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{Excerpt+Giveaway} To Wake the Dead by Sarah Lampkin
October 9, 2019	Michelle @ Book Briefs	excerpt, Giveaways, New Adult	0
To Wake the Dead
Sarah Lampkin
(Dead Dreamer #2)
Publication date: October 8th 2019
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal
Brenna Whit teeters the line between the living and the dead. Now that she's back for her sophomore year at Nephesburg College, she's determined to focus on the waking world. But when her own soul is trying to kill her and a new Dead Dreamer is fighting for power, Brenna is dragged back into the world of the dead.
The Gatekeepers are doing everything they can to restore the power they once held over the town of Nephesburg. With a mysterious set of twins arriving in town to help them prepare, Brenna must decide what's important: continuing to hide her secret or reveal herself and fight for what she believes is right. The decision could end up leading to a permanent death for Brenna so she must choose wisely.
Classes have begun…
The battlefield is set…
Let the fight for the Fade begin.
"Who wrote the laws saying that doorways must be sealed? Who told you to create another one of you?"
"The church."
"Why?" He was silent. For once, he had no answer. He merely stared at me, not blinking or unwavering as his eyes locked on mine. I thought I had him; nowhere in the Bible did it say to interfere with the dead or the other side. In fact, the Scripture scorned it. If I remembered correctly, that would border on witchcraft and necromancy, which was forbidden. So, if Wilson were the type to follow the Bible no matter what, then these questions just pushed his logic out the window. Even if the church said he had to do those things, who was to say they were right?"
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Sarah Lampkin is a 2015 graduate from Lynchburg College [University of Lynchburg] with a master's degree in English. Since graduation, Sarah now lives in Northern Virginia working in the IT field as a Technical Writer while continuing her research for her graduate school thesis. When she isn't working, Sarah continues her Celtic mythology research and Gaelic studies, while working on the Dead Dreamer series.
Although she currently lives in Northern Virginia, Sarah frequently travels back home to Richmond to visit family, friends, and her godchildren. During the winter months, she is in Richmond more frequently to spend time in the woods hunting and contemplating the meaning of life. She doesn't always succeed in both endeavors, but the music of nature is worth it for peace of mind. In her free time, she likes to play RPG video games, and preparing for hunting season.
Her work mainly focuses on Celtic themes, mixed with elements from the spiritual world. And her characters always have a flair of attitude and sarcasm because writing damsels in distress is something she just can't do.
She currently writes for The Parliament House and is seeking a literary agent.
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Ross Robbins is a poet and painter based in Portland, Oregon. Recently, he has been painting lots of triangles and visiting the otters at the zoo. His full-length debut, THE THREE EPs, is available now from Two Plum Press.


Sophia is currently in her last semester at Columbia College Chicago studying for her BA in Television with a focus in Directing and Writing. She is finishing her Semester in Los Angeles program and is currently living in Los Angeles.
Currently she is interning at Bradley Cooper and Todd Phillips' production company, Joint Effort, as a development intern. There, she focuses on script coverage while also answering phones, helping to maintain the office, and run occasional errands. Her second internship at Threshold Entertainment, with Larry Kasanoff, assisting with project distribution, research and executive assistant duties.
Spring Semester 20I8 Sophia was selected to be one of the directors for Columbia College's Live FreqOut Comedy Sketch Show. With this production she directed two live sketches ("Meatball" & "CGI") as well as two other digital shorts ("History" & "CGI - Single Camera") which were all multi-camera live studio directing. Sophia also was the assistant director to two other live sketches while also directing the opening credits in a single shot digital short. All aforementioned videos can be found in the portfolio section below.
Spring 2017 Sophia was fortunate enough to work with the BBC on several of their smaller projects including 'Blue Peter' working as a grip/production assistant. In the Fall of 2017 Sophia also worked with the 2017 Chicago International Film Festival as their Volunteer Coordinator responsible for scheduling, training and recruiting over 150 volunteers during the festival season. Through this experience she was able to gain managerial skills and time management.


Keep Torturous Wild Horse Sterilization Out of U.S. Budget!
The Bureau of Land Management is moving forward with its depraved plan to sterilize wild horses and burros in a procedure condemned as "butchery" by a prominent veterinarian. Our U.S. House of Representatives is both enabling and encouraging this despicable cruelty in its Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations Bill. The bill is being finalized in conference committee so we must act now!
Last year, we successfully stopped similar plans to slaughter wild horses and burros introduced by Representative Chris Stewart of Utah. Rep. Stewart is trying a new tactic this year. He has convinced his unwitting colleagues on the House Appropriations Committee that the barbaric sterilization procedure, which literally rips the ovaries out of wild mares using a metal rod and chain (called an ecraseur), is comparable to spaying a domestic dog or cat, which it certainly is not!
Ovariectomy via colpotomy is a highly dangerous procedure which is nothing like a spay procedure for animal companions. This video shows how horses and burros are immobilized before suffering intense pain and distress as their insides are brutally hacked to pieces. Complications regularly occur, and many horses and burros die as a result.
A conference committee will soon decide whether to include these barbaric plans for wild horses and burros in the spending bill for Fiscal Year 2019. We must act now to ensure the repugnant Stewart Amendment is not included.
Mid-term elections are coming up this November, so now is the time when your voice for animals is amplified; it is vital that you speak up now for horses! Let your legislators know you oppose wild horse and burro sterilization and tell them that scientists, animal advocates, and equine experts support alternatives that are both more economically viable and humane. Act now in defense of wild horses and burros!


After a very rushed morning and missing out on breakfast at the hostel, I had my bags packed and ready to head to the airport.
Maybe I packed them wrong because I was defiantly struggling with the amount of luggage I had.
I called an Uber and paid him to take me to the Airport train station. It cost about £19 for a one way ticket to Gatwick Airport which wasn't too bad.
Once I'd met up with Kara (as she was leaving on the same day as me) we hopped on the train with all our stuff and headed off to the Airport.
It was about a half hour train ride but I'd defiantly recommend using the train if you can because it's heaps cheaper than paying for a taxi.
It takes you straight to the airport as well so when you hop off, you just need to go and find your check in desk by either walking or taking another short train shuttle to a different terminal.
Kara had to take the train shuttle as she was flying back home to Australia. We said our goodbyes and I promised I'd come visit her in the gold coast. Which I defiantly will as it's so close to home anyways.
I had a few hours to spare so I went and got this Cornish pastry thing and sat down to eat it while I waited for my check in desk to open.
I also went and bought some UK treats to take back home with me which I'm still trying not to eat haha.
I always try to be super nice to airport staff so maybe that's why she let me off the hook this time.
I did however have to go and take my bag to the oversized luggage drop off.
Once that was all done, I waited around to board my plane (which didn't take long at all) then set off for my flight to Split, Croatia.
As I had lots of stuff and was tired, I took a taxi to my hostel. (It's good to book some transport before you arrive I think) I didn't organize anything or even research how to get to my hostel before I arrived so when I left the Airport i kind of just looked aimlessly around hoping someone would take me into town.
It probably wasn't the best first night in Croatia.
When I got to the hostel, the street was all dark and I had no idea I was even at the right place. The building looked all closed up but the taxi driver insisted I was at the right place.
I pressed the buzzer on the Intercom and the guy at reception buzzed me in.
I walked up the stairs with my stuff and checked in at the very small reception area at Cro-paradise Hostel.
As I had booked my own room, the receptionist took me across the road to a different building and carried my bag up 5 flights of stairs.
The room I was staying in was actually pretty cute. It had its own little kitchen/bedroom with a TV and they provide a laptop if you need it.
The bathroom was small but nice with good water pressure.
Not bad for like $80 NZD for the night.
Once I'd put all my stuff down and charged my phone for a bit, I realised the Wi fi wasn't working so went in search of food hoping it'd work by the time I got back.
No such luck on the food or wi-fi problems an hour later.


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Q: Automating compilation and tests in XCode I'm attempting to set up XCode so that it will execute my C++ program several times, modifying two different macros on each iteration. A bash script that would accomplish the same thing would be something like:
#!/bin/bash
# execute the program for varying numbers of array sizes and local work sizes
for arr_size in 1000 10000 100000 1000000 2000000 40000000 6000000 8000000
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echo NUM_ELEMENTS = $arr_size

for local in 8 16 32 64 128 256 512
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done
echo
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I've tried adding a run script phase to the build phases, but that's not quite what I want -- essentially I need to build the project multiple times, each time changing macros and outputting the program results to a varying file.
I know how to do this w/ regular scripting via terminal, but I'm trying to find out how to do this via XCode.
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The Casa Esperanza Board of Directors ("Board") regularly meets once a month on the dates denoted on the Casa calendar, and is governed by the organization's bylaws. If you would like to offer your talents or service to help build Casa Esperanza Montessori, please consider volunteering on one of the board committees – see descriptions below.
The Board represents the nonprofit organization, established in 2000 to make a language-studies based, Montessori education available to children in the Triangle area of North Carolina. This education is provided through a private preschool and a public elementary and middle grades charter school, which serves students ages 3-14 years. The Board of Directors is responsible for writing the strategic plan to guide the growth and development of the school, including excellence in academic performance, fiscal responsibility, managed growth, community involvement, and clear leadership.
2600 Sumner Boulevard #130, Raleigh, NC 27616.
Monthly Board Meetings for the 2018-2019 school year will be held at the school on Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. on the dates below. If a meeting date needs to change, the update will be shown on the calendar; please refer to the calendar to confirm meeting dates. Minutes of the board meeting are posted on the school website after the meeting in which they are approved.
The annual retreat will be held in July for the current school year. Date, time, and location will be posted on the calendar prior to the retreat.
Finance/Human Resources Alice Ward Second Thursday at 5:00 p.m.
Board Affairs Seraka Davis & Seth Wood Second Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Communications Janice Rojas & Monique Taylor Second Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
Development Seraka Davis & Me'chelle McKenney Third Thursday at 5:00 p.m.
Board Meetings Monique Taylor & Cindy Appleby Third Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
Executive Monique Taylor & Cindy Appleby Second Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
All board meetings and committee meetings are listed on the school's calendar. Any changes to the regular schedule will be made there.
If you are interested in serving on a committee, please contact our Board Affairs Chairperson, or the Chair of the committee you wish to serve!
The Board Affairs Committee monitors compliance and governance matters related to the Board, including self-assessment. Committee members also assist the Board in identifying potential Board members, and in reviewing and recommending governance standards or guidelines applicable to the school.
The Communications Committee supports the school's efficiency and overall climate by fostering appropriate information within the school community that is relevant to the school's mission. The Committee reviews methods of internal and external communication, helps to coordinate announcements, and makes recommendations, including the use of technology, to improve communication.
The Development Committee ensures that the school's overall fundraising and capital strategy is met through philanthropy and fund development. The Committee works with faculty, parents, and the Board to set fundraising and capital development goals, set fundraising policies, and assess progress toward meeting our goals. The Committee also is involved in cultivating major gifts and corporate prospects, providing support for special events, examine development trends, and identify new potential grants for the school's mission related work.
The Executive committee primarily consists of the officers of the Board, and the Head of School. This Committee reviews high-level business matters and ensures that the appropriate information is provided and organized to present to the Board. It often acts as a steering committee to outline the agenda for the upcoming Board meeting.
The Finance & HR Committee ensures the financial stability of the school by providing oversight on its budget, financial statements, audits, and investments. Committee members personally and actively support the budget to funding sources, monitor adherence to the budget and keep the board regularly informed of the general financial status of the organization. This Committee also approves the annual budget, approves key financial policies and internal controls and reviews any proposals that require a long-term commitment of the school's resources.
The Strategic Planning Committee develops a 5-year roadmap for the school and Board to follow in order to clarify and prioritize Casa's goals for the future. The strategic plan describes how goals will be achieved through the use of available resources, guiding members of an organization to envision its future and develop the necessary plans, procedures and operations to achieve that future. As part of this work the Committee will also articulate milestones so progress can be measured and reviewed on a regular basis.


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Missouri man with mental disability will not be executed, for now
Ernest Johnson was convicted of killing three Columbia, Mo., convenience store workers with a claw hammer in 1994.
Image: Missouri Department of Corrections via AP/Associated Press
The United States Supreme Court halted the execution of Ernest Lee Johnson on Tuesday evening, just as Johnson was set to be killed by the state of Missouri for the 1994 murder of three convenience store workers in central Missouri who were beaten to death with a claw hammer during a robbery.
See also: How does Oklahoma keep messing up the drugs used to execute inmates?
BREAKING: #SCOTUS grants stay of execution to Ernest Johnson in Missouri. pic.twitter.com/INTYXOzjUw
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) November 4, 2015
The legal stay was granted by the Supreme Court as Johnson, who his lawyer says is mentally disabled, appeals his execution before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Johnson argues the execution drug could cause painful seizures because he still has part of a benign tumor in his brain. Surgery to cut out remaining parts of the tumor in 2008 forced doctors to remove up to 20% of his brain tissue. (According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Missouri has been using pentobarbital as a single-drug method of execution since November 2013.)
Johnson had been scheduled for execution at 6pm. The Court of Appeals will now decide... pic.twitter.com/T363MCGdJ8
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) November 4, 2015
Johnson's attorney, Jeremy Weis, said the combination of the remaining tumor and the fact that Johnson lost about one-fifth of his brain has left him prone to seizures. He also has difficulty walking, Weis said. A separate appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court claimed his life should be spared because he is mentally disabled.
Ernest Lee Johnson is intellectually disabled (with an IQ of 67) and is missing 20% of his brain after the removal of a major tumor in 2008.
— Sister Helen Prejean (@helenprejean) November 3, 2015
Dr. Joel Zivot, who reviewed Johnson's health for Weis, said, "Mr. Johnson faces a significant medical risk for a serious seizure as the direct result of the combination of the Missouri lethal injection protocol and Mr. Johnson's permanent and disabling neurologic disease."
Johnson was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder for killing 46-year-old Mary Bratcher, 57-year-old Mable Scruggs and 58-year-old Fred Jones during a closing-time robbery of Casey's General Store in Columbia on Feb. 12, 1994. Johnson wanted money to buy drugs, authorities said.
All three workers were beaten to death with a claw hammer, but Bratcher was also stabbed at least 10 times with a screwdriver and Jones was shot in the face. Johnson hid the bodies in a cooler.
He was arrested after police found a bank bag, stolen money and store receipts at Johnson's home.
Johnson grew up in a troubled home and Weis said his IQ was measured at 63 while still in elementary school. Testing after his conviction measured the IQ at 67, still a level considered mentally handicapped.
He was already on death row in 2001 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executing the mentally handicapped was unconstitutionally cruel and a new sentencing hearing was ordered. Johnson was again sentenced to death in 2003. The Missouri Supreme Court tossed that sentence, too, forcing another sentencing hearing. In 2006, Johnson was sentenced to death for a third time.
Death penalty opponents held vigils around the state as they awaited Johnson's execution, hoping for last-minute clemency to be granted.
At #SLU College Church protesting #deathpenalty execution of #ErnestLeeJohnson, tonight in #Missouri. pic.twitter.com/yikQSDSMkt
— ChristChurchCathedrl (@CCCathedralSTL) November 3, 2015
In a press release sent out early Tuesday, Amnesty International USA executive director Steven W. Hawkins said, "Johnson's case highlights just how broken the capital punishment system is in the United States. The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment," said Hawkins. "It's even more outrageous when used against someone with strong evidence of an intellectual disability."
Twenty-five people have been executed this year in the United States, six in Missouri. Only Texas, with 12, has performed more executions than Missouri in 2015.
Additional reporting by Mashable.
Topics: capital punishment, Ernest Johnson, lethal injection, missouri, World


This lovely blue merino cardigan is perfect for layering year round. The lightweight merino fabric is especially perfect for transitioning to spring. Take it with you everywhere you go! I especially love this cardigan with a dress and leggings. It is so versatile though-- wear it with leggings, pants, a skirt.
Handwash and lay flat to dry for longest garment lifespan, but this sweater is machine wash and dryable if you're in a rush. Additionally, merino wool is exceptional at mitigating smells, so you probably won't need to wash it after every wear!


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We're Sorry to Say That [SPOILER] Died in the Season Finale of 'SEAL Team'
By Tatayana Yomary
May. 26 2021, Published 10:37 p.m. ET
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of SEAL Team.
As viewers watched Season 4 Episode 15 of SEAL Team, they realized that the end could be near for many of the team members. As Season 4 showed personal and professional struggles that the team has gone through, this final mission feels all too real for fans.
Throughout Full Metal's (Scott Foxx) time with the team, he has become a fan favorite. And while the reality of the military drama comes with death and loss, fans are hoping that the SEALs are able to make it out of Nigeria alive. But, with a crushing blow to Full Metal, SEAL Team fans are wondering if he actually dies. Read on to get the lowdown.
Full Metal died while on the mission in Nigeria, saving his teammates.
The SEALs' mission in Nigeria has proven to be one of the most difficult. In helping the Nigerian forces battle against Boko Haram, the team has been put to the ultimate test.
While this team is the most elite of the bunch, there is no getting around the fact that tragedies can happen. And since Full Metal was seriously wounded on Episode 15, fans went into the season finale unsure if he would make it out OK.
We sadly learned at the beginning of the season finale at the SEALs were coming home without Full Metal.
As the team carried out the mission, Full Metal had noticed that the enemy released a missile that could be seen heading toward Jason (David Boreanaz), Clay (Max Thieriot), and himself. With quick thinking, Full Metal closed the door to the abandoned house to prevent Jason and Clay from being harmed. As a result, he ended up sustaining injuries from the blast.
As Jason and Clay exited the house, they realized that Full Metal was unresponsive. After calling in for help, they were told that the rescue helicopter would arrive within seven minutes. This is when Jason told Clay to ride back with Full Metal since he has the most trauma medicine out of everyone. So, his new mission was to ensure that Full Metal stays alive. But Full Metal's injuries were just too severe.
R.I.P. Full Metal. #SEALTeam pic.twitter.com/HP2dcCTeMu
— SEAL Team (@SEALTeamCBS) May 27, 2021
Scott Foxx isn't going to be leaving 'SEAL Team.'
Yes, we won't be seeing Full Metal alive on screen anymore. However, executive producer Spencer Hudnut told TV Line the actor who plays him isn't going anywhere. When asked about Full Metal being written off the show, Spencer said, "I would like to add that Scott Foxx, who plays Metal and is a former SEAL, even though his character is dead he's going to stick with the show."
Though he won't be acting in the series, he'll be working behind the scenes. "He's going to be there every day with us in an advising capacity and a double capacity. I know people are obviously worried about not only the character but the actual man," Spencer added.
The finale of Season 4 of SEAL Team airs May 26 at 9 p.m. EST on CBS. The series will return to the channel Sundays at 10 p.m. EST in the fall for four episodes before moving to Paramount Plus.
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I had this revelation today after doing a Bible Study in Deuteronomy 23:14 The camp must be holy, for the Lord your God moves around in your camp to protect you and to defeat your enemies. He must not see any shameful thing among you, or he will turn away from you.
Our homes have to be clean in order for the Holy Spirit to stay present in our homes. I read this to the girls, and they thought about all the fighting and bickering that they've been doing lately, and repented. And asked the Holy Spirit to come back into our hearts and home, Holy Spirit you're welcomed here! The girls said they would rather have the protection of God in their lives, than to sin.


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Debra Aarons currently specialises in the linguistic analysis of humour, focusing on the formal grammatical properties, as well as the pragmatics, of humour. She is interested in what jokes can reveal about our tacit knowledge of language, and how play with language taps into that knowledge. In the past she has conducted research in signed language linguistics, from syntactic and sociolinguistic perspectives. Her work includes an examination into cryptic crosswords, referential peculiarity in humorous utterances, and language play in signed languages. Most recently she has been working on socially critical standup comedy. Some recent publications are (together with Marc Mierowsky), The Marvelous Mrs.Maisel as an alternate history of standup (2021); Public conscience of 'the chosen people': Sarah Silverman in the Wake of Lenny Bruce (2017); Obscenity, dirtiness and licence in Jewish comedy (2014/2020) all in the journal, Comedy Studies; How to do things with jokes: Speech acts in standup comedy (2017) European Journal of Humour Research. Full publication list available here: https://www.ada.unsw.edu.au/our-people/debra-aarons
d.aarons@unsw.edu.au
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Aarons D; Mierowsky M, 2019, 'Obscenity, dirtiness and licence in Jewish comedy (5:2)', in The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader, Routledge, pp. 247 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429057526-28
Aarons D; Mierowsky M, 2019, 'Obscenity, Dirtiness and Licence in Jewish Comedy', in Wilkie I (ed.), The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader, Routledge, London, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429057526
Aarons D, 2017, 'Puns and Tacit Linguistic Knowledge', in Attardo S (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the Linguistics of Humor, Routledge, London, pp. 80 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315731162
Books | 2012
Aarons D, 2012, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind, Routledge, New York/UK, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203814741
Aarons D; Aarons D; Reynolds, L , 2003, 'South African SIgn Language: Changing Policies and Practice', in Monaghan L; Turner G; Nakamura K; Schmaling C (ed.), Many Ways to be Deaf, Gallaudet University Press, pp. 194 - 210
Aarons D; Aarons D; Akach P, 2002, 'South African Sign Language--one or many?', in Mesthrie R (ed.), Language in South Africa, Cambridge University Press, pp. 127 - 147
Aarons D; Neidle C; Kegl J; Bahan B, 1997, 'Rightward wh-movement in American Sign Language', in Beerman D; LeBlanc D; Riemsdijk HCV (ed.), Rightward Movement, John Benjamins Publishing, pp. 247 - 278
Aarons D; Aarons, Bahan, Kegl, Neidle , 1995, 'Lexical Tense Markers in American Sign Language', in Emmorey K; Reilly JS (ed.), Language, Gesture, and Space, Psychology Press
Aarons D; Aarons D; Bahan B; Kegl J; Neidle C, 1994, 'Subjects and Agreement in American Sign Language', in Ahlgren I; Bergman B; Brennan M; Ahlgren I; Bergman B; Brennan M (ed.), Perspectives on Sign Language Structure, ISLA, pp. 13 - 28
Aarons D; MIEROWSKY M, 2021, 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: an alternative history of standup.', Comedy Studies, vol. 12
Aarons D; Mierowsky M, 2017, 'How to do things with jokes: Speech acts in standup comedy', European Journal of Humour Research, vol. 5, pp. 158 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2017.5.4.aarons
Aarons D; Mierowsky M, 2017, 'Public conscience of 'the chosen people': Sarah Silverman in the Wake of Lenny Bruce', Comedy Studies, vol. 8, pp. 154 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2017.1343272
Aarons DL, 2015, 'Following Orders: Playing Fast and Loose with Language and Letters', Australian Journal of Linguistics, vol. 35, pp. 351 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07268602.2015.1068459
Aarons D; Mierowsky M, 2014, 'Obscenity, dirtiness and licence in Jewish comedy', Comedy Studies, vol. 5, pp. 165 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2014.967017
Aarons D, 2006, 'Language development and learning to read: the scientific study of how language development affects reading skills', Educational Review, vol. 58, pp. 499 - 501, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000242913100013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
Aarons D; Morgan RZ, 2003, 'Classifier Predicates and the Creation of Multiple Perspectives in South African Sign Language', Sign Language Studies, vol. 3, pp. 125 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sls.2003.0001
Aarons D; Aarons D; Akach P, 2002, 'Inclusion and the deaf child in South African education', Perspectives in Education : Many Languages in Education : Special Issue 1, vol. 20, pp. 153 - 170
Aarons D; Bahan B; Kegl J; Neidle C, 1992, 'Clausal Structure and a Tier for Grammatical Marking in American Sign Language', Nordic Journal of Linguistics, vol. 15, pp. 103 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0332586500002560
Other | 2007
Aarons D; Lawrence P, 2007, Unrepresented Accused and the Language of the Magistrates' Court, Centre for Law and Society, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Theses / Dissertations | 1994
Aarons D; Aarons D, 1994, Aspects of American Sign Language Syntax, Boston University
Dr Debra Aarons is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics in the School of Languages and Humanities (FADA). She currently specialises in the linguistic analysis of humour, focusing on the formal grammatical properties, as well as the pragmatics, of humour. She is interested in what jokes can reveal about our tacit knowledge of language, and how play with language taps into that knowledge. In the past she has conducted research in signed language linguistics, from syntactic and sociolinguistic perspectives. Her work includes an examination into cryptic crosswords, referential peculiarity in humorous utterances, and language play in signed languages. Most recently she has been working on socially critical standup comedy. Some recent publications are (together with Marc Mierowsky), The Marvelous Mrs.Maisel as an alternate history of standup (2021); Public conscience of 'the chosen people': Sarah Silverman in the Wake of Lenny Bruce (2017); Obscenity, dirtiness and licence in Jewish comedy (2014/2020) all in the journal, Comedy Studies; How to do things with jokes: Speech acts in standup comedy (2017) European Journal of Humour Research. She is currently writing a monograph for Taylor and Francis, together with Delia Chiaro, Playing with Food and Language: Eating, Joking and Disgust. Full publication list available here: https://www.ada.unsw.edu.au/our-people/debra-aarons


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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان), is a country located in South Asia that overlaps with the Greater Middle East. It has a thousand-kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south and borders Afghanistan and Iran to the west, India to the east and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. The Kashmir region is claimed by India and Pakistan. Both countries and China separately administer parts of the region with the Indian- and Pakistani-held areas defined by the Line of Control. The Pakistan–China border is not recognized by India.
The name "Pakistan" means "Land of the Pure" in Urdu and Persian. It was coined in 1933 by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never as an acronym of the names of the "Muslim homelands" of western India — P for Punjab, A for Afghania (the Afghan (Pashtun) areas in the Northwest Frontier Province), K for Kashmir, S for Sindh and tan for Balochistan. The i was later added to the name since in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, "istan" refers to "land of" while "pak" means pure. Officially, the nation was founded as the Dominion of Pakistan in 1947, and was renamed as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1957.
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Long Island's City's tallest residential tower, the 51-story Hayden at Court Square opened in 2017 with 974 luxury apartment units. Designers selected a unique combination of two Cambridge metal mesh patterns to provide an elegant design for elevator cab cladding: Bead, an alternating stainless steel and brass pattern for the side walls; and Stipple, a stainless steel pattern for the lower half of the cab's back wall.
Both beautiful and durable, the two tightly weaved metal mesh patterns offer a distinctive finish for the elevator interiors in Queen's largest residential building while protecting against scratches and dents caused by the thousands of daily passengers.
Made of recycled materials for environmental benefit, the sheer durability and lifecyle of Cambridge elevator cladding virtually eliminates maintainance costs and assures that there is no need for replacement materials.


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Nordic North
More retrospective, after seven weeks on the road.
We hit our groove, this time, somewhere between Sweden and Denmark. Both places being new for all of us, and yet so eminently accessible.
Bike rides and birthday graffiti. Harbor swims in Copenhagen and never-ending Swedish sunsets. Eating sushi on rooftops, then munching toffee almonds in the streets.
So much to love, up north.
Little Printer Lives!
Back in late 2014, I bought a Little Printer on the cheap. I'd always wanted one – it was cheerful and tactile and whimsical in a moment when most tech… wasn't. Skeuomorphism was on the skids, back then; 'flat' and faceless experiences like iOS7 and Metro ascendant.
I got a steal on Little Printer because the product was already end-of-life'd. Berg, the tiny UK firm producing it, had folded a couple months prior, and while a skeleton crew kept Berg's servers running, my Little (and very-Bergcloud-dependent) Printer was never meant to last.
the longest Little Printer roll ever!
But, boy, did Tam love the thing while it worked.
The flashing light that indicated there was news to print was a big excitement. She liked the feed from the 'Little Men' books. She particularly adored one feed that dished up Daily Cats.
For a while, she was obsessed with creating the longest-possible uncut Little Printer feed. Just because.
And then, alas, they shut it all down.
I followed along for a bit as one of the founders worked to spin up an open-source version of the Bergcloud servers, but it was fairly gnarly at the start, and frankly, beyond my technical ken. From an end-user perspective, the old cheer and charm seemed permanently out of reach.
Fast-forward, then, four years, when I stumble across this headline: Little Printer returns as an open-source messaging device
The article tells the story, but in short, a small UK consultancy re-built the client side of the equation, going so far as to release an iOS app, and most importantly, a fairly straightforward guide on how to get up and running. A nice little side project for the company portfolio and PR efforts.
It was enough to get me interested. And to attempt late-night open-heart surgery on the circuit board inside Little Printer's bridge, using a USB-to-TTL cable, old-school SSH, and some very careful copy-and-pasting of commands in terminal windows.
And here we are in 2019, with our Little Friend back in the kitchen.
Family SoCal
I'll give 2018 this much: it ended well.
Not that it was particularly bad or difficult year, for our family — we have far too much to be thankful for. Gratitude is due, and given.
If years were U2 albums, well, 2018 wasn't exactly "The Joshua Tree", was it?
"No Line On The Horizon" — yeah, that's another U2 album, one so forgettable I had to look it up just now — seems a more appropriate match for 2018. Amorphous. Directionless. Interstitial.
Generally unloved.
2018 ended with color and joy. Sunset on a beach called Silver Strand, in the unexpected company of old friends and their offspring.
It was a low-key New Year's Eve in the very best of ways; effortless, comfortable, and fun. Kids exhausted themselves early, playing tag on the beach in the dark, and we had everybody tucked in at a Residence Inn well before midnight. I stayed awake — waiting, in a pitch-dark hotel room, for 12:00 fireworks to appear on my Apple Watch — and went to sleep completely happy.
And so:
I woke with high hopes for 2019. An unanticipated spirit for embracing the year ahead, that, three days later, I still haven't managed to shake.
Maybe it's because we have European summer adventures on the books, already; maybe it's a gut awareness that change and reinvention are coming. All I know is that 2019 deserves a rallying cry, and I'm rolling with one that could be a caution, or a warning… but let's carry the musical metaphor, and call it a goal:
"Achtung, Baby!"
Cambridge Days Excursions Elsewhere
Back and There Again
Can't really call a place "an old haunt" until you're back and weirdly lingering around, and yeah, that's us now on Day 3 of travels.
We're in Cambridge, and whoah, what a difference a decade makes: our first steps out of the train station felt unexpectedly foreign, jolted by the phalanx of new real-estate developments that loom over the tracks. It took a couple good blocks of pulling suitcases for Cambridge to start feeling like Cambridge, again, familiar row houses and all.
We've spent all of five hours back in the old neighborhood, and I'm already set to make snap judgements: the Cambridge Blue lost its indie charm (and former owner, I presume), Mill Road's gained none (not sure I'd ever want it to), and most importantly, the mystery of Roll On Blank Tapes persists.
Seriously. While the faded mural for Hot Numbers Records on Kingston St. has gone so far as to be restored, like a valued fresco from days of yore, just a couple blocks away, there sits an empty shopfront that's got TDK MiniDisc and Top Tape adverts plastered to the windows, still. Each one every bit as sun-faded and dust-covered as they were in 2004, when we first arrived.
I'm told there's a connection to H. Gee, another temporally-resistant shopfront which mysteriously endures on Mill Road. I bought ~50p of fuse wire there, once, years ago, and even then, had the strong sense mine would be the only transaction of the day. I say "endures", but it might be "endured" — right now, the window stock looks worryingly sparse.
Can't help but think there's a strange synchronicity, beyond just the shape of the name, between H. Gee and E. Buk, that odd Manhattan shop window that appeared in Pattern Recognition (and my own serendipitous wanderings through SoHo, once). E. Buk's window so artfully curated, H. Gee so bizarrely random; one like ikebana, the other like jetsam, yet both so arresting.
H. Gee shopfront, Mill Rd, Cambridge
Anyhow. Turns out while Hot Numbers may not be slinging vinyl anymore, there is a sweet coffee shop here that's resurrected the name, dutifully spinning records and giving me just enough pricey coffee and free wifi needed to hit [POST].
restored Hot Numbers mural
Roll On at night, 2017
hanging in the Cambridge Blue 10 years ago (but no longer): Roll On in its previous life as a PO
H. Gee window contents
Excursions Elsewhere
Unarchive, Edit, Recompile, Run
Like an old and broken pickup truck, this blog mostly just sits on blocks. Bits and bytes weather the elements, one season to the next, while the odds its engine will turn over decay each day.
But the batteries — if you'll indulge my metaphor — apparently still hold a charge, and from time to time I do manage to take this thing out for a spin. It rarely lasts.
Nevertheless, I'm tinkering under the hood, again. The CMS engine is sputtering in fits and starts as I flush the bit-rot and rebuild the broken pieces: crufty MovableType backups, a half-busted Tumblr migration, ancient Blogger exports, inconsistently-applied Markdown syntax. It's a strange return to a bunch of unfashionably-longform posts written in a voice that's familiar, but definitely not mine, not me, not anymore.
Still, it's a labor of love. And behind lock and key of a [ LOG IN ] link, I've finally managed to un-archive and republish a hundred-odd private posts I wrote for friends and family when our first child was born abroad. The archived timestamps remain accurate to the minute, but damn if it doesn't all just feel so long ago when I read those posts now.
Anyhow. A decade of parenting provides enough wry perspective to know how niche the readership for such material is — but it was a much-needed connection to family, then, and there's two precious kids reading those posts for the first time, now, and I reckon that's all the audience that really matters.
But enough of the past, neh?
I've got the engine running. And the weather suddenly feels right for writing. We have Big Travel back on our itinerary, after so many years, and I can't wait — our little family's about to hit the road for a good stretch.
Let's see if this old blog can do the same.
Another week, another turn of the crank. I'm outbound, and more so than usual, going from ferries to flights to freeways for a busy week in California.
Non-stop motion seems to be the way of things, though, at least for the moment – our family made our intra-island move to our long-term home here on the 1st, started school 48 hours later, and then piled into a small flotilla of boats for an all-school trip to Orcas and San Juan.
"All-school" was 9 kids. And 'field trip' was 3 days of camping, cooking and curriculum. Marine Studies are a core theme for the semester; we started one day assembling a whale skeleton in The Whale Museum, and ended by spotting a humpback whale surface at sunset. Bit of luck with that last bit, sure, but what mattered to me was seeing firsthand how these teachers really can work a one-room-schoolhouse class, tailoring the instruction and the work across such a range of ability. That part was all skill.
The marine studies continued over the weekend (in my absence, alas) as the school gathered by the county dock for a seine. I watched vicariously through video and pics from Azure – Em got lucky and found a sculpin, which was neat, albeit not so pretty in person as on Ballast Point bottles.
And now it's Tuesday afternoon. Which means my kids must be in the water, again, earning their PE credits sailing and kayaking.
I'm on an Amtrak. Peeling slowly out of Union Station, and accelerating south, past graffiti walls and empty aqueducts. Used to really like staring at this stuff out the car window, when I was a kid.
Still do.
Non-stop motion!
Once people hear where, the next question so often is, "Why?"
I try to answer, but sense that I never do a particularly great job of it.
There is an answer, obviously, but it's a jumbled mix of signals from head, heart, and gut. A need adventure in one sense, a want for an anchoring in another; it's a litany of little desires, or maybe it's about big bold change. Any sincere response wades out of casual-conversation territory pretty fast.
But fundamentally it's for the kids. Since kindergarten, Em has said that she wanted to go to school on the island. "Yes, wouldn't that be nice, we'll do that someday, the whole family", we'd say, and next thing you know, the kid is suddenly a fifth-grader.
Some windows don't stay open forever…
As for Tamsin, she's the more change-averse. Prefers to maintain a well-defended comfort zone. Was happy enough talking about the potential move to here, just so long as it didn't necessitate a move from where she was.
When we arrived a few weeks back, she refused to touch her bike. Too hard, she'd say, too many rocks, too scary. But Azure cajoled her, under protest each time, into some short but ever-increasing cycling forays.
And then: belief. Like with so many other things, Tamsin flipped polarity from her amplified self-doubt to a stubborn self-confidence. Meanwhile I'm back in Seattle, doing a quick 2 day turn at MSFT, settling into a notably empty house, and Azure texts me a pic.
It's Tam. Who's now apparently refused to even get into the car after a late dinner with friends, instead insistent on leading the way by bike, furiously pedaling home through woods and dirt and darkness.
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Should One Invest In Low-Cost Mutual Funds?
Investing, Mutual Funds / By My Finopedia
Low-cost index funds are the mouth of the town nowadays. True, low-cost index funds are available for a long time now, but they were mostly restricted to the massive cap segment. within the last year, the passive, low-cost funds have made their way into small-cap, mid-cap, thematic, and sectorial fund categories. a number of these new schemes have also seen good inflows. The question being raised is whether should investors drain high-cost schemes for low-cost index funds. The new trend of ultra-cheap schemes is pioneered by a brand new player in the Indian market. Big AMCs also are stepping into the low-cost fund zone. In 2021, around 50 passive schemes were launched and garnered around Rs 1,50,000 crore AUM.
Mutual fund advisors believe that the time is ripe for these new, low-cost, and fewer hassle funds. But they're undecided whether these schemes may suit every open-end investment company investor. Chiefly passive funds, index mutual funds, and ETFs have lower expense ratios because they only trail a selected Index. Investors that are convinced about passive investing can choose schemes these schemes support their Total Expense Ratio. It is sensible to chop down on the expense once you are just replicating the index returns.
However, Investors who don't seem to be convinced about passive investing can keep on with active funds. they have not considered the lower expense ratio offered by the passive funds. there's alpha to be made in many segments of the Indian market, but it's not up to what it had been five years ago. So, if you're observing a really long-term view of, say, 10 years plus, I might say index funds be in your core portfolio.
Many financial planners also say investors can safely move to a passive fund with a coffee expense ratio. These schemes are struggling to beat their benchmarks ever since SEBI introduced the stock universe mandate and total return index as benchmarks. it's true that there's a rise within the option on the low-cost, passive side but it's important to also see the sustainability of those costs and their performance. simply because these don't seem to be pass a fund manager, we won't totally ignore the performance records. we've got to know that we all know nothing about the functioning of many of those low-cost schemes. Investors should bear in mind the concept of the tracking error.
Index schemes cater to tracking errors once they fail to match the index. In fact, the price investors should also look at the tracking error of passive schemes.
Financial planners believe that in many segments like a corporation, mid-cap, and highly cyclical indices, the difference in alpha over an extended period is very low. They believe that if you do not want to fret about the performance of your schemes vis-à-vis your peers and devote less time to managing your money, the low-cost index funds will be for you.
We at MyFinopedia, advocate passive funds and strongly feel that they will be suitable for all investors. However, the investors must be able to embrace the passive style which isn't always easy. Investors who want to remain for five to seven years and need to bet on high alpha schemes can give these schemes a miss.
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Packet radio is communications for the computer age. More and more hams are adding computers to their ham shacks. Early ham-oriented computer programs allowed computers to send and receive CW and RTTY. Some farsighted hams, however, developed a new mode of communications that unleashes the power of the computer. This mode is Packet Radio.
Packet radio has the computer age features you would expect.
* It is data communications -- high speed and error free packet radio communications lends itself to the transfer of large amounts of data.
* It is fast, much faster than the highest speed CW or RTTY.
* It is error free -- no "hits" or "misses" caused by propagation variations or electrical interference.
* It is spectrum efficient -- several stations can share one frequency at the same time.
* It is a network -- packet stations can be linked together to send data over large distances.
* It is message storage -- packet radio bulletin boards (PBBS) provides storage of messages for later retrieval.
Packet radio uses a terminal node controller (TNC) as the interface between a computer and a transceiver. A TNC is nothing more than an enhanced modem. A TNC accepts information from a computer or ASCII terminal and breaks the data into small pieces called packets. In addition to the information from the computer, each packet contains addressing, error-checking, and control information. The addressing information includes the call sign of the station that sent the packet, and the call sign of the station the packet is being sent to. The address may also include call signs of stations that are being used to relay the packet. The error-checking information allows the detection of packets containing errors. If the received packet contains errors, the receiving station waits until it is transmitted again.
By breaking up the data into small parts, packet radio allows several users to share a frequency. Packets from one person are transmitted in the spaces between packets from other people. The address section allows each person's TNC to separate packets intended for him/her from packets intended for others. The addresses also allow packets to be relayed through several stations before they reach their destination. Having information in the packet that tells the receiving station if the packet has been received correctly is much like a read receipt and tells the sender it was received correctly.
All an amateur needs to set up a packet radio station is a VHF or UHF FM transceiver (with an antenna), a computer or ASCII terminal, and a TNC or multimode controller, which allows operation on several modes.
The TNC connects to the transceiver microphone input. It also connects to a computer or terminal.
For operation on 10 meters you'll need a 10 meter SSB transceiver in addition to the TNC and computer.
Your TNC manual should contain detailed instructions for wiring the TNC, radio, and computer together. So many hams are on packet now that someone in the local radio club will probably be able to help you if you have problems, or ask around on the local repeater or a simplex frequency.
<enter> means "carriage return". On most computers this key is labeled "ENTER".
KC0JKX>KC0DMH: HANG ON, I'LL CHECK.
To enable monitor mode, simply type: MON ON at the cmd: prompt. You may also need to type MFROM ALL. Consult the operating manual for your TNC to be sure. The call signs of the stations involved appear as "FROM>TO:" with the contents of the packet following. When it is in monitor mode, your computer will display everything that is transmitted on the packet frequency, even if it is not addressed to you. In addition, a packet station that is monitoring is not replying to any messages, unless the message is directed to that station.
Your TNC adds your call sign as the FROM address and CQ as the TO address. The receiving stations TNC adds these addresses to the front of the text when it is displayed.
You answer a CQ or establish a contact by using the CONNECT command. When two packet stations are connected, each station sends data packets specifically addressed to the other station. When a station receives an error-free packet, it transmits a reply packet to let the sender know the packet has been received correctly. The two stations take turns sending data or messages typed on the keyboard.
and your TNC automatically switches to the converse mode.
Now, everything you type into the terminal keyboard is sent to the other station. A packet is sent whenever you press ENTER. It is a good idea to use K, BK, O, or > at the end of a thought to say "okay, I'm done. It is your turn to transmit."
where KC0JKX is the call sign of the station you want to connect to and W1AW-5 is the call sign of the station that will relay your packets. The "-5" following W1AW is a secondary station identifier (SSID). The SSID permits up to 16 packet stations to operate with one call sign. For example, W1AW-5 is a 2 meter packet repeater and W1AW-6 is a 222 MHz packet repeater.
W1AW-5 will continue to relay your packets until the connection is broken.
after the command prompt (cmd:), causes your TNC to send the KC0JKX connect request to W1AW-5 which relays it to WA2FTC-1. Then, WA2FTC-1 relays it to KC0JKX.
Do not use more than one or two digipeaters at a time, especially during the prime time operating hours of evenings and weekends. Each time you use a digipeater you are competing with other stations attempting to use the same digipeater. Each station that you compete with has the potential of generating a packet that may collide with your packet. The more digipeaters you use, the more stations you compete with, greatly increasing the chance of a packet collision. As a result, it may be difficult to get one packet through multiple digipeaters, and your TNC will quickly reach its retry limit and disconnect the link.
Any packet radio station can act as a digipeater. Most TNCs are set up to digipeat automatically without any intervention by the operator of the station being used as a digipeater. You do not need his/her permission, only his/her cooperation, because he/she can disable his/her station's digipeater function.
The most common form of digipeater is the node. To reach a distant station, first connect to the node. Then, instruct the node to connect you to the distant station. The node acknowledges packets sent from either station, then relays them to the other station. This has a number of advantages over a simple digipeater.
Amateurs have set up nodes to connect with other nodes, so packet messages can be sent over longer distances. Such a system of interconnected nodes forms a network of packet stations.
Amateurs have also established another type of network that operates in a manner very similar to the internet. This system is known as the TCP/IP network. TCP/IP is short for transmission control protocol/internet protocol, which describes the set of rules or commands that control the network operation. Here your station is assigned a network address, and the stations automatically know how to route your messages and data to other stations on the network.
Today, most amateur packet radio occurs at VHF, on 2 meters, but activity on 222 MHz continues to grow. The most commonly used data rate on VHF is 1200 bauds.
Getting on the air is usually a simple matter of turning on your radio and tuning to your favorite packet radio frequency. On 2 meters, common packet channels are 145.01, 145.03, 145.05, 145.07, and 145.09 MHz. On 222 MHz, packet activity centers on 223.4 MHz. If there is a voice repeater on that frequency in your area, ask around at a club meeting or on the repeater. Someone is bound to know where the packet activity is.
If you are conducting a direct connect, move your contact to an unused simplex frequency. It is very inefficient to use a frequency where other stations, especially digipeater stations, are operating. The competition slows down your packets and, in return, you are also slowing down the other stations. You should use a frequency occupied by a digital repeater only if you are using that digital repeater. Check with other hams in your area for more information on local packet operating frequencies. Although you are operating your packet station on simplex, it is best not to use the designated FM simplex frequencies because packet and voice are not compatible modes.
No discussion of modern packet radio would be complete without at least a mention of the automatic position reporting system (APRS). This system is a software application that uses a system of maps to display the location of stations. Combined with a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, many TNCs can be set to automatically decode your latitude and longitude information and transmit it for display on the maps of other stations in the network.


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Bring in your completed orphan yarn projects for a mega show and tell session to close out the season.


Anime 2018 will take place from 15 to 17 June in the World Forum The Hague. The theme is "Queens of the Round STable".
Anime 2018 is an international festival for fans of anime, cosplay, games, manga and other modern Asian popular culture.
Anime 2018 will be the 20th anniversary edition of AnimeCon, the largest and longest running festival in the Netherlands for fans of Asian movies and animation, cosplay, games, comics, food and much more, organized since 1999 by the J-POP Foundation.


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The Drunken Buffalo Bills Mailbag: Joshua David Allen
It's that time again, Bills Mafia! It's time for the Drunken Buffalo Bills Mailbag! This week's theme: Joshua David Allen! Before answering any questions this week, I drank an entire case of Icehouse beer … and then I made a therapy appointment.
Adam Nannini
This is not your average mailbag. This is the mailbag for the Buffalo Bills fans that are so committed to the team that they'll actually go to New Jersey to watch a game! That's commitment. This is for the men and women that own (or will soon own) the Antonio Brown is a Clown tee! This is for the fans who know "Ay-Ay-Ay-Ay!" is a legitimate and effective pickup line. #thirsty
This is the beef on weck of mailbags.
Now on to the questions …
@asper_nate asks, "If the Bills went the baseball route and gave Josh Allen a walk up/intro song every time he takes the field, what should it be?"
Ah, an excellent question, Nate. Well, I think we have to dig into the classics for this one. I think I'll go with that old standard by Ms. Gwendolyn Stefani, "Hollaback Girl."
First of all, being this is his second year, "Few times I've been around that track" seems fitting, and if it's unclear to any of you yet, he "ain't no hollaback girl."
Let's examine some more of these deep lyrics, and tell me this doesn't sound like Mr. Joshua Allen:
"I heard that you were talking shit
And you didn't think that I would hear it
People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up
So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack
Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out
That's right, put your pom-poms down, getting everybody fired up"
@Taylor_DeGeorge asks, "If Josh Allen was an Avenger which Avenger would he be? Also would he defeat Thanos alone or would he need help? If he needed help which other Bills Avengers would help him?"
Well, Mr. DeGeorge, the obvious answer is that Josh Allen would be Iron Man. 1.) He's made of iron (though doesn't need a suit … just shorts). 2.) He has a literal rocket on his arm. 3.) He's rich and all the ladies love him. 4.) If we kept Shady around, he probably would have spoiled something about Allen like he did Iron Man.
Other Bills Avengers:
– The Hulk: Based on what we saw on Sunday, it would have to be John Feliciano. #FelicianoSmash!
– Black Widow: Kim Pegula. Trust me … do not cross Mrs. Pegula.
– Captain America: Frank Gore. Has lived, it seems, many life times. He has absurd strength, and, from what I hear, he is also a master strategist.
– Thor: Trent Murphy. Look at the dude. He's already Thor. If he goes out to run an errand on Halloween, people already assume he's dressed as Thor. That guy is an old-school Dane, for sure. Shame the NFL won't let him wield his battle ax.
– Black Panther: Jerry Hughes. You can't stop him, and, yes, his father did pas on super powers to destroy evils like the Jets and the Patriots.
– Ant Man: Cole Beasley … because he's short.
@BillsMafiaBabes asks, "We've been told by one of the players that the Pegula family has secured the only trained stunt bison in the nation, and it will be driven to Buffalo to lead the charge with the players for a game this season. Which player would be most likely to ride it?"
I mean, it's Ed "Captain Insano" Oliver, isn't it? The man has no fear, has experience taming large animals [citation: the Jets offensive line], and because, well …
He's a little bit country, and a little bit rock n' roll.
@BillsMafia617 asks, "We all know how good Allen looks in shorts, with his hair gently thrown to the side and his school boy smile… Sorry, got side tracked by our fahkin awesome QB! OK, QUESTION… after a last minute comeback win, does Josh go home and throw down a few Utica Club or Boones Farm?"
No to the Utica Club. Pilsners are just a little thin for Josh, and he's a growing young man. And no to Boones Farm … don't really need an explanation for that one.
No, Josh Allen, unlike human beings, does not require liquids to sustain him. He gets his powers from the red and blue sun and warm rays of Bills Mafia. When his family sent him to our planet, they sent him with an indestructable pair of shorts with what looked, to our human eyes, like a Bison. On his planet, it is the symbol for kicking ass.
So, after every game, he stands in the beaming glow of Bills Mafia, soaks it in, then returns to his fortress of solitude to watch some film, journal about the process, and after that go over to nice Mrs. Polowski's house next door. She doesn't have anyone around anymore, and Josh visits her every week, and they talk about her life over a warm cup of tea as she dispels wisdom that only a person like her could.
@TalkBuffalo asks, "Will Josh Allen Throw For over 300 yards against the Giants?"
Will the sun rise tomorrow? Will gravity continue to function for the next five minutes? Will AB be an asshole this week?
Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to?
@chefbake1 asks, "Best Stand up Comics named Josh, David, Allen?"
Ooh. Good one, Monsieur Bake. OK …
Well, the Dave one is easy. It's Dave Chappelle. Allen is tough. Maybe Tim Allen? Woof. Not many great Allen comedians. And for Josh, that's an easy one. It's Josh Allen. He's actually one of the world's great comedians, but he's not releasing his special until after his playing career is done.
I actually got a sneak peak at his special. (We media types get these special benefits sometimes). And I laughed so hard, I peed more than Sam Darnold when he turned around and saw Ed Oliver coming at him … that's a lot of urine, my friend.
@fiversixer asks, "When (ok, if) injuries start catching up during the season and Josh Allen becomes the next 2-way player in the league, where in the D is he lining up? How many sacks/ints does he rack up?"
This actually happened. The US government in 2029 will come to Josh Allen and say they need him for a secret mission: to go back in time, infiltrate the NFL, and play for nine seasons (65-73) for the Chicago Bears to stop the red menace that had many spies in the NFL. Without his undercover work, we may all be living under a hammer and sickle today.
In his older years and uncover, Allen grew a sexy mustache to hide his identity. So, who was he on that Bears team?
Josh Allen on his mission to go back in time and stop the red menace.
@DrowningPool86 asks, "As the season develops and trust blossoms within the O-line do you think that they will ever do a group costume for Halloween? If so what would they pick?"
The Spice Girls obviously. They jam out to that shit before every game. In fact, legend has it that you can hear Quinton Spain and Ty Nsekhe singing back and forth to each other during games.
Spain: Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want!
Nsekhe: So tell me what you want, what you really, really want!
Spain: I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want!
Nsekhe! So tell me what you want, what you really, really want!
C.J. Mosley said after Sunday's game that it was disturbing. Intimidated much, C.J.?
OK. Down the line, here is who they'll be on Halloween:
– Dawkins: Ginger Spice
– Spain: Posh Spice
– Morse: Sporty Spice
– Feliciano: Meatball Spice. (They ran out of Spice Girl names.)
– Nsekhe: Scary Spice
– Ford: Baby Spice.
@Jack_Wanders asks, "If Allen was a classic cartoon character (disney, warner bros, hannah Barbara) who would he be and why?"
Easy. He-Man. Why? Also looks good in shorts.
@AdamZientek3 asks, "Do you remember when Colin Cowherd called us the worst team in the NFL and then Josh Allen decided to be an absolute gangster and take the game away from Sam Darnold and the Jets? Just wondering if you remember"
I do. Man, don't listen to Cowherd. He is the love child of a family size bag of Lay's Lead Paint Chips and a 30-year old shit stain in the carpet with traumatic brain injury. Maybe jingle some keys in front of him … that should keep him entertained.
@CloeBear339 asks, "What is the first thing you like to do after the winning game and you're back home?"
Well, I typically watch the games at home on my projector. First thing that I do is arrange for a friend to get the defibrillator out of the closet and get my heart back to a normal rhythm, as I will certainly be passed out from stress. I swear, Bills games are shortening my life. I get so stressed out.
@Buffalo_Trump asks, "Jumping Josh Allen had a very LOW ENERGY 1st half. He clearly was not consuming enough process juice prior to kickoff.
How can the Bills make sure that Allen is properly lubricated in process juice before next weeks game against the ghastly Giants?"
Thank for you for the tremendous question, Mr. President! Well, I hate to disagree with you, but Process Juice is pumped directly into Josh Allen's veins. We won this week, but he feigned struggling at times to lure the Giants and, down the road, the Patriots into a false sense of security. It's solid strategy, Mr. President.
@CTWpod asks, "Do you think we'll see more 1st Half Josh Allen this season? Or 2nd Half Josh Allen? I'll hang up and listen."
and then asks,
"Wait this was too serious for a drunken mailbag question. My bad. How's this…. is it weird that I want to ask Josh Allen to prom and I'm a dude in my 30's? Or is that a reasonable response after his 4th Q comeback??"
First, Mr. Pod, you can ask serious questions because the responses will still be drunken.
1.) I think we'll see growth in the young man as he plays this season, so I think we'll see second half Josh. First half Josh wasn't even bad. Yes, there were mistakes, but some weren't his fault, and he was moving the ball well.
2.) No, it isn't weird. The heart wants what it wants, my friend, and it's reasonable to be attracted to that which we admire. Have no shame in your game, sir. Ask him. You'll never know until you do, and you don't want to live the rest of your life wondering, "What if … "
@SoCalBillsMafia asks, "What did Josh do at halftime, to give him the confidence that he needed, to come out and slay the 2nd half?"
and @TCBILLS_Astro asks, "What was the REAL cause of Josh's sudden resurgence in the fourth quarter?"
Insiders have found out that before the game, Adam Gase entered the Bills locker room, stole Josh Allen's shorts, and replaced them with some shorts that were formally owned by Ryan Tannehill. Gase then tried to wear Allen's shorts during the game.
Unfortunately for Gase, Allen's shorts know with whom they are bonded and rejected Gase, leaving a permanent scar of a Bison on his right thigh. All of Adam Gase's hair fell out by halftime, and Kaare Vedvik was forced to go out and purchase a toupee before the third quarter. Gase vowed revenge at that moment.
Of course, Tannehill's shorts weakened Allen for a time, but by halftime, Allen found his true shorts had made their way back into his locker (Yes, they are sentient.), and the Tannehill shorts were replaced and summarily burned.
@Crazy4OReilly90 asks, "Did Josh and Sam have any kind of wager on this or the future match up?? If so money or something more interesting?? 😂"
Yes, well, these bet has been going on for a while. When they were training together before the draft, they made a bet that the loser of an accuracy competition together had to play for the Jets. And now, Sam is trying to get out of it, so this season, Sam bet that if he beat the Bills in week one, he could retire and end his tortured and sad time with the Jets. Unfortunately, for Sam, he lost, so his tenure with that dumpster fire organization goes on. #PrayForSam.
@BillsMafiaBabes asks, "If Josh Allen was allowed to wear shorts for every game, would he be able to throw for 500 yards or 600?"
According to data and hypotheses compiled by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the number of yards Josh Allen could throw in shorts is not able to be represented by a real number. To be honest, the scientists are baffled, as this finding breaks everything they know about physics and the known universe.
@TheBillsBlues asks, "If you had to change your first name and your only choices were Joshua, David, or Allen, which one would you choose and why?"
Well, Joshua comes from the Hebrew name Yeshua, which, in Greek, becomes Jesus. I probably shouldn't do that one.
David, or King David, was known as "a man after God's own heart" in the Bible. I don't really fit that one either.
Allen apparently has two possible roots:
– Ailin, which means "little rock"
– Aluinn, which means "handsome"
My mom says I'm handsome, so I'll roll with that one.
@MsAFromBK asks, "If Josh Allen was an ice cream flavor, which would he be?"
He would be Superman Ice Cream, my favorite when I lived in Michigan. Why? Well, sorry, Cam. There's a new Superman in town. Also, Superman ice cream is made with real bits of Superman, so you know it's good.
@MikeZimmersEars asks, "Can Josh Allen lead the team in passing & rushing yards while leading thus Bills to the playoffs?"
Mr. Ears … just watch. It's coming.
Thanks for all the great questions, Bills Mafia! Make sure and give these great interrogators a follow on Twitter, and let's Go Bills!
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A: Yes, microsoft owns skype now. You should be able to uninstall/deactivate it in Add/remove applications window or disable the autostart in msconfig.

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The Physics of Mind and Thought
Published version (PDF, 493Kb)
Josephson, Brian
Activitas Nervosa Superior
Josephson, B. (2019). The Physics of Mind and Thought. Activitas Nervosa Superior, 61 (1–2), 86-90. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36516.32640/2
Regular physics is unsatisfactory in that it fails to take into consideration phenomena relating to mind and meaning, whereas on the other side of the cultural divide such constructs have been studied in detail. This paper discusses a possible synthesis of the two perspectives. Crucial is the way systems realising mental function can develop step by step on the basis of the scaffolding mechanisms of Hoffmeyer, in a way that can be clarified by consideration of the phenomenon of language. Taking into account such constructs, aspects of which are apparent even with simple systems such as acoustically excited water (as with cymatics), potentially opens up a window into a world of mentality excluded from conventional physics as a result of the primary focus of the latter on the matter-like aspect of reality. The paper, now available in published form at doi.org/10.1007/s41470-019-00049-w, was a contribution to an issue of Activitas Nervosa Superior celebrating the 90th birthday of Henry Stapp.
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36516.32640/2
Attribution 4.0 International
Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


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What I Learned from Donald Miller about Being Brave
3 Powerful Truths from His New Book 'Scary Close'
Donald Miller's newest book, Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy, is out and off to a great start. I can see why. It's his best book so far.
I've known Don for over a decade. He was one of our bestselling authors at Thomas Nelson, during the time I was publisher, president, and later CEO. But more than an author, over time he also became a friend—and a teacher.
Don told us about his relationship with God in Blue Like Jazz, which went on to become a huge success. Now, Don tells us about his relationship with relationships. And I hope it becomes a huge success too.
Why? Full of the personal revelations and humor he's best known for, Scary Close is about learning to base our relationships on honesty instead of positioning and performance. And whatever we think about the strength of our relationships, there's a lot to gain from Don's journey.
I especially see how his insights apply to leaders and platform-builders. Seriously, is anyone more prone to positioning and performance than us? Here are three powerful truths Scary Close can teach us.
1. Shame Has More Power over Us Than We Realize
Somewhere in our lives we experience enough criticism or social pressure to believe that we don't measure up. So we create a façade. If we can't be worthy, we think, then at least our act can be worthy. Then when our act starts getting applause and validation, we learn to pass that off like it's the real us.
I don't know about you, but I've certainly done this. Don did too. It took a counselor to show him that people cannot connect with an act, even if it's one as good as his.
Don says shame drives this whole process. We feel as if we have nothing to offer, we're not good enough, or whatever version of that story we tell ourselves. To overcome that shame and the limits that come with it, we adopt a persona we hope will win approval and help us accomplish our goals.
I've seen leaders and bloggers do a lot of this. I've also seen that it's unsustainable. In the case of Don it was crippling. He couldn't maintain relationships, and his writing stalled.
2. Being Open Is Better Than Being Careful
This act is meant to protect ourselves, but Don discovered when he dropped the act people could finally connect with him and he could connect with them.
Isn't that risky? Doesn't that open ourselves up to getting hurt or rejected? Absolutely. But if you know anything about my approach to risk, you know that nothing good comes from staying inside our comfort zones. It's when we venture outside that we find meaning, joy, and fulfillment.
Scary Close offers several examples of this in action, but one sticks with me. Don opened himself up on his Storyline blog to some significant criticism. Instead of retreating, he leaned into the discomfort and found the honesty liberating.
The new freedom unleashed his productivity. He started writing again—a lot. His blog traffic exploded along with his increased output. He even drafted a new book in just four months. That's when Don decided it was better to be open than careful.
3. There are More Lifeguards Than Sharks
Criticism can make us afraid. If were a leader with a vision to share or blogger with something to say, it's very easy to take criticism to heart and dial back our determination. But the real scandal is that we sometimes retreat before the darts start flying.
Sometimes all it takes is anticipating a negative reaction and we torque back our initiatives or soften our words.
I'm guilty of that, but as Don says, "For the most part, others aren't out to get us." We just need to step out and jump in the water knowing that their are more lifeguards than sharks. When we "dive into the unknown," he says, "there [a]re very real dangers, but mostly rewards."
This is similar to perceived scarcity and outrageous abundance. The world is richer and more welcoming than we know. But to protect ourselves from disappointment, we choose to disbelieve that. It's hard to have our hopes dashed when we don't hope for much.
But that's a debilitating way to look at the world.
The story we're telling the world isn't half as endearing as the one that lives inside us. Donald Miller
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Criticism and social pressure are not the only things that matter.
If we were brave, we would say the things that were on our hearts. If we were brave, we would take our organizations the direction we want them to go. If we were brave, we would do many things differently than we do right now.
So why not be brave? I'm grateful to Don for pointing the way in Scary Close.
Is there something you really want to say or do? What's holding you back?
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How And Why To Appeal St. Louis-Area Property Assessments
By Kae M. Petrin • May 26, 2019
Kae Petrin | St. Louis Public Radio
If you own a home or business in St. Louis or St. Louis County, you may have received a letter about your property's value going up.
Residential property values on average went up 12% in the city and 15% in the county, according to assessors' preliminary calculations.
That's mostly good news, said St. Louis Assessor Michael Dauphin. Increasing property values mean that real estate investments are worth more. But for some, they could also mean higher tax bills.
Property values in St. Louis County drop 7 percent since 2011, putting squeeze on school districts
By Jo Mannies • Mar 18, 2013
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 18, 2013 - Although some experts report that the region's real estate market seems to be settling down, St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman today reports that wasn't necessarily the case for the county – where median residential property values have dropped by 7 percent, compared to the last reassessment in 2011.
In some parts of the county hit hard by foreclosure, the property values are down 12 percent or more, he reported. What Zimmerman didn't say is that drops in property values mean declines in property taxes paid to local governments and school districts, which rely on property taxes for much of their income.
Analysis: State Supreme Court decision on school funding may lead to more lawsuits
By William H. Freivogel • Sep 2, 2009
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon Sept. 2, 2009 - Missouri Supreme Court Judge Mike Wolff's witty, chatty, very personal dissent to Tuesday's school funding decision may point toward a new round of litigation challenging the inequality of property tax assessments between counties. Wolff maintained that the failure to equalize tax assessments violates the state constitution, distorts school funding and is ripe for another lawsuit.
Missouri Supreme Court upholds the state's funding formula for public schools
By Jo Mannies & Dale Singer • Sep 1, 2009
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 1, 2009 - In a decision handed down today, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that the state's public school funding formula crafted in 2004 is constitutional. The ruling knocks down arguments by an unusual coalition of rural, suburban and urban districts that had contended that the state was underfunding its public schools.
More than 250 of the state's 523 school districts participated in the case. The suit challenged both the adequacy and the fairness of how Missouri pays for public education.
If property values are down, can tax assessments be far behind? wonder St. Louis County homeowners
By Dale Singer • Apr 16, 2009
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 16, 2009 - Property owners in St. Louis County are about to test the theory of gravity and find out whether what goes up will really come down.
Next month, owners of the 365,000 residential properties in the county will receive their preliminary property tax notices. During the last reassessment, in 2007, many bills rose sharply because of rising property values. With today's news filled with the woes of the real-estate market, homeowners could be forgiven for assuming that as dramatically as their bills shot up last time, the bottom line number should drop just as much this time.


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Home / News / Microsoft's first non-Nokia smartphone 'Lumia 535′ to launch today in India
Microsoft's first non-Nokia smartphone 'Lumia 535′ to launch today in India
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Microsoft will launch the company's first branded smartphone, 'Microsoft Lumia 535′ at an event today in India.
The invitation read as, "Five days to magic of triple 5."
What's our guess based on? The Lumia 535 is said to feature a 5 inch screen along with dual 5MP rear and front facing camera. Basically three features that have the number 5 associated with them.
The Microsoft Lumia 535 will sport a 5-inch IPS LCD display with a 540×960 pixels resolution with 220ppi. It will be powered with 1.2GHz quad-core processor paired with 1GB RAM. The smartphone has an internal storage of 8GB which can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD card.
The Lumia 535 will run on Windows 8.1 and have a 1905 mAh battery which is said to have a battery life for 11 hours of calls on a 2G network or 23 days on standby.
The Microsoft Lumia 535 also has another variant which will come with the same set of specifications except that it also has Dual-SIM support. The smartphone is rumoured to have a price in the range of Rs 8000 to Rs 10000.
Microsoft said the new phone will offer the same services that its high-end phones do. This means Skype video calls, Office apps and the virtual assistant Cortana should be there.
This Microsoft Lumia 535 will be the first smartphone to feature the only Microsoft brand name and doesn't mention Nokia, who were originally listed as the makers under the Lumia brandname.
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