their intro: "addresses four common misconceptions about BEM and explains how and why the CSS naming convention of Block Element Modifier helps solve organizational thinking around class names."
author says: Tables frequently appear on the web but aren't easy to design and code. This illustrated guide explains the table anatomy and how to build a table, keeping in mind its future elaboration.
author says: A snippet for tracking page views on your website without having to add external libraries. No need to add Google Tag Manager and Analytics libraries. Do not use if tracking AdWords.
Handy code generator for accordion style panels. You can only have one open at a time - open one, the previous closes. css only, no js. Some options can be configured first via sliders. Horizontal and vertical options.
This mod solves the problem on tria site where it prevented the onload script in body tag from adding the .loaded class.
cookie consent code that I used on barcelonaprints and tria.
It clashes with some js "onload add class" code I wanted in the tria body tag.
they say: This application is a living style guide or pattern library, generated from KSS documented styles...with an accessibility twist.
shows how css grid doesn't accommodate text wrap around images - you end up using a float like always, which seems to undermine the usefullness of grid. (I can't believe this use case wasn't an important consideration in the implementation of grid).
great explanation of difference between <i> and <em> tags. I can use <em> now when appropriate and discard my historical, and justified, reluctance. I am vindicated!
Divided and listed into categories: layout, visual, animation, interactivity, other. With explanations. Handy. I didn't know about ::selection or user-select:none or focus-within. Technique for overflow gradient. Checkbox hack toggle.
nice bit of css that maintains aspect ration and allows content in the div, BUT, if content is larger than the div you have to deal with overflow, or the div will grow, thereby spoiling the aspect ratio. Image is best as background img.
Playground for fiddling with and getting code for SVG filters.
generates code for corner radius (border-radius) using 8-figure syntax. You can experiment and get interesting effects, 'specially setting one or more corner to 0. Has draggable corner points. Handy.
shows necessary prefixes. Date shown when I booked this (7.10.18) was 31.10.17, so it's nearly 1 year old - so don't know how often this is updated.
css grid layout/code chart + diagrams show position effect. Divided into 'container' and 'children', like flexbox. Each main declaration has brief intro text. Very clear, simple reference.
result of my query "Is it worth bothering about schema?"
CSS Grid Layout Interface Builder | LayoutIt!
their summary: CSS styles isolation is the most frequent start point of the BEM usage. But this is the least that BEM can give you. BEM brings a system approach in your project and keeps it from the mess.
a really minimal css reset, plus some scolding about using resets. I like it. Handy.
intro says: The placeholder attribute contains a surprising amount of issues that prevent it from delivering on what it promises. Let's clarify why you need to stop using it.
tutorial on hand-coding svg shapes: "... you can hand-code simple shapes quite easily, without needing to open a graphics application."
mac website-building software. $80 in March 2018.
tutorial to make a navbar with flex. Most of it I already know but has handy tips about 'order' and width.
Screencasts to learn codsing. They say: 1. Pause and interact with the code. Scrimba lets you interact with the code inside the screencast whenever you want.
A visual way to analyze the specificity of selectors in CSS.


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#include <string>

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	class StringReader : public Reader
	{
	public:
		StringReader(std::string const & string)
			: m_string(string), m_iter(m_string.begin()){}

		virtual std::string read(size_t nBytes)
		{
			std::string result(m_iter, m_iter + nBytes);
			m_iter += nBytes;
			return result;
		}
		virtual std::string readAll()
		{
			return m_string;
		}
		virtual std::string id() const{ return "<string>"; }

		virtual ~StringReader(){}

	protected:
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		std::string::const_iterator m_iter;
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Stations of the Cross In-Progress..
Students in action. After school painters at work!
Zion Lutheran Church, 709 6th Street in Wausau, was seeking high school art students to create a series of paintings based on the Stations of the Cross. The paintings are to be unveiled during 2014 Easter services and remain on display in the church afterward.
The eight students who volunteered to take on this project have met with Pastor Gjerde of Zion Lutheran to plan and sign contracts of completion and payment.
This group has met each week to develop ideas, coordinate compositions, and create a sense of unity throughout their works. Below are the completed proposal sketches for the eight stations that our students will be eventually painting. This is a pretty monumental project, but we're off to a good start. Check back soon to see their progress on the paintings!


There are 14 FTA channels here from A,B,C,D MUX plus one local.
All MUXes from the local relay tower. Kabhegy and Budapest towers are also avaliable here with the same channels.
The only national DVB-T provider's name MinDigTV (Mindig menas always in Hungarian) owned by the state company, Antenna Hungaria. AH operates also the towers.
M1-M5, Duna, Duna W. are the state channels.
Tv2, Fem3, Zenebutik, Izaura TV belongs to the Tv2 Group.
Euronews was the part of the FTA package until 2016, but it is removed due "financial reasons"
"M3" channel is in the paid package, it broadcasts movies, serials, TV shows from the socialist (pre 1990) era.
When the conditions are good, there are one slovak (E21) and one slovenian (E27) MUX can be received here, but usually only the locals. In 200m radius there are 3 800 MHz and one 450 MHz LTE towers here. They are overloading the receiver. In the market the filters are only for 800 mhz, and no one for 450 mhz. The 450 MHz LTE network is only for govermental use. Data communications between authorities, offices, etc.


Chub® Vantage® Daysack is rated 1.0 out of 5 by 1.
Rated 1 out of 5 by Simon 308 from Short session rucksack Looked good for short sessions but failed on the fact the small front pocket zip jammed every time you opened it . Disappointed as think this is a manufacturing oversight .


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Creature from Black Lake (1080p Blu-ray + Limited Edition Slipcover)
Director: Joy Houck, Jr.
Starring: Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson, Bill Thurman
Release Date: Shipping the week of August 21, 2022
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Aspect Ratio: High-Definition 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1) Presentation
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"A wonderfully old-fashioned monster movie like they used to make monster movies—chills, chuckles and a couple of good screams."
– Paul Beutel, Austin American-Statesman
"***1/2…thoroughly professional and highly entertaining."
– Glenn Garvin, Delta Democrat-Times
There's a hairy humanoid beast lurking in the Louisiana swamps, but only trapper Joe Canton (Jack Elam, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST) has seen it and lived to tell the tale, and the other residents of Oil City, Louisiana don't talk about it. But that's not about to stop intrepid grad students Pahoo (Dennis Fimple, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES) and Rives (John David Carson, EMPIRE OF THE ANTS), who are determined to track down the Bigfoot-like creature. Defying local sheriff Billy Carter (Bill Thurman, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW), the duo trek deep into the wilds of Black Lake, and a series of frightening encounters make it clear the monster is no mere legend.
Following in the (big) footsteps of THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK and similar docudramas, 1976's CREATURE FROM BLACK LAKE is a fictional Sasquatch saga, albeit one inspired by real reports. With a colorful cast, also including Dub Taylor (THE WILD BUNCH), and plenty of rural atmosphere courtesy of cinematographer Dean Cundey (HALLOWEEN, JURASSIC PARK), scripter Jim McCullough Jr.—who also co-stars—and director Joy Houck Jr. bring touches of humor and humanity that complement the mystery of the monster, and the terror of its attacks. A longtime late-night TV favorite, CREATURE FROM BLACK LAKE now roars onto its Blu-ray debut with a new 4K restoration and a boatload of special features!
Exclusive slipcover design from Justin Coffee (Limited to only 2500 slipcovers) only available direct from Synapse Films & DiabolikDVD
Brand-new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative
Audio commentary with author/filmmaker Michael Gingold and film historian Chris Poggiali
SWAMP STORIES – All-new featurette with Director of Photography Dean Cundey
Original theatrical trailer and radio spot
Newly translated optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (Standard 1080p Blu-ray Release)
DEMONS [Movie-Only Version] [Blu-ray]
Basket Case 2 [Blu-ray]
Curtains [Blu-ray]

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Ms. Aghdam shot the people in an enclosed courtyard where employees dined. YouTube said she had entered the courtyard through a parking garage. The gate between the parking garage and the courtyard was unlocked, according to Zach Vorhies, an engineer at YouTube. A former YouTube employee who used to handle threats from disgruntled video creators, but was not allowed to speak about it publicly, said his team repeatedly warned YouTube security about the risk of the parking garage and unlocked gate, but it was never fixed.
YouTube said in a statement on Wednesday that Ms. Aghdam never entered the building itself thanks to other security protections. The company said it was "revisiting this incident in detail" and would be increasing security at all of its offices around the world.
The F.B.I. identified 160 so-called active-shooter incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013, which left 486 people dead and 557 wounded. Nearly 46 percent of the attacks took place in commercial locations. Dozens of other attacks have occurred since 2013.
Workplace shootings have fueled a cottage industry of security consultants who show employees how to manage panic, when to run or hide, and how to fight as a last resort. Lesson plans identify which filing cabinets or pieces of furniture offer the best protection, and which office tools can become improvised weapons. A full day of training can cost companies thousands of dollars.
Companies are sending their employees to self-defense classes and their security personnel to gun ranges to test active-shooter threats in virtual reality. Architects are designing offices with designated safe rooms. Insurance providers are offering lower premiums for corporate clients with stronger security.
"If you can't protect the work force, you're putting your entire operation at risk," said Arnette Heintze, a former Secret Service agent who runs the security consulting firm Hillard Heintze, which posted record revenue in the most recent quarter.
At Apple's new campus in Cupertino, Calif., visitors are required to enter through a single, guarded entrance. The headquarters have a large courtyard, but reaching it requires someone to pass through the building.
One former Facebook employee who worked on the company's security protocols, who declined to be named because of Facebook's prohibition on discussing internal company matters, said the company received dozens of threats a week.
In recent years, Facebook has increased security at the entrances to its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., but its parking lots and surrounding areas remain accessible. "The safety of our employees is paramount, and we work hard every day to maintain a safe and secure environment for our community," Jamil Walker, a Facebook spokesman, said in an email.
Facebook could soon find security trickier. It has proposed expanding into a nearby neighborhood, with housing and public space for local residents alongside its offices.
Some security experts instruct clients to shift their parking lots farther away from the main facility, giving more time for potential attackers to have second thoughts and for guards to act on a threat. Consultants recommend that executive offices remain unlabeled to make them less of a target.
Companies of all kinds have stepped up security. General Mills said it made physical changes to its building in Minneapolis to better prepare for an active shooter situation, but did not provide specifics. Wendy's said it had installed upgraded security cameras throughout its headquarters in Dublin, Ohio; set up advanced access control systems that can lock down different parts of the facility; and upgraded its phone systems with emergency messaging capabilities.
Hallmark and Hershey said they show employees a training video from the Center for Personal Protection and Safety that covers active shooter protocol. Some companies use a softer term — "hostile intruder" — to describe the training, while others add customized introductions to the footage.
Employees are being asked to download internal apps loaded with safety plans, maps and emergency alerts. Some are told that their bonuses will be withheld if they do not attend mandatory drills.
And preventive tactics are gaining traction. Employers are hiring social media trackers and data analysts to search for warning signs in employee behavior. Accenture said it has a behavioral threat assessment team made up of human resources representatives, lawyers, on-call psychologists and others.
But security remains a matter of balance.
"You don't want a security program so restrictive that it hinders the company from doing the business it's in," Mr. Heintze said.
And vulnerabilities remain common, security consultants said. So-called penetration tests frequently show how easily an outsider can slip into an office through the employee smoking area, past an unmonitored camera, into a door held open by a polite employee, or through a metal detector being overseen by an underpaid and overworked security contractor.
Employees looking for convenience tend to prop open automatically locking doors. Some will pass a badge over a turnstile to a friend who forgot his or hers.
One corporate client described its facility to John M. White, the chief executive of the Protection Management security consulting firm, as being fully secure. Within three hours, Mr. White found that he could waltz through most of the building's doors without being screened and that some were so old they would not lock.
Another customer spent several hundred thousand dollars installing security cameras, only to find that their views were obstructed. Mr. White said he has spoken to employees who, in a theoretical attack, said they would be unwilling to break a window to escape out of fear of being fired later.
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Борат иттрия — неорганическое соединение,
соль иттрия и борной кислоты с формулой YBO,
бесцветные (белые) кристаллы.

Получение
 Твёрдотельная реакция оксида иттрия и борной кислоты:

Физические свойства
Борат иттрия образует бесцветные (белые) кристаллы
тригональной сингонии,
пространственная группа R c,
параметры ячейки a = 0,506 нм, c = 1,721 нм, Z = 6.

Есть данные, что борат иттрия образует кристаллы
гексагональной сингонии,
пространственная группа R 6/mmc,
параметры ячейки a = 0,3778 нм, c = 0,8814 нм.

Применение
 Борат иттрия применяется в радиоэлектронной промышленности в качестве матрицы для люминофоров.

Литература

иттрия

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One Witch's Cottage
Scriptorum
One Witch's Blog…
A Cottage Witch…
a word to the witch
Category Archives: Inspiration
The Trouble with Dichotomy
Either–or Thinking
Someone is saying it—whaddya mean, dichotomy?
So let's start with an image: Two circles, one black labelled A, one white labelled B. They are identical in size and shape, completely separate in position, and have no shared content. This is a pictorial representation of a dichotomy. Oxford Dictionary defines dichotomy as "a division…between two things that are…entirely different."
So why does a witch care? Simple. The absolutism of either–or thinking, a concept that goes back at least 2500 years in religion to Zoroastrianism and affects all modern religions "of the book" also permeates occult writing of the past two centuries. For example, Theosophy, a religion (or "esoteric religious tradition," to quote Joseph Campbell,) was promulgated by the Theosophical Society with Helena Blavatsky primary among its 1875 founders, In Theosophy, the atma (Sanskrit, "soul") is the Higher Self so often taught in New Age self-help practices to be the individual's source of true wisdom.The difficulty with the term higher self becomes evident when one asks the obvious question, "Higher than what?"
The notion that a lower self (or consciousness) exists within us all and must be overcome or improved by a higher self (or consciousness) pervades the New Age assumptions drawn from 19th and 20th century esotericism—which, in turn, borrow extensively from Hindu and Buddhist concepts that buried the Old English vocabulary of the witch, and even the Latinate vocabulary of the ceremonial magician. Even the religion of Thelema, product of Aleister Crowley (and Rabelaisian fiction) presupposes that practitioners have a "True Will" that manages their ethical dictum: "Love is the Law, Love under Will."
Where Witchcraft Meets Dichotomy
Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?
—The Wizard of Oz, Glinda the Good the witch of the north, to Dorothy upon her arrival in Oz
Glinda's question mirrors a more modern one, often posed to me: "Do you do white magic?" And the questioner invariably looked nervous while asking. Twenty-odd years of teaching, and I reflexively reply, "Is a hammer good when it hits the nail and bad when it hits your thumb?"
Magic is a tool, just as is a hammer. It is a tool used by witches, and a great many others; goodness or badness is a matter of perspective. More to the point, it is not a dichotomy, a division, at all. Goodness and badness as qualities are two ends of a spectrum, and less than that, or more. For a spectrum implies a line, or a series along a line, and goodness and badness do not fall into such a narrow space. Good magic may mean effective magic, or helpful magic, or healing magic. Bad magic may mean baleful magic, or ineffective magic, or selfish magic. And sometimes selfish magic is beneficial, just as sometimes good magic is interference.
Outside of deliberately contrived fiction, witchcraft connects us to each other, to nature, and to balance. At the solstices, dark or light, humans yearn for a return to a balance. Summer solstice having just passed in the North, the 16 hours of daylight begin to interfere with needful sleep. Walking for fun or exercise is done at times of day when shadows fall broadly, and one instinctively chooses to walk on the shadowed side of the street. In the same way, at winter solstice, with daylight throttled to a scant 8 hours, dry moments of daylight are cherished, and the sun-warmth on skin is welcome, if rare.
Wicca celebrates the Wheel of the Year, and yet the wheel we speak of is not a wheel but a spiral, for when we reach a point along its cycle, we are in a different time and space. Ancient and modern petroglyphs depict such spirals and their cousin–labyrinths.
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel…
"The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
This entry was posted in Inspiration, Musings blog…, Witchcraft on June 27, 2018 by Deporodh.
Mirth Lightens…
…let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.
—the Charge of the Goddess
Here continues a series of blog entries undertaking to examine each of the eight qualities that our Great Mother advises us to cherish in our hearts.
What Is Mirth?
Harvest merriment outside the walls of Rome.
Mirth means joy or pleasure although modern dictionaries equate the word mirth with laughter & levity. The word itself is simply the noun form of the adjective merry, which means pleasant, agreeable, or sweet. Every winter in the USA people wish each other a "Merry Christmas" while across the Atlantic the British express the same sentiment as "Happy Christmas."
A traditional time for merriment is after the annual harvest—grain, fruits, fish, nuts—has been successfully gathered and stored. Harvest Home festivities include the early October Erntedankfest in Germany including the famed Munich Oktoberfest, Thanksgiving in Canada on October's second Monday, and Michaelmas in Scotland at the end of September—a occasion which inherits customs from the Celtic games at Lughnasadh.
Mirth Without
"We all need joy, and we can all receive joy…by adding to the joy of others."
—Eknath Easwaran, The End of Sorrow
"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased…"
Mirth or merriment is sometimes where one finds it. The seasonal Easter marquee that fronts a local (Christian) church along a minor arterial street in my neck of the woods reiterates the annual proclamation I've heard & seen for 60 years…"He is risen!"—for years an in-your-face irritant of springtide, at least when combined with the annual plague of grass allergies.
Most recently, the image that brought mind is the priapic image of the flowering California buckeye in all its phallic glory—in its turn a reminder of the sacred sexuality of the Hornéd One. And I burst out laughing, with a whole new twist on that old irritation—one that will no longer irk as it has for decades.
Mirth Within
Clearly, having mirth within you is not the same thing as laughing all the time. Mirth is an attitude, taking joy in everyday things, being pleasant with yourself and with others. Certainly laughter may be a result of such an attitude, and supports the attitude itself. Mirth and merriment acts to counter-weight life's inevitable irritations and frustrations; much more significant is support of such attitude when facing crisis, tragedy, and loss.
"They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,
'Tis the only receipt to make sorrow sink."
—Ben Jonson, Entertainments
NOTHING is like a Burden Cloth!
Enjoying small things even in the midst of sorrow is an instance of keeping at least a spark mirth within. Although I grieved at the death of my mother, I took pleasure in the knowledge that she was able to live her life independently until the end; she sold her Burden Cloth totes at Eugene's Tuesday Market the very day before her death. As I gave instructions for her bodily disposal, I handed the funeral home one of her own Farm Size Burden Cloth™ totes to be used for her shroud…and she still wore the prior day's t-shirt, one she"d had silkscreened with the image at left & beneath it: "NOTHING is like a Burden Cloth!"
Other aspects of her disposal also pleased me, as it would her—the funeral home had arrangements with a local MD who would remove her pacemaker (not suited for either burial or cremation), containing as it did heavy metals)…and although the MD could not do so within the USA, he workd with an organization that sterilized such used pacemakers and supplied their life-saving technology to patients in poor countries abroad. Carol ones wrote an article entitled "Where in the world is Away" on the topic of re-use and re-cycling. I could feel her approval as I signed the paperwork for that detail. Odd to feel pleasure amid the grief. Odd, but true, and supportive. Mirth—joy or pleasure or merriment or even levity—does indeed lighten the spirit.
This entry was posted in About Wicca, British Traditional Wicca, Initiatory Wicca, Inspiration, Paganism, Wicca, Witchcraft and tagged Goddess, wiccan virtues on April 22, 2017 by Deporodh.
A Lammastide Tale
Once a time, a great forest covered the westlands, streambanks and flatlands, vales and dales, meadows and hillocks, mountains and ravines and chasms deep in the heart of the country. Many kinds of trees grew there, the lesser—the rhododendron and buckeye, the dogwood and laurel, the manzanita and toyon and the greater—the dugh fir and the live oak, the tanoak and the madrone, the bay laurel and the huge valley oak.
But greatest of all trees in the forest was the redwood, the sequoia, massive amid mountains or towering high along the land's edge to drink the twilight fogs, gift of the sea. For those sequoia were more than single trees, they were the mother-tree of all the forest, gathering the mists to water its neighbors, amassing its duff to mulch the forest against the summer sun, and even in death, when an ancient tree, windfallen, cleared a space within the forest, new redwoods sprang quickly from its mouldering body.
And in that land, where stood these tallest of trees, blanketing the sharp-edged landscape, many waters flowed, tiny rivulets carving paths in the clay soil, or great rivers flowing easily over wide, pebbled streambeds. And not all the waters of that land were above it, for beneath the forest, the waters also ran, chill from mountainous seeps or heated with the very fires of the svartelven folk, the dwarves whose smithies ring powerful in saga and tale alike—but that is another story.
Among those waters ran a everlasting clear stream that issued forth from under the roots of a lofty, towering sequoia, old when the Norsemen relinquished their grip on the vine-lands—but that, too, is another story. From out a lightless hollow between two buttress-roots the which knotted firmly into the golden clay soil sprang forth lustily a pure gush of water, and, falling, smoothed the clay banks of the creek that issued therefrom. Even in these latter days, you may still see the remnants of this great forest, hidden away in clefts of the hillsides, nursed back to health in patches of treasured enclaves, or awaiting destruction from the hand of man.
In these latter days, it came to pass that one such forest enclave still preserved the ancient lofty redwood and its astonishing freshwater fountain, untouched but for the addition of a cup, hooked at the great tree's foot, ready to hand.
Now in these days of sorrow for the forest, it came about that a harvest feast was held in that preserve whence stood the goddess-tree and her sacred spring. And a daughter of the preserve-keepers, those multi-generation farm folk, shared withal the secret of the spring, leading another girl Doireann, then but a lanky lass, into the edge of forest, and bade her drink, from the cup, of the earth's bounty. And Doireann drank as she was bidden, and found it good.
It came about at the next harvest feasting that, though her guide—the farm daughter—was absent, Doireann was drawn alone into the deep woods. She traversed the trace, darkening from sunlight to forest dim, unsummoned, along the clay path beneath the sword fern and trillium that edged it and the watercourse to its wond'rous source, the sweet spring, for she was drawn to see and smell and drink this marvel once again. She followed her feet and her heart until she came to the great goddess-sequoia, and she felt of the texture and form of the tree, getting to know it better.
And she plunged both hands into the freshet, rinsing her hands and arms of the dust and sweat of the open country (where the Lammas sun beat fiercely beyond the cool forest air), scooping chill handfuls to cleanse her face as well. At last, she took the cup from its hook and rinsed it and drank deeply of the waters of the land, and knew that it was sacred. Leaving, she said naught of her feeling and her experience to others, fearing to make it seem less than it had been. For she felt a tie with the land, with the sequoia, with the forest that seemed new to her, yet long familiar.
And that is the story of how Doireann met the mother-redwood and her sacred spring, but that is not the last of her tales, for it was she who serenaded the ancient sequoia of Armstrong Grove, and it was she who met the Hornéd One amid another redwood forest, and it was she who was gifted with wildlife contact amid the redwood expanse that yet survives—but those are other stories.
This entry was posted in Inspiration, Musings blog…, Paganism, Wicca, Witchcraft, Writing and tagged Sabbat, story on April 22, 2017 by Deporodh.
Recycling Spirit
"In the economy of nature, nothing is ever lost. I cannot believe that the soul of man shall prove the one exception." —Gene Stratton-Porter (1863–1924)
There it is…a clear statement written almost a century before my own conclusion of similar ilk. I've thought for decades that nothing vanishes—not matter including living beings, not energy including the nuclear engines we know as stars or suns—nothing at all. Matter become energy becomes matter; thus, nothing that exists ever disappears/vanishes/evaporates/ceases to exist. Consciousness, or spirit, or soul, or qi, or ka, or that-which-lives is real, provable, tangible by its interactions with other consciousnesses. Why should consciousness be the only thing in the cosmos that evaporates, when we know that every thing else in the cosmos continues in other forms? Thus, living spirits continue.
British Traditional Wicca incorporates a core belief, that reincarnation happens. Our funerary prayer includes a simple request of our Lord of Death & Rebirth:
…when our time comes, we will enter Thy realms gladly. …when rested and refreshed among our dear ones, we shall be reborn by Thy grace and by the grace of the Great Mother. Let it be at the same time and in the same place as our beloved ones. And may we meet and know and remember, and love them again…
So mote it be.
This entry was posted in About Wicca, British Traditional Wicca, Initiatory Wicca, Inspiration, Musings blog…, Wicca on April 6, 2017 by Deporodh.
Sacred springs…
inWater is life. —First Peoples saying
Greek bronze Pegasus figure, 6th century BCE
Having spoken of the Muses' sacred spring, Hippocrene (which translates to mean "horse fountain"), it seems fitting to mention the myth of the spring's creation. Tales tell that Pegasus—himself described as the steed of the Muses—upon launching himself skyward, that his hoof clove the rock of Mt. Helicon, opening the Hippocrene fountainhead at that place. The Hippocrene remains accessible to hikers on Mt. Helicon today, with a battered old bucket chained to the stone well opening, allowing visitors to reach the subterranean water a few yards (meters) below the opening.
A Scattering of Sacred Springs
Duwamish Licton Spring, Seattle, Washington
Brigid's well, Kildare, Ireland
Sulis Spring, Bath, England
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue… —Marcus Aurelius
As the Standing Rock water protectors have reminded us all, "Water is Life." Freshwater sources, wells and springs, are and have been from time immemorial, regarded with respect at the least and awe at the most. Freshwater natural springs & wells are sacred around the globe.
Licton Spring, which I have had the honor to visit personally, is sacred to the Duwamish and intermarried regional tribes of Puget Sound; a source for the medicinal red ochre.
The goddess Brigid's well in Kildare is older than the saint into which the goddess was subsumed. Brigid symbols abound: her sacred flame for forge & crafting; her sacred well for healing & inspiration; her Celtic cross for sun & grain.
Aquae Sulis The natural hot springs in Britain's city of Bath are named for the mineral springs there revered by the Celtic Brythons before Rome supplied the Latin name. The occupying Romans knew her as Sulis Minerva (Minerva is the name they knew Athena by, goddess of wise counsel & creativity), while the Brythonic folk knew Sulis as a healer and judge.
Hippocrene fount, sacred spring of the Muses upon Mt. Helicon; the name (Greek compounded of words meaning "horse" & "fountain") refers to the myth that Athena brought Pegasus as a young colt to be raised by the Muses; when the adult Pegasus leapt for the sky, his hoof clove the stone open to reveal the water beneath, which was reputed to grant inspiration to those who drink of it.
This entry was posted in Greek mythology, Initiatory Wicca, Inspiration, Musings blog…, Witchcraft on March 30, 2017 by Deporodh.
On Muses…
Most references state that the Greek Muses number nine, a few of whose names are part of modern English—terpsichore, the art of dance; and, calliope, a steam organ. These nine best-known Muses are connected with Hellenic Greek mythology of Mt. Olympus and the Olympian deities—these are sometimes called the Younger Muses.
Mt. Helicon's Hippocrene spring—sacred to the Muses
One must do further reading to learn that before the muses numbered nine, they numbered three, and before that, there was one. The little-known three Elder Muses have their own sacred mountain, Mt. Helicon, and their three attributes consist of voice, memory, and meditation. Those three attributes enable performance: of poetry, of theater, of music.
Whatever their number, Muses inspire.
When I was a music & theater major, that latter quality of meditation we called "concentration"—the focused, practiced production of sound, emotion, intention that seized and moved our audiences. And when I was brought in to the Wicca, I found that the same sort of "concentration" enables our magic. As the Brits say, "Snap!"
This entry was posted in Greek mythology, Inspiration, Musings blog…, Paganism, poetry, Wicca on March 29, 2017 by Deporodh.
Across the Genders
It's been a while since I dug into the roots of a word. I think I'm overdue.
First, what does it mean?
As of 1300, the English language noun meant kind or sort or class. No implicit or explicit reference to biological or physiological nature of the thing referenced. Its root word, unsurprisingly, is the Old French gendre or genre (a hint* for those paying attention) which meant kind or species or character. And that Old French word in turn comes from the Latin stem genus meaning race or stock or family or kind or rank or order or species.
*Genre, straight from the Modern French, is now used as an entirely different word in English…but it still means kind or sort or class.
Wowzer. Look at that! Gender is a means of classifying things into groupings. Later, it added the specific grouping of "is it male or female"—much later (I call 200 years later, compared to life spans of 30-70 years…).
Before we ever get to bringing individuals in to our circles, bringing them between the worlds, we tend to cover the term "polarity" in discussing the theoretical underpinnings of what it is that we—those weird-ass Wicca—do. But, y'know, I don't believe that theoretical underpinnings are what the Wicca had in mind when they wanted to prevent Hitler from invading and defeating Britain. Or five generations (see there, there's that genera—plural of genus—again) before that, when witches wanted to keep the Little Corsican on the continental side of the channel, and sent an entire summer of uncoöperative winds for the purpose. Or another six generations before that, when the Armada of Spain was already in English waters when it succumbed to the Atlantic gales called up to protect the folk who preferred "Good Queen Bess" over her predecessor "Bloody Mary" (no swearing involved).
In other simple words, witches—the Wicca—do what is needed because it works. We teach and pass and spread our tradition across gender. And for the most part, that means woman to man to woman to man to woman to…
Who are we to say that gender always and forever and only means biological sex? When it did not mean that, in our own language, in the first place. (Remember? two hundred years from sorting into groups, before it also mean sorted by "gender"?)
I don't see a need to argue about it. I certainly don't see a need to snipe at equally qualified and trained and experienced witches using apple-pie analogies, as if there were only ever one KIND (sort? class?? gender???) of apple pie. All too often, we elders can show ourselves human and imperfect in oh-so-many ways. Not least of which is telling each other that we have the sole truth when every one of us knows that no one has the sole truth—except as it relates to that particular entity.
This entry was posted in Inspiration, Musings blog…, Paganism, Wicca, Witchcraft on February 16, 2016 by Deporodh.
Metals, Makers, and Magic
hematite iron ore
Iron. It's the first metal that comes to mind for most folk. Hardly surprising—we humans developed iron smelting and tools contemporarily with the alphabetic writing that enabled the bulk of our earliest human histories, and consequently name that era of human proto-history the Iron Age—a macroscopic example of iron in human existence. There's also the microscopic example of iron in human existence—blood chemistry. Iron and its affinity for oxygen form the foundation of animal life on our planet.
Lodestone, that natural variant of magnetite (a naturally occurring ore of iron) is innately magnetic; modern geologists believe lodestones, routinely unearthed close to the surface, to have been permanently magnetized by lightning. Lodestones are, by definition, magnets— drawing to themselves small iron objects, or clinging readily to large ones. It must be magic, this movement without aid…
magnetite iron ore: lodestone
These days, it is well known that if you spin a magnet, you get electricity, and if you coil a wire running electric current, you get magnetism. The two are, in essence, dimensional aspects of the other. That's modern knowledge. What first our ancestors knew, millennia ago, was that a lodestone indicated north, and thus gave guidance when neither sun nor stars provided any. Hence its name in Old English lode + stan = lodestone, the stone that guides the way, a parallel to lodestar, an ancient name for the pole star that guided seafarers. A most practical magic, this, the magic of iron and magnets and north…
1992 hand-forged athamé with heavy leather sheath
Smith. Blacksmith, metal-worker, skilled crafter—each one a maker of ploughshares and swords, hasps and hinges. Early European tales feature smiths of myth and legend: Hæphestus of Attica and Vulcan of Ætna, Wayland of Albion or Völund of Jutland, plying skills that created storied blades and magical armor and household wonders. Their work survives everywhere—
replica Durandal in château wall
a medieval castle in France holds fast in its wall a sword reputed to be Wayland's work that dates from Charlegmagne (7th century)—the sword Durandal (or a replica thereof).
square iron nails c. 1850
While still a teen, I recall picking out rusty old square nails doing garden work (given that was northern California, I can be pretty sure they were 19th century, or late 18th). Ironmongery lasts; another magical quality…
Makers. The human ability to create, dream up, envision some thing…and then make that thing, create that object, that ability is magical. It is no wonder humans have long revered those of us who achieve those common miracles of making. Out of thin air!…and not all of those makers are human. Rooks and ravens, baboons and bonobos…for all I know, the cetaceæ. It's all magic, this making.…
Magic. Somewhere in the Western "Enlightenment," came a disdain for magic, a separation from those who worked the magic of science and observation and experiment, and those who worked the magic of tradition and tales and contagion. We of the twenty-first century struggle to bridge both magics…the whiles we discover the new magics of transisters and quanta and quarks, and feud about how we may weave the new magics into the old. So sad, that the "one true way"—which has never existed despite Abrahamic religious claims to the contrary throughout the past 1500 years—prevents the simple magic of emotion, of community, of love, from being recognized by all those who prefer to make their own world, and make it better. Yet even Carl Sagan himself, that quintessential materialist, came to recognize the magic of the universe….
This entry was posted in Inspiration, Musings blog…, Paganism, Witchcraft on February 15, 2016 by Deporodh.
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Jose Mujica, Uruguay | Top 10 Poorest Presidents in the World!
He earns more than he needs. This is what Jose says! Uruguay's President earns over $12k a month, but keeps only $1,250 to himself. The rest of money goes to charity, while the President lives a life of an ordinary farmer.
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Q: Bootstrap UI - How can I change the accordion header icon, on tab expanded? How can I change the accordion header icon, on tab expanded ?
Accordion plunke URL is : http://plnkr.co/edit/7HMhoHk9AWyBAHALgD0P?p=preview
 <accordion-group>
        <accordion-heading>
            I can have markup, too!
        </accordion-heading>
        This is just some content to illustrate fancy headings.
    </accordion-group>
  </accordion>

So basically I want to change the icon-check class  to let's say icon-uncheck, when the  tab is expanded

A: This should do what you want..
  <accordion-group is-open="$parent.isOpen">
    <accordion-heading>
        I can have markup, too!

    </accordion-heading>
    This is just some content to illustrate fancy headings.
  </accordion-group>

 Here's a working plunk:
http://plnkr.co/edit/kxKVsqHa1a64RvOUbVcM?p=preview
UPDATE
The above code is not properly working. It collapses/expands all groups in the accordion at once.
Have a look at this Plunker for a better solution:
    http://plnkr.co/edit/RQKAoY04eVj1ysIikRxU?p=preview

A: For change icon
<accordion close-others="true" is-open="group.open">
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           [{{$index + 1}}] {{group.title}}
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        {{group.content}}
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A: You can maybe try adding a script to your page that targets the accordion-heading class to change the  class attribute to your desired icon. maybe you can refer to these posts for some insight into how to do this.
Twitter Bootstrap accordion icon doesnt change
Adding open/closed icon to Twitter Bootstrap collapsibles (accordions)

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Set above the clouds at 1,800 metres (5,900 ft), the archetypally Alpine resort of Avoriaz clings to the snowy mountainside and steep cliffs.
This white paradise stretches right down into the busy little streets where horsedrawn sleighs are the favoourite local transport.
Between horse drawn carriages and skiers at the foot of a vast Franco-Swiss ski domain. The Resort boasts a typically Alpine decor with its traditional wooden chalets and warm and cosy atmosphere.
The Portes du Soleil ski domain runs through the heart of this pedestrian resort and stretches right into Switzerland. Its pistes welcome families and skiers of all standards.
A spacious 49 m² (527 ft²) Suite for premium comfort. On the top floor of the hotel, with a separate lounge, this Suite gives you a fine view over the valley or resort from the balcony.


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The Greyhound
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Fifteen-year-old Danny is a troubled kid, and trouble always seems to follow him. Things are changing just too fast his family has moved to a new town, his father is battling alcoholism, and Danny has a hair-trigger temper that causes him problems with the teachers and the other kids at his new school. But as they say, everybody can do at least one thing well, and for Danny its judo. The dojo is the one place where Dannys aggression can find an outlet, even as he tries to make sense of a life that seems way out of control. As he gets ready for an upcoming competition, things just might be on the upswing in Dannys life. Its all thanks to the arrival of a four-legged wonder, a remarkable greyhound named Long Shot that may hold the key to Danny finding both balance in his life and, especially, a greater understanding of his father.
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"The author works hard, and succeeds, in writing a story that makes the reader feel sympathy for both father and son, without being told why."
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a quiet, thoughtful coming-of-age novel about a sensitive boy and his exceptional pet.
Publishers Weekly (May, 2011)
John Cooper has published a number of non-fiction books for young people, including Season of Rage: Hugh Burnett and the Struggle for Civil Rights (nominated for a Red Maple Award and a Stellar Book Award) and Rapid Ray: The Story of Ray Lewis. He has written for many publications, including Maclean's and the Toronto Star. Cooper lives in Whitby, Ontario.
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Tionae Thomas couldn't be prouder of her 14-year-old daughter. Plenty of people overlooked a boy sitting alone under a tree in a shopping center parking lot. But not Tionae's daughter. The 14-year-old girl stepped in to help the stranded boy. And the internet is applauding this compassionate young lady for her kindness!
Tionae and her daughter were on the way home. But as they passed a shopping center, Tionae's daughter begged her to pull over. She'd noticed a boy who looked like he was most likely in elementary school. He sat all alone under a tree in a small island within the parking lot.
"It's too hot mama," the girl told her mom.
So, Tionae pulled over and her daughter got out, asking the stranded boy where his parents were. The boy didn't know.
The kind girl let the stranded boy use her cell phone to give his dad a call. Then she suggested he move from his spot under the tree to the front of a nearby Rite Aid. She told him it would be safer.
Getting back into the car with her mom, the girl asked to wait to make sure the stranded boy got picked up. She hated the idea of leaving him alone. And because of the warmer temps, she wanted to get him some water.
Tionae couldn't help but brag on her sweet girl, posting the story on Facebook. Soon, Love What Matters shared the post and it soon went viral. Everyone applauded her 14-year-old daughter for showing such kindness.
Plenty of others must have noticed the boy. Maybe they left him alone because they didn't want to intrude or scare him. Maybe they just assumed someone else would do something. But Tionae's daughter was the only one to step in and help.
After going viral, more information came out regarding why the boy was stranded. Apparently his parents recently divorced and had their schedules mixed up. Who knows how long the young man would have been waiting if Tionae's daughter hadn't stepped in.
We're proud of this kind-heart 14-year-old, too. It certainly restores my faith in the next generation!


You are at:Home»Entertainment»Have Sony and Apple Joined Forces to Create a Unique Online Music Subscription Service?
An interesting student news report for you today as rumours that Apple and Sony have collaborated to form a unique music subscription service gather pace. Sony's Worldwide Developers Conference is less than three weeks away and the news that they may have joined with up with Apple to allow iTunes users to use their content will hardly disappoint members. This could mean a brave new world of digital media for any students out there that like to download their music.
Have Sony and Apple Joined Forces to Create a Unique Online Music Subscription Service?
Michael Paull of Sony did not actually comment when asked of the company's plans to launch an online subscription service but is said to have cut a uncomfortable figure when asked about the venture.
Since then, Bloomberg have reported that collaboration with such players as EMI and Warner Music may be on the cards with the term 'iCloud' being coined by the network as the possible name of the new service. The current MobileMe technology may be utilised and improved as the globes biggest media names combine forces. Universal Music Group seems to be the only company holding back from the project at present but a deal is said to be imminent.
A scheme such as iCloud has always been laughed off by Apple as the firm have always held the belief that customers will always wish to own their materials outright. New trends and the continued success of Spotify seem to have swayed Apple into a rethink and the decision that streaming is the new way forward.
Google and Amazon have tapped into these ideas in the past with 'Music-Locker' services but these services have found limited success. The iCloud scheme will mean that individuals will have access to all of their favourite music at all times.
Apple has declined to comment on any of the points raised in this story but it seems likely that they will be taking their online presence more seriously this year, only time will tell.
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MPs show support for our ambitious post-Brexit farming plans
NFU members hosted the lunch event which showcased the best of British food and drink to underline how vital the sector is to the economy, both now and post-Brexit. MPs discussed how farming - which forms the backbone of the UK's largest manufacturing sector, food and drink - employs nearly four million people nationally and contributes more than £100 billion to the economy.
Farmers representing all farming sectors, from livestock to horticulture and from crops to poultry, were keen to explain why the agricultural sector needs to be a priority for the government throughout EU negotiations.
:: View pictures from the meeting here.
UK's food industry: 'Access to single market and labour vital'
Brexit and labour: MPs hear NFU's views
"British farmers have so much to contribute"
NFU Council responds to PM's Brexit speech
Our post Brexit farming channel on NFUonline
NFU Deputy President Minette Matters said: "For decades, the success of our sector has been determined not by Britain, but in Brussels. Leaving the EU creates a defining opportunity for British farming.
"But we cannot underestimate the unprecedented challenge we face in the years to come. 73% of our agri food exports currently go to the EU. The country relies on the thousands of workers that come from EU countries and further afield to pick the nation's fruit, flowers and vegetables. So, for farming to deliver for the nation, we need the right conditions. We need the best possible access to trade with Europe, and we need access to a reliable and competent workforce.
"It was so important to see the MPs from across all parties coming together to show their support for farming and I look forward to continuing our conversation with those decision-makers in the coming weeks and months ahead. "
The MPs pledged their support for farming and agreed that leaving the EU creates a defining opportunity for the agricultural sector to flourish; providing a clear indication that the country can succeed outside Europe.
The NFU is urging the government for the best possible access to the European Union, on fair terms, when the UK leaves the Single Market and for continued access to a reliable, competent workforce able to support the farming sector's need for seasonal labour.
"I was pleased to represent the livestock and hill farming sectors. We had a lively discussion and its clear they really want to understand more about the contribution we make. That sounds like a good opportunity to me - one we must make the most of."
Ripponden livestock and hill farmer Rachel Hallos
"The importance of the British sugar beet industry to the rural economy of eastern England cannot be underestimated, in the jobs provided, agronomic benefits, £300 million annually into the rural economy, as well as the biodiversity the crop brings. The British beet industry can seize on the opportunity of Brexit, to increase domestic production by 500 thousand tonnes of sugar per year, given the right market and trading conditions. Britain will still be a deficit market in sugar and British growers can sustainably help meet that demand well into the future, given a tariff and trading system that is fair."
Michael Sly, NFU Sugar vice-chairman
"Food and farming needs to be front and centre of any conversations with government about Brexit as it will be the most affected sector when the UK leaves the EU. I think it is hugely important for all farmers and growers to have their say, in particular the young famers who will be growing food for the nation in the years ahead. There are real issues at stake in terms of how we develop our workforce with competent and reliable people as well as markets for trade in a fair an accessible way. And then we must ensure decision-makers understand what farming needs to thrive as it looks to move from the CAP to a new domestic agriculture policy.
"I want the NFU Next Generation Forum to be involved fully in the development of the Green Paper on the government's food strategy."
NFU Next Generation Forum chairman Richard Bower
"It was good to discuss the importance of British food and farming with the MPs. In particular for poultry producers the need to have a competent and reliable workforce. I made it clear that non-tariff trade with the EU was needed, as is a transitional period as we leave the EU, and we agreed that the implementation of tariffs on trade with the EU could end in disaster. I also made it plain that British farmers need to be able to trade on a level playing field, particularly with EU farmers continuing to receive support from the CAP, and I think this message was understood."
NFU Poultry Board vice-chairman Tom Wornham
Read our vision for post-Brexit agriculture here


Justin Vernon sat in with Dead & Company at East Troy, WI's Alpine Valley last night. The Bon Iver frontman and Wisconsin native joined the Grateful Dead offshoot for "Black Muddy River," "Friend of the Devil" and "Bird Song" at the end of their first set. This is the first known time Vernon has performed with the members of the Grateful Dead, though he has worked with former Dead touring keyboardist Bruce Hornsby in recent years. "Nbd sitting in with the dead tonight at alpine," Vernon tweeted after the show. The historic shed recently reopened after being closed for the 2017 concert season.
Vernon was raised on the music of the Dead, Phish, The Slip and other improvisational acts and famously bonded with his future DeYarmond Edison bandmates at H.O.R.D.E. fest in 1997. More recently, Vernon recorded "Black Muddy River" with the others members of DeYarmond Edison—including Hiss Golden Messenger's Phil Cook—and Hornsby for the 2016 tribute album Day of the Dead. (DeYarmond Edison drew inspiration from Hornsby's take on "Black Muddy River" from the live album Here Come the Noise Makers.) The singer/guitarist also organized a Dead tribute at his Eaux Claires Festival.
Dead and Company's summer run continues at George, WA's Gorge Ampitheatre on June 29.


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Dodgers" Ethier retries after 12 seasons in the big leagues
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier officially announced his retirement from baseball Friday during an on-field ceremony.
Ethier played all 12 of his major league seasons with the Dodgers, making his debut in 2006, less than five months after he was acquired in an offseason trade from the Oakland Athletics. He hit 162 career home runs with 1,367 hits and appeared in the postseason eight times.
He drove in the team"s only run in a 5-1 defeat in Game 7 of the World Series last year.
Ethier, 36, said he was open to joining a team in spring training but the perfect fit never materialized. By April he started planning his first summer family vacation. The Dodgers talked him into a retirement ceremony Friday.
"I was honestly geared up and ready to go," Ethier said about playing in 2018. "The business side you just start to realize there"s not a market. Markets just don"t develop. I had been joking a lot that if you can"t find a job then I guess you retire and that"s what happened."
The emcee for the retirement was actor and Dodgers fan Jason Bateman.
"It"s flattering and unbelievable to have all this fuss," Ethier said. "For a guy who was just another player in a long line of great players to walk these hallways and put this uniform on . it means a lot."
A broken leg and an injured back limited Ethier to just 38 regular-season games over the past two seasons. But he made it back to make the postseason roster each year. In addition to his Game 7 RBI in last year"s World Series, he managed to hit an NLCS home run each of the last two years.
Dodgers players Joc Pederson, Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw and Justin Turner were in the cramped media room to hear Ethier speak before the game. Ethier admitted that he would love to still be playing.
"If Joc can get a hit, I can get a hit," Ethier said, breaking the room into laughter. "That"s the way I look at it I can say that to a few guys because they know I"m probably coming after them."
Kemp also made his major league debut in 2006 and he and Ethier roamed the outfield with each other for nine seasons. Ethier reserved his most sentimental words for his longtime teammate.
"If I could do one more thing, it would be to play one more game with Matt," he said.
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