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#include "mitkVtkEventAdapter.h"
#include <mitkInteractionConst.h> // INTERACTION LEGACY
#include <mitkWheelEvent.h>// INTERACTION LEGACY
#include "mitkInteractionEventConst.h"
#include <string.h>
#include "vtkCommand.h"

namespace mitk
{
  std::map<BaseRenderer*, int> VtkEventAdapter::buttonStateMap;
}

mitk::MouseEvent mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptMouseEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender,
    unsigned long vtkCommandEventId,
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor* rwi)
{

  mitk::Point2D p;
  p[0] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[0];
  p[1] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[1];

  // http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6/qt.html#MouseButton-enum
  int button = 0;
  int type = 0;
  int state = 0;

  // vtkRenderWindowInteractor does not provide information about mouse buttons during
  // mouse move events...

  // some button action might be going on during mouse move events
  // that needs to be temp. saved in our buttonStateMap
  int tmpstate = 0;
  if (buttonStateMap.find(sender) != buttonStateMap.end())
    tmpstate = buttonStateMap.find(sender)->second;

  if (tmpstate != 0 && vtkCommandEventId != vtkCommand::MouseMoveEvent)
    buttonStateMap.erase(buttonStateMap.find(sender)); //press or release event with active map caching

  switch (vtkCommandEventId)
  {
  case vtkCommand::MouseMoveEvent:
    type = 5;
    button = mitk::BS_NoButton;

    if (tmpstate != 0)
    {
      state = tmpstate;
      /*
       // debug output
       static char  tmp;
       sprintf(&tmp,"%d",tmpstate);
       std::cout << tmp << std::endl;
       */
    }
    break;
  case vtkCommand::LeftButtonReleaseEvent:
    type = 3;
    button = mitk::BS_LeftButton;
    state = tmpstate;

    buttonStateMap[sender] = (tmpstate - button);
    break;
  case vtkCommand::MiddleButtonReleaseEvent:
    type = 3;
    button = mitk::BS_MidButton;
    state = tmpstate;

    buttonStateMap[sender] = (tmpstate - button);
    break;
  case vtkCommand::RightButtonReleaseEvent:
    type = 3;
    button = mitk::BS_RightButton;
    state = tmpstate;

    buttonStateMap[sender] = (tmpstate - button);
    break;
  case vtkCommand::LeftButtonPressEvent:
    type = 2;
    button = mitk::BS_LeftButton;

    tmpstate |= button;
    buttonStateMap[sender] = tmpstate;
    break;
  case vtkCommand::MiddleButtonPressEvent:
    type = 2;
    button = mitk::BS_MidButton;

    tmpstate |= button;
    buttonStateMap[sender] = tmpstate;
    break;
  case vtkCommand::RightButtonPressEvent:
    type = 2;
    button = mitk::BS_RightButton;

    tmpstate |= button;
    buttonStateMap[sender] = tmpstate;
    break;

  }

  if (rwi->GetShiftKey())
  {
    state |= mitk::BS_ShiftButton;
  }
  if (rwi->GetControlKey())
  {
    state |= mitk::BS_ControlButton;
  }
  if (rwi->GetAltKey())
  {
    state |= mitk::BS_AltButton;
  }

  mitk::MouseEvent mitkEvent(sender, type, button, state, mitk::Key_none, p);

  return mitkEvent;
}

mitk::WheelEvent
//mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptWheelEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender, QWheelEvent* wheelEvent)
mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptWheelEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender, unsigned long vtkCommandEventId, vtkRenderWindowInteractor* rwi)
{
  mitk::Point2D p;
  p[0] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[0];
  p[1] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[1];

  // http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6/qt.html#MouseButton-enum
  int button = 0;
  int type = 0;
  int state = 0;
  int delta = 0;
  switch (vtkCommandEventId)
  {
  case vtkCommand::MouseWheelForwardEvent:
    type = 31;          // wheel event, // see qcoreevent enum "type"
    button = 0x00000000;
    delta = +120;         //http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/qwheelevent.html#delta
    break;
  case vtkCommand::MouseWheelBackwardEvent:
    type = 31; // wheel event, // see qcoreevent enum "type"
    button = 0x00000000;
    delta = -120;         //http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/qwheelevent.html#delta
    break;
  }

  if (rwi->GetShiftKey())
    state |= mitk::BS_ShiftButton;
  if (rwi->GetControlKey())
    state |= mitk::BS_ControlButton;
  if (rwi->GetAltKey())
    state |= mitk::BS_AltButton;

  mitk::WheelEvent mitkEvent(sender, type, button, state, mitk::Key_none, p, delta);

  return mitkEvent;
}

mitk::KeyEvent
//mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptKeyEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender, QKeyEvent* keyEvent, const QPoint& cp)
mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptKeyEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender, unsigned long vtkCommandEventId, vtkRenderWindowInteractor* rwi)
{
  // TODO: is this viable?
  int key = (int) rwi->GetKeyCode();

  // Those keycodes changed in Qt 4
  if (key >= 0x01000000 && key <= 0x01000060)
    key -= (0x01000000 - 0x1000);
  else if (key >= 0x01001120 && key <= 0x01001262)
    key -= 0x01000000;

  mitk::Point2D p;
  p[0] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[0];
  p[1] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[1];

  int type = 0;
  if (vtkCommandEventId == vtkCommand::KeyPressEvent)
    type = 6; // http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6/qevent.html#Type-enum

  int state = 0;
  if (rwi->GetShiftKey())
    state |= mitk::BS_ShiftButton;
  if (rwi->GetControlKey())
    state |= mitk::BS_ControlButton;
  if (rwi->GetAltKey())
    state |= mitk::BS_AltButton;

  mitk::KeyEvent mke(sender, type, mitk::BS_NoButton, state, key, std::string(rwi->GetKeySym()), p);

  return mke;
}

mitk::MousePressEvent::Pointer mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptMousePressEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender,
    unsigned long vtkCommandEventId,
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor* rwi)
{
  mitk::Point2D point;
  point[0] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[0];
  point[1] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[1];

  int button = 0;
  int modifiers = 0;
  int buttonState = 0;

  // vtkRenderWindowInteractor does not provide information about mouse buttons during
  // mouse move events therefore the Press/Release functions update the button state in the buttonStateMap
  // this button state is then provided for mouse move events

  if (buttonStateMap.find(sender) != buttonStateMap.end())
    buttonState = buttonStateMap.find(sender)->second;

  if (buttonState != 0 && vtkCommandEventId != vtkCommand::MouseMoveEvent)
    buttonStateMap.erase(buttonStateMap.find(sender)); //press or release event with active map caching

  switch (vtkCommandEventId)
  {
  case vtkCommand::LeftButtonPressEvent:
    button = InteractionEvent::LeftMouseButton;
    buttonState |= button;
    buttonStateMap[sender] = buttonState;
    break;
  case vtkCommand::MiddleButtonPressEvent:
    button = InteractionEvent::MiddleMouseButton;
    buttonState |= button;
    buttonStateMap[sender] = buttonState;
    break;
  case vtkCommand::RightButtonPressEvent:
    button = InteractionEvent::RightMouseButton;
    buttonState |= button;
    buttonStateMap[sender] = buttonState;
    break;
  }

  if (rwi->GetShiftKey())
  {
    modifiers |= InteractionEvent::ShiftKey;
  }
  if (rwi->GetControlKey())
  {
    modifiers |= InteractionEvent::ControlKey;
  }
  if (rwi->GetAltKey())
  {
    modifiers |= InteractionEvent::AltKey;
  }

  Point3D worldPos = sender->Map2DRendererPositionTo3DWorldPosition(point);
  MousePressEvent::Pointer mpe = MousePressEvent::New(sender, point,worldPos,
                                                      static_cast<InteractionEvent::MouseButtons>(buttonState),
                                                      static_cast<InteractionEvent::ModifierKeys>(modifiers),
                                                      static_cast<InteractionEvent::MouseButtons>(button));
  return mpe;
}

mitk::MouseMoveEvent::Pointer mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptMouseMoveEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender,
    unsigned long vtkCommandEventId,
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor* rwi)
{
  mitk::Point2D point;
  point[0] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[0];
  point[1] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[1];

  int modifiers = 0;

  // vtkRenderWindowInteractor does not provide information about mouse buttons during
  // mouse move events therefore the Press/Release functions update the button state in the buttonStateMap
  // this button state is then provided for mouse move events

  int buttonState = 0;

  if (buttonStateMap.find(sender) != buttonStateMap.end())
  {
    // set stored button state
    buttonState = buttonStateMap.find(sender)->second;
  }

  if (vtkCommandEventId == vtkCommand::MouseMoveEvent)
  {
    if (buttonState != 0)
    {
      modifiers = buttonState;
    }
  }
  else
  {
    MITK_WARN<< "Wrong usage of function AdaptMouseMoveEvent. Wrong input type.";
  }

  if (rwi->GetShiftKey())
  {
    modifiers |= InteractionEvent::ShiftKey;
  }
  if (rwi->GetControlKey())
  {
    modifiers |= InteractionEvent::ControlKey;
  }
  if (rwi->GetAltKey())
  {
    modifiers |= InteractionEvent::AltKey;
  }

  Point3D worldPos = sender->Map2DRendererPositionTo3DWorldPosition(point);
  MouseMoveEvent::Pointer mme = MouseMoveEvent::New(sender, point,worldPos,
                                                    static_cast<InteractionEvent::MouseButtons>(buttonState),
                                                    static_cast<InteractionEvent::ModifierKeys>(modifiers));
  return mme;
}

mitk::MouseReleaseEvent::Pointer mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptMouseReleaseEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender,
    unsigned long vtkCommandEventId,
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor* rwi)
{
  mitk::Point2D point;
  point[0] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[0];
  point[1] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[1];

  int button = 0;
  int modifiers = 0;
  int buttonState = 0;

  // vtkRenderWindowInteractor does not provide information about mouse buttons during
  // mouse move events therefore the Press/Release functions update the button state in the buttonStateMap
  // this button state is then provided for mouse move events

  if (buttonStateMap.find(sender) != buttonStateMap.end())
    buttonState = buttonStateMap.find(sender)->second;

  if (buttonState != 0 && vtkCommandEventId != vtkCommand::MouseMoveEvent)
    buttonStateMap.erase(buttonStateMap.find(sender)); //press or release event with active map caching

  switch (vtkCommandEventId)
  {
  case vtkCommand::LeftButtonReleaseEvent:
    button = InteractionEvent::LeftMouseButton;
    // remove left mouse button from button state
    buttonStateMap[sender] = (buttonState - button);
    break;
  case vtkCommand::MiddleButtonReleaseEvent:
    button = InteractionEvent::MiddleMouseButton;
    // remove middle button from button state
    buttonStateMap[sender] = (buttonState - button);
    break;
  case vtkCommand::RightButtonReleaseEvent:
    button = InteractionEvent::RightMouseButton;
    // remove right mouse button from button state
    buttonStateMap[sender] = (buttonState - button);
    break;
  }

  if (rwi->GetShiftKey())
  {
    modifiers |= InteractionEvent::ShiftKey;
  }
  if (rwi->GetControlKey())
  {
    modifiers |= InteractionEvent::ControlKey;
  }
  if (rwi->GetAltKey())
  {
    modifiers |= InteractionEvent::AltKey;
  }

  // after releasing button is no longer pressed, to update it
  if (buttonStateMap.find(sender) != buttonStateMap.end()) {
    buttonState = buttonStateMap.find(sender)->second;
  }

  Point3D worldPos = sender->Map2DRendererPositionTo3DWorldPosition(point);

  MouseReleaseEvent::Pointer mre = MouseReleaseEvent::New(sender, point,worldPos,
                                                          static_cast<InteractionEvent::MouseButtons>(buttonState),
                                                          static_cast<InteractionEvent::ModifierKeys>(modifiers),
                                                          static_cast<InteractionEvent::MouseButtons>(button));
  return mre;
}

mitk::MouseWheelEvent::Pointer mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptMouseWheelEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender,
    unsigned long vtkCommandEventId,
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor* rwi)
{
  mitk::Point2D p;
  p[0] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[0];
  p[1] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[1];

  int delta = 0;
  switch (vtkCommandEventId)
  {
  case vtkCommand::MouseWheelForwardEvent:
    delta = +120;         //http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/qwheelevent.html#delta
    break;
  case vtkCommand::MouseWheelBackwardEvent:
    delta = -120;         //http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/qwheelevent.html#delta
    break;
  }

  int modifiers = 0;
  if (rwi->GetShiftKey())
  {
    modifiers |= mitk::BS_ShiftButton;
  }
  if (rwi->GetControlKey())
  {
    modifiers |= mitk::BS_ControlButton;
  }
  if (rwi->GetAltKey())
  {
    modifiers |= mitk::BS_AltButton;
  }

  mitk::Point2D point;
  point[0] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[0];
  point[1] = rwi->GetEventPosition()[1];

  // vtkWheelEvent does not have a buttonState or event button
  int buttonState = 0;
  Point3D worldPos = sender->Map2DRendererPositionTo3DWorldPosition(point);
  MouseWheelEvent::Pointer mpe = MouseWheelEvent::New(sender, point,worldPos,
                                                      static_cast<InteractionEvent::MouseButtons>(buttonState),
                                                      static_cast<InteractionEvent::ModifierKeys>(modifiers),
                                                      delta);
  return mpe;
}

mitk::InteractionKeyEvent::Pointer mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptInteractionKeyEvent(mitk::BaseRenderer* sender,
    unsigned long vtkCommandEventId,
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor* rwi)
{
  if (vtkCommandEventId != vtkCommand::KeyPressEvent)
  {
    MITK_WARN<< "mitk::VtkEventAdapter::AdaptInteractionKeyEvent() called with wrong argument";
    return NULL;
  }
  int modifiers = 0;
  if (rwi->GetShiftKey())
  {
    modifiers |= mitk::BS_ShiftButton;}
  if (rwi->GetControlKey())
  {
    modifiers |= mitk::BS_ControlButton;}
  if (rwi->GetAltKey())
  {
    modifiers |= mitk::BS_AltButton;
  }
  InteractionKeyEvent::Pointer ike = InteractionKeyEvent::New(sender, std::string(rwi->GetKeySym()),
                                                              static_cast<InteractionEvent::ModifierKeys>(modifiers));
  return ike;

}

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Colossal Ritual Monument Discovered Near Stonehenge
Steve September 11, 2015 0 1
With the help of 21st century radar scanning technology, a giant ritual monument dating from the time of Stonehenge has emerged from under the bank of a nearby stone-age settlement. It appears to have a lot of fresh answers for some burdening questions about the origins of the site and its exact purpose.
Archaeologists have long been intrigued about Durrington Walls – a roundish super-henge almost 5,000 years old. Because of its unusual shape – with one side straight and the rest of the structure curved, the role of this place has remained unknown. In 1810, Sir Richard Colt Hoare speculated that its shape has been damaged over time and what purpose it served remained a mystery.
In present days though, using ground-penetrating radar technology, archaeologists have discovered that the straight edge stands over a series of 90 immense stones which once stood 15 feet high, forming a C-shaped arena which probably served as a ritual procession path.
Professor Vince Gaffney of the University of Bradford states:
It's utterly remarkable! It is definitely one of the largest stone monuments in Europe and is completely unique. We've never seen something like this in the world. We can't tell what the stones are made of, but they are the same height as the sarsens in the Stonehenge circle, so they may be the same kind.
It was probably for a ritual of some sort, or it could have marked out an arena. These monuments were very theatrical. This is a design to impress and empower."
Not only does the new evidence demonstrate a completely unexpected phase of monumental architecture at one of the greatest ceremonial sites in prehistoric Europe, the new stone row could well be contemporary with the famous Stonehenge sarsen circle or even earlier.
The site is located in a depression near Amesbury, Wiltshire, not far from the River Amon. With over 1,640 feet in diameter, the structure is considered one of the biggest existing henge monuments, and was built approximately 4,500 years ago, during the Neolithic or the New Stone Age.
Durrington Walls was built on the same summer solstice alignment as Stonehenge. Researchers suggest that the people who built Stonehenge inhabited Durrington at that point in time, preparing the ceremonial ground and attending special rituals. According to the new evidence uncovered, a wooden structure from the vicinity was thought to symbolize the land of the living, while Stonehenge symbolized the realm of the dead.
The Bradford team of archaeologists have started a collaboration with an international team of researchers in the hope of revealing the buried and hidden landscape of Stonehenge and mapping the entire area with the help of the latest laser technology.
Everything previously written about Stonehenge landscape and the ancient monuments within it will need to be re-written" , declared one of the team members.
These latest results have produced tantalizing evidence of what lies beneath the ancient earthworks at Durrington Walls. The presence of what appear to be stones, surrounding the site of one of the largest Neolithic settlements in Europe adds a whole new chapter to the Stonehenge story."
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Beach Lovers Guide to the Vale and beyond!
I've lived in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, for 14 years and I still feel like a tourist. Living by the coast gives you that holiday feeling all year round and I spend as much time at the beach as I can. As a family and child photographer I tend to combine my love of the beach with my love of photography and do a lot of shoots at my local beaches. If you're like me and only truly happy with sandy feet and salty skin, then have a look at my beach lovers guide to the Vale and beyond!
This is a very personal list, based on the places that I regularly visit or shoot at. I know there's lots of other beautiful beaches in the area and still have plenty yet to visit.
I live in a small village just outside Cowbridge, a busy market town, nestled amongst the gentle rolling hills West of Cardiff. So, I'll start with my favourite local beaches and then head further afield to some of my favourites in the Gower and Pembrokeshire too.
At a glance: Car park, Shop, Toilets, Lifeguards, Disabled facilities, no dogs between May-Sept.
Although officially called Dunraven Bay, everyone locally calls it Southerndown, after the nearby village. This is my number one local beach. There's something magical about driving down the steep road from the cliffs at the top to the car park below. You catch glimpses of the water and we're always craning our necks on the way down the hill to see how much beach there is. It took a few years for us to understand the rhythm of the tides and to know what time to go to make sure there was sand to sit on (I'm originally a city dweller!). I've got the BBC Tide Tables as a favourite on my phone, so we never get caught out (anymore).
There's three car parks. One right by the beach and then an overflow car park on one of the fields above and a pay and display car park at the top of the hill. In recent years they have started charging for parking all year around (not just in the Summer months), so it can cost between £3.50-£5 to park for the day. There's also a toilet block (very handy indeed) and a little kiosk shop selling ice creams and beach paraphernalia as well as a nice cup of tea.
The beach itself is a lovely little bay, dwarfed by the Jurassic cliffs along the coast. Please be aware that there a regular rock falls from the cliffs, so you must not sit directly underneath them.
When the tide is low, there's a large crescent of sand to play on and some fabulous rock pools. When the tide is high, there's no sand at all but you can still sit on the rocks (away from the cliffs) and enjoy time at the beach.
If you walk through the car park and up the cliff, there's lots of different paths to take to explore the area and also there's the lovely Dunraven Gardens. Perched high on the cliff, they provide a great spot for a picnic and shelter from the wind as well. There's lots of paths to take through the gardens and beyond to some awesome cliff top walks.
I do a lot of family shoots at this beach all year round. If you'd like to see some, check out my blog and family portfolio. I've put a small handful in a little collage below.
I could talk all day about Southerndown. It has a piece of my heart but there's plenty more to see, so on we go.
Frolics – An Italian restaurant right near the beach.
Three Golden Cups – The nearest pub to the beach.
At a glance: Car Park, Mobile vendors, Toilets, Lifeguards, Disabled facilities, dogs allowed all year.
The Ogmore River meets the sea at Ogmore Beach. On one side there's a large sandy beach and on the other side of the river are the Merthyr Mawr sand dunes (some of the largest dunes in Europe!).
There's a large car park at the beach and sometimes mobile coffee and ice cream vendors in the car park as well.
Ogmore is a large beach and when the tide is out, you can walk quite far along beach towards Southerndown. If the tide is in, then there's plenty of rocks to climb and little coves to visit. There's great rock pools too and a it's a fabulous place to hunt for fossils.
Cobbles Kitchen – Winner of the Welsh Restaurant of the Year 2018. This place is highly recommended and our 'go to' place for a coffee (and cake) on the way home from the beach. Also great for meals too.
The Pelican in her Piety – A pub that also serves food.
The Watermill – A Brains pub. It has an outdoor play area, so it's great if you have little ones.
Just down the road from the seaside town of Porthcawl you'll find Rest Bay. This is another one of my favourite places to hang out and where I go surfing with my daughter. It's a massive beach and when the tide is low, there's loads of room to spread out and spend the day (enjoying the odd game of rounders or cricket). The beach is very popular with surfers, kite surfers and body boarders and each has their own separate area to play (when the lifeguards are there).
Most people tend to plonk their stuff down as soon as they hit the sand but if you walk a little way along the beach, it's much quieter.
There's also a lovely boardwalk/path that runs along the back of the beach and beyond in the westerly direction. You can walk all the way from Porthcawl, past Rest Bay and along the coast on the same path. When my kids were younger it was a regular day out for us, with scooters, bikes or roller skates. We always tempted them with a picnic at Rest Bay and then a promise of a cake when they got back to Porthcawl! It's also the route of the weekly 5k Parkrun on a Saturday morning.
There's a couple of surf schools and you can hire equipment from them as well as book lessons – so if you need a wetsuit or a surfboard in a hurry then they've got it covered. Visit Portcawl Surf and Adventures Wales for more information.
There's plans for a brand new sports centre and cafe to be built near the car park.
Porthcawl is only a minute down the road and there's plenty of cafes and shops there.
Ah Rhossili. I first visited Rhossili on a camping trip with friends about 5 years ago. I'm ashamed to say, that even though I'm a massive beach lover, I was a little afraid of the water. Then one day in Rhossili, I threw caution to the wind and had my first experience of body boarding. The waves there can get pretty big but the bigger the better right? I've never looked back since that day. I went off and bought my own body board and then progressed to surfing a year or so later. Surfing is now my favourite thing to do. Ever. I'm rubbish at it but learning all the time and determined to improve.
With a 3 mile stretch of sandy beach, ending with the iconic Worms Head and more beach awards than you can shake a stick at, Rhossili is one stunner of a beach.
When we visit, it's normally via the campsite Hillend, which is just behind the sand dunes in the centre of the beach. There's a car park and also a cafe on the campsite with toilets etc. You can also access the beach from the National Trust car park at the Rhossili end of the beach. It's a steep walk down from the car park but worth every step.
If you love body boarding or surfing get down there. If you look closely you can see me surfing on the smallest wave in the world below. You can hire and buy surf gear from PJ's Surf Shop in Llangennith.
The King's Head in Llangennith is great for a drink and dinner – a regular haunt of ours when we're camping.
For years I wanted to visit Barafundle Bay but legend (Mum friends) had it that it was a massive walk from the car park to the beach and I was afraid of schlepping the kids on an epic walk so put off the visit until they were a bit older. We eventually made it there a few years ago and were pleasantly surprised (after packing supplies as if we were going to the North Pole), that it was in fact about a 10-15 minute walk from the National Trust car park. A pretty flat and easy walk too, apart from the stairs at the start and end. So, don't be afraid my friends! Set the sat nav and off you go.
There's a car park, run by the National Trust and of course the obligatory National Trust cafe and toilet facilities.
The last time we visited we went for a walk around the headland as well and could see over to the beautiful Broadhaven beach a bit further down the coast.
I know there's a plethora of gorgeous beaches all the way along the Welsh coastline. It would be impossible to mention them all, so this is just a little taster of my favourites.
I can't leave without a little shout out to some of the other gorgeous beaches that we've visited since moving to Wales 14 years ago. There's many more that are on my 'to see' list. If you have any suggestions, let me know!
Three Cliffs Bay – an absolute stunner.
Bracelet Bay – a cute little bay with playground, car park and restaurant nearby.
Langland Bay – family friendly beach with car park and facilities.
Caswell Bay – popular with families and surfers. Car park and facilities nearby.
Tenby – gorgeous beaches in this beautiful Pembrokeshire town.
Saundersfoot – I can highly recommend the very decadent and perfectly placed St Brides Spa Hotel perched high on the hill overlooking the beach. Check out a fabulous headshot photo shoot in the hotel and a portrait shoot on the beach below.
I'm always on the look out for new locations for family photo shoots and love discovering new beaches. If you have any recommendations, please let me know!
If you'd like to book a family photo shoot in South Wales, get in touch!


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The administration must show that the impeachment processes is not simply an exercise in substitution of faces but a decisive step toward addressing impunity and bringing about closure
Theodore Te
Published 7:11 AM, May 31, 2012
Updated 11:45 AM, June 01, 2012
Prof. Theodore Te
Attorney Renato C. Corona's conviction before the Senate, sitting in impeachment, and his removal as Chief Justice of the Philippines completes the impeachment process for the first time in the country's history only because a verdict was rendered and judgment was pronounced.
Whether it addresses impunity and brings closure is a totally different story—one that we, as a people, have yet to experience as a result of the impeachment experience.
As everyone already knows by now, the impeachment trial was not a criminal or civil proceeding but simply an administrative one, albeit impressed with great constitutional significance. The only issue presented was fitness to remain in high office and the only express consequences of conviction are the removal of the office holder, the prohibition against holding any other public office and de-immunization from criminal, civil and administrative suits (which may include disciplinary sanctions under the Code of Professional Responsibility).
The nature of the impeachment trial, by itself, does not and cannot address the issues that have led to impunity and the removal of Corona cannot, by itself, result in closure.
The only successful impeachment complaint against a president did not result in a completed trial because Edsa 2 intervened.
Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial became moot because Edsa 2 caused a vacancy in the Office of the President, which Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo happily filled. This was a political fact that the Supreme Court would later confirm as judicial reality. While Estrada was never removed from office as a result of the impeachment process, he experienced only part of the logical consequences of a verdict of conviction, i.e., de-immunization from criminal, civil and administrative suits.
Convicted felon
However, even after being tried, convicted and sentenced by the court, closure was never attained and impunity was never addressed simply because Estrada would receive a full pardon, albeit one with certain political restrictions. None of these restrictions prevented Estrada from running again for president in 2010 and coming in second to the eventual winner. At no point during the elections did the fact that Estrada was a convicted felon matter.
The first successful impeachment complaint against an Ombudsman to pass the House of Representatives did not result in a trial at the Senate because Merceditas Gutierrez resigned, thus rendering the issues leading to her impeachment moot.
Curiously, unlike Estrada, none of the issues have led to criminal, civil or administrative charges against her. The Aquino administration, for all its pronouncements about taking the "straight and narrow road" and its insistence on official accountability, has been absolutely silent on why not a single case against Gutierrez has been filed before the appropriate tribunals.
Today, in the aftermath of the protracted melodrama that was the Corona impeachment process, hardly anyone remembers why Estrada was tried in the Senate and why Gutierrez was impeached.
The underlying themes of the Estrada and Gutierrez impeachment processes have been repeated and that is the surest sign that impunity still reigns and closure has not been achieved. "Jose Velarde" would become "Jose Pidal" and the gatekeeper to the Queen's chambers that was Merceditas Gutierrez would be recast in Renato Corona.
Without the closure that comes out of seriously taking stock of the causes that led to the impeachment processes against these public officials and taking the necessary steps to place accountability where they lie, there is no reason to celebrate the supposed maturity of our constitutional processes and no reason to say that impunity has been addressed.
The conviction of Corona and his removal as chief justice must mean something, and that meaning, to me, may be found only if it results in accountability being ensured, faith and confidence in institutional independence being restored, closure on the impeachment issues achieved and impunity addressed.
The grounds that the House Prosecution panel in the Corona impeachment trial alleged in the Articles of Impeachment are cognizable by the courts and quasi-judicial bodies. For the conviction of Corona to mean something, these must be pursued to their logical conclusion and not simply conveniently set aside in the afterglow of an inadvertent victory.
Charge Corona
Closure is a word that President Aquino has frequently mentioned or referred to. The Corona conviction represents a second chance, after the Gutierrez resignation, for the administration to show that it means what is says—that more important than removing the officeholder and replacing him or her with another of their choice is the notion that the impeachment process is not simply an exercise in substitution of faces but a decisive step towards addressing impunity and bringing about closure.
Corona's revelations during the impeachment trial will soon be forgotten in the dizzying aftermath of his removal from office. Even now, focus has already shifted to the search for his replacement; even now, calls have been made not to forget Gloria Arroyo.
After he is discharged from the hospital, Corona will become just a historical footnote—the first Chief Justice to be removed from office through the impeachment process—unless the impeachment process that led to his removal is given true meaning and true closure, and is brought about by decisive steps such as the filing of of appropriate criminal, civil and administrative cases against him.
I have been among those who have insisted that the House should not have railroaded the filing of the impeachment complaint against Corona, not because I did not believe that there are grounds to hold him accountable but because I believe that the impeachment process is but part of a continuum that should address not only accountability but also impunity.
While there is reason to say that the impeachment process was successful because Corona was removed from office, it is no reason to celebrate—not yet.
Triumph is not measured by a conviction and a removal, it is measured by how much truth has been brought to light and how much light has led to revelation and how much revelation has led to actual change. Then, and only then, may we close this book. - Rappler.com
Click the links below for more opinion pieces in Rappler's Thought Leaders:
Choosing a chief justice by Marites Marites Dañguilan-Vitug
It's all over: Anatomy of a checkmate by Dean Tony La Viña
Enrile: 'We must all learn from this episode' by Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile
The myth of the moral man by Patricia Evangelista
More key Rappler stories related to the impeachment case against Chief Justice Renato Corona:
[Short Documentary] Disrobing the Chief Justice: Who is Renato Coronado Corona before he joined the Supreme Court in 2002?
Spotlight on the Senator-judges: Rappler's compilation of the profiles of the senator-judges
LIVE BLOGS: Rappler's blow by blow account of the trial
#CoronaTrial: How the senators voted [with VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS]
Was Corona honest? Check out our interactive map and judge for yourself
A Guide: The charges vs Corona
Making financial sense of Corona's wealth
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For over 3,000 years, acupuncture has been used to treat animals in China. An integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this treatment was derived from human care and adapted for use on animals. In addition to acupuncture, the practice of TCM includes herbal medicine, acupressure and food therapies. To be most effective in pet healing, a practitioner should possess a thorough understanding of TCM theory and application.
This traditional method of treatment recognises the pattern of a disease and the imbalance within the body. The approach to a diagnosis is very different than in Western medicine. Rather than using diagnostic tools and aids, TCM makes use of history and physical examinations that may include touching, taking the pulse, hearing, and tongue assessment in the formulation of a diagnosis and treatment plan. Each plan is unique in that it aggregates the patient's personal physical responses with the doctor's observations.
Traditional Chinese Medicine is used to treat a variety of problems and often as an alternative when the Western approach has not resulted in improvement. Additionally, people often choose to pursue a TCM method for long-term and chronic conditions. It is important to understand that as the diagnosis is as varied and personalised as the presented condition, response to treatment will reflect the unique individual concerned.
Today, acupuncture is widely accepted for both people and animals. Many pet owners turn to this therapy in conjunction with Western methods or as a last resort when other approaches have failed. Acupuncture involves the stimulation of specific points on the meridians of the body which are called 'acupoints' and are located between muscles or muscle groups. Stimulated by needles, lasers, moxibustion (a practice involving the use of mugwort herb) or injections, these acupoints react, accordingly. Through these reactions the veterinary surgeon is able to establish a treatment plan for the animal.
A minimum treatment time is around six to eight weeks at intervals of once a week during that period. The veterinary surgeon assesses the improvements and may revise the schedule to best address the patient's needs. With certain chronic diseases acupuncture can be a lifelong treatment e.g. arthritis. Unfortunately, and as with all forms of treatment, some animals may not respond and other methods may need to be considered.
Essential to recovery is the owner's willingness to bring the pet for the prescribed number of visits. Without this commitment, acupuncture and other TCM treatment courses will not be as effective as they could be for a sick or injured animal.
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Michelangelo Merisi (Michael Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio (Italian pronunciation: [karaˈvaddʒo]; 29 September 1571 in Milan – 18 July? 1610) was an Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1592 (1595?) and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on Baroque painting.
Caravaggio trained as a painter in Milan under Simone Peterzano who had himself trained under Titian. In his twenties Caravaggio moved to Rome where there was a demand for paintings to fill the many huge new churches and palazzos being built at the time. It was also a period when the Church was searching for a stylistic alternative to Mannerism in religious art that was tasked to counter the threat of Protestantism. Caravaggio's innovation was a radical naturalism that combined close physical observation with a dramatic, even theatrical, use of chiaroscuro which came to be known as tenebrism (the shift from light to dark with little intermediate value).
He burst upon the Rome art scene in 1600 with the success of his first public commissions, the Martyrdom of Saint Matthew and Calling of Saint Matthew. Thereafter he never lacked commissions or patrons, yet he handled his success poorly. He was jailed on several occasions, vandalized his own apartment, and ultimately had a death sentence pronounced against him by the Pope after killing a young man, possibly unintentionally, on May 29, 1606.
An early published notice on him, dating from 1604 and describing his lifestyle three years previously, recounts that "after a fortnight's work he will swagger about for a month or two with a sword at his side and a servant following him, from one ball-court to the next, ever ready to engage in a fight or an argument, so that it is most awkward to get along with him." In 1606 he killed a young man in a brawl and fled from Rome with a price on his head. He was involved in a brawl in Malta in 1608, and another in Naples in 1609, possibly a deliberate attempt on his life by unidentified enemies. This encounter left him severely injured. A year later, at the age of 38, he died under mysterious circumstances in Porto Ercole in Tuscany, reportedly from a fever while on his way to Rome to receive a pardon.
Famous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism was profound. It can be seen directly or indirectly in the work of Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and Rembrandt, and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as tenebrists or tenebrosi ("shadowists"). The 20th-century art historian André Berne-Joffroy claimed: "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting."


Google的新年Doodle:GMMXIe,大大的MMX让我想起97年Intel力推的麻麻茶技术MMX.那次是微软和Intel之间的经典较量,最终Intel也不得不屈服于微软,被迫把MMX license给AMD. Intel CEO Grove从那时起才清醒的认识到微软比Intel更有力量,因此从那之后Intel就想法设法削弱微软,比如开始大力支持Linux.
Little's Law: inventory = flow rate x flow time.
Batch production: economies of scale in production (setup costs) vs. inventory costs [EOQ model].
Variability leads to congestion and delay even when have more capacity than average demand.
Queuing models of service systems.
Value of delaying final production decisions by postponement (delayed differentiation) or using reactive capacity.
If can't adjust supply (hotel rooms, airplane seats), adjust demand through revenue management: booking limits on discounted fares, overbooking.
Bottleneck capacity determines system capacity.
Bottleneck may shift… when relieve bottleneck, or when product mix changes.
Failure of one resource threatens overall system.
Power of consistent, self-reinforcing decisions.
Risk in cherry-picking elements of successful operational models without considering interrelationships.
Performance degrades rapidly as utilization approaches 100%.
Performance degrades with increased variability.
Demand uncertainty makes managing supply chains challenging. Information distortion grows as move up supply chain away from end customer [Bullwhip Effect].
Eliminate the variability you can, schedule demand you can control, and accommodate the rest.
Make intelligent gambles using critical-fractile approach.
Powerful "pooling efficiencies" are obtained by taking advantage of "statistical economies of scale".
现在这个春季学期已经过半,在刚刚过去的前半学期(1月19日到3月12日)上了两门必修课,其中一门是宏观经济学,全称是 Macroeconomics in the Global Economy.
Rose 教授来自加拿大(他的个人网页的小图标是枫叶旗,呵呵),1981年在加拿大的 Trinity College, University of Toronto 取得经济学学士,两年后在 Nuffield College, University of Oxford 取得 M.Phil. in Econometrics 学位,之后又过三年,在1986年从 MIT 拿了 Ph.D. in Econometrics 学位,所以是根正苗红的经济学科班出身。1986年PhD之后就来到 Haas 做教授了,所以已经在我们商学院待了 24年了呢,所以也是根正苗红的老 Haas 人了。他现在还兼任 Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (based in Cambridge, MA), and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (based in London, England).
这门课用的课本是大名鼎鼎的哈佛大学经济学教授曼昆(N. Gregory Mankiw)写的 Macroeconomics 7th edition (用旧的第6版或5版也凑乎了)。另外,Prof. Rose 还要求我们经常读 Financial Times 和 The Economist.
我觉得学了这门课之后,貌似最有用的地方是现在看新闻,看到 Expansionary Fiscal Policy(宽松/积极的财政政策), Expansionary Monetary Policy(宽松的货币政策), Central Bank 这样的字眼就敏感多了,也貌似能看懂的多一些了,而且也更有兴趣去看 Financial Times 和 The Economist 了.
1970年 Brandeis University 毕业,本科专业是 Sociology/Psychology.
1979-1982,读完 MBA 大概发现志向在学术界,于是继续在斯坦福读博士,拿了 Stanford 的 PhD in Marketing.
We treat marketing very much from a strategic perspective, not from a functional/department perspective.
的确,他上课的整个思路是 The course treats marketing from a strategic perspective, covering the various functional policy areas of marketing, including product, price, communications and distribution policy.
Most products are just substitute for something else, especially in B2B industry.
Features are from engineering/internal point of views.
Benefits are from customer point of view. Customer only care about benefits, not about features.
Who are customers? What they need?
Who care about cost vs. Who care about quality. So this is the basis to differentiate between them.
Competitors are ones who want your customers.
What are your own strengths and weaknesses?
Objective is profit or market share? Most times those two goals are conflicting, especially in short term. Usually for long run, one objective will be more important than the other.
For profit: profit as the ultimate goal.
Non-profit: want both: break-even (profit is zero, or not loss), and market share.
Every tactic must be consistent with strategy.
What is a channel? A channel is a set of value-added functions/activities to get to/keep customers.
Power issues between you – channel – customers. Power could be shifted to end customers. Channel should work for you! Not you work for channel.
Specialist customers care about how you do it.
Mass customers don't care about how you do it.
In terms of getting attention, think about your advertisement competitors.
然后我感觉最难的是做好 Customer Segmentation,以及针对每个 segment 做 Positioning 和 Value Proposition.
We are living in a time with tremendous uncertainty, turmoil, and fear etc. I found myself over the last couple of years keep telling to my friends, colleagues etc: If you are worrying about the fate of world, just come and sit in my class, and you won't be.
The reason is follows: What I think attracts people to Haas is you have a group of incredibly talented young people who want to change the world, but the same time make money doing it.
LLM Program, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley.
这门课的大纲列了一本推荐的教科书:Principles of Corporate Finance, 9th Edition, by Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers and Franklin Allen, published by Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2008. 这本书的三位作者分别来自 London Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management 和 The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
This is an introductory MBA course in finance. Students learn how to value assets given forecasts of future cash flows. The course also concentrates on the risk characteristics of different asset classes.
The first part of the course focuses on bonds and stocks.
The second part of the course deals with measuring and pricing risk.
The third part of the course introduces students to valuation.
The final part of the course introduces students to derivative instruments.
Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), the Beta.
the Adjusted Presented Value (APV) method and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) method.
Finance is about capital allocation.
Capital is the lifeblood of everything in economics.
Activities and entities that get capital grow, those starved of it die.
他来自印度,1996年之后在 Haas 做教授,现在还兼任 Haas School PhD Program 的 Director.
BS, Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, 1984.
MS, Applied Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1988.
MBA, Accounting, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 1993.
PhD, Business Administration, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 1994.
Beware of companies displaying weak accounting. There is seldom just one cockroach in the kitchen.
Unintelligible footnotes usually indicate untrustworthy management. If you cannot understand a footnote, it is usually because the CEO does not want you to.
Be suspicious of companies that trumpet earnings projections and growth expectations. Business seldom operate in a tranquil, no-surprise environment, and earnings simply do not advance smoothly.
左边第一位 Ted Hoff 是当今每台电脑里面的心脏 CPU 的发明人,他跟我们讲了当年在 Intel 搞第一代CPU 8086/8088的故事,呵呵。中间那位 Maurice Gunderson 则是一位能源行业的大佬,成功创业之后现在是一个VC。听他聊聊他对新能源的看法,还是很有意思的。右边那位 Charles Giancarlo 以前是思科公司的大佬,是通信和网络行业的真正的业内大佬,现在也是一个VC.
其他 MBA 294.x 系列课程类似,都是请各自行业的业内人士来校演讲的 Speaker Series.


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Q: Derivative of $ f(x) = \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^2}e^{-n^2x^2}$ at 0 Let $ f(x) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^2}e^{-n^2x^2}$
I know that the serie of the derivatives $g(x) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} -2xe^{-n^2x^2}$ is uniformely convergent on every set $]-\infty;-b] \cup [b;+\infty[ , b>0 $.
This implies that $f$ is differentiable on $\mathbb{R} \setminus \{0\}$.
My question is, is it differentiable on $0$ ?
I tried to apply L'hopistal rule but I cannot figure out if $g(x)$ has a limit when $x \to 0^+$ or $x \to 0^{-}$.
I also tried to compute the derivative at $0$ but I don't see how to carry the computations.
Many thx for any help

A: The function$$
f(x)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty }\frac{1}{n^{2}}e^{-x^{2}n^{2}}
$$
has a maximum at $x=0$, since $e^{-x^{2}n^{2}}\leq e^{0}=1$, so if $f$ is
differentiable at $x=0$, necessarily, $f^{\prime }(0)=0$. For $m\in \mathbb{N
}$ we have$$
\frac{f(0)-f(\frac{1}{m})}{\frac{1}{m}-0}=m\sum_{n=1}^{\infty }%
\frac{1}{n^{2}}(1-e^{-\frac{n^{2}}{m^{2}}})\geq m\sum_{n=1}^{m}
\frac{1}{n^{2}}(1-e^{-\frac{n^{2}}{m^{2}}})
$$
Consider the function $g(t)=1-e^{-t}-\frac{t}{2}$. Note that $g(0)=0$ and $%
g(1)=\frac{1}{2}-e^{-1}>0$. Moreover, $g^{\prime }(t)=e^{-t}-\frac{1}{2}>0$
for $t<\log 2$. Thus, $g>0$ for $t\in (0,1)$ and so $1-e^{-t}\geq \frac{t}{2}
$ for $t\in \lbrack 0,1]$. Using this inequality with $t=\frac{n^{2}}{m^{2}}
\leq 1$ we get that$$
m\sum_{n=1}^{m}\frac{1}{n^{2}}(1-e^{-\frac{n^{2}}{m^{2}}})\geq
m\sum_{n=1}^{m}\frac{1}{n^{2}}\frac{1}{2}\frac{n^{2}}{m^{2}}=\frac{
1}{2}.
$$
This shows that$$
\frac{f(0)-f(\frac{1}{m})}{\frac{1}{m}-0}\geq \frac{1}{2},
$$
that is $\frac{f(\frac{1}{m})-f(0)}{\frac{1}{m}-0}\leq -\frac{1}{2}$. Hence,
$$\liminf_{x\rightarrow 0^{+}}\frac{f(x)-f(0)}{x-0}\leq -\frac{1}{2},
$$
which implies that $f$ cannot be differentiable at $x=0$.


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Le canzoni di Bilitis (Les Chansons de Bilitis) è una raccolta poetica di Pierre Louÿs, pubblicata nel 1894 e spacciata dall'autore come una sua traduzione dal greco antico di una fantomatica poetessa chiamata Bilitis. Ne è stato tratto un film nel 1976 diretto dal fotografo David Hamilton ed intitolato Bilitis.

Storia
Quando Pierre Louÿs presentò il libro, affermò essere l'opera di una poetessa greca del VI secolo a.C., di nome Bilitis, i cui testi poetici erano stati trovati scritti sulle pareti di una tomba rinvenuta a Cipro. A supporto di ciò, Louÿs aggiunse vari elementi bibliografici e articoli di un fantomatico archeologo tedesco, tal prof. Heim. Questa mistificazione, data anche l'abilità del vero autore di imitare lo stile e i temi della poesia greca, ingannò inizialmente anche parte della critica che attestò l'opera come un originale.

Nel 1898 Claude Debussy musicò per piano e voce femminile tre poesie contenute nelle Chansons: La flûte de Pan, La Chevelure e Le Tombeau des Naïades. Queste composizioni sono raccolte sotto il titolo di Trois Chansons de Bilitis; nel 1900 il musicista realizzò per due flauti, due arpe e celesta, delle musiche di scena, dei Tableaux vivantes, su altre dodici poesie tratte dalle Chansons di Louÿs: Chant pastoral, Les comparaisons, Les contes, Chanson, La partie d'osselets, 'Bilitis, Le tombeau sans nom, Les courtisanes égyptienne, L'eau pure de bassin, La danseuse aux crotales, Le souvenir de Mnasidika e La pluie au matin.

Le Chansons ispirarono anche il nome della prima associazione lesbica statunitense, le Daughters of Bilitis, ovvero le figlie di Bilitis.

Tematiche
I testi delle Chansons vertono essenzialmente sull'argomento dell'amore saffico e dell'erotismo.

L'opera è suddivisa in tre parti, ognuna delle quali descrive una fase della vita di Bilitis.
La prima, bucolica, si riferisce alla vita della poetessa nella nativa Panfilia, all'infanzia, e alle prime esperienze sessuali.

La seconda è elegiaca è incentrata sul soggiorno a Mitilene, ove si indulge nella sensualità omosessuale.

L'ultima parte, epigrammatica, è dedicata alla vita della poetessa a Cipro, nelle vesti di cortigiana.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Opere di Pierre Louÿs
Raccolte poetiche di autori francesi
Letteratura erotica
Falsi letterari
Poesia LGBT

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DIY Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments!
It's very lovely to meet you all, my name is Megan and my lifestyle & craft blog is called Room With a Bloom. I was just so excited when Kat asked me to create a crafty guest post for you all. Her blog is one of my absolute favourites and I was just so thrilled to be able to contribute to it. Of course I don't need to tell you how wonderful her blog is- You're already here!
Today, I wanted to share with you my very quick and easy recipe for salt dough ornaments.
They were so much fun to create and paint. I even think it would be a wonderful holiday activity for the kids too! The best part is that you will most likely have all these ingredients already in the kitchen! Shall we get started?!
½ cup of standard table salt.
Mix all of these ingredients together in a mixing bowl until combined. You may want to add the water gradually as not all of it may be needed. Once combined, sprinkle some flour on your work bench and begin kneading the dough until soft.
Using a rolling pin, roll out your dough to create the thickness of your ornaments- This is completely up to you! My dough was about a centimetre thick.
Use some festive themed cookie cutters to stamp the shapes for your ornaments. I was able to make about 12 ornaments using this quantity of dough. Remember, you can always adapt this recipe to create as many as you'd like! Lay the ornaments on a prepared tray ready for baking.
Don't forget to use a skewer to create the hole so you can hang your creation!
These ornaments will take approximately 3 hours to dry out in the oven at a low temperature. I've read online that alternatively, you could put them in the microwave for 3 minutes on a high setting and achieve the same result. If you try this method, I'd love to hear how it worked out for you!
Once they've fully dried out and have cooled down, it's time to paint them! I've just used basic acrylic paint for these ornaments but you have the creative freedom to do whatever you'd like- Why stop at paint when you can get crafty with glitter or fabric? The options are literally endless!
This was by far my favourite part of the project! Doesn't the little reindeer just look so adorable?!
Once the paint has dried, just thread some ribbon or string through the hole and tie a bow. Now your little handmade creations are ready to be placed on your tree!
I think these little decorations just look so cute! They really were just so easy to create.
Thank you everyone for having a read of my post, it's been so much fun being a part of this gorgeous girl's fantastic blog! If you create these at home, send me your pictures on Twitter- I'd love to see all of your wonderful works of art!
That's it for today! I hope you all have a lovely day and a very merry Christmas!


Before using your new rifle, remove the storage lubricant that is put on each rifle before it leaves the factory.
- Clean excess oil from the bolt and breech area in the action.
- Clean the excess oil from the chamber. Then remove the oil from the bore by pushing a dry patch through the barrel, from the breech end to the muzzle.
- Check the recessed bolt face and locking lugs (marked A) for excess oil. Make sure that all areas (A - C) are lightly lubricated.
- Ensure that the sights are clean and free of debris.
- Check the tightness of the fastening screws 1 and 2 (Fig. 1)with Nr25Torx key included with the rifle .
- To check the fit between the stock and the free floating barrel, a slip of paper roughly 0.5 mm thick should fit easily between the barrel and the stock over the whole length of the barrel.
- Insert the bolt into the receiver and cycle it to confirm that the action is working properly.
- The bolt is released from the rifle by pulling the bolt backwards and simultaneously pressing the bolt release button (D in Fig. 5).
After completing the check-list above, your rifle is now ready for test firing. However, if a telescopic sight is to be used, attach the mounts and scope prior to test firing.
To obtain the best results with yourSAKO, be sure to use only high quality steel bases and rings manufactured to fit Sako dovetail receiver and quality scope. NOTE! If, after reading this manual, you have any questions about the maintenance, operation or use of your rifle, consult your dealer. Before using the firearm, you must thoroughly familiarize yourself with its use and operation, and with safe firearm handling in general.


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ARSENAL stars Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette have been slammed for their first-half performance against Newcastle last week.
Arsenal beat Newcastle 2-1 at St James' Park seven days ago to complete a third Premier League win in a row for Unai Emery.
Strikers Aubameyang and Lacazette started the game together with the former playing from the left flank.
But the visitors disappointed in the first half and Newcastle created the better of the chances.
Liverpool legend Phil Thompson was covering the game for Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday programme.
And a week on from the game, he has hit out at the performance of Aubameyang and Lacazette, as well as midfielder Mesut Ozil.
Thompson says Ozil's body language does not help him at times.
But he claims the two strikers stood out as being particularly poor in the opening 45 minutes.
"It's his languid approach to the game," Thompson said of Ozil.
Aubameyang hit form on Thursday with a brace against Vorskla in the Europa League.
Ozil also scored as a substiute but Lacazette remained on the bench.


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Notre Dame goes up in..
Notre Dame goes up in flames
SEE THE HEARTBREAKING FOOTAGE
FireNotre Dame
A major fire has burned down much of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Two-thirds of the roof of the 850-year-old Medieval landmark has been destroyed.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but it's suggested it could be linked to current renovation work.
Thousands of onlookers watched helplessly from the streets below as the cathedral's steeple toppled.
The moment #NotreDame's spire fell pic.twitter.com/XUcr6Iob0b
— Patrick Galey (@patrickgaley) April 15, 2019
The fire started at around 6:50pm local time.
French firefighters say they have managed to stop the fire from spreading to the northern tower, saving the church from "total destruction".
One firefighter has been seriously injured while working to contain the blaze.
Emergency services have reportedly saved many of the priceless treasures stored inside the church.
French President Emmanuel Macron says he will launch an international fundraising campaign to help rebuild the monument.
Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, Notre Dame is one of the world's most famous tourist attractions.
Historian of Modern France Professor Peter McPhee tells Chris Smith Notre Dame is regarded as the centre of Paris.
"It had its trials and tribulations before but this is certainly the worst of them.
"The authorities in Paris say there's absolutely no trace of anything that they would see as suspicious about this and lets hope that they're right."
Click PLAY to hear the full interview
#NOTRE_DAME stood for 900 years and it took 200 years to build and it is gone in minutes! Sad day for #France and #European heritage. pic.twitter.com/Bebs0ilZhP
— Ambassador Edon Cana (@EdonCana) April 15, 2019
Watching history fade away before their eyes, Parisians sing solemnly as Notre Dame burns.
pic.twitter.com/7aIxJsxVzz
— Anthony (@anthpezz) April 15, 2019
Glimpse inside a burning heart.
Smoke rises in front of the altar cross while the roof of Notre-Dame burns
📷 Philippe Wojazer pic.twitter.com/nFqibFVIWF
— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 16, 2019
I fondly remember standing outside Notre Dame with Jen almost 30 years ago. So sad to see this beautiful cathedral in flames this morning. Our thoughts are with the people of France and emergency services who are fighting this fire. They will rebuild as Parisians always do.
— Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) April 15, 2019
Police drone image shows just how devastating the Notre Dame fire is. pic.twitter.com/CWNRIiGrvy
— Brett Mcleod (@Brett_McLeod) April 15, 2019


Any data communication system is susceptible to errors.
Interference: Unwanted energy enters the system from outside.
Distortion: The shape of the signal is not fully preserved by the system.
Some frequencies may be blocked while others transmitted.
Optical fibers cause waves to disperse.
Attenuation. Energy is lost as the signal travels over distance.
Single-bit error: An isolated bit is inverted.
Often due to short interference events.
Often due to longer-term interference.
Erasure/ambiguity: a portion of the signal is no longer identifiable as one or zero.
Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ): The receiver detects the error and requests a resend.
Forward Error Correction (FEC): The receiver detects and fixes the error.
Detection and correction involve sending extra (redundant) information along with the message contents itself.
The redundant information is computed from the message by the sender, and verified by the receiver.
For detection (ARQ): Send two copies of everything. If they agree, assume the transmission is correct. Otherwise, request re-transmission.
For correction (FEC): Send three copies of everything.
If all agree, no error.
If two out of three agree, assume that version is correct.
If all three differ, either fail for fall back to ARQ.
Practical systems use less redundant information than that simplest form.
Systems assume that transmission works correctly most of the time.
Failure to detect, or faulty correction are always possible, but should be very unlikely.
Block Error Code: Information is divided into blocks. Redundant info is attached to each block, and is a function of it.
If k bits of payload data require r bits of redundancy, the system is an (n,k) encoding scheme, where n=k+r.
Convolutional: Message is treated as a bit stream, and the redundant information at any point is a function of all before. No fixed-size blocks.
Single-bit parity: Simple block error detecting code.
Typically, a block is one byte. Each block is extended by one redundant bit.
For even parity: The number of ones in the nine-bit group should be even; for odd parity, odd.
Sender computes the correct bit, receiver verifies it. Incorrect parity indicates a bit error.
This is a (9,8) coding scheme.
How well can it work?
Obviously, will only catch errors where the number of incorrect bits is odd.
Assume that the probability of a bit error, p is small.
Assume that bit errors are independent (that is, no burst errors).
The probability of an error in exactly one bit (detected) is p(1−p)8.
The probability of an error in exactly two bits (undetected) is p2(1−p)7.
If the assumptions are true, the most-likely detected error is much more likely than the most-likely undetected error. In fact, any error beyond one bit is very unlikely.
The assumptions need not be true.
The Hamming distance between two bit strings is the number of bits which must change to get from one to the other.
For an (n,k) coding scheme, there are 2n possible messages, of which 2k are valid.
The set of valid ones is called the codebook.
A change to an entry in the codebook may produce another codebook entry, or an invalid bit pattern.
Ideally, any change to a codebook entry would produce an invalid one.
For single-bit parity on a byte, change any one bit produces an invalid, two bits produce another codebook entry.
The minimum Hamming distance between any two code entries is denoted dmin. Measure of the scheme's strength.
Errors of more than dmin−1 bits may go undetected.
Row And Column (RAC) parity: Block error correcting.
Arrange the data as a two-dimensional array.
The example at right is a (20,12) scheme which arranges the payload arbitrarily in a 3x4 grid.
The position of a single-bit error can be determined by which row and column shows a parity error.
The error can be corrected by simply inverting the indicated bit.
RAC can correct single-bit errors, and detect (but not correct) any error involving a larger odd number of bits.
It can also detect errors with small even numbers of bits.
Number bit positions in the transmission starting at 1 (instead of zero for once).
Each position indexed by a power of two is a parity bit; other positions are payload data.
Positions which are powers of two contain parity bits.
Other positions contain data bits. A data bit contributes to each parity bit corresponding to the place value of a one in its position number.
The bit in position 13 is included in the parity bits at 8, 4 and 1.
The parity bit in position 1 is computed over all the data bits in odd positions, since they have ones in their ones place.
The parity bit in position four is computed over data positions, 5–7, 12–15, 20–23, etc., up to the maximum number of data positions. These are the locations which have ones in their fours place.
Since data bits are not powers of two, every one is covered by at least two parity bits.
Every parity bit covers a different set of data bits.
For a single-bit error, the receiver simply totals the positions of mismatching parity bits to find the position of of the error bit.
Here is a correct transmission. The parity positions are indicated. If you hover over a parity bit, the figure shows which data bits which it covers. If you hover over a data bit, the figure shows which parity bits cover it.
The parity bits that cover data bit 10 are 2 and 8, so they detect that error, and together identify the incorrect bit.
If the error is a parity bit, it will be the only parity bit showing the error, and will denote itself.
A checksum is a value computed over the message contents. It is appended to the transmission by the sender, and checked by the receiver.
Break the message into 16-bit units; pad at the end with zeros if needed.
Add the 16-bit units. Any carry-out past the 16-bit size is added in as well.
If the result is zero, substitute all ones (65535 decimal).
The sender computes the checksum, and places it in the header.
The receiver verifies it by computing the checksum over both the message and the checksum sent. Zero indicates a correct result.
The sender may send a checksum value of zero to disable the checksum mechanism. The receiver assumes the message is correct.
Cyclic Redundancy Codes: Error detecting.
Like a checksum, a function of the data appended by the sender and checked by the receiver.
Used in high-speed networks, such as Ethernet.
Can operate on variable-length data (as a checksum can).
The computation can be represented in several ways.
The remainder of an odd sort of division, where subtraction is replaced by xor (no borrowing).
The divisor can be "subtracted" when the result has a zero in the high bit.
Divide the message by a some chosen constant.
The division of one polynomial by another.
The coefficients are the bits, so all are 1 or 0.
The example at right (1011 into 1010000) is x3+x+1 divided into x6+x4.
Better generators are those divisible only by themselves and 1.
Generator with more than one non-zero coefficient can detect all single-bit errors.
Shift the message in one bit at a time.
Follow the message with zeros the length of the CRC to compute a new CRC.
Follow the message with a received CRC to test it. Will produce zero if correct.
Shifting and XOR are cheap and fast.
FEC can use methods such as RAC or Hamming codes that allow for correction.
ARQ can use either, but using a correcting code for just ARQ is wasteful. Probably use a detecting scheme like checksum or CRC (or possibly simple parity).
An FEC system can also use ARQ as a backup when there are too many errors to correct.


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Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs ***
Runs: 1hr 50 mins without interval
TICKETS 020 7565 -5000
In person: Mon–Sat, 10am-start of perf or 6pm if no show
On-line: www.royalcourttheatre.co.uk
© Johan Persson, David Morrissey as a sympathetic David, husband to Lesley Sharp's dynamic Sal – a loving couple…
Review: of performance seen July 5, 2019:
Even the best of intentions can sometimes end up messily.
You'd think the combo of Jack Thorne and John Tiffany (Harry Potter and The Cursed Child and before that, Hope, and the brilliant adaptation of the Swedish gothic tale, let the right one in) would be a brilliant reunion.
But in the creative business – as in life – the best plans can go amiss.
And the end of history…despite its promising title – taken from Francis Fukuyama's famous quote marking the end of the Cold War and pessimistically, the end of liberal democracy – proves illusive, well meaning but disappointing, not in the importance of its message but ultimately its structure and credibility.
Heaven knows, Thorne's message is heartfelt and essential enough in today's febrile, Free market atmosphere. Indeed, Thorne's final flourish, the eulogy by David Morrissey's husband to his recently deceased wife, could read as the Royal Court's own manifesto of the views it holds most dear: socialist, activist, generous, altruistic, and international – all the values currently in danger of being swept away.
© Johan Persson, Lesley Sharp in Grace Smart's lovely set, pondering the future and her family…
But well meaning is not always enough in drama. To be persuasive, it requires something else, the X-factor(s) of narrative and character credibility, and dialogue that not only chimes with an audience but provokes and challenges.
Thorne's domestic drama is set in Berkshire's Newbury, home to Sal and David, a middle-class couple with decisively left-wing views and principles.
Indeed, Sal has held the banner for and marched on countless demos, been to Greenham and placed herself in jeopardy on many occasions to the extent of being jailed for her beliefs. Sal and David are even going to go so far as to cut their children out of their Will because they would rather not be a party to `entrenched' wealth – a subject they see as contributing to the country's present and rising inequality.
© Johan Persson, Lesley Sharp as Sal, the mum trying to bring up her children with principles. Family gathering with Laurie Davidson (Tom), daughter in law Harriet (Zoe Boyle), David Morrisey (Dad – David), Kate Flynnn (Polly) and Sam Swainsbury (Carl).
At the heart of the end of history…, then, is engagement with a serious subject: inequality and inherited wealth's contribution to it. But the sting only comes after more than an hour of domestic repartee that aims for wit and demotic colour (including phone porn) but whose dialogue nonetheless often sounds forced or just a tiny bit lame when compared to Russell T Davies's Years and Years.
© Johan Persson, the three off-spring, fighting, competitive…Kate Flynn's spikey lawyer, Polly, Sam Swainsbury's Carl and the youngest, Tom (Laurie Davidson).
the end of history focuses on the same area of family squabbles and relationships as a microcosm of something much larger, the personal and the political. But it fails to hit the same number of bulls-eyes and loses momentum in its time scales name checking Blair, Brown and then suddenly speeding up to the Brexit era.
All the same, Tiffany's spirited production is resonant enough, if melodramatic, in its examination of parenting, sibling rivalry, parental expectation and living out your political principles.
I loved Laurie Davidson's gay, vulnerable Tom, the youngest of the three offspring, always slightly on the defensive. And Sam Swainsbury's Carl, playing second fiddle to his sister, Kate O'Flynn's spikey, acid tongue Oxbridge lawyer, Polly.
© Johan Persson, Laurie Davidson as Tom, the youngest son of Sal and David. A winning performance…
Lesley Sharp's Sal requires a little more weight to convey the firey, irritating, and essentially loving Sal whilst David Morrissey is only called on to add the occasional quizzical aside until his final, moving eulogy which, again, dramatically, feels uncomfortably clunky if emotionally viable.
We seldom understand each other's lives until after their death, a truism particularly in respect of our perception of our parents.
Designer Grace Smart provides a beautiful interior which opens out into a floral conservatory and a house revealing cracks and fissures emblematic for a play offering an epitaph for an era.
World premiere of new play by Jack Thorne
Polly: Kate O'Flynn
Sal: Lesley Sharp
David: David Morrissey
Carl: Sam Swainsbury
Harriet: Zoe Boyle
Tom: Laurie Davidson
Director: John Tiffany
Designer: Grace Smart
Lighting Designer: Jack Knowles
Sound Designer: Tom Gibbons
Movement Director: Steven Hoggett
Casting Director: Amy Ball
Costume Supervisor: Lucy Walshaw
Assistant Director: Meghan Doyle
The Quiet, written, composed, produced, engineered and mixed by Imogen Heap.
First perf of the end of history… at Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London, June 27, 2019. Runs to Aug 20, 2019
Review published on this site, July 5, 2019
This entry was posted in 2019, Reviews and tagged David Morrissey, end of an era, family drama, Francis Fukuyama, inherited wealth, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, Lesley Sharp, living out political principles, personal is political, Royal Court Theatre Downstairs on July 5, 2019 by Carole Woddis.
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One of the most exciting things about being a sewist is hunting down new sewing patterns.
We always used to pick these up for a few dollars at a craft store, but the internet has brought thousands upon thousands of them (including free sewing patterns!) right to our fingerprints.
It's not quite as easy as it should be, however, to find quality sewing patterns online. The process has become difficult in recent years, since Etsy and Pinterest have come along and littered Google searches with advertisement tutorials that are exaggerated, cheat you out of money, and sometimes don't even make sense.
To make sure that you don't waste your time or money, we've rounded up our favorite sewing pattern sites, so that you can leave all that stress behind and get down to what you do best — sewing.
This crafting website has sewing patterns that will satisfy your needs to create pillows, princess dresses, and even American Girl doll outfits.
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The most expensive item available in Simplicity's pattern list is a magazine priced at $28.00 with tons of patterns available inside as well as fashion advice.
Simplicity also offers all the required materials that you'll need to create these beautiful patterns.
Patterns have never been easier to find now that Sewing Patterns is around.
This website offers all kinds of patterns that you can purchase. The best feature, however, is the ability to buy paper instructions or digital downloads of patterns.
Each pattern has been discounted from another retailer offering the same pattern. Sewing Patterns offers almost all – and we mean almost ALL – patterns for $8.99 or lower.
We've been looking at page after page of their thousands of patterns for sale, and every one of them is to die for. There is no doubt that Sewing Patterns will keep you stylish without being too hard on the pockets you just sewed together!
This pattern provider advertises plus-sized, cosplay, and everyday wear patterns right on their front page.
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Whether you're looking for sewing patterns or fashion tips, McCall's have got it all there on their site.
If you're looking for wedding dress sewing patterns, Jaycotts is the place for you.
While their specialty is not focused on wedding dresses, a quick search on the website will give you access to many wedding dress sewing patterns for reasonable prices.
The most expensive pattern that we saw costs $15.75. Imagine spending under $20 on the pattern you used to make your dress for the happiest day of your life!
These patterns offer brilliant, stunning ways to celebrate a wedding. Some even offer bridesmaids' dresses in a bundle. Jaycotts offers many other patterns ranging from children's sizes to plus sizes.
Looking for the ultimate free sewing pattern provider? You've come to the right place!
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So Sew Easy's goal is to make sewing and finding patterns as easy as possible with their categories and search features. If you're in the market for some free sewing patterns, this is the right place for you!
Vintage sewing patterns are all the rage now a days while old fashion choices make a comeback in the 21st century.
Rusty Zipper offers tons of vintage sewing patterns to choose from. They really commit to the vintage looks while their search functions allow you to shop by year.
Rusty Zipper provides anything from shorts to shirts to pants ranging from the 1940's to the 1990's. Not only does this website have a specific style they look at, you have the choice to make vintage men's or women's outfits.
And if you're really lucky, you could find a pattern that will transform you into the flapper that you've always thought you were!
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Whether you're looking for free sewing patterns or cheap ones, this list of resources will allow you to do what you love within your budget while looking absolutely fabulous at the same time.
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1-29 Police blotter
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
About 4 a.m. Jan. 14 an officer responded to a residence in the 3400 block of Gidding Street for a report of a domestic dispute in progress.
A caller told dispatch screaming and banging could be heard coming from the neighbor's residence.
The officer made contact with a 20-year-old woman who had been crying, noting one side of her face was red.
The woman refused to tell the officer what happened but another woman there said she had seen the woman's husband hit her in the face several times and bite her on the back of the neck.
The officer documented the woman's injuries and noted he would seek a warrant to arrest her husband for aggravated battery on a household member.
At an undisclosed time Jan. 15 an officer responded to Sandia Elementary School for a report of child abuse.
A child services worker had the officer speak with a 12-year-old girl .
The girl told the officer her father had been hitting her with an electric extension chord.
The girl said he told her she was too big for him to use a belt because it didn't hurt her as much as the chord.
She said he would hit her when he was mad at his girlfriend or when she got a low grade in school. She said he would check to make sure he left marks and would hit her again if the marks were not good enough.
She said he would call her names and tell her he was not his father and that he only wanted her to clean and take care of her younger siblings.
The officer documented the girl's injuries and noted she looked relieved and smiled when she was told she would be removed from her father's care.
Just before midnight Jan. 16 an officer responded to a residence in the 1600 block of Cameo Street for a report of a domestic dispute.
Dispatch told officers they had an open line from a cell phone and could hear a male and female arguing.
When officers arrived at the residence, they knocked and a woman's voice screamed for help.
Officers began trying to breach the door until the male opened it.
The woman said she and her boyfriend had been at a bar earlier and he started arguing with her because he thought she was looking at other men. Once home he continued, calling her names.
She said he started to push her around and wouldn't let her leave.
She said when she called 911 he grabbed the phone and broke it in half but dispatchers were still able to hear what was happening.
The man was arrested for battery on a household member.
About 5 a.m. Jan. 16 an officer was called to a business in the 3000 block of Prince Street to assist with two males who were refusing to leave.
The officer found the two juveniles walking behind the store and stopped them.
One of the males was found to have an outstanding warrant and was placed in custody but the other boy refused to give the officer his name.
The officer detained the male until he could identify him and noted the male was growing more and more agitated and refused to give his name.
Another officer came and recognized the teen and said he was on probation.
When the officer called juvenile probation officers, he was told to release the youth.
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Five Fun Facts: Silent Night, Deadly Night
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At the time of writing this, Michael Dougherty's Krampus is resting comfortably at the number 2 spot on the box office charts, and I think it's safe to say that nobody expected the film to be such a hit with the masses. It's pretty crazy when you think about it, because it was just 30 …
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There are few things more representative of Halloween than the General Mills monster cereals, which return to supermarket shelves every September and only stick around through the big day. It's their limited nature that makes them so special, though one could argue that the likes of Boo Berry, Franken Berry and Count Chocula would be …
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In our ongoing attempt to offer up as much love to A Nightmare on Elm Street as we possibly can this year here on Halloween Love, in honor of the 30th anniversary of its theatrical release, we now give the film the Five Fun Facts treatment, which will hopefully inform you about a thing or …
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If there ever was a week to reflect on 1979's Alien it's this one, which unfortunately kicked off with the passing of artist H.R. Giger, whose contributions to the film could never possibly be overstated. Today, we continue our week-long tribute to Giger here on Halloween Love by giving Alien the 'Five Fun Facts' treatment, …
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Yesterday, the fine folks over at Scream Factory unveiled the cover art for their upcoming Blu-ray release of 1988's Pumpkinhead, which marks the very first time the late Stan Winston's directorial debut has ever made its way onto the high-def format. Needless to say, it's exciting news for all fans of the film, which is …


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Taming the Telomeres, A Thriller
[2015 Fiction Thriller Gold Award--Readers' Favorite Int'l Book Award Contest]
A survivor. A soulmate. A secret, affecting telomeres--the protective tip of the human chromosome that controls cell life. And death.
High school senior Amanda Michaels suffers amnesia with regard to everything before the jet crash. She loses her parents and her memory in the aftermath, but miraculously survives. While recovering, Amanda strikes up a whirlwind romance with a young hospital volunteer, but only recalls a haunting series of flashbacks of her near death experiences (NDE's). Meanwhile, her uncle, high profile DC trial attorney Andy Michaels represents her and the families of numerous passengers against Hemispheres Airways. Once Amanda learns she may possess biological secrets that competing intelligence agencies will kill for, she has no idea who to trust, unwittingly caught up in a web of biological espionage. The fast paced story moves between Middleburg, Virginia horse farms, Washington, DC, New York city and points between. A series of stunning twists unwind along the path to the unforeseen climax.
R.N. (Rick) Shapiro is an international award winning thriller author, american inventor and practicing trial attorney. "Taming the Telomeres" captured the top, gold award for thriller in the 2015 Readers' Favorite international book award contest, and has medaled in three other int'l book award contests. The novel has been called "A spellbinding page turner." [Challedon Publishing, locate on Amazon]. TTT has been a #1 best selling suspense action thriller on Amazon, and a top five selling novel in the mystery and suspense Amazon best selling categories. Rick is currently working on Targeting the Telomeres, a sequel novel.
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Making Positive I.D. of a Jet Crash Victim
When a positive identification may be required on a relative, we imagine the worst: an untimely death. But there are rare occasions where identification is required on a live person and that's what this chapter deals with. Andy Michaels believes that the lone survivor of the Hemispheres jet crash may be his niece, Amanda Michaels. He appears at the hospital hoping to confirm her I.D.
Positive ID
"My name is Andy Michaels and I'm trying to find out if the jet crash survivor is my niece, Amanda Michaels. Does the Nightingale chopper outside mean the crash survivor is already here?"
The meek reception desk assistant looks up at him with sympathetic eyes.
"One survivor is in triage right now. Please hold on a moment." Once she places the call, she shields the handset partly with her hand and talks in a low whisper Andy can't quite hear. A supervisor walks through a set of swinging doors less than a minute later. The receptionist nods in his direction.
"Hello, my name is Barbara Smithson, and you are…?" Smithson says with her right hand out.
"My name is Andy Michaels. The rescue worker's comments about the necklace and hand charm make me think the survivor is Amanda Michaels, my niece. Can I identify her?"
"The young lady is in surgery now and I don't know exactly what her status is. However, the rescue personnel brought me the necklace for purposes of helping with identification. And we took photos of her. If you can describe your niece to me I will double check immediately."
"Just-above-the-shoulder-length brown hair, 5 foot 5 inches maybe. Petite. But she wore the hamsa necklace that her mother got her back when she had her bat-mitzvah. Do you have the necklace that you can show me?"
"Just to be sure, can I see your identification first please?" After checking his ID, Smithson has Andy follow her into a small conference room. She tells him she will be right back and soon returns with a baggie holding a necklace inside.
"Do you think this is it?" she asks holding the baggie at eye level where he can see it.
"Yes, this looks like what I remember. I just can't be 100 percent sure." The administrator then opens a folder.
"The surgical team took a picture of her before the surgery started because we did not have identification." She flips open the folder and an 8-by-10 black-and-white photo shows a young girl laying on a hospital gurney surrounded by medical equipment with a swollen face, cuts, and bruises.
"Oh my God, that's Amanda! What can you tell me?"
"I can tell you that she's in surgery," the nurse administrator says calmly. "She wasn't conscious when she was rolled in here but she is breathing with assistance. I don't know any more except that we've assembled a team of top trauma specialists and they are in surgery with her right now," she says. Then she presses her speakerphone button and calls for the triage nurse that assisted with transporting Amanda to surgery.
"Sir, do you have any medical history on your relative?"
"Yeah, I have it on my cell phone," Andy says as he begins scrolling on his phone for the text from Angie. "She had a lower back spinal condition called a pars defect and, uh, she was born with something called vWD, a minor blood disorder."
"Oh, vWD, that can be anything from minor to very serious. What do you know about her vWD? The surgery is happening right now," the triage nurse says, appearing somewhat concerned.
"I never heard her parents say it was any big deal, just that she had it." Andy says.
The triage nurse says she will convey the information to the surgeons, and she departs.
"Follow me back to my office and we'll fill out some paperwork."
Andy sees his sister as he follows the administrator back to her office. They rush together.
"Barb, it is Amanda. She's alive and they have her in surgery right now. They showed me a picture," he says excitedly.
"Oh my God!" They both engage in a long hug with no words being exchanged. Finally, Barbara says, "That is so good. Is she doing okay?"
"All I know is she's in surgery and I'm following this nice lady who works here.
"My name is Barbara, Barbara Smithson."
"That's easy, I'm Barbara Simon."
They fill out appropriate papers in Barbara's office, and she shows them to a family waiting area near the emergency room, where they can wait for news from the surgeons. They decide to review a list of family and friends to call. But first, Andy finds Iris outside the emergency room entrance and relates the news. They exchange a hug and he tells her he needs to get back inside to await news from the surgeons. She already has her phone out and is texting.
"What about her condition?" Iris shouts after Andy is almost out of earshot.
"Nothing besides the fact that she wasn't conscious before they wheeled her into surgery."
As Andy approaches the waiting room Barbara asks, "Andy, how are we going to get through this?"
"We don't have any choice. We'll get through it."
A nurse finally enters the family room. "Who is the next of kin of the crash survivor?"
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