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Short Stories: An Interview with Novelist Dennis Bock
Author Fiction Interview
This article appears in Vol I., Issue III of Raconteur Literary Magazine, our in-house LitMag (available December 2019). Interviewed by Tevis Shkodra.
Tevis Shkodra: Dennis, tell us about the first story you wrote—how old were you and what was it about?
Dennis Bock:If you're asking about the first good story I wrote, well, that's a whole different question than if you were to ask about the first story I wrote, or tried to write.
There'retoo many to remember, those pages you're turned on by when you're looking for your voice and subject matter, casting your net as wide as you can.
It's an important time for a beginning writer—that time when you're experimenting with form and voice and structure and falling in love with the masters of the genre.Cheever. Ford. Munro. Wolff. Hemingway. Gallant.
I read these writers and did my best to rip them off as well as I could. Whichwas never well enough, of course. But you've got to read and try to take what you can from the masters, and in trying you mightfinally stumble onto something that you might call your own.
Atlong last I wrote a good story. I might have been twenty-four ortwenty-five. It's the first story in my first book. It has somethingto do with childhood memories, which I think serves a lot of starting writers.
I sent it to Canadian Fiction Magazine, now sadly defunct, and got an acceptance letter back. I was over the moon.
TS: What was the moment when you knew you had to be a writer?
DB: Hard to say. I don't think there was any sort of lightningstrike. I started reading novels late as a kid, at fifteen or sixteen. But when I finally came into my own, it felt like a world I'd beenmissing all my life without even knowing it.
I started admiring writers more than I did all those singers and guitar players who'd wowed me for so long. It wasn't like I admired writers for the fact that they were writers, though. All that romantic nonsense. I admired them for the books they wrote.
When I fell into a great novel there was nothing better I knew. No song or record could match the feeling that came over me when I settled into a Truman Capote or Somerset Maugham or Lawrence Durrell novel or collection.
I guess it slowly dawned on me that I'd love to try my hand at it. What could be better than having a book ofyour own? Maybe it offered me a place to inhabit that was purely my own. (I grew up in a house busy with lots of brothers.)
I asked my dad for a typewriter. It was this big, loud, electric cast-iron Smith-Corona that rattled the house when its keys slammedagainst the platen.
I think it was DH Lawrence who said graffitiis the common man's stab at immortality. Something like that. I think most writers have some need to see their experience live on beyond their own best-before date.
As a teenager I was beingaffected by books whose authors had died decades earlier, and itwas like they were reaching out from the grave and grabbing me by the throat. I thought that was pretty cool. I wanted to write something that might do the same.
TS: Where do you get your ideas for your stories and what is your process to develop these ideas into stories?
DB:For me, most of my good writing starts with a voice on the page. It's something about the voice that leads to a search for the character who might be the owner of that voice.
There's a feeling that comes over you when you know you've got an authentic voice happening. It feels right. You know you're not faking it. Once you have that on the page the search begins, and before too long you catch up with the character who's speakingthat voice.
Slowly you figure out his or her life, their family, whothey love and hate, the things that scare them and the things they love. And these things lead you to some bigger concern that's roped them into the story you end up telling about them.
Plot for me always comes as a consequence of the meeting of voice and character. Do it the other way around, you'll end up writing something that feels forced.
I see that all the time in the creative writing classes I teach—novice writers shoe-horning cardboard characters into pre-baked plots. It never works. Lead with voice and character. Everything else falls into place after that if you stay with it long enough.
In describing his writing process, Dennis Lee talks about starting from a place of "notional ignorance." I love that. What I think he means is letting language take you places you're not expecting to go as a writer.
Clear your mind and follow the rhythms of your sentences. Interrogate the pauses. Slip into the mystery. Leave behind your prejudices. That's where you can be surprised. That's where the good writing happens.
TS: Can someone learn to become a storyteller? If so, where can they start?
DB:Yes. You can learn the writer's craft over time. And you can learn to write well. Learning to write well is the hardest part of learning. You can teach yourself the various ways to put a story together, for example.
You can learn structure and when to use present tense versus past tense. The various rules of storytelling. But only your love of reading great writers, and then writing yourself, will help you become a better writer.
TS: What changes have you noticed in the world of being a novelist over the years?
DB:I don't really consider myself part of the publishing world, and I can't talk about trends as well as other people might be able to. But it seems to me that publishers aren't as willing as they used to be to take on challenging books.
The market dictates what happens in editorial more than it used to, I think. There's more pressure than ever to sign books that are as close to a sure thing, sales-wise, as possible.
Editors are aware of the bean-counters upstairs more than they used to be.
TS: What common mistakes do you see new writers make and what is one tip you have?
DB:A lazy narrator notices the obvious and walks past opportunities to get into the complicated emotional and psychological workings of a character.
Novice writers end up writing whatamounts to a film treatment when in fact they're trying to write a novel. Why? Because film treatments stay on the surface, skipping along as the writer hops from plot point to plot point.
Staying on the surface is the easiest thing in writing, and it's a fatalflaw. It's a result of watching too much Netflix and not readingenough. Most movies and TV is all surface.
Fiction writers do something with narrative that screen writers don't. We work texture into our characters. We go in and stay there. Screen writers have to show all that. We get to tell. And that's where the narrative layering comes from.
We don't have to show our protagonistpunching the wall to get the idea across that he's pissed off. Wecan slip into his head and heart and articulate for the reader just what it is that's tearing him apart.
TS: What are the biggest publishing challenges for writers today and how can new writers break through?
DB:Write the book you want to write. Don't write for the market or what you think an editor is looking for. You'll get it wrong if you do.
There're worse things than not getting published. And one of them is writing a crappy book because you think it'll appeal to a readership you yourself don't even belong to.
Try to write the sort of book that made you fall in love with readingand writing in the first place. If that's Harry Potter, then knock your socks off. If it's Henry James, beautiful.
TS: What are your all-time favourite literary magazines?
DB:The New Yorker.Paris Review.Harpers. Then all the Canadian literary journals we should all read and support.
TS: What are you reading right now and what's one book you recommend everyone read?
DB:I think Michael Crummey's new novel,The Innocents, is a masterpiece. AndDays by Moonlight, Andre Alexis' new novel, is brilliant, too. Read those guys.
Dennis Bock is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, lecturer at the University of Toronto, travel writer and book reviewer. His novel Going Home Again was published in Canada by HarperCollins and in the US by Alfred A. Knopf in August 2013. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize. His newest novel will be released in August 2020.
What an insightful interview. Loved this one.
Palaniswamy.N
Very helpful to budding writers.

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It's quite a job for the two of you with that long, long list of funny business items.
I love to hear from the world of Jack. I am a mommy of two goldendoodles Always makes me smile.
I also have a golden doodle. Sula (a hawaiian name meaning little bear by the water) is a big girl. I need to replace my flooring. Do you have any advice/warnings about wood or engineered hardwood with two adorable dogs in your lovely home?
Jack and Lilly, you's have the smiliest faces!
Sending puppy love your way…..
I am in love with your dogs. From the first time I stumbled onto your blog, I have wanted a dog just like Jack. Where did you get Jack and Lily? Love your blog too.
Love your site and I am obsessed with the round rug in the above picture with Jack and Lilly. Can you tell me where you got it?
I sure do like this site. I'm an Australian Labradoodle — like Lilly, but more the size of Jack. Ever since my human dad taught me how to use his Mac (do you believe that? No — I didn't think so) I've been looking for blogs about doodles. I like all sorts of dogs, Jack and Lilly seem especially great. I like to pretend we're hanging out together. As you can see, I have an avatar, but if you ell me how to post a photo, I'd be happy to.


Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is a very common female hormone imbalance. Some sources site it as effecting 5-10% of menstruating females. The principal features are obesity, anovulation (resulting in irregular menstruation) or amenorrhea (lack of menstruation), and excessive amounts of androgenic (masculinizing) hormones that can cause symptoms of facial hair and deep cyst like acne. The symptoms and severity of the syndrome vary greatly among women. While the causes are stated to be unknown, insulin resistance, diabetes, intestinal inflammation and obesity are all strongly correlated with PCOS.
In most PCOS patients there is a shift that causes a slowing of the metabolism. The shift can be subtle enough that it is not identifiable with standard medical testing. Because PCOS is a symptom secondary to a combination of imbalances, blood sugar and hormones, very specific combinations of vitamins, diet change and herbal remedies are used to unravel the metabolic interference.
With diagnostics, blood tests for hormones are not always accurate for identifying a problem and this can make diagnosing functional hormone changes tricky. I specialize in working with the functional changes in your body to correct the cause of the symptoms and remove the presence of abnormal hormone responses.
In working with a Functional Medicine, Certified Clinical Nutritionist you will hear the word "functional" quite a bit. What we are referring to is that not all problems show up in your blood work, and there may be a more subtle change in your system that is not bad enough to raise the red flags for your medical doctor. Hormones are a perfect example.
I have enjoyed working with PCOS patients. In my practice it is very common to help patients with PCOS achieve normal healthy pregnancies and help others sharing the diagnosis lose significant body weight. The joy in this comes from the fact that all of the patients came in with low hopes of success due to what they had read about the disease. The extra level of satisfaction comes in superseding their expectations and watching them understand that they are on control of their health, instead of a diagnosis controlling them.
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\section{Introduction}
Oscillatory phenomena are ubiquitous in and around magnetically active regions on the Sun. Since their discovery \citep{1969SoPh....7..351B}, waves in sunspots have been detected in many solar magnetic features at all spatial scales and at all heights in the atmosphere as small perturbations in intensity and velocity \citep{Bogdan15022006, 2009ApJ...692.1211C}. Still a fully understood picture about their excitation mechanism and their interaction with complex magnetic features is missing \citep{2009AIPC.1170..547K}. Many open questions are waiting to be answered. Among the many we have for example the role of the residual convection inside the umbra of sunspots and the power reduction of the oscillations in strong magnetic fields. For a detailed treatment of these and many other aspects about waves in sunspots we refer to \citet{2009ASPC..416...31K} and \citet{Bogdan15022006}. Recently \citet{simoniello2010} pointed out that the amplitude reduction may be consistent with the MHD mode conversion theory. \\
The study of wave generation and propagation in the Sun's atmosphere also provides valuable information about the atmospheric structure itself and its dynamics \citep{1992sto..work..261L, Bogdan15022006}.\\
High-spectral and high-spatial resolution ground-based and space-borne observations have supported improvements in the theoretical interpretation of waves in the solar atmosphere over the last decade. In this context, a very promising observational tool for the investigation of the propagation of waves is represented by the multi-line spectroscopy \citep{2002A&A...381..253B, 2006ApJ...648L.151J, 2009ApJ...692.1211C, 2010ApJ...722..131F} which allows the estimation of the phase lag of the waves between different layers in the solar atmosphere. In particular, \citet{2009ApJ...692.1211C} have shown that different magnetic regions show distinct power spectrum features as we move from the photosphere to the chromosphere. They have shown that while small magnetic elements are dominated by five-minute oscillations in both the photosphere and the chromosphere, large magnetic structures like pores and sunspots, on the contrary,  are still dominated by five-minute oscillations in the photosphere, but in the chromosphere, their power spectrum peak shows a clear shift toward higher frequencies (three-minute oscillations or equivalently $5$ mHz).\\
Many competing theories have been proposed to explain the presence of three-minute waves in sunspots. \citet{1981SvAL....7...25Z,2008SoPh..251..501Z} proposed a resonant atmospheric cavity to explain the multiple peaks in the power spectra. \citet{1993ApJ...402..721C} proposed in turn a theory based on  eigenoscillations of sunspots, while \citet{1991A&A...250..235F} have demonstrated that the presence of a cutoff frequency in a stratified atmosphere may easily provide a basic physical mechanism for the onset of the three-minute regime in the chromosphere. \\
\citet{2010ApJ...719..357F} have shown, by using a $3D$ simulations of wave propagation in a sunspot atmosphere, that in such a magnetic structure the three-minute amplification in the chromosphere, in fact, comes from the effect of the acoustic cutoff frequency. Waves below the cutoff frequency ($\nu_{c}=5.2$ mHz) are not allowed to upward propagate and are evanescent. On the other hand, higher frequency waves are free to propagate toward the chromosphere. During the propagation they increase their amplitude as a response to the rapid drop of the density and, therefore, they are amplified, dominating the power spectrum. In small magnetic elements the cutoff frequency is much smaller due to the radiative losses \citep{2008ApJ...676L..85K}, allowing the propagation of five-minute waves toward the chromosphere. The cutoff frequency can be also lowered through the so called ramp effect allowing the propagation of low frequency waves in inclined magnetic field environment \citep{2006ApJ...648L.151J}. \citet{  refId0} found, using the same IBIS data investigated in this work, that the amount of energy transferred toward the upper layers of the Sun is strongly dependent on the complexity of magnetic field geometry, through a combination of ramp effect and MHD mode conversion.\\
In addition to this, many authors reported suspicious high-frequency power enhancements in rings surrounding active regions, both in the photosphere \citep{1992ApJ...394L..65B} and in the chromosphere \citep{1992ApJ...392..739B}. Later it was suggested by \citet{2009A&A...506L...5K} that these "acoustic halos" are probably generated by fast MHD mode refraction in the vicinity of the conversion layer (i.e. the layer where the sound speed equals the Alfven speed). More recently, \citet{2010SoPh..tmp...76S} pointed out that the halos of high frequency acoustic power are strongest at intermediate magnetic field strength ($150-250$ G), consistently with \citet{2002A&A...387.1092J} and  \citet{1998ApJ...504.1029H}, and they also discovered a clear association with horizontal magnetic fields. In addition, they also found that the frequency peak of the acoustic enhancement also slightly increases with the magnetic field strength. \\
In this work, we report on the presence of the three-minute waves also in the umbral photosphere of a pore. More in detail, we study the three-minute power enhancement and its relation to the magnetic field strength. By using a wavelet analysis, we also found that enhanced three-minute signal is non-stationary. The three-minute enhancement, moreover, interests only the umbra of the pore, as seen in intensity images, and inside this region the oscillations are in phase.
    \begin{figure*}[t]
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   \subfigure[Magnetogram]{\includegraphics		[width=5cm,trim=12mm 3mm 12mm 3mm, clip]{b.eps}}
   \subfigure[Amplitude @ $3$ mHz]{\includegraphics	[width=5cm,trim=12mm 3mm 12mm 3mm, clip]{p3.eps}}
   \subfigure[Amplitute @ $5$ mHz]{\includegraphics	[width=5cm,trim=12mm 3mm 12mm 3mm, clip]{p5.eps}}
   \subfigure[Frequency peak]{\includegraphics		[width=5cm,trim=12mm 3mm 12mm 3mm, clip]{w.eps}}
   \subfigure[Intensity core Fe $617.3$ nm]{\includegraphics[width=5cm,trim=12mm 3mm 12mm 3mm, clip]{intensity.eps}}

   \caption{(a) Center-of-gravity magnetogram Fe $617.3$ nm (absolute value). (b) Amplitude of $3$ mHz oscillations (Fe $617.3$ nm) (c) Amplitude of $5$ mHz oscillations (Fe $617.3$ nm). (d) Position in frequency of the power spectrum peak (Fe $617.3$ nm). The contour indicates the position of the umbra as seen in intensity images.}
    \label{panels}
   \end{figure*}
\section{Observations}
The data used in the work have been also used in \citet{refId0} and were acquired on October 15th 2008 in full Stokes mode with IBIS at DST. IBIS is the Interferometric BIdimensional Spectrometer based on a dual Fabry-Perot system combining high-spectral resolution and large FoV (field of view), as well as the ability to measure the polarization \citep{MScavallini06}.\\
The region observed was the AR11005 which consists of a small pore with a light bridge in the northern hemisphere [25.2$^{\circ}$ N, 10.0$^{\circ}$ W]. The data set consists of $80$ sequences, containing a full Stokes $21$ points scan of the Fe $617.3~nm$ line.
The temporal sampling is $52$ seconds and the pixel scale of these $512 \times 512$ pixel images was set at $0.167~arcsec$.\\
For further details on the data set and the calibration pipeline refer to \citet{refId0} and \citet{2009ApJ...700L.145V} respectively.
\section{Results}
\subsection{Three-minute enhancement}
In this work, we studied the amplitude enhancement of three-minute waves and the five-minute wave absorption as a function of the magnetic field strength.
In order to limit the distortions of the FFT power spectrum estimation due to the limited length of the time series \citep{1970WRR.....6.1601E}, we used the Blackman-Tukey method with a Barlett windowing function \citep{blackman1958measurement} to estimate the amplitude spectrum.\\
We produced maps of the amplitude of the oscillations in two spectral bands, namely $3$ mHz and $5$ mHz, corresponding to periods of three and five minutes, by integrating over a $1$ mHz (panels c and b of Fig. \ref{panels}). In the following we will use the periods to refer to the respective oscillations.\\
We then studied the behaviour of the amplitude of the waves as a function of the magnetic field, estimated by means of the center of gravity (COG, see \citet{2003ApJ...592.1225U} for details) method (panel (a) of Fig. \ref{panels}).
Our power maps (panel (c) of Fig. \ref{panels}) reveal a power enhancement of the three-minute waves for magnetic field strength larger than $1000$ G. No acoustic halo is apparent in our maps.
In Fig. \ref{trend} we show the behaviour of the amplitude of the oscillations in both spectral bands versus the magnetic field strength. The five-minute waves (upper panel) are absorbed as expected, and their amplitude is reduced roughly by a factor of $2$. Conversely, the three-minute oscillations (bottom panel) are largely enhanced when the magnetic field strength increases. The amplitudes of the three-minute waves is almost constant up to $700-1000$ G and then it suddenly increases for larger field strengths. \\
To further investigate this scenario we study the frequency shift of the power spectrum peak throughout the FoV. This analysis is reported in panel (d) of Fig. \ref{panels}.
In this map it is evident that in the quiet Sun, but also in the diffuse magnetic field surrounding the pore, the power spectrum peaks around $3$ mHz. Three-minute waves ($5$ mHz) are in turn the dominant component inside the umbra of the pore. For comparison panel (e) of Fig. \ref{panels} shows the intensity map in the core of the Fe $617.3$ nm spectral line.\\
It is worth noting that the frequency shift occurs abruptly at the boundaries of the umbra without any smooth transition from the low values observed outside ($3$ mHz) to the higher frequencies observed inside the pore ($5$ mHz).

    \begin{figure}[t]
   \centering
   \subfigure{\includegraphics[width=6cm,trim=5mm 22mm 5mm 3mm, clip]{pore_3mHz.eps}}
   \subfigure{\includegraphics[width=6cm,trim=5mm 3mm 5mm 10mm, clip]{pore_5mHz.eps}}
   \caption{(top) Amplitude of the five (upper panel) and three-minute (bottom panel) waves as a function of magnetic field strength. In this scatter plot each dot represents the amplitude of the wave and the magnetic field in one pixel in the spatial map shown in Fig. 1}
    \label{trend}
   \end{figure}
\subsection{Wavelet analysis and spatial coherence}
To better analyse the nature of the three-minute signal in the umbra of the pore we used a wavelet analysis with a Morlet mother function. We studied the spatially averaged signal in the umbra delineated by the contours in Fig. \ref{panels}. In Fig. \ref{wavelet} it is shown the wavelet spectrum (upper panel) and the spatially averaged signal (bottom panel). The spectrum shows at least two main features located in time at $10$ min and $43$ min where the signal manifests three-minute oscillations (over $95\%$ confidence level). The waiting time between these two wave trains is around $30$ min, even though the shortness of our data does not allow us to provide a statistically relevant estimate. Interestingly, these non-stationary oscillations are spatially coherent throughout the umbra of the structure. This is apparent in Fig. \ref{temporal} where we show the temporal evolution of the velocity field during the onset of the second power peak shown in the wavelet spectrum ($38~min<t<45~min$). All the spatial positions within the umbra oscillate in phase, this is evident in panels (d) and (g) of Fig. \ref{temporal}.
Another interesting feature which is worth noting is visible in panels (d-e). After the rapid increase of the velocity (redshift) inside the umbra, the surrounding region around the umbra itself appears to be influenced by a velocity perturbation too, which resembles an expanding wave.

\section{Discussion}
The results shown provide clues on the three-minute waves generation in active regions by finding a clear three-minute enhancement in a photospheric magnetic region. Three-minute waves are generally expected to be dominant at chromospheric heights in large magnetic elements \citep{2009ApJ...692.1211C}.
\begin{figure}[]
\centering
   \subfigure{\includegraphics[width=6cm,trim=5mm 20mm 5mm 3mm, clip]{wavelet_photo.eps}}
   \subfigure{\includegraphics[width=6cm,trim=5mm 3mm 5mm 10mm, clip]{av_photo.eps}}
\caption{Wavelet spectrum (top panel) of the velocity signal averaged over the entire umbra (bottom panel). Positive values indicate redshifts. The continuous contours indicate the $95\%$ confidence level, dot-dashed contours indicate the cone of influence.}
\label{wavelet}
\end{figure}
In this work we have shown that the three-minute wave enhancement is confined in the region within the umbra of the pore, as seen in intensity images. This boundary is not coincident with the boundaries of the magnetic signal, which extends a few arcseconds beyond the umbra. As a consequence, the three-minute enhancement appears to be determined by a different regime of the magneto-convection. As we go into the umbra boundaries we observe an abrupt increase of the three-minute power as we can see in the frequency map (panel (d) of Fig. \ref{panels}). The frequency shift matches exactly the umbra boundary, demonstrating the onset of a different regime for the oscillation field.\\
Whatever the sources of the three-minute oscillations origin from, it appears that they are strongly dependent on the magneto-convection regime, and our results firmly point to this.  \\
P-mode absorption in magnetic structures has been investigated in details by many authors. Among the many mechanisms proposed so far to explain this power suppression, at least two of them are worthwhile to comment in light of our results: the opacity effect and the local suppression due to reduced emissivity.
As for the first one, it is a well known result that the magnetic field, exerting its own pressure, empties the plasma environment (Wilson depression). This means that the spectral line used is forming well below the height of formation reached in the quiet Sun, allowing us to observe deeper and deeper in the solar atmosphere as the magnetic field increases. In addition to this, we have to keep in mind that due to the rapid drop of the density with height, the amplitude of the waves is subject to a rapid increase during their upward propagation. These two facts together mean that, in magnetic environments, we expect to see a suppression of the wave amplitude due to the Wilson depression. The latter mechanism also goes in the same direction producing a power suppression within magnetic regions. Both mechanisms should work indifferently for the five-minute waves as well as for three-minute waves. Our results suggest in turn that this cannot be the case and the three-minute waves, contrarily to what happens with the five-minutes, are enhanced in the umbra of the pore.\\
Moreover, \citet{1991A&A...250..235F} and  \citet{2010ApJ...719..357F} have argued that the three-minute waves may originate from a very basic physical effect due to the presence of the cutoff frequency. All the waves with frequency above the cutoff are free to upward propagate, increasing their amplitude, as we already said. On the other hand, waves with smaller frequencies are not free to propagate. This means that at higher layers the three-minute waves dominate the spectrum of oscillations.\\
Involving the cutoff frequency is appealing but the altitude of formation of the Fe $617.3$ nm spectral line used in this work ($300$ km in the quiet Sun \citep{2006ASPC..358..193N} and even below within the magnetic region) is not sufficient to explain the observed amplification. In addition we should see this effect also in other regions of the FoV (for example in the diffuse magnetic field).\\
By using a wavelet analysis, we also noted that the three-minute waves found in the umbra are not stationary and present wave-trains lasting for a few minutes (less than $10$ minutes). More interestingly the umbral oscillations show a clear spatial coherence involving the entire umbra. In addition, the two umbral regions split up by the presence of a light bridge also present oscillations in phase, probably indicating a generation mechanism of the three-minute waves involving the structure as a whole.

\section{Conclusions}
In this work we have reported on a three-minute wave enhancement in the magnetic umbra of a pore at photospheric heights. Making use of IBIS observations we have shown that the three-minute enhancement is strictly confined in the umbral region. This means that it is not dependent on the magnetic field alone but also on the magneto-convection regime. This seems to be in contrast with the behaviour of the five-minute waves which are in turn suppressed as expected. In addition, we have shown that the three-minute oscillations are strictly in phase throughout the umbra even if it is split into two part by the presence of a light bridge.\\
The inspection of the velocity fields, during the appearance of the three-minute wave-train, suggests the presence of an expanding wavefront produced by the perturbations within the umbra. This wavefront appears to be the echo of the three-minute oscillations which are enhanced inside the umbra.\\
This observational results, as far as we know,  has never been reported so far, and we believe that further multi-height observations are required to provide a fairly consistent picture explaining this interesting three-minute enhancing mechanisms.

\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=9cm]{temp.eps}
\caption{Temporal evolution of the velocity field in the Fe $617.3$ nm. Positive values are redshifts.}
\label{temporal}
\end{figure}

\begin{acknowledgements}
We acknowledge Serena Criscuoli for providing the COG magnetograms. Wavelet software was provided by C. Torrence and G. Compo, and is available at URL: http://atoc.colorado.edu/research/wavelets/.\\
IBIS was built by INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri with contributions from the Università di Firenze and the Università di Roma "Tor Vergata".
\end{acknowledgements}

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(21st) 91.0 - PACE - 90.7 (23rd)
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The Bucks and Bobs were pleasant surprises in making the playoffs last spring, but they've been struggling to recapture their winning form so far in 2010/2011. More news and analysis shortly.
Reinforcements. Finally some good news: Chris Douglas-Roberts is expected to make his regular season Bucks debut tonight after missing the first month of the season with an eye injury. It's probably not a good idea to expect too much from CD-R after missing a month of action, but it's not like he could possible make the Bucks' offense any worse. His presence also gives Scott Skiles the ability to not play Keyon Dooling at shooting guard, which given Dooling's epic struggles is a very good thing.
The more important question is whether Andrew Bogut will be able to return after missing the past two games with back spasms. The Bucks' defense had been surprisingly competent without Bogut against the Pacers and Cavs, but in Detroit they were shredded inside and out. Just as importantly, the Bucks' offense continues to struggle, though Bogut had been offering little help before his injury. He has cracked double figures just once in his previous five outings, shooting 50% from the field just once in that span. Needless to say, the we'll have to hope that the time off to rest his back--assuming it's not more than that--will also help him rest up his sore right arm.
Lineup shuffle. I haven't seen any reference to the Bucks changing up their starting lineup tonight, but seriously, why not? We know the current starting lineup isn't working--they've been outscored 43-27 in 20 minutes thus far--and it's not like this group makes a lot of sense on paper either. Jon Brockman's quick hook in Detroit suggests that Skiles might finally be willing to acknowledge he doesn't make sense as the starting 5, though his options are fairly limited. Starting the improving Larry Sanders would be one option, but another would be shifting Drew Gooden to center, Luc Mbah a Moute to PF, and starting Corey Maggette (or even CD-R) at SF. Please Scott, just try something.
Opening night redux. After losing their first two of the season, the Bucks claimed a much-needed win over the Bobs 99-89 in the BC opener, and their level of desperation now might be even higher.


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(CNN) – Mitt Romney should be in Washington, D.C. while the Supreme Court hears a challenge to the national health care law, Rick Santorum said Monday.
"Mitt Romney's 3,000 miles away. He should be here," the Republican presidential candidate said in an interview set to air on CNN's "The Situation Room." "He doesn't want to talk about the issue because he can't on substance disagree with the policies of this administration."
Also see: GOP triple header on 'The Situation Room'
He issued a similar charge to President Barack Obama.
"He's 7,000 miles away," Santorum said of the president, who is in South Korea ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit. "He doesn't want anything to do with 'Obamacare' ... He's running away from it."
Santorum appeared in front of the Supreme Court on the first day of hearings and continued to attack the federal law and its connection to Romney.
The former Pennsylvania senator also bushed aside suggestions from the Romney campaign that a recent kerfuffle with a reporter proves he's unsuited to be president.
"After I won Louisiana by 23 points?" Santorum told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "I understand the game but this is, you talk about desperate and pathetic, Mitt Romney can't run on his record."
–Watch the full interview with Santorum and conversations with Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich on CNN's "The Situation Room" Monday at 4 p.m. ET. Ron Paul will appear Monday on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" at 9 p.m. ET.
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Filed under: 2012 • Health care • Mitt Romney • Rick Santorum • TV-The Situation Room
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Ever wonder why CNN didn't give this much coverage to Hillary when she was running against Obama?
I don't..
March 26, 2012 03:06 pm at 3:06 pm |
"He's 7,000 miles away," Santorum said of the president, who is in South Korea ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit.
Is this guy (Santorum) as dumb as he appears? He doesn't understand the responsibllities of POTUS, but he wants us to give him the job? The justices and the lawyers can do what they need to do with the President taking care of the important business of our nation.
@Howard – Seriously???
Truth and Nothing But the Truth
I believe Obama was consulting with the Russians to find out how well they liked THEIR government run healthcare system back in the good old days of communism. Yes, the state knew better how to run things instead of the dumb people. Of course, the commies in charge always got the best care and the people, well they got to chose where to stand in line to keep treatment fit for a dog. Welcome to Obamacare.
Logic N LA
GonzoinHouston- Really? "Politically astute" – Rick Santorum? Have you listened to him? He wants this ovuntry back in the middle ages. He is translating our laws to suit his agenda and most of the time lies about other candidates positions. This article is a prime example of what kind of man he is. and if you haven't watched the teaser ad the is going around, you haven't seen just how low this man is. No where in the 2008 campaign did you hear a Democrat put down the sitting president the way that this man has. He is disgusting!
big d
your all so scared of obama taking your freedom lol, you lost it a long time ago. go to australia or new zealand or holland and u will see what a free democratic nation looks like, btw they all have free health care and superior education. but go on vote republican so u can be "free" fools.
The President has a job to do, that is why he is 7,000 miles away. Santorum is currently unemployed because the people of Pennsyvania defeated him by 20%, so he has nothing else to do except go to the step of the Supreme Court. Does he think the Supreme Court can be swayed by political ranings like his Tea Bagger followers? Wow, he's starting to resemble Sarah or the digbat from Maryland...both unemployed like Santorum and can't relate to someone who has to balance a hundred things a day, to run this country, wow.
Wire Palladin, S. F.
Wow Howard, if you have health insurance, seek help.
Truth and Nothing But the Truth......I guess there are a bunch of "commies" running our country, since over 50% of Congress voted FOR the Affordable Health Care Act. While our country is floundering in debt and the medical industry is/was soaking the American people for all it's worth, Obama ran 4 years ago on the promise to do something about it. The GOP had every chance to put up an alternative but instead a bunch of them signed the Bill that Obama put into Law. Now, they are all backtracking and siding with the GOP. Typical from the Party of No. I wish people would wake up. The rich are using the social issues and Obamacare to fool everyone into putting thier cronies into office to make it even more profits and pay less taxes. It's about the rich taking and taking and taking and disguising it with racial overtones and religion.
V in Chicago
What a moron this guy is. He is the joke that keeps on giving. . . But, Rick, please listen up. WE DON'T LIKE YOU AND WE DO NOT WANT YOU IN THE WHITEHOUSE, unless it is as an invited GUEST! You and your family will never reside there. Good luck with your delusion. I think you've even got Gingrich beat in the delusion arena, and that is quite a feat! At least Gingrich is now admitting he is only staying in to try and trip everyone else up. Why are you staying in? You're not even comical, just sad and stupid!
Rick Santorum needs to stop dragging his children around like props for photo opps !
Is it Spring break , ohh thats right they are home schooled.
If he is out with them on the campaign trail....how are they learning/what are they learning. Scary to imagine their analytical skills. Why does he have a bunch of degrees and yet his kids are not given a chance to compete in the intellectual/academic world...scary indeed!
Truth – please change your name. Everything you spout is anything but the Truth!! You are obviously a Republican because you talk out of both sides of your mouth. Calling yourself "Truth and Nothing But the Truth" and all you do is distory and spread lies! How about changing to "The Truth, as I Prefer to Believe" or "Truth as Believed by the Republican Candidates". Either one would be better.
So what exactly does Rick Santorum want credit for? Being the closest person in proximity to a court case none of them have any impact on?
Santorum: Camping outside a courthouse in Washington D.C., twiddling his thumbs, and accomplishing nothing.
Obama: Working to keep the planet safe from nuclear annihilation.
Rudy NYC
How come Santorum didn't criticize Newt Gingrich for not being in DC? Why just Romney and Obama?
GROVER NORQUIST IS A ENEMY OF THE STATE
The President is overseas feeding you republicans some political bait which you guys bit on. The President has once again played you for fools. As far as Willard being on the steps of the SCOTUS, you know he doesn't have the backbone to stand up against a policy which he stands behind.
Santorum is running scared! Who in their right mind would vote for such a negative, 'attack-dog and unpresidential acting and thinking individual? He is a sad commentary on good-hearted, honorable, Christian people. Would a 'Christian' even think of speaking or acting the way he does?
@Truth, what country are you from? You do realize that Medicare and Medicaid are government run don't you. I suggest you do some reading and think before you post. Your posts are nothing but personal attacks and lack substance. Yes we have freedom of speech, but your posts don't make any sense. I am not attacking you personally but giving you advice from someone that has lived during 12 Presidents.
rhumba
President Obama has more to do than hang around D.C. The Supreme Court's gonna do what they're gonna do. The only reason for a candidate to be there is for campaign publicity. Obama has much more important things to do.
Good one V...truth is this person doesn't care about truth it's just a front....hahaha good one!!
Romney is not My Hero
This guy needs to put his sweater vest back on – he's acting like a lunatic. Please someone tell him that the PRESIDENT is in another country doing his JOB and Robo-Republican't Etch-A-Sketch is off making a new list of lies.
OBAMA 2012!
averageamerican54
Hey Rick, Obama is the President and can not control the timing of visits that are essential to our security.. Sorry dude, he is more important than you and has places to be.
Aw, isn't little Ricky cute! He thinks all of those ACA supporters and protestors came to hear his sermon.
He thinks that President Obama should be there, holding his hand, instead of traipsing around the world, talking to other world leaders about that silly little nuclear disarmament thingy.
If and when he gets his wish to debate President Obama, he will discover how far out of his league he is.
Rick, thy are out taking care of business instead of grandstanding before your own choir. You have no part in the decision, so your extremist message would better be used on moderate Republicans, with whom you have little chance.
Santurom is a fool! Drop out already you won't win...... Romney 12
v_mag
Little Ricky Sanctimonious, whining like a baby. Grow up, Ricky. Get a real job, because you're never going to get the fantasy one you've been applying for. Or VP, either. You'll be lucky to get anything. Not much call for professional cry-babies.
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Q: How to expand file content with powershell I want to do this :
$content = get-content "test.html"
$template = get-content "template.html"
$template | out-file "out.html"

where template.html contains

    $content

and test.html contains:

Test Expand

Hello

I get weird characters in first 2 characters of out.html :
    ��

and content is not expanded.
How to fix this ?

A: For the "weird characters", they're probably BOMs (Byte-order marks). Specify the output encoding explicitly with the -Encoding parameter when using Out-File, for example:
$Template |Out-File out.html -Encoding UTF8

For the string expansion, you need to explicitly tell powershell to do so:
$Template = $Template |ForEach-Object {
    $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.ExpandString($_)
}
$Template | Out-File out.html -Encoding UTF8

A: To complement Mathias R. Jessen's helpful answer with a solution that:

*

*is more efficient.

*ensures that the input files are read as UTF-8, even if they don't have a (pseudo-)BOM (byte-order mark).

*avoids the "weird character" problem altogether by writing a UTF-8-encoded output file without that pseudo-BOM.

# Explicitly read the input files as UTF-8, as a whole.
$content =  get-content -raw -encoding utf8 test.html
$template = get-content -raw -encoding utf8 template.html

# Write to output file using UTF-8 encoding *without a BOM*.
[IO.File]::WriteAllText(
  "$PWD/out.html",
  $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.ExpandString($template)
)

*

*get-content -raw (PSv3+) reads the files in as a whole, into a single string (instead of an array of strings, line by line), which, while more memory-intensive, is faster. With HTML files, memory usage shouldn't be a concern.

*

*An additional advantage of reading the files in full is that if the template were to contain multi-line subexpressions ($(...)), the expansion would still function correctly.

*get-content -encoding utf8 ensures that the input files are interpreted as using character encoding UTF-8, as is typical in the web world nowadays.

*

*This is crucial, given that UTF-8-encoded HTML files normally do not have the 3-byte pseudo-BOM that PowerShell needs in order to correctly identify a file as UTF-8-encoded (see below).

*A single $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.ExpandString() call is then sufficient to perform the template expansion.

*Out-File -Encoding utf8 would invariably create a file with the pseudo-BOM, which is undesired.
Instead, [IO.File]::WriteAllText() is used, taking advantage of the fact that the .NET Framework by default creates UTF-8-encoded files without the BOM.

*

*Note the use of $PWD/ before out.html, which is needed to ensure that the file gets written in PowerShell's current location (directory); unfortunately, what the .NET Framework considers the current directory is not in sync with PowerShell.

Finally, the obligatory security warning: use this expansion technique only on input that you trust, given that arbitrary embedded commands may get executed.

Optional background information
PowerShell's Out-File, > and >> use UTF-16 LE character encoding with a BOM (byte-order mark) by default (the "weird characters", as mentioned).
While Out-File -Encoding utf8 allows creating UTF-8 output files instead,
PowerShell invariably prepends a 3-byte pseudo-BOM to the output file, which some utilities, notably those with Unix heritage, have problems with - so you would still get "weird characters" (albeit different ones).
If you want a more PowerShell-like way of creating BOM-less UTF-8 files,
see this answer of mine, which defines an Out-FileUtf8NoBom function that otherwise emulates the core functionality of Out-File.
Conversely, on reading files, you must use Get-Content -Encoding utf8 to ensure that BOM-less UTF-8 files are recognized as such.
In the absence of the UTF-8 pseudo-BOM, Get-Content assumes that the file uses the single-byte, extended-ASCII encoding specified by the system's legacy codepage (e.g., Windows-1252 on English-language systems, an encoding that PowerShell calls Default).
Note that while Windows-only editors such as Notepad create UTF-8 files with the pseudo-BOM (if you explicitly choose to save as UTF-8; default is the legacy codepage encoding, "ANSI"), increasingly popular cross-platform editors such as Visual Studio Code, Atom, and Sublime Text by default do not use the pseudo-BOM when they create files.

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Tag: Fame (home)
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
permalink source: John Kenneth Galbraith
tags: Failure, Fame
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
permalink source: George Bernard Shaw
tags: Fame, Thinking
One seldom sees a monument to a committee.
tags: Leadership, Fame
In an era of freshmen ineligibility, crowds packed college basketball arenas to watch him play and then left before the varsity team took the floor. He scored 3,667 points in his three years of college eligibility, averaged 44.2 points per game, and led the nation in scoring three years in a row. He scored over 50 points twenty-eight times in his college career. When he left college, he owned nearly twenty scoring records. In his senior year, he was named College Player of the Year. He played in the NBA for ten seasons and was an All-Star for four years. He is among the top fifty players ever to play in the NBA and was the youngest man ever elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. His name was "Pistol" Pete Maravich, and despite his fame, fortune, and success, he was not happy. After his retirement in 1980, Maravich began searching for a reason to live. In his quest for peace and fulfillment, he dabbled in astrology, mysticism, survivalism, and UFOs. He even contemplated suicide once as he raced his Porsche over a bridge at 140 m.p.h. And then he met Jesus Christ. That personal relationship gave Maravich a new outlook on life and a new sense of purpose. Before long, Pete was sharing his testimony with anyone who would listen. He spoke about the emptiness of his former life without Christ, despite the fact that he had just about everything a young man could ever want. James Dobson heard of his conversion, and invited Pete to appear on his Focus on the Family radio program in 1988. After the interview, the two men played a game of pick-up basketball with several others. When the game ended, Dobson turned to Maravich and said, "Pete, you can't give up basketball. This game means too much to you." Pete explained that he had been experiencing pain in his right shoulder for more than a year, but that it had suddenly disappeared. "I feel just great," he said. Those were his last words. Maravich collapsed on the basketball court and, minutes later, died at the age of forty in Dobson's arms on January 5, 1988. Shortly before he died, Maravich sent a Bible to talk show host Larry King. Inside the Bible was this hand-written letter: Dear Larry, I'm so glad to hear that everything went well with your surgery. I want you to know that God was watching over you every minute and even though I know you question that, I also know that one day it will be revealed to you. My prayer is that you remain open and God will touch your life as He has mine. Once I was a disbeliever. When I could not fill my life with basketball, I would simply substitute sex, liquid drugs, or material things to feed my internal shell-like appearance. I was never satisfied. I have finally realized, after 40 years, that Jesus Christ is in me. He will reveal His truth to you, Larry, because He lives. -Pistol Pete
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tags: Salvation, Success, Fame
Julia Ward Howe, the social reformer, once asked Senator Charles Sumner to interest himself in the case of a person who needed some help. The Senator answered, `Julia, I've become so busy I can no longer concern myself with individuals.' Julia replied, `Charles, that is quite remarkable. Even God hasn't reached that stage yet!'
tags: Success, Fame, Compassion


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Creationism evolves by jerks
By PZ Meyers – see Below
"I think one thing Razib says is exactly right:
One of the most interesting things to me is the nature of Creationism as an idea which evolves in a rather protean fashion in reaction to the broader cultural selection pressures.
Creationism has evolved significantly, but it's not exactly protean: it'spunctuated equilibrium. If we had a time machine and could bring a typical creationist who came to age after Whitcomb and Morris's The Genesis Flood face-to-face with a pre-Scopes trial creationist, there would be a fabulously ferocious fight, because their theology and their basic beliefs would be so radically different. They do change in response to the environment, but reluctantly and not without a lot of hysteresis.
I'd say there were four major shifts in the last century.
The Scopes trial, 1925. Even though the creationists nominally won this case, it was a public relations disaster for them: this was the polarizing event that split the country into the righteous rubes and the smug scientists.
The Genesis Flood, 1961. The creationists struck back with this popular book of pseudoscience, in which miscellaneous myths drawn from sources such as the Seventh Day Adventists were laundered and whitewashed and propped up with sciencey talk, in addition to religious justifications. You want to understand modern creationists? Read this. It's the new dogma, and it's what Ken Ham and Kent Hovind preach.
McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 1982. This was a major defeat for the creationists, and provoked a new change in tactics: skulking. They realized they couldn't be quite so brazen in the courtroom anymore, and so began an era in which they'd claim the mantle of science more and more. They were still making the Genesis Flood arguments, but they'd hide away the Bible references.
Intelligent Design creationism, 1990. One could argue that this is just more post-McLean shifting, but the Discovery Institute, Bill Dembski, and Michael Behe did greatly influence the rhetoric. "Specified complexity," "irreducible complexity," and "teach the controversy" became the new catch phrases.
Where I disagree with Razib, though, is in his impression of eloquence in this clip of Richard Land defending creationism. Maybe it's because I'm so familiar with this stuff, but I was completely unimpressed: he may have spoken confidently, but the impression of fluidity is false, because that was a rote recital of done-to-death creationist talking points. It was Duane Gish spiced with a superficial seasoning of Michael Behe, a lot of 1961 mixed with a bit of glib 1990s, and rather than supporting the idea of a flexible creationism that evolves in response to cultural pressures, that was a beautiful example of stasis.
Here are Land's arguments distilled down:
"significant majority of Americans don't believe [in evolution]". Slightly less than half, actually, but I think it was a fair point in defense of Rick Perry's denial of evolution as a pragmatic political move. But still, it's part of an ancient and fallacious argumentum ad populum. That uninformed people believe in something doesn't make it true.
"I believe in evolution within species, don't believe in Darwinian theory of origins." This is extremely standard creationist tripe, I've been hearing it for ages. Modern creationists blithely accept a kind of hyperevolution within "kinds" and erect imaginary boundaries to delimit it. You'll hear this story in Ken Ham's Creation "Museum", for instance. It ignores the fact of molecular evidence linking whole phyla together.
"It takes far more faith to believe nothing became something than to believe in a Creator." Tired. Old. Boring. Yeah, I'm supposed to find it easier to believe in a magic invisible superman that I've never seen than to believe in natural forces that I see in operation every day.
"irreducible complexity." This has become a stock phrase reduced to meaninglessness — it sounds impressive, though! These are the creationists' new magic words. I suspect that Land doesn't really understand the concept, let alone that it has been refuted.
"Single celled organisms that Darwin could not know about because those microscopes hadn't been invented yet." Oh, please. Microscopes had achieved the theoretical limit of resolution (the Rayleigh limit) in the 19th century. Darwin had microscopes that were just as powerful as the high-end scope sitting on my lab bench today, although he wouldn't have had the range of contrast-generation techniques we now enjoy. Darwin wrote papers about microorganisms.
I would grant Razib the point that creationists do know how to lie boldly, which allows them to sail through unchallenged in many situations. The clip is a good example: it's from a bloggingheads dialog with Amy Sullivan, that apologist for liberal Christianity, who looks on like a stunned fish while Land regurgitates creationist tropes, and then ignores all the wrongness to move on to a completely different point.
I think that's another source of the impression of eloquence: too often, creationists are paired with incompetent or unprepared opponents who grant them the privilege of lying smoothly. If Sullivan had a bit of wit or even a tiny bit of knowledge about what Land was saying, he could have been exposed as a dishonest fraud fairly easily. And that would have been entertaining.
(Also on FtB)
see:http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/09/creationism_evolves_by_jerks.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28Pharyngula%29
Tagged: Bachmann, bible, creationism, darwin, Duane Gish, evolution, intelligent design, Ken Ham, Kent Hovind, McLean v. Arkansas, Michael Behe, myth vs science, Palin, PZ Myers, Richard Land, rick perry, The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications
No Need to Choose Between Religious and Secular America
10 Myths Many Religious People Hold About Atheists, Debunked


���� I enjoy working cross stitch, crewel, and needlepoint. Most the time I buy patterns and rework them into something else. For example I took a cat picture and put wings on it and got a purr wing. You think you have trouble with your cats, try them with wings. Look later for pictures of my work. HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOMETHING OF INTEREST FOR EVERYONE.


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❅ Snowy Mountains Promise (Bundilla #3)❅ Alissa Callen ❅
Available 1/2/2023
A town scandal. A kelpie chaperone. A winter ball. The bush telegraph has never had so much to talk about...
A delightfully charming rural story about love and healing from bestselling Australian author Alissa Callen.
Hettie Burbrook is the first to admit she's happiest when flying solo through the outback skies. After her hobby of photographing farmers lands her a book deal, it provides the ideal cover story to visit small-town Bundilla. But every photograph brings her closer to uncovering the answers behind why she is really in the mountains...
Deer farmer Taite Lancaster is as strong as the tempered steel he welds into lifelike animal sculptures. Unlike his father, he will never allow feelings to break him. But when the old school friend of his twin sister lands on the airstrip of their high-country station, he knows he's in trouble. Hettie is the one woman he can't forget.
While determined to keep to themselves, between dog races, a ute muster and a winter ball, Hettie and Taite are forced to face how much they need each other. And when a long-buried scandal erupts into the present, relationships and lives are threatened.
Copy received from Harper Collins Australia for an honest review
Welcome back to Bundilla, a small town with big secrets.
I really enjoy this series. I moved from the city to a small town some years back, and I tell you, there is no escaping the eyes and ears that see and hear every move you make (I sneezed in my back yard once, and someone the street over called back Bless You lol.)
I liked Hettie and Taite's story, and their quest to solve a 50 year old family mystery. The drama/scandal isn't that bad, but it does take over Hettie's life. She's not good with those pesky things called emotions, but she is great at getting stuck into a mystery.
And let'st not forget the star of the series, Bundy. I smiled every time that pupper was on the page.
It is a real, real slow burn of a story. Even though I liked Hettie and Taite, I think at times I liked the secondary characters more. I looove Brenna and need more of her in the future.
When USA Today bestselling author Alissa Callen isn't writing, she plays traffic controller to four children, three dogs, two horses and one renegade cow who believes the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. After a childhood spent chasing sheep on the family farm, Alissa has always been drawn to remote areas and small towns, even when residing overseas. She is partial to autumn colours, snowy peaks and historic homesteads and will drive hours to see an open garden. Once a teacher and a counsellor, she remains interested in the life journeys that people take. She draws inspiration from the countryside around her, whether it be the brown snake at her back door or the resilience of bush communities in times of drought or flood. Her books are characteristically heartwarming, authentic and character driven. Alissa lives on a small slice of rural Australia in central western NSW.
To find out more, visit Alissa on her website.
You can also follow Alissa on Facebook and Pinterest.
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THE HOLLY DATES
Brittainy Cherry
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• Christmas Rom-Com
• Standalone
All she wanted for Christmas was a boyfriend for the holidays…
All he wanted was for her to take her crappy first dates elsewhere…
Quirky Holly Jackson was unlucky in love, yet her romantic heart refused to give up her search for companionship—even after her fiancé left her at the altar on Christmas Eve.
Grumpy restaurant owner Kai Kane wanted nothing to do with love. Unfortunately for him, when an eccentric Holly kept entering his restaurant nightly with a different first date, his annoyance grew.
When Kai volunteered to help Holly find a suitor it was for one reason only: to get her out of his restaurant and on to a second date with someone at a different location.
It was all going great until Kai became increasingly jealous of the connection Holly developed with another man. The more Holly fell for Kai's pick for her, the more overprotective he became.
Kai quickly realized that all wasn't fair when it came to love and the holidays.
He was going to have to step up his game if he wanted a shot at the ultimate prize—being Holly's favorite date.
*The Holly Dates is a steamy, full-length romantic comedy.*
Holly + Kai
Almost a year ago Holly was left at the altar. She should be done with dating for a while now, right? Nope. She wants to find true love. Or at least someone to take home to her parents for the holidays.
But serial dating and dating apps seem to work against her.
That's where Kai enters the picture. He's the owner of the new bar/restaurant close to her apartment. The place where Holly takes all her first dates. And Kai can't stand to witnees those sad dates no longer - he decides to help Holly.
Let the fun times begin!☺
I just loved this! I love Christmas - give me ALL the holiday romances! And this was just so adorable and funny and sweet and a bit heartbreaking. Just the perfect rom-com!
This should definitely be on Netflix next year!
I don't want to tell you too much.
We get the grumpy super hot bar owner hero who 'raises' his 15 year old brother and the amazingly beautiful plus size romance author heroine.
Both have been very hurt by previous relatinships. They would be perfect for each other. Their meet cute was not really a romance novel worthy meet cute. But Holly is determined to befriend her new neighbor.
It might take them a while to get to that happy end with each other - with all those dating app dates and whatnots... but it's so worth it to follow them on that journey!
So adorable.
THE HOLLY DATES was such an adorable and sweet and funny holiday rom-com! Run to your next book dealer for your own Kai - this one is MINE! ☺
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Abstract: Hibernation pattern and changes in the body weight of juvenile and adult dormice, Glis glis orientalis, kept in uncontrolled conditions were investigated. It was determined that G.g.orientalis entered hibernation on October 28 when its body weight was 180 g and the ambient temperature was below 18 ºC, which seems to be the critical temperature for entering hibernation. Although body weight has an important role in entering hibernation at the beginning of the hibernation season, dormice hibernated as the hibernation season progressed regardless of their body weight. Adult dormice arose from hibernation during the period of May 13 to June 6. The maximum uninterrupted period of hibernation was 31 days in adult dormice and 36 days in juveniles. An adult dormouse spent 181 days in hibernation during the hibernation season. There were periodic cycles, varying from 1 to 6 weeks, in the body weight of G.g.orientalis.
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Our two models feature in this new great campaign!
Our 11 models feature in the Bateaux London promotional videos.
We've been working over the last couple of weeks with a fashion company shooting all their AW16 clothes!
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Catz 2018-2019: So near but still so far…
Catz Lappeenranta won the silver medal in the Women's Basketball League of Finland. Usually we would say they lost the silver but this time we will use the word won. Why? Because there weren't many fans or experts who would have believed that Catz could even play in the finals. Some said they could be 3rd or 4th but in the finals? No.
The regular season was very difficult. Team was gathered quite late and that was easy to see on in the autumn games. Attacking was difficult and in defence the team made easy mistakes. It was difficult to find any balance to the game because there were a lot of ups and downs. The team lost some of its players which made the game more difficult. Still, when they played their best they could win anyone and when the worst they could lose to everyone. When the regular season was finished Catz was in 5th place (W15, L12) and most experts were sure that Espoo Basket Team would drop them from the semi-finals.
What happened? Catz woke up and started to play as a team. Every player knew what they should do and did it the very best way. They started defending very actively and the offence was much more creative than before. Every player was ready to take responsibility when needed and surprisingly they won EBT 3-1 and went to the semi-finals against Hyvinkään Ponteva.
"Well, Catz beat EBT but HyPo is still too strong for them. They have many former national players and three very good American scorers. Catz can possibly win once but not thrice" people said. But Catz showed that teamwork is the best way to get results in games. HyPo seemed to be a little bit scornful in the first game and when they noticed that Catz is much harder opponent than they thought it was too late. Catz won straight in three games and what's best, they got the last win from Hyvinkää.
The finals were very even. Only the first game which PeKa won by 15 points was bad from Catz. The second game they lost by four points after the extra time included a lot of bad luck. In the third game they played very disciplined and the whole team did a lot of work and maybe they got a little bit luck too but they could stretch the final series to the fourth game. Unfortunately Catz didn't win that game even though they had a chance to score only two seconds before the end. The ball was missed and PeKa could start to celebrate their second victory in row. "Of course I am disappointed right now but overall this was an amazing season and I can be very proud of every player" coach Mika Haakana told after the fourth game.
Despite being the losing team in the finals Catz doesn't need to be ashamed. They started from the difficult position and grew as a team which really wanted to do their best and they won the medal. It was silver this year but who knows if it will be gold in 2020? Catz is a team which every fan around the world can be proud of! Thank you for being with the team this season and let's hope we'll see as many of you with us next year!


Discussion in 'Daystate' started by Bushmills30, Mar 23, 2019.
Just picked up a new Tsar and overall I'm very impressed with its performance. There is one little niggle I do have though, how come on what is now a £2000 gun that they don't provide a filling port blank/bung.
Does anyone on here know of anywhere I can pick one up?
My Tsar was delivered new via TheRatWorks last year and had a plug fitted. It's worth a try there.
I had one a while ago but it had a cover for the port.
I will send you a PM with some details.
I will try to get a photo and a sketch together today with some actual dimensions, if that will help.


Being an operator means always expecting the unexpected. On a daily basis I'm in charge of appointing agents, giving instructions to the Captain, talking to the vessel owners and other similar tasks. But in Operations, you never know when things might change from everything going smoothly to having to handle several issues at once. I find that being proactive really pays off – sometimes you can anticipate potential issues arising and take certain measures to prevent that from happening.
Collaboration is also an essential part of my job, as I'm constantly in touch with so many different parties. I often talk with my colleagues from Chartering about the vessels they're working on fixing because then I can already start planning for it and that makes it easier to move forward once the vessel's been fixed. Similarly, I also frequently consult with my fellow operators on how to optimize voyages and we assist each other as much as possible.


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CANNABIS CULTURE – High numbers of pot connoisseurs are expected to cloud Toronto this weekend when The Karma Cup – the largest marijuana strain-judging competition in Canadian history – hosts its three-day event at some of the city's premiere vapor lounges.
CANNABIS CULTURE - "Did you say 70 entries?" I asked with my mouth dropping open. "Like seven-zero, not seventeen – right?"


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Trident, the British sports car brand, announced the global availability of its flagship Iceni sports car, one of the most efficient diesel sports car.
With a top speed in excess of over 190mph and the ability to run for 2000 miles on a single tank of mineral or bio-diesel, the Iceni uses torque multiplication technology to achieve this unique combination of speed, power & fuel efficiency.
Two new models to the Iceni range have also been unveiled, the Iceni Magna (fastback) & Iceni Venturer (estate). All three models boast the same specifications.
The British designed Trident sports cars boast a distinctive look, with clean curves and the unusual sculpted rear. The cars also incorporate over thirty-nine bespoke, designed & manufactured components, including independent control of each car seat and oculight roof. In addition, every Iceni can be built to specific customer spec, ensuring a truly unique driving experience.
The three Iceni sports cars are available to buy globally with prices starting from £96,000.
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Online voters pick festival button design (video)
This year's Rochesterfest button design was chosen by you.
Voters made their choice on the festival's Facebook page. The winning design, by Heather Tollers, a professional graphic designer, incorporates the festival's 2011 theme, "Make Your Mark." The festival runs June 17-26.
Button sales raise money for the festival and for area charities, and wearers receive discounted admission and other considerations at festival events.
The buttons cost $4 and go on sale starting May 3. The initial sale is conducted by the charities exclusively. The buttons are distributed for wider sale starting May 31.
This year's contest, the 29th, had about 70 entries. Festival officials judged the top four of those designs to post on Facebook for voting. The contest is sponsored by Home Federal Bank.
Tollers won a $500 prize. She works for Community News Corp., which owns the Byron Review and Star Herald newspapers. She also owns a business, HT Designs.
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Why do some kids get ear infections often?
Ear infections occur often with colds or allergies and don't need antibiotics to clear. Many children grow out of semifrequent ear infections as they get older.
Dental difficulties: Workforce issues dampen rural Minnesotans' access to dental care
There is a pronounced need for more dental providers in Southeast Minnesota's rural towns, many of which don't even have a dental clinic. The challenge: getting graduates to go there.
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Minnesota hospitals drop labor charges against nurses
The charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board were dropped after the Minnesota Nurses Association agreed to its new contracts with hospitals.
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Olmsted County Housing Stability Team recognized by medical society
Zumbro Valley Medical Society will honor outreach to people facing homelessness during its annual meeting on Jan. 31.


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Where Are Dry-Bulk Rates Headed?
We ask readers of TheStreet to divine the near future when it comes to shipping rates.
Scott Eden
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Dry-bulk shipping rates tumbled in the last half of January, at one point falling to about $30,000 a day for capesize ships on the spot market.
Some attributed the fortnight of January weakening --
after what had been a healthy fourth quarter for the dry trade
-- to a falloff in the price of Chinese steel. Declining steel prices give mining companies and other charterers the power to negotiate lower freight costs with ship owners.
This week, though, rates have rebounded some. According to London's Baltic Exchange, the going rate for a capesize vessel on the spot market recently was about $30,700.
Anything below $20,000 a day for a capesize vessel, the largest bulk carriers plying the oceans, and investors start to worry about whether any profit at all will fall to the bottom line of these companies --
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Divining future shipping rates is, of course, the great game of the industry. The latest trading in the derivatives called forward-freight agreements, or FFAs, indicates an average daily rate of $34,000 for capesize ships in March, $35,000 in June and $35,500 in the second quarter. (Often used as hedging instruments by ship owners and other industry insiders, FFAs are thought to signal where the smart money believes rates are headed.)
Meanwhile, many analysts are predicting average capesize rates of between $40,000 a day and $45,000 for all of 2010. That's the bulls' view. Some bearish observers think the number could go below $30,000 -- which wouldn't do much for profits and likely nothing for dry-bulk shipping stocks.
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I read The Hating Game because A) Malin said she liked it and Malin has impeccable taste and B) she compared it to Act Like It, which I absolutely adored. Honestly, I was smack dab in the middle of The Descent by Tim Johnston and just could not get into it, so as soon as I saw this recommendation, I dropped everything to read it. I'm so glad I did, it was one of those "have to finish this immediately" books but, oh, it was also an "I'm so sad this is over" book because what do I read now, I ask you? WHAT?
The Hating Game tells the story of two people who fell in True Hate as soon as they met each other. Lucy and Josh are assistants to co-CEOs and are as different as night and day. They only met because their two companies had to merge in order to avoid shutting down. Lucy is a teensy thing with bright, bold lipstick and fashion choices, she's always quick with a joke and is extremely well-liked by everyone. Except Josh. Josh is a quiet, sullen, stoic type, who never has a kind thing to say to Lucy and who is generally feared by the entire company. They spend their days waging quiet (and not-so-quiet) war with one another, with battles including the Staring Game, the How You Doing Game, and, my favorite, the "I'm Keeping an HR File On You" game.
When a new position within the company is announced that both Lucy and Josh covet, they're ready to wage a different kind of war with one another, one with actual stakes. Neither is quite prepared for this, as their feelings have started to change and they're beginning to grow closer. As the novel progresses, they take a predictable turn toward not-so-hatey, but even though it's predictable, that doesn't make it any less delightful. There's something so comforting about romance novels, whether they be old timey or modern. My favorites are the ones where the two main characters absolutely despise one another and grow fonder toward the other against their will (thanks, Jane Austen), so of course this one was right up my alley.
I highly, highly recommend if you're looking for a light, swoonworthy, romance that has some genuine cheer out loud moments. Just make sure you block off an afternoon so you can finish it all in one go.
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I am right this very minute trying to decide what to download for a very long flight this weekend, and this is now bumped to the top of the list!
It made my heart so happy! I hope you love it. I already want to read it again (though, not really, I want to read a similar book that makes me feel the exact same way and I've never figured out how to make that happen).
I feel like I have Hamilton running on a continuous loop in my head. Like. All the time.
Ugghhhhh. You guys are trying to kill me with this and Act Like It. I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!!!
YOU DO! You can read them SO FAST. Just set aside, like, a day.
Agreed. This is an easy book to squish in to the book schedule. I read it on a plane the other day and was done before it landed.
It was lovely and perfect and I thank you for your review!!
Having now re-read Act Like It (still excellent, stupid Will and the collapsing theatre still make it not a full 5-star), I may actually end up re-reading this again real soon. I really liked it, and am so glad I follow a lot of romance review sites, so I discovered it early. The book could absolutely have had more *funky bass line*, though.
Your dedication to Hamilton, and finding an appropriate quote for all your reviews is amazeboobs.
I was surprised by how much I liked this and Act Like It. And I'm pretty sure I have you to thank for Act Like It, too, so thank you!
It's getting harder to find quotes that I haven't used yet. I had to make a spreadsheet.


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In addition to delivering high quality early childhood education and care, Brookfield Early Childhood Centre also offers additional programs and services to our families and their children, at an additional charge.
Happy Feet are taking the concept of play based learning to another level. Combine the concepts of Hi 5 and the Wiggles and what you get is Happy Feet Fitness! Our themed adventure classes take large stage performances and put them into a super fun, interactive and educational class format that has been designed for children in child care centres.
Self-esteem and confidence building has been a big focus in the creation of the Happy Feet Fitness program. So no matter whether child is brimming with confidence or a little on the quiet side, our goal is for all children leave Happy Feet classes feeling proud of themselves and what they have achieved. (NQF 5.1.1).
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Kinderkick is a fundamental motor skills program that is designed to target children aged three to five years, and features specific lesson plans to assist and enhance the developmental needs of each child's physical and social wellbeing. The children complete an appropriate game based warm-up, then participate in fun, target skill activities such as catching, throwing, balancing, crawling, etc. before concluding with some calming activities.
During participation in the Kinderkick program, children develop and grow physically and emotionally. Through innovative, fun drills and sequential activities, children develop coordination, balance and concentration. With the incorporation of a variety of games, children learn to follow instructions, work as part of a team and develop their self-confidence and imagination.


On 10 December 1907 Gogarty invited Joyce to Vienna.
Gogarty had gone to Vienna to continue his medical studies, and while there he wrote to Joyce suggesting that he should come and visit, or even come to Vienna to live.
Gogarty had completed his final medical exams at Trinity College in June 1907, ten years after starting to study medicine at University College Dublin's Medical School on Cecilia Street. Gogarty aimed at becoming an ear, nose and throat specialist, and decided to go to Vienna to gain some experience. After that he planned to spend some time in London hospitals before returning to Dublin.
At the time, Vienna was the world's most prestigious medical centre and Gogarty studied under some of the best in the field, including otologist Róbert Bárány, Gustav Alexander, Head of Otology at the Vienna Polyclinic, and laryngologists Marcus Hajek and Ottaker Chiari, both of whom were Professors at the University of Vienna. Even the rooms that Gogarty lived in had belonged to the renowned psychiatrist, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, author of the Psychopathia Sexualis.
Joyce had been suffering from rheumatic fever and Gogarty had sent him some money which, however, was appropriated by one of the Joyce family as the letter passed through the Dublin household on its way to Joyce in Trieste. Gogarty then wrote to invite Joyce to come to Vienna on a visit, and suggested that Joyce might come and live in Vienna. Gogarty, who didn't speak any German, found it hard to get by in Vienna, and he suggested that Joyce could make money teaching German to English-speaking medical students in the city.
Joyce gave Gogarty's offer some consideration before he decided to turn it down, but he did offer to help get some of Gogarty's bawdy verse published. As he was leaving Vienna to spend New Year in Dresden, Gogarty wrote to Joyce again, joking about a future 'National Joyce Museum' in Cabra, and thanking him for his offer of help with a collection of bawdy verse that Gogarty intended to call Cockcrows, but which, in the end, came to nothing.
At the end of January 1908, Gogarty returned from Dresden to Vienna where he had a research appointment that was to keep him busy until March. After that, he returned to Dublin to establish a practice there. He and Joyce met again during Joyce's visit to Dublin in 1909.
Lyons, JB: Oliver St John Gogarty – The Man of Many Talents, Dublin: Blackwater Press, 1980.
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Pointing you to the most interesting music and movie releases from the first half of 2014.
Larry Stephan lists some albums that are worth checking out and Marie Asner does the same for movies.
Phantom Tollbooth Mid-Year Music Selections
Of the many releases to pick from, I am limiting my selections to records that tended to have faith influenced themes. I also weighed in with some selections that could be easy to miss. The list is in alphabetical order by title.
Page CXVI Church Calendar Project - Already known for repurposing hymns, this project consisting of three EPs is their most complete and focused work to date. Combining original songs and reworked hymns, some with new tunes, you will go back to this project frequently and particularly at Christmas, Lent, and Easter. (EPs: Advent to Christmas, Lent to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday to Easter)
Melanie Penn Hope Tonight - Melanie Penn continues to make music that is simply enchanting. Her unique song writing and arranging on this sophomore release will captivate you.
Brian Moss Prayerbook Number 2 - A follow up to the wonderful Prayerbook No. 1 released in 2005 (although Brian has released two other records in the mean time), these are beautifully written and performed recordings of Psalms 16-30. It is as if David asked Brian Moss to update the music for these Psalms.
The Choir Shadow Weaver - Steve Hindalong's poet's heart shines on this release and Derri Daughtery's vocals assure a perfect delivery of the message. Inventive percussion combined with wonderful guitar mastery and production create an album of such depth that you will continuously uncover treasure in this record. This is compelling music.
Chris Taylor Traveler's Hotel - Our lives can be messy and riddled with struggles. The songs on Traveler's Hotel are about wrestling with these human frailties and being able to accept God's love, grace, and forgiveness. Honest, artful, and moving music.
Honorable mention (John Mark McMillan - Borderland; Giants and Pilgrims - Almanac, No.1; Jeremy Casella - Death in Reverse)
Larry Stephan
Phantom Tollbooth Mid-Year Movie Selections
Already half-way through 2014 and time to choose five films of worth from this year's collection. All-in-all, this has not been a banner year so far, which is not unusual considering the studios keep the best until the end of the year and movie-goers have to decide between holiday shopping and movie tickets. As I am writing this, movie-goers have to decide between seeking shelter from storms or going to movies. The term "Tornado Alley" no longer applies to the Midwest, but the entire country.
My five choices for good films so far are listed in alphabetical order, with the "also rans" at the end.
Belle is based on a true story of life in Great Britain two hundred years when slavery was a business. Told through the life of a girl of color, raised in privilege, and how she goes against the system.
Chef is a food film. The story of a man who starts his own mobile food stand with delicious Cuban sandwiches. The family works together on this project. Be ready to be hungry after seeing it.
Godzilla is entertainment, period. The story of what nuclear testing does to an eco-system millions of years old, is told through San Francisco being stomped. Wisely, the big guy isn't shown until halfway through the movie. I think he could stand up to a tornado.
Grand Budapest Hotel is an off-the-wall story of life in a posh hotel and the people who work there and/or the residents who stay there. The unexpected is always just around the corner here and the word "sweets" takes on new meaning from a special bakery.
How To Train Your Dragon 2 is a sequel better than its original film. Animation is a delight and so are the numerous dragons who inhabit this land of Viking-type people who used to hunt dragons and now have them as pets. The aerial dynamics are superb as is the storyline.
Also-Rans:
Draft Day with Kevin Costner as the manager of a football team and you will see what happens during Draft Day when seconds, and I mean in time, really do count.
Rio 2 is another animated sequel continuing the story of rare birds who go into the jungle to find family. Good music, too.
Jersey Boys is based on the stage musical and showcases Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and their 30-year career. Your feet may still be dancing a week later. Terrific soundtrack. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
The Lego Movie and who would have thought Lego's would have their own movie, much less an interesting story. "Never say never."
Marie Asner