"It's similar to when you are making eggs and you have the gunk stuck to your pan when you're preparing them," Aimone said. "Our preliminary testing shows we can reduce fouling in some applications by up to 30 percent."
Food technology goes from the moon to grocery aisle, improving food production and quality, taste
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She has worked extensively on vendors, mergers and acquisitions ranging from large multi site cross-boarder transactions to smaller venture capital-type investments for small and medium enterprises. Birgit has a detailed understanding of the transaction process and can provide options and remedies for many environmental as well as health and safety issues as they arise, within the specific context of the transaction. She is experienced in addressing the EHS liabilities from the technical solutions to the incorporation into warranties or insurances.
This due diligence work has enabled Birgit to gain knowledge of a range of sectors including: energy (oil, gas and renewables); food; pharmaceutical; waste management; chemicals; engineering; general manufacturing; transport infrastructure and finance. Additionally she has worked on portfolios of real estate transactions.
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5 Reasons to use Website Builders and their functionalities - Top Islamic Blog!
The fact that every new business needs its own website is hardly surprising anymore, but startups, bloggers, crafters, freelancers, writers, and other people who need a website can't agree over one thing: is it better to create a website from scratch or to use a website builder? We are convinced that there is nothing better than an online website builder for creating websites, we list 5 reasons why you should use website builders.
Website builders are online services that allow novice users to various types of websites without any programming or design skills. Online website builders are often called CMS (content management systems), since they offer easy ways to manage the content on your website.
There are free website builders, but some offer paid packages with extra functionality and exclusive designs. Elementor is one of the top-trending drag-and-drop page builders in the WordPress community. The intuitive admin panel provides for the seamless and code-free web development even for web design newbies.
Elementor is loaded with lots of widgets and content modules, the page builder provides you with easy ways to customise the design elements of the page.
Additionally, Elementor Marketplace is popular place for the growing collection of pre-made website templates that have the drag-and-drop functionality by default.
Here are just a few of the most recent releases.
If you're still wondering if you should consider using website builders, we've list 5 important reasons to help you decide.
Most online website builders are very popular and have thousands of customers, which means they constantly receive feedback about any issues with their products and can quickly respond to any queries.
This is often not an option if you decide to build your website from scratch: if you do it yourself, you may not have the required skills to resolve the issue, and if you ordered website building services from another person, it may take a while before you're able to get in touch with them.
Online website builders are designed in a way that even someone with minimal computer knowledge can design their own website in a matter of hours. When using the most popular CMS services, you will hardly ever need any coding or design knowledge, because everything is as easy as dragging and dropping elements into place.
CMS users especially love the Drag and Drop feature that can be found in most popular web builders and allows you to arrange blocks of your future website simply by dropping them at the place you want them to be.
With an online website builder, you don't just build websites in the shortest amount of time possible – you also make sure that they run quickly and smoothly for every visitor. Popular CMS's services use the most cutting-edge methods to ensure top running speed for their products.
There are many ways in which a CMS can achieve optimal loading speed, but one of the most important ways is by file compression. Of course, this can be done with a website that was created manually, but when everything is as automated and effortless as in a website builder, you don't want to spend your valuable time on these tasks.
Everyone can agree that custom things cost more than mass-produced ones. A bespoke suit is several times more expensive than a ready-made one, and a custom cake from a renowned home baker will likely cost you considerably more than a cake from your nearest bakery.
The same goes for making your own website. A top-class freelancer or web design firm will deliver an outstanding product, but the cost of creating this will eat up a lot of your budget. At the same time, you can build a website with an online CMS with a considerably less amount of money.
if you think your website will look identical to others because you used a pre-made template then think again, because website builders offer greater flexibilities these days that can help you achieve the freedom to customise as you wish so that it doesn't look identical to other websites.
Another big reason is that they are visually optimised for different screen sizes and/or types e.g. mobile, tablets and so on. Plus, online CMS builders are often the first ones to roll out new design features, which means you can always update the look of your website according to the latest trends.
Whatever type of website you're trying to build whether a novice or a pro, we think you'll benefit hugely from website builders and the functionalities it offers, go ahead and try it and let us know how you got on.


Take a walk through history as you explore the streets of London while you engage with school leaders and in university settings with your British colleagues. You will shadow London's best school administrators and executive level leaders daily and learn about the British educational system from those in charge. Discuss political movements and current leadership trends. Enjoy your evening tea as you stroll by Big Ben and the London Bridge in the evenings. Take a bird's eye view of the city from the London Eye and watch the famous changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace for a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth departing from her home. London is a bustling city of over 8 million people with an energy felt on every street corner and an experience that will be life-altering.
PARIS: A Paris day-trip excursion is built into the trip so you can experience both cities during your trip across the pond! Ride one of the fastest trains in the world, the Eurostar (referred to as the Chunnel), under the English channel to the City of Light! No worries, you are on land the vast majority of the trip while you see the French and English countryside. Visit the Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Notre-Dame de Paris, Champs-Elysees and stand under the iconic Eiffel Tower! It is a day you will cherish!
The trip is embedded in EDL 664: International Internships in the Educational Leadership for masters and doctoral level students. Your class is online in Canvas with pre and post work in preparation and debriefing from your travel.
This 2-hour practicum includes at a minimum 60 hours of educational activities (administrator observations, meetings, and follow-up debriefing sessions) while in London.
This program is intended to immerse Watson School of Education graduate students in the U.K. educational system. Students traveling to London may include a variety of students, but the majority will be school administrators who have an interest in the fields of supervision and leadership. This internship is designed specifically for students in the Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership; but would be appropriate for students in programs such as Curriculum, Instruction, and Supervision or Masters of School Administration that have an interest in school leadership or executive level leadership. Space is limited to 12. Sign up is first come; first serve.
You will be beginning your excursion in the western area of London, England for a firsthand experience into the schools and university settings. You will also travel to the downtown district to visit some of the most popular worldwide sites such as Big Ben and the London Bridge. History will surround you as you walk the downtown district rich in the past.


Each day will be a new adventure when you open your eyes quietly in this beautiful romantic coconut palm grove on the Arabian sea. As you will lean softly to a gentle intrigued feeling of total freedom. Our days will be a perfect blend of reverence for the nature surrounding us. Starting with 2 hours of Prana-Vidya practice with our master Ram Aruvenni, accompanied by healthy nutritious breakfast. Then we'll have free time to catch some waves rest or inquire Goa. Later along the day will be the afternoon session. The Ayurvedic consultation with Dr. Rohit, or an Ayurvedic massage, or a Yoga session, with Doron Noyman, whatever was set for that day.
After we picked you up from the airport in Goa, and as we reach our lovely resort, getting our rooms or cottages, we'll meet for a welcome cocktail. A small introduction party with a D.J.and some vibes, just to get into the vacation atmosphere in ease, inhale the breeze and celebrating our reach to Goa.
For 2 hours every morning will be the Prana-Vidya session with Ram, and 4 afternoons will be a Yoga flow, and introduction to meditation with Doron. It is a perfect opportunity to experience Yoga in a different setting when we all tune to the nature vibes around us, and a bit more quiet and relax.
Ram Areuveni is a Master of Prana Vidya Yoga from Hokuk Israel. He established Prana Yoga studios in Tel-Aviv, teaches and studies the body and the mind for the last 24 years. At the moment he manage with his wife the Liba Center for Yoga Dance and movement at Hokuk. He has his own Yoga teachers training course, and has trained and certified many Yoga teachers in Israel. Ream began his Yoga path(Sadhana) 24 years ago, and teaches the art of Yoga for the last 20 years. His main focus at the moment is teaching teachers, and he makes workshop in many various places. He studied and pursued many Yoga practices and traditions, such as Ashtanga vinyasa, Iyengar Yoga, Vinnie Yoga, Shadow Yoga, and more. He incorporates his vast knowledge into one unique practice. A knowledge that he gathered from his many experiences in Yoga around the world. In most of the streams and methods which known today. The practice aspires to align a healthy body and mind. And inspired by the alignment of Iyengar Yoga throw the flow and heat of Ashtanga vinyasa Yoga, as with the softness of Shivananda and Vinnie Yoga. All combined to a newer approach of Vinyasa & Shadow Yoga flow. His teachings ties the fabric of the physical and energetic body. Ram Believes that all Yoga takes to the same place of Observation & Awareness, and his Yoga bring you exactly there. Ram lives in the North hills of Israel and besides Yoga he is a musician, and gives therapeutic massages (bio energy and shiatsu). He is married and a father for 3 children.
The Ayurvedic workshop will be integrated with our days as well. You will choose one day of going to the doctor for an interesting diagnosis, then some time for a massage. One day will be picked to hear together the Ayurvedic nutrition lecture.


Coming off of Horseshoe Mesa, we filled up with water at Cottonwood Creek, our last reliable water source till the Colorado 23 miles away. We each staggered away with 2-3 gallons of water to see us through 2 dry days on the Tonto Bench. The trail contoured in and out of side drainages, and onto the hot flat bench above the river. From the edge, we could see where the Colorado had cut through the wretched depths of Granite Gorge into the scarred complexion of the Vishnu Schist. The dark rocks of the chasm looked agonized and twisted, contorted by 2 billion years beneath the Earth's crust. Standing out on the protruding fingers above the abyss, we had front row seats into the basement rocks of time.
When the sun rose overhead, we hunkered down in siesta mode and waited out the heat of the day, migrating with the shade around the base of our juniper tree. Temperatures rose to 100F in the shade, and 120F in the direct sun. No matter how much I drank, I still seemed dehydrated. Our bodies were sweating water out as fast as we could replace it. Gallons upon gallons. Productivity was futile, and laziness reigned. Whiptail lizards scurried over my motionless feet; the afternoon buzz of cicadas rang deafeningly in our ears.
The sun sank below the cliffs and we were released from our prison of heat and light. Evening breezes stirred the air, as if the whole world seemed to let out a collective sigh of relief. Darkness fell like an expansive blanket over the canyon. The buttes and temples sunk into shadow, and stars emerged from their refuge in the sky. A full moon illuminated the landscape in a pale ghostly light, while fallen agaves cast dark shadows across our path.
At the Bright Angel corridor, we soon encountered pack trains of tourists heading up to the canyon rim. People pay good money to see the canyon, without ever setting foot on the ground. Few people were enjoying themselves, most as sad and miserable as the heavily burdened mules themselves. We were glad to see the trains leaving early in the morning, though I still consider it cruel and unusual punishment to have to haul a fat Midwesterner out of the Grand Canyon.
We crossed the Black Bridge of the Colorado and reached Phantom Ranch, a literal oasis in the desert. Tall stately cottonwoods lined a wide clear flowing creek. Deer walked the pools feeding on the lush willows, oblivious to people near by. Phantom was a bustling hub of activity - river runners came in from the river to purchase ice for empty coolers; packers delivered goods from the canyon rim and loaded their mule trains up with mail; rangers tended to dehydrated tourists; exhausted day hikers rested and purchased sack lunches for the 5000ft climb out. We spent the day relaxing and people watching, and managed to secure dinner reservations at the Cantina for an all-you-can-eat meal. It was a feast of garden salad, buttered corn bread, hot beef stew with real potatoes and veggies, and chocolate cake! We ate for an hour until they literally took our plates away.
As usual, we broke camp before dawn and make our way up the North Kaibab Trail. We made miles quickly on the wide maintained trail, cruising past hikers as we went. We made a quick trip to Ribbon Falls, a beautiful 100ft falls cascading into a shallow pool. The falls poured from a lip in the rim, freefalling onto a turret of deposited limestone, where the water fanned out into a wide silvery veil. Flute music echoed in the recessed chamber, dancing off the limestone walls, as if Kokopelli himself was reveling in the scene.
We soon reached the junction with Roaring Springs Canyon, where a massive torrent gushed out of the canyon wall at the Muav/Bright Angel interface. This single source on the North Rim provides water for both sides of the canyon. Due to the agreements made in the Colorado River Compact of 1922, the law allocates the entire flow of the Colorado River for cities downstream. Essentially, the Canyon acts as stone aqueduct, piping water to the thirsty desert metropolises of Phoenix and LA. Instead of pulling water from the river, the park pumps water from Roaring Springs at 5200ft, 3000ft down to Phantom Ranch, and back up again another 5000ft to the South Rim – a marvel of engineering. No wonder the pipe breaks periodically.
Continuing on, the trail broke through the upper Kaibab layer to the cool forested North Rim. We reveled in our return to the front country. We picked up a cache, made some phone calls, and enjoyed a delicious steak dinner at the North Rim Lodge (with a view!). Afterwards, we enjoyed our beers in the wicker chairs on the observation deck and caught the sunset from the rim. I traced our route back down into the canyon, across the Tonto Bench back to Horseshoe Mesa. In the distance, we could make out the high peaks of the San Francisco Mountains in Flagstaff. What a place.
We awoke to a cold morning, and frozen beads of condensation on our bags. We ditched our layers and raingear, the extra clothing useless in the heat of the inner gorge. From our camp on the rim, we had a commanding view of the world below. The canyon walls fell away into a deep chasm of rock and stone. Teapot buttes and Hindu temples jutted up from the gorge, suspended in the middle ground between earth and sky. So much topography, so much terrain.
We began our descent down the infamous Nankoweap Trail, our route into the Canyon. The trail dropped through the upper layers of limestone to the low ridgeline of Saddle Mountain. We beat through thorny locust, and navigated slick patches of snow. Snow in the canyon! In June! With every new bench, we dropped into new strata of vegetation. The trail passed from ponderosa and manzanita, to open forest of pinyon and juniper. We tiptoed around lethally sharp agave – a single trip could easily impale. They had recently put up massive 10-12ft stalks, bristling with small lemon yellow flowers, an impressive structural feat for such a small plant. Black bumblebees buzzed from blossom to blossom; newly hatched cicadas sat drying their wings.
The views changed as we descended. Perspective and scale were in constant flux as we passed through layer after layer. I felt insignificant amidst the magnificence and grandeur, a lowly speck travelling through the rocky folds. The trail wound across a sinuous bench, along the base of a cliff. The route seemed to "slope off towards disaster", where sections of the trail had broken away leaving little space between the wall and the gaping void. Some definite sphincter-puckering. Footing was treacherous below Tilted Mesa, where the trail was covered in loose pea gravel. It felt like hiking in roller skates. Thank goodness for the trekking poles. We were much relieved to reach the cold flowing waters of the Colorado, the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Down in the gorge, our progress was slow, dictated by the movement of the sun. Mornings began before dawn to beat the heat of the day. We hurried to make early miles as we watched the sunlight inch down the face of the western wall. We could feel our brains cooking in our skulls, as we hiked in a heat-induced drunken stupor. When it got too hot to hike, we sought whatever shade we could find. Daytime temperatures rose to 110F in the shade. It was too hot to explore, too hot to write, too hot to sleep. If we were close enough, there was solace by the river. The Colorado, released from the confines of Glen Canyon Dam, stays a frigid 42F – just tolerable enough to dunk ourselves, before drying off on the hot sand.
We found ourselves drinking 2 gallons of water a day – and we were still dehydrated. In these temperatures, our bodies couldn't absorb water as fast as we were losing it. In addition to dehydration, there is also a serious situation known as hyponatremia, caused by a sodium imbalance. On our second day, Ben came down with a mild-case and was incapacitated for an evening. Not a fun time to feel miserable. It was an uphill struggle against the elements.
The route followed the west bank of the Colorado, bushwhacking through a difficult maze of Tamarisk and locust trees. We ventured up to the famous Nankoweap granaries, perched hundreds of feet above the river. I found it incredible to imagine that people actually lived down here. A mix of game trails made the going easier, sometimes leading up the steep shale slopes, sometimes dropping down to the river. We slogged across loose sandbars, recently deposited by the Glen Canyon Dam springtime release. After the Colorado was dammed, the seasonal fluctuations in river levels ceased, which lead to eroded beaches and washed out dunes. It was good to see the new management practices were having a positive effect.
We flagged down a passing private raft trip, and they were gracious enough to give us a ride across the river. We soon reached the confluence with the Little Colorado River and its beautiful turquoise waters. Travertine pools backed up behind natural dams caked with deposited layers of limestone, and small waterfalls poured over the marble terraces in pale cascades. Fording was simple, and we managed to cross without difficulty. The Little Colorado turned out to be a popular day trip for commercial raft trips. From afar, we watched nearly 200 tourists march in misery to see the falls in the tormenting heat of the canyon. All were on vacation, yet none seemed to be having a good time. The poor souls.
The Beamer trail was a welcome change to the recent bushwhacking and route-finding. We hiked along a high bench layer of Tapeats Sandstone, contouring in and out of hanging side canyons that poured off into thin air. At times, the trail dropped off into the river several hundred feet below us into the dark green waters of the Colorado, directly beneath our feet. From above, we could see the upwelling of silt and sand as the waters churned and mixed in the current.
We found solace down by the river at Cardenas Creek and Hance Rapids. The Escalante route was a hands-on scramble up and down the bench layers and talus. We shouldered our packs and left the cool confines and shadows of the river for the exposed and parched expanses of the Tonto Bench. From up above, we had massive views of the undulating ridge of Palisades of the Desert and the river below. We stumbled past gardens of prickly pear, as we peered over the edge into the gaping abyss of Granite Gorge.
Our bucket cache on Horseshoe Mesawas intact and waiting. We passed the rusted remnants of early mining equipment. I was dumbfounded how anyone thought it would be a good idea to haul ore and minerals out from the depths of the canyon. At the edge of the bluff on the mesa point, we regained our bearings, and found ourselves seemingly suspended in the midst of the world, somewhere between rim and river, earth and sky.
We made the decision to deviate from the Hayduke Trail to add a twist of our own. Instead of immediately following the Arizona Trail across the Kaibab Plateau, we had procured the permits necessary to travel down the Lower Paria Gorge through the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument to the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry. It was a section the Hayduke creators Joe Mitchell and Mike Coronella had done during their reconnaisance hikes across the plateau. This route was so incredible that we felt that we needed to add it to our trip as well.
We headed back down the narrow entrance of Wire Pass to Buckskin Gulch. At the confluence was a large panel of petroglyphs with nearly 2 dozen bighorn sheep carved into the wall. Whoever carved the images was obviously intimate with his subject, posing the animals in natural stances, and capturing the nuances of body posture in stone. These people knew their sheep - they were their livlihood out here.
The narrows started right away, and the morning light was radiant on the upper walls, reflecting a tapestry of colors - golden orange, vermillion red, violet. Stray beams of light sometimes penetrated the overhung ceiling of stone. Large logs spanned the gap, stuck 30-40 feet above the canyon floor, silent reminders of the ferocity of water in the desert. In some places, floods had left their muddy silouettes along the wall. Splashes and liquid throes were captured in action as the silt-ladden highwater marks of past floods. There are few places to run in a narrow slot like Buckskin Gulch.
We saw several small groups of dayhikers, including a few big Mormon families. What a place to take a child. A slot canyon is a unique interactive tactile environment, and active learning experience for a kid. We were passed by a large group of shuttled hikers, speed hiking to the confluence and up the Paria to White House trailhead, almost 19 miles in a single day. The people were practially running through one of the most incredible slot canyons around, shooting pictures on the fly, grinding hard to get to the shuttle at the parking lot. Not quite the way I'd want to experience this place. I got to chatting with a dayhiking couple from Kauai, Rob and Elle, who were back home visiting family in the 4-corners region. They were curious when they found out about the HDT, and I found it refreshing to talk to real people who were genuinely interested in our trip. Rob was a cartographer and made his own maps of the islands. It was cool running into them in a place like this.
Most of the canyon ran along a joint fissure in the rock, a long narrow alleyway that would occassionally deviate and jog in another direction. In the deepest sections, light had difficulty penetrating the depths of the chasm. I lost myself in a world of abstract colors and surreal forms. The walls were scalloped and carved by floodwaters in a variety of shapes and repeating patterns. Scooped bowls, fluted hollows, walls of swiss cheese. The floor was cracked with shards of dry mud fitted together into a natural jigsaw puzzle, with bits shrivelled and curled like woodshavings. The world was dark and deathly silent. The flapping of a raven distrubed the still air, as its wings spanned the width of the gorge from tip to tip. I watched an adult swoop into its nest constructed out of flood debris in an eroded hole, to feed a pair of hungry chicks. The canyon was filled with a deafening cacophony of sound.
We crossed into Arizona at the deeply cut Confluence with the Paria. The river was barely a trickle. Nearly all the flow had disappeared into the sandy floodplain below the Box at the Cockscomb. The canyon opened up into a wide gorge of smooth Navajo caught in an entrenched meander, forcing the river into a winding series of bends and S-curves. Sheer walls sloped down to the river, glazed with a sheen of dark desert varnish. Willows and tamarisks lined the sandbars, and shady campsites appeared beneath tall cottonwoods. It was incredible how quickly the atmosphere changed below the junction with Buckskin.
Parallel cracks opened into the drainage, where wafts of cool air drifted down from the shady recesses. The base of the fins were worn thin by scouring floods, seemingly balanced on narrow footed pedestals. In one of the cracks, we were astonished to find dozens of brown morels growing in a heap of damp detritus. Mushrooms in the desert! Back in the river, walk was pleasant in the water warmed by the desert sun. Numerous flowing springs leaked from cracks in the walls, lush with mosses and delicate ferns. We passed several abandoned meanders where the river channel had cut a new passage, leaving the old bed suspended high above the canyon floor.
We stopped for lunch at Big Spring, a gushing flow of cold water straight from the wall. We arrived at the same time as a group of 10 volunteers and folks from Grand Canyon Trust doing vegetation surveys in the gorge. The GCT is a non-proft organization that works on numerous conservation projects across the Colorado Plateau. Specifically, they were surveying the impact of invasive Russian olive and tamarisk along the Paria riverway, and were getting ready to start mechanical removal throughout the corridor. After chatting a bit, we realized we had several overlapping mutual connections. It was cool hanging out with a fun group of folks out doing important restoration work. And what a place for a field site. They wished us luck on our trip and we each headed on our way.
Further down canyon, we entered the Goosebends, a series of switchbacking bends that carved out towering 1000ft overhung walls. It was fantastic walking. My neck was constantly craned in all directions to take it all in. Massive stone ampitheaters, narrow shoulders of stone, streaked walls, and pocked surfaces. We found some great swimming holes where the river had scoured deep bathtubs behind lodged boulders, where small minnows would come up and nibble us in the pools. On the dry rocky benches, we saw some flowering agaves prominently displaying their 10-foot stalks like exploding phalluses. After storing up years of energy, they invest it all in a major effort to reproduce, an incredible feat of plant biology.
At one point, the river slowed and deepened to a thigh deep pool. Beavers had dammed the Paria and were hard at work building their lodge. The dam itself was about 20ft wide, built out of a dense weave of willow cuttings. It was cool to see they were thriving, but they will definitely have their work cut out for them once the monsoons hit and the Paria flashes it out. Below the dam, we dropped packs and explored the side drainage of Wrather Canyon. The draw was full of old cottonwood trees and dense box elders. We followed a trail up the canyon to the impressive Wrather Arch. It was an eroded alcove about 150ft high that left the archway suspended on a single support leg.
We sought refuge in the shade from the sweltering heat. In the open, daytime temperatures were nearing 100F. It was crazy to think we had nearly frozen in Bryce less than a week ago. In actuality, it was a great opportunity for us to acclimate to the warmer temperatures before we began our descent into the Grand Canyon. Luckily, we found a gushing spring with hanging gardens of ferns and willows. Dozens of little Woodhouse toads lept everywhere, and brilliant blue damselflies perched delicately on low branches. We filled up gallons of water and drank heartily to quench our thirst.
The river cut down through lower formations to the top of the erodable Chinle where the canyon really opened up wide and began to drop in plunges. Large boulders choked the riverway, creating pools and small falls. While hiking, we saw Great Blue Heron, Golden Eagles, and even Peregrine falcon. Cottonwoods began to disappear from the banks, and with them, their valuable shade. Rabbitbrush and tamarisk grew up on the sandy terraces, as well as spiny agave and prickly pear cactus. Massive sand dunes eroded at the base of the 2000ft walls, as the river fell away below.
Back near the river, we found dozens of large boulders with carved petroglyphs. Several were carved on multiple faces, and one looked as if it had slid down the slope and landed upside-down. They were full of images of bighorn sheep, hands, people, scorpions, centipedes. Some panels were so dense with carvings, that newer images were etched right over the surface of older ones.
We followed the river down to Lonely Dell Ranch at the historic Lee's Ferry, part of the Glen Canyon NRA. The formidable Vermillion Cliffs rose an incredible 3000ft from the bottom of the gorge. We had travelled the entire Paria drainage from its headwaters in Bryce, down through its major tributaries and canyons, to where it emptied its load into the Colorado. The confluence of the two rivers was Mile Zero and the official start of the Grand Canyon. The last time I had seen the Colorado was back at Hite. I had managed to walk completely around with out actually seeing the tepid waters of Lake Powell. From Lee's Ferry, we were headed west for the Kaibab to begin our approach into the gorge of all gorges - the Grand Canyon.
A regional storm system had moved into the area, and it looked like it planned on staying. From on top of the ridge above Willis Creek, we could see a massively sporatic system of storms hitting everywhere around us. The cliffs of Bryce disappeared behind a spotty curtain of sleet and rain, and Powell Point to the north glimmered with a fresh layer of fallen snow.
We followed a dirt road up the drainage of Willis Creek, and passed through a private inholding of land within the monument that had a conservation easement placed on it. Green grazing fields sat between sloped hills of the Grey Cliffs, a very secluded and pastoral ranch setting. On the other side of the property, we intersected the boundary line of the Dixie National Forest, a narrow strip of Forest Service land buffering the park. We walked through open stands of stately Ponderosa pines and Douglas fir, Oregon grape and manzanita. Hiking was easy on thickly padded mats of fallen needles. We scared off a mother turkey and a dozen of young turkey chicks. They scattered in all directions, hiding beneath bushes and cheeping like crazy.
Snow flurries passed through all afternoon as we hiked through the pine forest. We soon crossed over into Bryce Canyon NP, the fourth park of the trip. The silence was broken by the familiar whop-whop-whop of low flying helicopters. Every half-hour, we were buzzed by a dozen sight-seeing choppers flying along the rim of the canyon. We were shocked that they were allowed to fly so low and often into the reaches of a national park. While helicopters don't have the same destructive impact of ORVs, they sure impacted the serenity and seclusion of the canyon for miles around. We realized later that the helicopters were nearly inaudible from the paved roadway and highly frequented pullouts. But from a backcountry perspective, they were an offensive and gaudy intrusion of industrial tourism where the impacts of the steel-bound world should not tread.
We intersected the well-marked Under-the-Rim Trail that ran the length of the park. The trail climbed up into mixed stands of Ponderosa, White Fir, and Douglas Fir, while Oregon grape and mountain mahogany lined the ground. We climbed the Agua Canyon connector trail up the ridge, climbing over fallen trees, low-lying snowbanks, and up crumbly switchbacks through the Pink Cliffs, to the Ponderosa Canyon Overlook on the park highway. It was a bit surreal to be frontcountry again. I hadn't seen pavement since Highway 95 at Poison Spring, and had been deep in the backcountry for 6 weeks. We were looking pretty dirty and grimy compared to the immaculate park visitors.
We hitched a ride to the Sunset campground, where we met our good friend Jeremy Cohen, and his buddies Alex and Josh. The three of them were riding high off an action-packed week in Vegas and were stoked to visit us on the trail. Ben and I were dying for a hot meal, showers and laundry - all the amenities of the developed park concessions. It was completely disorienting being packed in crowds of people after a month-and-a-half of utter solitude. I stumbled through the menu at Ruby's Inn with complete tunnel vision, and ordered overpriced but delicious vegetables. Everything was an overwhelming sensory overload, and we couldn't get out fast enough.
In the morning, we woke to a landscape of snow covering everything. We were glad to temporarily be off the trail in this weather. Ben and I spent the morning running errands, and getting supplies at the General Store, while the guys slept in. We checked out the Bryce Ampitheater and its famous pink hoodoo formations for which the park is known. I could see why early cattlemen referred to Bryce as "a hell of a place to lose a cow."
We met back up with the guys and headed back out to the trailhead. Jeremy was planning on joining us for a few miles of the Hayduke Trail, and we made plans to meet up with his buddies at Rainbow Point the next day. The three of us headed back down the Agua Canyon trail and linked back up with the HDT. The afternoon was magnificent and sunny with great views below the rim. It was hard to believe that we woke to a blizzard. The trail dropped down into a forested basin, where we camped near Iron Spring. The rust-colored water was potable, but tasted very metallic. The spring was surrounded by a dense grove of leafy aspens and mahogany bushes. From above, the electric green canopy seemed out of place in the sprawling cove of pines and fir.
The trail followed the base of the cliffs, offering unobstructed views to the rim above. The spires seemed to glow a spectrum of a thousand shades of pink. We looked up vertical eroded gullies and spotted several weathered arches - all inaccessible to exploration. Climbing the hogsback of the ridge, another blizzard descended upon us dropping a thick veil of falling flakes. The entire canyon vanished into the ether. Brief windows in the weather would open up, revealing the splendors of the canyon walls. By the time we reached Rainbow Point 9115 ft, the rim was fogged in and blowing snow. Tourists looked at us strangely as we apparated off the trail clad in shorts in freezing weather. Luckily, there was a shelter at the observation point where we hunkered down for lunch. Alex and Josh were waiting for us at the parking lot and were gracious enough to bring us some leftover steak and a bag of salad, which we promptly devoured. The beauty of trail magic. The storm began to break up revealing each point northward along the rim in succession, until you could see the entire winding ridge of the escarpment. The sun came out and burned off the clouds, illuminating the freshly cleansed world at our feet.
The guys needed to get going, and were going to stop in Zion on their way back to Vegas. It was great having some company on the trail for a while. We thanked them for their gifts - Jeremy had brought me a new pair of insoles - and they were on their way. On our way out, Ben and I stopped at Yovimpa Point where we had extraordinary views to the south where the trail was headed: Bullrush Gorge, Park Wash, Vermillion Cliffs, and the Kaibab Plateau. To the east, were the Cockscomb, Rock Springs Point, the Kaiparowits Plateau, 50-mile Mountain, Navajo Mountain, and beyond Canaan Peak, the distant Mt. Ellen - 90 miles by direct line of sight. It had taken me 5 weeks to get from the Henrys to Bryce, albeit via a very indirect route.
We left the droves of sight-seeing tourists and rejoined the trail. Along the rim, we walked through stands of limber pine and the grotesquely gnarled bristlecone pines. Bristlecone trees can withstand incredibly inhospitable environments, surviving drought, fire, and wind for thousands of years. The trail dropped down into a deep ampitheater, where we camped in a park-like grove of Ponderosa near the piped and fenced off Riggs Spring. The temperature plummeted over night, and while we lucked out on snow, our Nalgenes froze completely solid. Brrr!
We followed a dirt road out of the park, and continued on down Podunk Creek, and over a low saddle in the Grey Cliffs into Bullrush Hollow. The drainage cut down through the top of the Navajo formation into Bullrush Gorge. Flowing spring water made the going difficult, making thick with mud that stuck like wet cement to the soles of our boots. Hundreds of trees grew out of the slickrock like matchsticks, covering the walls with greenery. The canyon opened up into Park Wash, where we found ourselves at the foot of the White Cliffs. We made a short trip and climbed up a steep goat trail to the top of No Man's Mesa, one of the few inaccessable tracts of rimtop left ungrazed by livestock. Ben set off two midget faded rattlesnakes that were hiding beneath a ledge, and jumped nearly two feet when they started rattling. The mesatop had incredible views of the surrounding area and back up to the Pink Cliffs of Bryce Canyon.
We continued on down sandy Park Wash as it cut its way south back through the formations of the Staircase. Further on, we climbed a low lying ridge and were astonished at what we found. Scores of potsherds littered the ground everywhere, of all shapes and sizes, from the size of a fingernail to an entire palm. Broken mug handles, smoothed edges of a bowl, the curved neck of a pot or vase. The fragments we found came from nearly a dozen different styles. Once on top, we realized we were only combing through the base of a massive trash heap. We found the remains of an entire settlement that had once covered the whole knoll. A whole community of people once thrived here. The canyon was abundant with springs, and the fertile valley bottoms would have been great places to grow crops. The site was perfectly situated along an easily traveled corridor between the different trading regions, and could have been a hub of commerce for miles around. Unfortunately, the site had been heavily looted, indicated by deep holes dug all over the ground. Pothunters had dug up rooms and left the masonry piled in heaps as they searched for valuables. At one point, this site must have yielded some incredible artifacts.
We followed a well-graded road past the still operational Kitchen Corral and Burch Ranches. As we were hiking, a local rancher and his son stopped to talk to us. He turned out to be Mr. Johnson of the historic Johnson clan, and ran the local ranches in the canyon. Their family were some of the original settlers in the region, and had been ranching out here "since forever." Along the Paria drainages, we had seen several cowboy etchings made by distant Johnson family members. They were interested in where we were hiking to and offered us a ride to the highway, but we politely declined. The Johnsons wished us luck on our trip and we parted ways.
We made it to Highway 89 and the race of bustling traffic going by. At the junction, there were several official signs warning tourists that despite what their GPS units might indicate, this road was NOT the best way to Bryce, and was an almost impassible 4WD route. Enough visitors must get lost or stuck to prompt the BLM to put up signs like that. During a short break, we saw two vehicles drive up, read the sign, turn around, and get back on the highway towards Kanab. I've heard stories of semi-trucks following their GPS units down Cottonwood Road, another rough road, to cut through the monument, only to get stuck in mudholes. The fallacy of technological innovation.
We dodged traffic and crossed the highway into the head of Kaibab Gulch. The canyon cut down into the blocky pale Kaibab Limestone. Upon close inspection, the rock was filled with well-preserved fossils dating back to the Permian Era. The ledges were composed of layer upon layer of crushed seashells. I found fossilized remains of tubeworms, corals, scallops, and clams. It was a literal cross-section into the bed of an ancient seafloor. Some incredible stuff.
The gorge cut right through the heart of Buckskin Mountain. We found a peculiar number of cattle bones in the wash, possibly from unlucky cows caught unaware by flash floods. Overhead, the massive powerlines running from Glen Canyon Dam spanned the chasm, carrying the collective fruits of hydroelectric power to God-knows where. The formations began began sinking underground as we neared the uplift of the Cockscomb. The Kaibab limestone disappeared as we reentered the Moenkopi beds and exposed Shinarump member of House Rock Valley road. Looking back over the low ridge of Buckskin Mountain, we could see the progression of transformers and cables marching across the forested plateau.
The wash turned into Buckskin Gulch as we cut back through the angled rise of the Chinle, Kayenta, and deeply layered Navajo formations. We walked through rusty orange colored fins broken by vertical parallel cracks. The sandstone took on a number of different shapes and forms: swirled teepees, hexagonal-cracked domes, slanted tables and arches. Sacred datura flowers grew among mounded coral dunes. The drainage tightened up into a narrow slot cutting its way through the stone. The afternoon light refracted off the canyon walls in an amazing array of subtle colors.
Further down the slot, I heard a strange noise like an electrical hum hovering above me. Looking up, I saw a dense cloud of swarming bees, madly assembled in the upper reaches of the canyon. The swarm buzzed from wall to wall, pulsing as if alive. A bird flying through the narrows saw the mass of bees and immediately turned back the way it came. It was strangely frightening, since there was no where to run if they decided to follow. But I was intrigued by the beauty and eerieness of the experience.
We left Buckskin at the junction with Wire Pass, an easily accessible drainage with the main canyon. We encountered a number of day hikers who were out exploring the narrows, and followed the route out to the trailhead just off the stateline. Digging up the caches, we refilled our packs and readied to leave Utah for the hotter climes of Arizona.


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The Cave Club
A fantastic monthly freak-out for fans of psychedelic pop and tripped-out rock 'n' roll, supplied by guest DJs and live bands
After the closure of north London indie haven the Buffalo Bar in late 2014 and a brief stint at the 100 Club, this much-loved melting pot of kaleidoscopic sounds (run by Rhys Webb of The Horrors) has found a new home at the new Moth Club in Hackney. You can wig out to the same great mix of psychedelic underground sounds as ever, covering anything from garage rock to psych-pop to frantic rhythm 'n' blues to experimental electronics. Rhys and pals spin the tunes and there are sets by live bands too.
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import com.ebay.epd.dockerrunner.DockerHostFactory.DockerHost;
import com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClient;
import jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.base.Function;
import jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.collect.Iterables;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class DockerRunner {
    private final DockerHost host;
    private final List<Container> containers = new ArrayList<>();

    public DockerRunner() {
        this(new DockerHostFactory());
    }

    DockerRunner(DockerHostFactory dockerHostFactory) {
        this.host = dockerHostFactory.dockerHostForEnvironment(System.getenv());
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    public ContainerBuilder containerFor(String image) {
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    public String host() {
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    public void stopAll() {
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    static class VolumeMapping {
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        VolumeMapping(String hostPath, String containerPath) {
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        public Container build() {
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                    return new Link(alias, linkedContainers.get(alias).start());
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            Container container = new Container(client, image, links, host(), cpuset, memory, envs, dns, volumeMappings, additionalPorts);
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        public ContainerBuilder memory(Memory memory) {
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        public VolumeBuilder mountHostVolume(String hostPath) {
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            private Container container;

            public LinkBuilder(Container container) {
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            public ContainerBuilder withAlias(String alias) {
                linkedContainers.put(alias, container);
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            public ContainerBuilder toContainerVolume(String containerPath) {
                volumeMappings.add(new VolumeMapping(hostPath, containerPath));
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}

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'The Addams Family': the Netflix series engages its Gomez … and it's not Johnny Depp!
dwadminAugust 6, 2021
Tim Burton's live-action series on "The Addams Family" for Netflix has just hired its Gomez …
Despite the fan campaign for Johnny Depp and Eva Green to play Gomez and Mortícia Addams, the streaming preferred to follow with another actor.
The character will be played by Luis Guzman, from "Journey to the Center of the Earth 2: The Mysterious Island".
He joins Jenna Ortega, who stars in the new "Scream" (2022), and has been confirmed as the protagonist Wandinha Addams.
Check the synopsis and confirmation:
"Tim Burton brings Wandinha Addams to Netflix in a live-action series about ripening!"
Burton will also make her television directorial debut in a series about a mysterious and supernatural investigation following Wandinha as a student at Nevermore Academy.
I pass by to introduce you to who will be the most iconic Addams in my new live-action series Wednesday, directed by Tim Burton. You can enter: Jenna Ortega 🦇. pic.twitter.com/zZgpKrI2nn
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According to the Small Screen site, Burton wants Johnny Depp to play Gomez. The filmmaker considers the star to be "one of the few people who can do the character justice", Mortícia's husband.
As many already know, Burton is a great collaborator of Depp, who starred in several productions of the filmmaker, such as the classic "Edward Hands of Scissors" (1990).
But as he expresses his confidence in the star's talents, it looks like Netflix reps have to be convinced about the cast.
The screenplay was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, best known for creating and producing the hit series "Smallville".
For those who don't know, the Addams Family was created by cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938 as comic books for The New Yorker magazine. The characters have spawned live action and animated series, books, video games, and even a musical, which premiered in Brazil in 2012, starring Daniel Boaventura and Marisa Orth as couple Gomez and Morticia Addams.
In film, the creation gave birth to "The Addams Family", a box office success in 1991, and, 2 years later, "The Addams Family II", both directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia played the Addams couple. Christopher Lloyd played Uncle Fester and Christina Ricci played Wednesday Addams (Wandinha).
The third film, "The Return of the Addams Family," was released direct on video in 1998.


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Q: Functional Equation $G(x^2) = \frac{1}{2} (G(x) + G(-x))$ I am working on this problem to find all functions $f:\mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x) = f(2x)$. Specifically, I am trying to work out the generating function for this problem. I found the following relationship for the generating function $G(x^2) = \frac{1}{2} (G(x) + G(-x))$.
$$
G(x) = \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} f(k) x^k
$$
$$
G(x)= \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} f(2k)x^{2k} + f(2k-1)x^{2k-1}
$$
$$
G(x)= \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} f(k)x^{2k} + \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} f(2k-1)x^{2k-1}
$$
$$
G(x)= G(x^2) + \frac{G(x)-G(-x)}{2}
$$
$$
G(x^2) = \frac{1}{2} (G(x) + G(-x))
$$
I tried to find a way to solve this functional equation online but could not find anything. What is G(x), and what are the coefficients of the polynomial form of G(x)?
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An example of a function that satisfys $f(x) = f(2x)$ is
$$
f(x) = \sin(2 \pi log_2(x)))
$$

A: Given $G(x)$ with $G(x^2)=\frac{G(x)+G(-x)}{2},$ define $H(x)=G(x)-G(x^2).$
Then $$\begin{align}H(-x)&=G(-x)-G(x^2)\\&=(G(-x)+G(x))-G(x)-G(x^2)\\&=2G(x^2)-G(x^2)-G(x)\\&=G(x^2)-G(x)\\&=-H(x).\end{align}$$
So $H$ is an odd function.
If $G$ is continuous at $0,$ then $H(x)\to 0$ as $x\to 0,$ so we get:
$$H(x)+H(x^2)+H(x^4)+H(x^{2^n})=G(x)-G(x^{2^{n+1}})\to G(x)-G(0)$$ as $n\to\infty.$
On the other hand, if $g_0$ is a real number and $H(x)$ is an odd function such that, on some interval around $0,$ $$G(x)=g_0+\sum_{j=0}^{\infty} H\left(x^{2^j}\right)$$ converges, then $G$ is such a function.
This reduces to your problem about $f.$ If $f(2k)=f(k),$ then $f$ is entirely determined by the value of $f$ on odd $k,$ and we can start with literally any function on the odd values.
Then $$H(x)=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}f(2k+1)x^{2k+1}$$ is the odd function.
There are other $H$ which work which do not have power series near zero, however. For example, $H(x)=\sqrt[2n+1]x$ still has $G(x)$ converging on $(-1,1).$

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First we need to configure the necessary files before we can start using language support. The CodeIgniter config file, located in the application/config directory, contains an option called language which defines the default language of the application.
We also need to create the actual files which contain our messages in different languages. These files need to be placed inside the application/language directory with a separate directory for each language. For example, English language files should reside in the application/language/english directory, and French language files should be located in application/language/french.
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Another way is to create separate message files for each controller. The advantage of this technique is that only the required messages are loaded instead of an entire language file which can create a certain level of performance overhead.
We usually work with the language files within the controllers and views (using language files inside models is not such a good thing). Here we've used a controller's constructor to load the language file so it can be used throughout the whole class, then we reference it in the class' index() method.
The first parameter to the lang->load() method will be the language's filename without the _lang suffix. The second paramter, which is optional, is the language directory. It will point to default language in your config if it's not provided here.
We can directly reference the entries of a language file using the lang->line() method and assign it's return to the data passed into the view templates. Inside the view, we can then use the above language message as $language_msg.
There may be an occasion when we need to load language files directly from the views as well. For example, using language items for form labels might be considered a good reason for directly loading and accessing messages inside views. It's possible to use the same access method for these files inside views as inside controllers.
Though it works perfectly, it could be confusing to have $this when our view template code isn't an actual class. We can also use the following code with the support of the language helper to load language entries inside views, which gives us cleaner code.
That's basically all you need to know to get started working with CodeIgniter language files. But even though this is simple enough, it's unnecessary and duplicated effort to load the necessary language files in each of the controllers, especially if your project contains hundreds of classes. Luckily, we can use CodeIgniter hooks to build a quick and effective solution for loading language files automatically for each controller.
CodeIgniter calls a few built-in hooks as part of its execution process. You can find a complete list of hooks in the user guide. We'll use the post_controller_constructor hook which is called immediately after our controller is instantiated and prior to any other method calls.
We enable hooks in our application by setting the enable_hooks parameter in the main config file.
This defines the hook and provides the necessary information to execute it. The actual implementation will be created in a custom class inside the application/hooks directory.
In here we don't have the access to the language library using $this->lang, so we need to get the CI object instance using the get_instance() function, and then we load the language as we did earlier. Now the language file will be available for every controller of our application without the need to manually load it inside the controllers.
Once we have established support for multiple languages, a link for each language can be provided to the user, generally in one of our application's menus, which the users can click and switch the language. A session or cookie value can be used to keep track of the active language.
Then we need to define links to switch each of the available languages.
Whenever the user chooses a specific language, the switchLanguage() method of the LangSwitch class will assign the selected languages to the session and redirect the user to the home page.
Now the active language will be changed in the session, but still it won't get affected until we load the specific language file for the active language. We also need to modify our hooks class to load the language dynamically from the session.
Inside the LanguageLoader class we get the active language and load the necessary language files, or we load the default language if the session key is absent. We can load multiple language files of a single language inside this class.
Most of the full-stack PHP frameworks come with multi-language support which enables us to easily present our application's interface in different languages. In this article we saw how to provide multiple languages using CodeIgniter. Of course, there are other ways of building up multi-language solutions, so feel free to discuss the best practices and experiences you had in implementing multi-language support in CodeIgniter and even in other frameworks. I'm looking forward to hearing from you!


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In this 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of the bard's enduring tragedy, Ian McKellen (in an Emmy-nominated role) stars as the world-weary title character, a doting father who abdicates the throne and divides his empire among his three daughters (Frances Barber, Monica Dolan and Romola Garai). But the stage is set for betrayal when the sovereign announces that the daughter who loves him most will receive the largest share.
Ian McKellen, Romola Garai, Monica Dolan, Ben Meyjes, Philip Winchester, Frances Barber, William Gaunt, Julian Harries, Peter Hinton, Jonathan Hyde
Trevor Nunn, Chris Hunt
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