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livejournal | I've typed a dozen posts since Sunday. Not a single one has made it to the publishing stage.
One or two of you may be proud of me: I ate at Gojo's last night and enjoyed it. Of course I had a plain steak and didn't eat much more than my vegetables and ice cream, but that's not the point.
There are things going on, I just don't have the time to articulate. I will say that I'm writing currently. I've a sitcom idea that's a cross between Seinfeld, Penny Arcade, and the relationship between Chandler and Joey on Friends. I'm currently calling it "That Show No One Cool Will Watch". | 2019-04-22T00:59:26Z | https://darksoul.livejournal.com/464677.html | Porn | Reference | 0.803048 |
wordpress | I saw Amour last weekend. Those of you close to me know how closely it paralleled the story of my own parents. My mother too suffered a debilitating stroke and was cared for faithfully by my dad until she died. Just writing about it brings back the tears. It was difficult to stay in my seat; at least half of me wanted desperately to flee. Afterwards, I felt absurdly grateful their story had been told and that all the world could see it. This is the amazing thing about fiction – it can reveal hidden truths most of us would rarely see otherwise.
The day after seeing the film I spoke about Mary Magdalene’s role as witness. I often think about the importance of witnessing. It means: 1. to see something happen; 2. to affirm the authenticity of; 3. to experience important events or changes; 4. to be a sign or proof of something that is happening.
Cave paintings and petroglyphs bear witness to humankind’s desire to be seen and recognized. It isn’t enough just to be seen – connection has to be established. In recognizing someone we find some point of empathy or familiarity which allows us to acknowledge kinship. The better we know ourselves, the more reference points we can find. Hence, the importance of observation, the more we see of humanity the better we know ourselves.
While it is true we want to be seen, we also fear it. The less we know ourselves, the more we fear someone else will perceive what we so desperately hide from ourselves. Claiming all of humanity’s virtues and peccadilloes for oneself is a daunting task, which can take a lifetime. There’s so much, good and bad we would rather not admit to. So it’s important not to look away when we get the opportunity to observe events in the lives of others. Those events teach us about ourselves. Understanding ourselves, we understand others. Judgment falls away. Forgiveness begins. Love happens.
According to the above definitions witnessing is more than observation, it has to do with experiencing and also with being the proof that something is happening. I think it means we must make ourselves observable. Vulnerability and visibility are key. How can others learn about themselves if we shut ourselves away and hide?
In Amour, the husband hides himself and his wife away becoming more and more reclusive and less willing to share his care. His actions are heartbreakingly understandable, but they keep his daughter from experiencing her mother’s illness and lead to murder and suicide. I wept for their daughter, disallowed the lessons in love she might have gained.
Thankfully, my father let my daughter, sister and I help care for my mother. In the process, I learned much about myself; letting go of misconceptions and assumptions I had carried for a lifetime. Because my parents allowed me to witness their lives so intimately, I got to look closely at old age and the inevitability of dissolution. I also got to watch as they met each mortification with grace, dignity and humor. I hope to weather my final decade with as much courage and character.
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wordpress | What we have here is one of the best death metal records that I have ever heard coming from my country. Righteous Killing is the debut full-length album of the Filipino, Quezon city based, death metal group Legion.
I actually heard about the band before, as it was mentioned and recommended to me by fellow extreme music aficionados, but I wasn’t just able to check them out right away. It was not until last July of 2016 — when I heard that the band released a full-length album last 2015 — that I gave their materials a spin.
The music in Righteous Killing sticks to the genuine death metal manner thrown in with some distinct signatures from the band. The combination of the twin guitar players has some pretty great chops. Their level are amongst the great in the region, or even in the international extreme metal scene, as both of them had unleashed a rampage of blistering and hasty guitar mastery in the album. Plus I totally love the unorthodox display of solos that are present in this record. The drum work is also rapid and executed in an exceptionally battering approach. The front man’s vocal style is pretty conventional in the death metal realm, but it is also one of the blueprints that made Legion‘s music standout in this offering.
For an independent release, the production and mixing of the record is neat. I also love how all the instruments worked together well, as they don’t compete against each other when it comes to demonstrating each of their weapons’ roles. Furthermore the band’s song writing and song structure organizing abilities are precise. The lyrical theme has the same egoist and occultist tradition that is heavily centered on theology. They obviously took the path that predecessors of the genre had explored previously. And the cover art is my cup of tea. It’s one of those classic-like paintings turned to epic album cover art type of portrait artwork. As for the highlight tracks, I really enjoy blasting ‘Sons of Ir-kala‘, ‘The Mark‘, ‘Path to Unrighteousness‘, ‘Belial‘, ‘Molested Allegiance into the Uninhabited End‘, and ‘Righteous Killing‘ over and over again.
To sum this review all up, Righteous Killing is a must own album to every death metal connoisseurs. This is the ideal record for all those who desire a relentless musical beating that also is capable to make the listeners to grin and bang their heads. Boy, there sure are numerous number of Filipino underground extreme metal bands out there who can compete against the international music scene when it comes to fabricating good extreme music materials. | 2019-04-21T11:22:25Z | https://realmofasmodeus.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/ominous-death-metal-from-an-atrocious-band/ | Porn | News | 0.133608 |
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wordpress | I teach on the second floor. When I first started having students move in the classroom, I panicked because I knew the teacher below me would hear my students moving around. This feeling often echoes in the back of my mind as I get students up an moving in my classroom. This is on my mind today because I overheard another teacher ask if her kids were too loud earlier today. This comment was in reference to the fact that she had students participating in a movement activity. The teacher in the room below her had no problem with the movement. There are a couple of thoughts I have regarding this situation.
My first thought revolves around respect. I think it is important for teachers to let other teachers know that they are using movement in their classrooms, how long the movement activities will last, and if there are days when it is absolutely necessary for a quiet classroom (like a test day). This builds respect for both teachers involved. It is hard to be on the second floor because having students simply walk around can cause noise disruptions to the class below.
The second thought is it is important for teachers to pick movement activities responsibly with the surrounding teachers in mind. For example, if I want students to jog in place, I tell them that they can not have their feet leave the floor. If I want them to march in place, I demonstrate how to do so in a quiet manner. I often tell students that when we move we are to do so as quietly as we can. This provides them with an extra challenge. If we are taking notes around the room, students are not allowed to make any type of noise. If we are jogging in place, students are quietly listening to question prompts and processing information.
Movement is important. The teacher I overheard today also mentioned how engaged her students were during the movement activity, and how important is was for them to get out of theirs seats. Even though some may see a movement classroom as chaotic, it can actually be a very safe, engaging, and organized environment.
I have been answering a number of questions in my building about the flipped classroom experience. I must admit that I am still a novice since this is only my second year treading the waters of the great flipped adventure. As with many flipped classroom models, I often use my flipped classroom lessons as an opportunity for students to study information about a topic, strategy or skill that we will be practicing, revising, perfecting, or embracing in future class periods. I am beginning to add a twist by having students perform some type of physical activity warm-up prior to watching the flipped classroom videos or reading the flipped classroom articles. Of course, I have not real way of knowing whether or not students are participating in the physical activity, but I know that if they do, there is a potential for them to be more alert while they are completing the lessons at home. For example, I might give them the task of doing jumping jacks for 1 minute before they begin to take notes. Or, I might build in mini-movement activities in videos I create to help them energize prior to the mentioning of important terms or concepts.
I always look forward to a new year whether it is a new school year or a new year I get to change a calendar for. One of the traditions of my parents is to collect free calendars from local businesses prior to our large family gathering during the holidays. The calendars are then put on the table for the rest of us to sort through and pick which ones we would like to take back to our respective homes. There are so many calendars that all of the grandchildren can sort through them as well. What I like about this tradition is how each person examines the pictures of the calendars to determine what he or she wants to look at each day of the year. Some look for quotes and others look for an appealing picture during the birthday month.
Calendars are often inspiring, catering to the interests of those who select to view them. This year my family ended up choosing a patriotic calendar, one of picturesque rivers across the U.S., and one that depicts the life of rural America. Perhaps it is my rural upbringing, but I find the pictures in these calendars rather soothing. Unfortunately, the visual calendars that my family sorts through is moving closer to becoming obsolete as people rely heavily on calendars linking to their computers or phones. Many are willing to let the traditional calendars be replaced with the high-tech versions, others can’t stand to let the physical page-turning object out of their site, and others, much like myself, enjoy both.
I think this calendar experience if very similar to teaching. When teachers think about their colleagues, they can identify those who are willing to try something new in lieu of traditional methods, they can easily spot educators who will accept nothing but what they have always done, and they can marvel as those who embrace the teeter-totter world of both.
Thinking about the calendar analogy had given me the opportunity to reflect on my movement crusade. Of course there are teachers who are willing to embrace the movement idea and add all sorts of movement activities in their classrooms. I applaud these teachers and know that they will find some success with the approach. There are teachers who are too nervous, or unsure of the application in their classrooms, to try movement activities, so they opt out of doing so. Again, I applaud these teachers because I know they are doing amazing things in their classrooms. And, finally, there are teachers who are combine teaching strategies they know to be effective with movement activities that they will realize also to be effective. Obviously, since I consider myself as falling into this category, I give an enthusiastic applause for these teachers. I think these teachers are the type that think through the teaching process and look for reasons effective strategies work for students. Still, some teachers do this and realize that movement activities are not what they believe is right for their classrooms. I believe it is a process most will come to love, but if it doesn’t work for some, the students will still learn! I just happen to be a strong believer in the positive outcomes I have seen and researched.
One of the movement activities I plan on using this year is based on a calendar. This activity is used as a review of the week. There are a couple of ways to complete this activity. One way this activity can be used is to print out the days of the week (Monday-Friday) with one day printed on a single sheet of paper. Two copies of each day are distributed to ten random students. One the back of each day, a list of activities, terms, or various contents is listed based on what was covered on the specific date. The remaining students receive a blank sheet of paper. At the teacher’s signal, students with the blank sheets of paper walk mingle throughout the room locating a day of the week. In pairs, they review the day of the week with the person holding the day of the week sign. The pairs write down what was covered on the day with the day of the week person checking their work. If the pairs have information not included on the day of the week sign, it is added. Midway through the activity the roles are switched. This can be done a third time to give each person a chance to be the day of the week person.
A variation of this activity is to hang large poster around the room with the days of the week printed at the top. Students then walk around the room with post-it notes and identify what was covered each day. These poster could stay posted for an entire unit with students adding information each day of the unit. | 2019-04-26T01:38:53Z | https://teachingthroughmovement.wordpress.com/2014/01/ | Porn | Arts | 0.091988 |
wordpress | It doesn’t matter if you’re Canadian or not, this book, Hey Canada! is going to make you smile. And if you’re a blogger, you might even smile more!
The book is narrated by nine-year-old Alice who’s “writing [a] blog on Gran’s netbook,” about her coast-to-coast trip across Canada with Gran, her grandmother, her cousin, Cal, and their pet hamster.
The story moves from each province, starting in Newfoundland and travelling through each province and territory, outlining key places and facts about its culture, cultural sites, monuments, landmarks, history, nature and climate, animals, and geography—pretty much anything and everything, a potpourri of Canadian, encyclopaedic information—but it’s done in such a way that it’s both educational as well as fun to read for both children and adults.
There’s even a periodical comic strip featured as Cal’s Historical U-Turn that explains a little background history explaining founders and origins for each province!
This book is a lot more than I expected it to be where it happily combines the realism of photographs to show the true context of key places and artefacts within each province along with the cartoon graphics of the book’s characters who, in their excited narrative, carry us, story-wise, from coast-to-coast.
Its humour and its layout is what makes this book a great grab. Because of the way it’s written and laid out, the reader can read the book from beginning to end, page-to-page, or randomly pick tidbits out and still thoroughly learn and enjoy new information about Canada and its provinces.
It’s also written in a narrative that children will understand and connect with while at the same time remain informative and entertaining to both children and adults.
Hey Canada! is a fun, creative, and informative book that reads like the adventure it claims and the discovery it promotes and would be a great addition to any personal library.
And guess what? Cousin Cal has his own Twitter account!
You can follow him and read his fun facts about Canada, here.
There’s also a Twitter list that can help you track the Hey Canada! Blog Tour. Check out the hastag #HeyCanada for posts, too.
You could win a copy of the book on Goodreads so be sure to sign-up and enter!
If you were to travel across Canada on a road trip, what places might you want to travel to the most?
In light of Asian Heritage Month and Mother’s Day, the posts on The Bibliotaphe’s Closet will feature children’s books and stories about and originating from Asian countries every day of this week.
To not only celebrate the beauty of Asian culture, it’s also important to share cultural stories with children to broaden their understanding of the importance of cultural diversity and inclusivity.
Today’s children feature is about books and stories about and originating from Tibet.
All the Way to Lhasa is a retelling of a parable from Tibet as heard by the author and artist, Barbara Helen Berger from Lama Tharchin Rinpoche.
It is a quiet, meditative, and encouraging story of a young boy who would like to know how far it is to travel to the holy city of Lhasa.
The first boy is told that it is very far and so he rushes off into the distance, running towards the city of Lhasa with his horse.
The second boy is told that it is close enough to reach before night fall and so he takes one step and then another, plodding slowly with his yak.
The boy who took his time towards his goal was the one who was able to reach the city.
The book is exquisitely illustrated indicative of Asian art, Tibetan colours and symbols, the majesty of Lhasa as a holy city, and hints of the Tibetan prayer and meditation: Om mani padme hum.
It’s a beautiful and peaceful narrative that encourages young readers to continue faithfully and perseveringly towards their path.
The Mountains of Tibet by Mordecai Gerstein was the winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book in 1987.
At each turn of the page, the man in given a choice to “become part” of something. First the universe, the galaxy, the planet, the species, the ethnicity, the place to live, to his choice of parents, and then whether or not he wants to be a boy or girl.
It’s a wonderful story of inclusion as the man is given the freedom of choice at every turn and each choice displayed to him as equally good and valuable.
The Mountains of Tibet is kind introduction to children about the simple process of reincarnation, the cycle of life and death, and the beauty, gift, and value of all living things, living and working together in cooperative harmony.
To read more posts for the Asian Heritage Month Blog Event, please visit here.
What’s one thing you appreciate most about Tibet and the Tibetan culture? | 2019-04-18T10:34:32Z | https://zaraalexis.wordpress.com/tag/travel/ | Porn | Kids | 0.758262 |
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livejournal | Happy families are all alike, and unhappy family is set aside in favor of very slow scoring.
I started Anna Karenina, which'd been on the read-or-get-rid-of pile, and I decided to give it a go--- it grabs ya quickly enough. And that print edition is pleasant in the hands. Plus it seems like a great socked-in winter thing to do, reading Tolstoy. I've never read any of 'em. But this evening I downloaded MuseScore (it's free! can u believe that?) to get going on setting that song for the q-tet. It's super-slow going so far, as I'm just figuring out how to input stuff, and haven't even gotten to any creativity yet. But it's super-fun, in that learning-something-new way. So Anna, who's waited almost 150 years for me already, is gonna wait a while longer.
It's quite satisfying, after painstakingly inputting a piano part, to hit play and have the computer play it for me. I can totally see how an OCD/perfectionist thing could really engage with such a tool, in a dug-in time-flies way.
Enough snow has accumulated out there that it's hard going to walk where I've not shoveled a path, including in the tire tracks in the drive. The Jeep had a little trouble this afternoon carving a cut through the plow's ridge of hard pack at the end of the little shared bit of road the neighbor isn't having to bother with cuz she's elsewhere this weekend. The roads weren't bad today, tho. I got to my meeting and met a sponsee at the library afterwards, but the dog didn't get much outdoor action today (and didn't seem to want it, particularly). Yesterday I used part of the day off to take her over to Buhr to romp around in the 8 inches or so of fluff, and she got tired while I got tired and wet pantlegs. I'll probably sleep pretty well tonight.
I did go through a box of papers today. Some family history stuff I'm gonna leave for someone else to recycle after I'm dead, and some old change-of-address notices and other "papers of the year"s, as I used to think of them, and taxes from over a decade ago. Should I get rid of those? I guess I oughta look up how long you should keep tax returns. I'm also keeping the page of notes I took when Tracy called to talk to me about starting at MR. But I decided to get rid of some letters and cards, and there were things that were easy to part with, like manuals for household things I don't have any more, and the likes of academic reviews and bankruptcy records of the ex. I guess there are boxes I really didn't haven't gotten through since moving in here. Think I'll come across the letter from my mother to me that we found after she died, and I set aside, seeing that what she'd written to me as a teenager started out with exasperation, how she just didn't know what to do with me? I haven't seen it since that day, and have wondered whether H read it all and tossed it, to save me seeing the rest of it. It's not like I hadn't known that she didn't know what to do with me. But I hadn't known she'd sat down and wrote it out, throwing her figurative hands up in the air. Giving up.
Enough of revisiting that thing. I gotta get up and stretch, and then maybe come back to the MuseScore a little more tonight.
Oh wait---it's already tomorrow. How time morphs on a long lonesome snowbound weekend.
Oops, I never posted this last night. And now it's Sunday afternoon. The stuff on the stoop couldn't be swept today--- it's was crusty ice-crunch snow, less than an inch thick but pesky. Taking it off the steps took off a lot of my blue stain, too. I shoveled a little more, too. Sore shoulders, after days of it. I think the odds of me getting out today to see animated shorts nominated for an Oscar or The Black Panther are low. Household and pet stuff instead, I reckon. I made eggs for breakfast. Or brunch. That's a weekend kind of thing to do.
I heard there'll be a little break in the snow, like, tomorrow. Don't wanna look at the 10-day. Just keeping on keeping on. | 2019-04-26T06:55:24Z | https://fflo.livejournal.com/1042147.html | Porn | Computers | 0.877819 |
wordpress | ← Well it is 10 years on!!
Very good for a laugh..
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wordpress | first, my heart stopped for a minute when I glanced at the Hogwarts Castle in Islands of Adventure. what I felt in that moment can’t be explained or defined. I can only say it’s the best feeling in the world, and that I can’t wait to come back in july so I can go inside it and enjoy everything The Wizarding World of Harry Potter can offer me.
then, when we were at my favorite mall, I shopped for my very first LV bag. a 30″ Speedy, perfect for my size, perfect for my life.
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ver o castelo de Hogwarts logo que se entra no parque, depois vê-lo de novo de pertinho, e não poder entrar é a idéia deles de tortura. eu tenho certeza. | 2019-04-23T22:21:20Z | https://coisasmuitopequenas.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/yesterday/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.985727 |
wordpress | Waste Not Want Not | Discovering ways to re-purpose discards, making items from scratch and being self-sufficient.
The following video will take you step by step in building an open terrarium from a light bulb. These tiny gardens are a delight and I intend to make a few for myself. Dollar store light bulbs are very inexpensive if you don’t have any used, burned out bulbs around the house. I haven’t thought about saving light bulbs for about twenty years. It’s been that long ago since my Mom had everybody in the family saving bulbs for her Christmas wreath made from light bulbs spayed gold. Maybe I’ll add that to this category later.
Have fun and if you have a picture, please send it and any tips or ideas!!
Thanks to “Etsy How” for the video link!
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Welcome to Waste Not Want Not! I’m looking forward to gathering ideas for projects, re-purposing throwaways, recipes, crafts and projects of self-sufficiency. To get started I’ll be posting ideas of my own and re-posting interesting and helpful ideas from others. If you send an idea you will be credited for your post.
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typepad | In her press conference following the latest FOMC meeting, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Chair Janet Yellen emphasized that she still sees cyclical weakness in the labor market, even as the headline unemployment rate has moved close to FOMC participants' median estimate of its longer-run normal level.
She also noted that FOMC participants look at many different indicators of labor utilization, because the headline unemployment rate (commonly known as the U-3 rate) is overstating the health of the labor market. One alternative measure that has received some attention is the employment-to-population (EPOP) ratio. However, a well-recognized problem with the EPOP ratio is that because it defines utilization as employment, trends in demographic and behavioral labor force participation can affect it.
This problem is partially addressed by looking at the EPOP ratio for the prime-age population, or by making adjustments for demographic changes as suggested by Kapon and Tracy at the New York Fed and further analyzed by our Atlanta Fed colleague Pat Higgins. Here, we propose an alternative approach that uses a broader definition of utilization that makes it less affected by labor supply trends.
The Current Population Survey does not ask the question "are your labor services being fully utilized?" Therefore, we have to use our judgment to classify someone as fully utilized. The figure below shows the choices we make. We assume that everyone who says they are working fewer hours than they want is underutilized (the red boxes). This includes those in the labor force but unemployed, those not in the labor force but wanting a job, and those working part-time but wanting full-time hours (similar to the treatment of underutilization in the broad U-6 unemployment rate measure).
Everyone working full-time, working part-time for a noneconomic reason, and those who say they don't want a job are considered fully utilized (the green boxes). Of course, this takes the "don't want a job" classification at face value. For example, someone who is retired is counted as fully utilized, irrespective of the (unknown) reason they chose to retire.
As shown in the Chart 1 below, the share of the population 16 years or older that is fully utilized—what we call the utilization-to-population (ZPOP) ratio—is currently about 1.5 percentage points below its prerecession level, after having fallen by 6 percentage points during the recession.
Notice that because the ZPOP ratio treats those who are not employed and don't want a job as fully utilized, it is less affected by demographic and behavioral trends in labor force participation than the EPOP ratio. (You can learn more on our website about how demographic and behavioral trends are affecting labor force participation.) When compared with the EPOP ratio, the ZPOP ratio paints a somewhat rosier picture of labor market conditions (see chart 2).
In sum, the utilization-to-population (ZPOP) ratio is the share of the working-age population that is working full time, is voluntarily working part-time, or doesn't want to work any hours. According to this measure, about 91 percent of the working-age population is considered fully utilized. The remaining 9 percent are "underutilized" and are a roughly even mixture of the unemployed, those not in the labor force but wanting to work, and those working part-time but wanting full-time hours.
The headline U-3 unemployment rate is very close to its prerecession level but is thought to overstate the health of the labor market. At the same time, we think that the EPOP ratio overstates the amount of remaining labor market slack. The ZPOP ratio is in the middle; approaching its prerecession level but still with some way to go.
Have you, recently or otherwise, discussed the actual data regarding falling labor force participation? The popular press and politicians say it's because geezers are "retiring". Yet the data, and a smattering of news pieces over the last few years, say quite otherwise. We geezers continue to work. No pensions, anymore.
While the geezer rate is lower then younger, the rate itself has been rising, and is predicted to continue rising.
I've seen a bit of talk, recently I think through NBER, about the structural nature of the low/falling LFPR. I wonder whether prevailing economic conditions (specifically the general rate for compensation for one's low- or semi-skilled time) affects the way people answer whether or not they want a job in the first place.
Much like an improving economy attracts more people to the unemployment rolls, an improving wage floor may attract more people to want a job; the ZPOP might be improved by devising an additional variable to account for such a response. | 2019-04-20T18:25:37Z | https://macroblog.typepad.com/macroblog/2015/09/the-zpop-ratio-a-simple-take-on-a-complicated-labor-market.html | Porn | Reference | 0.236248 |
wordpress | Special effects in movies have reached a point where it is hard to tell where they begin and any real pictures end. Soon they will all be in 3D as well. At this point the only thing that will distinguish it from real life is your knowledge and experience of how reality behaves and what creatures are found here. Sometime after that cinema might finally catch up with storytelling.
When cinema first arrived it barely mattered what was shown since the sheer marvel of moving pictures was enough to bring in the crowds. But it has had to constantly improve itself to prevent boredom from stealing its lovers away. Like an abusive spouse we have demanded more and more from it. First it didn’t talk to us, then it wasn’t colourful enough. Now that it can make us believe a man can fly, bring dinosaurs back from extinction and take us in to outer space, we are telling it it is too flat, you know, just a bit two dimensional.
Theatre hasn’t suffered quite the same difficulties. Oh, it will pull out all the stops and go to great lengths with costume and set but it knows we will be kind. We had a talk with theatre a long time ago and agreed to ignore it’s shortcomings with respect to reality in return for immediacy, interaction and inventiveness. We don’t mind that we can see the puppeteers animating a life size horse frame if they are dressed as World War One groomsmen and the puppet tries to nibble an audience member’s hat.
The accommodation we have with theatre goes by the term “The willing suspension of disbelief”. We accept that the castle is a painting of stone like shapes on a wobbly bit of canvas; the sea is some completely dry bits of blue silk being waved up and down by stage hands in the wings, however unlike fortress or ocean they may be.
As storytellers we expect far more of our audience. There is no set, wobbly or otherwise. There are no costumes, or even any actors to wear them. There may be sound effects but even they are few and far between. It is necessary for the storyteller to offer up the narrative in such a way that the audience create the wet salt waves, the cold stone castle, the playful chestnut horse, terrifying lizards and supermen for themselves. We require so much more than willing suspension of disbelief, the tacit postponement of cynicism. For storytelling to work the audience have to actively imagine the preposterous!
And this is our secret weapon. Instead of trying to satisfy your senses that here is a vast and bottomless ocean, we tell you “here is a vast and bottomless ocean” and your mind produces one. You do not have to overcome the lack of moisture on stage or the small waves and unnatural blue of a tank at Pinewood Studios. It is exactly as you imagine a vast and bottomless ocean would be. It is the exact colour of the sea, the waves are the perfect height, it has the necessary amount of foam but no more. No part of you has to willingly suspend anything, you do not have to overlook any tricks or fuzzy edges. Your reality filters, evolved over millennia to alert you to any small thing that is out of place, to point out erratic movement in flora and fauna, to nag you about shadows that are too deep or still, to tell you when things are not quite right, are completely by-passed.
Having slipped past the guards we are free to play with reality as much as we like, and the special effects are as amazing and perfect as you can possibly imagine. | 2019-04-20T17:15:34Z | https://thetravellingtalesman.wordpress.com/category/storytelling/ | Porn | Arts | 0.619488 |
wordpress | Call me pedantic but I really didn’t fancy getting my foot wedged down the toilet again.
After last year’s faux pas of attempting to delicately step over Munch in the toilet cubical and ending up slipping and dipping my toes into what I hoped was clean H2O in the bottom of a Tesco’s toilet, I have been a little wary of our ability to fit into a standard size toilet cubicle. Now, I love Munch dearly, but I often wonder if his dipsey ways are from being away with the fairies or just a sneaky plan of watching on in glee as my mishaps multiply. The day in question, he appeared not to understand the “come on sugar cube, forward” that I used to coax him into getting his pony like body into cubicle, hence my slip and dip routine where my foot decided to dive into the toilet as I clumsily clambered over him. In all fairness, as soon as he heard the splash, he came alive and turned around and closed the door with his nose. If I had functional vision, I swear I would have seen his shoulders shaking with silent laughter. Sorry, I am digressing from my original point. It is virtually impossible for me and lofty Munch to fit into standard size toilet cubicle accident free, so we sometimes need to use the disabled toilets if the standard ones aren’t large enough.
A few weeks ago, when we successfully emerged from a disabled toilet with dry feet, I was happy. That is until an irate woman snarled at me as I walked out. “You do know that this is a disabled toilet don’t you” she seethed. Me being as vacant as ever replied “Yeah I know” with matching puzzlement in my voice and probably my face, “You shouldn’t be using it should you” Chirpy Cheryl chastised. “Do you actually have a disability?” Chirpy Cheryl huffed, puffed and tutted with raised blood pressure. “What?” the childish me snapped back. As I heard the pennies fall in her head, Chirpy Cheryl did become chirpy as she started to apologize profusely for not noticing 31 inch high Munch. This not looking blind malarkey did not half get me into trouble. Chirpy Cheryl would not be the first nor the last to jump to the conclusion of what a disability does and does not look like. My daughter who was waiting outside the toilet heard the conversation and we talked about it afterwards. The accuser of the “queue jumping non-disabled person” herself did not appear to have any external clues of a disability but we did not think about questioning her about her entitlement of using the disabled toilet as our minds were not confined in such a narrow space.
Call me bad minded but I think Chirpy Cheryl has many like-minded friends around the place who also like to question your entitlement to join them in disabled facilities. Being blissfully blind to most things around me, I never see the judgement on other people’s faces but people who I am with at the time do. Parking in a disabled car parking spot the other day, we were bitterly embraced by Cranky Colin who we parked next to us in a disabled bay. As my daughter merrily popped my Blue Badge on the dashboard, she commented that Cranky Colin’s scowl towards us was intensifying. As we gathered our things together to get out, my daughter told me that Cranky Colin had suddenly transformed into an owl as he whipped his head around to watch us go to the boot to get Munch out. Even as we walked away on the pedestrian area in front of the car, I was told he was still glaring and had added a few head shakes and I am sure I felt some heat seeking missiles being aimed at my back. I mean if someone is walking with a Guide Dog and has a blue badge, it is fair to say that they can use a disabled parking spot. The Chirpy Cheryls and Cranky Colins in the world maybe should rethink the judging that they do. People who have disabilities and health conditions that require disabled facilities themselves surely realize that empathy is a far better option that hostility.
Unless we have x-ray vision and a medical degree, let’s not pretend to be experts on how hidden disabilities and health conditions affect people. Surely the Chirpy Cheryls and Cranky Colins in the world that themselves live with health issues should know what it is like to be judged. Tuts, headshakes and snappy comments will always say more about the one making them and little about the person they are directed at. Chirpy Cheryls and Cranky Colins may always exist but we can always take steps to educate them. Failing that, we can always send loving unicorns their way and hope their glittery poop that they drop from overhead adds some sparkle to their dull lives. Love and splattering’s Cheryl and Colin X.
The day was over. I could tell that he was relieved to be on the way home after a long week of guiding me around new places. Directions had never been my strong point but since loosing even more sight it had got worse. On duty Minster guided me away from the wrong turning yet again and led us into the right corridor. To the pattern loving sighted person, identical looking corridors must be ideal but to me it was a living nightmare. With no breaks in the monotonous blurry coloured walls from any shadowy landmarks, the labyrinth of alien newness seemed to continue for miles. Lucky for me Minster’s good memory kept us from getting lost.
This week, we had worked in three different secondary schools with a total of over 2,000 pupils. Finding my way to the schools was difficult enough with different routes and different modes of transport each day due to their locations. Walks, buses, taxis and trains all got us to where we needed to be. For a six-hour working day, we are out of the house for an average of eleven hours, but we have no choice as going directly by a unicorn is just not available to us unfortunately. Getting there is just the start of our day of moving around in hopeful bliss.
When off duty Munch becomes on duty Minster, he becomes the brains in our partnership. When we are shown the way through the school to our room he will remember it next time around with no hesitation. He then puts up with my dithering as I am convinced we need to go the wrong way but he stands his ground and leads us the proper way. He dodges the hazy mass of pupil traffic speeding towards us and leads me safely to the place that I would never be able to find alone. When on duty, he works so hard and never complains, he really is the magical reason that I can continue to work.
Hoovering up the dropped bits of food along the way and adoration from his surrounding fans tends to be the motivation that he needs to get him through the marathon of his working week. When his harness is slipped off when we enter our room, his Munch like qualities spring to life as he actively seeks mischief to cause. Greeting our clients with open paws and a toy to play with, he shakes off his professional persona and gets ready for some fun. Having a dog in the school has such a positive effect on the pupils and teachers alike as they gently stream in for a bit of the Minster Munch magic.
Each day when we leave work, I look forward to getting in so that Minster can transform into the Munch that we all know and love. Within minutes of entering the house I know he will be winding Angus the cat up, stealing my gorgeous granddaughter’s toys and running off with shoes. I really don’t mind one bit as he deserves to have downtime just like any one of us. After his funny five minutes hurtling around the house he will settle down for a cuddle. I hope that the thank you that I whisper into his ears each night, conveys how much I appreciate him. He is the guide of my life that I will always love unconditionally and will never stop appreciating. | 2019-04-24T04:21:31Z | https://thesecretblind.wordpress.com/tag/mobility/ | Porn | Society | 0.241535 |
cnn | "They are placing our already fragile health system in jeopardy," said Danne Howard, executive vice president of the Alabama Hospital Association. "More than 90% of our rural hospitals are already operating in the red. When you add further cuts to that, you are creating an extreme risk to our continued operations."
Starting Jan. 1, the Trump administration implemented a $1.6 billion cut to what is known as the 340B Drug Discount Program. Begun in 1992, the program requires drugmakers to offer deep discounts to safety net hospitals for certain drugs prescribed for Medicare patients. Those hospitals still receive full Medicare reimbursement for the drugs, but can keep the difference between the discounted price and the Medicare reimbursement to plow into enhanced services to their most vulnerable patients.
In November, the Trump administration announced the 27% cut to the 340B program. Money that once went to 340B hospitals will now be distributed far more broadly, to most hospitals.
Related: This Mississippi hospital should be in crisis. How it beat the odds.
Medicaid's Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program is facing even larger cuts. Created by Congress in 1981, the program is designed to compensate hospitals that provide a significant amount of medical care for which they don't receive reimbursement. In 2012, there were 2,670 such hospitals, which represented 45% of all hospitals, according to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, a nonpartisan agency that provides analysis to Congress.
Under the Affordable Care Act, the hospital program was supposed to gradually wither away, since Medicaid expansion and subsidized health insurance through the ACA's health insurance exchanges was supposed to make it unnecessary.
At the 248-bed Coosa Valley Medical Center in Tennessee, where CEP Glenn Sisk said about a quarter of the patients are on Medicaid, he anticipates that cuts to the two programs will cost his hospital between $550,000 and $650,000 this year. He said the hospital would do everything to keep the doors open, even if that meant cutting back on services or seeking another health care partner. He noted that Coosa Valley is the largest employer in the community, so its closure would have a devastating effect beyond loss of medical care. "This is," he said, "an extremely serious situation for us." | 2019-04-23T00:13:17Z | https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/17/news/economy/hospitals-budget-cuts/index.html | Porn | Health | 0.634988 |
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wordpress | On Thursday evening, Medway councillors unanimously agreed on a Community Armed Forces Covenant. The covenant is backed by a variety of organisations in Medway and is designed to recognise the hard work and bravery of the Armed Forces. The covenant pledges its support for all members, both past and present.
This is fantastic news for Medway, which is both an area steeped in military history as well as home to a thriving forces base. The covenant will be moulded so that it covers the wide range of issues which personnel face.
The Government is providing around £300 million to be awarded to community projects across the country over the next four years.
Medway Council’s Robin Cooper has been liaising with the Royal Engineers to establish a steering group which will work with the Armed Forces community as well as charitable and voluntary sectors to meet the aims of the Covenant.
The Covenant goes some way towards celebrating the huge achievement of the Armed Forces over the years and comes at a time when the Forces need our support more than ever. I would like to congratulate all who have worked on this project and think it forms a timely tribute to coincide with the 200th Anniversary of the Royal School of Military Engineering in Brompton, the Instution of which I am a proud to be an Honorary Member of.
I hope this opportunity for Medway to work with the Armed Forces will both reward them for their hard work and provide a chance for further uniting our communities.
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This is along time coming and something that is difficult to get excited about. The real problems come from the social meltdown from suffering soldiers whos lives have been ruined by combat related PTSD, being left to fend for themselves after selflessly giving everything they could to there country. | 2019-04-24T22:44:55Z | https://markreckless1.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/welcoming-the-armed-forces-covenant-in-medway/ | Porn | News | 0.460883 |
livejournal | Home. Relatively uneventful and quiet time out of town. Now it's time to catch up on all teh int0rn3tz. | 2019-04-23T10:54:51Z | https://darksoul.livejournal.com/595314.html | Porn | Home | 0.947841 |
imdb | Paul: I'm almost afraid to ask about the rest of your hopes and dreams.
Gavin: You know. Get married, have a family - the usual.
Paul: Hey, me, too, although I hear adopted children can be a... a real handful.
Gavin: Yeah, I know. I met a few and... I liked them.
"The Perfect Wedding" is a film for select viewers, as the main characters in the film are gay and it's clearly a gay romantic film. However, if you are open-minded you're sure to have a terrific time watching this very sweet film. The movie is not a big-budget Hollywood release though despite its humble origins and relatively cost, it does deliver because of the writing as well as some of the acting--particularly by James Rebhorn (in one of his last films) and the very handsome Eric Aragon.
Eric (Aragon) is coming home for Christmas...not just because of the holiday but so that the family can plan the wedding for his sister, Alana. However, one of the guests coming as well is a very uncomfortable one for Eric...his former lover...a man he clearly wronged due to his infidelity and alcoholism. Eric has been clean and sober but this is still going to be a difficult situation. It's also difficult for his -ex...so difficult he recruits a friend to come along and pretend to be his steady boyfriend. However, soon friend finds himself falling for Eric and vice-versa...a very, very difficult and messy situation! Eric clearly does NOT want to continue hurting people and works to avoid this...but there are definite sparks. How does this as well as the wedding work out in this romantic film?
The film is well worth seeing...and I recommend you check Netflix to see if it's still streaming. My only reservations are that the film is not perfectly polished and 'big'...but who really needs that if the romance works so well like it does in this one?!
By the way, if you are wondering, when the film was made in 2012, gay marriage was not legally recognized in Florida. And, if you are wondering, yes, Sarasota, Florida (the location where the film was shot) IS paradise...and I enjoyed seeing that a nice film was made only a few minutes from my house. | 2019-04-23T04:57:56Z | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2151863/ | Porn | Home | 0.673009 |
wordpress | Sen. Codey agrees to postpone the vote, at the request of sponsors Weinberg and Lesniak, until the Assembly Judiciary Committee has had time to hold hearing on the bill. Codey: I understand their desire to make sure this bill receives the thorough attention it deserves and therefore I have agreed to postpone tomorrow’s vote until further notice.
Click through to read to the full statement from Sen. Weinberg and Sen. Lesniak, as provided by Garden State Equality.
This afternoon, Senator Ray Lesniak and I requested that Senate President Richard J. Codey hold Senate Bill 1967. We also requested that Speaker Joseph Roberts schedule a meeting for the Assembly Judiciary Committee on A2978, popularly known as the Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage Act.
In light of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s historic passage of S1967, Senator Lesniak and I believe that the public needs another opportunity to engage legislators on this issue. Moreover, the Senate committee has substantially amended its version to include sweeping, additional protections for religious institutions. We believe that members of the public need to be afforded an additional opportunity to debate this new provision as well.
Tuesday’s Senate hearing was extraordinary. Hundreds of citizens lined up outside the committee chambers to offer testimony on behalf of, and in opposition to, the proposed legislation. Under the leadership of Chairman Sarlo, who conducted one of the most thoughtful and fair-minded hearings in which either of us has ever participated, the committee spent seven hours hearing from scores of New Jerseyans. We had to turn away another 150 witnesses for want of time. In addition to the committee hearing, thousands of citizens, and dozens of religious and secular organizations, have engaged our members in a thoughtful and productive dialogue on marriage equality.
Accordingly, as sponsors of S1967, we asked Senator Codey to postpone full Senate consideration of the Marriage Equality Act until the Assembly Speaker has an opportunity to review scheduling the Assembly Judiciary Committee for a hearing.
We thank Senator Codey for his leadership. Marriage equality is a difficult and challenging question for members from both sides of the aisle. Throughout this debate, he has been balanced and evenhanded in his treatment of all Senators. For this, he has our deepest gratitude. | 2019-04-21T08:25:41Z | https://gayinpublic.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/nj-vote-delayed-to-allow-more-testimony/ | Porn | News | 0.204118 |
wordpress | Greenfield Arts is part of Professor Sugata Mitra’s new global educational experiment: The School in the Cloud.
The centre has undergone a major transformation to include two new creative spaces that will provide a social space for independent learning by students and the wider community, as well as helping with Professor Mitra’s on-going research.
Greenfield Arts works together with Greenfield Community College and students have been working with Professor Mitra for several years. He launched this new learning lab, funded through his 2013 TED Prize, on Thursday 13 February 2014.
Designed to be very different to a normal classroom, the room has an ‘outdoor feel’ – including artificial grass – and unusual seating and decoration to make it an attractive and social space to spend time in.
Katy Milne, Director of Arts and Creativity at Greenfield, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to continue this global research and development into enquiry-based approaches to learning here at Greenfield Arts. It’s a chance to learn above and beyond the curriculum, helping to ignite a curiosity for learning and that’s what makes it really exciting.
Greenfield Community College is one of two schools in the UK (the other is George Stephenson High School in North Tyneside), alongside five other sites in India, that will be part of on-going research over the next three years into how children learn using the Internet in groups.
“The School in the Cloud is learning at the edge of chaos,” explains Prof Mitra. “This is a community, place and experience that enables us to discover and explore children’s self-organised learning.
TED Prize 2013 winner Prof Mitra was Chief Scientist at NIIT when he set up the first ‘hole in the wall’ 15 years ago, knocking through a wall in his office to install a computer which was freely accessible to the adjoining slum. It was an instant hit with groups of Indian street children, who learnt how to use the computer and Internet by themselves.
Further experiments in more remote locations helped to define a new way of learning – minimally invasive education – as well as inspiring the film Slumdog Millionaire.
In recent years this idea has rapidly gathered pace, evolving into over 100 Self-Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs) all over the world where children search for answers to ‘big’ questions. It has also inspired Self Organised Mediation Environments (SOMEs) – better known as the Granny Cloud – where children interact with online ‘grannies’ to engage in a wide range of informal activities.
Explaining his idea for the School in the Cloud, Professor Mitra said it would bring together all of the research to date, linking the SOLEs and the Granny Cloud to create a web platform where ideas and children from all over the world can come together. | 2019-04-22T18:55:01Z | https://greenfieldarts.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | Arts | 0.879905 |
wordpress | October 2011 – Aiden celebrated his first birthday. and I forgot this website existed.
November 2011 – My parents spent a good majority of the month in Argentina visiting/meeting my Dad’s side of the family. Aiden was supposed to have an MRI, but he was sick so it was re-scheduled. We found out Aiden was going to have a little brother!
December 2011 – Nothing significant comes to mind. Had a good Christmas, Aiden was spoiled. Jason’s family came to visit, Aiden got to play with his cousin. We celebrated Jason’s Dad’s birthday.
January 2012 – Jason and I both worked on New Years Day, so Aiden spent the day with my mom. Again, nothing stands out.
February 2012 – We celebrated Valentines Day by having a home-cooked meal. Other than that, not much happened. Aiden’s cousin turned 2!
March 2012 – Aiden was supposed to have an MRI (again!), but he was sick, so it was rescheduled. Except we weren’t told the appointment couldn’t happen until we were already there. I turned 25! I had my LAST DAY OF WORK!
April 2012 – April was a crazy month, and I’ll probably do a separate post for it. Basically, Noah was born. Aiden adjusted pretty well. (Mostly.) I was starving*.
May 2012 – My grandmother spent a good chunk of the month in Barrie. I was still starving*.
June 2012 – We were busy packing up our stuff in preparation to move into our new apartment. (Finally wasn’t always starving*.) The end of the month, a couple days before we moved, my mom and I took Aiden to SickKids. He was acting very grumpy, and just… off. He had a shunt panel done (x-rays) and a CT scan, and they both came back normal, but the CT showed that the shunt was draining TOO well, so they wanted him to stay overnight so they could make sure it was okay.
July 2012 – We moved into our new apartment! Jason’s parents came to visit. My mom and sister had their birthday. Jason had his birthday. We had a crazy heatwave somewhere in there too.
August 2012 – Jason and I celebrated our two year anniversary! ❤ Aiden FINALLY got his MRI. I took the boys to work to meet a few of the girls.
September 2012 – MRI results came back saying the exact same thing that the CT and shunt panel said. It gets cold overnight, and is nice and cool during the day.
And that, in a nutshell, is about it. I’m planning on uploading some pictures in the next few days, and hopefully I’ll continue updating in a timely fashion. | 2019-04-26T12:58:43Z | https://thepitterpatteroflittlefeet.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/recap/ | Porn | Kids | 0.621825 |
wordpress | It has been triple degree weather here in L.A and I have no idea why I decided to wear this outfit, maybe because I couldn’t wait for fall to wear my new purse I got in Italy!!
Simple details on these skinnies go a long way.
I love theses studded flats, they bring any outfit to live. You’ll be seeing me wear more flats during this time of the year!
You look as classy and beautiful as usual!! | 2019-04-22T23:13:59Z | https://essentjewels.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/forest-green/ | Porn | Reference | 0.303668 |
wordpress | The very next night following DORJA’s gig at Bilston, it was back down the M6 to Birmingham in order to see Swedish masked men (and woman!) Ghost. Although they’d been around for a few years they only came onto my radar the year before, with the catchy ‘Square Hammer’ getting a lot of airplay on rock radio. A sensible person would have planned to stay in the Midlands knowing there were two gigs on consecutive nights, but yours truly is neither sensible nor much of a planner! The venue (o2 Academy) was packed out when I arrived, even as support act Zombi did their stuff (not to my taste). A lengthy interval followed, with lots of ritual bowing to one another by the stage crew as they set things up, then the band themselves came on and surprised me at least by opening with the aforementioned ‘Square Hammer’. All the band members dressed in identical jumpsuits with masks completely covering their faces, save for the main man Papa Emeritus III. He made his spectacular entrance in a puff of smoke and proved to be the consummate showman. They played up the Satanic angle to the point of parody, but they were far from threatening, this was pure vaudeville entertainment (much in the style of Alice Cooper) complete with ticker-tape at the end! Shortly after this tour, several former members of Ghost launched legal action claiming they were excluded from royalties, this action unmasked Papa Emeritus III as Tobias Forge, the brains behind the act whose identity was already an open secret, but the lawsuit confirmed it.
A week later I decided to venture out to St Helens and the Citadel, a small theatre which often hosts some good bands. The band Frost* made a rare appearance on the 9th, this quartet is made up of virtuoso players throughout but all are busy with so many other projects, that they can only get together occasionally. Led by guitarist John Mitchell (Lonely Robot, It Bites, many others) and keyboardist Jem Godfrey (a famed producer) and also including bassist Nathan King (of Level 42; brother of Mark and just as adept on the four-string) and drummer Craig Blundell. They play long-form progressive rock, and their set included the epic ‘Milliontown’ which lasted at least half an hour with lots of complex passages. For £15 this was terrific value, especially seeing as a certain famous progressive Metal band were also touring at this time and asking about five times that for a ticket!
On the 14th (Good Friday) I took a run out to Whitchurch, where iDestroy were playing at Percy’s cafe/bar (a small bar with a stage set up out the back in the open). It was good to see Bec, Becky and Jenn again, this time close enough to almost play Bec’s guitar for her (!) and the evening was closed out by Italian hard rockers Atlantic Tides, who impressed me enough to get their album. A week later it was ‘hello Becky’ once again, this time at Rebellion in Manchester where she was performing with Triaxis, her melodic Metal band. This evening was an album launch for Yorkshire metallers Vice, and the bill also included Dakesis and Amethyst. I was there mainly for Triaxis, who annouced later in the year that they were to call it a day following some personnel changes. One of those was in the vocal department, as Greek singer Angel Wolf-Black was fronting the band when I saw them. The band were obviously influenced by European metal bands with many synchronised poses and technoflash guitar solos, but entertaining as anything Becky features in tends to be. Their setlist had ‘DIO’ written on it, I was expecting a cover of Tenacious D but it turned out to be ‘Don’t Talk To Strangers’ (!) I stuck around to watch Vice, who were good but weren’t holding my attention too much until they too did a Dio cover, or more correctly Sabbath’s ‘Heaven and Hell’.
On the first of this month (a bank holiday) I made the crazy decision to drive from Liverpool down to Maidstone just to see Holly Henderson’s debut live set with her newly-assembled solo band. Holly had at that time just come back from LA, having been invited over there by ace guitarist Pete Thorn after he’d heard her home-produced material (released as the ‘Opium Drip’ EP). At that time I had just finished a contract, and with some free time on my hands as well as a little money for once, I decided to do it knowing I wouldn’t get many other chances to see her live this year. She was playing as part of a one-day live music event at a bar in her home town, but as it was I made it there only minutes before her set was due to commence. I’d only ever seen her as a guitarist in bands before then, this time she was out front handling lead vocals too (although she was augmented by singer Katy Chellar) and her band, made up of musician friends of hers, were a powerful live unit who gave her excellent backing. I knew none of the songs she played that night (save for ‘Your Hands’ from that EP) but the track which lodged in my mind was ‘Loneliness’, a pacy rocker that she has now lined up as the lead-off single for that upcoming album. At that time she was still a member of DORJA, but her own solo project had gained legs so quickly that it soon became clear she couldn’t juggle everything, and shortly after this set she announced she was parting company with the hard rock band she co-founded. That was a little saddening for all involved but both she and her former band would go on to release more material this year.
My next gig was a little closer to home; original Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden was playing at the fabled Buckley Tivoli. Although he remains best-known for those three years or so with Coverdale, he has ploughed his own bluesy furrow for decades now and as well as being a highly-respected guitarist, he is also a fine lead vocalist. He couldn’t get away without playing ‘Here I Go Again’ of course, the song he co-wrote with David Coverdale which took off so successfully five years after its initial release, that it probably set him up for life! Following that, I was invited to a birthday bash with a bit of a difference – a friend of mine I know from gig-going (Nigel) had arranged an evening featuring several acts he had seen and got to know. All performed acoustically, and the night was staged in a social club near Nottingham. Performers included Alisha Vickers, a singer from Yorkshire, the glamorous April Allen (a singer/songwriter who performs solo with an acoustic guitar), Nottinghamshire band Desensitised. (the full stop is part of their name!) who played as a duo with guitarist Libby and bassist/singer Charlotte, and Hands off Gretel, a grunge-inspired band featuring the striking Lauren Tate who also performed as a duo with Lauren accompanied by guitarist Sean McAvinue. It was HOG who stole the show, with Lauren Tate’s expressive performance seeing her climb chairs, her guitarist, or even just make shapes as she played and sang. I have yet to see her with the full band but intend to do so in 2018.
The next gig this month was a trip to Stoke-on-Trent, in order to see the Women in Rock act which, on this occasion, featured DORJA guitarist Rosie Botterill who guested in place of their regular guitar player. This act is fronted by two, sometimes three, female singers with a (usually!) male band and they play covers of rock songs made famous by the likes of Pat Benatar, Heart, Stevie Nicks and Joan Jett among many others. Rosie had only limited time to learn a long set and gave a great performance, as sole guitarist a lot sat on her shoulders. She is a big fan of Slash, so playing in his home city was a big deal for her. A few days later, the month continued with another trip to Stalybridge, to see the SoapGirls who had just arrived back in the UK from their South African homeland. They spend the summer months in the UK playing anywhere and everywhere who will have them, and have gained a loyal following since first making themselves known to many of us in 2015. Comprising of sisters Camille (‘Mille’) and Noemie (‘Mie’) Debray on bass and guitar respectively, they split lead vocal between them and play hard punky guitar-orientated songs, some dealing with serious topics about the state of things in their native SA, others are more light-hearted party numbers. They perform as a trio, with a drummer locally recruited for live performances. Their shows tend to border on the anarchic, with audience participation not just encouraged but enforced sometimes! I found this out for myself as I was shoved up on stage by Sam Debray, their mother who acts as tour manager, driver, road crew, photographer, guitar tech, costumier and chaperone/security where necessary! She, like the girls, has got to know many people who attend regularly and decided to involve yours truly in the show! I won’t divulge what took place exactly other than to say it included water spray bottles and wax strips, with grateful thanks to Mie for going easy on a vulnerable ageing hippy (!) I’d hoped to see more of the SoapGirls this year, as it turned out this was one of only two of their gigs I’d get to for reasons I’ll get to later.
Things calmed down a lot the next week as I attended an in-store appearance by Inglorious, a UK hard rock band fronted by the flamboyant Nathan James, who had just released their second album (recorded at Liverpool’s Parr Street Studios). This took place at Liverpool HMV and saw the quintet perform a short acoustic set of songs from both their albums, followed by a signing and photo session with fans. During the appearance the singer let slip that they were touring in the autumn, when that came it clashed with a gig I had already lined up though, so I have yet to see them live other than this in-store. I saw enough to hear what a powerful voice he has, however.
Days before my next gig, one I was really looking forward to (Iron Maiden, at Liverpool Echo Arena) news broke of the death of Soundgarden/Audioslave singer Chris Cornell. That cast a shadow over the gig, with Brent Smith of support act Shinedown visibly shaken by that news, when he paid tribute to the fallen singer (a hero of his) during their set. Iron Maiden were, as expected, magnificent. They brought the full arena production to Liverpool, a spectacular show with songs from latest album ‘The Book Of Souls’ and a selection of back catalogue classics, all performed with the usual verve and with bassist Steve Harris and guitarist Janick Gers running around the big stage, the bassist as ever mouthing the song words alongside singer Bruce Dickinson. The show fell on a Saturday evening, and from my prime spot close to the front I was surrounded by fans who had travelled from other countries including Italy, Brazil and Poland. That showed me just how much our city had needed this venue and shows like that to bring people to Liverpool. The gig was one of those real events we get precious little of in Liverpool, with this show having been such a success it is to be hoped there’ll be much more like it while your correspondent is still fit enough to enjoy these gigs!
The month ended on a dreadful note however, as news broke on the night of the 23rd May about the horrendous attack at Manchester Arena following a concert by pop singer Ariana Grande. As someone who knows that venue extremely well, and could have been there myself shortly before this attack had I decided to see Maiden play in Manchester too, it really hit home. It shook music fans of all stripes, especially as many of the victims were children. The arena was out of action until September as a thorough investigation commenced, with planned gigs from KISS, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and others cancelled.
The best laid-plans, and all that. I had several gigs in mind for this month but after seeing two, things all changed! First of only two gigs I did see this month (both in Liverpool) was at the newly-opened 27 Club (a live venue and rehearsal space) where they kicked things off with a multi-band bill headlined by Californian all-girl glam punks the Glam Skanks. Before that there were some local bands (all female-fronted), including Last Reserves from St Helens, the Liverpool-based Figures, and Novacrow who delivered their usual mayhem including when bassist Freddy not only jumped off stage but ran out of the door – his radio link allowing him to play while out in the street! Glam Skanks meanwhile, were playing in Manchester supporting The Skids, and as soon as their set was over they hightailed it down the M62 for this set in Liverpool. Arriving during Novacrow’s set, they had to set up quickly in this small bar area. They were very entertaining, more glam than skanky for sure with singer Ali Cat charming the punters with her cheerleader-inspired look. I’d definitely see these again if they came around my way, and it was a great start for a new venue that would be great for many bands of my acquaintance.
The only other gig I got to this month was by The Strypes. I’d heard of this Irish quartet from a few people I know, and they resonated with this old rocker who liked their modern-day take on Feelgood-esque rock ‘n’ roll played hard. Coming the day after the UK General Election feelings were still a little high, encouraged by support Man & The Echo, whose frontman was certainly no fan of the incumbent prime minister! The Strypes themselves avoided such things for the most part, preferring to concentrate on delivering their songs as hard as possible to an eager audience. They had as much energy and volume as any Metal band I’ve seen, more so if the truth be told, and had the crowd moshing all evening. Yours truly anticipated that and stood well clear, however it was after a splendid gig I suffered an injury that put me out of gig-going for some time. Walking back through the city I caught a step by the ruined St Luke’s Church (‘the Bombed Out Church’ as it is locally known). Falling to the ground, I could not stand up again and had to sit for several minutes to compose myself. My right ankle swelled up like the proverbial balloon in the meantime, and I still had to get back to my car which was parked several hundred metres away. To cut a long story short I made it somehow, drove home, thinking I’d just turned it and it’d be OK in a few days. In fact I’d fractured my ankle in the fall, which became clear once I had it looked at and was immediately sent to A&E at my local hospital! With my leg in a cast for several weeks, that meant no more gigs for a while. Ruled out for a start was an intended trip to Chester to see Tyler Brant & The Shakedown, also out of the question were two Manchester gigs by classic rock bands Blue Oyster Cult and Cheap Trick, neither of whom I’ve seen and was hoping to change that. I’d also considered a run to Birmingham to see Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, but that was also scrapped following the injury. In fact, the only ‘live’ music I got to see during that period was the Foo Fighters’ televised appearance at Glastonbury. That wasn’t bad, but I’d much rather have been at some actual gigs! Also ruled out were the DORJA dates, which were planned for July and would feature their newly-recruited guitarist Sarah Michelle, but I could not travel with my right leg in plaster. That was disappointing, but there was nothing to do other than wait this out and let it heal. Then I remembered – the SoapGirls were coming to Liverpool that month…!
I had no choice but sit out many tours I’d planned to get to, as my leg was in plaster all through this month. However, by the time of The SoapGirls gig at Maguire’s Pizza Bar (a small restaurant with a back room they hire out for bands) I’d decided that as they were coming to my city I would be there regardless. Some of their regulars were attending, and some were even helping out with merch, gear transportation, whatever. I was unable to stand properly and used a wall as support (!), but was still greeted warmly by tour manager Sam Debray. The performance space was very small, and that possibly affected the girls’ plans as they didn’t do many of the usual stunts such as getting audience members to drink dubious concoctions (!) or even spray champagne (or cheaper sparkling wine) and shaving foam everywhere, it was a more restrained performance by their standards. They still played hard, of course but it was not the full SoapGirls experience by a long way. Nevertheless it was a big deal for me at least to see a band I’d got to know play in my city, and when Mille and Mie saw my cast after their set they got why I wasn’t at the front jumping around as usual!
A week later I decided to go along to another gig in Liverpool, this time at long-established club the Krazy House who were staging a three-band bill including Tequila Mockingbyrd, Black Cat Bones and Aussie outfit Massive. I recognised only drummer Josie from Tequila Mockingbyrd; since their earlier gig singer/guitarist Estelle Artois had stood down from the band and taking over was Louisa Maria Baker. Also recruited for the bass position was Jacinta Jaye, who is a fair dinkum Aussie unlike the Bristolian Louisa. Unfortunately I got there in time to see them packing away – hobbling through the doors I saw Josie clearing away her kit for Black Cat Bones to take the stage. However, the girls let me know that they would reappear with Massive during their set. Black Cat Bones once again delivered a fine set of retro rock, vocalist Jonnie Hodson is a real talent although he does like to have a laugh on stage between songs. I’d little prior knowledge of Massive but was expecting a hard-hitting set, as befits an Aussie rock band. They didn’t disappoint in that respect, they smashed it and at the end, they did indeed bring members from both Black Cat Bones and Tequila Mockingbyrd on stage for a chaotic jam. That was my lot for gigs in July, I was barely getting back on my feet at this stage but without a live fix for weeks I was starting to go stir-crazy!
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tripod | Welcome to the Kids Corner. There is many things you can do such as print and color pictures, play games, and much , much more. Hope You Enjoy It !!
1)Add food coloring to the cream cheese or icing sugar, which will be used as glue. Have an adult help you.
2)Start with one graham cracker, spread icing sugar or cream cheese on the out side of the cracker .
3)Put half of a graham cracker on top of the icing sugar or cream cheese , which will amke the cab of the firetrcuk.
4)Past down a red jellybean, a red dots candy , a cherry or a strawberry on top of the cab which will make teh lights.
5)Past four tiny ritz crackers to the sides which will be the wheels.
6)On the back of the truck past two pretzels parrellal to each other. Past half pieces to make a tiny ladder.
7)Past a piece of licirice which will be the firehose.
1)Paint a cardboard box red and let it dry.
2) Paint four paper plates black and let dry.
3)Cut two headlights and fenders from teh white construction papaer and glue onto the end of the truck ( which will be the front of the truck).
Cut a windshield and windows from blue construction paaper and glue onto the truck.
4) Glue the wheels onto the truck.
5)Cut two ladders from orange or brown construction paper and cut two hoses from black construction paper.Cut white wheels smaller thn the wheels for the hub cabs. Then glue all theses to the sides of the truck. | 2019-04-24T05:55:03Z | http://ilovefiremen15.tripod.com/kidscorner.html | Porn | Kids | 0.659773 |
wordpress | For this week’s SIA, inspired by the “Primavera” sculpture by Cuban artist Rafael San Juan, I knew that I wasn’t going to be literal about it, only that I was going to wear my leather jacket – it’s my go-to “edgy” piece. But then I remembered that I do have a butterfly-printed shirt (well, bird-and-butterfly), which is perfect for the butterfly crown of the statue. I topped it off with my copper flower brooch because it looks kinda similar to the material of the statue, and thus, my oufit is complete. As it turns out, it’s a more literal interpretation than I’d expected, but that’s not a bad thing at all.
You still have until tomorrow to send me your outfits if you haven’t already, and don’t forget to come back on Wednesday for the round-up post!
I was debating whether to post this outfit or not. Let’s face it, the blogosphere is pretty much dead in the week between Christmas and New Year, and the outfit itself is not that interesting. But then I decided to stick to the schedule anyway, because this is the only outfit I have left in my 2016 folder. So here’s a black-and-white look to close out the year.
I’ll the back later this week with the book reviews and the year in review post, as usual.
Thank the gods for this trend of dresses with pants. It’s much more comfortable than dresses with tights, it looks more interesting/grown-up than dresses with leggings, and because of that, it makes getting dressed a lot easier in the morning. Which is exactly what I need when I’m running around like a headless chicken with a million things to do.
Did I ever mention that this cardigan is actually from the kid’s section? If I like something enough, I have no problems with buying from the kid’s or the men’s section (as long as it fits, of course!) With this one, I fell in love with the embroideries, so I just got the largest size available.
I’ve always loved embroidery. Of course, that was before it became a big trend in 2015-2016. Now embroidery is everywhere, but I don’t see anything I really love. At least the embroderies on this cardigan are somewhat cohesive, as opposed to what is called “forced whimsy” by my favorite celebrity style bloggers, Tom and Lorenzo. Are they whimsical? Yes. Forced? I don’t think so. | 2019-04-21T12:51:42Z | https://14shadesofgrey.wordpress.com/tag/black-brocade-boots/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.565778 |
wordpress | As an energy healer, I resonate with the image of keeping someone (or something) moving, like oil on canvas, to prevent drying up and shutting out. Inspired by this quote, today’s blog offers reflections about keeping your energy moving to prevent the physical body from drying up. This post begins with a description of the drying or vata energy associated with fall. Then it illustrates the value of including an energetic perspective when focusing on the body. Finally, it discusses a Daily Routine developed by the internationally recognized leader of Energy Medicine, Donna Eden.
Vata is a concept found in Ayurvedic medicine. It is characterized by properties of dryness, cold and movement. Because autumn is dry, cool and windy (creating erratic movement), fall is considered a vata season. During this time of year there is a natural tendency for our organs, joints, skin and other aspects of the body to dry out. Keeping energy flowing helps counter this tendency.
It can be very beneficial to include an energetic perspective in our care of the body. For example, I have a client who injured herself in a skiing accident five years ago. Although she did not break any bones, she suffered tissue, muscle and ligament damage. Unfortunately, she continued to experience pain long after her body repaired the physical damage.
Knowing that energy practices support the physical dimension, I found a way to assist my client. Donn Eden teaches that, in response to long-term pain, the brain and body can develop an energetic habit in which pain signals continue to fire in the brain even when the stimulus has been removed.[i] In other words, a person continues to hurt even after the body heals. Working at an energetic level and using techniques developed by Eden, I eliminated my client’s discomfort by interrupting the energetic habit of pain. Then I re-established the pattern of energy flow that is associated with health and well-being. In this case, focusing on the energetic dimension provided an extremely effective approach for supporting the body.
Eden has developed a Daily Routine that takes approximately 5 minutes and keeps the body’s energy flowing like oil on canvas. While there are many ways to keep your energy flowing, Eden’s Daily Routine consists of seven short exercises specifically designed to get energy flowing in the correct direction, crossing over and creating space for it to flow freely.
Beginners respond to Eden’s Daily Routine with a variety of experiences ranging from feeling nothing at all to reporting that the body feels tingly or more alive after doing the Daily Routine. Overtime, people generally notice a decrease in minor aches and pain and an increase in the amount of energy available for their daily activities.
Although the video is 11 minutes, once the sequence becomes familiar, most people can complete it in about 5 minutes.
Like an artist moving oil on canvas, this fall you can keep your energy from drying out by engaging in a daily practice such as Eden’s Daily Routine.
[i] Eden. D. (1998.) Energy Medicine. New York: Tarcher/Putnam.
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Thank you for the reminder to keep the energy flowing through the fall! it’s still so warm here it feels like summer. During the cold months is when I feel the flagging energy the most. Getting started now may be just what I need. | 2019-04-18T16:17:33Z | https://cathygrytting.wordpress.com/2018/09/26/keep-your-energy-flowing-this-fall/ | Porn | Health | 0.915436 |
wordpress | Are you having a football party? This is an easy and cute (is that wrong to say cute for a football party?) idea to jazz up plain water bottles. A healthier alternative to soda. I did this for my son’s 7th birthday party and he is still using the water bottle after. Print, cut, and tape onto bottles. Click below for your free DIY printable. | 2019-04-18T12:46:33Z | https://partymajors.wordpress.com/2016/01/08/diy-printable-water-bottle-wrap-football/ | Porn | Sports | 0.708994 |
wordpress | Aussie cricket in a lather, thanks to a sense of bullet proof belief that cheating isn’t that big a deal. Ah, yes it is, still.
Who’s that sitting in the naughty corner?
Of cheating to win, but how much has he lost?
For the soul of him David can’t see why that is a sin?
Yet it feels like he’s getting his just deserts after all.
This entry was posted in Black humor, cheating, cricket, humor, humour, loss, poetry, Regret, satire, Sport, stupidity, Uncategorized, verse and tagged David Warner, morality on March 29, 2018 by obbverse.
The Australian cricket team, an example to the discerning cricket fan on how to play the game with grace and dignity- $#!+, I meant gross indignity.
That’s always been smooth silver-tongued Smithy’s claim.
No need to peer to see the evidence, Steve, just roll the tape.
The reason he was caught out is the only reason he’s a sorry man.
This entry was posted in cheating, cricket, humor, humour, poetry, Regret, stupidity, Uncategorized, verse and tagged Steve Smith on March 24, 2018 by obbverse.
David Warner, cricket maestro, mouths off. Dave takes offence to someone verbally maligning his wife on the field. This is known as ‘sledging’ and Davids team are the masters. Oh, and David does lead from the front.
Has the onfield jolly jokey blokey jousting begun to sour?
Of crickets deep-dredging low down sledging main offender?
He can’t help putting his too little sense in.
So what has brought about whining Warnies petulant pout?
So does he keep his counsel, as a good vice-captain ought?
Crikey, not on your ever-loving effing blinding life, sport.
This entry was posted in Black humor, cricket, humor, humour, justice, Last word, poetry, satire, Sport, Uncategorized, verse and tagged David Warner De Kock on March 9, 2018 by obbverse. | 2019-04-18T16:21:46Z | https://obbverse.wordpress.com/category/cricket/ | Porn | Sports | 0.965966 |
wordpress | 8:00 PM – 5:00 PM InnoTech Austin – The Austin SharePoint User Group is joining forces with the InnoTech conference for three SharePoint sessions. Use the discount code “ASPUG99” to get complimentary registration for InnoTech.
SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas – If you see me there, be sure to stop me and say hello!
11:30 PM – 12:30 PM SharePoint ShopTalk – Not sure if we’re doing this during SPC or not, I’ll try to attend if we do! | 2019-04-19T01:16:40Z | https://dlairman.wordpress.com/calendar/ | Porn | Business | 0.785507 |
wordpress | Three of my poems published in isacoustic….
Perhaps a Southwestern state of mind is a prerequisite for a full appreciation of the Sandia Mountains and Chaco Canyon landscapes that populate Donna Snyder’s latest collection of poems, The Tongue Has Its Secrets. Yet a stranger to these parts can approximate a high-desert way of knowing, in the same way that a male reader may discern, if only as a tourist, the invocation of ghosts from a woman’s way of seeing, the subject at the heart of Snyder’s latest work.
What is evident from the first poems is that Snyder avoids the fear of modern vernacular that seems to occupy many poets who visit natural sites, hoping to evoke ancient gods. We could all be judicious with our language while trying for the perfect Mary Oliver setting, but any ancient god worth a prayer won’t mind the occasional reference to a pop song or video game. Snyder’s language is at once formal and casual, giving works like ‘Prepare to Ululate’ surprising depth.
from the north and not called blue.
warriors ride like furies across the frozen plain.
The wind takes my spirit in its arms and flees.
Mama lights the candle, locks the door.
There are plenty of two-lane highway odes in this world paying homage to modern gods of transport, and plenty of chants that attempt to revive Anasazi imagery, but Snyder is rare in being able to meld the two. Poems such as ‘Blue Norther’ and ‘My Heart Makes Chorus with the Coyotes’ successfully bring the two worlds together with an impressive degree of success.
Snyder obviously takes the most time with the multi-stanza works spanning two or three pages that attempt to disentangle layers of spirituality. Sometimes, the longer poems are not as effective as the shorter, more direct works. ‘Bear Who Loves a Woman’ is an obvious exception to this rule, a complex and interwoven longer work that is one of the book’s highlights.
The collection ends with the tight and disciplined ‘Supplication,’ which seeks to call upon the right panoply of gods without a wasted syllable. Many of Snyder’s fans may find the poem a perfect summation and distillation of the entire collection. But even those of us more secularly grounded in cynicism will find the pair of poems near the book’s end, ‘The Truth of Vikings’ and ‘Aqua de mi sierra madreTM ‘ to provide just the right mix of breathless voice and raised eyebrow. In short, there’s a brand of salvation in The Tongue Has Its Secrets appropriate for just about any seeker.
from the decks of ships fierce as dragons.
the leaves are chill flames.
aging body, rain, a woman’s sluggish heat.
in her own sweet skin.
the luster of her opalescent belly.
believe love will save them from sorrow.
There is no home now, they wail.
Death tastes like winter flowers.
things she is not supposed to know.
warriors tell each other secrets.
is a life suffered, a drunken waltz.
in the roar of music inside her head.
truth found in a harsh yellow light. | 2019-04-22T15:06:31Z | https://donnajosnyderpoet.wordpress.com/category/neopoiesis-press/ | Porn | Arts | 0.383247 |
wordpress | The impressive baroque facade houses is Stockholm‘s Gamla Stan (old town) contains the official residence of the Swedish royal family, although the family actually resides in Drottningholm Palace, a countryside palace on the island Lovön in Lake Mälaren on the outskirts of Stockholm. The Swedish Royal Palace has been in the same place on the Gamla Stan since the 13th century, where medieval monarchs built the Tre Kronor Castle, which housed the royal family until May 7th, 1697, when the castle was gutted by fire. War prevented re-construction, and the present castle wasn’t finished until 1754. The exterior of the massive palace has an impressive total of 28 statues, 717 balusters/columns, 242 Ionic volutes topping columns, 972 windows, 31,600 windowpanes and about 7,500 windows, doors and gates. The facade is covered with circa 9,500 m2 of stone and 11,000 m2 of plaster containing an incomprehensible 1,430 rooms – some impressive figures! A castle is bound to have a few skeletons in the closet – two in particular! There is the kindly oracle Grå Gubben (the Old Grey Man) who inhabits the cellars and guards the spirit of the palace. The other is the infamous Vita frun (translating to the imagination-lacking White Lady), who appears just before death. Said to be the Hohehzollern German Duchess Agnes of Merán who killed her family to marry another (predictably, this tactic did not warm the heart of her would-be suitor), and she now haunts the castles connected to the Hohenzollern family.
Pro tip: Stockholm Royal Palace is open to the public, with five museums inside its massive interior (price 160SEK).
Another day, another bridge. In contrast to the super-sleek, ultra-design Zubri Zuri Bridge in Bilbao, the Pont d’Avignon is one of the world’s most famous traditional, historic bridges – not unlike Prague’s Charles Bridge. The Pont d’Avignon is famous largely because of the classic French nursery song about it (Sur le Pont d’Avignon/On y danse, On y danse/Sur le Pont d’Avignon/On y danse tous en rond) – even though the song is wrong. It’s unlikely people ever danced ‘sur’ (on) the bridge; lacking for space, it’s far more likely that they danced underneath…Today the bridge only crosses half the Rhone River, the rest having been washed away (learn more about the Pont d’Avignon’s history here). Rising majestically behind the broken bridge is the Palais des Papes – the Papel Palace – which was the seat of 6 ‘rebel’ popes in the 14th century. During the Avignon Papacy, in 1305 the Palais became the papal residence when French Pope Clement V elected to move the papal centre of authority to Avignon in an effort to avoid facing the chaos in Rome (in all fairness, I’d be inclined to think the same thing…the Eternal City is eternally chaotic). Though succeeding in centralising power and church regulations, the Avignon Papacy also succeeded in consuming most the papacy’s purse by constructing this overwhelmingly extravagant Palais des Papes. Today, this magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the largest and most important constructions in the Gothic style in Europe – with its massive halls, extensive dining rooms, glamorous bedrooms and beautiful chapels, it’s easy to why. You can buy a combined ticket in order to visit both sites. For a nice aerial view, climb up the hill Rocher des Domes afterwards.
Few places can supersede Vienna for splendour or elegance, and one of reasons for this comes in the shape of the splendid Belvedere Palace. Baroque to the core, the massive estate comprises of the Upper and Lower buildings, the Orangery, the Old Stables, the beautiful jardins francais modelled on Versailles and many intertwining paths amongst the flower beds, marble sculptures, tree-lined paths. In a way, we can thank the Ottoman Empire for this marble monument: the Belvedere was built during a period of renewed construction by the Hapsburg family after the successful end to the encroachment of the Ottoman Empire into Central Europe. Much like the Belevedere, the city of Vienna itself isa work of marble and art: from the soaring grey towers of St Stephen’s Cathedral to the massive Staatsoper opera house, from the seat of power at the Hofburg Palace to the many marble and bronze statues scattered around the broad avenues and finally to the many cafes that have made this city famous. Walking Vienna’s avenues and boulevards and gardens is like visiting a living museum, one dedicated to Baroque and Art Nouveau and Gothic styles. From the historic extravagance of the cafes to the vast grandeur of the palaces, Vienna will make you feel like royalty in another era.
Vienna is certainly one of Europe’s grandest cities. Tracing centuries of history along Vienna’s Ringstraße makes one feel awe-inspired and breathless amongst all of the elegant buildings, grand churches, beautiful opera houses and theatres, and never-ending palaces. In fact, it seems as if the city is nothing but palaces! The Hofburg Palace, along with the Belvedere and Schönbrunn makes up the three most famous palaces of Vienna. The Hofburg has housed some of the most powerful people in Europe and it has been in governmental use since 1279. The Palace was the centre of the Habsburg dynasty, (the rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), and from 1438 to 1583 and from 1612 to 1806, it housed the Holy Roman Empire. It continued to be the home of the Emperor of Austria until 1918 and currently serves as the official residence of the Austrian President, Heinz Fischer. Over the years, it has been expanded and re-worked and rebuilt. Bits have been added; other additions have been planned but never came to light. Vienna, lovely and beautiful Vienna, is in so many ways the heart of Europe. It is in almost exactly in the geographical centre of the continent, it has housed many important governments, it has produced, hosted or inspired many of Europe’s important peoples, it is–and has been for some time–one of Europe’s biggest cultural hubs especially when it comes to classical music, and it serves as the gateway between Western and Eastern Europe. With this beautiful, moonlit Hofburg at its governmental centre, Vienna truly holds Europe’s vibrant, beating heart.
Ah, Belvedere. What would a trip to Vienna be without a promenade around these beautiful gardens? Comprised of two main complexes, the Upper and the Lower, the area also includes a few very lovely gardens. The area surrounding the palace is neatly manicured (in the French style) while the other is far more wild and natural. The oldest sections of the Baroque palace, which date back to 1717 (completed 1723), was built for Prince Eugene who, like all monarchs, wanted a nice, cozy place to relax outside of his taxing duties of being a prince. Various important people have entered these doors , including Franz Ferdinand, Marie Antoinette’s daughter Marie Thérèse Charlotte, and Maria Theresa, though she never lived here. Instead, she decided it would make a nice place to store the Imperial family’s art collection. After the first world war, the Palace officially became a museum, and was eventually opened to the public. Most people go here to visit a particular piece, Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss. Even though the piece is surely worth your attention, don’t miss the rest of the exhibits, or the architecture, and especially not the gardens–because it is the whole experience that will make your visit special! | 2019-04-21T00:53:17Z | https://themostbeautifulplacesineurope.wordpress.com/tag/palaces/ | Porn | Arts | 0.419826 |
wordpress | Here is a look at another variety of flowers that I grew in my backyard this year with the intention of using for photography, and this time it’s the Daisy, a very common yet beautiful perennial that is easy to grow and just as easy to photograph.
I am definitely not the best of gardeners and have killed my share of blooming plants in my garden, but this is one that not even I can destroy, I think these little beauties will be here long after the apocalypses along with the cockroaches !!
These lovely perennials have a structure very close to that of the coneflower but of a different color, and because of that color difference I used coneflowers and bee-balm as a background color for the daisies. With the white petals of the daisy set against the vivid colors of the perennials I was able to come up with a very cool color contrast. I planted these just for that reason and for once things turned out like I planned, that usually doesn’t happen very often lol !!
So I hope you enjoy me images and click on the image for best viewing ,thanks for stopping by !! | 2019-04-19T22:14:24Z | https://sindianavisions.wordpress.com/tag/home/ | Porn | Arts | 0.21511 |
wordpress | At eight and a half months, Truff just went into her first heat cycle. So I guess she is a young adolescent. She is changing so much every week — not so much in looks, but in behavior and understanding and learning. She is actually developing some self-control at times! We took a little hike with some class members and their dogs last week, and she was pretty calm most of the time. That’s very good for her, because usually on leash it is hard for her not to bark at other dogs. And she sat nicely for petting for several people over this week, when she would really rather wiggle and jump up, so we have our eyes on that CGC.
Today when we were playing with the tennis balls, Mert took some pictures. She would chase a ball or two, and then take the ball and lie down in the shade for a few seconds and then dash out for another go. | 2019-04-24T19:52:32Z | https://stonecropstudio.wordpress.com/2008/06/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.397003 |
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wordpress | Recipe 65: This is an italian classic… probably the meat everyone likes and eat with pleasure, especially the kids! And it’s in fact a dish that normally remembers the childhood when your mum or grandma were cooking it for you! i had still 1 or 2 eggs to use so this seemed the best dish to prepare.
Ingredients for 2 people: 2 chicken breasts or veal cutlets, 2 eggs, breadcrumbs, a bit of flour, olive oil, salt and lemon. Nothing more for a simple and delicious dish.
In my case i used 2 chicken breast because easier to find in London: i cut them in half and then i press them a bit because more thin they are and more tasty will be the dish.
Put a good quantity of oil in a pan and wait until it boil. It doesn’t need to cover the meat, but still needs to allow you to cook it from both the sides. In the meantime prepare a plate with the flour, one bowl with one or 2 eggs and another plate with breadcrumbs.
Take the meat and pass it in the flour until totally covered. Then pass it in the bowl with the eggs until it’s totally dump and finally place it in the breadcrumbs. You will need to create a very crunchy surface, so be sure all the meat is fully covered.
Place the meat in the pan with boiling oil and cook the meat. It will take around 4 minute per side to get ready, so then turn until both the side are cooked, colored and crunchy.
When the meat is ready, take it out from the fire and place it on a plate with some kitchen papers to absorb the oil in excess. Then serve it with salad or any other vegetable, just adding a bit of salt on top and half of a lemon. The lemon with any fried food it’s just the top!
PS. Mamy hai visto che mi sono fatta? ci credi che non avevo mai cucinato la cotoletta prima? Proprio non mi era venuto in mente e visto che invece avevo ancora delle uova da usare Francesca mi ha suggerito la cotoletta! Che buona! Certo il fritto non e’ il massimo per la dieta, ma una volta nella vita…. e come non pensare a zia Lidia mentre le cucinavo??? | 2019-04-26T04:24:28Z | https://tiltproject.wordpress.com/tag/cutlet/ | Porn | Kids | 0.462366 |
wordpress | Cheryl Hackett, author of Newport Shingle Style (Frances Lincoln Publishers, Ltd. 2010) and countless magazine articles about architecture and interior design is ready to tackle a project with Architect John Grosvenor…..the rejuvenation of an 1811 Federal home in Newport, Rhode Island. Check in from time to time to celebrate the classic beauty of an early American home.
Planning to Visit Newport, RI This Summer? | 2019-04-25T22:50:10Z | https://homesofthebrave.wordpress.com/2014/07/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.668353 |
wordpress | On Friday I was at Stormont in Belfast to take part in ‘Living Together Giving Together’ – a Celebration of Volunteering in Sports, Arts and Faith-based Organisations, organised by Voluntary Arts Ireland. This event was the culmination of ‘Another Way In’, Voluntary Arts Ireland’s two-year cross-border project in partnership with the Gaelic Athletic Association, Church of Ireland and City Church Belfast, which was funded jointly by the Northern Ireland Assembly Department for Social Development and the Republic of Ireland Government Department for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs. Opening the event, the Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development, Alex Attwood, said he was sorry that the Republic of Ireland Minister, Pat Carey, was unable to be present because of the general election. Alex Attwood stressed that the project had been jointly funded by the Belfast and Dublin administrations and was working across the border, “bringing organisations from different backgrounds together to demonstrate the wider potential of volunteering”. The Minister commended the work that Voluntary Arts Ireland and the other partner organisations are doing. The keynote speaker, cultural broker Peter Jenkinson, spoke about the need to be “bigger than self” and urged organisations to “make friends with strange people”. He said it is increasingly important to make connections, break down barriers and put people together. Don Sexton, from the Department for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs in Dublin, said there was now “a recognition that the Third Sector is part of the solution” and that “the infrastructure has to be protected”. At the end of the event Maeve Walls, from the Northern Ireland Department for Social Development, announced that “in recognition of the work done, the Minister is encouraging the partner organisations to make an application for funding for another year of this project”. This was excellent news at the end of a great event and what has been a fantastic project. Congratulations to Kevin and Tony for organising the celebration and to Isobel for all her work on ‘Another Way In’. And many thanks to the members of Larne Youth Arts Co-operative who spent the day recording vox pops interviews with many of the delegates (including the Minister) – I look forward to seeing these on the website and Facebook shortly.
On Wednesday and Thursday I was at The Quad in Derby to take part in the Audiences UK ‘Changing Times’ Summit. This event was an attempt to broaden the discussion about audience development by involving not just the 12 audience development agencies that Audiences UK represents but a range of other relevant organisations including the National Campaign for the Arts, Arts Marketing Association, National Association of Local Government Arts Officers and Voluntary Arts. Audience UK Chief Executive David Brownlee worked us hard with 7 key note presentations and 3 breakout conversations in quick succession. There was a lot to take in but quite a few points linger in my mind. Consultants Tim Gardom and Alison Grey demonstrated, by looking at a range of arts organisations’ public-facing websites and taking the first image of people you come across and the first description of what the organisation does, that our websites are often constructed with funders in mind rather than audiences. Charlotte Wilson from Culture Sparks presented the results of research into digital audiences which showed that, generally, those engaging with the arts online are those who engage with the arts as a live experience. Online spending is very much restricted to ticket purchases. Arts online is now mainstream but is a complement rather than a substitute for live arts. Jane Wilson from NALGAO recommended ‘The decentralisation and localism bill – an essential guide’ (available from http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/decentralisationguide) as the best way to understand the Government’s localism agenda. She quoted 6 key points from the guide: lifting the burden of bureaucracy; empowering communities; increasing local control of finance; diversifying the supply of public services; opening up local government to public scrutiny; and strengthening accountability to local people. MLA Chief Executive, Roy Clare, gave a positive, optimistic presentation about museums, libraries and archives and their audiences after the MLA’s responsibilities are taken over by Arts Council England, stressing the need to join up strategies but finding a number of reasons to be cheerful. The final session of the Summit looked at proposals for a national arts benchmarking system being developed by Audiences UK. It was a very interesting two days and it was great to meet a mixture of old and new friends – particularly nice to see former VAI Chief Officer Brenda Kent who was there in her capacity as a Board member of Audiences Northern Ireland.
On Friday afternoon I took part in the second meeting of the Informal Adult and Community Learning Reform Stakeholder Reference Group at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The focus of this meeting was to plan a series of ‘policy roundtable’ consultation events which will take place over the next few weeks. These events will look in detail at specific aspects of informal adult and community learning, including: funding, infrastructure, access, Big Society, impact, progression and quality.
I was in London again on Friday for the Voluntary Arts England Parliamentary Processes Explained course at Portcullis House. This training event for voluntary arts umbrella bodies was delivered by the Parliamentary Outreach team and covered the ways in which Parliament and Government work and how groups can best seek to influence Parliament. We looked in detail at topics including how legislation is developed and amended, the use of questions to Ministers, Parliamentary debates, Select Committees, the Backbench Business Committee, Early Day Motions and All Party Parliamentary Groups. It was a fascinating event with lots of extremely practical tips and advice – and it great to be running this training right at the heart of Parliament.
I was back in London on Thursday to attend the NCVO Value of Infrastructure Programme Evidencing Impact course. The Value of Infrastructure Programme (VIP) has developed a set of tools to help voluntary sector infrastructure organisations (including umbrella bodies, membership organisations and support networks) to measure the impact of their work. As well as providing a standardised approach to describe the activities and impacts of infrastructure bodies, VIP will provide opportunities for infrastructure bodies to benchmark their performance against aggregate scores for the sector as a whole. The Evidencing Impact course introduced us to the tools and enabled us to think through how we might apply them to our own organisations. A further course, in May, will provide training on the online versions of the tools. The VIP tools look fantastic and I could immediately see how they will be useful in helping Voluntary Arts to measure impact in relation to the objectives of our new 3-year Strategic Plan.
I was in Cardiff on Friday to meet members of the steering group for our Connected Communities research study into ‘the role of grassroots arts activity in communities’. Daniel and I had a fascinating conversation with Hamish Fyfe from the University of Glamorgan, Jane Milling from the University of Exeter and Hilary Ramsden who has been appointed as the Research Assistant for our project. The study is looking at the impact that amateur arts activity has on the communities in which it happens. At this meeting we provided a range of relevant ‘grey literature’, including newsletters and magazines produced by some of the national voluntary arts umbrella bodies, to add to the academic reports and articles that Hilary is gathering.
On Thursday I was at the Park Plaza Riverside Hotel on the Albert Embankment in London for the Arts Council England/RSA conference ‘State of the Arts 2011’. ‘State of the Arts’ is a big conference, attracting around 400 delegates, and it was a great networking opportunity. It was lovely to see people I hadn’t seen for years and to make plenty of new acquaintances. It’s a fairly expensive, corporate event and though it was good to see the alternative parallel ‘flash conference’ going on elsewhere in the hotel and online, the main conference sessions were disappointingly lacking in creativity in terms of their format. That said, there was an impressive array of speakers which included Deborah Bull, Sandy Nairne, Ekow Eshun, Phil Redmond, Ruth McKenzie, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Jonathan Mills, John Knell and Mark Wallinger.
The Culture Minister Ed Vaizey MP started his speech by talking about “the importance of the creative ecology – an alliance between the subsidised and commercial arts; the professional and the voluntary arts; and the arts and the creative industries”. He said “great strength of the arts is its ecology – subsidised arts feeding the commercial arts, the voluntary arts and the amateur arts ensuring the creative spirit is present in every corner of the nation”. The Minister said he wants Arts Council England “to be an organisation that is a source of advice and expertise for everyone who works or participates in the arts – not just for the organisations it funds, but right the way across the creative ecology”. He explained “Our strategy for the arts is very simple. We want to help all the arts – those that receive subsidy, those that are purely commercial, those that are voluntary and amateur”.
The conference also provided my first opportunity to hear from the new Labour Party culture team with the Shadow Secretary of State, Ivan Lewis MP, speaking in the final plenary session and the Shadow Culture Minister, Gloria de Piero MP, taking part in an earlier ‘Cultural Question Time’ session alongside Don Foster MP, co-chair of the Liberal Democrat back bench committee for Culture, Media and Sport. In the afternoon I attended a breakout session on ‘The Big Society’ which included Caoimhin Corrigan from ILEX talking about the ‘edge to centre’ approach being used by Derry City of Culture 2013 and Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive of Creative Scotland, praising the Feisan movement for bringing together so many people in communities and creating a sense of place. I particularly liked what Gavin Stride from Farnham Maltings said: “professional and amateur are not opposites – they are both constituents of great art”. Gavin spoke about the value of “the things people are prepared to do for free that they wouldn’t do if you paid them”. He said “participation and excellence belong hand in hand”.
It was an interesting day and it was very encouraging to see a number of references to the amateur arts – from the Minister’s speech onwards. | 2019-04-26T00:35:10Z | https://culturalplayingfield.wordpress.com/2011/02/ | Porn | Sports | 0.470418 |
wordpress | Do we need a European Innovation Council?
Plans are underway to establish yet another European instrument to support innovation. This time, it will take the form of a new European Innovation Council (EIC). One suggestion, among others, is that it could take the form of an ERC-like EIC. This may, however, not lead to the creation of yet another institution. The new instrument is championed by Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner Carlos Moedas. It aims to help create more disruptive innovation and to support the scaling up of start-up businesses at the European level.
What’s on the Horizon for the ERC? | 2019-04-23T22:25:23Z | https://iononfaccioniente.wordpress.com/2016/06/16/do-we-need-a-european-innovation-council/ | Porn | Business | 0.714176 |
wordpress | Our farm’s move back to Sandusky County has been part of our plan for many years. The ecology of the area is perhaps the best in the entire state to grow fruits and vegetables. It’s in our blood, it’s in the soil, it’s in the water…it’s where we should be. I’ve had people tell me we couldn’t produce quality and quantity organically. We couldn’t control weeds or bugs. I’m so happy we didn’t listen to our naysayers and critics. We have grown and persevered, but best of all, we know that Wayward Seed Farm is in this thing for the long haul. We are pleased to continue our journey in 2015 and so grateful to our members for their shared belief in our cause of sustainable agriculture.
This spring we are piloting a multiyear investment strategy for our farm in Sandusky County. This “Slow Money” concept was conceived by our team after years of research and creative thinking. We need ongoing improvements to our farm, and just like our direct marketing sales, direct investment from our community is essential to building infrastructure. We have decided to use our CSA share, gift certificates and cash as a return on investment for multiyear members.
We have a capital infrastructure budget of $30,000 and are seeking a group of ten individuals with interest in helping us finance equipment and physical improvements to our new farm. If you have interest in an investment opportunity, we will set up a face-to-face meeting or phone conversation to review these concepts. At that time we can provide our updated P&L, including our three-year business plan. We have moved the farm to a great location to ensure consistent production and strategic growth. Now is the time to solidify our plans through crucial site improvements and efficiency.
Below are 3 options for multiyear investment; please review and give us feedback. We are open to many possibilities if a mutually beneficial agreement can be reached. As always, thanks for your interest in Wayward Seed Farm and the vision of regional food sovereignty. | 2019-04-19T04:23:13Z | https://awellfedseed.wordpress.com/2015/03/ | Porn | Business | 0.993515 |
wordpress | This sonnet will seem cryptic, at first.
Some times a caress, and some times a lash.
But you who judge God will see God judges you.
I have always loved tales where the good guys triumph over the bad guys, despite insurmountable odds. Good tends to be an underdog, in the eyes of the politically crafty, but there are plenty of examples of underdogs triumphing, when you look for them.
I’m not merely talking about sporting events, such as the amateur American hockey team beating the professional Russian team in the 1980 Winter Olympics. I’m talking about the history of world politics, the really “big leagues”, where the fate of entire nations and civilizations are at stake.
Yet even as Portugal and Spain became a world power a new underdog existed to the north, called Britain.
Those attracted to power are always flocking to the side of those about to lose to the underdog. Think hard about this, before you embrace that which is “politically correct”. The very people you sneer at for being “incorrect” likely will rise, and prove to be “correct” as you prove to be “mistaken”.
What is the mistake? The mistake is to put politics and power and money and acclaim and satiated-desire ahead of Truth, (also known as God.) It is a mistake because Truth does not need to lift a finger to be true, while crafty, political deck-stacking and agenda-pushing requires ceaseless effort, and still remains at least partially false. In the end Truth, although seemingly naive compared to craftiness, wins out, because it exists without effort, whereas falsehood collapses under the draining effort required to make “what isn’t” be “what is”.
In the Bible one sees that the Hebrews tended to see themselves as the “good guys”, and had some marvelous examples of themselves being the underdogs, yet defeating seemingly insurmountable odds. Jehoshaphat sent his puny forces out with musicians ahead of the armed men, and the three huge armies they faced began bickering among themselves, and then fought each other, rather than Jehoshaphat’s forces, and in the end all Jehoshaphat’s men had to do was gather up the plunder from three self-destroyed armies. In like manner, when Sennacherib confronted Jerusalem with 185,000 troops, some sort of plague broke out and slaughtered them. The Hebrews triumphed against impossible odds.
The “Churchill”, as the Hebrews faced Sennacherib, was the prophet Isaiah. As the Hebrew king quailed in the face of a contemptuous army of 185,000 Assyrians, Isaiah spoke the “never surrender” of his time. And, (though of course the Assyrian version of history is different), most ancient histories, (even while calling Judea a “vassal”), show Judea as a lone area, an island of independence that never submitted to the World Power called “Assyria”.
This apparently was because the rot had set in. Rather than a people who were an example of Truth the Hebrews had become corrupt, and were examples of a sort of slander. Therefore Jeremiah was the bearer of bad news, and in the unenviable position of walking up to rich and powerful people and saying, “Tsk tsk! Y’know, what goes ’round comes around, and you’re ’bout to reap what you have sowed, and it ain’t pretty”.
In modern terms, Jeremiah was like a divinity student walking into a Madison Avenue advertising agency and saying, “You fellows are not telling the Truth.” He got laughed right out of the room.
Actually, on one occasion, after telling the Truth at the Hebrew temple, the head priest (Pashhur) promptly had Jeremiah beaten and put in stocks for a day. Among other things, this resulted in “Jeremiah’s Complaint”.
I won’t belabor you with the whole complaint. (It can be found in Chapter 20 of the book of Jeremiah, verses 7-18, if you are interested.) What is interesting to me is that Jeremiah seemingly decided the smart thing to do would be to shut the f— up, to avoid the pain, but when he tried to be silent the pain was like a fire in his heart and bones, and he simply had to open his mouth and blurt out the honesty that would once again land him in trouble.
For me the hardest thing to take is Jeremiah’s advise to surrender. I far prefer Churchill’s cry to “never surrender”. But perhaps it all boils down to whether you are surrendering to an evil falsehood, or surrendering to the Truth.
As a boy I recall being struck by a political cartoon from 1944, when Germany was facing defeat. In the cartoon Hitler was attempting to rally the German people. But hidden behind the front of his podium was a folder, labeled “Churchill’s 1940 Speeches”. This impressed me, as a boy, with the idea the “bad guy” could say the exact same things as the “good guy”.
In the time of Jeremiah the Hebrew leaders were saying “Never Surrender” as the Babylonians advanced upon Jerusalem, hoping the Hebrews would again be saved by a miracle, and to them Jeremiah would obviously appear to be coward and a traitor for stating, “Surrender”. However was he? Or was he like a man in Germany in 1944, when surrender would have been the wise thing to do? In any case, the cry “Never Surrender” did no good against the Babylonians, and the Hebrews were crushed and led off to captivity.
In modern terms the concept of “Global Warming” is deemed politically correct, but Skeptics are advancing like an invading army. Alarmists bravely cry, “We shall never surrender!” I am like the prophet Jeremiah. | 2019-04-20T05:22:38Z | https://sunriseswansong.wordpress.com/category/isaiah/ | Porn | Reference | 0.275819 |
wordpress | Can you stop sinning? Is it possible? Is sin unavoidable or avoidable? Do we have a free will or a free choice in the matter? Jesse Morrell explains 1 Corinthians 10:13 in light of these questions. | 2019-04-25T10:48:36Z | https://openairoutreach.wordpress.com/tag/grace/ | Porn | Reference | 0.503564 |
wordpress | Awakening the spiritual you maybe happening at this time on earth. There was always a reason given and a purpose for life on earth. We all have to awaken and realize that not only do we have a spirit that exist and will leave when we do our die as in “death” on earth. We also must realize that there is a lot of living to do and part of this living while we create our “Dash” on earth is that what we do in-between our earth beginning, our date of birth and our end, date of death, is what we create with our own free will.
This has to do with realizing alien UFOs are us and that the Mark of Cain meant something. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Who did Cain take as a wife and where did she come from? The Mark of Cain was not the change in skin color as many CHRISTIANS are lead to believe. The first death on earth occurred when Cain killed his brother Abel. The Cain and Abel story can be found in the Bible although most of the HISTORY has been left out. Didn’t you ever wonder why? I did. So, I asked GOD. I got the answer. The stone was what Cain used and he had no idea about death. Death was not in his vocabulary. The Abel that I know cried out to GOD. How do you think that GOD found out about Cain and what he did. At the time, he was doing the GOD thing and didn’t realize he had to baby-sit his children on earth at the time. GOD has been here prior but you may realize that GOD has other universes to attend too, and other matters.
God is the word we use on earth to describe the power of all that is and all that will be. God is the word that one race of people called the JEWS began recording their history on earth. There may have been other races on earth such as the MUSLIMS. There may have been other races such as the ARIANS. The Book of Jubilees is not the only record that was kept prior to the BIBLE. There was history prior to the BIBLE. There was HISTORY prior to this EARTH. There was HISTORY of BEINGS prior to this GALAXY. Some of us have lived before and some of us have returned based on assignment given by GOD.
The GOD and GODDESS that I know about are who I consider my parents above this universe. They live so far out of this universe that it takes more than light years to cross from one universe to another therefore the use of wormholes were created. One might find that worm holes and black holes are useful. Those of you that are into that level of interests may want to go back in some of my writings in physics and see where I explained that black holes are the windows to the universe. That was quoted in other places and websites.
The reason was that it was such a profound statement that it stood out among scholars. Also, I began years prior let’s say the 1960’s around my NASA days, when I began speaking of stellar travel and wormholes to my husband and his NASA engineer friends. That is also on record here and there in print. One can find these morsels or treasures if one is in the know and has the desire to be persistent in searching. That is why the new Internet Highway is so great as is the world wide web. I once in the 90’s filed the assumed name in Honolulu, Hawaii as the World Information Network (WIN) and was told that I was too soon, that I had to wait until Windows 95 was presented to the world that I was too early. There were some calls to me on landlines and letters written to me before the Internet but some people were using fax machines back then. The reason that I mention the past on earth within this time range is that this was before the turn of the century and I was here. But, I have also been around other turn of the centuries. I believe this because my God has shared this information with me.
I have experienced death and dying before. I have experienced this before this life, and I have experiences in this lifetime. I had to learn the difference in conscious and unconscious at an early age and we are talking the second and third grade of school. My records on earth can prove this. I also had all my blood taken out of my body and cleaned and put back again with a machine in 1958 although the machine had to be sent for as there was not one in my town. I learned a lesson that life was short and that their were higher intelligent beings that could assist those who were conscious of them and our mission on earth. My conscious and unconscious was where I learned to store some memories while on earth. After dying with Hepatitis and coming back due to the transfusion, some people say I simply had a near death experience. The catholic hospital that I was in at the time had a priest and sisters visit me. They were not sure that this was a miracle at a time and didn’t know whether they could record this about me. I remember very well which people were in my reality and which ones were spirits not on earth. This is when I began understanding the difference between those beings on earth, those from afar that were simply holograms, and those who were able to come and go as aliens in UFOS.
It took me a full six months before I could actually walk that summer and eat and take care of myself. It was a long process. I used to pass out from being anemic during that summer and told no one. The reason I told no one is that when I got better, I was promised a vacation to Carlsbad Caverns with my Grandmother, Uncle, and Aunt. When I went to White Sands, New Mexico, I saw my first real alien UFO. I also got to meet others who were again different from those on earth, those as spirits or angels, and I knew that these were like the aliens that others talked about in flying saucers. But, I learned that they were simply beings and intelligent beings as a species. I learned about the many levels or what I now know is a Hierarchy. I learned that there were those who really assisted us in awareness, communication, and education called knowledge. I learned that we could all get along better with each other regardless of color and size. This was important to me as I had overheard our housekeeper, Alice Taylor, speak of her family and being poor and how being black was not the same as me being white. That always bothered me when we went shopping and she could not drink out of the same water fountain. I made a scene in A & P once because Alice was thirsty and the black water fountain was not working only the white water fountain worked. I made such a scene that the Manager came over and asked my mother to leave. So, I learned about standing up for what was not right in the world.
Alice Taylor was an important teacher to me because she was like our mother, when our earth mother worked. Alice taught me that she was a different color than me because of what Cain did to Abel. I listened to the story and believed with all my hear and might that everything she said was the gospel truth. She was the one who was raising me besides my family and grandmother and during the summer, she spent time with me because she read the Bible every day. She prayed for us “chillens” and that we were of the Lord. I of course went to church like all white Anglo Saxon southern children did. I learned in Bible school all about the Bible and God. I would talk about seeing angels and how they were my friends. No one ever questioned this and many of my Sunday School teachers would let me tell my story about Hepatitis and seeing angels in the Baptist Sunday School classes. I got to be heard and that was when I realized that many of my friends did not have these type of experiences. I wanted to also share my experiences in White Sands, New Mexico but, I had already been warned by my Grandmother not to talk about aliens, and UFOs, and my trip to my Uncle’s as he worked at Los Alamos and that was a secret.
I decided at nine years old to be a writer because I asked my school teacher how I could help others. We had written out letter to the president of the United States and the making a difference on earth was taught to me in many ways. I was learning from many different people or beings on many different levels how to be me, and how to be a good influence with others and on earth.
Now, you may be asking why a fifty-six year old, white haired woman would bother to share her experiences at the age of nine. I actually had my first experience with aliens and UFOS at the age of four. I know the time because my sister Brenda had been born and was about six months old. I am three and a half years older than she. During my life, the time and place I lived was never important and was never explained to me why I lied a certain way or why I lied a certain place. But, my mind recorded the incidents and I can see the visions of where I was and now, I know that these visions were benchmarks of my dash.
All the automobiles had dash boards. I realized at an early age that I was simply looking out my dash board. I was looking out of my vessel like an automobile that travels. I learned that cars were an important part of my life. I learned that the alien UFOS were like cars. The UFOS could take people places that cars could not. How else would a nine year old feel about aliens and UFOS at that time on earth? I learned that the secret UFOS were special and that only my uncle and people very far away got to use these UFOS. They were for the people who could come and go in my life as television pictures and visions in my head.
I like TV and I liked cars. I figured that the beings and the UFOS must be in the Bible because that is where Alice always got all her knowledge. I wanted to read the Bible. The Bible was a real thick book and had big words that I could read but I could not understand. My mother got me many books on the Bible stories with pictures. I learned about the Tower of Babel, and many other wonderful stories of the past history on earth. I learned that books were my friends. We moved more than twice in my young life. Two times were across the street from a library and I could walk. How is that for a universal alignment. I was so happy and my mother loved to read and always had many books. I learned about other books besides the Bible and my School Books. This was a great time in my life.
I read every book I could on every subject. I would exhaust the librarians.
I had a great life with many ups and downs and when I became a woman, I had three daughters with what was called the Lamaze natural birth technique. I had a fourth daughter caesarean because I had placenta previa and lost almost all the blood in my body. I had died again, and the experience was enlightening to say the least. I spent many days in intensive care unit coming and going from my body. My mother sat with me for three days before she was asked if she wanted to go view the baby. I was so ill my mother forgot that she had a new granddaughter.
My mother had stopped going to church and began sharing her ideas about religions were manmade. I listened because I had left my body again and I saw a bright light but there were people talking and what many would describe as Angels on the other side of what I knew to be reality on earth. I never smoke or drank or put things in my body that would hurt my dashboard. I did learn to drink coffee and eat chocolate but, that was all that I was told could hurt me and that was the caffeine in these things. I was an American and we like our coffee and chocolate. I learned that people who hurt their body would hurt their health. I would ask god about that and I would get an answer back.
I learned that when I died that it seemed to make the voice of God closer and easier to hear. I soon realized that death was considered seeing the light and that other people were writing books about their experiences. I was asked to write a book about my own experiences. I never did. I felt that I was not ready to write a book and was too busy. There was always this feeling eating at me. I had said I would be a writer in the third and fourth grade and made a little story book with my face and my best friend’s Karen Bryan on the front. I still have that in my baby book that is also fifty-six years.
My life story has not been written yet with all my experiences of life, dying, near death experiences, aliens, angels, UFOS, and my spiritual experiences. I figured everyone had a dashboard the same as I and each person had what is called freewill. I made a deal with GOD the last time I died. I am not telling what I agreed to because it is a secret. But, I will tell you that it had something to do with awakening the spirit in everyone besides me. Also, my secret mission on earth has something to do with intelligent beings and their spacecraft not of earth origin or alien UFOS as they are better known.
I will tell you that part of my calling on earth has to do with raising awareness, consciousness, and education levels and I call this ACE. I can tell you that I have been guided or taught to work with higher supreme beings and the allied council who governs earth and that they have shown me the Ascension Center Estate (ACE) and a space port for where spacecraft. This all has to do with awakening the spiritual you, alien UFOS, and the Mark of Cain. God did not kill Cain and he will not kill us. There is a lot more to this story that is now being written on earth for our progeny to find after we are gone. If you want to know more please join our new nonprofit organization called ACE Folklife nonprofit which is set up in The United States as a literary faith based organization. Basically we encourage awareness, communication, and education through spiritual periodicals, trade books, spoken audio, magazines, and music. Note that I did not say religious but spiritual. Big difference between religious and spiritual. I am about God, the creator, spirit, and the essence of our lives and that which looks out over the dashboard between life and the death experience on earth. Will you join me in learning about our future? | 2019-04-23T22:23:56Z | https://theresajmorris.wordpress.com/category/%E0%A4%A0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%A0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8/ | Porn | Reference | 0.442051 |
wordpress | The Chicago Tribune reports that a gay couple is suing two bed and breakfasts for refusing to rent facilities to them for a civil union ceremony.
The couple filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights, which investigated and found “substantial evidence” that a civil rights violation had been committed.
The August finding allows the Wathens 90 days to file a complaint with the state Human Rights Commission or take civil action in Circuit Court. The Wathens’ attorney, Betty Tsamis of Chicago, told the Tribune that her clients have chosen the latter path and will file lawsuits against both businesses as early as next week.
This action, should it proceed, could bring to the courtroom a debate over the boundary lines between religious freedom and discrimination in Illinois.
I’m unsure how I feel about this. I think there is a difference between an “Event”, like a wedding, ceremony, convention or meeting- and just being a person who happens to offend someone elses sensibilities.
I think that business owners should not be able to discriminate who stays in a hotel room, or who they serve in their restaurant. I think holding an event at their premises is a different thing altogether. At the same time, I think turning away customers who want to hold a wedding- just because you don’t agree with the relationship- is stupid. Though as I mentioned in the comments, I would like to have the right as a business owner to turn away certain groups for events I did not agree with.
Any thoughts on this? John? Jeremy? Darwin?
Last week I wrote a eulogy to one of my personal heroes who died of cancer. Regardless of the political views of my readers and Canadians in general, most people are happy to agree that Jack Layton was a very special human being- someone worthy of a fond farewell.
I would like to point out that I have more than a few readers who hold political views in diametric opposition to Jack’s vision- and each and every one of those people had the courtesy to let my post stand as a testament to someone they knew I respected deeply. I might have even tolerated a right wing diatribe about how my “pinko socialist” hero was plotting to ruin Modern Western Civilization. Jack would have liked that. Being accused of being “unrealistic”, “utopian”, and “socialist” would have made him proud.
George is a part time blogger and a full time skeptic. Don't let this picture deceive you, he's not really all that thoughtful.
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John Barron Jr.- Truth In Religion And Politics-I disagree with almost everything he says. But he argues for it reasonably. | 2019-04-26T12:13:45Z | https://outofthegdwaye.wordpress.com/2011/09/ | Porn | News | 0.453223 |
wordpress | The Southern MD formations and units, which took part in the strategic command-and-staff exercise “Caucasus-2016”, are returning to their permanent bases.
Some units perform marches on their own; others are heading to military airfields to be projected by military air transports to their bases.
Tactical and army aviation aircraft and helicopters of the Southern MD are flying to their airfields.
Warships, motor boats and auxiliary vessels of the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian flotilla are going to the naval bases located in the Krasnodar Krai, the Astrakhan Region, Dagestan and the Crimea.
In total, the strategic command-and-staff exercise “Caucasus-2016” involved about 12,500 servicemen, over 400 pieces of military hardware including 90 tanks, 60 warplanes and helicopters, over 15 warships and vessels.
The “Caucasus-2016” exercise was held at the military ranges of the Southern MD as well as in the Black and Caspian Seas on September 5-10.
About 60 military attaches from over 40 countries have arrived in Crimea where Russia is conducting a key stage of its Kavkaz-2016 drills.
OPUK RANGE (Crimea), – Around 60 military attaches from more than 40 countries have arrived in Crimea to observe one of the key stages of Russia’s Kavkaz-2016 strategic command and staff exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
“About 60 military attaches from more than 40 countries arrived at the Opuk range today, where a large-scale Kavkaz-2016 maneuver stage is taking place,” ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told reporters.
Deputy Minister Anatoly Antonov said last week that foreign defense attaches have been invited to Friday’s active stage of the September 5-10 drills. | 2019-04-24T06:30:23Z | https://militarytechcooperations.wordpress.com/category/kavkaz-2016-drills/ | Porn | News | 0.945865 |
wordpress | As you eat those final leftovers, your PTA board is thankful. We are thankful for the volunteers who have made our events this year a success. The Book Fair, Husky Howl, Dances, etc. None would happen without our parents, our high school students, and our grandparents. Thank you so much! | 2019-04-22T09:22:16Z | https://hedenkamppta.wordpress.com/2018/11/27/tuesday-tidbits-november-27-2018/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.569695 |
wordpress | There seems to have been a campaign of misinformation, to downplay the significance of the Arctic temperature adjustments we have been looking at.
The claim is that they make little difference to temperature trends there, so let’s test this out with the example of Akureyri.
Note that the temperatures were cooled from 1922 to 1965, effectively in the middle of the record, which started in 1882. As a result the overall trend since 1882 has remained virtually the same. But, of course, this is not the point, as it is the trend since the 1920’s that is significant.
We can see the effect on trends, using 5-year running averages in the chart below.
The original data shows that the period from 1930 to about 1950 was every bit as warm as the last decade. (Raw and adjusted data has been the same since 1990). There is also a clearly evident cycle.
After adjustments, there is just a steadily increasing trend, albeit with a flattish interval in the middle.
Although there were some adjustments made in 1948, an adjustment of 1.08C was made in 1966, effectively reducing previous temperatures. This was in reaction to a sharp fall in temperatures over the previous two years, from 4.70C to 2.18C, which the algorithm assumed was due to changes in observation practices.
When we check around the region, however, we find that there were similar temperature drops all over the place. I offer a few examples below, but, as we have seen, similar adjustments were made at nearly every station in that part of the Arctic at around that time.
The first cold interval, the "ice years", was the coldest of the three in the north and east, but the 1979 to 1986 was the coldest in southwestern Iceland.
This would explain why the temperature drop at Akureyri was greater than the other two.
One other thing worth pointing out is the timing of the onset of cold. In Nuuk, which unlike Angmassalik, lies on the west side of Greenland, the cold came a year later, with the temperature dropping by 2.28C between 1965 and 1967.
Over in Siberia, however, the cold came earlier. For instance, there was a drop of 4.51C between 1962 and 1964. Other stations such as Salehard and Ust cil Ma experienced similar drops.
Certainly, this different timing may have confused the algorithm.
It is ludicrous to assume that all of these drops in temperature were due to station moves or equipment changes.
The East Icelandic Current, which had been an ice-free Arctic current in 1948-1963, became a polar current in 1965-1971, transporting drift ice and preserving it…..
Aided by active ice formation in these polar conditions, the Oceanic Polar Front spread far to the south-east of normal, with sea ice extending to the north and east coasts of Iceland….
However, the Great Salinity Anomaly is certainly one of the most dramatic events of the century in the Norwegian Sea.
In the mid-1960s, northwesterly winds associated with a prolonged negative NAO/AO state drove unusual volumes of polar surface water and ice through Fram Strait into the Greenland and Iceland seas.
From 1920 until 1965, relatively warm conditions prevailed over the northern North Atlantic. In 1965, a sudden change occurred; drift ice and polar water covered the north Icelandic shelf during spring.
A greatly increased flow of the cold East Greenland Current has in several years (especially 1968 and 1969, but also 1965, 1975 and 1979) brought more Arctic sea ice to the coasts of Iceland than for fifty years. In April-May 1968 and 1969, the island was half surrounded by ice, as had not occurred since 1888.
Let us recall that the GHCN adjustments are triggered by “an abrupt shift in temperature”. There was indeed such an abrupt shift in the 1960’s, and it was real.
1) Whenever I raise the question of temperature adjustments, some nonentity usually jumps up and down and tells me to check the algorithm and work out how the adjustments were calculated.
I have no intention of doing so. The adjustments have been made by GHCN, and it is up to them to explain and justify, which is precisely what I have been asking them to do on numerous occasions, without response.
Can I make it clear then that I do not intend to get into any more debate with anybody who thinks they have the right to tell what I should or should not be doing. Any such comments will in future go straight into the spam box.
2) All warming and cooling adjustments balance out.
This is a common defence, but I fail to see the relevance. If incorrect warming adjustments are cancelled out by incorrect cooling ones, then we appear to have twice as many errors.
This hardly gives much confidence in the “robustness” of the global temperature datasets.
If, on the other hand, the cooling adjustments are correct, then clearly global warming has been overstated.
All I can say to those who put forward the “cooling adjustments” defence is to contact GHCN if they feel they are incorrect.
3) Accusations have been made that it is being “unscientific” to object to adjustments, as there may be good reasons for them.
My reply is that it is certainly not scientific to defend such adjustments, unless you can offer concrete evidence for them. And it is definitely “unscientific” to defend them, when real world scientific evidence contradicts them.
4) Some have suggested that we should simply trust the algorithms, and that we should let the “scientists” carry on with their work, as they must know best.
In other words, any evidence which suggests they may be wrong should be suppressed (unless, of course, you write a pal reviewed paper and get it past their gate keepers).
I find this view astonishing. Scientists, particularly public funded ones, should always be held accountable for their work. And any legitimate concerns must be addressed in an open and transparent manner.
The idea that these concerns should be hidden away from the public is abhorrent.
And the sun shall continue to circle the earth.
Obviously, the software’s thresholds for triggering automated adjustment are just wrong and very, very badly designed. They need to go back to square one because the underlying premise has been thoroughly invalidated. At most, exceeding the magnitude of change threshold should trigger only manual and careful contextual review, and not an automated sorcerer’s apprentice wreaking havoc on the temperature record.
Wait…the objection now is that adjustments on average go in both directions, and for every station with a cooled-down past there is another with a warmed-up past.
So in order to make your claims more robust you’d need to find a large area where adjustments have all gone in the same direction. Ideally you’d analyse all stations and determine if the overall effect is negligible.
Rewriting human history without reference to new discoveries or source documents is never justified, unless you are in the business of propaganda or fantasy fiction. Adjustments may or may not have much effect on our overall measurement of the global temperatures – which is a pointless exercise anyway. What Paul has shown is that through these automated adjustments regional effects are being smeared out of existence. The swings as we know can be massive and localised. The weather just one hundred miles west and north of me bears little relation to the weather I experience.
What these adjustments are doing is erasing our past and our heritage because they ‘look’ wrong. Regardless of the aesthetics if the noise matches observations then it is likely to be right. If it does not match observations then the change is justified. All I have seen is arm waiving about the theory of adjustments. Adjustments are fine, but not when they contradict a fair body of primary and secondary sources documented at the time. Natural variability appears to offend these days. Is it different than the Victorians defacing ancient art that offended their sensibilities?
Climate has shaped us and the environment around us. Temperature records when carefully used with observation help us understand our past and future. Vast tracts of our heritage already lies under water and has for thousands of years. Our climate has changed drastically and sometimes rapidly over short and long time periods. We adapted.
But why read about decadal and centennial changes in the climate by Hubert Lamb or Brian Fagan when you can boot up a spreadsheet and show climate never varied, all because like minded people decided to manufacture a blunt instrument to excise the past so it never happened.
Here, here! And just remember, these so-called expert scientists are all on the public dole. They need to explain in detail where their drastic and seemingly arbitrary “adjustments” and “quality controls” originate from and just what motivates them. No hand waving, please; straight answers.
It should be something quite simple if a station is off by 4 degrees (C or F – who cares!) it should be painfully simple to demonstrate just why that adjustment was made. Why the conspiracy of silence? The answers should be simple. And, as public employees, they owe it to the public.
I’ve been all over the climate universe online looking for somebody (anybody) to provide an explanation for the NCDC algorithm’s adjustments made for these 19 specific sites. Thus far, lots of obfuscation, distraction, platitudes and generalities and little interest in evaluating your findings. Real Climate has a surprisingly weak response, which suggests the climate community is grasping at straws and is reluctant to open up the logic of the algorithm to scrutiny.
It may add to the noise. But the adjustments are there to remove bias. It is the averaging that damps the noise, and does it very well. So if you can trade bias for noise, that is a success.
I did an experiment here on the damping of noise. I took a normal computation of the global average since 1900, and added random variation to every single monthly average (including SST). Not just Iceland. Big variation – Gaussian noise with amplitude (sd) 1°C. The result – no discernible difference. The sd for variation of the annual average due to the noise was 0.006°C.
Of course, that is unbiased noise. Bias would make a difference. But NOAA et al go to a lot of trouble to design algorithms that don’t crate bias. And they can test that extensively on synthetic data.
You are demonstrating, on a very small sample, the possibility that noise is being introduced. What your analysis can’t possibly tell is whether that introduces bias, and so creates a problem.
The evidence is that it doesn’t. Here I computed the total effect of adjustments to Arctic (>64°N). Not only is the contribution tiny, but it has very little trend. However, there is a modest jump in the early ’60s.
Your graph demonstrates that the potentially flawed algorithms being used introduce negligible changes in trend, as would the definitely flawed method of just adding random numbers to raw data.
What many here want to know is what UNFLAWED algorithms would do, i.e. what is the TRUE climate history.
My guess is that this is a bit like the early aviation industry, mostly safe but with a significant number of crashes. But why the apparent lack of interest in the crashes from those who created them?
These posts do not demonstrate any crashes. They merely establish that adjustments occurred. They seem uninterested in the actual outcome.
I would say that Paul has identified potential crash sites in Paraguay and in the Arctic, maybe with many survivors (in terms of long term trend) in the Arctic, but total devastation in Paraguay.
Really? What happened to Paraguay?
Or to ROW. What is the bad outcome?
The bad outcome is that nobody knows for sure the recent history of the climate, just comparing RAW with GISS with BEST etc, and finding them all “similar” does not answer the question. Have different flavours of random numbers been added to RAW, with obviously similar outcomes?
Seems to me that if you discount algorithm problems, you are left with having to come up with another explanation for the huge number of stations that have now been shown to have either a created warming trend, or having had the 1940ish peak squashed.
I strongly suspect that human “interpretation” might have had a very heavy hand in this.
Trying to argue that the GHCN adjustment is an order of magnitude lower than the USHCN is a hard argument to make.
I have a hard time believing your analysis when the USHCN adjustment is easy to find and on the order of tenths of a degree. I doubt that the GCHN is an order of magnitude smaller. You need to seriously go back to the drawing board and find where you messed up.
Another superb piece of work, you are taking on the worlds “climate scientists” and their believers almost single-handed yet providing far more scientific analysis than they do.
I particularly liked your point about peer reviewing (pal reviewing) as this, apparently noble, procedure has been totally devalued by consensus science and used to justify bad science many times. What is needed is criticism of papers and publications in the technical press as used to occur many years ago when knowledgeable parties gave their positive and negative views on issues discussed in the papers.
I find it unbelievable that homogenisation of data and algorithm models should ever be preferred to measured values. Algorithms and calculated adjustment of data are good tools for assessing fuzzy or noisy data but should not replace the measured values.
It seems that Climate Science should join Social Science and Economic Science as topics where some scientific methods are used but where the underlying theories are of limited value due to high degrees of randomness in the systems. Unfortunately for the world, their opinions have been taken as proven “settled science” by the gullible.
I have a science degree and I am disgusted at what you have unearthed. I work for the public sector and would be fired if I tried to pull something like this. I have emailed my representatives and will continue to help were ever I can. Keep up the good work!
The subject of “noise” interests me. Is it purely subjective? As typically viewed in the climate world, noise seems to be just the successive differences between observed values, (which in the case of data from the Icelandic Meteorological Office are very carefully measured and recorded and “digested”, with voluminous meta data), and some unstated but hypothesised values from a climate model which has some (again often unspecified) properties that appeal to the interpreter. The simplest model is just a mean (or possibly median) over the period of interest, the next more complex model being typically a value derived from a linear fit to the data of interest. A further one might be “smoothed” values from a variety of numerical smoothers, which are sometimes specified.
So I ask, what do you mean by noise? For me, fundamentally it is something that the interpreter has trouble believing. Specifically he/she is expressing scepticism of the experimental scientist’s work. This attitude is typified by the widely adopted technique of smoothing data. “I don’t believe in your professional competence. This is what you should have measured.” In climate work you can’t go back and repeat the experiment. It’s all in real time.
So I don’t believe in smoothing as being anything other than a sort of mental emollient, applied so that simple people (politicians, journalists and the media in general) think that they have understood or appreciated what the experimental scientists have done, when in fact they know nothing about it. This does not deter them from writing and speaking about the subject – witness the crass outpourings of one Gore (I nearly wrote Gove!).
This obsession in simplification, which often takes the form of fitting a linear model to data that when plotted show gross discrepancies from such a model has resulted in bizarre outcomes. What are to my mind important aspects of dedicated observational science has resulted in original records being overlooked, unnoticed and deliberately discarded. I hope to write something much more extensive on this when the opportunity arises.
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typepad | The Charlie Parker chronicles have become one of the more distinctive crime series of recent years for their chilling examination of the resilience and reactions of humanity in the face of psychological and physical damage and their dalliance with the supernatural, which pervades John Connolly's books with a threatening, malodorous presence. There is a lot of darkness in these books, and very little light.
One particularly threatening presence in these books has been Louis, an avenging shadow who through his relationship with (life and business) partner Angel, has become a protector of sorts for Parker. A hired gun from the Big City, wreaking havoc in rural Maine.
The Reapers is Louis' tale, a back story that traces his difficult upbringng in the deep south, where the violent death of his mother provokes the boy into the revenge killing of her murdered in an act so meticulously planned and so coldly carried out that his talents attract the attention of a shadowy firm who control "The Reapers", deadliest of hired killers. And so Louis is launched upon a murderous path.
And so in The Reapers, Charlie Parker is a peripheral figure, as Connolly focuses on recounting Louis' history and then building a typically edgy, dangerous story about his past finally catching up with him, in this case the killer Bliss, a man Louis crossed ín his past and who is now pulling the strings of others to orchestrate a final reckoning.
So Louis finds himself under attack both at home and in some of his businesses, and while he clearly sees the hand of Bliss, he is lured into action by a millionaire recluse who convinces him they share an enemy, another reclusive millionaire living in the Adirondacks in northern New York. Louis and Angel head north to a bloody fight-to-the-death with Bliss.
Ditching Parker as the central protagonist in place of Louis is a brave move for Connolly. His formula has to this point worked incredibly well, making him a top ten novelist, and the Maine detective's tortured soul and unerring nose for trouble has been the heart of all the books.
But it works well here. Louis' story is fascinating and compelling, and the device of making Parker a bystander, albeit one who gradually edges towards centre stage as the narrative unfolds, is clever. Aside from allowing readers a welcome insight into the killer Louis, we also get a fascinating view of Parker as others see him: a deeply troubled man who is a danger as much to others as to himself.
Overall the story is well told and pacey and the sense of trouble rises uneasily throughout. Connolly steps up the series characterisation process several notches here, and future installments will be all the better for it. For three quarters of the book, I wondered if this was not perhaps the best of the series. But the grisly, explosive ending seemed a little too contrived and over-dramatic. It was almost cinematic, a set piece finale as imagined by a middle-of-the-road Hollywood director and not entirely convincing and therefore something of an anti-climax.
Nonetheless a fine piece of work from Connolly, a tier one mystery writer somewhere near the height of his powers. | 2019-04-22T04:00:46Z | https://materialwitness.typepad.com/material_witness/2008/05/review-the-reapers-by-john-connolly.html | Porn | Reference | 0.59959 |
typepad | In 2001, Patrick Cristopher Rolland was a candidate for the Master of Technology in Chiropractic Degree from Technikon Witwaterstrand, South Africa. His master's thesis was The Effect of Chiropractic Manipulative Therapy on Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
The method was to recruit a total of 30 children (ages 6-12 years) previously diagnosed by others ADHD. They were divided evenly into the treatment group and the control group. During the course of the study, participants continued to receive the therapies and support that were in place prior to the beginning of the study. The treatment group had n=7 on medication, and the control group had n=4.
Over the course of the study, there were marked drop-offs in both the treatment group and the control group. The final numbers were n=6 for the control group and n=9 for the experimental group. Both groups were heavily weighted towards boys, with n=1 girls in each group. The other, underlying treatments for ADHD were not controlled for, as the treatment group had n=7 on medication, and the control group had n=4.
The difference between the treatment group and the control group was that the treatment group received "Chiropractic Manipulative Therapy" (CMT) and the control group received "placebo Activator Method Chiropractic Therapy"
The outcome of this study is (a) compromised by missing pages from the thesis (my copy skips from page 43 to 51-- including the chapter on discussion (b) the large drop-off of subjects.
Despite these shortcomings, does this study validate the notion that spinal manipulation or chiropractic care can be a useful adjunct to the management of ADHD in children?
No. The parents' responses were positive -- but the parents knew that the study subjects were enrolled in the study. Bias is unavoidable. The teachers' responses (who presumably did not know the childrens' participation) were unchanged. | 2019-04-23T06:25:02Z | https://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2009/12/chiropractic-and-adhd-a-randomized-trial.html | Porn | Kids | 0.88492 |
wordpress | I started this process in April when I showed up at a JAF center to get my license translated. I knew that around July all the new JET’s from last year with cars would need to get Japanese driver’s licenses when their international driving permits expire. I wanted to avoid the rush. But things in Japan are never straight forward. It took months to get all my senseless paper work in order.
I first needed to drive through the practice course. To be allowed to do this I needed to find someone who has had a Japanese license for at least 3 years. That eliminated all my JET friends. The ones who have been here long enough, don’t drive.
I needed to find a co-worker to help me. I hate asking my co-workers for stuff like this. They work so hard and are always busy. They usually work 2 or more Saturdays a month, whereas I never work on weekends, so I felt really bad asking this favor. But I needed to get my license. I would have to ask someone to give up a precious Saturday to drive around with me.
So I asked my supervisor. We found one Saturday where we were both free. It was all the way at the end of May. He was a really busy man. I waited until the next time I was able to leave work early then drove over to Oita’s DMV to sign up for time in the practice car.
The DMV is no fun.
At the DMV I ran into, David. another JET trying to get his license. There was a snag in his paper work. His passport was not proof enough that he had been in the states for at least 3 months after getting his license. You see, the US passport control does not stamp the passport of exiting US citizens. He had to come back later when he had some better proof.
I tried to sign up for practice time, but I was told that I would probably fail if I practiced on my own. I was given the number of Mr. Yano. (I have since lost his number.) I was told to call him and he would teach me everything I needed to know and that he would take care of making the appointment.
Mr. Yano’s help was a bit expensive, but this would mean that I would not have to steal a Saturday from my supervisor. So, I called Mr. Yano and met him one Saturday morning. He didn’t speak English fluently, but he spoke well enough.
I’m really glad to meet you!
After spending 2 hours with Mr. Yano, I could see why most people fail this driving test. It’s really not a test about how well you drive; you never leave this course, so who knows what kind of bat-out-of-hell driver you are? They test how well you can remember and follow a bunch of silly instructions.
On the first 2 curves of the course, you are not allowed to use your brakes. Mr. Yano said, “It’s dangerous to use the brakes on a curve.” But it was quite safe to use your brakes on all other turns on the course. I also had to break 3 times before really slowing down the car. This is supposed to be a warning for the person behind me that I am stopping. I guess my car slowing down and the brake lights aren’t big enough clues.
I was told that hitting the curb on the S-turn part of the coarse was an automatic fail. It is better to back up many times. I just had to make sure to do a 5-point yosh before going in reverse.
Point 1 – Look at the left side mirror and say, “Yosh”.
Mr. Yano also pointed out that I might fail the test if I get my yoshes in the wrong order. When pulling into a lane I yoshed left then right. He said that I must yosh right then left. I also didn’t drive close enough to the curb in certain sections and not close enough to the middle of the road in others. I was taught, in the US to stay the hell away from either the curb or on coming traffic; not so on a Japanese driving test.
If I had not met Mr. Yano I would have failed the driving test and not even know why.
I’m going to yosh the hell out of this test!
I showed up early and handed in all my documents. I used old credit card statements as proof that I was in the states for at least 3 months after getting my current Florida driver’s license. Luckily for me, Discover card keeps statement records for up to 7 years and will mail them to you for free once you request them.
First I had to have an interview. The interviewer was a very friendly man, who spoke English well. He asked me questions about my driving test in the states. It was over before I realized that I was being evaluated. Everything went well and I moved onto the next step.
The written test was made up of 10 questions. They were easy, but I missed some questions because I over analysed them, thinking that they were put on the test to throw me off. I managed to pass with no points to spare.
The next step was my vision test. It was just lights and colors like the vision tests at most DMVs. I passed with no problems.
Then it was time for the driving test. The proctor spoke no English at all. I yoshed my way into the car and yoshed all the way through the course. Half way into the test I realized that I was not paying attention to my hand positions while turning.
Normally I turn hand-over-hand and sometimes I hold the wheel with my palm up for a better grip. These are a big no-no’s. I also notice many other mistakes that I had made, like not driving close enough to the curb.
When I was done, I yoshed myself out of the car. I stood there awkwardly as the proctor sat in the car for about 3 minutes feverishly writing on my evaluation sheet. He got out and, without saying a word, motioned me to follow him.
We got into an elevator and he began to ask me questions in Japanese. All I could say was, “Wa-ca-de-mas sen.” (I don’t understand.) We got out of the elevator and walked to waiting the area. He pointed to a chair and I took a seat.
waiting for my test results.
He disappeared into one of the offices and emerged behind the counter. He started talking to the ladies at the desk while still writing on my evaluation sheet. “Wa-ca-de-mas sen, Wa-ca-de-mas sen, Wa-ca-de-mas sen,” he said to the ladies while shaking his head. “No matter what I ask her, she says, ‘I don’t understand'”.
I felt tired. I was at the DMV since 12:30pm and it was now almost 5:00pm. It had been a long day and I would have to do this again. Near the counter was a bus schedule and I looked at it. My international driver’s license would expire soon, and I might have to take the bus here to re-take this test.
like I’m some sort of baby.
Since my license is new, even though I have been driving since I was 16, I have to put these stupid “new driver” magnets on my car; one in the front and one in the back. Usually, only 18-year-olds have these. This is to let everyone know how inexperienced I am. The only good thing about the magnets is that no one is allowed to drive close to me or cut me off on the road.
People still do, though. In fact the “new driver” magnets seem to bring out the jackass in most drivers. I get tailgated and cut off more now than ever.
Head towards Park Place, which is near exit #14 on the Oita Express way.
Go south of Park place on the numberless road on the map below.
You will see a lot of parked cars.
It depends on how many times you fail.
Most people fail several times.
3,000YEN to translate your US license at any JAF.
1,000YEN for the “Rules of the Road” book.
8,000YEN to have Mr. Yano teach you how to past the test.
4,000YEN to practice on the course.
This is for US citizens.
Australians and New Zealanders don’t have to take this test; those lucky bastards.
You are given one year to drive on an international driver’s license, after that you must get a Japanese license.
This PDF form filled out and signed.
Your current American driver’s license.
You can buy a copy of the “Rules of the Road” book here, if you cannot find someone to lend it to you. You just need a quick read through this book. There is no need to really study it.
Practice: I was given Mr. Yano’s number by the guy at the DMV.
If you hire Mr. Yano or an equivalent, they will make the appointment for you.
Pay close attention. Every little thing you do, no matter how mindless or insignificant you think it is, matters a great deal on the test.
Reading the instructions is no substitute for physically practicing the course.
Make a reservation at your local Department of Motor Vehicle.
You will need to make reservations for your first test.
If you fail, you will not need to make reservations for your second, third, or subsequent tests. Just show up.
Translation of your current American driver’s license.
Proof that you were in the US for at least 3 months after you got your current license.
You can use utility bills, college transcripts (if you just graduated), credit card statements, or whatever you think might be proof.
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The companies providing web designing services hires professionals who have completed Web Designing Course in Delhi from authorized institutes with relevant experience in web designing.
Apart from web designing courses, different institutes render effective Graphic Design Courses in Delhi, which helps web designers to enhance their graphic designing skills efficiently. | 2019-04-21T18:55:57Z | https://picklesanimation.wordpress.com/tag/graphic-design-courses-in-delhi/ | Porn | Computers | 0.969263 |
wordpress | The primary and basically only writer on this blog, I love video games so much that I want to express that love positively in the form of writing. I have and play an unhealthy amount of games but I don’t think that it’s that much of a problem. I’ve play so many games that I feel that I have a good understanding of them. I rarely make snap judgements about games, even ones I don’t like. I know when you should look beyond a game’s faults because their strengths make up for them. I think that game’s that get rated 6 or 7 out of ten can still enrich people’s lives even just for the length of the game. I’ll even play obscure and unusual games just because I’m curious about it and I’m sure that other people are too.
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wordpress | Jason Bittle’s article about Grandma got STEM in Slate.com features the picture above, courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory. The caption indicates that the woman’s name is Jean F. Hall and that she was a computer scientist at Argonne.
The Argonne National Labs website indicates that she was a “pioneer Argonne computer scientist” working on the AVIDAC, Argonne’s first digital computer, which began operation in January 1953.
Does anyone out there know more about Jean Hall? Her picture appears often, but I have not found further information about her work. So I guess I am posing the second #ggstem challenge!
Way to go, Renee! The article on Margaret Butler is fantastic. I have contacted the writer, Holly Stump, about submitting a post about her to #ggstem.
Check this out — this article says the ENIAC “computers” (programmers) were all women, called “Rosies”! | 2019-04-26T12:21:06Z | https://ggstem.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/jean-f-hall/ | Porn | Computers | 0.930135 |
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wikipedia | Counties of Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Rutland and South Humberside except parts of the High Peak and Chesterfield district of Derby and the district of Bassetlaw in Nottingham.
The Diocese of Nottingham, England, is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite and a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Diocese of Westminster.
The diocese covers an area of 13,074 square kilometres (5,048 sq mi), taking in the English counties of Nottinghamshire (now excluding the district of Bassetlaw), Leicestershire, most of Derbyshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire. The episcopal seat is the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas in Nottingham.
The Right Reverend Patrick McKinney is the 10th Bishop of Nottingham.
It was one of twelve English dioceses created at the restoration of the hierarchy by Pius IX in 1850, embracing the counties of Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Lincoln and Rutland. These had comprised part of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Midland District, when at the request of King James II in 1685, the Holy See divided England into four vicariates: the London, the Northern, the Midland and the Western. Before 1840, when the number of vicars apostolic was increased from four to eight, the Midland District consisted of fifteen counties.
In 1850 Nottingham had 24 permanent missions, many of these little better than villages. For the most part they originated from chaplaincies which had through penal times been maintained by the Catholic nobility and gentry, or had been founded independently by them. Among these there existed foundations of several religious orders. In Derbyshire the Jesuits had missions at Chesterfield and Spinkhill, in Lincolnshire at Lincoln, Boston and Market Rasen. The Dominican Order was settled in Leicester, the and Fathers of Charity carried on several missions in Leicestershire.
From the appearance of the Jesuits in England in 1580 at the special request of Dr William Allen, they had done much by their labours to keep alive the Catholic faith in the Nottingham diocese. Of their missions mentioned above some were among the earliest of the Society of Jesus in England dating back some three hundred years. Derby was included in the district or college of the Society called the "Immaculate Conception", founded by Father Richard Blount, about 1633, first provincial superior of the English Province. Extinct for many years, it was partially revived in 1842 as Mount St Mary's College, when the new college and convictus was established by the then provincial, Father Randall Lythgoe.
After the Reformation, the English Province of the Friars Preachers ceased to exist, until resuscitated at Bornem in Flanders by Philip Howard, later cardinal, who became the first prior of the Dominicans in 1675. The first introduction of the English Dominicans from Bornem was at Hinckley, whence for many years Leicester was served by them at intervals. Their mission at Leicester was put on a permanent basis in 1798 by the purchase of a house by Father Francis Xavier Choppelle. Holy Cross Priory, Leicester was begun by Father Benedict Caestryck in 1815 and was opened in 1819. The dedication under the title of Holy Cross was adopted on account of the celebrated relic of the Holy Cross brought from Bornem.
After the lapse of three centuries a monastery of the Cistercian Order was resuscitated in England by the foundation of the Abbey of Mount St Bernard in Leicestershire, made possible by the assistance of Ambrose Phillips de Lisle of Grace Dieu Manor, who after his conversion in December 1825, devoted his energies to the spread of the Catholic faith in England by the re-establishment in the country of monastic institutions. In 1835 he purchased about 227 acres (0.92 km2) of wild uncultivated land in Charnwood Forest and presented it to the Cistercians.
Beginning with one brother who lived alone in a four-roomed cottage, the community rapidly increased, and a larger building was erected as well as a small chapel, opened by Dr Walsh on 11 October 1837. In a short time this proved insufficient and John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury offered them £2,000, on condition that a new monastery should be erected, choosing for that purpose the present site of the abbey. It was built from designs by Augustus Pugin. In 1848 by Papal Brief of Pius IX the monastery of Mount St Bernard was raised to the dignity of an abbey, and Father Bernard, the first mitred abbot in England since the Reformation, was consecrated on 18 February 1849.
In introducing the Cistercians into England, de Lisle had hoped that they would undertake missionary work and with this view he had built three chapels: at Grace-Dieu, Whitwick and the abbey. On the score of their rule, they declined to take charge permanently of the missions. De Lisle then decided to bring from Italy members of the Institute of Charity. After much negotiation with the head of the order, Father Gentili came to Grace Dieu as chaplain. This was the commencement of the settlement of the Rosminians in the diocese. In 1841 Dr Walsh made over to them the secular mission of Loughborough founded in 1832 by Father Benjamin Hulme. The buildings were too small to permit of a novitiate and a college of their own which they were desirous to establish. To carry out this twofold object, about 9 acres (36,000 m2) were purchased; the foundation stone of the new buildings was laid in May 1843 and in 1844 was opened the first college and novitiate house of the institute in England. The Sisters of Mercy had come to Nottingham in 1844, and in 1846 entered their convent in close proximity to the cathedral.
The first Bishop of Nottingham was the Rt Rev. Joseph William Hendren, O.S.F. (born 1792), consecrated on 10 September 1848, as Vicar Apostolic of the Western District, transferred to the bishopric of Clifton on 29 September 1850, and to Nottingham on 22 June 1851. The cathedral church of St Barnabas, of the lancet style of architecture, is considered one of the best specimens of the work of Pugin.
Owing to ill-health Dr Hendren resigned in 1853 and was succeeded by Dr Richard Roskell, born at Gateacre, near Liverpool, in 1817. He was sent to Ushaw College and afterwards to Rome, where he took his degree and was ordained in 1840. He was consecrated in the cathedral by Cardinal Wiseman on 21 September 1853. During his episcopate a number of missions were founded in the counties of the diocese. In Lincolnshire, through the generosity of Thomas Arthur Young of Kingerby Hall, not only was there a church and presbytery built at Gainsborough and Grimsby, but the Premonstratensian order was re-introduced into England at Crowle and Spalding. Thomas Young also planned to build a church in Lincoln, but it was not until 1893 that St Hugh's Church, Lincoln was opened.
In 1874, owing to Dr Roskell's ill-health, the pope appointed the Rev. Edward Gilpin Bagshawe of the London Oratory his coadjutor. The same year, Dr Roskell tendered his resignation and Dr Bagshawe was consecrated at the London Oratory on 12 November 1874. Numerous missions necessitated by the development of the mining industry were opened during his administration, and communities of nuns introduced into the diocese, which he served for 27 years. He resigned in 1901 and in 1904 was transferred to the titular Archbishopric of Seleucia.
The Rt Rev. Robert Brindle, Bagshawe's successor, was born at Liverpool on 4 November 1837. The first Roman Catholic chaplain to receive the pension for distinguished and meritorious service, as well as Turkish and Egyptian orders and medals, he was, after his retirement from the army in 1899, on the petition of Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, third Archbishop of Westminster, appointed his assistant, and on the resignation of Dr Bagshawe, received his Brief to the See of Nottingham on 6 November 1901.
In 1910 there were in the diocese 32,000 Catholics; 84 secular and 44 regular priests; 75 churches with missions attached, 31 without missions; 6 convents for men and 9 for women.
In 1980, 16 parishes were transferred to the Diocese of Hallam; this resulted in Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire and Chesterfield and parts of the High Peak in Derbyshire ceasing to be part of the diocese.
In 2014, 85-year-old Father Francis Paul Cullen, who had served as a priest in the parishes of Hyson Green and Mackworth and Buxton in the diocese, admitted 21 sexual assault charges against two young girls and five altar boys. He had been on the run in Tenerife for 20 years. The offences took place over a 34-year period from 1957 to 1991 and involved children aged from six to sixteen. A police spokesperson said that it was “inconceivable” that Cullen had not abused more children during his time as a priest. During the court case the diocese insisted there were no records of anybody complaining to the Church at the time, however at least one victim said their parents did report the abuse to the Church.
In 2011 the Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator reported that there had been "12 new concerns/allegations which needed to be dealt with" during the previous year, and that he welcomed the paring back of a Government Vetting and Barring Scheme.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Nottingham" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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wordpress | Another day of vacation and another ride!
I woke this morning around 5:30 am. Surprisingly late since I passed out before 8 pm the night before. Two reasons for the early bed time. One, being exhaustion of course. The other was I simply could not sit. Irritatingly, my tailbone has been bothering me with increasing intensity. Cycling is likely part of the problem, but not something I’m willing to set aside. Can’t really walk for exercise and now supposed to stop cycling because of my rump? What does that leave? Swimming laps in the pool? My sanity would be the next casualty.
So, after yesterday’s ride and then toodling around in the car with Jens in the search for fishing spots, chairs and I became enemies. So, I flopped onto the bed, intending to finish pre-writing the blog post of the day’s ride and… that’s all I remembered until opening my eyes at 5:30.
Unsurprisingly, the skies were a pale lead hue and the car water-speckled as the forecasted rain arrived. I admit waffling about riding or not though I’d looked forward to what I’d planned for our second day here.
For the last two rides, I’d hoped to ride the Sverigeleden from Hogfors to as far south toward Karlstad I could. In Hogfors the Sverigeleden joins a cycling path called Klarälvsbanan named after the Klarälv River it mostly follows. The full length of the Klarälvsleden runs from the town of Sysslebäck all the way down to Karlstad at the northern shore of a huge lake. Between Sysslebäck and Hogfors, the path is marked on roads. I rode about 10 miles of it as I came south on the eastern bank of the river to Eksharad. Until today, I had no idea the Sverigeleden and Klarälvsleden joined for that distance.
The main thing exciting me about the stretch between Hogfors and Karlstad is it is almost exclusively a purpose made, paved bike and pedestrian road. No cars permitted. The thought of no worries about traffic made me nearly giddy.
So, I got Jens awake and we started moving around 7:30 or so. It turned rather stressful though. As we were loading the car, the chain jostled off the chain rings to the inside against the boom. When that happens, it ends up wedged with nothing short of a miracle freeing it without removing the right crank and rings. That of course requires a chainring wrench. A quick glance at the front small pocket of my red panniers told me it wasn’t there. My stress levels jumped. Attempting to remove the crank without the tool might damage it requiring a new one. A 155 mm crank with a five spokes for a road chain set which is out of production and nearly impossible to find 3 or 4 years ago. I imagine it would be even harder now. Not removing it would mean a stuck chain equaling no more rides for the duration of our time here.
Jens remained calm and the voice of reason. He decided we’d drive to where I planned to begin so we could unload the trike where I’d have enough room to check all the pannier bags for the tool. If I didn’t have it, we’d go sightseeing. I was convinced it would be better if we spared him the time away from fishing. He talked me around.
It rained off and on during the drive. As we unloaded the everything pinning the trike in the car, it drizzled. After a few moments, Jens lifted the trike down and I jumped forward to dig through the panniers. It wasn’t in the proper bag, but as I reached into one of the bigger pockets, I felt the case and pulled it out with a sense of relief.
After all the stress, Jens seemed caught off-guard when less than 3 minutes later, I had the chain back on the rings and purring through the tubes like a kitten. It’s amazing what can happen when one has the proper tools. I carefully put them away in their proper place so future panics can hopefully be averted.
I took pictures of Hogfors church before settling into the seat. My very supportive hubby said he’d wait around town for an hour or so to be sure Loke was going to hold up before he left for the fishing spot he’d decided on the day before.
I took a wrong turn right off, probably lulled by the more attractive stretch of cycle path running between trees an a canal rather than the bridge over the canal to the backside of a large grocery. Once he had a smooth stretch of pavement before him, Loke was prepared to strangle himself on the harness if I didn’t let him run. So, I let him have a half mile sprint to make him more manageable to turn back.
AIt was a good thing I let Loke have that brief run. The area behind the shopping center was as cratered as the moon. Rolling through there at 15 to 20 mph would have destroyed the trike and likely Loke and me with it. As it was, I hit a couple gaping canyons where I stopped to check for flats.
As I bounced and swerved to avoid the worst pits, surrounded by the reek of dumpsters, I had time to reflect on how often riding in an urban area is unpleasant. I can’t remember ever enjoying a ride through anything remotely the size of a town or city population center. Uppsala I at least know well enough to avoid the worst roads so I didn’t mind it so much when I went to the cathedral for the runestones.
The later hills through the town weren’t nearly so steep as that first one and all of them were decently short, 200 to 400 meters. During the ups and down through a suburbia looking area, I spotted the Sverigeleden sign. That little bit of green and white colored metal was a comfort. I did have a worried moment as I followed GPS and map toward the bridge. The signs indicated a dead-end rather than a street that changes into a cycle path. Fortunately, the maps were right and after passing through a barrier, I rolled out over the river on an old suspension bridge.
The view was beautiful, but I’ve decided bridges shouldn’t make the kind of noises that one did. Creaks, groans and pings. The pinging sound bothered me most. It gave me images of the metal fibers of the suspension cables snapping.
I was quite happy to make it to solid ground on the far side even if the path was gravel and steep. My drive tire had trouble getting a grip so for every 10 feet covered I probably pedaled the equivalent of 15 feet or more.
The path joined a dirt road and lacked any perceivable Sverigeleden sign. I pulled out my maps to compare with the GPS. Loke sat down and gave deep sighs as if to say, ‘Hurry UP!’ He even nudged me a few times before sighing again. I’d mapped north so north I went.
I kept our pace slow on that road, attempting to keep Loke on the smooth sections as he remained barefoot. Though the rain had stopped less than a mile from the Hogfors church, the ground remained quite wet. The socks last less than 3 miles without duck tape reinforcement and I had a minimal supply, so had to hope the ground dried at least long enough for the tape’s adhesive to set before putting them on the furball.
We bounced along through dim green of a densely forested road with quite a few pot holes and zipped down a hill toward the turn onto what I thought would be the cycle path.
Wrong. At the base of the hill was an old rail bed. Apparently, cycle path joined it later because where I sat, the tracks remained in place. It was quite pretty though. Trees hugging close and arching over the metal lines and ties in a tunnel of green, vibrant even in the dull light.
It might have been yet a 3rd part of the Klarälvleden. There’s part from Sysslebäck to Hagfors routed on roads, then there’s the Klarälvsbanan which was what I was looking for. It also seems there’s a leg or perhaps a side-spur of it people can ride the old rails on specially designed bikes. One person can pedal the rail bike which has a small truck section on the back or side where you can take a picnic lunch and passenger. 2 if they’re small. A neat concept, but it did me no good.
It had barely sunk in before the assault began. Mosquitos descended on us in untold numbers. I didn’t take pictures of the pretty view of the old tracks because I was desperate to escape. I’m not sure the photos would have showed anything other than a dense cloud of flying bloodsuckers even if I’d stuck around long enough to dig the camera out. They drove Loke crazy too. He was snapping at them, sneezing and rubbing his face with a paw. We fairly flew back up that hill which thankfully was not as steep as the first one of the day.
So, we took the south way and quickly found a Sverigeleden sign. The road had some beautiful patches of scenery and wide strips of smoothly packed ground for Loke, both of which let me start to enjoy the ride. I did come to small dilemma at one intersection. The Sverigeleden went one way, but signs pointed in the opposite way for a cafe, but more interestingly, a cultural location which could be anything from a castle to a farm stead or ruins.
Annoyingly, it didn’t say WHAT or HOW FAR. I must have stared at it for a minute before I decided to stick to the path. If I’d been on tour rather than a day ride with limited time, I might have risked adding another 5 or 10 miles. Perhaps I should view it as an excuse to make the Klarälv stretch into a full blown tour in the future? If so, I really need to reexamine the trike’s gearing. As much trouble as I had relatively unloaded, I would hate to be struggling to pull camping gear up these hills. Not to mention, I need to actually start touring!
Reluctantly, I obeyed the little green sign.
The colors on this trip have been amazing. Not just during the cycling. Even on the drive up here there have been flowers all over. The most promenient have been the lupins. Stalks which can be 2 feet or more long with small blossoms dense along their length. Deep purple are the most common, then various shades of pink with white most rare. Around Uppsala they grow in small clusters of perhaps 20 stalks. I’ve seen long patches of nothing but purple and pink for 100 or 200 yards since we came to the west side of Västerås.
I found another another glorious burst of color with not only the lupins. Just beyond the vivid wall of purple and pink a carpet of vivid yellow spread across a field. A friend I reconnected with thanks to Facebook is the one who told me the name of the lupins which grows in his garden over the ocean. Every time I see them now, I think of him.
This scene I just had to share with him. As I took an iPhone picture and began making the post to his wall, I heard a whinny and the thud of hooves. A horse galloped through the yellow flowers toward us. She was intensely curious and something about how she came up as close as she dared with the electric fence reminded me of the very friendly cat the day before. She wanted to come greet us and, unlike the cat, had no fear of the fuzzy one. Loke was fascinated with her and not in the ‘Can I eat it?’ way. I don’t think at least.
As we rode off, she whinnied after us.
I breathed a little easier with asphalt under Loke’s paws. Smooth asphalt with plenty of bitumen filling the gaps between rocks so much less risk of stone bruises which has been the bigger problem of late.
The sign for Uddeholm appeared and the Sverigeleden signs continued to lead us through residential streets. I barely needed the maps I’d printed though they’d be necessary when I went off the route in search of churches and such.
Finally the street ended at the 62 and I saw the large welcoming sign for the Klarälvsbanan. Of course, I had to stop for a picture of it.
Loke actually whined and pranced as I put the camera away. I’m not sure why. Maybe he was catching my excitement. No cars for 50 miles or more, except when I went to look for churches and the like. I didn’t expect much in the way of hills either since rail roads tend to avoid those. I was nearly giddy.
The shoes clicked into the pedals and we were off like a shot. Loke ran. Not a full out 20 mph charge, but an enduring lope of 12 to 14 mph. 2 miles or more passed and still he ran, tongue flopping in that husky grin, ears up and giving me little side looks from time to time. I stopped him once to offer water, but he just tried to pull us onward. I managed to to get one picture taken during the stretch, but only thanks to my repaired brakes or he’d have kept us going.
I didn’t stop him except for the lake picture where I offered him water. I can’t remember the last time he ran for so long a stretch. Maybe on Öland last year as we approached the castle ruin. One reason he doesn’t get the chance to lope for miles is due to me and hills. Not many spots are so flat around Uppsala.
The trike wheels sang against pavement as smooth as newly laid asphalt, wet in most places with the past rain. The main road, the 62, vanished behind a wall of green and birds added their voices to the trike’s and the gentle squeak of the spring in Loke’s running bar. To the left, the trees occasionally parted to tease me with glimpses of a lake with waters faintly rippled like medieval window glass. I smiled with a sense of peace with all in the world. For so stressful a beginning, it was turning into a perfect day, gray skies and all.
As we rounded the northern tip of the lake and turned south, small patches of blue appeared briefly through rents in the cloud cover. I had mixed feelings about the possibility of sunshine. Yes, it would improve the colors of photos, really making the flowers pop, but for a husky running in June, clouds are better. At least the day continued to have a crisp quality to it instead getting muggy hot. Compared to last year this summer has been on the cool side if wet. I’m loving it though most Swedes are pining for the melting temps of 2011.
The lake view disappeared as I briefly joined a small road with an annoyingly steep, but brief hill. It was around 9:45 am and I passed the first of fellow travelers on the Klarälvsbanan. An older man and a young girl pedaling along on touring bikes who greeted with smiles. A return to the bike exclusive roadway carried me through a corridor of green with pines and ferns to either side. The morning air was rich with the smell of wet forest which I find pleasant.
The clouds were thinning when I could see the lake again. As I turned my attention to looking for a way off the path and across the 62, a bathroom symbol appeared on my Garmin screen. The timing was perfect! An underpass toward the church I knew was in the area went by in a blur as I hurried to the rest-stop.
It was your typical traveler’s stop with bathrooms and picnic tables with a view of the lake. I caused quite a stir among the dozen or so people there. The little hot-dog/ice cream stand was closed, but the primary reason I’d hurried to it was available.
I also took the opportunity to put the socks on Loke as it had dried enough before relaxing to admire the view while nibbling on a cold pop tart. I returned the greeting called out by a couple on bikes who arrived from the north. They had little pannier bags so I guessed they were on a day trip. They complimented Loke as they coasted by toward a picnic table.
Dusting the last crumbs from my hands and ignoring Loke’s pleading looks for a bite of forbidden carbohydrates, I moved us back toward the underpass. It was little more than a gravel path through a huge tin tube. Felt a bit like passing through a ditch’s storm drain.
Predictably, leaving the cycle path meant another hill with a grade around 7% or greater. The effort was not aided by the condition of the road. It was patch work of gravel and deteriorating asphalt. Given the decent size and quality of the houses along it, quite shocking really.
The church was closer than I thought. I could see it as I reached the end of the dilapidated little street. A hum-drum Neoclassical appearance and absolutely no information to be found on its history. My search only turned up a church of the same name on the island of Gotland and another much further south in the area of Linköping. Given the other churches I’ve seen in the area, I’m guessing its built on the remains of a medieval church, possibly wooden, and the current structure dates to sometime in the 1600’s. Renovations around the 1800’s perhaps. I could be wildly off the mark.
The route through Råda I’d mapped was pretty complicated as I’d thought it would be a longer double back to return to the cycle path. Since it was well under a half mile to return to the Klarälvsbanan and I loved the trail so much, I ignored my map and went back.
As I coasted down the ramp from the rest stop, Loke lost a sock. Fortunately, I saw it fly off rather than seeing it missing half a mile later. As the day before went to retrieve it.
While wrestling it back on his foot, I began to get an idea of how busy the Klarälvsbanan was. In the 5 min or less it took me to secure the velcro around Loke’s leg, I was passed by a man on a mountain bike heading south, three other cyclists going north and even a man on roller skis!
I didn’t mind the traffic. I loved it! Sometimes when I ride, it feels like I’m the only non-road bike (aka wanna-be Tour de France-er) cyclist using the paths and routes outside and between towns. This one was obviously very popular.
It felt a little odd reading that. I know Sweden is a northern country, but since we were only in the middle of it, it hardly seemed we should be on the same latitude as the places listed. Things like refocus my perspective which is a good thing.
This collection of signs also introduced me to green spots along the trail. Certain places were marked with signs denoting ‘nature objects’ along the Klarälvsbanan in 2007. They’re unique places showing specific birds, insects and flowers living in the immediate environment.
When I’d begun mapping the route, I half expected to endure some tedium. In the past, long straight roads have bored Loke and I both. Even when they’ve been flanked by woods with little hills making us go up and down, I’ve found myself wishing desperately for a curve or a turn at a junction to give some interest.
No such problem with the Klarälvsbanan for either of us. The woods, flowers, small streams and lake views kept me smiling even over the most arrow straight parts. Though Loke had gone strong and faster than usual the day before on our longest ride of 2012, he continued to run just as well or even better as we crossed mile 10 of this ride. He wanted to lope every chance he had. He seemed impatient every time I stopped him for water, taking only a couple laps as if to appease me so we could move on. He was doing what he had been born to do and he was as happy as a husky could be.
The condition of the cycle path supported his enthusiasm. There were hills and some of them were quite long, but as expected, the grades were very gentle (3%) with few exceptions. In some places there were the winter cracks filled with lumps of tar or dips where it had subsided. Occasionally even odd, sudden bumps the size of watermelons painted bright yellow for high visibility. But sections like that were few and short. Where the cycle track crossed even the meanest dirt road, it had been paved for 10 meters to either side guaranteeing a smooth passage. No wonder people use it for roller skis!
After mile 13 or so, I wanted Loke to go a little slower so maybe he could go farther. It resulted in him pulling harder. It’s difficult to know which is more likely to tire him. Running 8.5+ mph or dragging against the brake at 7.5 mph.
The sun began to play peek-a-boo with the ground as the clouds thinned. I felt a little warmer and Loke panted heavier, but he still continued the brisk trot with dogged (haha) resistance to my attempts at a more moderate pace or stops for water and sock checks.
The endurance of the socks proved an even bigger surprise than Loke’s tirelessness. I’m accustomed to adding a new layer of tape every 3-5 miles depending on the condition of the surfaces. Maybe it was the smooth nature of the road bed, but even after 10 miles it was original tape with surface scuffing.
The traffic along the cycle path continued steadily. Cyclists wearing racing jerseys on road bikes. People on touring bikes with panniers and baskets for single day or multiple day rides. More people on roller skis than I’ve seen in the previous seven years. Even a few pedestrians.
One woman strolling along had a huge and very unusual German Shepherd. Instead of the usual black and tan, white or black coat, he was more like a tortoise-shell cat. Mostly black with random streaks, spots and patches of orange, brown with tiny bits of white thrown in. Quite striking.
At times the path ran right up against unpaved roads, close enough I was surprised those who had laid out the route hadn’t simply used the available road, saving the time, cost and effort of paving the old rail bed. I suppose they wanted a truly ‘car free’ trail. I can’t object to that in the least!
Car-free wasn’t the only convenience afforded the Klarälvsbanan users. Signs would indicate which crossing roads had points of cultural interest, B&Bs and cafes even if they didn’t mention how far away. Every 5 – 10 km, you’d find a blue outhouse, always odor-free. Picnic tables for a nice rest stop, sometimes with enough space to pitch a tent. Such amenities were often well away from roads, so obviously they had been built specifically for the cycle path.
Shortly after passing the German Shepherd, we came to a house about 75 yards from the path. A pack of dogs went absolutely nuts, gated in on the porch of the house. I eyed it a bit warily, concerned one particularly large dog might leap the flimsy gate. Once I was convinced it would hold, I saw them. Three beautiful draft horses. A white and two bays who wore fly covers.
I love horses, but I often find myself most enchanted by the cold-bloods. The size of them and the heavy-boned build combined with that unflappable calm. There’s just something so enduring and peaceful about them. These were no exception. No fear in them, only quiet curiosity as they ambled over. Even walking in an unhurried gate, their hooves thudded like drums. I sat smiling and talking to them for a few minutes as they softly blew and nickered at us.
We entered a more populated area once leaving the horses. As my Garmin showed 22 miles, making this ride longest of the year, thoughts turned toward ending the ride soon. Though my furball seemed unstoppable, two days running of over 20 miles both times was enough. If we’d been getting 20+ mile runs in every week, I would have been willing to go on.
The way became a little busier through the fringes of the larger town of Munkfors as the locals used it to get around. Other bike riders called out cheery hellos as I passed. One young man stopped his scooter, turning it off as I passed. Perhaps he was worried it might frighten Loke if he sputtered by so close.
I found an indicator of the cycle path’s history as a rail road. Loke pulled me briskly past the distinctive building and low stone platform before I recognized it for an old train station.
Entering deeper into Munkfors, I started looking for the church. It was nearing 2 pm when Jens would leave his fishing spot to return to cell coverage to check on me.
Expecting difficulties to reach the church, I thought perhaps to get a distant shot of it as I passed and then a close up after Jens picked me up. Instead, it was far simpler to get there from the Klarälvsbanan than anticipated. A short climb up a not-terribly steep hill (4-5% grade) and left turn directly into the parking lot.
A bit sign forbade bikes and dogs in the church yard, but a light post near a huge, shady tree surrounded by thick, short cut lawn offered something close to luxury for Loke. I settled him with his water dish, told him I’d be right back. He watched me walk into the church yard without touching his water.
His eyes opened and head lifted as I sat down in the trike, making sure I wasn’t going anywhere. Then he wiggled onto his back and stretched before flopping onto his other side, content to doze. Any indecision I might have entertained would have ended at the sight of the flattened furry one.
I roused him long enough to remove harness and socks.
Not to fear. He wasn’t broken. The hour nap waiting for Jens followed by another 45 minutes in the car back to the cabin and Loke’s perkiness returned. It wasn’t bounce-off-the-walls high energy, but you wouldn’t have known he’d run over 45 miles in two days. Jens even teased me about hitchhiking my way to Munkfors as Loke pestered us. It only got worse once we started grilling.
He got a nice piece of pork with a big helping of kibble. That made him as happy as running did.
I didn’t eat nearly enough to cover the calories I burned, but I was tired enough to not care. It was another early night. | 2019-04-19T13:19:39Z | https://terii.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/4830/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.968415 |
wordpress | I was nominated by Drunken Anime Blog & Laura (ローラ)~!
• Ask them 7 questions.
I’ve selected a few of the questions that Drunken answered since he didn’t ask any questions, and decided to answer all of Laura‘s questions.
Speaking of youtube, I plan to make more art videos as soon as I can, but at the moment I don’t have a way to get decent footage of my sketchbooks. I could record some of my digital work though, and possibly stream again if you’d like to attend my streams or see me draw digitally let me know in the comments.
Fanart I drew for Inktober 2017 of Long from the game Bloody Roar 2.
For now I’ll stick with posting scans and photos from my sketchbook on twitter.
2. What did you do to change the world, no matter how small?
Volunteering at my local St. Vincent De Paul food pantry.
4. What is your favorite Gif?
Favorite? Singular? I can’t only pick one, so here are a few of my favs. that always make me smile/ laugh out loud.
Sunny & Taeyeon during a radio show.
If anyone knows what this is from please tell me!
11. Why is your favorite comfort food your comfort food?
Recently it’s been cauliflower “rice”, especially with some cheese. I’m really glad I tried out cauliflower because I feel like I have more energy when I limit the amount of carbs and sugar I eat. I’m not fully in the paleo diet, but it seems that a lot of my favorite meals fit into that plan. Also, since it’s currently lent the extra boost of energy I get from veggies like cauliflower really lasts during times of fasting.
3. What franchise – be it game, comic, animation etc – do you think should have ended already, and which would you give another run in its place?
I have several answers for this question, in fact this one question could become a series of blog posts. But for the sake of brevity I’ll choose two of the franchises that I can summarize my thoughts on quickly. Though, I may still write full blog posts explaining my reasons in the future.
Now, for a series that I think deserves another run; I’ve chosen Trinity Blood! I really want this franchise; which is based on Sunao Yoshida’s light novels , to continue as a manga series or to get another anime adaptation that gives more of a conclusion to the story than what we were already given.
Unfortunately due to venous thrombosis Sunao Yoshida passed away in 2004. It’s clear that he was passionate about his writing, and apparently took a lot of notes about how Trinity Blood might end but was never able to finish writing the story’s conclusion. Many fans have speculated that Yoshida would have wanted the story to receive a proper ending, but we can’t know for sure if he’d be comfortable with someone else finishing his drafts for publication.
In the end I am still quite happy with the anime and especially the manga adaptations Trinity Blood has received and they are a treasured part of my collection, but I do wish that there were a full conclusion.
1. What was the first manga you read?
The first volume of Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi. It was a library book that my older sister rented, I was probably way too little to be reading it. Let’s just say some of the humor went way over my head, but I didn’t care, the main thing I liked about it was the art style.
2. What was the last manga you read?
The last manga I read in Japanese is Bloody Roar: the Fang (Volume 1) by Tomoo Maruyama I’m still reading this volume and learning so many new and interesting kanji and grammar from it! I should share some of my notes that I take while reading manga in Japanese in a future blog post.
3. Do you finish a volume of manga in 1 sitting, or will you take a break in the middle?
It really depends on how much the manga draws me in, but lately I have been taking a break at around the mid-point of a manga (normal at the end of a chapter) to compose my thoughts on the story so far in my journal. I find it interesting to see if my feelings about the story change as it unfolds. For example, if I look back at my notes and realize that the story was boring me but then I suddenly started enjoying the second half it helps me pin-point what I thought the strengths and weaknesses of the manga were.
4. Do you have a specific place that you like to read?
I enjoy reading in my backyard or at the park when the weather is nice, but otherwise that I mainly read at the desk my husband and I built.
5. Have you ever started a new hobby because of your interest in anime/manga?
I think cosplay would definitely count for this question. I’ve cosplayed quite a bit but still have so many characters that I want to do. I have a cosplay tumblr, but it’s been a while since I’ve updated it. The last character I cosplayed was Mihoshi Kuramitsu from Tenchi Muyo at Colossalcon 2017.
6. Recommend a non-manga comic book or graphic novel.
Elfquest! In fact you can read the entire series that was published before 2014, for free on the official website, although this American comic has been published several times throughout the years, even in manga sized volumes. Wendy and Richard Pini have stated that manga style artwork influenced them to traditional ink their comic. All of the pages are in black and while, and inked with quill pens, using similar illustration techniques as manga-ka use.
7. What is your favourite novel?
This sort of a difficult question for me, I can’t even choose what my all time favorite manga is! XD So I’lll go with a slightly recent favorite I’d recommend to anyone. Innocence by Dean Knootz. I listened to the audiobook and found it extremely compelling and different than any novel I’ve ever read. McCloud Andrews does a great job bringing Dean Knootz’s writing to life.
What is the weirdest book you’ve ever read?
If you could change the ending of any story (book, game, etc.), how and way would you change it?
What manga title(s) would you bring over into the western market?
What is that popular book, game, anime, movie etc. that everyone else seems to enjoy but you don’t?
Who is your favorite character from Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon?
Do you have any interesting or funny convention related stories, please share. If you’ve never been to an anime etc. convention tell us a weird/funny/scary geeky (book,game etc.) related story that you experienced.
Posted on February 22, 2018 February 19, 2018 by v0xPosted in Animation Tags, Anime Tags, Book Hauls, Book TagsTagged Anime, Blog Award, Blog Prompts, Blog Tag, Book Blogger, Book Tags, Books, cosplay, Elfquest, Innocence by Dean Knootz, Manga, Prompts, Real Neat Blog Award, Trinity Blood.
Ah! I read Elfquest a long time ago – when they were in the digest-sized publications. I’ve been meaning to pick up the Complete Series and reread it again. I remember really enjoying it, but I can’t remember anything about it!
I’ve been meaning to re-read Elfquest for a while now too. It’s really awesome that Richard and Wendy Pini have made almost all of the comic available for free on their website. I hope I can meet them someday and get something signed. | 2019-04-21T22:31:44Z | https://polyphonicvox.wordpress.com/2018/02/22/real-neat-i-was-nominated-for-the-real-neat-blog-award/comment-page-1/ | Porn | Arts | 0.777089 |
wordpress | Michael Sheen as BP’s Tony Hayward?
Now that Tony Hayward, affectionately known as the “most hated man in America,” has been removed from his post of Chief Executive of BP and been handed a non-executive director position at BP’s Russian joint venture, TNK-BP, he’s far enough away out of the media spotlight for film executives and scribes to rustle up some magic about the man and the PR nightmare that is Tony Howard. And who better to play him than chameleon-like British actor, Michael Sheen. Sheen has been fortunate in his acting career to resemble an eclectic bunch of British movers and shakers. He’s played football manager Brian Clough, journalist David Frost and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair, not once but three times.
Comic-Con 2010 kicks off in San Diego on July 21st with a special preview night and starts for real on July 22nd to July 25th.
1:00-2:00 – Sony Pictures Entertainment: Battle: Los Angeles and Salt — Two great new films from Sony Pictures Entertainment are showcased in this Hall H presentation! Battle: Los Angeles–When unknown forces suddenly and mercilessly attack the City of Angels out of nowhere, it’s up to a local Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and a new platoon of unseasoned soldiers to meet the threat. As the invasion hits the streets of LA, these Marines become our first and last line of defense in an intense battle against an enemy unlike any they’ve ever encountered before. Appearing in person are Michelle Rodriguez, Aaron Eckhart, Neal Moritz, and director Jonathan Liebesman.
4:00-6:00 – Sony Pictures Entertainment: The Other Guys and The Green Hornet — Two more sneak peeks at upcoming films from Sony Pictures Entertainment! The Other Guys–NYPD Detectives Christopher Danson and P.K. Highsmith (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. Two desks over and one back, sit Detectives Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg). You’ve seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. They’re not heroes — they’re “the Other Guys.” But every cop has his day and soon Gamble and Hoitz stumble into a seemingly innocuous case no other detective wants to touch that could turn into New York City’s biggest crime. It’s the opportunity of their lives, but do these guys have the right stuff? Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg,Eva Mendes, and co-writer/director Adam McKay will be appearing in person.
11:45-1:15 – Warner Bros: Green Lantern, Sucker Punch, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Warner Bros. showcases three eagerly awaited upcoming new films in this Hall H presentation! Green Lantern–Get a first look at the upcoming sci-fi action adventure Green Lantern, directed by Martin Campbell. Green Lantern is an epic adventure that crosses galaxies to bring to life the legendary Silver Age superhero Hal Jordan, who is chosen by the ring itself to become the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps and take on the vast and powerful Parallax as it threatens to destroy the world. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, Peter Sarsgaard as Dr. Hector Hammond, and Mark Strong as Sinestro.
4:45-5:45 – Universal: Paul and Cowboys & Aliens — Universal presents two upcoming films in this exclusive Hall H presentation. Paul– Scheduled to appear for Universal Pictures’ sci-fi comedy-adventure Paul are a who’s who of film comedy. Director Greg Mottola (Superbad) will be joined by cast members Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz), Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead),Kristen Wiig (Date Night), Bill Hader (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Jeffrey Tambor (The Hangover), Joe Lo Truglio (Role Models), Seth Rogen (The Green Hornet), and Sigourney Weaver (Baby Mama) as they discuss the movie about two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage to Comic-Con ultimately takes them to America’s UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who takes them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. Q&A session to follow.
“The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition has received 6,304 entries for 2010, including first-time entries from Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cameroon, Uganda and Uruguay. The Academy will award up to five fellowships of $30,000 each in November. This year marks the competition’s 25th anniversary.
The Nicholl Fellowships competition is open to screenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing for film or television. Entry scripts must be feature length and the original work of a sole author or of exactly two collaborative authors. The scripts must have been written originally in English. Adaptations and translated scripts are not eligible.
This year, entries have come from all 50 states in the U.S., as well as from Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Uruguay.
Since the program’s inception in 1985, 113 fellowships have been awarded. Several past Nicholl fellows have gone on to successful screenwriting careers, including Oscar®-nominee Susannah Grant (“The Soloist, “ “Charlotte’s Web” “Erin Brockovich”), Doug Atchison (“Akeelah and the Bee”), Mike Rich (“Radio,” “The Rookie,” “Finding Forrester”), Ehren Kruger (“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “The Ring,” “Arlington Road”) and Andrew Marlowe (“Hollow Man,” “Air Force One,” ABC Television’s “Castle”). | 2019-04-20T17:07:25Z | https://gingerliu.wordpress.com/2010/07/ | Porn | Reference | 0.470589 |
wordpress | Obadiah verse 1 identifies the author of the Book of Obadiah as the Prophet Obadiah.
Date of Writing: The Book of Obadiah was likely written between 848 and 840 B.C.
Purpose of Writing: Obadiah, the shortest book in the Old Testament, is only 21 verses long. Obadiah is a prophet of God who uses this opportunity to condemn Edom for sins against both God and Israel. The Edomites are descendants of Esau and the Israelites are descendants of his twin brother, Jacob. A quarrel between the brothers has affected their descendants for over 1,000 years. This division caused the Edomites to forbid Israel to cross their land during the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt. Edom’s sins of pride now require a strong word of judgment from the Lord.
Brief Summary: Obadiah’s message is final and it is sure: the kingdom of Edom will be destroyed completely. Edom has been arrogant, gloating over Israel’s misfortunes, and when enemy armies attack Israel and the Israelites ask for help, the Edomites refuse and choose to fight against them, not for them. These sins of pride can be overlooked no longer. The book ends with the promise of the fulfillment and deliverance of Zion in the Last Days when the land will be restored to God’s people as He rules over them.
Foreshadowings: Verse 21 of the Book of Obadiah contains a foreshadowing of Christ and His Church. “Then saviors shall come to Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, And the kingdom shall be the LORD’s” (NKJV). These “saviors” (also called “deliverers” in several versions) are the apostles of Christ, ministers of the word, and especially the preachers of the Gospel in these latter days. They are called “saviors,” not because they obtain our salvation, but because they preach salvation through the Gospel of Christ and show us the way to obtain that salvation. They, and the Word preached by them, are the means by which the good news of salvation is delivered to all men. While Christ is the only Savior who alone came to purchase salvation, and is the author of it, saviors and deliverers of the Gospel will be more and more in evidence as the end of the age draws near.
Practical Application: God will overcome in our behalf if we will stay true to Him. Unlike Edom, we must be willing to help others in times of need. Pride is sin. We have nothing to be proud of except Jesus Christ and what He has done for us. | 2019-04-23T02:59:00Z | https://altruistico.wordpress.com/category/books-of-the-bible/what-are-the-books-of-the-bible/bible-survey/a-survey-of-the-old-testament/1-books-of-the-old-testament/books-of-the-old-testament-h-through-p/ | Porn | Reference | 0.376629 |
google | Disclosed herein are vaso-occlusive devices for forming occluding the vasculature of a patient. More particularly, disclosed herein are vaso-occlusive devices comprising at least one polymer structure and methods of making and using these devices.
Compositions and methods for repair of aneurysms are described. In particular, stretch-resistant vaso-occlusive devices are described, including stretch-resistant vaso-occlusive devices with flexible, articulating detachment junctions.
There are a variety of materials and devices which have been used for treatment of aneurysms, including platinum and stainless steel microcoils, polyvinyl alcohol sponges (Ivalone), and other mechanical devices. For example, vaso-occlusion devices are surgical implements or implants that are placed within the vasculature of the human body, typically via a catheter, either to block the flow of blood through a vessel making up that portion of the vasculature through the formation of an embolus or to form such an embolus within an aneurysm stemming from the vessel. One widely used vaso-occlusive device is a helical wire coil having windings that may be dimensioned to engage the walls of the vessels. (See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,994,069 to Ritchart et al.).
Coil devices including polymer coatings or attached polymeric filaments have also been described. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,226,911; 5,935,145; 6,033,423; 6,280,457; 6,287,318; and 6,299,627. For instance, U.S. Pat. No. 6,280,457 describes wire vaso-occlusive coils having single or multi-filament polymer coatings. U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,287,318 and 5,935,145 describe metallic vaso-occlusive devices having a braided polymeric component attached thereto. U.S. Pat. No. 5,382,259 describes braid structures covering a primary coil structure.
In addition, coil designs including stretch-resistant members that run through the lumen of the helical vaso-occlusive coil have also been described. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,582,619; 5,833,705; 5,853,418; 6,004,338; 6,013,084; 6,179,857; and 6,193,728.
However, none of these documents describe stretch-resistant vaso-occlusive devices as described herein, stretch-resistant vaso-occlusive devices that are flexible with respect to the detachment junction, or methods of making and using such devices.
Thus, this invention includes novel occlusive compositions as well as methods of using and making these compositions.
In one aspect, the invention includes a vaso-occlusive assembly comprising a core element having a proximal end, a distal end and an outer surface, the proximal end of the core element attached to a detachment junction at the distal end of a pusher wire; and at least one polymer structure surrounding a substantial portion of the surface of the core element, the polymeric structure attached to distal end of the core element and to the detachment junction. In certain embodiments, the core element comprises a helically wound coil, for example a wire formed into a helically wound primary shape. In certain embodiments, the helically wound primary shape self-forms into a secondary shape (e.g., cloverleaf shaped, helically-shaped, figure-8 shaped, flower-shaped, vortex-shaped, ovoid, randomly shaped, or substantially spherical shape) upon deployment. The core element is preferably electrolytically detachable from the pusher wire.
In any of the assemblies described herein, the polymer structure may comprise a tubular braid structure, for example a braid comprising at least one polymer selected form group consisting of PET, PLGA, and Nylon. Furthermore, in any of the assemblies described herein, at least one component (e.g., the vaso-occlusive device) may be radioopaque.
In another aspect, the invention includes any of the assemblies described herein further comprising a three-dimensional structure at the distal end of the detachment junction, and wherein the polymer structure at least partially surrounds the three-dimensional structure and further wherein a flexible joint between the three-dimensional structure and the core element is created by the polymer structure. In certain embodiments, the three-dimensional structure at the distal end of the detachment junction is a ball-like structure.
In yet another aspect, the invention includes a method of making an assembly as described herein, the method comprising the steps of (a) securing the polymer structure to the proximal and distal ends of the core element; and (b) attaching the proximal end of the core element to the distal end of a pusher wire, the distal end of the pusher wire comprising an electrolytically detachable junction member. In certain embodiments, step (b) is performed prior to step (a). In other embodiments step (a) and step (b) are performed concurrently. In still further embodiments, step (b) is performed prior to step (a) and further wherein the polymer structure is also secured to the electrolytically detachable junction member. In any of the methods described herein, the core element may comprise a helically wound coil. Furthermore, any of these methods may further comprise the step of forming an end cap at the distal end of the core element (e.g., helically wound coil) from the polymer.
In certain embodiments, the polymer structure is secured to the core element and/or junction member using heat. In other embodiments, the polymer structure is secured to the core element and/or junction member using one or more adhesives. In still further embodiments, the polymer structure is secured to the core element and/or junction member using heat and one or more adhesives.
In yet another aspect, the invention includes a method of at least partially occluding an aneurysm, the method comprising the steps of introducing any of the vaso-occlusive assemblies described herein into the aneurysm and detaching the core element from the detachment junction, thereby deploying the core element into the aneurysm.
Furthermore, any of the assemblies or devices described herein may further include one or more additional components.
FIG. 1 is a side view depicting an exemplary vaso-occlusive assembly as described herein.
FIG. 2 is a side view depicting another exemplary vaso-occlusive assembly as described herein having an external polymer covering.
FIG. 3 is a side view depicting another exemplary vaso-occlusive assembly as described herein a first vaso-occlusive coil surrounded by a second vaso-occlusive coil.
FIG. 4 is a side view depicting yet another exemplary vaso-occlusive assembly as described herein in having a ball-like structure positioned near the distal end of the detachment zone.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are side views depicting another exemplary vaso-occlusive assembly as described herein including a flexible joint created by the polymer structure when it is placed over the core element and over distal end of the pusher wire.
Stretch-resistant occlusive (e.g., embolic) compositions are described. The compositions described herein find use in vascular and neurovascular indications and are particularly useful in treating aneurysms, for example small-diameter, curved or otherwise difficult to access vasculature, for example aneurysms, such as cerebral aneurysms. Methods of making and using these vaso-occlusive are also aspects of this invention.
Unlike previously described stretch resistant vaso-occlusive coils, the devices described herein exhibit enhanced stretch resistance (tensile strength) without the need for stretch resistant members within the lumen of the coil device. Instead, stretch resistance is imparted by the use of a polymer structure (e.g., tubular braided structure) covering at least part of the underlying core element (e.g., the coil) and at least part of the detachment junction. Such designs not only exhibit greater stretch resistance than previously described devices, they also exhibit reduced friction and are much simpler to manufacture.
Furthermore, unlike currently available stretch-resistant designs, the devices described herein may be designed to include flexible, articulating detachment junctions. As noted above, implantable devices may be conveniently detached from the deployment mechanism (e.g., pusher wire) by the application of electrical energy, which dissolves a suitable substrate at the selected detachment junction. However, many available electrolytically detachable implants are inflexible in or near the detachment junction. As a result of this inflexibility, the force exerted on the pusher wire by the operator can result in catheter kickback during placement or detachment (i.e., the tip of the catheter is displaced out of the aneurysm when the force exerted on the coil via the pusher wire is transmitted back to the catheter) and/or in inefficient detachment of the coil.
Thus, the devices and assemblies described herein are stretch resistant and, in addition, result in increased flexibility and articulation of the implantable device with respect to the deployment mechanism (e.g., pusher wire and/or catheter). The detachment junction is preferably electrolytically detachable, but may also be adapted to be mechanically detachable (upon movement or pressure) and/or detached upon the application of heat (thermally detachable), the application of radiation, and/or the application of electromagnetic radiation.
Advantages of the present invention include, but are not limited to, (i) the provision of stretch-resistant, low-friction vaso-occlusive devices; (ii) the provision of implantable devices that are articulate around the detachment junction, thereby reducing catheter kickback effects; (iv) the provision of occlusive devices that can be retrieved and/or repositioned after deployment; and (v) cost-effective production of these devices.
It must be noted that, as used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural referents unless the content clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to a device comprising “a polymer” includes devices comprising of two or more polymers.
The vaso-occlusive devices described herein comprise a core element covered by at least one polymer structure, preferably a braid. The polymer structure may be made up of two or more polymer filaments, for example constructs comprising filamentous elements assembled by one or more operations including coiling, twisting, braiding, weaving or knitting of the filamentous elements.
The polymer(s) making up the structures described herein may be selected from a wide variety of materials. One such example is a suture-type material. Synthetic and natural polymers, such as polyurethanes (including block copolymers with soft segments containing esters, ethers and carbonates), polyethers, polyamides (including nylon polymers and their derivatives), polyimides (including both thermosetting and thermoplastic materials), acrylates (including cyanoacrylates), epoxy adhesive materials (two part or one part epoxy-amine materials), olefins (including polymers and copolymers of ethylene, propylene butadiene, styrene, and thermoplastic olefin elastomers), fluoronated polymers (including polytetrafluoroethylene), polydimethyl siloxane-based polymers, cross-linked polymers, non-cross linked polymers, Rayon, cellulose, cellulose derivatives such nitrocellulose, natural rubbers, polyesters such as lactides, glycolides, trimethylene carbonate, caprolactone polymers and their copolymers, hydroxybutyrate and polyhydroxyvalerate and their copolymers, polyether esters such as polydioxinone, anhydrides such as polymers and copolymers of sebacic acid, hexadecandioic acid and other diacids, or orthoesters may be used.
Thus, the polymer structures described herein may include one or more absorbable (biodegradable) polymers and/or one or more non-absorbable polymers. The terms “absorbable” and “biodegradable” are used interchangeable to refer to any agent that, over time, is no longer identifiable at the site of application in the form it was injected, for example having been removed via degradation, metabolism, dissolving or any passive or active removal procedure. Non-limiting examples of absorbable proteins include synthetic and polysaccharide biodegradable hydrogels, collagen, elastin, fibrinogen, fibronectin, vitronectin, laminin and gelatin. Many of these materials are commercially available. Fibrin-containing compositions are commercially available, for example from Baxter. Collagen containing compositions are commercially available, for example from Cohesion Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. Fibrinogen-containing compositions are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,168,788 and 5,290,552. Mixtures, copolymers (both block and random) of these materials are also suitable.
Preferred biodegradable polymers include materials used as dissolvable suture materials, for instance polyglycolic and/or polylactic acids (PGLA) to encourage cell growth in the aneurysm after their introduction. Preferred non-biodegradable polymers include polyethylene teraphthalate (PET or DACRON™), polypropylene, polytetraflouroethylene, or Nylon materials. Highly preferred are PET or PGLA.
The polymeric structure is used to partially or completely cover a core element. The core element may be made of a variety of materials (e.g., metal, polymer, etc.) and may assume a variety of tubular structures, for examples, braids, coils, combination braid and coils and the like. Thus, although depicted in the Figures described below as a coil, the inner member may be of a variety of shapes or configuration includes, but not limited to, braids, knits, woven structures, tubes (e.g., perforated or slotted tubes), cables, injection-molded devices and the like. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,533,801 and International Patent Publication WO 02/096273. The core element preferably changes shape upon deployment, for example change from a constrained linear form to a relaxed, three-dimensional (secondary) configuration. See, also, U.S. Pat. No. 6,280,457.
In a particularly preferred embodiment, the core element comprises at least one metal or alloy. Suitable metals and alloys for the core element include the Platinum Group metals, especially platinum, rhodium, palladium, rhenium, as well as tungsten, gold, silver, tantalum, and alloys of these metals. The core element may also comprise of any of a wide variety of stainless steels if some sacrifice of radio-opacity may be tolerated. Very desirable materials of construction, from a mechanical point of view, are materials that maintain their shape despite being subjected to high stress. Certain “super-elastic alloys” include nickel/titanium alloys (48-58 atomic % nickel and optionally containing modest amounts of iron); copper/zinc alloys (38-42 weight % zinc); copper/zinc alloys containing 1-10 weight % of beryllium, silicon, tin, aluminum, or gallium; or nickel/aluminum alloys (36-38 atomic % aluminum). Particularly preferred are the alloys described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,174,851; 3,351,463; and 3,753,700. Especially preferred is the titanium/nickel alloy known as “nitinol.” These are very sturdy alloys that will tolerate significant flexing without deformation even when used as a very small diameter wire. If a super-elastic alloy such as nitinol is used in any component of the device, the diameter of the wire may be significantly smaller than that used when the relatively more ductile platinum or platinum/tungsten alloy is used as the material of construction. These metals have significant radio-opacity and in their alloys may be tailored to accomplish an appropriate blend of flexibility and stiffness. They are also largely biologically inert. In a preferred embodiment, the core element comprises a metal wire wound into a primary helical shape. The core element may be, but is not necessarily, subjected to a heating step to set the wire into the primary shape. The diameter of the wire typically making up the coils is often in a range of 0.0005 and 0.050 inches, preferably between about 0.001 and about 0.004 inches in diameter.
Methods of making vaso-occlusive coils having a linear helical shape and/or a different three-dimensional (secondary) configuration are known in the art and described in detail in the documents cited above, for example in U.S. Pat. No. 6,280,457. Thus, it is further within the scope of this invention that the vaso-occlusive device as a whole or elements thereof comprise secondary shapes or structures that differ from the linear coil shapes depicted in the Figures, for examples, spheres, ellipses, spirals, ovoids, figure-8 shapes, etc. The devices described herein may be self-forming in that they assume the secondary configuration upon deployment into an aneurysm. Alternatively, the devices may assume their secondary configurations under certain conditions (e.g., change in temperature, application of energy, etc.).
The polymeric structures are secured, at least, to the proximal end of the core element. Furthermore, as shown in the Figures, the polymer structure is also in contact with, and preferably secured to, the electrolytically detachable junction at the distal end of the pusher wire. The polymeric structure is also optionally secured near or at the distal end of the core element, for example so as to create an end cap on the distal end of the core element that may ease deployment. Alternatively, the optional end cap may be formed from a different polymer(s) than used to cover the core element.
The polymeric structure(s) may be combined with the core element in any fashion. For example, the polymeric structures may be wound around the core element or, alternatively, may be shaped into a tubular sheath that surrounds the core element. The polymer component may adhere to the core element in one or more locations, for example by heating (melting) of the polymer or by use of adhesives (e.g., EVA) to the polymer or to the core element), heat setting so as to shrink the polymer(s) onto the core element, or by other suitable means. The polymer component may completely cover the core element (as shown in FIG. 1B) or may be added to the core element such that one or more regions of the core element are not covered.
It will be apparent that the process used to attach the polymer to the core element will depend on the nature of the polymer. For example, it will be preferable not to heat certain polymers (e.g., PGLA) as heating may cause degradation of PGLA. Furthermore, the polymeric component may be added to the core element before or after the core element is shaped into a primary and/or secondary configuration.
The polymeric component may be added before or after the core element is attached to a detachable junction. Typically, the core element is attached to a detachment junction at its proximal end. See, also, Examples. Methods of connecting a core element to a pusher wire having an electrolytically detachable junction are well known and described for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,620,152; 6,425,893; 5,976,131 5,354,295; and 5,122,136. It will be apparent that the detachment junction may also include additional polymers to which the core element and polymer coverings are secured. For example, when the core element is secured to the detachment junction prior to addition of the polymeric structure, the distal end of the detachment junction may comprise a polymer such as PET. The use of the polymer structures attached to known vaso-occlusive devices (core elements) as described herein results in much less friction upon delivery and/or deployment and, in addition, increases the stretch-resistance (tensile strength) of the devices.
Depicted in the Figures are exemplary embodiments of the present invention in which the core element is depicted as a helically wound metallic coil. It will be appreciated that the drawings are for purposes of illustration only and that other implantable devices can be used in place of embolic coils, for example, stents, filters, and the like. Furthermore, although depicted in the Figures as embolic coils, the embolic devices may be of a variety of shapes or configuration including, but not limited to, open and/or closed pitch helically wound coils, braids, wires, knits, woven structures, tubes (e.g., perforated or slotted tubes), injection-molded devices and the like. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,533,801 and International Patent Publication WO 02/096273. It will also be appreciated that the devices and assemblies can have various configurations as long as they are stretch resistant and/or exhibit the required flexibility.
FIG. 1 is a schematic depicting an exemplary stretch-resistant device as described herein. The device comprises a helically wound core element 10 covered by a tubular polymeric braid structure 20. Also shown in FIG. 1 is detachment junction 30 and pusher wire 40. The tubular polymer braid 20 is secured to the proximal and distal ends of the core element 10 and to the distal region of the detachment junction 30.
As shown in FIG. 1, the device optionally includes end caps 50, 55, to ease the potential of the core element to cause trauma to the target vessel. Optional end caps 50, 55 are depicted in FIG. 1 as formed from polymer braid 20. Alternatively, optional end caps 50, 55 may be formed from different polymers or from the core element. One or both of the end caps may be present.
FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which the tubular braid 20 is secured to the distal end of the detachment region 30 using an electrically insulated coil 45 structure. It will be apparent that the polymeric braid can be secured near the distal end of the detachment region by any suitable means, for example by melting or gluing. Furthermore, the detachment region 30 may further include an additional polymer on its distal end.
FIG. 3 shows an exemplary embodiment similar to FIG. 2 but further comprising a second helically wound vaso-occlusive device (coil) 65 surrounding the helically wound core element 10 (and tubular braid 20). As shown in FIG. 2, it is preferred that the second coil 65 is shorter than or an equivalent length as the core element 10. In certain instances, the second coil 65 may be longer than the core element 10, so long as it does not restrict flexibility of the core element 10 with respect to the detachment zone 30. Second coil 65 may be wholly or partially electrically insulated or wholly or partially electrically conductive.
Like the embodiment in FIG. 3, the tubular braid 20 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is secured near the distal end of the detachment region 30 using an electrically insulated coil 45 structure. Furthermore, although depicted in FIG. 3 as separate components, it will be apparent that the second outermost helically wound vaso-occlusive device 65 and the electrically insulated coil 45 structure securing the tubular braid 20 to the detachment zone 30 can be a single component, formed, for example, by helically winding an electrically insulated wire in the configuration shown in FIG. 3. When second device 65 and securing coil 45 are a single component, one or more regions of the second device 65 may have electrical insulation removed therefrom.
In any of the exemplary devices described herein, the polymeric braid may be loaded onto core element before or after the core element is secured near the distal end of the detachment zone.
As noted above, stretch-resistant vaso-occlusive devices as described herein are conveniently detached from the deployment mechanism (e.g., pusher wire) by the application of electrical energy, which dissolves a suitable substrate at the selected detachment junction. The present invention also relates to flexible detachment junctions, which result in reduced catheter kickback and more efficient deployment. In particular, flexibility at the detachment zone may be imparted by attaching the polymer to the detachment junction in such a way that the stretch-resistant device is free to pivot with respect to the pusher wire.
FIG. 4 depicts an exemplary stretch resistant device 15 in which pusher wire 40 comprises a ball-like structure 25 at its distal end. The ball-like structure 25 is covered by an electrically insulated material 27. The stretch resistant device 15 includes a core element 10 and polymer covering 20. The polymer covering 20 covers the core element 10 and the distal portion of the detachment junction 30 of the pusher wire 40 including the ball-like structure 25 and insulating material 27. As a result of covering the distal end of the detachment junction 30 with the polymer structure 20 used to cover the core element 10, a flexible, articulating joint is created between the core element 10 and detachment junction 30.
FIG. 5A is a schematic showing an embodiment similar to the one depicted in FIG. 4 in a linear configuration. FIG. 5B shows how the flexible joint allows the core element 10 to pivot with respect to the pusher wire 40.
Although illustrated in the Figures as a ball-like structure, it will be apparent that flexibility may be imparted by the inclusion of virtually any three-dimensional structure, or in some cases, simply by using the distal end of the pusher wire 40, so long as a flexible joint is created by from the polymer coating 20. Non-limiting examples of suitable three-dimensional structures include ball-like structures, other spherical shapes, ovoid shapes, cubes, etc. It will also be apparent that one or more additional polymers may be included at one or more regions of the assembly, for example at the distal end of the detachment junction 30.
Furthermore, as noted above, the polymer may be combined with the core element before, concurrently or after the core element combining with the pusher wire having a detachment junction at its distal end. In other words, the core element may be combined with the pusher wire using standard techniques to form a GDC detachment junction and, subsequently, a polymer structure may be applied to the core element-pusher wire assembly. Alternatively, the core element may be first combined with a polymer structure, which is subsequently combined with the pusher wire to form a GDC junction. Then again, the core element and pusher wire may be combined using the polymer structure to form the GDC junction. The polymer structure may be combined with the core element and detachment junction using any of the methods described above, including, but not limited to, melting, adhesives and/or heat shrinking.
One or more of the components of the devices described herein (e.g., polymer covering, core element) may also comprise additional components (described in further detail below), such as co-solvents, plasticizers, radio-opaque materials (e.g., metals such as tantalum, gold or platinum), coalescing solvents, bioactive agents, antimicrobial agents, antithrombogenic agents, antibiotics, pigments, radiopacifiers and/or ion conductors which may be coated using any suitable method or may be incorporated into the element(s) during production. In addition, lubricious materials (e.g., hydrophilic) materials may be used to coat one or more members of the device to help facilitate delivery. Cyanoacrylate resins (particularly n-butylcyanoacrylate), particular embolization materials such as microparticles of polyvinyl alcohol foam may also be introduced into the intended site after the inventive devices are in place. Furthermore, previously described fibrous braided and woven components (U.S. Pat. No. 5,522,822) may also be included, for example surrounding the polymeric structure-covered core elements described herein.
One or more bioactive materials may also be included. See, e.g., co-owned U.S. Pat. No. 6,585,754 and WO 02/051460. The term “bioactive” refers to any agent that exhibits effects in vivo, for example a thrombotic agent, an anti-thrombotic agent (e.g., a water-soluble agent that inhibits thrombosis for a limited time period, described above), a therapeutic agent (e.g., chemotherapeutic agent) or the like. Non-limiting examples of bioactive materials include cytokines; extracellular matrix molecules (e.g., collagen); trace metals (e.g., copper); and other molecules that stabilize thrombus formation or inhibit clot lysis (e.g., proteins or functional fragments of proteins, including but not limited to Factor XIII, α2-antiplasmin, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) or the like). Non-limiting examples of cytokines which may be used alone or in combination in the practice of the present invention include, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and the like. Cytokines, extracellular matrix molecules and thrombus stabilizing molecules (e.g., Factor XIII, PAI-1, etc.) are commercially available from several vendors such as, for example, Genzyme (Framingham, Mass.), Genentech (South San Francisco, Calif.), Amgen (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), R&D Systems and Immunex (Seattle, Wash.). Additionally, bioactive polypeptides can be synthesized recombinantly as the sequences of many of these molecules are also available, for example, from the GenBank database. Thus, it is intended that the invention include use of DNA or RNA encoding any of the bioactive molecules. Cells (e.g., fibroblasts, stem cells, etc.) can also be included. Such cells may be genetically modified. Furthermore, it is intended, although not always explicitly stated, that molecules having similar biological activity as wild-type or purified cytokines, extracellular matrix molecules and thrombus-stabilizing proteins (e.g., recombinantly produced or mutants thereof) and nucleic acid encoding these molecules are intended to be used within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the amount and concentration of liquid embolic and/or other bioactive materials useful in the practice of the invention can be readily determined by a skilled operator and it will be understood that any combination of materials, concentration or dosage can be used, so long as it is not harmful to the subject.
A selected site is reached through the vascular system using a collection of specifically chosen catheters and/or guide wires. It is clear that should the site be in a remote site, e.g., in the brain, methods of reaching this site are somewhat limited. One widely accepted procedure is found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,994,069 to Ritchart, et al. It utilizes a fine endovascular catheter such as is found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,739,768, to Engelson. First of all, a large catheter is introduced through an entry site in the vasculature. Typically, this would be through a femoral artery in the groin. Other entry sites sometimes chosen are found in the neck and are in general well known by physicians who practice this type of medicine. Once the introducer is in place, a guiding catheter is then used to provide a safe passageway from the entry site to a region near the site to be treated. For instance, in treating a site in the human brain, a guiding catheter would be chosen which would extend from the entry site at the femoral artery, up through the large arteries extending to the heart, around the heart through the aortic arch, and downstream through one of the arteries extending from the upper side of the aorta. A guidewire and neurovascular catheter such as that described in the Engelson patent are then placed through the guiding catheter. Once the distal end of the catheter is positioned at the site, often by locating its distal end through the use of radiopaque marker material and fluoroscopy, the catheter is cleared. For instance, if a guidewire has been used to position the catheter, it is withdrawn from the catheter and then the assembly, for example including the absorbable vaso-occlusive device at the distal end, is advanced through the catheter.
Once the selected site has been reached, the vaso-occlusive device is extruded, for example by loading onto a pusher wire. Preferably, the vaso-occlusive device is loaded onto the pusher wire via an electrolytically cleavable junction (e.g., a GDC-type junction that can be severed by application of heat, electrolysis, electrodynamic activation or other means). Additionally, the vaso-occlusive device can be designed to include multiple detachment points, as described in co-owned U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,623,493 and 6,533,801 and International Patent publication WO 02/45596. They are held in place by gravity, shape, size, volume, magnetic field or combinations thereof.
To test the stretch-resistant properties of the devices described herein, the following experiments were performed. Two-inch long core platinum linear coils (0.00175″ wire diameter and 0.006 inner diameter of coil) were covered with either a PET braid (12 end, 80° braiding angle, 0.013″ (Secant)) or a PLGA braid (16 end, high braiding angle, 0.013″ (Secant)).
For the PET covered coil, the PET tubular braid was loaded over the coil and melted to the distal and proximal ends. A short PET plug was inserted into the Pt coil to increase bonding strength. The PET at the proximal end of the Pt coil was then joined to an electrolytically detachable junction on the distal end of a pusher wire using standard GDC processing techniques.
For the PGLA covered coil, a platinum coil was joined to an electrolytically detachable junction on the distal end of a pusher wire using standard GDC processing techniques, using a PET junction. Subsequently, the PGLA tubular braid was slid over the Pt coil and glued to the distal end of the coil with Dymax 1128 UV curable adhesive. The proximal end of the PGLA tubular braid was also glued to the PET junction (at the proximal end of the coil) using the same adhesive.
Tensile strength of the PET- and PGLA-covered was compared to currently available stretch resistant coil designs available as GDC™-10 Soft SR coils from Boston Scientific. Currently available stretch-resistant designs included sutures through the lumen of a helically wound coil. Tensile testing was conducted using equipment available from Instron®. In particular, tensile tests as between the distal portion of the coil 0.5 inches from the tip and the pusher wire at 2 inches/minute were conducted. Results of 5 separate experiments are shown in Table 1.
Thus, the devices described herein exhibit approximately 3 to 3.5 fold increased stretch resistance as compared to currently available stretch resistant designs (inner suture or thread designs). In particular, the PET braid melt design improved stretch-resistance by approximately 3.5 fold over current designs, while the PGLA design (glued) improved stretch-resistance by approximately 3 fold over current designs.
Modifications of the procedure and vaso-occlusive devices described above, and the methods of using them in keeping with this invention will be apparent to those having skill in this mechanical and surgical art. These variations are intended to be within the scope of the claims that follow.
wherein the core element is electrolytically detachable from a pusher wire.
2. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 1, wherein the core element comprises a helically wound coil.
3. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 1, wherein the polymer structure comprises a tubular braid structure.
4. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 3, wherein the braid comprises at least one polymer selected form group consisting of PET, PLGA, and Nylon.
5. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 1, wherein the core element comprises a wire formed into a helically wound primary shape.
6. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 5, where the core element has a secondary shape that self-forms upon deployment.
7. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 6, where the secondary shape is selected from the group consisting of cloverleaf shaped, helically-shaped, figure-8 shaped, flower-shaped, vortex-shaped, ovoid, randomly shaped, and substantially spherical.
8. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 1, wherein the device is radioopaque.
9. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 1, wherein the core element is electrolytically detachable from a pusher wire.
10. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 1, further comprising a three-dimensional structure at the distal end of the detachment junction, wherein the polymer structure at least partially surrounds the three-dimensional structure and further wherein a flexible joint between the three-dimensional structure and the core element is created by the polymer structure.
11. The vaso-occlusive assembly of claim 10, wherein the three-dimensional structure at the distal end of the detachment junction is a ball-like structure.
wherein the distal end of the pusher wire comprises an electrolytically detachable junction member.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein step (a) is performed prior to step (b).
14. The method of claim 12, wherein step (a) and step (b) are performed concurrently.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein step (b) is performed prior to step (a) and further wherein the core element is also secured to the electrolytically detachable junction member.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein the core element comprises a helically wound coil.
17. The method of 16, further comprising the step of forming an end cap at the distal end of the helically wound coil from the polymer.
18. The method of claim 12, wherein the polymer structure is secured to the core element and/or junction member using heat.
19. The method of claim 12, wherein the polymer structure is secured to the core element and/or junction member using one or more adhesives.
20. The method of claim 12, wherein the polymer structure is secured to the core element and/or junction member using heat and one or more adhesives.
21. A method of at least partially occluding an aneurysm, the method comprising the steps of introducing a vaso-occlusive assembly according to claim 1 into the aneurysm and detaching the polymeric structure from the detachment junction, thereby deploying the core element into the aneurysm. | 2019-04-19T09:00:38Z | https://patents.google.com/patent/US8002789B2/en | Porn | Science | 0.284886 |
blogs | One of the terrorists said: "We want to start a war". They mustn't succeed. Attacks on mosques play their game.
When the first Islamist terror attack in Britain took place - the horror of 7/7 - suicide bombs were the means and training abroad the method, or part of it: mobiles were cruder and Twitter didn't exist. Much has changed since the day when I sat in David Davis's office (he was Shadow Home Secretary at the time, and I was a Conservative MP) scribbling lines for his response to Charles Clarke's Commons statement. Osama Bin Laden is dead, his Al Qaeda network is smashed, and rookie terrorists aren't necessarily put through their paces in Afghanistan or Pakistan: one of the last domestic British victim of an attack was an MP, Stephen Timms.
His attacker, Roshonara Choudhry, was self-radicalised towards extremism and violence: that's to say, she'd been swayed by videos of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American Al Qaeda terror cleric. Choudhry embodied the danger which the security services had warned about - the "lone wolf" who would strike without a supporting network: the Islamist equivalent of Anders Breivik, the Norwegian fascist terrorist. It is too early to tell if the two terrorists who so foully murdered a soldier yesterday in Woolwich were also isolated and home-grown, or part of a wider network - and recent arrivals in Britain.
It's also unclear whether they were converts to the Salafist-Wahabi strand of Islam - of which Al Qaeda is the one of the most violent manifestations - from a traditional Islamic background or from outside the religion altogether. But what is certain is that beheading British soldiers has been an aim among Al Qaeda-inspired fanatics for some time. For example, Parvix Khan from Birmingham received a life sentence in 2007 for plotting to behead a soldier "like a pig". Today's terrorists were taking a well-trodden path - albeit one with a peculiarly and sickeningly modern or even post-modern end: one was videoed by passers-by mouthing propaganda.
The speed at which the film was disseminated, the frenzied reaction to the atrocity on Twitter, and the sheer pace of modern news all point to danger. Terrorists aim to provoke reprisal attacks - as those who launch them would term them - on innocent people: in this case, Muslims. As one of yesterday's terrorists reportedly put it: "We want to start a war in London". I wondered when I was an MP how many Al Qaeda terror assaults it would take to spark attacks on Muslims and mosques. Or what the consequence of a prolonged Israeli incursion into Gaza would be for British Jews - or the effects of war between India and Pakistan on the streets of London or Birmingham.
The barbaric murder of a member of the armed forces will sicken and anger the overwhelming majority of the British public. As I write, we cannot know that yesterday's horror will not repeated, that the murderers were not acting alone, or that further assaults of a similar kind will not be attempted. However, we can be sure that the hearts of British Muslims sank at yesterday's news. For them, the return of Islamist terror to Britain means more journalists in their neighbourhoods, more scrutiny of their circumstances, more awkwardness (at least) in the shop or office or playground - and more antipathy towards their religion.
Most will recognise, none the less, that Britain has been a warm home for Muslims - just as it has been for successive waves of immigrants - and many will acknowledge (though more frequently in private than public) that the driving cause of yesterday's bloody horror on the streets of Woolwich isn't deprivation, or inter-generational tension, or even foreign policy, but ideology: the belief that the problems of Muslim-majority countries are caused by western democracies, and that the solution lies in an Islam unrecognisable from the traditional, classical form - one in which that religion has been twisted into an totalitarian ideology like communism or naziism.
Britain is only a part of the worldwide theatre on which the conflict between Islamism and its enemies - that is, nearly everyone else, including Sufi Muslims as well as western democracies - is being fought. Governments must thus recognise that there are limits to what policy can achieve. Withdrawal from Iraq and coming withdrawal from Afghanistan have not ended terror, as we saw yesterday. The security services will not halt every plot, though they have stopped many since 21/7. There is no evidence that initiatives such as last Government's Prevent policy, on which it staked so much, delivered hard results or value for money for the taxpayer.
Above all, government can grasp that violent extremism has its roots in extremist ideology - which infects the minds of failed young men like a virus, and lends them a sense of identity and belonging. Theresa May is working hard at keeping preachers who share that ideology out of the country - though CLG had not, when I last enquired, set out its counter-extremism policy (for which we have waiting for over a year). There are still conspicuous problems, but this is not the time to return to them. Rather, it is one to think of and pray for the friends and family of a soldier murdered while unarmed on the streets of Woolwich. And to add that attacks on mosques or Muslims in response betrays the values of the country he served. | 2019-04-18T12:18:36Z | https://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/05/c.html | Porn | Reference | 0.221384 |
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I can do like five or six posts to pick up the slack.
I’m very committed to this project.
I have always loved the written word.
It’s in my nature to write.
When I don’t write, I don’t feel like I’m living the life I was meant to live.
It is the goal of the writer to write.
To write is my goal.
It’s more than a goal: It’s like breathing.
I’m surprised I am even still alive, having gone a day without breathing.
I’m going to spend the whole weekend breathing.
You might have to cut back on your TV time in order to get your reps in.
But, if you really love breathing, it won’t seem like work.
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I have a stack of unread non-fiction I got at a church’s used book sale.
I still buy books as a way to have access to information even though I use the internet a lot. “That might be a good thing to have access to,” I think.
I can always use the internet to see what other people think about a particular container of information.
“What is the goodreads rating for this book about Nazis,” I can ask.
I might do two posts today: This one and another later with actual NNWM stuff.
The continuing saga of two millennials using their phones.
So far, from the text, it’s unclear whether the two people are involved with each other at all.
They might be. They might not be.
Metaphor depends on the ostensible facts.
She tapped it. Naturally, it turned out to be a hyperbolic headline referencing the exact same thing that happens every year. They could’ve used the word “battle,” but they took it up a notch. There was no indication that this year’s shopping season would be any more warlike than any other. If anything, more people were expected to shop online, perhaps decreasing the likelihood of any scuffles or stampedes in retail centers. She expected as much when she tapped it, but had held out — wait, was it hope? Did she actually hope that some violence might be on the horizon? Or did she hope merely that the news story might (unlike most) be a thrill to read?
This self-indictment troubled her more than the general banality of online media (a given), and more than the idea of violence perpetrated by and against strangers (also a given).
She refreshed the feed. That headline appeared further down, after several other stories about spending projections and items predicted to be popular gift choices.
Someone could do a movie about toys that kill people unless people buy them, she thought.
I should watch Gremlins 2 again.
Something weird is going on with the notifications.
I’ve never been certain that I “trust” online publication mechanisms, but I’m also not going to print all this stuff in a photocopy zine or whatever, so it is what it is.
I post stuff online. Usually it’s stuff written to be posted online.
I also write other stuff and never post it anywhere.
These factors influence the composition in ways obscure even to me.
But also in some obvious ways.
You don’t get enough omega fats. You don’t get enough minerals. You don’t get enough phytonutrients. You don’t get enough fiber. What do you get? What are you getting? What do you eat all day?
Across town, the woman kept refreshing her feed. She wanted to see how often the order in which the posts showed up would change. Every three or four refresh actions produced an entirely different sequence of posts. A few appeared almost every time. Most were visible only once. This served as a metaphor.
She drank matcha every day, but she only paid someone else to brew it for her maybe twice per week. Today, she paid someone $3.50 for a mug of matcha. Her box of matcha at home cost $6.75 and could produce enough brewed matcha to fill that mug twenty times.
She didn’t delete it. She didn’t reply. She went back to the feed and refreshed it.
I feel pretty sure this won’t end up being a novel, but I suppose it’s possible.
All these mysterious women in fiction, like they’re all just waiting around doing ordinary stuff until something related to a relationship happens.
So are the men. Doing ordinary stuff. Or, if not “ordinary,” generally unremarkable, even though the whole book remarks on it.
Relationships obviously vary, but it’s “ordinary” to be “in a relationship,” now and then at least.
It’s been a while since I “dated” anyone.
The man is clearly something of a doofus.
Of course, the woman could be as well.
I should’ve tried to write some straight up sword & sorcery or space opera.
Just tons of action and minimal world-building.
I like world-building, but it’s slower than writing sentence after sentence of people doing things.
“And then he punched the enemy. And then he jumped over the obstacle. And then he shot another enemy.” Like that, except you go into more detail, which isn’t hard to imagine if you’ve watched a bunch of movies and played lots of video games.
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wordpress | Public transport modes include city buses, trolleybuses, trams (or light rail) and passenger trains, rapid transit (metro/subway/underground, etc.) and ferries. Public transport between cities is dominated by airlines, coaches, and intercity rail. High-speed rail networks are being developed in many parts of the world. Most public transport systems run along fixed routes with set embarkation/disembarkation points to a prearranged timetable, with the most frequent services running to a headway (e.g.: “every 5 minutes” as opposed to being scheduled for any specific time of the day). Share taxis offer on-demand services in many parts of the world, and some services will wait until the vehicle is full before it departs. Paratransit is sometimes used in areas of low demand and for people who need a door-to-door service.
For geographical, historical and economic reasons, differences exist internationally regarding use and extent of public transport. While countries in the Old World tend to have extensive and frequent systems serving their old and dense cities, many cities of the New World have more sprawl and much less comprehensive public transport. The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the international network for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry. It has 3,400 members from 92 countries.
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wordpress | The First Thing: This is the Vorkosigan Saga Reread.
The Second Thing: The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of books written by Lois McMaster Bujold.
The Third Thing: I’m on the last book chronologically, CryoBurn. This week I cover Chapter Three.
The Fourth Thing: Miles Vorkosigan is on the planet of Kibou-daini, befriended by a boy named Jin while he tries to figure out what’s going on on the planet.
Jin leads Miles down to a tunnel and into another building, which seems to be occupied; they pass a kitchen where some cooks and diners watch them warily. A woman named Ako asks Jin to have breakfast, but Jin says he has a guest. They go up two flights of stairs into offices-turned-apartments; most of the inhabitants seem elderly, but Miles supposes that those more capable might be busy doing things. He notes that there seems to be some usage of public utilities, and wonders how they’re getting away with it. One floor further up, Jin knocks on a door and is answered gruffly from within.
Suze turns out to be a hunched, elderly woman, somewhat grumpy in demeanour, who is dubious about Miles, referring to him as “Yani’s druggie”, though Miles claims that he had an allergic reaction to some medication, was robbed, and got lost in the Cryocombs. Jin asks if Miles can use his comconsole; Suze claims that it can’t send out, which Miles finds unlikely, but doesn’t complain. In a secretive community like this one, he knows, trust has to be earned, and being a stranger can be dangerous. He says he only wants to read the news, and is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers, which is, admittedly, a situation that has turned out well for him in the past. Suze allows Miles access, and he checks on the news, not taking long to find an item on the cryo-conference incident. He, Roic, and Dr. Durona are all listed among the missing, and two different extremist organizations are claiming responsibility.
Suze, aware of the incident, asks Miles if he’s an offworlder; Miles admits he is, and that they tried to kidnap him, but the sedative they used made him manic instead, and he escaped. Miles contemplates his position–nobody knows where he is, and he’s tempted to take advantage of the fact, but news of his disappearance or capture has surely already been sent home, and he has loved ones who would take it hard. He could go to some public place and call for help, but he’s worried someone else might be able to find him if he does; he suspects that the authorities are somewhat under the thumb of shady people whose attention he’d rather not draw.
Jin, bored, asks if he can get them something from the kitchen, and Miles asks for coffee; Jin expresses bewilderment that anybody could like that, but Suze asks for some too, and Jin heads off in search. Miles takes advantage of Jin’s absence to ask Suze about him, volunteering the information that Jin had already given him. Suze says that Jin’s father was killed in a construction accident, and without insurance he was denied freezing until it was too late; this drove Jin’s mother into campaigning for freezing as a public right, until she was blamed for a violent rally and frozen herself as a potential mental health risk. Her family kept quiet, shamed by her behaviour and daunted by the enemies she’d made; Miles doesn’t find any of this surprising, having experience with lots of corruption over the years.
Suze tells him that the system wasn’t too bad for a while, the companies being small and varied enough that they didn’t have a huge sway over the government, but a couple of decades ago the cryocompanies were beginning to agglomerate, and now there’s half a dozen that are in charge of everything. Miles asks Suze about herself; she says she was secretary of the family corporation that owned this building, bought out and sold off by one of the cryocorps, which itself got swallowed up by WhiteChrys.
Before Miles can question her further, Jin returns with coffee and cinnamon rolls; Suze doctors her coffee with some booze, which Miles declines. Suze seems to feel like she’s said too much, because she tells him to go to Ayako’s Cafe to get his friends to pick him up; Jin wants him to stay longer, but Suze says he has to go. Miles says that he came to the planet to learn about cryo-law and -science on Kibou-daini, but he feels like the conference left out rather a lot, and he wants to find out more about it; Suze tells him to look elsewhere, but Miles says he’d like to stay for one more day, if he can send a message with Jin.
Suze offers to spring for his tram fare if he goes; Miles obliquely threatens to tell the police about them, unless they give him some more information. He mentions that WhiteChrys has also tried to bribe him, which mostly made him curious what they were hiding, and also makes him want to hide from them a little longer. He assures her that the recipient of his message will do what he says. Jin says he’ll be happy to carry the message, and Suze, still grumpy about the trouble this little man seems likely to bring down on them, tells Jin to get him something to write his message with, and on.
Jin takes “Miles-san” down to the storeroom, where Miles spends some time looking through an assortment of notepaper, mostly fancy flowered stationery. Miles selects a pen as well, then looks around at the room.
“Whenever anybody has findings that they don’t want, they bring them down here for anybody to use,” Jin explained. “Or else when . . . um.” When they go downstairs to Tenbury for the last time, but he couldn’t say that. He wasn’t sure he was even supposed to know that.
Miles spots a pile of discarded shoes, and Jin helps him find a pair of girly but wearable sport shoes; then he finds himself a sturdy wooden cane. Jin leads him back up to the roof, where Miles sits down at the table and composes the note; after he’s done, Miles asks him for something sharp, and Jin finds him a scalpel. Miles pricks his thumb with it and makes a bloody thumbprint on the sealed envelope; Jin asks him why, and Miles says it’s traditional, but also contains a good DNA sample to prove it comes from him. Miles tells him where to deliver the note, and writes down the address as well; he instructs Jin to give it only to Lieutenant Johannes of Consul Vorlynkin. Jin gets tramfare from his limited cache of coins, which Miles promises him he’ll get back; Jin gives Miles instructions for dealing with any animal-related emergencies, and then heads down to the street.
He nervously takes the tram to the unfamiliar east side of the city, and manages to find the Barrayaran Consulate in a neighbourhood of houses in walled gardens; it’s not nearly so impressive as the huge mansion of the Escobaran embassy, though. He walks through the open gate and presses the buzzer; the man who answers tries to put him off, but Jin says he has a letter, and the man identifies himself as Lieutenant Johannes, so Jin gives him the letter. When Jin says it’s from Miles Vorkosigan, though, Johannes pulls him inside, opens the envelope, and shouts for someone named Stefin; he is relieved when the letter’s contents announce that Miles is alive after all. A second man comes down the stairs.
They look at Jin doubtfully, and Jin says the thumbprint on the envelope was done in Miles-san’s own blood; Johannes takes the envelope and goes to get it checked out. Jin asks the other man if he’s Consul Vorlynkin, with the man confirms, even though he’s not as old as Jin expected. He starts asking Jin about how he met Miles, and Jin tells him about meeting him after he got out of the Cryocombs; he tries to reassure the consul that Miles is okay, but the consul says that he’ll put Jin under fast-penta if anything about the story doesn’t check out. Luckily, the consul doesn’t press the question of where exactly Miles _is_, muttering to himself about why he sent a child with the letter.
Johannes returns with the news that the thumbprint is genuine, so the consul supposes they’ll have to do as the letter tells them, but they’ll send a copy of ImpSec on Komarr; they’re not likely to override Miles’s orders without approval from very high up, though. Miles also seems to think Roic was taken, which they’ll have to pursue. Jin diffidently tells them that Miles has asked for a reply; the consul says he’ll provide one, and tells him to wait, and the two men leave him there. Jin pokes around a little, but another man discourages this, so he sits and waits; the consul returns with an envelope and gives it to him, with orders to give it to Lord Vorkosigan only, something Jin assures him he can do. He leaves a little apprehensively, but somewhat reassures that Miles-san seems to have some sort of friends on the planet.
I can’t help but think that Miles’s correction of Jin’s pronunciation is aimed at some readers. Well, getting your readers to pronounce your character’s names right is a spotty affair at best. By now, even if the author declares firmly that the second syllable of Vorkosigan is “ko” to rhyme with “snow”, I’m still going to say “Vor-koss-i-gan”. It’s still closer than “Vor-ka-see-gin”, right?
Suze explains how the planet got to its current sorry state, as the little cryo-company voting blocs got subsumed in mergers until all that was left were the big companies. Sounds a bit more plausible than people picking big companies to give their votes to. It seems like a lack of planning and foresight. I mean, signing your voting proxies over to the company that’s holding you frozen is one thing if you have assurances that they’re just as liberal or conservative or libertarian or whatever as you are. But if you don’t have any assurance that they’re going to keep voting that way forever, then it’s just bad planning.
The relief of the embassy staff to find out that Miles is still alive and well is palpable, since surely it’d be a black mark on their records for a Lord Auditor, and Count’s Heir, to go missing or die on their watch. And if it turned out that the planetary authorities were in any way responsible for it, it might lead to some kind of heavy-handed intervention on Barrayar’s part. Which, again, makes me wonder what the heck is really going on here. Anyway, we don’t know much about Johannes and Vorlynkin, whether they’re on the up-and-up or if one of them is collaborating with the enemy or something. Vorlynkin, at least, didn’t seem to be digging too hard to find out where Miles was, which would be a bit of a danger sign. What the heck is in that letter, though? What is Miles telling them to do? I guess we’ll have to wait to find that out too, with any luck.
Also, what the heck is “going downstairs to Tenbury”? Another cryo-freezing thing? Another tidbit for later, I guess.
And that’s the Reread for another week, I guess. Another chapter, likely, next week…week after that is Christmas Eve, so I might take a break, or if I’m feeling ambitious I might do up an entry in advance to post on a timer. But I wouldn’t count on it; I haven’t finished my Christmas shopping yet, after all.
on December 11, 2014 at 5:17 am | Reply Mike G.
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wordpress | Sigmund Brouwer certainly knows how to weave an intriguing mystery, and protagonist Jim Webb’s blend of hard-earned cynicism and innate compassion stand him in good stead as he unravels the secrets of his grandfather’s past. Tin Soldier is part of the second “Seven” series, which takes Webb and his six cousins on further adventures, this time self-imposed, to defend the reputation of the grandfather they all loved.
Spending the week between Christmas and New Years at their grandfather’s cabin, five of the seven cousins discover a World War II pistol, a hidden cache of fake identities and money in the wall of the cabin. The discovery sets wheels in motion, and Jim finds himself in Alabama talking to Ruby Gavin, who he met as part of his first adventure, Devil’s Pass (2012).
Tin Soldier, though, is only superficially about the mystery Webb solves; its most poignant impact comes from the lessons Webb learns. This may sound trite and clichéd, but Bouwer’s message of tolerance is not only apropos to our current sociopolitical situation, but a truth that each generation needs to learn for itself. Webb is introduced by Ruby to Vietnam War veteran Lee Knox who, she says, will be able to help determine why Webb’s grandfather had hidden two veterans’ ID cards; or, rather, two veteran’s ID cards, for while the names are different, the pictures are the same. Lee’s questions, weaving upwards through his personal contacts from the war, soon result in drastic consequences, and the two unlikely associates set out to find answers.
Webb carries serious anti-military baggage from abuse at the hands of his ex-step-father; Lee harbours deep racial anger from his experience as an activist in the Civil Rights movement. Their common purpose only mostly overcomes their seeming antipathy, but they both recognize the similarities that bind them together more than their prejudices hold them apart. Webb’s previous abuse and subsequent life on the streets of Toronto help him to empathize with the trauma Lee has experienced through the upheavals of the 1960s and 70s. His growing respect for Lee fosters a belief in Lee’s opinion that Webb’s generation have the power—like Lee’s in their time—to make a positive statement in the world: “Guy like you,” Lee asserted, “maybe you could come up with another song like ‘One Tin Soldier.” Make a difference, not just make money” (109). Brouwer provides a few lines of the song by the Canadian folk group Original Caste for his readers, and I wonder how many will seek out song—will get past the very 1970s folk feel and really listen to the meaningful words. Reading Tin Soldier I was struck with the similar pertinence of “The Fiddle and the Drum,” by a more well-known Canadian artist, Joni Mitchell. “Fiddle and the Drum,” though, is a cappella, and would not lend itself to Webb’s transposing of the song from major to minor key, reinventing it for his own generation. Brouwer takes the issues of Webb’s parents’ generation and builds an analogy that readers will not only understand but feel. Webb—and in a lesser way Lee—learns that self-respect and forgiveness are key to letting go of anger. Racism, tolerance, compassion, self-respect, and the power of song resonate through the novel. In the end, as he performs his adaptation in a small club, we cheer for Webb as much as does his audience.
The eponymous Whisper whispers because her voice is “nasal, airy and distorted (38). Author Chris Stuyk-Bonn does not use the term until much later in the novel, but it is obvious that Whisper was born with a cleft palate (palatoschisis), for which her society has rejected her. She lives in the forest with Jeremia, who has a truncated arm (meromelia); the child Eva, who has webbed fingers and toes (syndactyly); the baby Ranita, also with a cleft palate; and the adult Nathaniel, who is not a “reject” but has chosen to leave society for his own reasons. Together, they form a “tribe,” a small family that look out for and love one another, living off the trade of Jeremia’s woodcarvings for supplies. Whisper is lucky: her mother—powerless to avoid the ostracization of her daughter—visits once a year. On Whisper’s 15th birthday, though, she fails to show up, sending a violin as a final gift. Whisper has an innate talent—doubtless inherited—and learns to play the music of the forest, and the joy of her family.
When, few months later, Whisper’s abusive father shows up and takes her back to his home as a servant, her life spirals down into rejection and abuse. She struggles to remain strong while being assaulted both physically and psychologically, then functionally sold into slavery in the city. At this point, it is hard for the reader to go on, so devastatingly presented is Whisper’s life. All that she has, all that supports her materially and emotionally, is her music. When fate finally intervenes, and she is given a chance at success, she is almost too traumatized to believe in the possibility of altruism. The strength of the novel lies in Whisper’s ability to stay true to herself, even damaged as she has become. The dénouement, though, seems trite and simplistic, compared to the profoundly troubling and intricately developed images of poverty and destitution that Struyk-Bonn has given us. While the sense of loyalty and love created between Whisper and her chosen family is heartfelt and inspiring, the joy and satisfaction felt in the end does not sufficiently overcome the distress experienced in the reading.
Coming Clean is more edgy than many of the Orca Soundings novels, even given their intent as “short high-interest novels with contemporary themes, written expressly for teens reading below grade level” (Orca website). The protagonist, Rob, finally lands a gig as DJ at the local club, but things go horribly wrong when a girl from his class—to whom he has been attracted but to no avail—is found dead behind the sound system at the end of his shift. His brother—with whom he has a complicate and not always positive relationship—is involved in the drug scene that caused her death, and Rob must decide what to do as an innocent yet not uninvolved party. The choices he makes are completely understandable, but not necessarily those that all young people would make. Jeff Ross provides his readers with a scenario that causes them to think “what would I do in this situation?” The answers—as both Rob and the reader soon realize—are neither obvious nor easy.
Ultimately, the choices Rob makes are the right ones… but they do not come without a cost. Readers will appreciate the ethical dilemma he has to struggle with, and his ultimate decisions, whether or not his choices are the same as they might have made. Good literature gives rise to such questioning in the readers: while short, and simply written, Coming Clean counts as extremely effective literature. | 2019-04-21T13:12:05Z | https://karynskidlitreviews.wordpress.com/tag/music/ | Porn | Arts | 0.183833 |
typepad | Barnes & Noble: It's Time to Disrupt the Industry!
Stross talks about how the publishing industry has allowed Amazon to use DRM as a tool against itself. Esposito suggests "B&N needs an MCI solution" while the Times piece encourages B&N to have a sense of urgency in avoiding the same fate as Borders.
Get publishers to understand they need to get out of their comfort zones before one player in the publishing ecosystem establishes what could become an irreversibly dominant position.
Start distributing ebooks not only in EPUB format, but also in mobi format.
Yes, I realize I'm asking for a lot here, but I think it's time for bold moves from the brick-and-mortar leader. If Lynch implements what I've described above then suddenly bn.com is able to sell content to those millions of Kindle owners (not to mention owners of pretty much every other ereading device). More importantly, bn.com becomes the content destination for every smart consumer who doesn't want to get locked in to any particular hardware device or content vendor.
The risk to B&N? They lose some nook sales along the way...maybe. I'm not convinced that would happen though. What B&N would really do is radically expand their base of potential ebook customers and earn some serious goodwill as they break down the walls of DRM and platform lock-in. And so what if they were to lose some nook sales? All reports indicate B&N represents less than half Amazon's ebook device market share. Whatever they stand to lose in hardware sales could easily be made up in ebook sales to all those Kindle owners who want the peace of mind that they'll be able to read their library on any device in the future.
In today's world the winner is the company with the deepest pockets who can afford to sell devices and content at a loss longer than the competition can. In the world I'm describing the best device and content provider wins. I like the world I'm describing much better than the one we live in today. How about you?
Apple's recent announcement and release of their iBooks Author tool was met with plenty of controversy. This HuffPost article pretty well sums things up.
My question is simply this: Why all the fuss? Apple's intent has never been to improve the book publishing industry. Just like Amazon and any other ebook vendor, Apple's goal is to capture share of this rapidly growing segment. In Apple's case, they've simply decided to offer an authoring tool that's capable of creating some pretty darned cool products. If Amazon were to do the same thing and create a terrific authoring tool for mobi or KF8 format would the industry be as upset? I don't think so.
How is this any different from the App Store model itself? Developers are creating apps for the App Store and they know they'll only run on an iOS device. They also realize they'll have to go through Apple's approval process before getting into the App Store.
Author writes material in favorite word processor.
The exact same model still exists today, even with the introduction of iBooks Author. That's right. Apple's EULA doesn't really lock you into their distribution channel for your content. That restriction only applies to a "book or other work you generate using [the iBooks Author] software." All they're really trying to do is prevent you from tweaking the output of their tool to create content for other distribution channels. OK, that's kind of annoying but far from the lock-in nightmare so many people are describing it as. Based on my interpretation, you're able to use the same content as input to the iBooks Author tool as you'd use for a mobi-formatted product you want to sell on Amazon.
Apple doesn't have an objective to move the publishing industry forward. They see an opportunity to reinvent this industry and they feel they can do so within their own, closed ecosystem. It's as simple as that and it's consistent with everything the've done in the App Store up to now.
Let's also not forget that the iBooks Author tool is free. It's not like we paid Apple $50, $100 or more for some authoring tool that we thought could work for all content formats and distribution channels. If the tool's feature set is compelling enough I'd like to think the other ebook vendors (e.g., Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Kobo, etc.) will have to come up with something at least as powerful for their own platforms. If not, they get left in the dust and Apple gains share. Seems pretty fair to me.
Large conferences like Tools of Change (TOC) New York are a wonderful way to learn about new developments in publishing as well as spend time with many of our peers. And while the networking and idea exchange that happens at TOC is second to none I believe there's an opportunity for us to do more, especially for the executive community. That's why TOC is about to launch a new series of periodic meetings for publishing executives.
We're calling these the TOC Executive Roundtables and they're a way for CxO's and other senior level leaders to discuss and, more importantly, take action on the most pressing issues we face. Our first roundtable takes place on Monday, February 13th in New York. Even though that's the first day of TOC NY it's important to note that the Executive Roundtable is completely separate from the larger conference.
We'll have speakers and a schedule for this first Executive Roundtable meeting, but this will be a much smaller gathering. And the speakers won't just be standing at a podium offering one-way communication. After all, there's a reason we're calling them "roundtables." The speakers will be leading the discussion and encouraging all the attendees to share their point of view.
We've got a couple of terrific speakers lined up for this first event. Attendance at the TOC Executive Roundtable is limited to maintain an intimate setting and foster dialogue among all participants. As a result, registration is by invitation only.
If you're an executive in the publishing industry and you'll be in New York on 2/13 please email me your name, title and company so that I can tell you more about this unique opportunity.
I don't regret spending the $200 I paid Amazon for my Kindle Fire. I tried it out and decided it wasn't for me, so I gave it to my daughter instead. Even though I no longer use the Fire I wanted to share the things I learned about the device and myself over the past several weeks. Let's start off with the good side of things.
Form factor -- I prefer the Fire's size to the iPad's. It's nice being able to wrap your hand around the entire device and the lighter weight is a big plus for the Fire. Of course, it's the same form factor as RIM's Playbook, and given how poorly that device has performed it's clear you need more than just a great form factor.
Connection to Amazon content -- There's no question Amazon is using the razors and blades economic model here and the Fire is clearly the razor they're willing to sell at little to no profit. Connectivity to Amazon's ebooks, video and audio content is second to none with the Fire. And tying in the Prime membership program will only lead to more Amazon products being sold.
That's it as far as pluses go. Now let's talk about the minuses.
Connection to Amazon content -- As easy as it is for Fire users to access Amazon content it's just that difficult to access anyone else's. If there's one thing I've learned from the Fire it's that my next tablet will not be locked in to one provider's content. That probably means I won't be buying from the typical content providers, of course. I don't mind paying more for that capability, btw. So if Samsung comes up with a terrific tablet that meets all my needs, and it's $100 or so more than the Fire, I'm in.
Auto-updates -- This one's ridiculous. How in the world can Amazon think that forcing OS updates on every Fire owner is the right thing to do? Amazon, take a page out of the Apple book and let your customers decide when and if they want the update. I couldn't help but feel the auto-update was intended more to penalize rooters than to fix problems and offer more functionality. It also reminded me of the unfortunate "1984" debacle Amazon brought upon themselves a few years ago. Really stupid.
"Silk" browser -- This has to be the biggest embarassment of all for Amazon. Remember how excited Bezos was when he demo'd the Fire's lightning-fast browser at the press event last year? It turns out the browser isn't that fast after all. In fact, in my totally unscientific side-by-side testing, the Fire almost always loaded pages slower than both my iPad and my RIM Playbook. Even with all these other issues I figured the Fire would offer a browsing experience that's second to none. The results were considerably weaker than promised. I'm disappointed that Amazon hasn't come out and admitted their failure here. It's remarkable that they still prominently feature the Silk browser on the Fire's product page. They seem to be in denial about it as they haven't even hinted it will be fixed in a future software update. As much as I criticize Apple, this is something Steve Jobs never would have let happen.
Missing a "killer" app -- This is the reason why I had to keep my iPad handy throughout my Fire use and am stuck (for the time being) on iOS. Zite is my go-to app. I use it every single day. It's outstanding. It's a free app but I'd gladly pay as much as $10 or $15 for it, especially now that I'm totally addicted to it. There's no Android version of Zite...yet. I can't even consider another Android tablet till Zite is available. Flipboard is a close second and it too doesn't exist in the Android world. Amazon should have invested some money with the developers of apps like Zite and Flipboard to make sure they were available when the Fire launched. Better yet, wouldn't it be nice if a Fire-specific app or two came out that made the device irresistable? I'd love to be talking about a Fire or Android app that's unbeatable but not available on iOS. I can't think of a single one.
I realize I'm a fairly unique user and that plenty of Fire owners are perfectly happy with their purchase. That's great, but I'd also love to see Amazon step up, act like the market leader they're trying to be and address these shortcomings.
I'm convinced that my next tablet will be an Android-based one. The only Android tablet I'll consider though is one that gives me access to all types of content, not just content from the company who sells the hardware. Heck, as closed as they are, even Apple lets you install e-reader apps from Amazon, B&N, etc. One of the reasons they can do that is they're confident they've got a terrific piece of hardware and you'll want to buy it over the competition. They also charge a premium for it. I've learned it's worth paying a premium, as long as it's not ridiculously high, for the ability to choose from multiple content providers.
So while my next tablet won't be the cheapest on the market, I won't make the same mistake twice and limit myself to one source of content for it. | 2019-04-22T08:09:07Z | https://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2012/01/index.html | Porn | Business | 0.102493 |
wordpress | My feelings wash over me and submerge me in my last thoughts.
I love this: “I am not my feelings which come and go” 🙂 we should not be defined by our emotions, indeed. Thumbs up!!! | 2019-04-22T04:39:12Z | https://patcegan.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/i-am-light-2/ | Porn | Reference | 0.273451 |
wikipedia | Robert Gretton (15 January 1953 – 15 May 1999), was the manager of Joy Division and New Order. He was partner in and co-director of Factory Records and a founding partner of The Haçienda.
In 1977, Gretton became a leading figure in the Manchester punk scene with his involvement with Slaughter & The Dogs. He was DJ in Rafters club and manager of The Panik.
Gretton's involvement with the Manchester scene began when he contributed £200 to co-finance Slaughter & the Dogs' first single, the punk classic "Cranked Up Really High". After joining Factory Records in 1979 Gretton brought many new bands to the label, including Section 25, X-O-Dus, Crispy Ambulance, Stockholm Monsters, Minny Pops, The Names, Quando Quango, The Wake, 52nd Street and Happy Mondays.
Gretton was proprietor of the Rob's Records label and a co-founder of The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester. Between 1996 and 1999, Gretton managed his last Manchester fledglings Gabrielles Wish, signing them to his own label, Rob's Records.
He was a supporter of Manchester City F.C..
He died in May 1999 at the age of 46 as the result of a heart attack.
Gretton was portrayed by Paddy Considine in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, which dramatized the rise and fall of Factory Records, and by Toby Kebbell in the 2007 film Control, a biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.
^ "Our history". Jilly's Rockworld - home of Manchester's rock & alternative community. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
^ "Rob Gretton". 2009-08-12. Archived from the original on August 12, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
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wordpress | Well we have unpacked everything and starting drying things out. Lets hope it doesnt take too long, much like all the riders who have to wash kits, dry shoes and polish their bikes.
During the week, we will also update the current timescore for the Hennessey Cup. We will also have an ‘average’ time for each race which will allow riders to get included in the timescore even if they only race 2 of 3 rounds. How will that work?
Total Time is the method for the overall Hennessey Cup.
A rider who races all 3 races, will have their cumulative time added up.
Winners in each grade (A,B,C) will get time bonuses.
A rider who only races 2 rounds, will have their ‘average time standard deviation’ on results of the day combined for the round they missed.
We will try and put that together as an example before the next round.
Next Round is May 12 at this stage, but were looking at the calendar to avoid Mother’s Day if we can. If it stays as May 12, it will be the afternoon schedule as per today.
Well it’s the DH Pre-Season, so what better way to get your introduction to DH racing or sharpen your race day skills than taking on our 2019 Hennessey Cup. The format is our much loved ‘Handicap’ where everyone enters the one category and then we grade each rider once race runs are completed into A,B,C Grades, with prizes for each grade.
In 2019, we will have 3 races in the Hennessey Cup, with your total time added up over all 3 races to find our Series Winner. There will also be ‘bonus seconds’ for winners in each handicap grade on each day. That means even if you aren’t the fastest rider on the day, you could still jump up the standings and be eligible for the overall.
More info about Hennessey Hill DH Track.
Located on Beerburrum-Woodford Rd, the 1.2km track has around 120 vertical meters of elevation and graded as a Black Diamond Trail. There are two parallel courses which can be configured into different styles of race tracks. One is a little rockier, the other a little more flowy. The track is well suited to entry level DH riders and juniors. It also makes a great training venue for Enduro riders with nothing ‘too gnarly’. Not sure, go check it out anytime. The venue is open all year round and easily shuttled with a bitumen road running beside it.
Well after the amazing race at Chandler for Bike Week CX, the series will heat up with Round 1 at Samford on May 20. Come along for some fun!
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wordpress | Thanks to Kimberly Lynn for the tip!
Link to the Art Bulletin requires subscription to ProQuest.
David Weber, of SMU, has died.
The New York Times has an obituary, as does the History Department at SMU.
Thanks to Ruth MacKay for alerting me to this unhappy event.
An article and some reviews in The Hispanic Review, Summer 2010.
Jodi Bilinkoff reviews Barbara Mujica, Teresa de Ávila, Lettered Woman (Vanderbilt, 2009).
Barbara F. Weissberger reviews Patricia E. Grieve, The Eve of Spain: Myths of Origins in the History of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Conflict (Johns Hopkins, 2009).
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Cristina González reviews Patricia E. Grieve, The Eve of Spain: Myths of Origins in the History of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Conflict (Johns Hopkins, 2009).
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wikipedia | The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards began in 1967.
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Richard Lane - won four AWGIES. The Richard Lane Award has been awarded annually since 1988 for an outstanding contribution to the Guild.
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narod | "Knowledge is responsibility." By some verdict of the fate it was me to whom was granted the difficult honour of discovering the phenomenon of telekinesis released technically, and also the honour of inventing devices which implement this phenomenon - of the type of "telekinetic cells", or "telekinetic magnocrafts". (I discovered lately, that an electronic circuit shockingly similar to the "telekinetic cell" of my invention, was supplying in electricity not long ago the so-called "crystal radios". It was because of this circuit, that the "crystal radios" worked perfectly although they did not have any battery nor any other external energy supply.) Thus I am fully aware that by the same verdict of the fate, it is also me who bears the responsibility for the most beneficial for our civilisation directing of consequences that result from these my discoveries, inventions, and findings. This is even more important, because already now I am able to encompass intellectually various implications that result from these facts. Especially I am able to predict already, that similarly to every other phenomenon, also the technical version of telekinesis introduces the potential for creating various consequences, which - if these slip out of control, may turn to be very disadvantageous for people and for natural environment with the elapse of time. I am also aware already now, that in order humanity can maintain a control over these consequences, it is absolutely necessary to establish on Earth the "telekinesis free zone". Therefore, on the power of authority which the fate invested in me by making me the discoverer and the inventor of phenomena of telekinesis and telekinetic devices, herewith I declare to be the "Telekinesis Free Zone" (i.e. "TFZ") the entire area of New Zealand in which I live and which I love, as well as the area of nearby Australia and Tasmania, and also the area of Antarctic which is so imporant for the rest of our planet. Simultaneously I oblige morally all inhabitants of these areas, as well as people living outside of these areas, that for the good of entire our civilisation they direct their effort into pedantic and patient observing also these difficult, requiring sacrifices, and highly inconvenient obligations which may result from the title of establishing this zone.
Wellington, New Zealand, 23 September 2005.
This web page summarises the most vital information about the "telekinesis free zone" (TFZ).
Even a most stupid animal, once it "burns its tail", will omit other fires until the end of life. On the other hand the followers of the Darwin's Theory of Evolution for a long time claim, that us people should price themselves as being the most intelligent animals that populate the Earth. In spite of this, during over 60 years which I already lived on the Earth until the time of writing this item, I noted that people are inclined to symbolically "burn their tails" tens of times, and still learn nothing from that experience. For example, already since I was a small boy, I remember noisy news items that just another "accident" with crude oil took place in the ocean, and that it causes a disaster to the fauna and flora from the surrounding areas. But the humanity as a whole still did NOT worked out the more safe ways of extracting and transporting crude oil. What even worse, in the meantime it introduced to the use the immensely devastating for the natural environment, the so-called "fracking". In the result, in 2010 took place the most catastrophic "accident" with crude oil that so-far affected the USA - for details see any news bulletin from the period after 20 April 2010, or e.g. see the article "Monster slick" from page A23 of the New Zealand newspaper Weekend Herald, issue dated on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - which contains a summary on that slick. Almost identical situation is with nuclear energy (see an "accident" in Fukushima, Japan, described in item #M1.1 from the web page telekinetics.htm), nuclear bombs, chemicals, pollution of the environment, ozone layer, warming of climate, extinction of rare animals, new medicines, antibiotics, genetic engineering, industry, wars, religions, ideologies, etc., etc. Wherever we look, people in the manner of most stubborn in the entire animal world refuse to learn from the past mistakes. So, although there is a very small chance for such a time to ever arrive, that people begin to take any notice of "voices of reasoning", still herewith I am making available this web page. After all, one should start somewhere, while my research and discoveries on technical telekinesis provide the humanity with the longest so-far advanced warning about dangers of this phenomenon. Let us hope, that this time people who are to make decisions about the dissemination of devices which generate technical telekinesis, instead of the to-date following their greed and money, finally begin to take notice also of the good of people and start to consider of what I am warning here about, and what I suggest to do as a simplest form of precaution.
#B1. What is "technical telekinesis"?
The name "technical telekinesis" is attributed to a phenomenon which is a technical version of popularly known natural phenomenon called "telekinesis", "psychokinesis", or "levitation". This phenomenon depends on causing relocations objects without acting on these objects with any physical force.
The release of technical telekinesis depends on acceleration or deceleration of force lines of magnetic field. The so-called "telekinetic pull" created during this acceleration or deceleration acts upon all objects which are contained inside of the force lines of magnetic field that are accelerated or decelerated. This pull is created no matter what is the composition, consistency, material, or physical dimensions of these objects.
The phenomenon of telekinesis is connected with another phenomenon of the wide consequences for the natural environment. This phenomenon is the "permanent telekinetisation of substances". All substances which are subjected to the action of this unique "telekinetic field" (i.e. the appropriately accelerated or decelerated magnetic field) are telekinetised in a permanent manner. In turn depending on what character this permanent telekinetisation displays (i.e. whether this is the telekinetisation of the type "axial", "transverse", "torsional", "rotational", etc.), substances which display them become beneficial for living organisms, or kill such organisms. More information about permanent telekinetisation, versions of it, and attributes of it, is presented in subsection H8.1 from volume 4 of monograph [1/4], and also in chapter NB from volume 11 of monograph [1/4].
#B2. What is "telekinesis free zone" (TFZ)?
The "Telekinesis Free Zone", or "TFZ", is a geographical area which is protected against all consequences of telekinetic pollution of the natural environment. In other words, it is an area of land, air, and water, in the boundaries of which there is no release of the phenomenon of technical telekinesis nor permanent telekinetisation of substances contained in there. Practically this means that within such "telekinesis free zone" no-one is going to build, own, nor used, any technical devices which are to release the phenomenon of technical telekinesis. Furthermore, over this area no vehicles are going to fly or land, the propulsion of which is going to work on any principle utilising the phenomenon of technical telekinesis.
At this point it is worth to notice, that via this web page I declared just such a "telekinesis free zone" over the area of New Zealand, Australia (with Tasmania), and Antarctic, in the borders that these islands and countries occupied at the time of preparation of this declaration, means on 23 September 2005.
For the guardians who are to implement this zone in real life I am appointing all inhabitants of our planet. Every inhabitant of Earth who in future is going to work with telekinesis in any possible way, herewith I impose a moral duty to use all means and manners available to him or her, to not allow the technical telekinesis pollute the natural environment in the zone indicated here.
#B3. Why the Earth needs such a "telekinesis free zone" (TFZ)?
The main reason for which there is the necessity to establish on Earth the "telekinesis free zone" is protecting humanity against the repetition of the same error which our civilisation committed previously by failing to establish e.g. a "pesticides free zone", an "antibiotics free zone", a "genetic engineering free zone", etc.
Our civilisation had opportunity to learn a countless number of times, that there is no phenomenon in the universe, which would have exclusively good, or exclusively bad, consequences. For example, eating chocolate is good in sense of taste and energy which it provides, but is also bad in sense of consequences for our teeth, inducing the tendencies for diabetics, or influence on obesity of the society. Similarly is with e.g. 24-hour opening of shops (i.e. throughout the entire night). It is good to have such a shop nearby, in order to be able to make shopping when in the middle of night e.g. we run out of beer. But it is not good to work in such a shop because of the lack of sleep, and also because of exposure to attacks of all sorts of night criminals. Telekinesis is NOT an exception from this rule. As a phenomenon it will turn a saviour of humanity in a whole number of applications, for example in generation of free energy, in providing people with principles of an easy and fast transport, in inducing more effective farming, or in building telekinetic healing devices. Simultaneously, it is also going to cause an array of undesirable consequences described in item #B4 of this web page, such as telekinetic pollution of the environment, mutation of giants (especially if the telekinesis is present at the moment of conception), or emission of murderous emission of radiesthesis popularly called the "negative green" (this generation occurs only in some version of permanent telekinetisation of substances from the environment).
In order to comprehensively and exactly establish the influence of technical telekinesis on people and on natural environment, it is vital to establish on Earth a comparison area of some sort, in which this phenomenon is not induced on purpose. Only then humanity will be able to weight all undesirable (and desirable) consequences of technical telekinesis, and with the elapse of time learn how to control these consequences.
If someone analyses the phenomenon of technical telekinesis, his or her eyes are first hit by desirable consequences that it introduces for humanity. For example, it provides a non-threatening for the natural environment, and clean, method of generation of unlimited amounts of free energy. It also allows for the construction of an interstellar spaceship, called the telekinetic magnocraft. It allows to construct healing machines. It allows to multiply the efficiency of farming production. Etc., etc.
(#1) Abuse telekinesis for military purposes. An example of the most obvious negative consequences of the construction of telekinetic devices, especially the telekinetic free energy devices, on which everyone immediately concentrates most of the attention, is opening a way to the abuse of this device for military purposes. It is not difficult to imagine the military advantage that one side would gain over the other, if its army would have aeroplanes that have no limits to the range of their flights, submarines that do not need to emerge to the surface, tanks that do not require fuel, torpedoes that are capable of crossing entire oceans, missiles (e.g. telekinetic equivalents of present �cruise missiles�) that are capable of reaching every distant target and the range of which is not limited by the amount of fuel, etc.
(#2) Telekinetic pollution of the natural environment. Technical telekinesis causes the so-called "permanent telekinetisation" of the surrounding substances. In turn this permanent telekinetisation, depending on the kind and character (i.e. whether it is the telekinetisation of the type "axial", "transverse", "torsional", "rotational", etc.), can cause a whole array of undesirable consequences. For example, substances which display such a telekinetisation can be either beneficial or destructive for health of living organisms. The presence of telekinesis during the conception may cause the mutation of human giants. Some versions of telekinesis emit unhealthy vibrations of radiesthesia called "negative green" (i.e. the same which is emitted by underground water veins, and by so-called "Swiss net" or "geopathic net"). Etc., etc.
(#3) The pollution of our atmosphere with huge amounts of undesirable, highly-active ozone. Some telekinetic free energy devices, e.g. the "telekinetic influenzmaschine" generate significant amounts of ozone. Thus the effect of their work would be a reversal of the present situation with the "ozone hole" over Antarctic. Apart from such obvious results, as holding back the photosynthesis in vegetation, killing some needed micro-organisms, this could also accelerate the ageing process in people, intensify the corrosion of metals, rapidly wearing out and tearing of solid objects, undermining the processes that keep people healthy, etc. In the case of especially intensive emission of ozone, it could even happen that the very life-giving conditions of our planet can be undermined. However, there is a solution for this problem of ozone. It is to use only free energy devices such as the telekinetic cell, which do not produce ozone.
- In order to boost food production, farmers would heat the soil (after all, the energy would be for free), thus converting in this way the thermal energy from our atmosphere into raw organic matter.
- The free energy would encourage heating of water. This would be done not only for industrial purposes, and in homes (e.g. in swimming pools with flowing water), but also in natural water reservoirs (e.g. for farming tropical fish species). The subsequent flow of such warmed water to seas would cause the growth of plankton and organisms which would bound the atmospheric heat into their organic matter.
- To increase the fertility of the soil, most of the organic matter currently burnt, would then be recycled into the soil (to produce humus).
-In order to decrease pollution of the air, and also because of the inconvenience of present combustion devices, the burning of fossil fuels and organic matter (wood) would be stopped.
The lack of a need for conventional energy sources would eliminate the present mining and burning of fossil fuels which release significant amounts of thermal energy bound in such substances as coal and oil.
In this manner the widespread use of telekinetic free energy devices would cause the subsequent binding and elimination of increasingly large amounts of heat from our atmosphere, thus gradually cooling the climate of Earth. This cooling in turn would disturb the ecological equilibrium, bringing about the return of the ice age with all its cataclysmic consequences (e.g. geological changes).
(#5) Changes in the economy of the world. The other equally negative implication connected with the introduction of these machines to wide use, is the creation of an unexpected and rapid economic advantage that a country, or a block of countries, having such machine as a first, would gain over the rest of the world. As the cost of energy can constitute even up to 80% of the total cost of some products, having energy for free would allow the winning country to eliminate all its competition and in the matter of a few years to become the world's leading economic power and monopoly.
- The production of a disposable packaging which requires more energy and materials than the product itself.
- Convincing the population (via advertisements, fashion, social role models, new customs) of needs which in fact do not exist. An example of how this is already being done is the multiplying of various commercially oriented events (e.g. fathers day, mothers day, valentine's day) and then putting social pressures on people forcing them to purchase various unneeded goods made especially for these occasions.
- The intensification of production which serves exclusively for entertainment, shows, advertisements.
- The production of increasingly large proportion of disposable goods prepared for one use only.
In turn such marketing strategy will quickly convert our planet into a large rubbish dump overflowing with used packaging, disposable products, one-time entertainment goods, etc.
(#7) The increase of poorness of the so-called "third world" and the lengthening of the distance between rich and poor countries. In the present circumstances of expensive energy, the production of many goods at the spot is not profitable and it is more economic to bring these goods from other countries. Because of this bringing, poor countries are still able to offer to the rest of world at least a part of the resources that they have. But in situation, when energy is going to be for free, many rich countries will not be prepared to put us with the lack of reliability, with constant problems, with dangers, and with inconvenience of the trade with poor countries. Thus, they are rather going to produce the required goods on their own soil. For example, instead of importing bananas from dangerous and unreliable "banana republics", it become much easier to build heated glasshouses on the own soil and to produce bananas in own country with a higher efficiency, higher success ratio, and in a manner that fulfils all standards and requirements of the local market.
(#8) The fall and disintegration of the present concepts of worth, quality, good versus bad, etc. Because of the to-date high costs of the production of some goods, our civilization established the system of values in which such attributes as permanency, reliability, unchangeability, productivity, diligence, are appreciated the most. However, in the case of decrease in costs of production, these old values will inevitably be replaced by new ones, more compatible with human nature. Thus with the elapse of time the production of disposable, one-use goods will increase. The system of value of these goods will be described by a different set of attributes, such as: appearance, pleasantness, convenience, instantaneity, etc. This tendency is already observed in many products such as milk containers, napkins, handkerchiefs, syringes, shavers, toothbrushes, etc. In the final effect all products will probably be made for single use only, as it is more pleasant to always use entirely new things than second-hand ones. Of course these changes in the material domain will be transferred also into the philosophical domain. Thus, instead of being faithful to an old friendship, partnership, lover, employer, country, etc., society will display tendencies for changing everything into a newer one (it is interesting that already now, the more technologically advanced a given nation is, the greater such tendency seems to be displayed). In turn the lack of permanency and stability is the beginning of chaos. The above will be additionally amplified by the desire of producers to increase the sale of their goods, which will result in the promotion of a consuming, graspy, lazy, and egoistic lifestyle, according to the philosophy of parasitism.
(#9) The unimaginable migration of people, instability of populations, and demographic explosion. The fact that people currently spend most of their life in the place of their residence mainly results from the costs and inconvenience of travelling. But when travelling becomes almost free, and when people can travel with their whole house and possessions then everyone will be on the move. Instead of the nearest shop people will go shopping to the next city or even country. When they become bored with one place, they will move to another. Bad weather will initiate the shifting. In the final effect, the whole population of our planet will be in a state of continuous move, disorganizing production, choking highways and transport facilities, and making any control over crime, conduct, morality, health, epidemics, etc., almost impossible. Contributing to the above would be a demographic explosion which would be the effect of reducing the costs of bringing up children (these costs today are one of the main breaks that limit the number of children).
- The telekinetic free energy devices make very difficult, if not impossible, the execution of payments for the energy they produce. Even if the authorities introduced the law enforcing that newly-sold such devices must be provided with electricity meters, these machines are simple enough for many people to make them on their own, and enough small to be secretly used. Payments for the energy used in most of the countries lie at the foundations of the present system of taxes. In turn the system of taxes is the backbone of almost every country. Therefore, in the face of impossibility of charging for the energy consumed, the whole present structure of countries and governments may collapse.
- The telekinetic free energy devices undermine the present orthodox scientific and educational establishment. Contemporary societies raise numerous objections against philosophical and moral foundations of present orthodox science and education. For example these objections state that science in the current form leads our civilization to destruction. By intentional removal of the spiritual element science introduces a growing disproportion between technological and spiritual development. Therefore, an increasingly growing number of people in the world (including into this number also myself - Dr Jan Pajak, the author of this web page and the author of monograph [1/4] - see there subsection H10), call for the reformation of science and education on Earth, and for introducing to education the most vital components of the philosophy of totalizm (e.g. the introduction to teaching of some moral laws, totalizm, parasitism, Concept of Dipolar Gravity, etc.). The main reason for which this reformation was NOT forced yet upon the Earth's science, is the lack of an obvious proof that present science is wrong. But the telekinetic free energy devices and other telekinetic machines provide just such a proof. After all, this science right now not only obstructs intensively the construction and research on the principles and phenomena involved in telekinetic machines - for details see subsection K4 from volume 10 of monograph [1/4], but openly claims that the building of such telekinetic machines is physically impossible. Therefore the wide introduction of these machines to life will prove beyond any doubt, that the present science on Earth is based on rotten philosophical foundations, and this way probably will release the long suppressed need for the total reformation of orthodox science and education.
- The Concept of Dipolar Gravity, from which the explanation for the operation of telekinetic free energy devices is derived, reforms also the foundation of religion. It is because in this concept, the substance which prevails in the other world and from which the counter-material copies of all objects are made, in its natural state is capable of thinking. Therefore, in the Concept of Dipolar Gravity, the entire universe is a kind of a huge brain (i.e. the "universal intellect" by religions called God), in which we all are submerged and which "hears" all our thoughts - see subsection I3.1 from volume 5 of monograph [1/4]. Apart from the physical laws, this intellect also introduces and executes with an iron hand a set of so-called moral laws. The best example of these moral laws is the "Boomerang Principle", which states approximately that "whatever feelings a given person induces in others, after a purposely delayed time exactly the same feelings others will induce in this person"). The Concept of Dipolar Gravity also teaches that the universal intellect can be objectively investigated with the use of tools which currently are domain of science (not religion). In this way, the dissemination of telekinetic free energy devices, which represent a physical proof for the correctness of the Concept of Dipolar Gravity, may cause the fall of present religious institutions and structures, and the adoption of this new concept as a new scientific-technical-religious philosophy of the mankind.
The country, science, education, and religion are the foundations of present societies. Their possible undermining could cause a revolution of the extend unknown in the history of mankind. These people who do not know statements of the Concept of Dipolar Gravity, or do not know the philosophy of totalizm which stems from this concept, may be afraid that in the course of this revolution chaos and anarchy could begin to prevail which could mark the end of our civilization as we know it. But these who know totalizm know also, that this introduction of these devices will be a beginning of the more moral and progressive humanity.
#B5. What requirements must fulfil inhabitants of the "telekinesis free zone" (TFZ), and people who live outside of this zone?
In order to establish and maintain the existence of the "telekinesis free zone", it is going to be necessary to fulfil several conditions both, by people living inside of this zone, as well as people from beyond this zone. For a full understanding the declaration contained in this web page, I am going to explain now what conditions these are.
(A1) Do not purchase, produce, own, nor run any devices which release the phenomenon of technical telekinesis. On the area declared as a "telekinesis free zone", practically should be officially forbidden ownership, production, purchase, import, or running such devices under any excuse or purpose - even for research.
(A2) Do not import nor produce any substances which display permanent telekinetisation. Ownership of such substances and their practical use within the zone discussed here also should be officially forbidden.
(A3) Do not allow to this zone any vehicles the propulsion system of which forms the phenomenon of technical telekinesis. The landing of such vehicles in this zone, as well as jus flight within the atmosphere or boundaries of this zone, must be absolutely forbidden. In turn a serious crime should be the emptying telekinetic vehicles from anything above such a zone.
(B1) Refrying themselves, and making impossible to others, exporting or sending any telekinetic devices to someone living within the "telekinesis free zone". In fact bringing or posting any telekinetic devices to this zone should be treated as a crime and punished by law as a crime.
(B2) Do not allow that any permanently telekinetised substances in any manner are allowed into the boundaries of this zone and polluted the natural environment of this "telekinesis free zone".. This zone must be especially well protected against the access of any substances permanently telekinetised into its territory.
(B3) Protect the "telekinesis free zone" against the flight above it, and landing in it, any telekinetic vehicles.
#B6. Whether the "telekinesis free zone" (TFZ) is going to be perceived as a good or bad thing?
Of course, every limitation imposed on people, is for them a source of various inconveniences and irritations. Therefore to a part of people living inside of the "telekinesis free zone", it will be perceived as a "deprivation" them of citizen's liberties. Thus amongst the society from the inside of this zone always such individuals will appear, which will fight out this limitation.
In fact there are cases in real life, when someone imposes "immoral" limitations which then are fight out by various people. In this cases the "immoral" character of such limitations can be unambiguously proven with the use of definition and attributes of "immorality" provided by the philosophy of totalizm. Examples of such civil limitations which fulfil the totaliztic definition of "immoral" restrictions, are: the law which forbids shops to be open on Sundays or at nights, the law which forbids driving a car without fastening safety belts, the law which forbids disciplining our own children with the use of corporal punishment (such a low was introduced in New Zealand - for descriptions of it see item #B5.1 from the web page will.htm), or the areas where photographing is forbidden. Of course, in cases of such "immoral" restrictions, the society has the moral right to subdue to the pressure of protesting people and to remove given restrictions. After all, in case of immoral limitations, their summary influence on the society is undesirable. Means they do more damage than good. However, always there are limitations imposed on civil liberties, for which their desirable influence decisively outweighs the inconveniences and irritations which they cause. As an example consider the restrictions on smoking or on use of drugs, or restrictions on showing in public these areas of our body, or these our life functions, which may induce disgust in other people. In the vital interest of the society lies maintaining and pedantic execution of such "moral" restrictions.
One out of such restrictions, about which we already now can prove, that the strict obedience of it is going to lie in the public interest of entire humanity, although for these people which it affects directly not always it will be accepted willingly, is just the restricting of telekinetic polluting of the natural environment of the entire our planet. So independently that for sure always there will be people who will object this restriction, still our civilisation as a whole should introduce it for the good of all people, and should execute it with an iron consequence.
At the present level of our knowledge it is unknown whether for countries which are included into this "telekinesis free zone", with the elapse of time it turns out to be a good luck, or rather a kind of curse. (Similarly as it is not known presently, whether - if antibiotics or pesticides free zone is introduced and executed on Earth, this zone in long term would prove to be a blessing or a curse for people who would live in there.) However, for human civilisation as a whole such a zone for sure turns out to be absolutely necessary.
Summarising what is explained in this item, the "telekinesis free zone" will be a source of both, beneficial as well as undesirable consequences. Probably it is going to happen in such a way, that for people who live in this zone, the immediate consequences of it turn out to be more undesirable and irritating, than beneficial. However, from the point of view of our civilisation as a whole, the beneficial consequences will decisively overweight the undesirable ones. Therefore, in spite that there always be a lot of people who will try to cancel the existence of this zone, the humanity as a whole is vividly interested to establish such a zone decisively, to maintain it with an iron consequence, and to pedantically monitor everything that happens in it in a manner which differs from that in areas affected everyday with a telekinetic pollution of the natural environment.
#C1. Why it is Antarctic, Australia with Tasmania, and New Zealand, which best suit the fulfilment of the honourable role of the "telekinesis free zone" (TFZ)?
(i) The natural separation from the rest of the world, and clearly marked sea borders.. If on the "telekinesis free zone" designate e.g. any European country, then people who live on the border of this zone and who would not wish (or would wish) to be included into it, could resort to various tricks, for example - change the course of borders, split into two, join another country, etc.. However, in case of Antarctic, Australia with Tasmania, and New Zealand, there is no problem with borders. These borders cannot be changed because they are defined by the nature and by geography.
(ii) The easiness of safeguarding of borders. The link of the rest of the world with Antarctic, Australia with Tasmania, and New Zealand is accomplished only via airplanes or boats. Therefore, is it comes to the necessity of guarding whether telekinetic devices are not smuggled (as "contraband") onto these areas, in a similar manner as presently people guard that drugs are not trafficked over there, the safeguarding of Antarctic, Australia with Tasmania, and New Zealand will be much easier than guarding of e.g. any other area or country in the world.
(iii) The presence of practically all climatic spheres and natural environments. Apart from Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctic there no other area on Earth, which on one hand would be separated from the rest of the world by natural sea borders, on the other hand would represent all climates and natural environments of Earth. This in turn means, that the spreading the telekinesis free zone on these two countries, makes possible in future the monitoring of influence of telekinesis on all possible environments and climates on Earth.
(iv) The unique nature, flora and fauna. In nom other place on Earth is such a nature, flora and fauna, like within New Zealand, Australia, and Antarctic. In turn the main purpose of the "telekinesis free zone" is to protect the nature and living creatures against telekinetic pollutants which could cause mutations and genetic problems, uncontrollable growth or undergrowth and generation. Therefore, the most beneficially is when the telekinesis free zone is imposed onto areas of these two countries.
(v) Insignificant contribution of these countries to the state of technology on our planet, with a simultaneous large contribution to the production of food. In turn, the influence of technical telekinesis onto people will be most noticeable, and thus requiring the most strict monitoring, just through the telekinetised food.
(vi) The relatively large area with simultaneous small population of people living in there. Thus the benefits from establishing this zone spread onto relatively large area of our planet, including practically all climatic zones. Simultaneously, the possible inconveniences which may result from maintenance of this zone will affect by relatively small number of people.
(vii) To date accomplishments in the direction of becoming the "telekinesis free zone". For example, New Zealand is the only country in the world, which presently maintains the "nuclear free zone". So New Zealand has already a historic tradition of protecting its territory against the pollutants which endanger it. (The "nuclear free zone" declared in 1988 some David Longe - the Prime Minister of New Zealand at that time.) Australia also tries to contribute noticeably to the maintenance of our planet free of pollutants and threats. For example, in time of preparing the idea of the "telekinesis free zone" (i.e. shortly after 23 September 2005) very vividly was discussed in Australia the matter of undertaking by this country the role of "world's storage for radioactive refuse". This in turn documents the readiness with which Australia is ready to add its own contribution to the keeping our planet free from dangerous pollutions. In my own opinion the maintaining the "telekinesis free zone" will not be more difficult for citizens of Australia, than keeping the safe storages of radioactive litters. Simultaneously the contribution to the progress of our civilisation will be even bigger.
(viii) The fact that I am a New Zealander myself, and that many my superiors and colleagues were Australians. This in turn means, that the initiative of initiating and maintaining this zone originates from inside of the zone. So it is NOT imposed to citizens of these countries by an outsider, who would not be affected in person by consequences of it. Expressing this in other words, when I declare with this web page the establishment of the telekinesis free zone on the area of New Zealand and Australia, i.e. where I live as well, by this I volunteer myself to endure with all others any inconveniences and limitations which with affect this area because of such a zone. So I am the first who volunteers to subject myself for the good of entire humanity, to all limitations and inconveniences that may affect all other citizens of this zone, if the zone is established. In addition, of course I also accept the awareness, that as a person who postulated TFZ, both myself, as well as memories of my existence, will be exposed to persecutions which one day will eventuate from this idea.
(ix) The fact that New Zealand and Australia would be the last countries in the world which would be ready to promote any research on technical telekinesis. From the first moment when I discovered the existence of technical telekinesis and invented devices working on nthe basis of this phenomenon, I try to obtain a permission to be able to officially research these phenomena and devices. The undertaking official research of these phenomena and devices I proposed practically every university in existence in New Zealand and Australia. To each of these universities at some stage I filled a job application indicating in it that I would like to do research on such phenomena and devices. Always the only reply which I received was a refusal. Myself, I am NOT the only creative researcher to whom the determination of these countries to unofficially retain the status of the "telekinesis free zone" was manifested. For example in New Zealand the inventor who developed a revolutionary telekinetic heater that not only immediately boils water, but also probably telekinetises this water, for over 60 years continued efforts to receive a permit for the industrial production of this heater. He never obtained this permit. Fate of this inventor and his extraordinary heater is described on the web page boiler.htm - about shocking history of revolutionary heater which bits all records. Very meaningful treatment received also in both these countries the inventor of so-called "N-Machine" - means a telekinetic generator of electricity. A brief account on the subject of this inventor and his N-Machine is contained in item #H1.3 of the web page named newzealand_visit.htm. So it is rather obvious, that representatives of science and bureaucracy of these countries clearly documented with their actions, that they decisively do not want to promote on their territory anything that has a connection with technical version of telekinesis or with telekinetic devices.
#C2. Why I believe that I have a moral obligation, and a moral right, to declare the "telekinesis free zone"?
Problem with the declaration of the "telekinesis free zone depends on this, that in order it is effective, it must be declared before these devices are distributed. Because the first prototypes of such devices already work on Earth, the right time for declaring such a zone arrived right now. (Examples of prototypes of telekinetic devices are famous telekinetic aggregates named "Testatica" and "Testa-Distatica", which are owned by the Swiss religious commune called "Methernita". Descriptions of these aggregates are provided on a separate web page free_energy.htm - about telekinetic free energy devices. The prototype of such a telekinetic free energy device is also so-called "N-Machine" which was made famous around the world by a researcher named Bruce DePalma - mentioned in item #H1.3 of the web page named newzealand_visit.htm. However, the telekinetic devices which were the most spread around the world were so-called "crystal radios" which contained embedded into them electronic circuitry forming the so-called telekinetic cells. It was just because of the containing such "telekinetic cells" that these "crystal radios" worked perfectly although they did not have any battery nor any other energy supply.) But, as so far, I am the only scientists on Earth, who carry out a wide scientific research which incorporate all phenomena induced by these devices. There is no other scientist on Earth at the moment, who would research these phenomena from the point of view of their mechanisms, consequences, etc.
Taking under the consideration, that I am the only scientist on our planet, who gained the awareness of all consequences and mechanisms released by the phenomenon of technical telekinesis, and who feels responsible for the manner in which this phenomenon is mastered and controlled, I arrived to the conclusion that I am the only scientist who has not only the moral duty, but also a moral right, to declare the "Telekinesis Free Zone" (TFZ).
#D1. So here is the zone declared - what next?
(i) The actual existence of the phenomenon of technical telekinesis and the induction of it even in devices which already were mass produced on Earth, for example in so-called crystal radios.
(ii) The uniqueness of the phenomenon of technical telekinesis and the need to treat it in a special manner.
(iii) The inclusion of to wide range of aspects into the phenomenon of telekinesis to be able to identify them, to encompass them, and to learn control them all, without the establishing and having the "telekinesis free zone".
(iv) The absolute necessity to establish "the telekinesis free zone" if one wishes to control consequences of the telekinetic pollution of the natural environment.
(v) The true interest and benefit of practically every person on Earth to establish such a zone and to maintain it with an iron consequence.
(vi) The undisputable fact that New Zealand, Australia and Antarctic are most suitable amongst all countries and geographic areas in the world to become such a zone.
In turn, by realising these facts before telekinetic devices become disseminated throughout the world, gives to all the chance that people on Earth accept the absolute necessity to have such a zone, and in collective effort they all begin to implement such zone in real life at the moment when first these extraordinary devices become implemented into mass production and distributed throughout the world. Of course, the most critical moment for TFZ arrives when the serial factory production of telekinetic devices is implemented, and when first such telekinetic devices appear in shops. I do hope that builders and producers of these first devices are then going to be aware of everything that is written on this web page, and thus from the very beginning they build in into their activities all procaution mechanisms needed that these devices are prevented from entering inside of the zone described here and prevented from telekinetic polluting the natural environment of this zone.
The "telekinesis free zone" soon is going to turn to be absolutly vital for our civilisation. All premises indicate that New Zealand, Australia and Antarctida deserve the honour of hosting this zone at their territories.
Unfortunately, the matter of establishing on Earth the "telekinesis free zone" is enormously complex one. It hides in itself many aspects which require complex explanations. Simultaneously, because of the high sensitivity of many of these aspects, their explanation requires careful and diplomatic approach. As such, before it is presented, it requires many long thinking over and considering from a number of different angles. Therefore, this presentation is still just an initial information that the "telekinesis free zone" is absolutely necessary for our civilisation, and that the area of New Zealand, Australia (with Tasmania) and Antarctic is the best imaginable choice for it. In order this initial information transform into a complete explanation of all aspects of this difficult and delicate problem, the above descriptions must be improved further, extended for further aspects, and shown from several different angles. Therefore it is worth to periodically return to this web page, and check how the matter of the "telekinesis free zone" presented here gradually develops. Please notice however, that new versions of this web page cannot be made available immediately under all addresses at which it is disseminated. Therefore, if under this address here only an old version of this web page is available, then it is advisable to check also under other addresses listed in "Menu 3", whether any newer and better update of this page is already available at other addresses.
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wordpress | Remember the first Rubik’s cube. Remember how hard it was to put all of the colors together on each side. Now think about that puzzle you always brought out for company or family visits. A puzzle that had 100 pieces or more was always the hardest to put together, especially if one section of the puzzle represented a sky.
Now compare your analysis that is filled with convoluted language and tangled phrasing to a Rubik’s cube and a puzzle. When you write in such a way that even you can’t understand your writing, your reader loses all grip on the reality you are presenting within your paper and consequently loses interest.
Convoluted phrasing is the equivalent to marrying political rhetoric and philosophy and placing these two different ideas under one umbrella. Convoluted phrasing is similar to an unsolvable math problem, which is oxymoronic. The math problem is hard to understand and is so complicated that it is more encouraging to quit than to continue. In the same vein, a paper filled with convoluted sense is hard to untangle, because if you can’t remember how you first found the information, then you can’t untangle the data. It is probable that you may have to start over.
The best method for preventing this from happening to you is to keep it simple. Once you can outline the simple, you can move to the next level of writing. Just know this: Sophisticated writing and well-fashioned rhetoric is not the same thing as convoluted and tangled phrasing. They are completely different.
People who write with sophistication know the value of words and understand the function of each element within a grammatical sentence. The writer who thinks and writes in language that is hard to comprehend just doesn’t understand the purpose of a sentence and grammar as a whole.
Each person is defined separately and distinctly by a fingerprint (and by DNA). For example, your fingerprint tells us who you are and where you have been. Your fingerprint is similar to a hand signature. For example, everyone has a signature, a way of writing their name. No two people write their names in the same way. Hand specialists study signature patterns and they have methods for determining the difference between one signature and another. This is a general assessment on the topic of hand signatures. Let’s consider a particular context: academic writing.
Your writing style represents your signature. In the same way that everyone has a hand signature, everyone also has a writing signature. In other words, each student has a certain way of analyzing a literary work and writing the academic paper. A student’s paper reflects their personal understanding of the literary work. This is why it is easy for professors to catch cheaters on exams, because no two people write, or analyze, in the same way. You and your friend may study together, but it is very easy to tell when the both of you have worked together on a paper. You can switch the wording around and the paragraphs, but the signature of one will surface over another.
In essence, a professor can always tell which one of you has written the paper and which one has copied from the other. This same example applies to the authors you cite for your papers. They have a specific signature, a craft and skill that they have developed over the years. They are known by their skill (i.e., This is Hegelian, Wordsworthian, etc.). Therefore, when your professor recognizes a signature within your papers that is not yours, he or she will tell you to cite a source to prevent plagiarism.
With this in mind, the comment “Cite a Source” can mean two things. 1) One, if you have placed the quotation marks around the quote, then you are not in danger of plagiarism; you have just forgotten to place the author’s name and page number in parenthesis. Of course, if you knowingly and willingly refuse to put the name and page number in parenthesis, then the presence of plagiarism may exist. 2) Two, the comment, usually in the words of “this is too close to the original” and “you are in danger of plagiarism,” is in reference to the lack of quotes around a group of words your professor already knows are not your own, not your own signature.
The best solution to revising papers where plagiarism exists is to cultivate your own signature, and maintain and respect the standards of others who have cultivated their signature. It is always safe, honest, and respectful to tradition to give credit to the previous author. The implication in this comment is to allow time for proofreading and revision planning. Good proofreading prevents the potential of plagiarism.
Take a dirty, see-through, with no special colorings or design glass from your sink and fill it up with water. It doesn’t matter if the water is cold or hot. Place the glass on a counter on your living room or kitchen table. Take a seat in a chair. Try to see anything in the house through the glass. Is what you see (i.e., the television or a person) clear? Now look around the house or your room. You can see clearly, right?
A paper filled with gaps, shakable evidence, and sloppy content represents a glass with dirty water filled with impurities. A paper that is solid, organized, structurally sound, with credible and verifiable evidence is a paper that is clear. When your professor writes “Clarify” near a section, this comment means that he can’t see through to your ideas because of the jumbled writing and confusing words.
All of these issues with your paper represent a stumbling block, a hindrance for the professor. Clarify your ideas means clarify what you are trying to say. Ask yourself What do I want to say exactly? Then just write what you think. During the revision part of your writing, you can format and restructure the sentence so that it fits formally into the academic essay.
Students often find it hard to provide sharp transitions between paragraphs. It is much easier, within a paragraph, to begin with transitional wording such as first and continue with second or next. However, it is especially difficult to tie one point to another, one end to the other.
The best way to understand this comment is to think about a friend who is telling you a story. Just when it seems that the friend is about to make the point, he or she jumps to something else, some other conversation about something totally different from the one he or she starts in the beginning. This is an example of choppy transitions within paragraphs or how you outline the paper in a choppy way, shifting constantly, abruptly, without warning your reader that you are about to make a change.
The best way to prevent your papers from having choppy areas is to “outline” what you want to discuss on a separate sheet of paper or in another Microsoft Word document. Once you understand what you want to discuss, then return to your paper and continue the process until you have completed the thought within your paper. As the best incentive to developing your paragraphs, always read sections aloud, one by one, and determine the best way to approach revision.
Know the value of words, their impact, and their contribution to a sentence. In my short time of teaching, I always encouraged my students to look up words in a dictionary, to check a thesaurus, and to use a synonym/antonym dictionary.
The comment on your paper “Could Be Better Worded” implies that a possible method might be to copy and paste the words into a new Microsoft Word document and study them. Once you have an idea about how you want to move forward, then copy the revision back into your document.
We get better at writing through revision.
a contradiction within the conclusion.
For (1) and (2), receiving such a comment depends upon how well or how poorly you have organized your information. You have learned to create an outline before assuming the task of writing. If you do not know who says or who has said what, in terms of your thesis and the support you use, you may easily develop a thesis that lacks strong foundation. For an argument, if you develop the thesis “All dogs are nice,” but support the thesis with a fact from The Humane Society such as “All dogs 100% of the time bark at strangers,” then you contradict your thesis.
Think about how you wash your clothes; you always separate the whites from the colors. Now think about how you fold your clothes after drying. You place socks that match together. This same ideology applies to your thesis and the support you use for the thesis. All of your likes, your matches, must go into one pile; and all of the ones that are different from the likes must go into a separate pile. This way you can identify what is what and what is not.
For (3), you must develop a thesis that correlates to the author’s claim and the requirement of the exam question (as expected from your professor on a final paper). Your thesis and the author’s claim should be on the same level. Even if you are negating his claim as a way to develop your thesis, you can’t develop a thesis that is so far beyond what the author claims. In other words, if the author claims that “All dogs are nice,” you can either agree or you can disagree by claiming that all dogs are not nice. In doing this, you are still on the same level as the author. However, you can’t argue that “All dogs are kind to only people they know.” What does this thesis have anything to do with what the author claims? Examine the thesis carefully and separate what the author believes and what he doesn’t believe. Don’t apply implications that are not truly implied in the immediate text.
Lastly, a contradiction within the conclusion suggests that you have deviated from your objective. Remember your thesis. Remember what you want to prove. Before attempting to write a conclusion, go back and reread the introduction and the body paragraphs and ask yourself this question: Do I believe or have faith in anything I have just written? If you do, then you have a conclusion. If you don’t, then before you can even begin to write a conclusion, you must return to the starting point and change your thesis, change the support, and then write the conclusion. Otherwise, you will receive a comment of “contradictory” either in sections of your paper or the comment will reflect the whole paper.
A strong indication that a student doesn’t understand the material is present within how the student constructs a sentence. Students put together disorder in the sense that they don’t distinguish between one thing and another. They bring together phrases that don’t make sense even to themselves, let alone to the reader.
The Indians see the white man as stupid in their strive to civilize the savage. And this thought takes notice because the Indians were often painted as fragile and passive people. Passivity proved to their advantage because they tended not to incorporate themselves into society.
1) How can a thought take notice? What does this mean?
2) How did passivity prove to their advantage?
The opposite of “to confuse” is “to clear up” or make plain. It is not always a good thing to try to demonstrate sophistication in your writing if you don’t already possess this ability. You will only confuse the reader even more. Sometimes constructing the simplest statement(s) represents the best indication of your ability to create a well-constructed, effective sentence, one that especially has an impact upon your reader.
Your major objective is always to be effective. Writing what you mean and meaning what you write should be your primary goal.
No paper that is formal in nature can be effective with clichés as a significant part of the analysis. Clichés are informal and suggest a flippant tone. In addition, when you use a cliché, you demonstrate your inability to think of a word or a collection of words that reflect critical thinking about the work. In other words, you are not successful at fully maximizing your intellectual muscles. Essentially, you lack the ability to think “analytically” about the subject matter.
In the same way that people curse because they can’t form another word that conveys the same meaning, students who use clichés within their papers don’t embody a strong vocabulary. This statement is not only geared to the one who uses profane language. Individuals who use big words boastfully don’t quite know how to express themselves simply to the average reader. They use words as a crutch in the same way that the person uses profanities or clichés.
With this in mind, don’t let clichés become a crutch. It is better not to use them at all. If you feel that one truly evokes a meaning you want to convey within a certain paragraph, then do your best to prove your point in-depth also, but don’t flood your papers with clichés because such a decision to do so will suggest that you don’t take the assignment seriously. | 2019-04-24T08:47:03Z | https://thefavorsglossary.wordpress.com/category/c/ | Porn | Society | 0.076348 |
wordpress | I dithered for a while before launching this blog about whether to start each post with some context or a note about what led me to write the poem. Eventually, I decided the poems should stand on their own. But after a couple of months, I published one that I really wanted to explain. For a while I managed to put up a new liner note for every poem on Geektastic Pentameter.
But then I didn’t. I started to fall into a pattern of writing poems that seemed only to have very obvious liner notes, like “Everything’s fine now” or “I’ve been playing a lot of Minecraft.” Those aren’t particularly interesting notes to read or to write. There’s some level of self-critcism going on, too, because part of me thinks a poem that has only an obvious liner note isn’t a very good poem.
So I’m not really trying to write a liner note for every poem anymore. Apart from a couple of attempts to go back and get caught up on them, I haven’t written one in a while. I’ll write one if I feel like doing it, but if I don’t, that’s OK, too.
The ones that exist are in chronological order. I haven’t found another way to order them that doesn’t require effort. | 2019-04-21T06:57:33Z | https://geektasticpentameter.wordpress.com/liner-notes/ | Porn | News | 0.136618 |
yahoo | Do you want to have your cake and eat it too? Or better yet, how about enjoying leadership and relative strength at the start of a new bull market? Then look no further than Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) stock to mint some big-time profits.
Has the market run its course? It’s a popular question these days given the U.S. averages’ stellar first-quarter run. But rather than simply run away in fear or run toward equities with open arms due to fear of missing out, purchasing streaming metals outfit Wheaton Precious Metals stock looks like a great hedged bet.
Formerly known as Silver Wheaton Mining, WPM is in the business of purchasing metals via negotiated fixed-price contracts called streaming. And it’s a good business to be in and for other investors taking stock in shares of Wheaton Precious Metals as well.
The low-cost deals in exchange for upfront capital, which Wheaton Precious Metals secures are with other producers such as Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE), Goldcorp (NYSE:GG), Pan American Silver (NASDAQ:PAAS) and Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX).
The business doesn’t make WPM the proverbial house like Vegas, but these high margin contracts do allow WPM stock to offer investors stronger cost predictability, direct leverage to increasing precious metals prices and a high-quality asset base.
Now with silver, gold and other metals finding price floors and WPM smartly diversifying and growing its portfolio away from silver in this overall stronger operating environment, conditions on the WPM stock chart also look good for investors interested in going long. Wheaton Precious Metals also has less risk and greater upside potential at current levels.
Within the metals complex, WPM stock has proven itself a technical leader in 2019. Shares have displayed relative strength compared to its peer group with a year-to-date gain of around 19%. But that’s not all Wheaton Precious Metals stock has going for it.
In 2019 and on the heels of confirming a combination double-bottom with an explosive mid-December bullish gap, WPM has minted an uptrend. The bullish foundation looks even more durable as the series of higher highs and lows began with a solid-looking breakout in January.
The breakout sent shares firmly into bull territory after toiling in a congestion pattern with the longer-term, 200-day simple moving average for a handful of weeks. And Wheaton Precious Metals stock has never looked back.
Now, with shares pulling back over the course of several sessions, it’s time to consider buying WPM shares on weakness as technical support for the uptrend is tested. How would I approach a purchase of Wheaton Precious Metals stock in today’s market? With Wheaton Precious Metal stock’s stochastics oversold, but not yet showing a crossover signal, having a bit of constraint to avoid potentially catching a knife makes sense.
Specifically and to help avoid any larger corrections, my suggestion is to simply wait for confirmation of a pivot low on the daily chart before buying WPM.
If a buy trigger does occur but shares fail to follow-through on the upside, keeping a stop tethered to the trend’s newly formed show of support makes a good deal of technical sense. This exit also offers investors stronger “cost predictability” in Wheaton Precious Metals stock and that makes it worth betting on here.
The post How to Extract Profits From Wheaton Precious Metals Stock appeared first on InvestorPlace. | 2019-04-23T11:14:06Z | https://www.yahoo.com/news/extract-profits-wheaton-precious-metals-180134076.html | Porn | Business | 0.665023 |
tripod | Click here to contact Charles.
Update June 29th 2010,Charles has started working on the Motomower,last 2 pic's at the bottom.
Update November 25th ,09 Charles sent a cool pic from a long time ago info is below in his email.
I am sending you another picture of a very rare tractor….was only ever one made, it is a combination of a VW Bus and Austin Wheels and regular tractor half tracks.
The engine was the VW air cooled bus engine and transaxle assembly, the front wheels were secured straight and steering was accomplished with brakes.
allowed it to crawl very slowly when in first gear but it would climb over most anything that was in its path !
Intended for it, so I purchased it and got it running again and had lots of fun with it.
This was purchased locally between the years 1965 – 1970, not sure of the exact year.
Was wondering where I may purchase parts for this tractor or are parts even still available ?
I still have the original owners manual with complete parts break down.
It pretty much all there but has not been used for at least 10 years now and was setting outdoor in the weather and lot of things have rusted up and I am sure a few items may break once I start on it.
Also require new decals but they can always be made up at a sign shop if they are not available.
The engine still turns freely and the engine did start a few years ago.
The plan is to restore it and use it again, it was always a good tractor and we did a lot of work with it years ago now.
June 29th 2010,Charles has started restoring his motomower his email is below.
Here is an update on the tractor progress.
Have it all apart on the shop floor at the moment. Slowly getting it cleaned up and then put it back together again. | 2019-04-19T22:52:10Z | http://porposdoob.tripod.com/id265.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.354735 |
wordpress | My wheelchair has finally arrived, thanks to Dave the DPD man! You might get a picture later and I’m still thinking of a name for it. So mum and I decided it was time for a trip out. Word of advice, don’t move to a city known for its seven hills if you need a wheelchair. We found this out today the hard way. I do trust my mum in a lot of things, but I have to say I was worried about her taking me down the huge hill by a main road to the centre of town. ‘Don’t worry’, she told me. ‘I used to push you all the time in a pushchair when you were a baby’. I replied that I wasn’t exactly the same weight as I was then. We were half way down the hill when she said ‘You certainly arn’t’. Ouch. Thanks Mum.
We mooched around for a bit then got to a tiny set of 5 steps, so I got out and helped mum carry the wheelchair down rather than look for a lift. Que horrified shop assistant coming over to let us know there was a lift available if we wanted next time. We found this hilarious, to her it must have looked like mum had made me get out to carry my own wheelchair. I promise you it was a be there moment!
We were both exhausted by this point so went to the cafe for lunch. After, mum headed off whilst I had a lie down. You know it’s a bad day when you’ve been in a wheelchair all day and you still find yourself needing to lie down (laughing emoji, crying emoji). I heard a small child on the next table ask her mother why I was lying down. She said ‘Oh that lady must be very tired’ and I swear the elderly couple next to me (to be fair they were sitting further down on the bench, closest to my feet) tutted. Actually tutted. I wanted to shout ‘Hey, I know I’m wearing sunglasses inside and I haven’t been able to wash my hair in a while and my feet are all sweaty from being rammed inside compression stocking tights but I’m not hungover I promise’. But then I realised that I’d rather go to sleep so I did.
Then it came to my attention that a crowd of people where peering down at me, including members of my extended family and weirdly, Graham Norton and Mary Berry. They were asking what the hell I was doing lying on a bench in the John Lewis cafe in the middle of the afternoon. I told them all to f*** off (which is most unlike me I assure you) and went back to sleep.
We came home on the bus. I was so exhausted and I wasn’t even the one pushing the wheelchair! I’m now collapsed in bed while my poor mum makes tea. I’m feeling really bad about swearing at Mary Berry and wondering why Graham Norton was dressed as Father Christmas at this time of year. Surely the Easter Bunny would have been more appropriate? Think it’s time for another nap!! | 2019-04-22T08:16:52Z | https://positivelypotsy.wordpress.com/tag/dream/ | Porn | Kids | 0.770149 |
wordpress | Email Drives 16 times More Traffic than SMM!
Who, What, When, Where, Why … and … How?
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uchicago | Building on a long tradition of excellence as the birthplace of law in economics, the University of Chicago Law School launched the Institute for Law and Economics in 2011. The goal of the Institute is to promote the understanding and dissemination of the economic approach to law. It supports research and learning by students, faculty and fellow, and organizes events and activities in Chicago and beyond. | 2019-04-21T13:15:47Z | https://www.uchicago.edu/research/center/institute_for_law_and_economics/ | Porn | Reference | 0.272906 |
wordpress | How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain; Part 224.
A Middle Class Hero Is Something To Be.
How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain; Part 222.
How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain; Part 220.
How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain; Part 219. | 2019-04-20T20:38:15Z | https://grahammack.wordpress.com/category/bbc/ | Porn | Reference | 0.394687 |
wordpress | I’m feeling sad at the lack of Christmas cards this year. Dec 25th is fast approaching and I have no festive cards to display. One reason is the Postal Strike which has messed up, clogged, bollixed up, and paralysed the departure and arrival of mail. For four months we’ve either had no mail deliveries whatsoever, or – more recently – sporadic deliveries of wodges of postal items, some of which date back as far as August. I’m writing this post in mid December. I suppose this is proof that somewhere, in one of the vast Postal Mail Depot Warehouses, wekkers (South African pronunciation of the word ‘workers’) are unenthusiastically delving into the mountains of mail that have formed veritable mountain ranges within the warehouse.
Recently a picture was circulating on the Internet, purporting to show the interior of a Mail Depot in Joburg. When I looked at the photo, I wanted to weep. Mail was spilling down to the floor, from overloaded metal racking. The floor was a sea of envelopes a carpet of mail, on which were scattered plastic crates. Each crate was stuffed to overflowing with mail items. The piece’ de resistance was the shot showing the doorway to the Mail Depot. The roller shutter-doors were rolled up and letters had blown randomly over the tarmac into the yard … Like I said, I felt like crying when I saw the picture. I’m a lifelong supporter of the postal system: letters to friends and family, penfriends far away; magazine subscriber; recipient of bills; mailer of parcels and cards on birthdays; and latterly, a keen member of the international postcard exchange called Postcrossing.
To sum up, I’m missing the usual display of Christmas cards: the bright reds and greens, the cards with sparkly glitter, all the kitch Santas, ho-ho-ing, the Star of Bethlehem cards, the whole jolly lot. But notwithstanding this, there’s a fair amount of Christmas cheer surrounding me, plus a couple of delightful unexpected gifts and I’ve found Pannetone (which I adore) in Food Lovers’ Market, so yes – Christmas is here. But my local Postman had better not knock on my door and ask for a “Christmas Box”. Not this year! No way.
Wishing all my readers a happy and peaceful Christmas, and a New Year filled with health and happiness.
It’s a sunny morning at the beginning of April, and I’m sitting on the deck, looking out at an idyllic scene: a little stream, bordered with bushes, flowers, rushes, marsh grasses, birds flitting in and out of the water,taking tiny sips before flying off again, birds splashing, fluttering, bathing. The water runs downhill, murmuring as it flows over the stones. To me, the sound of softly running water is one of the most relaxing sounds in the world. Where am I? I’m in Kwa Zulu Natal, sitting in my daughter Helen’s garden, enjoying the morning, the birds, the little stream.
And now, if I tell you that this is a fake stream running down the hill in her garden, you’ll probably think :”Huh? What? Why?” Look at the pic below and see if you can spot the fakery? Bet you can’t!
It looks real, doesn’t it? The plants, the water and the birds are as real as real can be. But the river bed, ending in a pond further down the slope, was cleverly constructed by the landscaper, and – believe it or not – the rocks are fake! But to the eye they look like perfectly ordinary rocky rocks – amazing what can be manufactured nowadays. The river bed is edged with rocks in varying sizes which form the banks, the water follows the slope of the ground downwards, culminating in a reed fringed pond. Initially, the pond was stocked with fish, but this proved to be an abortive venture – the hammerkops and herons descended and made short work of those fish. So that was the end of the fish. Sometimes you just have to concede defeat.
On the far bank of the little stream are Marsh grasses, and down at the pond, taller Papyrus wave their spiky heads. All the plants are indigenous – for instance the lanky yellow flowers, another plant with long stems ending in bushy flower heads bursting with pinky lavender flowers. There’s one alien plant, a clump of red zinnias, which ‘just volunteered’, the way plants do in a garden. At the top of the stream the thick vegetation gives a grotto effect, and hides the water inlet pipe. Somewhere down by the pond is a pipe leading to the pump that sends the water back uphill again.
In the foreground there’s a Leopard Tree, so called because of its spotted bark.The tree trunk is wreathed in canary creeper, the bright canary yellow flowers contrasting against the mottled trunk.
If you get tired of listening to the river (and I never do) there are plenty of birds to watch. The Hadedahs parading and pecking on the lawn, for once silent, being fully engaged in their food-hunt.
Fat doves are bullying hordes of LBJs (you know:Little Brown Jobs) on the grass, under the bird-feeder which hangs from the lowest tree branches of the pigeonwood tree. The birds are pecking at fallen seeds which have spilled from the tray above, amidst all the fluttering and squabbling over the seeds.
Grey crested mousebirds flash the orange undersides of their tails as they perch on the mimosa tree branches, they’re eating insects hiding in the foliage.
I’ve seen smart Bulbuls with their black faces topped by black caps and backs, with their contrasting pale bodies under the black top feathers.
If I’m lucky I’ll see the Ground Thrush with his bright brown-orange chests, always hop-hop-hopping. They’re such hoppity birds you wonder when they ever find time to stop and peck up something to eat.
The water attracts the Wagtails, eternally chirruping, and eternally jerking their little grey tails upwards. They remind me of warthogs, who always stick their short tails up at 90 degrees before trotting off.
I’m still hoping to see the Robin with his orange chest and white brow stripe. Helen says they do come to the water, but not that often.
I can recommend a combo of river and bird-watching as a balm for tired souls, and if you’re exhausted and out of sorts, go and find the nearest river and spend some time sitting close by, doing absolutely nothing. Let me know how your river visit turns out.
Yes, I believe in Santa Claus, and the reason is simple – Santa Claus is a spirit of giving and kindness that transcends all cultures.
This post is for Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, secular humanists, Atheists, agnostics, and all other belief systems because this my way of saying thank you with hopes that it brings a smile and warms your heart.
To me, there is no other day like Christmas Eve as it brings a sense of calmness. I smile when driving by closed stores with empty parking lots. Traffic is light as we pass houses with outdoor holiday lights. Listening to calm, classic music of the season adds to the sense of calmness.
How do you choose a title for a brand new blog?
Who knew this would prove to be so difficult? Initially my brain seethed with possibilities – quirky, original ideas. I made an efficient list. I worked my way through the possibilities. My dismay increased exponentially as I approached the tail-end. This one was too twee; that one was too solipsistic; this one was too obscure; that one was too naff; this one was just plain stupid; that one wasn’t as funny as I’d first thought. How could this be so hard?
I earnestly re-read The Rough Guide to Blogging by Jonathan Yang and confirmed that the header (i.e. blog name) is crucial, it’s the hook that draws in your potential readers, the brand name that builds you a devoted tribe of eager fans. Okay, right, I get it. Back to the drawing board.
How do I find a header that encapsulates the contents of my as-yet-unwritten blog? I mean, how do I know now what I might write about in the future? I see blogging as a glorious opportunity to write about anything and everything (note to self – how about From Cabbages to Kings ? Umm. This pre-supposes familiarity with Alice in Wonderland. And didn’t Johnny Depp do wonders for Wonderland in last year’s movie?) But I digress. See how easy it is to slip from one topic to another. How about From Depp to Darwin? That covers a lot of ground. But do I want to write about evolution and its tricky cousin, creationism? And could I ? should I ? write about the movies? Do I want to write about the movies? Barry Ronge is doing a terrific job, so maybe let well alone.
What I chiefly want to write about is Books, and reading. Plus anything else that takes my fancy. Cats, for instance; or food; or Mah-Jongg; or the fact that truth is always stranger than fiction; or obscure words that I encounter on Lexulous; maybe I should just title the wretched thing The Whole Gemors and leave it at that. Non-South African readers will just have to figure it out for themselves. Or not, as the case may be. I’ll add The Whole Gemors to the list and ponder some more. | 2019-04-20T08:44:08Z | https://despatchesfromtimbuktu.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.12031 |
wordpress | Can technology succeed where morality has stalled?
“Knocking Out Pain in Livestock: Can Technology Succeed Where Morality has Stalled?” was the paper we discussed at the weekly ABW meeting this week: http://philpapers.org/archive/SHRKOP.pdf It is a really nice article by Adam Shriver, who until quite recently was a neighbour of ours at Western but is is now based in Philadelphia. His argument is similar to one made by Yeates, who suggested that if we can create non-sentient animals that have “Lives without Experiences”, we can stop worrying about the welfare harms of farming.
I think this is logically and ethically sound, and enjoyed the paper (as we all did, though we all admitted having to look up the word “deontological”). It had three limitations though. One is that it sought to excise abilities to suffer, but its specific were all about pain, and of course pain is not the only welfare problem: fear, hunger and frustration are major ones too (and if believing that these animals felt no pain caused people to treat them more roughly, then the problem of fear could become even worse…). The second is that you’d have to be really, really sure you had knocked out conscious affect to advocate this practice with confidence. The third is that it’s kind of ikky … a ‘yuk’ response I don’t have much time for, but which could ruin attempts to make it commercially viable.
Along similar if more artistic lines, check out the ‘Centre for Unconscious Farming’ pictured below (with more coverage here). | 2019-04-19T22:56:15Z | https://masonabwlab.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/can-technology-succeed-where-morality-has-stalled/ | Porn | Science | 0.387265 |
ncsu | I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and I contribute to the PhD program in Public History. I have always been fascinated by human diversity in the past and present and the ways that people connect with history and have conducted archaeological and cultural anthropology research in Cyprus, Honduras, Belize, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. Prior to teaching at NC State, I was a visiting assistant professor at Indiana University, South Bend.
I have conducted extensive research in Belize, focusing on the ways constructions of the past are promoted through public venues like tourism, education, and archaeological practice, and how these constructions shape the cultural production of young citizens. I am particularly interested in the ways messages about the past are interpreted and negotiated by teachers and youth as they navigate racial and ethnic politics in the present. My most recent publications focus on national cultural diversity rhetoric in the Belizean state and intersections between colonial dynamics, community connections with the natural landscape, and local heritage work.
I am currently working on my first book: Ruins and Recitations: Education, Colonization, and Public Memory in Belize. The research that provides the basis for this book is an interdisciplinary analysis of cultural heritage practices (e.g. cultural education, archaeological site management, tourism) in the Central American and Caribbean nation of Belize, from the late 19th century to today. Drawing from ethnographic and historical approaches, this project provides emic and etic perspectives on heritage processes within two primarily African-descendant (Belizean Kriol) communities in north-central Belize (Crooked Tree and Biscayne), and situates heritage values in an entangled web of local, national, and global factors, thus revealing how heritage practices are culturally and historically constructed.
Contextualize and interpret findings related to the points above within the colonial history of Belize and the cultural and geo-politics of the broader region.
Click here to read about my recent work with two NC State graduate students and other colleagues on a public history research practicum in Belize. Click here for an article about this project from the perspectives of the graduate students.
Click here to read about a recent project from my Cultural Resource Management graduate class on North Carolina properties from the "Green Books" which were guidebooks compiled by Victor H. Green that highlighted businesses welcoming to African Americans from 1936-1966.
Click here to read about another project from my Cultural Resource Management graduate class on cultural properties associated with Civil Rights activism in North Carolina.
2014 North Carolina State University, CHASS Scholarship and Research Award, “Community-based Heritage Preservation and Public History Research in Belize"
2015 Worked with Eleanor Harrison-Buck, University of New Hampshire (Project Director) on University of New Hampshire Center for the Humanities, Publicly Engaged Humanities Fellowship, “Reclaiming the Past, Directing the Future of Kriol Culture in Belize: Public Outreach and Education With, By, and For the Local Community"
2018 “Examining the Pedagogy of Community-Based Heritage Work through an International Public History Field Experience,” The Public Historian, 40(1): 55–84.
2015 “Cultural Diversity: Cultivating National Identity and a Productive Citizenry through Belizean Education,” In Heritage Unbound: Rhetoric and Justice in Cultural Heritage, Edited by Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels and Trinidad Rico. University Press of Colorado.
2014 “Situating Public Archaeology in Crooked Tree, Belize,” In Public Participation in Archaeology, Edited by Joanne Lea and Suzie Thomas. Boydell & Brewer, Ltd.: Suffolk, UK.
2010 “Heritage Education in Belize: Crossing Disciplines and Incorporating Diverse Voices,” In Arqueologia Amazônica Volume 2, Edited by Edithe Pereira and Vera Guapindaia. Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belem, Brazil.
I teach courses on Pre-Columbian Latin America, Frauds and Mysteries in History, Cultural Resource Management, and International Cultural Heritage. I have also developed an international public history and heritage practicum to take NC State students to Belize where they learn about Belizean history and culture, tourism, and environmental conservation, develop applied heritage projects, and utilize public history and anthropological skills.
I am faculty adviser for the History Club. History Club is a great way for students interested in history (majors, minors, and non-majors) to engage in educational and social activities related to history. The club visits local museums, watches historical movies, enjoys Howling Cow ice cream, provides opportunties for students to connect with faculty and learn about career opportunities in history, and does at least one field-trip a year to a North Carolina historical site. | 2019-04-21T10:37:40Z | https://history.ncsu.edu/people/faculty_staff/aemcgill | Porn | Reference | 0.465339 |
wordpress | Any family history buffs on your Christmas list? I’m giving away a book from my Family History Mystery series along with one of the most useful tools I’ve found in working with old photos and other artifacts, a 30x loupe magnifier. And since we need not give up style as we sort through dusty boxes, it is suspended on a handmade kumihimo beaded braid and chain from Nine Stories HIgh etsy.com/shop/ninestorieshigh To enter like this post (1 entry), comment on the post (2 entries) or best of all share (3 entries) by midnight Tuesday, December 15.
I purposefully set out to use this sound because of something I experienced. One day as I was waiting for someone on a sidewalk bench (lost in my phone as some of us frequently are these days), I heard this particular sound and it instantly summoned up a whole bundle of memories and feelings.
It was the sound of a Zippo lighter opening, striking and closing. It made me think of my father, but not just in a “brain” way but in a more immediate detailed and emotional remembrance. My Dad was (unfortunately) a smoker when I was a child and the sound of that lighter was something that assured me he was nearby. And it usually meant he was relaxed, as he didn’t generally smoke while he was working. So it’s a comforting sound to me.
Holed up in my office on a bright sunny autumn afternoon with a (now) half empty bag of Halloween candy finishing up the fourth installment in my Family History Mystery Series, DEAD IN A FLASH, so I can get it to my editor before the bell tolls midnight tomorrow (and yes, I’ll be using every minute of that extra hour). This week I got a sneak peak at the cover. Tell me what you think.
I have a guest post up over at XOXOAFTER DARK on research for my family history series. In this case it was old love letters from the war years. Let me know if you have special letters that you treasure from your own family history archives.
Today’s launch day for PICTURE THEM DEAD, the third in my Family History Mystery series featuring genealogist duo, Sophreena McClure and Esme Sabatier. If you like family history or mysteries, I hope you’ll check it out. Right now there’s a giveaway to win this book over at Amazon. Please hop over to the above link and enter to win.
I did a fun guest blog for Dru’s Book Musings that goes live today. It chronicles a day in the life of my genealogist protagonist, Sophreena. Plus, there’s a giveway for the 3rd book in my Family History Mystery Series which will be released on June 1. Go on over to Dru’s place and leave a comment to win.
My nice UPS man has brought me copies of my new book, PICTURE THEM DEAD, the third installment in my Family History Mystery series. I’m excited that this one will be released in mass market paperback format and I hope that means it will get into the hands of more readers. It’s such a fun series to write and I’m hoping it will inspire some people to take up a search of their own family histories.
I’m participating in another afternoon for mystery readers with writing buddies Margaret Maron and Sarah Shaber at Southeast Regional Library this Sunday at 2 p.m. Y’all come out to see us.
Death in Reel Time launches today!
I’ll be at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Ridgewood Shopping Center, Raleigh on Thursday night, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. to talk about my new book in the Family History Mystery series, DEATH IN REEL TIME. Join me if you can!
Had a great interview with Cathy over at her Kittling:Books blog. Thanks, Cathy. | 2019-04-24T22:40:53Z | https://brendawitchger.wordpress.com/page/2/ | Porn | Reference | 0.129687 |
wordpress | Chloë March’s musical past covers a stint in the sophisticated melodrama of Cousteau as well as a background in drama and playwriting. Such skills and experiences have been put to excellent use on new album ‘Nights Bright Day’ where the attention to production detail is matched with fascinating storytelling.
Bathed in magical beauty, ‘Winter Deep’ sees March cast as the female equivalent of C Duncan, with whom she shares a cool, breathy vocal and a penchant for dreamy arrangements. March’s primary focus seems to be on piano-led numbers and lambent, ambient pop, with strong echoes of Jo Hamilton on ‘Cafe Des Poetes’, yet a diversions into psychedelic soul (courtesy of ‘Boho Night’) is tackled with skill and panache. The superb ‘Orpheus Head’ bubbles with highly inventive production and oddball melody where the key lyrics, “You’re in my head. You’re in the ground, beneath my feet”, are delivered gently for maximum impact.
A clutch of spare, vocal-led numbers (‘Ember’, ‘Eurydice On The Underground’, ‘Orpheus At Sea’, ‘Eucalyptus Night’) seem like lost anthems from a watery world whilst a spectral ‘Be Lonely Roi’ threatens to lure the listener completely underwater, engulfed by the hypnotic aural bliss. On abstract offerings such as ‘Sunless’, ‘Woods’ and the Anja Garbarek-esque ‘Owl’, meanwhile, it’s as if nature itself has decided to take over and recorded its own beautiful songs.
Variations in pace may be few and far between but this is not a problem because the arrangements always keep the listener guessing from the first song to the shiver-inducing grace of the finale ‘Unlit’. Furthermore, March’s vocals manage to find that difficult balance between elegance, emotion and mystery. A joy.
Everything about the title to Echodrone’s latest album fits. ‘Five’ is the San Francisco outfit’s fifth album, they have five band members and on this evidence they would certainly make the top five of many best of shoegaze/dream pop lists too.
Opening up with the kind of vintage synth intro most commonly associated with Boards Of Canada, the whispered vocals and crunching guitar soon add menace to disturb the serenity. It may be an incongruous way to start but the song evolves into something special as all the initially disparate layers form a lovely melodic whole. Satisfyingly muscular rhythms and a dense framework of slow-building guitars or the cornerstones which guide ‘Falling From Planes’, ‘Motion Pictures’ and ‘Glacial Place’ towards classy shoegaze territory. Amongst other highlights, On ‘Noise Bed’ the angelic tones of Rachel Lopez take centre stage as they are set against lilting key changes, ‘When The Two Ends Meet’ pushes and drives towards euphoric places whilst ‘Less Than Imaginary’ relies on a fairly simple but addictive hook.
Some intensity is lost a little towards the conclusion of the record but otherwise Echodrone provide good value over an hour’s worth of expertly-produced music. Throughout, they exhibit similar qualities to long-serving British act Engineers, steadily forming sumptuous layers of carefully cultivated sound whilst searching for (and often finding) the perfect tunes.
Full marks to Canada’s Nicholas Krgovich and his team for arousing interest. His latest album is said to be “experimental music masquerading as pop” in a similar vein to classic albums such as ‘Steve McQueen’, ‘Cupid & Psyche ’85’ and ‘Avalon’, as well as drawing comparisons to Donald Fagen. What’s not to love?
‘The Backlot’ is our introduction to some sumptuously arranged soul music, with female harmonies and brass and string parts that are engaging and never obtrusive. Thanks to their rolling keyboard motifs, refined production values and nocturnal atmosphere, ‘Along The PCH On Oscar Night’ and ‘City Of Night’ come across like Vancouver-based versions of The Blue Nile. Meanwhile, further highlights ‘Cosmic Vision’ and ‘You’re Through’ are inventively arranged and produced and given further gravitas by Krgovich’s smoother than smooth tones.
It’s probably no coincidence that ‘On Sunset’ was produced by John Collins who also has credits on past Destroyer releases; another act with a penchant for exquisite 80’s-flavoured productions. The ideas seem to fizzle out slightly towards the end of the record as the album settles into tasteful but unspectacular soul music but otherwise this is a classy affair which makes light of the weight of its impeccable influences.
Just when you thought all the sub-genres in the universe had been exhausted, along comes Zebracore. Needless to say, this is presumably a joke term conjured up by Isle Of Man act, Postcode, although given the fixation with the black and white striped mammal throughout the cover art, album and song titles, you’d be forgiven for thinking the branding has gone to their heads. In reality, though, their music is relatively straightforward and nostalgic for a time when British indie ruled the airwaves.
‘Yggdrasil’ begins with duelling jangly guitars and Marie Reynolds’s cool, cooing vocals will possibly win favour with lovers of any number of 1990’s female-fronted indie bands. The lengthy ‘At Last’ moves amicably enough between mid-paced fare and rousing anthemic rock. There’s more emphasis on acoustic guitar for the pleasant, gently seductive ‘Blue Fluff’ but the EP refuses to catch fire until the end. That moment occurs on a classy ‘Letting Go’, which has a similar lilting feel to ‘Blue Fluff’ but the fuller arrangement and wistful melancholy are wonderfully judged. They finish with a flourish too, thanks to the grungy, visceral ‘Boardwalk’; an energising song tailor made for closing out a live gig and an indicator of what is to come on the harder-edged ‘Part Two’.
One can imagine Postcode being signed to Kitchenware Records if they existed twenty years ago and they certainly bear a strong resemblance to Hug from that same label. Overall, ‘Year Of The Zebra – Part One’ is solid – if rather dated – indie rock fare but the ending to the EP certainly suggests they have special songs in them. Those seeking more darker, psychedelic adventures, however, should check out the more recent ‘Part Two’.
These are good times for Glasgow’s Christopher (C) Duncan with A list status achieved on respected station BBC 6 and now his first album about to be released. The man doesn’t disappoint on that score either with a truly original set of songs which combine folk, choral music and dream pop.
‘Architect’ is introduced by ‘Say’, with vocals which are both soothing, gentle and yet slightly eerie. The chorus is simply heavenly, consistently of lighter than air harmonies, not unlike an alt-folk Scritti Politti but really that only tells not even half of the story. A full-bodied title track heads skyward. The arrangement is reminiscent of retro-futurist revivalists such as My Autumn Empire and The Superimposers; given more magic by Duncan’s spiritual presence. The filmic, ambient-flavoured ‘Silence And Air’, the slightly unsettling couplet of ‘New Water’ and ‘Novices’ and a luscious ‘He Believes In Miracles’ are all paradigms of modern, psychedelic folk.
‘For’ really is like discovering a lost treasure from the late 1960’s; its delightful chorus, blessed with whistling and hypnotic vocal melodies are as beguiling a moment as there is to hear this year. In a rare break from the chilled reverie, ‘Garden’ signals a change in pace; Duncan racing through the song with a new found drive and yet the melody still recalls Cream’s ‘I Feel Free’, whilst ‘By’ possess a rich organ-led momentum. He even pulls off the trick of a genuinely touching lullaby on ‘I’ll Be Gone By Winter’ and it’s a real comfy jumper moment.
The word ethereal tends to get overused but the description is a perfect fit for Duncan’s beautifully tender vocals and expertise with arrangements. ‘Architect’ is a definite contender for album of the year.
London’s Passarella Death Squad have the distinction of being both a cult clothing designer as well being purveyors of electronica that is both chilling and chilled. 2013’s ‘Giant EP’ impressed with its mesmeric, late night drive atmospherics. The ‘Ghosts EP’ is similar in theme.
The title track floats on a gorgeous bed of piano loops, Kraftwerk rhythms and serene ambience. Emilie Albisser’s vocals have the suitably haunting gravitas to do justice to the title and the song possesses the allure to be listened to in a trance-like state. ‘Ghosts’ is intended as a tribute to notorious German dancer/actress Anita Berber and it is by some distance the best of the three offerings here. ‘Empire’ is more sparse and even more slow-paced than ‘Ghosts’; head nodding is advisable as the track thrives on repetition and hypnotic elements but Albisser is the real star here as her performance adds eeriness and beauty. By the time the last of trio is presented, the EP has lost its edge somewhat because ‘Something’s Burning’ is reminiscent of 90’s chill-out remixing and could do with extra ingredients and variety to liven it up somewhat.
So, it’s another fifteen minutes of superior chill-out/IDM. Once again, Passarella Death Squad’s music remains superficially attractive and although there’s not much to engage the heart and the soul, there’s plenty to keep the brain and feet satisfied. | 2019-04-26T04:20:36Z | https://leonardslair.wordpress.com/category/new-releases/ | Porn | Business | 0.09529 |
wordpress | Posted by klondykewriter in Bookends, Klondike Sun, Mark Dawson, mystery, Whitehorse Star.
The Cleaner is the first in a series of novels about John Milton, a master assassin for the British government who has finally, after 130 or so kills, burned out – or acquired a conscience.
Here we begin with Milton’s last assignment, in which he kills three targets in cold blood and then finds himself unable to kill the woman’s young son. It is his epiphany and leads him to a conclusion that Control, the head of Group 15, is not prepared to accept. For Control, Milton is his Number One Cleaner, or he is useless, and too dangerous to let run loose. He may have to be decommissioned, in the bloodless deflective terminology of the agency.
The story continues with a sequence that reminded me bit of the silent cold opening from the late 60s British cult TV series, The Prisoner. In that sequence, Patrick McGoohan’s character, who seemed to have stepped right out of his earlier series, Danger Man (Secret Agent on American television), resigns from the British Secret Service and storms out of his boss’s office.
Hours later he is gassed unconscious at his flat and transported to an island home for defective spies, where he spends the next 12 or 13 episodes (this was one of the first mini-series) trying to escape.
So, to put it more bluntly, Milton will have to be put down if he doesn’t change his mind. Control would probably have loved to be able to use the solution from The Prisoner.
Milton’s second epiphany is when the black woman jumps down onto the tracks in the underground with the apparent intention of letting herself be run down by the approaching coaches. He saves her at some risk to his own life, and that act determines his immediate future.
Sharon has a son, Elijah. He’s beginning to mix with a bad lot and Sharon feels like she’s failed him, as she has failed at so many things and with so any people in her life. Milton has decided that his action obligates him to protect this woman and her teenage son, and determines that he will clean up the project neighbourhood. He rents a house, cases the area, finds an ally in a former soldier who runs a boxing club for local boys, and begins to build a relationship with the lad.
He’s not very good at it, and when he and Sharon finally spend the night together, Elijah, who was beginning to warm to him, assumes he is just another “John” using him to get to his mother’s bed.
After that, things get seriously nasty. Milton has to deal with a gangland rapper called Risky Bizness, as well as cope with the fact that he is being hunted by another Group 15 agent, who has orders to kill him.
The story is economical in its prose style and effective in its characterizations and action scenes.
If it appears odd that Milton doesn’t seem to anticipate the level of retaliatory violence that the rapper is prepared to use to protect his turf and his rep, that might be explained by the clandestine nature of his former occupation. His has been a clinical profession in which matters of weapons, ambush, preparation and invisibility were key components. He doesn’t seem to have spent a lot of time dealing with people except as targets.
The advertising surrounding the series is a bit misleading. Milton is compared to Jack Reacher. Not that Reacher never assassinated anyone, but those deaths were executions as part of his service as an MP and involved people who had committed serious crimes, rather that simply being foreign policy inconveniences, as Milton’s targets were at the beginning of this book.
Milton’s going to be footloose, as far as I can see, but he’s also going to be on the run. The second novel begins with a series of agency memos summarizing what has already happened and recommending further action.
It also appears that this series is going to march on in chronological order, whereas Lee Child has his character jump all over his lifeline.
At the start Milton does come across as the sort of blunt instrument that Ian Fleming’s rendition of James Bond was (as opposed to the various movie incarnations), but you can see that he is beginning to change by the end of this book, and it may be interesting to see how he develops.
Dawson has self-published this book and the other nine in the series, plus a bunch of other books during the last several years, and my copy of The Cleaner came as part of an eight book ebundle from Kindle. | 2019-04-20T14:19:04Z | https://klondykewriter.wordpress.com/category/mark-dawson/ | Porn | Business | 0.397462 |
wordpress | Stop talking teachers and schools down. Every time you (falsely) mention how poorly we compare to our international competitors or how we need to raise standards in our schools, you put people off. Few want to play for a losing side.
If you’re going to offer financial incentives to, say Maths, Science graduates, then why not tie them into teaching for a few years? At the moment, it’s a no brainer to train for a year and receive a £30,000 grant. Especially if you don’t even have to teach afterwards.
Develop good career pathways for teachers who don’t want to move into management but who still want their excellence and expertise to be recognised. Value and reward experience.
Increase funding to schools so they can afford to employ good teachers. | 2019-04-19T18:42:48Z | https://edblogreader.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/ten-cures-for-the-teacher-shortage/ | Porn | Science | 0.995106 |
google | Methods and apparatus for concealing corrupted blocks of streaming data are disclosed. It is determined whether a subdivision of the streaming data is a corrupt subdivision. The corrupt subdivision is concealed using a previously reconstructed or concealed subdivision in a manner that does not require information from pairs of direct neighbor subdivisions that have not been previously reconstructed or concealed.
This application claims the benefit of priority co-pending provisional application No. 60/823,605, to Shan Liu, Jason Wang and Milan Mehta, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND HANDLING ERRORS IN A MULTI-THREADED VIDEO DATA DECODER” filed Aug. 25, 2006, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
This application claims the benefit of priority co-pending provisional application No. 60/823,613, to Shan Liu, entitled “METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONCEALING CORRUPTED BLOCKS OF VIDEO DATA” filed Aug. 25, 2006, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
This application claims the benefit of priority co-pending provisional application No. 60/823,620, to Xun Xu, entitled “ENTROPY DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUS”, filed Aug. 25, 2006 the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
This application is related commonly-assigned, co-pending application No. ______ , to Shan Liu et al., entitled “SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND HANDLING ERRORS IN A MULTI-THREADED VIDEO DATA DECODER” (Attorney Docket SCEA06052US01), filed the same day, as the present application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
This application is related commonly-assigned, co-pending application No. ______ , to Xun Xu, entitled “ENTROPY DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUS” (Attorney Docket SCEA06054US01), filed the same day, as the present application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Embodiments of the present invention are related to streaming media and more particularly to error concealment in streaming media.
Digital signal compression is widely used in many multimedia applications and devices. Digital signal compression using a coder/decoder (codec) allows streaming media, such as audio or video signals to be transmitted over the Internet or stored on compact discs. A typical codec involves an encoder on the transmitting side and a decoder on the receiving side. Encoders and decoders may be implemented in hardware or software or some combination of both. A number of different standards of digital video compression have emerged, including H.261, H.263; MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4; and AVC (H.264). These standards, as well as other video compression technologies, seek to efficiently represent a video frame picture by eliminating the spatial and temporal redundancies in the picture and among successive pictures. Through the use of such compression standards, video contents can be carried in highly compressed video bit streams, and thus efficiently stored in disks or transmitted over networks.
Unfortunately, the storage media and networks are not always reliable, so that errors may occur during storage or transmission. Thus, some video stream data may be corrupted, which may result in termination of decoding/playing; or, if the decoding continues, some damaged picture frames or partial frames. Such errors may propagate to the following pictures, due to the predictive nature of video compression. Overall, errors result in poor video playback; therefore, they need to be properly handled in order to mitigate their impact. Consequently, there are needs for efficient error concealment methods, by using which, the corrupted video pictures can be concealed and the display quality may be enhanced. In block-based video compression standards and codecs, such as H.261, H.263, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and H.264/AVC, video blocks (or macroblocks) are considered the basic encoding, decoding and processing unit. Thus, by concealing all corrupted video blocks, a video picture may be concealed.
Sometimes, after a decoder has done what it can do best, with or without using error resilience methods, there are still errors in the video stream that can not be recovered. If not concealed properly, these errors may be reflected in the reconstructed or displayed video pictures and are also likely to propagate to following pictures. Some error resilience and concealment techniques are available for existing codecs. For example, the H.264/AVC standard summarized a list of those technologies and gives an example of video block error concealment in the decoder extension. The error resilience methods include: Intra Placement, Picture Segmentation, Reference Picture Selection, Data Partitioning, Parameter Sets, Flexible Macroblock Ordering and Redundant Slices. These methods are usually implemented in the encoder to protect the bit stream from errors, or provide redundant information for the decoder, so that the decoder can recover the corrupted bit stream and resume decoding more easily. However, there are shortcomings to existing error concealment techniques.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating division of a picture for error concealment according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating error handling in reconstruction of streaming data according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating concealment of a corrupt intra macroblock in accordance with the prior art.
FIGS. 4A-4B are schematic diagrams illustrating concealment of a corrupt inter macroblock in accordance with the prior art.
FIGS. 5A-5B are schematic diagrams illustrating concealment of a corrupted intra-coded macroblock according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 6A-6B are schematic diagrams illustrating concealment of a corrupted inter-coded macroblock according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating concealment of a corrupted inter-coded macroblock in a bi-predictive picture or slice according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating concealment of motion vectors for a corrupted inter-coded macroblock according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for impending error concealment in streaming data decoding according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating Cell processor apparatus for implementing error concealment in streaming data decoding according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the following discussion, the following terms have the following meanings.
A bitstream is a sequence of bits that forms the representation of coded pictures and associated data forming one or more coded video sequences.
A block is an MxN (M-column by N-row) array of samples, or an MxN array of transform coefficients.
A bottom field is one of two fields that comprise a frame. Each row of a bottom field is spatially located immediately below a corresponding row of a top field.
A bottom macroblock (of a macroblock pair) is the macroblock within a macroblock pair that contains the samples in the bottom row of samples for the macroblockpair. For a field macroblock pair, the bottom macroblock represents the samples from the region of the bottom field of the frame that lie within the spatial region of the macroblock pair. For a frame macroblock pair, the bottom macroblock represents the samples of the frame that lie within the bottom half of the spatial region of the macroblock pair.
Can is a term used to refer to behavior that is allowed, but not necessarily required.
A coded picture is a coded representation of a picture. A coded picture may be either a coded field or a coded frame. Coded picture is a collective term referring to a primary coded picture or a redundant coded picture, but not to both together.
A coded representation is a streaming data element as represented in its coded form.
Co-located is a term used to describe the location of a block or macroblock in one picture relative to a location in a different picture. Two blocks or macroblocks are said to be co-located when each has the same location within its picture as the other.
A corrupt subdivision or error subdivision is a subdivision of a picture that either contains an error or has been marked as containing an error.
A decoded picture is a picture derived by decoding a coded picture. A decoded picture may be either a decoded frame, or a decoded field. A decoded field is either a decoded top field or a decoded bottom field.
A decoder is an embodiment of a decoding process.
Decoding order refers to the order in which syntax elements are processed by the decoding process.
Decoding refers to the process of reading a bitstream and deriving decoded pictures from it.
A direct neighbor of a particular subdivision is another subdivision of a picture that is located immediately to the left, right, top or bottom of a particular subdivision of the picture.
A field is an assembly of alternate rows of a frame. A frame is composed of two fields, a top field and a bottom field.
A field block (or macroblock) is a block (or macroblock) containing samples from a single field. All macroblocks of a coded field are field macroblocks. When macroblock-adaptive frame/field decoding is in use, some macroblocks of a coded frame may be field macroblocks.
A field macroblock pair is a macroblock pair decoded as two field macroblocks.
A frame contains an array of luma samples and two corresponding arrays of chroma samples. A frame consists of two fields, a top field and a bottom field.
A frame macroblock is a macroblock representing samples from the two fields of a coded frame. When macroblock-adaptive frame/field decoding is not in use, all macroblocks of a coded frame are frame macroblocks. When macroblock-adaptive frame/feld decoding is in use, some macroblocks of a coded frame may be frame macroblocks.
A frame macroblock pair is macroblock pair decoded as two frame macroblocks.
An I slice is a slice that is decoded using prediction from decoded samples within the same slice.
Inter coding is coding of a block, macroblock, slice, or picture that uses inter prediction.
An inter prediction is A prediction derived from decoded samples of reference pictures other than the current decoded picture.
An intra prediction is a prediction derived from the decoded samples of the same decoded slice.
Luma is an adjective specifying that a sample array or single sample is representing the monochrome signal related to the primary colors. NOTE-The term luma is sometimes used rather than the term luminance in order to avoid the implication of the use of linear light transfer characteristics that is often associated with the term luminance.
Macroblock-adaptive frame/field decoding is a decoding process for coded frames in which some macroblocks may be decoded as frame macroblocks and others may be decoded as field macroblocks.
May is a term used to refer to behavior that is allowed, but not necessarily required.
A motion vector is a two-dimensional vector used for inter prediction that provides an offset from the coordinates in the decoded picture to the coordinates in a reference picture.
A P slice is a slice that may be decoded using intra prediction from decoded samples within the same slice or inter prediction from previously-decoded reference pictures, using at most one motion vector and reference index to predict the sample values of each block.
A picture is collective term for a subdivision of streaming data that can be either a field or a frame.
Prediction refers to the use of a predictor to provide an estimate of the sample value or data element currently being decoded.
A predictor is a combination of specified values or previously decoded sample values or data elements used in the decoding process of subsequent sample values or data elements.
A raster scan is a mapping of a rectangular two-dimensional pattern to a one-dimensional pattern such that the first entries in the one-dimensional pattern are from the first top row of the two-dimensional pattern scanned from left to right, followed similarly by the second, third, etc. rows of the pattern (going down) each scanned from left to right.
A reference picture is a picture containing samples that may be used for inter prediction in the decoding process of subsequent pictures in decoding order.
A slice is an integer number of macroblocks or macroblock pairs ordered consecutively in a picture or subsection thereof.
A slice header is a part of a coded slice containing the data elements pertaining to the first or all macroblocks represented in the slice.
A streaming data element refers to a smallest unit of streaming data. In the case of streaming video data a pixel is an example of a streaming data element.
A subdivision of a picture refers to a group of one or more streaming data elements that make up a picture. In the case of video streaming data, examples of subdivisions include pictures, frames, fields, slices, macroblocks, sub-macroblocks, blocks, and pixels.
Several methods for concealing corrupted video blocks are described herein. These methods may be applied to intra and non-intra (inter) coded blocks of streaming data, e.g., in intra-coded and inter-coded streaming data subdivisions. An inter-coded subdivision (e.g.,picture macroblock, etc.) is one that is coded in a way that relates two different macroblocks from different pictures. An intra coded subdivision, by contrast is coded in a way that relates two different macroblocks in the same picture or is otherwise independent of other macroblock data. The methods-of recovering motion vectors for corrupted video blocks are presented as well, which are used in concealing inter coded blocks.
To facilitate understanding of embodiments of the present invention it is useful to be familiar with certain nomenclature used herein. Streaming data may be broken down in suitable sized subdivisions for handling. For example, in the case of video data, the streaming data may be broken down into pictures with each picture representing a particular image in a series of images. Each picture may be broken down into subdivisions referred to as macroblocks, sub-macroblocks, blocks and pixels. As shown in FIG. 1, a single picture 100 may be broken down into a number of slices 102. Each slice 102 contains one or more rows of macroblocks 104. The number of macroblocks in a row depends on the size of the macroblocks and the size and resolution of the picture 100. For example, if each macroblock contains sixteen pixels then the number of macroblocks in each row may be determined by dividing the width of the picture 100 (in pixels) by sixteen. Each macroblock 104 may be broken down into a number of sub-macroblocks 106. Each sub-macroblock 106 may be broken down into a number of blocks 108 and each block may contain a number of pixels 110. By way of example, and without limitation of the invention, in a common video coding scheme, each macroblock 104 may be broken down into four sub-macroblocks 106. Each sub-macoblock may be broken down into four blocks 108 and each block may contain four pixels 110.
Error concealment according to embodiments of the present invention may arise in the context of decoding and reconstructing streaming data. In the block (or macroblock in most video codecs, i.e. MB) decoding and reconstructing loop, if any error is detected when decoding the MB (syntax or data) from the bit stream, this MB can not be reconstructed properly as an error-free ME. Instead, it is sent ,to a MB concealment module and concealed from previously' decoded or recovered information. The MB concealment module may be implemented in parallel with MB decoding and reconstructing module in the picture decoder flow. As used herein the expression “processing in parallel” means that, to some extent the processing of different tasks overlaps in time.
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a method 200 of decoding and reconstructing an input picture 201 in a streaming data video decoder. The decoder may be implemented in hardware, in software, or some combination of both. In the method 200 a decoder reads a picture header and slice header information at 202. Subdivisions, such as macroblocks, may be marked as corrupt macroblocks during slice header decoding 202 or MB header decoding 204 if an error is detected in the slice header for the slice containing the macroblock. If an error is detected in the picture header, the entire picture may be replaced, e.g., with a blank or uniformly grey picture. The decoder then enters a macroblock loop 203, to decode the remaining data of each macroblock and reconstruct it. At 204 the decoder reads the macroblock header information. If at 206 it is determined that the macroblock is corrupt, or has been marked as a erroneous macroblock, it is sent to error an concealment module 208 without further decoding and decoding 210, error detection 212 and reconstruction 214 may be skipped.
If the macroblock has not been marked as erroneous, the decoder proceeds to decode the remaining macroblock data at 210. If decoder detects any error at 212 in the remaining macroblock data, the macroblock is marked as an erroneous macroblock and sent to error the concealment module 208 without further decoding and reconstruction 214 may be skipped. Otherwise, the macroblock is fully decoded and reconstructed.
Errors may be detected at 212, or during macroblock header decoding 202 or macroblock header decoding 204, e.g., by comparing the header syntax against standard that defines acceptable or “legal” values or ranges for the various elements that make up the header syntax. An error may be present if the value of a syntax element lies outside the “legal” range for that element as defined by the standard. Alternatively, even if a syntax element violates a semantic rule. For example, even if a syntax element value is legal, an error message may be generated if the value violates some constraint of the streaming standard used in transmitting the data. In such a case the stream cannot be accepted as a valid stream. For example, a syntax element may indicate that the input picture 201 is a bi-predictive (B) picture, but B pictures are not allowed in this stream. Alternatively, two legal syntax element values may conflict with each other in some way.
The error concealment module 208 reconstructs the corrupted macroblock using previously decoded macroblock pixels in the present or previously decoded pictures. The error concealment module may reconstruct the corrupted macroblock in accordance with embodiments of the present invention as described below, e.g., with respect to FIG. 5A, FIG. 5B, FIG. 6, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8.
The macroblock loop 203 of the decoder determines whether the last macroblock in the slice has been encountered at 216. If not, the macroblock loop proceeds to process the next macroblock as indicated at 218. If the last macroblock in a slice has been encountered it is determined at 220 whether the end of the picture has been encountered. If not, the decoder proceeds to the next slice at 222. After all macroblocks for each slice in the picture have been reconstructed (or concealed), the picture reconstruction ends as indicated at 224.
To appreciate the advantages of the present invention it is useful to understand previous error concealment techniques. For example, as suggested in H.264/AVC decoder extension, if the corrupted macroblock is an intra coded macroblock, it is concealed from the boundary pixels of its four direct neighbor macroblocks. To calculate the value for a pixel in an intra coded macroblock, both the weighted average of the top and bottom reference pixels, and that of the left and right reference pixels, are calculated. The average of the two is the concealed value for the pixel in the corrupted intra macroblock. Noted in the standard document, if the number of correct neighbors are equal or greater than 2, then only correctly decoded neighbors are used as reference; otherwise, both correct and concealed neighbors are used. Standard methods provide solutions to concealing an intra macroblock when top-bottom, and/or left-right neighbors are available (decoded or concealed) in pairs. Such pairs of direct neighbors, e.g., top-bottom or left-right neighbors are referred to herein as pairs of direct neighbor subdivisions.
For example, FIG. 3 illustrates pictorially how an intra-coded macroblock (MB) may be concealed in the H.264/AVC decoder extension. For a pixel 302 in a corrupted macroblock 301, a top reference pixel 304 is a bottom boundary pixel in a top MB (e.g., the MB immediately above the corrupted MB 301. The bottom boundary pixel 304 has the same horizontal index as the corrupted pixel 302. A bottom reference pixel 306 is a top boundary pixel in a bottom MB (e.g., a macroblock immediately below the corrupted MB 301). The top boundary pixel 306 has the same horizontal index as the corrupted pixel 302. A left reference pixel 308 is a right boundary pixel in a left MB (e.g., a MB immediately to the right of the corrupted MB 301), which has the same vertical index as the corrupted pixel 302. A right reference pixel 310 is a left boundary pixel in a right MB (e.g., a MB immediately to the right of the corrupted MB 301), which has the same vertical index as the corrupted pixel. Weighted averages of the top and bottom reference pixels 304, 306 and the left and right reference pixels 308, 310, are calculated.
In each case the weights may be based on the distance between the corrupted pixel and the reference pixel. A weight wt for the top reference pixel 304 may be computed from the distance dt between the corrupted pixel 302 and the top reference pixel 304 and the height H of the corrupted macroblock 301. For example the weight wt may be given by wt=(H-dt)/H. Similarly, A weight wb for the bottom reference pixel 306 may be computed from the distance db between the corrupted pixel 302 and the bottom reference pixel 306 and the height H of the corrupted macroblock 301 as wb=(H−db)/H. Weights WL, WR for the left and right reference pixels 308, 310 may similarly be calculated using the distances dL and dR between these reference pixels and the corrupted pixel 302 and a width W of the corrupted macroblock 301. For example the weight WL may be calculated as wb=(W−dL)/W and the weight WR may be calculated as WR=(W−dR)/W.
An average of the two weighted averages may then be used as the concealed pixel value. The drawback of this method is that, when one of the elements in a reference pixel 304, 306, 308, 310 is not available, the weighted average can not be computed properly. For example, if only one of the neighboring macroblocks to the corrupted macroblock 302 (e.g. top or left) is available while the other (e.g. bottom or right) is not, the weighted average can not be computed, and thus the corrupted pixel block can not be concealed. Unfortunately, this happens very often in real-world applications.
If the block is non-intra (i.e. inter) coded, it is usually recovered from the matching block(s) in the previously reconstructed reference picture(s). The matching block in the reference picture can either be collocated block with respect to the corrupted block in the present picture, or located with motion compensation, using recovered motion vectors. The motion vectors of the corrupted video block can be recovered from the motion vectors of neighbor blocks, such as suggested in H.264/AVC decoder extension. The neighbor motion vectors (of 16 ×16 macroblock, 8 ×8 sub-macroblock or average of 4 ×4, 4 ×8 block) are examined by the “boundary-matching” method, and the motion vector set with the minimum boundary-matching error is selected to be the concealed motion vectors.
FIGS. 4A-4B illustrate an example on how H.264/AVC decoder extension recovers the motion vector of corrupted MB from neighbor motion vectors. As seen from FIG. 4A, a corrupted MB (in gray) has three available neighbor MBs, top, right and bottom. The top MB is split into four sub-macro blocks and each sub-macroblock has its own motion vector indicated by the downward pointing vertical arrows. The bottom MB as well as the right MB may be coded as one unit, and thus has only one motion vector. The bottom two motion vectors from the top MB, the motion vector of the bottom and the motion vector of the right are used as reference motion vectors for recovering the corrupted motion vector. There can be at most two reference motion vectors from one neighbor MB. If one MB is split into more than two blocks in one dimension, the average of the block motion vectors may be taken as the reference motion vector of a sub-macroblock. Using each reference motion vector, the matching (predicted) MB in the previously reconstructed picture may be located, and the corresponding boundary error may be calculated. The boundary error is defined as the sum of absolute difference between the boundary pixel values of the predicted MB (the “in” pixels in FIG. 4B) and those of the available neighbor reference MBs (the “out” pixels in FIG. 4B. Finally, the reference motion vector with minimum boundary error is selected to be the concealed the motion vector. Similar to the intra concealment method described with respect to FIG. 3, inter-coded macroblock concealment may also encounter the problem of unavailability of some neighbor macroblocks (especially certain direct neighbor macroblocks, such as the right and the bottom macroblocks).
The preceding description outlines the error concealment process at a macroblock level. Common codecs such as AVC (H.264) often perform the decoding process on a macroblock by macroblock basis in order to optimize performance. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the decoding process may be implemented on different level of granularity, e.g., on a block-by-block basis, a picture-by-picture basis or any other suitable level of granularity. Consequently, error concealment may be applied to larger or smaller picture subdivisions, e.g., from groups of macroblocks down to the pixel level. In the following description, the term “block” may be used interchangeably with the terms macroblock and sub-macroblock. Description of decoding and error concealment at a “block” level, or any other level, of picture subdivision is done for the sake of example and should not be construed as a limitation upon embodiments of the invention.
Embodiments of the present invention present methods and apparatus for concealing corrupted video block pixels after the decoder encounters errors in the video stream. If the video block is intra coded, and all its four direct neighbor blocks (top, bottom, left and right) are available, i.e. either correctly decoded or concealed, the corrupted video block may be concealed using the H.264/AVC suggested method, e.g., as described above with respect to FIG. 3 or FIGS. 4A-4B.
However, in general, if some error happens to a video block in the video stream, it may affect not only that video block, but also all the following blocks until the beginning of the next slice, where a start code is found and the byte is aligned. This means that, for a corrupted video block (or macroblock) its right and bottom neighbor blocks are very likely corrupted as well, assuming the decoding order is from top-left to bottom-right. Further more, in most real-time applications and solutions, the block error concealment is done in sequential order, typically from top-left to bottom-right (or from bottom-right to top left in some occasions). Thus, the right and bottom neighbor blocks of the corrupted video block typically are not yet concealed either. Hence, the weighted average of top and bottom, or left and right reference pixels can not be computed properly, i.e., H.264/AVC suggested method is not applicable.
Thus, previous concealment techniques often require direct neighbor subdivisions that are not available, e.g., have not been previously reconstructed or concealed. To deal with this circumstance, embodiments of the present invention provide general solutions that efficiently utilize available neighbor information without requiring direct neighbor subdivisions that are not available. Such embodiments may be implemented for frame-coded and field-coded pictures.
For example, if a corrupted block is frame-coded, or the first field in a field-coded block pair, it may be concealed by copying the boundary pixels of the top block (if it is available) or by copying the boundary pixels of the left block (if the top block is not available but the left block is available). If both the top and left blocks are not available (e.g., previously decoded or concealed), the present video block is the first block in the picture, assuming the decoding and concealing order is from top-left to bottom-right. Since there is no previous block for reference in this case, the corrupted block is set to blank, i.e. all pixels are set to black or gray or some predefined value. Otherwise, if the block belongs to the second field in a field-coded block pair, it is concealed by copying the entire first-field block.
FIGS. 5A-5B illustrate examples of how a corrupt intra-coded MB may be concealed according to embodiments of the present invention. The details of the concealment method may depend to a certain extent on whether the corrupt MB is frame-coded or is the top MB (MB0) in a field-coded MB pair or is the bottom MB (MB1) in a field-coded MB pair. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, if a top reference MB 502 is available, the bottom boundary pixels 504 (in gray) of the top reference MB 502 may be used as top reference pixels. Corrupted pixels in the corrupted macroblock 500A may be concealed by copying a top reference pixel (from the boundary pixels 504) at the same horizontal position as the corrupt pixel. If the top reference MB 502 is not available, e.g., if the corrupt block (or macroblock) is in the first row in the picture, right boundary pixels 506 (in gray) of a left reference MB 508 may be used as left reference pixels. A corrupted pixel may be concealed by copying a left reference pixel (from the boundary pixels 506) at the same vertical position. If neither the top reference MB 502 nor left reference MB 508 is available, e.g. if the corrupted MB is the top-left MB in the picture, all pixels may be set to some predefined value such as 128 (gray). FIG. 5B depicts a case where the corrupted MB 500B is the bottom MB (i.e. MB1) of a field-coded MB pair 510. In such a case, the corrupted MB 500B may be concealed by copying a top MB 512 (i.e. MB0) of the field macroblock pair 510 to the corrupt MB 500.
If the corrupted block is inter-coded, it may be concealed from one or more matching blocks in one or more previously reconstructed reference pictures. For example, if the corrupted block is a P block, i.e. it belongs to a P slice/picture, it may be concealed by copying the matching block in a forward reference picture. Otherwise, if the corrupt block is a B block, i.e. it belongs to a B slice/picture, a weighted average of the matching blocks in forward and backward reference pictures may be computed as the concealed result. In general, a forward reference picture refers to a picture that comes before the present picture in display order, while a backward reference picture comes after the present picture in display order. The weights may be computed from the distance from the present picture to the reference picture, in time-domain in display order: the longer the distance, the less weight the reference takes.
In order to achieve better concealment (visual) quality, the present invention may locate a matching block with the aid of motion compensation. To do this, the motion vectors of the corrupted video block, which are usually corrupted as well, may need to be recovered. If all four direct neighbor blocks (top, bottom, left and right) of the corrupted block are available, the motion vectors of the corrupted video block can be recovered from the motion vectors of neighbor blocks, such as suggested in H.264/AVC decoder extension, e.g., as described above with respect to FIGS. 4A-4B. However, in real-time applications, all four direct neighbor blocks of the corrupted video block may not be available. In such cases, as with intra-coded video block concealment, the right and bottom neighbor blocks are very likely corrupted as well, while the top and left neighbor blocks are either previously decoded or concealed. Also, the upper-left and upper-right neighbor blocks should be available for reference, either as decoded or concealed blocks. In some cases, such as in H.264/AVC, if the present block is the top one in an MB_AFF block pair, the left-bottom neighbor block is often available too, and may be used as reference for motion vector recovery. Each of these reference blocks (e.g. macroblocks) may have one or more motion vectors, where each motion vector set (x, y) represents the motion activity for one subdivision of a macroblock, e.g., a block or sub-macroblock.
For example, in H.264/AVC, one macroblock can consist of up to 16 blocks, and each of these 16 blocks may have different motion vectors. In embodiments of the present invention, the boundary sub-block (block) motion vectors of the reference blocks (macroblocks) may be used for motion vector recovery. For example, the bottom four sub-block motion vector sets of the top reference block, the right four sub-block motion vector sets of the left reference block, the bottom-right sub-block motion vectors of the upper-left reference block, the bottom-left sub-block motion vectors of the upper-right reference block, and the top-right sub-block motion vectors of the left bottom reference block, if available may be used for motion vector recovery. Using these reference motion vectors, the present invention provides two methods to recover the motion vectors for the corrupted block.
FIG. 6 illustrates a case where an inter-coded MB 604 in a P picture/slice 602, if corrupted, may be concealed from a matching macroblock in a previously reconstructed reference picture 606. In the example depicted in FIG. 6, the P picture 602 is a current P picture which contains the erroneous MB 604. The previously reconstructed picture 606 is used to predict the current picture 602. The previously reconstructed picture 606 contains a co-located macroblock 608, which is located at the same position within the previous picture 606 as the corrupt MB 604 within the current picture 602. A matching MB 610 that corresponds to the corrupt MB 604 may be located using a recovered motion vector MV. The corrupt MB 604 may be concealed by replacing it with the matching MB 610. This process basically involves applying the motion vector MV to location of the co-located macroblock 608 to determine the location of the matching macroblock 610.
There are a number of different ways of recovering the motion vectors for the corrupted block. One low computation cost method is called AVGMV which takes the average of all available reference motion vectors as the concealed motion vectors. Another method, called BESTMV, computes the boundary prediction errors of using all available reference motion vectors, e.g., as described above with respect to FIG. 4B, and then selects the motion vectors resulting in the minimum error as the concealed motion vectors. The concealed motion vector is then used to determine the matching macroblock in the reference picture. The corrupt macroblock is then replaced with the matching macroblock. In general, the BESTMV method provides better concealment quality, but requires more computing power.
FIG. 8 illustrates an example of how the motion vector of a corrupted inter macroblock may be concealed from decoded or concealed neighbor reference motion vectors. Which neighbor macroblocks are available for concealment depends partly on the decoding and concealment order. Assuming the decoding and concealment order is from top-left to bottom-right, the corrupted MB has available the following reference macroblocks: a top macroblock MBtop (if MB is not the first row in the picture), a left macroblock MBleft (if MB not in the leftmost column in the picture), a top-left macroblock MBTL (if MB is in neither the first row nor the most left column in the picture), a top-right macroblock MBTR (if MB is in neither the first row nor the rightmost column in the picture) and a bottom-left macroblock MBBL (if applicable, e.g., if MB is not in the bottom row of the picture).
Each of these reference macroblocks may contain one or more blocks (or sub-macroblocks), and each of these blocks (or sub-macroblocks) has its own motion vector. Among them, the immediate neighbor block motion vectors, e.g., the motion four vectors 802 of the bottom row of blocks of the top macroblock MBtop, motion vectors 804 of the blocks in the rightmost column of blocks in the left macroblock MBleft, the motion vector 806 of the top-left macroblock MBTL, the motion vector 808 for the top-right macroblock MBTR, and the motion vector 810 for the bottom left macroblock MBBL may be used for recovery of the corrupted MB motion vector.
The motion vector for the corrupt macroblock MB may be determined using one or more of the reference motion vectors 802, 804, 806 808, and 810. Embodiments of the present invention provides two motion vector recovery methods: AVGMV and BESTMV. The AVGMV method takes the average of all available reference motion vectors as the concealed motion vector. The BESTMV method computes the boundary prediction errors of using all available reference motion vectors, and then selects the motion vectors resulting in the minimum error as the concealed motion vector. A method for calculating boundary errors is illustrated and described above with respect to FIG. 4B. In general, the BESTMV method results in better concealment quality than AVGMV, but requires more computing power.
In embodiments of the present invention, a weighted average of available motion vectors from the available neighbor macroblocks. The weights may be based on the number of pixels associated with each motion vector. For example, the weight from a macroblock being assigned more weight that a motion vector from a sub-macroblock and each motion vector from a sub-macroblock being assigned more weight that a motion vector from a block. By way of numerical example, each of the four motion vectors 802 from the bottom row of blocks in the top macroblock MBtop may be assigned a weight of 1. Similarly each of the four motion vectors 804 from the rightmost row of blocks in the left macroblock MBleft may be assigned a weight of 1. The motion vectors 806, 808 and 810 associated with the top left, top right and bottom left macroblocks MBTL, MBTR and MBBL may each be assigned a weight of 4 (since each is made up of 4×4 blocks). If a motion vector is associated with a sub-macoblock (made up of 2×2 blocks) it may be assigned a weight of 2.
FIG. 9 illustrates a block diagram of a computer apparatus 900 that may be used to implement error concealment as described above. The apparatus 900 generally includes may include a processor module 901 and a memory 902. The processor module 901 module may include a single processor or multiple processors. As an example of a single processor, the processor module 901 may include a Pentium microprocessor from Intel or similar Intel-compatible microprocessor. As an example of a multiple processor module, the processor module 901 may include a Cell processor. Cell processors are described in detail, e.g., in Cell Broadband Engine Architecture, which is available online at http://www306.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/1 AEEE1270EA2776387257060006E61BA/$file/CBEA—01pub.pdf, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The memory 902 may be in the form of an integrated circuit, e.g., RAM, DRAM, ROM, and the like). The memory may also be a main memory or a local store of a synergistic processor element of a cell processor. A computer program 903 may be stored in the memory 902 in the form of processor readable instructions that can be executed on the processor module 901. The processor module 901 may include one or more registers 905 into which compressed signal input data 907 may be loaded from the memory 902. The computer program 903 may be a decoder program configured to decode the compressed signal data, e.g., as described above with respect to FIG. 2, and implement error concealment, e.g., as described above with respect to any or all of FIG. 3, FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8. The program 903 may be written in any suitable processor readable language, e.g., C, C++, JAVA, Assembly, MATLAB, FORTRAN and a number of other languages. The apparatus 900 may also include well-known support functions 910, such as input/output (I/O) elements 911, power supplies (P/S) 912, a clock (CLK) 913 and cache 914. The device 900 may optionally include a mass storage device 915 such as a disk drive, CD-ROM drive, tape drive, or the like to store programs and/or data. The device 900 may also optionally include a display unit 916 and user interface unit 918 to facilitate interaction between the device 900 and a user. The display unit 916 may be in the form of a cathode ray tube (CRT) or flat panel screen that displays text, numerals, graphical symbols or images. The user interface 918 may include a keyboard, mouse, joystick, light pen or other device that may be used in conjunction with a graphical user interface (GUI). The apparatus 900 may also include a network interface 920 to enable the device to communicate with other devices over a network, such as the internet. These components may be implemented in hardware, software or firmware or some combination of two or more of these.
The methods described above may be implemented with a processing module capable of implementing parallel processing. As used herein processing in parallel means that, to some extent the processing of different tasks overlaps in time. One example, among others of a processing module capable of implementing parallel processing is a cell processor. There are a number of different processor architectures that may be categorized as cell processors. By way of example, and without limitation, FIG. 10 illustrates a type of cell processor 1000. By way of example, the cell processor 1000 may be characterized by an architecture known as a Cell Broadband engine architecture (CBEA)-compliant processor. For the purposes of example, the cell processor 1000 is depicted as having only a single SPE group and a single PPE group with a single SPE and a single PPE. Alternatively, a cell processor can include multiple groups of power processor elements (PPE groups) and multiple groups of synergistic processor elements (SPE groups). Hardware resources can be shared between units within a group. However, the SPEs and PPEs must appear to software as independent elements.
The cell processor 1000 includes a main memory 1002, a single power processor element (PPE) 1004 and eight synergist processor elements (SPEs) 1006. However, the cell processor 1001 may be configured with any number of SPE's. With respect to FIG. 10, the memory, PPE, and SPEs can communicate with each other and with an I/O device 1008 over a ring-type element interconnect bus 1010. The memory 1002 may contains input data in the form of streaming data, e.g., from a coded video stream. The memory 1002 may also contain a program 1009 having features in common with the program 903 described above. At least one of the SPE 1006 may include in its local store instructions 1005 that implement error concealment, e.g., as described above with respect to FIG. 3, FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 8 or some combination of two or more of these. The PPE 1004 may include in its L1 cache, code 1007 instructions that may implement decoding, e.g., as described with respect to FIG. 2 above. Instructions 1005, 1007 may also be stored in memory 1002 for access by any of the SPE 1006 and PPE 1004 when needed.
Implementation of embodiments of the present invention on a cell processor facilitates parallel processing of the decoding method 200 and associated computational efficiency and performance. Examples of such parallel processing in decoding streaming data are described e.g., in U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/823,605, to Shan Liu et al., entitled “SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND HANDLING ERRORS IN A MULTI-THREADED STREAMING DATA DECODER”, which has been incorporated herein by reference above.
Embodiments of the invention thus provide methods and apparatus for concealing corrupted video blocks, both intra and non-intra (inter) coded. Such methods may be adopted by most existing video codecs, especially motion-compensated ones such as MPEG-1/2/4, H.261/3/4, etc. Consequently products and services that utilize video decoding may benefit from embodiments of the present invention. Examples of such products and services include, but are not limited, to video game consoles, DVD players, software (PC) video decoder/player, video on cell phone, streaming video, video on demand, and the like.
While the above is a complete description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to use various alternatives, modifications and equivalents. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be determined not with reference to the above description but should, instead, be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with their full scope of equivalents. Any feature described herein, whether preferred or not, may be combined with any other feature described herein, whether preferred or not. In the claims that follow, the indefinite article “A” or “An” refers to a quantity of one or more of the item following the article, except where expressly stated otherwise. The appended claims are not to be interpreted as including means-plus-function limitations, unless such a limitation is explicitly recited in a given claim using the phrase “means for.
concealing the corrupt subdivision using a previously reconstructed or concealed subdivision in a manner that does not require information from pairs of direct neighbor subdivisions that have not been previously reconstructed or concealed.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein, if a top reference subdivision is available, concealing the corrupt subdivision includes using one or more bottom boundary pixels of the top reference subdivision as reference pixels for concealing a corrupted pixel in the corrupt subdivision by replacing the corrupt pixel with a bottom boundary pixel having the same horizontal position as the corrupt pixel.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein if a top reference subdivision is not available, concealing the corrupt subdivision includes using one or more right boundary pixels of a left reference subdivision as reference pixels for concealing a corrupted pixel in the subdivision by replacing the corrupt pixel with a right boundary pixel having the same vertical position as the corrupt pixel.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein, if neither a top reference subdivision nor a left reference subdivision is available, concealing the corrupt subdivision includes setting all pixels in the corrupt subdivision to a predefined value.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the corrupt subdivision is a bottom subdivision of a field-coded pair of subdivisions, concealing the subdivision includes replacing the corrupt subdivision with a top subdivision of the field-coded pair.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein, if the corrupt subdivision is inter-coded, concealing the subdivision includes using one or more matching subdivisions in one or more previously reconstructed reference pictures to replace the corrupt subdivision.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein, if the corrupted subdivision is a predictive subdivision, using the one or more matching subdivisions includes replacing the corrupt subdivision with a matching subdivision in a forward reference picture.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein, if the corrupted subdivision is a bi-predictive subdivision, using the one or more matching subdivisions includes computing a weighted average of matching subdivisions in a forward reference picture and a backward reference picture and replacing the corrupt subdivision with the weighted average.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein computing the weighted average includes determining one or more weights wherein the one or more weights depends on a temporal distance between a reference picture and a picture containing the corrupt subdivision.
with a weighted average of the one or more matching subdivisions.
replacing the corrupted subdivision with the weighted average.
adding the first product to the second product.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein, if one of the one or more co-located subdivisions is a corrupt co-located subdivision, determining one or more motion vectors includes concealing a motion vector for the corrupt co-located subdivision using one or more reference motion vectors from one or more available neighboring subdivisions.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein, if a decoding and concealment order in a picture containing the corrupt subdivision is from top-left to bottom-right, the available neighboring subdivision is a top subdivision (if the corrupt is not in a first row of subdivisions of the picture), a left subdivision (if the corrupt subdivision is not in a leftmost column of subdivisions in the picture), a top-left subdivision (if the corrupt subdivision is in neither the first row nor the most leftmost column in the picture), a top-right subdivision (if the corrupt subdivision is in neither the first row nor a rightmost column of subdivisions in the picture) and a bottom-left subdivision (if the corrupt subdivision is not in a bottom row of subdivisions of the picture).
15. The method of claim 13 wherein concealing a motion vector for the corrupt co-located subdivision includes computing a weighted average motion vector from one or more motion vectors associated with available neighbor subdivisions, wherein a weight associated with an available neighbor subdivision depends on a number of pixels in the available neighbor subdivision.
one or more instructions that when executed on the processor conceal the corrupt subdivision using a previously reconstructed or concealed subdivision in a manner that does not require information from pairs of direct neighbor subdivisions that have not been previously reconstructed or concealed.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the processor module includes two or more processor elements.
18. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the processor module is a cell processor having one or more synergistic processor elements (SPE), wherein each SPE includes a synergistic processor unit (SPU) and a local store.
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Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix by hand until it holds together.
Add 3 cups of flour to a large bowl (the remaining cup will be used when rolling out the dough). Make a well in the center and add water (start with 1 cup) and vinegar. Combine with a fork. Add the olive oil and continue mixing, adding more water if needed to make a soft dough.
On a floured surface, knead by hand for 15-20 minutes until soft and malleable, with a smooth feel. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight before using.
I felt like I needed a baking companion. Not required, of course.
The next day — divide the dough into 18-20 equal pieces and roll each piece out to a rough oval shape, about 18-19 inches across, sprinkling the work surface and phyllo with flour to keep from sticking. You want phyllo dough to be as thin as possible. I imagine you don’t have a pasta machine, as I don’t, so here is a nifty link with pictures to help you master the art of rolling pins. (I would also suggest, just because this is seriously time intensive that you consider just buying pre-made phyllo sheets. There are even whole sites JUST dedicated to techniques using the pre-made stuff!
Place the pieces of pumpkin in a pot; add 2 cups of boiling water and a generous pinch of cooking salt. Cover and cook 10-15 minutes, or until the pumpkin is soft. Drain and mash (by hand, not in the food processor!).
Return the pumpkin, with all the other filling ingredients, to the pot together with the butter, but reserve 1/4 cup pistachios to sprinkle on top of the triangles.
Cook, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes. For a thicker filling, transfer to another container and cool in the refrigerator.
Now prepare the triangles. Roll out the dough into strips. Refer to link above for more guidance on rolling dough.
Put on tablespoon at the edge of a strip, then fold over. As pictured below. Cut into triangle. Close with the tines of a fork.
Place on a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat. I washed these with almond milk (instead of eggs), but you can also use soy milk or oil as good vegan substitutes. I think sprinkled with the remaining chopped pistachios.
Bake for 30-45 minutes, or until golden brown, at 350 degrees.
1) This recipe was modified from the Haaretz article. I made a number of changes, including the substitution of Earth Balance for butter, fig preserves for orange marmalade, addition of cardamom seeds, and the phyllo dough was my own creation.
2) Unused phyllo can be kept in the refrigerator, in air-tight wrapping, for up to 10 days after making.
3) As I mentioned above, though, if you can find vegan phyllo sheets ready to go, I’d use those. I did not succeed/am too lazy to make the sheets thin enough that I could layer them and make this more like baklava, which was my original intentions.
With all that said, though, these are quite delicious! Enjoy! | 2019-04-25T05:56:44Z | https://heebavore.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/spiced-pumpkin-fig-borekas/ | Porn | Science | 0.148748 |
wordpress | Me too – and music and this era almost always is my connection. I hope you have an amazing week. Stay warm!!
Thanks so much for your great review & for hosting the blog tour! We appreciate your support!
Amy, thank you so much for the opportunity. I absolutely adored the book. It’s going right on that favorites list – as is Mike Bernard’s ragtime music! This was a real treat!
This is such an exquisite review, Mackey! I learned a lot, too!
Thank you so much Jennifer. I’m like a mole when I start reading a book and I didn’t realize until the end that it was based on the authro’s grandfather-in-law. I was excited to learn more which led to days of reading and research. For me, that’s the very best kind of historical fiction – those that make me want to know even more. I just loved it.
Wonderful review Mackey and I loved your personal connection. I can’t believe how fast the fingers have to move in Ragtime music. I loved the music Monday connection. | 2019-04-20T07:18:00Z | https://macsbooks311.wordpress.com/2019/03/04/tempation-rag-blogtour-brought-to-you-by-historicalfictionvirtualblogtours-elizabethhutchisonbernard/?fbclid=IwAR09C9HnzQHibF5PxvoQCvHSZFz1bpKYuEahzWWu1A9X1RN4Fe3Bat8fzdY | Porn | Arts | 0.931561 |
wordpress | Japanese Kimono Lady sketch painted by Gloria / Gloria Poole; in my sketch book. As prep for the series of ethnic paintings, I painted over five years of time, I drew/painted many many sketches of different nationalities. This is one of them from about yr 2008. I am adding it here to connect it in the minds of people who have seen many of my sketches with my present day paintings, sketches and drawings. I have painted 6 new paintings in the past month for the ethnic paintings series I began in yr 2007. Copyright. Gloria Poole also known as Gloria; gloria0817; gpoole817; gloriapoole.RN; gloriapooleRN at yahoo; gloria.poole; g-l-o-r-i-a; gloria_poole; gloria-poole; & other variations of my real born with name of Gloria Poole. Also, for the record, I am white, single, christian woman currently living in Missouri but born in the state of Georgia. You may see more of my art on other blogs of mine, including http://gloriapoole.blogspot.com. Also, wordpress shrunk my photo of my original sketch after I put it on wordpress platform. Gloria Poole at my apt in Missouri 25-Sept-2013 at 2:10pm. | 2019-04-26T13:49:57Z | https://gloriapoole1749.wordpress.com/2013/09/ | Porn | Arts | 0.847976 |
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Today - Mostly cloudy with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Winds variable at 9 to 11 mph (14.5 to 17.7 kph). | 2019-04-23T17:02:17Z | https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather/hungary/heves/nagyut-812658 | Porn | Reference | 0.177267 |
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