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Research on the System Cohesion of Basic Health Care for the Urban and Rural Residents in Hainan Province - Master's thesis - Dissertation Research on the System Cohesion of Basic Health Care for the Urban and Rural Residents in Hainan Province Keywords: The new rural cooperative medical care system the basic medicalinsurance system for urban residents system cohesion The new health care plan established everyone will have access to basic medical andhealth services, to establish the basic medical and health system covering both urban andrural residents, Party’s sixth plenary of sixteen session and will to2020basic to establishthe social security system covering urban and rural residents as an important goal ofbuilding a harmonious socialist society and task clearly put forward the eighteenthcongress as a whole to promote the social security system in urban and rural areas. Asurban and rural integration process accelerated, the acceleration of population structure andthe change of professional identity, the social basic medical insurance system betweenurban and rural occupation and region urgently needs to realize the system integration andpolicy convergence in recent years, the state attaches great importance to the reform ofmedical and health care system, increased public investment in medical and healthundertakings, has accelerated the advancing the new rural cooperative medical care systemand the construction of medical insurance system for urban residents, rapidly expanded thecoverage of medical security system, easing the people see a doctor difficult, expensiveproblemsIn the current system of Health Insurance，which consists of Urban Basic Healthcare for employees， Urban Resident Basic Health Insurance and The New RuralCooperative Medical Care. The system has achieved great achievements in the past severalyears in Hainan Province, however, during the development，some problems also exist. Forexample, the division of System, barriers between town and country, managing separation,decentralization of resource. These problems influence the society fair and the economicdevelopment. Now with the rapid development of Hainan International Tourism Island, ithas the conditions to carry out basic health care system cohesion. Also, Hainan Provincehas the ability to establish a unified basic health care system, which reflects the fairnessand indemnificatory of the basic Medical Insurance well，furthermore, it could improve theharmonious development of Urban and rural Medical security system integrating. For this reason, under the background of each basic medical insurance systemachieving full coverage in rural and urban areas, this paper tentatively makes an overallstrategic thinking on building the interface model between the new rural cooperativemedical care system and the basic medical insurance system for urban residents in China.The features and possible innovations of the paper：the topic is combined with livelihoodof Hainan closely, has undertaken extensive field surveys；Study the development of basicmedical insurance for urban residents by the method of comparative analysis from variousangles,simultaneously, the paper focus on the application and operability ofcountermeasures．First, Using the hierarchy of needs, welfare economics theory and urban and rural dualstructure theory and the theory of social justice provide necessary theoretical support forthe system of cohesion; Residents in hainan province new farming and health care systemdesign and operation state of comparison, analysis of both the homogeneity and differenceof construction, points out the two problems of running, to explore new farmers andresidents health care model from the system of internal cohesion provides the basis.Second, Further comprehensive analysis from the perspective of social environment,the new farmers and the necessity of linking to the residents’ health, comprehensiveanalyses the feasibility of the new farmers and residents health cohesion of hainanprovince, on the basis of judging from the current of hainan province began to build thenew farmers and the reality of cohesive mechanism residents health condition has beenbasically mature. Set up covering the breakthrough point, based on the basic research ofbasic principles, the core content, realization of new farmers in the basic framework oflinking to the residents’ health care. By using fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method toinvestigate the satisfaction degree of the residents to participate in social medical insurancewere analyzed, and the degree understand its policy response, combined with thecharacteristics of the system, establish a mathematical model of quantitative cohesivestrategy from three aspects, thus for dynamic adjustment and reform on the implementationof the system of perfect to provide theoretical reference and countermeasures.Through consulting and analyzing related literature, as well as historical data searchingand sorting, combining the field investigation and research of the specific conditions of thebasic medical insurance of hainan province, through the questionnaire survey, experts andgovernment management department for urban and rural residents to visit, the analysis ofthe current system of evaluation and the actual effect of the implementation of the views, the mathematical model is used to establish correlation index analysis of the influencingfactors, and connecting with the urban and rural residents of hainan province to thesatisfaction of basic medical insurance system integration model results, find out are keyfactors in the system, and evaluate the effect of the current system, find out the problem inthe system implementation process and the insufficiency, and further for the urban andrural residents basic medical insurance system of the cohesion of hainan province toprovide theoretical basis and the countermeasures and suggestions Yongchun town hospitals in the new rural cooperative medical system of doctor-patient relationship,R197.1 Commercial Insurers to Participate in the Path Analysis of the Construction of the Rural Medical Security System,F323.89 Study on the New Rural Cooperative Medical Care System of Linfen City from the Perspective of Fairness,F323.89 A Study on System and Operation of New Rural Cooperative Medical System in Linfen City of Shanxi,F323.89 Study on the Interface between the New-type Rural Cooperative Medical System and the Basic Medical Insurance System for Urban Residents,C913.7 Distance from Ensenada to Huntington Beach is 238 kilometers. 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Thus, the objectives of this study were to determine the extent to which dual VHA-PHIP enrollees obtain medications through VHA and non-VHA pharmacies and to characterize medications obtained through non-VHA pharmacies. This observational study used merged administrative data from VHA and a predominant regional PHIP to select veterans < 65 years of age, residing in two Midwestern US states, and simultaneously enrolled in both VHA and the PHIP during fiscal years (FY) 2001–2010. Primary outcome measures included counts of prescriptions dispensed from VHA and non-VHA pharmacies, and frequencies of medications dispensed by non-VHA pharmacies based on PHIP claims. Of 5783 veterans who filled ≥ 1 prescription in FY10, 2935 (50.8 %) used non-VHA pharmacies exclusively, 1165 (20.2 %) used VHA pharmacies exclusively and 1683 (29.1 %) were dual users. Health services utilization was higher for dual users compared to exclusive users of either VHA or non-VHA pharmacies across multiple measures, including total prescriptions, outpatient encounters, and inpatient admissions. The most common medications dispensed by non-VHA pharmacies, by proportion of veterans treated, were hydrocodone (20.9 %), amoxicillin (18.5 %), simvastatin (17.5 %), azithromycin (17.4 %), and lisinopril (15.1 %). Antidepressants comprised 3 of 10 most common medications dispensed by VHA, but none of the most common medications dispensed to exclusive non-VHA pharmacy users. Our findings align with VHA-Medicare dual enrolled veterans where only a minority of veterans used VHA services exclusively. Younger veterans relied disproportionately on VHA for mental health medications. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest nationally integrated healthcare system in the United States, operating 168 medical centers and more than 1000 community based outpatient clinics. However, many veterans seek care outside the VHA system, particularly when they are also covered by state or federal programs such as Medicare or Medicaid, or have access to private health insurance, often through employment. Concerted efforts have been made to facilitate communication and coordinate care between VHA and private sector healthcare, but concurrent use of these systems adds to an already fragmented U.S health care system. The use of private sector healthcare services by veterans dual enrolled in Medicare and VHA has been well characterized in older adults [1–4]. Of dual enrolled elderly veterans who used outpatient healthcare services in 1999, 18 % were VHA only users, 36 % were Medicare only users, and the remaining 46 % were dual users of both VHA and private sector services [1]. A more recent report examining both inpatient and outpatient services during 2004–2009 for veterans dual enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan found that 10 % of patients used VHA exclusively, 35 % used the Medicare plan exclusively, 50 % used both systems, and the remaining 4 % did not use services in either system [4]. In addition to potential inefficiencies and unnecessary duplication of services [4], a chief concern is that dual use may increase risk for adverse events arising from lack of coordination between systems, though studies supporting this hypothesis are inconclusive [5, 6]. While on-going examination of VHA-Medicare dual use in older adult veterans is warranted, virtually no data exist regarding younger veterans enrolled in a private health insurance plan (PHIP). The influx of younger veterans returning from service in Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) makes this issue increasingly relevant, as most of these individuals will qualify for VHA enrollment, and many will concurrently have access to a PHIP through employment or purchased through Affordable Care Act exchanges. A large survey of veterans conducted in 1999 found that 32.7 % of VHA enrollees less than 65 years of age had private insurance without Medicare [3]. Of these, 16.8 % were VHA only users, 35.0 % used non-VHA services exclusively, 39.9 % were dual users, and the remaining 8.3 % used no services. Unfortunately, more recent data are unavailable and a more detailed characterization of the type of services used is also lacking. For example, in the Medicare aged population, the proportion of VHA patients who used Medicare-reimbursed services was approximately 30 % for primary care, exceeded 60 % for specialty services, but was only 3–4 % for mental health care [2]. One such service domain of particular salience is dual pharmacy use across systems, where lack of appropriate care coordination could lead to dangerous drug-drug interactions, as well as unnecessary duplication or gaps in therapeutic monitoring. One survey conducted among veterans age ≥ 65 years and engaged in care at a single VHA site in 2008 found that 44.3 % used only VHA pharmacies, and the remaining 55.7 % had some degree of non-VHA pharmacy use [7]. In this sample, 21.2 % of veterans had medication coverage through Medicare Part D, and a further 39.7 % of veterans had private insurance not obtained through Medicare Part D. Unsurprisingly, veterans with non-VHA drug benefits were significantly more likely to use non-VHA pharmacies. However, 43.8 % of veterans without any form of non-VHA drug coverage still reported some pharmacy use outside the VHA system. Unfortunately, no data are available concerning dual pharmacy use among younger veterans, pharmacy use among VHA enrolled veterans engaged exclusively in non-VHA care, or specific information about the most commonly filled medications outside VHA by dual users. In order to address some of these important knowledge gaps, we acquired claims data from a predominant regional PHIP to combine service utilization data across both systems. Our study is the first to focus on pre-Medicare age veterans and examine how dually enrolled VHA-PHIP beneficiaries use VHA and non-VHA services. The specific objectives of this report are to determine the extent to which dual enrollees < 65 years obtain medications through VHA and non-VHA pharmacies, contrast patient characteristics among primary VHA pharmacy users, non-VHA pharmacy users, and dual users, and to characterize the most common medications obtained through non-VHA pharmacies. Patients included all veterans under age 65 who resided in two Midwestern states and were simultaneously enrolled in both VHA and our partnered PHIP for at least one full fiscal year between October 1, 2000 and September 30, 2010. The current analysis focused on veterans who were dual enrolled during the most recent year (FY10). We also conducted some analyses among dual enrollees during FY02, the earliest year where pharmacy refill data was available, to examine potential changes in dual system pharmacy use over the study timeframe. The PHIP agreement stipulated that we could only link their claim-level data to aggregated, patient-level VHA data. Therefore, summary variables of VHA utilization were extracted by Veterans Affairs (VA) National Data Systems (NDS) for each fiscal year of enrollment and linked to person-level PHIP membership data extract. VHA summary variables included annual counts of: 1) inpatient medical admissions, 2) outpatient medical visits, 3) inpatient mental health admissions, 4) outpatient mental health visits, and 5) dispensed prescription medications. These variables were derived from the Medical SAS Outpatient Data and the Acute Care Medical SAS Inpatient Data constructed from the National Patient Care Database (NPCD), and the Decision Support System (DSS) Pharmacy Data. Comparable summary variables were created at the patient-level using claim-level PHIP data to measure private sector service utilization. Since VHA can bill PHIPs for services provided to veterans for non-service connected conditions, we identified all PHIP claims originating from VHA facilities based on their federal tax identification numbers, and these events were omitted from the PHIP utilization variables. Service connection is a proportion ranging from 0 to 100 % that is assigned by the U.S. Department of Affairs to individual veterans though a benefits review process and denotes the extent to which a veteran’s injury or disease is linked to their military service. Veterans with greater levels of service connection generally have lower out-of-pocket costs, such as reduced or eliminated copays for medications, which may impact their decision whether to use VHA versus non-VHA care. Patients were classified into pharmacy user status groups: exclusive VHA users, exclusive non-VHA users, or dual users. Individual prescription medications dispensed by non-VHA pharmacies were identified in PHIP claims using a text field containing the drug name. Medication frequencies included all single agent and combination products that contained that ingredient, identified using both brand and generic drug names. For example, the frequency of lisinopril use included all single agent drug products and combination products (e.g. lisinopril/hydrochlorothiazide combination products) and included all brand name versions of these products. Since we were restricted to patient-level aggregate VHA data, we could not identify individual medications dispensed by VHA to patients in our cohort. In order to provide a point of reference for interpreting the frequencies of common medications dispensed by non-VHA pharmacies, we created a proxy using the most common prescription medications dispensed to all VHA patients age 18–64 years receiving care at the 4 VHA medical centers with geographic boundaries overlapping the PHIP coverage area. These analyses used prescription data from the VA Decision Support System National Data Extract SAS Pharmacy datasets. Differences in patient characteristics and health service utilization variables were compared across patient groups using chi-squared tests for categorical variables and analysis of variance for discrete variables. The equivalent nonparametric Wilcoxon rank sum test was substituted for variables that were not normally distributed. All statistical tests were conducted using SAS version 9.3 (Cary, NC) and were two-sided with a significance threshold of α = .05. In FY02, 4022 non-elderly veterans were simultaneously enrolled in both VHA and the PHIP, which increased to 7087 veterans in FY10. Of the FY02 cohort, 1117 (27.8 %) patients were also dual enrolled in FY10. The mean age of dual eligible veterans increased from 51.2 to 52.4 years during this time period (Table 1). The distribution of age was highly skewed, where only 8.3 % of patients were < 35 years in FY02, and 40.8 % were 55–64 years. The over 55 age group increased to nearly 60 % of the sample by FY10. The majority of patients were male, though the proportion of women grew from 3.6 to 5.6 % during the observation period. The proportion of rural veterans decreased from 67.2 to 59.5 %. Of the 7087 dual enrolled veterans in FY10, 5783 (81.6 %) filled at least one prescription. Of these, approximately half (N = 2935, 50.8 %) used non-VHA pharmacies exclusively, 20.2 % (N = 1165) used VHA pharmacies exclusively, and the remaining 29.1 % (N = 1683) had some degree of dual use between VHA and non-VHA pharmacies (Fig. 1). This distribution remained stable across individual years from FY02 through FY10, where the proportion of VHA only users varied from 18.6 to 22.1 % and non-VHA only users varied from 48.4 to 51.9 %. Proportion of Prescriptions Filled by Non-VHA Pharmacies in Non-Elderly, Dual-Eligible Veterans, 2010 (N = 5783) Demographic characteristics and health service utilization were contrasted across FY10 pharmacy user status groups (Table 2). The proportion of women was highest among non-VHA only users (6.9 %) and lowest among VHA only users (3.4 %). The proportion of rural veterans was highest among dual users (64.2 %), compared to rates of 58.3 and 60.7 % for exclusive non-VHA and exclusive VHA users, respectively. The level of service connection was similar between VHA only and dual users, but significantly lower among non-VHA only pharmacy users. Overall health service utilization, which included both non-VHA care reimbursed by the PHIP and VHA care, was highest among dual users, including the number prescription fills, number of outpatient visits, and the proportion of patients who had an inpatient hospitalization. Dual users also had the highest mean number of outpatient mental health visits and the greatest proportion of patients with an inpatient mental health admission. The medications most frequently dispensed by non-VHA pharmacies to dual enrolled veterans are listed in Table 3. Hydrocodone (with or without combined acetaminophen) was the most commonly filled medication and dispensed to 963 (20.9 %) unique patients. Five of the most common medications were antibiotics, including amoxicillin and azithromycin in the top 5, followed by cephalexin, ciprofloxacin, and levofloxacin. Several chronic medications for cardiovascular-related diseases were also present, including simvastatin and lisinopril in the top 5, as well as metoprolol, hydrochlorothiazide, metformin, and atorvastatin. The frequency of these non-VHA dispensed medications was further contrasted between dual pharmacy users and exclusive non-VHA pharmacy users. The consistent trend across medications was that frequencies for medications commonly taken on an acute basis did not differ between groups, whereas the frequency of chronic medications was significantly lower among dual users. For example, hydrocodone was dispensed to 963 (20.9 %) dual users and to 616 (21.0 %) non-VHA only users, which was not significantly different (X2 = .09; DF = 1; p = .766). In contrast, simvastatin was dispensed by non-VHA pharmacies to 180 (10.7 %) dual users versus 629 (21.4 %) non-VHA only users (X2 = 85; DF = 1; p < .001). aIncludes all single agent and combination products that contain the ingredient medication (e.g. lisinopril includes combination formulations with other active ingredients such as hydrochlorothiazide; amoxicillin includes amoxicillin plus clavulanate combination products). Cell counts represent the number of unique patients who received each medication during FY10 bStatistically significant difference based on Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons (α = 0.0033) The frequency of the most common medications dispensed by VHA (i.e. the 4 VHA medical centers with geographic boundaries that overlapped the PHIP coverage areas) was contrasted with the most common medications dispensed to dual enrolled veterans who used non-VHA pharmacies exclusively (Table 4). Use of common chronic medications including lisinopril, metoprolol, metformin, and hydrochlorothiazide, was generally consistent between VHA patients and non-VHA pharmacy users in the older age group (45–64 years). Simvastatin use was more common in VHA, but comparable to the combined use of simvastatin plus atorvastatin use in the dual enrolled, non-VHA pharmacy user group. In contrast, important differences were observed in the younger age group (18–44 years), particularly related to psychotropic medication. The 10 most frequent medications in VHA included two antidepressants (citalopram and bupropion), one hypnotic (zolpidem), and one antidepressant used almost exclusively as a hypnotic (trazodone). No antidepressants appeared in the top 10 medications for the non-VHA pharmacy group. Most common medications dispensed in VHA contrasted with dual enrolled exclusive non-VHA pharmacy users, 2010 aThe VHA system included all patients receiving care at the 4 VHA medical centers with geographic borders that overlapped with the coverage area of the private health insurance plan. Cell counts represent the number of unique patients who received each medication during FY10 Our primary objective was to determine the extent to which younger, dual VHA-PHIP enrolled veterans obtained medications from VHA versus non-VHA pharmacies. We found that in FY10, approximately half (50.8 %) used non-VHA pharmacies exclusively, only 20.2 % used VHA pharmacies exclusively, and the remaining 29 % used both. This finding is similar to older, VHA-Medicare dual enrolled veterans, where 20 % or less of this population used VHA services exclusively [1, 4]. However, exclusive non-VHA pharmacy use was more common in our sample of younger PHIP enrolled veterans (50.8 %), compared to approximately 35 % in previous reports involving the older, Medicare enrolled veteran population [1, 4]. While the number of dual enrolled veterans increased, the distribution of VHA versus PHIP use was stable over the span of our observation period, which extended from FY02 to FY10. While not a focus of the current research, we hypothesize that the increase in dual enrollees resulted from increasing numbers of working age veterans enrolling in VA over the study period, and that use of VA health care has increased across all ages since 2005. Furthermore, the proportion of veterans under 35 years of age who are VA patients increased 3-fold during this period [8]. This growth has been attributed to increased outreach efforts by the VA, expanding lists of conditions that qualify for VA coverage, and a streamlined enrollment process [8]. Several differences in patient characteristics were observed across pharmacy user groups. Compared to the other two groups, exclusive non-VHA pharmacy users were disproportionately women and had lower rates of service connection. Dual users differed from both VHA and non-VHA exclusive users in having a higher proportion of rural residents and greater total service utilization across all domains, including inpatient hospitalizations, outpatient visits, and prescription fills. These patterns are generally consistent with previous reports involving dual VHA-Medicare users [1, 3, 9, 10]. VHA has made strides to address many of these issues, particularly in expanding women’s health services to meet the growing population of women veterans and in creating the VA Office of Rural Health in 2007 to expand access for rural veterans using telehealth and other innovative approaches to healthcare delivery. Future studies will be needed to determine the success of these initiatives in ensuring that all eligible veterans who want to receive their healthcare from VHA are able to access these services. Our analysis further examined the specific medications most commonly dispensed to dual VHA-PHIP enrolled veterans in non-VHA pharmacies. The most common medications included treatments for both chronic diseases such as hyperlipidemia (simvastatin, atorvastatin), diabetes (metformin), and hypertension (lisinopril, metoprolol, hydrochlorothiazide), as well as acute indications such as infectious diseases (amoxicillin, azithromycin, cephalexin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin) and pain (hydrocodone). Among medications dispensed by non-VHA pharmacies, dual users and exclusive non-VHA pharmacy users had similar rates for acute medications, but dual users had significantly lower rates for chronic medications. This pattern suggests that both patient groups seek care outside VHA for acute conditions such as pain or infection at approximately equal rates. In contrast, dual users may be less likely to have chronic medications filled by non-VHA pharmacies because they are being filled and managed within VHA. Unfortunately, we could not test this assumption directly because we did not know which specific drugs were dispensed by VHA pharmacies, only the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Despite this important limitation, our findings suggest that dual users seek care across systems in a rational manner, selectively using VHA for the management of chronic disease states, but preferring more accessible non-VHA services for acute conditions. In order to indirectly address the lack of drug specific information for prescriptions dispensed by VHA pharmacies to patients in our sample, we identified the most common medications dispensed to all veterans across the four VHA facilities that overlapped geographically with the PHIP catchment area as a proxy. The drugs most commonly prescribed to PHIP enrolled veterans who were exclusive users of non-VHA pharmacies was very similar to the VHA system as a whole for patients in the 45–64 year age range. Rates of use were nearly identical between systems for medications used to treat chronic diseases, including statins (simvastatin and atorvastatin), lisinopril, metoprolol, and others. These patterns suggest not only similar frequencies of common chronic diseases between VHA users and non-users in this age range, but also very similar provider choices regarding specific medications. However, prescribing patterns were substantially different for patients under 45 years. The antidepressants citalopram (15.0 %) and bupropion (11.2 %) were among the most common drugs in this age group in VHA. The antidepressant trazodone was also common (10.5 %), though this medication is used almost exclusively for insomnia. In contrast, the most common drugs dispensed to non-VHA pharmacy users did not include any antidepressants. This discrepancy has several potential explanations. First, prior reports have documented that veterans selectively seek mental health services from VHA [2]. This may be partly explained by individuals with major mental disorders having less access to employer-based PHIPs, or fewer mental health benefits offered by their PHIP than available through VHA. Alternatively, it is possible that PHIP patients more often choose non-drug treatments such as psychotherapy. Finally, rates of mental disorders may be similar across settings but the private sector is less adept than VHA in recognizing and screening their veteran patients for posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, suicidal ideation, and other related mental health issues. This study is subject to several important limitations. First, we only had a count of prescriptions dispensed by VHA to our dual enrolled PHIP veterans but did not know specifically which medications were dispensed. We were thus unable to examine some important questions regarding dual VHA-PHIP pharmacy use, such as whether unsafe or duplicative medications were dispensed across systems to an individual patient. A further limitation was that we could only examine dual use in one regional Midwest PHIP. We did not have access to data from other PHIPs in the same region or information about out-of-pocket pharmacy purchases, and thus the actual rate of exclusive VHA pharmacy use may be even lower than our estimate of 20.2 %. Importantly, our PHIP accounts for 50–75 % of market share across the two states included in our study. We also do not know whether our findings can be generalized to other regions of the country, where factors such as regional differences in available PHIP benefits and VHA access could impact how dual enrolled veterans selectively use VHA versus non-VHA services. It is also unclear what impact recent legislation, such as the Affordable Care Act and the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, may have on how dual enrolled patients seek services across systems. Our findings have important implications for various stakeholders. It is critical for national healthcare policy to understand how patients selectively interact with VHA and the private sector as beneficiaries of Medicare, Medicaid, PHIPs, and other payers. The consistency of our findings with prior studies of Medicare dual users suggests that patterns of dual use may be well-established prior to reaching Medicare eligibility. It is likely that PHIP enrolled veterans selectively use private sector services and then maintain this pattern as they transition to Medicare. Policy-makers and organizations specifically concerned with ensuring healthcare access among individuals with mental health disorders should recognize the key role that VHA plays for veterans with these illnesses. Our findings are relevant to VHA clinicians who face co-management across VHA and the private sector, and specifically with knowing common drugs their patients may be receiving from non-VHA sources and not necessarily well-documented in the VHA medical record. Our findings should also be of interest to investigators conducting research using VHA administrative data to understand what drug exposures are most likely to be missing from VHA data in pre-Medicare aged veterans and the potential impact on their findings. For example, studies concerned with identifying outpatient medication use for acute conditions such as pain or infection may be substantially biased since dual enrolled PHIP users frequently get these medications filled outside VHA. Our findings highlight the need for further research examining the potential risks, as well as potential benefits, of dual VHA and private sector healthcare use among younger veterans. This study was supported by the Health Services Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (IIR 11-319-2, CDA 10-017 and CIN 13-412). The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are not publicly available due to contractual agreement with the cooperating private health insurance plan but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. All authors have: (1) made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data (BCL, MEC, ANW); (2) been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content (BCL, MEC, ANW); (3) given final approval of the version to be published and participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content (BCL, MEC, ANW); and (4) agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved (BCL, MEC, ANW). All authors read and approved the final manuscript. The study was approved with a waiver of consent by the University of Iowa Institutional Review Board and the Iowa City VA Research and Development Committee. Multidrug-resistant and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) represent an important challenge for global tuberculosis (TB) control. The high rates of MDR/RR-TB observed among re-treatment cases can arise from diverse pathways: de novo amplification during initial treatment, inappropriate treatment of undiagnosed MDR/RR-TB, relapse despite appropriate treatment, or reinfection with MDR/RR-TB. Mathematical modelling allows quantification of the contribution made by these pathways in different settings. This information provides valuable insights for TB policy-makers, allowing better contextualised solutions. However, mathematical modelling outputs need to consider local data and be easily accessible to decision makers in order to improve their usefulness. We present a user-friendly web-based modelling interface, which can be used by people without technical knowledge. Users can input their own parameter values and produce estimates for their specific setting. This innovative tool provides easy access to mathematical modelling outputs that are highly relevant to national TB control programs. In future, the same approach could be applied to a variety of modelling applications, enhancing local decision making. Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a threat to TB control and a barrier to disease elimination. TB treatment is complicated by resistance to rifampicin and/or isoniazid, the two most active first-line TB drugs. At the global level, 3.9% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.7–5.1%) of all new TB cases are multidrug-resistant (defined as resistant to at least rifampicin and isoniazid) or rifampicin-resistant (MDR/RR-TB). However, the proportion of MDR/RR-TB globally is even higher among re-treatment cases, reaching 21% (95% CI: 15–28%) according to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) [1]. Mathematical modelling suggests that MDR-TB strains could become dominant over the drug-susceptible (DS) ones in the coming decades [2], threatening the success of WHO’s End TB Strategy and targets for TB elimination. A more comprehensive understanding of the different mechanisms leading to MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment is important to provide enhanced insight into the local determinants of drug-resistant TB emergence and to support the development of better contextualised solutions. The higher proportion of MDR/RR-TB in re-treatment cases compared to new cases has long been attributed to resistance amplification due to poor treatment adherence, focusing the response to emergent drug-resistant TB on better treatment supervision of patients treated with first-line therapy [3, 4]. Among re-treated cases, finding of MDR/RR-TB rarely triggers consideration of pathways that involve primary transmission of drug-resistant strains, i.e. involving infection with an already drug-resistant pathogen. However, three different causal pathways to MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment can be identified that do not involve resistance amplification and are therefore illustrations of primary transmission. First, the low rate of drug susceptibility testing among new TB cases results in a large proportion of initially drug-resistant cases being treated with inappropriate regimens, leading to treatment failure or disease relapse and re-presentation as a “re-treatment case” [1]. In addition, among new cases correctly diagnosed with MDR/RR-TB, treatment outcomes are often unfavourable, making resistant cases more likely to present for re-treatment. Finally, reinfection with a drug-resistant strain may also contribute to the burden of MDR/RR-TB seen at re-treatment, especially in settings where TB transmission is poorly controlled. We developed a modelling approach to quantify the likely proportions of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment attributed to the different causal pathways specified [5]. Findings highlighted the failure to identify drug resistance at first presentation as a leading source of MDR/RR-TB among re-treatment cases at the global level. However, when applying our model to different regions and countries, we demonstrated substantial variability in the respective contributions of the various sources at the national and local levels. This finding highlights the need for better contextualised solutions that utilise local data to guide local TB control priorities and interventions. While our previous study provided estimates at the national level for more than 100 countries, detailed assessment of the dominant drug resistance pathways in specific settings would assist local control efforts. Strong spatial heterogeneity in the burden of MDR/RR-TB has been identified in several countries [6–9], with demonstration that transmission can reach extreme intensities in small localities [10], emphasising the need for better contextualised solutions. In such settings, refined estimates incorporating local information would be invaluable in producing realistic and actionable model outputs. Estimates reported in our previous study only provided insight relevant to 2015 data, as reported in the 2016 WHO Global Tuberculosis Report [1]. However, this fails to take account of the changing aspects of the TB epidemic and the need for real-time decision making in order to optimize programmatic responses. Allowing real-time assessment of likely MDR/RR-TB pathways will provide updated estimates as routine data are gathered and refreshed over time. In addition, policy makers may wish to test alternate assumptions or to use parameter values that they believe more appropriate. Such continuity and flexibility cannot be provided by occasional external expert support or traditional research project-based approaches, and thus represent a major barrier to the effective use of mathematical modelling for everyday policy guidance. To overcome this limitation, present in most modelling outputs reported to date, we developed a user-friendly interface for real-time analysis of local data using our recently published model of MDR/RR-TB pathways [5]. In the current paper we introduce a web-based interactive tool to quantify the likely contribution of different MDR/RR-TB pathways among re-treatment cases, accommodating localised parameterisation via a user-friendly interface. The user interface is available online at www.tb-modelling.com/mdr_tb_at_retreatment. Its main objective is to quantify the proportions of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment attributed to four principle causal pathways: I) initial drug-susceptible TB with resistance amplification during treatment; II) initial MDR/RR-TB inappropriately treated as drug-susceptible TB; III) MDR/RR-TB relapse despite appropriate treatment; and IV) re-infection with MDR/RR-TB. The model employed to estimate these contributions was described in detail in our previous publication [5]. The online tool allows users to produce estimates by using the model in combination with their own inputs. The associated model outputs are produced in real time and exporting features allow the user to download personalised reports in a PDF format. Figure 1 summarises the general principle and the different functionalities of the platform. Javascript language was used to build the interactive platform as we needed immediate responsiveness to produce model outputs instantaneously when users specify new inputs. Thus, the webpage is only loaded once from the remote server and calculations are then performed on the user’s device in real time when parameter values are changed. We used Chart, jVectorMap and jsPDF libraries to generate the charts, maps and exporting functionalities, respectively. The user must specify the area (WHO region or country) to which the model will apply. This process allows preselected parameter sets to be generated based on local WHO data. While these default values correspond to the ones that were used in the initial study [5], they can here be adjusted using a set of slider bars. Parameters are classified into two main categories: ‘area-specific’ and ‘global’, with only parameters of the first category updated when a new area is selected. Compatibility tests on parameter values are run in the background to ensure that the parameterisation remains realistic. For example, if the user selected a treatment success rate for DS-TB of 80%, a ceiling is set for the death proportion during treatment for DS-TB at 20%. The Model Outputs panel consists of two charts that are automatically updated when any of the parameter values is modified. First, a doughnut chart represents the proportions of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment attributed to the four principle causal pathways I-IV. Second, a bar chart displays the proportion of MDR/RR-TB among all re-treatment TB cases. A comparison between the model output and the WHO estimate regarding this proportion is also presented on the second chart when relevant data are available from WHO for the selected area. Quantitative estimates are displayed when the user moves the pointer over the different shares of the two charts. Figure 2 presents a screen capture of the interface containing the Inputs and Model Outputs panels for an example model estimation. Exporting functionalities are available allowing the users to download PDF documents incorporating the model outputs associated with their own parameterisation. Two different types of report can be produced: one including the charts as displayed in the Model Outputs panel and one containing the selected map. The values of the parameters that are defined by the user also appear in the generated documents. We introduce a user-friendly online tool capable of quantifying the proportions of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment attributed to different causal pathways. This interface will help policy-makers to better identify the pathways to drug resistance and to design tailored programs to fight drug-resistant TB. While the higher rates of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment by comparison to new cases have long been recognised and reported by WHO, the pathways leading to such gaps and their implications for effective local control strategies have remained unexplored for too long. Our findings suggest that primary transmission of drug-resistant strains is the predominant pathway in most settings. This challenges the old dogma that drug resistance amplification as a result of poor quality or adherence to treatment was the main explanation for the high rates of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment. It highlights the need to refocus TB control interventions towards solutions that are specific to the drivers of MDR/RR-TB in a particular location. The modelling interface presented in this report will enhance the applicability of this finding and we believe that it provides an important “proof of principle” of how modelling approaches can be adapted to provide a user-friendly interface for assisting local decision making. In this instance it could assist countries to estimate the contribution of different pathways to the generation of drug resistant TB cases, allowing for better targeted and better contextualized interventions to be considered. For example, finding high proportion of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment arising from pre-existing MDR/RR-TB primary transmission may lead to a response to universally test all new cases of TB for resistance, whereas a finding of acquired amplification of MDR/RR-TB being the dominant source may lead to examination of the failure/loss to follow-up rates of those with DS-TB. As a “proof of principle” this tool demonstrates how user-friendly interfaces can be developed to allow public health decision makers, at different levels of care, access to modelling data that is relevant to their local setting. The platform allows our existing model to be used in combination with flexible parameterisation entered by the user. In addition to offering the possibility for alternate parameter sets from those employed in our previous study, this interface also allows estimates to be obtained for a broader range of settings, and in particular at local levels. Most importantly, this tool will allow users with no specific technical knowledge to use a mathematical model and to compute personalised estimates. We chose not to include uncertainty around parameter values when building this online interface in order to maximise the tool’s simplicity and to make it accessible to the broadest possible audience. Nevertheless, the users will be able to assess the sensitivity of the model estimates to the different parameters by using the different input sliders and produce outputs related to alternate parameter sets. In contrast, our previous study incorporated uncertainty and sensitivity analyses that highlighted the influence of some parameters on the contributions of the respective pathways [5]. In particular, we demonstrated that the contribution of inappropriate diagnosis to the burden of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment was significantly affected when varying the rate of drug susceptibility testing or the parameters that relate to treatment outcomes (success and death rates). Further, we noted that the contribution of the pathway involving drug resistance amplification increased when reducing the treatment success rate for DS-TB and the individual-level risk of drug resistance amplification in unsuccessfully treated patients. Other conceptual assumptions than those considered in the baseline analysis may also be explored using the sliders. For example, patients who are lost to follow-up are assumed to experience unsuccessful treatment under the default behaviour of our model but alternate scenarios may be considered by increasing the parameter values that define the treatment success rates. The web-based tool addresses some of the limitations of the original model, especially regarding the level of resolution of the analysis and the uncertainty around parameter values and underlying assumptions. However, some limitations that are linked to the intrinsic structure of the model could not be addressed here. For example, only two phenotypes of TB are considered in the model – DS-TB and MDR/RR-TB – although we know that other resistance profiles exist. This simplification was made in order to make the model broadly applicable and to match with the approach used by WHO to classify drug-resistant TB. Another limitation is that some more specific causal pathways such as nosocomial transmission of MDR/RR-TB are not considered in the model although there is evidence of their importance in some settings [11, 12]. More specific model structures may be designed to investigate the causes of MDR/RR-TB among re-treatment cases in such contexts. It is also important to note that the estimates provided by our interface are relative contributions of the different pathways expressed as percentage of the total burden of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment. Therefore, the overall absolute burden of MDR/RR-TB at re-treatment should also be taken into account by users if they wished to estimate the absolute number of cases that are attributed to each of the four causal pathways. User-friendly tools such as ours can contribute to building confidence in the use of modelling, which is essential to facilitate the bidirectional exchange between modellers and TB control program developers and improve the understanding of the local epidemic. We believe that this user-friendly adaptation presents an important exemplar of how modelling approaches could become more useful to guide everyday decision making processes using local data inputs for optimal contextualisation. All authors contributed to outline the web interface. RR gathered the data and coded the model. RR coded and designed the web-based interface. RR wrote the first version of the manuscript. All authors reviewed the interface. All authors reviewed and approved the final report. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Australia

This post aims to provide an overview of a milestone in the recognition as a professional activity of the work performed by translators and interpreters: its inclusion in the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. Before doing so, it is necessary to establish what is understood by the terms profession and occupation, as these concepts vary from person to person, from one field to another, and even over time. The terms profession and occupation also tend to be used interchangeably, but for some actually refer to two different ideas. Some of the considerations about what makes an occupation and a profession can be found on the site Key Differences. According to this site, an occupation is an activity a person performs regularly to earn a living, while a profession is an occupation or vocation requiring a high degree of knowledge and expertise in the specific field. It also points out that a profession differs from an occupation in that the former presupposes the existence of a code of ethics, compulsory training, is regulated by statutes (an assertion that would benefit from deeper analysis) and compensation is based on skills and knowledge (another arguable assertion). One may or may not agree with all these assertions, but the fact is they summarize key differences. Another view comes from the Profession Standards Council, which defines a profession as a disciplined group of individuals who adhere to ethical standards and possess special knowledge and skills in a widely recognized body of learning derived from research, in which education and training is at a high level, and which is recognized by the public as such. Professional knowledge and skills are used and applied in the interest of others. A professional thus is a member of a profession, which as pointed out before is governed by codes of ethics and is bound by ethical principles such as competence, integrity and morality, altruism, and the promotion of the public good within their professional domain. The existence of ethical standards seems to be the common denominator in the definition of profession. Standards are, in general, created and applied to bring predictability to the manufacture and delivery of goods and services, with the ultimate goal being the establishment of trust by their consumers. Of course, standards can also bring about liability for failing to comply with them. As can be seen in previous posts, translation and interpretation meet the definition of profession as described above. Of course, translation and interpretation involve different sets of skills, taken as a whole there is no doubt that they are both professions and both translators and interpreters are considered professionals. While both activities have been performed since time immemorial, there have been several stages in their development as a profession. Their inclusion in the 2002-2003 Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor contributed greatly to their perception as a profession. In the 2002-2003 edition, the OOH included translators and interpreters in the section Occupations Not Studied in Detail, which means it included only a brief employment projection and not an occupational profile[1]. This is the entire entry: As modest as it may appear, this event represented a milestone in the recognition of T&I as professional activities in that it joined the ranks of occupations such as nursing, engineering, accounting, and numerous others. The Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers occupational information through the Occupational Information Network – O*NET, which is a wide-ranging database that describes worker competencies. Information gathered in this database come mainly from job descriptions and professional associations. It is also worth noting that in its glossary of terms, the Bureau of Labor Statistics includes the term occupation but not profession; defining the former as a “set of activities or tasks that employees are paid to perform.” Since its first entry in the OOH, significant changes can be seen in the description of the occupation for translators and interpreters. The 2010-2011 edition of the OOH includes an occupational profile for the T&I industry. In its Significant Points section, it says that about 26 percent of interpreters and translators are self-employed; that some work only sporadically; and that employment was expected to grow faster than average depending on specialty and language. It also provided a distinction between translation and interpretation – a distinction a great number of people still do not know. The OOH described the work of interpreters and translators in settings such as conferences, the judiciary, healthcare and services for the deaf and provided information on working environments, education requirements (indicating that it can vary but a bachelor’s degree is often requested) certification, and means for advancement. Very importantly, it provides job projections, earnings, and sources for additional information. Information for the occupational profile is drawn from professional associations such as the American Translators Association, the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators, the National Council on Interpreting on Health Care, and the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Technology has allowed for more innovative ways to display data, and this is reflected in 2016-2017 edition of the OOH. Not only is information in this latest edition presented differently; i.e. in separate tabs, but it is also more detailed. For example, the tab What Interpreters and Translators Do describes the difference between these two activities and provides details about simultaneous and consecutive interpreting. Unfortunately, it includes a third category – whispered interpreting – which is, in fact, simultaneous interpreting performed without any equipment. A third mode of interpreting which was not included is sight translation – the oral translation of a written document, which is used in many settings. While there is room for improvement in the description of this profession – or occupation – great progress has been made. In less than fifteen years, this profession has gone from one that did not have a profile in the Occupational Outlook Handbook to one whose profile is now over eight pages in length. Despite some errors, the OOH can be used as a tool to educate and sensitize the public on the skills of translators and interpreters and the challenges they face in the delivery of their services. This post does not address the evolution of compensation in the T&I industry as it will be discussed in a separate post which is coming soon. [1] Personal email to the author dated August 26, 2013 from an Economist of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections Program. Osteopathic treatment is about getting your body to work as well as it can. Hands-on techniques are applied that stimulate and encourage the release of soft tissue structures enabling your joints to move more freely and helping create an environment in which the body can heal Daniel qualified from the British School of Osteopathy in 1998 and has worked at clinics in London and Leeds gaining experience before moving to Glasgow. He takes a huge amount of satisfaction from being able to work with and treat a wide range of people, helping them to function at their best. Over the years he has successfully treated people of all ages – from just a few weeks old, to patients in their 90’s. These have been people of all activity levels from people in wheel chairs to professional athletes. Daniel aims to treat clients with the lowest number of treatments possible. He will listen to your story and do tests to assess your health-care needs accurately. Working with you he’ll formulate a plan of action to help you achieve your health goals, whatever they may be. By working together with you, he ensures the treatments are as effective and few as possible. Probably one of the reasons so many of patients recommend Daniel to their family and friends. Daniel always minimise the use of Osteopathic “clicking” techniques. In fact, in most cases he find they’re not really needed at all, and by using gentle joint movements and a selection of soft-tissue techniques to work through the muscles he helps to return people to a full active life. I have found these methods to be just as effective with older patients as they are with the athletes I treat.

10. Frederick V of Denmark – Frederick V was king of Denmark-Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1746 until his death. He was the son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Frederick was born on 31 March 1723 at Copenhagen Castle. He was the grandson of King Frederick IV of Denmark and the son of Crown Prince Christian, on 12 October 1730, King Frederick IV died and Fredericks father ascended the throne as King Christian VI. Christian VI and Sophia Magdalene were deeply devoted to Pietism, although not unfamiliar with religious sentiments, Frederick grew into a hedonist who enjoyed the pleasures of life such as wine and women. His mother ironically referred to him as Der Dänische Prinz because he occasionally spoke Danish, Fredericks propensity for debauchery accelerated his marriage negotiations. He was married at Altona, Holstein, on 11 December 1743 to Princess Louise of Great Britain, daughter of King George II and they were the parents of six children, but one was stillborn. Meanwhile, Frederick continued to enjoy liaisons with others. During the years 1746-51, the king had a favorite named Madam Hansen who bore him five children, the Norwegian Masonic historian Karl Ludvig Tørrisen Bugge claims that Frederik V as crown prince was included in the Copenhagen Masonic Lodge St. Martin. This was probably third June 1744, and inspired by the Prussian king Frederick the Great who was included in a masonic lodge in his youth. They both had fathers who were opposed to the Masons, but unlike the Prussian king. As an active Freemason, he set up on 24 June 1749 the first Masonic lodge in Norway, on 6 August 1746 – the day before his parentss silver marriage festivities– his father died at Hirschholm Palace, the royal familys summer retreat. Christian VI was interred in Roskilde Cathedral, Frederick and Louise immediately ascended Denmark-Norways throne, being anointed in Frederiksborg Palaces Chapel the following year. The personal influence of Frederick was limited, making him one of absolute rulers who least made for the states strength and these men marked his reign by the progress of commerce and the emerging industry of gunpowder plant and cannon foundry in Frederiksværk, built by Johan Frederik Classen. They also avoided involving Denmark in the European wars of his time, in the same period the Royal Frederiks Hospital and the Royal Orphanage was created, a school intended for poor boys that still exists today, opened in Christianshavn on 1 October 1753. On 29 June 1753 Frederick V created Denmarks first lottery, called the Royal Copenhagen Lottery - a lottery that exists to this day as Klasselotteriet, one of his main tasks was to take care that his dissolute Majesty didnt damage the Royal households reputation with his constant orgies. Frederick purchased what would become known as the Danish West Indies from the Danish West India Company in 1754. Louise died suddenly on 19 December 1751 at Christiansborg Palace, predeceasing her husband by fourteen years and causing great impact on the family and the courts life. She was buried with great pomp at Roskilde Cathedral, at the time of her death, she was pregnant with her sixth child, who also died The royal Frederiks Hospital was Denmark's first hospital in the present-day meaning of the word. 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Almost 8 years ago, my cousin Jen passed away. She was 20 years old. She was working a temp job with no health insurance and got very ill with what the health clinic told her was just a virus they could do nothing for. They gave her some cough medicine with codeine to help her get some rest and sent her on her way. After being sick on and off for a couple of months, it got to the point where she couldn't keep anything down and was growing very weak. Her mom and boyfriend took her to the local hospital where they admitted her and gave her a medicated mask. We all drove down to Pleasanton to see her, but it was late and they wanted her to get some rest, so we just waved to her from the door way. Early the next morning she had a seizure and went into a coma. Apparently she had a respiratory strain of strep and since it had gone untreated for so long, she had become septic. They kept her on life support for about a week and she had several complications involving blood clots. One made it's way to her brain, which made her essentially brain dead. As hard as it was for my family, they decided to take her off of life support on January 9, 2003. Eight minutes later, she was gone. You are probably wondering where the hell this is all coming from and why I decided to write about this today. I stayed home from work today after waking up with a migraine. I thought I might be able to push through it, but I could barely open my eyes with the sensitivity to light. As I laid in my bed trying to go back to sleep, the construction workers building the house next door started their day of work. I made my way to the couch and fell back to sleep. During this painful sleep I had a crazy dream. I dreamed that my family was on this motorcycle trip with a motorcycle club (this is not that crazy as my parents belonged to one for years). At one point in the trip we all stopped to rest and there was a rest area with couches and stuff. We were all sitting around reminiscing about Jen. At some point she just kind of showed up and was there interacting with us. As long as we were talking about her, looking at pics or videos, she would remain there. But the second we stopped for a moment, she would start to fade away. She would lose her energy and kind of fall asleep and then she would start to disappear. We knew we had to get back on the road, and as much as none of us wanted her to leave, we had to wrap things up there. She started to fall asleep and my uncle wrapped her in a blanket and held her in his arms and just started sobbing as she faded away. We were all crying pretty hysterically and as I started waking up I was whimpering. I sat up, head pounding and kind of let the dream sink in. Jen loved purple and butterflies. I have always been a fan of purple myself and already had purple bedding and curtains and stuff before JB and I moved in together. The guest room has my old bed in it, which means it has my old bedding and curtains too. I also made a collage frame for her memorial back then of pictures of us from when we were little until just shortly before she passed away. I told JB that the guest room was kind of going to be my Jen room. So I walked in there after waking from my dream and just sat and looked at the pics and cried, which made my head hurt even worse. I just felt like I really had to sit in the moment and let it resonate because I haven't had a visit (I believe that lost loved ones visit in dreams) from her in so long. I can't even remember the last one. The saddest thing for me, aside from her life ending way too soon, was that after years of being apart, we had just started being a part of each others lives again. Somewhere along the way our moms (her mom was my uncle's first wife and my mom's BFF) had a falling out. With her living in the bay area, and me living in Sacramento, we only really saw each other on holidays. Once we could actually drive ourselves places, we were both in serious relationships and at that time, she was with someone who was very controlling. So, it wasn't until I was about 20, when we all gathered in Pinecrest to spread my Papa's ashes, that we reconnected and started making trips to see each other. She even drove all the way to Sacramento to get me and drive me back down to her place for the weekend when my license was restricted due to an MIP (minor in possession; got caught drinking at Folsom Lake on the 4th). I was so happy when we reconnected and started making an effort to be a part of each others' lives. I remember when I got the call from my mom about what happened with the clot and they were going to go down and be with my family when they took her off life support. I didn't want to go. I had already seen her in the hospital with a machine breathing for her and swollen from all of the fluids they were pumping into her, and I didn't want to replay that moment in my head for the rest of my life. But I did leave work and go home. I remember being in my Jetta listening to Christina Aguilera and crying a little. But having experienced so much loss at such a young age, it just didn't hit me as hard at that moment. I can go a long time without thinking about it, just like the rest of them. But once in a while I will hear a song, or think about the fact that she will never be a bridesmaid in my wedding, and I kind of lose it for a minute. JB has walked in on a couple of these and he just really doesn't know what to do in that moment. The truth is, there is really nothing he can do. I'm sad that he never got to know her. I don't know how I missed this post last week. Reading this just completely made me tear up as that's exactly how we feel (my fam) right now with my cousin's passing last month. His birthday was yesterday and anyone who could met at one of his fave restaurants for dinner. Jon and I go down there tomorrow morning to celebrate him. He would have been 36. It just kills me how life can be so complicated and unfair. And how we get so wrapped up in our lives that days, weeks, months pass from seeing some of our best friends & family . . . and then something tragic happens and you rush to the aid of everyone else - but then you almost kick yourself for not having done that sooner with the person that passed. These goodies are easily made with your camping equipment- you’ll just need a portable grill, a camping stock pot and a small skillet. It’s the kind of breakfast that you’ll make and enjoy, and it will keep you full for a long hike or a lazy day of reading in a lounge chair under a tall tree. These awesome camping breakfast sandwiches are made with Thomas’ English Muffins. I use the sourdough variety. For the eggs, you can make them “camping omelette style.” This is a no-mess way to make the eggs. Just scramble the eggs in a zip baggie and add a little ham or cooked bacon. Drop the (closed) zip baggie into a pot of boiling water and just let it cook until it is no longer runny. This is an amazing way to make an omelette while you’re camping. It turns out perfect!! For the English muffin part, I spread a little butter on the muffins and toast them butter-side-down on a hot skillet to get them toasty. You can do this while your eggs are cooking. Once the eggs are cooked, assemble the breakfast sandwiches. Spread mashed avocado on an English muffin, cut a piece of the omelette and place it on top of the avocado. Add the cheese and muffin top. Place the breakfast sandwiches in a skillet with the lid on top and let them heat for a few minutes. You’re camping, you’re starving, and you get to eat this delicious breakfast sandwich!! Add salsa if you’d like. And let the nearby campers stare at you with big-time envy. Enjoy! Since 1983 my life has been a joyful, passionate, wild, and sometimes painful yearning for God through Jesus. Read More... To any visitors: This website is in progress. Thank you for your patience. Both my book and video are available through Amazon Adam Monk (Rafael Figueroa) is just a normal guy working in the city, until a certain event takes place which gives him superhuman strength. Join him as he grows to realize his abilities. Begin at the Museum for a narrated walk with costumed interpreters through Hope Cemetery to visit the graves and hear the fascinating and sometimes tragic tales of Kennebunk residents from the past three centuries. Tour lasts about one hour. Cost is $10/person, $30/family; no advance reservations are required unless for large groups (6 or more).

“A skeptic is one who is willing to question any knowledge claim, asking for clarity in definition, consistency in logic and adequacy of evidence” (adapted from Paul Kurtz, 1994). Evaluate this approach in two areas of knowledge. Ideas about scepticism are closely linked to ideas about the certainty or lack of certainty of knowledge. Consider these three alternatives: Like with the expression ‘Knowledge is Power’, this Q is no doubt going to attract students who want to write about Descartes and his ‘method of doubt’ summed up in his famous cogito ergo sum. Descartes was willing to question everything, including his own existence, in an attempt to find those ‘clear and distinct ideas’ which would form the foundation of all human knowledge. His argument goes something like this: Descartes claims that this is one absolutely certain piece of knowledge and with this in hand, he argued that the only certain knowledge we can have comes through reason and not the senses. One of the great problems with this idea of knowledge is Descartes’ belief in the dualism of mind and body; he thought that they were separate entities and so left himself open to the extremely difficult issue of explaining HOW the two entities interact. If the body is physical and made of matter, how can something so non-physical and immaterial as a mind or soul possibly influence it or cause it to do anything? Without a clear answer to this question, Descartes’ explanation of how we make knowledge begins to collapse. Scientific skepticism is less to do with issues about certainty of knowledge and more to do with the idea of testing knowledge against evidence. This has evolved alongside the ‘scientific method’ ever since Sir Francis Bacon introduced us to its basic principles in the 17th Century: theory, experiment, observation, prediction. Michael Shermer discusses a ‘Baloney Detection Kit’ which uses scientific principles to help us filter out strange beliefs by means of grounding our beliefs in pertinent modes of questioning and in evidence. The project of such skepticism is thereby to distinguish between scientific knowledge (eg. about influence of genes on human behaviour) and pseudoscientific knowledge (eg. about the influence of astrology on human behaviour.) Where scientific skepticism converges with philosophical skepticism is its insistence that scientific knowledge (or theory) is only provisional. Think for example about the theory of dark matter: the theory allows us to make predictions about this strange ‘stuff’ of nature, but we have little evidence to justify any KNOWLEDGE about how this phenomenon works. So we need a combination of better theory and better data to help justify that ‘dark mater’ exists. A problem with skepticism is to sort out the skeptics from the so called ‘pseudoskeptics’ – those who use scientific language to discredit or refute beliefs but in reality fail to apply the scientific method rigorously. Consider the arguments of Deepak Chopra about consciousness and the afterlife in which he uses language from neuroscience to present his conclusions: "And life is, as he said, it's a process. It's one process. It's perception, cognition, emotions, moods, imagination, insight, intuition, creativity, choice making. These are not the activities of your networks. You orchestrate these activities through your synaptic networks. But if I ask you to imagine the color red or look at the color red, there's no red in your brain. There's just electrical firings." (Quoted in Michael Shermer, who calls this the ‘woo-woo’ approach to explaining beliefs.) How do we differentiate between scientific skeptics and pseudo skeptics? Read this: ‘On Pseudo-Skepticism A Commentary by Marcello Truzzi’ or this Wikipedia article on pseudoskepticism which summarises Truzzi’s ideas neatly. This can take two possible forms: either using one’s faith to doubt scientific explanations about the world which manifests itself in questioning the knowledge of science (eg. that the universe began with a ‘big bang’) or having doubts about one’s own faith which manifests itself in questioning the grounds of one’s belief in God as a way of reaching a higher level of faith (eg. the problem of evil – why does God allow evil acts?) While questioning one’s faith can lead to a stronger knowledge of self and purpose in life, bringing empowerment and wellbeing (think of the works of Martin Luther King and Gandhi), the questioning of science can lead to a more dogmatic and narrow minded approach to knowledge bringing great disharmony, bigotry and destruction (think of Galileo’s imprisonment for asserting the truth of the heliocentric theory). In its most extreme form, religious skepticism can lead to the kind of radical ideological hold on faith which leads to terrorism. Read some of these articles on the positive effects of religious doubt while some of the dangers of religious uncertainty are explored here... The language we use is so important in these matters. Proper scientific always tries to establish knowledge ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ – the theories of science are provisional and true to a high degree of probability and can be modified when better evidence comes along. Skeptics never ask for knowledge ‘beyond (all possible) doubt’. In science (and philosophy), it’s a good thing to be familiar with the ambiguities of the word ‘proof’. Consider a real life issue in this light: the problems in Syria in September 2013 after Assad had allegedly used chemical weapons against civilians. The US government was ready to attack because it believed there was proof ‘beyond any reasonable doubt’ that Assad had used chemical weapons. The Russians argued to wait until the it could be proved ‘beyond doubt’ that chemical weapons had indeed been used by Assad. Usually, when skepticism of any kind asserts that knowledge is true ‘beyond (all possible) doubt’ alarm bells should ring. Read this post by Stephen Law about ‘scales of reasonableness’ to see the difference. What sort of knowledge can BE beyond all possible doubt? In the Syrian case, however, we see that while the US politicians used words that sounded good, it was the Russian President’s caution that actually won out and prevented an all out strike – in spite of his fuzzy request for something that any self-respecting skeptic would never ask for: knowledge beyond (all possible) doubt...

It seems like a year ago... issue #56 posted. In reality it's been a long three months plus a few weeks. This time of year Bill and I are always extra busy. We have also been extremely fortunate. We have four art fairs behind us. Three of them were successful. The fourth show wasn't bad, just not great. For me, production always trumps pen biz during show season. Neglecting Float About is never intentional, but rather necessary. My income is dependent on the shows. Our son, Josh, will come from Pittsburgh to help us at the Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Fest. It is our last big event of the season. The following Sunday we will do a small art fair in Berea, OH. The Berea Art Fest will be our final event for 2007. I knew if I didn't get this issue up now, it would have to wait until mid-September. I have tried your patience long enough. A handful of Eskesen Sample Cases... are still available. Last month I posted one of the cases on eBay. It's a great way to announce availability of new items. Preparing the listing was time consuming, but the investment will help sell the remaining inventory. I used photos from the eBay listing to compose this Sample Case Page. Photos show the contents, interior and exterior of the case. To read the many positive reviews from collectors that have purchased a sample case... click reviews. If you wish to order a case, please do so soon. I have four, I might not be able to reorder. Alicia Delahunty found an online... contest with prizes that promoted the movie Oceans 11. The contest is over. The only reason I mention this is because they listed 2 floatie pens as prizes. The website didn't offer any more information, which left Alicia and I hungry for more details. Soon after I posted notice in Float Along, I heard from Miranda. She told me that our own Marisa Barna had recently won an Ocean's Eleven pen on eBay. Miranda went back to the listing and borrowed the photos. The artwork is impossible to decipher, but the caption panel is clear as a bell. Congratulations to Marisa and 'thank you' to Miranda! Sorry. I do not have a source for the pen. Doug Yeo and his wife, Pat... have covered a lot of territory over the summer months. Doug's travels will continue into September. July 25th I received an update from Doug. “Greetings from Banff, Canada, where I'm in the Canadian Rockies teaching at a brass residency at the Banff Centre. Pat and I tacked a week on to the trip last week, hiking in Glacier National Park. We had a great week. Look where I got to practice each day!” Doug went on to say, “We are at the Boston Symphony Summer Festival at Tanglewood followed by a three week European tour. I spent the morning in Banff looking for floaties. Initially it was very disappointing. I found one shop that had several classic E pens, one of Banff, one of Lake Louise. They were old and rather beaten up for being in the display for many years. Today I found a store that had two new T&C designs which was heartening, $3.99 each, and also E pens. I couldn't find any pens in Glacier which was a pity. When we fly home, I'll look in the Calgary and Toronto airports to see if there are any offerings. I'm heading to some new places on the BSO tour (specifically cities in Germany - Dusseldorf and Essen - so hold out slim hope I might find some new pens. The other cities on the tour - Lucerne, Paris, London, Berlin - are places from which I already have pens.” Doug and Pat also toured the The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. The current Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings exhibit is getting a lot of attention. Doug discovered two photoramic float pens in the gift shop. The first pen was made to commemorate a 2004 exhibition of the Bruyas Collection. The second is a pen made exclusively for the The Clark. Thanks to Doug's direction, I contacted The Clark and ordered both of these beauties for the New Arrivals list. The Clark is a unique and respected art museum. You will find everything you need to know to plan a visit on their website. Click www.ClarkArt.edu to explore the museum and it's artful bounty. Before I forget... Miranda Wittebol and her boyfriend, Dik, are floating about France on holiday. Just before their departure I asked the big question, “So how many pens do you have in your collection now?” Miranda didn't have an accurate count. She has well over 11,000 Eskesen floaty pens. Miranda has been so busy this summer, she is way behind in her count and cataloging. Expect an update in the next issue. make it a point to meet for lunch at least two or three times each year. They always have pens to trade and stories to share. This spring the ladies popped in to visit yet another floaty collector... Damon Zilly. Many friendships have been forged over floaty pens. Begin bonding with a fellow collector today? Do you even know if there are other float pen collectors in your area? I can always count on Tone Helen Hanken to provide a report after the event. Hopefully she can get a few pictures too. I don't know about you, but I think of Norway as a distant and cold destination, but we often have misconceptions about far away locations. It's beautiful! It's no wonder Tone is so proud of her native Norway. The photo (left) is the view from her balcony. Earlier this month, Danish collector, Finn Sørensen and his family, visited Tone. The picture (right) features Finn's children, Lisbeth and Oliver, plus Finn and Tone. His wife was there, but extremely camera shy. Finn was quick to note that Tone and her boyfriend Steinar were extremely gracious hosts. They opened their home and showered the Sørensen family with warmth and hospitality. For Finn, seeing Tone's collection was surely the highlight of his holiday. Tone's phenomenal floaty collection is housed in these beautiful wooden cabinets. Her display cases are functional, yet fashionable. A combination that's truly hard to beat. You can see Tone's cases in detail by going back to Issue #46. Friends and family enjoyed the local sites, including the Geiranger Troll. Finn provided these photos just a few days before publication. I was happy to include the pix. Finn summed up their visit. “Our stay with Tone and Steinar was a memorable one! We talked floatys for hours and hours. Two die hard collectors! It was truly a FLOATY SUMMIT! Thank you Tone and Steinar for your hospitality. We enjoyed our stay very much!!!” Sue Buetow is real stickler... for organization. However, she is not so fond of the tedious chore of dusting. Over the years, Sue has tried a number of different systems for organizing and displaying her collection, but many required dusting. Now it seems Sue has found a practical solution for storing and displaying her floaty pen collection. Sue purchased these Plano storage units at a Farm & Fleet store. The units cost about $12 each. A unit consists of a red rack with four plastic boxes. The boxes have hinged lids that snap closed. Each box is divided into six identical compartments, or slots, measuring 1½ inches wide by 7 inches long. “I can get about a dozen pens in each compartment. Each slot represents a category, although some need more than one slot. I like a lot of categories. It makes it easier to find specific pens. I use a label maker to generate a number for each compartment. The number and contents of each slot is entered alphabetically into a book. Now I can find pens in a flash! I currently have ten units and almost 200 categories. It may seem complicated, but it sure works for me. The best part... no more dusting my pens! It takes about one minute to dust all of the units.” Sue mounted shelves on the wall to hold the units. They are neatly stacked and aligned. Way to go Sue! I have a feeling others will consider your system. Maryland collector, Alicia Delahunty... and her family just returned from a trip to Ohio and Michigan. Alicia found an Eskesen naked twist and click at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. She is sending one my way. If the design is exciting, I will try to buy a quantity of them. Alicia's son, Benedict, donated a dollar to the Habitat for Humanity charity at a mall in Adrian, Michigan. The donation granted him one spin of the wheel of fortune for a prize. He could have won an IPOD, but instead got a warm diet Pepsi, some coupons and a choice between a floaty or a yo-yo! He chose the twist n click Eskesen Mountain Dew pen and presented it to his mother. Alicia could not buy any extras. The pens were reserved for the charity fund raiser. Still, it's a serendipitous encounter of the floaty kind. Amazing eBay Stories... Over the last few months... floaty action has evolved from HOT to HOTTER! Let me begin with a lucky win for Biggy Kuhn in Germany. Biggy won a real... Eskesen gem on eBay. The seller had chosen an ineffective title and keywords so most floaty collectors overlooked the posting. A friend spotted the auction and noticed the pencil had a floater. Biggy's friend notified her right away. The item is not the first pencil made by Peder Eskesen, but it is a very old design from the early 1950's. The first pencil featured an oil drum, but it did not have a figure. Kim Rasmussen, at E, confirmed the age of the pencil and congratulated Biggy on winning a true treasure. Biggy won the pencil for about $25 US. A fabulous price for a fantastic floaty. Biggy asked if I thought this might be a good story for Float About. Yes Biggy.. I certainly do! Kudos on your win. This may be the biggest eBay score... in floaty pen history. This story begins on June 2nd. Out of the blue, Dennis from Cleveland, contacted me via email regarding the value of a 1959 Eskesen sample case. He didn't provide any photos or explain if he wanted to sell the case or just have it appraised. Not knowing his intentions, it was difficult for me to advise him. I responded with some answers and more questions, but I never heard from him again. June 10th Dennis's extraordinary sample kit sold on eBay. These photos were borrowed from the eBay listing. I enhanced them as best I could. So this is what a 1959 E sample case looked like!? WOW. This is truly a glimpse into Eskesen's humble beginnings. In-the-day, I am sure this sample case was state-of-the-art. The sample book seems to have soft felt pages. The items are attached with what I presume to be elastic cord, or some kind of cording. Note the folded piece of paper in the upper right photo? It is unfolded in the last frame to reveal a bevy of tip n strip models. Just like the modern version of the Eskesen sample case, this case included their extensive product line. I see pencils, letter openers, screw drivers and keyrings. I can't be sure, but I don't think there are any pens. 1959 was early for ballpoint pens. I noticed page two was dedicated to tip n strip items. They were all the rage in those days and their popularity continues in today's market. What a fabulous find! So how much did this fantastic floaty package sell for? Two very confident and serious collectors duked it out until the last second of the auction. The winning bid was $366.99. What an incredible acquisition. If you are curious, check-out the listing on eBay. Search for item #260125263836. So maybe vintage Eskesen... isn't your style. This story is about a contemporary celebrity pen. I have been receiving congratulatory notes every since my Dolly Parton auction closed. I hesitated to post the pen. Bill and I have visited the gift shop at Dollywood on two separate occasions. The only pens we found were traditional photoramics in the classic or naked twist n click style. This was the only Dolly Parton conceal/reveal design I have ever seen. It was from my personal collection, so it was extra hard to let it go. It's possible this pen was made to promote a special performance at Dollywood. Like many conceal/reveal pens this one has a bubble. Because the background is so black, the bubble was pretty obscure. In a traditional photoramic pen, a bubble can stall or even stop the floater. Unlike classic photoramics, in a conceal/reveal pen, the bubble tends to make way for the movement of the sleeve. I have noticed within my personal collection, when compared to my traditional photoramics, a higher percentage of my conceal/reveal pens have bubbles. Do you find the same to be true? Back to the auction. People assume that I watch my auctions close. I do not! It's just far too stressful. I try to forget about them and wait for eBay to send the end-of-auction notices my way. There were two factors I did not anticipate. Among floaty collectors, the majority of wishlists begin with pens that fall into the celebrity or ad categories. I really under estimated the devotion of Dolly Parton fans. When these two forces collided the bids exploded. Even so, no one was more surprised than I was to see the Dolly Parton pen sell for $224.50! As far as I know, it's the highest fee ever paid for one floaty pen. It has to be a record breaker. Sorry, players in both auctions prefer to remain anonymous. Several designs from Issue #56... New Arrivals list still remain. However, a few are now endangered. The Multnomah Falls and Tasha - Gardner Monks (very personal custom wedding pen) will soon vanish. The Queen Elizabeth II will be retired in 2008. Now is the time to get the pen. Sorry, only one FloatArt designs this time. Hopefully I will have more of Nancy's pens to include in the next issue. New Arrivals may be short.... but there are some outstanding custom designs. This one from the Page Museum is a great example. Californians are crazy about the The Page Museum. What's not to love?! The LaBrea Tar Pits are a national treasure. For floaty pen collectors, a custom pen from The Page is a big bonus. I purchased a quantity of these pens retail. The gift shop offers them for $5 each. They will mailorder, but I was quoted $5 shipping for one pen. As for Issue #58... it will be due right around Halloween. That's doesn't sound impossible to me. I will do what I can to make it happen. We may take a short trip late in September, but it shouldn't delay publication. I do have a request. Does anyone have a Toblerone pen for trade or sale? If so, please contact me. In each issue I like to share... pictures of extraordinary examples of Eskesen pens or pencils. Usually the examples are from my personal collection. This time, I am not the lucky owner. Tone does not know the history of these items. She asks, “Does anyone know anything about the background of this pen and pencil? They are so special and wonderful.” The belly band reads ‘Made in Denmark’, so they are definitely Eskesen. Tone wonders if they were custom made for a celebration? Any information would be appreciated. They are obviously vintage. I have never seen anything like this. I am blown away! I want to thank Tone for sharing with us. I would be envious, but I am happy they are in the hands of such a deserving collector. Perhaps you are one of the millions... of Americans that are struggling to keep their health insurance? Me too. I was having great difficulty making the $688 monthly payment. In July it increased to $872. That's just for me. Bill pays a little less, but far too much. Our insurance broker attempted to find another company for Bill and I both. Due to our existing medical conditions, we were declined over and over. I intend to hang on as long as I can, but I expect my policy to increase to over $1,000 in July of 2008. Dropping my coverage is inevitable. In the meantime, the situation has pressured me to find supplemental income. Posting on eBay has helped tremendously. I tell you this because it's good news for collectors. Once show season is over I will devote time to scanning and posting pens. I have plenty of other things to sell too. I am equally determined to make changes to improve my personal health. This isn't going to be easy. Finding time to exercise... has always been a challenge for me. For my birthday, Bill purchased a pet stroller to get me on my feet. The idea of taking the cats for a walk amused me. Much to my surprise they enjoy our daily jaunts. We get a lot of laughs, double-takes and expressions of disbelief. I guess anyone that walks a cat is presumed crazy. To support that presumption, I listen to my Spanish language tapes and practice speaking out loud. My digital camera is handy to capture sunsets, flowers, animals, landscaping, whatever comes along. In the course of a week, my litter bag gets filled too. A different cat accompanies me each evening. Last night it was Kobesan's turn. No time to walk tonight! We have lived here for 20 years. This summer I have met more neighbors than ever before. I feel better too. I may be the crazy cat lady, but it's ok. This has been a positive experience all the way around. I highly recommend it. Our geothermal system... is installed. The a/c served us well through the hot spells. We are anxious to see how it works in the winter months. We will know soon enough. A friend remarked that we could have snow in as little as six weeks. I almost kicked her! Public school started today, so I know my friend speaks the truth. Summer is over. Sigh. If you have been watching... National Weather coverage this past week or two, you know the mid-west has been coping with stormy weather. Clean-up continues in Mansfield. Our main Post Office is situated in the flats. It flooded on the 21st and has yet to reopen. The facility had three feet of water inside and they lost their entire fleet of trucks. Shelby, a small community about 15 minutes from us, really took a beating. They had a few daring water and air rescues. Our house sets high and dry, but many of our neighbors lost everything in their basements. The storms continued through the weekend. Actually, the mid-west has been troubled by tornadoes and heavy rain on and off for weeks. Thanks for sending sunshine. Things are finally looking up. Now it's your turn. What kind of summer did you have? Did you find floaty pens? Enjoy fine weather? Until the storms came, we were enjoying a fantastic summer. I hope you were just as lucky. I am not going to keep you a moment longer. It's time to browse the pen list. I will be taking orders Wednesday and Thursday. Friday we will likely make a trip to Pittsburgh. You should not wait for my return. Orders are filled on a first-come first-served basis. I will be here on Saturday. 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We are an 'association' rather than a conventional cycling / running / triathlon club and as such we are in a unique position. Cutting to the chase - whatever your sport or pursuit - it is generally possible to train and / or compete in our kit and spread the veggie message whilst simultaneously retaining your local club loyalty, or, if you are not into the club scene, maintaining your stealth status as an 'unattached' competitor. Explore our site to see how... Even in the vast spaces of the American West, driving 1300 miles can seem like forever! So on my journey through Idaho and Eastern Washington a couple of weeks ago I brought along books on disk to listen to. It was a good move—I was able to finish two and a half books while driving! One of the books was The Year of Living Biblically; it made the best- seller list a few years back. The author, A.J. Jacobs, is a man who decided to live for an entire year as closely and as literally as possible to the rules of the Bible. He combed through both the Old Testament and the New Testament to find laws and rules and teachings to follow. This meant everything from the way he wore his hair, to the kinds of fabric he wore, to the foods he ate. It also meant visiting different religious communities that also try to follow closely the rules of the Bible. This helped the author learn how they interpret rules of the Bible. One day he visited a community of conservative Jews who were in the midst of observing a religious festival. Now, I don’t know about you but when I think of conservative Jews I don’t think of wild parties. Well, at this festival the women were quiet; they were sitting in a balcony, separated from the men. But on the floor below, hundreds of drunken men in black hats and beards danced and shouted and sang. The book’s author joined in. After three hours of dancing I tell [my friend] Gershon that I’m going to [leave the festival]. He walks me out. “Remember,” he says to me as we shake hands good-bye on the street corner, “sometimes you have to look beyond the weirdness. It’s like the temple in ancient Jerusalem. If you went there, you’d see oxen being slaughtered and all sorts of things. But look beyond the weirdness, to what it means.” In today’s gospel reading Jesus says to his followers, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.” It’s a whole lot of weirdness, and John tells us that “when many of his disciples heard it, they said, ‘This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?’” They complained. They were offended. In fact, John reports, “…many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.” It was all just too weird! As I read this account I can’t say as though I blame those who turned away from Jesus. What would you have done in that situation? Life-long, church-going people are at a disadvantage in reading the Bible. We forget just how weird it is! As a matter of fact, there’s a whole lot of weirdness in all of today’s readings! In the reading from Joshua God’s people pledge to serve God alone. But this is the same group that complained in the desert and threatened to mutiny against Moses! The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to erase the remembrance of them from the earth. Really? A God of love is out to “erase the remembrance” of those who do evil from the earth? Is this what love looks like? Sounds like there’s no hope for any of us! And today’s second reading from Ephesians describes spiritual warfare, comparing the resources of faith to military armor. But this barely scratches the surface. The Bible is loaded with weirdness! In response, we may find ourselves inclined—like Jesus’ disciples in today’s gospel reading—perplexed, uncomfortable, maybe ready to ignore the weirdness or—except for a few minutes on Sunday morning–to give up on God’s Word, except when it fits whatever we already believe. But what if we were to stay with it? What if we were to stay with the Scriptures, to hear the weirdness, and then look beyond the weirdness to what it means? Last week during Sunday morning class we were looking at today’s reading from Ephesians, and one participant picked up on the phrase, “the wiles of the devil.” I don’t believe in a devil,” she said. “I believe there’s evil in the world, but not a devil.” And I said, “Well, some people believe in a devil and some don’t. I’m not too worried about whether you do or don’t. The more important question is, What does the devil represent? What does it mean? How do we live in response?” The idea of a devil for her is weird. And from a 21st –century point of view many of us might say the same. Does this mean it’s not important? No! We ask, “How can I look beyond the weirdness to see what it means?” In response to the weirdness of God’s Word we as Jesus’ disciples may be tempted, as in today’s gospel reading, to focus on ourselves: to pretend that the weirdness isn’t there (which is what many Christians do), or to be offended: This stuff doesn’t seem to fit with our modern world so who needs it? (which is what many non-churchgoers conclude). But what if all of us, whether believers or skeptics, chose to look beyond the weirdness to what it means? I’m hoping that those who are here and those who aren’t will start taking seriously the weirdness of the Bible and bring their questions to the table. Why do we do what we do during worship? What do we believe? What does it mean? Can we do that much? Can we bring our questions before God and one another, and together look beyond the weirdness to see what it all means for our lives? Seems like we could do at least that much—to look beyond the weirdness of God, and God’s Word. Because…God has already looked beyond our weirdness! After all, what can be said about creatures who, in response to God’s unconditional love for us, worry, complain and take for granted the incredible gift of life and opportunities for new life we have each day? From God’s perspective, our response—or lack of response–to God’s love might seem pretty weird. But God chooses to look beyond our weirdness, to what it means. In response to human fear, greed, and ingratitude, God chooses compassion, patience and, above all, forgiveness without end. That’s the real weirdness of God, weirder than anything human beings could dream up! And yet, is it just possible that we could follow—and even attempt to imitate—such weirdness? As we find in today’s gospel, Jesus’ disciples thought he was pretty weird. Even so, we pray that we can join Peter in asking, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life!” The game Twinbee-RPG seems like a very underrated game and I like to make gameplays for it, but I just can't understand the language of Japanese, otherwise, I don't know what am I selecting, anyone here knows how to translate a PSX game? First of all, the Japanese language is sufficiently complex language when referring to his writing. Their languaje is divided in Katakana, kanji, hiragana (and I'm forgetting something more), if one of that simbols changes, the meaning of the word changes too. It's not so easy like the english, spanish, portuguese or any other language. And second, you will need an advanced hex editor for hack the PSX inner files, change the meaning of these special symbols and fonts for gameplay, and that is a really hard thing to do. Is a shame...Konami is company that produces as amazing games like Tokimeki Memorial (also 100% in japanese) or Twinbee RPG, but since they haven't enough popularity these games not reach this part of the continent. Or if we find them, they're 100% in their nature language. I just can recommend you to find a FAQ of this game, I have finded a FAQ of Tokimemo and with some knowledge of Kanji (that helped of course) I completed that game twice (and this game is hard as hell ). Better try to familiarize with the japanese language, or find a FAQ, if this doesn't work, try the best method to try-and-fail. There's actually a FAQ available in GameFAQs- I remember trying to clear this game too but stopped somewhere in the middle. It's not too bad tho. (-l3l-);

Celebrated West Coast filmmaker Chick Strand passed away this past summer, leaving behind a body of sensual and smart work significant for its radical exploration of the space between documentary and poetry, truth and fiction, and the politics and pleasure of representation. A key figure in American independent and avant-garde film movements, she co-founded the film exhibition and distribution collective Canyon Cinema in the mid-1960s. She began her own filmmaking career at the age of 34, combining a background in photographic collage and academic training in anthropology into a series of poetic documentaries shot in Mexico while an ethnography student at UCLA. “Ethnographic films,” Strand once wrote, “should be works of art, symphonies about the fabric of a people.” This evening, CATE pays tribute to Strand’s legacy with a rare screening of her 1979 film, Soft Fiction (16mm, b/w, sound, 54 min) which uses the ethnographic tool of the informant interview as a jumping-off point for a provocative and sensuous exploration of female sexuality and spirit, while raising questions about storytelling, memory, and the performance and preservation of self. For the critic Marsha Kinder, the Strand’s title “evokes the soft line between truth and fiction and suggests the idea of softcore fiction, which is appropriate to the film’s erotic content and style. It’s rare to find an erotic film with a female perspective dominating both the narrative discourse and the visual and aural rhythm with which the film is structured. Strand continues to celebrate in her brilliant, innovative personal documentaries her theme, the reaffirmation of the tough resilience of the human spirit.” Accompanied by the exquisite Kristallnacht (1979, 16mm, b/w, sound 7 min), an homage to Anne Frank and the resilience of the human spirit. Born Mildred in northern California and nicknamed Chick by her father, CHICK STRAND studied anthropology at Berkeley in the 1960s, joined the free speech movement, and experimented with photographic collage. She joined the filmmaker Bruce Baillie and editor Ernest Callenbach to found Canyon Cinema, a screening and workshop collective that evolved into the San Francisco Cinematheque and the independent distributor, Canyon Cinema. She enrolled in the ethnography program at UCLA, and after graduating in 1971 taught for 24 years at Occidental College. She made nineteen films, many shot in Mexico, while traveling with her life and artistic partner, the pop-surrealist artist Neon Park (Martin Muller, 1940-93). Her work is held in the collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and continues to be distributed by Canyon Cinema. Luke Clausen of Spokane and Ron Hobbs Jr. of Orting in the Forrest Wood Cup bass fishing event | Reel Time Fishing Northwest | Seattle Times The first day of the Forrest Wood Cup in Hot Springs, Arkansas on Lake Ouachita ended with National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., bringing in a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 2 ounces leading the way. Martin now holds a 1-pound, 1-ounce lead over Diet Mt. Dew pro Jason Christie of Park Hill, Okla., who weighed five bass weighing 18-1 in a tournament featuring 58 of the world’s best professional bass anglers. Luke Clausen of Spokane is in 11th place with five bass weighing 13-pounds, 15-ounces, and Ronald Hobbs Jr. of Orting is in 42nd place with five bass weighing 7-pounds, 12-ounces. Martin’s smallest fish in his limit was a 3 1/2-pounder and he didn’t want to “burn” any more quality fish, so he spent the rest of the day looking for new areas to fish and scouting the amount of fishing pressure his other areas were getting. Martin said his first-day catch and cooler air temperatures have boosted his confidence about the rest of the tournament. “I think (the weather) helped everybody,” Martin said. “Any time you have a cloudy, cool day in August when it’s been 110 degrees it’s going to be beneficial. Hopefully the weather will stay like it was today for the next few days. We’ll see what happens. “I feel like in the area I’m fishing right now I can catch another bag like the one I caught today or even a third-day bag like that,” Martin added. “I feel like there’s the opportunity for that. That being said, I have quite a few more areas that had fish in them that I didn’t even get to fish today. I’m not out of fish and I’m not out of spots to look for them.” Overall there were 244 bass weighing 588 pounds, 9 ounces caught by 56 pros. The catch included 39 five-bass limits. Pros are competing for the title of Forrest Wood Cup champion, the most prestigious award in professional bass fishing, as well as a top award of up to $600,000 — the sport’s biggest award. Anglers will take off from Brady Mountain Resort & Marina located at 4120 Brady Mountain Rd. in Royal, Ark., at 6:30 each morning. Daily weigh-ins will also be held at Summit Arena & Hot Springs Convention Center located at 134 Convention Blvd., in Hot Springs beginning at 5 p.m. Given the recent News of the World phone hacking scandal, the timing could not be better for the release of famed hacker Kevin Mitnick’s memoir. At one point, Mitnick went so far as to eavesdrop on National Security Agency telephone calls. At times Ghost in the Wires reads like a thriller, not only for computer […] July 2014 - Centre for Criminal Justice and Human RightsCentre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights I’m just back from two days in Geneva at Ireland’s hearing before the UN Human Rights Committee. I was there as part of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (designate) delegation, and, as with other members of civil society attending, had the opportunity to meet with UN Committee members in the café, corridors and meeting rooms of Palais Wilson. The Committee Rapporteur for Ireland is Professor Yuval Shany, and twitter followers, as well as those who viewed the web-cast, will have heard his sharp questioning of the Irish delegation, on matters ranging from non-discrimination of religious minorities and aetheists in education, abortion, symphsiotomy, and limited access to effective remedies at domestic level, including the failure of the State to incorporate the ICCPR into domestic law. The Committee’s challenging questions on Ireland’s failings on women’s rights, and on reproductive and sexual health in particular, were remarkable both in tone and substance. The ill-fated attempt by the Irish Govt delegation to invoke Article 25 ICCPR, the right to participation in public life (normally associated with free and fair elections), provoked a strong reaction from Committee members, with Prof Yuval Shany calling on the Govt to withdraw its comments. The suggestion that majority views were determinative of the content and scope of human rights norms, and of the State’s human rights commitments, was shocking to those who listened to the Govt’s responses, and with some time for reflection, Minster Frances Fitzgerald quickly accepted the Committee’s criticism. Committee member, Flintermann (formerly of CEDAW), challenged the Government as to whether the electorate had ever been given the opportunity to vote on expanded access to abortion. The answer, as I’m sure he knew, was no. Minister Fitzgerald commented only that the most recent referendum, held in 2002, sought to limit the impact of the X case judgment and remove access to abortion in situations of suicide. Flinterman also linked – as noted subsequently by Rodley – access to abortion with the ICCPR’s non-discrimination guarantee. While the exchanges on women’s reproductive rights provoked the strongest words from the Committee, there was also sharp questioning on the State’s continued failure to recognise Traveller ethnicity, as well as on the prolonged stays of children and families in Direct Provision accommodation. The continuing failure of the State to introduce an independent immigration appeals system or a statutory framework to vindicate the rights of trafficked persons was noted with some frustration by Committee members. On Direct Provision, the Government’s response, presented by RIA representative, Mr Noel Dowling, cited ‘value for money’ and need to avoid ‘pull factors’ as justifications for continued reliance on DP without time limits or exceptions for families with children. The notion of ‘rights as trumps’ clearly overlooked already in the Government’s invocation of Article 25 ICCPR, was again ignored by RIA. The lack of disaggregated data on domestic violence, the habitual residence condition and its impact on migrant women experiencing domestic violence, as well as the €300 charge imposed for those seeking to access immigration permission, were all raised by Committee members. The wrap up comments from Nigel Rodley, brought together the continuing impunity for gendered historic abuses, including symphsiotomy, with the current law’s treatment of women as ‘vessels’. Failing to provide access to abortion where there existed a risk to health imposed conditions of life on women, that as Flinterman had also noted, violated not only article 6 ICCPR , but also Article 3’s guarantees of non-discrimination. On symphsiotomy, Rodley was even more categorical in his statements. Although a former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, the information brought to light on the practice of symphsiotomy in Ireland had, he said, been keeping him awake at night. Rather than commenting further, he simply re-stated the Covenant’s prohibition of medical experimentation without consent (art 7 (2)). Clearly, he said, the practice of symphsiotomy fell within the prohibitions of Article 7 – a core non-derogable human rights norm. Uniting the State’s record on historical abuses, from the Magdalene Laundries, to Symphsiotomy, child abuse and the Mother and Baby homes, was, he said, an absence of accountability, a failing in human rights protection that that he suggested was due to ‘dominant institutional belief systems’ that prevailed within the State — I guess he was talking about the intersections of law, gender and religion here? Strong words from a human rights lawyer not given to emotive outbursts. The quality of civil society engagement clearly informed the Committee’s scrutiny, and no doubt prompted the need for a high level Govt delegation to respond. Concluding Obs will issue next week. They are likely to be much more muted than the robust exchanges witnessed in Geneva. Let’s hope however for clear signals on the need for urgent reforms, not least on accountability mechanisms for past abuses. Blog post contributed by Seán Butler (PhD candidate and Government of Ireland IRC PhD scholarship awardee). The disaster of the civil war in Syria has since its inception been compounded by fears that the conflict could destabilise its neighbours and spur a much larger regional conflagration. The activities of the Syrian rebels expanded into conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon in mid-2012, and now the stuttering attempts to build a stable post-Saddam state in Iraq have been significantly hindered by the activities of the terrorist group styling themselves the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). The group claim sovereignty over the entire Levant region, incorporating Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus, as well as portions of Turkey (the Hatay province) and Egypt (the Sinai), in which they wish to establish a caliphate. ISIS was previously allied to al-Qaeda, but was expelled from the latter in February for excessive brutality in its actions and a political disagreement over control of the Syrian rebel group known as the al-Nusra front. In early June, ISIS scored a major victory in taking control of Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, and currently controls approximately 35% of Iraqi territory in the north and west of the country. Their actions have caused a surge in violence in Iraq, leading to over 2400 deaths in June and severely damaging the position of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. It has additionally led to a substantial drop in Iraqi oil production, threatening global crude prices, and spurred a movement towards a referendum on total independence by Iraqi Kurdistan, which would include the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. The Iraqi government has requested help from the international community to deal with the crisis, which so far has come in the form of a shipment of warplanes from Russia and the dispatch of some three hundred military advisors from the US. Earlier in June, Pentagon officials were discussing possible military action in the form of airstrikes, but the US government has since backed away from this position. An airstrike was conducted against the ISIS-controlled city of al-Qaim on 24 June, but the US denied involvement, and it is strongly speculated that it was undertaken by the Syrian government, who are also fighting ISIS. The rise in influence of ISIS and the involvement of international players in the crisis has generated some notable impacts in politics and law. Politically, the situation threatens to shuffle the deck in the ongoing Sunni-Shia ‘Cold War’, with Iraq pushing closer to Shia-dominated Iran in the absence of American military involvement and Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia likely to fill the vacuum of oil supply being vacated by Iraq. As such, the situation in the Middle East could accelerate towards a state of greater instability and even a potential possible ‘heating’ of this ‘Cold War’. Such fears could force greater US involvement if the crisis does not abate in the future, as military action in Iraq would be (politically) less controversial than similar action in Syria. A relative lack of political controversy over such a move does not mean that the situation is legally cut-and-dried, however. When the possibility of US military engagement was mooted last month, a number of bloggers questioned whether the move would be legal under domestic US law. The 2001 Authorisation for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, restricted to those responsible for the 9/11 attacks and their allies, may not apply to ISIS due to its severing of ties with al-Qaeda, while the 2002 statute permitting action against Iraq to deal with its supposed “weapons of mass destruction” would also not apply. Additionally, Deborah Pearlstein has argued in a post for Opinio Juris that US military action in Iraq may violate international law also, specifically that it would violate Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and Iraq’s human rights obligations, if an armed force conducts military operations on foreign soil absent a state of armed conflict, a Security Council authorisation or an act of self-defence. The primary issue of contention here is whether the US government can target individuals on foreign soil if said individuals cannot be said to be combatants in a conflict, a question with added salience given the US’ continuing drone campaign against militants in Pakistan. As some have commented under Pearlstein’s piece, the question is largely moot as it is likely that the Iraqi government are in a state of armed conflict with ISIS, even if it would be politically inconvenient for them to admit to this fact. The issue does however raise further questions. As I raised in a previous post on this blog concerning French action in Mali, to what extent should a government be permitted to request or consent to foreign military intervention in regions of its country over which it does not have de facto control? The Iraqi government now essentially comprises one side of a civil war, and its requests for foreign intervention ultimately amount to an attempt to drag the US into the war on its side. The situation is further complicated by the fact that a truly effective counterattack against ISIS would probably involve attacking targets inside Syria as well. Due to the prominence of sovereignty in international law, particularly post-1945, the law sides with the de jure governments to a strong degree. The ICJ’s famous Nicaragua judgment declared foreign assistance to rebel forces to be a violation of that state’s sovereignty, yet assistance to the government forces is legal. ISIS declared the establishment of a caliphate in the areas of Syria and Iraq that it controls, yet this new ‘state’ is not recognised under international law as it was a unilateral declaration (similar to the declarations recently undertaken by forces in Crimea and eastern Ukraine). Should ISIS gain control of Baghdad, however, it could potentially become the de jure government of Iraq and thus US action against it in favour of the deposed democratic government would ostensibly be illegal. In such a situation, it would become a matter of political wrangling as to what constituted the legal government of Iraq, and thus who foreign states could support. The complexity of this situation is just another example of contemporary international law’s difficulties dealing with the reality of non-state actors. The brutality of ISIS means its status as a pariah in international law will garner them little sympathy, yet the law which applies to it equally would apply to the more popular secular forces also fighting the Assad regime in Syria. This issue was also relevant in the disagreement over the interpretation of Security Council Resolution 1973, as to whether the targeting of pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya was a necessary component of NATO’s mandate of civilian protection or a violation of the law (see my Mali post for a brief discussion of this). The law needs further clarification and congruence in this area, so that the legal battlefield can better match the requirements of the physical one. In her word-selection, Radhika, evokes both presence and absence (the presence of Malala and absence of others). And, in so doing, she provokes reflection, illumining the subjugation in presence and self-determination in absence. Of the two, the invocation of absence is perhaps the most powerful. In suggesting the unseen it conjures those intimate relations of subjugation: invisibility, exclusion and above all silencing. However this absence subsists also within the presence of Malala: less the individual and more her celebrated status. Viewed another way, the latter, lives, at least partially, because of absence: the perception of absence; the perceived exceptionality of Malala’s status as child, her gender identity and position as a child human rights defender. However the former Special Representative only evokes absence: she speaks of presence — the presence of other child-human rights defenders. Undergirding this conjoined presence-absence is a paradox, evocative of still broader dimensions of those interrelations: though Malala’s human rights advocacy is and has been celebrated, how many states (including those of my own continent of citizenship) respect and ensure children’s evolving capacities to seize, shape and express their rights. Consider it this way: they may ensure their right ‘to’ education, but what about their rights ‘in’ and ‘through’ education? Here too those interrelations of subjugation and self-determination loom. The celebration of Malala’s acts of self-determination in defence of her human rights is countered by the subjugation of others closer to home (wherever home may be). And this may only partially be explained by Malala’s perceived exceptionality. It illumines deeper dimensions of those interrelations: specifically the underside of the interface between political and legal imperatives — the politicking that undergirds greater respect for human rights away from home. Here the focus is arguably less on the rights-holder and more the identity of, and our relationship with, the rights-violator (amongst other dynamics). Still as the discussant affirms ‘we are all postcolonial now’. Herein the affirmation of the rights to self-determination of peoples and individuals represents the beginning of our present ‘postcolonial epoch’. And children were part of this; they too are postcolonial subjects of rights. (Indeed they are arguably the first postcolonials, as recognised by the League of Nations in the Declaration of the Rights the Child (the quasi-juristic forerunner to general and child-specific instruments of international human rights law).) Envisioned in this way, the legal expression of our position as postcolonial subjects of rights was born of the hurt and harm of the subjugation of peoples and individuals — and here is the crux, within the homelands of the colonised and the colonisers. Further as, the individual of Malala, illumines, these rights continue to be seized and shaped by continuing acts of injustice including the suffered injustice of children. To an extent then, international human rights law is the juristic holder of our embodied vulnerability to hurt and harm of all forms. Thus viewed it has particular significance for children and their aforesaid indivisible worlds. In affirming children’s position as human rights-holders, international law acknowledges and accommodates their differences and disadvantage from adults. However, the applicability of selected rights to children is often underappreciated: specifically the rights transformers — children’s rights to legal remedies, take part in decision-making affecting them and freedom of expression, amongst others. So too is the hurt and harm of the non-fulfilment of these legal obligations. Of course, supporting children’s evolving capacities to seize, shape and express their rights is dignity affirming. However it is also vital to ensuring their other rights including their freedom from all forms of violence (and the rights-based development of international law). Interwoven within the multilayers of presence and absence evoked here are the vestiges of subjugation; these subsist notwithstanding the identifiable momentum towards child rights infused decision-making and outcomes at all levels. De jure, children remain ‘equal in dignity and rights’. De facto, (with limited access to justice and decision-making affecting them) they are less subjects of rights and more objects of protection. Considered in this way ‘[w]e are thus in need of post-postcolonialism’. Perhaps the beginning is unlocking the abstraction (the child), reconnecting children’s indivisible worlds to their present rights-bearing selves — perceiving and affirming the Malala in each and every child. * Inspired by the 16th Annual Grotius Lecture of the American Society of International Law — ‘Women and children: the cutting edge of international law’ delivered by Radikha Coomaraswamy (Global Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law and former U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict and U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women) and the response ‘The post-postcolonial woman or child’ by Diane Marie Amann (Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and Special Advisor to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court). Please note, the views expressed here are my own. Public Panel Discussion: “Climate Justice and Adaptation Strategies: Linking Global and Local Initiatives” As a precursor to the third in a series of workshops on Climate Justice, Human Rights, Migration and Adaptation Strategies, hosted by the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights in conjunction with the EU COST Action Programme IS1101, a public discussion took place on 9th June 2014 at UCC highlighting key areas in the climate justice debate, with speakers from diverse viewpoints: academia, policy-level, and from an activist standpoint. Chair for the discussion, Professor Siobhán Mullally, introduced the evening’s key talking points: how different types of migration, short-term and seasonal for example, can be an adaptation strategy in response to climate change, and the need for examination of the institutional responses to adaptive migration strategies at the global, regional, and national levels. First to speak was Dr Cosmin Corendea, from the United Nations University (UNU) in Bonn and current chair of the University’s social vulnerability project, who discussed a recent UN collaborative project – Where the Rain Falls – which ran from 2011 to 2013. The project was an empirical study with a participatory ‘bottoms-up approach’ which focused on climate change, food security and human mobility in eight countries in the Global South, where seasonal rainfall, now often erratic due to climate change, acts as a trigger for non-traditional migration. The global findings of the project, based on country specific case studies, highlighted in particular that in 30% of cases forced migration was the main violation of human rights, particularly problematic in the case of rural to urban migration. The study’s key finding however found that the most important issue facing climate-induced migrants in all countries was food security. As a specific example, in Tanzania climate change is now impacting on both the wet and dry seasons, where the monsoon season often falls later than expected thus causing confusion to traditional migratory patterns. As a result, communities who migrate to other regions at non-traditional times, due to crop failure for instance, now face severe human rights problems, often in conflict over resources with host communities. Dr Corendea however was keen to point out that ‘migratory reaction adaptations’ differ considerably in diverse regions of the world. Responses in Vietnam to erratic rainfalls for instance are different for a host of reasons from Peru, for geographic or cultural reasons, and local and national action plans to deal with such a diversity of migratory responses must take this into account. Second to speak on adaptation strategies, this time from a Global North policy level perspective was Diego Quiroz-Onate, Policy Officer with the Scottish Human Rights Commission. In his talk on climate justice in Scotland, three themes where outlined. First, he argued that human rights are not adequately discussed in climate change reports. Instead, climate change is communicated overwhelmingly in terms of fiscal policy, economics and depleting resources and as a result the social element is ignored or at best downplayed. Climate change displacement impacts on housing rights, for example when flooding acts as a push factor resulting in homelessness, and sometimes destitution, a direct consequence. Therefore the integration of a strong human rights framework at the policy and legislative level is vital for both adaptation and mitigation. Second, and following on from the first theme, the human rights-based approach gives added value in the design, implementation and evaluation of law, policies and practices. Human rights impact assessments for example, he argued, add moral value, within a strong moral framework, in that they identify both rights-holders with specific claims, and duty-bearers with specific legal obligations. His final point dealt with the concept of climate justice in Scotland, specifically the 2009 Climate Change Act and the 2012 Scottish Parliament motion on climate justice. The 2009 Act creates the statutory framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enables the transitioning to a low carbon economy. Meanwhile, the 2012 motion was passed unanimously, and according to Quiroz-Onate, this legislative framework linking human rights to development in Scotland is a highly progressive model, with a climate justice approach as the formal policy of the Scottish Parliament. Finally, speaking from an activist point of view, Oisín Coghlan from Friends of the Earth (Ireland) spoke on climate change legislation in Ireland – specifically, the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Bill 2014. Unfortunately, and in direct contradiction to the Scottish legislature’s success in passing laws, Ireland is considerably off-track on climate change targets due to legislative inactivity. In a challenging analysis, Coghlan argued that the ‘hold up’, ongoing since 2007, is largely due to ‘complex climate change politics’. Before the 2011 election for instance all the main political parties had explicitly committed to climate change legislation, yet since the new Daíl has convened the current coalition parties, Fine Gael and Labour, have not seen it as a priority. All this, he frankly admitted, despite the inception of the coalition on advocating for a climate change law began in 2007, with development NGO’s and faith groups, has been a somewhat sobering, if enlightening experience. A law is needed, Coghlan argued, to provide a ‘policy architecture’ robust enough to drive action on climate change. Otherwise, it invariably falls off the political agenda. Part of the reason the legislation itself has taken so long, he maintained, is due to civil service resistance; where there is a preference for policy flexibility over firm timelines and targets, and where increased external oversight and accountability hold no great appeal. It takes considerable political will to overcome that inertia and political leadership has been lacking, especially given the influence of vested interests such as IBEC and the IFA, concerned about the short-term costs of climate action on their members. Coghlan also argued that climate legislation, while not negating the legitimate interests of the business and farming lobbies, is intended to increase transparency and raise the level of democratic debate on climate policy. The public role of the expert advisory body should help bring the policy decisions out from behind closed doors. Elements in the civil service regard this as restricting Ireland’s room for manoeuvre. This combination of civil service caution and interest-group concern is what stymied the last Government’s Climate Bill which included targets for 2030 and 2050, beyond the 2020 targets Ireland had already agreed to in EU negotiations. Following discussion of mitigation and adaptation, Coghlan finished the session with a somewhat apt and succinct phrase which had been conveyed to him at a recent environmental convention, in relation to climate change and its consequences: manage the unavoidable, but avoid the unmanageable. In summing up the three presentations and placing them within tripartite institutional and policy structures, Dr Dug Cubie of the CCJHR and organiser of the evening’s discussion, argued that to protect the most vulnerable in society we must adapt to a changing climate as well as tackling the root causes via mitigation efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, climate change adaptation strategies must be understood in terms of linking the global UNFCCC Cancun Adaptation Framework which prioritises approaches that are country-driven, gender-sensitive, transparent, participatory and based on best available science; with the regional, for example the EU adaptation strategies and climate-proofing action at EU and member State level; while at the local level, it is necessary for the Irish National Adaptation Framework and the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Bill to articulate a coherent strategic government policy for both adaptation and mitigation measures. On Thursday 26th June 2014, the CCJHR will host a free public discussion on the topic of climate justice and adaptation strategies in Room 107, Western Gateway Building, UCC. Chaired by Professor Siobhan Mullally, this event brings together a panel of international experts on climate change, human rights and migration to analyse the impact of climate change on the most vulernable in society. Dr Cosmin Corendea from the UN University in Bonn will commence by presenting his recent research into migration decisions by individuals and communities resulting from the increasing variability of rainfall in countries such as Bangladesh, Peru, and Tanzania. Full details of this research can be found at: www.wheretherainfalls.org Next, Diego Quiroz-Onate will describe the experience of the Scottish Human Rights Commission in promoting a climate justice approach with policy-makers in Scotland. Bringing the discussion to the national and local level, Oisin Coghlan from Friends of the Earth (Ireland) will analyse the pending Climate Action and Low Carbon Bill 2014, and discuss the approach to climate change taken by the Irish authorities. Finally, Dr Dug Cubie, Faculty of Law, UCC will describe the national adaptation framework for Ireland before leading a Q&A session with all contributors. Lots of chilling stories about individual tragedies and individual efforts that saved hundreds. I’ll spare the tragedies, while here are some efforts that saved hundreds of lives: The litany of errors is long. Unlike their counterparts in the West, or in East Asia, India’s perpetually squabbling leaders have failed to put national security above partisan politics. The country’s antiterrorism effort is reactive and episodic rather than proactive and sustained. Its public discourse on Islam oscillates between crude anti-Muslim bigotry and mindless sympathy for largely unjustified Muslim grievance-mongering. Its failure to either charm or cow its Islamist-friendly neighbors — Pakistan and Bangladesh — reveals a limited grasp of statecraft. Finally, an inability to modernize a 150-million strong Muslim population, the second largest after Indonesia’s, has spawned a community ill-equipped to seize new economic opportunities and susceptible to militant Islam’s faith-based appeal. A very thoughtful post. Makes me wonder how much you actually must have moved by this incident, that even a reader can feel the shudder out of your researched facts. Touchy. Didn't actually expect it Keep writing.

All categories have most of the important features needed for administration and management of any charity organisation. Called a 'vanity project,' since the lead actor, Kit Harrington is a direct descendant of his character, Gunpowder is actually an engaging, entertaining miniseries about the Gunpowder Plot, hampered by unnecessarily gruesome violence. The Catholics of England live under the brutal oppression of a tyrannical Protestant Government, under the influence of King James I (Derek Riddell). After the king's men storm into a private household, scour the premises, arrest, humiliate and press to death a Catholic woman, passionate young Robert Catesby (Kit Harrington) becomes convinced it is time to take a direct stand. Against the advice of his friend Anne Vaux (Liv Tyler), he conspires with Guy Fawkes (Tom Cullen) to blow up Parliament on the day the king and his wife visits, place their child on the throne, and rule through a regency. Unfortunately for the conspirators, the shrewd Lord Robert Cecil (Mark Gatiss) has his eye on Catesby as a potential troublemaker, and what unfolds through the three episodes is a daring game of cat and mouse that sticks somewhat to history while taking liberties. It's a bold project, to make a film in still Protestant-leaning England that criticizes the Protestant British Government of the 1600s (and the same King James that had the Bible translated), and it suffered poor ratings in the United Kingdom, perhaps as a result. The filmmakers included scenes of harrowing, gruesome violence, so the viewers would understand what drove these men to their terrorist activities, but I don't think that was necessary; the facts are what they are, and it's not hard to imagine an angry minority under oppression choosing violence as their method of communication. The real shame here is that the women do not have more to do, and that the script is heavy on conspiracy and light on character development; it's hard to remember who anyone is, apart from Catesby. But the opening scene is one of the most powerful, suspense-filled scenes I've witnessed on screen in a long time, and similar events unfold that left me on the edge of my seat. It's hard to make a movie where everyone knows how it ends, and the filmmakers did an excellent job of introducing unexpected plot twists and subplots to keep us engaged, and dreading the end. The standout performance is Gatiss, who does not flinch away from the deeply unpleasant side of Robert Cecil's nature. He sneers and snarls his way through his scenes, stoic and distant as he asks when the torture victim will wake up "so we can continue." The rest of the cast ranges from quite good to wooden, but the costume design and presentation are immaculate; scenes in and around the Tower of London are eerie and atmospheric, in sharp contrast to the opulence and immorality of the king's court. One cannot escape the brutality of this period, and I'm glad one priest holds to his beliefs in a realistic way, never condoning violence and remaining firm in his convictions, but it's a case of everyone Catholic being "good" (even if they are terrorists) and everyone Protestant being "bad," so it's a yet another screen-written case of extreme bias, just in the opposite direction from the normal "evil Catholics" of most English period pieces. That being said, I will watch it again... I just wish it had dialed back a little on making me cringe; the violence is nowhere near as extreme as interviews would lead you to believe (it's mostly shocking, because the first scene of it involves brutality toward a woman), but it's also unpleasant. None, but a woman is stripped naked in front of a crowd (full frontal nudity, seen for several minutes); the king is openly bisexual (he has men in his room, and one asks if he wants him there tonight, but he chooses his wife instead) and often flirts with men. A naked woman is pressed to death (forced to lie down, then men pile stones on top of her, until it crushes her -- it's a long, brutal scene); a man is hanged, drawn, and quartered on screen (hung, cut down before he's dead, and disemboweled before a crowd); two people are burned at the stake in Spain; men are pulled on the rack (graphic, we see / hear them being stretched and screaming); a man has his fingernails ripped out as a form of torture; other men are shot and killed; some are hanged. Some artistic license with history, and it deliberately paints Protestantism in a negative, brutal light. Transfer from Phnom Penh International airport to hotel. After you will start sightseeing programs in Phnom Penh. visit the Royal palace, Silver pagoda, Raugh Damrei museum and National museum of fine Arts, you will get a first introduction to the rich cultural history of Cambodia, and it is a good introduction to the magnificent things that you will be seeing in the following days, Accommodation at the hotel. In the late afternoon you can stroll along the riverfront of the Mekong river and enjoy the sight of the Cambodians relaxing and playing. Breakfast at the hotel. Today we will take you to see some of the more sinister parts of Cambodia history; visit the Toul Sleng museum of Genocide and Killing fields memorial, alternatively you can also enjoy a boat ride on the Mekong river, and we will end the day with some serous shopping at the famous Russian market for affordable branding clothes, souvenirs and Cambodian silk. Lunch & Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at Phnom Penh. Breakfast in the hotel. After that you will drive along the Tonle Sap River along highway Number 5 towards Kampong Chhnang. On the way you will see the villages where people are skilled in making clay pots and palm sugar. On arrival at Kampong Chhnang you will check in hotel. After lunch, visit the Upper market with local craftsmen and we will make a boat ride to see the floating villages of living people on the Tonle Sap. After breakfast we will leave for BTB, On the way we will pass the province of PurSat, here we will make a stop to visit the hall mark of Pursat and visit the shrine of Neak Ta Klang Moerng. After this you can get a taste of real local transport : the bamboo train. It takes about 1 hour ride on this train and reach battambang central station around lunch time. In the afternoon you will be able to visit the Chan Thai Chhoeung winery and if time available we will pay a visit to FEDA-friends Economic development association to lean of the some of the development activities that are done in this area. Breakfast in the hotel, Today we will have a full day sightseeing to visit the various historical places around Battambang where you can see some of the earlier Angkor temples. After breakfast you will start the last leg of the journey before reaching Siem Reap. we will travel by boat over a period of about 4 hour, during the trip you can enjoy the beautiful views the great lake . Arrival at Rep around lunch time. check in at the hotel and then take a rest of the day off to enjoy some relaxing time at the swimming pool or make a stroll in Rep town. Breakfast at the hotel. Today you will take to see the absolute highlights of the magnificent temples of Angkor. We start with visit to the south gate of Angkor thom, continue by visiting of Bayon, the Baksei chamkrun, Baphun temple, after lunch continue visit great temple of Angkor Wat and enjoy watching Sunset on the Bakheng mountain. Breakfast at the hotel. After that you will have opportunity to visit the SOS children’s village. The color of Cambodia and the school for the revival of Khmer traditional crafts: Artsans D’Angkor. After lunch free time. After breakfast, leaving by road for Phnom Penh via the province of Kampong Thom. On the way we will make a stop over at the impressive Naga Angkor bride. You will see how the local dessert rice in bamboo is made and we will visit the Prasat Andat temple. After lunch we will continue visit and on the way you see more of the traditional crafts done by the silk weaving project. At Skun market we will make a quick stop for tasting local fresh fruit and the famous edible Tarantula called Aping. The last stretch of the trip to Phnom Penh will travel by boat. After breakfast at the hotel. Transfer by bus to Sihanouk Ville. On the way visit shrine of Yeay Moa at Picnil and see the palm oil and mango plantations. When arrive at Sihanouk Ville around lunch time. check in the hotel and take rest of the day off for leisure at the beach. After breakfast, Departure for the Ranger station of Ream National Park.Take a boat trip where you can see the coastal mangrove forest and a beautiful tropical Island: “Koh Sampoach”. On the way make a jungle walk. Arrived Koh Sampoach beach, relaxing and enjoy swimming. Picnic Lunch on the island. Departure from Island to the ranger station. Arrived and continued your short tour, visit Ream Beach which is located near Sihanouk Ville airport to get fresh air from ocean. And then returning back to your hotel. Dinner. Overnight in SihanoukVille. Note: The best month from November to April for the excursion by boat to the Island in Ream National Park. Ratanakiri Province is located 636 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh. Banlung is the provincial town of Ratanak Kiri. It can be reached by air and car.Touists are enthralled by many picturesque sights in this remote primitive province. Yeak Laom Lake is 3 kilometers from banlung. The lake that has a square shape is 800 meters in diameter and 48 meters in depth during the dry season. It is a scenic crater lake of an extinct volcano, which the forest falls down to , and which two tourist wharfs protrude to. The lake offers perfect opportunities for swimming, picnicking, hiking, and sightseeing. 09/08/2012 13:34:13 slat70 +1 This is the album that charted in 1976, the other artwork is from the 1970 album of the same name

I love trains. Not the way they are now but the way they used to be. People used to travel everywhere by train. There weren’t any jets yet and air travel was limited. It would take three days to go from New York to Los Angeles by train; it must have been a hot and exhausting trip, but what better way was there to see the country? Imagine going to sleep in your own little room on a train moving through the night with the landscape unfolding outside your window. What would we know about the romance of trains in today’s world if it wasn’t for the movies? Here is my list of movies in which trains play a significant part. The Marx Brothers are with a circus that travels by train. Groucho sings “Lydia the Tattooed Lady” onboard the train. Watch for Harpo’s sneeze in the midget car. Look out! Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are a couple of bumbling (what else?) musicians in this early sound short. Due to a mix-up with a female passenger (who has a very jealous husband), they wreak havoc among the passengers on a train and end up being forced to share an upper berth for the night. (Oddly enough, it appears to be broad daylight throughout the entire proceedings.) They try to remove their clothes to go to sleep while confined to the berth, but of course it’s hopeless. Fred McMurray is an insurance salesman and Barbara Stanwyck is bad news in 1940s Los Angeles. Fred sells Barbara’s husband an insurance policy and then the two of them hatch a plot to kill the husband. Fred pretends to be Barbara’s husband, who has a broken foot, and gets on a train (so there’ll be witnesses) and pretends to jump off the back of the moving train to commit suicide. Meanwhile, they’ve already killed Barbara’s husband. Edward G. Robinson is an insurance investigator who just doesn’t buy their story. Whoever heard of a person jumping off the back of a slow-moving train to commit suicide? Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis are a couple of hapless musicians in 1929 Chicago who inadvertently witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and are being pursued by vengeful gangsters. They disguise themselves as women and get jobs in an all-girl band and take a memorable train trip to Florida with Marilyn Monroe. The scene with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn in a berth on the train is one of the funniest ever. The Russian revolution has made mincemeat of their lives. Doctor-poet Yuri Zhivago, his wife, son, and father-in-law flee Moscow by train to go to his wife’s family estate. Since Russian is such a big country, they’re on the train for an extended period in less-than-ideal traveling conditions with hundreds of other people. Lots of pretty scenery as the tragic story plays out. In Imperial Russia, society lady Anna Karenina (played by Greta Garbo) causes a scandal when she leaves her dull husband for handsome Count Vronsky. Things do not go well for her. The classic “fallen woman” story. If you don’t know how the train figures into the story, you need to watch the movie, or, better yet, read the magnificent 850-page novel by Leo Tolstoy. In this film adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel, a tycoon (played by Richard Widmark) has been murdered on the glamorous Orient Express as it makes its way across Europe. There is a whole trainload of suspects, and it’s up to Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (played by Albert Finney) to find out who did it. Great cast including Anthony Perkins, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, and Lauren Bacall. Aces in all departments. On a European train, a young woman named Iris Henderson befriends a friendly old woman named Miss Froy. After a while, Iris no longer sees Miss Froy on the train, and it seems that none of the other passengers have any recollection of Miss Froy ever being on the train. Did Iris just imagine Miss Froy, or is there something more sinister afoot? Something involving SPIES? This was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best English films before he started making movies in America. Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong are shady ladies on a train going across China with a group of disparate passengers, including a former boyfriend of Marlene’s (“They don’t call me Shanghai Lily for nothing.”). The passengers are caught up in political turmoil and the train is waylaid by a Chinese warlord. One of the best examples of classic cinematic art from Hollywood’s early Golden Age. Pure cinema. Charming and beautifully photographed Christmas-themed animated movie about a boy who is just old enough to doubt the existence of Santa Claus. A train (the Polar Express) magically appears outside his house on a snowy night and takes him (along with other doubting children) on a special expedition to the North Pole to meet the real Santa. This movie should be a perennial holiday classic. Professional tennis player (played by Farley Granger) meets a charming playboy (Robert Walker) on a train and they exchange life stories. It seems the tennis player has a wife he’d rather do without and the playboy hates his father. The playboy suggests to the tennis player that they “swap” murders: the playboy will kill the tennis player’s wife and the tennis player will kill the playboy’s father. The tennis player thinks it’s a joke but the playboy is serious. Watch for the memorable scene in the amusement park where the tennis player’s wife meets her fate at the hands of the playboy. They don’t call Alfred Hitchcock the Master for nothing. Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset, into the street of Salem village, but put his head back, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a parting kiss with his young wife. And Faith, as the wife was aptly named, thrust her own pretty head into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons of her cap, while she called to Goodman Brown. “Dearest heart,” whispered she, softly and rather sadly, when her lips were close to his ear, “pr’y thee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed to-night. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts, that she’s afeard of herself, sometimes. Pray, tarry with me this night, dear husband, of all nights in the year!” “My love and my Faith,” replied young Goodman Brown, “of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee. My journey, as thou callest it, forth and back again, must needs be done ‘twixt now and sunrise. What, my sweet, pretty wife, dost thou doubt me already, and we but three months married!” “Then God bless you!” said Faith, with the pink ribbons, “and may you find all well, when you come back.” So they parted; and the young man pursued his way, until, being about to turn the corner by the meeting-house, he looked back and saw the head of Faith still peeping after him, with a melancholy air, in spite of her pink ribbons. “Poor little Faith!” thought he, for his heart smote him. “What a wretch am I, to leave her on such an errand! She talks of dreams, too. Methought, as she spoke, there was trouble in her face, as if a dream had warned her what work is to be done to-night. But, no, no! ‘twould kill her to think it. Well; she’s a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night, I’ll cling to her skirts and follow her to Heaven.” With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil purpose. He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and there is this peculiarity in such a solitude, that the traveller knows not who may be concealed by the innumerable trunks and the thick boughs overhead; so that, with lonely footsteps, he may yet be passing through an unseen multitude. “There may be a devilish Indian behind every tree,” said Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced fearfully behind him, as he added, “What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!” His head being turned back, he passed a crook of the road, and looking forward again, beheld the figure of a man, in grave and decent attire, seated at the foot of an old tree. He arose, at Goodman Brown’s approach, and walked onward, side by side with him. “You are late, Goodman Brown,” said he. “The clock of the Old South was striking, as I came through Boston; and that is full fifteen minutes agone.” “Faith kept me back awhile,” replied the young man, with a tremor in his voice, caused by the sudden appearance of his companion, though not wholly unexpected. It was now deep dusk in the forest, and deepest in that part of it where these two were journeying. As nearly as could be discerned, the second traveller was about fifty years old, apparently in the same rank of life as Goodman Brown, and bearing a considerable resemblance to him, though perhaps more in expression than features. Still, they might have been taken for father and son. And yet, though the elder person was as simply clad as the younger, and as simple in manner too, he had an indescribable air of one who knew the world, and would not have felt abashed at the governor’s dinner-table, or in King William’s court, were it possible that his affairs should call him thither. But the only thing about him, that could be fixed upon as remarkable, was his staff, which bore the likeness of a great black snake, so curiously wrought, that it might almost be seen to twist and wriggle itself like a living serpent. This, of course, must have been an ocular deception, assisted by the uncertain light. “Come, Goodman Brown!” cried his fellow-traveller, “this is a dull pace for the beginning of a journey. Take my staff, if you are so soon weary.” “Friend,” said the other, exchanging his slow pace for a full stop, “having kept covenant by meeting thee here, it is my purpose now to return whence I came. I have scruples, touching the matter thou wot’st of.” “Sayest thou so?” replied he of the serpent, smiling apart. “Let us walk on, nevertheless, reasoning as we go, and if I convince thee not, thou shalt turn back. We are but a little way in the forest, yet.” “Too far, too far!” exclaimed the goodman, unconsciously resuming his walk. “My father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a race of honest men and good Christians, since the days of the martyrs. And shall I be the first of the name of Brown, that ever took this path and kept–“ “Such company, thou wouldst say,” observed the elder person, interrupting his pause. “Well said, Goodman Brown! I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans; and that’s no trifle to say. I helped your grandfather, the constable, when he lashed the Quaker woman so smartly through the streets of Salem. And it was I that brought your father a pitch-pine knot, kindled at my own hearth, to set fire to an Indian village, in King Philip’s War. They were my good friends, both; and many a pleasant walk have we had along this path, and returned merrily after midnight. I would fain be friends with you, for their sake.” “If it be as thou sayest,” replied Goodman Brown, “I marvel they never spoke of these matters. Or, verily, I marvel not, seeing that the least rumor of the sort would have driven them from New England. We are a people of prayer, and good works to boot, and abide no such wickedness.” “Wickedness or not,” said the traveller with the twisted staff, “I have a very general acquaintance here in New England. The deacons of many a church have drunk the communion wine with me; the selectmen, of divers towns, make me their chairman; and a majority of the Great and General Court are firm supporters of my interest. The governor and I, too–but these are state-secrets.” “Can this be so!” cried Goodman Brown, with a stare of amazement at his undisturbed companion. “Howbeit, I have nothing to do with the governor and council; they have their own ways, and are no rule for a simple husbandman like me. But, were I to go on with thee, how should I meet the eye of that good old man, our minister, at Salem village? Oh, his voice would make me tremble, both Sabbath-day and lecture-day!” Thus far, the elder traveller had listened with due gravity, but now burst into a fit of irrepressible mirth, shaking himself so violently that his snake-like staff actually seemed to wriggle in sympathy. “Well, then, to end the matter at once,” said Goodman Brown, considerably nettled, “there is my wife, Faith. It would break her dear little heart; and I’d rather break my own!” “Nay, if that be the case,” answered the other, “e’en go thy ways, Goodman Brown. I would not, for twenty old women like the one hobbling before us, that Faith should come to any harm.” As he spoke, he pointed his staff at a female figure on the path, in whom Goodman Brown recognized a very pious and exemplary dame, who had taught him his catechism in youth, and was still his moral and spiritual adviser, jointly with the minister and Deacon Gookin. “A marvel, truly, that Goody Cloyse should be so far in the wilderness, at night-fall!” said he. “But, with your leave, friend, I shall take a cut through the woods, until we have left this Christian woman behind. Being a stranger to you, she might ask whom I was consorting with, and whither I was going.” Accordingly, the young man turned aside, but took care to watch his companion, who advanced softly along the road, until he had come within a staff’s length of the old dame. She, meanwhile, was making the best of her way, with singular speed for so aged a woman, and mumbling some indistinct words, a prayer, doubtless, as she went. The traveller put forth his staff, and touched her withered neck with what seemed the serpent’s tail. “Then Goody Cloyse knows her old friend?” observed the traveller, confronting her, and leaning on his writhing stick. “Ah, forsooth, and is it your worship, indeed?” cried the good dame. “Yea, truly is it, and in the very image of my old gossip, Goodman Brown, the grandfather of the silly fellow that now is. But–would your worship believe it?–my broomstick hath strangely disappeared, stolen, as I suspect, by that unhanged witch, Goody Cory, and that, too, when I was all anointed with the juice of smallage and cinque-foil and wolf’s-bane–“ “Ah, your worship knows the recipe,” cried the old lady, cackling aloud. “So, as I was saying, being all ready for the meeting, and no horse to ride on, I made up my mind to foot it; for they tell me, there is a nice young man to be taken into communion to-night. But now your good worship will lend me your arm, and we shall be there in a twinkling.” “That can hardly be,” answered her friend. “I may not spare you my arm, Goody Cloyse, but here is my staff, if you will.” So saying, he threw it down at her feet, where, perhaps, it assumed life, being one of the rods which its owner had formerly lent to Egyptian Magi. Of this fact, however, Goodman Brown could not take cognizance. He had cast up his eyes in astonishment, and looking down again, beheldneither Goody Cloyse nor the serpentine staff, but his fellow-traveller alone, who waited for him as calmly as if nothing had happened. “That old woman taught me my catechism!” said the young man; and there was a world of meaning in this simple comment. They continued to walk onward, while the elder traveller exhorted his companion to make good speed and persevere in the path, discoursing so aptly, that his arguments seemed rather to spring up in the bosom of his auditor, than to be suggested by himself. As they went, he plucked a branch of maple, to serve for a walking-stick, and began to strip it of the twigs and little boughs, which were wet with evening dew. The moment his fingers touched them, they became strangely withered and dried up, as with a week’s sunshine. Thus the pair proceeded, at a good free pace, until suddenly, in a gloomy hollow of the road, Goodman Brown sat himself down on the stump of a tree, and refused to go any farther. “Friend,” said he, stubbornly, “my mind is made up. Not another step will I budge on this errand. What if a wretched old woman do choose to go to the devil, when I thought she was going to Heaven! Is that any reason why I should quit my dear Faith, and go after her?” “You will think better of this by-and-by,” said his acquaintance, composedly. “Sit here and rest yourself awhile; and when you feel like moving again, there is my staff to help you along.” Without more words, he threw his companion the maple stick, and was as speedily out of sight, as if he had vanished into the deepening gloom. The young man sat a few moments by the road-side, applauding himself greatly, and thinking with how clear a conscience he should meet the minister, in his morning-walk, nor shrink from the eye of good old Deacon Gookin. And what calm sleep would be his, that very night, which was to have been spent so wickedly, but purely and sweetly now, in the arms of Faith! Amidst these pleasant and praiseworthy meditations, Goodman Brown heard the tramp of horses along the road, and deemed it advisable to conceal himself within the verge of the forest, conscious of the guilty purpose that had brought him thither, though now so happily turned from it. On came the hoof-tramps and the voices of the riders, two grave old voices, conversing soberly as they drew near. These mingled sounds appeared to pass along the road, within a few yards of the young man’s hiding-place; but owing, doubtless, to the depth of the gloom, at that particular spot, neither the travellers nor their steeds were visible. Though their figures brushed the small boughs by the way-side, it could not be seen that they intercepted, even for a moment, the faint gleam from the strip of bright sky, athwart which they must have passed. Goodman Brown alternately crouched and stood on tip-toe, pulling aside the branches, and thrusting forth his head as far as he durst, without discerning so much as a shadow. It vexed him the more, because he could have sworn, were such a thing possible, that he recognized the voices of the minister and Deacon Gookin, jogging along quietly, as they were wont to do, when bound to some ordination or ecclesiastical council. While yet within hearing, one of the riders stopped to pluck a switch. “Of the two, reverend Sir,” said the voice like the deacon’s, I had rather miss an ordination-dinner than tonight’s meeting. They tell me that some of our community are to be here from Falmouth and beyond, and others from Connecticut and Rhode-Island; besides several of the Indian powows, who, after their fashion, know almost as much deviltry as the best of us. Moreover, there is a goodly young woman to be taken into communion.” The hoofs clattered again, and the voices, talking so strangely in the empty air, passed on through the forest, where no church had ever been gathered, nor solitary Christian prayed. Whither, then, could these holy men be journeying, so deep into the heathen wilderness? Young Goodman Brown caught hold of a tree, for support, being ready to sink down on the ground, faint and overburthened with the heavy sickness of his heart. He looked up to the sky, doubting whether there really was a Heaven above him. Yet, there was the blue arch, and the stars brightening in it. While he still gazed upward, into the deep arch of the firmament, and had lifted his hands to pray, a cloud, though no wind was stirring, hurried across the zenith, and hid the brightening stars. The blue sky was still visible, except directly overhead, where this black mass of cloud was sweeping swiftly northward. Aloft in the air, as if from the depths of the cloud, came a confused and doubtful sound of voices. Once, the listener fancied that he could distinguish the accent of town’s-people of his own, men and women, both pious and ungodly, many of whom he had met at the communion-table, and had seen others rioting at the tavern. The next moment, so indistinct were the sounds, he doubted whether he had heard aught but the murmur of the old forest, whispering without a wind. Then came a stronger swell of those familiar tones, heard daily in the sunshine, at Salem village, but never, until now, from a cloud of night. There was one voice, of a young woman, uttering lamentations, yet with an uncertain sorrow, and entreating for some favor, which, perhaps, it would grieve her to obtain. And all the unseen multitude, both saints and sinners, seemed to encourage her onward. “Faith!” shouted Goodman Brown, in a voice of agony and desperation; and the echoes of the forest mocked him, crying –“Faith! Faith!” as if bewildered wretches were seeking her, all through the wilderness. The cry of grief, rage, and terror, was yet piercing the night, when the unhappy husband held his breath for a response. There was a scream, drowned immediately in a louder murmur of voices, fading into far-off laughter, as the dark cloud swept away, leaving the clear and silent sky above Goodman Brown. But something fluttered lightly down through the air, and caught on the branch of a tree. The young man seized it, and beheld a pink ribbon. “My Faith is gone!” cried he, after one stupefied moment. “There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is this world given.” And maddened with despair, so that he laughed loud and long, did Goodman Brown grasp his staff and set forth again, at such a rate, that he seemed to fly along the forest-path, rather than to walk or run. The road grew wilder and drearier, and more faintly traced, and vanished at length, leaving him in the heart of the dark wilderness, still rushing onward, with the instinct that guides mortal man to evil. The whole forest was peopled with frightful sounds; the creaking of the trees, the howling of wild beasts, and the yell of Indians; while, sometimes the wind tolled like a distant church-bell, and sometimes gave a broad roar around the traveller, as if all Nature were laughing him to scorn. But he was himself the chief horror of the scene, and shrank not from its other horrors. “Ha! ha! ha!” roared Goodman Brown, when the wind laughed at him. “Let us hear which will laugh loudest! Think not to frighten me with your deviltry! Come witch, come wizard, come Indian powow, come devil himself! and here comes Goodman Brown. You may as well fear him as he fear you!” In truth, all through the haunted forest, there could be nothing more frightful than the figure of Goodman Brown. On he flew, among the black pines, brandishing his staff with frenzied gestures, now giving vent to an inspiration of horrid blasphemy, and now shouting forth such laughter, as set all the echoes of the forest laughing like demons around him. The fiend in his own shape is less hideous, than when he rages in the breast of man. Thus sped the demoniac on his course, until, quivering among the trees, he saw a red light before him, as when the felled trunks and branches of a clearing have been set on fire, and throw up their lurid blaze against the sky, at the hour of midnight. He paused, in a lull of the tempest that had driven him onward, and heard the swell of what seemed a hymn, rolling solemnly from a distance, with the weight of many voices. He knew the tune; it was a familiar one in the choir of the village meeting-house. The verse died heavily away, and was lengthened by a chorus, not of human voices, but of all the sounds of the benighted wilderness, pealing in awful harmony together. Goodman Brown cried out; and his cry was lost to his own ear, by its unison with the cry of the desert. In the interval of silence, he stole forward, until the light glared full upon his eyes. At one extremity of an open space, hemmed in by the dark wall of the forest, arose a rock, bearing some rude, natural resemblance either to an altar or a pulpit, and surrounded by four blazing pines, their tops aflame, their stems untouched, like candles at an evening meeting. The mass of foliage, that had overgrown the summit of the rock, was all on fire, blazing high into the night, and fitfully illuminating the whole field. Each pendent twig and leafy festoon was in a blaze. As the red light arose and fell, a numerous congregation alternately shone forth, then disappeared in shadow, and again grew, as it were, out of the darkness, peopling the heart of the solitary woods at once. In truth, they were such. Among them, quivering to-and-fro, between gloom and splendor, appeared faces that would be seen, next day, at the council-board of the province, and others which, Sabbath after Sabbath, looked devoutly heavenward, and benignantly over the crowded pews, from the holiest pulpits in the land. Some affirm, that the lady of the governor was there. At least, there were high dames well known to her, and wives of honored husbands, and widows, a great multitude, and ancient maidens, all of excellent repute, and fair young girls, who trembled lest their mothers should espy them. Either the sudden gleams of light, flashing over the obscure field, bedazzled Goodman Brown, or he recognized a score of the church-members of Salem village, famous for their especial sanctity. Good old Deacon Gookin had arrived, and waited at the skirts of that venerable saint, his reverend pastor. But, irreverently consorting with these grave, reputable, and pious people, these elders of the church, these chaste dames and dewy virgins, there were men of dissolute lives and women of spotted fame, wretches given over to all mean and filthy vice, and suspected even of horrid crimes. It was strange to see, that the good shrank not from the wicked, nor were the sinners abashed by the saints. Scattered, also, among their palefaced enemies, were the Indian priests, or powows, who had often scared their native forest with more hideous incantations than any known to English witchcraft. Another verse of the hymn arose, a slow and mournful strain, such as the pious love, but joined to words which expressed all that our nature can conceive of sin, and darkly hinted at far more. Unfathomable to mere mortals is the lore of fiends. Verse after verse was sung, and still the chorus of the desert swelled between, like the deepest tone of a mighty organ. And, with the final peal of that dreadful anthem, there came a sound, as if the roaring wind, the rushing streams, the howling beasts, and every other voice of the unconverted wilderness, were mingling and according with the voice of guilty man, in homage to the prince of all. The four blazing pines threw up a loftier flame, and obscurely discovered shapes and visages of horror on the smoke-wreaths, above the impious assembly. At the same moment, the fire on the rock shot redly forth, and formed a glowing arch above its base, where now appeared a figure. With reverence be it spoken, the figure bore no slight similitude, both in garb and manner, to some grave divine of the New-England churches. “Bring forth the converts!” cried a voice, that echoed through the field and rolled into the forest. At the word, Goodman Brown stepped forth from the shadow of the trees, and approached the congregation, with whom he felt a loathful brotherhood, by the sympathy of all that was wicked in his heart. He could have well nigh sworn, that the shape of his own dead father beckoned him to advance, looking downward from a smoke-wreath, while a woman, with dim features of despair, threw out her hand to warn him back. Was it his mother? But he had no power to retreat one step, nor to resist, even in thought, when the minister and good old Deacon Gookin seized his arms, and led him to the blazing rock. Thither came also the slender form of a veiled female, led between Goody Cloyse, that pious teacher of the catechism, and Martha Carrier, who had received the devil’s promise to be queen of hell. A rampant hag was she! And there stood the proselytes, beneath the canopy of fire. “Welcome, my children,” said the dark figure, “to the communion of your race! Ye have found, thus young, your nature and your destiny. My children, look behind you!” They turned; and flashing forth, as it were, in a sheet of flame, the fiend-worshippers were seen; the smile of welcome gleamed darkly on every visage. “There,” resumed the sable form, “are all whom ye have reverenced from youth. Ye deemed them holier than yourselves, and shrank from your own sin, contrasting it with their lives of righteousness, and prayerful aspirations heavenward. Yet, here are they all, in my worshipping assembly! This night it shall be granted you to know their secret deeds; how hoary-bearded elders of the church have whispered wanton words to the young maids of their households; how many a woman, eager for widow’s weeds, has given her husband a drink at bed-time, and let him sleep his last sleep in her bosom; how beardless youth have made haste to inherit their father’s wealth; and how fair damsels–blush not, sweet ones–have dug little graves in the garden, and bidden me, the sole guest, to an infant’s funeral. By the sympathy of your human hearts for sin, ye shall scent out all the places–whether in church, bed-chamber, street, field, or forest–where crime has been committed, and shall exult to behold the whole earth one stain of guilt, one mighty blood-spot. Far more than this! It shall be yours to penetrate, in every bosom, the deep mystery of sin, the fountain of all wicked arts, and which inexhaustibly supplies more evil impulses than human power–than my power at its utmost!–can make manifest in deeds. And now, my children, look upon each other.” “Lo! there ye stand, my children,” said the figure, in a deep and solemn tone, almost sad, with its despairing awfulness, as if his once angelic nature could yet mourn for our miserable race. “Depending upon one another’s hearts, ye had still hoped that virtue were not all a dream! Now are ye undeceived! Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome, again, my children, to the communion of your race!” And there they stood, the only pair, as it seemed, who were yet hesitating on the verge of wickedness, in this dark world. A basin was hollowed, naturally, in the rock. Did it contain water, reddened by the lurid light? or was it blood? or, perchance, a liquid flame? Herein did the Shape of Evil dip his hand, and prepare to lay the mark of baptism upon their foreheads, that they might be partakers of the mystery of sin, more conscious of the secret guilt of others, both in deed and thought, than they could now be of their own. The husband cast one look at his pale wife, and Faith at him. What polluted wretches would the next glance show them to each other, shuddering alike at what they disclosed and what they saw! Whether Faith obeyed, he knew not. Hardly had he spoken, when he found himself amid calm night and solitude, listening to a roar of the wind, which died heavily away through the forest. He staggered against the rock, and felt it chill and damp, while a hanging twig, that had been all on fire, besprinkled his cheek with the coldest dew. The next morning, young Goodman Brown came slowly into the street of Salem village, staring around him like a bewildered man. The good old minister was taking a walk along the graveyard, to get an appetite for breakfast and meditate his sermon, and bestowed a blessing, as he passed, on Goodman Brown. He shrank from the venerable saint, as if to avoid an anathema. Old Deacon Gookin was at domestic worship, and the holy words of his prayer were heard through the open window. “What God doth the wizard pray to?” quoth Goodman Brown. Goody Cloyse, that excellent old Christian, stood in the early sunshine, at her own lattice, catechising a little girl, who had brought her a pint of morning’s milk. Goodman Brown snatched away the child, as from the grasp of the fiend himself. Turning the corner by the meeting-house, he spied the head of Faith, with the pink ribbons, gazing anxiously forth, and bursting into such joy at sight of him, that she skipt along the street, and almost kissed her husband before the whole village. But Goodman Brown looked sternly and sadly into her face, and passed on without a greeting. Be it so, if you will. But, alas! it was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man, did he become, from the night of that fearful dream. On the Sabbath-day, when the congregation were singing a holy psalm, he could not listen, because an anthem of sin rushed loudly upon his ear, and drowned all the blessed strain. When the minister spoke from the pulpit, with power and fervid eloquence, and with his hand on the open Bible, of the sacred truths of our religion, and of saint-like lives and triumphant deaths, and of future bliss or misery unutterable, then did Goodman Brown turn pale, dreading lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers. Often, awaking suddenly at midnight, he shrank from the bosom of Faith, and at morning or eventide, when the family knelt down at prayer, he scowled, and muttered to himself, and gazed sternly at his wife, and turned away. And when he had lived long, and was borne to his grave, a hoary corpse,followed by Faith, an aged woman, and children and grand-children, a goodly procession, besides neighbors, not a few, they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone; for his dying hour was gloom. Jolie Dubriel’s Red and Blue is a fascinating, re-imagined tale that combines both classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes with many twists and turns. Dubriel takes old favorite characters and story lines you knew, loved, and memorized during your childhood story times and weaves them together as one beautiful story of secrecy, heartbreak, and the power of love. Obstacles and setbacks are sprinkled in along the way on the journey from once upon a time to happily ever after. Nostalgic characters Little Red Riding Hood and Little Boy Blue are now grown-up characters who play the lead parts. Humpty Dumpty, Old King Cole, and other classic figures also pepper this amazingly creative compilation. Like any classic fairy tale, this book is not without tragedy. As is par for the course, there are separations of young children from parents and premature deaths of parental figures. There are hearts broken and healed. Red and Blue are coming of age characters who are growing up, discovering who they are, who they want to be, and who they begin to have feelings for. Stories from the past surface that throw wrenches in plans and change life trajectories. The story is full of conflicts and characters trying to solve them. The dynamic as old as time, good vs. evil, is also prevalent in parts of the story. I love a good anthropomorphic animal or inanimate object, and those characters seen in the Kingdom of Rhyme do not disappoint in this area. Animals and objects are personified throughout the story. Fish, salamanders, cats, and dogs walk around in suits as servants and guards in King Cole’s castle. A dish runs and talks with a spoon through the forest. A cow jumps over the moon. These are the kinds of things that a nostalgic childhood reader will love. The half human/half animal or object cast of characters are reminiscent of those kinds of splits found in The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, The Sword in the Stone, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. I like the twist that Red’s story takes regarding her relationship with wolves. Red and her grandmother have their classic encounter with the Big Bad Wolf, and miraculously survive. Later, her loving stepfather gifts her with a little wolf pup that grows to be her best friend and companion. It’s refreshing to see the girl have the upper hand over a wolf in one of these tales. What classic tale would be complete without magic? The ultimate symbol of magic in this story is Little Boy Blue’s golden horn. He is unaware of its power, but has been cautioned to keep it with him always. Blue has grown up with the horn strapped to his back while working on a farm. It is only later that Blue will discover his true identity and the power that the horn truly holds. I really enjoyed how Dubriel took so many classic and loved stories and characters and wove them together into one cohesive story. It is truly a feel-good kind of read. It is a love story that keeps its innocence. There is some tragedy and conflict, but I think it’s appropriate for pretty much anyone. Middle schoolers through adults will enjoy this book. Jolie Dubriel may have written a “new classic” with this book. 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Verse 23: “restore their fortunes”: See also Ezekiel 36:8-11: “But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they shall soon come home. See now, I am for you; I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown ...” [ NOAB] Verse 23: “‘The Lord bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy hill!’”: This is a liturgical blessing, as is Numbers 6:24-26: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace”. Psalm 128:5 says “The Lord bless you from Zion”. See also Psalm 134:3. [ NJBC] Verse 23: “‘O holy hill’”: As in Isaiah 11:9, the whole of Judah is thus designated: “They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea”. [ NJBC] Verse 28: Jeremiah’s mission is in 1:10: “ See, today I [ Yahweh] appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant”. Now it is time for the final phase of his mission: the creation of a new people. [ NJBC] Verses 29-30: This may reflect a contemporary problem: Deuteronomy 24:16 says that parents should not be put to death for their children’s sins, and vice versa. This issue is discussed at some length by Ezekiel in Chapter 18. [ NOAB] In Israel, collective responsibility previously prevailed in the realms of morals and justice: see Exodus 20:5 (one of the Ten Commandments); Deuteronomy 5:9; Numbers 14:18. [ NJBC] Verse 31: “make”: The word in Hebrew can mean cut. It is the oldest expression for covenant making. [ NOAB] In the ancient Near East, a covenant included a self-maledictory oath ( may ... be done to me if I fail to keep this pact). It was often symbolized by cutting an animal in half and walking between the two halves. See Genesis 15:10 (God’s covenant with Abraham). Verse 31: “new covenant”: This is the only time this phrase is used in the Old Testament. It is, however, used in the Qumran literature, but there it means the Mosaic covenant, with strong legalistic tendencies. Of course, this phrase was re-interpreted in the New Testament: see Luke 22:20 (The Institution of the Lord’s Supper); 1 Corinthians 11:25; Hebrews 8:8-12 (a quotation of vv. 31-34). [ NJBC] Verse 31: “house of Judah”: From the mention of only “the house of Israel” in v. 33, we know that “house of Judah” is a later editorial addition, made to make clear that the new covenant includes all the people. [ NJBC] Verse 33: “write it on their hearts”: 17:1 says: “The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen; with a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts, and on the horns of their altars”, and Ezekiel 11:19 “I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh”. The heart was seen as the seat of intellect and will. The old covenant was written on tablets of stone (see Exodus 31:18; 34:28ff; Deuteronomy 4:13; 5:22) or in a book (see Exodus 24:7 and 2 Kings 23:3). [ NJBC] Verse 33: “I will be their God”: A widespread covenantal clause: see also 7:23; 11:4; 24:7; 30:22; 31:1; 32:38; Ezekiel 11:20; 36:28, etc; Zechariah 8:8; Leviticus 26:12. [ NJBC] Verse 34: “No longer shall they teach one another”: Instruction will not be needed. There will be no intermediaries (e.g. Moses, priests, prophets). Isaiah 54:13 says “All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the prosperity of your children”. [ NJBC] Verse 34: “they shall all know me”: In Hosea 2:20, God says through the prophet: “I will take you for my wife in faithfulness; and you shall know the Lord”. [ NOAB] Ezekiel and Deutero-Isaiah speak of this new covenant as the everlasting covenant, one that could not be broken: see Ezekiel 16:60; 37:26; Isaiah 55:3; 61:8. It is possible because a new heart is created in the people; a new spirit is given to them: see Ezekiel 18:31; 36:26; Isaiah 59:21. Verses 38-40: The locations in Jerusalem that we know show that the city will be enlarged/rebuilt in all directions: “The Horse Gate” was on the eastern side, near the royal palace: see 2 Kings 11:16 and Nehemiah 3:28. [ NJBC] At least part of the newness comes from the abolition of child sacrifice, referred to in 19:1-5. This description of Jerusalem is historical rather than apocalyptic; it corresponds to the actual size of the city destroyed by the Babylonians and rebuilt by Nehemiah. [ NJBC] 3:1: “the last days”: They have already begun: see v. 5. In Peter’s speech explaining the events of the Day of Pentecost, he quotes Joel as showing that final era has already begun: see Acts 2:16-17. [ NOAB] 3:2-5: The attention given to lists of vices in the Pastoral Letters indicates a special emphasis on morality; the lists are broadened beyond the lists Paul offers. See 1 Timothy 1:9-10; 6:4-5; Titus 3:3; 1 Corinthians 5:11; 6:9-10; Galatians 5:18-21; Romans 1:29-31. [ CAB] Assonance and alliteration (in the Greek) rather than logical or biblical order govern the sequence of this list of vices. They are mentioned in almost the same order in Romans 1:30-31. [ NJBC] 3:5: They will appear to be godly but will lack the vital “power”. For Paul on this subject, see 1 Corinthians 2:5; 4:19-20 (“... the kingdom of God depends not on talk but on power”); 1 Thessalonians 1:5. [ NOAB] See also Colossians 2:23. [ CAB] 3:5: “holding to the outward form of godliness”: NJBC offers having the outward form of piety and says that Paul uses a similar phrase in Romans 2:20. 3:6-7: It appears that an approach of the false teachers has been to influence women in the community. [ CAB] 3:6: “into households”: The Greek word can also mean house or family. In 2:20, the word obviously means the household of believers or house-church . It may well have the same meaning here and in 1 Timothy 5:13. [ NJBC] 3:6: “silly women”: NJBC offers silly little women and says that the Greek is a contemptuous diminutive. In antiquity, the contention that false teaching appealed to women was common; however, 1 Timothy 5:13 suggests that some women helped to spread unorthodox Christian teaching, which the author opposed. 3:6: “all kinds of desires”: Titus 3:3 speaks of being “slaves to various passions and pleasures” as part of the pre-conversion state. [ NJBC] 3:8: “Jannes and Jambres”: The Egyptian magicians who opposed Moses are not named in Exodus 7:11; they were named later in Jewish tradition. See also Exodus 9:11. [ CAB] The names are found in CD (Damascus Document) 5:18-19. Just as these men (plus Korah and his allies) could not succeed for long against God’s true representative, so likewise the false teachers are doomed to failure: see v. 9. [ NJBC] 3:11: “my persecutions and suffering”: For Paul’s description of his sufferings, see 2 Corinthians 6:4-10. [ NOAB] 3:11: “Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra”: In Acts of Paul and Thecla, Paul’s work focuses on these three cities. [ NJBC] Timothy was from Lystra. For Paul in these cities, see Acts 13:14-52 (Persidian Antioch and Iconium); 14:1-20 (Iconium and Lystra); 16:1-5 (Lystra). [ CAB] 3:11: “the Lord rescued me ...”: Probably a reference to Psalm 34:19. This psalm insists on the vindication of the righteous individual. Like Moses (see 2:19 and v. 8), Paul was also vindicated by God. See also 4:18. [ NJBC] 3:12: In Matthew 10:22, Jesus tells his disciples: “you will be hated by all because of my name”. See also John 15:19; Acts 14:22; Galatians 4:29; Philippians 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 3:3-4. [ CAB] [ JBC] 3:12: “to live a godly life”: See also Titus 1:1 (“the knowledge of the truth that is in accordance with godliness”) and Titus 2:12 (“to live lives that are ... godly”). [ JBC] 3:13: “impostors”: Like “Jannes and Jambres” (v. 8). The Greek word was also a stock epithet used of philosophical opponents. [ NJBC] 3:13: “deceiving others and being deceived”: See also vv. 5-9 (avoid those “holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power ...”) and 2:26. “Being deceived” can also be translated as led astray or wandering about, so false teachers are in the same state as are non-believers: Titus 3:3 says “For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another” . [ NJBC] 3:14: 1:5 speaks of the contributions of Timothy’s mother and grandmother to his knowledge of the faith: “I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you”. [ NJBC] 3:15: “sacred writings”: The phrase hiera grammata was in current use among Greek-speaking Jews (e.g. Philo and Josephus) to designate biblical books. The Old Testament is only able to offer true instruction if read in the context of the faith of the Christian community. [ NJBC] The Church interpreted (and interprets) these books as pointing to Christ. [ NOAB] 3:16: “All scripture”: pasa graphe can mean the entirety of scripture or each passage in scripture. NOAB sees this as a reference to the Old Testament. 3:16: “inspired by God”: God is ultimately responsible for the existence of these books. [ JBC] CAB says that this phrase translates one Greek adjective which literally means produced by the power of God’s own breath. 3:17: The REB offers: so that the man of God may be capable and equipped for every good work. For man of God, see also 1 Timothy 6:11: “But as for you [Timothy], man of God ...”. 3:17: “equipped for every good work”: As against the false teachers who are “unfit for any good work” (Titus 1:16). NOAB says that the works include those mentioned in v. 16. 4:2: “whether the time is favourable or unfavourable”: This is unusual advice, for ancients commonly urged speech only when timely, but the times are in God’s hands (see Titus 1:3; 1 Timothy 2:6; 6:15) and the speaker can therefore leave the timeliness to God. [ NJBC] 4:3-4: In 1 Timothy 4:1-2, the author says “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will renounce the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.” [ CAB] 4:3: The author says in 3:1: “You must understand this, that in the last days distressing times will come”. [ NOAB] 4:3: “sound doctrine”: Or sound teaching. Titus 1:13 says “That testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may become sound in the faith”. See also Titus 2:1. [ NJBC] 4:4: “myths”: In 1 Timothy 1:3-4, the author urges some people “not to occupy themselves with myths and endless genealogies that promote speculations rather than the divine training that is known by faith”. In 1 Timothy 4:7, he advises his readers “have nothing to do with profane myths and old wives’ tales”. [ NOAB] 4:5: “endure suffering”: In 2:8-9, the author, speaking as Paul, says “my gospel, for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal”. In 1:8, Timothy is invited to “ join with ... [Paul] in suffering for the gospel”. [ NJBC] 4:5: “an evangelist”: A preacher of the gospel not restricted to a particular area. Acts 21:8 tells us of “Philip the evangelist”. He was one of the first seven deacons: see Acts 6:1-6. Ephesians 4:11 tells us that one of the gifts Christ gives us is to be an evangelist. [ NOAB] Here responsibility for the Christian message is being passed from Paul to the next generation of church leaders. [ NJBC] 4:5: “your ministry”: Previously it was Paul’s ministry: 1 Timothy 1:12 says “I [Paul] am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service”. [ NJBC] 4:6-8: Paul’s death is depicted as being soon, and so he hands on his legacy to Timothy and other future leaders. [ JBC] 4:6: “libation”: In Philippians 2:17, Paul speaks of “... being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the offering of your faith ...”. Numbers 28:7 commands “... in the sanctuary you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord”, so the author of 2 Timothy bases his words on an ancient idea. Psalm 16:4 also mentions “drink offerings” made to God. [ CAB] 4:7: The example of the athlete is also found in 2:5 and by Paul in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 and Philippians 3:12-14. A military image is also used in 2:4 and 1 Timothy 6:12. [ CAB] 4:8: “crown of righteousness”: 2:5 says “... in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules”. The winner of a foot-race received a victor’s crown at the finishing post. [ NOAB] [ CAB] 17:20-18:8: The theme of this section is fidelity while waiting for the coming of the Son of Man. [ NJBC] 17:20: “when the kingdom of God was coming”: 19:11 tells us that the crowd at Jericho “supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately”. In Acts 1:6, before his ascension, the disciples ask Jesus “... ‘Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?’”. See also 21:7. [ NOAB] 17:20: “with things that can be observed”: BlkLk offers with observation. He says that there is word-play between the two senses of the Greek word: In 11:53-54, the Pharisees watch in the first sense: “When he went outside, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile toward him and to cross-examine him about many things, lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say”. In this sense, Jesus says that the Kingdom does not come through meticulous keeping of the tradition, not by hostile watching of Jesus. There is irony here: by watching him, Jesus would show the Pharisees the Kingdom if they had the right perspective, if they were able to discern the signs of the times. In 12:56, Jesus says to the crowds: “You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?”. 17:21: “the kingdom of God is among you”: i.e. in the person of Christ. The reality of God’s “kingdom” is present and available. The Pharisees have in mind a kingdom bringing material benefits. [ NOAB] BlkLk says that is within your grasp or within your power is almost what the Greek means. 17:22-27: Matthew 24 contains similar teachings in a different order and setting. [ NOAB] Luke presents another eschatological discourse in 21:5-36 which emphasizes the events leading up to the coming of the Son of Man. [ NJBC] 17:22: In Matthew 9:15, Jesus foretells: “The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast”. Mark 2:20 and Luke 5:35 are similar. [ NOAB] 17:22: “one of the days of the Son of Man”: BlkLk says that these are the days of the revealing of the glory of the Son of Man, beginning with the Transfiguration, and to be ended with the final consummation. 17:22: “Son of Man”: Jews expected a number of people to appear at the time of God’s definitive intervention in world affairs on behalf of Israel: messiahs, figures who would rescue/save the nation. These included Elijah, the prophet like Moses, and perhaps the Son of Man. But one messiah , the Messiah, was a precisely defined concept: the anointed king descended from David who would establish Yahweh’s earthly kingdom. 17:23-24: In Matthew 24:23-27, Jesus says: “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Messiah!’ or ‘There he is’ – do not believe it. ... So, if they say to you, 'Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man”. See also Mark 13:21 and Revelation 1:7. [ NOAB] 17:24: The coming will be sudden and visible to all. [ NOAB] BlkLk says the comparison is with the brightness of the “lightning” rather than its suddenness. The Son of Man will shine with unmistakable brightness as at the Transfiguration. 17:25: In 9:22, Jesus says “‘The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised’”. [ NOAB] Jews did not expect the Messiah to suffer. 17:27: “marrying and being given in marriage”: Perhaps this reference is here because of Genesis 7:7: “And Noah with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood”. [ BlkLk] 17:28: The catastrophe in Lot’s day was by fire. Luke may include Lot to follow the Hellenistic tradition of alternate catastrophes of flood and fire. [ BlkLk] 17:29: “fire and sulphur”: BlkLk offers fire and brimstone. The word translated “sulphur” appears to denote some combustible material, possibly oil. The sentence is composed of words occurring in the Septuagint translation of Genesis 19:24. 17:32: Genesis 19:26 says “But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”. [ NOAB] This verse is not found in Matthew and Mark. [ BlkLk] 17:33: See also Matthew 10:38-39. [ NOAB] BlkLk offers a different translation: Whoever seeks to possess his life shall lose it, and whoever loses it will make it live. REB offers Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life will gain it. In Mark 8:35, Jesus says “‘For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it”. Based on his translation, noting that Luke uses the Marcan form of the saying, BlkLk notes that Luke has made some interesting changes: from save to possess, and from save it to make it live. Here, Jesus warns against making one’s life into a possession, i.e. something to be guarded. While apolesei is translated as “lose”, it actually has a double meaning: it also means destroy. 17:37: Jesus’ words are also found in Matthew 24:28. Jesus’ answer is a significant appeal to faith. The questioners wish to know where the Messiah and his people will be located. Instead of answering them directly, Jesus warns: as surely as vultures find the carcass, so surely will divine judgement come; therefore, always be ready! [ NOAB] 17:37: “vultures”: CAB sees those who are struck down as being food for the vultures. NJBC and BlkLk offer eagles. NJBC interprets Jesus’ words as saying that the Son of Man’s coming is as certain as the presence of a corpse where birds of prey are gathered. 18:1-8: The insistent but effective appeals of the widow to the judge are compared with the readiness of God to heed the prayers of his people and set matters right, but the question remains whether there will be sufficient people of faith when the Son of Man returns. [ CAB] These verses are tied to 17:20-37 by v. 8. For Luke’s first readers, probably persecuted, the lessons are: 18:1: The point is carefully stated, perhaps because the details are incongruous (as they are in 16:1-9, the Parable of the Unjust Steward or Dishonest Manager). [ NOAB] 18:7: See also Revelation 6:10 (the opening of the fifth seal); Matthew 24:22 (the events preceding the end of the era, on the Mount of Olives); Romans 8:33; Colossians 3:12; 2 Timothy 2:10. [ NOAB] 18:7: “Will he delay long in helping them?”: BlkLk sees the Greek here as a continuation of the description of the condition of “his chosen ones” and renders it as while he is slow to help them . 18:8: “faith”: Faith is a requisite for persistent prayer: see v. 1. [ NOAB] We should remember that the first Christians expected Jesus’ return imminently. Will his followers remain faithful to him over the long haul? [ NJBC] Blomberg notes that the Greek is literally the faith. He interprets it as the faith shown by the widow in vv. 2-5.

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The Isle of Wight has a fascinating history from the Age of the Dinosaurs to the infamous pop festivals of the late 1960s. Discover more of the history of this truly unique Island below. Prehistory refers to the period of human existence before the availability of those written records with which recorded history begins. More broadly, it can refer to all the time preceding human existence and the invention of writing. The Isle of Wight has long been renowned as one of Europe's finest sites for dinosaur remains. 125 million years ago there was no island, it was landlocked and part of a large continent. In the muds and silts of ancient marshy environments, animals and plants were trapped and preserved as fossils. These can now be found in the cliffs and on the beaches around the Island's coast. The oldest rocks are the wealdon clays formed when dinosaurs roamed the earth. The yellow, brown and grey rocks exposed in the bays of Compton, Brook and Brighstone contain fossilised tress and dinosaur bones with several species identified as unique to the Isle of Wight. Giant casts of dinosaur footprints in stone are a famous feature at Hanover Point. Today, geologists continue to examine the rocks to understand the complex processes which formed the present Isle of Wight. Admission tickets to the Dinosaur Isle museum are available from the Ships Stores onboard or when making a ferry booking online. For much of its geological history, recorded in rock formations up to 120 million years old, the Isle of Wight was part of a much greater landmass that was periodically submerged. During the Pleistocene epoch, from 2 million to 10,000 years ago, in cold periods the sea levels fell and the Island became part of mainland Britain which in turn was attached at times to the rest of Europe. In warmer phases the sea rose and the Island broke away. The earliest human activity in Britain took place during the Pleistocene epoch. The oldest known Isle of Wight site is at Priory Bay, St Helens, where flint hand axes and other implements have been found. These have been dated to 425,000 - 300,000 years ago. During the entire Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) humans were hunter-gatherers who had a limited impact on the environment. The impressive standing stone on the high ground above Mottistone is the Island's oldest landmark relic of human activity. Dating from the New Stone Age (around 4,000 - 2,400 BC), it was part of a communal burial site called a long barrow. The Longstone is a giant upright stone but has a smaller stone lying at its base. It has been suggested that the positioning focuses the light of the rising sun into the burial chamber where the spirits of the dead might be awakened by the sun's rays. The Longstone is one of just three surviving field monuments from the Neolithic period on the Isle of Wight. The others are a mortuary enclosure, where the dead were left exposed until the bones had been picked clean before burial (on Tennyson Down), and a long barrow on Afton Down. Around 1900 BC the so called Beaker people arrived - named after their distinctive pottery. They called the Island Wiht (weight) meaning raised or what rises over the sea. Hoards of Bronze Age (2,300 BC - 700 BC) implements and weapons, and also round barrow cemeteries, have been found throughout the Island. Although many no longer survive, over 300 round barrows have been recorded. Round barrows are 'bowl,' 'bell' or 'disc,' according to their construction. Bowl barrows are simple mounds of earth or chalk that may have a surrounding ditch. Disc barrows have a small central mound on a wide platform surrounded by a ditch and an outer bank. Both disc and bell barrows are to be found on Brook Down. A round barrow on Newbarn Down, Calbourne, excavated in the 1970s, contained a 'Beaker Culture' bowl. The Island was taken by the 2nd Legion under the command of Vespasian who was just 34. The most likely landing place was the large expanse of land-locked tidal water later known as Brading Haven (until its 19th century reclamation.) The Celtic population was not in a position to defend the Island against the highly disciplined 5,000-strong 2nd Legion and it is quite possible that Vespasian's 'conquest' was achieved without bloodshed. Suetonius, Vespasian's biographer, refers to the Island as Vectem or Vecta. From this came the word Vectis, the name used for the Island throughout nearly 400 years of peaceful Roman occupation. The Romans arrived on the site after AD 43, farming, fishing and tending animals for their meat, milk, hides and wool. They quarried their own stone and made roof tiles and window glass. They had piped water, bathing rooms and even under-floor heating. Thought to have first been constructed in the mid-first century, the original small stone farm building at Brading had developed between AD270-300 into an imposing villa with stone and wooden buildings on three sides of a central courtyard or garden. It benefited from a wealth of food and materials including wild boar, sheep, barley and wheat. In the third century, the Villa was severely damaged by fire and subsequently – but slowly - went into decline, partly due to ongoing barbarian raids. The remains of this impressive farm with its mosaics still in their original position can still be seen today. Admission tickets to Brading Roman Villa are available from the Ships Stores onboard or when making a ferry booking online. Discovered in 1926, excavations revealed extensive remains of a late Romano-British farmhouse built around AD 280. The villa has one of the finest bath suites in England, under floor heating and remnants of mosaic floors. The Dark Ages is a period of intellectual darkness and economic regression that occurred in Europe roughly from the 6th to 13th centuries, following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire after the end of Late Antiquity, and the rise of the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century. In AD 350 the Island was taken by Cerdic and his son, Cynric, who are said to have slaughtered many Islanders in the Carisbrooke area in order to annex Wight to the sprawling kingdom of Wessex. These Pagan Anglo-Saxon settlers are thought to have been Jutes, a tribe known to have settled in Kent and southern Hampshire. A late 5th and 6th century cemetery excavated in the 19th century on Bowcombe Down indicates that settlement there had begun before AD 530. A Saxon cemetery from the first half of the 6th century has been excavated at Carisbrooke Castle. One of the three graves found was that of an important male, buried with drinking and table vessels, a gold-plated coin and a set of playing-pieces. Four years after Cerdic's death, rule was divided between his two nephews Stuf and Wihtgar - Wihtgar died in AD 544 and was buried at Carisbrooke. Wulfere, son of Penda, King of Mercia conquered the Isle of Wight in AD 661. He gave his name to several Island settlements known as Woolverton which means Wulfere's town. Wulfere laid waste to the Island, wresting it from the kingdom of Wessex and handed it to Aldewach, King of Sussex for political reasons. In AD 686 King Caedwalla wrenched the Island back for Wessex, shortly after killing Aldewach in battle. Caedwalla had converted to Christianity and he was initially intent on murdering all the pagan inhabitants of the Isle of Wight. In the event he handed over just 300 of the Island's 1,200 families to the missionary bishop, Wilfrid of York, who organised their baptism at Brading. The Isle of Wight is the first recorded place for a Danish attack on England. It was successfully repelled in AD 787 and for most of the following century the Vikings ignored the Island while they raided the English mainland. In AD 897, Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, sent his new, fast galleys after six Danish ships attacking England's south coast. The Vikings were roundly defeated at a battle said to have taken place at Brading Haven. The present-day copse, north-west of Brading, and its well, share the name Bloodstone. From AD 981 onwards the Danes used the Island as a convenient place for launching visits for 'burning and killing' which went on for over 100 years - the Islanders lived in constant fear. Cnut, son of Sweyn, King of the Danes, became King of all England, and visited the Isle of Wight in 1022 'with all his ships.' The Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Medieval period is subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages. The triumph of William of Normandy over the English King Harold at Hastings in 1066 owed a lot to the military genius of his relative and senior commander at the battle, William FitzOsbern, Grand Seneschal of Normandy. William the Conqueror made William FitzOsbern Lord of the Isle of Wight. It was a great gift and FitzOsbern governed the Island as a semi-independent feudal state. He replaced Saxon landowners with his own followers, introducing Norman families whose descendants would feature in Island affairs for centuries to come. William FitzOsbern built a Norman campaign fort at Carisbrooke in a corner of the site of the Saxon burh. He ordered that the tithes and rents from six Island churches (Arreton, Freshwater, Godshill, Newchurch, Niton and Whippingham) should go to Lyre Abbey that he founded in 1045. In 1262 Isabella de Fortibus inherited the lordship of Carisbrooke Castle on the death of her brother, Baldwin de Redvers. She was a widow aged twenty-five and said to be the richest woman in England. Isabella made Carisbrooke the main residence of her far-flung estates and carried out many additions and improvements to the castle's private apartments. The hall range was extended, and she probably built the central part of the gatehouse. Today you can still see a window seat in the west curtain wall, while sections of her private chapel form part of the museum staircase. On her death in 1293, Carisbrooke passed to the king. St. Catherine's Oratory was built by Lord of Chale, Walter de Godeton as an act of penance for plundering wine from the wreck of St. Marie of Bayonne which foundered on the treacherous rocks of Atherfield Ledge. It is the only surviving medieval lighthouse in England. The 4 story Pepper Pot shaped lighthouse is built from stone and is octagonal on the outside and four-sided on the inside. It was in active use from 1328 until the Dissolution of the Monasteries and had a priest as an oratory to tend to the light and pray for wrecked sailors. An adjacent replacement lighthouse known locally as the "salt cellar" was started in 1785 but was never completed as the site is too frequently shrouded in fog. For this reason the current lighthouse, constructed after the 1837 wreck of the Clarendon, was built much closer to sea level. Newtown (sometimes called Francheville) was established in 1256 by Bishop Aymer of Winchester, beside a navigable creek in his manor of Swainston. The name Francheville indicated a 'free town' where land and tenements were held at a fixed rent and the people were mostly free of the usual obligations to perform services for the Lord of The Manor. Streets were laid out in a grid and, for a time, Newtown was a significant port that rivalled those at Yarmouth and Newport. In 1285 it passed to the king, but in 1377 was destroyed by a French raid, never to recover. By the 18th century Newtown had become something of a 'lost town.' The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales. It coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII (1457–1509). In terms of the entire century, Guy (1988) argues that "England was economically healthier, more expansive, and more optimistic under the Tudors" than at any time in a thousand years. During the Tudor and early Stuart periods there were recurrent threats from France and Spain and the Island was a potential base from which to attack the mainland. From 1538, Henry VIII built coastal fortresses from Kent to Cornwall, with a cluster around the Solent. On the Island two small forts were built at Cowes using stone from Quarr Abbey and Sandham (Sandown). Yarmouth Castle, along with nearby Sharpnode Blockhouse, was constructed in 1545-47. This was the last and most sophisticated addition to Henry VIII's coastal defences; it was completed after his death in 1547, with the first new-style 'arrowhead' artillery bastion built in England. The French had landed on the Isle of Wight's eastern coast in 1545, destroying a small fort at Seaview. They also came ashore at Bembridge, St Helens, Sandown, Shanklin and Bonchurch. Both sides lost large numbers of men but after just two days the Island forces secured a famous victory. Newport was founded in about 1180 by Richard de Redvers, the lord of Carisbrooke Castle. The town was at the head of the Medina estuary and was laid out largely to a grid pattern of streets. By the 17th century it was prosperous as a place of trade and in Georgian times was the commercial and social centre of the Island. When the plague came, Newport had no burial ground. Church Litten cemetery dates back to 1583, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It was entered through the stone Park Gateway, also 1583, that still stands today. 'Litten' comes from a Saxon word meaning a cemetery. The Stuart period of British history usually refers to the period between 1603 and 1714. This coincides with the rule of the House of Stuart, whose first monarch was James VI of Scotland. The period ended with the death of Queen Anne and the accession of George I from the House of Hanover. The Stuart period was plagued by internal and religious strife, and a large-scale civil war. Princess Elizabeth was a daughter of King Charles I. Like her father, she was imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle. She died there in 1650 at the age of 14 after developing a chill while playing bowls on the lawn just weeks after her arrival. She is buried in the chancel of the church of St Thomas in St Thomas's Square, Newport, also known as the Minster. Her monument was commissioned by Queen Victoria when the church was rebuilt in 1854-6. The sculptor was Baron Marochetti and the effigy is white marble. The princess is depicted as a long robed figure, After a long period of obscurity, Robert Hooke is now recognised as one of the most important scientists of his age. Born in a farmhouse (now demolished) on Hooke Hill, Freshwater in 1635, Hooke was a natural philosopher, architect and polymath interested in mechanics, gravitation, timekeeping, microscopes, palaeontology, astronomy and memory. In 1660 he discovered the law of elasticity, known as Hooke's Law. Hooke was Surveyor of the City of London and, as chief assistant to the architect Christopher Wren, helped him rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666. Hooke died in the capital in 1703. The date stone from Hooke's birthplace was incorporated into the vestry wall of the thatched church of St Agnes, Freshwater Bay, and can be seen from the outside. The Georgian era of British history takes its name from, and is normally defined as spanning the reigns of, the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain who were all named 'George': George I, George II, George III and George IV. The era covers the period from 1714 to 1830, with the sub-period of the Regency defined by the Regency of George IV as Prince of Wales during the illness of his father George III. Bembridge Windmill is the only surviving windmill on the Island and was built in the early 1700s when Bembridge was almost an island in its own right, cut off from the rest of the Isle of Wight. When the artist JMW Turner visited in 1795 he began a watercolour of the windmill showing the sea lapping at the bottom of the hill on which the mill stands. For two centuries the windmill provided a service for the local community and work for generations of millers. In the 1880s Bembridge’s isolation ended when Brading Haven was drained. The arrival of the railway brought cheap flour which meant from 1897 only cattle feed was produced until the mill last operated in 1913. By the following harvest the men had gone off to fight in the Great War and the mill never reopened. Repairs were made in the 1930s, and then in the late 1950s local people paid for further restoration work before giving the mill to the National Trust in 1961. Admission tickets are available from the Ships Stores onboard or when making a ferry booking online. There has been a house on the site of Appuldurcombe since 1300, but the present one was started in 1701. Now just a shell, it was once the grandest mansion on the Isle of Wight and is still an important example of English Baroque architecture. Construction on a substantial scale was carried out under Sir Richard Worsley, the 7th baronet, after his return from the Grand Tour of Europe in 1772. In 1782 he left the country for five years and amassed a large collection of Greek antiquities and other works of art for his private museum at Appuldurcombe. Ryde's pier is the second-longest seaside pier in the country. Only Southend's is longer. The original wooden structure at Ryde opened in 1814. At 1,740 feet, it allowed vessels to berth even at low tide, when the sea retreats half-a-mile from the shore. It was extended in 1824, and reached its present length of nearly 1/2 mile by 1842. The Isle of Wight Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ran regular ferry services between Cowes and Southampton from 1820. The Company merged with its mainland rival in 1861 to form the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited or 'Red Funnel' for short. To this day, the Company's full name is the longest on the Companies House register. Situated at the most southerly tip of the Isle of Wight at Niton Undercliff, St Catherine's lighthouse was built in 1838-40. It was reduced in height in 1875 and then added to in 1932. Blackgang Chine was built by Alexander Dabell as a scenic and curiosity park on a spectacularly steep ravine, overlooking Chale Bay; an area famous for smuggling. The theme park capitalised on the Victorian trend for healthy holidays by the sea and people travelled from far and wide to see the breathtaking views and walk down the Chine to the beach. Alexander knew this alone would not hold the public's attention for long and began his acquisition of a series of fascinating attractions and additions to the Chine. The very first, and perhaps the most bizarre, was the skeleton of a whale, which had been washed up on a nearby beach. He bought the creature, sold off the blubber, bleached the bones and then set about displaying it at the Chine for the morbid curiosity of all the visitors. Although the pathways to the sea have long since washed away, the skeleton still exists in the park as the oldest attraction. Admission tickets to Blackgang Chine are available from the Ships Stores onboard or when making a ferry booking online. Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert purchased Osborne in October 1845 to escape the stresses of court life. After first visiting Osborne, England's longest-reigning monarch wrote: 'It is impossible to imagine a prettier spot'. The original house was too small for their needs so a new house was built on the site in the style of the Italian Renaissance complete with two belvedere towers. Prince Albert designed the house himself in conjunction with builder Thomas Cubitt. The royal family stayed at Osborne for lengthy periods each year. In the spring for Victoria's birthday in May; in July and August when they celebrated Albert's birthday; and just before Christmas. The domestic idyll at Osborne was sadly cut short in December 1861 when Prince Albert died. During her widowhood, Osborne House continued as one of Queen Victoria's favourite homes and fittingly she died there in January 1901. Built to guard the western end of the Solent from enemy ships, the Old Battery is a spectacularly sited cliff top fort overlooking The Needles Rocks. In 1885 a tunnel was dug towards the cliff face from the parade grounds and in 1887 an elevator down to the beach was completed. The original guns were replaced in 1893 by six 9-inch rifled muzzle loaders which took a team of 9 men to load and fire. These guns fired projectiles weighing 116 kg. Early searchlight experiments were conducted at the site between 1889 and 1892. Admission tickets to The Needles Old Battery are available from the Ships Stores onboard or when making a ferry booking online. The first conventional steam railway line to open on the Island was from Cowes to Newport in 1862. The Cowes & Newport Railway Company began construction of the line in 1859 after an enabling Act of Parliament was passed earlier that year. Shortly after this, the Isle of Wight Railway Company built its initial line from Ryde to Shanklin, opening in 1864. In the same year, horse-drawn trams began running along Ryde Pier, connecting steamer services to the town. The Company opened an extension of its main line to reach Ventnor in 1866 and in 1871; the Ryde tramway was extended to meet the railway line at Ryde St John's Road. A pioneer of photography as a fine art, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) was a woman ahead of her time, renowned for her portraits of 'famous men and fair women', many of which were created at Dimbola. The house became of focal point for a crowd of bohemian artists, writers and poets, such as Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was born in Bologna, Italy, the second son of a wealthy Italian landowner and an Irish mother. Marconi travelled to Britain in 1896 and filed his final specification for the world’s first patent for a system of telegraphy using waves, without wires. He carried out demonstrations on Salisbury Plain and also across the Bristol Channel. The Isle of Wight was the scene of many early Marconi experiments. In 1897 he set up an aerial and installed apparatus in the grounds of the Royal Needles Hotel, Alum Bay, where he successfully communicated with two hired paddle steamers. The Marconi Monument within The Needles Park marks the precise location where he undertook his pioneering work that led to radio and all the telecommunications we know today. Modern history can be further broken down into the early modern period and the late modern period after the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. Contemporary history is the span of historic events that are immediately relevant to the present time. The modern era began approximately in the 16th Century. The Grade I listed monastic buildings and church were completed in 1912, constructed from Belgian brick in a style combining French, Byzantine and Moorish architectural elements. In the vicinity are a few remains of the original twelfth-century abbey. Saunders-Roe was a collaboration between boat builders S E Saunders and the aircraft manufacturers, A V Roe. In the 20th century the company was the Island's largest employer. The first seaplane was built in East Cowes in 1913. Large numbers of seaplanes were made for use in the Second World War while giant flying boats were developed for commercial passenger use throughout the world. The Princess, the world's largest metal sea-plane, was constructed in 1952. Saunders-Roe unveiled SR.N1 the world's first hovercraft in 1959 and later developed several larger designs which could carry passengers including SR.N2 which operated across the Solent. The Blyskawica was the second of two Grom-class destroyers, built for the Polish Navy by J. Samuel White, in Cowes between 1935 and 1937. The ship was in port for a refit during the Second World War but contrary to Admiralty regulations she was still armed to the teeth. On the night of the Cowes Blitz in 1942, the Blyskawica fired repeatedly at up to 160 Luftwaffe fighter bombers in two sorties until her guns were so hot they had to be doused with water. The ship also laid down a smokescreen hiding Cowes from sight. Although the town and the shipyard were badly damaged by the German bombers, it is recognised that without the Blyskawica’s defensive action, the destruction would have been far worse. High above the sea on the south side of West High Down close to The Needles there are the remains of a top secret rocket engine testing site which was active between 1965 and 1971. Saunders-Roe made the engines at East Cowes for the Black Knight and Black Arrow rockets that were actually launched into space in Woomera, Australia. The site - like the British space programme soon afterwards - was abandoned in 1971. It is now a rather ghostly promenade to nowhere on the edge of the cliffs where information panels tell the story. Nearby the National Trust’s New Battery has an underground exhibition on the rocket testing programme. The three infamous Isle of Wight pop festivals from 1968-70 brought the Isle of Wight international attention. The first, in August 1968 was a one day event held in a stubble field near Godshill where the ley lines met. It featured Arthur Brown, Fairport Convention and Jefferson Airplane and attracted 10,000 hippies. The following year, 100,000 came to see The Who, Joe Cocker, Free and Bob Dylan (watched by The Beatles) at Wootton. Jimi Hendrix agreed to perform at the third festival in 1970 at Afton Farm in rural West Wight and other artists including The Who, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Free, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, The Moody Blues and ELP clamoured to join the bill. Over 600,000 paid to attend the 5-day extravaganza which was billed as Britain's 'Woodstock'. However, many more arrived without tickets and proceeded to break down the perimeter fence and create havoc for police and security staff. With nearly 1 million rampaging hippies taking over the Island, the Isle of Wight Act was passed to control future large gatherings. Dimbola Museums & Galleries has an exhibition about the Isle of Wight Festivals. After a 32 year absence, the festival returned in June 2002 and has been a magnet for festivalgoers evey year since. Tickets are usually on sale between November and June and can be purchased onboard this ship, from ticket offices and online.

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I hope you enjoy (And yes…those are silent screams and bouts of holding back angry stomach juices that you will see on my trip down) Graeme Sutherland tells us how Lauderdale Limpers were formed after a few pints at a pub in Edinburgh and have since gone on to attract a Scottish Hill Running Champion! Who are Lauderdale Limpers? A running club based in Lauderdale in the Borders and formed in 1997. The club came about after four of us ran the Edinburgh 10K and went for a few beers afterwards. It was then that we thought it would be fun to start our own club. It’s just grown from there. Why Lauderdale Limpers? We came up with the name in training as one of us would always have an excuse for not coming. It’s quite self deprecatory and seemed to catch on. We’ve set a trend as there are other clubs have formed in the area with similarly alliterative names (Chirnside Chasers, Kelso Crawlers). Despite our name, we’re definitely not a club of underachievers. We have Scottish Champions, and hill running champions amongst our ranks! How many members? We have about 60 seniors and 50 juniors. The youngest senior is 16, but runners of all ages and abilities are welcome. We have a new members night on 22 April. Any notable members? Well known members have included Scottish Hill Running Champion, Ronnie Gallagher, and international hill runner, John Wilkinson. One to watch is Adam Craig, he’s taking part in the senior cross-country series and has a big future in the sport. Do you organise any events? Yes! We have the Breakfast Run every month on a Sunday. We also have the Black Hills race which is very popular, it’s scheduled to take place on 5 July this year. There’s the Two Pubs Race on 17 June - which is an off-road race that goes from a pub in Lauder and along an old railway line before going back to Lauder. Most of the entry fee is put back into the food and drink afterwards, so it’s worth doing for that alone! We also organise the first race in the Eastern Borders Cross Country series. What kind of sessions do you do? We usually do about three to five miles. Everyone completes the distance so you don’t have to run at too high a pace if you don’t want to. It’s a fantastic area for running, some say it’s the middle of nowhere and the middle of everywhere. You can do road runs without any traffic, lots of great loops too. It’s very scenic, with views of the Southern Uplands and the River Leader, the routes aren’t always easy on the legs but are easy on the eye. Which events do you take part in? The Feel the Burns Race in Selkirk is a particular favourite. My son took part in that this year and came 12th. A group up of us usually goes to Skye for the half marathon and the Highland Perthshire Half Marathon in September is also popular. We’re ideally located for going down to race in the north of England and enjoy taking part in the Northumberland Coastal Run in July. How do I find out more about the Limpers? Everyone is welcome! For more information email [email protected] Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (2 Corinthians 10:5, KJV) IMAGINATIONS. High things capable of exalting themselves against the knowledge of God. The authority to cast down thoughts produced in the mind (human or otherwise) that concoct a view of reality in which God is not the God. THOUGHTS. So rapidly produced, one following the other in lightning procession, so able to slip past our notice; able to carry seeds of rebellion against Christ. So subtle. Thoughts?vehicles that carry; servants that serve. The authority to capture them and force them to carry and serve only that which aligns with the truth of God?s Divine Self-Revelation. IMAGINATIONS?thoughts carrying seeds of rebellion that got lose and germinated producing a stronghold. Alice Kinney (Reese Witherspoon) needs a reboot and gets the fresh start she never expected in Home Again, a comedy-drama that marks the debut of writer/director Hallie Meyers-Shyer. Meyer-Shyer is the daughter of writer/directors Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers (Father of the Bride, The Parent Trap, What Women Want), continuing in making films that entertain and point an ironic finger back at some of what we settle for as ‘normal’ in life. Kinney is the daughter of a famed filmmaker, but she’s now living estranged from her husband (Michael Sheen), and raising a pair of daughters. She’s ‘helped’ by her mother, Lilian (Candice Bergen), one of the many women Kinney’s father bedded. But when Kinney ends up crossing paths with three aspiring filmmakers in a drunken one-night stand, their whole arc changes. Harry (Pico Alexander) is the force behind this movie they want to make, while his brother Teddy (Nate Wolff) is the star and his best friend George (Jon Rudnitsky) is the screenwriter. When they realize how much they admire Kinney’s father’s work, they end up crashing at her house (which is technically her father’s). And suddenly, a different kind of family is formed, whether it makes sense to those around them (or the audience) or not. While Kinney has struggled with who she is and what her purpose is, this new family – raising her children and befriending three would-be moviemakers – gives her the grounding she needs to stand on her own, and ultimately, come home again by making an old place new. Closest to us in time and influence is Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), who founded the Sisters of Charity in the United States in 1809. Elizabeth had come to know the apostolic spiritual tradition of Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac through her connections with the French Sulpician priests in Baltimore. She recognized the power of this spiritual way for her own life and for forming her community of sisters. She adopted the rule of the Daughters of Charity, adapting it where necessary to the American situation. Elizabeth’s experiences as wife, mother, widow, and convert to the Catholic faith during the dawning days of the United States, added vibrancy to an already rich tradition. In 1870, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati brought the gift of the Charity tradition to the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The original house was in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The sisters, under the leadership of Mother Aloysia Lowe, moved the motherhouse in 1882 to Greensburg, Pennsylvania, its current location. For further information on the Sisters of Charity, please see http://sistersofcharityfederation.org/ Saint Vincent de Paul (1580-1660), known since the 17th century as the “Apostle of Charity,” is widely recognized for seeing the importance of organizing the service of the poor. Aside from the Common Rules written for the Congregation of the Mission, which he founded, Saint Vincent did not write any systematic treatise on his spirituality. Rather, he followed and inspired others to follow a spiritual way that began with contact with God in daily experience. For Vincent, living preceded teaching, words followed action. In each parish he served, Vincent organized confraternities of women and men to care for the poor in their midst. He recommended to them a simple rule of life, a spirituality to nourish and sustain their commitment. Saint Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) shared the spirituality and vision that inspired Saint Vincent, and her collaboration was crucial in implementing it. One of her earliest tasks was to supervise the parish-based confraternities. Among these groups, the confraternities of wealthy women in various parishes in Paris became the most well known as the Ladies of Charity. It was actually from a desire to assist the Ladies of Charity in their work, that together with Vincent, Louise founded the community of Daughters of Charity, a society of vowed apostolic life, in 1633. Louise had her own special gifts for this work, and she is credited with designing the formation of these servants of the poor. For further information about St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac, please see http://famvin.org. The Sisters of Charity Federation of North America [The Federation] is a voluntary membership association of 13 congregations of women religious, including the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill. A network of people in the Vincentian Family connecting, collaborating and evangelizing: a living, growing community of more than 2 million people seeking to follow Christ, the evangelizer of the poor in the model presented by the life of Vincent de Paul and his collaborator, Louise de Marillac.

This is the first in a video series where I’ll be talking, not playing drums. But, I’ll be talking about playing drums (a bit), but more than that, talking about the process of overcoming my own fears as an artist- it’s a hairy beast, fear, and can cripple even the best artists… but I believe that by talking about it, we can get better… so, watch this vid, and let me know what you think! May 8, 2018 | Categories: drum-losophy, life, Uncategorized | Tags: art, artist, do it, fear, life, love, motivation, music, overcoming, thoughts, why | 2 Comments By the time I went to Japan, for this last trip in April-May of this year, I knew that I would be full-time with Blue Man in July. So, of course my wife Yuki and I talked at length about what this means, how good it would be for us as a family, and how much of a change it would be for me, as far as my relationship to my time. While I was part-time at Blue Man, I was almost completely in charge of how I used my time. Blue Man would approach me, and ask when I was available for the coming month. So, if I had other gigs, or wanted to take a trip, or whatever the reason, I could make myself ‘unavailable’ for said dates. It allowed me the freedom to take month-long trips to Japan, or have out of town gigs with other bands whenever I wanted. As a full-timer, I will be much more on their schedule. Any time I want to take off will be very official, and there will be paperwork involved, as well as a limited amount of time off available. This is just the reality of the situation. I’m entering into my full time work with Blue Man very happily and gratefully, but also aware of what it means to how I use my time. The truth is that my relationship to my time will be very different. So, while I was in Japan, and talking over these things with Yuki, I mentioned how my Yoga teacher was leading a yoga retreat to Thailand very soon, and how much I would love to do it. To my surprise, Yuki actually encouraged me to go for it! So I immediately began to look into it, only to realize that it was happening just after I started full time, so I would be unable to go. But I still had it in my mind- it sure would be good to go and deepen my yoga practice before beginning my full time work, which will be physically demanding, and I will very much need to keep myself in top physical shape to ensure that I can do this for many years to come. So I looked around for other possible yoga retreats, and thru some searching found a place called Samadi Bali that is a year round yoga shala that offers yoga/wellness retreats that include a room, breakfast/lunch, unlimited yoga, Balinese massages, a few other therapy sessions, and a consultation session to tailor the retreat to my needs. I was also drawn to this place because of their emphasis on Ashtanga Yoga, which is the style that I’ve been practicing for over 2 years now, and has given me more benefit than all the years prior in which I had dabbled in different yoga styles. While I was still in Japan, Blue Man Orlando was emailing me to ask what my availability was for June. So I needed to book this trip, and work out all of the details quickly, which I managed to do. I returned to the States, and began preparing to go to Bali…. In the meantime I received an email from Billy Martin’s (from the band Medeski, Martin, and Wood) mailing list, talking about his Rhythm, Sound, and Magic workshop/ week-long camp that would be happening just after I returned from Bali on June 16th. I was booked to play at Kevin Maine’s CD release party on June 17th, where I would open with Hannah Harber & the Lionhearts, and close with Shak Nasti, and Blue Man had booked me for one show, on June 18th, then not again until June 24th. The Rhythm Sound and Magic Camp was June 19th thru June 23rd. It just might work. It seemed that this window of opportunity had presented itself. I had just dropped some pretty coin on booking the yoga retreat, but for years, I had seen the camps that Billy puts on, and had always wanted to go. Should I do it? Could I? I knew that I wanted to…. Logistically it was a bit crazy, because the transportation to and from was pretty mysterious…. Just fly into NYC, and somehow get to the NYC Port Authority bus terminal, then there was a bus from there that would take me to Big Indian, NY, and somehow get picked up to get to this place called the Full Moon Resort. Well, I hesitated, and milled it over in my mind, and, even though it wasn’t cheap, I decided to go for it. I wasn’t sure when I’d have the opportunity to do this again, so I better do it while I can. I can’t say how grateful I am to have had both experiences, and all with the loving support of my wonderful, beautiful wife of 17 years. Only my life partner who’s been through so many years and so many life experiences with me would understand me enough to say, “Go! Do it!” So far, I haven’t posted anything from either experience. I made a conscious effort to experience both things as much as possible, and not to get tangled up in posting to social media. I knew my life would slow down a bit once I returned, and before full time work started up in July, so I figured I’d do it all then (which is now). So, for the next few weeks, you’ll be seeing me post pictures and videos from Bali, Indonesia, and then from Big Indian, NY. But, I’m not in either place. I’m here in Orlando, posting some not-so-insta Instagram posts- but, at least for me, it was well worth the wait. June 25, 2017 | Categories: Blue Man, drums, family, fitness & drumming, life, travel, Uncategorized | Tags: billy martin, blogging, bluemangroup, cool, family, fulltime, fun, health, job, life, live life, love, music, photos, rhythm, rhythmsoundandmagic, travel | 1 Comment I had the privilege to be the drummer for the Blue Man Group aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s EPIC ship, where we cruised through the Mediterranean for four months. The EPIC is basically a huge floating city, complete with enough cabins for 5,000 guests, 1,700 crew, 22 restaurants, a pool deck, water slides, a sports deck, rock wall, outdoor mega-screen club/bar/sundeck, a spa with wet and dry saunas and hydrotherapy pool, passenger and crew gyms, outdoor jogging track, comedy club, Cirque tent, casino, many bars, bowling, art gallery, Crew Bar, and of course, the EPIC theater, where Legends in Concert would perform Tuesday thru Thursday, and the Blue Man Group would perform Friday thru Monday. There was no shortage of fun to be had on the ship…. But this post is about what we did in port. We sailed the same route each week: Sunday was Barcelona, Spain; Monday was at sea the entire day; Tuesday was Naples, Italy; Wednesday was Civitaveccia, Italy: the port nearest to Rome; Thursday was Livorno, close to Florence, Italy; Friday was Cannes, France; and Saturday was Palma, Majorca, an island just off of Spain. Then it was back to Barcelona on Sunday to do it all over again. Barcelona was where the whole adventure began for our cast. We were all flown from our respective home cities to Barcelona where we had one night, followed by a 6am call the next morning to catch the bus into port, where we would first board the EPIC. I spoke to my friend Riad- the only tabla player I know of in Orlando- and after I told him about my 40 Days of Drumming, he said, “Oh! You’re doing a chilla.” Now I knew the word- so, some quick research, and I found this definition: “In Hindustani classical music, chilla or chilla katna is a stage of training or ritual where the student is fully isolated from the outside world and lives for music only. Some musicians spend long periods of their training in varying degrees of isolation and describe these as their chilla; for others, it’s a shorter, more extreme retreat, traditionally lasting 40 days. In either form, it is thought to have the power of transforming not only the student’s music, but his whole life. Chilla is widely used in the Punjab gharānā (school) of tabla playing. Abdul Karim Khan, a singer of the Kirana gharana, described chilla as “lighting a fire under your life. You either cook or you burn. If you cook, everyone can enjoy your flavour – otherwise, you’ll be a mass of cinders, a heap of ash.” [1] -excerpt from Mickey Hart’s book, “Drumming at the Edge of Magic” July 27, 2013 | Categories: drum-losophy, drums, life | Tags: 40 days, chilla, drum | Leave a comment This year, I just turned 40. The Big 4-0. To celebrate, and to help invite that change into my life, I’m going to undergo 40 Days of Drumming. I will eat, sleep, and drum. That’s it. I will not be logging on to Facebook, I won’t be texting anyone, I won’t utter a word to another human being. I will be in isolation from the rest of the world, alone with me and my drums. My mom and dad have graciously offered up their home, and to help out with my food during this time. We still have to work out the details, but in a sense, they will be providing room and board. So I can simply go to the fridge and grab something to eat, then get back to drumming. I want to re-invent myself as a drummer, re-invent HOW I approach the drums. I want to learn to play the drums in such a way that I can still play when I’m 80. July 25, 2013 | Categories: drum-losophy, drums, fitness & drumming, life, Uncategorized | Tags: 40 days, drum, drumming, higher self, isolation, meditation, quest, retreat, rion smith, rionsmith, spiritual | 4 Comments When this whole thing started, I kept thinking of it as Zombie Meditation Camp. Everyone wakes quietly at 4am, while it’s still basically night out, and gets ready in their own way. Some shower, some stay in bed till the last second, some brush teeth, but the wake up call is obviously not easy for most of us. Then the hooded zombies silently, and in single file, shuffle our way to the meditation hall. In this darkened hall, we all have 24″ square cloth-covered foam meditation cushions arranged neatly in about 12 rows front to back with 3 per row on the left for the men, and 4 on the right for the women. Our names are printed on pieces of paper where our assigned position will be for the next 10 days. We receive recorded instructions through a speaker system by the creator of this particular course, S.N. Goenka. Most meditation sessions begin with a recording of Goenka chanting the words of Buddha in the old language of India. He has a very low, resonant voice, and again, it’s more chanting than it is singing, so at times the sounds are unfamiliar, (“aaaaahhh, at the back of the throat”), and some of them almost very guttural. I begin to hear words that sound like english words pop out of the chanting…. “naked,” “Johnny say a hey hey,” some Japanese words, “manko (vagina),” “ato wa (next),” “anata (you)”, and a couple of things sound like Ewok speak: “Gu Du Gu Du,” “wally wally, jup jup”. June 1, 2013 | Categories: life, travel | Tags: goenka, healing, meditation, mind, power, retreat, rion smith, rionsmith, vipassana | 2 Comments It’s 2:21, in the Philadelphia Airport. My flight leaves at 6pm for Boise, Idaho, where I’ll spend the next 6 days with my parents. The better part of 2 weeks ago, I sat in a different airport, a different man. I’ve now experienced things that have changed how I view the world, and my relationship to it, and it’s all good.

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We have more than 20 years of experience in helping people like you receive timely closure to an often painful chapter in your life. Personal injuries extend beyond the physical experience of discomfort, pain, loss of limb or loss of life. Damages also might include: Florida regulations restrict damages that can be awarded in some circumstances. For example, because the state follows pure comparative negligence rules, the amount of damages you are awarded in West Palm Beach is reduced according to your level of fault in causing the accident that resulted in your injury. In legal terms, this is known as contributory negligence. We can counter the defendant's attempts at assigning a greater degree of blame to you as the victim than is appropriate. Millions of Americans are forced to deal with the painful effects of serious auto accidents each year. Victims of auto accidents often are forced to suffer through excruciating pain as a result of their injuries. 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People were pushing and shoving one another in a frenzied panic as school officials tried to make sure no one else wandered into the dispute. The police arrived shortly after to break up the fight and restore peace. It should also be noted this is not the first time an Ohioian (Ohian, Ohion?) kindergarten ceremony went krazy (as Pitbull says). The previous year, two girls broke out in a fight causing 8 people to be arrested during the ceremony. The school went into lockdown as well. The cause for the fight? Spilled punch. I think I know the perfect solution for this. Clearly, there needs to be some better kindergarten teachers to keep the kids and parents in line. Perhaps some teachers with police experience. I’m thinking…a Kindergarten Cop!? So I don’t know about you guys but I wouldn’t go sunbathing in Germany anytime soon. Or ever for that matter. But then again, I wouldn’t sunbathe on an airstrip. A man decided to take the chance and work on his tan on a touristic islet off Heligoland in Germany. However this islet, Dune, also happens to be an airstrip. A fairly busy one it seems. The man who filmed the video below says he saw 5 other planes land before this specific one came in. He states, “I instantly realised that this one was coming in to land far too low.” You got that right. However, luck was on the sun-soaked man’s side as the plane barely missed him. Moral of the story: do not use an airstrip as a tanning bed.

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Along with Kristen’s favourite Nike All Access Lair Backpack she carries a American Apparel Unisex Flex Fleece Zip Hoodie in ‘Sea Blue’ which you can purchase Here for $46. Kristen is wearing a Woolrich Women's Buffalo Check Flannel Shirt which you can purchase Here for $49. *Thank you to the wonderful kstewartfans for all the Kristen pictures. All other content is taken from above listed websites and Google.* do you know where i can get hold of the cute little cream cardigan/shrug looking thing!? (bad description, i know) I applaud you for not posting the Celebuzz pictures, but I'm a little disappointed with the reasoning behind your decision. I hope that the only reason you didn't post them wasn't because you were afraid of getting sued and you couldn't see her outfit. If you're a real fan of Kristen, you would be disgusted that these pictures were released and not posted them because it is an invasion of privacy and just another pat on the back to the paparazzis. This has gone way too far, and I hope you avoid posting invasive pictures like these on your blog. I think we all can agree that Kristen must be going through hell right now. We have to support her. Darling, Kristen, crank up your iPod and blow off the paps. Get into the music and be oblivious to those stalkers. It's all in the mind. I know this is a fashion blog so that's what I'll stick to but I just want to say to anon 15:42, did you look at the pictures in montreal, or do you only dislike pictures were Kristen looks unhappy, because surely that's selective suspension of morals? did she change on flight? She is soo tiny, she can wear anything. I love how she bags looser baggy clothing and still knots it at the waist :) Naturally if you read this blog you are aware that i am extremely selective of the pictures i post. I'm not against paparzzi pictures, what i am against is Kristen looking visibly upset in them. I'd like to hope that this blog can at least give her that slot of privacy she deserves. It's about fun, beauty and fashion and most of all Kristen. This is a place to come with no drama and just enjoy being a fan of this wonderful woman. She's a very casual and plain Jane girl just like me, that's why i can relate to her look . i've been dressing this way sense i was a kid i'm only 19 now. But i Guarantee if i put on everything she's wearing i'd look great because this is how i dress on the regular bases. and another thing we have in common i use to always flip my t'shirts up she nots hers i use to just twist it and flip it. it's actually the same thing. Remember how excited we were when we first committed our lives to Jesus Christ? That excitement and love for Him is to be how we characterize our relationship with Him always going forward. Do we lack joy and excitement in our walk with Christ? Perhaps we have left our first love. We must repent and come back to Him. 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We, the taxpayers, have to give them our money but we cannot, as a condition of giving them our money, ask them to formulate a policy against prostitution and sex trafficking? I think some smart clerk at the courthouse deliberately degraded the .pdf file just so fewer people will realize how nutty some of our judges are. Well, why would anyone expect Clinton appointee Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to think that there's anything wrong with prostitution and sex-trafficking sufficient to condition the receiving of tax dollars on their disavowal.

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Feared as the most dangerous batsman in the tournament, the Jamaican beat Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan’s record of scoring a century in 37 balls while playing for Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai March 14, 2010 and equalled the half-century record of Aussie wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist, scored against Delhi Daredevils in 2009 while captaining Deccan Chargers. Not content with setting new IPL records galore or upsetting previous ones, including the fastest 150 in 53 balls, beating the 158-run in 73 balls record of Brendon McCullum of KKR against the home team in the tournament’s inaugural match in Bangalore April 2, 2008, Gayle was involved in a record opening partnership of 167 runs in 13.4 overs with opening partner Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka, who hit a modest 33 in 36 balls, including five hits to the fence. At a phenomenal strike rate of 266.15 percent, another IPL record, Gayle stood rock-like at one end even as the hosts lost five wickets for a record 263 runs, beating the previous 246-run record of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) against RR in 2010. None of Pune’s seven bowlers could stop the lanky hitter from going hammer and tongs after them. Warriors captain Aaron Finch, who won the toss and elected to bowl on a flat batting wicket, had given up changing bowlers after every over as Gayle was unstoppable and the fielders could do little as most of the runs from his deadly bat were coming from sixes and fours. “What a joy watching Gayle play! It was indeed a storm after rain gods opened up on a mid-summer evening. I lost count of sixes and fours he was hitting in every over he faced. He has set a benchmark for other openers and batsmen on how to play in the shorter-version of the game,” beaming Ranjan Chakravarty, a director in a financial firm, told IANS in the pavilion. Surprisingly, Finch did not ask reputed all-rounder Yuvraj Singh to bowl even a single over while Gayle took all the bowlers to the cleaners and stunned a clueless Warriors and reducing the tie to a one-sided contest. “As this is the last league tie RCB is playing this month before going for (six) away games over the next fortnight, I took a half-day leave to come and watch Gayle play after I heard the home team will bat first. What an innings it was. Incredible! Never in my life have I seen such an awesome batting display, with a whopping 17 sixes. God knows, what he eats and where does he get that energy,” hotelier Rashid Khan quipped. Gaming is big business and if the rumors are to be believed a new player is about to emerge. Google is said to be working on a new game streaming service, which includes new hardware. The new service is codenamed Yeti and would use Google’s processing power to render games and stream them to your device. This would allow people to enjoy high-quality graphics on lower end devices since all of the graphics would be rendered by Google. A person familiar with the Yeti project describes it as like playing The Witcher 3 but within a Chrome browser tab. A service like this could open up a whole new world of gaming and possibilities. Imagine if you could play a game across your devices. For example, you start a game on your TV and later when you’re waiting in the doctor’s office you continue on your phone or pick up where you left off in Chrome while at work. With a service like this, it will help make gaming even more accessible. With the hardware entry barrier lowered, it brings gaming to an even wider audience. Sources say that Google is also working on a hardware component and has been in talks with some gaming studios, too. We’ve already seen what Google is capable of when it comes to streaming and hardware when you look at YouTube and Chromecast. If they can bring that level of quality and ease of use to gaming, it is certainly something to get excited about. However, at this time all we have to go on is rumors. Google has a history of working on projects that never see the light of day. There are also many challenges when tackling a project like this such as streaming quality, availability of games, lag, bandwidth caps, processing power, and more. If any company was going to make it successful it would have to be the company who brought us YouTube and Chromecast.

The Snoo, a smart cot with built-in soothing sensors, and microphones to detect crying, is one for the sleep-deprived baby… and its parents, says Ian Tucker The deaths of 10 people in the past week of a mysterious disease in several cities in Venezuela, including the capital of Caracas, have caused panic within the population and has prompted doctors to sound the alarm. Every time I watch these clips, I think to myself.. Would I have slowed down or just kept going full speed without seeing 2 feet in front of me.. hmmm Agreed, but if everyone had the common sense to slow down when they see a massive fog with zero visibility up ahead the chances of getting hit from behind would fall dramatically. Will you sleep in? On November 6, we must switch our clocks back one hour, as we move from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time. Daylight Saving Time, or DST, is the period of the year when clocks are moved one hour ahead, creating more sunlit hours in the evening during months when the weather is the warmest (“spring forward”). When we return to Standard Time, or ST, in November, we move them back by one hour (“fall back”). The current rules for DST went into effect in 2007 in the US, representing a change for the first time in more than 20 years. They were enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended the length of DST by one month, for a duration of about 65% of the year, in the interest of reducing energy consumption. At present, Daylight Saving Time in the United States begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November. At this time of year, the transition from DST to ST effectively moves one hour of daylight from the evening to the morning. To help ease your adjustment to standard time: • Maintain your regular bedtime Saturday night, when clocks move back, and awaken at your regular time on Sunday morning, giving you an “extra” hour of sleep the next morning; • Block out light and keep your sleeping area dark. Since the sun rises about an hour earlier during Standard Time, your sleep can be impacted, especially for people accustomed to awakening before or around sunrise. The light itself can disturb sleep, so it is always best to sleep in a darkened room; • Increase the light when you wake up. Light has an alerting affect that may help you wake up, and will also help adjust your biological clock to the “new” sleep schedule. If you generally have difficulty adjusting to the time change in the fall, gradually move bedtime and awakening later by 15 minutes every one to two days until November 6. Don’t forget to “fall back” November 6th, and enjoy the extra hour of sleep. Remember, this might be a good opportunity to think about whether you’re sleeping enough. It seems more and more in the media we are hearing about the increasing rise in Sleep Apnea! Why is that? What is Sleep Apnea? Do I have it? These are all questions that come to mind every time another commercial, news story or article touts the problems and cures for this condition. One of the primary reasons sleep apnea is on the rise in our country is because of the increase in obesity. There is a direct correlation between weight and severity of sleep apnea. Interestingly though even thin, athletic people can suffer from sleep apnea due to their anatomy. So it can really affect anyone! The common symptoms of Sleep Apnea are loud snoring, observed pauses or stops in breathing at night, daytime tiredness, high blood pressure and morning headaches. Sleep Apnea is caused by an obstruction of airflow to the lungs during sleep. It is often accompanied by very loud snoring followed by pauses in breathing for longer than 10 seconds. As we reach a deep level of sleep, our muscle tone relaxes and we rest. However, when we loose muscle tone, this can cause obstruction of airflow if there is excessive tissue collapsing in the back of the throat. This causes a decrease in oxygen to the body, stressing our heart, and making us to wake into a lighter level of sleep to open our airway. Therefore, our sleep is disrupted and we wake up tired and not refreshed. The least invasive and most effective treatment is CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure). CPAP relieves the obstruction by delivering positive pressure, via a mask while you sleep. The problem with this approach is that it is only tolerated about half the time. Fortunately, over the last 10 years several minimally invasive procedures have been developed which improve nasal and oral airflow and help alleviate the obstruction caused during sleep. These procedures can be done in the office, under local anesthesia and you can return to regular activities that same day. If you are suffering from constant fatigue, have been told you snore loudly or stop breathing at night, or just are concerned that you aren’t getting good sleep? Give us a call. (1-855DrSnore). A simple at home sleep study can confirm if you have Sleep Apnea and then a board certified ENT can discuss your options and get you on your way to sleeping better that day! Posted on April 30, 2013 September 19, 2018 Author Dr. Craig SchwimmerCategories Blog, Featured, Pillar Procedure, Sleep, The Snoring CenterTags Breathing, Health, Pillar Procedure, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Deprevation, Snoring Center, The Snoring Center

I landed my job at BlueGlass thanks to outreach. I was an outreacher and I didn’t even know it. I always wanted to work for the company, but back then they weren’t advertising any open positions. But I really wanted to work for them. Really really. A quick swizz of the BlueGlass site and I found a fairly generic ‘[email protected]’ email address and an online form. A quick scan of the About Us page gave me some LinkedIn details for my very lovely colleagues, but I kind of knew that wouldn’t be enough. So I used outreach tactics to get my foot in the door. I won’t tell you which tool I used (hint though: I’ve listed it below), but with a bit of imaginative thinking and a really useful piece of kit, I got myself a direct line to the people at the top. The rest is history, says modest me. And it took me about the same time it’s just taken me to make a cup of tea as I sit and write this blog. Of course, with so many people doing blogger outreach and so many people stretched for time and resource, it’s getting harder and harder to make that special connection. So I’ve put together a bank of outreach tools and approaches I’ve found useful in my career so far. Stick the kettle on and give this a read. In my experience, picking up the phone and speaking to someone is the most effective way to establish a connection – and get someone’s email. Grab phone numbers from company websites and lots of the tools I’ll list below offer numbers along with specific email addresses, so it’s easy enough to do. However, using the phone does depend on the type of project you’re working on. It’s really effective for: But if you need to reach out to lots and lots and lots of organisations, you simply won’t have time to do all those phone calls. If time is of the essence (I know it usually is for me), try these approaches instead: Use social media to ask for help and make contacts. Targeted correctly, you can cut through the noise and make a sharp connection pretty quick. Here’s a rundown of how to outreach via 3 of the big social media players. Most journalists, editors, content marketers and bloggers have strong Twitter presences, so get in touch with them this way. A quick tweet to ask if they can DM you their email is a warm, friendly outreach approach, as the above example illustrates. Use LinkedIn as a way to generate a go-to directory of useful contacts – in your industry but in other relevant industries too. Most people use the platform for job-hunting so are unlikely to respond to you directly (use Twitter for that); instead, export all your LinkedIn connections so you have a handy file listing full name, email address and job role. Here’s how you do it: Here’s a round-up of useful tools that have helped me find and verify contacts’ email addresses – in many cases these have turned into successful outreach projects and avoided bounceback hell many a Friday afternoon. Price ££. Some parts of the tool are free but expect to pay up to $149 (about £95) per month for the advanced subscription package To find people, enter the Twitter handle of the publisher you’re looking to outreach to in the Search bios section of the tool and add in a search term, say ‘editor’ or ‘strategist’ (as above). You’ll get a list of potential people to contact. Price: £££. One of the more expensive tools. A Gorkana agency account costs up to £6,000 a year, a freelancer account costs up to £2,100. Still, it’ll give you a lot of contacts… Gorkana is massive. It hosts an enormous media database with contact details for more than 19,000 journalists and more than 47,000 media organisations spread over 168 countries. Wow. If media placements is your main focus, I’d suggest you use Gorkana. Have a publication in mind but no email addresses? Type the publication’s name into the Quick search box in the upper-right-hand corner of the page. Pick the one you’re after and bingo – you’ll find all the information you need, from editor names, email addresses and phone numbers. A similar but smaller version of Gorkana is FeaturesExec – this database has 59,000 editorial contacts and information on 14 media outlets focused around UK and European print and digital organisations, blogs, TV and radio. Download Rapportive, add it to your browser and connect it to your Gmail account. This handy little widget will then show you everything you need to know about your contacts, by showing you a photo of the person, their name, job title and social profiles. The example above shows our managing director, Kevin Gibbons. Check email addresses are correct with MailTester. Enter a potential email address into the search box – the tool will tell you if the email is correct, as in the screenshot above. Enter an email address and run a check. If the email address is real, tool will return with a OK in the result list. If not valid, it returns with an Unknown followed by a why? When clicking on the why it indicates why the email address is unknown. Depending on that outcome, it even tells you what you can do, to validate the email. Kickbox ensures you only reach out to working email accounts and allows you to work out the quality and value of an email address. The tool uses what’s called a ‘Sendex Score’ to authenticate email addresses. Stick an email in and you’ll get a quality score ranging from 0 to 1, where 1 is excellent and 0 equals bad. Just enter a person’s name and a domain URL and the tool does the rest for you. The good thing about VoilaNorbert is that the service tests different email structures for you, and checks if it can make a connection to the email server. Looking for a specific email address? Maybe Toofr can help you. It’s similar to VoilaNorbert with the exception that it provides you with a ‘confidence’ score verifying the legitimacy of the address. Price: ££. BuzzStream offers 3 packages: Starter for $29 (about £20) per month, Plus for $99 per month (£65) and a Premium for $249 (£160) per month. Each package comes with different features. If you do outreach in your job every day, and on a large scale, I’d strongly recommend BuzzStream. Let’s say you’ve generated a big list of target websites you want to contact (like 500+). This automated tool is a quick way to get contact information for these places. Paste in the websites and, in my experience, you’ll get a return of about 20%. Details could include emails, physical addresses and social media profiles. BuzzStream saved my life when I was tasked with outreaching to 800 sites. I had tears in my eyes at first, but it was a surprisingly hassle-free task thanks to BuzzStream. Some organisations will have a full roster of their team’s email addresses, listed right on their website. You’ll usually find it on the About us page. Most work email addresses are structured in similar ways, so you could always just guess. You never know… I hope you find these useful. The biggest lesson I’ve learnt from outreach work is that finding a contact email is only one part of a bigger job, albeit a very important one. Outreach doesn’t start and end with locating some contact details. For outreach to succeed you also need to be transparent, personable and human. That way you’ll develop long-term relationships with contacts you can go back to time and time again. It takes longer than making a cup of tea, but it’s crucial.

The question of non-blooming rose bushes was brought up at the June meeting. Why would a rose bush that previously bloomed stop blooming? One of the simplest explanations is a change in pruning methods. Some of the older roses that bloom only once a season bloom on wood formed the previous year. If you prune prior to the blooming period the stems that would flower are being removed. These roses should be pruned right after flowering although undesirable stems can be removed at any time. The plant may be shaped after blooming by removing up to two feet of stem or to rejuvenate the bush it may be cut back severely but this must be done right after the plant blooms. Sometimes severely cutting back a bush will jump start blooming. A very cold winter that kills off old wood will also prevent blooming in roses that bloom just once. Ever blooming roses should be pruned when dormant in January or February. 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A tree in a neighbor’s yard may have reached a height to shadow a planting. It may have happened so gradually that it is not noticed especially if the area is not under surveillance all day. It would be prudent to check how much sun a rose bush is actually receiving during the day before reaching for more complicated reasons for lack of blooms. Roses produce something called blind shoots. These are shoots that do not produce flowers. The branch will fail to produce a healthy bunch of leaves at the tip and no bud will follow. This picture comes from a landscaping service called Blue Rose Gardening of La Mesa and has the best explanation I could find. https://bluerosegardening.com/2013/07/07/keep-your-roses-blooming-prolifically-pruning-blind-buds-or-blind-shoots/ There is little research on them and no one is quite sure why they occur. Blind shoots have been blamed on a number of things including poor weather conditions and lack of sun. 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Everyone’s talking about RobinHood, the new trading app that offers commission free trading to retail investors. In their approach, co-founders Vladimir Tenev and Baiju Bhatt are betting on a best case scenario where the service will reach a critical mass of customers and daily trade volume that allow it to operate and profit through payments for order flow and account balance interest accumulation. If the best case scenario isn’t attainable? Then there is competitive margin (in beta) and options trading (still in planning). Some believe it is the brokerage firm that will finally bring millennials into the stock market with its free and mobile-only attributes, but the truth is that their business model isn’t an entirely new idea; their ultimate path to profitability may not put young investors’ best interests first. The $0 commission business model is yet to rock the self-service brokerage industry or show any glimpse of sustainable practice. 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Each work begins as an adventure and its identity becomes as valid and important as the next, with the medium playing a most important role in the discovery of solutions. Originating in the subliminal, each work is a fresh encounter with the lush, unpredictable medium. The alchemy of powdered metal I also turn chairs into art by subverting their form and function, challenging the viewer’s assumptions about design, utility and comfort. I incorporate new synthetic materials; cables, tubes and strings, into the design of modern (and often iconic) chairs. My approach is at once respectful of the original piece, but also a bit outrageous. My background as an architect, furniture designer and sculptor contributes to my fascination with chairs. I work under various, self-imposed constraints, sometimes I limit my palette to black and white or to metallic pigments. This economy of means is not simply the principle of ‘less is more’, I relish restrictions as a challenge to more fully explore each image, to search for the maximum effect. BLIND WHINO, Washington DC, Washington Project for the Arts, ‘Cherry Blast, Group Exhibition, March 20 to April 20. THE ANTHENAEAM, Alexandria, VA, Group Exhibition, ‘Louloudi, Flower/to Flower’, presented by Washington Sculptors Group and the Northern Virginia Fine Art Association, March 21 to May 4. SMITYH CENTER HEALING and the ARTS, Washington, DC, ‘Alchemical Vessels Exhibition, April 4 to May 16.SMITYH CENTER HEALING and the ARTS, Washington, DC, ‘Alchemical Vessels Exhibition, April 4 to May 16. KATZEN ARTS CENTER, Washington, DC, Washington Sculptors Group, Group Exhibition, ‘Sculpture NOW 2014’, Curated by Jack Rasmussen, Nov. 4 to December 14. KATZEN ARTS CENTER, American University Museum, Washington, DC, One Person Show, ‘Pull Up a Chair’, November 5 to December 15. HONFLEUR GALLERY, Washington, DC, Group exhibition, Washington Sculptors Group ‘Sculpture NOW 2013’, Curated by Florcy Morisset, March 1 to April 12. ARTISPHERE, Arlington, VA, My ‘Sculptura Blow Chair’ featured in the February 21-May 19 The Next Wave Exhibition: Industrial Design Innovation in the 21st Century: curated and produced by Douglas Burton Apartment Zero, Washington DC, USA. Partners: Surface Magazine, Embassy of Spain, Embassy of Italy, IDSA, Environmental Film Festival DC, www.apartmentzero.com CROSS MacKENZIE GALLERY, Washington, DC, Group show, ‘Macho’, December 1. EDISON PLACE GALLERY – Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC, Group Exhibition, ‘Sculpture NOW 2009’, Curated by Sarah Newman, June 13 to July 14. HILLYER ART SPACE, Washington, DC, IA&A June Retrospective, May 29 to June 29. SOTHEBY’S, Washington, DC, ONE MAN SHOW, March 3 to April 14. ARTERY PLAZA GALLERY, Bethesda, MD, Washington Sculptor Group, ‘Sculpture NOW 2011’, Group Exhibition, November 9 to Dec. 16. McLEAN PROJECT for the ARTS, McLean, VA, Group Exhibition curated by Jayme McLellen, ‘Strictly Painting’, June 16 to July 30. ZENITH GALLERY, Washington, DC, Group Exhibition, Zenith Gallery’s 33rd Anniversary, ‘ZARTiculation’, April 2 to July 3. HILLYER ARTS SPACE, Washington, DC, Group exhibition, ‘Process: Reaffirmation’ curated by Gina Marie Lewis, April 1 to April 29. INDUSTRY GALLERY, Washington, DC, Group Exhibition with Campana Bros., Mark Newson, Nacho Carbonell, Peter Traag….., ‘Getting to Now – Pathways to 21st Century Design’, July 10 to August 21. McLEAN PROJECT for the ARTS, McLean, VA, Group Exhibition, ‘Fantastic Journeys’, curated by Beatrice Gralton, June 17 to July 31. GRACE – Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA, Group Exhibition, IPAR & WSG ‘gaps’ Curated by Vesela Sretenovic, June 25 to August 14 WASHINGTON SQUARE – Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC, Group Exhibition, ‘Sculpture NOW 2009’, Curated by Victoria Reis, February 2 to May 1 FIRST PRIZE: Tom Rooney Award for Excellance 2009 JOEL D’ORAZIOfor the ‘Herman Miller Dread Chair’. WORKHOUSE ART CENTER – Washington Sculptors Group, Lorton, VA, Group Exhibition, ‘REFORM’, May 13 to June 27 GLEN ECHO SPANISH BALLROOM, Glen Echo, MD, Group exhibition, ‘Labor day Art Show’, September 5 to Sept. 7. ART MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS – OAS, Washington, DC, Group Exhibition – Washington Sculptors Group, ‘Bilateral Engagement’ Curated by Laura Roulet , October 15 to January 15, 2010 WASHINGTON SQUARE – Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC, Group Exhibition, ‘Sculpture NOW 2008’ Curated by David Furchgott, February 4 to May 2 WASHINGTON SQUARE – WASHINGTON SCULPTORS GROUP, Washington, DC, Group Exhibition, ‘Sculpture NOW 2007’ Curated by Ramon Osuna, February 3 to May 5 WWP GALLERY, WASHINGTON, DC, 9×10 WPA/C Group Exhibition, March 5 to April 10. McLEAN PROJECT for the ARTS. McLean, VA, ‘Strictly Painting – Colorfield Re-visited’ curated by Kristen Hileman , Group Exhibition, June 21 to July 28 ARTS IN EMBASSY PROGRAM, Group Exhibition, Nicosia, Cyprus Mid 2003 to 2005 AMBIENTE, Washington, DC, Group Exhibition MULEH, Washington, DC, One Person Exhibition, August to Jan. 29, 2004 A RITZ CARLTON, Washington, DC, Group exhibition, Sept. to June SAVE THE BAY EXHIBITION, Art Auction, Washington, DC, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ART PROGRAM GALLERY, ‘From Maryland to Bucharest and Back’, Adelphi, MD, July 5 to Sept. 28 THE HOWARD COUNTY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ELLICOT CITY, MD., GROUP SHOW, ‘2000 Views’, 14 January to 25 February INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, Washington, DC, Sculpture Exhibit, April 19 to May 3 ARTISTS MUSEUM, Washington, DC, GROUP SHOW, ‘Critical Discoveries’, An exhibition of emerging art curated by Ken Oda,14 July to 15 August GALLERY OKUDA INTERNATIONAL, Washington, DC, GROUP SHOW, ‘Higher Ground’ curated by Mary Ann Reilly, Uplifting works by eight artists, December 1995 thru January 1996

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Brianna is described as a white female, approximately 5'1" tall, 155 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes. Brianna is believed to be wearing a dark colored shorts, and black sneakers. Brianna is believed to have walked away from her home of her own free will. Anyone having information as the whereabouts of Brianna Mack is asked to contact the Town of Hamburg Police at (716) 649-3800 x 0 for dispatch. ALERT: Hamburg PD asks public to help find missing teen Reviewed by All WNY News on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 Rating: 5 Congressman Higgins announces $2.2M grant to support anti-human trafficking efforts in WNY - All WNY News Home / Brian Higgins / Buffalo / CM / department of justice / grant / Human Trafficking / international institute of buffalo / News / Politics / Congressman Higgins announces $2.2M grant to support anti-human trafficking efforts in WNY BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced that the International Institute of Buffalo (IIB) has been awarded two federal grants through the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVW). The two grants, in the amounts of $700,000 and $750,000 for a total of $1.45 million, will help the Institute continue to provide specialized services for victims of human trafficking. The first grant, from the DOJ's Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking program, supports the collaborative, multidisciplinary work within the Western District of New York Human Trafficking Task Force and Alliance (HTTFA). HTTFA is one of the most experienced, longest funded Task Forces in the country. It has been co-led by the Erie County Sheriff's Office (ECSO) and IIB since its inception in 2006. The two organizations will share $1.5M in funding over the next three years. The partnership works collaboratively to identify victims of sex and labor trafficking, investigate and prosecute human trafficking, and help survivors get the support and assistance they need. The funds from the award will go to helping the HTTFA continue combatting human trafficking throughout Western New York, while expanding its efforts to include a new Erie County specific Task Force housed within the Erie County DA's Office. Chief Granville of the Erie County Sheriff's Office said, "More than nearly any other crime our community faces, human trafficking requires an experienced, collaborative, and multidisciplinary respone. As a grant recipient along with the Institute since 2006, we are grateful to DOJ to continue and expand our work". Erie County District Attorney, John Flynn said, "My office is committed to prosecuting all forms of human trafficking in Erie County. A collaborative effort with our partners in law enforcement is essential to uncovering these abuses, helping the victims and prosecuting the offenders. I commend the DOJ for their continued support as we work to bring an end to human trafficking". The second grant, titled Specialized Services for Victims of Human Trafficking, will allow the IIB to expand its Housing First Pilot Program for survivors of human trafficking. It will also provide mental health and substance use services by working in collaboration with community based health organization Evergreen Health Services. The Institute and its partners have worked with nearly 1,400 survivors of human trafficking since the inception of its service program in 2006. Survivors have escaped and recovered from homes where they were kept as domestic servants, farms, retail stores, street and hotel-based sex work, restaurants, dance clubs, state fairgrounds, factories, and hotel/motel work. Eva Hassett, Executive Director of the Institute said, "As one of the most experienced service providers in the country, the Institute is thrilled to continue and expand its innovative work with all survivors of human trafficking in Western New York. These funds will not only allow local survivors additional resources as they work toward safety and healing, but will also establish best practices that can be shared nationally to improve work with survivors throughout the country". Congressman Higgins said, "The challenges of an issue as serious as human trafficking require a multi-lateral approach in order to effectively prevent it, prosecute it, and provide assistance to its victims. These DOJ grants will be critical to the International Institute and its local, state, and federal partners in fighting against human trafficking in Western New York and aiding its survivors." Congressman Higgins announces $2.2M grant to support anti-human trafficking efforts in WNY Reviewed by All WNY News on Thursday, November 01, 2018 Rating: 5 Precisely engineered using high-grade raw materials like steel, etc., our Corrosion Coupons are high on quality and durability. 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2018 is the year of plastic-consuming consciousness, and who can blame us? Plastics can take up to 1,000 years to decompose; an especially-worrying prospect considering only 14% of plastic bottles are recycled and that many plastics remain non-recyclable. When our waste has filled the land, plastics can then are disposed into the oceans. These inevitably end up on our beaches (the best-case scenario; the worst being the carcass of an animal washed ashore, killed by simply mistaking a foreign plastic object as a food source). For those who don’t feel as passionately about reducing plastic waste, it is worth finding out about how our plastic consumption is affecting the planet, and perhaps then you may think a little differently… A lot of measures have been implemented recently to reduce plastic consumption; hooray! But what about all the existing plastic that has not yet degraded? And although we can reduce our usage, we aren’t cutting it out completely, so what can we do about that? In a new breakthrough, microbiology may have the answer. Scientists have discovered an enzyme (a protein used in reactions) that can degrade commonly-used plastics. By accident. This all began in 2016, when scientists found a bacterium on a Japanese landfill with some special properties. Bacteria has a very short generation time. We may have had children by the age of 30, but bacteria could have gone through nine generations in just three hours. As there are more generations within a shorter time, this also means that bacterium can evolve much more quickly to their environments than we ever could. These bacterium, which could only survive off the landfill, consequently evolved the ability to degrade plastic so that it could be used as a food source to survive. Amazing! The species, Ideonella sakaiensis, was able to break down Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), which is a plastic used extensively in products such as bottles, containers and packaging. Two enzymes hydrolyse (chemical breakdown using water in the reaction) the plastic into monomers (building blocks for growth, such as amino acids, glucose and nucleotides) that can then be used by the bacterium. Inspired by this breakthrough, scientists investigated the structure of the enzymes involved in degrading the plastic to create a mutant enzyme by making tweaks to see how it evolved. As a result, they made the enzyme BETTER at its job. They beat the bacteria to it! The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, looked at the structure of the enzyme by using the Diamond Light Source (Oxford, UK), an intense beam of X-rays that can reveal individual atoms. The structure was revealed to be very similar to that of a commonly-found enzyme in bacteria that breaks down cutin, another polymer found on the protective layer of plants. Professor John McGeehan, who led the research at the University of Portsmouth, said; “What we are hoping to do is use this enzyme to turn this plastic back into its original components, so we can literally recycle it back to plastic”. He added that “it means we won’t need to dig up any more oil and, fundamentally, it should reduce the amount of plastic in the environment”. The enzyme takes a couple of days to start breaking down the plastic, but this is nothing compared the hundreds of years it naturally takes. Scientists are also optimistic that they can further improve the enzyme so that the plastic can be broken down even more quickly. Although recycling plastic should always be encouraged, most of the products can only be turned into opaque fibres for clothing or carpets. This new enzyme may also offer the opportunity to not only degrade clear plastic bottles, but also allow them to be turned back into new plastic bottles, hence reducing the requirement to produce new plastic. There is an attraction to continue to produce more PET products as they require oil for its production, which is cheap, but now there is now pressure to reduce production and increase recycling. The new enzyme may be the solution to this. What are the next steps? One possible improvement is to transplant the mutant enzyme into bacteria that can withstand extreme heat, and then expose the bacteria to plastic that is being melted in the hope that the plastic will be degraded more quickly. Although it has been shown that some fungi have the same properties, bacteria are much easier to use in industry. Whilst enzymes can be produced in large amounts by bacteria, there is still a long way to go before there would be enough to substantially reduce plastic waste. For now, don’t just rely on the scientists to reduce plastic waste; try to have that drink without a plastic straw! FDA continues recent trend of approval with new 2nd generation lung cancer treatment – Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News DENVER – The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) is once again gratified to see the approval of a new second-generation lung cancer treatment that can help many patients in their battle against the disease. Lung cancer patients got another round of hope with the FDA's rapid progression of lung cancer drug approvals – this time for alectinib (Alecensa, Roche/Genenetech) for patients with advanced (metastatic) ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) if their disease deteriorated after treatment with another therapy called crizotinib (Xalkori, Pfizer). Patients who could not tolerate treatment with crizotinib also qualify for use of alectinib. "It is so fulfilling to see the FDA respond to the rapid pace of developments in lung cancer treatments. It is also a recognition of the dedication scientists and health professionals show every day as they work to find new ways to move us forward, but first and foremost; this gives hope for many lung cancer patients who need it," Dr. Hirsch said. Credit: Swansea University Carbon nanotubes bound for electronics not only need to be as clean as possible to… Perhaps it was the discerning acquisitions of its board, or the close relationship the company held in whisky blender and agent Robertson & Baxter that led to Highland Distillers’ success. During its time Highland Distillers bought and operated several Scotch distilleries and brands, including Highland Park, Tamdhu, Bunnahabhain, Glenturret, Glenrothes, Glenglassaugh, Macallan, and the Black Bottle and The Famous Grouse blends. It became part of The Edrington Group in 1999, which was established by the descendants of one of Robertson & Baxter’s founders. For the best part of its operation, Highland Distillers was focused squarely on the purchase and operation of distilleries to supply the blended whisky brands owned by its close trade partner Robertson & Baxter. It was established in 1887 with the amalgamation of the Islay Distillery Company – the owner of the newly built Bunnahabhain distillery – and Glenrothes distillery. Robertson & Baxter, the Glasgow whisky merchant and blender, was involved in its set-up, and was the sole selling agent for Highland Distilleries for many years. It even assisted in the purchase of distilleries for the group – in 1892 R&B bought Glenglassaugh near Portsoy and promptly flipped it to Highland Distillers, with a £5,000 mark-up of course. In 1897 a group of blenders that included William Grant – who was a director of Highland Distillers at the time – built Tamdhu distillery at Knockando, and sold it onto Highland Distillers two years later. The 20th century brought Highland Distillers ample opportunities to acquire new distilleries, though it was choosy about its purchases. In 1937 it purchased Highland Park on Orkney, though just a year earlier it declined an offer to buy The Glenlivet from George & JG Smith. Come 1948, following the death of Alexander Robertson, Highland Distillers finally acquired its own shares in Robertson & Baxter, which incestuously maintained its own shares in the former. The two companies worked almost hand-in-hand – Highland Distillers’ malts were used extensively in R&B’s blends, and the companies even had offices in the same building. The company’s first foray into blended whisky came in 1970 with the acquisition of Matthew Gloag & Son, the Perth whisky merchant and owner of The Famous Grouse blend following the untimely death of Freddie Gloag. It didn’t acquire Glenturret distillery, now the home of The Famous Grouse in Scotland, for another 20 years. In the years that followed, Highland Distillers added the disused Parkmore distillery buildings, the Black Bottle blend and Macallan distillery to its portfolio. By 1999 it had grown to become one of the largest distillery operators and blenders in the country. That year Highland Distillers joined The Edrington Group, which had been established in 1961 by the three daughters of James Robertson using the family’s company interests. Edrington formed the 1887 Company to manage the assets joining its portfolio, which included Highland Park, Tamdhu, Bunnahabhain, Glenturret, Glenrothes, Glenglassaugh, Macallan, Parkmore, and the Black Bottle and Famous Grouse brands. Many have since been sold on, and only Highland Park, Glenturret, Glenrothes, Macallan, Parkmore and Famous Grouse remain with Edrington to this day. If waffles make you happy and rosé all day seems appropriate to you, then please join us for a morning of good food, good drinks and good fun-for a cause-on the hippest lawn and terrace in all of Scottsdale. Mark your calendars, grab your friends, and pick out your favorite big hat to wear to this annual fundraising event. Hello my fellow crafty peeps!! Today I am sharing with you all my take on this months STB’s November mood board. To See what the other amazing girls have created just click here to be redirected to the blog. I have to apologise in being a little late in uploading this. It has been a rough week with Myself and both my boys sick. Today I am sharing my Scrap The Boys DT layout for this month’s sketch challenge and what an awesome sketch it is!!! I decided to flip the sketch 90 degrees for my layout and I think it worked out pretty well. So here is my layout of Charlie enjoying his first ever play at a water park. Thanks for dropping by and if you want to check out what the other amazing girls have created you can visit the blog by clicking here. We would love to see you join us this month!!! Today I am sharing a mixed media canvas I created and am using a beautiful flair from the Woodgrain Notes range. Click here for the link to the store. Hello and yes I have another design team share for you all, this time for Funky Flair Studio. Today I have used a flair from my favourite boys range Jotz Stationery and I think this flair suits my photo of Charlie showing me his best Zoolander pose Blue Steele. lol Gift photos in a new way by making this DIY Wooden Polaroid set. Ashley at Paper and Cloth used wooden Polaroid type frames she found at Michael’s Stores to create a lovely gift box. Click here to get all the instructions. 28/07/2018 ** NEW FEATURE ** Stick-man animations can now be included in your own projects! See https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/5265726/ I needed to write a tool to create stick-man animations for a new project I have in mind and thought it might be of interest to other Scratchers. I've included some animations to show how it works. Choose an animation using the forward/backward buttons at the bottom of the screen. View the animation using the play button at the top of the screen. Each button has a tool-tip if you hover the mouse over it. More detailed instructions can be found by pressing the 'i' button at the top right of the screen. Have fun and post the save codes for any good animations you make so that I can add them to the list of demo animations. Veteran TV and comic book writer Marc Guggenheim has a big task to take on as screenwriter on The Flash movie for DC Entertainment. To no surprise, The Flash is the next main DC character to get their own solo film after Green Lantern debuts next summer and after we get to see a new Superman and the return of Batman in 2012. While under (very) strict rule to not reveal details about the project, Guggenheim recently was interviewed about his work on The Flash where he does talk about what he would like to do with the film and it's place in the DC movie universe. Guggenheim sat down with the folks at Newsarama and was able to answer a few questions about the direction he and the other writers (Greg Berlanti and Michael Green) are taking the film. The point was raised to Marc that the idea of The Flash movie is being compared to the television series CSI, but for superheroes. "We're being true to the whole Barry Allen science police... We're being true to those origins and updating them for the 21st century. I feel like in many ways the movie is three movies in one. It's part thriller, that forensic, cool, Seven, Silence of the Lambs; Part superhero movie and part sports movie because there's an athleticism to this character that other superheroes don't have... And you get to see how all three of those elements inform each other and make the whole movie even better. It's sort of like the way in Green Lantern we took a superhero movie and combined it with a space opera, here we're combining the superhero movie with these other two genres and it's just a blast." "We're drawing I think a lot from a lot of different eras... Certainly Geoff Johns' work has been an influence. Mark Waid's run, particularly the stuff he wrote with the philosophy of speed and the philosophy of running has been a big influence. We've also tried to take our inspiration from the old Silver Age Barry Allen stories and imbue it with that sense of fun and wonder while still keeping that cool, slightly darker tone." As for the question everyone is wondering: what about cameos and cross-overs with the other DC films? "I would say in terms of the collaboration between me, Greg and Michael, I'm the one who always going like, 'we can do this cameo, we can do this little Easter egg' and I'm a huge proponent of it. I'm a big believer in it. Obviously there's a lot of those types of decisions get made way above my pay grade but I'm certainly always scheming. And with The Flash I have very particular ideas as to how I would accomplish it [laughs]... all sorts of other people need to weigh in on that sort of thing before it becomes a reality. I am on record saying I love it when movies do that. I'm a total sucker for that." Fans and moviegoers alike will undoubtedly be excited for the potential of seeing other characters like Ryan Reynolds' Hal Jordan make an appearance as well. While no one wants to see any of the solo character films from DCE and Warner Bros. suffer from forcefully crossing over with each other, cameo appearances will certainly help market all of the DC superhero films and will help set the foundation for the the eventual Justice League movie, should we ever see that come to fruition years down the line. For now, the script for The Flash is still being worked on and is due in this holiday season along with the screenplay for Green Lantern 2. Both films will likely see release dates set in 2013. Current rumors for casting the lead point toward Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, The A-Team) although he denies it. Other rumors through the grapevine hint at Chris Pine as a sought-after lead. Mam says she’s too many ideas for posts to know where to start – she’s talking about everything from Chanel’s New Moon to Elfquest’s Cutter’s New Moon and just about everything in between – so she handed me the computer and sat down with a glass of Jameson to watch Stargate. It must be taxing waving a camera in my face all the time – but it sometimes comes in handy. Like this evening when a duck came quacking just around the time that she was transfering photos from her camera to the pc. Whoops! But she just pulled out her phone-cam, y’know, the one with an Instagram app and started clicking. The duck actually took a step inside! But dad didn’t allow me to go say hi, and then Mam told the duck that Mr.Mallard wasn’t here, so she fluttered her wings and flew off. It’s on her Instagram, though, so you’ll have to check it out over there. In other news, I’ve got a review of my own coming up soon. I just have to write it. Once more Mam came in handy with her cam as she helped me photograph the item that was sent for my consideration, but it takes time typing using only your paws. The keyboard on Mam’s computer’s not exactly paw-friendly. And Godmother Luna came to visit. I promised yous a photo of us, and here we are. She’s so cool. Like, I want to play whenever she comes by, but Godfather doesn’t allow for her to play indoors, but she does anyways. And she can be totally careface and relaxed in the face of a treat even when Mam’s holding it up while taking pictures. And she’s great craic to pull with. We’ve run together more than once, and she’s so focused sometimes. It’s contagious! I can run for longer along the tracks when she’s pulling with me. And the best part is, she sometimes lets me take the lead, even though she outranks me. We do fight sometimes, though, but that never lasts, and one is always sent into the cage when we do, so it’s not much fun. We very much agree that Mam can take taking pictures too far. Why can’t she just snap a shot and hand us the treats? Mam and Dad says I was originally named for her, because of my colouring, but seeing as Godfather and Dad shares a name, and Mam and Dad didn’t want for any more confusion, and they wanted to name me for a character from Stargate Atlantis they changed my name to Teyla. I don’t mind, though. Although I fiind it strange that Dad and Godfather can’t have a Luna each, but it’s okay for me and Godmother to have a Dad each. Humans can be very strange. Mam also says that she babysat Godmother a couple of times while Godfather was away, and that it was because of that she figured huskies weren’t as “bad” as their reputation, needing more exercise than one busy human could offer. So it’s basically because of Godmother that she considered adopting me. Buuut I am very cute, so she might’ve changed her mind about huskies when she and dad visited the first time anyways. The acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories by Daiichi Sankyo is still on track and cannot legally be derailed, according to the Indian firm's CEO. Malvinder Singh said his counterparts at Daiichi were aware the U.S. FDA had questions about some of Ranbaxy's generic drugs before the agency's investigation became public. Singh addressed a news conference in the wake of speculation the merger of the two giants might be scuttled by FDA's questions. He said there was no doubt the $4.6 billion deal was still alive. Daiichi confirmed the sale is final. (Click here for more - a subscription may be required

2. Second, it diminishes my impression of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger as a hero (who was on a quiet glide path in my mind) by somewhat demonizing the NTSB. Fine or hapless as they were, I do not care; why borrow trouble now, seven years on, by portraying the investigation in such a one-sided way? Essentially, by 'making bad guys' out of guys who were, I imagine, just doing their job? It feels cherry-picked. As Sully said on Nightline last night, "They were not antagonistic people. They were individuals simply doing their job. But the process is antagonistic." Hmm. Okay. Anyway, Eastwood's characterization of the whole affair feels like a speck of mud on an otherwise and heretofore, a-hem, unsullied figure. 3. Act I, being as boring as it is, stalls completely. It portends great action, of course, but really rambles en route. I suppose a film student might argue it's "art imitating life" (Act I literally stalling in the same way Flight 1549 did), but I ain't buyin' it. Or, simply don't care because it's too boring to argue the point. Gosh, there was so much FODDER they could have mined from Sully's past: 42 years of flying, 20,000 hours' flytime, thousands of flights, >1 million passengers. Why did they not invest 40-50 minutes on his childhood, adolescence, backstory? Mensa, Air Force Academy, Purdue, USAF Pilot, his many safety publications, expertise in crisis psychology, the founding of his company, his collaborations with NASA, his aviation career writ large? Criminal. Such nooks and crannies, if they'd defined Act I (or even been told through meatier backstories), could have set us up for a tremendous Second Act, succeeded by the water landing in Act III, and left us sobered with a lengthy on-screen credit roll that unspools aviation facts and "the aftermath of Flight 1549," from people and projects to new simulation training and Sully's place in aviation history. Yes, we get a taste of that, but only a taste. (Do be sure and sit through the very end; there are some "where are they now" moments.) 4. The water landing itself, which was really spectacular (and remarkable because its damage was so unremarkable), is portrayed in bits and pieces approximately five times. "Uh, I get it. Next." Moreover, because it was so successful, I sorta got the "nothing to see here, move along" vibe. It's about as exciting as watching people de-plane up a jetway. This one just happens to lead to boats. 5. When asked on Nightline whether Sully had been helpful in preparing for his role, Hanks replied, "Uh, helpful. That's an interesting word. I would say descriptive." So would I. The film is highly procedural, recounting the events and facts just fine, but along the way it simply falls flat. Mid-air. There are 1-2 scenes that had me riveted, but they evaporate within 1-2 minutes, and that's a shame. 6. It features Laura Linney. If ever there was a screeching, shrill actress who could jeopardize 90 subsequent minutes of the otherwise bulletproof Downton Abbey, it was Laura. Like liver pâté before chocolate pie. Same deal here. 7. Sullenberger recently shared some amazing technical details with Charlie Rose about the water landing, none of which made it into the film. I have no idea why not. Here are some of them: “In the first few seconds after the bird strike, I remember vividly my first three conscious thoughts. First, this can’t be happening. Second, this doesn’t happen to me. Third, unlike every other flight I’ve had for 42 years, this one will not end on a runway with no aircraft damage, and I’m okay with that.” He continued, “If we had touched with one wing too low, it would have hit the water and spun us around. If we had landed with too great a rate of descent, we would have blown apart on impact. If we had misjudged the height at which to begin the landing—even by a fraction of a second—coming down at the rate of two elevator floors per second, as we were, it would have been disastrous. Depth perception is difficult approaching featureless water. I was judging the height, raising the nose, trading forward velocity for height…too slow, too late, too fast, anything could have been disastrous. I began to pull stick-back, seeing the world rushing up at us and knowing...NOW!" He concludes, “I was shooting for 10° nose-up. The data recorder says I got to 9.8. Just another quarter of a second and we would have been off. I was shooting for 0° of bank. My right wing was down ½ of one degree.” Every morsel of that should have been included in Sully. It would have made for a wonderful “You can’t handle the truth” film moment. I love heroic stories, particularly true ones, and patriotic ones all the more (the sort that unify the nation during an otherwise miserable '08-'09). 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Small businesses in which half or more of the owners were immigrant entrepreneurs are concentrated in professional and business services,. Small businesses can be a vehicle for both schumpeterian entrepreneurs which distinguish small business owners the general conclusion appears to be that. I am not like my dad i am a business owner i am not an entrepreneur. The knowledge generating activities of entrepreneurs and small firms have been shown concluded by a policy discussion (section 6), and a summary of the main findings, together with people run their business” (schumpeter 1911/ 1934, p78) “and what support the distinction between innovation and reproduction in. However, I think Bernardo doesn't seem to fully recognise that ANY universe would be compatible with Idealism A universe containing no life, a Harry Potter type universe, absolutely anything! Just as we can all imagine such universes to some level of detail. At 15.24 mins, he compares a picture of a brain with a picture of a universe. In addition to the problems that he raised, we have to remember that signals in the brain travel in a matter of milliseconds, whereas signals in the universe at large would take up to the age of the universe to make their journey! With Bernardo's metaphors I am never sure where to draw the line between valid criticism and nitpicking! Near the end, he discusses artificial sentience. I would argue that anything truly intelligent must also be sentient - so this would also be true artificial intelligence. He argues (more or less) that real AS (I would claim real AI) would make all non-materialists waver in their beliefs, and I would agree that it would be potentially a way to disprove Idealism. However, in practice AS/AI seems to be a game of endlessly trying to fool someone else (as in the Turing test). I was fooled once when I was taken to see a computer for the first time on a school trip. It printed out "Welcome David", and I actually felt moved - even though the guy who was showing us the computer hastened to add that it was a trick! Even as a postgraduate, logging in to the university computer had an almost spiritual feel to it for a week or two! I don't think that conventional science will ever sign up to a theory that could explain anything we could imagine, which is why I feel that we need some theory that is better than materialism (would encompass more phenomena) that could act as a bridge between science and a larger reality. BTW, I think Michael Patterson is making a rather similar point. thx to all of you for participating in this discussion. I just finished the interview with Bernardo -- he was outstanding... as usual When would you expect the podcast to appear - i.e. what is the time lag between interview and downloading the podcast? I have found lately, that when using "Occams Branded Razors", I get the closest shave with the one labelled Idealism David earlier seemed to argue idealism is ultimately "untestable" by definition, in that consciousness allows for anything to be possible. However, after reading Bernardo's book, I saw that in fact it was the reductive Materialist hypothesis that could be seen as an un-testable or unfalsifiable paradigm. Experiments in quantum mechanics (double slit, non locality etc), Psi data, Mediumship research and a boat load of other wonderful Skeptiko fodder we have all enjoyed hearing about and delving into really highlight to us the limitations of the Materialist theory. These phenomena are the very Falsification of materialism, the boundaries of it's explanatory power i.e. "if materialism is true, then the simple act of observation will have no effect on the electron, or ... then I can't communicate with my dead ancestor, or ... then I can't remote view this submarine being secretly built by the ruskies etc....", therefore materialism cannot be true. Or maybe at least, it can only be true in a limited sense, just like the earth being flat IS true in a limited sense, if I am levelling a garden for example. Perfectly flat, but contained within a broader paradigm of the Globe. Actually as I am writing this, I am starting to get lost in tangles lol. Perhaps as a scientific theory idealism is unfalsifiable in that the only thing which may falsify the notion of idealism would be to discover something which did not have consciousness as it's base, foundation or essence. I have no idea how one would find this out. 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In fact, Governor Brown threatened students with more tuition hikes if Proposition 30 (2013 retroactive personal income up to 13.3%) did not pass. It did, thanks in large part to many college-aged voters. Feeling the heat from students and parents, some university regents and presidents have actually reduced their compensation packages and/or foregone scheduled increases. While IRC Section 4958’s application to colleges and universities has been a recent focus of the IRS, this code section and the significant penalties have wide application to many other not for profit entities. Therefore, the management team of any not for profit or foundation must have a clear understanding of the rules and up-to-date written policies on how they award and monitor compensation packages, including reimbursed expenses As mentioned in a recent Grant Thornton review, (see below), the financial penalties that colleges, universities, and other not for profit entities are potentially subject to are significant, but represent only one aspect of concern. For any high-profile entity, the public embarrassment of IRS sanctions can create long-term issues for the not for profit, and the management team, including significant future fundraising challenges. To better understand the magnitude of the financial penalties and the ways to avoid them, the following details may be useful to the not for profit management team and their advisors. 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A disqualified person, under IRC section 4958, is required to pay an excise tax of 25% on the “excess” benefit received and if no corrective actions are done within the taxable period, an additional punitive excise tax equal to 200 percent of the excess benefit is imposed. “While IRC Section 4958’s application to colleges and universities has been a recent focus of the IRS, this code section and the significant penalties have wide application to many other not for profit entities.” In 1996, the biggest change in the taxation of charitable organizations took effect when Congress passed IRC 4958 known as the Intermediate Sanctions Legislation. These provisions levy a tax on excess benefit transactions for those organizations which are otherwise exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code §§ 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4). Some organizations that fall under the umbrella of §501(c)(3) are religious, educational, charitable, scientific and literary organizations, while §501(c)(4) deals with civic leagues, social welfare organizations and local associations of employees. Before Congress passed IRC §4958, the IRS discouraged corruption in the charitable sector by threatening to, or actually revoking, the tax exempt status of an organization. However, the IRS realized that rather than taking down the whole organization, which may be doing very good things in the community, they should be going after specific people who are taking advantage of the organization and its supporters. The Rebuttable Presumption is the best way to comply with intermediate sanctions. The following steps can be taken to meet this threshold: The compensation-setting body, comprised of the Board of Directors or trustees, or other governing body should approve the compensation packages in advance. In addition, members of the compensation-setting body should only be parties that will not be receiving benefits under the program they are establishing. Similar to what Grant Thornton stated, same-level positions might entail different duties and responsibilities for different institutions, so simply comparing your compensation package to another might not be an accurate way to determine the reasonableness of your compensation estimate. Your comparison assessment should take into consideration industry surveys, executive’s experience level, size of the organization, and whether compensation includes severance or other payments for prior service in the organization, etc. Most importantly, the authorized body must provide a written record of the terms of the approved transaction and approval date in a timely manner. The document should specify the members of the decision-making body who took part during the deliberation process of the compensation packages. 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I live here, in my own room, in flat in the centre of the city, it’s official, there is no hiding from this fact – I mean I’ve got some ‘personal possessions’ tagged to my bedroom wall – it feels like home now. I would never have envisioned this was where I would end up. I wouldn’t describe myself as a city person to anyone, and those who know me, know and understand my need for escape. For wide open spaces and countryside allowing my imagination to breath and my dreams to run wild. To this day whenever I meet people I tell them how much I am not a city person. Other than the fact I ran out of money pretty fast when arriving in New Zealand, I actually enjoy living in Auckland – yes I am swallowing my words here – it is an incredible city and as long as you make the most of your free time, it can’t be a pretty awesome city for people who don’t like cities. When I first arrived in Auckland and was told how big it was, I was only concerned about getting out of the city as quickly as possible. As a backpacker, for the first week, I didn’t see much more of Auckland outside Queen Street and my hostel – you may think this naive but all backpackers are guilty of this – and once I returned, it was only then I started to fully explore and appreciate the city. The city centre of Auckland is more like a small town, so although when I class it as ‘too busy’ – which is normally when the cruise ships come into town – it is still quieter on the streets of Auckland than the streets of Glasgow back home. If the City Centre gets a little too much there is always somewhere else to escape to, whether it is one of Auckland’s many cute Suburbs, beautiful beaches or Islands. There is a lot more here than meets the eye. Whether it’s 10 minutes on a Ferry, 20 Minutes on a bus or 30 Minutes by car Auckland offers a HUGE selection of beach getaways. The ferries run frequently to multiple volcanic islands off the coast. My personal favourite, Waiheke Island. This is the second largest island off the coast of Auckland and takes about 40 minutes to get to on the ferry. The island itself isn’t just beautiful, it is almost as if you have been transported to the Caribbean. The sea is a beautiful turquoise blue, the sand is beautifully white, there’s shrubbery and mountains, cliffs and waterfalls and to top it all off, a great selection of secluded beaches and vineyards to explore – free wine and a beautiful beach? Count me in. Mission Bay is probably one of Auckland’s most popular beaches. The little town here and the beach is awesome but on a nice day, prepare for it to be busy. I recommend taking the bus instead to North shore and exploring one of the MANY beaches across the bridge from central Auckland. Much more quiet, slightly more beautiful and on your way back over you’ll get a wicked view of the city and Skytower. If you have a car – if you don’t make friends with someone who has one, now! – head to the incredible Piha. Not only famous for the TV Show – Piha Rescue – It’s a popular surfing spot (experienced only) and has some incredible day hikes to waterfalls in the surrounding national park. Piha is pretty much, impossible to get to without a car. If you want to experience some awesome scenery, wicked waves and lifeguards on duty, this is the place for you. Queenstown is of course famous as being the adrenaline capital of the world (pretty much) and so the other areas of New Zealand are often completely overlooked, including Auckland. Did you know that the Skytower in Auckland is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere (at the moment)? No, well of course in New Zealand the tallest building means possibility. Head to the top of the Skytower and take in the breathtaking views, take it one step further and get your heart pumping and sign up to the ‘SkyWalk’. Walking on a think railed grating secured only by two ropes, no bars, take on the challenges set by the (evil) guides and take in the incredible view – while hoping your legs don’t give way and you fall off the side.. SkyWalk isn’t enough for you? Why not try jumping off the SkyTower – I Mean, if Beyoncé can do it, we can do it, right? – Unlike a bungee jump this is a controlled free fall. It still feels kind of like a bungee jump but you’re not going to ping back up and fly into the side of the tower… But if a bungee Jump is what you were after and can’t wait till Queenstown, the Auckland bridge is the perfect spot to throw yourself off – attached to bungee cord, might I add! – it is also the only bungee jump in New Zealand where you can be ‘dunked’ into the Ocean. Still not enough? Well did you know that Auckland has New Zealand’s North Island’s highest commercial tandem Skydive? YES. 16,500 Feet. Go hard or go home right?! Don’t like heights? Well there are plenty of water sports to enjoy. Pretty much everything from Jet Ski-ing to Kayaking, Scuba Diving to Snorkelling and Sailing to Jet Boating is available just short drives away or a small walk! When long weekends come around – or you know, weekends – EVERYONE escapes the city. Aucklanders’ escape the city. No one stays put if they can get away and why would you? With just a couple of hours drive you have numerous possibilities Raglan, Bay of Islands, Coromandel – We took a weekend away and did the Tongariro Crossing! So while you may feel ‘stuck’ here to save money (as it is one of the best and easiest places to find work) you are never really stuck. I have never lived in a City and spent so much time outside of it with so little effort and planning. Yes it’s a city, but out of all the cities in the world I’ve travelled Auckland has to be one of the friendliest. I put it down to the fact that it is a hub for backpackers, it’s the entry point of New Zealand and it is such a melting pot. But it is not an anonymous city, sure you have the days where you feel you are, but everyone is friendly, they all ask how you are, where you’re from, what your up to etc. Auckland constantly has something on, whether that is a show at one of the many theatres (I’ve been to see Phantom of the Opera here and it was incredible) or open aired cinemas (for free) down in Silo Park with beautiful craft markets and food trucks selling all kinds of delicacies. Comedy, Film, Fashion and Art is popular event themes in Auckland. Every month something different will be on to keep you occupied. The summer is filled with open aired cinemas, cute markets and live music (mini festivals) in the parks. When I had to come back to Auckland for a Job I hated it. I thought this was the exact opposite to what I wanted to do, I didn’t want to be based in a big city, working a meaningless boring job just to head off and do it again. I wanted to be a ‘real’ backpacker. Experience fruit picking and WOOFing. But I needed money. I need money to save enough to enjoy my adventures around New Zealand and not just budget the whole way round. I quickly realised I didn’t want to be struggling and living off of packaged noodles like the other backpackers. I realised I wasn’t happy to work hard in a shitty job for shitty pay to than budget and worry the rest of my way around before having to stop and work again. Instead I went back to the office Job, I earn more than most backpackers and when I take off out of Auckland – for good this time – I will have the padding to fall on to enjoy my cruise down to Queenstown. So for everyone who says Auckland is Shit. Well yes, it is if you are only here a few days and not prepared to travel. 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My team have been out patrolling in plain clothes equipped with night vision and have made four burglary related arrests this month “My team have been out patrolling in plain clothes equipped with night vision and have made four burglary related arrests this month,” he said. “My team and I will continue to work on the priorities raised through public consultation when they are not attending emergency calls or investigating crime.” South Norfolk Engagement Officer Jim Squires said they were trying to improve engagement with residents – with public meetings being organised every three months. 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More on the results of these meetings later… To prepare for the meetings, I looked at the proposed “Strategy and Results Framework” to how we could support the new CGIAR. The proposed ‘Strategy and Results Framework’ introduces seven interlinked Mega Programs and two platforms — gender and capacity strengthening – that will serve as the building blocks for the work of the ‘new’ CGIAR. Let’s see…. Mega-Program 3 is titled ‘Institutional Innovations, ICTs, and Markets.’ Its focus will be on: “Knowledge to inform institutional changes needed for a well-functioning local, national, and global food system that connects small farmers to agricultural value chains through information and communications technologies and facilitates policy and institutional reforms.” This mega program “aims to unleash an ― institutional and information revolution – with and for farmers and the rural poor that improves and secures their livelihoods, and also promotes innovation along value chains.” It speculates that the “next big breakthrough in institutional innovation to be unleashed in support of poverty reduction, food and nutrition security, and environmental sustainability” might include: “linking of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to value chains and services for the poor in rural areas, through, for example, the cell phone and its increasing range of sophisticated derivatives.” These proposals seem to recognize the importance of knowledge and information as well as ICT applications and tools within both CGIAR research processes and the agricultural innovation systems where organizations doing research and development interact. Hopefully, it will boost scattered efforts to increase research uptake, interaction and collaboration using ICTs and other innovative approaches to knowledge sharing in research. Two cross-cutting platforms have been identified. The one on ‘capacity-building platform’ will “strengthen the capacity of the CGIAR and its partners through improved research networks, information technology, knowledge management systems, and training. The expected result is a dynamic knowledge creating and -sharing system comprising CGIAR centers, strong independent national agricultural research systems, and other research partners sharing knowledge.” According to the plan, the capacity strengthening role of the CGIAR should “have two purposes: strengthening capacity for all Mega Program partners by fostering research collaboration and networking, and strengthening capacity for weak national agricultural research systems.” The report goes on to say “An important element of both activities will be the development and use of advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and knowledge management and innovation systems, including access of Mega Program partners to applications and resources such as databases.” These proposals seem to include work by CGIAR centers to make their data, information and knowledge accessible (see recent work on AAA and CIARD), so often limited-access knowledge is freed to be exchanged and re-used. Hopefully, they will not forget the importance of open licenses such as creative commons, and open access in general. The ‘public goods’ need to be made public! as Peter Ballantyne pointed out. The results of our external review and the expectations laid out on the new Mega Programs will be the basis for a renewed ICT-KM strategy. Although we like to look fresh and current, this isn’t the driving force behind the present revamp of the ICT-KM Program’s website. Our focus continues to be on providing our audience with an easy-to navigate, content-rich site. You won’t find any unnecessary bells and whistles on the soon-to-be-launched site, but you will be able to locate content with ease, take advantage of our interactive features, and follow what we do. The new site, along with our blog (currently free and hosted at wordpress.com), will soon be relocated to our own WordPress content management system (CMS). But don’t worry; we’ll still be reachable at ictkm.cgiar.org. The move means that our blog will be more visible and accessible than it is presently, with information about us and what we do cross-linked and cross-promoted across the site. In short, the new site will revolve around the blog, with lots of shortcuts to the social media we use the most, pictures, videos, twitter, etc. – all of which represent our overall approach to communication, outreach, being out there and interacting with like-minded people. Visitors will also be able to leave comments about the site content and contribute to the blog. This is the fun part of this new adventure. However, our job is not just going to be more fun, it’s also going to be a whole lot easier for us behind the scenes. We are a small team at the Program, so we look forward to doing our housekeeping in one place, instead of managing two sites ( ictkm.cgiar.org and ictkm.wordpress.com). The CMS also means that will be faster and more accurate in keeping the site’s ‘stable’ content clean and fresh. We’re all stat junkies at the Program, so we just love the idea that we’ll also be able to monitor and analyze traffic all at once. This means, we’ll instantly gain more insight into how we’re doing on the Web and make adjustments accordingly. more visibility and attribution for our blog authors, who are going to have more space to express themselves We look forward to welcoming you to our new site later this month. Check back soon for news of our launch date! ICT Infopoint – Providing CGIAR staff with ICT training materials, guides, application links and useful tips Posted by Mary Schneider under CGXchange, ICT-KM Program, Knowledge Sharing | Tags: CGXchange, ICT, ICT-KM, infopoint, Knowledge Sharing, training materials | If you are looking for good ICT practice guides, or want to find out more about low-bandwidth collaboration tools, or see what CGIAR-wide applications are available to you, then ICT Infopoint is the place for you. ICT Infopoint provides CGIAR staff located at headquarters and in regional offices with a convenient one-stop location on CGX2.0, where they can find timely and up-to-date ICT information and links. If you need to speak to someone about your ICT problems, ICT Infopoint can also help by providing you with the contact information of all CGIAR Center Helpdesks. ICT Infopoint is open 24/7, so please drop by anytime! This handy resource will be updated regularly with content from the ICT-KM Program and the Centers, as it becomes available. ICT Infopoint has also received input from several ICT support staff in small offices in Africa and India, enabling content to be developed that could potentially help them and local researchers improve the way they work and collaborate. ICT Infopoint is a collaborative effort involving input from the ICT-KM Program’s Second Level Connectivity Project and the CGIAR Centers. Formerly known as the ICT Briefcase, an output of the Second Level Connectivity Project led by Ian Moore (ILRI-ICRAF), this resource has been further refined in terms of design and content by Tania Jordan, ICT-KM Technical Coordinator, and Antonella Pastore, CGXchange Project Coordinator. The change of name from ICT Briefcase to Infopoint was made to better reflect the present-day product. If you have any suggestions or comments about ICT Infopoint, please contact the CGXchange team at [email protected]. “Volevi la bicicletta, ora pedala!” This Italian saying, translated as “You wanted a bicycle, so get pedaling”, can describe situations where we have a goal to meet or decision to make that can only be realized if we get on with taking the required action. The goal of CGMap is to make CGIAR research projects fully accessible and available. So we’ve continued ‘pedaling’ towards this fundamental goal in order to open new paths to accessing our research project factsheets. The key to systematically making information available and exchangeable is what we call Syntactic Interoperability, the underlying concept behind RSS feeds, SQL databases, and Web Services. CGMap is no stranger to interoperability, as it was born to receive data via XML from a completely different system. Today, we are releasing a new version of CGMap, CGMap 2.0, that completely opens the access to new and improved project factsheets, giving donors, researchers, partners, and search engines, as well as systems and Web sites catering to them, direct access to CGIAR research projects. Sitemaps: Search engines can use our sitemaps to index research project factsheets; systems and Web sites can use the sitemaps to list and link to factsheets as applicable (for example, by CGIAR Center/Challenge Program, time period, project code); So don’t be surprised if you are searching the Web for, say, chickpea research in India, and you find the factsheet ICRISAT-6: Producing more and better food at lower cost from staple open-pollinated cereals and legumes in the Asian SAT (sorghum, pigeonpea, chickpea and groundnut) through genetic improvements. “Volevi la bicicletta, ora pedala!” This Italian saying, translated as “You wanted a bicycle, so get to pedaling”, can describe situations where we have a goal to meet or decision to make that can only be realized if we get on with taking the required action. Life is a balancing act. Finding an equilibrium that works for you, your family and your friends is often difficult to achieve. And no one knows this better than AGCommons Project Officer Francesca Pelloni. After a five-year hiatus of sorts from the hectic world of IT project management, she is back with a well-grounded enthusiasm for her career and a strong sense of purpose that will surely benefit the Project. “I took a break from full time work because, like so many people these days, I found myself working from morning till night, with little time or energy left to devote to myself or my family,” she explains. “Although I did do some consultancy work during the past five years, I basically took the time away to discover what I wanted out of life.” Fortunately for the ICT-KM Program, Francesca was planning to resume her career at a time when the Program had just committed to manage a new project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: AGCommons. When Francesca talks about the AGCommons Project, her passion is palpable. “It’s certainly challenging to work on a big project again, but I’m excited about the possibilities,” she says. It’s great to be involved in something that has the potential to impact so many lives in Africa.” This project officer also has a thirst for knowledge that goes beyond the information necessary to carry out her job well. “I love learning about new things,” she says. “Although I wasn’t a complete stranger to geographical information systems when I came on board, I’ve learned so much about this technology, and this has given me a greater insight into how such systems impact most of our lives on a daily basis, sometimes without us even realizing it. Each project I’ve managed in the past has enlightened and enriched my life in a similar way. That’s one of the things I love about being a project manager.” An insatiable thirst for knowledge is sometimes indicative of someone who is not afraid to embrace change and challenges; something that holds true for this native of Rome. “I got into project management quite by accident,” she says. “I majored in humanistic studies and political relations at university, then got married and had my daughter. When I entered the work force a year later, it was as an assistant to the Managing Director of the Inter Press Service (IPS), an international agency that focused on the third world, as developing countries were referred to back then. At that time, the organization had offices in 90 countries, and I helped coordinate their ICT activities. That was the start of my project management career.” In 1995, Francesca joined the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), where she was involved in a project that was responsible for equipping the organization’s field offices with email. “I was there for two years,” she says, “and I’m amazed when I look back and realize that FAO offices have only had email for 14 years. It seems like it’s been around forever.” After her stint at FAO, Francesca moved to Milan to manage other IT projects of a different nature and in a different environment, with a company in the private sector, after which she made the decision to move to the countryside to lead a simpler, less chaotic life. “It was an interesting time,” she says, recalling the move. “I suddenly found myself with a completely different rhythm. Having the whole day at my disposal to do as I pleased was yet another new experience. I learned a lot of different things during my time away: I learnt about plants and how to grow flowers and vegetables, horse riding, piano lessons and belly dancing. I also took time to travel and indulged in my passion for cooking. I can now make a mean Ravioli di Magro, even if I say so myself.” The same passion that Francesca has in the kitchen is also reflected in her enthusiasm for her new role in the workplace; something that’s bound to have a positive effect on the AGCommons Project. Chances are, you’ve used maps not only to find place or location, but also to explore an area based on a theme or criteria. For example, “I want to eat Korean food in Rome”. Where to eat Korean food in Rome is the geographic extent to a set of criteria to find what I want for planning my evening: Where Korean restaurants are located, when are they open, how are their ratings (reviews), what is the nearest public transportation to get me there and take me home, and do they take credit cards. I recently put this search to the test with an earth browser, and I must say I had a splendid night out! The CGMap team is gearing up for the release of research plans to the world via KML, the Open Geospatial Consortium international standard for the geographic annotation and visualization in earth browsers, mobile maps, and Web-based maps. CGMap is the epitome of ICT-KM’s ‘Triple A’ approach, and once CGMap lands on the Web’s engines through KML, the project plans in CGMap will have an even greater Accessibility and Applicability potential. Search engines will now have geographic coordinates of the who, what, and where of CGIAR research. This means that searching for ‘maize and wheat genetic research’ will give results on CIMMYT projects, along side other relevant sources, like FAO. Scientists, researchers and beyond … investors, partners … who use tools like Google Earth to study and plan activities will be able to build scenarios which provide a more intelligent context to their research. For example, a researcher using an earth browser to plan maize and wheat genetic research activities will be able to focus on any geographical region/location, search for maize and wheat genetic research, see results, add layers of required data (e.g: the Köppen climate classification), and save the scenario built on the fly. From my first day with the ICT-KM Program, this has been an underlying question and driving force in most of my work with the Program. CGMap, launched in late 2008, is the CGIAR’s prime source of MTPs, the Medium Term Plans in which CG Centers and Challenge Programs express both their strategy and coherence to the CGIAR objectives and priorities. Recent posts on the Social Media Tools Series have shed light on how social media tools provide researchers a more effective landscape for the collaboration and dissemination of research information. Exploiting research projects geographically will give rise to sharing and collaborating by using CGMap’s existing resources, the CGIAR project plans (who is doing what and where). Stay tuned for future landings on maps and earth browsers of the CGIAR’s Ongoing Research: Focus on Africa (a.k.a. Eastern and Southern Africa – ESA). As you can see from my previous three posts, I am wrapping up the Institutional KS project. This doesn’t mean that ICT-KM stops working on KS realted issues, far from that. However, as the project ended, we are going through a process of final evaluations, reporting and sharing of the results. Here is the summary of the final project report. Have a look at the lessons learnt and help me improving those / adding lessons I might have overseen. The Institutional Knowledge Sharing (IKS) project has completed its second phase (January 2007 to April 2009) to improve the CGIAR’s effectiveness. It promoted collaborative learning and innovation. It also supported effective use of KS approaches and tools throughout the CGIAR and its R&D partnerships. The project assumes that knowledge-sharing (KS) principles, attitudes, and skills can support organizational development; that these would help build internal capacity so that staff can work more effectively towards their institutional missions and sustain their organizations over the long term. These assumptions led the project to work at three different CGIAR levels: system, center, and community. At the system level, the project demonstrated how KS methods and principles can open up meaningful spaces for face-to-face dialogues by enabling the establishment of explicit objectives and carefully designed group dynamics. The IKS also enhanced those virtual communications processes and products in the system that are related to current change processes. Furthermore, the project strengthened the capacity of CGIAR communications leaders in the area of innovative tools and methods. At the center level, the project supported three pilot projects in three centers—IRRI, WorldFish, and CIFOR—to experiment with innovative KS techniques. Each pilot project led to concrete outcomes or products that can be replicated in other centers or partner organizations. KS activities in six CGIAR centers, carried out by the IKS project during phase 1, were evaluated for progress, challenges, and lessons learned. Center communications staff also attended a KM strategy workshop to think about collective action in this area. The IKS project’s host center, CIAT, also benefited from project leadership and has incorporated KS tools and approaches into its communication plans and activities. At the community level, the project designed and delivered workshops on knowledge sharing and social media. So far, 110 CGIAR staff and partners have been trained; a KS Toolkit has been improved and expanded to become a key resource for knowledge practitioners; partnerships have been formed with FAO and other development organizations, as well as with KM4Dev, for capacity strengthening efforts; the Share Fair 09 at FAO demonstrated the project’s key inputs into the thriving KS movement. Through its network of 180 strong contacts, the project involves an estimated 9,000 users. The initial project framework was prepared, conceptualized, and widely shared among interested centers and partner organizations, who then identified the three possible entry points for KS, as described above. The project pioneered communications and documentation efforts that were relevant beyond the ICT–KM program. The use of social media has helped raise the profile of both project and program in the research-and-development arena. The project also delivered products such as leaflets, posters, and a peer-reviewed journal article with eight co-authors, all KS workshop participants. An end-of-project survey highlighted the project’s achievements, especially the usefulness of its workshops, KS Toolkit, and Web resources. Most of the 37 respondents considered the project’s achievements as excellent (36%) or good (53%). They (94%) also stated that project participation increased their understanding of KS issues and/or improved their ability to apply KS principles, methods, and tools to their work. The project leader’s effectiveness in supporting project participation was rated by 70% of participants as excellent, and 27% as good. Also, 97% stated they had made useful contacts during their participation in the project. All 37 respondents declared that as many as 1,850 people had been reached through the project’s activities or products as a consequence of their participation. If this ratio is upscaled to the project’s 180 strong contacts, then about 9,000 people have probably been reached through project activities. The second phase of the Knowledge-Sharing project and its activities crystallized some important lessons: Lever the multiple entry points: The project showed how effective working on three levels—system, centers, and community—is for mainstreaming KS and allowing bottom-up approaches and leadership support to confront challenges and create an amplifier effect. Clarify definitions: The phase 1 evaluation study revealed that the project had neglected to work continuously on the issue of KS definitions and to make explicit the evolution of those definitions. By doing so, KS could be better positioned and promoted. Learn by doing: At the center level, the pilot project approach delivered three products (IRRI’s Research Data Management Wiki, WorldFish’s video “Storymercial”, Cifor’s processes for participatory strategic planning). However, the call for proposal and “classical” project implementation model was counterproductive to the KS principle of joint learning by doing. This didn’t facilitate the socializing and promoting of the experiences. Partner up: The project showcased how strong and successful involvement in related but external communities of practitioners (KM4Dev and FAO) can make a project stand out and thus raise its profile within its host institution. Adapt management: The ability to make needed adjustments and benefit from unexpected opportunities was crucial to the project’s success. It was relevant to have planned the budget accordingly. Monitor and evaluate: The project consistently evaluated its activities. However, a more consistent M&E framework could have been identified and implemented from the beginning to increase the value of current M&E efforts. System, for example, supporting consultations on change processes, and sharing knowledge on those in innovative and transparent ways Evaluation demonstrated the power of KS principles, tools, and methods for revitalizing the CGIAR. Indeed, they are crucial in times of globalization, networking, intense research and development, and CGIAR change. Hence, these principles and products will continue to be used, and to be strengthened as they are adopted, adapted, and improved.

‘Going Green’ is still a top issue for hotels and guests but it is not without its challenges. But despite associated costs, the industry is committed to sustainability, looking at the longer term, cost- and resource-saving benefits. Donald Gasper investigates. Rising concerns over the deteriorating condition of the environment has led to the implementation of green methods in most Asian countries. The growth of green technology, especially in the construction sector, is considered vital for improving the condition of the environment. By adopting eco-friendly construction methodologies, real estate developers can help reduce energy and water consumption in hotels. With most hotels looking for new ways of assuming their social responsibilities, the adoption rate of green technology in the hospitality industry has risen in the Asia-Pacific region. By judicious use of non-renewable resources, green hotels help in reducing the rate of waste production, pollution and environmental degradation. Green hotels emphasise factors like reducing, recycling and reusing solid waste; lowering the usage of harmful chemicals; saving energy and water, and improving the quality of air inside the hotel. The high costs of implementation of eco-friendly measures can sometimes be seen as a disincentive for green hotels. However, it must be noted that the high energy, water and electricity consumption rates of conventional infrastructure account for the bulk of natural resource consumption across the world. Moreover, hotel owners realise that energy efficient buildings will be rented or sold at higher rates than conventional infrastructure. Therefore, it can be argued in justification that implementing measures to make buildings eco-friendly can help reduce the burden on the environment in the long run, while benefiting the owner too. Sustainably Designed hotels seem at first to be a challenge to investors and owners, but the long-term payback on these investments is well worth it. A hotel designed sustainably will usually offer financial dividends for the hotel in a few years, will serve as an example of the owner’s commitment to saving the environment, and also contributes to the welfare of its staff and guests, as green hotels have a healthier internal environment. John Covello, LEED Sustainability Manager at Development Management Group (DMG), says that many owners and developers tend to baulk at the perceived cost of constructing sustainably. DMG is a Construction and Development Manager headquartered in Phuket, Thailand, serving owners, developers, real estate investors and buyers in luxury resort and residential developments. It advises clients in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Singapore. Accreditation in LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – acknowledges technical competence in green building practices and principles. “We are seeing more and more owners and building operators in Southeast Asia interested in sustainability simply because of the sound financial return provided by the savings in operating expense that come from a sustainable and green building,” says Covello’s colleague, David Arell. The perceived extra costs are thought to be as high as 20% extra above normal costs, Covello says, hence seeming prohibitive. Sustainable buildings, however, can usually be designed for less than 5% above normal costs. A World Business Council for Sustainable Development study analysed 146 certified green buildings and found an actual average marginal cost of less than 2 per cent. Many sustainable measures are inexpensive. LED lighting for example is now priced competitively with more traditional incandescent and fluorescent lights, and lasts five to 10 times longer. Many construction materials such as aerated concrete blocks and UPVC window panels are not costly and can contribute to energy savings. Measures like these will lower operating costs over time. One Green Economy Post article cites LEED buildings as using 30 to 50 percent less water and energy use than those built under current codes. Having a guidelines to sustainable design can be a great benefit for building a green hotel. There are many qualified architects and engineering firms that can lead the process for sustainable design. Owners can also choose a green certification system such as LEED, BREEAM, Green Mark or EDGE to provide a framework for sustainable design. These systems have the added benefit of the marketing value that shows the property has been certified by a respected independent third party. 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The boats berthed on the northern bank of the river before dawn, and even when first light breaks the darkness, a few boats still kept coming in from the Straits waters. Such was the scenes for many years when I had carried vegetable, chicken, fish and meat for my mum during festive as she adhered strictly to traditional values. Each time on my trip there, I noticed the unique houses of Kampung Morten proudly complementing the swaying branches of plants and trees dancing alongside the rhythm of the splashing water flowing downstream of the Melaka River or Sungai Melaka, in Malay language. The village name is named after Ferdinand Morten who had relocated the folks who were living in Kampung Jawa during earlier days. Do you know why Morten relocated the people from Kampung Jawa to Kampung Morten ? Check out the reasons as you slowly digest the immense heritage of Kampung Morten slowly at a speed of 8 km per hour provided by the monorail. Find out the location to board the monorail here. Godowns were located along the southern riverbank parallel to Casa del Rio with the river bonding them as a home, truly as new and old objects to this heritage city. For your knowledge, the godown is still there. Similar godowns were built next to Kampung Morten and these godowns is an evidence to the facts that goods were promoted by traders from the west to the east. Though early industrialization was born on Jalan Tukang Besi, proper manufacturing only started on Jalan Kilang after independence. The monorail gives you an air-view ride along the industrial site soon transforming into a themepark. When the Jalan Kilang or Industry Road began, none knew there will be a Batu Berendam Free Trade zone, the Ayer Keroh Industrial area, or the Bukit Rambai Industrial area. I am just briefly writing about only two locations which represented a small portion of the 25 minutes ride the monorail is covering. I thought I wanted to touch on more locations but by writing, I believed I can’t make you feel the exact excitement and the fun, when you are in the cabin of the monorail. From years of observation, I see followers would prefer to watch the whites take the lead in trying new technology, the electrical-technology in this respect, but the Chinese is paving the recent trends as takers of new technology. Why don’t you begin your first ride from Stesen Tun Ali ? A variety of attractions will be developed within the monorail track in the near future featuring the theme park development Phase 2 and Phase 3 where the details are as follow - See these places before changes or you will never how it was after the places have been transformed. How is it that the old church located on Broad and Geneva Street managed to get approval for a brewery? What happened to the rule about alcohol establishments not being allowed too close to schools or churches in Lake Geneva? That distance is 300 feet. Right across the street from the old church is the operating Episcopalian Church. Go ahead and measure. It’s not three hundred feet away. How is it that nobody noticed this from the city? Or did they notice and decide not to do anything about it? If so, then they’ve tacitly changed the rule by example and fair treatment under the law. Which is it? The City of Lake Geneva selectively re-paved the section of Lake Geneva Boulevard that leads to the house of the city’s mayor. The re-paved section ends abruptly at the end of the mayor’s block, rather than continuing on for one additional block to South Street where Lake Geneva Boulevard ends. So, why did the re-paving of Lake Geneva Blvd end at the end of the mayor’s block? The selective re-paving of the road past the mayor’s house is reminiscent of other selective paving and other past events. A few years back the streets in and around the then mayor (Dennis Jordan) were all paved while other more needy streets in Lake Geneva were totally ignored. Jordan did this just before he left office. Is the current mayor getting ready to leave? There is another explanation for the City of Lake Geneva to not re-pave that small section of Lake Geneva Boulevard, and it appears to be part of a pattern in the City of Lake Geneva. The re-paving of Highway 50 stopped one block short of Maxwell Street, leaving one block still in need of repair. Leaving a small section in need of repair assures, and justifies, future income for local firms doing engineering, inspection, and specifications for the work to be done, as well as those local firms doing the work. They get to come back right on down the road to complete the work with a new contract. This pattern of not quite completing a job also fits the repair of The Riviera roof. The Riviera roof had a leak, so rather than fixing the leak, the city replaced the ceramic tile with cement tile. A few years later the roof began to leak again, so the city used $800,000 from TIF #4 to repair the roof and the damaged upper floor. But the upper floor was repaired before the roof was repaired, so the roof leaked yet again and damaged the upper floor again. In a repeat pattern, the city wants to spend a million dollars to stop the roof leaks by replacing the cement tile roof with a steel roof that looks like ceramic tile. Note: The excessive weight of the cement tiles not only led to the leaking of the roof structure but may have caused damage to the foundations of the whole building. One can only wonder how an engineering firm approved the cement tile back then. And now today, why is the foundation is not being properly inspected and repaired before the roof is to be replaced?

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Joe Jr.’s closed in the summer of 2009, with a farewell note hastily tacked up in the window explaining that the restaurant had lost its lease and, after more than 30 years in business, they were saying good-bye. Like Henri Soulé’s famous French restaurant, it was replaced, in time, by a more fashionable version of itself: a café serving Brazilian coffee, where a new generation of headphone-wearing habitués crowd the uncomfortable wood chairs, peering silently into their laptops, sipping four-dollar coffee from biodegradable paper cups. For a while, the Platts tried to find another place in our little neighborhood to go for our family breakfasts, but the dwindling number of old-time diners and coffee shops were too crowded or too anonymous or too far away. When my daughters want a bowl of chicken soup, these days, they get it at the Pret a Manger down the street, and although I pass the now-svelte Mizrahi on the street sometimes, I’ve never seen John Waters or the Tattoo Lady again. An airplane is the perfect, and perhaps the only, place to actually read the globe-trotting lifestyle magazine founded in 2007 by Tyler Brûlé, a Canadian editor and erstwhile war correspondent. Its logo, an “M” with a twisted loop inscribed in a circle, lurks at airport terminal bookstores all over the world, the magazine’s glossy black cover—which the late David Carr likened to “a slab of printed dark Belgian chocolate”—conveying a placeless, easily translated sort of luxury. Inside, one encounters articles on Canadian soft power, Latin American soap operas, and Finnish domestic architecture: the casual reading of an armchair diplomat. Given the sultry temperatures that envelop Singapore pretty much all year round you might not expect the city’s crime fiction to be dissimilar to other Southeast Asian noir, the strength-sapping humidity leaving everyone wrung out and tense. 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Let me start off by saying I love Amy’s. Yes, Amy, you are expensive. Yes, you continually eat up my extra cash in my wallet. But, yes, you continually will remain in my freezer, my microwave/oven, and my happy stomach. Amy’s Southern Dinner IS THE BEST dinner i have had so far. I have tried MANY of her dinners, all satisfying, but this one really takes the cake. It is cornbread & beans with greens and sweet potatoes, of course made with all natural/organic ingredients. I’ll admit, picking this dinner up i was a little iffy. Eh, spinach? I don’t like spinach i thought. And sweet potatoes? i normally pass on those at Thanksgiving. Was this dinner really worth the $4.99 i was about to pay? The Beans- Pinto beans to be exact. I really am not a fan of beans. But these were yummy. Soft and tender, they reminded me of baked beans you would get in a can (but better!). I especially enjoyed the crusty edges that form from the sauce when you cook it in the microwave (i dont know if that’s just me, but i enjoy that “crusty overcooked” part in pretty much every frozen dinner…) Greens- a medley of spinach, collard greens and swiss chard. There was also hidden mushrooms that popped up under all that green goodness. As i said before, i HATE spinach. I dont care if Pop-eye eats it. I dont care if it’s like the BEST vegetable to eat. I HATE IT. But not if Amy is cooking it! The greens were buttery and garlicky and just yummy. An enjoyable experience with veggies. 🙂 Cornbread=yummy & yellow. It actually had kernels of corn in it you could see, and little red pimientos throughout the cornbread. It was light, a little grainy, but sweet and delicious. It was my second favorite component of the meal (sweet potatoes won me over). Lastly- Sweet Potatoes. Holy. Moley. THESE=HEAVEN. So creamy and buttery i was SO HAPPY eating this. I never wanted them to end! I never really had a sweet potatoe straight up, and whoever cooks them at my Thanksgiving dinner NEEDS to take some cooking advice from Amy, because SHE ROCKS AT MAKING SWEET POTATOES. Ahh these were so delicious. Overall, i can’t wait to buy and eat this again. CAN”T WAIT. It was so satisfyingly delicious. Normally you get a part of a frozen dinner that is “eh”, but this WHOLE dinner is good. Tagged as all natural, Amy's Southern Dinner, corn bread, frozen dinner, organic, pinto beans, sweet potatoes, swiss chard On my never ending hunt to find the perfect pre-workout bar, i discovered Odwalla Bars at my local Stop & Shop. They had a variety of flavors, ranging from fruity to nutty, and even ones with extra protein. Odwalla claims that their products are “where nutritious and delicious finally meet”, and only use ingredients found from Mother Nature. They also never contain any preservatives, artificial flavors or colors, trans fats, or GMOs, and their bars are made with whole grains. They sounded pretty good for a pre-workout bar with some fruit to me. Next time i go to the store, iw ould liek to try the Mocha-walla and the Chocolate Chip Peanut. They were, sadly, sold out when i went to the store though 😦 Choco-walla– uh, can you say, DELICIOUS? Who knew chocolate for breakfast could be healthy and delicious?! It wasn’t overpoweringly sweet, which is a good thing for me, but rather just the right amount of sweetness. It was certainly chocolately too. Semi-sweet chocolate chips were used, and i even tasted hints of almond and vanilla flavors as well. Odwalla claims that this bar will satisfy my sweeth tooth, and it sure did! I also really liked how this bar had 5 grams of filling fiber. Woo! This bar is also a good source of Vitamin E & C, and beta-Carotene. SuperFood- Okay, don’t freak out, but this bar is GREEN. Green like spinach. I opened up the package, and i was like wait, is my bar green? or is it just too early in the morning for me? Nope. It indeed, is GREEN. But in this case, GREEN = GOOD. There are 500mg of Spirulina which gives it the color. Spirulina is a blue-green algae that is the most nutrient rich whole food in existence. Nice! It tasted fruity, however, with banana flavors, soft oats and plump raisins throughout the bar. I also tasted a little bit of coconut too. This one’s definitely a keeper for me! Overall, the 2 bars i tried, i enjoyed. They are soft-baked bars with wholesome, natural ingredients. I can’t wait to try more. Which ones are your favorites? If you would like to win a FREE sampler from Musselman’s company of the three types of applesauce i reviewed previously (Key Lime Cupuacu, Pomegrante Berry and Raspberry Acai) along with a cute tote bag, then you must… Yum. I love applesauce. Growing up, i would have it pretty much with everything. Chicken nuggets, macaroni & cheese, as a side with my mashed potatoes. I just love applesauce! Which is why i was super excited to try Musselman’s Healthy Picks Applesauce in cool flavors like Key Lime Cupuacu, Raspberry Acai, and Blueberry Pomegranate. Their line is “designed specifically for people with busy, active lifestyles”, which is just PERFECT for me. Musselman makes this line with no artificial colors or flavors, no added sugar, enriched with calcium and vitamin C, and is a good source of fiber per cup. I decided to have these with a granola bar pre workout. Apples supposedly wake you up better than a cup of coffee (I work out in the mornings), and according to Musselman’s pamphlet i was provided with, “Apples contain complex carbohydrates that give you energy faster than eating something high in sugar”. Energy & Antioxidants-nice! Berry Pomegranate- This one had a nice blueberry flavor too it. It wasn’t too sweet, and complimented my granola bar nicely. It had a slightly bitter aftertaste to it, probably due to the pomegranate. Raspberry Acai- this one was sweeter than the pomegranate flavor. It had a hint of a lemony taste to it, and was tartish so to speak. It wasn’t bitter, but had a tart flavor to it. In my opinion it had more of a cherry flavor than raspberry, but i liked this one. Key Lime Cupuacu- uh.. YUM! This one was the BEST! It also was slightly tart, and sweeter than both of the other varieties. It had a nice blend of flavors that tasted like lime, lemon and granny smith apples all mixed together. This one was my favorite of the three. All three of the applesauces had a “heftier” feel and texture than your typical applesauce. Not saying it was a chunky variety per se, but it had a bit more of a bite and wasn’t as smooth as other applesauce I have had before. They were also suprisingly filling (probably due to the 3 grams of fiber per cup). Musselman’s also promotes a few healthy ideas and tips with their applesauces as well. You can pop one of these in the freezer until slushy for a frozen treat (which I tried- it was yummy and low- calorie!) You can also use applesauce to replace the fat in some recipes to lower the overall fat and calorie content. I bet if i used the Key Lime Cupuacu to replace the oil in some recipes it would have people guessing what I used to give the recipe that “kick” , but i’ll never tell! 🙂 One cup is 70 calories, 0 grams of fat, 17 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, and 0 grams of protein. You also get 25% vitamin C and 10% calcium. I never in my life tried a piece of eggplant. It looks nasty, it’s ugly looking (okay that’s 2 superficial reasons…) and it was just never my vegetable “of choice”. So i was skeptical to try this meal, eggplant? And Eggplant Moussaka? What does that mean? According to Cedarlane, “Moussaka” is just another word for Eggplant Mediterranean in the Old World. Either way, THIS MEAL IS SO GOOD. I decided to try it because after overindulging myself with 2 HUGE garlic knots from my local pizza place (oops!), i wanted a healthier dinner that was lower in carbs to balance out all that greasy dough. So i figured what they heck. So let’s begin. This dish is slices of roasted eggplant in a tomato sauce that has carrots, mushrooms, red bell peppers, feta cheese and other spices in it. Then on the top is a little smattering of a white sauce. The eggplant is amazing. It’s soft, it is bursting with flavor, and it melts in your mouth like butter. I am definetely an eggplant friend now 🙂 The veggies are awesome too. There are thick chunks of carrots, and the vegetables as a whole add a little spicy kick to the meal. There is also “Ground Round”, or veggie crumbles. After all, this meal is vegetarian. They taste almost exactly like and have the same consistency of ground beef. They are also delicious. Lastly the white sauce on top. I didn’t care for it too much, it was slightly bland compared to the flavor of the rest of the meal, and if it wasn’t there i honestly wouldn’t have missed it. But who cares. This meal is so good they can keep it or ditch it and i would be happy all the same. Normally I pop something by Amy’s or Kashi in for my frozen dinners, but i was feeling something different. So shopping at Whole Foods (where else do i shop!?!), I picked up Seeds of Change Spicy Thai Peanut Noodles with Vegetables & Tofu. It looked pretty good, pretty much all of the ingredients were organic, and it looked healthy. Like there was a good amount of vegetables in there too, and since I LOOVEE peanut butter, I thought I couldn’t lose! Well, after cooking it for 5 minutes in the microwave, my kitchen had the aroma of a Chinese food restaurant. In a word, SPICY. WOO. Have some water/milk near by. It’s not SOOO spicy that it’s overpowering, but you will feel a burn on your lips, in your mouth, and as the food goes down your belly. Or at least i did. I was happy I had some water near by, needless to say 🙂 The noodles are cooked perfectly. Not too chewy, and not too hard either. There was a lot of them too. I almost wish there was more vegetables than noodles, but that’s personal preference, I’m just not a pasta person. I also wish they were whole grain noodles 😦 . The peanut sauce is so yummy. It has the consistency of an alfredo sauce, it’s creamy and has a hint of sweetness, and then a KICK of spice. I’m going to hold the cayenne pepper responsible for that! It has a nice peanutty taste to it too, and I even found a few peanut chunks in the dish as well. The tofu was my favorite part. It soaked up the peanutty taste, and was perfectly cooked. Yum. How come when i cook tofu it never comes out as good as this (or Amy’s tofu!?) ?! Lastly, the veggies. There are carrots, broccoli, onions and red peppers. The carrots were sweet and crunchy, which was good because it toned down the heat of the dish. The broccoli was delicious. Perfectly cooked, not mushy at all, and bright green. Ah, so good. The onions added a nice flavor to the dish, and the red peppers were good as well. They still had a crunch to them, I’m not really a red pepper fan, but these weren’t bad. They were a bit sweet too. Overall, it was a good dinner. I probably wouldn’t buy it again because I’m not one for spicy, but if YOU like spicy, i would definetely invest in this dish. It’s healthy, unique and nutritious. If i’m ever craving some heat, i know where to look! I also like the quality of this dish- I’m excited to try their other meals! Tagged as all natural, dinner, frozen, organic, Seeds of Change, spicy thai peanut noodles, tofu, vegetables After trying Cedarlane’s Enchiladas [ see my post here ] i had a good feeling about their other products, such as the Beans, Rice & Cheese Style Burrito. It is made with organic ingredients, such as the tortilla, beans and the rice, are all organic. But what’s this? This Burrito only has 1 GRAM OF FAT? How can it be cheesy? How can it be TASTY?! Well, readers, fear not, Cedarlane knows what they are doing! So, I wrapped this burrito in a paper towel like I was supposed to and put it in the microwave. After two minutes, a spicy, flavorfull aroma filled my kitchen and made my tummy grumble. My mom even commented on “what smells so good?” and was totally jealous when i popped this baby out of the microwave. A little bit of cheese oozed out of the burrito, but that didn’t bother me a bit. It just means there’s plenty of filling on the inside to enjoy! I cut the burrito in half, and there was a substantial amount of filling. They didn’t scrimp on it- it looked like it would actually keep me full! There is also a thick amount of bread as well as the filling. The bread has an almost “bisquity” taste to it, and is also slightly sweet. It cooked pretty evenly, chewy in some areas due to the filling and crisper in others, but it was good. I actually enjoyed the mixed consistency of crisper tortilla on the ends and a softer, doughy tortilla in the middle. It tastes like the inside of a pizza crust as well. Yum. When is that ever a bad thing? Onto the insides, which were also delicious! There were a lot of beans and brown rice all smothered in a tasty tomato sauce with cheese dispersed. The cheese was so good- a great compliment to the burrito. It was soy cheese, which is how the burrito is so low in fat and still tasty, but if i didn’t tell you it was soy, you wouldn’t be able to tell (so don’t turn up your nose until you try it! 😉 ) Overall, I will be buying this burrito again. It was filling, delicious, and the right size for a quick dinner to be paired with a glass of milk and some veggies, or even by itself if your really pressed for time. One burrito is 260 calories, 1 gram of fat, 48 carbohydrates, 7 grams of fiber (woo!), and 13 grams of protein. You also get 25% Vitamin C and 10% of your daily calcium needs. My only complaint (sorry!!) is that they didn’t use a whole wheat wrap 😦 There is plenty of fiber in this burrito already, and they did use brown rice instead of white, but this would be absolutely perfect if the tortilla was whole wheat. For now, it’s fine by me! Print is powerful. Let our experts help you harness this influential medium to deliver your message to potential customers. 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While sugar cravings are common, the physiological mechanisms that trigger our “sweet tooth” are not well defined. A University of Iowa-led study in mice shows that a hormone produced by the liver, fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), suppresses the consumption of simple sugars. The researchers report that FGF21 is produced in the liver in response to high carbohydrate levels. FGF21 then enters the bloodstream, where it sends a signal to the brain to suppress the preference for sweets. “This is the first liver-derived hormone we know that regulates sugar intake specifically,” says Matthew Potthoff, assistant professor of pharmacology in the UI Carver College of Medicine. Potthoff is co-senior author on the paper, published online in the journal Cell Metabolism, with Matthew Gillum, professor at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). Previous research explains how certain hormones affect appetite; however, these hormones do not regulate any specific macronutrient (carbohydrate, protein, fat) and are produced by organs other than the liver. “We’ve known for a while that FGF21 can enhance insulin sensitivity,” says Lucas BonDurant, a doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and co-first author in the study. “Now, there’s this dimension where FGF21 can help people who might not be able to sense when they’ve had enough sugar, which may contribute to diabetes.” This work is based on human genome-wide studies where researchers found associations between certain DNA mutations and people’s intake of specific macronutrients. Two of these mutations were located near the FGF21 gene, prompting the UI-led team to identify the role of this hormone in regulating macronutrient preference. BonDurant and colleagues used genetically-engineered mouse models and pharmacological approaches to examine the role of FGF21 in regulating sugar cravings. In normal mice, BonDurant injected FGF21 and gave the mice a choice between a normal diet and a sugar-enriched diet. Researchers observed that the mice didn’t completely stop eating sugar, but they ate seven times less than normal. The research team also studied genetically-modified mice that either didn’t produce FGF21 at all or produced a lot of FGF21 (over 500 times more than normal mice). The genetically-modified mice had a choice between the same two diets as the normal mice. Researchers observed that the mice that didn’t produce FGF21 at all ate more sugar, whereas the mice that produced a lot of FGF21 ate less sugar. Based on these results, the team concluded that FGF21 decreases appetite and intake of sugar. However, FGF21 does not reduce intake of all sugars (sucrose, fructose, and glucose) equally. FGF21 also doesn’t impact the intake of complex carbohydrates. While BonDurant, a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellow and a UI Sloan Scholar, found that FGF21 sends signals to the brain, additional work is necessary to identify the precise neural pathways that regulate FGF21’s ability to manage macronutrient preference. UI researchers are focused on the hypothalamus -a section of the brain responsible for regulating feeding behavior and energy homeostasis. Good graf “In addition to identifying these neural pathways, we would like to see if additional hormones exist to regulate appetite for specific macronutrients like fat and protein, comparable to the effects of FGF21 on carbohydrate intake,” Potthoff says. “If so, how do those signals intertwine to regulate the neural sensing of different macronutrients?” The UI team collaborated with researchers from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. The study was funded in part by grants from the American Diabetes Association, the National Institutes of Health, the Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation, the University of Iowa Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research. Anemia is a lower than normal number of red blood cells (erythrocytes) in the blood, usually measured by a decrease in the amount of Hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the red pigment in red blood cells that transports oxygen. There are many types and potential causes of anemia. For information about a specific type of anemia, see one of the following articles: The cause varies with the type of anemia. Potential causes include blood loss, nutritional deficits, many diseases, medication reactions, and various problems with the bone marrow. Iron deficiency anemia is most common in women who have heavy Menstrual Periods. The doctor will perform a physical examination. 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The catheter is a small, hollow, flexible tube that has a balloon near the end of it. The procedure starts with the patient lying on a padded table. Local pain medicine is given, and the catheters are then inserted in an artery (usually near the groin). The patient is awake for the procedure, but pain medicine can be given as needed. The heart and heart arteries are then visualized by using X-rays and dye, and blockages in the heart vessels are identified. A balloon catheter is then inserted in or near the blockage and inflated, thus widening or opening the blocked vessel and restoring adequate blood flow to the heart muscle. Occassionally, blood thinning medicines are also given to prevent formation of a blood clot. In almost all cases, a device called a stent is also placed at the site of narrowing or blockage in order to keep the artery open. A common type of stent is made of self-expanding, stainless steel mesh. Complete obstruction of blood flow to an area of the heart (a small risk, less than 1%; a heart surgery team is on standby) This procedure greatly improves blood flow through the coronary arteries and to the heart tissue in about 90% of patients and may eliminate the need for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). The result is relief from chest pain, and improved exercise capacity. In 2 out of 3 cases, the procedure is considered successful with complete elimination of the narrowing or blockage. This procedure treats the condition, but does not cure the cause, and recurrent narrowing can be expected in up to a quarter of cases over a 6-month period. However, this recurrent narrowing may or may not require a repeat procedure. Patients should diet, exercise, abstain from smoking, and reduce stress in order to lower the chances of recurrence. The physician may prescribe a medication, such as a statin drug, to help lower the patient’s cholesterol. If the arteries are not sufficiently widened by angioplasty or the blockages are too severe to be treated by angioplasty, heart surgery (CABG surgery) may be recommended. The average hospital stay is less than 2 days, and often, an overnight hospital stay is not required at all. Patients are generally able to walk within 6 hours after the procedure. Complete recovery takes a week or less. The Houston Chapter of Health Care for All Texas meets from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM every second Thursday of the month at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 5501 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77004 on the second floor of the Jones Building. The charge of this organization is to fortify local health systems and give measures for improvement of the health of the people in the America. It has collaboration with Health Ministries and International Agencies; along with international, non-government, community, security and university collaborations. PAHO promotes health of people and gives access to health system strengthening. It mainly emphasizes on the chronic diseases, like TB, HIV, Dengue, Cholera, Malaria, Heart diseases, Diabetes and Cancer. Hearthcast #361: Conceding In Hearthstone - Rewt and Freckleface chat about when it's ok to Concede in Hearthstone, as well as if it matters how we get things in WoW This couple's wedding day was full of amazing details. A heart warming gift from the Bride to her new Husband, a bakery bar, fun vintage car, and lots more. Coming soon, but be sure to follow along on FACEBOOK for all the sneak peeks that don't make it to the HMP blog!

The Philippine Navy (PN) has quietly moved ahead and implemented the acquisition of another project under the Horizon 1 phase of the Revised AFP Modernization Program. Based on the Philippine Navy's recent publicly-released documents, as well as confirmation from MaxDefense source, the Philippine Navy has pushed through with the Multi-Purpose Attack Craft (Series 2018) acquisition project, which is a "2nd List of Horizon 1" project that was approved for acquisition. The MPAC Mk. III built by Propmech-Lung Teh JV. The same design, with probably minor changes, will be used for the 4th batch of MPACs to be acquired by the Philippine Navy. The Philippine Navy's Horizon 1 phase, which was approved for implementation in 2014, previously had a Multi-Purpose Attack Craft (MPAC) Acquisition Project with an Approved Budget for Contract (ABC) worth Php270 million. This was also called the "MPAC 3" during its pre-delivery phase. This was awarded to a Joint Venture of Propmech Corporation and Lung Teh Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. The former is a Filipino-owned company while the latter is a boatbuilder from Taiwan. The boats acquired from this project, now known as the MPAC Mk. III Series 2014 (specifically the BA-488, BA-489, and BA-491) were delivered mid 2017, and are now being installed with weapon systems acquired from Rafael Advance Systems Ltd. of Israel as they are scheduled to conduct the Philippine Navy's first ever test firing of a surface-to-surface missile this coming July, as revealed by PN FOIC VAdm. Robert Empedrad recently. This project we are discussing is part of the Philippine Navy's "2nd List of Horizon 1", an extension program of the Horizon 1 phase that was approved for implementation only in early 2016, has an acquisition project for another batch of MPACs. The Philippine Navy, based on new bid documents, appears to call this project the MPAC Mk. III Series 2018, to differentiate it from the MPAC Mk. III Series 2014 project. For convenience, let's call it as how the PN does, although MaxDefense expects the term "MPAC 4" to be used as well. This project has an ABC of Php270 million (similar to all other MPAC acquisition projects), and involves the acquisition of three (3) brand new MPACs that can be armed with missile systems similar to those of MPAC Mk. III Series 2014. It was only several weeks ago that MaxDefense was able to confirmed who led the tender for the MPAC4 contract, which is the Joint Venture of Propmech Corporation and Lung Teh Shipbuilding. The Department of National Defense (DND) has yet to complete Post Qualification Inspection on Propmech-Lung Teh, but based on the Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) made by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) under SARO-BMB-D-17-0024343 approved on 15 December 2017, the value is expected to be at Php269,799,999.99. This amount was released on 18 December 2017 based on the DBM's SARO release records. One of the MPAC Mk. III Series 2014, BA-488, as seen here in 2017 undergoing tests before delivery to the Philippine Navy. The same design will be used for the MPAC Mk. III Series 2018, wherein 3 units will be delivered. MaxDefense received information, as well as support from released documents from DND website that this 4th batch of 3 new MPACs will be using the same design as the MPAC Mk. III delivered by Propmech-Lung Teh last year, with probably only minor changes as specified by the Philippine Navy This would make it easy for both Propmech-Lung Teh JV and the Philippine Navy to get this project out the drawing board and into design final approval since there won't be a need for a major redesigning like what happened on earlier MPAC projects where MPAC Mk. I differs in design from MPAC Mk. II, which also differs in design and purpose as the MPAC Mk. III. While this contract only includes the boats itself, there is a separate project called the MPAC Combat Systems and Capability Upgrade, which is divided into 2 lots with a total combined approved budget of contract (ABC) worth Php722,000,000.00. The said budget was confirmed through SARO released by DBM in June 2018. And this is among the HORIZON 2 projects recently approved by Pres. Duterte for implementation. As straightforward as the title of the project, it was meant to provide the MPAC Mk III. Series 2018 with weapon systems and capability enhancements. The same case happened on the MPAC Batch 3 aka MPAC Mk. III Series 2014 where the boats (awarded to Promech-Lung Teh JV) were acquired separately from the weapons system (awarded to Rafael Advance Systems). Propmech - Lung Teh Joint Venture previously won the bidding to supply the MPAC acquisition under Horizon 1 phase. The end result is the MPAC Mk. III Series 2014, which were delivered in 2017. They are currently being installed with the weapon systems from Rafael, and will test fire a Spike-ER missile this July 2018. The MPAC Mk. III Series 2018, like its earlier counter-part, was designed primarily as a small missile-armed patrol boat, rather than as an assault boat. It lacks the front opening bow and ramp that allows easy egress and ingress of troops, and will have less passenger capacity due to the presence of a control system for the weapon systems. The MPAC Mk. III Series 2018 are expected to have the same dimensions as the earlier Mk. III variant, which are as follows: As-delivered Standard Weapons: 2 M60 7.62mm light machine guns in addition to those to be delivered separately under the MPAC Combat Systems and Capability Upgrade Lot 1 project. The expected layout of the MPAC Mk. III could be like the one shown on the photo above. Aside from the Typhoon mounts, the boat can also be armed by 2 M60 7.62mm machine guns. It also appears that unlike the acquisition of the MPAC Mk. III Series 2014, this current batch will need some additional work on the boat iself, and its already apparent that the Navy is solving this issue. Due to the rising costs, it could have been difficult for Propmech-Lung Teh JV to win the MPAC 4th Batch without the need to make sure it is profitable and reasonable for them to bag the project. Being commercial in nature, it is normal for the proponent to make sure they will earn from this project. Propmech-Lung Teh JV's tender price is actually only Php200,000 less than the allocated budget for the project. But it appears that there were a lot of un-included items, probably intentionally removed by the PN TWG from the technical specifications, due to price escalations over the years. To cover this, the DND released a separate project called the Lot 2 of the MPAC Mk. III Combat Systems and Capability Upgrade, which covers the Mission Essentials Equipment and the MPAC Mk. III Series 2018 Integrated Logistics Support (ILS). Out of the Php722 million intended for the project, Php60 million was allocated for this work's Allocated Budget of Contract (ABC). Normally, the MPAC acquisition already should have the items included in this lot, specifically the ILS, communications equipment, shock mitigating seats for passengers, and the ballistic panels and glass on specific areas of the boat. MaxDefense has reason to believe that Propmech-Lung Teh JV, or any other boat-builder cannot deliver 3 fully functional MPACs with ILS for Php270 million or less. Costs has finally caught up with the times, and the PN has no choice but to adjust its Combat Systems and Capability Upgrade to include these items just to allow the MPAC acquisition to push through without hassles. was scheduled on 14 June 2018, and although we still do not have a confirmation who bagged the project, MaxDefense believes it is fitting for Promech Corporation to win the project since they are familiar with the boats and are the most capable of providing the ILS to their own product. While we still do not know the winning bidder's submitted amount, it is safe to say that the current MPAC 4th Batch, without its weapons system, costs a little less than Php330,000,000.00 for all 3, or Shock-mitigating seats are among those to be procured under the MPAC Mk. III Series 2018 Combat Systems and Capability Upgrade Lot 2 Mission Essential Equipment and ILS. It appears that Propmech-LungTeh JV did not include this in their contract to deliver the MPAC Mk. III Series 2018. There is still little information on the other part of the MPAC Mk. III Combat Systems and Capability Upgrade Lot 1, which is expected to be the project for the procurement of weapon systems for the MPAC Mk. III Series 2018. Originally it was supposed to have an ABC of Php722,000,000.00 and will only be 1 lot, but the changes in the MPAC Series 2018 acquisition required the Philippine Navy to source out additional funding to cover for the need to acquire lacking equipment on the MPACs. Since only Php722,000,000.00 was released for the entire project, Lot 2 was deducted from the overall budget, leaving Php662,000,000.00 for the Lot 1. So far, what MaxDefense is sure is that it would be for the acquisition of Remote Controlled Weapons System (RCWS), Multiple Launching System for short-range surface-to-surface missile launchers, and the missiles itself. While it appears that the Philippine Navy is still in the pre-procurement stage on this project-lot, MaxDefense has strong reason to believe that this would be a Government-to-Government (G2G) acquisition involving Israel and Rafael Advance Systems Ltd. If this is the case, MaxDefense believes that Rafael may again offer the Rafael Spike-ER missile, Typhoon MLS-ER missile launching system, and Mini Typhoon 12.7mm RCWS mount. The difference from the last Horizon 1 MPAC Combat System project is the allocated budget. While the weapons for the MPAC Mk. III Series 2014 for Php594 million, this time the budget allocated was Php662 million. MaxDefense believes that the cost increase may be attributed to price escalation and inflation, a poorer US dollar - Philippine pesos exchange rate, and the possibility that the PN wanted to acquire more surface-to-surface missile rounds than before. Each MPAC was designed to carry 4 ready-to-fire missiles in the launcher, plus 10 more rounds located on the boat's storage. MaxDefense won't be too specific, but the previous deal with Rafael did not cover the acquisition of a full 14 rounds per boat. The Rafael Mini Typhoon 12.7mm RCWS (top) and the Rafael Typhoon MLS-ER (above) are expected to be acquired again to arm the MPAC Mk. III Series 2018 boats under a G2G deal with Israel. MaxDefense will provide more information in the future, considering the project is still in the early stages and might be delivered only by late 2019. The MPAC Weapon System is also another project worth discussing in the future, as we await for more information regarding the deal. The Department of National Defense has finally released the Notice of Award (NOA) for the Multi-Purpose Attack Craft Mk. III (Series 2018) Combat System and Capability Upgrade Lot 2 - Mission Essential Equipment and ILS to Propmech Corporation last 11 September 2018. This is after Propmech was declared the Single Calculated Responsive Bidder last 30 August 2018. Propmech Corp. was expected to win this bidding due to their ongoing participation in the construction of the MPACs. The requirement is for the winning bidder to do the works in Lung Teh's boatyard in Taiwan, which means only Propmech can do it with practical ease compared to other potential bidders. While the NOA is out, the Contract and the Letter of Credit are still pending with the DND, although MaxDefense expects the Contract to be signed probably by October 2018. MaxDefense will provide updates once it gets confirmation that the Contract has been signed, and if the LOC is provided, which is the basis of Project Start. I understand the will to have missile in our fleet. I'm just hoping when will the PN have REAL big Anti ship and Anti Aircraft missiles for our Del Pilar and Tarlac class ships. Also Shore Based and Surface to Air types for our soldiers to trained to? I hope the AFP have a lot of political will and no dirty hands on putting this project to continue. Hoping for the best for my country. Hi Sir Max, you had a previous article about Shaldag Mk V. Any update on that? Is there any chance that we will get that fast patrol boat on top of Multi-purpose attack crafts? Thanks!

Last week, Bank of America completed just the second Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) deal this year, and the first that doesn't take advantage of the Federal Reserve's Term Asset-Backed Security Loan Facility in over a year. This news is significant, as it's quite an accomplishment in a market that remains otherwise closed. While a good sign, the deal still indicates that investors are quite wary of CMBS. Somehow, I missed this news until today. The Wall Street Journal has the most detailed report that I could find. The deal was a measly $460 million. That's significantly smaller than the deals the CMBS market was used to a few years ago, when they regularly exceeded $1 billion. So while there was some demand in the market, it obviously couldn't have been too robust. The spread that investors required to purchase the deal was also quite wide. The AAA-rated bonds sold for 225 basis points over the benchmark rate -- even wider than Bank of America expected by at least 15 basis points, according to the Journal. And bear in mind, a few years ago no one could have imagined a three-digit basis point spread on AAA-rated CMBS. What's most surprising about the deal is the collateral. Although I couldn't find any very specific details, the Journal says: The securities are backed by a single, seven-year, fixed-rate loan to entities of hedge-fund manager Fortress Investment Group LLC. The loan is secured by payments flowing from 44 office and industrial properties in Florida, and cash flows related to a 351-mile railway corridor and land parcels adjacent to that corridor. This unusual type of security--commercial-mortgage backed securities are typically backed by leases on properties such as offices and hotels--may also have pushed up the returns investors demanded despite the portfolio's otherwise conservative structure, with loan-to-value ratios averaging 50%. I'm a little perplexed about why the first successful CMBS deal not to utilize the Fed program would be so non-vanilla. Although the Journal speculates that this might have made investors demand more spread, I'm not entirely sure. Investors might have liked that there was some diversification through non-commercial real estate driven cash flows that will result from the leasing of fiber-optic cables, land and billboards along that corridor. Heck, I might prefer that to Florida commercial real estate, even with 50% loan-to-value ratios. Of course, I suspect that the rating agencies also demanded a healthy amount of credit enhancement (cushioning for collateral losses) to achieve AAA-ratings. Just when you think it cannot get battier, National Review chooses this moment in time to defend the Crusades. Of course, murdering Muslims is fine and dandy, but, er ...: Of course there were attacks on several Jewish communities along the Rhine associated with the First Crusade. However, these were not committed by one of the main groups, but by several bands of German stragglers. It is significant that local bishops risked their lives to defend the Jews. These incidents are covered fully in God’s Battalions. If we are to have the Crusades thrown at us by the likes of Osama bin Laden, let us at least not abjure them. It is true that we can barely recognize anything of ourselves in the Crusaders. They were coarse and unwashed. Most of them were illiterate. Of the physical world, they were ignorant beyond our imagining, believing the earth to be flat and the sky a crystal dome. Such medicine as they had was far more likely to kill than to heal Richard Lionheart and Amalric, sixth king of Jerusalem, were both killed by the ministrations of their surgeons. Their honor was often truculent, their loyalty sometimes fickle, their piety was barnacled with the grossest kinds of superstition. We turn in disgust from the spectacle of them wading through blood to the Holy Sepulchre of Christ, and wonder if we would not have found their enemies the silk-clad viziers of Islam, or the suave, scented courtiers of Constantinople more to our liking. Well, perhaps we would; but let us at least acknowledge that these rough soldiers carried with them to the East the germ-seeds of modern civil society. Palestine proved to be stony ground: but that is the East's loss, as the eventual flowering of those seeds elsewhere was all of humanity's immeasurable gain. In spirit and in values, though at an immense distance, the Crusaders were our kin. While not forgetting their many transgressions, we should weep for what they lost and remember with pride their few astonishing victories. Ville gagnée! A paper on overdose-reversal drugs reached a conclusion no one liked. The pushback raised questions about sexism and scientific methods. With the opioid epidemic claiming more than 100 lives a day in the United States, every state now has some sort of law expanding access to naloxone, also known as Narcan. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist that makes someone who has overdosed start breathing again. Sometimes, its powers are said to bring an overdose victim “back to life.” That led two economists to wonder, does the prospect of not dying from opioids make people more likely to use opioids? And are they more likely to, ultimately, die as a result? After naloxone-access laws take effect, they found, arrests related to the possession and sale of opioids went up, as did opioid-related ER visits. Meanwhile—and most worryingly—there was no overall impact on the death rate. In fact, in the Midwest, the implementation of naloxone laws led to a 14 percent increase in opioid-related mortality, they found. To Doleac, it’s an example of moral hazard. In other words, “anytime you make something less dangerous, people are going to do more of it,” she told me. In one study, for example, giving teens free condoms actually led to an increase in teen pregnancy. In this case, the study purports that heroin users figured they stood a good chance of being revived if they overdosed, so they kept on using. She was not quite “ratioed,” to use the digerati term for a tweet that garners more responses than approvals. But she nevertheless prompted a vigorous online debate that raged for nearly a week. In the white-paper reading realm, that’s practically World War III. Public-health people were, perhaps understandably, alarmed by Doleac and Mukherjee’s findings, suggesting they might lead cities and states to pull back from providing naloxone freely. Naloxone access is considered a pillar of “harm reduction,” or the idea that if people can’t immediately be cured of addiction, we should at least make it less dangerous for them to keep using. As someone working on the front lines with actual overdose patients and drug users, these kind of unfounded claims increase stigma and impede harm reduction. It’s incredibly ridiculous and uninformed to say that ‘naloxone distribution “led to” increased fentanyl use.’ As with almost every study, there are other studies that came to different conclusions. One 2012 study in Massachusetts found that opioid-overdose death rates were reduced in communities where people were given nasal-naloxone rescue kits, and another paper last year came to a similar conclusion. One study found naloxone did not lead to increased heroin use. Leana Wen, Baltimore’s health commissioner and an advocate for the expansion of access to naloxone, pointed out that just because the laws around naloxone changed doesn’t mean people were able to instantly obtain it more easily. “[Doleac and Mukherjee’s] study assumes that passage of these laws lead immediately to everyone having easy access to naloxone when they need it, when this is not the case,” she says. “The Massachusetts study shows that actual naloxone distribution shows a decrease in mortality. This is consistent with what we see in Baltimore, where over 1,600 lives have been saved as a result of our naloxone distribution program.” Wen also said that even though there was no reduction in opioid-related mortality, the death rate might have been even higher without naloxone. Several critics of the study claimed it is yet another example of the classic problem of confusing correlation with causation. “The first problem is that they seem to be making the big mistake of assuming that correlation equals causation,” says Jermaine Jones, a Columbia University neurobiologist whose study found naloxone didn’t increase heroin use. “This misinterpretation of data is one of the first things we are taught in psychology.” Jones went on to tell me about the classic example of ice-cream sales and murder rates. Of course, the sugar high doesn’t spark killing rampages; the hidden variable there is summertime. But Doleac and other economists say this is one of the differences between public-health research and economics. Economists often make “causal inferences”: They study natural experiments like law changes, use statistical tools to rule out other explanations, and draw conclusions about cause and effect. (Doleac, in turn, criticized the methods used in the studies that came to different conclusions than her own.) “Public-health people believe things that are not randomized are correlative,” says Craig Garthwaite, a health economist at Northwestern University. “But [economists] have developed tools to make causal claims from nonrandomized data.” This difference of opinion about causality led to exchanges like this one, between one of Doleac’s critics and another female economist, Analisa Packham: The other thing critics brought up is that Doleac and Mukherjee’s article is not yet peer reviewed—they plan to submit it to journals soon. But this, too, is an important difference between economics and some other types of health research. Economists tend to put out working papers and circulate them among colleagues long before they submit to journals. For example, Doleac and Mukherjee’s paper thanks several economic conferences and their participants in its acknowledgments. These colleagues—sometimes in pressure-cooker-esque seminars—ask questions and make suggestions, after which the paper is revised, then submitted. Though this is not quite the same as a journal’s peer-review process, it’s not quite a personal Word document uploaded to the internet, either. Because of that, economics working papers are regularly discussed by journalists, academics, and even policymakers before they’re formally published in a journal. What’s more, the Twitter conversation at times turned unusually venomous and condescending, especially for an economics paper. In some cases, it seemed more suited to, say, debates about putting peas in guacamole or the potential outcomes of single-payer health care. The tone “felt sort of accusatory and ‘let me explain to you simple authors about how this works,’” Garthwaite says. You are a ghoul who explicitly and in a published paper said saving people’s lives is a downside, the Brookings Institute should be razed and the earth salted Another implied that Doleac hates poor people. (It’s worth noting, of course, that opioid addicts aren’t always poor.) just say you hate poor people it’s a thousand times easier than arguing against basic safety measures It led some to wonder how much of the pushback was about peoples’ interest in the opioid epidemic and how much was simply what happens when female researchers’ findings don’t quite toe the party line. All of this isn’t to say that Doleac and Mukherjee’s findings are the last word on the matter, or that they shouldn’t be scrutinized and (respectfully) questioned. They might still hit snags in peer review, or another study might come along and refute their findings. Such is the nature of science. But it does suggest two things: First, more research is (almost) always good. Doleac told me she tried to replicate an earlier study on naloxone and mortality, and she failed. Maybe someone else might try to replicate her work and fail, too. Second, when studies come along that find something we don’t like, the instinct can be to flinch and look away—or worse, to insult the study author. But it’s important not to dismiss findings like these, because if they hold up, they might tell us how to better shape public policy. The other famous example of moral hazard involves car-safety regulations: Safer cars make people drive more recklessly, according to an infamous 1970s study. But, Garthwaite told me, “no one who’s serious would say that just because moral hazard exists means we shouldn’t put seat belts in cars.” In this case, it might mean that cities should dispense naloxone, but that they should also invest more in treatment—something Doleac and Mukherjee themselves call for in this study. Naloxone, Garthwaite says, might be a good intervention, but it might not be a good intervention on its own. Doleac says this was the last round of comments she was hoping to get before she submits to peer review. “And we have gotten it,” she added, in the form of the hundreds of tweets and emails. Doleac is no stranger to controversy. Previously, she studied racism and gun violence. “The response to this has been so much more negative and hostile than anything else I’ve worked on,” she says. She says one doctor emailed her to explain how to write an academic paper. “I was like, ‘I’ve actually done this before!’” She also says she hasn’t heard anything that would change the overall conclusions of the study. “We might clarify some things in the text,” but those changes, she acknowledges, “probably won’t make anyone happy.” The most disruptive part of Paul Ryan's speech last night, aside from those not-quite-truths, came when two hecklers from the female anti-war group Code Pink pulled off the most successful protester infiltration yet at this year's conventions — and maybe the last one. The most disruptive part of Paul Ryan's speech last night, aside from those not-quite-truths, came when two hecklers from the female anti-war group Code Pink pulled off the most successful protester infiltration yet at this year's conventions — and maybe the last one. Just as Ryan finished reading the words "...that have no place in a free country" (he was talking about Obamacare), the two women appeared by Mitt Romney's VIP box, depending on whose coverage you were following, there was a sign, maybe a couple inaudible yells. Knoxnews.com's Greg Johnson was right next to the kerfluffle: It happened so quickly I could only get a glimpse of the banner, enough to make out the word "Vagina" in black letters on the pink background. One woman, middle-aged (or perhaps a bit past) with bobbed blond hair, started shouting, "Hands off my healthcare" The younger of the two, a brown-haired woman appearing to be in her 20s, waved the banner and chanted, "My body, my choice." Granted, Code Pink's protests earlier this week at the Republican National Convention, complete with vagina costumes, garnered them novelty attention, which they kept up with trying to perform a citizen's arrest on former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and heckling Rick Santorum. But infiltrating the heavy security of the RNC, and then interrupting the biggest event of the convention so far, has been the highlight so far for the 10-year-old organization. "Code Pink is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities," reads their official website. The health care angle is the center of this protest against the RNC. They add: We have become famous for confronting the warmongers, whether in the halls and hearing rooms of Congress, the national conventions of both the Republicans and Democrats, George Bush's fundraisers, the publicity tours of Karl Rove, Condi Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and others, and Nancy Pelosi's house. That doesn't sound unlike parts and portions of the Occupy Movement. But Code Pink is tighter and better funded. "I think people did expect a large crowd because of Occupy Wall Street, but Occupy Wall Street tends to be very poor people. To get the funds to come all the way to Tampa is a really tough thing to do," founder Medea Benjamin told The Daily Beast in a recent interview. Getting to Tampa is one thing. Getting past the heavy security there is another. "Still, after the close encounter with Code Pink, I had to wonder how the heck they got in the convention in the first place," wrote Johnson, referencing the Tampa Bay Times Forum's tight security and credential-heavy protocol. "I had credentials," is all Ally McCracken, Code Pink's D.C. Coordinator, would tell the Global Post. So the next question, with protests expected to be lighter at next week's Democratic convention, is what's next for Code Pink? Well, according to their website, today will be the group's final convention rally, and founder Medea Benjamin will speak. Which sounds pretty, well, mundane for this ballsy crew. But then again, Paul Ryan's speech wasn't on the agenda last night, and there's always Clint Eastwood. We get it, America. We get it. You're interested in 2016. Well, there is absolutely no reason to delay one minute further. Here's your real-time Republican primary footrace to 2016 victory. We get it, America. We get it. You're interested in 2016. Well, since that's the case, there is absolutely no reason to delay one minute further. Below, your real-time Republican primary footrace to 2016 victory. Here's how this works. Whenever you come to this page, we grab the latest odds from Irish gambling site PaddyPower.com (Rodman-endorsed!). Then, we position each of the eight main candidates according to where they are in the race, listing the odds that each might win under their names. And then, we show you the racetrack. Depending on when you're visiting the page, the track will be as long as there are days until the first primary. As the first primary gets closer, the track left in front of our intrepid politicians will grow shorter. Our advice, since you are so excited about 2016: just buy a new computer and keep this page open on it, reloading every five or 10 minutes. If you don't do that, it's almost like you don't care about the 2016 primaries, and are therefore a Bad American. Incidentally, we were going to make a Democratic one, but you can guess who would always be winning. Included in the race (a list subject to change): Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, and Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department announced Tuesday afternoon that a record $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan has been finalized. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department announced on Tuesday afternoon that a record $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan has been finalized. At the end of October, it looked like the deal could fall through, but CEO Jamie Dimon apparently came around. Holder said in a statement, “Without a doubt, [JPMorgan's] conduct uncovered in this investigation helped sow the seeds of the mortgage meltdown." The bank contributed to the 2008 financial crisis by selling residential mortgage-backed securities. The DOJ found that JPMorgan "made serious misrepresentations to the public — including the investing public — about numerous RMBS transactions." At least $4 billion of the bank's settlement will go directly to consumer relief. The rest will settle various lawsuits. “Abuses in the mortgage-backed securities industry helped turn a crisis in the housing market into an international financial crisis. The impacts were staggering. JPMorgan sold securities knowing that many of the loans backing those certificates were toxic. Credit unions, banks and other investor victims across the country, including many in the Eastern District of California, continue to struggle with losses they suffered as a result." The settlement is good news for the DOJ and bad news for other banks that sold RMBS before 2009. Holder has made it clear he's using the JPMorgan deal as a template to investigate at least nine other banks. The long awaited announcement that the entire genetic material of a tiny microorganism was replaced with a chemical replica came late last week. The announcement was greeted by the global press with great fanfare. The cover of the May 22 issue of the Economist reads, "And Man Made Life: The First Artificial Organism and Its Consequences" -- illustrated with the famous Sistine Chapel Adam, modesty preserved by laptop, reaching heavenward to give life to new bacteria. What was actually done and what does it mean? The chemical synthesis of an entire bacterial genome, a very long string of DNA, about a million units in length, is a significant technical achievement. The DNA molecule was stitched together by joining about one thousand smaller fragments each about one thousand units long. To assemble these in the correct order, without significant error, is a great feat of modern organic chemistry. It is the largest single molecule ever made. Now that it has been done, it can be done again with different genomes. Step two was the replacement of a natural genome with the replica. This also ranks as a significant achievement. The natural defenses bacteria have to protect themselves from invading DNA had to be overcome. Done once, this, too, can be done again. Does this experiment raise new moral and ethical issues? This genie has long been out of the laboratory flask. For decades we have had the ability to genetically alter life forms to suit our purpose. The vast majority of applications have been for good: to heal the sick and feed the hungry. If the technology has been seriously misused, the results are hidden, shrouded in secrecy, perhaps in military laboratories. Yes, we must be vigilant as always, but these new results do not change the game. Healthcare.gov: Code Developed by the People and for the People, Released Back to the People - The Atlantic This new flagship federal .gov website is "open by design, open by default." That's a huge win for the American people. As the first website to be demonstrated by a sitting President of the United States, Healthcare.gov already occupies an unusual place in history. In October, it will take on an even more important historic role, guiding millions of Americans through the process of choosing health insurance. How a website is built or designed may seem mundane to many people, but when the site in question is focused upon such an important function, what it looks like and how it works matter. Last week, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relaunched Healthcare.gov with a new appearance and modern technology that is unusual in federal-government websites. "It's fast, built in static HTML, completely scalable and secure," said Bryan Sivak, chief technology officer of HHS, in an interview. "It's basically setting up a web server. That's the beauty of it." What makes such an ambitious experiment in social coding more unusual is that the larger political and health-care policy context that it's being been built within is more fraught with tension and scrutiny than any other arena in the federal government. The implementation and outcomes of the Affordable Care Act -- AKA "Obamacare" -- will affect millions of people, from the premiums they pay to the incentives for the health care they receive. "The goal is get people enrolled," said Sivak. "A step to that goal is to build a health insurance marketplace. It is so much better to build it in a way that's open, transparent and enables updates. This is better than a big block of proprietary code locked up in a CMS [content management system]." The new site has been built in public for months, iteratively created on Github using cutting edge open-source technologies. Healthcare.gov is the rarest of birds: a next-generation website that also happens to be a .gov. "We needed to evolve from the previous site but didn't want a total departure," said Ed Mullen, a user experience designer who has worked on Healthcare.gov since it was first launched, in an interview. "The web has changed dramatically in that time. Part of adapting to that [change] has been creating a site that really understands consumers. Today, consumers are doing all kinds of things across the web. We're comparing ourselves to Rdio and similar services. We want to be aligned with the current thinking of the Web." The people that helped to build the new Healthcare.gov are unusual: Instead of some obscure sub-contractor in a nameless office park in northern Virginia, the site was iteratively created by a cross-disciplinary team of developers and editors at HHS, and contractors at Teal Design, Edward Mullen Studio, and Development Seed, a scrappy startup in a garage in the District of Columbia. "This is such a lean site," said Jon Booth, head of the web and new media group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in an interview. "HHS had a blanket contract when we when awarded this. Aquilent got creative and brought people on with powerful skills, like Ed and Jessica, a designer at Teal Media, and Development Seed. Most of my team is working on this site; we have internal UX, information architects, designers, developers, and infrastructure people that stood up the cloud environment. Their collaboration is one of the high points of this process." The involvement of Development Seed drove specific technology choices that led to substantial improvements in design and function. The startup first made its mark in the DC tech scene consulting on Drupal, an open source content management system that has become popular in the federal government over the past several years. Recently, Development Seed has been pushing the limits of lightweight Web design, open data-driven maps and open-source code. "This is our ultimate dogfooding experience," said Eric Gundersen, the co-founder of Development Seed, in an interview. "We're going to build it and then buy insurance through it." "The work that they're doing is amazing," said Sivak, "like how they organize their sprints and code. It's incredible what can happen when you give a team of talented developers and managers and let them go." The new Healthcare.gov will fill a yawning gap in the technology infrastructure deployed to support the mammoth law, providing a federal choice engine for the more than 30 different states that did not develop their own health-insurance exchanges, but the site is just one component of the insurance exchanges. Others may not be ready by the October deadline. According to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is behind in implementing key aspects of the law, such as training the workers who will help people navigate the process, certifying the plans that will be sold on the exchanges, and determining the eligibility of consumers for federal subsidies. Despite all this, HHS expressed confidence to the GAO that exchanges will be open and functioning in every state on October 1. On that day, Healthcare.gov will be the primary interface for Americans to learn about and shop for health insurance, as Dave Cole, a lead developer at Development Seed, wrote in a blog post this March. Cole, who served as a senior advisor to the United States chief information officer and deputy director of new media at the White House, was a key part of the team that moved WhiteHouse.gov to Drupal. As he explained, the code will be open in two important ways: First, Bryan [Sivak] pledged, "everything we do will be published on GitHub," meaning the entire code-base will be available for reuse. This is incredibly valuable because some states will set up their own state-based health insurance marketplaces. They can easily check out and build upon the work being done at the federal level. GitHub is the new standard for sharing and collaborating on all sorts of projects, from city geographic data and laws to home renovation projects and even wedding planning, as well as traditional software projects. Moreover, all content will be available through a JSON API, for even simpler reusability. Other government or private sector websites will be able to use the API to embed content from healthcare.gov. As official content gets updated on healthcare.gov, the updates will reflect through the API on all other websites. The White House has taken the lead in defining clear best practices for web APIs. According to Sivak, his team didn't get directly involved in the new Healthcare.gov until November 2012. After that, "we facilitated the right conversations around what to build and how to build it, emphasizing the consumer-facing aspects of it," he said. "The other part was to figure what the right infrastructure was going to be to build this thing." That decision is where this story gets especially interesting, if you're interested in how government uses technology to deliver information to the people it serves. Government websites have not, historically, been sterling examples of design or usability. Unfortunately, in many cases, they're also built at great expense, given the dependence of government agencies on contractors and systems integrators, and use technologies that are years behind the rest of the web. Healthcare.gov could have gone in the same direction, but for the influence of its young chief technology officer, an "entrepreneur-in-residence" who had successfully navigated the bureaucracies of the District of Columbia and state of Maryland. "Our first plan was to leverage Percussion, a commercial CMS that we'd been using for a long time," said Sivak. "The problem I had with that plan was that it wasn't going to be easy to update the code. The process was complicated. Simple changes to navigation were going to take a month." At that point, Sivak did what most people do in this new millennium when making a technology choice: He reached out to his social networks and went online. "We started talking to people about a better way, including people who had just come off the Obama campaign," he said. "I learned about the ground they had broken for the political space, from A/B testing to lightweight infrastructure, and started reading about where all that came from. We started thinking about Jekyll as a platform and using Prose.io." After Sivak and his team read about Development Seed's work with Jekyll, they contacted the startup directly. After a little convincing, Development Seed agreed to consult on one more .gov project. "A Presidential Innovation Fellow used same tech we're using for several of their projects," said Cole. "Bryan [Sivak] heard about it and talked to us. He asked where we would go. We wanted to be on Github. We knew there were performance and reliability benefits from building the stack on HTML." Jekyll, for those who are unfamiliar with web-development trends, is a way for developers to build a static website from dynamic components. Instead of running a traditional website with a relational database and server-side code, using Jekyll enables programmers to create content like they create code. The end result of this approach is a site that loads faster for users, a crucial performance issue, particularly on mobile devices. "Instead of [running] farms of application servers to handle massive load, you're basically slimming down to two," said Sivak. "You're just using HTML5, CSS, and Javascript, all being done in responsive design. The way it's being built matters. You could in theory do the same with application servers and a CMS, but it would be much more complex. What we're doing here is giving anyone with basic skills to basic changes on the fly. You don't need expensive consultants." That adds up to cost savings. Sites that are heavily trafficked -- as Healthcare.gov can reasonably expected to be - normally have to use a caching layer to serve static content and add more server capacity as demand increases. "When we worked with the World Bank, they chose a plan from Rackspace for 16 servers," said Gundersen. "That added tens of thousands of dollars, with a huge hosting bill every month." HHS had similar strategic plans for the new site, at least at first. "They were planning 32 servers, between staging, production and disaster recovery, with application servers for different environments," said Cole. "You're just talking about content. There just needs to be one server. We're going to have two, with one for backup. That's a deduction of 30 servers." Why was Development Seed able to succeed in selling this approach to coding and collaboration with a federal agency and other contractors, in contrast to traditional systems integrators? Or to put it another way, what could a mapping startup teach the world about making government work better? Quite a lot, as it turns out. "It helps that we're running a cloud SaaS business," said Cole, referring to MapBox. "If you're not doing your own products and using your own products, you're not going to have a sense of what the future is. You can put Wordpress into Amazon but then you'll have problems; it wasn't designed to be a cloud application. In this case, the code is completely cloud-ready and able to be scaled through a CDN [content delivery network], through Akamai. Understanding that comes from running a cloud company." While Jekyll eliminates the need for a full-blown content management system for Healthcare.gov (and with it, related costs) people managing the site still need to be able to update it. That's where Prose.io comes in. Prose.io is an open-source content editor developed by Development Seed that gives non-programmers a clean user interface to update pages. "If you create content and run Jekyll, it requires content editors to know code," said Cole. "Prose is the next piece. You can run it on your on own servers or use a hosted version. It gives access to content in a CMS-like interface, basically adding a WYSIWYG [What You See Is What You Get] skin, giving you a text editor in the browser." To non-technical users, Prose.io looks much like the standard "What you see is what you get" interface, familiar from Wordpress or Microsoft Word, with a couple bells and whistles, such as mobile editing. "You can basically preview in live," said Cole. "You usually don't get a full in-browser preview. The difference is you have this with no backend CMS. It's just a directory and text files, with a web interface that exposes it. There are no servers, no infrastructure, and no monthly costs. All you need is a need free web app and Github. If you don't want to use that, use Git and Github Enterprise." Prose was built by Development Seed to enable them to pass management of code off to the owners of websites. That's exactly how it's being used here. "We were doing Jekyll sites and wanted to turn them over to clients who could then maintain them themselves," said Cole. "It's just a wrapper around the workflow, with design aesthetic to make it clean and something in the backend that's technical." The technology behind Healthcare.gov also delivered on a crucial feature: a version geared toward a growing Spanish-speaking population that is quite likely to access the site on a mobile device. "When you look at providing a Spanish translation or a mobile site, it becomes really complicated trying to have a site render in different ways, in different configurations," said Cole. "A CMS needs a different version for each one. That's not true here, with a responsive, easy-to-iterate upon design. A change is a quick process, not altering any application code." "One of the strong attractions for working in Jekyll is that you can have multiple versions of everything," said Booth. "We can provide the exact same experience and mobile capacity on the Spanish website as on the English version." While the front end of Healthcare.gov is distributed over Akamai, the back end of the site will be be hosted in a secure cloud. "The servers are hosted in Terramark, a cloud computing firm that's a subsidiary of Verizon," said Booth. "When we got involved, Terramark had already been selected as the vendor. We inherited that; it was our first major cloud deployment. It's wonderful, compared to the traditional 'buy a lot of boxes and get the servers set up.' Percussion was fine as a CMS but the scalability issue was huge for us, really overarching." Combining these two approaches finally realized some of the more aspirational rhetoric about the potential of "cloud computing" to deliver better savings and services that has bounced around Washington over the past four years. "For us, it's a combination of Terramark as data center and Akamai as content distribution network," said Cole. "For the relaunch, no consumer traffic hits Terramark at all, with the exception of search queries. We have completely pushed the website out to Akamai, which gives us a lot of flexibility. This is by far the fastest site we've ever built. We wanted to make sure that this site is not adding any overhead, is as lightweight as it can be." "Thinking differently" about this site went beyond technical choices for architecture or how rules and regulations were instantiated in code. If you visit Healthcare.gov on a smartphone or tablet, you'll notice how quickly it loads, how clean the design is on mobile, and how the site renders to fit the size of your screen. "Across the board, there was agreement that it needed to be all about the consumer," said Mullen. "That was the mantra from the beginning. It comes down to understanding the audience, from thinking about the reading level of all content to writing clear, declarative sentences." Focusing on the consumer -- or the citizen -- as the primary driver for design and technical decisions may sound like common sense but it's not a principle that appears to have animated the construction of many .gov websites over the past two decades. In recent years, however, design principles are redefining how online government is created and delivered, with notable results. "We knew, building this marketplace from scratch, that we needed to have consistency," said Mullen. "We had to make sure all efforts work together, from outreach, engagement, education, to enrollment. We knew there was an opportunity to make some changes and largely to simplify. The first time around, the site was a pretty big success. When it came time to reassess, what was the core mission? It boiled down to being a strictly consumer site." "Before we made any decisions on what the site was going to be, we did a lot of research into the population we were going to try to reach," explained Booth. "One of our goals was to reach a much younger demographic," said Booth. "That pointed us to doing mobile. Mobile is growing, representing about 10 percent of the traffic to medicare.gov now." The goal of speaking clearly to the people that HHS is trying to reach drove a series of choices for design and content. "One of the things we saw was the need to explain the project really clearly to people, not to introduce other topics that might be confusing," said Booth. "The marketplace program was separate. We've moved away other parts, like the text of the law or implementation timeline. It's important to keep those materials online but on other properties. Policy guidelines also were moved over to other websites. We needed something that could speak clearly to the people we're trying to reach." In design, choosing what not to include is as important as what elements do appear. The involvement of Teal Design early on and Edward Mullen throughout, focusing on user experience, made a difference in how Healthcare.gov looks and works on a mobile device today. Performance, citzen-centric design, and management aside, there's a deeper importance to how Healthcare.gov is being built that will remain relevant for years to come, perhaps even setting a new standard for federal government as a whole: updates to the code repository on Github can be adopted by every health insurance exchange using this code. (The only difference between different state sites is a skin with the state logo.) "We have been working in the .gov space for a while," said Gundersen. "Government people want to make the right decisions. What's nice about what Bryan [Sivak] is doing is that he's trying to make sure that everyone can learn from what HHS is doing in real-time. From a process standpoint, what Bryan is doing is going to change how tech is built. FCC is watching the repository on Github. When agencies can collaborate around code, what will happen? The amount of money we have the opportunity to save agencies is huge. Think about servers alone." "You can't underestimate the cost of complexity," said Gundersen. "If you think the servers are expensive, consider the team required to maintain them." With Healthcare.gov, something quite important happened that could also be lost in the mix: Code developed for the people, by the people, was released back to the people. "There's an important legal detail here," said Cole. "Public domain doesn't apply to works for hire and it doesn't apply to code developed by a contractor. Healthcare.gov and other code was developed under BSD, the most permissive license possible." While the website, funding from the federal government paid for the improvement of a series of open source software tools that it itself used. "It's nice when government doesn't just take from open source but contributes code back to the community," said Gundersen. The choice that HHS made in working with Development Seed meant that upgraded code for that tool was released on Github for the use of the public, over the course of the project. "All of those contributions were made in real-time on Github as they were developed," said Cole. "The code now pulls in Google Analytics to analyze content for popularity." "We got 10,000 authenticated users through Github and more through repository," said Cole. "Recently, we did a complete redesign, adding mobile and responsive development. HHS paid for that development. They also paid for enhancement of other open source tools that people are already using." Collaboration and cascading updates aren't an extra, in this context: they're mission-critical. "This was a really distributed team, with design done by another party," said Cole."It started with a 'lock in' that laid out architecture and design, then tech followed. We wanted something really agile, to get it right first and keep iterating. After four months of development, we put together a site that's responsive and multilingual, and did so scalably." Sivak said that he expects the new site to continue to be improved iteratively over time, in response to how people are actually using it. "We're going to be collecting all kinds of data," said Sivak. "We will be using tools like Optimizely to do A/B and multivariate testing, seeing what works on the fly and adapting from there. We're trying to treat this like a consumer website. The goal of this is to get people enrolled in health care coverage and get insurance. It's not simple. It's relatively complex process. We need to provide a lot of information to help people make decisions. The more this site can act in a consumer-friendly fashion, surfacing information, helping people in simple ways, tracking how people are using it and where they're getting stuck, the more we can improve." Sivak is a fan of the agile development methodology that has become part of start-up development everywhere, including using analytics tools to track usage and design accordingly. Notably, the HHS team has been using feedback to drive design choices from the beginning, applying the "lean startup" model to development. "We did rounds of usability testing, starting early on with a card sort for taxonomy," said Booth. "We built out wireframes and did testing on look and feel. From my point of view, that was informed by a mix of designers, then getting user feedback." This approach may be maturing in the private sector but still feels novel in some parts of government. "One thing that has been nice that isn't always there on federal projects was a lot of support from leadership to look at user feedback, watch what users tell us and then go from that," he said. "It's not about what someone's favorite color might be." "It's not a case where they needed developers," said Cole. "They just needed to adapt an agile workflow, have a good conversation and manage requirements dynamically, not create a huge spreadsheet of what they wanted and come back in two months. Using Jekyll and Prose.io to build the new Healthcare.gov is the latest chapter in government IT's quiet open source evolution. Across the federal government, judicious adoption of open source is slowly but surely leading to leaner, more interoperable systems. An open, agile approach to development gave Sivak and his team transparency into the status of the project through issue trackers on Github. "Put yourself in Bryan's perspective, with his ability to know what's going on," said Gundersen. "He could just open up an issue tracker and look at what's been done, not wait for a briefing." Talking at length with HHS' CTO, it's clear that he's happy with the process and outcomes, though he emphasized repeatedly that the site will continue to improve. "The thing that Git is all about is social coding," said Sivak, "leveraging the community to help build projects in a better way. It's the embodiment of the open source movement, in many ways: it allows for truly democratic coding, sharing, modifications and updates in a nice interface that a lot of people use." Sivak has high aspirations that publishing the code for Healthcare.gov will lead to a different kind of citizen engagement. "I have this idea that when we release this code, there may be people out there who will help make improvements, maybe fork the repository, and suggest changes we can choose to add," he said. "Instead of just internal consultants who help build this, we suddenly have legions of developers." The long game for the code behind Healthcare.gov may be quite interesting, given the status of exchanges in the states. If their health insurance exchanges aren't ready or robust, they can simply pull this code and adopt it. While states and federal government sharing code might make for fertile fodder for constitutional scholars and philosophical discussions of federalism in the future, for the moment, the stakeholders all just need something that works. "This is multi-lingual, 508-compliant, and hits on mobile," said Gundersen. "So many states and fed agencies can look at this as part of a new, different way of building websites. Part of that is process-based, from the start, using tech that is faster and more flexible." In fact, Booth says that there have already been a couple of states that have asked CMS if they can pull the code on their sites. "We don't have to ask if you're on Microsoft, Unix or Application Server Pages," he said. "It's on Github and you can pull it down. Open source is not always applicable but when it is, it's very powerful." Not everything is innovative in the new Healthcare.gov, as Nick Judd reported at TechPresident in March: The procurement process that led to Development Seed is complicated, with some potential conflicts of interest present. The end result, however, is a small startup in a garage in DC collaborating with the federal government to relaunch one of the most important federal websites of the 21st century in a decidedly 21st-century way: cheaper, faster and scalable, using open source tools and open standards. That's a huge win for the American people, and while the vast majority of visitors to Healthcare.gov this fall will never know or perhaps care about how the site was built, the delivery of better service at lowered cost to taxpayers is an outcome that matters to everyone. "Open by design, open by default," said Sivak. "That's what we're doing. It just makes a lot of sense. If you think about what should happen after this year, all of the states that didn't implement their systems, would it make sense for them to have code to use as their own? Or add to it? Think about the amount of money and effort that would save." The West End's acclaimed new production of Dreamgirls has announced a final performance date of January 12, 2019 at the Savoy Theatre. The new staging, directed and choreographed by Tony-winning Broadway hitmaker Casey Nicholaw (Mean Girls, The Book of Mormon), will launch a U.K. tour with full dates to be announced. With book and lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger, Dreamgirls tells the story of The Dreams—Effie, Lorrell and Deena—three talented young singers in the turbulent 1960s as they embark upon a musical rollercoaster ride through a world of fame, fortune and the ruthless realities of show business. The West End's Dreamgirls won an Olivier Award for Glee alum Amber Riley for her turn as Effie and Adam J. Bernard for his turn as Jimmy Early. The current cast includes Marisha Wallace, Moya Angela and Karen Mav alternating in the role of Effie, alongside Brennyn Lark as Deena, Asmeret Ghebremichael as Lorrell, Kimmy Edwards as Michelle Morris, Tosh Wanogho-Maud as Jimmy Early and Joe Aaron Reid as Curtis Taylor Jr. London's Dreamgirls has been rumored for a Broadway transfer but no solidified plans have yet been announced. I am really excited to announce that my work is now being made available to a worldwide audience through The Script Store. If you'd like to see what else they have to offer in addition to my work for young people, then click on the picture below. Caravan of Love is the debut piece by Tom Daldry. It consists of two one-act plays: charting a catastrophic honeymoon, and then an anniversary from hell. The writing has been described as a 'love-child of Beckett, Pinter and Orton' - dark, disturbing and with a streak of black humour. The piece toured in Eastbourne, Prague Fringe Festival and Barnstaple Fringe Festival in May/June 2018. Literature is curative. I've said it before, and I will say it again because it's true. It allows you to escape from the everyday world, but it makes it so you do so while simultaneously immersing yourself in even more humanity. It allows you to see through different eyes and to consider new perspectives. It allows you to travel and to know the unknowable. Before you realize, your momentary escape has taught you something new. Late last year, I wrote about the reparative nature of reading contemporary fiction. I thought that might be a one time piece, but I ought to have known better – after all that wasn't the first time I'd broached the topic and I certainly haven't stopped turning to contemporary fiction every chance I get. Time and time again, reading has cured me. It's allowed me to escape from whatever it is – deep anxiety, academic stress, burn out, or even an afternoon's boredom – and to refresh my mind. So, I think it's only right to turn "Reparative Reading" into an occasional series. Just as I did last autumn, I've repeatedly turned to contemporary fiction this spring to take breaks from working on my thesis. Anxiety worsened as submission drew nearer, and in my free time, I needed to turn away from the turn of the century and to our present day. (A questionable move considering the current state of affairs.) I've already talked about one of my important reads this spring – Meg Wolitzer's The Female Persuasion – but here are a few more books I've enjoyed lately. Each of these is deeply rooted in the current day, so while they're refreshing each in their own way, they won't fill you with guilt for escaping from the real world either. The Ensemble follows a quartet of musicians over twenty years as they reach different levels of failure and success, dipping in and out of different perspectives and beautifully weaving all of the personal stories together into a harmonious whole. The novel filled the gap left behind by Mozart in the Jungle's cancellation and I can guarantee that it can do the same for you, even though the two have very little do with each other beyond taking place in the classical music world and being really exciting to follow. The Ensemble is original and unique, and I'm sure it will stay with me for a long time. A spectacular debut novel, What We Lose is a bildungsroman about loss. Loosely based on the author's experience of caring for her mother as she was dying for cancer, the novel focuses on Thandi, a biracial and binational girl who comes of age while juggling her American upbringing with the influence of her mother's family in South Africa. It's a stunning, haunting read that deals with illness, death, and identity in a refreshingly honest and creatively communicative way. Definitely a favorite read of the year. I talked about Celeste Ng's new novel, Little Fires Everywhere, in my last Reparative Reading post. It was my favorite book of 2017 and no doubt you've heard about it from the rest of the world, if not from me. I've been following Ng on Twitter since then, and I quickly turned to her first novel when I needed a break after finishing the first draft of my thesis. Everything I Never Told You was everything I needed it to be and possibly spoke to me more than Little Fires Everywhere in its explicit focus on multiculturalism and even on academia. Focusing on one biracial family in the 1970s, the novel delves into the disappearance and death of its eldest daughter while providing a stunning look into family dynamics and cultural prejudice. It too is a haunting, deeply human read, and I highly recommend it for our current cultural climate. You Think It, I'll Say It is definitely the "lightest" read on this list, but it's still very much a piece of its time, touching repeatedly on politics and sexuality (including a short story positively focused on bisexuality). I devoured each of the stories in the collection, and I described it to Lee as giving off "Nora Ephron vibes" for our current times. I heartily recommend it if you want to get back into reading after a slump or are looking for something pleasant to read without totally disconnecting from the world. Another short story collection, Florida is my current read. I read Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies last summer, and like everyone who's ever read it, I was blown away. Florida has many of the same qualities – it's dark, staunchly honest, and beautifully constructed. Each of the short stories has marked me so far, and I'm looking forward to those I have yet to read. 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Smales Farm has dared to deliver a smarter way of working together. To do that we’ve reimagined, rethought and reinvented ‘traditional’ to deliver the work environment the next generation are seeking. Welcome to our Next Generation Neighbourhood. The Xavier Dress is a fiery little ruffle number. Complete with cut outs and a little something special on the back! In an effort to reach Catholics who have not yet heard about coming changes to the Mass from the Catholic press, Church officials met with members of the secular media to explain the changes, which take effect on the First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 30, 2003. A series of columns explaining the Mass changes have appeared in The Pilot since October. Father Brian E. Mahoney, director of the Office of Worship, accompanied by Father Christopher Coyne, spokesman for the archdiocese, outlined a number of the changes at the Nov. 24 press conference, describing them more as clarifications than as major changes. Father Mahoney said that the changes will affect “all places of worship in the archdiocese” and every diocese in the United States. Some changes, he said, will be implemented throughout the worldwide Catholic Church. These changes are the result of revisions to the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM). According to Father Mahoney, the revisions affected approximately 20 percent of the missal’s text. Changes to the Mass include: the congregation kneel at the conclusion of the Agnus Dei; communicants bow their heads before receiving the Body and Blood of Christ; the Lectionary should no longer be carried in procession; a period of silence will follow the proclamation of each reading and the homily; and distribution of consecrated bread and wine to the vessels will be reserved to priests and deacons. Father Mahoney explained that “different customs” of standing or kneeling at different points during the Mass have developed in parishes in the 34 years since the promulgation of the first general instruction. The revisions to the new general instruction will promote more uniformity in the Church through “common postures” that all parishes will put into practice, such as bowing before the reception of Communion. "The common postures bring about a better sense of the theology" of the Mass and help Catholics more actively participate in the celebration, Father Mahoney said. Another change affecting the archdiocese will be the observation of Jan. 22, the anniversary of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion, as a day of penance for Catholics. Priests celebrating the special Mass for “Peace and Justice” that day will wear purple vestments rather than the green vestments normally worn. The change is the result of a petition by the U.S. bishops to change the Church calendar for the United States. Father Mahoney spent the month of October meeting with priests, deacons and lay leaders throughout the archdiocese to explain these changes. He has also written The Pilot’s series of columns on the revisions. In addition, Father Mahoney has provided priests with materials that can be used as bulletin inserts explaining the changes. "„Hackedepicciotto“ are Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto. Both are legends of their own making: Danielle de Picciotto moved from NYC to Berlin in 1987, to become the lead singer of the band „Space Cowboys“, the co-initiator of the Love Parade, a collaborator of the Ocean Club with Gudrun Gut, and Alexander’s partner in crime. Alexander Hacke is founding member and bass player of Einstürzende Neubauten. The artist couple, romantically married since 2006, has creatively interacted with countless international projects for almost 2 decades now besides regularly releasing their own compositions. Their live shows are, to put it mildly, intense. Danielle specializes in unusual instruments such as the Hurdy Gurdy, the auto harp and the cemence besides playing the violin and piano; Alexander is master of the bass, guitar and drums. Together they create beautiful, existentialistic, acoustic soundscapes, which roar and vibrate simultaneously leaving their audiences shaken but overjoyed. Danielle, author of two books, writes most of their lyrics, be it the poetic spoken word moments or the momentous choirs they compose together. Alexander Hacke, an excellent throat singer and vocalist, growls his grnarly, rumbling cries that float eerily over their nomadic desert drones, with screeching birds, bees or wild wind accompanying slow, heavy riffs that start as a whisper and end in a volcanic, rolling wave of apocalyptic frenzy. The collage of this mixed with melancholic, translucent harmonies, very heavy & low bass chords, and electronics has generated an ever growing group of enthusiastic listeners. Hackede Piciotto have been touring now for almost two years presenting their opus “Perseverantia” an album recorded in the Mojave desert and which can be seen as a diary of their ongoing travels: Danielle & Alexander gave up their home in Berlin in 2010 and have been touring the world ever since trying to find a sanctuary comparable to the artists haven Berlin used to be in the 80ies. But times have changed and it is each to his own now. The icy winds blowing are everywhere and thousands of homeless souls are wandering our roads, their personal search becoming a universal cry for deliverance. On Dec 1st they will be presenting their new album ”Menetekel” which is darker than “Perseverantia”. Menetekel is another word for “the writing on the wall” and here the artist couple projects our collective despair of what is happening worldwide into a monumental symphony of sound, twirling and twisting it into a biblical frenzy”. The first song on the double LP whispers in harmony and sings” Welcome to my home” “Welcome to be heart” but very quickly the shadows grow deeper and the mood becomes wilder, the trumpets sound and the fall of Jericho is eminent or is it the exile from paradise? “The great rains have begun” Danielle whispers on the second last track of the album “The Prophesy” a whirlwind of oriental and western sounds dancing with each other faster ad faster until they are morphed into the minimal and last song of the album “ Crossroad” “Standing on the crossroad. Cause and Effect. Our reaction is the only one in nature which has a choice”. The symbolic and spiritual questions asked give an unusual depth to the album, giving it a universal and very poignant touch of the current human quest. The artist couple will be celebrating both albums on a small tour through North America in December 2017: Yeah, I seem to have a weird relationship with the full moon. My monthly cycle follows the full moon. 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Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross and Scott Speed will be defending their crown for the second consecutive year with Tanner Foust once again remaining with the team. Steve Arpin will be back again with his own Loenbro Motorsports outfit, looking to add to his single race win from last year. He’s yet to confirm a team mate, but they have been understood to be talking to a number of drivers. Olsbergs will again campaign Hondas, with a youthful three-car assault being led by Sebastian Eriksson. 2014 and 2015 Red Bull GRC Lites champions Mitchell DeJong and Oliver Eriksson complete that lineup. 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button is also thought to be in line for a part-time campaign with the team throughout the year. He will be joined by Chris Atkinson with Travis Pastrana also expected to feature at some point during the season. Austin Dyne will also return, this time with Rahal Letterman Lanigan running his Ford Fiesta ST from their sports car shop in Ohio. Former champion Joni Wiman, plus race winners Sverre Isachsen and Brian Deegan have all left the series and aren’t expected to race in Red Bull GRC this year, while three-time podium finisher Bucky Lasek has yet to confirm his plans for the year ahead. Fan favourites Daytona and Washington DC are the notable absences from last year’s calendar, although rounds in Memphis, Tennessee; Louisville, Kentucky; Thompson, Connecticut, and Indianapolis, Indiana have all been added. Another new addition is the return to international competition with the series visiting Canada in June for a double header event in Ottawa. Thompson will also host a double header event, as will Atlantic City and Seattle. Los Angeles will again host the final round of the season. Four drivers will tackle the full Red Bull Global Rallycross championship for the first time this season, here’s a look at the ‘class of 2017’: Cabot Bigham made his rallycross debut in Red Bull GRC Lites last year after an impressive apprenticeship in single seaters. The teenager made the transition effortlessly, winning the title in his first attempt. Oliver Eriksson is arguably the best prepared of all of the 2017 rookies and driving for his family’s Olsbergs team he’ll definitely have the best tools at his disposal. 2017 will be the long-awaited first full Supercars season for Mitchell DeJong – Credit: Chris Tedesco/Red Bull Content Pool Another Olsbergs Honda rookie, DeJong made a cameo appearance at the end of last year but besides that (and some spotter appearances) he’s been out of the Red Bull GRC picture since taking a dominant Lites title in 2014. He’s spent the winter racing in Rally X on Ice in Europe and clearly hasn’t lost his speed. He’ll be one to watch. Atkinson may have ended up making more appearances than any other driver for Subaru in the Supercars class last year, but 2017 will be his first full season in the championship. The Japanese marque has been working hard over the winter with partners Vermont Sports Car to make a winning car. Should they nail that, expect ‘Atko’ to be the top ‘rookie’ in the field. Reigning champion team Dreyer & Reinbold Racing have signed up Travis PeCoy and Christian Brooks, as well as multiple race winner Alex Keyes who will finally be competing in his first full Lites season after part time schedules for the last two years. The former F4 driver is a French Super 1600 rallycross champion, and won the 2016 RX Lites Cup on the World Rallycross bill. Finally, AF Racing have announced that Alejandro Fernandez will continue to race for the team at the opening round of the season. He will be joined by off-road and sports car racer Burt Jenner with former motocross star Jeremy Stenberg is expected to feature for them at some point in the season. The development series will again race at every round of the Red Bull GRC, and feature spec 310 horsepower, mid engined spaceframe cars. Dominik Wilde is a motorsport writer and content creator who has covered events in both the UK and USA. His main focus for the Checkered Flag is covering Americas Rallycross. Fredrik Ahlin won the first round of the 2017 Prestone MSA British Rally Championship, the Brick and Steel Border Counties Rally UPDATE: AS THE Melbourne Cup was run and won around television sets around the Bundaberg region, one lucky local owner of Prince of Penzance was sharing the spoils of winning the richest race in Australia. Dalton Racing, which involves local lawyer Bruce Dalton, was celebrating long into the night as its horse stunned the sporting world yesterday to win the Melbourne Cup. Bruce, along with his brothers Joe and Jonathon, own a 15 percent stake in the horse after purchasing it at a yearling sale in New Zealand in 2011. Now they can officially call themselves Melbourne Cup winners after also claiming the Moonee Valley Cup last year with the same horse. Joe Dalton, who was still coming to terms with the win, told the NewsMail's sister paper the Observer it was a wonderful feeling to win the race. "Unbelievable, unbelievable and it takes a little bit of the sting after losing the World Cup, but winning the Melbourne Cup... I'll take that," Dalton said. "We thought he was up for a top five and that top 10 would certainly be within his grasp," Dalton said. The horse, which is trained by Darren Weir, created history with Michelle Payne becoming the first female jockey to win the cup. Denpurr - part-owned by Bundaberg couple Warren and Carol Childs placed third in the Lexus Hybrid Plate, which was taken out by Don't Doubt Mamma. EARLIER: TUESDAY'S Melbourne Cup has a local connection with Prince of Penzance, which is part owned by Bundaberg residents. Dalton Racing - owned by Bruce Dalton and his brothers Joe and Jonathon - own part of the horse which has won the 2015 Melbourne Cup. A winner of six races, out of 23 in its career so far, the horse drew barrier 11, cloth 19, for the race at 2pm Queensland time today. Not a favourite with the bookies, with odds of more than $60 to win with the majority of the bookmakers, it was considered a long shot to take out the crown. Last week, trying to defend the Moonee Valley cup it won in 2014, it finished second behind The United States. Before that race, in the four events it competed in this year, it didn't register a top four finish. This is the sixth time the horse had competed at Flemington but the first time it has attempted the 3200m distance. After a winter break, a walkover and a postponement, the DCU first team finally got to take their second semester bow last Wednesday. NUI Maynooth were the opponents and while DCU were defeated 35-25, there were still plenty of positives to take from the game, not least because of DCU’s long layoff. The game hung finely in the balance at 25-25 entering the final stages, until a Maynooth penalty and breakaway try sealed the points for the Kildare college. But DCU Rugby Chairman David Burson was still reasonably happy with his side’s effort. “It was a good physical game and was entertaining for the neutral. There was a lot of good forward play from both sides and we were happy enough with the performance considering the amount of injuries we had coming into the match. We were nowhere near our strongest.” There were some strong individual performances for DCU that would give the side hope. Cormac O’Leary continued his development at 10, having played the second half there in DCU’s opening group fixture and is improving game by game in the position. Flanker and scholarship player Akhlaque Khan was another who stood out, with his ball carrying making inroads in the Maynooth defence. So there were certainly enough positives on show to think that DCU are improving. “We made good ground in the pack but we realised the Maynooth backline wasn’t very strong so we should have went wide more than we did. The one time we really attacked them in the wide channels our fullback Colin Doyle burnt the winger for a great finish in the corner,” said Burson. It hasn’t just been the lack of game time which has hampered DCU. The nature of the academic calendar means when many sides are on the training pitch, many DCU students are burning the midnight oil in preparation for the January exams. The weather hasn’t been conducive to holding training sessions either. DCU’s two main training facilities, the sports grounds and Clontarf RFC, have been frequently waterlogged over the past few weeks. “The amount of time each team can spend training varies greatly from college to college. Our freshers had a game with just one day’s training because of the exams. The weather has been pretty biblical lately and that’s meant we haven’t been able to train nearly as much as we would like. “In DCU, rugby is more of a social outlet than in some of the other colleges. We would have one or two trainings a week, while in colleges like Athlone IT they might have four, including gym sessions,” continued Burson. Although DCU have lost two group games, they have also gotten four points for a walkover so they are still on course for the knockout stages. The top side from the two groups go into the semi-finals, while the second and third place teams play each other in what amounts to the quarter-finals. As things stand, DCU would travel to IT Cork. Burson is looking forward to the clash but recognises DCU’s chances are partly governed by outside forces. “I’m sure every college in Ireland has 15 good players, but their availability depends on the week that’s in it. If it’s an AIL weekend you could be short two or three key players who need to rest. As it stands, we’re down to travel to Cork and I’m looking forward to having a last hurrah down there with the team and hopefully we can come away with a good result.”

The group said that the retail industry “shoulders far more than its fair share” of rates bills and that the tax was “leading to store closures.” The British Retail Consortium has stepped up its battle against business rates, calling for a three-year freeze on increases. The BRC has now called for the government to freeze rates rises until 2021 to allow for the ‘reinvention’ and modernisation of retailers at a crucial time. It arrives as the UK suffers from the loss of 2,500 retail stores over the last three years. Retail is responsible for the nearly 25 per cent of the UK’s business rates bills, around £7 billion per year. The Retail Gazette notes that this is despite the sector only making up five per cent of the total economy. “It is a 20 century answer to a 21 century problem. Retail shoulders far more than its fair share, and the rates bill is leading to store closures and getting in the way of reinvention of our high streets. ‘The BRC is calling on government to freeze business rates until the 2021 revaluation to relive the burden of this unfair tax on retail businesses and allow time for dialogue about the wholesale modernisation of business taxation. “This would be welcome government support for the country’s largest private sector employer at a critical time.” Leaders across the retail industry and the government have vocally opposed the business rates tax, including shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey who accused the government of creating a ‘recipe for complete high street annihilation.” Tesco’s Dave Lewis and The Entertainer’s Gary Grant are among those to have flagged the tax for damaging retail. Total retail search volumes grew by 27 per cent for second quarter of 2011; mobile search volumes up 216 per cent. Its annual report has also confirmed a surge in revenue from £158 million to nearly £220 million, while last month staff shared a £5m bonus in anticipation of the results. “The group has acquired all of the UK stores of House of Fraser, the House of Fraser brand and all of the stock in the business,” it said. There are a number of trends fueling business growth and profit strategies for hardware device vendors. Today, more and more hardware device vendors are transforming their business models from one-time sales transactions to ongoing relationship-based models with recurring revenue streams. Increasingly, device vendors are leveraging the software within their hardware devices to innovate and differentiate their devices in order to gain a competitive edge and grow their businesses. What forces are driving these trends? What are the challenges vendors face when transforming their businesses to address these trends? And what can they do to manage the transformation and take full advantage of the opportunities for business growth? Gemalto’s Director of Product Management, Laila Arad-Allan, addresses these and other questions in her recent interview with SandHill.com. In terms of pricing and margins, Laila explains that device vendor revenue has traditionally come from the sale of a physical device. As devices have become more and more commoditized, device vendors have had to deal with pricing pressures and lower margins. Intelligent device vendors spend over 70 percent of their development effort in the software that’s embedded in the devices. The software has become the unique selling proposition for devices and provides the real value. However, device vendors won’t gain additional revenue from the value the software provides if they don’t have the ability to charge for and license specific features and functionality. When talking about end-customer preferences and their perception of value, Laila points out that it is the device vendors’ end customers that are demanding a frictionless customer experience, more budget-friendly ways to purchase, and easy-to-access upgrades. Many customers want the ability to scale up or down based on demand or capacity of their device use. Therefore, device vendors need a way to offer the capabilities and functionalities that their customers value and are willing to pay for, while providing the best possible customer experience. This is just an overview of the challenges intelligent device vendors face as they transform to selling value. The full interview goes into much more detail and also describes the biggest pitfall vendors need to avoid as they undergo this transition. Read the full interview to learn how intelligent device vendors are successfully transitioning from selling boxes to selling software-enabled value. Nonit Sahni is Gemalto’s Technical Product Marketing Manager focusing on product launch management, sales enablement and product content creation for the Software Monetization business unit. Since joining the company in May 2007, he has worked in numerous roles starting with Technical Support to Pre-Sales to Project Management and most recently Product Marketing utilizing the wealth of knowledge he possesses for the company’s Sentinel line of products. He manages the Sentinel Customer Community website, Sentinel technical support blog and the Sentinel Customer Discussion forum. In his spare time, he enjoys reading about technology and exploring new locations in different parts of the world. Nonit graduated in May 2006 receiving bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering from ITM University, India. 1. Best practices and emerging challenges associated with software licensing, fulfillment, delivery, and management. 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As a share of personal income, never before has the private sector contributed so little. Thank god for the government. Without those checks from the feds, we’d all be broke. “Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in US history during the first quarter of this year, a USA Today analysis of government data finds. “At the same time, government-provided benefits – from Social Security, unemployment insurance, food stamps and other programs – rose to a record high during the first three months of 2010. “Those records reflect a long-term trend accelerated by the recession and the federal stimulus program to counteract the downturn. The result is a major shift in the source of personal income from private wages to government programs. “The trend is not sustainable, says University of Michigan economist Donald Grimes. Reason: The federal government depends on private wages to generate income taxes to pay for its ever-more-expensive programs. Government-generated income is taxed at lower rates or not at all, he says. ‘This is really important,’ Grimes says. “ That’s the trouble, isn’t it? The feds don’t really have any money. They don’t make anything. They don’t create any wealth. So they can only send us checks by taking the money from us – one way or another. And that, dear reader, is the story of the most important trend of our time. The feds are taking a bigger and bigger share of the economy. And the bigger the share they get, the less the rest of it is worth. Because an economy run by politicians and bureaucrats is not a healthy economy. It’s a sick economy…it limps along. It wheezes and coughs. And if the trend towards more and more federal control continues…the economy finally dies. If you want the government to take care of you, said Jefferson, “you will soon want bread.” He didn’t say it exactly that way. We improved it. The feds don’t make decisions on the basis of fair play and rational economic choices. Instead, they’re political choices – such as bailing out the big banks because they are said to be “too big to fail,” or bailing out the big auto companies because they employ too many voters, or bailing out the mortgage industry because too many people would lose their houses if the mortgage industry were allowed to go whither it should. Even in the best of times an investment is a risky thing. Sometimes it will produce a positive return (above the real cost of funds). Sometimes it won’t. Imagine what happens when decisions are made by functionaries, political appointees and GS-12s? Capital is then allocated to the wrong projects for the wrong reasons…which result in the wrong outcomes. Bad economic decisions produce bad economic results. Bad economic results lower the value of capital assets…and make almost everyone in the economy poorer. We say, “almost everyone,” because the government’s employees, lobbyists, and contractors are in a class apart. They are the ruling party and its apparatchiks. While everyone else gets poorer, they get richer. Timothy Geithner Extended Interview: Former Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner discusses his book "Stress Test," and suggests that the bailout was necessary to avoid a depression. Get the MP3 Player widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info) Rave laughed and ducked into the hallway, running down the hallway. She hit her foot on a crack in the floor, though, and tripped, falling to the ground hard. Rave put her hand on his chest, putting some space between the two of them."Leo, I am perfectly fine. I'm okay, I promise." Rave smiled and sighed, heading back to the room. "I'm just clumsy. It's okay. I like that you're protective." Rave came to a quick stop and bumped him with her butt, giggling. She ran over to the bed and stood up on it, crouching down as though she was preparing to jump on him if he came close enough. 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Since Parallels doesn’t like .bin/.cue images, i had to convert it into an .iso image. A few guides pointed out that simple renaming of the files might be enough, but that didn’t work at all. So i was searching for free-ware solutions and couldn’t find anything. Toast Titanium was the last chance. You simply right click on the .bin file and open it with Toast. Next you click “Save As Disc Image”. After a minute Toast was ready and i was able to boot from the .iso image in Parallels. Worked for me. This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 at 10:46 pm and is filed under mac os x. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Awesome, binchunker worked well. Remember people, you have to install macports first, but since I had it already installed, this took me 30 seconds max bchunck should work on ppc as well. Macports will take care of the compile shit for you so… 😉 Just give it a go. Thanks for showing an easy way to convert those bin files to Iso. In fact, I had to follow EXACTLY the procedure explained. If I dragged the bin or cue to the toast screen, it didn’t work. As well, I did not need to rename to iso. Toast mounted the image as a Cd that I could read perfectly. Oh joy! that command line crap (ie. bcchunk and the like) didn’t work for me…..so this is awesome. I also hear that you can convert .bin files in VLC using the streaming/export wizard. don’t know which is easier, but i will def. give your method a shot! thanks for posting this! Bchunk 1.2 from Macports worked just fine for me. Not sure what problems you guys were having. IMHO that was the easiest and fastest way of converting to an .iso that I’ve ever done. Using Toast 8.0.3 the save as iso is grayed out. 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Sculptured out of volcanic activity and thousands of years in the making, Wai-O-Tapu is considered to be New Zealand’s most colourful and diverse geothermal sightseeing attraction. You are introduced to a uniquely different natural landscape – the key to what you see lies below the surface – one of the most extensive geothermal systems in New Zealand. Clearly defined tracks provide the visitor with the opportunity to enjoy the diversity of this area through a series of different walks taking from 30 to 75 minutes or more, each with their own unique volcanic vistas to fascinate all ages.The nature of the reserve being an active volcanic area and the undulating terrain may present some difficulties for people with various disabilities. A10.15am each day there is the opportunity to learn the history and mechanics of the Lady Knox Geyser during a presentation by an informed guide in the natural amphitheatre. It provides a unique opportunity to see a geyser in eruption to heights of 10 to 20 metres. The Southern Responses to Displacement research project explores why, how and with what effect Southern states, civil society networks and refugees have responded to support refugees from Syria. This project develops a multi-perspectival approach framed around the participatory co-production of knowledge with refugees, local communities, civil society groups, local, national and international secular and faith-based organisations, and UN agencies. The project purposefully aims to centralise refugees’ own experiences of and perspectives on these Southern-led initiatives. On the 9th of November Prof. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and Dr Carpi contributed to the Humanising Refugee Research workshop…read more. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 715582 ...l see runners taking to a new parkrun course in the Southampton area, located in Lakeside Country Pa... ...Bushy Park is to parkrun what Athens is to the Olympic Games. It is where the first gathering for a ... ...England. As of Thursday, parkruns in Bromley, Oxford, Yeovil and Nonsuch had already been cance... ...ssociated with the start of a parkrun. The first event to benefit from the new funding will be Leami... ...ikely to expand the number of parkrun converts, rather than overkill the concept.New events are earm... ...the growing popularity of the parkrun organisation and will be produced in addition to the weekly ne... ...d by Paul Simon-Hewitt, Bushy parkrun - then known as Bushy Park Time Trial - attracted just 13 comp... ...s and host a weekly Killerton parkrun. We are very excited to be partnering with Killerton and Natio... ...unteers.Kevan Wilkinson, from parkrun Bromley, got in touch with southernrunningguide.com to tell us... ...Known as 'international parkrun day', the parkrun community came together to share their experiences... ... female course time of 16:55. parkrunner Marshall was one of eight members of Southampton AC to fill... ...ll be the lucky 250,000th new parkrunner to complete an event this weekend?The current trend is for ... ...ding as a venue for a regular parkrun. Anyone who is willing to volunteer their services for the eve... ...Parkrunners will meet on the north side of the Boating Lake in Grovelands park and the route will ta... ...The Lloyd parkrun event is being started in collaboration with the local authorities and with assist... ...Next month the Reykjavik parkrun team is welcoming a group of parkrunners from Britain to the Ellioa... The Egyptian Air Force has destroyed 8 militant vehicles in a border area with Libya, according to a statement of the Egytpain Army spokesman. The air force intensified its air campaign against militants after the recent terrorist attacks in the area. (more here) In North Sinai, the army resumed the third phase of its military operation in a buffer zone with Gaza after militants kidnapped three Palestine workers on the Palestinian side of the buffer zone and took them to Egypt’s Sinai. Meanwhile, 2 soliders were injured in an IED explosion south Shiek Zouied. 2 others suffered injures as a result of gunfire near Kaber Omer area. Egypt has a very well equipped army with the top modern systems….time to put them to use and get rid of those rats. The headline mentions the borders with Gaza, but the video and the article mentions the western borders with Libya… that is a serious error. The Governemnt of Canada provides a wealth of resources to help you achieve your finacial goals. Please find the link provided and let us know which resource you found most helpful in the comments! The City of South Perth has recently experienced an incident of wilful damage to a tree on public land. In this instance, a mature Eucalyptus tree at Sir James Mitchell Park on the South Perth foreshore has been poisoned. The City is committed in its efforts to fight against damage to trees and the environment. Tree vandalism destroys the local amenity and costs ratepayers thousands of dollars each year. It is an offence under the City’s Public Places and Local Government Property Local Law (2011) and the Local Government Act (1995) for unauthorised persons to prune, remove or otherwise deal with any tree which is under the care, control or management of the City. There are substantial penalties for the unlawful destruction of vegetation. Vandalising the City’s trees is an offence that will be dealt with through the courts. Records are kept of the 28,000 plus trees in the City of South Perth and the City will continue to replant and maintain trees in response to blatant vandalism. The poisoned tree will now be replaced with four Eucalyptus rudis trees. When poisons have been applied to harm trees, the poison can prevent the growth of other plants or trees in the affected area for many years. In some cases the City has to replace a large amount of the soil to prevent the poison leaching into nearby waterways or the Swan or Canning River. Where there has been a history of tree damage the City installs metal trees to highlight to residents and visitors that trees in the area have been poisoned, ring barked or cut down by persons unknown to the City. The City has a reputation for its green leafy street and is committed to manage the trees on land under our care and control. If you have information that may help to identify tree vandals, please contact the City on 9474 0777 or email [email protected]. The minor league football team Virginia Beach Rhinos will play a charity game Sunday to benefit the Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots program. The Rhinos will play the Virginia Swarm of Chesapeake at 5 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex. The gates open at 3:30 p.m. Bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate and admission is $10. A ticket is $15 without a toy. Children 12 and under get in free. All proceeds will benefit the Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots drive, said Greg Castellanos, the Rhinos’ head coach and owner. Don was born in Milton, Pennsylvania on October 6, 1923 to the late Sue Pollock Seidel and Ralph B. Seidel. He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Elizabeth H. Seidel, three sisters and two brothers. Don is survived by one son, George W. Thomas and wife Alix of Mission Viejo, CA and two daughters, Donna S. Hopkins and husband Ronald and Linda S. Taylor and husband William Jones, all of Virginia Beach, VA. He also leaves to cherish his memory three grandchildren, Tina L. Hopkins (Mark) of Chesapeake, VA, George D. Thomas (Vanessa) or Birmingham, AL, and Chrystal Thomas of Cypress, CA. Also, six great-grandchildren: Victoria L. Hopkins of Virginia Beach, VA, Tyler and Vanessa Coronado of Chesapeake, VA, Alora and George S. Thomas of Birmingham, AL and Savannah Thomas of Cypress, CA. Don also has a sister, Jeanne Schuman of Williamsport, PA and a sister-in-law, Paula Curtis of Virginia Beach, VA. He also had many nieces and nephews who loved him dearly. Don was a proud Navy WWII veteran with many years of honorable service. After retiring from the Navy, he went to work for the Atlantic Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Norfolk, VA. He retired from there in December of 1986 with a combined total of 44 years of government service. Don loved dining out with his special WWII veteran friends, all proudly wearing their WWII caps and had the honor of having many meals paid for them by total strangers. Don was born a yankee but became a southerner by marriage. Don’s son, daughters, and grand and great grandchildren will dearly miss him, always love him, and never forget him. The family would like to thank the staff of The Memory Center in Virginia Beach, VA for their dedicated care and loving commitment to the treatment of Alzheimer’s. A visitation will be held Wednesday, December 16 at 10 a.m. and a funeral service at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Funeral Home, 6309 E. Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk, VA. Burial and reception to follow. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.woodlawngroup.com. Previous articleJeffrey Scott Potter, 54, a patriot who enjoyed his family, motorcycle, shooting, woodworking and fishing WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in February contracted with Boeing Phantom Works for as many as 50 triple-unit cubesats, each about the size of a can of tennis balls, for use in technology demonstrations, a government official said. The inexpensive satellite platforms will be used for the follow-on to an NRO research program called Colony, which is scheduled to make its first launch this year, Air Force Maj. David “Dutch” Shultz, director of the NRO’s Colony Program Office, said in an April 8 interview. The Boeing-built Colony 2 platforms will be more powerful than their predecessors and feature better pointing accuracy, Shultz said. The NRO has yet to assign specific experiments to the craft, he said. The Colony Program Office, nestled within the NRO’s Advanced Systems and Technology division, was established in 2008 to demonstrate new technologies. The office uses cubesats, which are standardized, cube-shaped satellite platforms measuring 10 centimeters on a side. Last year the office bought its first batch of 12 triple-unit cubesats — three cubesats attached end to end — from San Francisco-based Pumpkin Inc., about half of which were resold to research institutions such as Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory and the University of Southern California, Shultz said. One of the NRO’s Colony 1 satellites will host a space weather payload developed in cooperation with the Naval Research Laboratory, Schultz said. The missions of the remaining satellites are classified, he said. The first two Colony 1 satellites are manifested for launch as secondary payloads on the second flight of the Falcon 9 rocket built by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., Shultz said. SpaceX plans to launch the first Falcon 9 in May and the second later on this year. The second Falcon 9 flight’s primary payload is SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, which is designed to deliver cargo to the international space station. The flight also will carry two cubesats built by the Los Alamos National Laboratory and one built by the Army Space and Missile Defense Command. The rest of the Colony 1 spacecraft will be launched together on SpaceX’s smaller Falcon 1e rocket in 2011, Shultz said. The launch, which is being managed by the Pentagon’s Operationally Responsive Space Office, will be the first to use a new, small satellite rideshare adapter known as the wafer. The wafer is an aluminum disk that fits between the upper stage of a rocket and its primary payload and dispenses satellites from spring-loaded canisters. Each wafer can carry as many as 24 single cubesats or eight triple cubesats. This particular Falcon 1e mission will have two wafers stacked on top of each other, one holding as many as eight NRO triple cubesats, the other holding an assortment of Air Force and NASA research cubesats, Shultz said. For the follow-on Colony 2 program, the NRO purchased 10 triple cubesats from St. Louis-based Boeing Phantom Works, the advanced research and development division of the aerospace and defense giant. The NRO likely will purchase 10 more satellite platforms from Boeing next year, and possibly as many as 30 more beyond that, Shultz said. The goal was to acquire the craft for no more than $250,000 each, and the unit cost ended up well below that amount, he said. Matera, probably the most spectacular city of Italy, looks great covered in the autumn sunlight and is located in a remote corner of southern part, in the small Basilicata region. We arrived here after a 2-hour train ride from Bari (4.90 euro a ticket) and from the train station walked through the modern city of Baroque churches and elegant, colorful houses. The first glimpse of the Sassi is breathtaking, looking down at the dramatic tangle of grey stone houses, a total contrast with the new town. Walking down through a vaulted corridor to a steep staircase we plunged into a magical world that doesn’t feel real. Thick, dark grey clouds were covering the sky, after the early morning rain, and the sunlight was quite dramatic, revealing an ancient city gently touched by filtered, golden rays. It was a mid-September silent morning and, going on the narrow, cobbled, old streets, I felt the deepest sensation of calm and inner peace ever. The shiny, big stones are like pieces of a giant puzzle, making multi-layered houses where roofs become streets for the next level and the optical illusion is overwhelming, because the buildings seem painted, everything seems two-dimensional and you feel as you are entering a painting and walk inside it. Matera, Basilicata’s jewel, may be the third-longest continuously inhabited human settlement in the world. Natural caves in the limestone attracted the first inhabitants 7000 years ago and since then, more elaborate structures were built atop them. Today, looking across the gorge to Matera’s huddled Sassi (cave dwellings) it seems you’ve been transported back to the ancient Holy Land. Indeed, the ‘Città Sotterranea’ (Underground City) has often been used for biblical scenes in films and TV. Considered one of Italy’s most deprived cities, Matera is now an Airbnb hotspot and set to be European capital of culture in 2019. The government encouraged the Sassi’s revival by subsidising restoration work. Artisans moved in, setting up workshops, while bars, restaurants and boutique hotels started to spring up. Most of the caves are now homes, hotels, restaurants and bars, but on the edge of town in Sasso Caveoso you can wander through uninhabited caves and get a sense of what it was like to live here hundreds of years ago. It’s a rawer side of town and incredibly fascinating. The UNESCO designation in 1993 and the filming there of The Passion of the Christ, starring Mel Gibson in 2004, helped to put Matera on the map and boost tourism. We stopped for lunch at ristorante Nadi, for delicious traditionally homemade pasta with lot of parmigiana and excellent wine, while relaxing with a fairy-tale surrounding view and discrete conversation of a lovely retired French couple sitting at the table near to us.

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As your pet’s hair has the tendency to embed itself deeply in your carpets and upholstery, you need a matching opponent on your side to win the cleaning war. This model is the perfect ally, as it uses the power of 3 separate suction channels to lift and remove every last speck of dirt. All you need to do is place this bagless suction machine over the dirty area and swirl it. The vacuum cleaner will automatically pick up all the dirt and debris leaving the area clean. Personally, I find the wand length a little short but it’s not a deal breaker for me. You can try to use wands from your old vacs but not all will be compatible. Tends to heat up a bit. If it happens, just turn it off and give it a little break. If you have a small apartment, this won’t be a problem as you won’t be using it for too long at one go. A real good suction machine when it comes to cleaning rugs and hardwood floor from animal fur – its multi-purpose utility makes it the right choice for many. Are you wondering how to remove dog hair from furniture? This is a stick model which comes with a Windtunnel technology along with a convenient cordless. It can easily reach under furniture items and pick up large items so that all the pet hair in your house gets removed. This stick cleaner just needs to whirled over any surface containing any kind of debris, dust and dirt and it cleans the entire area immediately. The edge cleaning bristles ensure a thorough cleaning. Click here for more details about lithium ion battery and replacement filters for Hoover Linx. Some people have mentioned that the handle is not covered under the 2 year warranty, as they were told by Hoover’s customer service. This is a lightweight cleaner which comes with the OnePass Technology. It has an innovative brush design and a powerful suction which is really effective for getting rid of those pesky pet hair. Its dirt tank is really easy to empty and a washable foam filter offers easy maintenance. The innovative brush design rotates on the carpet to clean from deep within. It is one of the most effective lightweight vac machines. Click here for more details about replacement filters. The fact that it has limited warranty is a sore point for all customers but they just cannot ignore the fact that it’s really useful! What sets this Hoover model apart from the rest is the effortless transition from one floor type to another. It uses specially designed sensors to detect the type of surface and adjusts the roll speed of brushes accordingly. If you have pets dragging sand, leaves and small creatures into the house, you need this vacuum cleaner. It transitions into a portable canister for maximum cleaning efficiency and comes with a revolutionary tangle-free brush roll. It has a hook on the back of the stem to snap the power cord in, lowering the risk of damages caused by running over it This Bissell PowerEdge vacuum cleaner is the great for dog hair. It helps capture debris and dirt which can only be collected with a typical dustpan and broom. It boasts a V shape technology which directs the larger debris right into the suction path’s center while the end of the V removes debris on baseboards and along edges. All you need to do is direct the V shape to the larger debris into the center suction path and the ends of the V also capture the fine debris automatically. The swivel head cleans around furniture legs and it works great for dog and cat fur too. Click here for more details about replacement filters. Designed in a unique V shape so that larger dust/dirt gets directed to the middle while the end of the V gets the finer, smaller particles This multi purpose vacuum can do a number of things including cleaning furniture lets or your cat hair, making it perfect for many pet owners. If you keep your pets inside, having a vacuum cleaning routine is a must. You need to decide on your preferences regarding the model of vacuum cleaner you want to purchase – a canister, hand held, or upright vacuum cleaner. In general, if you have a larger home, a lot of pets and suffer from back problems, the upright model is the perfect solution for you. This type of cleaner is designed to have their motor and the suction head in the same unit, so you just push it in front of you. These cleaners can weigh up to 20 pounds, which makes pushing and moving them around a somewhat physically challenging task The wide head of an upright vacuum cleaner provides it a wider cleaning path, but prevents it from reaching corners and maneuvering in tight spaces This brand is a great choice if you have kids who can assist with house cleaning because it has a powerful suction and is quite comfortable to use due to the rubberized hand grip. This vacuum is great because it was developed with a dusting brush, crevice tool and a twister cyclonic technology. The battery life can be improved. If you’re using it for small areas though, this won’t be much of a concern. This cordless vacuum is ideal for pet owners and has a clean turn filtration system that completely cleans it up when emptying dirt and debris. The battery power light feature and the long-lasting suction which can last up to 25 minutes can save time and energy. That’s because you will be able to monitor the amount of charge used and what’s left, as well as estimate how long you are able to use it before recharging. The position of the cup eject button right next to the power button makes it easier to hit the wrong button, which might scatter the debris collected This brand is an effective cordless carpet cleaner which is ready to use, since it includes a trial of professional spot & stain + Oxy formula that permanently removes stains and spots from the carpet and other household items. This saves you the time, money and the need to get a cleaning solution. Although it’s designed specifically for Bissell’s solution, you are able to use other solutions, but you will have to guess how much to use This vacuum is convenient for pet lovers that keep pets who frequently crouch on sofas, leaving pet fur on the cushions. Made up of anti-tangle rubber bristles, you are able to quickly remove pet hair and other trapped dust deep in carpets and furniture. With a scented pre-filter, you will be able to maintain a clean and fresh environment that is free of fur. Additionally, it is a great choice if you also have people who are allergic to fur frequently visiting your home. This Bissell vacuum delivers great power and comes with a flexible rubber contour nozzle that gets rid of fur and dirt from stairs and upholstery effectively. A hard nozzle helps clean dry mess easily. One can change the nozzle as per the needs. It is quite lightweight and mobile. The exhaust does blow out air quite strongly which sometimes make the dust/dirt fly away so you’d have to get used to holding it at a certain angle This vacuum is the top-rated cleaner for pets and comes with a motor which powers the revolving brush and allows it to pick up any kind of animal hair and debris easily. The second motor is for the strong 5.5 amp suction and its stretch hose cleans everything. Use the machine to pick up any kind of pet hair, dirt, dust and debris and also clean stairs, upholstery and cars easily and quickly. All in all, it is the most popular animal hair remover for furniture. Click here for more details about more than 5 piece micro-attachment set. Can work with all brands. This model boasts of strong suction, fade-free power and a lithium technology which helps get rid of all kinds of dust including animal hair quite quickly. The dirt is easy to see and empty out due to the translucent bagless dirt bowls. Just hold and steer over the dirty areas and watch it become clean – literally that easy peasy! Being lightweight, it is ideal for taking quick pickups around the house. Click here for more details about replacement filters 1, 2 Many handheld vacuum models are easy to maintain. Since they don’t have a bag, you don’t have to purchase extra bags – all you need to do is dump the contents in the trash containers. Additionally, the parts rarely have to be cleaned or repaired and replacement of the filters is simple. All the collected dirt should be disposed of outside your home, though, as a health precaution for people with allergic reactions. A quick clean up on a spill in a small space that a large vacuum cannot reach can easily be handled by a handheld vacuum. This saves you from the hassle of having to drag items across the room just to access small spaces with dirt and debris. We recommend that you find models that will function well at meeting your needs – for example, if you own a pet, there are handheld vacuums for pet hair. As previously stated, if you purchase a handheld vacuum with many attachments, you will be able to access every space in your house. The device can fit between your cushions, walls, furniture, blinds, car seats and even cabinet corners and under furniture. Those with an extension tube can dust ceiling corners, floor vents, hardwood floors and ceiling fans, efficiently cleaning every location. In addition, most handheld vacuums are lightweight and easy to use even by kids. This makes helping out with chores easy to achieve. A handheld vacuum is a great tool to use when trying to recover lost items. Pieces of jewelry stuck in between cushions can easily be retrieved by running the pantyhose nozzle, which sucks up any item into the vacuum. However, regular vacuum cleaners can perform the same function when bought with the right attachments. A handheld vacuum can work effectively anywhere in your home – from indoors to outdoors, whether it is cordless or not, although a cordless vacuum would serve you better. With a handheld vacuum, you are able to clean items entering your home that have dust or dirt before placing them inside the house, as well as clean dirt that is inside your car and even during camping trips. Kenmore is a great company to turn to when it comes to vacuums, especially with their HEPA Media Filtration. Use the 2-Motor system to catch all pet hair or particles, but there’s even a motorized hair brush to help. With so many versatile cleaning tools and a brush that can be popped right off, pet hair will no longer be a problem. Even though the Miele Classic is so small, it’s still powerful with its 6-speed canister and 5.5m cable length. This makes it both versatile and agile, so it can clean all carpeting types and hard floors too. Use the motorized brush with the height adjustments to extract all pet hair from carpeting without combing through it yourself. Even upholstered furniture is no match for the Miele, even if you have multiple pets to clean up after. ORECK is amazing in part because their warranty lasts for seven years, so if you are experiencing any problems or just need an annual tune up, you will be able to get your vacuum fixed quickly. The bag will keep dirt and debris inside, while the silence technology includes 5 suction speeds that’ll keep the noise down. The multi-cyclonic technology from Bissell is only one of the reasons why people rely on this brand for all their pet-related cleaning needs. The technology keeps suction going for longer on any flooring without being harsh to hardwoods. When you’re finished, just empty the tank from the bottom without getting dust everywhere. Moreover, you are able to store it anywhere thanks to the small size and lightweight design. Use the Electrolux even on plush carpets without worrying about your carpet suffering for it. Adjust the height of the vacuum so anyone can use it easily on any surface, with brush roll clean technology that works with only a press of a button. Large rear wheels and a low center of gravity allow you to steer simply, so you won’t knock into any furniture or scuff your flooring. Just adjust the suction power depending on what you’re cleaning and get started. All too often, people overlook canister vacuums due to their bulkier size and yet, they’re really useful when it comes to reach. Once you get used to a canister vacuum, it’ll be just as easy to use as any other type and can be a big help when it comes to pet hair. Besides cleaning up pet hair though, there are a lot of benefits to these little vacuums. Canister vacuums are just as powerful as upright vacuums, but these have their weight evenly distributed on wheels. This allows a larger motor that can easily handle suction and can filter your air more efficiently. With the sealed body, dust is far less likely to leak out, improving your air quality. Due to the fewer parts in a normal canister vacuum, you won’t need to spend as much time or money repairing it. This is because there are no belts involved and there’s good airflow, so nothing can be caught in hoses or belts. Filter maintenance is also simpler, since all you have to do is open the lid, pull the filter out and exchange it. Unlike backpacks, canister vacuums have the weight distributed a little more evenly. With the simple wand attachment, your arm won’t get tired as easily after repeated use. Less fatigue means that you won’t have as much weight pushing on your shoulders and lower back. Canisters aren’t hot and heavy – in fact, they are light to carry around with you. You don’t need to have something strapped to you either as you maneuver around even in high-traffic areas. The maneuverability can help you avoid scuffing furniture or ruining your carpet. Use your canister vacuum on any floor surface without worrying about harming either the carpet or the wood floor. Transition easily between surfaces or use the wand on the stairs – this eliminates the need to switch attachments. No matter where you use your vacuum though, it’ll be easy to reach high areas or vacuuming in corners. This makes them especially great for detailed work. Special attachments: Make sure that your pet vac has all of the hoses, brushes, nozzles and attachments that will make it easier for you to get into corners, or under couches without having to move too much around. You want to make sure that you are cleaning everywhere, and not just the most convenient spots. Thanks to technology these days, you do have another option if you simply hate vacuuming. There are so many robot vacuum cleaners on the market that will allow you to automate this annoying chore. They also feature a variety of helpful options such as recharging automatically and controlling via a remote. Read my post about the best roombas for dog hair. Obviously, performance is the most important thing. You’d want a vacuum that is very effective at sucking up your pet’s hair. Ask yourself questions like “Does it suck up sand well? What about out of the carpet? What about heavier kinds of debris or even wads or stacks of fur?” Another point to consider is definitely if the vacuum of your choice is as effective on both carpets and hard floors. It’s no surprise that different vacuums have varying levels of ability. Some work better on hard floors but are useless on carpets. Some can suck up dirt and pet hair well on carpets but aren’t very good with hard floors. Chances are, you have both hard wood floors and carpets at home so you’d want a powerhouse machine to handle both. Of course, you’ll be looking at saving money. But sometimes, you do get what you pay for. There’s no point buying a cheap vacuum that doesn’t perform or do the job and ends up sitting in a corner. Just like it’s possible to have expensive vacuums that perform just as well as the cheaper models. Always go for a vacuum that comes with additional tools. Especially when it comes to pet fur, you’ll probably need to have a good tool to pick up fur from your sofa. An upholstery tool comes in handy here and can help to pick up pet fur without clogging your vac. Since you’re shopping for a very specific kind of vacuum, you need to make sure it’s good with pet hair. Sometimes, the normal vacuums won’t do the job as well – they tend to clog easily even if they can somehow pick pet hair up. Be sure to do your research and find out how well the vacuum cleaner handles pet hair specifically. See if pet hair easily clogs the brush up. Does the bend in the vacuum get clogged up easily too? An effective and powerful vacuum for pet hair will suck up pet fur well and get it into the dust bag without any issues. If you have a bigger house, you’d want a vacuum with much bigger capacity. So you don’t end up having to empty it every 10 minutes! If you have a smaller space, then you wouldn’t want a machine that’s way too big and a waste of storage space. Go for a smaller model. Even if it has a smaller canister, that’s fine since you have a smaller vacuuming area anyway. As with so many things in life, there are so many different options when it comes to vacuums. This can be quite confusing at times. Do you like handheld, canister or upright vacuums? They all serve different purposes and often, they just come down to personal preference. Most people would think that upright vacuums are the most powerful. In recent years, there have been more canisters and hand held vacuums with more effective designs and power. Generally, bigger homes would be better with upright vacuums. They do take lesser time to cover a larger floor area. If you have back problems, upright vacuums are a lot easier to use as you can stand straight to use them. You will not tend to slouch or hunch over. If you want something lighter and easier to store, canister vacuums are the ones to go for. They’re also great for smaller corners, nooks and crannies like staircases or around furniture. Corded vacuums have more powerful suction with a more effective motor. They’re great with bigger homes or floor areas. If you like convenience and hate cords, go for a cordless one for its portability. No more dragging cords around, dealing with tangled cords around your furniture and having to plug and unplug. They also tend to be smaller and lighter. The disadvantage of a cordless vacuum is that you always have to remember to charge it so it’s ready to go. Also, certain vacuums need 5 hours of charging just for 30 minutes of vacuuming. Something to consider and think about. Bagless ones are so much more popular these days. They’re easier to empty and you don’t have to get caught with no replacement bags on a day when you need them. In the past, people actually preferred bagged ones. This is because the companies claimed that they were less dusty and would emit air that is cleaner (I’m not sure how much I believe that!). Today, HEPA filters do the job though and you don’t have to be worried about this point. Is there any best pet hair vacuum under $150? please give honest advice. and yeah one more thing I have heard about the robot vacuum cleaner, how does it works?

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When you get on with a lifestyle driven by Yogism, you will come to realise that you are feeling less stressed out and more energetic in your day to day life. This exercise will help you grow up when doing anything and everything in your life. Therefore, if you start up right away, you are given your chance to experience the best of it. Like a machine or a vehicle wears out, human bodies too wear out as time passes. With the age, our body functions become restricted, however, there is a possibility of minimising the extent of this effect. Maintaining good lifestyle with balanced diet and exercise keep a person hale and hearty. Going for a walk daily on your own is one of the best practices that keeps you healthy. However, committing yourself into such a routine can be achieved only by a few people. But getting into a fitness club is somewhat less effort taking. A good fitness club which uses techniques such as Pilates and gyro tonics vouch its customers a guaranteed fit physic. Human musculoskeletal system include muscles, bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints and other connective tissues, which interconnects all the tissues and organs together. The primary function of this system is to give shape, movement, stability and support to the human body. It also protects the vital organs and the skeletal part of this system works as a storage for calcium and phosphorous required. In brief the musculoskeletal system plays a very important role in human survival therefore it needs to be taken good care of. Physiotherapy plays an important role in care for this system. Injuries to this systems are dealt by this therapy. This is basically a physical medicine and rehabilitation speciality which helps in the cure of multiple physical issues. This area of therapy covers cardiopulmonary disorders and surgery care before or after the surgery related to cardio or pulmonary systems. One of the methods that involve this therapy is to use manual methods to clean the lung secretions. A physiotherapist involves largely in dealing with sports related illnesses or deformities. This is done in five steps; assessment of diagnosis of an initial injury, treatment by application of specialist advice and techniques to promote healing, progressive management to full return to sports, act as precursors to the injury and sharing special knowledge to prevent or management of the injury. Overall, they involve in the wellbeing of the sports person and ensure he returns to his normal lifestyle. This area of therapy involves mainly in early detection of health problems and use various modes to deliver physical therapy for disorders in small children. The delivery of physical therapy in small children mainly involve in treatment to improve gross and fine motor skills, balance and coordination, strength and endurance and cognitive and sensory processing. It is always advisable to visit a one stop shop for physical fitness related issues, whereas you have a health club and physical therapy facility. Boxing is not an easy sport. In boxing, you have to gain strength, stamina and so on. While doing all these things you become fit and you can shed your extra kilos in a short time. Cardiovascular exercises are able to burn every person’s energy at a fast pace as compared to the other kinds of exercises. Due to such exercises, the heart starts to work, the blood begins to pump and the muscles also move. Rowing, walking, running, swimming and others are the best instances of cardio workouts. However, if you want immediate results, then you must opt for boxing classes. It is a fact that when you do boxing along with a bag, you can lose calories each hour. The number of burning calories will vary from person to person as per their weight and the distinct kinds of workouts they do in a gym. Boxing will work on each part of a person’s body, but other exercises most of the times work only on one area. You can make muscles all over your body and in this way you can make your core strength better. An individual’s core strength is very significant as from here one can get a lot of energy for giving powerful punches. When you are losing weight, you have to focus on your diet also. Your diet must be rich in fruits, omega-3 fats, green veggies and also lean proteins. Moreover, you must drink sufficient amount of water to remain hydrated. You can take a dietitian’s help to get a proper diet chart for your boxing. Boxing can give you a good body that is not chubby. Keep yourself motivated during the time of training, and determination as well as persistent assist you to do boxing. A good trainer can help you to understand the different aspects of boxing. Under a professional trainer, you can do boxing in a perfect manner. 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The Righteous Sheikh Ali al-Qattan was jailed for 15 years in Egypt for saying “Fear Allah” to the tyrant Mubarak! | Islamic Civilization The Righteous Sheikh Ali al-Qattan was jailed for 15 years in Egypt for saying “Fear Allah” to the tyrant Mubarak! In 1993, Sheikh Ali al-Qattan was praying at the Prophet’s ﷺ mosque in Medina, when he was surprised to find Hosni Mubarak entering the prayer hall. “It was a spontaneous incident, I didn’t plan for this,” Sheikh Qattan told Egyptian television talk show “Al Haqiqa” (The Truth) this week. “After we finished the prayer I turned and I saw the president; it was strange because they had emptied a large section of the prayer hall for him to enter. He had bodyguards around him that were heavily armed; it all looked very hostile and made the atmosphere in the masjid uncomfortable.” Sheikh Qattan then stood up and walked closer to the former president and told him to “fear Allah” in a display of his anger at how Mubarak was leading the country. At that time Sheikh Qattan explains “security forces would roam Egypt’s streets and randomly fire at Egyptians.” After saying his words, Sheikh Qattan said Mubarak “immediately looked uneasy.” “He spun left and right to look around him to call his bodyguards. The guards immediately seized me violently and surrounded Mubarak, pushing him quickly outside of the prayer hall. I then understood that he was probably scared that some sort of violent attack on him would follow.” The guards then put their hands over my mouth, as if to stop me from saying anything more, but I hadn’t planned to. They took me out of the hall, not even giving him a chance to wear my shoes.“They carried out a body search to look for a bomb or a weapon. When they couldn’t find anything on me, one officer told me: ‘You’ve embarrassed us. You should have told [Mubarak] that in Egypt.'” To that, Sheikh Qattan responded: “We’re in a mosque; it’s for all of the international Muslim community and it felt right to say such a [religious] comment in a mosque.” “It was as if I was a terrorist. They tied me up with several chains and handcuffs. They even wanted to sedate me, pressuring me to drink the sedative, but I told them I was fasting and would not drink anything,” he said. The former prison officer at the jail Sheikh Qattan was detained in, Major-General Ibrahim Abd al-Ghaffar, described how Sheikh Qattan was treated during his imprisonment. During his television interview, Sheikh Qattan mentioned that in Islamic history, the term “Fear Allah” was said to the Caliphs of Islam. “Caliphs used to urge people to advise them to fear Allah. When they heard it, they would not be infuriated [like Mubarak was], but they would welcome it as advice,” he said. The Sheikh is correct; the Rightly Guided Caliphs were pleased when the ummah stood up and accounted them. One day Caliph Umar bin al-Khattab stood up and delivered a speech in which he said: “O people, whoever among you sees any crookedness in me, let him straighten it.” A man stood up and said: “By Allah, if we see any crookedness in you we will straighten it with our swords.” Umar said: “Praise be to Allah Who has put in this ummah people who will straighten the crookedness of Umar with their swords.” Even after the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs there were rulers who were pleased with being accounted by the ummah. The governor of Iraq from 694-714CE was Hajjaj bin Yusuf. He is well known for being a harsh and feared ruler who was severe against the ummah yet similar to Sheikh Qattan there was another Sheikh who wasn’t afraid to account Hajjaj when he saw him doing wrong. Abu Abdullah bin Katheer narrated that Hajjaj bin Yusuf performed prayer once beside Sa’eed bin Al-Musayyab (famous scholar from the Tabi’een) and Hajjaj was raising his head and going down before the Imam. When the Imam made the Salam, Sa’eed held Hajjaj by his garment while he (Sa’eed) was still doing some Dhikr that he used to say after the prayer and Hajjaj was struggling to free his garment so that he could stand up and go. Sa’eed kept pulling him back to sit down until he finished his Dhikr. When Sa’eed finished he reached for his shoes and raised them as if he wanted to hit him with them and said: “Thief! Treacherous! This is how you perform prayer?! I had wanted to strike your face with these shoes!” Hajjaj then went away. He was on Hajj and went back to Syria. Later, he was sent to Al-Madinah as its governor. When he arrived there, he went to the mosque aiming for the place of Sa’eed bin Al-Musayyab. The people said: “He only came to Sa’eed to take revenge from him.” So, Hajjaj came and sat in front of Sa’eed and said: “Are you the one who uttered those words?” He struck his own chest confidently and said: “Yes, I am the one!” Hajjaj then said: “May Allah reward you with the best reward that a teacher and educator can get! Ever since I left you, I have not performed prayer without remembering those words of yours.” He then rose up and left. The ummah needs more people like Sheikh Qattan who fear nothing but Allah and are not afraid to account the tyrant ruler even if it leads to torture and imprisonment. Previous PostChristians of Homs under the Caliphate: ‘Your rule and justice are dearer to us than the oppression that we used to suffer.’

Edward Albee's 1966 Pulitzer Prize winning play "A Delicate Balance" opened this past weekend at the McCarter Center in Princeton. This is the now classic study of a privileged, but highly dysfunctional American family. In the hands of Director Emily Mann (also McCarter's Artistic Director) "A Delicate Balance" is a truly outstanding production. First, the play itself may have been written in the 1960s, but the story of regret over past decisions, emotional insecurities, missed opportunities, loss of a loved one and the extent of friendship is timeless. The strained family situation in 1966 still rings true in 2013. Then second, there is the matter of the cast....exceptional...marvelous....superb.... are just a few adjectives which apply to all. The cast includes two-time Obie Award-winner and Tony nominee Kathleen Chalfant as the domineering Agnes and Tony Award-winner John Glover as her retired businessman husband of 40 years, Tobias. They live a very comfortable suburban life centered around their country club and the family martini shaker. The other permanent member of the household is Agnes', 50 or 60 something, unmarried alcoholic, sister Claire, who resides with them at the generosity of Tobias. She probably is most aware of the origins of the constant emotional turmoil between sister, brother-in-law, their four-times married daughter Julia and herself. Playing Claire, the wit of the family, who is almost always tipsy is two-time Tony nominee Penny Fuller. Claire insists she is not an alcoholic but rather a willful drinker. Daughter Julia who has returned home after her fourth failed marriage is played by Francesca Faridany. Whenever any two of them are in the same room, in the plays case, the handsome living room, verbal fireworks follow. All four in the same room produce a pyrotechnic display worthy of Macy's Fourth of July extravaganza or that other dysfunctional couple from Albee’s other huge Broadway hit "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?." Oil is added to the fire when Agnes and Tobias's best friends, Edna and Harry arrive "to stay." Seems they are frightened in their own home and assume their best friends will accept them willingly into their household on a permanent basis. Their claim to Julia's old bedroom keeps her in an almost constant state of hysterics Playing this duo are Roberta Maxwell as Edna and James A. Stephens as Harry. Each of the six members of the cast are excellent, with Kathleen Chalfant (photo), John Glover and Penny Fuller truly outstanding in the lead roles. John Glover's (and the plays) great moment comes in the third act when he cracks up and delivers what Albee refers to as Tobias' aria. Some of the relationship difficulties and emotional expressions of the play may resonate uncomfortably with those of us who are of a certain age. Albee's response (from a past interview) "If I wrote plays about everyone getting along terribly well, I don’t think anyone would want to see them. . . . You have to show people things that aren’t working well . . . in the hope that people will make them work better." “One of the great joys of my life is having a working relationship with Edward Albee,” says director Emily Mann. "My admiration and respect for him is unshakeable. It’s an incredible privilege to be working on Edward’s masterpiece with him still here and very, very, clear in his needs, feelings, and desires for the place. He and I don’t mince words with each other. We’re honest with each other. We respect each other. We have a good banter, a good relationship, and also I learn so much from him. "A Delicate Balance" is one of the greatest American plays.” For the third outstanding part of the production... credit Emily Mann's production team for providing a visual treat. To begin, the set by Daniel Ostling is most impressive...clearly the home of wealthy country clubbers, spot-on costumes by Jennifer von Mayrhauser and very effective lighting by Lap Chi Chu. The casting director is Laura Stanczyk and production stage manager Alison Cote. The play is in three acts (two intermissions). Total time with intermissions is about three hours. It is presented in the very comfortable, stadium seating Berlind theatre. You have until February 17 to see this most remarkable production. This is superior theatre at every level. Next stop Broadway? Tickets for Edward Albee’s "A Delicate Balance" range from $20-$65, and are available online at www.mccarter.org, by phone at (609) 258-2787, and in person at the McCarter Theatre ticket office (91 University Place, Princeton). Student and group rates are also available. CTG is presenting Nora and Delia Ephron’s touching and comic adaptation of Ilene Beckerman’s book “Love, Loss and What I Wore” for one weekend only February 1 – 3, 2013. Ilene Beckerman, author of the bestselling LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, will be part of the seven member cast of the Chester Theatre Group’s production to be held at the Black River Playhouse (Corner of Maple and Grove in Chester, New Jersey) Friday and Saturday, November February 1-2 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, February 3 at 2 p.m. Directed by Cindy Alexander, the play, which was adapted for the stage by Nora and Delia Ephron, ran successfully off-Broadway for several seasons garnering rave reviews. The New York Times called the show “Funny, compelling” and “Brought down the house”. It weaves stories about women, clothes and memory covering all the important subjects and their impact on moments in their lives. There will be a talk back with the cast after each performance. In addition to Ms. Beckerman, who will portray the part of Gingy, the cast features Ellen Fraker-Glasscock, Kathleen Campbell Jackson, Carla Kendall, Gloria Lamoureux, Jodi Maloy, and Roseann Ruggiero. Tickets are $20.00. Audience members attending the show on other dates are welcome to join us for the scheduled talkbacks. The talkbacks will begin immediatelyfollowing the performance. It is estimated that the performance will run approximately 2 hours,10 minutes but please phone the box office to confirm the running time of the show. 973-395-5551. Sunday February 3rd following the 3pm performance, there will be a talkback with Playwright Nikkole Salter, Director Cheryl Katz and Artistic Director Jane Mandel. Sunday February 17th following the 3pm performance, there will be atalkback with Reverend Sandye Wilson, Rector of the Episcopal Church of St. Andrew & Holy Communion in South Orange. Thursday February 21st following the 7:30pm performance, there will be atalkback with Darryl C. Walls, Founder and CEO of MINDS (Mental Intensity Naturally Determines Success). Sunday February 24th following the 3pm performance, there will be atalkback with Karen Hunter, Pulitzer prize winning journalist, author and publisher. Thursday February 28th following the 7:30pm performance, there will be a talkback with Carol Smolenski, Executive Director of ECPAT (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes). On the heels of its record-breaking 50th Anniversary season, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey today announced the line-up for its 2013 Season. The roster will include six productions on its Main Stage at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in Madison and one summer production on the popular Outdoor Stage – the Greek amphitheater on the campus of The College of Saint Elizabeth in Morris Township as well as several special events and programs. The Shakespeare Theatre’s 2013 season begins in late May and will continue through December. Advance orders for full season Complete Works discount subscriptions are now available and include tickets to all Main Stage productions as well as the opportunity to add the annual Outdoor Stage production at a significant discount. For information or to purchase a subscription, call the box office at 973-408-5600 or visit www.ShakespeareNJ.org. The season will open with Ireland’s legendary masterpiece by J.M. Synge, The Playboy of the Western World. This famed playwright, poet, and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre has penned a grand adventure, part tall-tale and part tragi-comedy. A young country lad’s transformation from beaten-down weakling to celebrated “playboy” captures the poetic heart of the wild Irish spirit in magnificent Gaelic style. The Playboy of the Western World begins performances on May 29th and continues through June 23rd. “All the world’s a stage” and this summer the Shakespeare Theatre’s Outdoor Stage will transform into the Forest of Arden. At the beautiful and family-friendly amphitheater on the campus of the College of Saint Elizabeth, Shakespeare’s spirited and pithy comedy As You Like It will delight all ages. The Outdoor Stage production of As You Like It will run June 19th to July 28th. Next up on the Main Stage is Noël Coward’s rarely-produced Fallen Angels. This frothy delight by one of the world’s masters of wit features two tour-de-force roles for women and is sure to raise eyebrows andthe roof with laughter. This comedy will run from July 3rd to July 28th. “We were thrilled and honored when The National Endowment for the Arts provided us with a special grant to produce the long-forgotten comedy Tovarich by Jacques Deval, translated by famed American writer Robert E. Sherwood, and we will present it this August,” said Bonnie J. Monte. “I am very excited to introduce our audiences to this wonderfully eccentric, improbable romance about an indomitable Russian Grand Duchess and her dashing Prince of a husband hiding out in Paris. The provocative issues of the play are given hilarious life by this master of the American stage.” Tovarich will begin performances on August 7th and runs through August 25th. Next, Tony Award-winner Richard Maltby, Jr. makes his Shakespeare Theatre directorial debut with the world premiere of Cathy Tempelsman’s A Most Dangerous Woman which explores the extraordinary life of Mary Ann Evans – better known by her pen name George Eliot – the infamous and groundbreaking author of the Victorian era. A woman of extraordinary passion and intellect, born into a time and society that closed most “doors” to women, Eliot finds a way to unleash her talent despite all odds. A Most Dangerous Woman will run September 18th through October 6th. Thornton Wilder’s Our Town had its very first performance at the McCarter Theatre in 1938 and The Shakespeare Theatre will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of this iconic and beloved American classic with a production in the fall. This Pulitzer Prize-winning play paints the portrait of an ordinary town and its inhabitants and weaves a captivating and timeless tale about life, love, and mortality. Our Town runs October 16th to November 17th and features several school-time matinee performances. Associate Artist Joseph Discher directs. The 2013 season will close with a fantastical odyssey epic filled with perilous adventures, courageous acts, and a thrilling and climactic rejuvenation. Shakespeare’s Pericles is not often produced and director Brian B. Crowe will create a newly-imagined, shimmering vision of this tale that takes audiences across the icy seas in search of new worlds and lost souls. Pericles will begin performances on December 4th and continues through December 29th. Advance orders for Complete Works discount subscriptions, including tickets to all six Main Stage productions, are now being taken. Complete Works discount subscriptions start at $135 for previews. Student subscriptions are available for an amazing deal at only $60 for all six Main Stage productions. Call The Shakespeare Theatre Box Office at 973-408-5600. The Complete Works discount subscription features tickets as low as $22.50 per show, the best seats to all Main Stage productions; free, easy and unlimited ticket exchanges should schedules change; discounts on additional tickets; and the convenience of having tickets in hand and dates scheduled in advance. Call the box office at 973-408-5600. Look for more information at www.ShakespeareNJ.org. Dates and titles are subject to change. A series of special events is also planned for the 2013 Season. Back by popular demand are Something Wicked This Way Comes and Something Merry This Way Comes. Titled from a line in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Something Wicked This Way Comes features esteemed actors from The Shakespeare Theatre company as well as guest artists presenting a 90-minute collage of dramatic readings from the classic canon of the macabre. This one-night-only event will be held on October 28th. Hearkening back to a time when families read to each other, Something Merry This Way Comes is a cornucopia of sparkling and inspiring holiday tales, songs, and poems read by members of The Shakespeare Theatre’s company of actors. Something Merry This Way Comes is appropriate for all ages, and provides a simple and pure antidote to the commercial glitz that inundates lives each year at holiday time. Something Merry This Way Comes will be held on December 16th. Lend Us Your Ears, the Theatre’s acclaimed play reading series, returns for the 2013 season and provides patrons the opportunity to join The Shakespeare Theatre’s directors, actors and artistic staff in exploring diverse and exciting plays. These script-in-hand readings feature members of The Shakespeare Theatre’s esteemed company of actors as well as prestigious guest artists. Reading titles will soon be announced. The Garage Theatre Group celebrates its 20th Anniversary season along with the 60th anniversary of "Charlotte's Web," one of the most popular children's stories of all time. Michael Bias directs the show, which features original music by Charles Strouse (Annie, Bye Bye Birdie). Imaginative costumes created by Terry Thiry are featured among the feathered and furred barnyard characters.
 Additional performances of "Charlotte’s Web" can be arranged for school groups during daytime hours. Prices are $10 per student with one free adult admission for every 15 students. Call the theater to make arrangements. Celebrating 80 years, the Bergen County Players (BCP) will present "Beehive, The 60s Musical," a rollicking revue of a musical decade dominated by historically powerful female performers. Under the direction of Dottie Fischer, Beehive will be performed at the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell from February 16th through March 9th. Shows will be on Fridays and Saturdays at 8p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200, or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office The next production by Pleasant Valley Productions, a community theatre company based in West Orange, is the classic musical, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s adaptation of the well-known Biblical tale will be presented at Roosevelt Middle School in West Orange. Performances will be Saturday, February 9 and 16 at 7 p.m., Sunday, February 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. and President’s Day, Monday, February 18 at 3 p.m. The show is directed by Camille Vecchio-DiLorenzo, with music direction by Ilene Greenbaum and choreography by Cindy Jung McArthur. For more than 30 years, this joyful, family-friendly musical has been giving audiences a new appreciation of the story of Jacob’s favorite son. Joseph, a boy blessed with the ability to interpret dreams, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt. He endures a series of trials and triumphs, from being thrown into jail to becoming Pharaoh’s second in command. Years later, Joseph’s brothers arrive in Egypt, starving and in need of help. Not recognizing their brother, they beg Joseph for assistance; eventually he reveals his identity and grants them all they desire. The story is told entirely in song, spanning musical styles from rock ‘n’ roll and country- western to calypso, pop, and more. Pleasant Valley Productions was formed last year by theatre colleagues, Camille Vecchio-DiLorenzo, Ilene Greenbaum, and Howie Tilkin. The company’s mission is to create a professional theatre experience for local area performers, audience members, students and volunteers while providing a broad range of musical theatre works. After presenting their inaugural production, the critically acclaimed "Songs for a New World" last March at the Pleasantdale Presbyterian Church, they have continued to grow their company’s presence in the community by offering free concerts at the West Orange Public Library as well as an after-school musical theatre enrichment program at Roosevelt Middle School. The ten-week workshop enabled 7th and 8th graders to experience the world of live theatre from auditions through rehearsals and culminated in a performance for family and friends in December. The partnership with the West Orange schools is an integral part of the company's arts education mission and dedication to engaging students in theatre, both on stage and off. In addition to future theatrical events, PVP plans to continue and expand its arts education program and free concert series. Performances of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will be held at Roosevelt Middle School, located at 36 Gilbert Place, West Orange, NJ 07052. For more information, visit www.PleasantValleyProductions.org. For tickets, please visit www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006. Anna Berlinrut and Madelyn Hoffman are among those who will represent the Essex County chapter of Military Families Speak Out and New Jersey Peace Action at The Theater Project’s staged reading of BURY THE DEAD, Irwin Shaw’s 1936 anti-war play. “Shaw’s play against the brutality of war is unfortunately as relevant today as it was over 75 years ago,” says Theater Project artistic director Mark Spina. “We have invited New Jersey Peace Action and Military Families Speak Out to help us discuss the issues raised by the play in our post performance talkbacks with audiences. Our goal is to stimulate dialogue in our community on this issue.” The drama focuses on six soldiers killed in battle who rise up and refuse to be buried and forgotten, in spite of the pleadings of generals, their families, and society. In August 2000, Madelyn Hoffman began her tenure as Executive Director of New Jersey Peace Action (NJPA), one of the nation's oldest grassroots organizations dedicated to nuclear disarmament. She is an adjunct professor of political science, a regular contributor to OpEd News and Bloomfield Life’s “Bloomfield Public Square.” Anna Berlinrut is a co-founder of the Essex County Chapter of Military Families Speak Out. Her son is a Marine currently serving in Afghanistan on his 6th deployment in harm’s way. She believes in the necessity of a strong military for defensive purposes. Ms. Berlinrut was a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against President George W. Bush to have the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq declared unconstitutional on the grounds that Congress lacks the authority to delegate its responsibility to declare war to the President. The Theater Project, an award-winning New Jersey theater company at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts in Maplewood, is known for presenting outrageous comedy as well as drama with social commentary. Last November, the company tackled marriage equality, presenting a one-night-only reading of “8” by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, the play chronicling the historic California challenge to same-sex marriage. "Bury The Dead" brings together twenty Theater Project actors, and will be directed by Artistic Director Mark Spina, who was awarded a 2012 best director award by the Star-Ledger. Each script-in-hand performance will be followed by a discussion with the audience and special guests, February 1 and 2 at 8 p.m, and Feb 3 at 2 p.m. at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, 10 Durand Road, Maplewood, NJ. Tickets ($20) may be reserved by calling 973.763.4029 or purchased through The Theater Project website, thetheaterproject.org The Chatham Community Players will hold open auditions for the musical, "The Fantasticks", book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt. The production runs May 3 – 18, 2013 at the Chatham Playhouse. Frank Licato directs, Patrick Horan is Musical Director. Rehearsals to begin during the last week of February. Auditions will be held on Monday, February 11 and Tuesday, February 12 at 7pm at Stanley Congregational Church at 94 Fairmount Ave, Chatham, NJ. Please prepare a song (in the style of the show), and bring sheet music in the appropriate key. An Accompanist will be provided. Actors auditioning for the roles of Henry, Mortimer and The Mute are asked to prepare an appropriate 2 minute monologue. Headshots and resumes are not required but gladly received. The Chatham Players have an open call casting policy. ALL roles are open, none are precast, and everyone is encouraged to audition. Any questions please call Leslie Reagoso at (973) 769-3886 or email her at [email protected]. For directions or additional information, please visit www.chathamplayers.org Transporting the audience to a day in September, the narrator, El Gallo, tells a story of love and magic. Two young lovers, Luisa and Matt, must meet in secret, because their fathers, Hucklebee and Bellomy, are sworn enemies. Hucklebee and Bellomy have built a wall between their gardens to separate the young people, but Luisa and Matt are sure their love can conquer anything – even a wall – and they will be together forever. Not everything goes according to plan, however, and ultimately Matt and Luisa venture out into the world alone. Finding themselves at the mercy of a cruel world, they start to wonder: is adulthood nothing but a place of pain and broken dreams, or is happiness waiting somewhere just out of sight? El Gallo (Narrator): (strong baritone, low A to F above C) Man, 30-50. Seeking a ruggedly handsome, charismatic actor with sex appeal. Should have a facility for verse and excellent comedic skills. Moves very well. Magic skills a plus. Matt (The Boy): (strong tenor/baritone, low A to F above C) Looks around 20. Seeking a strong actor and singer, energetic, with some dance. Louisa (The Girl): (strong soprano: low B to high C) Looks 20 or younger, requires very strong acting and singing. Some dance. Hucklebee (The Boy’s Father): (baritones, low A to F (D flat) above C) An ex-Navy chief. A bit sloppy. Seeking a strong character actor. Some dance. Must be able to handle harmony. Henry (The Old Actor): Seeking an excellent character actor able to play very old, with strong stage presence. Shakespearean experience an asset. Non-singing role. Mortimer (The Indian): Henry's sidekick. Seeking an “ageless” character actor with good pantomime ability. Non-singing role. Magic skills a plus. Bickford Theatre will present “Murder in Green Meadows” by Douglas Post, a psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, with performances Thursday, Jan. 31 through Sunday, Feb. 17. "Thomas and his wife Joan have moved into their dream house in the quiet suburban town of Green Meadows. As a close friendship develops with their new neighbors, Carolyn and Jeff, an even closer friendship develops between Joan and Jeff. When Thomas finds out about their affair, his violent nature surfaces and he makes two demands of his wife: One, she must stop seeing Jeff. Two, she must kill him. What follows is a diabolical plot with sex, deception and mind games." The theatre is located within the Morris museum at 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia Turnpike) in Morristown, and is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, 12-5 p.m. Tickets: Reserved seats are $45 for the general public, $40 for senior citizens, $38 for Morris Museum and Bickford Theatre Guild Members, and $20 for students (18 or under or with valid college ID). Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. Currently making its Bergen County Players’ (BCP) stage debut as part of the troupe’s landmark 80th season is Arthur Miller’s engrossing and fascinating take on family loyalty "The Price." It will be at the BCP's Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell through February 2nd. Originally staged at the Morosco Theatre in 1968, and nominated for two Tony Awards, including Best Play, this character-driven drama is directed by veteran director Peter Colletto. The cast includes Andrew Lionetti (Westwood), J. Edmund Fond (Secaucus), Sharon Posada (Emerson) and Ed Gross (Westwood). Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for all Friday and Saturday performances, $16 for Sunday performances, and can be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200, or by visiting the box office during regular box office hours. Visa, MasterCard, and American Express cards accepted. All performances take place at The Little Firehouse Theatre, 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, home to the Bergen County Players since 1949. Parking is free at the Park Avenue municipal lot across the street, one half block north of the theater. Celebrating 80 years, the Bergen County Players (BCP) will present "Beehive,"The 60s Musical, a rollicking revue of a musical decade dominated by historically powerful female performers. Under the direction of Dottie Fischer, "Beehive" will be performed at the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell from February 16th through March 9th. Shows will be on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m, and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200, or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office hours. Tickets are $22 or $18 for groups of 20 or more. Whatever you think or remember of the 60s, Beehive is a celebratory 60s musical revue of the famous female vocalists of that time. This fun revue is all about the songs and how these incredible women singers were influenced by their social and political times. So while there was a lot of excitement, turbulence was always in the air. Women were questioning their roles in society and standing up for themselves in ways never before attempted. As it has for the past few seasons, BCP will continue to offer a "Questions & Artists" (Q&A) discussion following select performances. Beehive, The 60s Musical Q&A will kick off immediately following the February 22, 2013 performance. Admission to the Q&A is included in the cost of the ticket. Discount tickets for students age 25 and under with proper ID are available in advance for $14 by phone or walk-up only. A 'Student Rush' ticket can be purchased for $5 at the box office window starting 30 minutes before curtain with proper ID; this is a cash-only with a limit of one ticket per student. Parking is free at the Park Avenue municipal lot across the street, one half-block north of the theater. "The Bergen County Players has grown tremendously from its roots as a small community theater when it was founded in 1932; today, nearly 300 volunteer members, working on and off stage, make possible the nine productions presented each season. The remaining season includes: Better Late (March 23rd, April 20th, 2013) and Boeing-Boeing (May 4th, June 2nd, 2013)." Further information can be found at www.bcplayers.org where tickets can be purchased at no additional fee. Intro to Improv Comedy for Adults and Teens-Get your comedy groove on while gaining confidence and having FUN! Have you seen our improv comedy shows and thought "that looks like so much fun"? Do you envy the ease at which some people face a crowd? Are you an actor exploring comedy? If yes, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE... this course is just for you! GREAT OPPORTUNITY to try improv comedy in this two-hour workshop taught by professional improv master Dave Maulbeck. Terrell Wheeler attended Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and recently made his Off-Broadway debut in Katori Hall's"Children of Killers" as Vincent. Other credits include "Kings River"(Foxhole Entertainment, Medicine Show Theatre), "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" as Pontius Pilot (Wide Eyed Productions, Richmond Shepard Theatre) and "Mourning Sun" (Shaggae's Song Performing Arts Collective, Five Angels Theater. Anton Floyd, known for his charm and quick wit has been gracing stages nationwide. This Texarkana, Arkansas native decided to pursue acting while attending Alabama State. After four years of service in the United States of America Marine Corp he attended Penn State for Masters Training. While at Penn State, he completed two years of study and decided it was time to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional actor. Anton Floyd's professional roles include: Grant Wiggins, A Lesson Before Dying; Cory, Fences (Black Theatre Troup, AZ); Darren Lemming, Take me Out (Provincetown Theatre, MA); Booth, TopDog UnderDog (New Horizon Theatre, PA); Sterling Johnson, Radio Golf; Toledo, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Kuntu Repertory Theatre, PA). Chester Theatre Group is presenting Nora and Delia Ephron’s touching and comic adaptation of Ilene Beckerman’s book “Love, Loss and What I Wore” for one weekend only February 1 – 3, 2013. Ilene Beckerman, author of the bestselling LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, will be part of the seven member cast of the Chester Theatre Group’s production to be held at the Black River Playhouse Friday and Saturday, February 1-2 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, February 3 at 2 p.m. Directed by Cindy Alexander, the play, which was adapted for the stage by Nora and Delia Ephron, ran successfully off-Broadway for several seasons garnering rave reviews. The New York Times called the show “Funny, compelling” and “Brought down the house.” It weaves stories about women, clothes and memory covering all the important subjects and their impact on moments in their lives. There will be a talk back with the cast after each performance. Playhouse 22 will be having open auditions for "Sunday in the Park with George," a musical by Stephen Sondheim and directed by Jonathan Wierzbicki with musical direction by Rory Chalcraft on Sunday, January 27 at 1 p.m. and Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at 7 p.m. The show dates are April 19 - May 5, 2013. All shows are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Auditions will be held at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. The Growing Stage, The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey, located in the Historic Palace Theatre on Route 183 in Netcong, New Jersey will next present the East Coast Premiere of "With Two Wings" from February 1st through February 24th. Performances are Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m., plus Saturday and Sunday matinees at 4 p.m. "With Two Wings" created by Anne Negri is the winner of our 2011-2012 New Play Reading Festival. Also, the play was a recipient of the 2009 Playwrighting Award from the Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences playwrighting competition. It was further developed at Write Now (formerly The Bonderman Playwrighting for Youth), a national playwrighting competition and symposium presented by Indiana Repertory Theatre and Childsplay in Arizona. "With Two Wings" is under the direction of Stephen L. Fredericks, The Growing Stage’s Executive Director. The play takes place in a world where people are born with wings and the ability to fly. The story centers around a young boy named Lyf, who lives a hidden existence in the woods with his parents. One day, a pair of twins, Meta and Taur, stumble upon Lyf’s isolated home. Meta gives Lyf secret flying lessons and Taur begins to ask questions about Lyf’s mysterious family. When Lyf discovers his father’s top-secret invention, he must confront his parents and face a reality that will either tear them apart or bring them closer together. It is a story of trust, taking risks, forgiveness, sensitivity about our differences and most importantly about taking ownership of one’s own story. "With Two Wings" features the talents of five professional equity performers in the cast. P. J. Schweizer of Doylestown, PA, who recently played the role of Hermey the Elf in our production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, returns to our stage as Lyf; Rosemary Glennon of Tewksbury and Josh Carpenter of Queens, NY portraying Meta and Taur. Also in the cast are Lori B. Lawrence of Hackettstown and Sam Kitchin of Sparta playing Mom and Dad. The Growing Stage continues FUN-tastic Fridays with all tickets $15! Saturday and Sunday tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for children and seniors. To place your reservation, contact the Growing Stage Box Office at (973) 347-4946 or e-mail at [email protected] Group rates and Birthday Party packages are available. "Fuddy Meers" is the name of a very funny, very quirky dark comedy now playing at the Barn Theatre in Montville. With the 85th season lineup including such Broadway Tony winning or nominated productions as "Noises Off," "God of Carnage" and "Chorus Line" The Barn and director Todd Mills selected for their mid-season play the lesser known, but still very entertaining, "Fuddy Meers" by David Lindsay-Abaire. It was Lindsay-Abaire's first play and debuted off-Broadway in 1999. One reviewer proclaimed Lindsay-Abaire a "comic genius." He also earned several awards during the initial run, including Most Promising Dramatist in 1999. Since then Lindsay-Abaire received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play Rabbit Hole, which also earned several Tony Award nominations. He wrote the book and lyrics for the new musical Shrek the Musical which opened on Broadway in 2009 and several films including "Rabbit Hole" with Nicole Kidman. As his first play "Fuddy Meers" may not have the polish of his later plays, but nonetheless it is a unique, outrageous, highly entertaining play populated by seven unforgettable characters. Here is the difficult or awkward part for a reviewer...the plays success is built on a barrage of plot twists and surprises that naturally we are not about to reveal. The play centers on a married woman, Claire, who lives in a suburban home with her husband Richard and 17 year old son Kenny. The husband operates the MRI at the local hospital were he met Claire, a school nurse. Sounds very normal...except several years ago Claire was in an accident (or was she?) that left her with a rare form of amnesia that erases her memory whenever she falls asleep. Each morning she is reintroduced to her husband, son and the rest of her world.... including her own name. The husband's clever method of restoring at least some of her memory is to review with her a scrapbook he assembled including photographs of family members and others all properly labeled. The play covers one day and begins in the morning in the master bedroom with Claire awaking to find a strange man lurking in her room.....husband Richard or is he? Before her day is over she is kidnapped or is she? Her husband plans to kill her or does he? She is involved with thieves, a cop, her stroke-afflicted mother and a "potty" mouthed puppet. Any further plot or character description will lead us into "spoiler" territory. Ok, the plot is bizarre and often defies logic, but it is fun and it has a very able cast led by Jill Bormann (Chester Theater Group regulars will remember Jill from "Mauritius") she's wonderful as Claire...a role that requires spending the entire play dressed in pajamas! Nicely playing Richard, her slightly nerdy husband (or is he?), is Fred Halperin. Caroline Crafton is Heidi, a specially attractive cop. Particularly well cast, i.e absolutely perfect in their roles, are Jean Habrukowich as Gertie, Claire’s mother, a cerebral hemorrhage victim who speaks in “stroke talk.” She's simply marvelous. Anthony Duke Claus as Kenny, Claire's son, Joe Guadara as not so bright Millet and Michael Reddin as The Limping Man are each outstanding. Oh, so is the real charmer of the cast Hinky-Binky played to perfection by Handrew Soxx with an assist from Joe Guadara. As with most of the productions we've seen at The Barn Theatre these performances are at or near professional level. Director Todd Mills, of the Mills family of directors, has produced another winner for this distinguished community theatre. Todd Mills not only directed he is responsible for set, lighting and sound design. Assisting Mills are Claire MacDonald stage manager, Dave McDonald props, Brian James Grace hair and make-up, Christine Morgan costume design and Carol Offermann and Sean Byrne light and sound operation. The co-producers are Janet Lazar and John Weiss. Remaining performances will be on January 25, 26 and February 1 and 2 at 8 p.m; and January 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 (senior/student tickets are $16 on matinees only). The Barn Theatre is located on Skyline Drive in Montville, NJ, just minutes off Exit 47 from Route 287. For more reservations, information or directions, call The Barn Theatre Box Office at (973) 334-9320, or visit The Barn on the web at www.barntheatre.org. Dreamcatcher Rep is the first New Jersey theatre to present "The Language Archive," Julia Cho's hit play that recently ran at both the Roundabout in New York and South Coast Rep in California. This comedy of the heart explores the mysterious language of love as it weaves together the stories of five people in the throes of love. OC Weekly said that this 2010 Blackburn Prize winner is, "A quirky but ravishingly well-written piece that is smart, funny, deep and tender." Performances are Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. The location: Oakes Center 120 Morris Avenue, Summit -Directions. (entrance on Russell Place, parking lot on Ashwood Ave.) Submitted photo — High Point State Park, including the former Kuser Mansion, was deeded to the Commissioners of High Point State Park on April 24, 1923, with the formal dedication on May 23, 1923. Submitted photo — The High Point Monument, which was dedicated "To the glory and honor and eternal memory of New Jersey's Heroes by land and sea and air in all wars of our country." Photo by Jennie Sweetman — Interpretative signs were dedicated by the Friends of High Point State Park in June 2003. The heading on this particular signage reflects that "Public Parks: Refuge & Recreation for All. At the Park's 75th Anniversary Celebration, the brochure included the verbiage that: High Point State Park is a public legacy of the philanthropy of Colonel Anthony R. Kuser and his wife, Susie Dryden Kuser. In 1922, the Kusers offered to donate their 10,600-acre mountaintop estate to the state of New Jersey for a public park and wildlife preserve." MONTAGUE/WANTAGE -- A press release received from state Sen. Steve Oroho, R-24th Dist, appeared in local newspapers, including the Herald, on June 12, in which it was announced that a bill was pending to change the name of High Point State Park to High Point Veterans' State Park. The release noted that the proposed name change had passed the Senate Environment and Energy Committee. The Legislation, which has bipartisan sponsorship in both houses of the Legislature, now heads to the full state Senate for consideration. Assemblyman Parker Space and Hal Wirths, also both R-24th Dist., and Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker, D-28th Dist., sponsor the identical Assembly legislation. Bill S542 reads in part that: "In 1918, the New Jersey Department of Conservation and Development proposed the creation on the Kittatinny Mountains in Sussex and Warren counties a great forest park for the benefit of the whole people." "In 1920, Director Alfred Gaskil of the Division of Parks and Forestry suggested that the park be established as the State's memorial to its sons who had made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. "In fulfillment of this plan, Colonel Anthony Kuser deeded his mountaintop summer estate at High Point to the State in 1923 for a public park and avian sanctuary. "In November 1927, Colonel Kuser further donated $500,00 to erect a granite-clad obelisk on New Jersey's highest peak to honor the veterans of all wars. "The High Point Veterans' Monument was dedicated to the ‘Glory and Honor and Eternal Memory of New Jersey's heroes by land, sea, and air, in all wars of our Country' in June 1930. "Although the High Point Veterans' Monument is one of the most visible and best known landmarks in the State, and is a symbol of the State's parks and forests, the purpose for which it was built has receded from memory, and the surrounding park is now only known by the name High Point State Park." The new section concludes, "It is therefore appropriate to rename the entire park to emphasize the original purpose to which it was dedicated and to respect the men and women who have given their lives to protect this country." (Incidentally, one section of the bill refers to High Point State Park as "Island Beach State Park. Ouch!). One county resident, Michael Bender, however, takes exception to the proposal bill, as he believes the information that is portrayed in the bill is inaccurate. Bender expresses concern that if the bill is adopted, that the incorrect information that appears in the bill S542 will be perpetuated forever by the proposed name change. Bender holds the position that the donation of the park by Susie Dryden Kuser and her husband, Col. Anthony R. Kuser was that the park and the monument are to be viewed as two separate entities with the park dedicated as a park, natural preserve and avian center and the monument dedicated to the "Glory and Honor and Eternal Memory of New Jersey's heroes by land, sea and air, in all wars of our Country." To prove his point, Bender points to the inscription that appears on one of the signs erected in the park to replace the Kuser Mansion that was demolished in October 1995. The inscription reads: "The Gift of a State Park -- High Point -- One of New Jersey's First State Parks. Like many early parks, High Point was privately owned for many years. During the early 1900s it was the summer estate of Anthony Kuser and his wife, Susie Dryden Kuser. Senator John F. Dryden, founder of Prudential Life Insurance, also owned a substantial amount of the land. Devoted conservationists, the Kusers and Drydens ultimately decided that their estates should become a public park for all to enjoy. "High Point State Park was dedicated in 1923 as a nature reserve for the public and to protect wildlife and water resources. High Point was one of the first state parks in New Jersey and served as a model for other parks." As for the history of the park and the monument, early pioneer settlers cleared the lands, sold the timbers and had homesteads on the mountain. It was Port Jervis, N.Y., resident Charles St. John Jr. who built the High Point Inn in 1890. Although initially a popular summer resort, hard times hit and St. John was forced into bankruptcy. In 1910, fraternal twins, John and Anthony Kuser purchased the inn and surrounding land. In 1911, John sold his portion to his brother and plans were implemented to change the inn into a private country estate. To accomplish this, a portion of the inn was demolished. According to local tradition, the Kusers did not use the estate very often, as Mrs. Kuser did not like the snakes that abounded on the property. In "High Point Park -- on the roof of New Jersey" compiled by author Albert Payson Terhune, it was written that "High Point State Park, consisting of 10,500 acres of mountain and forest and the house and other buildings on it, was given to New Jersey in 1922 by Colonel and Mrs. Anthony R. Kuser as a bird sanctuary, nature reservation and for general park purposes. It was accepted by the Legislature of 1923 and a commission appointed to govern it." On April 24, 1923, the land was deeded to the Commissioners of High Point State Park. The First Board of Commissioners consisted of President Wayne Dumont, Vice President Dr. John L. Haggerty, second Vice President Gertrude Scudder Bodine, Treasurer Felix Fuld and Executive Secretary John J Stanton. According to the program of the dedication of the High Point Monument, actual construction of the monument started in August 1928, and the huge reinforced concrete base was poured that fall before cold weather halted further work. Ceremonies attending the laying of the cornerstone were held June 8, 1929. Dedication of the monument was held June 21, 1930, with Hon. Dryden Kuser, Senator of Somerset County, (and the son of the original donators) presenting the monument and then-Gov. Morgan F. Larson accepting it. As the program noted, there were two bronze tablets, one at the right of the entrance door to the monument and one at the left. The tablet on the right bore the following inscription, "This monument is erected by Colonel and Mrs. Anthony R. Kuser to the Glory and Honor and Eternal Memory of New Jersey's Heroes by land and sea and air in all wars of our country." The tablet on the left bears the following inscription, "High Point Monument, Height 120 feet, Base 34 Feet Square at the platform and 20 feet square where apex begins. The base of the monument is erected on the highest point in the state of New Jersey, altitude 1827 feet above sea level." Newspaper accounts reported that three showers interrupted the program, causing those about the grounds to hastily seek shelter. Senate Bill S542 is pending in the state Legislature but county resident Bender expresses concern that the history contained in the bill is misleading and that by changing the park's name, the original intent of the donation of the park by the Kusers will be lost forever. Jennie Sweetman is the history columnist for the New Jersey Herald. She may be contacted at [email protected]. Join us for our Fall Celebration at Diggerland complete with festive fall decorations throughout the park and some great fall activities for the whole family! A ground maintenance contractor is a the company which keeps the environment clean, healthy, safe and attractive. They work on business parks, golf course, athletics field and parks and ensure a clean and beautiful environment is maintained. A ground maintenance contractor have the following roles; landscaping, planting grass, flowers and bush around the compound to maintain a green and beautiful environment around a building. Also the ground maintenance contractor apply fertilizer and water to the planted vegetation to ensure it grows healthy. After the vegetation have grown the ground maintenance contractor trims shrubs and pull weed for the vegetation to ensure health growing of the vegetation. The ground maintenance contractor cuts down tree branches that possess danger to human or those that prevent light penetration. Also rake and mulch work in a compound are the role of the ground contractor as he or she ensures the environment is clean and attractive. Ground maintenance contractor are responsible for grass cutting and collecting leaves and dry plants in the compound. Ground maintenance contractors removes algae and moss on walls part, rocky parts and walkways. It may be through manual removal or use of pesticide. This occurs during rainy seasons as algae grows in presence of high humidity in the atmosphere. Also stained walls may be painted by the ground maintenance contractor. The ground maintenance contractor provide maintenance service and repair to equipment utilized in ground keeping and landscaping. Also can maintenance procedure such as fixing fountains. The contractor can trim edges around flower bed, walls and walkways. On the walkways the contractor sweep, build walkways and remove snows that may cause a person to fall. Also the ground maintenance contractor sprays pesticides to get ride if insects such as mosquito and wasp which may cause harm to human. The contractor can also build simple fence to control movement of people in walkways or protect an area which contain delicate plant such as a small tree. Ground maintenance contractor offer advisory services relating to landscaping, designing of compounds and appropriate vegetation to plant. Due to their knowledge, they know the appropriate timing for planting season and correct species of flower, grass and shrubs that can survive in a particular type of soil. Also they offer financial advice on construction and maintenance cost of a landscape. Ground maintenance contractor are responsible for attraction or repulsion of local animals such as birds, reptile or insects. The contractor may attract insects such as butterfly, bee and grasshopper which help in pollinating flowers. Butterfly species also beautify the environment. While birds feed on nectar they pollinate the flowers and help in the continuation of plant generation. During rainy season ground maintenance contractor drains of stagnant water to prevent breeding site for mosquitoes. Also they are responsible for swimming pool care. Ground maintenance contractor clean swimming pool and exchange water, then afterwards the treat the water using chloride to decontaminate it. Ground maintenance contractor are responsible for cleaning and clearance of gutters, to ensure harvesting of clean water and prevent wastage of water during raining seasons due to blockage. Also the provide tree surgery services which include repair of damaged tree, removal of damaged part or straightening of branches. Also ground maintenance contractor offer training services on ground machinery and equipment to new user to prevent accident and damage of working tools. Ground maintenance contractors have skills in tree and flower nursery. This is an important skill because several species of trees and flower can be planted and sold for commercial purposes. The ground maintenance contractor have special skills in determination of diseases that may attack trees, grass and flower. This will help in prevention measures to avoid loses and treatment of affected area on time. Since ground maintenance contractor are well trained in handling of chemicals and pesticides, correct treatment measures are taken and also health safety is ensured. In conclusion ground maintenance contractor are important since they maintain a clean, habitable and beautiful environment. It is important to hire a ground maintenance contractor due to their level of skill in matter related to the environment and landscaping. To be able to have a healthy, safe and clean environment, ground maintenance contractors needed to be hired and equipped with adequate knowledge during their training. The importance of grass maintenance to a business cannot be overemphasised. Grass renders to a business a unique connection to nature, and is one of the most welcoming sites to just about every person ... read more

In a big win for NPPA (National Press Photographer’s Association), after years of litigation, a federal judge struck down a Wyoming law that unconstitutionally banned photography in certain circumstances in Wyoming. They were represented by Public Justice in this case, but Mickey H. Osterreicher, Esq. and Alicia Wagner Calzada, PLLC dedicated many hours to this effort. Here is the link to the article about the case: https://www.wyofile.com/judge-strikes-down-data-trespass-laws-as-unconstitutional This entry was posted in Advocacy, Education, Industry News, Legal and tagged data trespass law, NPPA, Wyoming on October 30, 2018 by Cathy Aron. I did a bit better at my last predictions, hitting 50%. Now lets see if I can do one better this time around. Now for the breakdown. As good as the Penguins have been, I don’t think that they’ll be able to beat the more physical Flyers. I expect Philly to push their weight around and just bash the fragile Penguins into submission. Biron also has been pretty hot during these playoffs and we can expect this aspect to continue. As far as Stars vs Wings is concerned, its more a gut feeling than anything else. Some brief thoughts on the 2nd round. I was very surprised to see the Rangers fold the way they did. I fully expected them to make it to the finals this year. However, I did not expect the Penguins to be as good as they have been. I was also very happy to see the Habs lose. They choked big time, and Price was shown to not be as invulnerable as everyone makes him out to be. They are a young team, so we can expect them to be very competitive next year. For the west coast, I wasn’t surprised at the Detroit series. The Avs were hurt and were clearly inferior to Detroit during these playoffs. Again, for the Stars, it was just a gut feeling. San Jose were picked to be the favourites in this year’s playoffs, but I was honestly surprised that they even got out of the first round. If my predictions are correct, then we’re looking at a Dallas vs Philly final. Now that would be very interesting to see. Ran into an interesting little bug this past week with SharePoint 2013 Design Manager master pages. After having a friend recreate the issue on her VM, I contacted the Microsoft product team and confirmed this is an issue they hope to solve with a future update. Essentially, if you create a master page with the Design Manager, whether a minimal master or one that has been converted from HTML and CSS, the Site Contents > Add an app page will not allow you to add apps or lists to your site. This issue also impact the out of the box Oslo master page. Here is what you should see when you go to the Add an App page: With this bug you end up never seeing the Apps you can add section. Sometimes you will see the “Working on it…” message and other times you will just see the Noteworthy apps. The key to fixing this problem is to make sure your master page includes: DeltaPlaceHolderLeftNavBar, PlaceHolderLeftNavBar, DeltaPlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea, and PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea and that each of them is not set to Visible=False. To do this in an HTML master page with Design Manager you would add the following snippets: With these lines in place, the Apps you can add should show up again. Note, if you aren’t making a Design Manager HTML master page you will still want to ensure these controls (without the DM comments) are included somewhere in your master page and not marked as Visible=False. An error occurred during translation of your HTML master page. For more information, please navigate to the master page by clicking the preview button in the Master Page Gallery or directly typing its URL. However, once you add an app and change branding/master page, it breaks the management portion of the app. You have to remove the app and add it again. It seems the permission given to your custom master page gets broken upon change in branding. Hey Randy, just came across this bug myself for a client I’m working with and found this is ONLY true if you apply your custom master to the “system” master page. Applying it just to the Site master will still allow you to ‘Add an App’. But thanks for posting this solution, this is great news there’s a fix:) Solved. I added the PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea within my breadcrumb code. This solved my issue and I can now select all available appps. Hi Randy. I know this is a very old post but I ran into this exact issue today using OSLO. Any idea why this issue would appear but then suddenly pop up? Client has been running OSLO just fine for a month now. Then today- wham.

If you want to lose weight and look like the women on the Red Carpet, try these tasty appetizers from the Carb Lovers Diet Cookbook. This tasty pizza boasts a whole wheat crust and is topped with fresh tomato and basil, mozzarella, and chicken sausage. Serve small wedges as appetizers or larger pieces for a dinner main dish. We took this traditionally high-fat appetizer and gave it a makeover using reduced-fat sour cream, a reduced amount of cheese, and smaller potatoes to keep these bites portion-controlled. This hearty layered bean dip is always a bit hit at parties, but is also high in fiber and low in fat. These mini cornmeal muffins are flavored with feta cheese and corn kernels and great for snacking or serving with soup or chili. Potato chips are no longer forbidden when you’re trying to lose weight. These crisp and tasty chips are made from thin slices of russet potato that are tossed in a small amount of oil and baked. Zesty and bold, this richly textured pepper spread is fabulous for parties, and also helps jazz up sandwiches and wraps. Make individual pizzas by topping whole wheat pita rounds with arugula, olives, roasted peppers and feta cheese. This prosciutto-and-cheese-topped pizza on a whole wheat crust is a great choice for either a party appetizer or a main dish. Cut into 16 slices for appetizer servings. The editors at Health who brought you the The CarbLovers Diet offer a cookbook with a collection of easy, carb-loaded recipes that will help you get and stay slim without ever feeling hungry. Dealing with outside plumbing can be a challenge, especially if you have a large area to maintain. Outdoor plumbing systems can include everything from faucets to drains, septic tanks, sewer lines and more. It’s important to keep a vigilant eye on your outdoor plumbing maintenance because inclement weather can cause damage to your system without your knowledge. Check out the following outdoor plumbing tips to help you keep your system in tip-top shape. Check all faucets and hose bibs to make sure water flows freely. If an outdoor faucet is barely dripping or if there is leakage the first time the hose is turned on, a pipe may have cracked and needs to be repaired. It’s important to winterize outdoor faucets and pipes to prevent them from freezing. Frozen pipes can expand and crack. If the water pressure on your outdoor faucet is inconsistent (e.g., fine one day and not great the next), there could be debris blocking the opening. There are several potential culprits, including the washer, the spigot, the inside valve, the aerator, or the inside of the faucet spout. Check for birds’ nests that may have been built in plumbing vent pipes, like the ones from the dryer to the outside. A twice-a-year application of Roto-Rooter® Root Destroyer can retard the growth of roots in your drain line. Simply pour the recommended dosage into your toilet bowl and flush the product into the line. For those who don’t feel confident in diagnosing and fixing a clogged drain – or those who simply don’t have time! – call Roto-Rooter’s drain cleaning service at 800-438-7686 or contact us online. Septic tanks should be inspected and pumped every three to five years to help prevent costly replacement of the filter field. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, replacing or repairing a malfunctioning system can cost $3,000-$7,000! Add Roto-Rooter® Septic & Cesspool Treatment to your septic system every four to six months to maintain a healthy, free-flowing system. Maintain a detailed record of all septic system maintenance visits, as well as repairs, permits, pumpings and inspections. Also keep a sketch of your septic system’s location and any other pertinent information with your file. Our 80-plus years of national experience, combined with our local knowledge and understanding of the Dallas market, give us the resources and know-how to provide you with 24/7 emergency plumbing, sewer and drain services with iron-clad guarantees that the work will be done right. We are committed to keeping Dallas healthy by providing all of your water service needs. Call on the original Roto-Rooter today. Researchers demonstrating the ability of aluminum to repel oil underwater. Courtesy of the researchers Metal-air batteries are one of the lightest and most compact types of batteries available, but they can have a major limitation: When not in use, they degrade quickly, as corrosion eats away at their metal electrodes. Now, MIT researchers have found a way to substantially reduce that corrosion, making it possible for such batteries to have much longer shelf lives. While typical rechargeable lithium-ion batteries only lose about 5 percent of their charge after a month of storage, they are too costly, bulky, or heavy for many applications. Primary (nonrechargeable) aluminum-air batteries are much less expensive and more compact and lightweight, but they can lose 80 percent of their charge a month. The MIT design overcomes the problem of corrosion in aluminum-air batteries by introducing an oil barrier between the aluminum electrode and the electrolyte - the fluid between the two battery electrodes that eats away at the aluminum when the battery is on standby. The oil is rapidly pumped away and replaced with electrolyte as soon as the battery is used. As a result, the energy loss is cut to just 0.02 percent a month - more than a thousandfold improvement. The findings are reported today in the journal Science by former MIT graduate student Brandon J. Hopkins ’18, W.M. Keck Professor of Energy Yang Shao-Horn, and professor of mechanical engineering Douglas P. Hart. While several other methods have been used to extend the shelf life of metal-air batteries (which can use other metals such as sodium, lithium, magnesium, zinc, or iron), these methods can sacrifice performance Hopkins says. Most of the other approaches involve replacing the electrolyte with a different, less corrosive chemical formulation, but these alternatives drastically reduce the battery power. Other methods involve pumping the liquid electrolyte out during storage and back in before use. These methods still enable significant corrosion and can clog plumbing systems in the battery pack. Because aluminum is hydrophilic (water-attracting) even after electrolyte is drained out of the pack, the remaining electrolyte will cling to the aluminum electrode surfaces. "The batteries have complex structures, so there are many corners for electrolyte to get caught in," which results in continued corrosion, Hopkins explains. To demonstrate the ability of aluminum to repel oil underwater, the researchers plunged this sample of aluminum into a beaker containing a layer of oil floating on water. When the sample enters the water layer, all the oil that clung to the surface on the way down quickly falls away, showing its property of underwater oleophobicity. Courtesy of the researchers. A key to the new system is a thin membrane placed between the battery electrodes. When the battery is in use, both sides of the membrane are filled with a liquid electrolyte, but when the battery is put on standby, oil is pumped into the side closest to the aluminum electrode, which protects the aluminum surface from the electrolyte on the other side of the membrane. The new battery system also takes advantage of a property of aluminum called "underwater oleophobicity" - that is, when aluminum is immersed in water, it repels oil from its surface. As a result, when the battery is reactivated and electrolyte is pumped back in, the electrolyte easily displaces the oil from the aluminum surface, which restores the power capabilities of the battery. Ironically, the MIT method of corrosion suppression exploits the same property of aluminum that promotes corrosion in conventional systems. The result is an aluminum-air prototype with a much longer shelf life than that of conventional aluminum-air batteries. The researchers showed that when the battery was repeatedly used and then put on standby for one to two days, the MIT design lasted 24 days, while the conventional design lasted for only three. Even when oil and a pumping system are included in scaled-up primary aluminum-air battery packs, they are still five times lighter and twice as compact as rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs for electric vehicles, the researchers report. Hart explains that aluminum, besides being very inexpensive, is one of the "highest chemical energy-density storage materials we know of" - that is, it is able to store and deliver more energy per pound than almost anything else, with only bromines, which are expensive and hazardous, being comparable. He says many experts think aluminum-air batteries may be the only viable replacement for lithium-ion batteries and for gasoline in cars. Aluminum-air batteries have been used as range extenders for electric vehicles to supplement built-in rechargeable batteries, to add many extra miles of driving when the built-in battery runs out. They are also sometimes used as power sources in remote locations or for some underwater vehicles. But while such batteries can be stored for long periods as long as they are unused, as soon as they are turned on for the first time, they start to degrade rapidly. Such applications could greatly benefit from this new system, Hart explains, because with the existing versions, "you can’t really shut it off. You can flush it and delay the process, but you can’t really shut it off." However, if the new system were used, for example, as a range extender in a car, "you could use it and then pull into your driveway and park it for a month, and then come back and still expect it to have a usable battery. ... I really think this is a game-changer in terms of the use of these batteries." With the greater shelf life that could be afforded by this new system, the use of aluminum-air batteries could "extend beyond current niche applications," says Hopkins. The team has already filed for patents on the process. "The technique introduced here is eloquent in that it uses fundamental surface physics to estimate required oil and membrane properties, and the results demonstrate predicted performance," says Robert Savinell, a professor of engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, who was not involved in this research. "This work may indeed mitigate the need for costly high-purity metals and alloys for primary metal-air batteries, and might reduce the complexities of electrolyte additives." Savinell adds, "The ability to efficiently extract usable energy from high energy-density aluminum-air batteries, especially under intermittent use conditions, will facilitate the development and improvement of technologies requiring very high energy-densities for extended operation." This is the first of what will be many weekly articles on the San Francisco Automotive Solutions Blog. 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Alleman has hired St. Ambrose assistant Kyle Murray to be their new basketball coach. Murray was an assistan with SAU for 11 years. This will be his first head coaching position. (CNN) — To the surprise of no one, Netflix’s fan fave TV series “Stranger Things” is officially coming back for another season. It also picked up a SAG Award earlier this year for best drama series ensemble. The win solidified show’s status as a genre series that is also a critical hit — a rare feat. The Fight Bracelet is an officially licensed product and has 4 strands of 14kt gold artist wire with a sterling silver bar. Each bracelet has a 11mm Long x 10mm Wide X 8mm Thick Sterling Silver Collegiate Bead in the center of the bracelet. The Center Collegiate Bead turns so you can wear the bracelet two ways (some Collegiate Beads are the same on both sides). I’m so excited to have an exhibitor table (see here) at this convention in June for my debut novel Edge of Truth. For now, I’m busy gathering swag (Signed Books, Bookmarks, Tats, etc. !!!!) donated from some of my author friends. I’m also throwing in a copy of my book. children in some parts of world have less responsibility compared to children in the past. some people think this is a positive change. However others think of it as negative change.what is your opinion Questions › Category: Writing Task 2 › children in some parts of world have less responsibility compared to children in the past. some people think this is a positive change. However others think of it as negative change.what is your opinion Now-a-days, the responsibilities of children have declined rapidly compared to the children in long back. Few people think this as an appreciable approach,while others do not. In my opinion, i strongly feel that children should be more responsible from their earlier ages. Firstly, in the world there have been cutthroat competitions in all aspects and if children take responsibilities from their early stages, that would lead them to a strengthened person when they become an adult. In a competitive world,if a child is grown up with more responsibility, they can also be very desciplined. Secondly, if children are indulged with more responsibilities, their concentrations to other filthy activities would decreases and even crime rates of country can also be reduced. This could also lead country in many betterment. Finally, a highly responsible children will become more organised and will become well planned for later assignments. As they have overcome many hurdles in younger stage, they will not be much overwhelmed in future miseries. To conclude, irrespective of people thinking that children should make less responsible, i condemn them and i highly support that child should give and make them feel responsible. Now-a-days, the responsibilities of children have declined rapidly compared to those of the children in long back (cuz here you are comparing the responsibility). Few people think this as an appreciable approach, while others do not. In my opinion, I strongly feel that children should be more responsible from their earlier ages. Firstly, in the world there have been cutthroat competitions in all aspects and if children take responsibilities from their early stages, that would lead them to a they can be strengthened stronger person when they become an adult. In a competitive world, if a child is grown up with more responsibility, they can also be very desciplined disciplined. Secondly, if children are indulged with more responsibilities, their concentrations to other filthy activities would will decreases and even crime rates of that country can also be reduced. This could also lead the country in many much betterment. Finally, a highly responsible children child will become more organised and will become well planned for later assignments. As they have overcome many hurdles in younger stage, they will not be much overwhelmed in future miseries. To conclude, irrespective of people thinking that children should make less responsible, I condemn them and I highly support that child should give and make them feel responsible. Now-a-days Nowadays, the responsibilities of children have declined rapidly compared to the children in long back. Few people think this is as an appreciable approach,while others do not. In my opinion, i I strongly feel that children should be more responsible from their earlier ages. Firstly, in the world reality, there have been cutthroat competitions in all aspects and . if If children take responsibilities from their early stages, that would lead them to be a strengthened person when they become an adult. In a competitive world, if a child is grown up with more responsibility, they can also be very desciplined. Secondly, if children are indulged with more responsibilities, their concentrations to other filthy activities would decreases decrease and even crime rates of that country can also be reduced. This could also lead country in many betterment. Lexical Resource: 5.0 (uses only basic vocabulary which may be used repetitively or which may be inappropriate for the task) Overall: 4.5 (You have ideas but you did not know how to express the ideas in a proper way. The only way you can improve your writing is developing your reading skills. From that, you can learn how they express their ideas and how they use less common vocabulary) In many parts of the world, children are now less responsible than the children in the past. Some of them consider these changes positive, while for others it is a negative change. In my opinion, I believe that these changes are effecting our children negatively. Many parents treat their children at the age of 18 as independent person to make decisions and also provide everything demanded by their children, regardless of their needs. Because of these reasons they become more self oriented and they are not ready to take the other responsibility, as they give priority to themselves. Moreover, parents nowadays are busy with work and most of the families are nuclear oriented, due to that reason, children are not getting the chance to be with the families, whereas most of the time they are staying by themselves engaged in their own world of technology, which keeps them more isolated. Hence people are very less concerned about others and their surroundings or even about the society and they are not ready to take any task in their life and become very stressful when they face any simple difficulties. In the past people from the younger ages to older age they are more strong mentally and physically as they are were grown in such environment. In other words, people were grown in a joint family system, there were large number of people in the house and the elder one should take care of the younger children in every way. Hence they are very much concerned about the family members and each of them are responsible to others. Moreover, they should work hard from the young ages to support their families, which helped the older generation to be more responsible. However, now there are many other parts of the world, where they start practicing their children to be more responsible to others and to the society. For example, In China , from the school itself the students have to clean their classrooms, washrooms and the school surroundings. Furthermore, in Canada, they are giving more priority to volunteer work , in order to get placed in any course or work. Thus, the people are very keen to help others and to be supportive and caring person. These practice make each child to have more positive outlook on others. To conclude, I firmly believe that the people are less responsible compared to the past generation are mainly due to their living environment. Obviously, these changing attitude of the new parents effect negatively to the children, they will be more scared to take the responsibility and will be less courageous to take the task or to face any problem in their life. After 7 years together Marshall (Houston Rhines) and Gabe (Noah Schuffman) are in a bit of a rut. Their relationship has reached the stage of early nights, birthday sex and passing each other in the hallway. Late one night Marshall answers a pop up on his computer, downloading the eCupid app in a search for something “different.” To say the app takes over his life, would be an understatement. Marshall in a self absorbed advertising man, working in a dead-end job with a boss who is not afraid to tell him he’d rather see a ficus in the office than Marshall and his desk. His partner Gabe has his own problems in the workplace, with his business venture The Angel Cafe failing to ignite the interest of the locals. Instead of talking about the issues the two try to keep their dissatisfaction with work out of the home, leading the couple to drift apart. eCupid is a fresh, funny romantic comedy exploring the 7 Year-Itch from a gay perspective. As the eCupid app takes over every facet of Marshall’s life he finds his relationship with Gabe on the rocks. Sexy new office co-workers, hot frat boys, athletic twinks and a fabulous Party Planner all turn up unexpectedly in Marshall’s life as he deals with the issues of a long-term relationship, and preparing to turn 30. The film is the follow up feature to Writer/Director J.C. Calciano’s 2010 hit Is It Just Me and examines similar themes; the search for true love, honesty and communication in relationships. But there are more than enough differences between the two films to keep them both fresh and entertaining. Although barely on screen, TV legend Morgan Fairchild steals the film as the voice of the eCupid App and later as a waitress in a diner. Her easy performance elevated the film and made me wary of downloading any apps that deal with love for years afterwards. I first saw eCupid at the 2012 QueerScreen, the film festival run as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The cinema was sold out, and the audience was really taken by the movie. The laughter that echoed through the cinema that night is something that sticks with me even when I re-watch the DVD at home. Addressing the idea that relationships take work, and that true love is the foundation for the best life has to offer eCupid is a fun film and one that I would highly recommend. 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This widget automatically checks LyricWiki for lyrics to a song you’re playing in iTunes and lets you choose whether to copy them to that song. (It can also copy lyrics to your iPod by adding them as contacts in Address Book. You can then view them even when you’re not playing a song—great for karaoke.) You can also search manually by entering an artist’s name, a song’s name, or both, and Canto Pod will look for lyrics. If you enter only an artist, you’ll see a list of songs the widget has found, and you can click on the one you want. Unfortunately, Canto Pod appends a few sentences at the end of the lyrics reminding you that the program provided them and mentioning some copyright information. You can go a step further and automate searching for and adding lyrics as you listen to songs in iTunes. With Eternal Storms Software’s GimmeSomeTune (payment requested; www.eternalstorms .at), you can hunt for lyrics each time you play a song in iTunes (the program won’t overwrite lyrics you’ve already added). If GimmeSomeTune finds lyrics, it pastes them into the song file. The program doesn’t stop at fetching lyrics, though. It can also grab album art and display a floating window with the lyrics (via a keyboard shortcut or a menu selection), and it has a slew of iTunes control features, such as hot keys for controlling iTunes and setting ratings. But what if you have many songs and you absolutely must get their lyrics before you head off to work? You could start each song, play it until GimmeSomeTune grabs the lyrics, and then skip to the next one, after GimmeSomeTune has gotten lyrics—but there’s a better way. Doug Adams’s Needle Drop 2.8 script (payment requested) plays the beginnings of your songs, so GimmeSomeTune has time to fetch and add lyrics, before moving to the next song. When you launch the applet, you choose how long to play each song and when to start. Ideally, you’ll want to play each track for 10 to 15 seconds (more if you find that GimmeSomeTune isn’t getting many lyrics, or less if you find that it retrieves lyrics fast) and start each song from the beginning. Select your playlist, make sure GimmeSomeTune is running, then launch Needle Drop. Go eat breakfast, and when you come back you’ll have lyrics for plenty of your songs. Or, if you want to do this for your entire library, set it to run overnight or over a weekend if you have a lot of music. One note: both of these programs depend on precise song tags. Even minor misspellings, or additional words such as Live after a song name, will prevent the programs from finding lyrics. So if they can’t locate some lyrics, the tags may be at fault. You probably won’t want to use your iPod when you sing in the shower—and the people on the bus around you might not appreciate your voice—but adding viewable words to your songs can help you rediscover the power of great lyrics. The most interesting announcement at Apple’s Chicago education event this past spring wasn’t that the new iPad was picking up support for the Apple Pencil. It was that Apple had teamed up with Logitech to offer a cheaper version of its super-powered stylus for half the price. And soon you’ll be able to buy one. Originally only available to students and teachers, the the Logitech Crayon Digital Pencil (seriously, that’s the name) is available for purchase today for the inflated price of $69Remove non-product link (40 percent higher than it charges for education customers), but won’t begin shipping until September 12. If that date sounds familiar, it’s because it just so happens to be the same date as the annual iPhone event. The Logitech Crayon has a vastly different design than Apple’s sleek white stylus, with an aluminum-and-rubber chassis that’s flatter and shorter than Apple Pencil. The Crayon is a powered stylus but not a Bluetooth one, so you won’t get the lauded pressure sensitivity found on the Apple Pencil. The Crayon does include palm rejection and tilt sensitivity, however, as well as an on/off button for preserving battery life and a series of LED indicators so you know when to plug it in. Which will be more often than the Apple Pencil. The Crayon promises up to seven hours of active writing time, as opposed to 12 hours with the Apple Pencil. Charging is done via a Lightning port rather than a connector, so you’ll need to plug a cable into the stylus to charge it. And it will take a little longer to get juiced up. Apple delivers 30 minutes of use after just 15 seconds of charging while the Crayon needs 90 seconds for the same fill-up. Why this matters: While it’s nice that there will be an alternative to Apple Pencil on the market, the $30 savings here is offset by the loss of a huge feature: pressure sensitivity. That means artists are losing out on Apple’s “pixel‑perfect precision,” making it more of a writing tool than a drawing one. And without native handwriting recognition in the iPad, it’s probably won’t be all that effective for taking notes either.

Fingerprint Scanner mobiles price list in India with specifications updated on 19th November 2018. Here are the latest Fingerprint Scanner mobiles Lava Z81, OnePlus 6T 8GB RAM + 256 GB and OnePlus 6T 8GB RAM + 128 GB. There are 1024 Fingerprint Scanner mobiles available in India. You can sort Fingerprint Scanner mobile phones by price, by popularity, by latest, by discounts and by Pricekart Rank. Also, you can use various feature filters to find the Fingerprint Scanner mobile of your choice. Rs5,000 and Below (51) Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 (391) Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 (202) Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 (138) Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 (125) Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 (54) 40000 & above (64) 4 inch and below (15) 4 to 4.5 inch (16) 4.5 to 5 inch (173) 5 to 6 inch (853) 6 to 7 inch (196) 7 inch and above (1) This clever focaccia recipe is super-cheesy and really easy to make. Homemade focaccia topped with four different cheeses and baked to perfection. This clever focaccia recipe is super-cheesy and really easy to make - topped with four different cheeses and baked to perfection, it's delicious! • 400g/14oz of four mixed cheeses, such as a soft pressed goats’ cheese, Lancashire, Wensleydale, Stilton or Dovedale blue, all crumbled or grated 1. Preheat oven to gas mark 7/210°C (200°C in a fan oven). In food processor, add bread mix and 350ml/12fl oz of warm water. Using dough paddle, mix together for about 5 mins, till it has all come together to form a dough. Add oil and continue to mix for a further 5-8 mins. 2. With floured hands, remove dough and knead gently for a couple of mins. Place in a large bowl, cover with clear film and sit somewhere warm to rise. 3. After 20 mins, once well risen and doubled in size, divide dough in two. Knead for a few mins then roll out each ball to a large circle. Transfer each to a lightly oiled baking sheet and scatter a different cheese into each quarter. Throw over some rosemary leaves, then put in oven and bake for 15-20 mins, till golden and risen. Serve warm, sliced, with a glass of red wine. Plan a pampering session with these homemade hair treatments, made from foods you're likely to have in your own kitchen Whether you're on a tight budget, prefer natural ingredients for your haircare, or just love to try something new, you'll love our homemade hair treatments, all made from foods you're likely to have in your own kitchen. You'll also need an old towel or a hair turban, and it's best to wear an old T-shirt in case of drips or spillages. It's best to use unrefined coconut oil as that retains more of its nutrients. Melt 3-4tbsp coconut oil in a saucepan on a gentle heat, or in a microwave for about 10 seconds. Alternatively, you can run the jar under hot running water. Dip your fingers into the melted oil and work it into your hair, concentrating on the areas which are most damaged, usually the ends. Comb through the hair to ensure even coverage. Wrap your head in the towel or turban. The longer you leave the oil in, the better. You can leave it on overnight if you wrap your head in clingfilm. When you're ready, wash your hair as normal. To add condition, shine and softness to your hair, use avocado, rich in essential fatty acids and vitamin E. Mash half an avocado in a bowl. For a thinner consistency that makes the avocado easier to work with, mix in some mayonnaise. Use your hands to smear the avocado all over your hair, working it in with a massaging motion. Wrap in the towel or turban. Leave for 20 minutes, then shampoo as normal. The Tommy K treatment is for blonde hair that's developed a bit of a greenish tinge due to over-exposure to swimming pools. Apparently, it's the copper sulphate added to water to control algae that's to blame. There are reports that it can also work if dyeing with henna has left a greenish tint. Simply squirt tomato ketchup on to your hair, massage in and leave for around five minutes, then wash as usual. Once you've washed your hair, pour over half a pint of beer (real ale is probably best) as a final rinse. This adds body and shine to your hair although it has to be admitted that it can leave a distinctive aroma too. Simply brew a pot of camomile tea, to make this brightening rinse for blondes that leaves a subtle highlights. And once you've poured some on your hair you can drink any left over before you go to bed. It's just one of the best bedtime drinks.

In a car promoting world fixated on energetic picture, at times it appears as though comfort has been to a great extent overlooked and disregarded. Truly, the game vehicles of the world strike a harmony between stable hold and a decent ride, yet even standard autos and hybrids are slipping more towards the lively end of the range as opposed to conveying the regular solace that most drivers will acknowledge all the more frequently. Lexus has not overlooked, and alongside unwavering quality and extravagance, it has been vital to the brand’s prosperity, still dug in as one of the main three extravagance marks in the United States, and the Lexus RX hybrid overwhelming the fair size extravagance hybrid fragment. Not content with the best spot in an unfathomably well known and as yet developing average size SUV portion, Lexus perceived a general requirement for a three-column, six-or seven-situate utility vehicle dependent on a more present day, agreeable hybrid stage notwithstanding their tough, old fashioned GX and LX SUVs. As opposed to beginning starting with no outside help, Lexus chose to adjust its demonstrated, recognizable RX stage, extending it by more than four inches yet keeping the width, tallness, and wheelbase the equivalent. Notwithstanding reconfiguring the RX’s 18.4 cubic feet of trunk space, Lexus builds likewise made some real progress on second-push space, especially legroom, with the end goal to oblige that third column. The third column is small, yet it works for children. Split 50/50 and power worked, everything necessary is the press of a catch and it (gradually) folds itself down or back up once more. With every one of the seats up, the 6.2 cubic feet is sufficiently only for a little heap of goods, at that point it develops to 15.2 with the third line stowed, and up to a most extreme of 58.5 cubic feet with all seats down and stacked up to the rooftop. It’s a useful size for a little family every so often carpooling some additional children or going with grandparents, yet it’s well shy of contenders for payload and traveler space, similar to the Acura MDX with 15 cu-ft in the storage compartment, 38.4 with the third column collapsed, and up to 90 max, and it has five more creeps of legroom in the second line in addition to four more in the third. Those additional creeps at the back and collapsing seats likewise incur significant injury on the control weight, beginning at 4,442 pounds for six-situate front-wheel-drive models and up to 4,619 lb for seven-situate all-wheel-drive models, or, in other words 200 pounds from identical RX models. With an additional couple hundred pounds to haul around and possibly significantly more with a couple additional travelers, you may think it needs additional power, however the base powertrain for the RX is as of now a 3.5-liter V6. While I could kick back and censure Lexus for really diminishing force, I not even once felt that the 290 hp and 263 lb-ft of torque weren’t sufficient despite the fact that pinnacle control just touches base at 6,300 rpm and pinnacle torque at 4,700 rpm. Power manufactures progressively and easily, the eight-speed programmed consistently moving among apparatuses, and the auto getting up to speed at a good pace – not too quick, but rather not holding up activity. There is a Sport mode that holds outfits longer and makes the throttle reaction more prompt, however it understands of character with the auto and duties the delicately sprung suspension. The front McPherson swaggers and back twofold wishbone give a great sumptuous ride that douses up any kind of street effects, potholes, and hindrances with scarcely a poke in the lodge, albeit bigger mounds dispatch the auto into a touch of moving waftiness as it settles down. On the parkway, it just buoys along in peace and calm, much more so with the versatile journey drew in, which works superbly of keeping up a hole regardless of whether the wand and catch controlling it are somewhat confounding and clumsy. In the corners, it will lean a lot, however effectiveness disapproved of tires screech early, telling you to back off. Do you care what the directing feel is like? Provided that this is true, you’re most likely perusing the wrong audit. Attempt this one. It is light, which makes it a bit of cake to direct in tight stopping moves, yet the perceivability to the sides and back is entirely restricted, so the 360º stopping cameras were immensely useful for putting it in parking spaces and after that getting out securely. There wasn’t any moment that driving the RX 350L that I felt it required a more energetic driving knowledge. In ordinary or eco modes, it may be a touch slower however smooths out your data sources much more. The outcome is that you feel like an expert limo driver is in the driver’s seat regardless of whether you’re somewhat jerky with your very own activities. I cherished it. It works magnificently for the family auto that it is, and I can’t compliment Lexus enough for not becoming tied up with all the ‘energetic’ advertising publicity and conveying a really lavish driving knowledge. Sooner or later in the previous decade, somebody in the Lexus User Experience group got transfixed by a mouse controller for the infotainment framework and sold it as far as possible up the chain. This RX is as yet tainted by that terrible little joystick, which for this situation ought to be known as an irritation stick since it appears to do only chafe me. Different Lexus vehicles are proceeding onward to track cushions, which aren’t flawless, yet are a stage forward and will probably be less demanding to become acclimated to after some time. The mouse here moves around the screen whimsically and snaps to symbols I would not like to choose, however can’t discover others that are little and ineffectively put amidst the screen. Symbols at the edges are significantly less demanding to discover, however anything in the center is essentially miserable without taking a gander at the screen and focusing exclusively on that for two or three seconds. Sound perilous to you? I absolutely thought so. It’s particularly a disgrace since the framework is quite great as far as designs, format, menus, and exploring the distinctive capacities. The screen is additional wide, so there is a lot of land for the split screen, and you can blend and match what data you keep in the two zones. The staying focus stack is involved by a tasteful simple clock flanked by vents, sound easy route controls with stunning machined metal handles for volume and tuning, and the three-zone atmosphere control. Sliding into the much more unimportant, look at the superb cupholders. Incredible size with grasps to hold your beverage relentless, however the front one has a base that can be pushed down so additional tall travel mugs or water restrains don’t stick too high. Mindful, and it’s encompassed by a lovely bit of wood trim with light pinstripes that truly energizes the inside alongside the marginally coppery glossy silk metallic trim. The materials around the middle comfort are similarly refined, the darker cowhide seats are wonderful with unobtrusive red sewing, however the other inside shading blends in the Lexus manufacture instrument look similarly as welcoming. A large portion of the materials keep up that exclusive requirement, aside from two or three peculiarities, similar to the abnormal, shabby cowhide on the shifter boot, and impersonation “woodgrain” as opposed to genuine wood on the controlling wheel, or, in other words genuine calfskin that is on a par with whatever is left of the inside. The seats themselves are as agreeable as the ride, with power changes in 10 bearings for the two seats in front, in addition to warming and ventilation and three memory positions for the driver in our completely stacked model. As our analyzer had the second-push commander’s seats, they were nearly keeping pace with the front seats, lacking just the ventilation and flexibility, however they were as yet warmed with leaning back seatbacks. Like the general RX 350, the RX 350L offers great esteem contrasted with German contenders, undermining costs for Audi, BMW, and Mercedes three-push SUVs by a huge number of dollars. Beginning at $47,770 for 2019 front-wheel-drive models, $49,170 with all-wheel drive and coming to no higher than $60K completely stacked, even with the $1,295 Destination charge, the RX 350L cost is nearer to littler five-situate European models like the Q5, X3, and GLC. Be that as it may, seven-seaters from Acura and Infiniti coordinate the RX 350L for highlights and cost while conveying far superior load and traveler space since they were composed starting from the earliest stage as three-push family carries. As much as Lexus needs a three-push hybrid to offer customers searching for a cutting edge, rich family vehicle, the Lexus RX 350L frustrates in some key territories. The ride is as agreeable as anything, the powertrain is smooth, and the inside is engaging and loaded with quality material, yet the infotainment framework is diverting and the third-push seating is about futile and even bargains the second column and payload limit. On the off chance that you extremely like the Lexus and can make do with five seats, the RX 350 or RX 450h are both extraordinary vehicles, yet in the event that you require a helpful third column and more payload space, I would recommend taking a gander at the Acura MDX, Infiniti QX60, or venturing up to something like the Volvo XC90 or Audi Q7. It isn’t just severe heat that can damage our hair. When the weather starts getting chilly, our hair can seem dull and show signs of breakage and dryness. A big reason for this is the effect that dry heat — found in our apartments, home, and workspaces during winter — has on our tresses. Don’t get too worried, though, you can do a multitude of things to take care of your locks this fall and...

Paul Whitington's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s): Irish Independent 3/5 61% Suspiria (2018) At times beautiful, at others grotesque, it's ultimately superficial. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 40% Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Unfortunately, we see lots and lots of Grindelwald. Has Johnny Depp forgotten how to act? Have five outings as the pantomime dame Jack Sparrow shattered his thespian compass and any residual sense of restraint?&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 93% Wildlife (2018) Jeanette is a wonderfully puzzling creation: at times you applaud her spirit and liveliness, at others you wish she'd remember to protect her poor son from her wild excesses.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 5/5 97% They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) In this remarkable documentary, Peter Jackson has applied his heavy bag of cinematic tricks to archive footage.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 90% Widows (2018) In fact nothing much about Widows is credible, a fact that jars somewhat with its sententious mood. But it's so well made, that almost doesn't matter.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 32% The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) The design of this film, from costumes to fantastical sets and giant tin soldiers, is splendid, and makes it watchable.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 63% Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Malek handles a pair of dentures and Freddie's oddly plummy speaking voice with aplomb, and captures the cheeky, charming, outrageous persona with which Mercury both confronted the world and protected himself from it.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 79% Halloween (2018) Were it not for these repeated nods back to the classic, Halloween 2018 would be as boilerplate as they come. Still, it should keep fans happy.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 5/5 88% First Man (2018) Chazelle beautifully sums up the gulf that now separates Armstrong from his wife when they meet for the first time after the mission.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 5/5 90% A Star Is Born (2018) Gaga is so good in A Star Is Born and on so many levels that she single-handedly justifies its existence. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 84% The Wife (2018) [Close's] role is a juicy one, but she capitalises on it brilliantly, and while Bjorn Runge's film feels a little theatrical at times, the acting from Close and her co-stars more than compensates. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 65% The Little Stranger (2018) The Little Stranger is a subtle, delicately unfolding film that pulls you along and gently poses many questions. It's a beautiful film and Gleeson and Wilson are splendid.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 5/5 92% Crazy Rich Asians (2018) A comedy with brains and glamour, Crazy Rich Asians arrives in cinemas long after most of us had given up hope of ever seeing a really great romcom again. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 76% Black '47 (2018) Black 47 succeeds magnificently in evoking the misery of the Famine while simultaneously treating us to a rattling adventure yarn.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 2/5 27% The Nun (2018) Nuns levitate, Latin devotions are furiously muttered, but only a phial of the Christ's blood will end the nonsense. I wish they'd used it earlier.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 5/5 86% The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) It's a very fine film, and thoroughly debunks a barbaric practice.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 88% American Animals (2018) Their exploits are intercut with the reflections of the real protagonists, and surprisingly, this odd mix of documentary and drama works. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 2/5 24% Luis and The Aliens (2018) It's passably animated but clumsily written, and not especially original.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 81% Alpha (2018) Alpha is splendidly photographed, nicely paced, and allows us to imagine what it must have been like to live short, brutal, vivid lives surrounded by natural predators.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 49% The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) While no masterpiece, its gender politics are robust, and it's very funny in parts thanks to the wonderful Kate McKinnon, who has a rare gift for mimicry and accents.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 71% The Children Act (2018) Ian McEwan's screenplay explores the emotional toll of making decisions about other people's lives, but Richard Eyre's film is staid, structurally unsound and has an unfinished feel.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 5/5 95% BlacKkKlansman (2018) BlacKkKlansman is a clever, furious, fiercely intelligent picture, and easily the best thing Spike Lee has done in years. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 2/5 71% Christopher Robin (2018) Perhaps the hardest thing to figure out about Christopher Robin is who the hell it's supposed to be aimed at.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 94% Sicilian Ghost Story (2017) Piazza and Grassadonia handle their ghostly story sensitively, and with consummate skill.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 91% Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018) This is busy stuff, full of knowing references to wider DC lore, and should please superhero nerds both big and small. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 88% Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Just when things start getting boring, Rudd is on hand to reassure us, and the film's ending is a great deal of fun.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 70% The Apparition (L'apparition) (2018) Xavier Giannoli's film moves slowly but with considerable power as it explores faith, doubt, mass hysteria and the desperate human need for supernatural reassurance. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 81% Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) In fact, if you're not even slightly won over by its good humour and innocence, you might want to check your pulse. You could be dead.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 33% Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle) (2018) The two leads are excellent, and though the film stalls a little in the second half, there are some good heist scenes.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 2/5 No Score Yet Lost & Found (2017) Lost & Found rambles along aimlessly, sometimes sparking to life. But the link between its stories is tenuous and some are wildly implausible.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 46% Marrowbone (2018) Sergio G Sanchez's film shares the mood and visual aesthetic of other Spanish-directed horrors...and the creaky old house is as much a character as Jack and his siblings. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 88% Whitney (2018) Macdonald has managed to have his cake and eat it in the sense that he talks to Cissy and Bobby Brown and Whitney's brothers without allowing himself to be dragged into their version of events.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 2/5 40% Mary Shelley (2018) Fanning seems stiff and miscast as the fearless Mary, and the portrayals of Shelley and Byron are frankly ridiculous.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 71% Adrift (2018) Adrift is a little bit slushy during the couple's courtship, but really comes into its own once the weather turns bad. The storm is brilliantly recreated, and Woodley grounds this solidly entertaining film with a convincingly fraught performance.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 5/5 100% Leave No Trace (2018) Leave No Trace asks all sorts of interesting questions about the nature of society and the rights of the individual versus the supposed common good. It looks tremendous, and is wonderfully acted by McKenzie and Foster.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 2/5 75% Dublin Oldschool (2018) Tynan's film is laden down with aimless chatter, and its plot meanders drearily towards a country rave that seems curiously old-fashioned, and feels like a piece of Dublin's past, not its present.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 2/5 63% Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) Day of the Soldado looks like a shallow imitation of the original, and feels like a film in the midst of a profound identity crisis.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 68% The Happy Prince (2018) The Happy Prince is surprisingly uncinematic, and even the light and colour of southern Italy are not capitalised on by Everett's direction.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 68% Ocean's 8 (2018) It is, though, perfectly enjoyable, and seems to suggest that women are much better team players than men, less likely to become distracted by comparing the size of their genitals, more likely to get the job done.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 89% Studio 54 (2018) Studio 54 only lasted 33 months but would become the stuff of legend, and Matt Tyraneur's documentary tells the club's story wonderfully well.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 89% Hereditary (2018) [Ari Aster] is too clever for his own good, and late on discards his duty to his story and characters in favour of shocks and effects that feel both familiar and contrived...A film that was brooding and fascinating becomes silly, even risible.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 100% All the Wild Horses (2017) Collisions, broken limbs, punctured lungs, mortally wounded horses - it's all part of the fun, and there's always the chance that your nag will decide it's had enough of you and hare off in search of its herd.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 5/5 99% McQueen (2018) The footage of his shows is breathtaking and one is struck again by his chutzpah, daring and sheer originality.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 48% Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) While Fallen Kingdom gets a little too frantic and busy for its own good late on, it's a worthy addition to the franchise and will surely earn a sequel.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 83% That Summer (2018) Rats run through their litter-strewn mansion, and their rich Hamptons neighbours are clearly horrified, but there's a grandeur to the way they pick their way through the trash, seeing around them not a kip, perhaps, but a palace.&dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 3/5 51% Ismael's Ghosts (Les fantômes d'Ismaël) (2018) A film that irritates more often than it amuses. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 2/5 53% Book Club (2018) In Book Club, a bunch of fine actresses in search of a better film pass the time reading. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT 4/5 86% My Friend Dahmer (2017) The restraint with which Meyers handles his story deepens it, adding melancholy layers to Jeffrey's morbid dysfunction. &dash; Irish Independent - EDIT A stern request from Noah leaves Helen devastated. Meanwhile, various pressures cause Helen and Vik to reexamine their relationship; and Alison's worst fears are realized when she returns to Montauk following a crisis.

We will still have lots of cold weather: these are pictures of roses after the hard freeze, and milkweed silk and seeds ready to scatter to produce new milkweed plants for the monarch butterflies. I need to cut the red roses back, but every time I think they’ve lost their flowers enough to do so, I see a whole new crop of buds getting ready to open. I had grand plans to finish editing 3 books yesterday. Well, I finished two, made the changes, and uploaded them again for final proofs. Three are available for sale. One more is waiting on final proof. Five are waiting for me to make changes. And today, baby will be here. Soooooo… I will be lucky if I can finish the book I started yesterday. But still, that’s steady progress. I spoke to my editor yesterday, and she said that the acquisitions’ board meets on Thursday, so we’ll see after that if the next 3 books sold. They’re for 2019. This years’ titles are already written. This entry was posted on January 9, 2018, in books, paranormal romance, photography and tagged books, fiction, milkweed, milkweed seeds, milkweed silk, photography, pink roses, red roses, writing. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment Over Christmas I had the annual pleasure of catering for my father’s Boxing Day bash – an event where my father invites his singleton friends (mostly widows or widowers) over to ensure that no one is feeling alone over the festive period. The rules for the family are quite simple – you will be there. Having normally provided Christmas dinner for around 12 people on Christmas Day, the prospect of another day of cooking and entertaining is never that appealing – once you add in a room full of elderly people where walking sticks and replacement hips outnumber guests and you can appreciate why I approach the day with a large amount of caffeine. For my own sanity, I try to keep lunch simple with a hot soup with freshly baked bread (thank you teenage daughter), followed by a mix of leftovers from Christmas Day and a fresh roast joint, and rounded off with a mixture of around 3 puddings. Bearing in mind, I am also keen on having some relaxation time with my own young family, I try to agree that I will leave after lunch (having washed and tidied up as much as possible) leaving my father to deal with an early evening meal of cold meats, cheese, biscuits, and fresh fruit. Lunch was served around one o’clock and all appeared to be going well – right up until pudding when one of the guests requested a piece of cheesecake (again, thank you teenage daughter) and then refused to eat it until he had been served his cheese course! He had heard there would be cheese and then boldly stated the he did not wish his palate to be ruined by having his sweet cheesecake before his cheese! Taken aback by his rudeness I did gently inform him that he would be waiting some time before cheese, but undeterred by this, he continue to sit there waiting for his cheese to appear. In the end, I had no choice than to be blunt and say that cheese would form part of his evening meal and suggested that he stopped being so rude. This raises two issues – firstly the rudeness of a guest disagreeing with a host’s meal plan. I am a firm believer that whenever you are invited as a guest then whatever your host provides as food should be welcomed with enthusiasm and thanks. As the recipient of both an invitation and food, it is correct to thank your host and say how lovely the food looks whether you have been served a microwave meal or a technically challenging soufflé! It may not be quite what you were expecting but your host has gone to the trouble nevertheless and therefore thanks and appreciation are in order. The second issue appears to have been brought back into the light by Mary Berry who mentioned in an article that she likes to serve cheese before pudding at her dinner parties. At this point the internet was divided with some people agreeing that finishing a meal on a sweet note was preferable to switching between savoury, sweet, and then back to savoury. But which is correct? Having considered the arguments about cheese traditionally being served with port after a meal making the sweet/savoury argument a little redundant, and now having tried cheese before pudding – I can only conclude that both are perfectly fine and both very pleasant. The one thing I continue to whole heartedly disagree with though, is a rude guest. When a host has gone to the trouble (or in my case, put his daughter to the trouble) of providing a day of food and companionship – remember your manners! Oh my! Well, I am not sure if any guests have really been rude, but you bring up an excellent point about palates and whether or not to go back to savory after enjoying something sweet. My husband and I constantly have this debate as well, but when it comes down to it I just like to end on a good note. Sometimes that good note is sweet while other times it is more savory. The struggle…. Any who, thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed your style of writing, so keep it up! And have a beautiful weekend 🙂 Thank you for your input and lovely comments – as I take my tentative steps into the blogging world they are very much appreciated! We who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. You must keep from drifting from God’s word. Open the scriptures and listen for his voice. Stay anchored to his presence. This entry was posted in Daily Devotions, Feelings, God/Jesus, Life, Prayer, Quote, Religion and tagged Daily Devotions, Gratefulness on May 19, 2016 by Tessa. Psalm 89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations. 🙂 About the text book: Prepare for academic and workplace success! This durable learning package incorporates advanced word processing, paper formatting and layout, and also interaction abilities within a single text, together with a solid focus on refining skills by contending jobs in a practical workplace setting. Using Microsoft Word 2016, you will certainly layout advanced business document, tables, reports, mail merge files, graphics, and also a broad range of typical record types, including conference, travel, information, legal, medical, and human resources/employment, along with practicing real-time co-authoring on OneDrive. The message includes 9 modular jobs and also two extensive projects in order to help you apply exactly what you learn and prepare to be efficient immediately when beginning your professional occupation. Integrated with Abilities Evaluation Supervisor (SAM), the text makes learning also easier and more efficient, permitting you to work separately from anywhere. Using Financial Accounting Information: The Alternative to Debits and Credits 10th Edition by Gary Solution Manual What's up with those abandoned combo threads? Picking up Swamp Thing and there is pinned combo thread which wasn't updated since 20th May.. I'm just gonna pick up Swamp Thing. Dunno why i didn't do it earlier. Messing with in practice now, he's hella fun. Who exactly counters Supergirl? It's like everybody these days either main her of have a pocket SG. And im getting mopped (Atro) hard. I actually enjoyed INj2 Top 8. Was good imo. Thread with results is cancer. That being said... waiting for Tekken finals today. Is there any way you can check what mod deleted your post? I mean i got notification with reason but no idea who. Kinda weird. Funny part is you have no idea what you're talking about. Tweedy joined Possessed bandwagon after the patch when we all said that this variation is good. Another funny thing almost all of us play Balanced and/or played Kenjutsu. Most Kenshi mains from back in the day disslike Possessed. And Tweedy may or may not be the Possessed Kenshi atm but he is not in any form or shape the best Balanced or Kenjutsu Kenshi which is like 2/3 rd of the character. Not everybody is a tier whore on top of being a dick. In Texas, this process is outlined in section 159.601-608 of the Texas Family Code. The registration is needed to modify that prior child support order. Warning: this is a complex process and technical, so if you are trying to do this, seek the advice of an attorney. (If the original order has been modified, send the original plus all orders modifying to be on the safe side) a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of records showing the amount of any arrears; The Texas Court should take and register the order at that point as a foreign order. Then, the registering party typically must send the notice outlined in 159.605, even though the court supposedly should send the notice. The reason is that without the notice, it can be easy to stall the process until proper notice is sent and the opportunity to contest passes. Informing the nonregistering party that the order has been registered, the date of registration, and that it may be enforced as any other order issued by Texas; that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 days of the notice; that failure to timely contest the validity or enforcement results in confirmation of the order and enforcement as well as precludes later contesting it; and This is a brief overview. If you are planning on doing this, first, always consult with an attorney. Second, read the sections very carefully as this is just a brief overview. Posted in Child SupportTagged enforcement of out of state child support order, out of state order, out of state support order, Register out of state order, Registration of a Foreign OrderLeave a comment The Waco Daily Examiner. 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Safely make your own quilt with the Created by Me Flower Quilt set from Melissa & Doug. Designed for ages 4 years and older, this no sew craft kit is easy to do---just tuck and tie! Quilt measures 4 ft x 5 ft when completed. 'I don't want a picture to look like something it isn't. I want it to look like what it is. And I think that a picture is more like the real world when it is made out of the real world' (R. Rauschenberg, quoted in C. Tomkins, Off the Wall, Robert Rauschenberg and the Art World of Our Time, New York, 1980, p. 87). Untitled is one of Robert Rauschenberg's first "Combine-paintings" - the radical and groundbreaking series of assemblage works that the artist began to make in 1954. Part painting, part collage, part sculpture, part object, these now legendary works, operating in the famous 'gap' between art and life that Rauschenberg both exposed and explored, rank among the most important and influential works of the twentieth century. A dramatic reintroduction of "the real" - of both the subject and the object - into what was at the time, the predominantly abstract and intellectual realm of painting, it was Rauschenberg's Combines that, as Roy Lichtenstein was later to point out, effectively signified the end of Abstract Expressionism. Similarly, it was these works that, in introducing real elements from the artist's own life and even later, the element of time into the concept of painting, ultimately opened the door to an art that operated in a far wider arena of activity and possibility, laying the foundations for much of the art, happenings and performances of Nouveau Realism, Pop, Fluxus, and even Arte Povera, that followed. Rauschenberg's Combines evolved almost unconsciously out of the series of near monochrome "Red Paintings" that he made in 1953. These paintings, which themselves followed on from a series of monochrome "Black Paintings" made on an assortment of collaged surfaces had come about largely because a series of cans of paint that Rauschenberg bought at a discount price all turned out to be red. The color proved to be such a challenge that he branched out into using different shades of red, even using fingernail polish as a variety. Alongside this increased painterly variation in tone and application of paint, Rauschenberg also began to open the painted surface of these works to reveal more and more of the collaged elements that made up the surface of their ground, along with newsprint from the funny papers, or fabric printed with famous artworks including Renoir's Girl with Watering Can. Rauschenberg dissolved the hierarchy between "high" and "low" art, by placing a Renoir reproduction in the same plane as the Katzenjammer Kids. By 1954, as Untitled, with its material appendages and in particular its clump of dried grass affixed to the surface reveals, Rauschenberg was beginning to experiment with the attachment of external three-dimensional objects drawn from the real world of his immediate environment appended onto and into the aesthetic logic of his paintings. The introduction of such elements was a direct way of incorporating reality into his work without needing to imitate of approximate it. As Calvin Tomkins has written of this radical and simple approach, its significance lay in that its, "method of juxtaposition, of setting one thing beside another" was not, "connective" and thereby it seemed to, "reflect the breakdown of linear, sequential, cause-and-effect thinking in modern science, and in modern thought in general. Collage was all-at-once, like the front page of the New York Times (or) Marshall McLuhan's 'information brushing information'" (Ibid, p. 87). Drawing on elements found in his immediate environment, Rauschenberg began to create works that, spontaneously he hoped, would "evolve" themselves into existence before his eyes. It was at this time that he began to think of himself collaborating with his materials in a partnership in which they used him to assert themselves and bring themselves into being. Influenced by his friend John Cage's embracing of chance as an irrational ordering force, Rauschenberg sought to create autonomous "randomly ordered" works in which all elements were equal and nothing was filtered through the distortive lens of conventional aesthetics or the artist's own taste. 'It sounds so simple-minded,' he once observed of his practice, 'but it happens quite often that I think what the painting needs is a little red right over there and by the time I get the red on the brush and back to the picture I can't remember where I thought it was to go. But there I am with red and there's the picture and I put it down. And then that's much more interesting for me than sort of building a picture as one might build anything. I prefer the attitude of the picture just evolving rather than working towards some kind of conclusion. I think the largest consideration is that you don't let any single element dominate the picture. So that nothing becomes subservient' (R. Rauschenberg, "Interview with David Sylvester," August 1964, in D. Sylvester, Interviews with American Artists, London, 2001, p. 137). As a result of this approach, Rauschenberg's Combines increasingly came to reflect their unique and often, at this time, quite personal relationship within the life of the artist. Distinguished by the stark authenticity, powerful vitality and personal intimacy of many of the elements that went into making them, several early Combines took on a kind of autobiographical quality. Responding to this tendency for a while, Rauschenberg began to include family photographs, news clippings about his relatives and images and objects of importance to him, even, some critics have suggested, camouflaging intimate personal messages into these works. In addition, as in Untitled, Rauschenberg also began to append and include distinctly domestic items, especially fabrics, wall coverings, and other textiles indicative of a kind-of childlike nostalgia yearning for the concept of home. Although caught up in his close relationship with Jasper Johns at this time, Rauschenberg, was often homesick for Texas and greatly missed the presence of his young son Christopher. With its extensive use of comic strips and different brightly colored fabrics brilliantly collated into a vivid composition and child's bedroom-like fabric portrait of a little girl placed prominently at its center, Untitled is a Combine that is particularly evocative of such domestic sentiment. Intimate in scale and yet assertive and radiant in its brilliant red and colorful invocation of a cornucopia of contemporary domestic décor, Untitled is an intense and powerful memento - an assemblage as personal and mysterious in its imagery as it is open, bold and radical in the manner and style of its execution. With rounded ends and sliding tray, the top painted with a vertical composition depicting a central shepherd modelled after a European original, in a stylised landscape with sheep in the foreground and buildings behind, the black sides with small stylised floral sprays, the red base and tray with meandering gold leafy and flowering vine, some restoration, re-lacquered, signature probably added later

For me, this year’s trip to Amsterdam for the High Times Cannabis Cup could be summed up in just two words: bubble hash. The act of separating resin glands from leaf matter using ice water has had a tremendous impact on the cannabis culture. The Dutch have the advantage of many well known hybrids and lots of Sativas, and the resulting product is stunning. The Katsu coffeeshop gave me a piece you could see through, and the Dampkring’s Moonshine Haze had to be kept on ice, which of course I didn’t have? but it spread on a rolling paper like oil! Another new dimension was the number of times a bowl was passed offered with the name of the person who made the hash. This one is from Mila, or Breeder Steve, or Barge, or the Bubble Man himself. Some had been made by this guy on his own farm in Morocco, while another only had hash that had been cured for seven years. When touched with a flame each bowl bubbled and exploded into a symphony of flavors and euphoric stones. It was going to be tough remembering why I was there. Having attended the High Times Cannabis Cup for the past four years, I find that the format has become tired and uninspired. I paid 540 guilders ($220 US) for a judge’s pass, which gave me little more than the opportunity to get in where others would try and sell me stuff. No free pot though, not even a joint from High Times! I have always found the whole affair to be a strange dichotomy anyway, as it is an American event having to be held in the land where early Americans originally left to go find freedom. Strange that they would choose then not to even celebrate it when they go back. There couldn’t have been more than 2,000 judges signed up ? Marc Emery, our beloved publisher, personally hands out that many joints at all of our parties. Fine pressed hashThe judge’s pass also allows you entry into the two venues, the first of which is called the Pax House, with two floors for exhibitors and a third for forums. Thank God at least for the exhibitors hawking their wares ? most of them offered tokes, even after having paid many thousands of dollars themselves to be there. That is, if you could get to their booth ? Pax has to be Dutch for “crush ’em in like herring, and don’t give them any place to check their big winter coats.” It was hot and stupid. This continued on into the evenings to The Melkweg, a big theater with two stages and a couple of lounges and bars. Not nearly big enough though ? it was shoulder to shoulder in there too. The event draws mostly guys, so ? wouldn’t you know it ? the entertainment was all dance music! Try as I might, the novelty of any one of these scenarios wears off pretty quickly. In the spirit of the week I decided I had to “do the Cup.” To do so meant visiting all of the 22 entered coffeeshops, purchasing the weed and hash they had, sampling it all and declaring a winner. Who better to accompany me then my pal and CC photographer Barge, with whom I’ve judged thousands of joints on three different continents? No one, that’s who. For most, the Cup takes place over five days, but with all of the great bubble hash around, there was no way we were going to have time for that. If this was going to happen at all, it was going to have to be done in one day. Bicycles would be our transportation ? Barge knows the city like the back of his hand and I had an expense account. Buds from Flying DutchmanOur odyssey would begin at Barney’s Breakfast Bar, not only because they always had an interesting assortment of hash and grass, but because breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. Ultimately, their weed entry of Sweet Tooth, a Hawaiian x Afghani, won the Cannabis Cup. Along with an uplifting Mekong Haze we were off to? oh yeah, 21 more coffeeshops! It took us seven hours. We purchased 22 different kinds of pot and a dozen or so chunks of hash. Not every coffeeshop had entered in the hash side of things and our criteria had become pretty rigid. This cost several hundred guilders I might add, but worth it on oh so many levels. It really does get you out in the city and visiting coffeeshops you might otherwise never even hear of. Soma with his NYC DieselWe were treated very nicely in all of them, but the Abraxas had to be the most spectacular. Three floors, decorated throughout in carved and inlayed wood, with a grow room at the top! Shops new to me like El Guapo, Paradox, Softland and Brandend Zand were all very accommodating, with big buds of Haze, Purple Haze and White Smurf as gifts. Many of the long time shops were on the list, such as The Grey Area, De Dampkring, BushDoctor, De Kuil, Blue Velvet, Homegrown Fantasy, De Rokerij, Dutch Flowers, Bluebird, Dread Rock, Rusland, Siberie, Dolphins, Noon, Katsu, and The Greenhouse. Everybody was into it and had great smoke to offer ? all of which was now piled on the table in my hotel room, another added bonus as one usually never has the entire lineup on hand to compare at once. I now had only a day and a half left to smoke it all. Oh well, I can always sleep on the plane. After a thorough sampling, we declared ourselves the winners and it was all crushed up in the grinder. We now had the “Cannabis Cup in a can” to finish out the trip, smoking joints comprised of all the entries. Thanks to all the shops that entered, and congratulations to Barney’s for Sweet Tooth and the Katsu for Crystal Clear, which won for best hash. We of course had our favorites along with those. The Moonshine Haze hash and an organic Hawaiian Haze both from the Dampkring kept me going all week. Congratulations as well to our good friends at the Amsterdam Seed Co who won the silver medal with their entry of Shiskaberry from Spice of Life Seeds. Thanks too to the rest of the Canadian/Swiss contingent who provided us with hilarious behind the scenes escapades so nefarious that even changing the names would not be enough to protect anybody in that one. Warlock from Magnus GeneticsThe awards presentation and closing ceremonies continued on with High Times‘ half-baked effort. I’m really starting to wonder if those folks can handle the big smoke fest. Their “celebrity guests” were ghosts all week ? no schmoozing or smoking fat joints with the faithful. I can’t imagine what else they may have had to do ? it’s like being invited to someone’s house and the host doesn’t show up, leaving the guests to make our own fun. If you go next year, give Barge and I a call. We’ll be there trying to break our record. With us you can get it all over with in a matter of hours, leaving the rest of the days to? I don’t know? there’s 2000 coffeeshops in Holland. I wonder how long that would take? To reserve your space at this amazing ganja-fest, please send your information along with your fee of $600 US ($750 CDN). Only 200 spaces are available at this very special event. We will return payments from those received after the first 200. You will be notified by phone when we have received your payment. Once processed, your fee is non-refundable. Note: If you need to cancel after payment is made, you can apply your payment to the 2005 Tokers Bowl, or transfer your admission to someone you designate. Please make your payment by money order or cashier’s check only. Leave the “payee” section on the money order blank. Keep your money order receipt. This website will be updated with the latest information and announcements. You can also send us email at [email protected] Marc Emery speaking, the venue window, and Cannabis Culture magazinesMarijuana users have contributed more beauty and more richness to the world than anyone else, yet they are hunted down like dogs. That was the message Vancouver’s “Prince of Pot”, a.k.a. Marc Emery, had for his rapt audience at Doc’s Cafe and Bakery on Thursday evening. Following introductions from event organizer Chris Gilberds and Dana Larsen, the NDP candidate for Vancouver West, Emery spoke for more than two hours about the benefits of marijuana and the harm inflicted on society by the war on drugs. “Fabulous profits (for the drug dealers) could be ended overnight without prohibition,” said the wiry Emery. “It’s so simple. All it takes is the stroke of a pen.” A legalized, regulated drug industry would reduce property crime, theft, prostitution and gang violence, said Emery. Police forces could be cut in half, he said, and disease transmission though shared needles would be reduced. As it stands, he said, an ounce of marijuana can cost $200 to $300. But if the substance were legalized, that price could be decimated to $30 an ounce. “Prohibition is designed to achieve nothing but its own perpetuation,” said Emery. “It’s a great job-guaranteer for cops. It’s a war that can’t be won.” The wild profits currently available through drug trafficking make the industry irresistible for many young people, said Emery. “It makes working at McDonald’s for $8 an hour seem, shall we say, futile.” The marijuana industry in B.C. is worth $7 billion a year, said Emery, and is second only to the construction sector. Emery, a longtime cannabis activist who formerly sold marijuana seeds by mail, said he has been arrested 23 times, jailed 17 times and raided by police six times. He’s been jailed in eight provinces and has had $1 million in assets seized by police. He is currently free on bail. Some of his convictions, which have included promoting bongs and giving hash away for free, are “quite amusing,” he said. “I’m a very happy warrior. I have no regrets.” Emery is currently facing extradition to the U.S., where he could receive a sentence of 20 years or longer to be served in a U.S. jail. Emery said he will be sad if he ends up going to a U.S. prison, but will have no regrets. He added that a 20-year jail term would be a “death sentence” for him since the average life expectancy in American jails is 65. And Emery is already 50. Emery spoke openly about his reputation as a radical, saying he was once described as the “number one drug trafficker in U.S. history” on the Lou Dobbs Tonight show on CNN. “There’s only 45 dudes in the world more bad than me,” said Emery, in reference to his standing as the 46th most wanted man in the U.S. Emery also noted he is the only Canadian on the list. While Emery has sold marijuana seeds through the mail to Yukon customers in the past, he said, this is the first time he has visited the territory. “I heard your premier is an ex-heroin dealer, he commented. “I find that fantastic. And they want to put me away for 20 years!” (Premier Dennis Fentie served time for a narcotics offence in Alberta in the 1970s.) No police presence was visible at Thursday’s event, which saw upwards of 50 people in attendance, despite an earlier statement from the RCMP that uniformed officers would be present. “We have a police state here,” said Emery. “Nobody should be in jail for an hour for marijuana. We live in a free society. We should be able to do what we want to our own bodies.” Emery reiterated the benefits of marijuana use throughout his talk. He claimed that marijuana kills cancer cells, reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, cures morning sickness and is beneficial for pregnant women, increases creativity, and does not lead to violent behaviour. “You will never date-rape on pot. No one has ever died of pot.” Emery also said that “it’s a complete slander” to say marijuana users proceed to use harder drugs more often than non-marijuana users. “I’ve never met an author who didn’t smoke pot. Most journalists smoke pot. Every video game was made by a person smoking pot,” said Emery. He also cited many prominent musicians such as the late Bob Marley, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones as prolific marijuana users. “And yet we’re hunted down like dogs. It doesn’t make any sense at all.” Larsen echoed many of Emery’s views, agreeing that marijuana is “the best plant on Earth” and has a “vast array” of medicinal and industrial uses. Larsen said the war on drugs is an “absolute failure in every way. We have to end Prohibition.” Larsen urged audience members to ask their local candidates about their stance on drugs, particularly if a federal election is held in the fall. “When it ends, we’re going to look back on this terrible nightmare and be glad we woke up.” Gilberds said he encountered several roadblocks during the planning stages of last night’s event. In his advertisements, Gilberds said, he wasn’t allowed to say the event was a “friendly talk on illegal drugs” or an “open debate on marijuana.” “I couldn’t say anything. I expected people not to be happy about it, but I expected air time,” he said. Gilberds said rumours of throwing marijuana plants into the crowd circulated before the event. “No, this isn’t a smoke-in,” said Gilberds. “It’s a public forum by two people who really believe what they believe in.” Michael Phelps admitted “regrettable behavior” after a photo of him using a bong was published.Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps will not face criminal charges in connection with a November party at which he was photographed using a bong, a South Carolina sheriff said Monday. “We do not believe we have enough evidence to prosecute anyone” who was at the party in Columbia, South Carolina, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told reporters, adding that authorities are ending their investigation into Phelps. “We had a photo, and we had him saying he was sorry for his inappropriate behavior,” Lott said. “That behavior could have been going to a party. … He never said, ‘I smoked marijuana.’ He never confessed to that. We didn’t have physical evidence. We didn’t have enough where we could go arrest him.” Phelps, 23, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, admitted “regrettable behavior” after a British newspaper published the photograph about two weeks ago. The tabloid News of the World showed Phelps using the bong during what it said was a November party at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. “I’m glad this matter is put to rest,” he said in a written statement. “But there are also some important lessons that I’ve learned. For me, it’s all about recognizing that I used bad judgment and it’s a mistake I won’t make again. For young people especially — be careful about the decisions you make. One bad decision can really hurt you and the people you care about. “I really appreciate the support my family and fans have shown me, and now I will move forward and dive back into the pool, having put this whole thing behind me.” Phelps told CNN affiliate WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland, “This is something that I need to learn from, will learn from and have learned from.” “I know that a lot of people make mistakes, and the best way to learn from them is changing things,” Phelps told WBAL. Lott said the photo that surfaced of Phelps put him and his department in a “no-win situation.” If he had ignored it, he said, he would have faced criticism, but he also was criticized for investigating. He defended his investigation, saying, “As a cop, my responsibility is to enforce the law, not to create it or ignore it. Marijuana in the state of South Carolina is illegal.” The common excuse from Concentration Camp guards and other criminals in Nazi Germany when they were asked why they did what they did: “I wasn’t making the rules, I was just following orders!” Because you have the hells angles over here growing pot and making millions and we have the bandagle are what not over there the other gangs in between growing money from trees. If we tax and regulated it treating it like alcohal the money tree would end for the black market Let me say it again the end of the black market would end and all the wars that go with it the drug war would end as no profits no fighting for the money tree. Cannabis culture and High times should Be sponsoring This Guy as a champion and as our roll modal for doing somthing that is safer than alcohol. you know i was kinda hoping he would be charged….he would have been a great martyr…someone that could have shown how messed up pot laws are… The reason they decided to back off on Phelps is undoubtedly linked to the public support of Phelps and outrage against our failed War on Drugs. This also comes at a time when Mexico is a bloody war zone and three former Latin American leaders have created a commission to address serious drug policy reform. The U.N. is set to meet in Vienna next month, where they will tackle drug policy head-on. Even among our own Democratic strategists, there is agreement that marijuana prohibition must end. Phelps was merely a catalyst which they are now trying to diffuse, yet the economic crisis is one of many others that isn’t going away. The drug war is finished, it’s time to move on and implement the only logical solution–which is outlined by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition at http://www.leap.cc. Tell your friends, representatives and local news provider the good news: the War on Drugs is over, and humanity has won. Now, who knows where to get some hemp seeds and ayahuasca tea?! What a fucking joke. So what if he smokes pot, after working his ass off and getting the most gold medals ever in one year he deserves to cut loose. How quick we tear down our heros. Smoke your heart out Phelps you’ve earned it. Lott says as a cop, his responsibility is to enforce the law, not to create it or ignore it. Then doesn’t that mean that he would never use his office to oppose leagalization, right? How about him attempting to be an up to date informed, caring human being first. It was much better when cops were peace officers that kept the peace and not millitaristic “law enforcement” drones that go out of there way to force people to obey bad laws. Cops are only allowed to believe in ” Drugs users! Bad, Police Good!” I’ll bet that if Phelps would have admitted it was ganja he would still be trying to arrest him and ignoring the violent crime that permeates his county and state. Ball-and-stick model of the γ-butyrolactone (GBL) molecule.Two “party” drugs linked to the death of young people will be banned under plans unveiled by the Home Office. The move will make BZP – also known as herbal ecstasy – and industrial solvent GBL, sold as a “legal high”, illegal. The parents of Hester Stewart, 21, who died after taking GBL in Brighton last month, wrote to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith asking her to change the law. And a coroner urged BZP to be banned after mortgage broker Daniel Backhouse, 22, died after using the drug. The proposal would categorise BZP – which Mr Backhouse had mixed with ecstasy powder – as a Class C drug. Ms Smith said: “I am determined that we respond to the dangers of these drugs and that is why I have committed to controlling them. “It is absolutely right that we continue to adapt our drug policy to the changing environment of substance misuse. BZP – made illegal in the Republic of Ireland earlier this year – would carry a UK prison term of up to two years for possession and 14 years for dealing. The drug, originally a worming treatment for cattle, can cause serious heart problems, vomiting, anxiety attacks, mood swings and seizures. The Home Office’s consultation paper on the drugs also includes proposals to ban some anabolic steroids, which have been linked to infertility and liver problems. Man has heart attack at forty , Ronald Mcdonald to be hung next week, Burger King to be impeached , the local grocery store is set for demolition this tuesday. please send in your license application for your daily brown rice ration. 23 year old woman gets paper cut on finger , all sources of pulp to be incinerated, all books, magazines and pamphlets should be sent to your local crematorium. Stone tables will replace the menace that is paper. I cannot get my head around why we feel we need to protect everybody. People are going to use these drugs if they want to use them. Regardless of how illegal you make them. Stop punishing people because of a few idiots/unfortunates. I really do despair at the incompetance and stupidity of people sometimes, not just governments but parents who feel they will be doing some good by taking young timmys one off case as a reason to ban drugs. Wow, two more limbs added to the gangster money tree. They sure seem to have powerful friends strategically placed within governments. So I wonder if the cattle farmers and industrial companies know their solvents and deworming medicine is now illegal? WTF! The reason the so called “kids” — and I don’t consider 20-somethings kids — are doing these drugs is that they are legal and the reason they are dangerous is that they are unregulated. We live in a high stress, fast paced, totally neurotic world where our personal empowerment is zapped and the rush to make things better is stymied at every turn. If life preservation and safety are the real issues, then a good first step would be to legalize cannabis. Then at least we would have a choice between the horrors of alcohol addiction and the stigma of being a pot head. The next step would be to decriminalize all other drugs and use the money from enforcement to treat addicts. No, not just force them to go to stupid meetings or go to jail, actually offer them something like, oh I don’t now, jobs? psychiatric evaluation? a place to live while they heal? One final comment: laws that criminalize certain behavior do not inspire good behavior. It’s a total falacy that, if anyone cared to ask a sociologist or anthropologist (ie a scientist), is apparent simply be looking at any society in history. So are they going to ban gasoline and rubbing alcohol and similar chemicals as well? Hey, you can get pretty high sniffing gasoline! When are governments going to realize that banning chemicals isn’t the solution – EDUCATION IS. Laws are not a replacement for good parenting and education of the world’s youth, even if it makes people feel better under the false impression that law enforcement is going to “control” chemical substances. It’s terrible policy and we already know this. Come on, politicians, why don’t you put your money and effort into education and compassionate, helpful programs that will take care of the PROBLEM, not Band-Aid the symptom. Jodie Emery speaks at the Vancouver Art Gallery shortly before her husband, Marc, was extradited. (Photo by Miranda Nelson)Marijuana activists Jodie and Marc Emery have always kept interesting company. But people might be surprised to learn that Marc, who was recently extradited to the U.S., has spent quite a bit of time with officials from the Canada Revenue Agency. “They would have meetings with him,” Jodie Emery told the Georgia Straight in a phone interview. “Officials from Revenue Canada would sit down and say, ‘Hey Mr. Emery, how is it going? Good, good. How are sales? Oh, slow time of year? That’s too bad. Well, hopefully you can sell some more.’ ” While the meetings were apparently congenial, the CRA wasn’t wasting its time. According to Emery, between 1999 and 2005, her husband paid over $580,000 in provincial and federal income tax on the sale of marijuana seeds alone. And the CRA is currently after an additional $300,000, Emery said. She questioned whether or not this made the CRA culpable for profiting from a criminal act, which is illegal under Section 462.31 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Bradley Alvarez, a spokesperson for the CRA, told the Straight that privacy legislation prevents him from talking about specific cases. “What I can tell you is the fact that the Income Tax Act does not distinguish between income…being legal or illegal,” he said in a telephone interview from his office in Vancouver. “All it says is that any income that you make is reportable and subject to income tax.” Alvarez explained that the CRA has a division called the special enforcement program, which assesses income derived from illegal activity. Numbers supplied by Alvarez show that, during the 2009–10 fiscal year, the program conducted a total of 921 audits that resulted in federal tax assessments totalling $73.4 million. According to Caitlin Workman, a CRA spokesperson based in Ottawa, a body of federal and provincial case law has established that collecting taxes on illegal income does not constitute a breach of the Criminal Code. In 1983, then–B.C. Supreme Court judge Beverley McLachlin ruled that the proceeds of a crime constitute income as defined by the Income Tax Act. In her decision, she quoted a 1927 court decision that stated: “There is no doubt that the word income in the Income Tax Act is sufficiently wide to include money other than that received from bona fide transactions. The fact that profits are derived from an illegal business does not make them immune to taxation.” Furthermore, McLachlin dismissed the argument that by taxing illegal income, the CRA is profiting from a crime. “The Tax Department would be in violation of section 312 only if it had in its possession property which it knows or wilfully blindly ignores is obtained by unlawful means,” McLachlin wrote. “The monies used to satisfy the tax debt may come from lawful means, even though they are calculated on unlawful activities…” Neil Brooks, an expert in tax law at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, argued that it would be downright odd if the Canadian government did not try to tax illegal income. “It would seem to me to be quite strange that we would treat—for tax purposes—people that were making their income illegally more favourably than we treated people who were making their income legally,” he said in a telephone interview. “Income tax is supposed to be levied on the basis of people’s ability to pay.” Brooks noted that privacy protections built into the Income Tax Act make the release of information on specific cases a rare occurrence. But he said that some people who make their income illegally do report that money to the CRA. “They worry more about being charged with tax evasion than they might worry about being charged with their illegal activity,” Brooks explained. “Al Capone is the paradigm case—the Americans sent him to jail on tax evasion.” In an interview conducted on May 25, five days after Marc Emery was extradited to the U.S., Jodie Emery described the federal government’s actions as “ironic and somewhat unjust”. “Let’s ask the federal government and Revenue Canada if they can explain how it is fair that Marc Emery gets extradited and sentenced to five years when they accepted the proceeds of crime,” she challenged. What are your thoughts about the federal government extraditing Marc Emery after taxing his marijuana profits? “The whole thing is absurd; he hasn’t done anybody any harm. There was a huge movement to try and prevent his extradition. I presented thousands of petitions in the House of Commons, and the fact that he has been extradited to the U.S. and will now serve a prison sentence that he had to plea-bargain down is outrageous. It’s something that he was never charged with in Canada, and if he had been, he would have just gotten a small fine. There are many levels to this, one of which is a slap in the face to Canadian sovereignty.” “A lot of laughter, if you can represent that in writing. I just think that while this is tragic for Marc and his family, it is silly for the government to charge taxes, obviously implying that the activity is legal. And then letting him be prosecuted—but in other words, persecuted—letting him be persecuted by the United States of America. I’ve always believed that this is the wrong thing to do. And I continue to believe that.” “The issues are entirely separate. The taxation system is neutral, whereas the extradition has to do with a perceived criminal activity and is an entirely separate branch of the government. Taxation is based on your source of income, and the Crown doesn’t owe somebody a duty—as a result of collecting taxes on their income—to stop an extradition. There is not a public-policy override on the fact that it is not a legal business or that it’s not a socially acceptable business. As long as it’s a business or at least a source of income, the government can tax you on it.” “I didn’t even think of that. I guess he more than paid for his extradition.…They need to make up their mind. That’s like speaking out of both sides of your mouth. I just never realized that of course he pays taxes.…At one point, someone said that the fact that Marc Emery has participated so wholeheartedly in promoting the discussion around the legalization of marijuana is the only reason they are targeting him. And I guess this really shows that that is true.” Wow! You really know alot about Marc, man, but I cant’ help wondering, after you tell us how you see it as pretty obvious that he was a nerd and then how you knew that there was a 99% chance he was shunned and teased and then how you knew that he then decided to be a cool guy then you knew how he realized that he had to use his verbal skills to con the wise men of Vancouver then oh man I love this part-you were right there as he kept going, kept escalating, kept being brasher and more arrogant, why oh why, in the end you leave us guessing as to whether or not it was worth it to Marc. Why do we have to ask him? Come on now man surely someone with your obvious insight can let us know if Marc feels he accomplished anything he set out to do or if he would do it all again bedamned of the consequences or even if the cause is a noble one or are you my fine anonymous friend just a dirty hairy troll as we all suspect? Here’s what I think Marc Emery’s story comes down to. Judging from early videos of Emery, it’s pretty obvious that he was the classic “nerd”. 99% chance he was shunned and teased by the others. Then one day he decided that to become one of the cool guys he was going to have to start smoking Cannabis. Then he realized that by using his verbal skills he could say a bunch of pro-Cannabis stuff and all the cool Vancouverites would accept and encourage him. Now he was no longer nerdy used book store guy, he was “the Prince of Pot”, hero of the Cannabis subculture because he could speak well and they couldn’t. Emery then had to keep escalating his pro-Cannabis activities, to keep the attention and adoration of the Cannabis users. Starting the seed company answered all his needs. Now he was the money man of the Cannabis subculture. What will get you more attention and at least fake temporary love than that? The possibility of imprisonment was little deterrent compared to the benefits of being Cannabis money guy, so he kept going, kept escalating, kept being brasher and more arrogant. As is generally the case with all such scenarios, the bubble eventually burst and it was time to pay the piper. Was it worth it? You’d have to ask Marc. I guess it depends on what your priorities in life are, getting stoner chics or freedom. Funny you would say this, because some in the US seem to think that they have jurisdiction over criminal activities here in Canada. And Canadian laws WERE broken, the penalties just aren’t as draconian as in the US. That information wasn’t removed, it’s still available on the page where we ask people to send Marc money. The $300,000 is 5 years of interest stacked up on top of a smaller amount he owed when the raid happened. He paid diligently and handsomely for many years, with a small amount owing which has since ballooned into a ridiculous amount. Here’s the info again, which is still available on our website at https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/05/22/Send-Marc-Mail-SeaTac-FDC Marc does not make any income from the store or anywhere. I get paid so I am supporting him. Supporters of Marc WANT to help him, so if you don’t care, then go away. Some people think Marc and I are filthy rich, but that is SO FAR from the truth. We own nothing or any value except for my modest wedding ring that Marc’s father’s small inheritance paid for. Marc had $11 in his bank account the day of the raid in 2005 because he knew that if he ever got busted, the cops would take everything he owned or kept. The whole POINT of making money through seed sales was to give it away. Most people are instinctively greedy (that’s natural, not an insult) so they can’t comprehend why Marc didn’t keep anything. He’s a brilliant and selfless guy, that’s why. Marc has more debt than most people. He owed Revenue Canada a couple thousand dollars when he got busted by the DEA on July 29th, 2005. Up until that point, Marc was making regular large tax payments because he had regular income that could afford the big payments owed. But after the bust, that income tax bill could not be paid because we had nothing at all. Since 2005, the interest rate on that owed income tax is HUGE. Marc owes Revenue Canada over $300,000. We cannot afford to pay that off, it’s absolutely impossible. And if Marc makes any income, the government takes 150% of it — so we have to pay the government twice as much as anything we pay Marc! That’s why Marc has no money at all except for what I can afford to send him from my paycheque, and what supporters send to him or donate in the store. We paid our lawyers ourselves, through our company. Thankfully our lawyers have been very generous because they know how unjust Marc’s case is compared to all the “bad dudes” they normally work for. They know Marc has no money. Yes, my store does well business-wise, but like all businesses, the vast majority of income goes to paying employees, rent, electric bills, payroll and PST taxes, buying stock, and making improvements to the building — not to mention all of the activism and campaigns we fund too, and that’s where all the “profit” goes. So Marc does need money. If you don’t want to send him anything, then don’t. But there are many people who do, so this information is for them to utilize. This tax lawyer is correct but the point is that from the US perspective the Government of Canada profited from the proceeds of a US crime even though no Canadian laws were broken. Canadian court rulings on taxes have no jurisdiction in the US. This is a lie. Emery owes over $300,000 to Revenue Canada in taxes he never paid after his arrest in Canada in 2005. It was posted in the Cannabis Culture forums but was taken down quickly. Yes, the DEA should charge the Canadian government, or the responsible officials, with money laundering, as they knowingly participated in the same activities that Mr. Emery did. Emery was charged with money laundering, wasn’t he? That makes the Canadian government his accomplice. In fact, I bet a good prosecutor could make a case for a conspiracy involving a large number of Canadians. I would be willing to bet if the Canadian government was as pro-marijuana as Mr. Emery, such a thing might conceivably happen. But since this case was not about drugs per se, but about Mr. Emery’s political activities, nobody really cares about what actually happened or who was involved. Remember, Mr. Emery’s case is not about laws being broken, but about silencing a critic of the government. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Doesn’t this make the current government guilty of some sort of proceeds of crime law? If they knowingly accepting the proceeds of a crime (and by cooperating with the DEA, they admit as much) doesn’t that make them guilty of something? I’m sure the meaning of the word, marijuana, is different for many people. Ever see that South Park episode when the word, fag, is used to describe Harley riding douche bags? The meaning of the word is in its context, which can be used in a racist fashion. Marc is a master of what I think “cheeky”means with a British sense of humoUr. Learned as ex-pat living in Asia about this interesting word.The intrigue that was set in motion has created good vibrations globally.I’ll be lecturing on FREE MARC at Meta Art House in Phnom Penh on July,4th.Teach people they should not say MARIJUANA. This M-word is VILE and RACIST and must be put in a locked box .The non-smokers can hear that message and learn.You have a ton of work to turn people ON to TRUTH and not blow smoke.Listen to TOM JAMES at Hemp usa.org and prevent illness with hemp achene nutrition. So if you want to launder some drug money you just overpay your drug income tax and then wait for the nice fat refund. Bingo, your dirty money is now nice clean government issued money. Basically, you just send in your total income and they send back all but the taxes. Now you go to the bank and cash the government check. Everything that took place between you and Tax Canada is confidential. All anybody ever sees is the huge government checks coming into your account. You tell everybody you’re a “consultant” for Tax Canada, a really well paid one. I had some additional thoughts about Michael Coren’s Sun TV interview with my wife Jodie and his subsequent Toronto Sun newspaper rant (both are attached to the beginning of my last blog) about me and the cannabis culture. One of the favoured media propaganda techniques is the long ranting monologue preceding the interview of the guest (Jodie in this case) with opposing ideas. This rant (perfected by Bill O’Reilly at Fox News and emulated in this case by Sun TV host Michael Coren) is always full of idiotic lies. What do you say to someone who is arguing the world is flat? Well, you don’t get to say anything because the guest isn’t present during the taping of the rant, and doesn’t know it will show up in the broadcast. And even if Jodie were aware of the rant, how can you rebut a dozen lies in nine seconds? As for the tacked on interview with Jodie, it’s a matter of the host skipping from subject to subject whenever one subject gets too hot. When Jodie brought up prohibition’s role in starting wars, justifying invasions and directing foreign policy, Coren tosses in a quick lie and zips off to another subject. Coren says he can’t see why marijuana prohibition is a big cause (despite it being big enough for two states to vote in the majority to repeal marijuana prohibition). Again, Jodie starts to tell him how prohibition affects nearly every aspect of society and zip… lie… zip… he’s off to another subject. Could it be Coren and people like him are just propaganda robots who automatically reject anything coming from the reality-based community? Whenever the ‘reality-based community’ brings up a point, the reaction is to dismiss it with some moronic lie, and then …zip… to move on. The camera, when left alone to do its work, doesn’t lie. Jodie came across as a classy, intelligent person who dealt in facts. Coren comes across as a brainwashed ideologue grinning at his own stupidity, which he mistakes for intelligence. Coren, knowing full well how full of it he is, even predicts he will get loads of emails and twitter responses from the reality-based community calling him “evil”. Coren doesn’t see the relevance of his own remark. He laughs at it. It is this disconnect between the evil done by prohibition and the inability of people like Coren to accept responsibility for what they are endorsing. This is sociopathic behaviour. Coren simply can’t empathize with the suffering he is promoting. Prohibition is no more serious a concern than “the right to masturbate”, he writes! It is indeed true with prohibition, that if you aren’t against prohibition, you are indeed for it – and therefore must accept the evil done by prohibitionist policy as your own. Prohibitionists are incapable of logical thought in this matter because logic would show they are supporting evil acts. Therefore, Coren avoids logic, and avoids any responsibility for who he is, and what he is. Coren’s mistaken assertion that police ignore possession busts is limited and incorrect. Incorrect because, as Jodie points out, possession busts continue to rise, over 10,000 in Canada last year. But limited, too, because the big prohibition money for police is in seizures. That’s the main interest of police when it comes to prohibition. The police don’t get homes and cars and yachts and motorcycles and computers and furniture and anything else they want by making possession busts. Would-be-uniformed thugs don’t join police SWAT teams to make possession busts. They join to fuck shit up. To blast through front doors, to toss in stun grenades, carry heavy assault weaponry, wear intimidating black assault outfits, have slavering German Shepherds ready to attack anyone inside feigning resistance. Helicopters, tanks, all the SWAT team paraphernalia so beloved by adrenalized cops everywhere in North America – you don’t get that making possession busts. Coren asked Jodie if she was a ‘pothead’, a juvenile tactic that says a lot about Coren and his audience. Coren seemed to be in a constant state of self-absorbed glee through the entire interview. He was so charged up while saying the dumbest things and was just bursting to say the next dumb thing, and the next. A classic remark by Coren had a certain historical resonance, his final last-stand defense for prohibition and all it represents. When the lies don’t hold up (and they didn’t), when the facts are starting to get in the way (and they did), it’s time for the ultimate rationalization, the one that is history’s most popular justification for evil: “Well, it’s the law.” Then at the end, Coren wishes me the best for the holiday season. See, that’s a disconnect. He can’t see legalization as a worthy cause, he thinks I doth protest my five-year sentence for selling seeds from my desk in Vancouver too much (there are more worthy prisoners and causes, he says), he issues me a robotic Christmas greeting to show his humanity while expressly supporting the propaganda from a prohibitionist system that put me in a US federal prison in the first place! That’s chutzpah for you! The prohibition system has left over a million children without fathers in the US, and millions more in some level of despair over loved ones in prisons worldwide for prohibition. Coren and drug war apologists will nonetheless enjoy the holidays with their families. He does not see the evil, the contradiction. It does not enter Coren’s mind. Simply by wishing me a Merry Christmas, Coren is able to reassure himself he is an okay guy. After all, prohibition can’t be so bad as to ruin a Merry Christmas, can it, Mr. and Mrs. Emery? What’s 2,600 kilometers separation, really, for five years, because of some seeds?! Merry Christmas, Marc and Jodie – come on, lighten up, says Mr. Coren; It’s Christmas, for goodness sakes! But I’ll be out soon, maybe 12 months if I get transferred back to Canada, 18 months if I don’t. The Prohibitionists, however, are forever locked inside a delusion they can never escape. Abandoning that delusion, they’ll have to see themselves as they really are. And that’s something they can’t handle. Therefore, their lives will continue to be an exercise in worthlessness. But enough of Michael Coren at Christmastime. Christmas brings a feeling love and hope for humanity. People warm up at Christmas. They are nicer to each other for a brief period of time. I know from letters and cards that I am thought of at Christmas by many, and it’s a comforting feeling. All my work of over 30 years is coming to a big pay-off. 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What are your expectations for this year’s event in terms of numbers and the demographic of attendees? Last year, IBC was able to welcome 52,974 attendees, and while we are lucky in that for many of our attendees IBC is a firm fixture on their calendar, we never take that for granted. We listen to our attendees and we research the wider market, and this feedback drives us to constantly evolve and add new features. This year sees the debut of IBC Content Everywhere Europe, a focal point for the high profile and disruptive nature of IP connectivity and the second screen. As part of this, you will also see a brand new Feature Area, IBC Content Everywhere Cloud Solutions, which focuses on the impact of increasing amounts of content production processes and delivery being virtualised on remote servers and controlled by software. The implications of this will be profound. I would expect these initiatives to prove highly popular and help us bring in a new audience to the show. How well do you feel the traditional broadcast sector is applying itself to the changing landscape brought on by IP connectivity? Over the past 18 months the sector has seen considerable M&A activity and we can expect further consolidation. In some respects this is simply a sign of a maturing industry and increasingly commoditised technology. The switch to IP and IT infrastructure is fundamental to change in the industry and I think that at IBC you will not only see the participation of many newer players to the broadcast market, but plenty of vibrant innovation from so-called traditional developers and service providers who are successfully adapting and generating new revenue streams. Where we once had the content is king mantra, we now have content everywhere. There is an unstoppable logic behind the demand consumers have to be able to watch what they want when they want on what they want and the march of technologies to enable this. What is increasingly apparent and visible around IBC is that the momentum does not stop there. Personal, wearable computers and sensors connected to everyday items from cars to temperature controls are creating vast amounts of data that will some day run our lives. The nexus of this Internet of Things is the home and the logical place for it is the giant-size Ultra HD screen in the living room. The potential is vast and is already being eyed by vendors and media organisations. Rebecca Romijn and Crossing Jordan's Jerry O'Connell got engaged over the weekend. "We couldn't be happier and are looking forward to the next chapter of our lives," the couple said in a joint statement. Romijn's ex-husband, John Stamos, recently landed a gig on ER, meaning that awkward run-ins between him and her new intended at the NBC commissary are just waiting to happen. The original 13-episode order was reduced after three weeks of disappointing ratings. Fox hasn’t made a decision on cancelation, however, but Variety reports that it’s likely that Episode 10 will serve as the series finale. The NBC drama is the first new fall show to get picked up for a full season. PLUS: Blindspot adds a Borgias alum. Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of what could be described as two enduring American institutions, who’ve become well acquainted over the past quarter-century. Bill was 29 and Hillary 27 — both working as University of Arkansas law professors — when they tied the knot at their home in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Oct. 11, 1975 (see their wedding photo). Hours later, SNL launched with an “insane first show” starring George Carlin as host. PLUS: How Kate McKinnon transforms into Hillary Clinton. Samantha Bee on Vanity Fair’s all-male late-night host cover: "I got so angry. I was just like, 'f*ck you’” "I think it tapped into something,” she says of the photo shoot controversy and her tweeted response. 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I cannot say that Dave Peterson at Jun 29, 2011 at 12:32 pm ⇧ Hi Markus,I am only trying to clr.AddReference() to it because I was advised to try pre-loading all Has anyone had success in using numpy and scipy in SharpDevelop? Now that Reflector costs money, ILSpy is probably the best option for a quick check (though Reflector may be worth paying for if you do a lot of .NET development).On Tue, I'll try reinstalling later. For a simple line, you could use the exact same syntax in python that you'd use in a code block - the node's name. Install Dynamo version 0.9 for Revit then your good to go. Kulkul Dimitar Venkov Participant January 18, 2016 at 2:36 am Good day, George As you guessed in your initial I assume it maybe has something with the: clr.AddReference("RevitNodes") import Revit Can Dynamo Studio even import Revit classes and methods? G. All this works great until I try to run the actual solution - that is to say, to double click on my HelloWorld.exe in either the debug or the build directories thanks!!! Click continue to be directed to the correct support content and assistance for *product*. Juni 2011 13:33An: Markus Schaber; Curt Hagenlocher; ironpython-users at python.orgBetreff: RE: [Ironpython-users] Assembly references: file does not exist?Thanks Markus!Any chance you have any thoughts about why my assembly dll fails to A C# app that uses the same assembly I'm trying to use runs just fine with no similar assembly loading error -when launched from the same command prompt with the same Note that I verified that clr.References shows each of these referenced assemblies having been loaded when I test loading them all explicitly.I'm kinda lost.-- Dave-- DaveFrom: Markus Schaber [mailto:m.schaber at 3s-software.com]Sent: However, I don't believe the file is corrupt as I've tried the same on other versions of msvcr80.dll on my system and they all give this error though the programs the Is the VS 2005 C runtime really an assembly or does this reference mean something else? (Sorry for being a .NET noob) Definitely no matter what paths I append or insert Definitely if I don't (because I can't seem to find out how to do so) then I still get the same error as before when trying to clr.AddReference() to my assembly Interaction between a predictor and its quadratic form? Without the ".dll" suffix?) Gr??e, Markus Von: Dave Peterson [mailto:dpeterson at broadwaytechnology.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Chad_Clary 2016-06-29 20:43:52 UTC #5 ProtoGeometry.dll is in the directory. george Dimitar Venkov Participant January I'm trying to write a .py script to use one of my employer's .NET dlls but whenever I try to AddReferenceToFileAndPath() I get an error:IOError: System.IO.IOException: file does not exists: D:\path\to\my\dllHowever, Lucia St. I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but it leads me to believe that my entry DLL is trying to load another DLL and the system can't find the I'm guessing this isn't an 'assembly'. :)The other thing I note is that there appears to be an empty line in the references. This could mean I'm confused on my dependencies - is there a tool which will show what assemblies a given assembly requires?-- DaveFrom: Curt Hagenlocher [mailto:curt at hagenlocher.org]Sent: Tuesday, However some kind of error message appears (on both Exercise 1 and Exercise 2). See below in the thread for the error messages I've been getting and the code I'm running.Your help is greatly appreciated!-- DaveFrom: Markus Schaber [mailto:m.schaber at 3s-software.com]Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Juni 2011 14:32 An: Markus Schaber at Jun 29, 2011 at 1:30 pm ⇧ Hi, Dave,Do you want to say that ILSpy won't load your assembly.dll, or it won't load MSVCR80.dll? Page 1 of 1 (7 items) 2005-2015 ic#code Don't contact us via this ([email protected]) email address. Current state of Straus's illumination problem How to install a replacement lock in a mailbox? Are you OK?, I am a little bit worry about you. At first I tried to simulate the flow of the overall 3D structure but it showed an error about -Feature: Compile Equations: Time Dependent(sol1/st1) -Error: Problem setting up multigrid. How to find positive things in a code review? obs: Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll.mdb is shown when I start unity, if a get the things to work again, then after ... 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Baisicaly did everything I was supposed to in order to restore, but held home all that time untill it showed apple and restore progress. Do fix recovery and tether boot after. Error 11 Removed BBFW file in the firmware folder of an unzipped IPSW. Probably a hardware failure. Now Uncheck "Set Hosts to Cydia on Exit" option. Error 9844: This is typically caused by incorrect firewall settings. now my itune is at 11.1.3.8, i patched it with the tiny umbrella and the sinful fix and everything but i still get the 1601 error. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the Follow the steps below to bypass this error so that you can restore iPhone 3.1.3 firmware in iTunes. Error 13 and 14: These errors are typically resolved by performing one or more of the steps listed below: Perform USB isolation troubleshooting, including trying a different USB port directly on TAGSHow-toiTunes SHARE Facebook Twitter tweet Previous articleHow to Setup Multiple Email Signatures in iOS 6 / 6.0.1?Next articleHow to Install IPA Files on iPhone via SSH without Installous / iTunes Chandrashekhar Release power but keep holding home until the computers beeps as a USB device is recognized A few seconds later iTunes should detect your iOS device Apple TV 2 Connect your Try to restore again. iREB is a tool that will put your device into a pwned state so that you can upload custom firmware to it. Error 2 ASR does not exist on ramdisk or is corrupt/not signed. Error 1618 Missing system files or corrupt data in iTunes installation. Error 40265xxxx: Errors of the 40265xxxx range generally occur during the restore-from-a-backup phase, after iOS has been installed on the device. asked 3 years ago viewed 30507 times active 3 years ago Blog Stack Overflow Podcast #91 - Can You Stump Nick Craver? Fix iTunes Errors Using iREBThis method is also the easiest one to fix iTunes Errors like "1600 , 1601 1602, 1603 or 1604″ however if you are a Mac user then you What is WiFi? Can also be used to prevent a baseband update. TheMAC address being missing or the IMEI being the default value, (00 499901 064000 0), can also confirm a hardware issue. A few 11xx errors are also associated with the same process of fixing these errors. Choose iSync ? What is iOS? For XP Close iTunes and disconnect the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Reply Link Freepass July 7, 2010, 1:59 amRestored back to 3.1.2-thank you to the greatest iPhoneHeat!!! At other times, he is usually found scouring the tech forums for technical elixir. ... nothing working in favour.. :( dun want to upgrade to ios 6 by itunes in case of restoration by itunes.. You should be good to go. All rights reserved.Content licensed under Creative CommonsHosted by: Hydrogen - Elemental WordPress Hosting Home Advertise About Privacy Policy Tip Us Welcome to the GSM-Forum forums. Do not lock or device's LCD will fail. I was due to sell my jailbroken, unlocked 3GS running 4.0 today. Also�attempt to restore while connected with a known-good 30-pin Do... To fix iTunes error 21 on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod Touch 4G, 3G or iPad you have to restore to custom ipsw when your device in the DFU mode (Device Firmware Your default packet size being set incorrectly can cause this error. I have the same case as Robert. If the issue continues, contactApple Support. Frank i have exactly the same problem 3gs 16G running 3.1.3.i was trying to install an app and all of a sudden the screen when black.but when ever i pug it At first I tried restoring to White...

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Alvarez Associates LLC is a security risk management firm based out of Northern California that specializes in workplace violence prevention, management, assessment and response. Their primary goal is to provide your organization with the resources, tools and training needed to address this complicated issue. Previous Episode:The Key Element of 21st Century Persuasion More Episodes Next Episode:Behind the Scenes: The Launch, Membership Sites, and What Punk Rock has to do with Content Marketing You hear over and over that you need to be unique. To come at things with a fresh angle. To discover your winning difference. It’s all true. And it’s not just the “art of marketing” that dictates these things. It’s the science behind what fascinates us. You can try chasing trends by being a “me too” marketer. The legendary players, however, come not from chasing what’s happening, but by running in a different direction. Author and entrepreneur Sally Hogshead has committed her career to helping people discover their winning difference. And a content-driven approach to communicating that difference is amazingly powerful – because it makes you fascinating to follow — to the right crowd, that is. This new installment of New Rainmaker takes you on a journey with Sally as she outlines what it takes to develop a fascinating and unique position in your market. The answer might surprise you. All the smart money was chasing new disco acts based on the success of tunes like The Hustle, and Jive Talkin’ by the Bee Gees. Rock was dead, they all said, and this before Saturday Night Fever brought disco to middle America. Boston founder Tom Scholz struggled to get a record deal. And even after he signed with Epic, he got nothing but hassle from the label as he fought to release the band’s eponymous debut. Eventually, Scholz prevailed and Boston was released, and it was a massive success. 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The difference Nirvana made, however, was in the contrast they posed to the hair bands of the day, as well as making punk rock accessible. Another bandwagon ensued. Soon we had Clear Channel “alternative” rock stations (whatever that means). Rock music was fundamentally changed. Sally Hogshead: Anytime you communicate, you are creating content. That content is either adding value or it’s taking up space. When we went inside companies and we began studying what the difference was in the communication patterns of the high performers, we found that there was a specific thing that they did differently. The high performers within organizations and small businesses know exactly how they add value and they have a specialty. In other words, they’re not trying to be all things to all people. They don’t water down their communication. They’re very clear that they specialize in one specific form of communication. They’re not trying to be great at everything. They’re trying to be extraordinary in one particular way. Robert Bruce: And what’s the benefit of this focus on adding unique value? Does it really make a difference to be different in a really useful way? Sally Hogshead: People are more loyal to them. People refer them and they stay with them. They buzz about them in social media. As a result, they can charge up to 400% more for their products and services. Robert Bruce: The common advice at this point is usually that you’ve got to become stronger, faster and better than the competition, but could things work out better if you didn’t focus on those macho notions at all? Sally Hogshead: If you focus on your strengths and you’re trying to outdo somebody else, then you’re going to stay on the hamster wheel. There’s a different way. Instead of focusing on your strengths, focus on your differences. If you focus on your differences, it becomes much easier for you to carve out a place in the market. It becomes much easier for you to stop trying to outdo other people and to be put in a competitive position. Over the last decade as I’ve been studying the science of fascination and what types of messages are most fascinating, what I found is that when your listener is in a state of fascination, they’re more likely to buy from you. They’re more likely to like you, trust you, believe you, and follow you. They’re more likely to post about you in social media. They return to you for more because you’re adding intense value through this focus. Robert Bruce: Hogshead is the creator of The Fascination Advantage® Assessment: the world’s first personality assessment that measures what makes a person most engaging to others. Unlike other personality gauges, this test is not about how you see the world – but how the world sees you. Sally Hogshead: There’s a specific way that the world sees you at your best. 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Take Rainmaker for a free test drive, and get more power and less hassle from your online marketing efforts. A special thanks to Sally Hogshead for lending her expertise to this episode. You can find even more from her at sallyhogshead.com. This is true, but really didnt get HOW to find your difference, just explained that being different is the key. I appreciated it though, bc I am actually going through this right now!

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And attachment parenting, the wear-your-baby-everywhere-and-breastfeed philosophy touted by Dr. William Sears, is to blame. Now, normally I do not engage in these online mommy wars, but as Jong lambastes the green movement alongside Dr. Sears, I thought I’d step in with a response from the Green Baby Guide. First of all, I’ve got to say that Erica Jong had some good points. Both Joy and I have some upcoming posts about the downsides of breastfeeding—a point of view that often gets swept into a corner for fear of scaring new mothers off from the practice altogether. If you don’t have a story about how beautiful and transcendent nursing is, you may as well just keep it to yourself for fear that the Earth Mother police will confiscate your secret collection of glass bottles and organic formula. Today marks our final in a series of posts dedicated to saving cash while keeping the environment in mind. (Check here, here, and here for some great frugal blog resources to support your money saving efforts.) Over the past two years we’ve written dozens of posts on budget friendly, earth friendly practices, but we’ve picked our favorites to help you save money in 2010. Did you know that there’s one brand of high quality, name brand green laundry soap that’s far cheaper than even generics? Check this post to see how you can save money and the planet while tossing those yam-encrusted baby bibs into the wash. 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If I don't get this house, I'm going to be pretty bummed. I'm already allowing myself to 'decorate' it. Can't sleep for all the furniture arranging I'm doing. And then I wasted almost a whole day designing a house warming invitation. I'll get over it if it falls through. But it's actually reassuring to me that I've got such great expectations, rather than living in the slough of despondency. Dang, what the human brain is capable of is a mystery. I'm beginning to feel good. That may not seem significant, but it's quite a statement since I've been unable to say that for almost 3 years. I've been in a very dark place, thus, the silence in my blog. But with final divorce papers in my hand, I've relinquished all hope of repairing a broken marriage, and I'm determined to make the most of this new chapter in my life. That said, things are happening quickly here. My second year lease at this sweet, small and safe Villa Rica studio apartment ended almost exactly as my divorce papers arrived. Time to move back to Atlanta, where family and friends are, and search for a new home. I want a house to call my own, with a garden. Nothing big. Just something to call my own. I received a phone message from my sister the other day telling me of something she heard on the TV--Wells Fargo's new program, Neighborhood Lift, offering downpayment assistance to people who fit the criteria and are willing to move into the depressed areas of town. Forgivable downpayment if you live in the house 5 years. What the heck, I thought, I'll give it a try. I made an appointment, showed up for it at the World Congress Center this past Sunday, bringing a folder full of required paperwork, filled out forms, was herded through a series of loan officers and waited anxiously as the computers processed my information to see if I qualified. Finally, I was pointed toward the shuttles, which herded people to different intown neighborhoods, holding in my hand a piece of paper congratulating me--$15,000 has been set aside to be used as my downpayment at the closing of my new house--wherever that might be. I chose the West End shuttle because that's what my approved mortgage amount allowed; the other neighborhoods were way over my limit. One of the houses, a charming bungalow in perfect condition, had everything I wanted-space for a studio, a small basement-- and was in my price range (I've actually been looking for months at houses, so I was able to make comparisons). Next day I brought some family and a real estate agent (also family), who agreed the house was perfect--hopefully the neighborhood would also be one day. We made an offer, today the counter-offer arrived and I am signing the contract. I also just received an email from the Wells Fargo loan officer telling me that there may be more grant money for me--she's looking into it. I'm going to write about this as the process evolves. I know it's wordy; you don't have to read it. But it may inspire some people to try for some of that free money that's out there. And it's out there. The picture above, "La Rotonde Cafe, Paris" is an 18x24 pastel, and will be at my upcoming show at The River Gallery, in Chattanooga, TN. The Trinity School Spotlight on Art Artists Market is one of the largest and most diverse art markets in the Southeast. Guests discover a selection not found in any other gallery at once, curated to include pieces from both well-known names and new artists. With prices from $5 to $5,000, there is literally something for everyone. Open late for two special evenings! Come either night (or both) to meet some of our featured artists and enjoy light bites and cocktails. The Artists Market is presented on the campus of Trinity School and is open to the public with free admission and parking. For directions, go here: http://www.trinityatl.org/spotlight_on_art/directions.aspx Last week I posted the incorrect day (Friday, Feb. 6) for the Trinity School Spotlight on Art Artists Market opening reception. Here is the correct information: It should be a pretty amazing show. Over 350 artists. When dropping off my work on Saturday afternoon, I saw a lot of beautiful work. If you're looking to purchase something for your home, you need to drop by Trinity School this coming week. Here's their web site for more info: http://www.trinityatl.org/spotlight_on_art/market.aspx Let’s see, I play the guitar/sing. I love to paint/draw, and particularly love comic book art. My wife is a physician (blood/cancer), and we’ve been married for 8 years. She’s also in the United States Air Force. We have to dogs that I love (a beagle mix and a chihuahua mix … both are rescues). I’m the youngest of 4 children, and my oldest sibling will turn 50 soon. Most people think I’m younger than I really am, because I refuse to act my age. I have degrees in psychology, and a graduate degree in counseling. I spent several years as a grant writer. That’s about it! You started the Weekly Chapter Challenge group on the Writers Digest Community site. What prompted you to start it? It’s not uncommon for writers to feel a certain amount of career isolation, which is ironic, because it’s what draws many of us to the pursuit in the first place. I’m no different. I had completely finished the draft of my first full manuscript in relative obscurity. (Only my wife and a few friends really knew I was attempting to write anything.) At any rate, I was feeling completely alone with my accomplishment. Furthermore, I wanted to start working on a new project while editing. The problem was that I was finding it hard to make time to write “new stuff”. I’d signed up to WD a few weeks before, and thought that maybe I could find a couple of more folks who’d like to partner up in a work exchange program. I created the Chapter Challenge as a tool to help keep me motivated and hopefully aid a few other writers as well. Now we’ve got 60 plus members and growing! As far as drafting the new story goes, it has become absolutely essential to my creative process. I literally write with the idea that Peggy will be reading my work imbedded in my mind. It pushes me in ways I hadn’t even imagined. Even more important to me is the idea that I’ll be reading her story in return. It creates such a reciprocal energy. If I’m fortunate to ever be successful at this writing thing, I think I’ll owe much of that success to my partnership. The only real qualifications are that you be interested in growing as a writer, have some kind of tangible writing goal, and be willing to read and offer feedback on the work of someone else on a regular basis. Whether that be polishing an existing work chapter-by-chapter, or creating new to content to share with a partner each week is entirely up to you. If you’re interested, then head over to the WD forum and check out the description of the group, and get some tips on advertising for a partner. You write YA fantasy. What were some of you favorite books growing up, and how do you feel they influenced you as a writer? I was heavily influenced by Stephen King, which sounds odd for a young person, but he was the first writer that really grabbed me in my adolescence. His writing is extremely vivid and character driven. People generally think of King as the guy that comes up with all of these creepy ideas and scary books, but fans really know that the meat of his stories are all about the normal people that live through these incredible journeys. I remember reading The Stand, and weeping over the death of a character for the first time. I really try/hope to bring characters to life in my own work the way he did for me. The other ‘watershed’ reading moment for me was Harry Potter. I was working with teenagers as a mental health counselor at the time the books first became really popular. I recall seeing some of the other counselors using these crazy wizard boy books in their treatment plans, and watching these kids from some of the worst possible situations eating them up! I read them, and instantly understood why young people would relate. That’s the moment I decided that I wanted to write for young people and try to make stories that would mean something to them. The best is from Stephen King’s book, On Writing. In it he says that he received the following advice from one of his early writing instructors: “When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story; when you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are NOT the story.” You have a day job. How do you find the time to write? Any special place or time you do your writing? I tutor middle-school students during the school year, which leaves me with some unusual writing hours. I’ll squeeze my writing time in where I can fit it. Also, I try to write new material earlier in the day (before noon) as that tends to be my most mentally aware time. I write at home quite often, but I’m most productive when I leave the house and head to a local coffee spot or library. I can really focus when I’m out in public, but find myself constantly answering phones and checking e-mail when I stay home. I’ll read just about anything! However, I spend most of my reading energy on keeping up with current YA content. In general, I’m reading whatever I see students walking around reading. Hmm, I think I might like to be Hermione from the Harry Potter books. She’s so smart and brave! Sadly, I’m probably more like Neville … I also wouldn’t mind being Gandolf from the Lord of the Rings books. He gets to carry a walking stick, ride the best horse ever, and knows pretty much everything. Other than several grants, no. I’m working on a short story collection that I’d like to publish electronically on Amazon in the near (?) future, and of course I’d love to sell my completed manuscript once I’m finished editing. The project I’m working on for the Chapter Challenge is a first-person paranormal action/adventure story about a teenaged boy named Abraham. Abe discovers that he is actually Abaddon, the Biblical being who’s going to bring about Armageddon, destroying the earth and everyone on it. It’s my version of an ‘angel’ story, and hopefully one that boys will want to read. Here’s an excerpt from when Abe learns his true identity from his grandfather: Grandpa stood and walked over to his ancient writing desk. It was probably the only uncluttered surface in the room. He stooped to one knee, and began searching the underside of the desk for some unseen artifact. “There it is,” he muttered. When he stood, I could see that he was holding a small yellowed envelope in his hands. After collecting the tobacco tin off the top of the desk, he returned to his chair. He handed me the envelope and began filling his pipe. I held the letter with the tips of my sweaty shaking fingers, thinking about all of the things that could be inside. I turned it over once, then twice, trying to divine some clue as to its contents. There were no words on the outside, and no address. It was old, judging by how the once white paper had yellowed in every place but the very center. The paper it was made out of felt like nothing I’d felt before; it was thick—like animal hide—and had an incredible buttery smoothness. It was also evidently a formal letter for it had been sealed by wax, which had been parted at some point. I looked up at grandpa, uncertain what he meant for me to do. I parted the lips of the envelope. Only a single sheet of folded paper lay inside, which I opened. There were two sentences ornately scrawled in golden ink: “That letter was left on my doorstep fifteen years ago, along with a newborn child,” Gramps said, his words echoing to my ears like haunted shouts from a dream. Seeing as how I’m an aspiring writer myself, I’m not sure what I could offer other than what I tell myself every morning: If you stop dreaming, you stop trying. If you stop trying, you stop living. Thanks, Peggy, for letting me share with your readers, and for being such an awesome writing partner! This entry was posted in authors, books, Children's writing, Weekly chapter challenge and tagged author interviews, authors, Children's writing, excerpts, favorite books, Weekly Chapter Challenge on August 15, 2010 by Margaret Fieland. Every week Robert Lee Brewer posts a poetry prompt on his blog This week’s prompt is to write a shopping poem I got my chapter buddy EJ’s comments on my chapter 14 and rewrote parts of the chapter as a result. Ej’s comments are always a great help, and this time was no exception. I sent him my chapter 15, and I’m working on chapter 16. I’m close to the end of my book, and the chapters feel harder and harder to write. Of course, I already have an idea for a sequel. I also have several other book ideas, because I often finish a novel with “but I want to know what happens after that ..” This entry was posted in Poetry, Weekly chapter challenge, writing, writing process and tagged Poetry, Weekly Chapter Challenge, writing process on August 5, 2010 by Margaret Fieland. This week my chapter buddy, EJ and I again exchanged chapters. I’m so excited about how well both of our works in progress are going. I sent EJ my chapter 14. I’ve already written chapter 15 and hope to start on chapter 16 this weekend. I’m getting close to the end, I think — another couple of chapters and I can go back and start working on the second draft, or working on my next book, or both. As you may know, I’m a regular follower of Robert Lee Brewer’s PoeticAsides blog Every Wednesday Robert posts a poetry writing prompt and a bunch of us post poems in the comments in response. This week’s prompt was “cold.” You can check out my contributions (there’s more than one) by following this link and searching for my name http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/CommentView,guid,d44e04fb-dcfc-4362-9437-9cc50d20ed03.aspx#commentstart A bunch of us also twitter on poetry on Tuesdays, and a kindly fellow shared his Excel spreadsheet for tracking poetry submissions. I copied the three (yikes! that’s all???) outstanding submissions into the new tracker. I also entered the names of a few of my many poems that I should really get around to submitting. Thanks, Cameron. This entry was posted in Poetry, Weekly chapter challenge, writing and tagged Poetry, Weekly Chapter Challenge, writing on July 29, 2010 by Margaret Fieland. I’m a Canadian from Toronto, Canada. I graduated from York University in Toronto with my BA in literature and I also minored in philosophy. I got married to my husband last year and we live in Los Angeles, California with our cat, dog and bearded dragon. I teach ESL to adults at a private college and I love it! I try to write daily. I have a blog I maintain (http://www.kathrynsheridankupanoff.com), a completed manuscript that is being beta-ed and I’m really excited about my current work in progress. It’s really affected how I perceive language and syntax. I’ve had students from all over the world and they all teach me a bit from their own native tongues. I love seeing how language evolves and how they all connect (and sometimes they don’t!). The history is fascinating and it’s really inspired me to look at word choice and the philosophy of language and meaning (which was actually a course I took for my undergrad too). I’ve been writing since I was probably about six years old. I wrote a short story in the first grade that I won a writer’s contest for, but I can’t really remember the story. Something about jungle animals and their awesome adventures. Now, I write literary fiction. I like to focus on everyday events and people with a philosophical twist. Sometimes I torture my characters: if I’m going through something, I’ll throw the same situation at them and see how they survive it. It’s therapeutic, really. Abusive for them, but there are no torture laws against fictional people. Yet. I’m just kidding. 🙂 I mentioned that my completed manuscript is being beta-ed (Real word? Not sure). I was inspired by a time my husband and I went to a pub in Los Angeles one night and ended up talking to this person at the bar for an hour or so. He was telling us the most detailed and personal things about himself and it made me think: it’s because he doesn’t know us. He’ll never see us again. What does he have to lose? Fascinating! So Fortune Cookie is about two strangers who do just that: share their darkest secrets with each other. The twist is that by the night’s end, there’s a spark… and maybe they’d want to be more than strangers, maybe friends, maybe lovers. It’s literary fiction with a romantic slant. My current work in progress is a first-person narration about a guy in his twenties who’s going nowhere in life. He’s got an insane family, a dead-end job, he was kicked out of college… a born loser. The only good thing in his life was his high school girlfriend who’s out of the picture now. After a life-changing experience, he decides to go on a road trip to find her again. I was inspired by the character Holden Caulfield, and I wanted to make my protagonist a loser, but also sarcastic and easy to relate to. It’s a lot of fun to write! Same answer as a lot of people, but that’s all right. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I just read Sum: 40 Tales From The Afterlives by David Eagleman and found it fascinating. It was an enthralling philosophical read. Wow, what a great question! Maybe Yvaine from Stardust. That’d be cool. You’d be a star, you’d glow, you’d be outer worldly and living in a castle with your true love as your king. How amazing would that be? I don’t really have a schedule. I have more times to get writing done on the weekends, so those are usually my most productive days. I like to write in our living room on the floor with my laptop on the floor. It helps if I have the radio or the television on in the background, actually. It’s the white noise. Music and visual art are incredibly important to me. Some artists are entire worlds of inspiration for me. Dali, for example. I could get lost in his mind for hours. As for music, The Beatles, Coldplay, Muse… lots of bands really help me get those creative juices flowing. Again, philosophy helps. I’m currently really into String Theory, so reading up on that every once in a while helps me get out of my box. We’re both members of the group “Weekly Chapter Challenge” on Writers Digest Community. Can you tell us a bit about that? Oh, it’s absolutely fabulous. I still have to write my weekly post, actually, but I’m on week four with Katie S. Taylor and I’ve never been more productive with writing. I keep saying to other writers to get involved in this because it really helps you stay accountable and makes sure you’re getting at least 3,000 words a week out there. The feedback I’ve gotten from Katie has been incredibly helpful too. She’s a great writer and editor and her suggestions have just been great. Also, to be on the editing end is great for my own style too. I see how she writes, it helps me be a better writer. I don’t know how I ever wrote before! What do you feel has been the biggest impediment to your evolution, for want of a better word, as a writer, and conversely, what do you feel has contributed the most to your progress? The self-discipline to write daily has contributed the most. Also, the determination to finish, not letting myself quit. It can be really hard. Writing’s hard work! (Surprise!) But you have to have those two things in order to get better. As for the biggest impediment, I’d have to say time. There’s always time, but if work gets in the way, if life gets in the way, it’s hard to set aside enough time to get some writing done. With my husband, friends or family. I’m also in a book club, so I’m usually reading when I get some free time. This entry was posted in authors, Weekly chapter challenge, writing and tagged author interviews, Weekly Chapter Challenge on July 21, 2010 by Margaret Fieland. I just sent my chapter buddy, EJ, another chapter of my work in progress, and now get to complain about the difficulty of cutting and pasting from google documents into my word processing software so I could send just the one chapter. As I read a comment from one of my email buddies about cranky computers, it occurred to me that the reason, or one of them at any rate , is that these interfaces are designed by software engineers. Software engineers, for the most part, just want to get on with implementing the blankety-blank software. Ask them to design an interface and they’ll throw something together just to get you off their backs. At the moment I’m ready to complain about cranky google documents, which seems to be paging down too far if I click on the bar on the left. Oy! I probably do this about once a week, but since I’m fourteen chapters into my book, and have about 30,000 words, paging down is getting to be annoying, so I may be doing more of this. PS: I apologize to anyone (like EJ) who had to wait to see their comment appear. Apparently my spam filter has gotten a bit overenthusiastic. Since I am fortunately extremely paranoid about such things, I did manage to rescue them when I went through my supposedly spam comments today. This entry was posted in Weekly chapter challenge, writing, writing process and tagged Weekly Chapter Challenge on July 12, 2010 by Margaret Fieland.

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See you all in track; Patrick McCrystle, Bellarmine College Prep" Today we catch up with Santa Rosa senior runner, Luca Mazzanti (photo to the left is courtesy of ca.milesplit.com and Ben Crawford). This past Saturday, Mazzanti was the top NorCal placer in the Division II race with his 5th place finish and 15:24.3 time. Earlier this season, Mazzanti finished in 25th at the Stanford Invitational seeded race. He went on to win the NBL championship and then finished in 5th place at the NCS meet with a time of 15:20.3. During the Track and Field season, Mazzanti finished in 4th place at the NCS MOC meet with a time of 4:18.21, just missing the state Track and Field meet. He followed that up with a very fine Steeplechase effort over the summer as he ran the 2nd fastest time in CA history in the 2000m Steeple with a time of 5:54.96. 1) You finished in 5th place at Saturday's CA state meet. Heading into the meet, what place did you think you could finish if you ran well? Heading in I thought I was for sure in the top 20 and had the potential to move up. My fitness was still going up every week and I felt great on my runs so I had a "perfect day" goal to crack the top 10. 2) What was the plan heading into the race? Did you have a pace in mind for the first mile/2 mile? Did you have any runners that you could shadow? I really wanted to focus on being conservative in the first mile and be able to chase people down in the last mile or so. My coach had me pick 3 spots to make a move and that worked really well because it also kept me mentally engaged in the race. I had sort of a vague idea to look for the Dublin guys because I thought I could stick to them for a while. My plan was to hit the mile in 4:50 and I crossed it in 4:52 so at that point I felt really relaxed. I was probably in 30th or so at that point and that is when I started moving up and picking people off. 4) Did you have a pretty good idea of your place throughout the race itself? How tough was the last mile? When did you start your drive for the finish line? When did it sink in that you finished in 5th place? What was your place and time in the Division I race last year? I started to notice my place when we got to the big hill. I saw that there weren't a ton of people ahead of me so I started to pull up to the lead pack and was a few meters behind them when we reached the 2 mile mark. I actually felt really good for the last mile. I made a move on the rolling hills in the back and caught up to the leaders. I didn't want it to come down to a sprint so I started a long drive to the finish and that's when the pack broke and started going for it. I didn't have my normal kick but I sort of had the jump on a few of the guys so I was able to hold them off. It really sunk in when I saw my coaches and they were ecstatic about my race. I think my time last year was around 16:30 or so and 98th in the race. (editor's note: he finished in 105th with a time of 16:28.3) You could say this year went a little better. I started running in 7th grade but it was mostly to get in shape for soccer and hang out with friends. Freshman year I was going to play soccer and not run cross-country but a friend convinced me to come to a practice and I loved it so I chose to run instead. That year I ran some pretty good times and decided to do running a little bit more seriously. I raced the steeplechase this summer which was tons of fun. It meant I ran a lot less miles but I got to get in some really fun races and workouts so it was a good trade. 7) What about your training during the season? What was your typically weekly mileage? Any key workouts? Distance of your longest run? Pace of most of your road runs? Did you have to do most of your runs/workouts on your own? I am a pretty low-mileage guy so I didn't do a ton of super long workouts. I started doing double days twice a week which probably bumped up my mileage to around 45 a week. I took a nasty fall while running the day after Stanford and hurt my hip pretty bad. I couldn't run for 2 weeks so that set me back a little but I cross trained and kept up my fitness relatively well. We have 2 key workouts in cross-country. One is an adapted version of what one of my coaches ran at Michigan. It's called the Michigan and is meant to simulate a race. The other is called Cobblestone and is a tempo/ hill workout. We keep records of both so it's nice to look back and see what you ran as a freshman. I think I got one run in that was 12 miles but I backed off after I hurt my hip and didn't get back above 10. I usually run around 7:00 pace and cut it down to 6:30 pace by the end of most runs but it depends on how easy I am supposed to take it. I usually run with one of my friends but he was hurt this season so I was on my own for most runs, at least for the majority. It's not as fun but in a way it forces you to focus more. 8) Tell us about your coaches and how they have helped you get to this point in your running career. 8) My coaches are awesome. I would not even be close to this point without them. Doug Courtemarche and Carrie Joseph work together so well and have a great system in place to help us develop as runners. They put emphasis on being able to develop past our high school years and making sure we don't burn out. Our newer coach (in comparison to Doug and Carrie), Kevon, is super knowledgeable about strength training and nutrition stuff so he's been a huge help in staying well rounded. The best thing about my coaches is how they encourage the team to be better in all aspects of our lives and not just athletically. My favorites have got to be Mt. SAC for invitational and course just because of how challenging it is. My favorite workouts are tempo runs at our home course. In track I have to say steeplechase is my favorite event because it mixes up the race. I also like the 1600 because it's tactical and fast and I love to have a strong kick at the end. My favorite track meet is the Big Cat meet that my school hosts because it's a ton of fun to race so many people on your home track. My favorite movie would have to be Anchorman. I love to go backpacking when I am free on the weekends. 10) Have you made your college decision and if not, how much of a factor will running be when it comes to selecting your college? I've narrowed it down to a handful of schools but no decisions yet. My priority is academics but running is one of the important factors I am taking into account. I hope to find a school that helps me to develop as a runner without sacrificing my academics. 11) Looking ahead to the Track and Field season, any meets that you are looking forward to and any goals you want to share? I am really excited about our DMR this season and think we will be able to mix it up with the best teams at Arcadia. I also want to break 4:10 in the 1600 and see how competitive I can be. Maybe get into some steeplechases. But that's hard because there are not many around. If you know of any let me know. I think I could run a decent 3k steeple time. If you are a meet director and know the date of your meet during the spring Track and Field season, please post your meet and date in the comment section below. A NorCal coach inquired about meets that have shuttle hurdle races. Please let us know what meets in Northern California have that race on their schedule. If you have enjoyed the pre-season, season and section Cross Country coverage on this website this past summer and current season, a kind donation would be appreciated. You can do so at the link to the right via PayPal. This site will remain a free service throughout the year but as you know, a lot of time, effort and money goes into the maintenance of a website. Thank you to all of you that have contributed already. It's very much appreciated. Those of you that can't donate or feel no reason to donate, no problem. I will always appreciate your frequent visits to this site. Congratulations to the following NorCal coaches who each received a CIF Model Coaches award. You can view the entire list at this LINK. Sylvia Goodman (Tamalpais High School) Cross CountryGoodman is the cross country coach at Tamalpais High School. Her positive/transformational coaching style has led to the development over the years of dozens of athletes into competitors in the best sense of the word. She is tireless in her efforts to create a team out of a wide range of athletes: from the inexperienced to the elite, and she deftly and sensitively “threads the needle” between coaching her strongest athletes and her weakest, bringing out the best in everyone, both individually and as a team. Goodman teaches her student-athletes how to balance commitment with fun, how to mix tenacity and a drive to win with respect and sportsmanship, and how to take joy in the process of learning and growing. Kay Nekota (Vacaville High School) Cross Country/Girls Basketball/Track& FieldNekota has served as the head cross country coach and co-head track & field coach for the past 10 years at Vacaville High School and assisting a year with the girls basketball program. Additionally, she is also a P.E. and math teacher and the school Athletic Director. Nekota has a gift for empowering each of the students she has contact with as she consciously makes the time to ensure each student feels appreciated and valued allowing them to reach their maximum potential. She wants her student-athletes to understand the importance and lessons that athletics provides, but also empowers them to use their position in the community to help others. Coach Nekota is truly inspirational. She raises the expectations of those she comes in contact with while giving them the necessary tools to achieve their dreams. Eliot Smith (Lick-Wilmerding High School) BasketballSmith is the Athletic Director and Head Basketball Coach at Lick Wilmerding High School. His positive attitude is infectious and you can’t help but break out in a smile when he greets you. He demonstrates and defines the qualities of an exceptional professional whose character and commitment to his student-athletes exemplifies all that a coach should be every day, an outstanding role model. Coach Smith is gifted as an outstanding motivational speaker, encourager, and leader. His positive outlook on life permeates his coaching style. Anyone who has had the honor and privilege of knowing him, will always come away encouraged and feeling loved. Finish line videos are posted at https://www.instagram.com/milesplitca/?hl=en (Feel free to hashtag runners from each race). I will post photos of the winning teams in a moment. In the meantime, who was the most impressive teams today? Biggest surprise? Best race? Most impressive individuals? Just for perspective, the 15:08 for Luis Grijalva converts to 14:20 at the Crystal Springs course on the time converter on the www.lynbrooksports.com website. You may quibble about how accurate that is but keep in mind that the only boy to run faster than Grijalva and Vernau yesterday was German Fernandez during the same season in which he ran 14:24 at Woodward Park. Feel free to comment below on today's meet at the Crystal Springs course and Willow Hills Reservoir. Most impressive performances (team and individual)? Most surprising? Biggest upset? Can you answer the following questions without looking? They all pertain to the state meet and the Woodward Park course. 7) This NorCal school scored 18 points to win the state team title. Name the school, year and division. 10) This school had 2 girls win 4 consecutive state individual titles between them in Division I. What school was it and who are the two girls? Here are my final predictions for Saturday. A more indepth preview will be found in the program sold on Saturday. I have to say that this was by far the most difficult NCS meet to predict that I have done since 2006. It seems like every race has 2-3 teams that could potentially win. That is not unusual but what is unusual is of any of those teams win, many of them will not seem like upsets. Looking at the weather report, it looks like the forecast says occasional afternoon rain. Perhaps it might rain after all the races and we will get a better idea in the next couple of days. NorCal Coaches! Don't forget to register your team for the NorCal Hoka One One 2-Mile Postal Nationals on Friday. November 11th! Coming one week before NCS, this meet is the perfect tune-up for your varsity squad, while being a great chance for those not advancing to prove their fitness on the track. Hoka will be on hand to make sure everyone has a great time, and the competition and conditions (track!) will make sure that your athletes' times are great! Registration closes Monday, November 7th, so make sure to register your team ASAP! Entries are just $100 per team (or $15 per athlete), and are payable to Maria Carrillo Puma Athletic Boosters at the door. Note the event page is on the Athletic.net Track & Field page, not Cross Country. Plus, as part of Hoka's Postal National competition, you'll get a free pair of Hoka running shoes if you register for the national "postal" competition as well. As of 11/2, the 10th place teams in the country - scored by adding the top-5 runners per team - are 50:10 for boys and 61:09 for girls. We know NorCal has many teams that can shatter those marks! Check the event website for more information, or email Alex at [email protected] with questions. The choir welcomed two special guests from Elizabeth Court, a local care home. Escorted by carers from the home, one was 91-year-old Jean Bannister, event organiser's Dave Bannister's mum. The other was 92-year-old Dennis Clifford, who had revealed a long-standing wish to sing with a male voice choir once more, as he had done many years ago in his home country of Wales. The choir placed Dennis in the middle of the choir, so that he could participate in and feel the amazing sound only male choirs can produce. A tear in his eye showed how much he enjoyed the experience, and the choir were thrilled to have made his wish come true. In addition to many appreciative comments from shoppers, Centre Manager Lyne Boyd was delighted with the performance, saying: "It was wonderful - you can come back any time". Okay, it's just that I read that on board the Grand Princess you *can* get free ice cream at a certain time in the Horizon Court. Is this true? It's supposedly not all the time, everywhere, just in the Horizon Court and only at this specified time. I can't remeber where I found this information on the net though, so I can't go back to it. Anyone know? I don't know about that but my mom got HOMEMADE ice cream every night after dinner in the dining room. It's around 3:30(ish) in the afternoon on the Grand. It's also free during lunch and dinner in the dining rooms It was 3:30 to 4:30 in the Horizon Court, on the final sailing of the Ocean. Usually two kinds of ice cream, with some toppings. Remember they have fruit there too. You can make your own banana split, if you are so inclined. We were on the golden on 10/12/02 for 7 days and it was at 4:00 in the horizon court. they had chocolate and vanilla plus toppings. You can also get it for lunch and dinner at the restaurants. Please Princess, please quit charging for ice cream so we can cruise with you again. This charge is ridiculous. They could have had our business 14 other times if not for this. Hey Brad, I agree. Everytime I tried to work out the money to cruise on Princess and factored in the cost of airfare, cruise, photos, shore excursions, drinks, etc. and then added $7.50 for ice cream, it put me over the hump and i couldn't do it. Brad, you are putting us on aren't you? Of all the items we are charged for on a cruise, the ice cream keeps you from choosing Princess??? As has been stated before, Princess has a contract with Haagen Daaz which when it expires supposedly will not be renewed. Then they can have gratis ice cream all the time if they choose. To be honest, and I started this thread, I could care less if Princess charged for Ice Cream or not. I don't need ice cream free to me 24 hours a day. Who cares? Im not putting you on, I could not go back, and have not been back, thought it was the ultimate slap in the face. I dont eat ice cream, I would love to return, I keep checking to see if they stop, and if they ever do stop charging, I will immediately book the Star. I dont believe the Haagen Daaz contract is expiring. I had an equally difficult time getting past the extra charges for meals, but have chosen to not participate. The ice cream thing, I cant get past. I have never cared about the charges for the cruise, I have paid $15,000 for some for the three of us, to $400 each for other cruises. Charge what you will, but throw in a scoop of ice cream if someone wants it. Does not have to be the premium stuff either. But what would you do if no ice cream was served *at all* outside of the dining room? Why is ice cream so darn important to so many people? Do you really need it? As I said, I DONT EAT ICE CREAM. have not for years. I would rather see them not offer it at all than to charge. I hear they started offering it in horizon on some ships. Big deal, they are still charging. close the ice cream stand and board it up, then I will gladly book again. Oh that's rediculous! Don't offer it at all if they are going to charge? Tell you what, if you don't want to pay for it, don't! But don't demand that Princess deprive others of having the choice to pay for the ice cream if they so desire. The Prices of cruises these days require the cruiselines to make up for the low prices they are getting for cabins. I have been on 7 Princess cruises and have seen lines of people waiting for the Ice Cream. They were glad to pay for it. As long as there is a need for this they will charge. Plus with prices so low they will not stop charging. I will continue to support Princess as they give great value for my dollar. You have a choice not to support them. Thats ok. Let's be honest. The vast mjority of those loading up dishes of free ice cream are the kids. Three bites later, the bowl is stashed somewhere, melting leaving a mess for the staff to clean up. There is NO CHARGE for the ice cream in the dining room or in the Horizon Court in the afternoon - the only place where they charge for ice cream is at the Haagen-Daas stand! Been on Princess three times with number four coming up later this year. Each of the 20 red dots represents an author of one or more GP entries in the genetic programming bibliography who is connected by being listed as a joint author with one or more entries with another person in the graph. Everyone is shown here. Lines connect coauthors. (To reduce clutter only links to first author are shown.) The area of each dot indicates the number of entries. This graph contains 25 entries of the total of 11634.

In Advanced Search, enter your search term(s) or leave the boxes blank. Scroll down to publication year and type in the current year. Click Search. You can limit this search further by library location, material format, age level, or language. Today’s education moves towards the epistemological approach or ways of knowing, which focuses on helping learners how to learn. There has been an increasing interest in exploring ways in which students learn and in particular, examining the potential of generic/transferable skills acquisition in lifelong learning. Transferable skills are widely recognised as important component of any degree and for future employment. The aim of this is paper is to explore the potential of generic/transferable skills in achieving deep meaningful lifelong learning. Lifelong learning and the ability to transfer and apply these skills to other settings, including future workplace is directly relevant to adult learning. Discussion of the highly desirable and commonly incorporated skills in education and in employment will be presented, such as critical thinking, reflection, problem-solving, team/groupwork, analytical, decision-making, interpersonal communication, presentation, written communication, time management, creativity, motivation of self/others, application of knowledge, career planning, computer and research skills. One of the challenges facing educators is the development of curriculum which facilitates the acquisition of these generic skills in learners. This paper provides recommendations in developing assessment tasks which foster the application of these generic skills such as use of case studies to develop critical thinking, reflection, group/team work, decision-making, problem-solving, and communication. Another recommendation is the use of group seminar presentations, which facilitates teamwork and interpersonal skills, negotiation skills, time management and organisational skills, presentation and oral communication skills, motivation of self and others, research and computer skills, creativity, and leadership skills. Other generic skills that can be included in assessment is written assignment, which has the potential of enhancing students’ written skills, planning, organisational, analytical and critical thinking skills, and computer and research skills. Of equal importance is to explicitly include these generic/transferable skills in course content/objectives and the expected learning outcomes. This presentation will discuss the implications for educators and curriculum designers related to their role in helping learners how to learn, by creating interest and passion among learners through adequate preparation of educational material, development of reliable and valid assessments which foster generic skills and evaluation of learning outcomes. The paper deals with internet marketing and internet strategy in university environment. It analyzes the forms of internet marketing used by Slovak universities – advertisement, sale support, public relations and direct marketing. It also compares this state with other countries. There are number of publications about internet marketing. Most of them are centered on companies or corporations. Books, articles and journals describe the procedures of how to increase the profits through internet marketing. We have dealt with the theme of internet marketing at Slovak universities due to the lack of information of this subject. We try to bring near this issue in this paper. We come out from the assumption that the Slovak universities have some limitations in this area. The success of the school in terms of achieving its objectives depends not only on the quality of university services, but also of the way in which the universities will informed their surroundings about their quality and how it will interact with the environment globally. The examined object in this paper represents all state, public and private university institutions in the Slovak Republic and also foreign universities placed in the top three rungs Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2013. The examined subject was their internet marketing or their behavior on the internet. The starting point of the observation represents set criteria of the marketing communication mix on the internet. Since it is a comparison of internet marketing of university institutions, it was necessary to determine whether the objects of comparison, i.e. domestic and selected foreign universities have websites and make marketing activities on the internet. The internet marketing communication was monitored from several perspectives. In this information technology era no university institution can exist without internet marketing tools. This work shows clearly that the Slovak universities are behind the foreign universities. Agricultural vocational training and education in Angola was highly affected by armed conflict lasting for almost four decades. The colonial schools were closed and qualified teachers left to neighbouring countries. After the ceasefire in 2002 the country has started its rehabilitation. The reform of vocational education was issued in 2006. Since that six new agricultural training schools have been established and one colonial school reopened. However, severe obstacles impede the best performance of the schools. The aim of this study was to comparatively analyse the situation of practical education at agricultural training schools in the period 2006 - 2009. Five evaluation parameters were set up such as offered study courses, number of specialized facilities for practical education, number of teaching units of practical lessons, availability and quality of didactical material and teaching aids and number of excursions. Further, the study aimed at identifying the principle weaknesses and opportunities for future development of practical agricultural vocational education. The research was based on the questionnaire survey with students (n= 520), personal interview with management of the schools and teachers (n=32) and 20 focused group discussion with students at all seven operating schools. Our findings revealed the significant difference between quality of practical education in the former colonial school and new established ones. All schools are lacking qualified Angolan teachers in terms of expertise as well as pedagogical competencies, appropriate and functional facilities and not certain budget allocation. The opportunities lie in strengthening teachers’ capacities through on-going trainings and networking; equipping workplace for practical training and supporting practical education via increasing number of lessons and excursions.

FAQ or frequently-asked-questions page gives answers to common questions that we are asked and gives other useful information. Click on the question below to see their answers. YES!!! Current Tanis systems use elements that are compatible with all engine analyzers/monitors. Our standard and STC systems do not use the CHT (Cylinder Head Temperature) thermocouple well. Instead of using the CHT well we use a bolt/screw element that can replace a rocker cover, baffle pad, or intake bolt/screw. See instruction TN02771 for more information. Legacy (Old) systems and kits may still use CHT well elements. For cold weather operations, engine preheat is always required. Refer to the engine manufacturer’s recommendation and the POH/AFM specific to your aircraft. “Preheating is required whenever the engine has been exposed to temperatures at or below 20F/-7C (wind chill factor) for 2 hours or more.” Continental Service Information Letter No. SIL 03-1 or the Continental Standard Practice Maintenance Manual M-0. “The use of preheat will ease startup during cold weather and is required when the engine has been allowed to drop to temps below -10F/-12C” Lycoming Service Instruction No. 1505. Preheat may be used at any temperature to reduce run-up times and starting wear but Tanis does not recommend preheating when the ambient temperatures exceed 104F/40C. My friend told me not to install your system because it causes moisture and corrosion. Is this true? No, this is not true. Resistance heat cannot create moisture. Moisture is always present inside your engine and specifically within your oil. Use of our system will NOT result in corrosion because a Tanis preheat system keeps all of the metal parts that are above the oil level above “dew point” and as a result condensation cannot occur on these parts. Tanis preheat systems are not to be cycled on and off as this could cause the engine to go through “dew point” (timers and thermostats are not to be used). Tanis preheat systems are designed so you will achieve the maximum benefit from our system within 6 hours of use. Most of our data logging results show a 40 to 50 degree F° increase (22.2 to 27.7 C°)within the first two hours of use. Refer to engine/aircraft documentation for minimum temperature required for starting. The heating follows a “standard reducing curve” for the temperature rise of the engine. On a GA aircraft once the cowl is removed, it may take 2-5 man hours for completion per engine. Pad heat elements require curing before the aircraft can return to service. For helicopter and complete aircraft installs the time is variable based on the status of the aircraft and type of aircraft. Contact us for additional help. All invoices and packing slips include a Certificate of Conformance printed on the lower left hand side of the document. The copy that is shipped with the order is signed confirming that it has been properly shipped. By default we include an export 8130-3 with all international orders for the country that is purchasing the kit for eligible items. If you require the 8130-3 for another country of registration other than the one that is installing it please let us know when ordering. A Tanis preheat kit can be installed by an appropriately rated individual. Installation of any preheat system requires a log book entry at a minimum. An STC system should have the STC paperwork properly filed per the aircraft’s country of registration. *Purchased separately: Heating element for each battery, power plug [may be included with helicopter/fixed wing kits], Additional cable, The most current revsion of Documentation for current systems can be found on the individual kit/system’s pages on our website. Replacement parts and Accessory installation documents can be found on their individual pages on our website. General install documents including ICA, Pilot guides, and common instructions can be found also on our Technical Data page on our website. I’m trying to download a document from your website and it wants me to make an account or Login. Can I make an account? 1. You use Create an account link and enter your information. The more information you provide the easier it is for us to approve your request. 2. An email is sent to you to from [email protected] informing you that your account is active. We do not recommend or sell a single element to heat the oil sump only. We only sell complete preheat systems. Using a complete multi-point preheat system will “heat soak” the engine as recommended by engine/aircraft manufacturers. Our system is designed to raise the engine temperature 60±10 degrees F° (33.3±5.5 C°) above ambient.

Excel Blog is a simple, clean, personal, morden blog theme for spreading stories. It's totally responsive and adapts to the style in the devices it's viewed on. It's SEO friendly and easy to find on Google and other search engines. It comes with banner slider as well as bottom slider with different theme options. Check theme demo at http://exceltheme.com/demo/excel-blog/, documentation at http://exceltheme.com/documentation/excel-blog/ and get support at http://exceltheme.com/support/. INTRODUCTION : Some interest info to expand your knowledge about Domain Names and what they really are? A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System (DNS). Any name registered in the DNS is a domain name. Domain names are used in various networking contexts and application-specific naming and addressing purposes. In general, a domain name represents an Internet Protocol(IP) resource, such as a personal computer used to access the Internet, a server computer hosting a web site, or the web site itself or any other service communicated via the Internet. Let’s say that 72.292568.28.185 (2nd Octat is false due to pesonal data protection : It has to had 3 maximum digits to be true). So because it’s really hard for the 99% of the people to remember ips and numbers to reach a site, Domain Names represent that numbers because they are human friendly and more easily to remember. I have to mention Here, that I chosed Papaki.gr domain registrar cause I bestir myself in my Country, so it was one-way to register a .GR domain. So , because we are here for everyone, there will be in the next days one more registration example from GoDaddy’s platform or website so to be able everyone to buy a .COM domain name. I know this if off topic but I’m looking into starting my own blog and was wondering what all is required to get setup? I’m assuming having a blog like yours would cost a pretty penny? I’m not very web smart so I’m not 100% sure. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Kudos This past Tuesday, I had to take a four hour class about the safe serving of alcohol. I need the certification for my job. About fifteen minutes in, after all of the intro stuff, I started to become very anxious. The woman who was starring in the class was pro drinking and having a great time. Yes, she was training us to do this safely . . . but the information brought up so many things from Becca’s death. For the majority of my children’s lives I was a restaurant industry worker. From a server to bartender and eventually manager. My job was to make sure people had a good time, make the establishment money, and earn tips. Very rarely did I consider the fact that I could be an accomplice in getting someone hurt or killed. I’d never been close enough to a death due to alcohol for it to impact me deeply. In fact, the happier your customers were the better tips they would leave! When I had been told I needed to get the certification it never dawned on me that I would be affected, in this manner, by the subject. The class was divided into four modules. The first dealt with the liability. Criminal, civil (which includes “The Dram Shop Act”) and administrative liability. My first thought, in context to how my daughter was killed is the fact I had learned about the Dram Shop Law while talking to a lawyer the day after she died. He explained to me that I would be able to sue multiple parties. The driver. His parents. And, the bar. I was within my rights to sue the server or bartender who overserved the young man. Unfortunately, the bar couldn’t tell us who that was due to the fact that they had very little accountability when it came to service. The second module centered around the strength of different alcohols. An 80 proof vodka is 40% alcohol. A 100 proof liquor is 50% alcohol. A five ounce glass of wine is generally 4% to 6%. There is a wide range of alcohol content in beer due to the fact that many micro brews are higher than common beer. I learned how much a “standard” drink is and how to “count” drinks by the alcohol content NOT the number of glasses served. I was shown different ways to keep track of the drinks counted. How to alert co workers when the limit of drinks allowed has been reached so no one else serves someone who has been “cut off”. The bar that served the driver that killed my child had NONE of these protocols in place. Not one. Multiple sit down “rails” were available. The bartenders at either end of the building didn’t communicate with each other. No one counted drinks. There was a big galvanized tub near the front door that held bottles of beer and chilled Jagermeister so people could get a drink within seconds of walking into the establishment. The person running this didn’t let the bartenders, or servers, know that most people had a shot or two before they even found a seat. I know all of this because I went in to see it for myself when my lawyer told me these facts would help us win. In this module, I also learned about BAC. Blood Alcohol Content. The term is pretty easy to understand. The nationwide alcohol content that is considered the legal limit is .08. Did you know that one teaspoon of alcohol in a 150 lb. man will give a BAC of .08? I didn’t. A BAC of .30 (meaning ⅓ of your blood is alcohol) can put you into a coma. Remember that number. When I was in court to hear the driver being read the charges against him I learned his BAC was .24. He was less than a teaspoon away from a possible coma. One more beer or shot of tequila, his drink of choice, and he might have passed out and not killed my child. If only. He would deserve to be dead because he had done it to himself. But he didn’t. He did it to my only daughter. If the bar had been doing their job, and checked his ID, they would have known he had a suspended license due to his previous drunk driving offense just six weeks prior. They would have turned him away and Becca and his path would not have crossed that night. After this class, I understand just how much responsibility the bar had. How very easily my daughter’s life could have been saved. Why did they not follow laws? More money, I imagine. More sales is more profit. Intoxication loosens up the customer and cash flows easier. As I said previously, I used to waitress and tend bar. After her death, I just couldn’t do it anymore. Though I didn’t know all the facts I do now I did know that I could not be a part of any situation that might thrust a family into the one I was in. I knew that I would make the decision to cut every guest off after their second drink. There would be no way I could laugh along with a customer, as they got smashed, because it would get me better tips. The death of my child would not allow me to be the type of bartender most establishments would need in order to turn a profit. I had to leave the food service industry. The certification I received, after passing the exam yesterday, will allow me to legally serve alcohol. I am happy to see that the industry is becoming more serious about preventing alcohol related tragedies, however, I’m not sure I am ready to serve alcohol again. I no longer drink. It’s a choice I made for many reasons. I don’t know if I can be a party to anyone drinking, period. Yes, there is protocol I can follow in order to minimize events but there is nothing I can do to guarantee everyone’s safety. Except NOT serve alcohol at all. When I let my mind go to the fact that there were very simple things that the bar could have done, but didn’t do to protect their guests, I get pissed. Any one of the numerous precautions could have saved Becca’s life. She would be here. Next to me. Maybe my blog would be about being a grandmother. Not a grieving mother. How different life would be. First, as grieving mothers know, a trigger can hit us at the most unexpected times. We’ll be rolling along in our day, when out of nowhere, the truth of our loss brings us to our knees. There is no preparing for it either. We just have to ride the wave until it wears itself out. There is some control in knowing these times will come and we can get through them. Second, no one’s life is worth another’s good time or monetary gain. Alcohol consumption is a part of everyday life for many people. Go to the local sports bar to down a few pitchers while the game is one. Take advantage of an open bar at a wedding. No one wants these things to lead to a tragedy. The war in Syria has also created vast numbers of children who have been scarred or orphaned by the conflict. And many of those who have lost one or both parents are now in Jordan. Francis Collings reports from the Jordanian capital Amman.

Since 2008, US growth stocks (particularly in faster-growing sectors such as technology) have tended to perform better than US value stocks, as the chart below shows. As the performance gap between growth and value widens, more investors may be wondering when this dynamic between growth and value might change. However, a different pattern emerges over longer periods of time. As the chart below shows, value outperformed growth for a 10-year that peaked about a year after the market bottom during the financial crisis. Since then, growth investing has had generally better performance. In the United States, at the peak of the tech bubble, growth had significantly outperformed value for a number of years. By February 2000, the 10-year average annual return differential had reached 6.49% in favor of growth.1 In this podcast and article, Stephen Dover, head of equities at Franklin Templeton Investments, recalls some of the prominent tech names that were leaders during the boom and bust. “If you look back to the technology names before the technology crisis, who did it look like was going to win? It looked like it was going to be—let’s see if you can remember these names—Yahoo, CompuServe, Alta Vista, Compaq computer, Netscape. Great companies, multi-billion dollar companies, great big impact on the indexes. They’re all gone or bought out or something else has happened. That’s the difficulty of growth.” Dover says one of the reasons why growth has outperformed value over the past 10 years is due to monetary policy that has kept global interest rates low. The lower an interest rate is, the greater the value of future earnings. “All things being equal, when you have artificially low interest rates, growth companies [are] worth more than value companies because earnings in 10 years become more valuable than earnings in one year.” That said, Dover cites rising inflation and higher interest rates as potential headwinds for growth stocks. As growth stocks have outperformed value in recent years, some of our investment professionals think value stocks have become cheap, based on historical levels. According to Templeton Global Equity Group’s analysis of companies in the MSCI All Country World Index universe, at the end of the second quarter of 2018, global valuations spreads (the gap between the market’s cheapest and most expensive stocks) were the widest they have been in at least 30 years.2 “Put another way, value globally has only been this cheap 1% of the time in the past three decades. This could be a meridian hour for value investors.” – Templeton Global Equity Group, July 2018 Valuations may also explain why US value stocks outperformed US growth stocks during July 2018, as the chart below shows. In this article and video, Franklin Mutual Series CEO Peter Langerman explains why he thinks a shift to higher interest rates could benefit value investing going forward. “We are not predicting that there’s going to be a period of dramatic value outperformance versus growth. Rather, fundamentals suggest to us there should be more of an equilibrium reached. And so, we think it’s an environment that’s more attractive for us as value investors than it has been for the past several years.” Growth investing focuses on companies that are growing at a faster-than-average rate. These companies often have accelerating revenues, earnings and cash flows, but also typically have relatively high price-to-earnings (P/E) metrics. Often, dividend payouts are low or non-existent, since profits are used to expand the business. Value investing focuses on companies whose stock prices don’t reflect their intrinsic or fundamental value. The companies are often mature, and their stocks may have suffered due to a temporary earnings setback or an economic or political event hampering their industry. They are often characterized by low P/E or price-to-book ratios and sometimes by higher-than-average dividend yields. All investments involve risks, including possible loss of principal. Stock prices fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and dramatically, due to factors affecting individual companies, particular industries or sectors, or general market conditions. Value securities may not increase in price as anticipated or may decline further in value. Growth stock prices reflect projections of future earnings or revenues, and can, therefore, fall dramatically if the company fails to meet those projections. Investments in foreign securities involve special risks including currency fluctuations, and economic and political uncertainties. 1. Source: Russell Indices. Growth stocks represented by the Russell 1000 Growth Index. Value stocks represented by the Russell 1000 Value Index. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot directly invest in them. They do not include fees, expenses and sales charges. Past performance is not an indicator or guarantee of future performance. Additional data provider information available at www.franklintempletondatasources.com. 2. Source: MSCI Indices, as of June 2018. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot directly invest in them. They do not include fees, expenses and sales charges. Past performance is not an indicator or guarantee of future performance. Additional data provider information available at www.franklintempletondatasources.com. 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Any and all meeting agendas, memoranda, or internal emails relating to the establishment of an unmanned aircraft ban in the National Park System. This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests dated November 24, 2014, in which you requested 1.) e-mails or other correspondence relating to the April 2012 confiscation of an SD card from an unmanned aerial vehicle at Grand Canyon National Park; 2.) Any and all agenda, memoranda, or internal e-mails relating to the establishment of an unmanned aircraft ban in the National Park system; and 3.) Any and all internal correspondence relating to the Yellowstone Grand Prismatic Spring aircraft crash, including a copy of the incident report. Although you originally submitted three separate requests for this information we are aggregating these requests under a single tracking number NPS-2015-00174 in accordance with 43 CFR 2.54. We are doing so because the information you have requested in all three requests relates to the single subject of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. All future correspondence relating to any of the three requests you submitted should reference this tracking number. In your request(s) you indicated that you were requesting a statutory fee waiver. In your request you had asked for a statutory fee waiver. In accordance with 43 CFR 2.45(a)(1) the National Park Service will grant a fee waiver when disclosing the information is: 1. In the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of government operations or activities, and In determining whether your request is in the public interest, the National Park Service considered the following criteria: (2) How disclosure is likely to contribute to public understanding of those operations or activities; (3) How disclosure is likely to significantly contribute to the understanding of a reasonably broad audience of persons interested in the subject, as opposed to your individual understanding; (4) How the public's understanding of the subject in question will be enhanced to a significant extent by the disclosure. The records you have requested relate to the management of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones within by National Park Service lands. Accordingly your request meets the first public interest criterion. In your request you failed to provide any information documenting that you have the skills or abilities to analyze or disseminate the requested information in such a manner as to be informative to a reasonably broad audience. You indicated that you are a member of the media, however, you failed to provide any documentation showing that you are an individual whose primary job involves gathering information relating to a current events or that would be of current interest to a segment of the public and using their editorial skills to turn the raw materials into a distinct work, and distributing that distinct work to an audience. Because anyone can purchase an account on the MuckRock site, we have no way to verify that you are a representative of the news media. Additionally, you indicated that you planned to make the information available to the public on the MuckRock.com website. You have not provided any information suggesting that MuckRock.com is a place that a broad section of the general public is likely to go for information on the subject of your request. We are therefore unable to determine how the release of this information to you would be likely to contribute to the public’s understanding of the operations or activities of the National Park Service rather than your personal understanding. Accordingly, your request fails to meet the second criterion. Your request for a fee waiver request also failed to address whether and to what degree the information you are requesting has been previously released. In addition to the information relating to the ban that has been posted on a variety of NPS.gov sites, including http://www.nps.gov/fire/aviation/safety/unmanned-aerial-systems.cfm, there have also been articles published by Forbes (May 3, 2014), Wall Street Journal (June 20, 2014), and on Dronelife.com relating to the issue of drones within the National Park System. It is therefore unclear how releasing the information you have requested would significantly contribute to the understanding of a reasonably broad audience of persons, as opposed to your own understanding. Accordingly your request fails to meet the third criterion. For similar reasons, it also fails to meet the fourth criterion. Lastly, we have no information relevant to whether releasing the information would be primarily in your commercial interest. In order to grant a fee waiver, the applicant’s request must meet all of the requirements listed above. Because your request fails to meet the second, third or fourth criteria your request for a fee waiver is denied. You have the right to appeal this fee waiver determination, if your request has been denied. You may file an appeal by writing to: Your appeal must be received no later than 30 workdays after the date of this response. The appeal should be marked, both on the envelope and the face of the appeal letter, with the legend "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPEAL." Your appeal should be accompanied by a copy of your original request and copies of all correspondence between yourself and the National Park Service related to this request, along with any information you have which leads you to believe our decision is in error. Please note appeals received after 5 p.m. EST will be considered to have been received as of the following day. Also as part of the 2007 OPEN Government Act FOIA amendments, the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) was created to offer mediation services to resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies as a nonexclusive alternative to litigation. Using OGIS services does not affect your right to pursue litigation. Because your fee waiver request has been denied and we are unable to verify that you qualify as a member of the news media, we have classified you as OTHER for the purposes of calculating fees. This means you are entitled to two free hours of search time and up to 100 free pages. However, it appears based on our preliminary review of your request that the costs to process your request will exceed that amount. We will therefore be preparing a fee estimate for your review and until the issue of fees is resolved we will be unable to begin processing your request or provide you with an estimated response date. We hope to have our estimate to you by December 10, 2014. In the meantime feel free to contact me with any questions you may have regarding this request. I can be reached at the address above or by phone at 303-969-2959. I can also be reached via e-mail at [email protected]. Please note this request has been consolidated along with your request filed using e-mail address [email protected] and [email protected] under a single tracking number NPS-2015-00174. All correspondence relating to the consolidated request will be transmitted to you via the [email protected]. No further response to this individual request will be issued. Thank you for your message. To confirm, I would like to restate the contents of your last communication. Three FOIA requests were submitted to you. Specifically, these requests identified the following: * Any and all emails or other correspondence sent between [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected] relating to the April, 2012 confiscation of an SD memory card that was being used to film from an unmanned aerial vehicle in Grand Canyon National Park. Any and all emails containing the words "Raphael Pirker" sent between those addresses. Any and all emails containing the word "drone," "UAV," or "unmanned aircraft" sent between those addresses. * Any and all meeting agendas, memoranda, or internal emails relating to the establishment of an unmanned aircraft ban in the National Park System. * Any and all internal correspondence relating to the Yellowstone Grand Prismatic Spring unmanned aircraft crash. I am also requesting the incident report. These requests have been consolidated into one request, the appropriate email address for which is [email protected]. The other two request-specific email addresses will no longer be used. At this point, could you please provided an estimated date of completion for this consolidated request? Please consider this an appeal of my fee waiver application. These documents will be handled by myself, editor-in-chief of Motherboard (www.motherboard.vice.com), a daily science and technology news website that has more than 5 million monthly unique users and Jason Koebler, a reporter here who has spent the last three years closely covering unmanned aerial vehicles for us (www.motherboard.vice.com/tag/drones) and for other outlets such as US News & World Report (http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/08/23/docs-law-enforcement-agencies-plan-to-use-domestic-drones-for-surveillance) and Politico (http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/drones-faa-lawsuit-coming-to-american-skies-102754.html). These documents will be made available both on Muckrock and on our own website, which, as noted, has more than 5 million unique visitors per month. Motherboard is widely recognized as one of the internet's best web sites for unmanned aerial vehicle news and has covered the regulation of these so-called "drones" quite closely, having broken news about them and explained the implications of regulation regularly for our readers. Here are three examples of stories we have broken that have garnered widespread coverage and readership. (http://motherboard.vice.com/read/commercial-drones-are-completely-legal-a-federal-judge-ruled; http://motherboard.vice.com/read/feds-confiscated-a-hobbyists-drone-footage-to-keep-it-off-the-internet; http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-little-known-fued-thats-shaping-the-future-of-delivery-drones) As such, all three of these requests are primarily in the public interest and not primarily of a commercial concern for us. Beyond that, I am not requesting information that has been previously released to the public. Instead, I have three distinct requests (which you have combined here but which I argue are distinct and discrete events, cases, and requests). Nevertheless, I will explain all three separately here: 1) I am requesting internal emails which have not been released to the public relating to the seizure of Raphael Pirker's SD card in April 2012. I know these emails exist because I have seen Pirker's exchanges with NPS officials. Intragency and interagency emails relating to this case have not, however, been released. These documents will help the public understand how the decision was made to seize the SD card and will also help them understand how and when drone footage can be seized by the police. 2) I have also requested "any and all internal correspondence relating to the Yellowstone Grand Prismatic Spring unmanned aircraft crash" and the incident report. As far as I know, none of this information has been released publicly. If it has, I would like to be pointed to it. The release of this information will help the public understand not only what happened in the aftermath of the crash but also will provide a specific explanation of what, exactly, happened. 3) Finally, I am requesting "any and all meeting agendas, memoranda, or internal emails relating to the establishment of an unmanned aircraft ban in the National Park System." These documents will help the public understand why the NPS deemed it necessary to ban the flight of unmanned aircraft in the National Park System. Though several public statements have been made about the ban, there has been very little reported or released by the NPS about the specific events, internal meetings and communications, and lead up to the ban. For these reasons, I ask that my fee waiver be granted. Please let me know if you have any other questions or need more information. I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 24, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #NPS-2015-00174.

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Internet protocols, followed by everyone in the network causes it to be possible for the info to flow without interruption, in the appropriate area at the perfect time. While none of these organizations owns the Internet collectively these companies decide how it operates, and established rules and standards that everyone remains. Contracts and legal framework that underlies all that’s taking place to determine how things work and what happens if something goes wrong. To get a domain name, for example, one needs consent from a Registrar, which includes a contract with ICANN. To connect to the Internet, your ISP must be physical contracts with providers of Internet backbone services, and suppliers have contracts with IXPs from the Internet backbone to connect to and with her. Concern over security issues? A working group is formed to focus on the issue and the solution developed and deployed is in the interest of all parties. 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The "Enterprise Social Networking -- End User Survey" by Wainhouse Research showed LinkedIn to be the most popular social networking site used personally by respondents at 67.3 percent. Facebook was a close second place at 58.9 percent, with YouTube at 50.9 percent. But put a bullet next to Facebook which is coming on strong with corporate end-users, according to William Zachmann, the survey's principal author. "Facebook is clearly well on its way in this high techy group we surveyed to overtake LinkedIn," Zachmann, senior analyst at Wainhouse Research, told InternetNews.com. "I'm also intrigued that so many cited YouTube." In fact, another just-released survey by the ad firm Russell Herder and Ethos Business Law had a stronger take on Facebook's corporate adoption. Eighty percent in the Russell Herder survey said they already use Facebook, 66 percent use Twitter, 55 percent use YouTube, 49 percent use LinkedIn while 43 percent reported using blogs. Also, respondents in this other survey of issues, raised serious concerns about the lack of policies in place at many companies to manage and control social networks. The Wainhouse survey looked at both inward facing social networks provided by enterprise vendors and outward facing networks (Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, etc.). About a third (32 percent) of respondents rated the inward services as extremely or very important for the value they deliver; 72 percent said they had at least "some importance." But the outward facing, public social networks were rated more important, rated extremely or very important by 42 percent, while 83 percent said they had at least "some importance." Those surveyed assigned very different values to each class of social network. For example, brand loyalty, customer service, customer loyalty and acquisition were the top benefits noted by respondents for Facebook and other outward, public social networks. Conversely, collaboration, teamwork, productivity and time to market got top ratings for inward or internal social networks. Zachmann emphasizes we're at a very early stage of social networks development both in terms of adoption and new offerings. Security, for example, is keeping some users on the sidelines. "There is a huge amount of interest and relief benefit to using a hosted service that lets someone else run a big chunk of what would otherwise fall to your IT department, but it's a security issue for some folks," said Zachmann. "There are advantages to running social networks on your own servers including integration with back-end systems. I think a lot of companies are encouraged that the big players like Microsoft (Sharepoint) and IBM (Lotus Sametime) are in the game," he continued. Zachmann said Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Sharepoint is "the big gorilla in the room" even though "it's mostly a collaboration platform with a thin veneer of social networking features." He said he expects Microsoft to add more social networking features to Sharepoint in upcoming releases this fall. He also warned that companies that aren't savvy about Web 2.0 technology and how to leverage social networks risk being left behind. "All of this stuff has so much impact on how so many businesses operate these days," he said. "You need to understand what's going on to be successful." The survey had a mix of 342 respondents across small, medium and large (more than 10,000 employees) organizations. Sixty-five percent of those surveyed were in North America while just under a quarter were from Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Study: $40M to install solar-plus-storage systems at 12 SF sites for seismic resiliency - by j_sabatini - September 25, 2017 - The San Francisco Examiner The Moscone Recreational Center located near the San Francisco Public Library Marina Branch is one of the sites selected for the solar-plus-storage system. (Daniel Kim/Special to S.F. Examiner) Equipping multiple community buildings at 12 sites with solar-plus-storage systems to provide power if a major earthquake knocks San Francisco off the grid would cost $40 million, a new city study shows. The sites selected are in each of the 11 districts of the Board of Supervisors, with an additional one in District 10, and include libraries, schools, churches, police stations and recreation centers. Among them is the Marina Branch Library and the adjacent Marina Middle School and Moscone Recreation Center. There is also Glide Memorial Church and the nearby Tenderloin Police Station. Other sites include the North Beach Branch Library and the Francisco Middle School. Jessie Denver, energy program manager with the Department of the Environment, which is leading the effort in partnership with San Francisco-based energy consultant Arup, told the San Francisco Examiner on Friday that the system sizes are scoped to provide “critical loads” for about three to five days, but not the electrical needs of the entire buildings. The power would provide electricity for things like refrigeration of medical supplies or food, lighting at a gymnasium (which could be used for temporary shelter) and computers “so that people can check in with their friends and families on Facebook and let them that they are OK,” Denver said. Solar-plus-storage refers to photovoltaic systems with the addition of batteries to store the energy. The evolving technology holds much promise, with the cost of batteries decreasing and storage capabilities improving. The three-year study was funded through a $1.3 million U.S. Department of Energy grant plus matching city funds of about $300,000. San Francisco currently does not have any solar-plus-storage systems in place, which are photovoltaic solar energy panels plus battery capacity for storage. “Solar plus deployment is gaining traction,” Denver said. “There is not widespread deployment of solar plus storage at this time.” The City currently would use diesel generators to power buildings should San Francisco get bumped off the grid. Following a 7.9-magnitude earthquake, it would take PG&E more than a week to completely restore power, according to a 2014 city study. But the next steps for the effort got a little bit murky when Denver presented the results to the Capital Planning Committee earlier this month. “We found out, yes, solar plus energy storage at these facilities is feasible. So now we need to figure how do we actually pay for the projects and get them built,” Denver told the committee. The cost estimate is $40 million, while partnering with the private sector could decrease the costs to $26 million with available federal grants. But City Administrator Naomi Kelly, who chairs the committee, expressed concerns over the cost and whether city departments’ infrastructure divisions were aware of the effort. Those concerns have put the brakes on the department’s plan to issue a request for information to solicit feedback from those in the solar-plus-storage industry as well as develop a draft request for proposals. Peter Gallotta, Department of the Environment spokesperson, told the Examiner on Friday that “we are still looking forward to working collaboratively with our fellow city agencies to think about how implementation of these projects might fit into The City’s bigger picture around emergency response, resiliency and also bringing more renewables onto our grid.” A spokesperson for the Department of Emergency Management, which oversees The City’s responses to natural disasters and other emergencies, said the agency looks forward to “evaluating” the study’s results. “Solar storage is project that has the potential to help San Francisco become a more resilient city,” DEM spokesperson Francis Zamora told the Examiner. Brian Strong, San Francisco’s Chief Resilience Officer and also the director of the Capital Planning Committee, told the Examiner on Friday that solar plus storage brings the benefit of “a cleaner way” to provide electricity than The City’s reliance on diesel generators. Another benefit is reliability and increased capacity. Generators will operate between 72 hours and 96 hours before needing refueling and while there plans in place to get more fuel, “you just don’t know how that’s going to work out,” Strong said. The discussion comes as Mexico City’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake on Sept. 19 — that claimed more than 300 lives — is a painful reminder of the damage that could occur in San Francisco when the next big earthquake hits and the importance of being resilient. The City’s own 2014 Hazard Mitigation Plan calls on San Francisco to develop strategies to reduce risks to natural and human-caused hazards, including addressing disruption of energy supplies in the event of emergency through the deployment off solar energy storage. The Department of the Environment declined to provide greater details of the study, citing the duration of the grant study, which officially concludes in December. “As we’ve learned from Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Katrina and what we are seeing in Mexico City today, in the event of a disaster first responders are often the community members themselves,” DOE spokesperson Gallotta said. “Additionally, neighborhood resources like community centers and schools often become a place of operation for emergency response. It’s critical to have backup power at these sites in the event of the next large-scale grid outage.” He added, “On-site solar production paired with battery energy storage can not only meet daily power needs but make our neighborhoods more prepared and resilient over an extended period in the event of an emergency.” The grant study has also resulted in an “online tool” at www.SolarResilient.org that can help others plan solar-plus-storage systems.

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Upon debuting in WCW, Bill Goldberg became arguably the first (or second, behind Stone Cold Steve Austin) most popular wrestler in the world. He went on an unprecedented streak of 173 victories and zero losses. In Santa’s Slay, as the demonic son of Satan, he continues this insane streak by killing upwards of 30 people in the span of 78 minutes. In the film’s opening sequence Goldberg Claus decimates the likes of Rebecca Gayheart, Chris Kattan, Fran Drescher, and James Caan! Santa’s Slay is a film that surprised me very much; I went into it with very low expectations — Goldberg could never cut a decent promo in the ring, much less carry a film on his wide shoulders — but those expectations were completely shattered. This is an outrageous and fun flick — deliciously cheesy and filled with Christmas camp. You may roll your eyes at some of the sophomoric humor (GONAD, rather than NORAD as the sleigh tracker), but occasionally even those bits had me laughing out loud. Why exactly is Santa so angry and murderous? Well, it turns out that he has always been this way. He was conceived as the son of the devil thousands of years in the past, and prior to becoming the jolly old gift-giver he is commonly known as, Santa was a violent bully. He derived pleasure out of torturing elves and generally went about causing destruction and mayhem wherever he roamed. Then one day an angel descended down from heaven. This angel and Santa had a curling competition. The angel wagered his eternal soul, while Santa bet that if he lost, he would be kind, jolly, and deliver presents to all the good children all over the world for the next 1000 years. In an animated sequence of the same style as the 1960s Rankin/Bass Frosty the Snowman or Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV specials, we see a cocky Santa roll his curling stone right to the edge of a hole in the ice. The angel then wins the contest by bowling his stone into Santa’s, causing it to fall into the water. Thus is the beginning, against his will, of Jolly Old Saint Nick. The film opens at the end of this 1000 years of kindness with Santa already on his rampage. A scene that start out as typical sitcom holiday special is turned into B-movie gold when Goldberg bursts through the chimney and kills an entire family with implements such as a turkey leg, the star topper of a Christmas tree, and a flaming mouthful of brandy. He even punts a pomeranian for good measure. Even if you have no desire to watch this film (the wrong choice to be sure), you should check out the hilarious opening sequence. After the title credits which feature a variety of badass Santa pictures throughout the centuries, the movie properly opens in Hell Township on Christmas Eve. Nicholas Yulson (Douglas Smith) and his girlfriend, Mary ‘Mac’ McKenzie (Emilie de Ravin) get the night off early from their jobs at a Jewish deli. Mac drives Nicholas home where we are introduced to his crazy grandpa (Robert Culp). Grandpa is obviously paranoid with triplicate locks on the front door and a basement bunker that has several TVs of surveillance footage. Both Nicholas and Grandpa share a disdain for Christmas and the ability to read Norse. You can see where this is going right? Halfway through his reign of murderous mayhem, Santa targets Mac and Nicholas. Then the truth about Grandpa’s paranoia and an old Norse family connection to Santa Claus come out in the open. The plot of this movie is fairly simplistic — run away from the Psycho Santa while he kills everyone around him. What keeps the viewer engaged are the inventive, but not really gory kills, and the fully comedic characters through-out. Santa shoves a candycane through the eye of a mugger. He lights fire to a strip club. He delivers exploding presents to potty-mouthed children on Christmas day. Also, his sleigh is drawn by a man-eating buffalo! Some great characters to look out for in this are: an old lady who curses like a sailor and chain smokes while swerving all over the road, Dave Thomas as a sleazy pastor who steals from his church congregation to have spending cash at the strip club, and a brief cameo from wrestler/actor Tom “Tiny” Lister, Jr. (Zeus!). All in all, Goldberg and the two leads are the weakest actors in the film, but it doesn’t matter because there are so many great characters in the peripheral of the movie to make up for it. Along with the acting, the writing is a bit spotty in places. This is more to do with the actors’ inability to handle the lines more than the the lines themselves. It is also a bit choppy because rather than pure dialogue, each character speaks in a series of one liners. Some are hilarious: ‘Don ye now your gay apparel’ said to the homosexual police captain in a Santa get-up. Some funny, but a bit mean: ‘I’m as happy as a make-a-wish kid.’ Some just fall flat: ‘We’re trapped in a closet on Christmas with Santa trying to murder us. How fucked up is that?’ Goldberg’s Santa Claus also speaks mainly in one liners: ‘unfortunately, you’re time is about to expire.’ Patient wrestling fans have to wait until after the credits to hear him drop his in-ring catch-phrase, ‘who’s next?’ Santa’s Slay was written and directed by David Steiman. Due to its high production values and campy humor, it has already muscled a permanent place in my holiday rotation. So, kick back with some hot cocoa, invite your friends over, and witness the greatest wrestler-turned-Santa since Hulk Hogan in Santa with Muscles. Only, this one is better, because heels are always cooler! 16 December 2013 | Categories: Movie Reviews | Tags: 2000s, Bill Goldberg, Comedy, Sana's Slay, The Twelve Slays of Christmas, wrestling | 6 Comments Zombies are alive and well — er rather, undead and sickly — in mainstream popular culture right now. That fact is evident from the immense popularity of The Walking Dead, as well as the numerous zombie walks, runs, and flash mobs across the world. This saturation of the living dead became clear to me with a recent theatrical version of Night of the Living Dead performed by the Daegu Theatre Troupe in Daegu, South Korea. This is a low-budget — made more for love than for money — theatre production put on by English speaking expatriates in the Asian country. A diverse cast of expats lent an international charm to the show, as it featured actors who were Koreans, Kiwis, South Africans, North American, and from the UK. This makes you wonder where exactly this mysterious farmhouse that shelters these seven folks could be, but this version was played more for fun than the unrelenting and depressing horror of George A. Romero’s original theatrical masterpiece. Thanks to the magic of the theatre, you can be swept away from the very intimate space (seating perhaps a few dozen audience members) to a post-apocalyptic zombie wasteland. This staged version capitalized a bit more on the inherent cheesiness of dead people trying to eat the living. The actor playing Harry, in particular, had some very sarcastic lines and a deadpan delivery that made this viewer crack-up. Also funny were the special effects. While Romero used cuts of meat from a local butcher shop, here in Korea ramen was used as guts and rice was puked up in reaction to the grisly viscera of a pregnant zombie and the protruding newborn hanging from her belly. Just like in Romero’s films, here all of the zombies seemed to be real characters. One unfortunate ghoul was on a single roller skate, and the woman next to me did a great job of loudly chomping and groaning whenever one of the human characters would come nearby. That’s right, there were zombies planted in the audience, although they were difficult to differentiate from those overzealous fans who decided to get made-up in costumes before a night of Halloween partying! There were some changes from the 45-year-old original film. First of all, the interior setting was split between the living room and basement areas of the house. Scenes ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs’ were differentiated with lighting, although (unfortunately) there was no extra exposition with the characters Harry, Helen, Tom, and Judy prior to joining Ben and Barbra upstairs. A large projection screen on the far wall played TV news reports and also recapped the beginning cemetery scene with Barbra and Johnny. Obviously, there was no truck explosion, but instead characters were graphically dispatched in a feasting of ramen guts and a plastic severed arm. This happened after a cheesy moment of love and lines (and music) mimicking Armageddon more than Night of the Living Dead. But the cheese that stole the show was the denouement of Sheriff McClelland and his posse saving the day. They still accidentally shot Ben, but they retained their lighthearted charm with their Reno 911 inspired hotpants and mirrored aviator sunglasses. I was fortunate to sit in the splatter zone, and while there were no head squibs — ubiquitous to so many zombie films — there were catheters pumping copious amounts of red liquid onto the patrons. Another surprising bit of splatter came from the molotov cocktails — waterballoons — used to ward off the horde of the living dead. Overall, it was a very fun night of zombie chills and laughs. If you ever get a chance to see some live horror theatre, then go and watch — I highly recommend it! 31 October 2013 | Categories: Stage Frights | Tags: Comedy, George A. Romero, Horror Theatre, Night of the Living Dead, Zombies | Leave a comment

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We were both being challenged by a bully, since we were the new kids at school. He felt he had to test us and Billy and I joined forces to win the fight. Every now and then some boys would start a fight with us, until we proved that we weren’t afraid and we could whip some butt. That is when it all finally stopped. Robert, Billy and I became very close friends and did everything together and went everywhere together. I really took boxing very seriously by training hard, sparring a lot of rounds, studying from other boxers, both amateur and professional. I was undefeated from the time I started until my first state tournament where I was beaten by the champion on a split decision for the title. For the next three years I would lose only one bout each year, and that would mean I only lost those fights all total and two were to champions; each on a split decision and the other was to someone who had moved to a lower weight class to beat me. A split decision is when two out of three judges vote for a winner. I also ran track, although, I wasn’t very fast. I ran on the relay team and tried the mile, but I didn’t do well. I played football as a half back in junior ball and did well; however, as I kept weight off of me it worked in reverse in football where I should have gained weight. I did well scholastically in school; although, I had to study hard since I was involved in many school activities and helped pop at the dairy when I could. Later I would get a job working part time at a drug store. I was lucky to have great teachers, who were very interested in each student; both in school studies and on a personal level. Billy, Robert and I befriended Pat Huval, who’s father founded the Evangeline Maid Bread company, which was extremely successful and still is today. Mr. Huval later sold the company and the bread is still as good as it was then. Billy’s father was a rice broker who was very successful. He was the largest broker in a wide area. Robert’s father was an oil land man who secured a lot of leases and did very well himself. Pop, my father, was an extremely successful dairy farmer, based on the size of his dairy and the productivity of his cows. He was successful in what he did without making a lot of money. This is a lesson I learned from pop, even if I didn’t really understand it when I was younger. Money never meant that much then and all of guys stayed at each others houses no matter what it was like. We had true friendships and we still have the same relationship today, which I personally cherish. We have done business together, socialized with each other and continue to stay in touch with all except Pat, who died November 7, 2009. In fact Billy let Sue and I get married in his home, which we are very happy for him doing for us on our special day. Brother Bernard was our teacher in the eighth grade and he was also teacher in our 10th grade class. He was strict but cared about how we learned both in class and outside of class. He spent a lot of time with the three of us since we were always into doing some things that were marginal in nature, but never illegal. We were mischievous and he felt he could keep us out of trouble if it seemed like we might become involved in some prank. Like following the Brothers from their house to church and throwing firecrackers at their feet. We were considered very popular at school, having girl friends and going on dates at an early age . Billy and Robert had cars, and sometimes I used my dad’s dairy truck to pile in a bunch of friends to the outdoor drive-in theater. I also had an old Ford convertible which we had a lot of fun with. It didn’t have a first gear, but that didn’t bother us at all, since we used it to drive and pick up our dates with girl friends. Billy had a Pontiac coupe in our junior and senior years and we had a lot of fun in it since it was nice for dates. In those days no one was impressed with cars, money and status in the community. It was always nice to be exactly who you were and not pretend to be someone other than who you were. It sure was nice for me, since I was the poor boy who had a wealth of love from my parents, family and friends. Billy and Robert were rich, but they also acted to everyone’s equal and nothing more. There are too many stories to tell about the three of us, but maybe someday each can add their stories to this one. Like the time we burnt Robert’s sisters convertible top on her car, or the time I flew out of Robert’s daddy’s limo and fell into a ditch where they left me and not missing me until later when they came back to get me. Another time we stole Robert’s daddy’s car and reported it missing until we came home. We wrecked Robert’s Oldsmobile his father had already traded it in for a Cadillac in New Orleans and he like to have whipped us to death when we drove into the car lot. Billy and I had dates one night, and when we brought our dates home, my dates boyfriend was waiting to fight me at his girlfriends house. I also learned to hit first and then finish the job. I did so that night and cut his eye so bad that the boyfriend had to go to the hospital for stitches. He nearly lost his eye but surely lost his girl, since she became my girlfriend in the end. Once we all went to my parents farm with dates. We ended up in the hay loft at the barn and were really heating up a good time. That is until my mom saw Billy’s car parked by the barn and came in to surprise us. We all got in trouble, and we had to drive the girls home and were grounded for a long time by all of our parents. The ninth grade was a serious year for me, as I played football on the junior squad and practiced for boxing all year. I really did well in football and even scored a few touch downs, but boxing was my sport. I lived and breathed it and wanted to win every fight I had, and in fact I did that year. I also liked my new boyfriends and new girlfriends that a winning boxer attracted. Billy and Robert made all my fights, and even those on the road away from school. I also had permission to ride back home with them after each fight. We were always picking up girls. We would always end up in fist fights in the other town we boxed, since the boys there did not like us taking their girls. We usually won, even though some were tough we prevailed. I believe the tenth grade was the most fun for me, since I was in so many organizations at school. I participated in many activities and of course boxing as well. I had stopped football to concentrate on my boxing skills. As I mentioned, Brother Bernard was our teacher again, and he had loosened up a lot since the eighth grade. The eleventh grade was a quiet one, since our teacher was good but a bit laid back. I continued to excel in sports and all of the different tasks I became involved in, which were all very time consuming. Brother Adrian was our teacher in the twelfth grade. He was very stern, but fair and knew how to teach a class and get the students to give their best efforts. Some of the clubs I was involved with are in the my high school section of this web site. It was the time I was in the tenth grade that I knew I wanted to study medicine when I entered college. I then tried to get all the courses I could get that would help me in this curriculum of study. I graduated May 25, 1954 and went to summer school at SLI (now UL) then went to to New Orleans and registered at Tulane University. I will never forget the time that mom drove me to New Orleans. It was in a car that she had won from a $1.00 raffle. With exception to pop’s milk truck, it was the only car we had. After I was there, I was rushed by Kappa Sigma by way of Dr. J J. Burdin. I later pledged Kappa Sigma and became an active member. I studied at Tulane in premed for four years and after realizing that I could not afford medical school, I decided to transfer to Northeast State college in Monroe, LA for pharmacy school. I was accepted and received my Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1963. During that time, I went to school full time and worked at three different drug stores, managed a few businesses and found time start a family. All at the same time. During my time at Tulane, I met J.C. Liner, better known as Dinky. Dinky was from Monroe and we rekindled our friendship while I was in school and are still good friends to this day. He was Godfather to my son Derek V. Robin, and a lot can be said of our special affection for each other. Dinky has many stories to tell about our fiascoes through the years. He would tell you about the time we bought a limousine together and the many good time we had with that car. One of those time was when we took the limo to New Orleans to meet with Joe Canazaro, then played as mutes when we bought drinks and fooled the cashier at a convenience store. Or about the time we, along with Dane McCormick, ordered drinks at a lounge and when the waitress asked us for the money, I pulled out a blank pistol and aimed it at her, saying we don’t pay. She left running and never came back to the lounge. it was her first day and we were her first customers. She even left her purse in the lounge and never reclaimed it. Another time was when we bought a hearse and picked up friends and drove them around with a chauffeur and played pranks on others (never illegal – just fun stuff). How we measured time in “about 4 months”.

A letter writer (responding to an article on creation and evolution in the Adventist Review) says that a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 “gives us our Creator, our seven days, and thus our Sabbath”; she says further that any Adventist who allows for evolution should be “weeded out.” The magazine publishes the letter. Someone else says in a letter (not from me, by the way) that for “the special benefit of young Adventists” who could be misled, it is important to note that “the identity of the Sabbath is immovably secured by the resurrection of Jesus”; the identity of the Sabbath does not depend on any one “version of natural history.” This letter’s effect is to raise questions about the current General Conference agenda regarding creation and evolution, and the Adventist Review elects not to publish it. An independent organization approaches an Adventist healthcare entity about a gift for a project. For most of the decade previous, a similar request to similar entities has met, in every case, with a generous response. This time, however, word comes back that a gift would be imprudent because the requesting organization has fallen out of favor with General Conference leadership. Two General Conference employees receive a high-level mandate, by e-mail, to “eliminate” (presumably from church meetings or publications or both) any favorable references to “the subject of ‘spiritual formation.’” The e-mail says that henceforth only criticism of “spiritual formation” should appear. By way of justification, it declares that the concept of “spiritual formation” can be “connected with mystical beliefs and practices” and with “the emerging church and the emergent village.” Finally, this (now-familiar) story: The Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA) authorizes a visiting committee, chaired by the president of Andrews University, to evaluate La Sierra University’s faithfulness to the ideals of Adventist higher education. The visitors conclude that the university is offering “high quality Christian education, with a Seventh-day Adventist character.” But when their report reaches the AAA board at church headquarters, members declare, against the visiting team’s conclusion, that La Sierra has “deviated” from Adventist educational ideals. They reject the visiting team’s recommendation of a full five-year re-accreditation, ruling that accreditation will be extended only to the end of 2012. Between now and then, the university must “implement changes.” In each of these four stories someone takes for granted, or at least cooperates with, the notion of top-down control of the church’s life and thought. I myself assume, of course, that church leaders, certainly including those in Silver Spring, deserve our heartfelt attention and respect. They love the church. They have thought at great length about its work. They have shown the ability to make a difference. Still, the Hierarchy Principle (as I will call it) is a mistake. If you believe that high-level leaders, or high-level church entities, have a duty to control what people in more local, and less prestigious, settings think, you are veering toward a papal account of doctrinal authority and departing from key channels of Christian wisdom. I need not belabor the point about Roman Catholicism. Rome’s highest officer has substantial authority over those beneath him, including the authority to speak infallibly regarding points of doctrine. If the exercise of this latter authority is rare, and if papal authority is to some degree shared with the church’s bishops, what remains is this: in Roman Catholicism high position confers teaching authority over the ordinary faithful. Protestants (when they are at their best) democratize authority, noting, with 1 Peter, that all the faithful are a priesthood. The leadership function does, of course, set certain persons apart, and gives them greater-than-average persuasive authority. But no council or committee, and certainly no individual, deserves our ultimate allegiance. God alone is God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer famously resisted the idolatry of Nazism. But he also resisted the spell of religious hierarchy. He had said, in a radio address in 1933, that the leader becomes a “mis-leader” just when he falls short of “continually” reminding his followers that the leader’s own task is “limited.” True leadership teaches followers to seek their “own maturity” and to grasp their “own responsibility.” So when the German Lutheran “church regime” (as he once called it) began to muzzle pastors who criticized its Anti-Semitism and fawning obeisance to the state, Bonhoeffer protested. He participated, too, in the 1934 conference that produced the famous Barmen Declaration. This statement of faith said that the established German church had lost it legitimacy through deference to “alien principles.” The statement proclaimed that true faith makes Jesus Christ the single authority we are called to “trust and obey.” The point was simple enough. But in the context of 1930s Germany, it was electric. The Barmen Declaration was immediately published in the London Times, and it gave rise to an organized movement of spiritual resistance that became known as the Confessing Church. But does a critique of the Hierarchy Principle entail that anything goes? Does it mean that individual Christians may decide on their own what it means to follow Jesus? These questions bring to mind another crucial channel of Christian wisdom. No less an eminence than George Knight, the church historian, has affirmed that Adventism’s roots lie in Radical Reformation soil. And just this soil, I believe, has produced the best account of the meaning and place of “authority” in Christian life. Matthew 18 and 1 Corinthians 14 are two of the account’s key passages. Here, radically summarized, is the argument: The New Testament rejects anything-goes individualism. When disagreement happens, the community attempts to resolve it; the individual must respond to the wisdom of others. The point of this effort—the point of the conversation that takes place—is reconciliation and the building up of the household of faith. Certainly the point is not religious theory abstracted from daily Christian existence; it is the concrete, moral meaning of life together in the faith. Just for this reason, New Testament authority is local. Disagreements require decision-making by persons who are close to what is going on; close enough, that is, to be in touch with the human feelings involved, and the deeper complexities. As Jesus puts it in Matthew 18, “‘[W]here two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.’” The New Testament thus has, after Jesus, no teacher-masters; it has no “magisterium,” no official teaching authority. Leaders and theologians, traditions and creeds, matter for their persuasive influence; they deserve attention and respect. But they have no coercive authority. (In 1 Corinthians, Paul treated the question of food offered to idols differently than the Jerusalem Council did.) Behind all of this is the premise, as John Howard Yoder writes, of “simple trust that God himself, as spirit, is at work to motivate and to monitor his own” through “disciplined human discourse.” So from this standpoint, the Hierarchy Principle, with its assumption that top-down control is a necessary bulwark, gives expression to lack of trust. Our leaders seem oblivious to this. And to the degree that the rest of us go along, or lapse into funks of resignation, so do we. I do not assign blame. The tide of hierarchy came in before most of us were born. But I do want to assign credit where it is due. In 1872, for the benefit of non-members and for the first time ever, Adventist leaders published a statement, or “synopsis,” of their faith. The first paragraph said that it was not to have “any authority with our people,” nor was it meant to “secure uniformity among them, as a system of faith.” The statement was not, in other words, an instrument of top-down control. The pioneers of Adventism still knew what it was to trust.

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A depot ship is an auxiliary ship used as a mobile or fixed base for submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, fast attack craft, landing craft, or other small ships with similarly limited space for maintenance equipment and crew dining, berthing and relaxation. Depot ships may be identified as tenders in American English. Depot ships may be specifically designed for their purpose or be converted from another purpose. Depot ships provide services unavailable from local naval base shore facilities. Industrialized countries may build naval bases with extensive workshops, warehouses, barracks, and medical and recreation facilities. Depot ships operating within such bases may provide little more than command staff offices,[1] while depot ships operating at remote bases may perform unusually diverse support functions. Some United States Navy submarine depot ships operating in the Pacific during World War II included sailors with Construction Battalion ratings to clear recreational sites and assemble buildings ashore,[2] while the Royal Navy mobile naval bases included specialized amenities ships to meet recreational needs of British Pacific Fleet personnel.[3] Services provided by a depot ship depend upon whether typical client warship missions are measured in hours, or days, or weeks. A warship crew may be expected to remain at their stations for missions measured in hours, but longer missions may require provisions for dining, sleeping, and personal hygiene. The crew of small warships may carry individual combat rations and urinate or defecate from the weather deck. Longer missions typically require storage provisions for drinking water and preserved food, and some resting area for the crew, although rest may be limited to a sheltered spot to sit or recline. Cooking may be limited to warming food on an exhaust vent, and buckets may be used for bathing, laundry, and sanitary waste. Habitability standards vary among navies, but client warships large enough to include a head, bunks, a shower, a kitchen stove, refrigerated food storage, a drinking water distillation unit, and a laundry require little more than medical and repair service from a depot ship. Depot ships are similar to repair ships, but provide a wider range of services to a smaller portion of the fleet. Depot ships undertake repair work for a flotilla of small warships, while repair ships offer more comprehensive repair capability for a larger variety of fleet warships. Depot ships also provide personnel and resupply services for their flotilla. Some depot ships may transport their short-range landing or attack craft from home ports to launch near the scene of battle.[4] The following summary of World War II depot ships indicates the range of locations and warships served: HMS St. Columba was the depot ship for the boom defence vessels at Greenock. The survey ship HMS Endeavour (J61) served as a depot ship for boom defence in Singapore and the Mediterranean Sea.[5] Requisitioned merchant ships HMS Aberdonian (F74) and Vienna (F138) and the French Belfort (U63) were used as depot ships for Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy. Aberdonian started at Fort William, Scotland, but spent most of the war at Dartmouth, Devon, while Vienna was in the Mediterranean. The Loch-class frigates Loch Assynt (K438) and Loch Torridon (K654) became coastal forces depot ships HMS Derby Haven and Woodbridge Haven, respectively.[5] USS Black Hawk was with the Asiatic Fleet in 1941 and transferred to Alaska for the remainder of the war.[7] HMS Hecla (F20) was based at Greenock and Iceland before being sunk in the Mediterranean during Operation Torch.[9] HMS Vindictive was a repair ship before being converted to a Home Fleet destroyer depot ship in 1945.[5] HMS Sandhurst (F92) was a converted merchant ship used as a depot ship for coastal convoy escorts at Dover, Derry and Greenock.[8] The first landing craft carrier was completed by Japan in 1935.[10] The United States Navy began launching dock landing ships in 1943.[11] The 8,580-ton Beachy Head-class ships HMS Buchan Ness, Dodman Point, Dungeness, Fife Ness, Girdle Ness and Spurn Point were used as depot ships for Ramped Cargo Lighters during the last year of World War II.[12] Nettlebeck, Brommy and Van der Groeben were depot ships for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd R boat flotillas, respectively. The 1st and 3rd flotillas were at Kiel, and the 2nd was at Cuxhaven.[13] HMS Ambitious (F169), Celebrity and St. Tudno served as depot ships for minesweepers. Ambitious was stationed at Scapa Flow, and St. Tudno was at the Nore.[5] Japan requisitioned Chohei Maru, Rokusan Maru and Teishu Maru from civilian service as depot ships for minesweepers.[14] Tsingtau and Tanga were depot ships for the 1st and 2nd E-boat flotillas at Kiel and Hamburg, respectively.[13] Kamikaze Maru, Nihonkai Maru, Shinsho Maru and Shuri Maru were requisitioned from civilian service as depot ships for Japanese Motor Torpedo Boats.[14] HMS Marshal Soult and the French ships Courbet, Paris, Coucy and Diligente were used as depot ships for vessels patrolling the English Channel after the Second Armistice at Compiègne.[5] Includes both Seaplane carriers and ships intended to support the operation of large Flying boats, known as seaplane tenders in United States usage. Wilhelm Bauer provided command facilities and submarine crew accommodations for the 7th U-boat Flotilla.[1] Donau provided command facilities and submarine crew accommodations for the 1st U-boat Flotilla.[13] USS Fulton was depot ship for Squadron 8 in Pearl Harbor, Midway Atoll, Brisbane, New Guinea, Saipan and Subic Bay.[24] USS Griffin was stationed in Newfoundland in late 1941 before serving in Brisbane and then in Pearl Harbor and Fremantle as depot ship for Squadron 12.[25] USS Holland was depot ship for Squadron 2 with the Asiatic Fleet before moving to Australia, Saipan and Guam.[26] HMS Maidstone served at Rosyth and in the South Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Pacific.[9] USS Otus was under conversion from civilian service at Manila when Japan attacked and became a landing craft depot ship at Fremantle.[30] Weichsel provided command facilities and submarine crew accommodations for the 3rd U-boat Flotilla.[13] HMS Wolfe (F37) was depot ship for the 3rd submarine flotilla until transferred to the Eastern Fleet in 1944.[5] Some depot ships support a naval base. HMAS Platypus was the base ship at Darwin, Australia during World War II.[8] In the Royal Navy, under section 67 of the Naval Discipline Act 1866, the provisions of the act only applied to officers and men of the Royal Navy borne on the books of a warship. When shore establishments began to become more common it was necessary to allocate the title of the establishment to an actual vessel which became the nominal depot ship for the men allocated to the establishment and thus ensured they were subject to the provisions of the Act.[36] ^ "Euryale". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. United States Navy. Retrieved 23 March 2014. State Highway 60 is a state highway servicing the far northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. Running between the settlements of Richmond (south of Nelson) and Collingwood, it is 116 kilometres (72 mi) long and lies entirely within the Tasman District. It is the northernmost highway in the South Island and is a popular tourist route, servicing Motueka, Abel Tasman National Park, Golden Bay, and Farewell Spit. The highway starts at Richmond at a roundabout junction with SH 6 and proceeds in the northwesterly direction across the Waimea Plains. Near Mapua, the road deviates onto the Ruby Bay bypass (Mamaku Drive) and emerges on the shores of the Moutere Inlet adjacent to Tasman Village. The highway then passes along the edge of Motueka Estuary and through the major town of Motueka. Just past Riwaka, the road to Kaiteriteri and Abel Tasman National Park branches off to the right while SH 60 branches to the left. The highway then rises towards Takaka Hill and the notorious Eureka Bend (elevation 791 metres above sea level).[1] The highway then descends into the Takaka Valley and passes through the town of Takaka. The highway then hugs the coastline of Golden Bay before terminating at Collingwood.[2] At first there was no road connecting the coastal areas about Bronte, Mapua and Tasman. Early settlers had roads from landing sites on Waimea Inlet and along ridges, and they avoided crossing the peripheral swampy valleys. When the Coastal Highway was constructed it was gravel and the Inland (Moutere) Highway was the main highway. At some point in about the 1970s, the coastal route became the main route.[citation needed] In 2003, the terminus at Collingwood was curtailed 1.1 km to the intersection of Collingwoood-Bainham Main Road.[3] Until 2010, before the construction of the Ruby Bay bypass, SH 60 followed the coastline around Mapua.[4][5][6] ^ "Revoking Sections of State Highway and Declaring New Sections of State Highway". NZ Gazette. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2018. ^ "Declaring a Section of State Highway-State Highway 60, Coastal Highway, Tasman District". NZ Gazette. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2016. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_State_Highway_60&oldid=825239933" This content was retrieved from Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_State_Highway_60 It disturbed me to see your newspaper uncritically using the term ‘Fetö’ – standing for the so-called ‘Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organisation’, which is a rather bizarre creation of the paranoid Erdoğan propaganda machine. It is true that, with most dissenting voices silenced and most of the opposition press closed, Erdoğan’s propaganda now reigns supreme in Turkey. Nevertheless, I see this as no reason to accept uncritically the messages that this machine churns out. Fethullah Gülen stands at the head of a shady sect that also has a huge business network and whose tentacles stretch around the world. This movement has generally been known in Turkey as the ‘Cemaat’ or ‘congregation’. However, there is absolutely no known connection between this organisation and terror in any form. Essentially, Gülen and Erdoğan, even if stemming from slightly different versions of political Islam, were partners in arms for decades when they were fighting to overthrow the secular Turkish state. They and their movements only suddenly fell out with one another in the second half of 2013, well after the Islamists had usurped the Turkish state, and the dispute was really over sharing out the booty. This parting of ways led to anti-corruption investigations being brought against Erdoğan and his cronies, spearheaded by the vast body of people that the Gülen movement had infiltrated into the ranks of the police and judiciary. The leaked tapes that appeared at the time offered clear evidence that those at the top of the Islamist AKP government were up to their necks in corruption. However, Erdoğan was able to save his bacon by rapidly dismissing large numbers of people from the police and judiciary and replacing them with his own placemen who immediately closed down all of the corruption investigations. It is essentially this event – the attempt to prosecute leading members of the government for epic-scale corruption – that the Erdoğan propaganda machine labels ‘terrorism’. Yet, by no stretch of the imagination can the bringing of penal proceedings against those accused of corruption be deemed to be an act of terror. The term ‘Fetö’ is a misnomer.