Using density functional theory, the interface local magnetic moment and its variation are explored in SrRuO₃|LaAlO₃|vacuum (001) heterostructures with increasing number of LaAlO₃ unit cells. The computed magnetic moment projected on interface planes is found to modulate nearly periodically as the number of LaAlO₃ unit cells is increased in SrRuO₃|LaAlO₃|vacuum structure. The magnetic moment localized at the interface RuO₂ plane shifts from a lower value of ~ 0.7 μB to a higher value of ~ 1.35 μB and changes by ~ 42% as LaAlO₃ changes from non-stoichiometric to stoichiometric with increase in its thickness. However, the magnitude shifts from higher to lower value as LaAlO₃ changes from stoichiometric to non-stoichiometric with further increase in thickness. The large variation and nearly periodic modulation of magnetic moment localized at the interface with increasing LaAlO₃ thickness arise due to spin-dependent screening of effective total charge of LaAlO₃ film by accumulated free carriers at the interface in heterostructure. The modulation of interface local magnetic moment using ultrathin LaAlO₃ film at the oxide heterointerfaces can be exploited as an additional functionality, in conjunction with those reported recently such as control of band alignment and enhancement of the electric conductivity at the interface.


Citation: LIM, SAI KING (2004-01-22). HEMANGIOBLAST PROGENITOR CELLS. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: The invention relates to isolated hemangioblast cells. Hematopoietic and endothelial cells are postulated to be derived from a common progenitor, hemangioblast. While hemangioblast has been isolated retrospectively during embryonic stem cell differentiation, it has not been isolated from embryos or from bone marrow. Prospectively stable clonal cell lines have been isolated from mammalian embryos, from embryonic stem cells and from mammalian bone marrow that can differentiate in vitro into tubular structures with both endothelial and hematopoietic markers such as CD34, CD31, Flk-1, TIE2, P-selectin, Sca-1, thy-1, CD45, and smooth muscle actin. Gene expression profiles in the undifferentiated and differentiated cells were consistent with endothelial and hematopoietic differentiation potential. Transplantation studies in isogenic or immunodeficient mice demonstrated that these cells were not tumorigenic. In an appropriate microenvironment, the cells incorporate into the vasculature and participate in hematopoiesis.


Willie Davis provided the invocation.
Dr. Nadia Richardson spoke to the board about the organization No More Martyrs, a mental health awareness campaign committed to building support for Black women and all people with mental health concerns. There will be a No More Martyrs conference in Birmingham on July 12 – 14. Kimberly Richardson stated Dr. Richardson was instrumental in bringing this initiative to Birmingham from Washington, D.C. Floyd Council and Melvia Walton have been in touch with Dr. Richardson and are excited about the next steps.
Floyd Council presented a certificate of appreciation to Benjamin Williams, Central security officer for his professionalism and proactive work when the Central library had to be evacuated during the possibility of a gas leak. Williams thanked the board, Mr. Council, Sandra Lee, Karyn Davis-West, Sergeant Lewis, Sergeant Griffin, and fellow employees. Karyn Davis-West stated Williams has been training other security staff at Central.
Wardine Alexander moved to approve the agenda. Eunice Johnson Rogers seconded the motion, and it was approved.
Kimberly Richardson moved to approve the consent agenda. Eunice Johnson Rogers seconded the motion, and it was approved.
Terry Obglesby reported the roof went out for bid at the Powderly Library. The Central staircase replacement went out for bid with two high bids received. The city is asking Creig Hoskins, architect to revise the plans to reduce costs. The VOIP proposal is pending at the clerk's office.
Public Works is working on pricing for the replacement of the air units at Ensley Branch Library. Trane asked the city department heads to fill out surveys regarding recent work at city facilities, and Oglesby reported the library had good participation. Trane will provide information including how to modify temperatures to deviate from the usual schedule. The crosswalk at Central and skylights in the East building are experiencing leaks and will get resealed. Powderly Branch Library's lobby roof leak will get repaired soon. East Lake Branch Library has a leak in the stairwell.
The lowest bid for the Central staircase was $1.78 million when the architect estimated $750,000 to complete the project. The architect is going to make changes in the plans to help reduce costs and present the revisions to the board. Kimberly Richardson looks forward to the revised designs and reminded the board about their responsibility to advocate for the library.
Attorney Merritt recommended the board go into executive session pursuant to Alabama State Code 36-25-A1 pending litigation. Kimberly Richardson moved the board enter executive session. Eunice Johnson Rogers seconded the motion, and it was approved.
Damein Baity presented the finance report to the board. Kimberly Richardson suggested tracking and reporting donated items in place of fines such as the annual canned food drive. Baity reported the library will end this year in the black when the past four out of five years have ended in the hole. This was the first year the city assisted with covering the expenses of computer leases, janitorial supplies, and telecommunication costs. Plans are being formed to spend efficiently next year and ensure the library has what it needs. Council thanked Baity and Sandra Lee for their work on the budget.
James Sullivan announced Judge Scott Vowell is currently the chair of the Personnel Committee since Gwendolyn Amamoo is currently out of the county. Judge Vowell moved the board enter into executive session to discuss personnel matters. Fatima Carter seconded the motion, and it was approved.
Eunice Johnson Rogers moved to exit executive session. Wardine Alexander seconded the motion, and it was approved.
Judge Scott Vowell moved to accept the recommendations that were made in executive session. Wardine Alexander seconded the motion, and it was approved.
Floyd Council thanked Janine Langston, her team, and all involved for their work in the Summer Learning preparations. Council recommended the rebranding of Summer Reading to Summer Learning. Janine Langston emphasized reading is still a major component to the Summer Learning program. Judge Scott Vowell moved to change the designation from Summer Reading to Summer Learning. Willie Davis seconded the motion, and it was approved. The board requested research and publications regarding the Summer Learning name change.
Floyd Council requested the Policy, Procedures, and By-Laws Committee review areas of the library in which patrons are prohibited to sit such as ledges, window ledges, and floors. James Sullivan referred the matter to the Policy Committee.
Floyd Council updated the board that Ensley Branch Library will have modified hours until further notice due to HVAC issues.
The legal department is drafting a response for the Eastwood lease renewal.
A writing response is being drafted in regards to the East Lake parking lot.
Sandra Lee, Karyn Davis-West, and Council are working on starting passport services at select branches. Approximately 90% of the staff needed have been trained. Council estimated the start of the service in 30 – 60 days.
BPL and the Friends Foundation will start MoU discussions during the first week of July.
A staffing model is on hold pending the budget approval.
Council is actively working on updates from the strategic plan.
James Sullivan thanked Wardine Alexander and Janine Langston for appearing on the television show Talk of Alabama to speak about Summer Learning.
Wardine Alexander thanked the board for the opportunity.
Willie Davis provided an update on the partnership between the Dannon Project and the library.
Eunice Johnson Rogers echoed Kimberly Richardsons request for board members to continue to advocate for funding at the library.
Kimberly Richarsdson stated the first floor looks good with the reconfiguration of the fiction department. Floyd Council confirmed the library is working with One Roof.
Sherri Nielson apologized for her tardiness to the meeting.


Master Agreement for Joint Operations of MU Online Game - The9 Computer Technology Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai Jiucheng Information Technology Co. Ltd. and 9Webzen (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Jiucheng Information Technology Co., Ltd.
(3) Shanghai Jiucheng Information Technology Co., Ltd., a company with limited liability established in accordance with the PRC laws with its registered address at No. 8885 Hutai Road, Shanghai, PRC (hereinafter "Shanghai IT").
(5) In order to specify the rights to be enjoyed and the obligations to be assumed by the Parties in the Game Operation Arrangement and the plan of income distribution under the Game Operation Arrangement, the Parties are willing to implement the Game Operation Arrangement in accordance with the terms and conditions herein and distribute the proceeds from technical services, the proceeds from use of software and the proceeds from information release services in the proportion specified in this Agreement.
shall mean any approvals, permits, filings, registrations etc. which Shanghai IT is required to have for legally and validly operating its internet information services containing network games and all such other businesses, including but not limited to the Business License of the Corporate Legal Person, the Permit for Operations of Value-added Telecommunication Businesses in respect of the business operations in internet information services and short message services, the filing of internet BBS services, the Network Cultural Business Permit for operating internet cultural products containing network games, the approval document number from internet publication institutions required for operating network games, the filing of the units producing electronic publications required for producing electronic publications, and such other relevant licenses and permits as required by PRC Laws.
shall mean MU Online and all its upgraded versions (executable versions only), including all programs, arithmetic, technology, processing, methods and other information contained therein and the materials and intellectual property rights incidental thereto or incorporated therein.
through the Online Payment System of The9 Computer before it may be entitled to the various game functions and customer interests with MU Online.
shall mean the sales amount of the Points Cards sold through all the distributors.
shall mean the amount recorded and accepted by the Online Payment System when the game user recharges its user's account with the amount in the Points Card it has purchased by using the money-recharging function of the Online Payment System.
shall mean the confirmed Sales Income distributed to a Party of this Agreement in accordance with Article 8 herein.
shall mean the prevailing laws, administrative regulations, administrative rules, local regulations, judicial interpretations and other binding regulatory documents of the People's Republic of China (for the purpose of this Definition, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan).
shall mean the Pass9 Online Payment System developed solely by The9 Computer, through which the game user of MU Online may recharge its user's account with the amount in the Points Card it has purchased for use.
shall mean the agreement entered into between The9 Computer and Shanghai IT regarding the exclusive provision by The9 Computer to Shanghai IT of technical support and technical consultation services.
into between all the Parties together as one party and the game user of MU Online as the other party, where the game user shall have reviewed the format clauses thereof when opening the user's account of MU Online, and agreed to the same by clicking to indicate that the agreement has formed, or else the user's account of MU Online will not be registered. The agreement containing these format clauses is attached as Appendix I to this Agreement.
shall mean a license agreement entered into between 9Webzen HK and Webzen Inc. (hereinafter "9Webzen Korea") regarding the licensed rights of the Game Software and other matters related thereto.
shall mean an Exclusive Sub-license Agreement for Use of Software entered into between 9Webzen Shanghai and 9Webzen HK regarding the licensed rights of the Game Software and other matters related thereto.
shall mean the exclusive licensed right of 9Webzen Shanghai to use the Game Software in the Licensed Area obtained under the Domestic License Agreement.
shall mean the area in which MU Online is sub-licensed for use under the Domestic License Agreement, i.e., PRC.
respect of any Party to this Agreement, the commercial secrets, proprietary information and customer information of the other Parties; (4) the contents of this Agreement and the detailed arrangements made hereunder; and (5) in respect of any Party hereto, any materials or information expressly designated to be confidential information by other Parties hereto.
1.2 The references to any PRC Law herein shall be deemed (1) to include the references to the amendments, changes, supplements and reenactments of such law, irrespective of whether they take effect before or after the formation of this Agreement; and (2) to include the references to other decisions, notices or regulations enacted in accordance therewith or effective as a result thereof.
2.1 The Parties agree to implement the Game Operation Arrangement in accordance with the terms and conditions herein, so as to jointly launch and operate the network game of MU Online.
2.2 No Party shall change the Game Operation Arrangement in any respect wantonly unless as agreed in writing by the Parties.
2.3 The Parties agree to jointly release and sell the Points Cards and, in consideration for their participation in and implementation of the Game Operation Arrangement, to share the Sales Income in such proportion as set out in accordance with Article 8 of this Agreement.
3.1 The Parties understand and confirm that the Game Operation Arrangement hereunder shall not constitute nor be deemed to be a sub-license of the Licensed Right by 9Webzen Shanghai to The9 Computer and/or Shanghai IT in respect of MU Online, and that the Parties shall only share the income brought by MU Online in the form of cooperation by virtue of their respective qualifications and advantages as well as the different types of services provided respectively.
3.2 The Parties agree that only 9Webzen Shanghai has the right and authority to upgrade, amend, revise and test the Game Software of MU Online in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Domestic License Agreement (hereinafter "edit") and The9 Computer and/or Shanghai IT shall not edit the Game Software in any form without the written consent by 9Webzen Shanghai. The9 Computer may only raise rationalization proposals or suggestions on the Game Software; Shanghai IT may only release the internet information in respect of the Game Software provided by 9Webzen Shanghai and collect the feedback information on MU Online from game users; 9Webzen Shanghai may, at its discretion, edit the Game Software within the scope of its Licensed Right, based on the proposals or suggestions provided by The9 Computer or the feedback information from game users.
3.3 The Parties agree that the proceeds receivable by 9Webzen Shanghai as determined in the income distribution plan set out in Article 8 herein will be the proceeds of 9Webzen Shanghai for use of the Game Software and for relevant technical support services under the Game Operation Arrangement, and 9Webzen Shanghai shall have the obligation to pay the proceeds so received to 9Webzen HK in the form of profit distribution as provided in the Domestic License Agreement as a compensation for its license to 9Webzen Shanghai for use of the Game Software and shall have the obligation to cause 9Webzen HK to pay the relevant license fees to 9Webzen Korea as provided in the Overseas License Agreement to ensure the validity of the Licensed Right.
4.1 9Webzen Shanghai undertakes to provide such services as the internet technical platform combining software and hardware and the related technical support and maintenance services for the purposes of implementing the Game Operation Arrangement.
4.2 All the hardware equipment required to construct and maintain the abovementioned internet technical platform shall be purchased or developed by 9Webzen Shanghai at its discretion and 9Webzen Shanghai shall retain the title to such hardware equipment.
4.3 9Webzen Shanghai shall solely liable for all the costs and expenses for the software or technical system developed as required to operate the game MU Online and the title to such software or technical system shall be with 9Webzen Shanghai.
5.1 The9 Computer undertakes to provide such MU Online related services as the fee collection platform on network and the online management of game users through its Online Payment System for the purposes of implementing the Game Operation Arrangement.
5.2 The9 Computer shall be solely liable for all the costs and expenses incurred by it for operating the Online Payment System and shall have the title to the Online Payment System. The Parties confirm that The9 Computer shall have the right to use the Online Payment System for other purposes than the purposes set out herein.
5.3 The proceeds for technical services as received by The9 Computer in accordance with Article 8 herein will be the consideration for its implementing the Game Operation Arrangement. Such proceeds for technical services, however, shall form only a part of the remunerations for the technical services provided by it. The Parties agree that The9 Computer and Shanghai IT will share the proceeds other than the Sales Income in accordance with the Exclusive Technical Service Agreement it has entered into with Shanghai IT.
6.1 Shanghai IT agrees to provide the domain name of www.muchina.com for the sole purpose of this Agreement, and Shanghai IT will operate the particular website of MU Online under the domain name. The remunerations for use of such domain name will be included in the Distributed Income to be received by Shanghai IT as set out in Article 8 herein.
registration of the MU Website and of all the Business Permits held by it so as to ensure that MU Online is operated in compliance with all the applicable PRC Laws.
6.3 The proceeds for information release services as received by Shanghai IT in accordance with Article 8 herein will be the consideration for its implementing the Game Operation Arrangement. The Parties agree that Shanghai IT and The9 Computer will share the proceeds other than the Sales Income in accordance with the Exclusive Technical Service Agreement it has entered into with The9 Computer.
(iii) to collect the Sales Income of the Points Cards as an agent.
7.2 After the Sales Income having been distributed to the Parties in such proportion as set out in Article 8 herein, the Parties shall respectively issue an invoice to the relevant distributor for the amount received by it upon receipt of the same.
8.1 The Parties hereto shall distribute the Sales Income as actually used by users within the current month and as confirmed by US Accounting Rules (hereinafter "Distributable Income"), i.e., the distribution of the Sales Income under this Article shall be conducted on the basis of the Confirmed Income.
(3) 9Webzen Shanghai: its Confirmed Income shall be the total Confirmed Income of the current month less the Shanghai IT Monthly Distributable Income and that of The9 Computer.
8.3 9Webzen Shanghai shall notify The9 Computer and Shanghai IT in writing of the Confirmed Income of the previous month within the first five (5) working days of each month. After The9 Computer and Shanghai IT issue the payment notices, 9Webzen Shanghai shall remit the amount of income calculated in the proportion set out in Article 8.2 into the bank accounts designated by The9 Computer and Shanghai IT within three (3) working days of receipt of such payment notices.
8.4 The Parties to this Agreement shall be respectively liable for any costs, expenses and fees incurred by them for the performance of this Agreement. 9Webzen Shanghai shall not deduct any costs, expenses and fees incurred by itself when it makes payment of the Distributed Incomes to the other two Parties.
8.5 The Parties to this Agreement shall be respectively liable for any taxes in respect of the Distributed Income and responsible for their tax reports and payment of the relevant taxes.
9.1 The Parties confirm that the Parties hereto have jointly entered into a contract with each of the game users in respect of the service of the game MU Online, under which The9 Computer, 9Webzen Shanghai and Shanghai IT shall be the joint provider of such service and the game user shall be the receiver of such service.
9.2 The service contract mentioned above shall take effect when the game user confirms the format clauses of the User Agreement published in the MU Website by clicking the same.
9.3 For the game users who have already registered before this Agreement takes effect, 9Webzen Shanghai, The9 Computer and Shanghai IT shall, by technical means and as soon as practical, procure such users to confirm and accept the User Agreement which complies with the Appendix I in form and substance.
10.1 The Parties confirm that this Agreement has reflected in substance the major commercial terms for the cooperation between the Parties in respect of the operations of the game MU Online before this Agreement is formed, and that the proportion in which the Sales Income shall be distributed among the Parties shall comply with the provisions set out in Article 8 herein.
(iii) when the incomes distributed among the Parties are reflected in their financial statements, to ensure that such accounting records shall comply with the income distribution plan set out herein.
10.3 9Webzen Shanghai confirms that this is not an exclusive Agreement for The9 Computer and Shanghai IT, i.e., The9 Computer and Shanghai IT shall have the right to enter into agreements which are similar to or different from the Game Operation Arrangement with any other game software suppliers and operate other online game projects, provided that 9Webzen Shanghai undertakes not to engage in any cooperation with any other parties in respect of the operation of the game MU Online.
(5) it will execute all documents and take all actions necessary to facilitate the performance of this Agreement.
11.2 9Webzen Shanghai, in particular, represents and warrants to The9 Computer and Shanghai IT that there is no mortgage, pledge, lien or secured interests or encumbrance of any other form on the Licensed Right owned by it.
11.3 Shanghai IT, in particular, represents and warrants to 9Webzen Shanghai and The9 Computer that it has proper title to the domain name of the MU Website, on which there is no mortgage, pledge, lien or secured interests or encumbrance of any other form.
it will take all necessary actions to ensure that the validity of such Business Permits shall continue during the existing period of this Agreement. If for the amendment or enactment of the applicable PRC Laws, it is required to obtain any new licenses and permits, it will take all actions to apply for such new licenses and permits as necessary to operate the game MU Online.
12.1 Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall keep in strict confidence the Confidential Information obtained during the performance of this Agreement. Except the disclosure to a third party with prior written consent of the other Parties or in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws or regulations or as required for listing (or remaining to be listed), the Party receiving the Confidential Information shall not disclose the Confidential Information or any part thereof to any other third parties; the receiving Party shall neither use or indirectly use the Confidential Information or any part thereof for any other purposes than the performance of this Agreement.
(3) information which the receiving Party legally obtains later through other means without confidential obligations.
12.3 The receiving Party may disclose the Confidential Information to its relevant employees, agents or professionals employed by it, provided that the receiving Party shall ensure that such persons shall be also bound by this Agreement, keeping the Confidential Information in confidence, and shall only use such Confidential Information for the purposes of the performance of this Agreement.
In the event of earthquake, typhoon, flood, fire, war, computer virus, loophole in the design of tooling software, internet encountering a hacker, change of policies or laws, and other unforeseeable or unpreventable or unavoidable event of force majeure, which directly prevents a Party from performing this Agreement or performing the same on the agreed condition, the Party encountering such a force majeure event shall forthwith issue a notice by a facsimile and, within thirty (30) days, present the documents proving the details of such force majeure event and the reasons for which this Agreement is unable to be performed or is required to be postponed in its performance, and such proving documents shall be issued by the notarial office of the area where such force majeure event takes place. The Parties shall consult each other and decide whether this Agreement shall be waived in part or postponed in its performance with regard to the extent of impact of such force majeure event on the performance of this Agreement. No Party shall be liable to compense for the economic losses brought to other Parties by the force majeure event.
14.1 This Agreement shall take effect as of the date of formal execution by the Parties, and shall remain in force unless as terminated early in writing by the Parties.
14.2 Upon termination hereof, the Parties shall continue in complying with their obligations under this Article 12.
15.1 Any notice, request, demand and other correspondences made as required by or in accordance with this Agreement shall be made in writing and delivered to the relevant Party.
15.2 The abovementioned notice or other correspondences shall be deemed to have been delivered when it is transmitted if transmitted by facsimile or telex; it shall be deemed to have been delivered when it is delivered if delivered in person; it shall be deemed to have been delivered five (5) days after posting the same if posted by mail.
16.1 The Parties agree and confirm that, if any Party (hereinafter the "Defaulting Party") breaches substantially any of the warranties or undertakings made under this Agreement, or fails substantially to perform any of the obligations under this Agreement, such a breach shall constitute a default under this Agreement (hereinafter a "Default"), then any of the remaining non-defaulting Parties (hereinafter the "Non-defaulting Party") shall have the right to require the Defaulting Party to rectify such Default or take remedial measures within a reasonable period. If the Defaulting Party fails to rectify such Default or take remedial measures within such reasonable period or within thirty (30) days of the other Party notifying the Defaulting Party in writing and requiring it to rectify the Default, then any of the Non-defaulting Parties shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and require the Defaulting Party to indemnify it for the damage.
16.2 Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, the validity of this Article shall stand disregarding the suspension or termination of this Agreement.
17.1 This Agreement shall be prepared in the Chinese language in three (3) original copies, with each involved Party holding one (1) copy hereof.
17.2 The formation, validity, execution, amendment, interpretation and termination of this Agreement shall be subject to the PRC Laws.
17.3 Any disputes arising hereunder and in connection herewith shall be settled through consultations among the Parties, and if the Parties cannot reach an agreement regarding such disputes within sixty (60) days of their occurrence, such disputes shall be submitted to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Shanghai Branch for arbitration in Shanghai in accordance with the arbitration rules of such Commission, and the arbitration award shall be final and binding on all Parties.
17.4 Any rights, powers and remedies empowered to any Party by any provisions herein shall not preclude any other rights, powers and remedies enjoyed by such Party in accordance with laws and other provisions under this Agreement, and the exercise of its rights, powers and remedies by a Party shall not preclude its exercise of its other rights, powers and remedies by such Party.
17.5 Any failure or delay by a Party in exercising any of its rights, powers and remedies hereunder or in accordance with laws (hereinafter the "Party's Rights") shall not lead to a waiver of such rights, and the waiver of any single or partial exercise of the Party's Rights shall not preclude such Party from exercising such rights in any other way and exercising the remaining part of the Party's Rights.
17.6 The titles of the Articles contained herein shall be for reference only, and in no circumstances shall such titles be used in or affect the interpretation of the provisions hereof.
17.7 Each provision contained herein shall be severable and independent from each of other provisions, and if at any time any one or more articles herein become invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions herein shall not be affected as a result thereof.
17.8 The Appendices to this Agreement shall form an integral part to this Agreement along with the body text of this Agreement, and shall have the same legal effect as this Agreement; any amendments or supplements to this Agreement and its Appendices shall be made in writing and shall take effect only when properly signed by the Parties to this Agreement.
17.9 No Party shall assign any of its rights and/or obligations hereunder to any third parties without the prior written consent from the other Parties.
17.10 This Agreement shall be binding on the legal successors of the Parties.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the authorized representatives of the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date and in the place first here above mentioned.


Dishwasher Lobster!? Great for Dad's Day!
What's a mom to do when Whole Foods is having Lobster Tail as their super awesome Friday One Day Sale!?
Stock up and wait for Dad's Day! Which is just what I did!
Yep, I saw this idea awhile ago on the Sporkful blog… and I thought it sounded just as bonkers as you probably do right now!
Results!? Serious deliciousness! Eaten with Artichokes… lovely!


The Woodward Co. began in 1819 and was Incorporated in 1900. We currently have no one here who personally remembers either of those events but do know that our business has evolved over the last 190 years and we continue to be the leader in the distribution of threaded fastening products. We survive and thrive because we listen to our customers and do what needs to be done to satisfy their needs.


Work with RDD teams to create/integrate & develop new technology research into the final design.
Collaboration with manufacturing, quality as well as contract manufacturer teams and provide support to the manufacturing related activities to ensure high quality products are delivered to end customers.
Work closely and team up with various of engineers and specialists from all technical discipline around the globe to ensure solution obtained meet product requirements. Optimistic, candour and positive mind-set to accept criticism.
Adoption of the established Dyson cultures, design methodology, engineering best practices & discipline to deliver robust design solutions in agreed timeframe; time management is crucial.
Collaboration with global RDD team efficiently and effectively to ensure accurate hand-over of knowledges, tasks and actively participate in design review including with executives.
A role model and mentor junior engineers with in RDD, the role may involve leading small group design engineers.
Minimum 5 years working experience in product design environment – direct involvement in plastic part design.


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The Salviati Architectural Mosaic Database
Parish Church of St. Mary, West Rainton
E.R. Robson designed the church that was built in 1864. In 1877, Sir George Eliot funded the addition of a tower and added a stone from the great pyramid of Giza into the base of the spire in thanksgiving for his safe return from Egypt.
The mosaic reredos of Christ and two angels is by Salviati.
Parishes of East and West Rainton on Facebook
Pevsner, Nikolaus and Elizabeth Williamson. Buildings of England: County Durham. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. 500.
North-East History Tour
Digital Atlas of England
Posted by R.S. Kovach at 10:40 AM
Labels: Angels, Christ, Church, Egypt, Eliot, England, Europe, Reredos, Robson, UK
Location: Saint Mary's Drive, West Rainton, Houghton le Spring, County Durham DH4 6SP, UK
By 1867, Antonio Salviati had already installed Venetian mosaics in more than fifty Catholic and Protestant Churches in England including on the altars, the walls, the choirs, the pavements, and the baptismal fonts. - Sheldon Barr, Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917 p. 28
Company Nomenclature
1859-66 Salviati Dott. Antonio fu Bartolomeo (est. 1861)
1866-72 Societa Anonima per azioni Salviati e. Compagnia (Anglo-Italian partnership)
1872-77 Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Co. Ltd. (Salviati and Company) (renamed only)
1877-83 Salviati e. Co. (or sometimes Salviati and Burke) for mosaics & Salviati dott. Antonio for other artistic glass
1883-96 Salviati dott. Antonio was sold to and operated by Baroviers without Salviati, but sold wares exclusively to Salviati e. Co.
1883-1890 Salviati e. Co. continued to make mosaics and sell the Barovier made artistic glass. Upon Antonio Salviati's 1890 death, his sons and daughter continued operations as Dott. Antonio Salviati e. C.
1896 The Barovier operated Salviati dott. Antonio was renamed Artisti Barovier. Giulio Salviati & Co. was established to make glassware, while the retail shop Salviati & C. opened.
1903 Giulio Salviati & Co. and Dott. Antonio Salviati e. C. merged into Erede dott. A. Salviati & C. after Giulio's death.
1920 Firm renamed Salviati & C. when Silvio Salviati left.
1965 After WWII, the firm was reorganized as Salviati & C. s.p.a.
Scheibler Palace, Lodz
Unirea Lyceum, Focsani
St. Jude's Church, Whitechapel
St. John the Baptist Church, Aldenham
St. Wladyslaw Church, Subotniki
St. Leonard Church, Hythe
Kayserzinn Headquarters, Cologne
Leighton House, Kensington
Villa Etelinda, Bordighera
St. John the Baptist, Bathwick
Pringsheim Palace, Berlin
Salisbury Chapel, St. Etheldreda Church
Roman Voda Lyceum
Krause Family Tomb
Church of St. John the Baptist, Kidmore End
Catholic Parish of St. Brigid's, Marrickville
St Mary's Church, Sunbury-on-Thames
Background Reference
The Anglo-Catholic Revival's Contribution to the Resurgence of the Venetian Enamel Mosaic Industry

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SOURCE: artdaily
A Black Nurse Saved Lives. Today She May Save Art
tags: historic preservation, African American history, California, memorials, public history, WPA
In June, Laura Voisin George, a graduate student, was writing a scholarly article about a series of Works Progress Administration frescoes at the University of California, San Francisco.
The 10 panels of "History of Medicine in California," completed in 1938 by Bernard Zakheim, a Polish-born muralist, show such scenes as Native Americans offering herbs to doctors and a trapper inoculating someone with the smallpox vaccine.
Voisin George recognized a central figure in one of the vivid social realist tableaus. Biddy Mason, a Black nurse, is depicted alongside a white doctor as they treat a malaria patient. Mason, a woman who was born into slavery in 1818, went on to become a midwife, a nurse, a philanthropist and a founder of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles.
Voisin George, who studies history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, learned that the frescoes were about to be destroyed while she was researching. The Jewish News of Northern California reported the news. Her reaction, she said, was: "What? How could this be?"
The university had announced plans to demolish the building to make way for a state-of-the-art research center. It had informed Zakheim's son Nathan that if his family didn't retrieve the frescoes, which weigh as much as 2,500 pounds, they would be destroyed.
Until Voisin George identified Mason, neither the artist's family nor university officials knew about her presence in the frescoes. As news outlets have reported this discovery, Mason has become a star of the murals and their potential savior. An assertion by the federal government that it owns the frescoes has further complicated matters.
Adam Gottstein, the artist's grandson, said that the university's placing responsibility on the family to save the artwork "boiled my blood." It showed a "complete lack of respect and concern for historical art." Mason's presence, he said, "adds considerable pressure to UCSF to do the right thing."
The frescoes were part of the WPA's Federal Art Project, which hired unemployed artists. Since their creation, the Zakheim murals have been praised, criticized and painted over because a professor said they distracted medical students attending lectures in the auditorium where they are on display. Because of concerns about earthquakes, that auditorium is no longer used.
In 2015, Polina Ilieva, UCSF's archivist, wrote that the murals "remain the jewel of the university's art collection."
Read entire article at artdaily
Solidarity is a Process: Talking with Kelly Lytle Hernandez, Josh Kun, and Destin Jenkins


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Dates for the SPAR Women's Races in KwaZulu-Natal for 2014 have been announced, with two races taking place in the province in the middle of the year: Pietermaritzburg: Sunday 22 June, and Durban: Sunday 24 August, 2014
Due to the Top Gear Festival, the races have been rescheduled with the first race, the Pietermaritzburg race, now taking place a few months earlier than usual this year, on Sunday 22 June. Ladies will have a bit of reprieve from the chilly Maritzburg mornings with a 09.00am start for both distances (10/5km). The race takes place around the scenic setting of The Oval in Alexandra Park.
The Durban SPAR Women's 10/5km is on track for Sunday 24 August with the start and finish at Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead. So effectively the race dates for the two popular SPAR Women's races have swopped around.
"The two races are both much-anticipated events on the calendars of around 20,000 ladies in our province. Following an approved commitment earlier in the year, we were thrown a curve-ball with the date change for the Top Gear Festival which then clashed with our Durban event. With the assistance of KZNA and some reshuffling we managed to accommodate these two major attractions into available slots in the city's events calendar and I think we have come to an amicable solution for all concerned," race director Brad Glasspoole stated at the announcement.
MD for SPAR KZN, Rob Phillipson commented, "We are delighted that a viable solution has been found to avoid a clash in events. We couldn't disappoint the massive following these races have. I know that our race committee worked around the clock to come to a solution and I believe that the dates are perfect weather-wise for both races. I look forward to seeing the thousands of participants on the roads, being healthy and enjoying the fantastic surroundings of this, South Africa's most beautiful race,"
SPAR Women's Race course changes
SA Laser Nationals 2015 set for Durban
Filed Under: Featured, News, Pre-event, Running Tagged With: 2014, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Pre-event, Running, Spar, Women Races


1962-1966 Mrs. Barbara Wesner was hired as the first part-time Zion secretary.
1979-1980 The first full-time Director of Music and Christian Education was filled by Mr. Donn Clarius. This position only lasted one year due to budget cuts.
1984-Present Zion secretary position is full-time.
2002-2004 Kathleen Osborn was hired as the first full-time Pastor's Assistant.
2005-Present Michael Yohn was hired as organist.


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Q: Like clause not working with int column in slick Slick doesn't seem to support like clauses on int columns. The following code where Status.code is of int type doesn't seem to work. Would there be a workaround for this?
val query = for {
  s <- Status if s.code like "1%"
} yield (s)

A: Can you post your Status class definitation .If code is type column[Int] your code should be giving error as like works on column[string].
The below snippet works for doing a like on integer field.
class Coffees(tag: Tag) extends Table[(String, Int)](tag, "COFFEES") {
    def name = column[String]("NAME")
    def status = column[Int]("STATUS")
    def * = (name,status)
}

This is data insert and querying part
coffees ++= Seq(
        ("Colombian",         101),
        ("French_Roast",       49),
        ("Espresso",          150),
        ("Colombian_Decaf",   101),
        ("French_Roast_Decaf", 49)
      )

for( coffee <- coffees if coffee.status.asColumnOf[String] like "1%" )
    println(coffee)

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DeLay Subpoenas DA Over Grand Jury Contacts
By Last Night in Little Rock, Section Tom DeLay
Posted on Tue Oct 11, 2005 at 07:59:28 PM EST
by Last Night in Little Rock
Rep. Tom DeLay's defense attorneys have subpoenaed DA Ronnie Earle and two assistants to testify concerning alleged improper contacts with the grand jurors that indicted DeLay as reported here in their effort to get the indictments dismissed. Earle and his assistants, however, refused the subpoena because they had not been issued by the court clerk, so defense counsel will have to get the clerk to issue the subpoena and do it again.
Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay's attorneys turned the tables on a Texas prosecutor Tuesday, delivering a subpoena to compel his testimony about his conduct with grand jurors. The prosecutor refused to accept the subpoena, a defense lawyer said.
Attorney Dick DeGuerin wants Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle and two of his assistants to testify, alleging prosecutors had improper contact with two grand juries that indicted DeLay and one that refused to file charges.
DeGuerin said acceptance of the subpoena was voluntary Tuesday because it had not been stamped by a court official, but added the defense team would go through the court procedure Wednesday and redeliver it. He said Earle, district attorney for Travis County, would then be obligated to accept the subpoena, but could file a motion to have it dismissed.
All well and good, but, if the indictment is dismissed on that ground and even if Earle is disqualified, what is to stop a Special DA from presenting the matter to a new grand jury and getting a new indictment? Nothing. But, there is always the chance the latter contingency will never occur.
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DeLay Subpoenas DA Over Grand Jury Contacts | 7 comments (7 topical)
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by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:54 PM EST
If deLay knows then someone in the grand jury leaked. Isn't it a crime for all the people who leaked as well as for those who drew the leak out.
"Who in hell(sic) wants to get in the middle of a fight between a polecat and a skunk?" .....the grand jurors who have spoken out in this case; they are familiar with the evidence prosecutors must have adduced, before them, to convince them to indict. And what they are saying appears dangerously close to breaking their oaths of secrecy.
fIndlaw/Dean
by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:54 PM EST
You can subpoena the DA in a criminal case?
by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:54 PM EST
i believe you can subpoena anyone. whether that subpoena survives a motion to quash is another matter entirely.
The article you cited stated, "Earle said he had voluntarily accepted the subpoena." I believe DeLay is a slimebucket, and I sincerely hope Earle has the goods to remove said slimebucket from public service. If Earle fails, DeLay will still be a slimebucket, and he is coming down.
Earle's acceptance of the subpoena just means he waives the right to be served by process server. It doesn't mean he agrees to appear and testify. He can still file a motion to quash it.
OK, let me re-phrase my question: isn't there about a 100% certainty that this subpoena will be quashed? Wouldn't they be used in every case if they were legal, just for harassment purposes? I've never head of a prosecutor having to explain himself to a defense counsel during the pendency of a criminal case. Not that it is a bad idea....
by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:55 PM EST
I love Delay's strategy: "No, YOU are!"


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Husch Blackwell Welcomes Dan Avants to Healthcare Team
Formerly VP with a leading healthcare consultancy, Chicago-based Avants adds depth to firm's healthcare regulatory bench
340B Drug Pricing Program Healthcare Operations Healthcare Regulatory & Compliance Counseling Pharmacy
Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce the arrival of Dan Avants to the firm's Healthcare team. Based in Chicago, Avants is a leading authority on the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) 340B drug pricing program, as well as healthcare facility development, including the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) conversion process. Avants joins the firm as senior counsel.
Avants comes to Husch Blackwell after 11 years with Advis, Inc. (formerly Murer Consultants, Inc.), where he served as vice president. During that time, Avants advised an impressive roster of healthcare provider clients in connection with a variety of legal and operational challenges, blending a business-centric approach to healthcare with regulatory considerations. He is regarded as a leader in the area of compliance with the HRSA 340B drug pricing program.
Early in his career, Avants assisted in establishing one of the earliest 340B audit processes, and clients have routinely turned to him for guidance with the 340B program. He has helped health systems save hundreds of millions of dollars through optimization and program redesign and has assisted clients with over 100 HRSA and drug manufacturer audits/inquiries.
He also has experience assisting clients with vendor and payor contract negotiations, provider-based conversion assessments and compliance, reimbursement strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and establishing value-based care models.
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Avants is the latest noted practitioner to join Husch Blackwell's growing Healthcare team. Earlier this year, the Healthcare team announced a major expansion, adding 11 attorneys from Summit Health Law Partners, a boutique law firm focused on the healthcare industry. These arrivals prompted the firm to add office locations in Boston and Providence.
"I wanted to grow my career in private practice and to do so at a firm that is keeping pace with the transformation occurring within the healthcare industry," said Avants. "Husch Blackwell provides my clients with scale and an ability to address practically every legal and operational issue they face. Crucially, the firm is also growing along with the industry, developing expertise in novel areas of treatment. Husch Blackwell has built a strong and agile platform, and I look forward to working with my new colleagues to help build on what they have started."
Daniel Avants


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Debt-saddled Mongolia agrees US$5.5b IMF bailout
Mongolia has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a US$5.5 billion bailout package, officials announced, as the debt-wracked country tries to stabilise its economy.
[ULAN BATOR] Mongolia has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a US$5.5 billion bailout package, officials announced, as the debt-wracked country tries to stabilise its economy.
The landlocked north Asian nation has been hit hard by a more than 50 per cent fall over the past five years in the price of copper, its main export.
Billions of dollars' worth of natural resources lie buried beneath Mongolia's sprawling steppes, but development has been delayed for years and slowing growth in its biggest customer China has hobbled the economy.
Mongolia's economy grew 1.0 per cent in 2016, while its budget deficit exploded to 3.7 trillion tugrik (S$2.1 billion) according to its national statistics office.
The rescue package will include a US$440 million loan over the next three years, Koshy Mathai, the IMF's Asia-Pacific deputy division chief, said in a statement issued Sunday.
SEE ALSO: IMF warns rising trade-war risk is weighing on global economy
The Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Japan and Korea are expected to provide another US$3 billion in support, while the People's Bank of China will extend its 15 billion yuan (S$3.1 billion) swap line for another three years.
The bailout package is intended to "restore economic stability and debt sustainability as well as to create the conditions for strong, sustainable, and inclusive growth, while protecting the most vulnerable citizens", Mr Mathai said.
It will help the cash-strapped country make a US$580 million bond payment due in March.
The loan is subject to approval by the IMF's executive board, which is expected to consider it in March.
"Fiscal consolidation is a key priority, as loose fiscal policy in the past was a major driver of Mongolia's current economic difficulties and high debt," Mr Mathai added.
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Q: Does the force of releasing the latch of a spring-latch contraption affects the force generated by the spring? There is this contraption in my class, where a rod is attached to a latch and a spring. By pulling the latch back behind a piece of metal, the latch is secured, the rod if pulled back and the spring is compressed. Flicking the secured latch upward releases it, which also decompresses the spring, which pushes the rod forward. My question is, if I flick up/release the latch with different force, will it have an effect on the force generated spring, or  the rod?
I'm asking this because I vaguely learn about impulse, where a shorter amount of contact time can affect the something something (I forgot).


Style on the SMU campus is impressive. That's why SMU alums Kristi and Scot Redman started their fashion based blog Hilltop Glossy. Started in early 2009, the blog made waves on the SMU campus and in the Dallas community.
The fierce duo bonded over their love for photography while students knew they wanted to make a career of their passion. Their blog was created to showcase SMU's unique fashion and campus style, said Scot Redman in an email interview.
Kristi and Scot Redman met each other while SMU freshman 13 years ago. They both graduated in 2009 from SMU Meadows School of the Arts with majors in film.
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Melanoma patient Chris Isfeld to run 30km across frozen Lake Winnipeg in subzero temperatures to raise funds for Save Your Skin Foundation, racing against childhood friend Shawn Bjornsson.
"My story began sometime during the summer of 2017. I had been experiencing lower back pain for a few months that nothing seem to relieve, but could, like anyone in their mid-forties, be attributed to any number of things. Then, one Friday evening late that November, I felt an intense pain on my left side, just behind my lower ribs that dropped me to the floor. The intense pain lasted only a few minutes, but things never felt normal after that.
An ultrasound revealed I had 3 liver lesions and large masses on both adrenal glands. The week before Christmas 2017, I had a biopsy done of the largest liver lesion, that to everyone's surprise, confirmed melanoma. Additional scans confirmed that the disease was very advanced and the tumor burden was intense, with many of them doubling in size since the initial ultrasound. At one point, an oncologist said that it would be easier to list the areas not affected then to list what was.
The back pain began to intensify and my overall health was deteriorating quickly. On January 20, 2018, I asked my fiancée to take me to the ER due to the intensity of the pain. The nurse took one look at me and said "we need to get him to the back now". Moments later, I realized I was partially paralyzed from the waist down.
Things were so bad at this point, the ER doctors admitted my fiancée and put her in a bed beside me, thinking my journey was coming to an end. They put me on steroids, and within days I was receiving radiation treatment. Amazingly I was up and walking in just days, but it took a month for the full feeling to come back to my legs and groin.
I supposedly contracted a staph infection during the week I was in the ER fighting to save my legs. This was discovered by a blood test, but the location of the infection was never confirmed by either a transesophageal echocardiogram or a full body MRI. But there was no taking chances, and high dose IV antibiotics started immediately.
Just weeks before the melanoma took my life, I received my fist combination dose of the lifesaving immunotherapy Opdivo (nivolumab) + Yervoy (ipilimumab). The first couple weeks were a struggle and I felt like I was literally fighting for my life. My body could not regulate its own temperature, which fluctuated between 36.2°C and 38.8°C, and the cancer was eating a hole through my sternum which hurt so much I couldn't sit up without being in excruciating pain. I was covered from head to toe with the itchiest rash I have ever experienced. I was very thankful to have my brother and father by my side to wake me up every 4 hours to take pain meds and Tylenol, cool me down with cold compresses when I was too hot, and yes, to empty my home-made urinal because there was no way I was making it to the bathroom.
The results of my latest PET/CT scan conducted February 6, 2019 shows a favorable partial metabolic response with many lesions largely resolved, and the few remaining are shrinking and show only mild uptake compared to previous scans.
I decided I needed to start running again to overcome both the physical and emotional anguish I was experiencing. I have been training almost daily, running 4 – 5 times a week, doing yoga 2-3 times a week, and working with my personal trainer. Then, one day, as I was browsing Facebook and I see this picture of my hometown friend, Shawn Bjornson, after a 5 km run in -50°C weather. His eyebrows and mustache are covered in frost and his cheeks were as red as Santa's. So what do I do? Challenge him to a race across Lake Winnipeg of course!
True to our Viking routes, neither of us can back down from a challenge, so we have set a date of Saturday, March 7, 2020 for the 1st ever "Ice Run Across Lake Winnipeg". The race will be approximately 30 km from Grand Beach Manitoba to Gimli, Manitoba. Weather that time of year is extremely unpredictable and if conditions are considered to be too dangerous by our team, we will elect to postpone for 1 week and attempt again on March 14, 2020.
We will be running to raise money for the Save Your Skin Foundation.
Thank you for your interest"


Why don't I just run a campaign against all devices?
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January 21, 2019 January 21, 2019 AisLeave a comment
I had two characters I played ages ago in an RPG based originally on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series until he made it clear he didn't want any sort of fandom anything online and sent out cease and desist letters. The creators of the rpg (which was a text-based RPG) created a new story that still included magic but had a different system, to allow us all to transition over and to not lose our characters or work.
(Shout out in the very rare chance that someone from Towers of Perdition/ToP and later Towers of Jadri/ToJ runs across this!)
Anyway I had 4 main characters there, but one was a bit of a throwaway and another's story was very intertwined with my friend who played his brother.
My two favorite characters couldn't have been more different. One was Trinity who was a bit of an homage to Trinity from the Matrix like it was ridiculous you don't understand lol She was a renowned thief who I played when I wanted to do the whole dark underbelly of society route. She was amoral in a lot of ways, not an outright asshole but uncaring of her impact on others if it was necessary for her to get what she needed, and she had definitely not lived a sheltered life.
The other was my main character Kyra en-Terrell, who I loved. She was a magic user who tried to be as fair and kind as she could be and who often put others before her. Because I was an OG from the ToP days and by that point I talked to the creators a lot and I often volunteered to help newbies and for a hot second I was also one of the people who built a city in game, when it switched to ToJ I got to advance Kyra into the new storyline at an elevated level. She became the leader of one of the main magic cities that people spawned into. She was fair, just, and often liked to walk around talking to people as equals rather than be sequestered in the palace. I really loved playing her, and loved her as a character, and it was a lot of fun because she was high enough politically to garner attention from various plotlines but she was a very moral person so she could skirt past some of the darker things. Yet there were plotlines where people were trying to manipulate her into certain storylines. It was a lot of fun, especially because playing Trinity as well (who was far less important of a character and therefore oftentimes invisible to others), I got to see the other side of some of those machinations–Trinity knew what was coming, but Kyra didn't.
Kyra died unexpectedly mostly because of a glitch in the game that I later learned shouldn't have happened. I should have kept her alive. But at the time, I didn't want her to miraculously make it through an illness that had killed lesser characters. It didn't seem fair. So I permanently deleted her when I thought she should die, only to later learn the thing which made her contract the illness wasn't supposed to have been where it was.
Although I played ToJ for a while after Kyra was gone, it was never the same for me. I missed her a lot. Even more than I expected.
There's a character in Incarnations' history who has reminded me a bit of Kyra, that I think I made as an homage to her. She was a beloved leader of Magedom, fighting for equality at a time with many disparate beliefs, but ultimately she was killed because of her efforts for peace. She's so far in the past of Incarnations that her name is mentioned a few times, and she's definitely an important part of history, but she can never appear because she's been dead for hundreds of years.
When working on Incarnations years ago, I needed a character who would be a mentor for a renowned thief. This thief was a bit of an homage to my Trinity character but not by much; mostly in her description and job. She otherwise was nothing like her. Which is why when I realized I needed a mentor for her, I thought of Trinity again and decided this time I would just import Trinity into the world in a new, relevant version for this storyline, to give her new life. She has remained offscreen because that's her way, but she is relevant to the plot through her protege. I changed her name from Trinity to Trey, to keep with the theme of 3 while not being so obviously Matrix or religious affiliated.
For years, this was the only connection that old RPG had on Incarnations.
I needed to name 5 Councilors in charge of a political aspect of the main magic city/Magedom. I already knew one, so I had her written down. Then another was introduced in story so that was two down. The next two I made based on what felt right/made sense. I got to the fifth, and had to pause. I had an idea for the sort of person I wanted to fill this fifth spot, so I was thinking about what name she could have, what her story would be, and so on.
And that's when it hit me: Kyra was perfect.
She was exactly the sort of person I wanted in this spot, and she would represent exactly what I needed represented on the council. For a second, I couldn't remember her name, and then I couldn't remember the spelling. (The way I remembered her name is because back then DS9 was on TV, and I liked the character Kira, so I took inspiration from her name for Kyra's name in the RPG……. yeah, I know, there were a lot of inspirations/homages going on for my characters in this RPG but I was 14 so I hope you don't hate me too much lol)
Now I've officially been able to import my two favorite RPG characters from ToP/ToJ into Incarnations, and that's on top of already importing my two favorite RPG characters from a different RPG I played online with friends (the RPG where Sin from ICoS came from initially). This made me so happy! Of course, they change as characters and become different people to some extent once they join this new world. But I'm so happy to be able to give them a space to grow and breathe, to expand, to live again.
Welcome to Wildwood Rising, Kyra. I hope it finds you well.
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October 10, 2016 AisLeave a comment
I posted a number of things this weekend because I was weirdly productive, but you may have missed some of it since most of it was released on tumblr late at night. I recently updated my site with a number of links if you lose this page.
New mailing list/newsletter
I now have my own mailing list/newsletter to send information about things going on in my creative world. I just released the first edition yesterday, and I only just let people knwo about how to subscribe the day before. So it's brand new.
SUBSCRIBE: http://eepurl.com/cjdren
FIRST ARCHIVED ISSUE: http://eepurl.com/cjio09
YouTube video on Scrivener
I made a video and posted it on YouTube about how I use Scrivener, in case it's of use. Find it here: https://youtu.be/EFl0xkyUUA0
I feel like there was something else but right now I'm blanking on it so I'll leave it at that.
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A true story (maybe a series of them?)
July 3, 2016 July 3, 2016 Ais7 Comments
When I was 14, I became Wiccan. I think that's also the year I became vegetarian. There are a lot of stories that stem from those two turning points in my life, but this is the one I want to tell you now:
Maybe it was my willingness to believe in magick and foresight, or maybe it was something else. But I remember knowing with certainty after I became Wiccan for sure, but maybe even since before then, that I wasn't going to live past 18.
I knew it deeper than I've ever known anything in my life. And I knew how I was going to die, too. A car accident. I didn't know if I would cause it or if it would be out of my control, I only knew that was what would happen. I felt the vibrations of the violence of it in my dreams at night; not as nightmares but as a dread conviction.
I knew it so completely that I came to simply accept it. I woke up in the morning, I breathed, I knew my time was limited. It became something that was comforting, in a way.
And because I knew I would die by the time I was 18, I knew I had to write at least one of the stories that wouldn't leave my mind. So I started what is now Incarnations, but back then was called Calling of the Onyx. I started it when I was around 12/13, around there, and wrote about 150 pages before I had to stop and start over because it wasn't right. It wasn't right. And this was my only chance, really, to write the right story before I would die.
Time passed, high school continued, my attempts to write my story marched on.
I don't remember how old I was on that day. I was in high school still, definitely younger than 18. Was I 16? 17? I hadn't yet had my 18th birthday, I'm sure.
Back then, my older brother drove us to and from school, and he also picked up or dropped off friends of mine along the way when it was convenient. This day would have been like any other day, except it wasn't.
When school was out, my brother said he'd drop my friend Tara off at her house. The plan was to drop her off and then I'd go home with my brother. But for some reason that day, Tara asked me last minute as she was stepping out of the car if I wanted to come inside and hang out–study for a math test that was coming up the next day.
Was it a surprise test we'd only just learned of that day? I don't remember.
What I remember is there was a moment where I hesitated, sitting in the passenger seat. I kind of didn't want to go to her house, because I wanted to go home and watch TV and roleplay online and just chill. And in that hesitation she urged me to come inside, it'd be fun, and I said I wasn't sure, and she said come on just come in, so I asked my brother if that'd be okay and he said he didn't care.
I went inside and my brother drove off.
Tara and I spent the next hour half studying, half goofing off. Until her phone rang and she picked it up, and said it was for me. I answered the phone, heard my mom's voice and figured she was about to ask when I wanted to be picked up, but that wasn't at all what she was calling to say.
My brother had been in a really bad car accident, she told me. His car was totaled, she said.
Within blocks of Tara's house, he had gone through an intersection properly but an SUV hadn't paid attention to the stop sign and had sped through the intersection. It slammed into the passenger side of the car, T-boned it. Destroyed the car.
My brother was okay.
But if I had been in that passenger seat like I was supposed to be, I wouldn't have been.
I felt that that was the car accident I had felt all these years. That was what had been weighing on me for years, knowing it was coming, thinking I had no choice. But at the same time I thought, surely that can't be the accident I expected? Because I somehow missed it, by pure luck and Tara's insistence.
I think that happened around the time I was 16, because I think I remember there being years after that where I still anticipated that vehicular death even as I no longer felt the certainty as I had before that day at Tara's.
I wondered for a long time after that why I hadn't died like I'd expected. When I turned 18, and then 19, and then beyond, I didn't know what to do with this life I'd never expected to have. I didn't understand why I had been spared something that had been written in stone for so long.
When I got into fanfic writing and saw the community that came from fandoms, when I had to come up with a reason for why I was alive, I thought that a dream for this unexpected time I had on Earth was for there to someday be something I could write that could be meaningful in whatever way possible to even just one other person. I thought that if I could have anything, if I could find meaning in a dream, then my dream was for something I was involved in writing to have a fandom, no matter how small it may be.
Just one fanfic, one fanart, one anything, would be incredible. Anything beyond that would be astounding, and would fulfill that dream I didn't dare breathe aloud.
ICoS ended up accidentally fulfilling that dream of mine, which left me feeling free to go back to that story I started all those years ago. Back when I thought I'd have only a few years before I was gone. Now I named it Incarnations, and now I'm trying to finish writing it this year.
Because of ICoS, because of the amazing readers for that story, because at least one person found it meaningful, because at least one person made fanfic or fanart or anything else, because of that community, I've been able to dare to have another dream.
This one may never happen, and if it doesn't I'm honestly completely okay with it. The fact that my first dream was met is more than enough for me. I hardly dare hope for more. But if I could have it, it would be this:
I would love, someday, to be able to quit my job and write a book that gets published. I would like to make just enough money to be able to scrape by as a writer (I don't expect to ever be rich or well-known). But mostly, even if I can't do those things, what I would really love is to even just change jobs so I could do what I've really wanted to do for years:
I would love to be able to meet people in person. I would love to be able to go to a convention. I would feel incredibly lucky if I could ever be on a panel in a convention, or be a main speaker or the only speaker in one of those panels. I would love to be able to do a book signing sometime in my life. I would love to be able to sit in an Artist's Alley with books and draw little Ais' Terrible Art cartoons for anyone who is interested and who was kind enough to stop by. And I would love, someday, to be able to somehow incorporate charities into what I do, like somehow make just a bit more than enough money to scrape by so that extra bit could go to one of my favorite charities, so the people who want to donate know it's going to a good cause.
I would love any and all of these things, but I also know it's entirely likely none of this will happen. And I know that even if I were lucky enough to be able to go to a convention as Ais, no one would probably know who I am or care. If I were ever on a panel, particularly if I were the only speaker, or if I ever did some book signing, I would worry that no one would care and no one would show up.
I would have to convince some friends to come so I wouldn't be sitting there alone in silence. But at least with friends we could hang out and talk, so it'd still be great.
But as much as I would love for any or all of that to happen, I also know it doesn't have to happen because I was lucky enough for one dream to already have been met, and that alone is more than enough. That alone is more than I'd ever hoped to have.
For every person who ever wrote to us about ICoS, who ever cared about the series or a character, who ever drew anything or made an edit or wrote anything or made music or anything else–to each and every one of you, I can never thank you enough because I don't have the words to explain to you how incredible and important that is to me.
I wondered why it was that day after school Tara was so insistent, and why I went against my nature to unexpectedly stay at her house. I wondered why I lived when I was set to die.
A few years ago I realized, was it so ICoS could happen? That life-changing event that also wasn't planned, that also happened accidentally, but that also had positive repercussions in my life going forward? Was ICoS important to someone who needed it at that moment in their life, for whatever reason? Was that why I was spared, so that accidental event could happen for them?
I don't know, really. Maybe I was also spared so I could rescue my dog. Maybe there's something I don't know of yet. I don't believe in fate, exactly, nor do I think everything has to happen for a reason. I think a lot of things just sort of happen and we roll with them and it's our reactions to them that affects our options in the future.
That's how I generally feel, but I can't feel that way about that accident, because that accident was something I felt the repercussions of years before it happened. That accident was something I knew would happen. That accident is something that so very nearly did happen to me. So the fact that it didn't is what makes me curious the reason why.
And most days, lately, I feel like the existence of ICoS maybe is that reason.
A series?
There are some true stories I've considered sharing, or things I struggle with sometimes, in the event they are helpful for anyone else or even just interesting to read.
In particular that's been on my mind the most has been my struggles over the years with anorexia and ways I've dealt with it or tried to get over it, as much as can be done. For example, lately I've been struggling with how a person loses weight when they don't know if they should be losing that weight and are afraid of triggering right back to where they started on anorexia.
Would that be useful and/or of interest for anyone? Let me know if so.
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Tell us about your book(s) – belated QRM bonus
March 7, 2016 March 7, 2016 Ais1 Comment
In October 2015 I contributed to Queer Romance Month with my post, The Equality of Differences, talking about how I've always felt like an alien on Earth because so much of who I am naturally is not "normal" for most people. At that time, QRM offered an option for "mini-interviews" that participating writers like me could do– they gave us 10 questions, told us to choose a few and answer them, then get them to QRM and they would share them on other blogs.
I ended up choosing some questions and answering them, but then not participating in actually sharing them. I had planned to post the Q&As on my blog but then I don't think I ever did. I remembered it just now because of one of the questions and answers I did, and how it could pertain to a recent request for help from a friend.
I'm splitting this into different posts because they're totally different topics.
Tell us about your book(s)
If anyone knows my name at all even vaguely, they probably know me because I'm half the writing duo behind the m/m series called In the Company of Shadows (first book is called Evenfall). You can find more information about it here, if you want: http://aisylum.com/project/icos/. It's a long ass series, and you can download the whole thing for free.
But since ICoS has been around for years and I don't want to spoil anyone on anything in it, what I'd rather talk about are stories I'm working on now, specifically a fantasy book I'm writing that I first started when I was around 13. I wrote 150 pages in it, decided it was crap, started over, didn't like the direction I was going, and then shelved it. Over the years, I brought it out and worked on it for a bit, then set it aside for years, then started the cycle over.
By now, it's much more complicated than it was in the original version. And there are some pretty funny things that happened along the way. For example, the girl who was the main character of the original version, who was basically the typical hero, is now a side character who is technically a bad guy. But her plot hasn't changed at all; it's simply all in the context used to tell her story.
For me, the world is filled with shades of grey. I think people use that term to sometimes imply some sort of lawless, faithless land; like the Wild West of morality. But to me, all the greatest beauties in the world are in that space where everything blends together and there is no hard and fast rule for what is good or bad. I don't really believe in the idea of true good and true evil; I believe in the concept that people are people, and they do what seems right to them based on their life experiences and their motivations, and from one angle a person can be a saint and from another a devil. Because life is all about the POV you're using to interpret reality.
That's something that will come up, to an extent, in the book– simply in the process of telling the stories of the characters and the plot. As for how this is relevant to queer romance, when thinking of stories I go with what naturally happens when creating the characters and considering how they would react to different things or how they might naturally progress as a person. This includes helping me realize what their sexuality is. In the case of this book and the characters who populate it, it just so happens that there will be people who are straight, gay, lesbian, pansexual, possibly asexual, and one of the main characters is agender or trans. I'm looking forward to a lot of their stories and hope, when I finish the book and release it, others will like what they see. Until then, I don't want to say too much.
If you're interested in this book, I will definitely post more as I get closer to finishing. I've set myself the goal that I should finish the book by my next birthday, so it should hopefully be done by Spring 2016. I will post about it in various places online, so check out how to contact or follow me here: http://aisylum.com/about/contact/
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Another Incarnations excerpt – Fawkes and Sloane, being goofs
February 22, 2016 February 22, 2016 AisLeave a comment
I just released this on tumblr today as well, because I got all inspired by this:
fantasique reblogged your post and added: "fantasy story excerpt (f/f-ish)"
!!!! this seems so good *//* and is it healthy i'm already shipping sloane x fawkes like crazy? bc they sound all the right bells of my fangirlself tbh *runs* and the cover is so pretty too! can't wait for april ❤
I wrote the below response on tumblr:
Aww! it actually would make me really happy if you do ship them! I like them 🙂 They already sort of have a joking ship name based on their first names, but it's not really set in stone. They're basically inseparable and get along super well and sometimes mess with others. I like them both so it would make me happy if anyone else liked them 🙂
You're getting me excited about the story again! I tried to find another excerpt to share with them and it was a little difficult because so many of their scenes are too contextual or in spoiler country, but I did remember this scene so I'm sharing it! I changed a couple of names in it to Earthling/American equivalents so the specific terms I use aren't taken.
Anyway in this scene they are joking around.
EXCERPT BELOW
Context on this scene: So, Fawkes and Sloane are both early 20s when the book starts. There's this character Vikenti who's late 40′s and really cranky and sort of a father figure to Sloane but also they're kind of gruff with each other sometimes. Vikenti and Sloane are basically the cops in this fantasy world, and Fawkes is a friend. In this scene, they're walking through the equivalent of the police headquarters in the main city. Sloane and Fawkes aren't supposed to have anything to do with the murder mystery case but Sloane bitched at Vikenti until he grudgingly agreed to let them see the body.
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Incarnations excerpt – Fawkes and Sloane, night
February 22, 2016 February 22, 2016 Ais2 Comments
I released this on tumblr recently but like a dweeb didn't share it here so I am now 🙂
I randomly felt like sharing an excerpt from the fantasy book I'm working on (Incarnations). This is a sort of f/f-ish scene.
A short explanation of Incarnations if you haven't heard me mention it before: this is the first book in a fantasy series I'm writing; I first conceived of this book when I was 13/14 and wrote 150 pages in it before I stopped and started over and I've been doing that since while also expanding the world and characters; and this book starts with a murder mystery that seems to possibly involve a serial killer. Find more excerpts here.
The book/series contains a number of LGBTQIA elements, with lesbian, gay, pansexual, asexual, heterosexual characters, and one is neutrois.
The "she" in the beginning of the excerpt is Sloane, one of the (many) main characters. I realize this excerpt probably seems bizarrely mundane/cliche(?) for a fantasy story starting with a murder mystery, but that's why I'm okay with sharing it; it has minimal spoilers and shows one aspect of two female friends nearly attached at the hip from the start of the book.
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Aurora Pride Parade back on track after generation of funds
4 years ago By Jackson Sorbo
The Aurora Pride Parade will be held after money is generated for the event.
The organizers have raised about $20,000 in just 24 hours.
The organizers had announced that the parade had to be cancelled due to the shortage of funding.
Days after this announcement, the parade is back on track as huge amount of money was generated in just a single day.
The organizers had collected about $20,000 in a single day.
The Mayor of Aurora said on Tuesday that they would be launching a fundraising effort to help save the parade which would be cancelled due to shortage of money. The parade would have been held for the first time since 2018.
The organizers of the parade had announced that it would not be possible to carry out the parade due to lack of resources. The fundraiser was conducted because of the announcement of the organizers.
The organizers of the parade had announced that they would be dependent on the security and other costs of the event due to a new ordinance passed by the Aurora City Council.
The cost of the parade has skyrocketed since last year. It was reported that the costs would be quadruple since last year's parade.
But the organizers had not given up. They had created a GoFundMe page to endure that the parade would be conducted. The page had collected more than the milestone amount. It had collected about $20,000.
The group which had created the GoFundMe page Indivisible Aurora had set a goal of $18,000 and that goal had reached within hours after the page was launched.
The amount was collected to cover for police protection, fire and emergency workers, street crews, barricades, and other miscellaneous costs.
There were also other donations as well. The city of Aurora and the Downtown Aurora group pitched in with money for the cause.
Jackson Sorbo
Managing editor of the Chicago Morning Star
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DJ:ing with my friend Mythologen tomorrow friday!
So happy and proud to be part of this record by my old bandmate and dear friend Viktor Sjöberg / Free Aktion. It comes out next week, dec 13th. Also check out the first single 'Call For Love' which is already out, it's one of the best songs of this year in my opinion. And while you're at it, check out his previous albums Be Love Now (2016), House Master (2014) and Breakfast in America (2010).
Very grateful to receive this award from Sten A Olssons Stiftelse. Thank you!
Burying the summer with a little soloshow at this lovely festival in Stockholm!
This sunday in Stockholm! Free entry! And Kajsa Grytt is playing too!
From Partille to the galaxy, Frida Scar!


The history of Southern barbecue is one of pits and parking lots; even today you'll find some of the region's best at unassuming shacks on dusty farm roads or slowly smoking in the back of an old truck. What we're saying is: It makes sense that the current undisputed champ of the Twin Cities' barbecue game is Animales Barbeque Co., the colorful trailer that spends its weekends parked behind Able Brewing. It's actually a good thing this meaty operation runs only Thursday through Sunday, because the ribs and the pork belly and the sausages (ahem, "hot guts") are so good you'll want to eat them every damn day. And that's to say nothing of the cartoonishly large Meat Tornado, a burger special with beef, ribbons of bacon, rib ends, an absolute flood of cheese, and sugar-cured jalapeños ensuring it boasts flavors as big as it is tall. Which… might be about eight inches.


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