Due to the western wing's elevation from the ground, a silong was opened up underneath the tree-hugging house. "We had to elevate it higher than the eastern wing to create more headroom for the silong," says Bermejo. "Otherwise, it would just become a hibernating space that won't be accessible for cleaning."
To preserve and enhance the accustomed lifestyle of the owners, BAAD Studio fell back on the principles of tropical design, and sought to retain the site's natural gifts.
"The owners wanted the house rich in texture. Everything had to look natural," says Mendoza. Imbuing this natural look in the façade are the Corten steel panels covering the master bedroom on the second floor, and the perimeter wall made of cut Antipolo stones. BAAD wanted everything to be locally sourced, as seen in the tanguile cladding in the interiors and local vegetation for the gardens.
It all began with the tree. Still growing, it stubbornly sat in the middle of the 570-square meter lot. Benjee Mendoza and An Bermejo of BAAD Studio were commissioned to build a house on. "To this day, we still don't know what species," Bermejo admits with a laugh.
But where most architects would see an obstruction, the BAAD duo saw opportunity. Bermejo did an initial sketch of a house with the tree in the middle, which, after numerous revisions and improvements, evolved into a nature-friendly, disaster-resilient structure that benefits from the site's natural advantages. The tree-hugging house now stands as an impressive example of architecture shaped by context.
"The whole house is a reaction to the site," says Mendoza. "Our main goal was to arrive at the design organically, for both the exterior and interior." Located in a secluded village in Antipolo, the lot and its surrounding areas are lush with tall trees. The sounds of birdsong get positively riotous, fireflies still wink at night, and one may even encounter a flock of ducks crossing the street. Further lending a provincial feel is the cool maintain air. But while the site is a dream for nature lovers, it presents challenges for builders. The lot slopes downwards, with a significant dip in the grade on the western side. The ground is red clay, which is quick to erode during heavy rains, one of the reasons the village strictly forbids the cutting of trees.
A raw steel walkway on the south leads down to the silong. Jalousie windows were installed along the walkway to allow for North-South cross breezes.
The owners, a husband and wife with three children, gave BAAD a free hand with the design, but had a number of specific requests. Having lived 20 years in an ancestral home with large windows and an open plan, they wanted a house that minimizes the use of electricity by making use of natural daylight and passive cooling. Because of the site's openness and sloping topography, they were wary of landslides, earthquakes, and strong winds so they specified a fortified structure that could withstand strong temblors and extreme weather conditions.
To preserve and enhance the accustomed lifestyle of the owners, BAAD fell back on the principles of tropical design, and sought to retain as much of the site's natural gifts as possible. Mendoza and Bermejo determined that the thick, tall trees on the north and west sides of the lot could act as wind and sun barriers. The foliage on the south side is low in height, leaving it open to wind and sun. The street is on the east, making it the logical side for the front façade. The young tree in the middle of the lot was treated as a starting point for the design, rather than nuisance. BAAD wrapped the house around it in a U shape, opening up the north side of the structure with glass-louvered windows and gardens, and walling off most of the south. Open to the sky, the central core created by the layout distributes light and air throughout the interiors, all filtered by the tree in the middle.
A view of the west wing taken from the living area balcony. Right above the silong are the laundry room (with the glass window) and dirty kitchen. Food prepared in the dirty kitchen is brought up to the family nook and clean kitchen above via an outdoor walkway and stairs, one bad design decision by BAAD easily solved by a dumbwaiter.
Because of its U shape, the house has two main wings. The two-storey eastern wing fronting the street is composed of the 57-square meter living and dining area on the ground floor, and the master's and son's bedrooms on the second. Across is the 3-storey western wing with two more bedrooms up top, the 40-square meter kitchen area on the second floor, and the utilities and the maid's quarters below. Because of the sudden dip in natural grade of the lot, the western wing is elevated from the ground to keep it level with the eastern wing, opening up a silong underneath that can be used as a gathering space.
The owners consider the jalousie windows imported from Australia their biggest investment for the house. "It's not made of typical aluminum, and it can withstand a very high amount of wind," says the husband. Built-in screens prevent insects from invading the interiors.
Jalousie windows line the tree-hugging walls of the house, and are used as clerestory windows in bedrooms, bathrooms, along the stairwell and other parts of the house to enable maximum air flow and for light to reach the interiors. In addition, the generous fenestration provides views of greenery from almost all areas of the house, having a calming effect on the inhabitants. "Even the maids' quarters have views of the trees outside," says Bermejo. To address the issue of turbulent winds possibly punching through the glass, BAAD says opening some of the jalousie windows (the ones close to the ceiling, so the house doesn't get wet inside) around the core should ease the buildup of pressure inside, as long as windows on the south side are also opened for wind to pass through.
The upper windows are most exposed to strong wind, particularly the north side. Because the trees aren't high enough to shield the topmost level, louvers made of composite wood will be installed on the concrete balcony to protect the rooms inside from wind and sunlight. What's better, the brise soleil will be operable, allowing residents to adjust the angle of the louvers to catch breeds, not just block them. The house uses little ornamentation and paint, exposing instead the natural texture of concrete, steel, and wood. "We never thought of it as a clean house; we wanted it to look as weathered as possible," says Mendoza. This is intentional, as more than half the budget was spent shoring up the structure.
Guests entering through the main door are immediately treated to views of lush greenery, as floor-to-ceiling glass wraps the living and dining areas on the ground floor. The owners wanted the interiors to showcase Filipino craftsmanship, so wooden furniture from their old house was brought in together with a dining set from Milo Naval.
Frightened by the Bohol earthquake, which happened a few months before construction, the owners wanted the house to withstand an intensity 7 quake. There is no set formula for earthquake-resilient structures, so the architects and structural engineer fortified the house by increasing the thickness and depth of the footing base. The deepest footing is buried 1.6 meters from the natural grade lines and the thickest measures 2.2 x 2.2 meters. Tie beams 0.3 x 0.5 meters thick connect each footing, creating a structural grid under the soil that should minimize shaking during an earthquake. The base of the eastern wing is further strengthened by double retaining walls. According to the structural engineer, the house should be able to withstand an intensity 9 quake.
The tree-hugging house is one expensive structure, costing just under P20 million. "People will say we over-designed it, but this is what the owners and the site demanded," says Mendoza. The cost justifies the result—the house is a veritable star shelter that provides calm and comfort without the use of much electricity or costly technology.
The kitchen and dining area in the western wing. A bench was placed on the balcony, where members of the family like to relax.
After two months of occupancy, the owners are all praises for the house. "BAAD was able to address all our concerns and requirements, and they even went beyond our expectations," says the husband. They appreciate the abundance of operable glass windows which open up views of the surrounding trees and make them feel one with the environment.
They haven't yet had air conditioners installed, and for now feel no need to. Wind passes freely through the rooms in the upper level, making them really cold in the evenings. The electricity bill is 6,000 lower than when they were living in their previous house. "But that includes the power tools the workers were using during the finishing stage. So the reduction will be bigger in the coming months," says the husband.
The two wings are connected on the south side, where the staircase with narra steps is . The floor inclines upward due to the western wing's elevation from the ground.
The wife recounts how she and her daughter both happened to have friends over one day. The teenagers appropriated the living room with the sound system, and the ladies stayed in the dining area. To her delight, she discovered the house was comfortably able to accommodate two parties at the same time: "We weren't at all disturbed by each other's noise. So if need be we can even entertain a third group upstairs!" she laughs.
In the Sixties, hippies literally hugged trees to stop developers from cutting them down. They also embraced trees with their arms and legs in the belief that vibrations and energy emanating from the trees were beneficial to one's health. Now while the homeowners may not be tree-huggers, they do appreciate the pleasures of being surrounded by nature. There is something extraordinary soothing about living under soft, dappled light, and hearing sounds of life instead the hum and drone of machines and appliances. BAAD has not only designed a tree-hugging house, but a home hugged by nature.


The San Juan Inn is a perfect pit stop on your way to Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The San Juan River is one of the tributaries that feeds Lake Powell and the San Juan Inn sits right on the river.
If your travels take you to Halls Crossing Marine, Bull Frog Marine, or Wahweap Marina near Page Arizona, the San Juan Inn and Mexican Hat make for a great relief stop from the highway. Load up on needed food or relax in a clean room with a hot shower after camping.


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Actor Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi passes away at 46 while working out in a gym
The actor is survived by his wife, Alesia Raut and their two kids
IANS Published : 11th November 2022 06:22 PM | Published : | 11th November 2022 06:22 PM
Siddhaanth is among several Indian actors who have collapsed or passed away during exercise in the last few months
Actor Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi passed away today at the age of 46 while working out in the gym, stated sources. The actor had appeared in several popular Indian TV shows including Kkusum, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Waaris, and Suryaputra Karn.
Also read: Actor Leslie Phillips, the voice behind the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter, passes away at 98
The actor is survived by his wife Alesia Raut and their two kids. Reports added that the reason for his death is still not confirmed. His body was taken to Kokilaben Hospital and the Oshiwara Police have been informed about the incident, according to sources.
TV actor Jay Bhanushali took to Instagram Stories to pay his condolences to the late actor. Sharing a photo of Siddhaanth, writing, "Gone too soon."
Siddhaanth made his television debut in the Indian tv serial, Kkusum, which first aired in May 2001. He later went on to star in many more shows like Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Zameen Se Aassman Tak, Virrudh, Bhagyavidhaata, Mamta, Kayaamat, Kya Dill Mein Hai and Grihasti. He was last seen in the TV series Kyun Rishton Mein Katti Batti.
Also read: Bengali actress Sonali Chakraborty passes away in Kolkata at 59
Siddhaanth is among several Indian actors who have collapsed or passed away during exercise in the last few months. Indian comedian Raju Srivastav passed away due to cardiac arrest while using the treadmill. Before it, actor Dipesh Bhan from Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai also passed away while exercising. Kannada star Puneeth Rajkumar had a cardiac arrest while he working out at the gym too.
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The loss of muscle mass is concerning and underscores the importance of proper nutritional counseling after the procedure.
Obesity is a serious, chronic disease that can have a negative effect on many systems in your body. People who are overweight or obese have a much greater risk of developing serious conditions.
First-line treatments, for example, diet and exercise regularly don't work, driving numerous patients to pick gastric bypass surgery. The medical procedure, which lessens the measure of the stomach, has been powerful in treating obesity, however, conveys with its huge expenses and potential complications.
A new study by the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) suggests that left gastric artery embolization, a novel interventional procedure used to treat obesity, leads to the loss of both fat and muscle.
Left gastric artery embolization is a less invasive option to surgery. It this process, microscopic beads are injected under imaging guidance into the artery that supplies blood to the stomach.
The beads block blood flow to the stomach and reduce the creation of ghrelin, a hormone that animates hunger. Early investigations have demonstrated that embolization is successful in helping individuals lose weight, yet data is missing on how it may change a patient's creation of muscle and fat.
Scientists studied CT scans of 16 overweight or obese patients who had undergone left gastric artery embolization to treat gastrointestinal bleeding. CT scans, when used in conjunction with special software, allow for measurements of body composition based on the different densities of tissues like fat and muscle.
The scans were done previously and roughly 1.5 months after the method. The outcomes were contrasted with those of a control group of 16 outpatients who did not undergo left gastric supply route embolization but rather had CT filters at two distinctive eras for nonspecific stomach torment.
Every one of the 16 people experienced significant weight reduction after the embolization procedure, losing a normal of 6.4 percent of their body weight over 1.5 months. Body Mass Index, a measure of body weight with respect to a person's height, dropped by 6.3 percent.


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David Davis: In the end, there was nothing behind the swagger
Monday, 9 Jul, 2018
There are few projects a lifelong eurosceptic could treasure more than managing Britain's withdrawal from the EU. David Davis was given the most coveted role in the history of his ideology and he flunked it, at every stage, with a series of unforced errors based on his own ignorance of the thing he ostensibly cared about.
It started in the campaign, when he wrote that the first port of call for a British prime minister after Brexit would be Berlin, not Brussels, to do a "UK-German deal" involving "free access for their cars and industrial goods, in exchange for a deal on everything else".
The first calling point of the UK's negotiator immediately after #Brexit will not be Brussels, it will be Berlin, to strike a deal
— David Davis (@DavidDavisMP) May 26, 2016
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(1/3) Post #Brexit a UK-German deal would include free access for their cars and industrial goods, in exchange for a deal on everything else
How ludicrous and bitterly ironic that statement looks now. He was unaware that bilateral trade deals are impossible for EU member states and grossly overestimated, as many Leavers did, the extent to which the profits of the German automobile industry would influence the approach of Europe.
The reality was precisely the opposite. By November, Matthias Wissmann, president of the German Automotive Association, was warning that prolonged uncertainty could stop investment in the 100 German-owned car production sites in the UK. Instead, it is the UK car industry which is lobbying the British government for a soft Brexit, to protect their supply chains against the trade blockages which Davis did not even know existed, and still refuses to recognise now.
By the time he started as Brexit secretary, it was not even clear that Davis understood that the Republic of Ireland was a separate country. "One of our really challenging issues will be the internal border we have with southern Ireland," he told Sky's Murnaghan programme in July 2016. This seemed so staggeringly ignorant that it could not possibly be accurate. Viewers maybe presumed he'd misspoken. But then he went on: "We are not going to go about creating other internal borders inside the United Kingdom".
In the first few months of the job, Davis insisted the UK could leave the single market and customs union, but that economically nothing would change. "What we have come up with," he told the Commons, as if he had just figured the whole thing out, "is the idea of a comprehensive free trade agreement and a comprehensive customs agreement that will deliver the exact same benefits as we have".
This was later seized on by Labour as its test of the Brexit government's accomplishments, and why not? It was the promise Davis had made. His errors were so consistent and severe the opposition had started copying and pasting his own Commons statements as an attack.
Once talks started, Davis' complete lack of research or understanding was immediately apparent. One of the most striking images of the Brexit process was that of him sat down for an opening meeting in Brussels with no notes or documents at all. At the table across from him is Michel Barnier and his team, with thick wads of papers, looking unimpressed. Sabine Weyand, who would later go on to destroy the May government's customs plans, looks particularly irritated.
Michel Barnier sits down with David Davis with huge wodge of notes. Davis – with nothing – https://t.co/1eLT5nXRfU pic.twitter.com/3AVIrXSkyX
— AndrewSparrow (@AndrewSparrow) July 17, 2017
The image became ubiquitous – a symbol of general British lack of preparedness. But even now, it deserves close inspection. It tells you all that you need to know about Davis, and indeed about a deeper British problem of valuing have-a-go male arrogance over technical expertise and research.
Look particularly at his laugh, that false-bonhomie mirth he brings to every encounter to smooth over the cracks. There is nothing behind the smile. There is ultimately no real jocularity. It's the empty laugh of a clown – it is there to create an impression, not because he found something funny. That's why these images of Davis in summits look so jarring. Very often he is the only person laughing in them. Quite often it is because he is laughing at what he has said.
In the end, even the laugh is fake.
Once the talks started, Davis' failures went from the embarrassing to the structural. He was no longer just making a fool of the British reputation. He was now in charge of talks which would decide the core functioning principles of the economy for a generation. He began to age very quickly. The laugh was gone, replaced by drooping eyebrows and a sagging ashen face.
The mistakes came thick and fast. He promised that a disagreement over the sequencing of talks would be the "row of the summer", before capitulating to the EU in minutes. He looked terrible on the podium doing joint press conferences next to Barnier. The Commission negotiator looked far better briefed, composed, well dressed and in control. He even told better jokes. It was like the dynamic between David Brent and his boss Neil in The Office.
By December, his strategic ineptitude had proved so severe that the Irish backstop was signed off by the British government. It has dominated the Brexit debate ever since. It was clear at the time how important this passage was, but Davis did not seem to have understood it. When he did, in the days after the document was agreed, he tried desperately to reverse-course, saying it was just a "statement of intent". The EU then had to draft it in legal text, basically codifying the backstop agreement, to make it "David-Davis-proof".
Eventually Davis was frozen out of talks altogether, in favour of Olly Robbins, who shifted from DExEU to Downing Street. Last month it emerged Davis had spent just four hours with Barnier so far this year.
Even at the end, he was pursuing strategies which were sure to fail and went against all evidence of how to approach this issue. "It's a choice about strategy," a Brexiter – probably Davis – told the Sun before the Chequers meeting, as it reported his anxieties around the new government plan. "Do you be extremely reasonable and adjust, or do you face down the EU? They will come to us eventually, we just need to hold our nerve."
This is exactly the case he was making on the Today programme this morning as he dismissed an October deadline for the end of talks and said they could go down to the "last minute".
This is his great and final mistake, his one last piece of ignorant over-confidence. It is also the one which could still drive us over the cliff edge. The EU are not bluffing. A chaotic British exit is to be avoided, but it is not as bad as carving up the single market – the very engine of the European project. Davis has not understood this. Nor has he understood, even after all this time, that Britain's lack of customs and regulatory infrastructure puts it in a weaker position than the EU when it comes to no-deal. He is a man on a bicycle playing chicken with a lorry.
The irony is that Davis has probably made a smart career move today. He finds a new role for himself. He is no longer a bumbling incompetent gradually being cut off from negotiations. He is the lightning rod for Brexiter discord on the backbenches, where they can live out their permanent fantasies about how they would have done things so much better without ever having to actually explain how they might do so.
But with Davis it is demonstrably false. He was in charge and he messed it up, from start to finish. After all those complaints about the EU, he did not understand even very basic things about it. After all that arrogance and swagger, there was no intellectual force to back it up. He failed completely.
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Trad on Cello is a collection of twenty Irish traditional session tunes with a guide on how to play them. Loosely graded from easy to difficult, the tunes are arranged in groups or 'sets' of two or three, designed to be linked as is the custom in traditional Irish sessions. They can also be played as stand-alone pieces. Includes second cello accompaniment, chords, a guide to ornamentation and in depth instruction on how to play in all styles. Includes polkas, slides, jigs, reels, hornpipes and slip jigs.
The tunes are presented in cello friendly keys specially chosen to fit the range of the first position on the cello. This enables all the tunes to be played in first position as a fiddle player would. Regardless of your level or standard, playing the traditional tunes in one position enables you to learn them quickly, develop ways to embellish them, and keep your arms and hands relaxed.
A great way to get started or to expand your repertoire of traditional Irish music on cello!
Really useful book to work autodidactic. Well written -thanks Ilse!


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AFLW Round 7 – Western Bulldogs v Melbourne: Post-match with Aasta O'Connor
March 20, 2018 by Kasey Symons 4 Comments
From five minutes into the final quarter of the Western Bulldogs v Melbourne preliminary-final-style-last-game-of-season, the crowd held its collective breath.
The ball spent most of the time in congestion and as the clock counted down, it looked like the Daughters of the West would need nothing short of a miracle to claw their way back into the game. There was ninety seconds to go. The Dogs were four-points behind. Only a goal could save them.
A goal and this season's cult-hero Brooke Lochland.
Aasta O'Connor recalls those final seconds vividly.
"Yeah it's funny, I said to Kearney, 'We've just got to have control, we've just got to stay calm.'
The game was won and lost at the contest and in the stoppages and Melbourne's midfield are fantastic and we knew that. We knew we had to match their contested footy and in those last few minutes, especially with that boundary throw in, in my mind I thought, 'This is Whitten Oval. We know this ground.' and I knew where the ball was going to go with the breeze.
I heard Jenna Bruton on the fly and I knew I had to get it to her. But I felt like everyone played their role all night which led us to that final moment."
In a seven-week season with no finals series, Round 7 shaped up to be one anyway with the top of the table Bulldogs and Dees fighting for a spot in the Grand Final. With so much outside noise pegging this game as a 'Preliminary Final', O'Connor said her team were focused on maintaining calm and their usual approach but of course, knew that this was more than a regular season game.
"It was business as usual [this week] but in saying that we reviewed the game against GWS and we were really disappointed with what we put out on the park last week. That was an opportunity missed and we knew that. Just our contested footy and how hard we wanted it in close at the source and we knew if we'd won that, things might be different, as our skills on the outside are as good as anyone's. But yeah it was a bit business as usual in the lead up – Grovesy [head coach Paul Groves] keeps it really simple and consistent in the messaging for us."
O'Connor also knew that the X factor for her Dogs was having Captain Katie Brennan back in the side after sustaining an ankle injury in Round 3 which buoyed the team, and her own personal performance.
"To have KB come back in was a real spark for the team, to see your captain smiling and back out there with the jumper on, it was good for me, I mean I didn't have to sit next to Blackie in the locker room, I had a '3' between the '2' and '4' so that was really good!"
O'Connor's AFLW journey was a frustrating one as she joined Brennan on the sidelines for most of the first season due to injury so year two meant a lot for her to take on the opportunity to make up for lost time and earn her place back.
"Grovesy and the coaching group challenged me at the start of the year to take back that number one ruck spot and it was something that I really had to work hard for – you're not gifted anything in this team. You've got to work for it and that's our culture and we know that.
Grovesy and Andrew Shakespeare also spoke to me about my kicking and my short kicking in particular and I feel like that's something I've been able to put my time into and I'm really confident in that now."
As a stalwart of the game, O'Connor has relished the opportunity to work with the new recruits and share her wealth of footy knowledge.
"The thing I've enjoyed most [this season], being at my age is mentoring our younger players that have come to our club, I just love them and they give you energy and you can learn so much from them and that's probably the thing that I hold dearest to my heart."
Post-game while waiting to chat to Aasta, I ran into Bulldogs legend and now Director of Football, Chris Grant. He's an all-round legend of the game and a dead-set legend of a bloke as we chatted in the race. His team had just made the AFLW Grand Final and he still made the time to catch up with me and ask about my studies. I congratulated him on the game and the Doggies' season and he was so proud. He hugged each and every player as they came down to the rooms.
He told me how happy he was to see matches played for points being held at the Western Oval again, that it was something that had been lost; which was a real shame, as footy back in the day brought Footscray together. Now AFLW had brought that spirit back to the ground he loves so much and it meant the world to him. The community had come out in a 7,593-strong crowd that sounded like 10,000+ that night and had brought life back to the ground.
I mentioned this conversation to Aasta and she understands what football and the Bulldogs mean to the West.
"We love playing here. You can feel it when you go out there and you want to play harder for our people, for the people of the West.
You talk to some of the male Bulldogs players and they're pretty jealous, they don't get to play out here so it's something we really love and I think It's really special and that is part of AFLW isn't it? Bringing it back to the communities so it has real authenticity."
O'Connor is no stranger to that Grand Final feeling coming from VFLW powerhouse Darebin, but playing in an AFLW Grand Final is on another level. Getting through this week will be a mixture of containing the excitement and hard work as the Bulldogs prepare for battle.
"I guess going through my head right now is, 'Enjoy it.', you know footy is a pretty funny game, it can be pretty cruel sometimes.
But there's something about the Western Bulldogs, that 'backs to the wall' spirit and we know we've earnt the right to be there.
We worked really hard in the preseason to get here and that's the sweat equity that Grovesy talks about – but it's just another week though as well.
For me personally, in winning and losing games of footy – I've learned that in time it doesn't define who you are but I'm stoked to have the opportunity to play in an AFLW Grand Final, it's still sinking in."
About Kasey Symons
Kasey Symons a writer and PhD Candidate at Victoria University. Her research is focused on gendered issues in sports cultures (primarily AFL) at a fan level. Kasey is a born and raised Victorian who barracks for the West Coast Eagles and yes, she knows that is weird.
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Two sides with really strong, united cultures into the GF. If they were playing anyone else, I'd back the Bulldogs right in. Aasta's a mature head with good hands; hope she has a good (not great) game on Saturday.
Yvette Wroby says
Great interview. Hard to call Saturday's game
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Yoshi says
Hi Kasey,
Your writing pieces with AFLW players are always inspiring and what I enjoy. Another good interview.
I am always impressed with Aasta's on field performances this season. I hadn't known she was challenged by coaching staff.
Her efforts and improvements encourage me on my on field performances with Osaka Dingoes. As a 45-yo new player who has been playing footy only for a month, sadly my kicking is short. Only practising and patience can improve. As mentioned in my latest AFLW match report, my kicking is improving and Matt (my coach) is impressed.


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January 21, 2010 Written by Lee Walmsley
Ford made one of the best 4V carburetors when they developed the Autolite 4100 4bbl (4V carburetor). The Autolite 2100 2V was also one of the most trouble-free 2bbl carbs ever produced. In the early 1960's the Autolite 1100 1V was used on the Ford Falcon and later on the 1964 ½ Mustang 170 cubic inch 6 Cylinder and the 200 as well.
Autolite carburetors, when properly tuned, will out-perform most of the competition. In the 1956 and 1957 Ford Thunderbird performance category, the 312 V8 was outfitted with the Tri-power multi-carburation setup. This unit was a factory Intake manifold with Three Stromberg 2V carburetors. With proper linkage and adjustments, the T-Bird would take flight.
Two of the rarest Autolite 4V's were the 1.06 and 1.19 carburetor. These were used on the 1958 Mercury only. The Mercury Low Torque 383 V8 used the 1.06. The Mercury High Torque 383 used the 1.19 4V. This 1.19 Autolite carburetor has the highest CFM rating of any Autolite carburetor ever produced (it rates "669").
Later in 1962 and 1963, Ford developed the FE series 390 and 427 Tri-power and Dual Quad Induction system. Ford utilized Holley carburetors for some of their high-performance applications. Standard and factory performance engines still commonly used the Autolite 1.08 and 1.12 venturi 4V units.
In 1964, the 260 V8 was only offered with a 2V intake manifold. This Autolite 2100 2V carburetor was a 1.01 venturi. Other 2V carburetor sizes were .98, 1.02, 1.06, 1.08, 1.14, 1.23 and 1.33.
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Kali : For the duration of the weekend. Ill be answering questions. no spoilers..enjoy.
Good lord, that poor guard. He is probably all - "Uh...what about the um, still gasping dead guard at my feet? Wouldn't he sort of draw attention to...No, no its cool, I'll just sit him in this bench over here, and umm throw a tapestry over him, no problem."
Im presuming there is a special detactment that deal with... umm loose ends and refuse?
Jules and Vincent here, really need Mr. Wolf right about now!
shattered windpipe and broken spine.
chalk up another creepy point for the emerald assassin!
Kali eleminating bigotry one idiot at a time..
I like to imagine them pulling up in a little golf cart with a stack of body bags under the front seat, personally.
now thats a amusing thought *looks for a golfcart model* muhahah!
I see priests ringing a gong as they walk the halls; "Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead!"
"Oh!! Oh! I have a dead guard here!"
"Do you want me to call Kali back?"
"NO!.. umm never mind. Im dead. Carry on!"
BHAHAHAH! - I can so hear that witha english acccent Oh EMM GEE! thank you for that audio fun!
Man, I wish one could rate comments!
"I think I'll go for a walk!"
Chilling scene. Kali is quite the motivator, as long as you're not also her object lesson.
As for disposing of the remains, I think it was one of William Gibson's characters in *Count Zero* that said: "Body banks are great for getting *rid* of things."
The golf cart's radio could be playing Patsy Cline's I Fall to Pieces.
as a doorknob... and yes cats link is very informitive..
Armpits get rendered too high. Noticed it several times. Makes upper arm way too thin/flat where it connects to shoulder/torso.
You know, Kali seems to be channeling Fred Rogers in panel 1.
wut? Oh .. heh I guess so !
she might appreciate a dying thumbs up, or a "very satisfying Thump when they hit the ground".
Funny how she was initially perceived as the bad guy, but now she's helping the girls.
I'm sensing a common theme in this comic; no one is as they appear to be, or have some other secret agenda they're up to.
ding ding! give this girl a medal , the main point here is that everyone has shades of grey. just like real life.
He's still making noise so not dead yet. Why do I have the feeling she gave that speach while standing on the guys throat, in stilettos?
Oh hes quite dead note the " ... * ".. but yes she was standing on his neck. to keep him quiet while he gurgled to death on his own blood. guess we werent too clear about his death.
I could have spent another 2 pages of her showing off , but it was decided to move the story forward instead.
Shattered windpipes don't usually bleed in fact she doesn't even need to stand on him. He should slowly quietly strangle to death because he can't breath enough; if she hit him right, which she would given how vindictive she was feeling at the time.
yep - we were going to show her holding him down , but decided against it the move was suggested by a Ex Marine :D the trick was to make him "suffer" but remain quiet and eniffectual.
This is the page that exemplifies the saying. Death is easy it's the act of dieing that's hard.
I gotta wonder........What does kali do to relax other than deep breathign?
She actually enjoys. playing games. and figuring out what people are going to do. meditation is another of her favorites.
okay silly q, uh does deci ever...well use her like peopel use minx?
Kali: I think rose covered this part. and secondly I dont think hes intrested in someone that doesnt bleed. scream and whimper .. so no.
Kali: You see this is why it is so kind of the Guards to wear fully enclosed armor .. keeps the stink all in a nice tidy package.
@Kali just speculating out loud ma'am, my wee Dragonetts have been busy sifting through some of the cached audio files that Aeneas doesn't realize he has, however might I be so bold as to suggest that Setorius's confidential and hidden files on the Royal Family, Princey-Poo especially might well be of interest to you.
Kali: what makes you think I dont already have those files.. Trust me , I know where ALL the bodies are buryed .. most of them "I" put there.
Bit of an overstatement I daresay from what I have been reading Maximus has burried his share as has, in the name of "science only of course, Setorius I would estimate his count to match or even exceed yours, his blood lust is for "research" only but he is dedicated to his research.
Kali: General Maxus has done most of his killing in the arena. and has a very high level of "honor" this is why I handle "wet-works".
As for the Archpriest, he does nothing with malice so bloodlust is a bit of a reach.
In closing no. I hold the highest "body count"
I mean they brought down on them the wrath of Teh goddess of death and destruction... the apocolyse made manifest.
They Pissed off Tedee and she is coming for them!
The Sister, Marcus also the Doc and her slave. Centcomm may also find Kali's personality useful.
Just remember there are a lot of Innocent people in Nova Roma :D its a living City just like New Troy and not all the population may agree with the Princes methodology..
I would imagine a you have 4 hours to vacae before I level teh place would be tedeed MO no?
Now Just repeat taht phrase everytime beforee you open fire and you are totally in compliance with Centys orders AND get to Burn TN to the ground!!!
Typical frickin Marine can't take 'em anywhere close to civilization a or other life forms. When you absolutely, positively gotta have an international incident sent in the Marines. If you want the job done nice, neatly with minimum collateral damage with total stealth and deniablity send in one Army SOG Team.
See Stan's uncle jimbo. Now if you want a picture of a real marine in modern civilization.....well He's a fictional actor but damned good at his role.
Agreed, Dragonrider. The Misguided Children are a one-trick pony, IMO: full frontal assault. Pit them against guerilla/insurgent hit-and-run and the army has to go in to pull their bacon out of the fire.
And before anyone tries to start flaming me for this view: see Fallujah. My last deployment, the army had to go in and straighten things out at *least* 2-3 times during that year. And those are just the times I heard about (which, I actively tried to avoid hearing about how things were going, and just focused on keeping the internet working).
There are no innocents only unwilling accomplices.
had too! the page was MASSIVE! im sorry!
Always wondered how Ray Palmer and Henry Pym felt when they went went into action, now I know teeny-tiny.
heheh - hey Im not complaining .. im just glad everyone likes it enough TO comment !
Kali : Actually TeeDee *IS* in a combat body.. the model type is "sprite" the combat package is "Striker" she just doesnt like the bio-plastic covering.
As for who would win? that depends on what shes armed with .. and how far away.
Im her superior in hand to hand. but she prefers high powered weapons.
Kali: Providing I can dodge her shots.. I would win. if I cant she would. I have speed and light armor. she has speed and medium armor. however if we close to hand to hand shes mine.
But i'm not dead yet!
Told you, you have to report to the commander of the watch and not get hung up on these royalty types.


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Title Bohemian Rhapsody
Director Bryan Singer
Run time 2hrs 14m
Genres Action, Comedy
Tagline The only thing more extraordinary than their music is his story.
A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's appearance at the Live Aid concert in 1985.
1:23 Live Aid! Literally all music revolves around this thing.
1:55 I didn't know he had a lot of cats.
3:44 That crowd!
8:55 Extra teeth makes a better singing voice?
12:45 That mic thing can't have come from a malfunctioning mic stand, surely?
15:07 That Brian May is blowing my mind.
17:01 Sorry, he's playing Bo-Rap upside down, on a bed, back to front…. and saying it has potential??
21:35 "You look like an angry lizard."
25:41 Wait, what? He proposed to a woman? I need to know my Queen history more.
28:06 Like, I knew he had big teeth but I have never noticed them so much as this film is shoving them in our face.
32:04 "Formulas are a complete and utter waste of time." Uhhhh, don't tell the mathematicians.
33:32 ROCKFIELD!
38:37 Roger is an absolute diva!
41:47 "Fred's thing." Just dismissed the whole of BoRap as that.
45:22 WAIT. That's Mike Myers doing a Wayne's World reference? I'm OUT.
54:15 I can't believe I don't know about this woman.
1:00:57 Aiden Gillan's character is doing my head in. What accent is that??
1:05:28 "Come and find me when you like yourself."
1:20:31 Solo?? No!!
1:15:27 "I'm terribly sorry dear, it's done."
1:17:25 Such a powerful bassline.
1:19:23 Leader vs lead singer.
1:24:55 Freddie went solo????
1:30:31 "What's Live Aid?" THROWS UP.
1:39:09 This film. I'm in pieces!!!
Rami Malek is incredible in this, embracing the spirit and the passion and the teeth of Freddie Mercury with style, grace, and a touching humanity. The actor playing Brian May was also really good, I thought. The scenes were well made with incredible attention to detail, particularly in the remakes of Top of the Pops and of course, Live Aid. It told whatever story it was trying to tell well, and swept you along to the end, by which time I was in floods of tears.
I sort of don't get what the point of this film was. It touches upon lots of different painful things but none in enough detail to make it worthwhile. If it's about Freddie's genius, then we need more. If it's about the struggle against AIDS, then we need more. If it's about the troubles within the band, they barely scratched the surface. And if it's about how they got back together to do Live Aid, well I didn't think they did a good enough job of showing them broken up in the first place.
It's a well made thing, and it made me want to dive into the history and music of Queen all over again. But in the end, I just don't know why it exists.
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Construction of the first aerodrome started in the area of present Koltsovo Airport location.
The day when the Great Patriotic War broke out, grandiose construction of a hard-surface runway began on the Koltsovo aerodrome. The 1000 meter runway was built within a record-breaking period of three months. In October 1941, the Red Army Air Force Research Institute which was testing new types of jets was evacuated to Koltsovo.
On May 15 the first in the world jet engine fighter BI-1 took off the aerodrome. This event started an era of jet engine flights in the world of air operation. The BI-1 pilot was Captain Grigory Bakhchivadzhi.
July 10 is the day of establishment of the Koltsovo civil airport. The airport was subject to command of the North-East transport airline "Moscow-Welcal". For the first time in this country's history, the air forces and the civil fleet were united on a single base.
A new passenger terminal was put into operation. Today, it is the Business Aviation Terminal — building with a spire — the architectural landmark of Ekaterinburg.
The aerodrome second reconstruction was finished. The runway was reinforced to meet the landing weight of new aircraft types. From that year, regular flights of the first passenger jetliner TU-104 and IL-18 aircraft started.
In July 1987, in Koltsovo began regular flights ON Il-86.
In October Koltsovo got the status of an international airport.
On December 28 a Sverdlovsk aviation enterprise split-up resulted in establishment of two joint stock companies AOOT ( Joint Stock Company) (now PAO — Joint Stock Company) Koltsovo Airport and AOOT Ural Airlines.
With the support of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, the Sverdlovsk Region Government, and Renova Group of Companies, implementation of the Program for the airport development as a hub started.
The airport large-scale reconstruction was carried out. Two new terminals, the air navigation complex, railway station, hotel and business complex, and catering unit were built, and the Business Aviation Terminal was reconstructed. After the new terminals commissioning, the passenger terminal area grew to 80 thousand sq. m., and the capacity doubled — up to 8 MIO passengers per year.
The biggest in Ural cargo terminal was opened in the Koltsovo Airport, with German concern Hochtief Airports acting as the designer.
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Always Be Nice to People…And Six Other Things We Learned When Louie Anderson Visited Ron and Fez
Published by Interrobang Staff at April 1, 2014
Louie Anderson started his career in 1981 by winning a local comedy contest. That led to headlining gigs, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, specials on HBO, Showtime and other networks, hosting Family Feud, and even his own animated series– and he's still going strong. Last Friday Louie and fellow comedian Jay Mohr were guests on SiriusXM's Ron and Fez Show, and here are seven things we learned from Louie Anderson.
First, and most importantly, don't commit suicide without calling someone first. Louie talked about the time that he was so depressed he nearly killed himself– even going so far as to cock the gun. "Just give yourself 24 hours if you're going to do it. And then at least promise yourself that you'll call or reach out to one person—even if it's a stranger—and talk to them."
Second, nobody will replace Steve Harvey on the Feud. "Steve Harvey will run it until the end of time," according to Anderson. Where do you go after Steve Harvey?
Third, if you're feeling really bad about having a bad gig, it helps to have Dolly Parton around. Louie talked about having a terrible gig opening for Dolly in Atlantic City. So if you ever find yourself panicking because an audience is just staring at you and you're burning through twenty minutes of material in four minutes…Dolly will make you feel better with a simple "oooh you know Louie, don't worry about that, that don't matter."
Fourth, if your buddy Jay Mohr panics cause his act is haunted by a ghost, just tell him the ghost likes him. (more on that here).
Fifth, a giant mustache is known as a face salad. That's self-explanatory right?
Sixth, you never know how you can change someone's life. Like Jim Norton who walked into the studio to thank Louie for having Jim on his Comedy Showcase in Santa Monica, because without Louie, Jim never meets Dice, and without Dice Jim never meets Opie and Anthony. And last, but not least,
Seventh, always be nice to people, as illustrated perfectly by the sweetest story Louie told about meeting Jay Mohr's wife when she was only 7 years old, and helping her and her mom to get into a show taping. You never know if 25 years later you might walk into a studio where her husband is waiting to give you a bear hug and call you one of his favorite people in the world.
You can follow where Louie is, and what he's up to on LouieAnderson.com and on twitter @LouieAnderson. Order the 25th Anniversary edition of "Mom, Louie's Looking at Me" on his website. And you can join the movement to "get off the couch!" On April 2, 3, and 4 you can catch Louie's show in Las Vegas at the Plaza Hotel and Casino.
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Taxpayers Fund Impractical Cracker Barrel EV Recharging Scheme
Posted on November 4, 2011 October 11, 2016 by Paul Chesser
If you were going to run a pilot project that deploys charging stations in a network to enhance the use of electric vehicles, what kind of establishments would you locate them at? Whose customers might be most interested in that amenity?
Certainly Starbucks comes to mind, as might sustainability-crazy Walmart – but how about Cracker Barrel?
It's true, the down-home chain of Old Country Store restaurants was chosen by Ecotality for a practice run in Tennessee as part of The EV Project, which is funded with a $115 million Department of Energy grant to create infrastructure to support EVs like the Nissan Leaf. The rollout features a dozen so-called "fast chargers," which means they can provide an electric "fill-up" in 30 minutes, with the idea that an EV owner could consume his Cracker Barrel Sampler and a couple of sweet tea refills while the Leaf gets its electric infusion.
It all made for a pleasant photo opportunity.
"Cracker Barrel works hard to remain relevant in our guests' changing lives while continuing to offer the genuine hospitality and honest value associated with times past," said Cracker Barrel President and CEO Sandra B. Cochran. "Our leadership role in the EV Project allows us to continue offering what our guests need and expect while also participating in a meaningful way in our nation's explorations of energy independence."
Tennessee was one of the test states chosen for The EV Project because Nissan is retrofitting a plant in Smyrna, in the greater Nashville area, to mass produce the Leaf – thanks to a $1.4 billion U.S. government loan. A concentration of the chargers will be installed at restaurants located along the 425-mile triangular formation of Interstates between Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga. Altogether 12 "fast" chargers will be located at Cracker Barrels and 13 placed at BP gas stations. Slower chargers, which require seven to eight hours to fully amp-up the Leaf, will also be set up.
"Without chargers in place along the interstates," The Tennessean reported, "Leaf drivers would not be able to make trips between Nashville and Knoxville or Chattanooga – distances which are about 160 (actually 180) and 130 miles, respectively, making both cities well outside the car's estimated 75-mile travel range on a single charge."
So let's do the calculations: If a resident of Nashville wants to drive his or her Leaf to Knoxville (say, to bring a child to school at University of Tennessee) and back, it will require at least two 30-minute recharges en route, and two more on the way home – assuming you can locate the chargers at necessarily precise intervals. Hanging around Cracker Barrel or a gas station while the "fast charger" works its magic (assuming someone else isn't using it), which adds at least two more hours to the trip, doesn't sound like enough of an incentive to abandon your gasoline-powered vehicle – even if the recharge costs nothing. Cracker Barrel says EV customers can use its electricity for free until the end of the year, but they will have to pay beginning January 1, 2012.
"The pricing has not been set yet, but certainly it will be less than for traditional fuels," said Cracker Barrel spokeswoman Julie Davis to The Tennessean.
The impracticality of it all did not prevent Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander from showing up for the photo op at the company's headquarters store in Lebanon, Tenn., as he is said to be a proponent of EVs.
"There is enough unused electricity at night that we can plug in half our cars and trucks without building a single new power plant," Alexander said, "and forward-thinking companies like Cracker Barrel are making it even easier to drive electric vehicles by allowing customers to charge them up while we eat, work, shop or otherwise go about our days. Electric vehicles are the best solution to $4 gasoline — and plugging in my Nissan Leaf gives me the patriotic pleasure of not sending money overseas to people trying to blow us up."
Unused electricity? Does Alexander think it gets thrown out with the uneaten chicken 'n dumplins' at night? And if he thinks EVs are the best solution to $4-per-gallon gasoline, he has probably also embraced the fantasy that bright sunshine and mountain breezes are enough to keep his Leaf running strong. Meanwhile the rest of us, who are steeped in reality, are the ones left to fight for the right to drill for fossil fuels on our own lands and shores, which is the real answer to high gasoline prices.
The EV Project is said to be all about "creating a solid charging infrastructure across the country." But besides the aforementioned issues, the fast chargers also can only accommodate one Leaf at a time, despite being equipped with two "nozzles." So, as The Tennessean explained, "the one that got there first will be charged first, then the system automatically switches to the other vehicle." So once the Leafs start rolling off the Smyrna assembly line en masse next year, Tennessee EV owners might see something like the 1970s gas lines develop at their local Cracker Barrels – it will only take a vehicle or two charging for 30 minutes each to reproduce such a scenario. If your battery is almost empty, it's not like you can just go to the next charger up the street.
Also, as NLPC reported last month, the "fast" chargers do not work with that other heavily subsidized EV, the Chevy Volt, because of its small battery pack. And electric vehicles produced in the future by automakers – other than Nissan and Mitsubishi – will not be compatible with the chargers installed at the Cracker Barrels because they will use a different standard.
The stated intention for the whole EV Project is to collect data to understand how owners use and recharge their vehicles in real-life situations. Until researchers overcome the long-befuddling challenge of worthwhile, extended-life battery storage, they will never be able to replicate "real life" – not even with the incentive of country ham, cornbread and unlimited drink refills.
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