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Holland intelligence agency warns of coming strike on Iran
Written by Chris Perver
This link from my friend Brian. The Dutch newspaper, De Telegraaf, has reported that Holland recently aborted a mission to infiltrate and sabotage the Iranian weapons industry over fears of an impending strike against the nation's nuclear facilities. According to the article, a senior agent was recently removed from the country in the belief that the US was about to approve an air strike against one of the locations they were working in. The strike was to be carried out using unmanned aircraft. The news follows increased rhetoric between Iran and the West over the threat of a possible strike. Just last week it was revealed that the Israeli government has finally agreed that a nuclear Iran is not an option, and Israel would be willing to go to war to stop that from that from happening. Iran is also upping the anti. Last week Brigadier General Jazayeri of Iran's armed forces warned that a strike on their nuclear facilities would plunge the world into a third world war, and countries such as the United States of America and Israel would be obliterated. General Mohammad Ali Jafari of the Revolutionary Guards also boasted that Israel would not dare to attack Iran for fear of unleashing a relentless barrage of missiles against them from their regional enemies.
Quote: "Holland's military intelligence service (AIVD) recently suspended an intelligence operation aimed at infiltrating and sabotaging the Iranian weapon manufacturing industry following estimates that the United States plans to attack the Islamic republic in the coming weeks, according to a report by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, quoted by media worldwide Monday. The report stated that the operation, deemed successful, was recently halted due to preparations for an American airstrike in Iran. The Dutch believe that the bombed targets will include the locations of their espionage operation.
I don't know how accurate this news report is. Possibly if unnamed aircraft were involved in the strike against Iran, they would be sent in first to destroy Iran's military defence systems. I would imagine that when it comes to targeting nuclear installations, manned aircraft would still be used to ensure that everything was destroyed. With the Osirak reactor in 1981 and the Syrian reactor in September 2007, there was only one target to be destroyed. The best method of attack was through the element of surprise. But Iran's nuclear facilities are spread throughout the country. They are also already preparing themselves for a possible strike, so there will be little opportunity for surprise. Iran will possess enough Uranium to build a bomb by 2009, and the Russian bear is now stirring. Timing is of the essence here. When is the best time to launch a strike? What will the reaction be, both of Iran and the rest of the Islamic world? It's impossible for us to know exactly what will happen, but we believe in the Mighty God of Jacob. He will defend His people, just as He has promised in His book.
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Praise God that as believers in Christ Jesus, we can share in this wonderful promise. Not because of any good we have in ourselves, for the Bible says that when we were in our sins, we were held captive by the evil one (2nd Timothy 2:26, John 8:34). But through faith in Christ's sacrifice upon the cross, we have been freed from our bondage to sin and death (Romans 8:1-2). And now we have been translated from the power of darkness into the Kingdom of God's beloved Son (Colossians 1:13). Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation today (Acts 16:31).
Source YNet News, Arutz 7, YNet News, YNet News


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How can I scroll the contents of a dynamic panel in the editor? I tried a few shortcuts, but I can't believe that you couldn't be able to scroll it. So I can only use the scroll bar and have to click and drag it? That would be crazy, since the scrollwheel is not tied to anything else in the editor (other than Ctrl-Wheel to zoom in/out).
Any reason why you disable the scroll wheel in the editor?
ps: also why does Ctrl-Scrollwheel only allow to move in the predefined zoom steps and not freely like the zoom tool does? It just makes the whole interface look as if its really laggy, but its just because it is zooming in fixed increments. How come? Nobody else does that..
Great suggestion - I'll forward it to our team. We're always working on making performance of things like zoom better, so your feedback is helpful.


A mini face massager for spa like massages at home. Easily portable for use on the go, the massager is designed for complete relaxation of your face. With a one button switch for handling, it is easy to use, and helps reduce discomfort, muscle pain and smoothens out stressed skin. It has an organic, muscular body that is waterproof, allowing you to use it in a relaxing bath. For best results, combine with essential oils and lotions that hydrate and enliven your skin.


Especially in recent years, the restaurant industry has proven to be a fast-paced business that requires constant evolution; standing still often means getting bypassed. So it's no wonder restaurateurs are forever on the hunt for their next greatest hit. Many are taking a turn from their fine-dining pedigree, following the consumer trend of wanting faster, more convenient service. Consumer interest in fast-casual dining remains high, with many saying fast-casual offerings have improved in recent years. Thirty-five percent of diners say fast-casual food has improved over the last two years, and 34% say the overall dining experience has gotten better, according to Technomic's 2018 Future of LSR Consumer Trend Report. Here's a look at the latest fast-casual iterations from operators with long track records.
Will Danny Meyer do for tacos what he did for burgers? That's the underlying question behind Tacocina, the Brooklyn taco shop launched in June by Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group. The new counter-service concept, located in Domino Park, a 6-acre waterfront green space, features a simplified menu of six tacos, chips, salsa, shrimp cocktail and adult beverages. The year-round taco restaurant has outdoor seating for more than 100 people. The diverse seating options look like what one might find at a backyard barbecue, with communal picnic tables and metal stools, as well as more intimate two tops in fiesta-ready, brightly colored woods and metals. The restaurant's tortillas are made from an heirloom corn variety sourced from Mexico. So will Tacocina become the next Shake Shack? After all, Shake Shack got its start in Madison Square Park (and Meyer's Union Square Cafe helped revitalize the park of the same name). "I think there's one Shake Shack and it doesn't come along more than once in a lifetime," Meyer told the Wall Street Journal. Meyer originally mulled a seafood spot for the waterfront property, but decided the comforting, easy menu of tacos would be a better fit. Union Square Hospitality Group holds a 10-year lease on the space.
Michelin-starred French chef Daniel Boulud has made a career in fine dining. But Boulud recently teamed up with a handful of MIT students to create Spyce, a heavily automated Boston fast-casual restaurant that features low price points and robot-cooked food. Diners order the customizable $7.50 bowls via kiosk, and premeasured ingredients are auto-loaded into a nonstick pot for cooking. Hot water jets are automatically triggered to rinse the cooking pots after each order, reducing human labor needs.
The multiconcept operator behind the full-service BLT brands, including BLT Steak, is venturing further into fast casual with the help of Samantha Wasser. Co-founder and Creative Director Wasser is also co-founder of the growing vegan chain By Chloe, which received a $31 million investment in April. ESquared Hospitality and Wasser recently debuted Middle Eastern fast-casual restaurant Dez, which was opened in partnership with Co-founder and Chef Eden Grinshpan. It joins an already-crowded category with a menu of bowls, salads, pitas and hummus. Dez serves weekend brunch, as well as beer and wine.
Nobody's quite been able to crack the nut that's a delivery-only restaurant. But chef Michael Pirolo, who runs full-service Italian restaurants in Miami and New York City, is giving a delivery-focused operation a try with Pirolo's Panino. The Los Angeles fast-casual restaurant, which grew out of pop-ups in Miami, dishes up chicken Parmesan sandwiches, baked pastas and other Italian comfort foods. There's limited counter seating, with a concentration on off-premise. Pirolo and his partners (who include the former president of SBE's Disruptive Restaurant Group) are planning a delivery-only version of Pirolo's Panino for downtown Los Angeles, as well as a more traditional fast-casual unit in Santa Monica, Calif.


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Q: How to check if user is in the main page(Zend FrameWork) I need to hide some  item in the view when the page is main, others page will show this item
so what function i need to use to check if the page is main

A: you can get the current controller and action name with following code,
$controller = $this->getRequest()->getControllerName();
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for main page you can put condition where controller is "index" and action is "index"
 you code should execute or not to execute
thats alll..............
If you are not in controller user
Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getRequest()->getControllerName();
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Produced and arranged by Brendan Gallagher. Mixed by Jeremy Allom at Cahring Cross, Sydney, March 1999. Recorded by Brendan Gallagher at Karma County, Bondi Beach June 1996 - February 1999.
Album featuring a version of the Ed song The Way I Made You Feel. The album also features an appearance by former Clown Glad Reed playing trombone on Into Temptation.


After our walks in Antrim we move to Glencolmcille in Donegal where our first walk will be to Glen Head where we will visit a watchtower, one of the many built on prominent headlands at the turn of the 19th century to guard against a Napoleonic invasion.
During this walk you will experience some of the most dramatic cliff scenery anywhere. We will also overlook Glencolmcille and the thatched cottages of the folk village.
En route we will visit some of the ancient pilgrimage Stations of St.Colmcille, with their beautifully inscribed stones. 4 hour walk.
Our next walk will be along majestic Slieve League, the highest and one of the finest marine cliffs in Europe to Malinbeg.
Right from the beginning you have a magnificent view of the cliffs extending 3 miles displaying their quartzites, schists, slates and conglomerates that compose the mountain – an amazing panorama of changing colours.
Below, among the white-foaming waves, are the strangely shaped sea stacks known as the Giant's Desk and Chair. On the walk you will pass holy wells and an oratory.
The walk finishes on the beautiful beach at Malinbeg, Silver Strand, where you can cool your feet in the refreshing Atlantic!
On our final walk we will wander through wild, romantic Glenlough where Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and American painter Rockwell Kent once stayed. We will walk towards the coast to the uninhabited townland of An Port from where fishermen still operate. From there we return to Glen along the coast with its breathtaking scenery. A truly memorable walk which we can celebrate with a Guinness in Biddy's!


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Korn's Ray Luzier
Korn drummer Ray Luzier moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2014. "I can live pretty much anywhere I want because I only meet the other members of the band on airplanes."
Story and photos by Sayre Berman
Korn drummer Ray Luzier moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2014. "I can live pretty much anywhere I want because I only meet the other members of the band on airplanes," he says. "We're an L.A.-based band, and I fly back there quite a bit to do records. But we tour so much that we'll just meet up whenever the tour kicks off."
A home studio was a paramount consideration for Luzier while house hunting. "When I first started looking at houses, I looked at the spaces that realtors referred to as a 'common area' or 'bonus rooms' for my drum room," he says. "In the house that we ended up choosing, I figured that area could be soundproofed and then one bedroom could be earmarked as a control room." Luzier estimates his drum room to be about 300 square feet, while his control room is about 80 square feet.
Home studio design can vary tremendously. Some are equipped for full band recording, while others have just enough space for a miked-up drumkit and a laptop with Pro Tools. "I knew my drum room would have multiple kits," says Ray. "My thinking was that if an artist hired me, I'd be able to match his or her vibe by choosing one of those kits equipped with the right gear. I wanted to be able to go from a wide-open John Bonham sound to a really tight cocktail kit all in the same room.
"To get three full drumkits in this room," he continues, "I had to spread things out a certain way. I knew I needed some help, so I got Robb Wenner from Auralex to come in to balance out the sounds. It was important to me for the drum room to be live sounding, and it had to have a vibe. I want to feel inspired when I sit down to play."
When asked about what had to be done to dial in the sound of his drum room, Luzier explains, "The first thing we did was to put the drums on Auralex HoverDecks. That didn't change the sound dramatically but helped knock down the open floor sound. After that, we added bass traps and diffusers. If an artist wants me to get a more closed-in sound, we put some of those around the kit to create a smaller room."
When it comes time to record his drumming, Luzier would rather bring in an engineer than try to do everything himself. "I know I'm not that good behind the board, so I'll hire an engineer that really knows what they're doing." Before anything gets tracked, however, Ray makes sure that his drums sound great in the room. "The more you do right from the get-go, the less you'll have to do in post," he says. "The choices you make, down to the type of sticks you use, have to t the style of music that you're playing."
Luzier's mic choices feature some standard items, as well as some unique alternatives. "The snare mics I'm using are pretty standard," he says. "I have a Shure 57 on top, but I usually put a Shure 58 on the bottom. You don't see that combination often, but I love it. The 58 gives some rattiness along with the good crack from the 57. I always have Shure 98s on my toms. For the cymbals I use a mic made by Oktava, which is an inexpensive Russian brand; they cost about $150 each. They have a nice, glassy shimmer, so I don't have to EQ them. I also have a relatively inexpensive Groove Tube room mic that sounds really great."
Each of the three bass drums in Ray's setup is miked differently. "I have three bass drums in my main kit," he says, "a 22″, a 24″, and a 26″. Ordinarily the 24″ is wide open, and I'll use an AKG D112 on the outside head to give it a big Bonham-esque boom. Then for the 22″, I have a Shure 98 laying inside the shell and a D112 on the outside. I have some padding in there as well to help give the drum a nice pop."
For mic preamps, Ray takes a pragmatic approach. "The kick and the snare mics are really important to run through good preamps," he says. "If you have a great pre for the kick and snare, you can kind of get away with whatever you have for the other drums."
Digging into the drumset itself, Ray calls special attention to one particular piece of gear. "My favorite piece of equipment is my Sabian 21″ Rock ride," he says. "I've been using it for years, both live and in the studio. Engineers love it. There's washiness to it as well as a distinctive cut. And the bell is amazing. I take that with me everywhere."
Drumset: Pearl Reference Pure series in Scarlet Sparkle Burst (14×26, 16×24, 18×22 bass drums; 14×20 gong drum; 8×8, 8×19, 9×12, 8×13, 14×14, 16×16, and 18×18 toms; 10×6 and 14×6 tube toms; 6×10 side snare)
Snares: 6.5×14 Pearl phosphor bronze, 5.5×14 Pearl Reference brass, and 8″ LP Micro
Cymbals: Sabian 14″ AA Rock hi-hats, 15″ Paragon hi-hats, 10″ HH splash, 10″ prototype bell, 21″ AA Rock ride, 18″ AAX Studio crash, 19″ AAX Dark crash, 20″ HH Raw Bell crash, 18″ HHX O-Zone crash, 16″ Radia China on top of 15″ HH Medium hi-hat bottom, 15″ Radia China on top of 14″ HH Medium hi-hat bottom, 12″ Chopper, and 18″ AA Medium Chinese
Accessories: LP Ridge Rider cowbell, Vic Firth Ray Luzier signature sticks, and Jerry Harvey Audio in-ear monitors
Drumheads: Remo Emperor tom batters, Emperor X or Ambassador X snare batters, Powerstroke P3 bass drum batters
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I have two rules when it comes to cooking and baking. First, never use a recipe that says, "Stir constantly," and second, never make a recipe that requires separating eggs and whipping the whites.
Recently, I broke Rule #2. But, I really had no choice. I had written a travel piece for the Berkshire JewishVoice about Portsmouth, New Hampshire and needed a recipe that was quintessentially New Hampshire. Well, you could have knocked me over with a maple leaf when I discovered that a favorite dessert among New Hampshire natives has nothing to do with apples, maple syrup, or seafood.
It was an orange cake. Since when have oranges grown in New Hampshire — or anywhere else in the northeastern United States? Apparently, the Old Portsmouth Orange Cake is actually a recipe that came over with early English settlers and has been a summertime favorite ever since. Come again? Oranges in summer? Is this some kind of scam being foisted on us gullible lovers of dessert?
Anyway, because I provide recipes to accompany my articles, I need to prepare them. That makes sense, as I certainly want to make sure I don't disseminate bad food. I also have to take a picture of the final result. Well, the first recipe turned out inedible. It was so bad that I actually had to put it down the garbage disposal. So, I searched for another recipe, which I then adapted to enhance the orange flavor.
This second cake came out much better than the first. While I still hate having to beat egg whites, I have to admit they did make for a nice light, spongy cake. Sliced fresh oranges between the two layers added a nice, juicy tang in contrast to the sweet, rich buttercream frosting.
Let me know what you think of this cake!
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees and adjust a rack to the center position. Coat two 9 inch round cake pans with vegetable spray and line the bottoms with parchment paper. Whisk flours, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Heat milk and butter in a small saucepan over low heat until butter melts.
Remove from heat and add vanilla. Set aside.
Separate 3 of the eggs, placing whites in bowl of standing mixer fitted with a whisk. Reserve the 3 yolks plus remaining 2 whole eggs. Beat the 3 whites on high speed until foamy. Gradually add 6 T. of sugar while beating to soft, moist peaks. Transfer whites to a large bowl and put the yolks and remaining whole eggs in the mixing bowl.
Beat yolks and whole eggs with the remaining 6 tablespoons sugar at medium-high speed until eggs are very thick and a pale lemon color, about 5 minutes. Add the orange zest and juice and beat to combine, about 30 seconds.
Return beaten whites to the bowl; sprinkle the flour mixture over eggs and whites. Mix on lowest speed for 10 seconds. Remove bowl from mixer, make a well in one side and pour melted butter mixture into well. Fold mixture with a large rubber spatula until combined.
Immediately pour batter into prepared pans and bake until cake tops are lightly browned and spring back when touched, about 16 minutes. When cool, run a knife around perimeter of first pan and invert pan onto plate. Peel away parchment paper and invert cake onto cooling rack.
In the bowl of electric mixer fitted with the whisk, beat butter on medium high speed until smooth. Add zest and beat to combine. Add confectioners sugar and salt and beat at medium-low until the sugar is moistened.
Scrape down sides of bowl and add orange juice, vanilla and milk and beat at medium speed until incorporated. Increase speed to medium high and beat until light and fluffy, scraping sides of bowl once or twice.
Using a sharp knife cut away orange peel carefully until no traces of pith remain. Cut oranges horizontally into 1/4 inch slices and then cut slices into 1 inch strips. Place one layer of cake on a cake round or serving plate. Arrange orange pieces on top of bottom layer. Spread a very thin layer of buttercream on the bottom side of the second layer and place the frosted side on top of the orange slices. Spread the remaining buttercream evenly over the top and sides of the cake.
Serve immediately or refrigerate until 20 minutes before serving.


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Flupyranochromene, a novel inhibitor of influenza virus cap-dependent endonuclease, from Penicillium sp. f28743
tetano started a topic Flupyranochromene, a novel inhibitor of influenza virus cap-dependent endonuclease, from Penicillium sp. f28743
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2019 Jan 9. doi: 10.1038/s41429-018-0134-z. [Epub ahead of print]
Flupyranochromene, a novel inhibitor of influenza virus cap-dependent endonuclease, from Penicillium sp. f28743.
Yamasaki M1, Igarashi M2, Sawa R2, Nosaka C2, Umekita M2, Hatano M2, Kimura T2, Iijima K2, Takizawa N2, Kato T3, Mizumoto K4, Nomoto A2.
Influenza virus RNA polymerase has cap-dependent endonuclease activity that produces capped RNA fragments for priming viral mRNA synthesis. This enzymatic activity is essential for viral propagation, but it is not present in any host cellular enzyme, making it an attractive target for the development of anti-influenza drugs. Here, we isolated a novel inhibitor of cap-dependent endonuclease, named flupyranochromene, from the fermentation broth of the fungus Penicillium sp. f28743. Structural analysis revealed that this compound bears a putative pharmacophore that chelates divalent metal ion(s) present in the endonuclease active site in the PA subunit of the polymerase. Consistently, in vitro endonuclease assays showed that flupyranochromene exerts its inhibitory effects by blocking endonucleolytic cleavage by the PA subunit of viral RNA polymerase complex.
PMID: 30622294 DOI: 10.1038/s41429-018-0134-z


Before my Iona workshop I had two days on the Isle of Mull to prepare. Here I am on the way to Tobermory, standing in the rich colours of orange-green seaweed.
The scent of sea was strong and clean. I stayed at a beautiful old Manse called Frachadil near Calgary Bay.
I made some drawings beside the bay, a favourite haunt of otters, bisected by dykes, tuning into the geology, the sea birds, the weather, and a mummified seal I found myself to be sitting near; graceful even in death, it's form describing an arc, rear flippers appearing to cradle an egg.
The following day before crossing to Iona I saw four eagles and a black-winged heron.
On the Island I gave a workshop to 9 participants. We worked with the spirit of place, stories around St. Brigid and St. Columba; tuning into the special pristine qualities of the North Beach near the hostel by laying on the sand with closed eyes and making notes and drawings about the experience; we used the shamanic journey to divine the exact focus for each person, and we also used this technique for vision or clarity around particular personal questions. I invited the group to let go of ego (as far as possible) and to respond with enhanced bodily sensing to phenomena. I spoke about the ancient quality of the rock here, the Lewisian Gneiss which goes back to the early years of this planet (and is ten times older than granite).
We worked also with the dream, the intention, and experimentation with a wide range of high quality drawing materials supplied by Pip Seymour.
At night we walked to the beach in silence and with focus. I invited the group to each make small journeys to the sea each day, and to sing to the sea. On the last night we gathered on the beach after walking in a procession, and we had a very moving time singing our songs to the sea, as a group. This is one of the old Hebridean ways.
We worked with deepening our matrixial awareness to make drawings/monotypes and to explore our inner lives/develop our antennae/sensing organs through using our hands and materials.
' Thank you for one of the most memorable weekends ever. Your wisdom, generosity and kindness made it a truly enriching experience on so many levels. I am left with a feeling of anticipation as I return to my art project – hopeful that the spirit of play, exploration and discovery will continue to develop. ' M. H.
thanks to Sally Tripptree for this photo..
"Kate is a warm and inspiring teacher and she shares her skills and experience with huge generosity. The workshop was a rich immersion into the felt body experience of the sacred island of Iona. With drumming, journeying, poetry, prose and exercises which cultivated connection to the land and sea through the senses and the body, we were guided to respond with words and paint. It helped me understand and map my creative process and I have brought home volumes of inspiration to continue working with. There was a good choice of quality materials to work with. The venue was light, warm and spacious with beautiful views of changing skies through the large windows and the sea a short walk away.
I loved the intensity of our packed itinerary, it was good to push through notions of tiredness in order to fully participate. " M.W.
"I miss your company. The fun. The lightness. The hard work. The inspiration. The cobbler. The apple crumble. Andrew in the kitchen. The soup I never had !
My next teaching adventure will be at Newlyn School of Art in March 2017 (Art and the Feminine) and I plan to return to Iona to teach a workshop during October 2017 – 21 – 25th. Please contact me for further information.
I will spend some time on the Croft at Lagandorain working in the garden and with my drawings. I plan to make some night drawings in St Oran's chapel and Iona Abbey. Walking at night here it is silent and feels precious, intense.
the path we made at night when we went to sing to the sea, walking in single file, working towards invisibility, appreciative of First Nations' peoples ways..
an earlier work in watercolour, Man is Head of Woman shown in the Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibition, 2008.
Black Swan Arts Open Poster, prize winning news, and Invitation…and a link to a film/talk from 2015..
I'm thrilled that my work 'My Dog keeps watch when I pray' has been chosen for the poster and the invitation for the Open exhibition.
We're sponsoring Black Swan Arts Open this year, and as part of that we gave away a £100 framing voucher to go towards the cost of a bespoke frame. We were invited to a sneak preview of the exhibition ahead of the opening last week, and we got to choose our favourite piece. This was one of the hardest choices we've ever had to make! We loved everything, and found it really hard to select even ten favourites, let alone one. But with the pressure of time, we had to make a decision, and went for Kate Walter's amazing painting, My dog Keeps watch as I Pray.
I had some very lovely and generous feedback from people who attended the talk I gave at ICE in York. I began my talk by reading from Ursula LeGuin's poem 'The Artist' – about going to the 'gap', the space between…. which is what I feel I do when I make work. I called my Powerpoint 'The Body as Sensing Organ' which refers to what I discovered about my body during my residency on Iona last Winter. I also spoke about the poetry of Mallarme and Rilke, both of which help me to understand my work as an artist.
October 15th 2016 to January 22nd 2017The Guardian's review of Kate Walter's 2012 exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery opened with the line: "It's not every day you find an artist who claims their home is in the body of a deer…" and went on to refer to her 'fusion of cave art, classical mythology and a rainbow-tinted hippy sensibility'. In the exhibition catalogue, Richard Davey was more consanguineous: "Reflecting the ancient tradition of the Sacred Feminine, Walters' paintings are spaces of nurture, birthing pools in which her insights are embodied". Among Kate's many art qualifications she has also received formal training in 'classical shamanism'. Her packed CV would flatter any ONE soul involved in either international art, mysticism or animal husbandry. She is as likely to be talking on 'expanding consciousness through the act of drawing' as she is to be discussing her residency in a bothy on Iona; as liable to be quoting Goethe, Griselda Pollock or (as in the title of this exhibition) Barthes. What you get in the gallery is a pictorial blend of animal, human and natural forms in oils, watercolours and monotypes that look to address a sensibility beyond the eye. Chagall is invariably invoked, but Kate Walters is more accurately part of a tradition locally represented by Ted Hughes or the late Derek Hyatt.
Here are links to the ICE talks I'll be part of next Friday 14th October in York.
I'll be speaking about my life as an artist, my work, what feeds my practice….
I spent some time sitting quietly tuning into the feeling of the place. I needed to settle, be still, and wait. I could sense the hands of the people who have worked that land over centuries. They were gnarly, old, bright and light also, weaving their fingers in amongst the plants. They shone through the damp morning.
I had bought a postcard book, I thought I'd walk and draw, making a little document of my afternoon. The rain and mud I wanted to work with changed the scale. I made notes, further drawings.
Bird Woman by Em Strang now available, with my work The Bird is My Brother on the cover….
Artist Kate Walters is based in Cornwall, where she finds great beauty in wild places that fire themes in her work, which employs watercolour in an unorthodox way.
Kate will talk about her artistic influences; her interest in the way hidden phenomena may be revealed through the creative process; and how the rhythms of Nature provide further insights for her practice. Her talk will be of interest to both artistic practitioners and the general public.
Kate has exhibited at the School House Gallery, Newlyn Gallery and Millenium Gallery St Ives. Her solo exhibition Punctum & Plume opens at Dean Clough Halifax on 15 October.
It was inspired by relationships I've had with the dogs in my life, and visits to Norcia in Italy, where I've spent time in churches , where Benedictine monks pray and sing bending from the waist in supplication and humility.
Watercolour on gesso-prepared paper, 2016.
and I'm currently writing my blog about my trip; it'll be published soon I hope!
The culmination of this wonderful re-creation of bodies into the humanimal, for me, is embodied in Spirit Horse (Fig. 14). Space in the painting is not representational, but it's not abstract, either. The dramatic band of sanguine that constitutes about a third of the picture, together with the indeterminate boundaries of the bodies, brings alive the idea of 'becoming animal'[i], which can be understood in many complementary ways. These include the expression of soul, which is invoked in the position of the horse's head outside the darker area, and shadowed or echoed in the lines and shapes above and around it. The acceptance of how much more like than unlike animals we are leads to re-locating humanity in a cosmos that is both more mobile and more connected. In Rilke's terms, by passing through the horse's head, its face in the sense of its being, we might stop looking at ourselves, and so stand a chance of glimpsing what exists, beyond.
[i] Rather than pointing specifically to one of the many references to the concept of 'becoming-animal' in Deleuze & Guattari's writings, this refers more closely to Elizabeth Grosz, Chaos, Territory, Art, NY, Columbia, 2008. Her comment that, "art after painting, can be seen as the action of leaving the frame, of moving beyond, and pressing against the frame, the frame exploding through the movement it can no longer contain" (p.18) is a good example of how she brings Deleuzian thought to bear on art that initiates "harmonious vibration" (p.19).
And I'm very excited about my solo show at Dean Clough, in the Mosaic and Upstairs Galleries, opening October 15th, early afternoon. On the 14th October I'll be giving a talk on building a career as an artist at the New Schoolhouse Gallery, at lunchtime… I'll have works to show and catalogues to view…all welcome!


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Reconstruction Work (France)
During World War I, as early as November 1914, English Quakers had begun reconstruction work in war-devastated areas of France. In April 1917, the month in which the United States entered the war, the American Friends Service Committee was organized at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In June a commission of investigation was sent to France following which an American Friends Service Committee reconstruction unit was set up under the general direction of the civilian service of the American Red Cross.
In July 1917 a unit of 100 men, including one Mennonite, was gathered at Haverford, Pennsylvania, to be trained for the French service. It was the hope of the American Friends Service Committee that this service would be recognized by the War Department as noncombatant service. On 4 September 1917, 54 of the Haverford unit men, including the Mennonite, started for France, with the understanding that any men subject to the draft could be called back. In March 1918 the War Department declined to recognize the project for purposes of assignment, but Congress enacted the "furlough law" providing that men in the army might be furloughed for other essential work. The War Department now applied this law to the conscientious objectors and by the close of the war 1,300 COs in the army had been recommended for furlough, of whom 200 (including a number of Mennonites) were assigned to the American Friends Service Committee.
In January 1918 the Mennonite Relief Commission for War Sufferers (Mennonite Church) (MRCWS) took official action to support the American Friends Service Committee project in France and began processing Mennonite applicants for this service. By the close of the war (11 November 1918) less than a dozen Mennonites had arrived in France, but after the armistice the men were processed more rapidly, and eventually 54 Mennonites joined the AFSC reconstruction unit, a number of them following release from prison at Fort Leavenworth. Those who had gone to France as furloughed soldiers were given their discharges at discharge camps in France and then continued with the American Friends Service Committee as civilians.
The French reconstruction work was located in the region between Verdun and Paris, which for four years was ravaged by the constant moving back and forth of the opposing armies. The earlier work was concentrated in the Marne region west of the Argonne Forest. In 1919, when the Mennonites began to arrive, the American Friends Service Committee center shifted to Clermont-en-Argonne at the edge of the Meuse-Argonne battle front west of Verdun. Here the American Friends Service Committee medical work centered in a Catholic hospital in the city which had been taken over by the army and was largely ruined by shell fire. The American Friends Service Committee rebuilt the hospital and operated an inpatient and outpatient service.
In 1919-20 the American Friends Service Committee headquarters were located at Grange-le-Compte, an estate near Clermont-en-Argonne. From Grange-le-Compte and its subsidiary warehouse refugees and war sufferers were supplied with food, clothing, and various forms of first aid. An important part of the work was the construction of temporary prefabricated housing for the homeless; in many cases whole villages had been wiped out. Before the Mennonites arrived the Quakers had built 543 such homes and repaired others in the Marne-Somme area. In 1919 the AFSC was assigned 40 villages in the Verdun area and later the assignment was enlarged. In the village of Neuvilly, where a number of Mennonites were stationed, 70 houses were built. In comparison with other areas the American Friends Service Committee construction work advanced the return of the refugees to their villages by at least a year.
The American Friends Service Committee agricultural department introduced machinery to restore ruined land to cultivation, and distributed young fruit trees, rabbits, chickens, goats, sheep, bees, and hatching eggs to enable farmers to begin their work. When the French program ended on 1 April 1920, most of the Mennonites had been with the service a year and a very few two years. Several gave additional service with the American Friends Service Committee in other parts of Europe. (See Relief).
Conference of Mennonite Reconstruction Workers, June 1919. In center with straw hat is Pierre Sommer; next to right is S. E. Allgyer and next is N. E. Byers. Extreme left, standing is Eli Stoltzfus and next is Payson Miller. D. C. Kauffman is lying in front row, feet to left, head in spot of light.
Scan courtesy Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen IV-10-7.2, Box 3/42
In the summer of 1919 S. E. Allgyer and Vernon Smucker visited the French project as representatives of the MRCWS. They visited the various work units, held religious services with the Mennonite men on a number of successive Sundays, and on June 20-22 attended a conference of Mennonite reconstruction workers at Clermont-en-Argonne. Smucker then sailed for home on July 6, while Allgyer spent two weeks with the French and Alsatian Mennonites. He then went to Paris with A. J. Miller, J. C. Meyer, and J. Roy Allgyer, where from July 30 to August 2 they interviewed a number of government officials and relief administrators including Herbert Hoover of the Allied Food Commission regarding further opportunities for relief work in Europe. Allgyer sailed for home on August 9 and following his report the MRCWS appointed A. J. Miller and J. Roy Allgyer to investigate further relief needs in Europe, and these two men named A. E. Hiebert as the third member of the committee.
A significant outcome of the Mennonite work in France was the visits of reconstruction workers and of S. E. Allgyer with the French and Alsatian Mennonites. Pierre Sommer at the conference at Clermont-en-Argonne in June 1919 appealed for help from America in rebuilding the scattered Mennonite congregations in France. The conference then asked the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (Mennonite Church at Elkhart) to "consider the advisability of rendering to these churches such personal help as could be given in this their time of great need." In addition, S. E. Allgyer was also asked to present this matter to the Mission Board personally. It was not until 1927, however, that the Board took action in this matter.
The French reconstruction work represents a significant event in recent Mennonite history. The young men who served in the project regarded the manner in which the church supported the new relief program as "the crucial test of her sincerity" with respect to nonresistance and they believed that "the future of the church is closely related to the present problem of reconstruction." In evaluating the Mennonite contribution to the American Friends Service Committee program Rufus M. Jones said: "The young men stood the test of the [military] camps with insight and with much bravery. They had the backing of their church and they were conscious that they were its standard bearers. They became closely united in fellowship with our men in the camps and they shared with them the desire to make a positive contribution to service abroad. . . . They were excellent workers and they brought a fine spirit of devotion and co-operation to the mission." The American Mennonites contributed a total of $291,000 for the support of the French reconstruction work.
Out of the experience of the Mennonite (Mennonite Church) workers in France came the stimulus for the initiation of the Young People's conference, a forward-looking movement in the Mennonite Church (MC).
Jones, Rufus M. A Service of Love in Wartime; American Friends Relief Work in Europe, 1916-1919. New York, 1920.
Report of General Conference of Mennonites in France in Reconstruction Work (20-22 June 1919) (n.p., n.d.).
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Hershberger, Guy F. "Reconstruction Work (France)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 20 Jan 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Reconstruction_Work_(France)&oldid=104856.
Hershberger, Guy F. (1959). Reconstruction Work (France). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 January 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Reconstruction_Work_(France)&oldid=104856.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 262-263. All rights reserved.
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Have you ever ran an open source or commercial static analysis tool to help you find bugs in a code base, only to have it spit out more "findings" than atoms in the observable universe? Have you ever muttered unkind words about security vendor engineers into your whiskey glass before downing it, in an unsuccessful attempt to drown your sorrows?
We feel your pain. In our security consulting work, we've seen firsthand how difficult it can be to get value from security scanning tools, both when we've used them as well as when our clients have.
Search for secrets in source code by grepping only string literals, ignoring code constructs (like method, class, and variable names as well as comments) that are noisy and clutter your results.
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We'll release a free tool that makes writing custom static analysis checks easy, and guide attendees through hands-on exercises where you'll tackle real-world problems.
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Our household has officially entered the Stockshow Years, courtesy of Susanne and her beloved breeding heifer, Dixie. Some of y'all may remember how we got here: Susanne joined Future Farmers of America, suckered us into a cow, and nearly bought a herd? If that doesn't ring a bell, read "Laugh Until You Pee" before you read this post. It's OK, we can wait.
Are you all caught up now? Good.
Dixie got to see her mama before school and after. In the afternoons, Susanne had to muck the stall and wash Dixie. Some days, she had to blow dry her hair too. Always, she was supposed to be training her to walk on a lead.
But here we had a problem. Dixie doesn't like to walk. She'd rather eat, standing still. Or laying down. And Susanne doesn't like to make Dixie unhappy. She'd rather hug her.
Also, pet hugs were not unprecedented with Susanne.
Susanne and Dixie had their first show in December. Dixie looked good, very very good. But she did not look like a cow who had been subjected to a lot of discipline. She mooed (incessantly) very loudly, even in the ring. Oh, and she would NOT budge. See this beautiful picture of them in the show ring?
It took a village to get them out there. Susanne's arm hurt, a lot, from dragging her sweet Dixie forcibly around the show. And from trying to pretend she wasn't, so she and her bovine could look super awesome together.
She showed me this video on her phone as proof that Dixie would occasionally get moving.
All was not lost, however. We discovered the miracle cure: Alert.
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So, yeah, I kid you not. Alert, for cows.
Congratulations, Susanne and Dixie. And good luck in the Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and Bellaire shows this spring!!
They are a beautiful pair!
After all the things that we have been involved in as parents I never thought we would be cow owners, and, it really all is pretty cool, amazing, complicated and….. well…… pretty cool.
So is Dixie rushing across the pasture… to go eat? Leland's cows follow him everywhere. They can be across the hill and when they see his vehicle come home, they rush up to the corral. They love him. But, and this is a BIG but, they only love him because of sweet feed. They turn pretty rabid when he's late feeding (according to their time table) and there is a designated bellow-er. This bellow-er is so loud, it's unreal, but he announces that it is time to eat, NOW. And they like to push Leland around as a game. It is their form of a hug after he scratches their heads. Cows truly are pretty cool, amazing, and in our case, spoiled rotten Diva Cows. Pretty darned cool!


If you don't qualify for a SSN you can file your taxes with an ITIN and claim important tax credits.
You have to file income taxes if you earn money in the U.S. as a resident, citizen or visitor. Typically, you need a Social Security number to file your income tax return and claim important tax credits. The Individual Tax Identification Number, or ITIN, is assigned by the IRS to people who don't have a SSN to facilitate payment of taxes. You may be eligible to claim certain tax benefits with an ITIN, including dependents.
You will be provided with an ITIN if you want to pay tax regardless of your immigration status or country of origin. If you have a family, your spouse or any of your dependents who can't have a SSN will each need an ITIN in order to be included on your tax return. You can get an ITIN for all your dependents living in Canada or Mexico, if you support them with more than 50 percent of the money for their living expenses.
You will use your ITIN when preparing your tax return and reporting the wages that you earned as listed on your W-2 or 1099 forms. You can file a joint return if your spouse has a SSN or ITIN. To claim exemptions for dependents, you must list their ITINs as well. For an adoptee without an ITIN, apply for an Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number from the IRS. You can still claim a deduction for a child who was born and died in the same tax year by attaching a copy of the child's birth certificate in lieu of the ITIN and indicating he or she died, on the appropriate exemption line.
Although you can be issued an ITIN for tax purposes regardless of immigration status, there are limitations to what you can claim and, sometimes, how you can file. The ITIN will not make you eligible to claim the Earned Income Tax Credit or receive Social Security benefits. If you do not have an ITIN yet, you cannot file your taxes online, or efile. You will need to attach the application to a valid federal income tax return.
You can apply for an ITIN by filling out Form W-7 and attaching documents that prove your identity and foreign status. Form W-7SP is available in Spanish. If you are the parent or court-appointed guardian of a dependent who is 13 or younger, you will need to sign his or her form. An original passport is accepted for both identity and foreign status. Without one, you should provide the IRS with two documents, one of which should bear your picture, unless you are a minor. Examples include a national ID, U.S. visa, U.S. or foreign driver's license, civil birth certificate or, for dependents only, school records.
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According to Doug Ramsey of the Leuthold Group, 334 companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange recently hit a 52-week low, more than double the amount that marked new one-year highs. That's happened only three other times in history — all of them occurring in December 1999.
How did we get back to the precipice of the year 2000, where tech stocks plunged 80% and the S&P 500 lost 50% of its value over the ensuing two years? Well, start off with the fact that the amount of new money created by our central bank in the past 14 years is $8 trillion. That, by the way, is an increase in base money supply only and does not include all of the new money created by our debt-based monetary system. So, from 1913 to 2008, the Fed created $800 billion. And, it took from 2008 until today—just 14 years–for it to have created $8.8 trillion in base money supply. Is there really any wonder why inflation has now become a salient issue, especially for the middle and lower classes, and why the stock market is now set up for a meltdown similar to the NASDAQ collapse of two decades ago?
Some might claim that the bubble in the stock market was much different in 2000 than it is today. They are correct. The overvaluation 22 years ago pales in comparison to today. With its record high P/S ratio of 3.5, as opposed to just 1.8 back in 2000. And the mind-numbing record high 210% TMC/GDP ratio, which is an incredible 68 percentage points ahead of where it ascended to 22 years ago.
Ok, so the stock market is much more expensive today than at any other time in history, but what will the catalyst be to set it tumbling off the cliff? Last week I talked about the monetary cliff coming in the next two months. To review: The Fed will wind down its record-breaking $120 billion per month counterfeiting scheme to zero dollars in that timeframe. This Q.E. involved the process of handing newly created money to banks, consumers, and businesses to boost consumption. But by ending this flow of new money, the Fed will also end its tacit support for the municipal bond market, primary dealers, money market mutual funds, REPO market, International SWAP lines, ETF market, primary and secondary corporate debt markets, commercial paper market, and support for student, auto and credit card loans. All of which were directly supported by Jerome Powell's with the Fed's latest Q.E. program.
But it doesn't end there. Mr. Powell cannot be content with just ending Q.E., not with CPI running at 6.8%! Therefore, very soon after Q.E. is terminated, interest rates are heading higher, and the balance sheet of the Fed must start shrinking. However, an occasional 25-bps rate hike here or there won't cut it. He has to hike rates by 680-bps just to get to a zero percent real Fed Funds Rate. Now, of course, Powell doesn't intend to hike monetary policy that much because he is fully aware it would collapse the whole artificial market construct well before he gets anywhere close to that level. But the point here is that the FOMC has lost the luxury of being able to delay and dither as it has in the past because inflation is running at a 40-year high. Hence, the Fed will need to hike rates rather aggressively until inflation, the economy, or asset prices come crashing down. But since all three are so closely linked together, they will likely all cascade simultaneously.
And, now this week, I want to shed some new light on the concurrent fiscal cliff and shoot a hole through Wall Street's excess savings B.S. As most of you are already aware, I've been pretty clear about the negative consumption effects that will result from the ending of $6 trillion in government handouts over the previous two years. This massive and unprecedented largess caused the savings rate in the U.S. to jump from 7.8% in January 2020 to 33.8% by April of the same year. However, that savings rate has now collapsed back down to 6.9%—below its pre-pandemic level. But what about the stash of savings consumers are sitting on that is supposed to carry GDP ever-higher this year?
Well, it appears that the rainy day fund is dwindling quickly. According to the N.Y. Times and Moody's Analytics, the excess savings among many working- and middle-class households could be exhausted as soon as early 2022. This would not only reduce their financial cushions but also potentially affect the economy since consumer spending has risen to become nearly 70% of GDP.
We have already seen multiple pandemic-era federal aid programs expire last September, including the massive federal supplement to unemployment benefits. Now, with the Expanded Child Income tax credit having expired, which gave up to $300 per child under 6, and up to $250 per child ages 7 to 17 over the period from July to December, the fiscal challenges have become salient for many Americans.
But what about that pile of savings? Estimates are that it now amounts to around $2.0 trillion (8.5% of GDP). It's mostly in the hands of the very rich, who are savers and have a much lower marginal propensity to consume than those in the middle and lower classes. According to a study from Oxford Economics, 80% of that savings is in the hands of the top 20% of earners, and 42% went to the top 1%. Again, this is important because it is the middle and lower classes that are responsible for the majority of consumption. So, how is this economically-crucial cohort doing? Well, in addition to getting hurt by inflation and falling real wages, they are running out of their stimulus hoard quickly. According to a recent study done by JP Morgan Chase, households making $68,896 per year or less only have an extra $517 in their checking accounts on average compared with their pre-pandemic level. As unimpressive as that sounds, add in the fact that people don't eat into their savings with the same zeal that they spend a fresh government handout, and you can see that so-called "mountain of savings" Wall Street loves to tout isn't much more than a molehill.
When you factor in the massive fiscal and monetary cliffs together with the most overvalued stock market in history, you have the recipe for potential unprecedented stock market chaos, which should be front-end loaded in '22. If your retirement savings is with a deep state of Wall Street firm, you hold some mix of stocks and bonds that is set on autopilot. Their fate should be the same as the Hindenburg and Titanic.
Michael Pento is the President and Founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, produces the weekly podcast called, "The Mid-week Reality Check" and Author of the book "The Coming Bond Market Collapse."
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News media coverage of COVID-19 information is corrupted due to conflicts of interest with pharmaceutical companies, James O'Keefe said.
Former Biden transition team COVID-19 adviser Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel on Monday voiced his opposition to unemployment benefits for unvaccinated workers who lose their jobs over vaccine mandates.
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10 Places to visit in Abu Dhabi
We all want to break from the routine every once in a while. If you are planning to explore Middle East, Abu Dhabi has a rich historical and cultural heritage to offer to the world. It lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast and is the Capital of United Arab Emirates with many interesting places to visit in Abu Dhabi. It has the famous Ferrari World, the Al Ain Palace and many more attractions. Let's explore 10 Places to visit in Abu Dhabi one by one.
1) Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
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Popularly called the Grand Mosque by the locals, this is by far the most imposing and landmark religious structures of Abu Dhabi. It is built with only natural materials like marble, gold, stone, ceramics and crystals brought in from Italy, Greece, India, China, and Turkey. The initial design of the mosque was Moroccan, eventually the design evolved to be truly global. It's a must watch!
2) Qasr al-Hosn
Abu Dhabi was ruled / governed by the Al Nahayan Family from the 18th century till 1966. It was the place of residence for them, constructed in 1761. This iconic fort is well built and decorated with Islamic calligraphy, carvings and drawings on the inside. All rooms in the palace are made in a maze like formation. It is therefore advised to take a guided tour instead of venturing on your own!
3) Yas Marina Circuit
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Everyone that follows the Formula 1 championships would have a decent idea about this one. You cannot miss this one! Its open all year round and has range of activities like karting, car racing, drag racing. It also promises entertainment for kids and it's a complete family outing.
4) Ferrari World – Yas Island
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World's first Ferrari theme park and Abu Dhabi's largest attraction is located in Yas Island. Theme Park's roof is inspired by the side profile of the Ferrari GT and has the biggest Ferrari Logo ever made. It promises fun times to both children and adults alike. It has more than 20 state of the art rides and other attractions.
5) Abu Dhabi Heritage Village
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It's an interesting glimpse of the country's past. It's a typical village setting with campfires and goats' hair tent. A unique attraction is the spice shop, where you can find exotic herbs and handmade soap. Women and kids will love this as much as the men.
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Books Recommended by Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards by Al Kooper
Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie
Confessions of a Yakuza by Junichi Saga
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta by Robert Palmer
Girl from the North Country by Conor McPherson
Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues by Arnold Shaw
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork by Jerry Garcia
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Mexico City Blues by Jack Kerouac
Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero by Ed Ward
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz" by Alan Lomax
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
On War by Carl von Clausewitz
One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding by Robert Gover
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch
Poems by Henry Timrod
Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps by Emmett Grogan
Selected Poems by Carl Sandburg
Selected Poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke
Stories by Anton Chekhov
The American Songbag by Carl Sandburg
The Anchor Anthology of French Poetry by Angel Flores
The Blues Line: A Collection of Blues Lyrics by Eric Sackheim
The Complete Poetry and Prose by John Donne
The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel "Izzy" Young by Scott Barretta
The Dave Stewart Songbook: The Stories Behind The Songs by Dave Stewart
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Land Where the Blues Began by Alan Lomax
The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club by Sonny Barger
The Odyssey by Homer
The Oxford Book of English Verse by Christopher Ricks
The White Goddess by Robert Graves
Thucydides: The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians by Thucydides
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Victory by Joseph Conrad
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Woody Guthrie: Radical American Patriot by Bill Nowlin
Anton Chekhov (Russian playwright)
Rainer Maria Rilke (Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist)
Henry Miller (American writer)
Herman Melville (American novelist)
Joseph Conrad (Polish-British writer)
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"November 1977 interview w/ Ron Rosenbaum
ROSENBAUM: What about your literary influences. You've mentioned Kerouac and Ginsberg. Who do you read now?
DYLAN: Rilke. Chekhov. Chekhov is my favorite writer. I like Henry Miller. I think he's the greatest American writer."
- Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews
March 1992 interview w/ Stuart Coupe
What has Dylan been reading of late? "My, ah, my latest book...it's been out for a long time, but my latest thing I'm just reading is...back into reading the William Blake poems again. It seems like when you're young and you read them they don't have the effect on you that they do when you get older. It was years ago when it was time just to read all those guys, but lately it's been necessary for me to find some time to go back and re-read someone like Blake or Shelley, Byron, some of those people."
February 1978 interview w/ Philip Fleishman
"Dylan: The whole world is a prison. Life is a prison, we're all inside the body. Freedom only comes from knowledge and knowledge is power. Sojust because you're out there in the desert, facing an endless sky and an unknown nothingness, doesn't necessarily mean you're free. You're trapped on the desert. Only knowledge of either yourself or the ultimate power can get you out of it. I don't know that much. Maclean's: Who do you read to find out? Dylan: People I read? Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Henry Miller, Joseph Conrad and Melville."
June 1978 interview w/ Philippe Adler
Adler: You often list Henry Miller amongst your influences.
Dylan: Yes. I think that he's the greatest American writer.
Adler: I believe you've met him. What did you talk about?
Dylan: We played table tennis (laughs).
September 1985 interview w/ Scott Cohen
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November 1985 interview w/ Denise Worrell
"At certain times I read a lot of poetry. My favorite poets are Shelley and Keats. Rimbaud is so identifiable. Lord Byron. I don't know. Lately if I read poems, it's like I can always hear the guitar. Even with Shakespeare's sonnets I can hear a melody because it's all broken up into timed phrases so I hear it. I always keep thinking, 'What kind of song would this be?"
— Bob Dylan, Interview with Denise Worrell, "'It's All Right in Front': Dylan on Life and Rock" in Time Magazine (25 November 1985)
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author, and visual artist who has been a major figure in popular culture for more than 50 years. Wikipedia
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Who can learn Reiki Two?
The course run over two full days and is compliant with the UK Reiki Federation guidelines. In addition, each participant will receive post course mentoring and support. The first day of the course is the Self-Healing and Empowerment Advanced Techniques 1-day workshop. The second day completes your Reiki Two training.
At the end of this course, you will feel confident in giving a Reiki treatment to friends and family using the Reiki symbols. Those wishing to provide Reiki to clients can use this course as a pre-requisite for the Practitioner course (details to be provided shortly).


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By PrisonHealthMatters Posted on Jun 13, 2019 2019-08-18
HMIP Report: HMP & YOI Moorland, Feb 2019 – Health Summary
This report was on an unannounced inspection of HMP/YOI Moorland between 11–21 February 2019, and was published 11 June 2019.
General Points of Note.
Levels of violence had not only stabilised, but had actually decreased, which was noted as bucking the national trend over that period. However, despite this overall reduction, assaults against staff had doubled and were higher than at similar prisons.
Use of force by staff had increased since the last inspection, consistent with the levels at other category C prisons. There had been 202 uses in the six months leading up to the inspection, compared with 110 uses in the same period before the previous inspection.
Levels of NPS use had decreased since the last inspection. drug testing positive rate was 15%, including the positive rate for NPS, which on its own was 11%.
Self-harm was described as being "very high" and these levels were reported as being 50% higher than the average for category C prisons. In the previous six months, there had been 423 incidents of self-harm, involving 195 prisoners.
The quality of assessment, care in custody and teamwork (ACCT) case management for prisoners at risk of suicide or self-harm was considered to be mostly good, and staff training and quality assurance were driving improvement in care. Assessments were consistently good, and mental health workers regularly attended case reviews.
The most serious concern for inspectors was the lack of effective public protection measures. Over half the population, 530 men, were assessed as presenting a high risk and about a third were convicted sex offenders.
Healthy Prison Outcomes:
Safety = 3(2)*
Respect = 3(2)*
Purposeful Activity = 3(3)*
Rehabilitation and Release Planning = 2(2)*
Note: *(Previous inspection outcomes from February 2016 are stated in brackets)
= Outcomes for prisoners are poor.
= Outcomes for prisoners are not sufficiently good.
= Outcomes for prisoners are reasonably good.
= Outcomes for prisoners are good.
Key Points of Interest: Health, Well-Being and Social Care:
Leadership and accountability arrangements were considered as being robust. A culture of reporting serious untoward incidents and of learning from them was established, including learning from Prisons and Probation Ombudsman recommendations. Prisoner health representatives were now in place on most house blocks, and inspectors saw evidence of consultation about service delivery.
The training available to staff was impressive, with good access to clinical supervision and opportunities for professional development.
Clinical records captured the care provided and were subject to audit. We found equity of access to services for all prisoners. Infection prevention audits had been undertaken and clinical rooms were generally suitable and clean.
The management of health complaints had improved. We saw evidence of effective face-to- face resolution, and the quality of responses to concerns and complaints was generally good. However, complaint forms were not freely available and often had to be requested directly from health services staff, which potentially limited their use and submission.
A strategic approach to health promotion had been developed and bespoke events took place throughout the year. Patients who arrived at the establishment needing smoking cessation support were supported effectively.
Some secondary care was available onsite, including ultrasound scans and telemedicine. Out-of-hours support was delivered through the NHS 111 telephone line.
A complex case meeting took place fortnightly and was attended by a range of health care professionals. Patients' care needs were discussed, and planned interventions were monitored and reviewed during the meeting. The management of long-term conditions was good and patient care was appropriately reviewed. Care plans were detailed and informed ongoing care provision.
Urgent mental health support was good. A duty worker was available seven days a week for prisoners experiencing acute distress, and they operated an initial gate-keeping assessment, which was impressive. This support included input into the segregation unit, and the team routinely contributed to all initial ACCT processes and subsequent case reviews, where appropriate.
All routine MH referrals were generally seen and assessed within a week.
Most custody staff had undertaken mental health awareness training, which was a positive development, particularly given the importance attached to the new key worker role.
The integrated substance misuse team provided well-led and coordinated clinical management, seven days a week. Currently, 115 patients were receiving opiate substitute treatment, compared with 66 at the time of the previous inspection, but prescribing input had not increased with this rising demand. The team appropriately prioritised 13-week reviews, and met weekly to discuss the care of the large number of patients with complex needs. A dual diagnosis nurse, who was part of the primary mental health team, provided support to patients with substance- as well as mental health-related problems.
There was a comprehensive in-possession (IP) policy, but inspectors found that not all IP risk assessments were reviewed in line with it. The use of IP medication had increased from 30% at the time of the previous last inspection to 65% in January 2019, which was positive. About a third of the population (330 patients) was prescribed supervised or controlled medication, which included a number of tradable medicines. Officers were now consistently available to supervise the process, which had improved safety and reduced the likelihood of diversion.
The CQC issued 1 Requirement Notice against Regulation Standards.
Recommendations: Health, Well-Being and Social Care:
Automated electronic defibrillators should be easily accessible to prison staff, particularly when nurses are not on site.
Patient information should be readily accessible in a range of formats and languages.
Prisoners with identified mental health needs should be able to access a full range of individual and group psychological interventions.
Patients requiring a transfer under the Mental Health Act should be transferred within the current transfer time guidelines.
The range of psychosocial interventions should meet identified need and include the provision of medium- to high-intensity courses.
Clinical substance misuse services should offer sufficient prescribing input to meet increased demand and complexity of need.
Patient medication should be supplied in a timely fashion, to ensure that treatment is not interrupted.
In-possession risk assessments should be reviewed in line with the local policy, to ensure that all risks are appropriately managed.
Good Practice: Health, Well-Being and Social Care:
None identified/reported.
CQC Requirement Notices Issued:
Regulation 12: Safe care and treatment. This was in relation to medicines being not always managed properly and safely.
News Release – HMP/YOI Moorland
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Although surrounded by Sundanese-speaking areas in West Java, linguists have stated clearly that Cirebon (and the historically related region of Serang city in Banten Province) are Javanese language areas. In addition, this is supported by the Cirebon people referring to themselves as "wong Jawa" ("Javanese people"), and to their language as "basa Jawa" ("Javanese"). However, the Cirebon dialect is sufficiently different from the dominant south central Javanese dialect that it is sometimes assumed to be non-Javanese by outsiders.
It's a nice coastal city around Java. People are friendly and the city is clean.
Ancient people believe that it was the center of the universe (the name Cirebon, derived from such notion).
The city is one large natural symphony, try riding one of its tricycle and you'll see what I mean.
It's the only place where people commonly speak two major, often conflicting Indonesian dialects — Javanese & Sundanese, whom most people speak either of them, not both.
It's a coastal city, so it's warm all year long. 10 km up, lies a smaller city of Kuningan, down the hills of the Mt. Ciremai, It has one of the world's best natural spring spas & swimming pools.
Due to its warm weather and hot sunny day, napping is a common culture during the day.
It offers Nasi Jamblang, a common mixed-rice dish served on top of teak tree leaves.
Read my article in The Jakarta Post about Cirebon.


An increase in the price paid by patients for antibiotics has done nothing to depress consumption, according to figures from the Christian Mutuality (CM).
The price increase was introduced by federal minister Maggie De Block, herself a practising family doctor, when she was health minister in 2017, in an attempt to screw back on the excessive consumption of antibiotics.
Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections, but over-use has led to a situation where commonly occurring bacteria have developed a resistance to most antibiotics, making them more difficult to treat while scientists race to find a new treatment. In addition, new research has indicated that over-use of antibiotics can affect the body's own defences, for example by depleting the beneficial bacteria found in the intestines, which could explain the growth in allergies and food intolerances.
The price adjustment was an attempt to discourage patients from demanding antibiotics from their family doctor for complaints where the drugs are not indicated, such as flu, caused by a virus not amenable to treatment with antibiotics, or the common cold, also virus-based and cured by nothing more sophisticated than rest and time.
The medical insurance industry, having found no solution in discouraging patients, is now calling for doctors to be fined for over-prescribing.
Now the federal expertise centre for health care is calling for a joint campaign by federal and regional public health services act to encourage the medical sector, the veterinary sector, researchers, universities, agricultural organisations and the food and drugs industries to work together to put the brakes on antibiotic use in circumstances where the drugs are not indicated.