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Six under-appreciated comics & why they're great
Posted by Guest Author | Aug 18, 2021 | News | 0
This guest post is from Joshua Spiller. Joshua is the author of the speculative-fiction novel 'The 8th Emotion', as well as several comic books variously published by FutureQuake, Aces Weekly, Alterna Comics, and ComicScene UK. Since indie books are often under-appreciated we invited Joshua to give his top 6 under-appreciated comics, indie or mainstream. Joshua currently has a Kickstarter running, which you can find here.
These comics are classics. But have you heard of them? Am I, in an embarrassingly unconvincing attempt to strike a connoisseur's pose, about to cite Watchmen as an obscure gem? In no particular order:
1. Gasoline Alley
written and drawn by Frank King
(I here refer to Sunday Press' Sunday with Walt and Skeezix collection, which is my only exposure to the series.) A marvelous slice-of-life comic strip about a good-natured man's parenting of the baby he finds on his doorstep, these episodes were crafted for American newspapers of the 1920s and '30s.
Quiet and reflective; comical; formally experimental (the baby, Skeezix, even ages in real time!); and genuinely touchingly human. If only one comic could survive as a testament to the best qualities of the human race, this should perhaps be it.
Special mention goes to the episode about autumn's colours. It's simultaneously a profound artistic lesson, and – particularly when you recall it was achieved on newsprint with extremely rudimentary colour reproduction – an astoundingly sumptuous depiction of the glories of Nature. And it's a single-pager. What a doozy.
2. Little Nemo in Slumberland
written and drawn by Winsor McCay
Another early 1900s American newspaper strip. With immersive visuals that possess an Art Nouveau flair, these single-pagers always ended in the same way: with the main character, a little boy called Nemo, awaking in his bed, frequently to the irate calls of his seemingly perennially impatient mother. But it's what occurs in the lead-up to this predictable finale that is stunning.
From its meticulously rendered vistas to its bizarre menagerie of characters (many of whom are in circus-esque attire), to its scope and the enormous sense of scale, Little Nemo's dreamland is – even 100 years later – jaw-dropping. What's more, it's all delineated in McCay's wondrous, proto animation style; all ridiculously rosy and glowing, at the dawn of the comic-book form.
3. Miracleman: Olympus
written by Alan Moore, art by John Totleben
The third and culminating volume in Alan Moore's Miracleman trilogy, this phenomenon has it all: an unconventional, lachrymose narrative perspective that daringly dispenses with any real sense of threat to its protagonist; a loose blueprint for, and arresting depiction of, a utopia; a villain that takes super-powered evil to its visceral extreme; a meditation on "perfection" and its enigmatic costs; a scene of transcendent love-making; art by, to my mind, the greatest comics artist I've ever come across – this being his last great work before a degenerative eye condition rendered him legally blind; and, for those willing to delve into this slim volume, much, much more.
Out of print for years and a sought-after collector's item, this story was recently rereleased by Marvel, to insufficient acclaim. Maybe it's the jaded palette of the modern reader. Whatever. I read it fourteen years ago, and it still ranks as my best reading experience ever.
4. X-Man 63-74
story by Warren Ellis and Steven Grant, art by Ariel Olivetti and Enrique Alcatena
One of the greatest pieces of revisionist writing I've encountered, second only to Alan Moore's Swamp Thing. Warren Ellis takes what had become a dyed-in-the-wool, D-list character with no purpose or direction, and radically re-envisions him as a shaman of the mutant race. Olivetti provides the character with a strikingly modern redesign, and the series with horror-inflected artwork, before handing the reins to the able Alcatena; and Grant delivers on scripting duties, before taking charge of plotting as well once Ellis leaves the book.
In these twelve issues, X-Man (a.k.a. Nate Grey) discovers the conceptually awesome Spiral of Worlds; learns why a creature has agonizingly crawled up through the rungs of reality to kill a consortium of business-minded mutants; visits a memorable and sinister alternate Earth, where countless iterations of him, from other planes of existence, have previously been brought and killed; and faces Qabiri, a Superman-type being, whose genocide of what he deems to be inferior worlds is only halted when he is confronted with a truth that is mind-expanding for both him and the reader (at least, it was for this reader). It's a wild ride.
Incidentally, the series ends on Issue 75, but I haven't included that here, as it's a bit of a damp squib.
5. Kill Your Boyfriend
written by Grant Morrison, art by Philip Bond
A rip-roaring, fast-paced, punk rush of a reading experience. Better than much of Morrison's work, it's a tight story that never slackens, and is about a numbingly bored teenage girl, and the nutty and violent adventure she goes on to cure that boredom. Sharp, dark humour, and an exhilarating whirlwind of a teen romance included. And spoiler alert: part of the boredom-cure is in the title…
A Valentine's present to be purchased by only the most daredevil of boyfriends.
6. Black Panther #5
written by Christopher Priest, art by Vince Evans
Christopher Priest's take on Black Panther has plenty to recommend it, particularly in the early issues, but this, for me, is the high point. Guest artist Vince Evans knocks it out of the park, with lavish, painted-style artwork that reeks of uber-coolness.
As for Priest's story, it's playfully non-linear; retells Black Panther's origins in fine style; features Black Panther visiting hell, and his duel with Mephisto; and – in a brilliant move – this epic drama is narrated by a cowardly, oddball, likable government agent, to amusing effect. Yes, it's the last issue in a five-part story arc, but I first read it standalone, and I reckon you could enjoy it that way too.
BONUS!: Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men (1985)
Only become aware of this recently, and haven't read it yet, but… an X-Men comic raising money for famine relief in Africa, with a smorgasbord of contributors, including… Alan Moore! (Alan Moore wrote a bit of the X-Men?!?)… Stephen King!… and George RR Martin! What whaaaaat? Gotta be worth checking out.
Obviously, the above list is a reflection of my taste. So if you've enjoyed the sound of any of those stories, why not check out the Kickstarter that's currently running for a comic I've written? The comic's got cool art; it's magnificently affordable, and it's a story for comic readers old and new. Treat your eyes here.
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Irrespective of initiating factors, the peripheral circulation shows two general phases during the development and treatment of shock. Most published reports support earlier knowledge that the peripheral circulation is among the first to deteriorate and the last to be restored. With the advent of new and old techniques that allow us to continuously monitor peripheral perfusion, we may further shift our focus from pressure-based to flow-based resuscitation. The persisting challenge is the validation (effect on outcome parameters) of peripheral perfusion monitoring tools that can be simple and readily available worldwide.
Despite enthusiasm raised by new hemodynamic monitoring systems, a large gap still exists between what we can measure and what we would really like to measure. The report in a previous issue of Critical Care by He and colleagues on two techniques for peripheral perfusion monitoring adds new insights into this topic . In patients with septic shock, they studied the use of continuous transcutaneous oxygen, carbon dioxide tension and peripheral perfusion index (PI) derived from the pulse oximetry signal. Although these are not new technologies, their study highlights the importance of the status of nonvital organ perfusion in the resuscitation of patients with circulatory shock.
Earlier observations on the behavior of nonvital organ perfusion have shown two phases during the shock state, irrespective of initiating factors . During the initial phase, compensatory mechanisms predominate to preserve the perfusion of vital organs at expense of the peripheral tissues (nonvital organs). As blood flow variations in this phase follow a similar response pattern in the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle and gastrointestinal vascular beds, these tissues are highly sensitive for detecting occult tissue hypoperfusion during compensated circulatory shock. Although these are functionally and metabolically different organs, at a functional circulatory level they are remarkably similar. Blood flow in these organs is moderately to strongly influenced by sympathetic vasoconstrictor mechanisms. In this regard, coronary, cerebral, and renal circulations show a high degree of autoregulation with poor sympathetic control, whereas skeletal muscle, gastrointestinal and cutaneous circulations show a predominant sympathetic control with a poor degree of autoregulation. With the progression of circulatory shock and following initiation of therapy and normalization of systemic hemodynamic parameters, the association between global flow and peripheral circulation becomes less striking and ultimately disappears. Some patients enter a phase where the physiological gap between macrocirculation and microcirculation becomes more evident and intricate(Figure 1). To what extent each peripheral vascular bed expresses hypoperfusion in these stages of shock remains to be investigated. Nevertheless, most published reports support our earlier knowledge that the vascular bed of peripheral circulation is among the first to deteriorate and the last to be restored after resuscitation and, therefore, through this being a window of perfusion .
Clinical pattern of alterations in global and peripheral blood flow during circulatory shock. After initial treatment, restoration of global flow (A) is usually followed by peripheral perfusion trends towards normalization in survivors (B), and remained altered in nonsurvivors (C).
Poeze and colleagues observed that global hemodynamic variables and gastric tonometry variables were both different between survivors and nonsurvivors, and no superior predictor of outcome was identified at admission before ICU resuscitation was initiated . However, after stabilization and normalization of global hemodynamics, gastric tonometry variables were the best predictor of outcome. Other studies have reported similar time courses in different peripheral vascular beds, such as skin, muscle and sublingual microcirculation. These studies showed that persistence of abnormal peripheral perfusion following restoration of global hemodynamics was related to an unfavorable outcome [5–9]. Our group evaluated changes in parameters of skin and muscle perfusion during early resuscitation of circulatory shock [8, 9]. We found that patients who failed to normalize their capillary refill time, PI and peripheral tissue oxygenation during early treatment had a worse outcome. These findings could have implications for the treatment of critically ill patients with persistent abnormal peripheral perfusion, requiring additional diagnostic or therapeutic interventions.
He and colleagues explored the relationship between global and peripheral perfusion variables following initial resuscitation in septic patients . The authors used two distinct but complementary methods to evaluate peripheral perfusion (PI and transcutaneous oxygen/carbon dioxide tension). The PI calculates the ratio between the arterial compartment and the nonpulsatile component and because the size of the pulsatile portion increases with vasodilation and decreases with vasoconstriction, changes in the PI reflect changes in peripheral blood flow. Transcutaneous oxygen/carbon dioxide tension, on the other hand, is a measure of oxygenation, and is related to variations in local perfusion . The authors demonstrated that nonsurviving septic patients had poor peripheral perfusion characterized by lower PI and a blunted response to the oxygen challenge test (OCT; the change in transcutaneous oxygen tension relative to the change in arterial partial pressure of oxygen after 10 minutes on fraction of inspired oxygen of 1.0). The authors also showed that the PI and OCT could predict mortality with similar accuracy to arterial lactate levels, although not corrected for confounding factors.
Interestingly, the study showed that both survivors and nonsurvivors had abnormal peripheral blood flow, as reflected by the lower PI values, when compared with healthy controls. Even more interestingly, nonsurvivors had significantly lower OCT values associated with higher arterial lactate levels. Assuming that global hemodynamic variables were optimized in all patients, the low OCT in the nonsurvivors could be explained either by a high rate of oxygen consumption or by decreased oxygen delivery, as hypothesized by the authors. Since oxygen requirements of the skin are quite low relative to other organs, we can speculate variations in peripheral blood flow as the main reason of low OCT in nonsurvivors, supported also by the low PI values. These results underscore the context of the peripheral circulation in septic shock, and provide evidence of a heterogeneous distribution of blood flow in sepsis. This phenomenon was first described by Gilbert in 1960 as 'dilation in one (vascular) bed might be accompanied by constriction elsewhere' . This statement is supported by the findings of He and colleagues showing that peripheral vasoconstriction can be a hallmark of early septic shock . While these abnormalities in peripheral perfusion predict an unfavorable outcome, it still needs to be proven that correcting these abnormalities results in improved outcome.
As clinicians we start shifting our focus from monitoring global pressures to monitoring flow and its determinants in order to assess adequacy of resuscitation [12, 13]. With the advent of techniques that allow us to continuously monitor peripheral perfusion, we could further shift our focus to maintaining normal perfusion in nonvital organs, such as skin, subcutaneous tissue and muscle. The fundamental challenge is the validation of low-cost peripheral perfusion monitoring tools that can be readily available worldwide. The measurement of transcutaneous and sublingual microcirculation at the bedside is still mostly used in larger research centers. Reliance on simple methods such as the capillary refill time, skin temperature, and PI must be emphasized and exploited. However, the true clinical implications of these tools should be better defined in clinical trials targeting peripheral perfusion.


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Sunday Morning Hot Links
Note: If you're reading this, I'm already dead. Yesterday morning was my daughter's birthday party. It was a Rainbow Unicorn party and I wore an Astros shirt, Astros flip-flops, and spray-painted my hair orange. She turned six earlier in the week, but I thought I might be able to sneak it in before having to run an insane amount of errands. No go. I'm going to leave what I had, as Astros County is the paper of record for the Houston Astros.
*The Astros whooped the Tigers for the second straight game with a 9-1 win yesterday afternoon. They are 64-34. Houston's 8-run margin is the largest margin of victory since the 11-3 win over Kansas City on June 24. The Astros have held the Tigers to one run over 18 innings. AL Central teams have scored 75 runs in 25 games against the Astros. Eighteen of those runs were scored by Cleveland on May 26-27.
*Tigers starting pitcher Michael Fulmer said the strike zone yesterday was "god awful."
*Gerrit Cole needed 107 pitches to get 17 outs, allowing 3H/1ER, 8K:4BB. Cole has allowed 3+ BB in six of his last eight starts. Yeah but he has 8+ strikeouts in 14 of his 20 starts this season. Cole has 45 swinging strikes - 77 non-contact strikes - in his last two starts. That's insane.
*Chris Devenski threw 2IP, 0H/0ER, 2K:0BB. It's his 2nd six-out 0H/0ER/0BB outing of the year.
*Cionel Perez got the 9th and needed 10 pitches to get three groundball outs in a perfect outing. I have a Very Good Feeling about Cionel Perez, which makes me a scout now. He has Plus Facial Hair - seriously, the willingness to trot out in front of 35,000 people with that facial hair shows he has huevos.
*The Astros held Detroit to three hits. It's the 7th time this season Houston pitchers have held their opponent to three or fewer hits. Houston is 26-7 when holding their opponent to five or fewer hits.
*George Springer was 2x4 with an RBI double. He back. Springer has been on base twice in a game in four of his last six games (7x24, 1K:2BB). The double was his first extra-base hit since June 26. Springer hasn't hit a home run since June 20. It's 20 starts and counting since his last home run - a new career-high.
*Josh Reddick was 2x4 with a double and a home run. It's his 4th multi-XBH game of the season, and his 2nd in July.
*Evan Gattis broke an 0x20 slump with his 19th home run of the year. He's one away from his fifth 20HR season of his six-year career. I'll never understand how he got eleven triples in 2015.
*The Astros hit three home runs, including their 5th back-to-back set of the season. It's the 11th 3+ HR game of the year. They're 9-2 in those games.
*Alex Bregman was 1x2 with 2BB. He has nine 2BB games on the year.
Alex Bregman games with at least one walk: 46
Alex Bregman games with zero walks: 49
*Tim Federowicz went 1x4. True story: The Astros are 5-0 when Tim Roger Federerowicz gets a hit.
*Mike F. Fiers and Francisco Liriano got their World Series rings prior to the game.
*Chalk this up in the "I Wish I Wrote This" section: Jay Jaffe on How Ken Giles Became a Minor-Leaguer.
*Charlie F. Morton: All-Star pitcher, All-Star human. Hinch, via Jake Kaplan:
[Morton] genuinely was concerned about who the other snubs were. 'Who didn't get in? What was happening with Collin McHugh?' The mechanics of how he became an All-Star and if that cost somebody a spot. The guy is tremendous at pitching, but he's a tremendous human.
CFM better never have to buy a drink in Houston and the surrounding areas for the rest of his life.
"For myself and my career, I can look back and say I was an All-Star," Morton said. pic.twitter.com/49ndr6x1kN
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) July 13, 2018
Three-fifths of the starting rotation is in the All-Star Game. The six All-Stars tie a franchise record, set last year. So, 12 All-Stars in two years. Houston had 13 All-Stars from 2008-2016.
2008: 2 - Lance Berkman, Miguel Tejada
2009: 2 - Tejada, Hunter Pence
2010: 1 - Michael Bourn
2011: 1 - Pence
2012: 1 - Altuve
2013: 1 - Jason Castro
2015: 2 - Altuve, Keuchel
2016: 2 - Altuve, Will Harris
*Jose Altuve will bat 2nd in the All-Star Game on Tuesday, and Hinch is doing his due diligence on which of his guys should play and when, though he did say that all first-time All-Stars (Bregman, CFM included) will absolutely play. In there we also find that there's no real timetable for Correa to go on a rehab assignment.
*Billy Beane told Tim Kawakami that Oakland is preparing to be buyers at the deadline.
*Go visit Terry Puhl Drive in Melville, Saskatchewan. It's about 60 degrees cooler there than it is here.
*Congratulations to Justin Verlander, who successfully knocked up Kate Upton.
*Abraham Toro made FanGraphs' Fringe Five.
*The Rockies beat the Mariners, so the Astros' lead is at a season-high five games. The Mariners are 58-38 with a -1 run differential.
*For the 12th time this season, official attendance at Minute Maid was 40,000+.
*The Futures Game is today, featuring Yordan Alvarez. The Athletic's Cliff Corcoran looks back at 20 years of Futures Game data to try to predict what it tells us.
*SI's Jon Tayler: Has Chase Utley done enough to warrant a plaque in Cooperstown? Then read Jay Jaffe's piece. I say yes.
From 2005-2014 - a ten-year peak - Chase Utley put up 57.8 fWAR, just 0.2 fWAR behind Albert Pujols for the best of any position player in baseball. It's 16.7 fWAR better than the 2nd-best 2B over that span, Robinson Cano. Even accounting for the last two and a half seasons, Utley is 6.8 fWAR better than Cano. There's a point at which you have to recognize the best of a generation of baseball, and Chase Utley is among the best Second Basemen to play the game in the last 15 years.
*1954's West Germany v. Hungary: The most important soccer game ever played.
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Should I be a Trucker?
I have had many folks IM, email or phone me asking about a career in trucking. Is it a good time to become a driver? I was laid off and hear driving pays well. Should I do it? These and other similar questions often come my way.
Honestly, right now I would have to say no. First, the pay is generally no where as good as one thinks it is. Second, the hours are long. You are gone from your family and friends for weeks on end. This means missing the ballgame, birthdays, holidays and other events….as well as dinner with the family or tucking the little ones into bed. You "work" about 100 irregular hours a week and log about 60. Be real, anyone making out there knows you do. Work can range from driving, loading or waiting on dispatch for a load just to name a few. Third, the economy is just supporting the need for drivers at this time. Companies have hiring freezes on and go talk to a driver. Stop by a truck stop and have a chat. Buy him/her a cup of coffee and talk to them. Miles are down for most drivers. O/Os are hanging on by threads unless they are a rare, well established "lucky" one.
Need more proof – read on……….
Trucking Jobs Fell 2.5% In Feb.
Teamsters strike. Since October, trucking employment is down 6.4 percent.
January 2007, according to BLS figures.
New US entry ID required June 1-Do you have the proper ID?
More paperwork and documents needed for air travel.
On June 1, 2009, all travelers entering the United States will be required to present a single document denoting both citizenship and identity.
According to information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), many cross-border travelers already have the necessary documents such as a passport, passport card or a trusted traveler card (NEXUS, SENTRI, and FAST), or an enhanced driver's license (EDL) currently issued by the states of Washington, New York, and Vermont and the Province of British Columbia. The State of Michigan and additional Canadian provinces will be issuing EDLs in the coming months.
The document requirement already is in place for all air travelers, and applies to travelers entering the United States who were previously exempt, including citizens of the US, Canada, and Bermuda.
The requirement is part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative prompted by security concerns following the terrorists attacks on the United States in 2001.
DHS announced recently that all statutory criteria required by the initiative have been met so that the program implementation can begin June 1.
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Social entrepreneurs have to do it all: innovate, develop solid business models, pitch them well, and measure impact. This week's articles on impact investing cover all of these topics, as well as exciting ID partner and BSP Fund portfolio news.
Many people continue to seek a clear definition for the term "impact investing." Sirull and Thornley of Pacific Community Ventures propose a definition that captures a "market-driven solution, grounded in the fundamental need for transparency." They advocate for clear expectations for financial returns, a standardized impact plan using IRIS, and an annual Impact Statement disclosing non-financial performance. Many funds and enterprises in the impact space already provide the information mentioned to some degree, though admittedly it is often not standardized. Do you think impact investment reporting should be more standardized, as Sirull and Thornley suggest?
With all the talk about impact metrics, it's important not to forget about the rest of the business plan pitch. Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), Ghana's leading tech entrepreneurship incubator, is home to successful startups like Saya, which presented at TechCrunch Disrupt, and mPawa, which presented at DEMO Africa. Kevin Schuster, a MEST Business Fellow who helped Saya and mPawa prepare, offers his tips for pitching to investors. His comprehensive tips apply to mission-driven and traditional startups alike.
In October, HBR partnered with McKinsey to launch the M-Prize for Management Innovation. Many in the impact investment space are focused on funding innovative solutions to poverty. However, such investors, accelerators, and so on, must take innovative approaches to finding, supporting, catalyzing, and funding those solutions. The M-Prize honored our partner Village Capital for its democratic peer selection model as one of the ten winners of the Innovating Innovation Challenge. Well deserved.
Last but not least, we announced our first investment of 2013 this week. The link above directs you to SolarNow's new page on the portfolio section of our website. There, you can check out the basic facts about SolarNow and why we decided to make this investment. This is the sixth alternative energy investment in the BSP Fund portfolio and our first one in Uganda. Visit SolarNow's website here.


This showcase event will start from the Holdsworth road end in the Tararua Forest Park at 3.00pm. Mountain bikers will cycle 7km along the Holdsworth to Atiwhakatu track to Atiwhakatu Hut. Riders will then turn around and cycle back along the track to the Holdsworth road end. Please note this event is not a race.
A donation of $10 will be requested as a contribution to the Department of Conservation (DoC) for ongoing track maintence. Payment to be made at event registration.
For an alternative mountain bike experience check out our Ruamahanga Trail Ride.


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Andre Braugher Looking Forward to Tackling Police Brutality in New Season of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star Andre Braugher is looking forward to the show addressing police brutality in its upcoming season.
The hit cop comedy has taken on racial profiling in the past, and will have a future episode on police violence following the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of officers.
Braugher, who stars as Raymond Holt in the show, tells Variety he's glad the show will take on such an important topic – saying it will be interesting to have a comedy take on the issue rather than a gritty drama.
"It could be a really groundbreaking season that we're all going to be very, very proud of, or we're going to fall flat on our face. … But I think this is a staff, a cast and a crew that's willing to take it on and give it our best," he explains. "I think we have a damn good chance to tell the kinds of stories that heretofore have only been seen on grittier shows."
The 58-year-old is also known for playing a police officer in "The Wire" creator David Simon's police procedural, "Homicide: Life on the Street", winning multiple awards for his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton.
Reflecting on the failure of police shows to show the truth about how cops sometimes behave, he adds, "I look up after all these decades of playing these characters, and I say to myself, it's been so pervasive that I've been inside this storytelling, and I, too, have fallen prey to the mythology that's been built up."
"It's almost like the air you breathe or the water that you swim in. It's hard to see. But because there are so many cop shows on television, that's where the public gets its information about the state of policing."
"Cops breaking the law to quote, 'defend the law,' is a real terrible slippery slope. It has given license to the breaking of law everywhere, justified it and excused it. That's something that we're going to have to collectively address – all cop shows."
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" will return next year.
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There is no use getting pampered on the outside if you are restless on the inside. You should not have to hurry just to get to your spa appointment. You should also be able to lie down and relax a bit more after a nice massage. Give yourself the permission to slow things down. This is exactly what you will be able to do if you stay at a spa hotel. You will have a room all to yourself where you can sleep before and after your treatments. You will have nothing to worry about while you're there. Just block off the outside world for a while and indulge.
Indeed, these specialty hotels provide their guests with incredibly luxurious rooms. They spare no expense at creating a relaxing environment. Every detail is scrutinised to come up with the best solutions. The whole room will be spotless from corner to corner. The décor will be simple yet elegant, with cool colours that delight the eyes. Lie down on such a soft comfortable bed that you will never want to leave. You can stay inside all day and just order room service for your needs. You could also explore the premises like their gardens and other amenities.
While you are out and about, consider eating at any of the fine dining restaurants they have within the hotel. They usually offer a wide variety of cuisines. Those who really want to indulge might want to try their buffet if they have one. This does not happen anyway so you might as well make the most of it and eat to your heart's content. There is a time to worry about weight but this is not it. Just enjoy the meals, whichever you prefer: seafood, vegan, pasta, steaks, desserts, and so on.
Since these are spa hotels, they truly go all out when it comes to their services. Every type of service that you expect from a regular spa will be available. There might even be some things on the list that will surprise you. Ask about these services and learn as much as you can about the process. Try out the ones that best suits your needs, as well as your budget. Come out of them rejuvenated and ready the face the world again.


New Delhi: CBSE Class 10 Result 2015 was expected to be declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday at Cbse.nic.in and cbseresults.nic.in is postponed by a few days suggested reports. The reason for the decision is not yet clear.
The over 13 lakh students and their parents are waiting with heightened anxiety for the declaration of CBSE 10TH Result. A good showing will ensure that students get to choose the stream of study of their liking.


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• Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.
2018 - The Nutcracker and the Four Realmsas Sugar Plum
• A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
2016 - Collateral Beautyas Amy
• Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time, and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
2011 - A Dangerous Methodas Sabina Spielrein
• Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung's weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina's spell.
2007 - Atonementas Cecilia Tallis
• As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean : At World´s Endas Elizabeth Swann
• Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.
2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chestas Elizabeth Swann
• Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, he also attempts to avoid eternal damnation.
2005 - Dominoas Domino Harvey
• The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
2004 - King Arthur
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• The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
2003 - Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearlas Elizabeth Swann
• Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 18th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
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This worksheet project the different corporate tax effects for one or many corporations.
This worksheet projects corporate tax outcomes for CCPCs and other private corporations, and provides visual summaries.
Whether you are looking to project income taxes for the coming year, reviewing year by year results, or looking for the total taxes of a corporate group, this worksheet provides you with clear, relevant information.
You can run up to six scenarios, each reconciling several key tax balances, such as GRIP, RDTOH (NERDTOH/ERDTOH), AAII, SBD, loss carry-forwards, and donations to provide comprehensive results.


The Works is a band based in Stockholm and several members of Dungen also helped out on the making of this unique CD. The band is clearly influenced heavily by the Beatles. The CD has a wide variety of stuff from very 60's inspired material to classic 70's rock with power vocals (reminds me of Supertramp a bit) but always well played songs. "Time to Wake Up" is a very Lennon/McCartney sounding track. "Speak Your Mind" is a great psychedelic rock number with classic 70's power rock! "I Saw the Ocean" has some great psychedelic guitar and is another cool track. "Not the Same" has a really groovy beat and cool organ. "Follow Me There" is a short track that really shows Steffan pouring it out in his intense vocals. "Slow As She Goes" is the long 7½ minute psychedelic journey track on the CD. Well, at the end of the day there are few Swedish bands that you can compare to The Works. This is a fine example of well crafted psychedelic rock with 60's influences but also a Swedish feel at times. Excellent!
For more information you can visit the Subliminal Sounds web site at: http://www.subliminalsounds.se.


For the past few months, my newfound love for easy homemade bread got sidelined by my difficulties with excema. Even easy bread sort of requires being able to use both hands. So it was back to the Costco multigrain loaves for sandwiches and toast.
It's always pained my frugal soul that a certain amount of every storebought loaf is wasted; the younger kidlet balks at crusts, and nobody likes the heels, me included. I tried saving them for breadcrumbs but … I just don't usually cook things that require breadcrumbs.
I wanted to share my bread pudding technique. I can't call it a recipe; I tend not to follow recipes unless I'm baking (and sometimes not even then), and I rely more on looks and taste than measurements. Bread pudding is perfect for this, as it's one of the most forgiving dishes ever.
Bread pudding recipes call for white bread, preferably French, which we don't eat. But whole wheat and multigrain crusts and heels work quite well. (Not rye though — flavor's all wrong.) We go through bread quickly enough that I can usually keep the crusts in the fridge, but if you're worried about mold just keep a container in the freezer and thaw when you're ready to make the bread pudding.
I'm not including quantities here because you've got a huge amount of leeway in the proportions. If you have fewer eggs, or less milk, or only a partial can of pumpkin, no worries! It's almost impossible to mess this up.
This latest time I had about ten cups of bread crust bits, which completely filled a 9″x13″ baking dish, so all my listed amounts are relative to that. You could go with as few as four cups of bread or maybe even three, in a smaller dish.
With the ten cups of bread I used an entire 29-ounce can of pumpkin (more vitamin A!), but a 15-ounce can would have worked fine too, or anything in-between. I used four eggs, but you're safe with anything from two to five. I used two cups of half-and-half, then (because I had so much pumpkin) thinned the mixture with a little extra skim milk. If you're worried about fat content, use milk alone, or all cream if you want it really rich. Again, the actual amount is highly flexible — ultimately, all that matters is that you can pour the resulting mixture … more like a batter than a dough.
We try to keep a low-glycemic diet around here, so I used pourable Splenda. White or brown sugar also works, of course. One cup made for a lightly sweet pudding, but you can adjust to taste. I also prefer the slight tartness of cranberries over raisins. Generously add spice — whatever from the list above you have on hand, to taste. This last time I used some of everything except the allspice, including fresh minced ginger (because I had roots but no powder).
Melt some butter in a shallow baking dish.
Put the torn bread bits in, tossing them around a bit.
If you're adding dried fruit, sprinkle that on top of the bread.
Mix everything else in a separate bowl and pour it evenly over the top.
Bake at 350° until the custard is set — probably between 20 and 40 minutes.
I like it warm with just a touch of maple syrup drizzled over the top. I guarantee even the pickiest kidlet will eat their crusts when served like this!


The disease of alcoholism could also be called the emotional disease of selfism. In order to conduct yourself as a person who excessively drinks alcohol you must be a very selfish person. It is also important to be a narcissist if you want to be someone who drinks everyday. More specifically, reinventing yourself as a bisexual alcoholic narcissist is the epitome of selfism.
Autistic thinking is an extreme example of the self-centered thinking of the mentally ill alcoholic person. Aut = self, ism = state or orientation. The autism spectrum is very broad.
Primetime AA teaches the importance of developing a new character. The way to creating a new character is to zero out into God consciousness. Meditating into spiritual consciousness clears the way to developing new character. The new character is created without reference to the old alcoholic character. The bad news is that this takes years of hard work meditating. At first, meditation does not provide the same instantaneous relief as narcissism. It takes a minimum of eight years of daily meditation to authentically get inside yourself and find God.


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Baijum (officieel, Fries: Baaium) is een dorp in de gemeente Waadhoeke, in de Nederlandse provincie Friesland.

Baijum ligt ten noordoosten van Winsum, ten westen van Welsrijp en ten zuiden van Hatsum/Dronrijp. Langs het dorpsgebied stroomt de Baijumeropvaart. In  telde het dorp  inwoners.

Geschiedenis
Oorspronkelijk lag Baijum in een gebied met veel Middelzeese terpen. Hoe oud de plaats is is niet bekend. In 1186 werd er een klooster gesticht, een priorij van de Norbertinessen genaamd St. Michaelsbergs / Monnikebajum. Het klooster werd tijdens de Nederlandse Opstand in de 16e eeuw verwoest.

Het dorp zelf werd in de 13e eeuw vermeld als Baym en in 1329 als Bayum. De plaatsnaam zou mogelijk naar het feit verwijzen dat het een woonplaats (heem/um) was van de familie Badinga.

Voor de gemeentelijke herindeling van 1984 lag Baaium aan de rand van de voormalige gemeente Hennaarderadeel. En tussen 1984 en 2018 lag het in de voormalige gemeente Littenseradeel.

Kerk
In het dorp stond lang een middeleeuwse kerk maar in 1865 en 1876 werd de in fases vervangen door een nieuwe kerk. Dit is de huidige Kerk van Baijum, een PKN-kerk.

Molen

Ten zuidoosten van het dorp staat de windmotor Baijum, een rond 1935 gebouwde poldermolen die is aangewezen als rijksmonument.

Cultuur
Hoewel het dorp niet groot is kent het wel een groot dorpsfeest op het einde van de zomer. Het dorpsfeest heet Baas Haye en is vernoemd naar de 19e-eeuwse dorpstimmerman 'Baas' Haye Jansen. Deze had ter nagedachtenis aan zijn vader een fonds voor de kinderen opgericht.

Onderwijs
Het is bekend dat er lange tijd in het dorp onderwijs werd gegeven. Al in de 16e eeuw. De laatste school werd in 1884 geopend maar is in 1933 opgeheven. Het dorp ontbeert sindsdien een eigen school voor de kinderen.

Zie ook
 Lijst van rijksmonumenten in Baijum

Externe link
 Baaium dorpssite

Plaats in Friesland
Geografie van Waadhoeke

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A mass shooting on Thursday at a Hesston, Kansas, factory was overshadowed by coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign, even at the largest news organization in the region, and President Barack Obama isn't OK with that.
"Once a week, we have these shootings and it doesn't dominate the news," Obama said , without singling out the Kansas City Star's website, which was playing the shooting story below articles on state government and presidential candidate Donald Trump. "That's got to change."
Thursday's shooting of 15 people, three fatally, and another shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that killed six are the latest examples of the mass shooting phenomenon Obama has struggled to curb despite years of pleas to Congress for action. The president spoke on Friday in Jacksonville, Florida, on a visit to a battery factory.
"This becomes routine, these sorts of mass shootings that are taking place," Obama said. "We cannot become numb to this." Obama in January left an empty seat in the House of Representatives gallery for his State of the Union address to represent victims of gun violence, and announced executive actions to require more background checks before purchases, hoping to keep guns away from people who might be dangerous.
He's failed to convince Congress to act on stronger gun control laws, though, and said Friday that the American people should elect different representatives. "This Congress may not have any appetite to do something about it, but we need one that does," Obama said.
Thursday's shooting occurred at an Excel Industries factory, about 35 miles (56 km) north of Wichita, that makes lawnmower parts, according to the Associated Press. Obama called Hesston Mayor David Kauffman from Air Force One en route to Jacksonville to express his
condolences.


Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Fareed Zakaria in the StarTalk Radio studio. Credit: Ben Ratner.
In the first episode of our special edition Cosmic Queries series, "Let's Make America Smart Again," Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice welcome CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria to break down the impact of immigration on science and technological innovation in the America. Join us for an intellectual exploration into the reasons that the United States became the world's leading scientific and educational powerhouse after World War II, and why our current practices may threaten our leadership. You'll learn how the Manhattan Project and the V2 rocket fed into the US space program, which was built on the backs of foreign scientists. You'll hear about some of our highest achieving immigrants, along with why foreign nations who are creating national ecosystems where talent can flourish are beginning to reshape the academic and scientific hierarchy around the world. Neil, Fareed and Chuck debate whether it's appropriate to require certain levels of achievement from immigrants, and the difficulty in trying to predict where you can find talent, drive, and creativity. Find out why no science has ever been done that has not had geopolitical consequences or been embedded in a political system. Investigate the concept of alternate facts, and the current assault on expertise, knowledge, and science. You'll also hear how improving relations with Russia can be done through science, similar to the Cold War period, when scientists from opposing sides were still able to work together on the Apollo-Soyuz Mission. All this, plus, Neil reminds us how the US missed the opportunity to discover the Higgs boson in Texas had we built our own Superconducting Super Collider here at home, and why even if scientific breakthroughs don't happen in America, we must be at least thankful that they are happening at all.


Over the past few months, I have been using thinklikeaquinas.com to post content for my undergraduate theology students. So far we have been working our way through Aquinas's Compendium of Theology, and I have posted short introductions to the chapters.
If I were a carpenter, I hope my kids would have hand-crafted furniture; if I were a shoe-maker, I hope all my kids would have wonderful shoes. Since I am a theologian, I try to make sure my kids don't miss the one thing I have to offer them. I often talk about the faith at the dinner table or on Sunday mornings before Mass, and I bring up current issues and talk about them in light of Catholicism. But because I work for a living, my wife ends up doing their catechesis. My contribution tends to be spontaneous rather than planned.


From the mid-1970s, textile designer Lucienne Day (1917 – 2010) found a new form of creative expression, creating one-off compositions in silk. Using a construction technique derived from traditional patchwork, her 'silk mosaics' are composed of 1 cm squares and strips of silk, the design emerging through carefully juxtaposed blocks of colours and weave textures.
Lucienne Day had been designing printed textiles for industrial production from the mid-1940s onwards. In the 1950s and 60s her regular commitments included creating a collection of up to six new designs a year for Heal's alone, as well as patterns for wallpapers, table linen, carpets and ceramics for many other companies. Like her husband, the furniture designer Robin Day, she believed in high-volume industrial production as a means to make good design affordable and accessible to everyone.
But by the mid-1970s Lucienne Day had become tired of the constant pressure to produce designs to commercial deadlines. Times had changed. Three of her long-standing clients – Tom Worthington of Heal's, Michael Tomkinson of Tomkinson's carpets, and Ron Crawford of the table linen company Nova Products – had retired, and she "was suddenly left with three firms I wasn't interested in". Most important of all, economic uncertainty had made manufacturers less adventurous – a reaction against mid-century modernism, the new fashion was for nostalgic ruralism and Victoriana. For nearly three decades Lucienne Day had both led and moved with changing styles, but she could not and would not adapt to what she saw as a retreat from modern design.
Though she was in her early sixties she was not ready to retire, so she cast about for another form of creative expression. She began experimenting with stitching tiny squares of silk, using a technique derived from patchwork, eventually devising a new textile form she named 'silk mosaics'. Day continued in the role of designer and did not make the works herself. From the late 1970s she employed skilled assistants, principally her niece Karin Conradi, to hand-stitch the works to her designs.
Though the technique was derived from that used in patchwork, Day distanced herself from the patchwork tradition and the handcrafts movement. Her silk mosaics were conceived as artworks, not objects for practical domestic use, and they differ from patchwork in a number of ways: they are made from richly-coloured and textured Thai or Indian silks, rather than printed cotton, and are arranged in discrete compositions without repeat patterning. Rather than a variety of shapes and sizes, the compositions are made from uniform 1 cm squares or strips, hence the term 'mosaic' which recalls the tiny tesserae of Roman mosaics. Lucienne Day devised the term 'silk mosaic', or 'silk mosaic tapestry' for this new textile medium, suggesting associations with architecture and interior design, rather than the domestic realm of patchwork.
Stylistically, Lucienne Day's silk mosaics can be seen as a development of the large-scale purely abstract designs she produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The clear-cut hard-edged patterns of Causeway (1967), Apex (1967), Chevron (1968), Lucienne (1974) and Panama (1975) seem to prefigure the silk mosaics, which are likewise built up from rectilinear elements. She designed the silk mosaics on graph paper, a technique which she had previously used when designing carpet patterns in the 1950s and 1960s.
Lucienne Day was a formidably talented pattern-maker and colourist who, as an industrial designer, had worked with a variety of media, though the dominant one was printed textiles in repeat. The silk mosaics offered the same opportunity to work with composition and colour without the constraints of having to produce a pattern in repeat. On the other hand, the 1 cm square or strip unit imposed a different kind of discipline.
I went into industrial design because I wanted people to have good things at a reasonable price. It's true that the silk mosaics are more elitist, but I think I've earned it. It's also a question of staying creative. If I had gone on producing designs for printed textiles, I mightn't have given of my best because I was getting bored.
The majority of these compositions are entirely abstract. Even those that are figurative are highly abstracted by the geometric technique. Many of the designs are inspired by landscapes (e.g. Their Exits and their Entrances, The Island) or architecture (Black Window, White Door, The Castle and other Stories). Day played with words and ideas in many of the titles – Circling the Square, Enigma, Memory Game and so on. The extensive Tangram series is based on the Chinese puzzle of that name. Mythological or symbolic imagery is represented in Noah's Flood, The Apple, the Signs of the Zodiac and others.
Decoy and Pond, a seemingly abstract design…is composed of six quite different panels which form a sort of narrative as a wooden decoy becomes alive, takes more and more interest in the pond, ending up sitting in it.
The series was acquired by the V&A in 1983 from a private collector. The first work in the sequence appears to be identical to another work hung in the Days' home in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. Keeping this piece for herself, Lucienne built on the narrative to produce the sequence of six now in the V&A's collection. Each work is embroidered with a tiny letter 'L' in the lower right-hand corner by way of a signature.
The V&A holds one other silk mosaic by Lucienne Day, called Flying in Blue (1985). The piece is similar to one called simply Flying, which is worked in a different colourway, a technique borrowed from her experience as a designer of commercially printed textiles. Although composed of abstract forms, the work has a lively sense of upward movement, so common in Lucienne Day's work. As is often the case, its title invites the viewer to use their imagination when exploring the image.
It seems likely that several hundred of Lucienne Day's silk mosaics were designed and made between the mid-1970s and the end of the century, when she retired from design. While most were bought for domestic display, her work on these pieces also included some major commissions for public and corporate spaces. In the course of their careers the Days had worked extensively with architects, manufacturers and retailers and Lucienne was able to draw on these contacts, securing several commissions for large-scale pieces for architectural interiors. By far the largest commissions were for the coffee shop at the new John Lewis store designed by architects Ahrends, Burton and Koralek. She responded to the tall light space by creating a five panel design called Aspects of the Sun (1990) which when hung measures 16ft high by 9.5ft across. This took two years to make and consists of tens of thousands of hand-stitched pieces. The success of Aspects of the Sun led to a further commission for the opposite wall. Islands (1991) is composed of 12 pieces of identical size which together make up a single landscape.


Having to take your pet to an animal hospital is never a pleasant experience, especially when you take into consideration that most pets loathe being at the vet's office. Still, if you find yourself in a situation where you need to seek medical care for your beloved pet, there are some basic etiquette guidelines you'll want to keep in mind during your visit.
Pets should be restrained in some way when brought into the vet's office. For most dogs, this means having them on a short leash (avoid retractable leashes in the waiting room). Cats are typically best kept in a crate. If you have a pet that isn't up-to-date on its vaccinations or that you suspect has a contagious condition, try to crate the animal if possible. If not possible (as may be the case with large dogs), try to keep your dog as far away from others in the waiting room as possible.
Remember that the pets you see in the animal hospital waiting room are likely not feeling their best; on top of being ill or injured, they may also be anxious or stressed out about being in the vet's office to begin with. Therefore, it's important to give pets their space and privacy rather than trying to approach, pet, or handle them in any way.
The same goes for your own pet. Ultimately, you know your pet's mannerisms and personality better than anybody. Therefore, if you anticipate that your pet may become aggressive or defensive upon being approached by veterinary staff or others in the office, you should warn them of this ahead of time. This way, they can take extra precautions to make your pet comfortable when handling him or her.
Finally, if at all possible, try to have your pet relieve him or herself before coming into the office. For dogs, this may mean taking them for a quick potty break outside the office before coming in. For cats and other animals, try placing them in their litter box before leaving for the animal hospital. This will help to reduce accidents in the waiting room. Of course, if dealing with a true medical emergency, getting to the hospital as soon as possible should be your primary concern.


Trust direct mail | Deliver Magazine.
US House schedules debate on USPS rescue bill for July |.
2012 election marketing | Deliver Magazine.
Royal Mail has launched marketing packages for smaller firms – Marketing News – Thomson Local – Direct Marketing.
It is interesting to me that postal services on both sides of the Atlantic think they can do a better job than the public sector on these types of marketing services.
They should focus on delivery. If the postal services deliver in a consistent and timely manner, the private sector will flow them the business – at no cost to the postal services.
Congress muddies waters around postal service | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com.
Excellent piece from a reliable source, well written and informative.
Is Poor Service Causing the USPS to lose Standard Mail Customers? | Courier Express and Postal Observer.
I should add that service is improving, and hopefully that trend will continue. The USPS is using Full Service Intelligent Mail tracing to pinpoint trouble spots and make improvements. A fall mailing season that continues to start earlier and earlier (the late Summer mailing season is more like it), how the USPS meets the challenge will be the true test.
The issue impacting PostalOne! has cleared.
For a period of time there was intermittent access to customer registration authentication. This was not isolated to PostalOne!.
A root cause has been determined and corrected.
The issue affecting external users began at approximately 1:25PM CDT and cleared at 2:25PM CDT.
If you have additional questions please contact the Help Desk at 800-522-9085.
Users will never buy into Full Service Intelligent Mail by 2014 with the instability that is part of the major frustration of trying to use a system that is plagued with downtime and work-arounds, a system that is difficult to navigate and use, a system that cannot be counted on to even be up and running at any given point of the mailing day. And it really doesn't matter if the outage is 5 minutes, 5 hours, or 5 days — it is the instability, and the lack of confidence in the system that causes all the angst.
And at the same time, the USPS expects everything on the mailer's side to work perfectly, 24/7, without exception, pulling the old double standard.
Mail.dat transmissions also encountered difficulties over the weekend….so mailers, don't assume everything you did this weekend made it through to the USPS.
You are receiving this email because a Critical Incident ticket was opened by the USPS Help Desk for an issue that is impacting PostalOne! availability .
You will be notified as root cause is identified and resolution is known.
If you have any further questions please contact the Help Desk at 800-522-9085.
Translation? It is broken again, we don't know why, and we don't know when it will be fixed, but we'll keep you posted. Good luck trying to mail and to pay postage. Go ahead and call the Help Desk, but they won't be able to help, they're saddled with the same difficulties the mailing public has to deal with.
NAPUS: House to Tackle Postal Bill After July Fourth | Postal Employee Network.


The most daunting challenges facing energy planners today are the decarbonization of energy systems to mitigate climate change, and the provision of reliable, affordable and clean electricity to over one billion people without access. These challenges will require not only an extensive redesign of the existing electricity infrastructure, but also a disruption of conventional planning approaches and the vested political, economic and social values it is enmeshed in. My research develops a set of analytical tools and conceptual frameworks for exploring this paradigm shift. In this talk, I will present an overview of the electricity gap in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on generation capacity expansion pathways in Nigeria. I will then outline the development process of an open-access power systems optimization tool that I designed for low data contexts. Finally, I will present a multi-dimensional framework for socio-energy concepts that aims to emphasize critical planning considerations such as - "Energy for whom, for what, and at whose costs?" I will also introduce an additional consideration - "Energy by whom?" - as an essential question for designing a low carbon energy future.


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HOME Scandal What do Corn Flakes and masturbation have in common? Mr Kellogg believed...
What do Corn Flakes and masturbation have in common? Mr Kellogg believed sexual desires caused disease and invented the plain cereal to stop masterbation
For people the world over, a bowl of corn flakes is the go-to breakfast of choice.
But for the majority of those who look forward to their morning bowl, it will come as a surprise that they were invented to stop people masturbating.
John Harvey Kellogg, who first created the cereal in the late 19th century, originally intended it to be a 'healthy, ready-to-eat anti-masturbatory morning meal', according to Mental Floss.
Mr Kellogg, a physician, was uncomfortable about sex, believing it was unhealthy for the body, mind and soul.
He was celibate, having never consummated his marriage and keeping a separate bedroom from his wife.
Kellogg's corn flakes were originally invented in the late 19th century to prevent masturbation
Their creator, John Harvey Kellogg, believed sex and masturbation was an 'abominable crime'
Kellogg's corn flakes were originally invented in the late 19th century to prevent masturbation. Their creator, John Harvey Kellogg, believed sex and masturbation was an 'abominable crime'
He also adopted his children rather than impregnating his partner.
And while he was anti-sex, he considered masturbation even worse.
'Self-pollution is a crime doubly abominable,' he wrote, according to Mental Floss journalists.
In his book Plain Facts for Old and Young: Embracing the Natural History and Hygiene of Organic Life, he described 39 different symptoms which he said were caused by masturbation.
These included epilepsy, acne, bad posture, stiff joints, infirmity, poor development, fickleness, and palpitations.
He believed that a healthy lifestyle could cure most ailments.
Meat and rich or flavoured foods increased sexual desire, he said.
Mr Kellogg also developed an enema machine in which the bowels were cleaned out with yoghurt
Meanwhile, he believed plainer foods could help purify the body and mind.
Mr Kellogg also developed an enema machine in which the bowels were cleaned out with yoghurt.
While working as a physician at Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, he developed a range of breakfasts he believed would prevent a person from pleasuring themselves.
First, he made 'granula', a cereal where oats and corn were baked and then ground into tiny pieces.
Under the threat of legal action from another company who was already making the same product under the same name, Mr Kellogg changed the name of his invention to 'granola'.
Next, Mr Kellogg developed an enema machine in which the intestines were cleaned out with water.
After flushing the bowels with water, he believed they would be further cleansed by administering a pint of yoghurt; half through the mouth and half through the anus.
And finally, Mr Kellogg developed a range of decidedly plain cereals, including corn flakes, which he believed would dampen the desire for masturbation.
He partnered with his brother Will, a businessman who later added sugar to corn flakes and went on to found the Kellogg Company.
Mr John Kellogg renounced this recipe, and the brothers were embroiled in a feud for decades.
Cereals and yoghurt aside, he also had other, more sinister 'cures' for masturbation.
For girls, he recommended applying carbolic acid to the clitoris to burn it.
And for boys, he suggested threading silver wire through the foreskin to prevent erections and cause irritation.
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These St Patricks Day activities were started by our family's favorite teacher. Mrs. Corcoran who was not only Irish but born on St. Patrick's Day! This St. Patrick's day scavenger hunt was inspired by Shamus, the leprachaun's annual annual classroom visit ! Here's how you can do it at HOME! Let the kids search for some fun St. Patrick's day accessories that will get them into the spirit of the day.
It's a great St Patrick's day game for home, a birthday party, scouts, class moms and teachers!
Let's get started by making their Leprachaun finders!
These Leprachaun finders are so easy to make.. use empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls, with a rubberband secure green cellophane over the top.. When they peer through the end, they can still see, but of course, everything is in green! We made them the day before. On St. Patricks day morning or perhaps a few days before, the kids come downstairs to find lots of things askew in the different rooms. When they want to know what is going on.. introduce them to Shamus with this cute free printable! and write a note that you read to them advising that Shamus slid down off his rainbow in search of his gold coins! He needs their help to find them.
Next, take a look at our free printable with the clues to find the pot of gold!
For the first clue you could hide these sparkling Elf Shoes, Green, . This St Patrick's Day Pot-O-Gold Cauldron with 50 coins is the perfect end for this fun game! This St. Patrick's Day Dress up Set from Amazon includes Shamrock Beads Necklace's, Tattoos, Shamrock Shutter Glasses, Head Bopper, & Acrylic Irish Print Gloves . You can get all your goodies in one box!
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Nevertheless I have a doubt: regarding the Double Spend slide how would transaction 5 see the conflict between two inner double-spending transactions referencing two tips that reference them? Checking and comparing balances of all addresses?
It traverses through ancestors until it reaches a recent memory-persisted snapshot of balances, creates a new potential state, and then checks to see whether any addresses resolve to a negative value.
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How Alcohol Changed History
Sarah Jean Seman
Townhall Magazine
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Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the December issue of Townhall Magazine.
Journalist and editor Mark Will-Weber talks to Townhall Magazine about his new book, "Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking."
Townhall: This is a really quirky, fun book. What gave you the idea to write about the presidents' drinking habits?
Will-Weber: It kind of came from one little source. There is a book out called "First Off the Tee," and it's about the presidents golfing. In the middle of that book they talk about when Warren G. Harding was president, and of course it was during prohibition and nobody was supposed to drink or transport alcohol. And Harding used to go golfing and would always stick a fifth of whiskey in his golf bag and about every two or three holes he would stop and take a pop of his whiskey. Then after the rounds they'd retire to this little clubhouse and drink a little bit more and maybe play poker, stuff like that, and then he'd scoot home to the White House. So the germ of this book came from that idea.
Townhall: How did you approach writing about the presidents who didn't drink?
Will-Weber: Well, the more I thought about it, I thought, 'OK, Jimmy Carter didn't drink,' but then I thought 'wait a minute, Jimmy didn't drink but Billy did and made his life miserable.' So I started thinking about the people around the non-drinkers that they still had to con- tend with. I mean Lincoln had the same thing with General Grant and his vice- president, Andrew Johnson, who showed up at the inauguration drunk.
So the people that didn't drink still had to deal with alcohol in one way or anoth- er. Almost all of them had to offer alcohol to their would-be voters. That pre-dates the United States, actually, it goes back to Washington running for the House of Burgesses when we were still a colony and he was using alcohol to get votes to sit on the House of Burgesses in Virginia.
Townhall: Where did you find the information? I mean, you even have some recipes in the book. Were any presidents particularly difficult to trace?
Will-Weber: It was a lot easier than I thought. My choice research was to try for letters and memoirs of the presidents where they mention alcohol. I was kind of astounded to find that I could go to the Massachusetts historical website and I could call up any letter that John Adams ever wrote to Abigail, and then in the search button I could put in 'rum.' And it would promptly pick up 16 letters where John Adams mentioned 'rum,' and it would highlight them in the letters for me. It really cut down on wasted research time. So that was cool. But that was tricky in itself because those early guys had a whole different language when they talked about alcohol. They wouldn't say 'I was drunk last night,' they'd say 'I was quite fuddled.' So then I would start Googling 'fuddled.' Another example of how their slang was different than today: Instead of saying 'he was on a three-day binge' or a 'bender' they would say 'he was on quite a frolic.' It led me to this whole different terminology that the guys pre-civil war used when they talk about alcohol.
Townhall: What sorts of things did you learn about their lives based on their drinking habits?
Will-Weber: I learned a lot of peripheral things that I hadn't intended to pursue, so I almost feel like I took this course on the presidents for two years. What I learned, and maybe not surprisingly, is that alcohol when it comes to the presidents is not any different than the rest of us with alcohol. It tends to bring out, in 90 percent of them, their worst traits. In other words, LBJ becomes more arrogant and crude, Nixon becomes more paranoid, Andrew Jackson would become more belligerent, and Andrew Johnson would be more combative, verbally mainly with him.
In very few cases did it improve them; one of the few cases would be George Washington. Many said that Washington was cold and reserved, and that was the knock that Washington didn't have a personality. He rarely smiled. But one of the things I found was, a visitor to Mt. Vernon who said, "Once the general had a couple glasses of champagne he became much more animated and funny and smiled and laughed."
Another guy would be Reagan. It kind of helped Reagan. Michael Deaver, Reagan's assistant, didn't like that Reagan was sort of pale and pasty looking so before he'd go on TV, he'd try to get Reagan to have a little glass of red wine to bring the capillaries out in his cheeks so he wouldn't look quite so ghostly. And weirdly, since Reagan was an actor, he refused to do makeup, so this is how Deaver got him to look how he wanted him to look.
Townhall: Which president was the most alcoholic?
Will-Weber: Definitely, Franklin Pierce, who is not one of our better-known presidents; he is the only president from New Hampshire, and Pierce actually died from cirrhosis of the liver. He actually had a very sad life, he lost all three of his children, for instance. And the last one, two of them didn't live beyond two, and then this boy he loved, Benny, was 12 I think, and right after Pierce was elected president they were in a horrific train wreck and the boy was the only person on the train that died, he was thrown from the train. And Pierce had to scramble down the snow bank, bring the body back up. And then his wife never could come to grips with it, she felt that God was punishing them because Pierce had accepted the presidency, and so she spent a lot of time at the White House up in her bedroom writing letters to the dead son. So if that doesn't make you want to drink, I don't know, so I have a little sympathy for Pierce and I wouldn't be so quick to just dismiss him as a drunk.
Townhall: Did you learn about any fun drinks that you'd never heard of and wanted to try?
Will-Weber: My friends teased me all the time, they'd say, 'You're probably trying all these drinks as you go through the book.' The Teddy Roosevelt Mint Julep is a little bit different because he uses rye whiskey instead of bourbon, which anybody in Kentucky would jump off a bridge if they heard that, cause it's almost sacrilegious to use anything but bourbon if you are making a true Mint Julep. Teddy liked to use rye whiskey with it, about two ounces, and then he would put a little half ounce of rum in it, in addition to the mint and the sugar. So that sounds kind of interesting to me, I might want to try that one.
Then the other thing I'd love to try is have a White House honey ale with the president because they make their own beer there and he's put the recipe out online, so that's in the book. But it sounds like a good beer, but that might be a tough ticket to get.
But those two in particular, some of the others sound kind of disgusting. I don't know if I'd want to try them. Some of them are all booze, like the Nixon.
I have tried the George Washington Tavern Porter and the Thomas Jefferson Tavern Ale, and those are both products put out through the Yards Brewery in Philly. And they are pretty authentic. They follow the original recipes, I'm sure they probably had to make some adjustments, but they are very good and I like the idea that they were historically based. •
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Review: Dream Merchant #1
Samantha Cross
Have you ever had a dream so vivid you had a hard time distinguishing reality from the dream? How would you know? Where do we draw the line between the waking world and the dream world? Are we even awake? And what if your dreams were more than a mish-mashed construction of your subconscious? What if your dreams were hiding something so important others would kill you for that knowledge? What if your dreams had a purpose?
What if I stopped asking questions in a psuedo-profound manner?
Dream Merchant #1 is an intriguing start to a story that blends the philosophical and the psychological aspects of dreams and dreaming while blurring the lines of reality for our main character. Winslow has been suffering from intensely vivid dreams since he was a child. And while we've all had one or two realistic dreams on occasion, for Winslow the waking world and the dream state have become harder and harder to separate to the point that his adoptive parents committed him to a psychiatric hospital. It isn't until he undergoes a hypnotic therapy session with his new doctor that Winslow comes to the attention of the Regulators who seek something contained within Winslow's dreams, something the rest of the world has forgotten. On the run from the Regulators and the law, Winslow and Annie – a hospital volunteer – get some help from the titular Dream Merchant, an elderly man determined to protect Winslow and what he has hidden away in his subconscious.
As first issues go, Dream Merchant makes the most of its 52-page debut from writer Nathan Edmondson (The Activity, Dancer, Where is Jake Ellis?) and artist Konstantin Novosadov. There's a purpose to every page as much as there is an as-yet-to-be-revealed purpose to Winslow's dreams. By doubling the amount of pages, Edmondson gives us more time with Winslow, taking his time to set up the psychological state of our hero without the story feeling rushed. The first fifteen pages are necessary for the reader to assess Winslow as well as plant the seeds of his philosophy regarding dreams and what constitutes "reality". Even once the action picks up – and boy does it pick up – Winslow is still unsure of what is and isn't real. Sticking the main character in a mental institution cleverly puts us on edge about Winslow's mental state, keeping the reader just as unbalanced. Fortunately, he has Annie to talk to, which benefits the reader as much as Winslow since Annie acts as a grounding character that keeps Winslow from becoming too introverted. Though she's just as likely to pose questions about the nature of dreams and whether or not Winslow is actually "waking up," she provides the necessary force to push him forward. Given his struggling grasp on reality, Winslow needs Annie as much as he's going to need the Dream Merchant in order to survive.
For a relative newcomer to comics, Novosadov's beautifully fluid art lends itself well to the book, almost acting as a reflection of the dream state Winslow finds himself falling in and out of over the course of the issue. Novosadov shows a real eye for color as well, using a varied palette to set the mood of a page from the sterile brightness of the psychiatric hospital, to the dull greys of Winslow's past, and the warm tones of Annie and Winslow's conversation on a train. My favorite panels and pages happen to be the dreamscape. Though we start with an outsiders view of Winslow falling into a world of mountains rising into a jeweled pink sky, every panel featuring the dreamscape from there on out is from a position below Winslow, as if we're falling with him. It's a wonderful use of perspective that adds to the dream-state without detracting from the story.
Final Thoughts: An absolute must read. Plenty of story and action to make you want more.
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NEW YORK, Oct 2 — Two of autumn's most-hyped books have a common thread between them: Dan Brown's Origin brings back protagonist Robert Langdon on October 3, while two weeks later, the actor who plays Langdon, Tom Hanks, is set to release a highly anticipated book of his own.
The latest thriller by the author of the Da Vinci Code follows the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to witness the unveiling of a discovery that promises to "change the face of science forever." When the orchestrated evening goes wrong, Langdon finds himself on the run with the museum's director, Ambra Vidal, as he flees Barcelona in search of a password that will unlock an important secret.
The plot contains elements that will be familiar to those who follow Brown's Robert Langdon books, which includes Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol and Inferno.
The character of Langdon, who has been described as the author's fictional alter-ego, has been played by Tom Hanks in three successive film adaptations.
On October 17, Tom Hanks is to make his own debut as a fiction writer. In a collection of 17 short stories examining "the human condition and all its foibles," Hanks delves into the lives of a diverse group of characters, from a World War II veteran to an immigrant arriving in New York to four friends who build a rocket ship in the backyard.
One common element links Hanks's stories: A typewriter, playing both minor and central roles, appears in each story, reflecting the actor and author's own love for typewriters.
Hanks' millions of fans from his Oscar-winning acting career provide a ready-made audience for this new writing endeavour, although reviews praise the book for its warmth and humour, suggesting the collection is likely to attract readers on writing merit alone.


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Passage from Scripture. Pick one and have it marked and ready.
Place. Where you are alone and uninhibited in your response to God's presence.
Posture. Relaxed and peaceful. A harmony of body with spirit.
Passage from Scripture. Read it very slowly aloud and listen carefully and peacefully to it.
Read aloud or whisper in a rhythm with your breathing -- a phrase at a time -- with pauses and repetitions when and where you feel like it.
Don't be anxious, don't try to look for implication or lessons or profound thoughts or conclusions or resolutions, etc. Be content to be like a child who climbs into its father's lap and listens to his words and his story. When you finish, remind yourself that God continues to live in you during the rest of the day.


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Just In Time For The Location Wars, Twitter Turns On Geolocation On Its Website
MG Siegler	@mgsiegler / 11 years
When I wrote that location would be this year's Twitter at SXSW, I also meant that Twitter's geolocation would be this year's Twitter at SXSW. The service has just turned on geolocation on its website today for the first time.
While Twitter's geolocation feature has been live through its API since last November, there was no sign of integration into the main twitter.com site until now. As you can see in the screenshot above, for tweets tagged with location, right next to the source of the tweet there is a location placemarker. When you hover over it, it turns blue, and clicking on it brings up a little Google map showing the location that tweet was sent from.
You can see these maps as overlays both on individual tweet pages, and on tweets in your main stream. In some cases, depending on how Twitter geolocation API is being used, it looks like place names are even passed through to Twitter. For example, here's a tweet sent from Foursquare that also says where the tweet is being sent from.
The timing of this move by Twitter is significant. Earlier today, the New York Times reported that Facebook would unveil its answer to location next month at its f8 conference. Twitter's first-ever Chirp conference takes place just one week before f8. Google, meanwhile, is in the game with Latitude and to some extent Buzz (but could have been in it a lot more). And of course, every app and their mother appears to be launching with some sort of location functionality at the SXSW in Austin, Texas, which begins on Friday. Many of those apps use Twitter's geolocation API to pass the data back to Twitter, so it makes sense that this would be a good time to turn the functionality on for the website.
Update: It looks like Twitter has just turned off the location functionality after having it on for a bit. Look for it to come back shortly — certainly some time before SXSW.
[thanks Chad]