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The parents of 1A (and others) who helped out at the school’s first 2017 stall at the Coburg Farmers’ Market have set a cracking pace in the early running.
The stall had a terrific turnout, so thank you to … Jim Parsons with Lucinda, Sue Giles with Emily, Sian Harrison with Thomas, Phil Richter with Hildie, Sophia and Dylon with Georgia, Jason McSpeerin with Jed, Cecilia Riebl with Hugo, Virginia Arndt with Audrey, Alan (who kindly stepped in to help out with the gate), Carolyn with Jack, Rene Sephton with Elikya, Alan with Lillian, and Matt Abbott who kindly stepped in to help out with the barbecue.
Thanks also to Erika Vella and Mike Bruce who “manned” the bucket at the gate at markets during the holiday period.
The next school stall at the market will be on February 25, when it will be the turn of Grade 1B to help out.
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2019-04-22T10:03:05Z
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Grassroots – What size suitcase?
This all sounds very exciting. Listen to the Holy Spirit he will show you the plans the Father has. …those are the best. I’m glad you’re moving nearer to me. Love to you all.
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2019-04-21T18:52:59Z
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Ever had a song that stuck in your had? And it kept playing in your head over and over … This is what I had in my mind.
Ten and a half thousand yesterdays.
And cast them off of my balcony.
I hope you notice I was never over you.
I wont let the past get in my way.
I’m coming over, just to say “good night”.
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2019-04-19T09:24:56Z
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He will return and the truth will be known for all that it is. When the true light comes there shall be no darkness, His light shall cover the earth and all darkness will be consumed by His light. He will bring with Him promise and judgment. The humble shall know mercy. The prideful shall know fear and trembling. My heart feels overwhelmed trying to grasp how one could reject such love, such purity, such beauty, such character?
The land of gloom and utter darkness, who would choose this? Many are choosing it and they don’t even realize it! I talk to many people who say they are Christians, but are they saved? Many people believe in Christ, but just because you believe doesn’t guarantee you are saved. Do you know Him and His word? Do you love Him, I mean really love Him? Do you go to the cross with Him? Do you seek Him, and live your life in regards to Him? Does He know you? Will He say, I never knew you? Is your life all about you? Does your heart desire His word? Does His word direct your path? Does it draw you closer to Him? Can you see Him in your life? Have you invited Him in and given Him Lordship over your life? Everything! I’m telling you as Solomon said, everything else is grasping for the wind and leading to the land of gloom and utter darkness.
Zion the city on a Hill, was where big things came from small places. On the hill of Zion was where the ark of the covenant was brought into the house of God so the people could come from all over the place to worship God. At night you could see in a distance a trail going for miles and miles, the people holding their lanterns traveling just to worship and be in the presence of God. It was the only place where the people could be in the presence of God. Today the ark of the covenant is in our hearts, so we can go into His presence at anytime, anywhere. The King is returning to Zion and we should be holding our lanterns as we travel to Zion, seeking the Big things to come from the small places of our hearts, in Zion. We should be constantly looking for Him. We should be watching!!!! We should be shinning our lights towards Him reflecting His light on to others!!!! It is time to respond to His calling! Light your lamps!!! Jesus will return!!! He will return, and they will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away!!!
35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning!!!
God bless you and may your lamp burn and your hearts be watchful of His coming!!!
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It brought home to me afresh how dangerous it is to be unaware of our surroundings, not of course just in driving but in life’s journey.
This incident, along with hearing that so many of our Christian friends across the world had come under serious attack in 2015, set off alarm bells.
The Bible tells us to be alert, on guard, watchful and vigilant. Why? Because we have an enemy.
We Christians have an all powerful, all victorious and conquering God but we also have an adversary, an enemy. He comes, the Bible warns us, to blind our eyes, to steal Gods word from our hearts, to accuse, murder, steal, kill and destroy, to tempt us and lay sickness on us.
1 Corinthians 2.14-15 talks of the man of the Spirit being ‘discerning’, seeing clearly, having insight into what is actually happening in the spiritual realm around us.
Yet I believe we often are ignorant, unaware, not discerning of his activities.
One of the devils ploys when we are under attack is to persuade us that this is life, hereditary, age, our fault, par for the course and we are blind to the real cause, do nothing and accept it!
In the story of David and Goliath, King Saul and all his army did nothing about the daily threats from Goliath yet were ‘dismayed and terrified’.
It took the young shepherd boy David to come into camp, hear these threats and get indignant!
David knew who he was and probably more importantly, whose he was. He also understood where this attack was coming from.
Just like David we need to get indignant for ourselves but also for the church family. How dare the enemy lay sickness, cancer, poverty, discord, depression, stress and anxiety on us! How dare he seek to steal our children and our grandchildren away from Jesus!
As David actually faced up to the giant enemy, his words are a pattern for all of us who face ‘giants’ in our lives.
We have an authority to deal with such attacks, not in our own strength but in Jesus.
As well as resisting satan, chief among the weapons God has given us is worship and praise. They enthrone God to deal directly with the enemy giants in our lives. Our God is a warrior!
Be alert, get indignant, know who we are in Jesus and whose we are and the incomparably great power invested in us who believe.
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Macau's government has approved another large casino.
MGM China won approval Wednesday to build a major new casino in Macau, a glitzy destination that attracts legions of gamblers from China.
The project has a budget of around $2.5 billion, and the 17.8 acre site will include 1,600 hotel rooms, 500 gaming tables and 2,500 slots, the company said.
Shares of MGM China trading in Hong Kong jumped almost 6% after the announcement. MGM China is partially owned by Pansy Ho, the daughter and heir apparent to Macau's longtime gambling boss, Stanley Ho.
Macau is the only location in China where gambling is legal, and the former Portuguese outpost is now heavily dependent on tourist dollars spent by the millions of Chinese who visit each year.
Gambling revenue growth, which had been explosive, has moderated in recent years, expanding by 14% in 2012.
The new MGM casino will be built in Cotai, home to a cluster of casinos that rival the Las Vegas Strip. Construction could take three years. The company already operates one major casino in Macau.
Prior to the start of construction, MGM China was required to secure a land concession from the government of Macau, which issued its official approval Wednesday in its gazette.
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0%69°46°Sunny with a high of 71 °F (21.7 °C). Winds variable.Night - Clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C).
0%73°44°Mostly cloudy today with a high of 73 °F (22.8 °C) and a low of 44 °F (6.7 °C).
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Why is it that everything I read lately leaves me unsatisfied for one reason or another? I think my 'critical' function is stuck in the 'on' position.
Honest. Ask Perimyndith or any VP Alumni.
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I had to laugh last month when my husband rang me and asked to be put on to Baba Z to wish her Happy Birthday. I told him he was a day early.
I thought it was very funny because he’s never got any of his other kids birthdays wrong – and I said that to him! And sure didn’t he say, yeh that’s because you always text me and remind me to wish them a Happy Birthday! Which of course is true, and he was right the next day I didn’t even think to remind him of Baba Z’s birthday, because she’s too small to notice him not calling, whereas the older kids all would!
Next Next post: Chicken Pox!
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My Poor Little Blog . . .
You have been severely neglected my poor little blog. But there was a good reason, I swear. Don’t look at me like that. It’s not that I love novel writing better than you, it’s just . . . well, I do love novel writing more, but- No, wait, don’t cry. I’m sorry. We can still be friends!
So I’m not officially breaking up with my blog, but I’ll probably use it like a drunk dial on a lonely night. I enjoyed it while it lasted, but when it got to be a chore, well, I don’t do chores. Just ask my poor neglected house. But here’s a quick update on life.
I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, but I felt the same way about previous novels and betas have a way of bursting that euphoric bubble. Which is a good thing. I can’t wait to get those comments back and make it better than it was. Unless of course they tell me it is utter rubbish, my writing is pretentious, the characters useless, and I should just start all over. Oh, crap, now I’m getting nervous.
Though to be honest, I’d rather have someone tell me all that, rather than say it was good, but not really mean it. So slash away betas! Make that MS bleed! I’ll just be hiding here in the corner hugging me knees to my chest.
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Huge congratulations for the SFE’s increasingly huge scope. Love the new widgets. I hope future changes include listing author entries first-name-first, last-name-last in the modern fashion.
Dear EoSC team, I can’t tell you how happy I am about the online version of the EoSC. I own the last EoSC paper edition from the 90s, but more and more refer to the online version for obvious reasons. For SF, the Wikipedia can’t even compare to what you have created. The “Incoming” button is a nice addition – I will probably use it a lot! Thank you.
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The Making Of "When The Lightning Crashes In"Where do you begin? Well I guess with the guitar and a song idea and the machine is in swing. I am posting this new video to show one of the many ways in which a song is conceived, recorded, and then the clock starts to get it to a tangilbe, hold in your hand CD. This Blog is a great way for you and I to watch as the process unfolds. I’ve never been able to have this communication with you this regularly and quickly, and I’m lovin’ that! So I am, oh no here it comes….announcing…(by the power of God) that my release date is November 2012. There I said it. So the attached video is one of many coming that will give you up close glimpses into the entire process. There will be some videos with vocals, some without. So enjoy the latest, leave comments, and thanks for listening.
Here, let me stick this in your face, oh maybe two feet away, start videoing you and then you can record your best guitar take ever! No pressure, c’mon Man, kill it!
Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve had that scenario, “Red Light-itis”. When the little red light comes on and you have to have an out of body experience to record your best take. All went well yesterday recording “When The Lightning Crashes In” acoustic guitar parts, as a matter of fact I got them both in one pass, so I guess the place I went in my out of body experience must’ve been pretty cool. Of this I am thankful! There you have it, one of the many adventures in recording my CD. The attached picture is Barrett of Cabin 14 Films setting up for my video. I will be posting that vid as soon as editing is done. Onward and upward!
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600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 9,300 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 16 years to get that many views.
Over the past three years, I have had the good fortune to come to meet many people from all areas of “Dogdom,” in researching my book chronicling the history of National Dog Week. I have interviewed groomers, trainers, dog-centric authors, a pet psychic, doggy fashionistas, rescuers, transporters, Spay and Neuter Advocates and those in the therapy and service industries. I also came to know those who are active in the Fostering world; individuals who take dogs and puppies from high kill shelters and transport them to temporary homes before they are rehomed.
I had always wanted to foster, but unfortunately, our Hooper did not love other dogs and was extremely jealous. She would have made life for a foster quite unbearable. I had often found myself saying, “I will foster in a few years when our Hoops is no longer with us.” When fate changed that, I thought the time had come to explore the world of fostering in a personal way.
I told Lynne Fowler of Oodles of Doodles Rescue Collective that I was ready to give it a try. Lynne is a school teacher in Monmouth County, NJ who founded her organization in 2009. She told me to keep an eye on the puppies and dogs that were ready to make their journey and to let her know. I chose my pup (or she chose me) when I saw a picture of a little terrier mix named Gingerbread who was in Virginia.
When my husband saw the photo of Gingerbread, he said, “Are you sure that’s a dog?” With her shaved muzzle, and wild russet-hued hair, people told me she looked like a bear cub, a red fox and even an opossum.
Rich and I collected Gingerbread and her friend Suri on I-95 the day after Christmas in a wild rain storm. She had made her journey with several other dogs on Christmas Day. Ginger sat way back in her crate looking at me with her big soulful eyes. Suri, an absolutely gorgeous Havi/Malti mix tried to play with my fingers and kept kissing my hand. I sat and sang to them as we made the forty-five minute trek home. I had once read that puppies loved silly songs with their names included in the verses and that this calmed them. These two got the same song with their names inserted!
I am going to stop here and continue with my fostering experience in my next post. I will let you know that I only had the pleasure of Gingerbread’s company for less than three days before she was placed, and yes, we did become attached in that short time. Be it 48 hours, four weeks or four months, the ultimate goal of Fostering is to save the life of a homeless animal. While this may not be emotionally easy, I will tell you that just knowing you did that will make up for any sense of loss you may feel when you surrender “your” dog.
There are so many dedicated people who have fostered hundreds of dogs, sometimes five to twenty at a time, so I ask them to forgive my “newbieishness,” (new word I made up) and understand that I use my blog as a platform to introduce those who are not as active in the dog-world to new avenues of understanding (at least I hope I do) and create awareness. I write with the hopefulness that if even one person sees things in a new perspective, I have made an impact.
There is a complex network of individuals involved in the process of Rescue and Fostering and in a subsequent post I will talk more about the “technical” aspects of fostering and introduce you to some of the dedicated individuals involved in an interview with Lynne Fowler.
For now, I wish everyone a very Happy New Year. We here at the Jersey Shore, as in many other places in the nation and world, truly look forward to a restorative period, appreciating what we are left with, hopefully learning from our errors and finding new ways to make life better for mankind and our companion animals.
You can help by leaving comments, sharing and perhaps thinking about how you can make your own contribution.
Rest, Revive, Restore, Recreate, Rescue and reap the rewards.
This week, it is my pleasure to welcome Guest Blogger, David Muriello, CPDT-KA, from the national school for aspiring dog trainers and behavior experts, CATCH Canine Trainers Academy.
I asked David to post about a holiday-relevant canine behavior issue that most readers can relate to. He suggested a piece of “Holiday Jumping,” and I jumped for joy.
As a dog-lover, it is very hard to resist the Over Greeter. You know the dog that happily meets you at the door with the mission of jumping up on you to deliver wet sloppy kisses. Most of us who love them want to happily hug right back, but it does not help a dog owner who is trying to break this habit that can be annoying at the least to downright scary and sometimes even dangerous.
David was featured on the NDW Blog in June of 2010 in a special Father’s Day post. Thank you, David for contributing once again to the National Dog Week Blog and for being such a great supporter of its mission.
Keep Your Dog from (excessive) Jumping for Joy!
Most dogs are at peak levels of excitement when people first come over, so don’t give your dog a direct shot at the front door as guests enter. Instead, give your dog his own space, allowing him 10-20 minutes to calm down from behind a gate or similar setup. After a period of time to let his excitement diminish, his behavior will likely be much better.
Give your dog a long, tiring exercise session before guests arrive. If you don’t have the time to exercise him yourself, consider a long day at doggy daycare, or hiring a walker to take your dog on an extended hike, run, or visit to the dog park to play with friends.
When you put your dog in his separate “calm space” as guests are arriving, give him an extra special treat like a Kong toy stuffed with peanut butter or a delicious marrow bone. Pick something he wouldn’t normally get. This irresistible treat will consume his focus so he can forget about the guests for awhile, allowing his state of excitement to melt into one of calmness as he slurps or chews with delight.
Once guests are done arriving and your dog has calmed down, let him out to mingle! Ideally, he’ll now keep “four-on-the-floor”. But, if you’re worried he might still be a little “jumpy” and susceptible to knocking over Aunt Sally’s wine glass, then keep his leash on for a while and let him drag it around. This way you can quickly hold him back if you see he is about to leap on laps or slurp the cheese plate. Keeping your leash handy for back-up management is a great trick for all naughty dogs around the house. Even after you start a regular training program, some dogs may need quite a bit of practice before they stop jumping for joy!
Pictured above is Hooper, our Portuguese water dog who just happened to be born two days after Christmas. We lost our little snow bunny in late August. She would have been eleven this month. Although we wish we had had more time with her, her presence in our lives is a true gift.
Yesterday, a news story got the theme song from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas wrapped around my head like a big Christmas present. A young couple in New Jersey had stolen a Bull dog puppy from a place called The Aquarium in Bergen County.
The dognappers have been apprehended, and I don’t know their motives (just had to have it, wanted to sell for quick cash, etc…). Stealing is wrong, but the way the reporter acted, you would think everyone had done the greatest deed in the world returning the puppy to its caring retailer.
The reported gleefully confided that the puppy was, “on sale,” for $3,500. Now most of us know that the mark up for pup shop pups is over 300 times the price paid to the Commercial Breeder. The shop owner was soooo glad to have his precious pup back that he says he will not sell it because it is soooo special. I wonder if you called the shop and told them you were so moved by that special story you are willing to give that the puppy a good home for a small donation. When they hang up on you, call back and tell them you came up with $3,000 to spend, cash, for that particular dog. I am betting they won’t hang up then.
Now let’s say that these shop owners are actually very caring animal lovers concerned about the future of this dog. Prove me right and give them a chance to show that they work with legitimate breeders. Ask him where the dog was bred, name of the breeder and all breeding details.
But remember… No bone-fide dog loving breeder would allow their pups to be sold from a store to anyone walking off the street.
Meanwhile…Here is my Grinch Take on the subject…called No Present like the Time.
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch. Boy, I really am a mean one. Little ones and sweet hearts all over the nation just want a cuddly little puppy and they want it…now (or in time for the holiday). Adoptions are just so darn fickle and there are so many rules and promises to keep and take so much work and those reputable breeders with all their questions, interviews and home visits and waiting periods. Sheesh…who has the time when all ya have to do is go to your local pet retailer? No questions asked…lay down the bucks, whip out the AMEX card…Papers? Wow, they look real and have all kinds of special headings and letters…they sure look official.
You really are a heel…Did someone say heel…isn’t that a dog training command…? You know like as in sit, stay heel… Wait? I need to spend time and money to actually train this dog? I can save lots of money and inconvenience just yelling at it and watching a few episodes of Cesar(even Cesar would laugh at that suggestion).
You’re as cuddly as a cactus…Cuddly? Yep, new puppies sure are cuddly. But what happens when they get bigger and they are not as cute? They consume a lot of my valuable time, too. Heck, if my puppy gift doesn’t work out I can just go on over to the local animal shelter and give it away…that’s what they are there for right?…But I did pay a lot of money for that dog. Maybe I can make a few bucks on Craig’s List.
You’re a monster, Mr. Grinch. Your heart’s an empty hole…Yes, I am heartless…when it comes to kings of sinful sots. (Aka those who profit from misery). Yes, I am depriving you and your good intentions and desire to please with a cute cuddly gift. I know people who have great dogs that came from retailers. They are sweet although one has bad hip dysplasia and others some obsessive compulsive disorders. Even if they don’t have any physical or behavioral issues, did you ever wonder how many others were not so lucky and now have to bear the sins of poor breeding, abandoned at the vet’s office or put down because they cannot be healed? Did you ever think of the deplorable conditions in which your pup’s parents lived and most likely died?
Your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable…Shame on those bad people who protest outside dog retailers hampering small business owners just trying to make a living selling animals. To be fair, tomorrow they will protest outside of the Vitamin Shoppe (vitamins should not be crowded into bottles), Hallmark Store (free all cards from ill-fitting envelopes and little figurines from snow globes)…oh wait, those are not living things…never mind.
When you see people protesting outside of Pet Retailers understand what motivates them and then stop and give your support. After all, how many times have you told people how much of a dog lover you are?
A gift of a living “thing” requires your time from the moment you bring “it” into your home. Between unwrapping gifts, going to services, getting ready for guests or traveling other, ask yourself if a puppy, kitty or other pet is really a good addition to your family at what is typically a very stressful time when scheduled lifestyles are not in place.
There is no present like the time you can give to an animal that will return your love and care in ways you can never imagine. When the time is right, adopt, foster or choose a caring and responsible breeder who will provide you with a positive experience. It will also be a lifetime lesson for your kids.
And hopefully this is seasonal advice that does not… Stink, stank, stunk.
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….a meditation on the sight of a blue whale beached on a California shore. The film observes the onlookers and the nature of their looking.
This came to me from Aeon film, but decided to look for Tijana’s home page to show it from.
If the link doesn’t work, you may have to register with NYT.
–Enigmatic filmmaker Errol Morris doesn’t arrive at comforting conclusions in his six essays on visual art and artifice.
Recovering Reality: A Conversation with Errol Morris for the Columbia Journalism Review.
A very shaky home video which you’d be best to treat as a radio prog. No close-ups. Just a recording of two men on a platform, wobbling and gyrating and mostly out of focus. Which I love, because here’s a person in an Audience With (so far unknown..) who admires these two men and wants to record what they say on video, but fails to live up to the two directors film skills both, while admiring their film and book talk.
Mirabile dictu, the sound quality is quite good, if a bit hissy at times. Both are clear. Two different sources, probably. The guy with the little video camera -we joke- didn’t go on to be a film-maker (in his epilogue…) and use a tripod, or chuck it and buy an anti-shake DVC. Or just learn that thing of relaxing and letting the camera float at the end of the arm.
Describes on video an opportunity to write for The New York Times, when thought he was permanently blocked – for 40 years ! – which allowed him, in the process of writing, to develop projects that were unfinished or he thought might not come to fruition.
Duration 70 mins. Directed by Alexander Oey. Summary from Spill.
The one review in Rotten Tomatoes reckons it’s much too long. It needs to be long in order to develop the character who is Klein. There is a point at which one can get the feeling, “This guy talks too much”, which is who he is. It is only through the length and the talking, including to as-is-now Dany Cohn-Bendit, that there ought to come some sort of ambivalence in the viewer about if the guy is simply not too bright (explaining how he got involved) or someone who wasn’t too bright to start with and has through reading and thinking come to a maturer understanding of things. In other words, at the time he acted (rashly and precipitously) he had too small a set of information and ideas to work on, despite access to students and academics who who really did grasp what it all meant.
It is not just about Klein, but about the times he lived in. So it is a glimpse of an era – for those who may have lived through it; and those who know nothing about it – and the mindset of those who believed direct action was imperative, like Klein.
At that trial, a number of Klein‘s former collaborators — by then well-respected politicians in France, such as Daniel Cohn-Bendit — joined forces to incriminate him.
Either I wasn’t keeping up or that bit wasn’t mentioned. They seemed affable towards each other.
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The ttyrec program provides the same kind of functionality and offers several bindings.
Recorded shell sessions can be shared using online services. The advantage of sessions recorded in this format from the usual screencasts is that shell instructions can be easily copy/pasted from the player screen.
All shells related to Bourne shell (namely: sh, bash, and ksh) allow the stdout and stderr to be attached to a named pipe and redirected to the tee command.
The above script records to script.log all output of the "exec" command. However, some interactive programs (such as python) do not display their standard input when run under the resulting shell, although they do when run under the script command.
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If you want to make sense of all this, have a look at the paper on which the debate was based (to read it, try googling GS1886) . It sets out five principles on which the process should be based, as well as Options 1 to 4 as ways of doing it. And the result today is… (drum roll)… not simply “Option 1” (the nearest option to a single-clause measure, and the Bishops preferred option). I’d describe it as probably “Option 1.75” on the Synodical Richter Scale, rather than “1.999 recurring”. But it’s not quite Option 2; and it certainly isn’t Option 3 or 4, to the annoyance of some.
If you want to see the detailed debate, twitter #synod is fun, but a bit incoherent. I suggest you turn instead to Jeremy Fletcher’s blog. He gives a good run-down on who said what and why. (You’ll need to scroll down to Monday Afternoon). For the Archbishop of Canterbury’s significant speech, go here.
The Appointments Committee (which has a new Chair, Margaret Swinson) has to put together a Steering Committee. They have to do that this month and they will have to put the motion into effect in time for a first consideration of draft legislation this November. The italics indicate this is pretty quick work for us. At the same time, the House of Bishops has to work up either an Act of Synod (boo words to many) or some other instrument that will set out how dissenting parishes will be handled in future (the existing Act of Synod, Resolutions A and B, etc, will disappear).
So Margaret Swinson has a job and a half on her hands, starting today. Particularly so because the Bishop of St Eds and Ips, Nigel Stock, committed us to taking on board many of the concerns raised in debate, noting that some of the votes on potential ways forward were very close. If you take that together with Bishop Pete Broadbent’s cunning plan for a very wide membership of the Committee, and continued professional facilitation, there is a heck of a lot to do in not much time. And it all hangs on the detailed proposals gaining wide acceptance before they ever get near a formal vote.
But we are basically committed to having our women bishops legislation done by July or November 2015. Then Royal Approval, etc has to follow. Might we expect to see the first women Bishops (or just ‘Bishops’ as we might then call them) in 2016? That depends on whether the process we have agreed today can come up with a final package that can gain a two-thirds majority on the day.
There is subdued relief all round the campus. As Gilbert and Sullivan put it: ‘modified rapture’. But it’s not over.
They have agreed that the Steering Committee for this work should be 15 people, drawn from across the range of opinions in Synod. Invitations are going out and names will be announced when people have signed up. The size of the group will be reviewed as the work proceeds.
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This corn bread is not only easy, delicious, and wholesome, but will also be the perfect side dish to soups, stews, and chili bowls. This recipe serves two for days or a group of a dozen or so friends.
Paradise Lost was playing while I began this bread, and they fit perfectly with it. They are one of my favorite bands and just like this bread, I can never get enough of them. Their album, Shades of God is a landmark release. It bridged the gap between their guttural gothic era and their mid-career “as big as Metallica” era. Sadly the cover belongs on a page in your sisters nineties scrap book. Listen to it here.
First things first, set a rack in the middle of your oven and preheat it to 400 ºF. Stir together all of the dry ingredients into the larger sized bowl.
Take your melted butter, almond milk (you can really use any kind of milk, but I feel that the almond milk adds a sweetness that normal milk lacks), and egg and whisk these all together very quickly in the medium bowl. Once you have your liquid mixture ready, add it to the dry ingredient bowl and mix together very well. Don’t overdue it though, as the corn meal does not need to be beaten to a pulp.
Grease your pan and then pour your mixture into it. Bake for about 20 minutes. Use a toothpick to check your bread at the 20 minute mark. If it comes out clean, then you are ready to turn off the oven and pull out the pan. If it comes out a little “dirty”, then simply let the bread bake for a few more minutes until the toothpick comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the pan until you are ready to serve.
This type of bread is definitely an “instant” sort of bread. As in, mix it, bake it, then serve it. It holds up fairly well, but unless you are entertaining anti-food people, it won’t last long.
Cut the bread into squares and serve with honey!
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I really enjoyed this book, and was pleased at how much I learned about current research in this area. What is meant by “junk” DNA refers to the part of the human genome that doesn’t code directly for a protein. Proteins are the machines that do all the work in the cell. With only 1.5% of the human genome coding for protein, that leaves a lot of junk around, apparently serving no purpose, looking like old viruses, and has been a source of proof for Neo-Darwinists and ridicule for Intelligent Design.
The book’s premise is simple and straight forward: it spends a chapter referring to statements made by prominent Neo-Darwinists using “junk” DNA to support evolution (going so far as to make theological comments on a God or Creator that would make such junk, even). The book then advances in a tour de force of example after example from mainstream journals showing the functionality of “junk” DNA. It has been shown that the other non-coding “junk” DNA is both conserved between species and widely transcribed. According to evolutionary theory alone, these two facts alone show probable function. Pseudogenes, Introns, repetitious DNA, elements that appear derived from virus (ERV), those parts that were thought to be functionless is being found to have important roles within the cell.
I think the information in the book is presented well and is at an understandable level, but I do have a degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, so some of it may come off as too technical. The Neo-Darwinist argument goes something like this: “if most of human DNA is junk, then Darwinism is true and ID false; most of human DNA is junk; therefore Darwinism is true and ID false.” In my opinion, this book thoroughly discredits the myth that “junk” DNA is “flotsam and jetsam”. Drawing an inference to Intelligent Design is advanced in the last chapter, and the answer is left up to the reader. My own opinion is that, as the human genome explored and more data is generated, the evolutionary argument will transition to a “Darwin of the gaps” position.
This entry was posted in Science and tagged Discovery Institute, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA.
I saw this post this morning and thought I would immediately repost.
The people at the Discovery Institute and Evolution Views & News must be feeling a certain amount of elation at Nagel’s words. Not that it necessarily matters. The questions they raise about the Neo-Darwinian evolution are valid, thought-provoking, yet mocked.
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This post started as a simple list of observations that show that the earth is older than the 6000 years that young creationists hold to. I left radiometric dating for the end because I have seen some writings saying this data is wildly inaccurate. I have linked a site with an extensive page on radiometric dating, with a quote addressing the supposed inaccuracy. Read for your self. I also found a study by the Institute of Creation Research that, just like this post concerning Answers in Genesis, disturbed me.
This evidence is either common sense, or you have to conjure the idea that God created the world to look old.
Varves: Lakes can form these deposits. They are composed of thin layers of clay and silt from a single summer and winter. They are of contrasting color and texture, and represent one year of deposits. Lakes actively forming varves can be found with 100,000 layers, and some ancient lakes have millions of layers preserved.
Ice Cores: Ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica preserve the longest record of snow deposits. Greenland shows about 50,000 layers, while Antarctica shows about 740,000 layers.
Speleothems: cave growths (stalagmites & stalactites) form similar layers as that of tree rings. Some cave formations have over 200,000 layers.
Carbon-14 Dating: This method of dating organic material has been combined with tree ring and varves, confirming each dating method.
Supernova 1987a: Prior to 1987, this was a star approximately 168,000 light years away. On Feb 23, 1987, the star exploded and became a supernova. That is, 168,000 years ago it exploded and it took that long for the light to reach the Earth.
Radiometric Dating: Isotopes are radioactive elements that decay into a non-radioactive form of the element. This can happen quickly or slowly, depending on the element. Here is a good explanation of the science. It is long and technical and I found it convincing. Scientists have dated rocks at ~3.6 billion years using multiple methods.
Some young-Earth proponents recently reported that rocks were dated by the potassium-argon method to be a several million years old when they are really only a few years old. But the potassium-argon method, with its long half-life, was never intended to date rocks only 25 years old. These people have only succeeded in correctly showing that one can fool a single radiometric dating method when one uses it improperly. The false radiometric ages of several million years are due to parentless argon, as described here, and first reported in the literature some fifty years ago. Note that it would be extremely unlikely for another dating method to agree on these bogus ages. Getting agreement between more than one dating method is a recommended practice.
Extinct Radionuclides: Scientists have determined what isotopes would have formed in stars and supernovas. They have looked for these isotopes in nature and found the shorter lived isotopes missing, indicating the Earth is old enough for them to have decayed away.
In doing some research on radionuclides, I found an article by Randy Isaac for the American Scientific Affiliation assessing studies made by the Institute of Creation Research (ICR). I found it very interesting because, rather than disputing the data on extinct radionuclides, the researchers affirmed it. The purpose of their project was to explain the evidence from a young earth perspective.
5. Therefore, the RATE project provides encouragement regarding the reliability of the Bible.
This study is billed as “groundbreaking results,” and it is considering that the ICR researchers concede that there is evidence for “more than 500 million years’ worth (at today’s rate) of nuclear and radioisotope decay.” Isaac notes that it is a “departure from previous creationist claims that radioactive decay is much less than reported.” In other words, the ICR researchers acknowledge to the amount of decay attested by mainstream science and validates the radiometric observations.
The ICR researchers reason that during the Flood, the rate of decay accelerated to accommodate a 6000 year old earth. The problem with this acceleration, the study admits, is the amount of heat generated—enough to evaporate the earth. It requires “a most unusual heat removal mechanism that is outside the known laws of thermodynamics.” I would qualify that as an understatement. A second problem is the radiation generated by this increase—one million times greater than today. How anyone (i.e. Noah et al.) survived this proposed year-long radioactive exposure is not known.
The young-earth advocate is therefore left with two positions. Either God created the earth with the appearance of age (thought by many to be inconsistent with the character of God) or else there are radical scientific laws yet to be discovered that would revolutionize science in the future. The authors acknowledge that no current scientific understanding is consistent with a young earth. Yet they are so confident that these problems will be resolved that they encourage a message that the reliability of the Bible has been confirmed.
I find it disturbing that these researchers, clinging so tightly to literal 24-hour days in Genesis, they propose radical and fundamental changes to physical laws that only last for about a year. With the other evidence for an older earth noted above, it seems absurd to cling to this fantastic theory rather than consider an erroneous interpretation of Genesis 1. This happened to Calvin and Luther, who clung to a geocentric solar system as supported by scripture. We now know they were wrong, so one is above error.
This entry was posted in Religion, Science and tagged ASA, extinct radionuclides, Institute of Creation Research, old earth, old trees, radiometric dating, Randy Isaac, RATE Project, young earth.
An interesting video on Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical drawings. It is amazing how he wrote in mirror image with his left hand right-to-left because it was easier for him.
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This is a good book for students, parents and other adults alike who are looking for perspective on the claims of Darwinism. It is less technical than other books I have read, but is more for development of critical thinking. It does a great job in illustrating the bias of the media through the example of the Scopes trial, through a comparison of the facts and the distorted lens of the play/movie “Inherit the Wind.” I didn’t know much about this subject, and anti-religious bias is so clear.
One notable quote in the book is from James Shapiro, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago. He said in response to Michael Behe’s book “Darwin’s Black Box”: “There are no detailed Darwinian accounts for the evolution of any fundamental biochemical or cellular system, only a variety of wishful speculations. It is remarkable that Darwinism is accepted as a satisfactory explanation for such a vast subject—evolution—with so little rigorous examination of how well its basic theses work in illuminating specific instances of biological adaptation or diversity.” Is Shapiro an ID advocate? Not in the least! Yet he can look at Darwinism and evaluate it openly for what it is and what it lacks. He thinks critically, and that is what this book seeks to promote.
Overall, a fine book. It will help you see the difference between the scientific evidence and the materialistic philosophy that dominates the culture.
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Marseille-Provence 2013 or MP2013 was the year-long series of cultural events that took place in Marseille, France and the surrounding area to celebrate the territory’s designation as the European Capital of Culture for 2013. In total, there were more than 900 different cultural events that attracted more 11 million visits. Marseille-Provence 2013 had an operating budget of approximately 100 million euros and more than 600 million euros in new cultural infrastructure was unveiled in 2013 including the MuCEM designed by Rudy Ricciotti and the Villa Méditerranée conference center designed by Stefano Boeri. MP2013 was a key part of a larger, decades-long, multibillion-dollar development effort to revitalize the city.
The official designation of European Capital of Culture was created in 1985 with the goal of building ties between citizens of the European Union by celebrating both the diversity of European culture and its common history and values. The event is also considered an opportunity for a city or region raise its international profile and to foster urban renewal through investment in culture and tourism. Thus far, more than 40 cities have received the European Capital of Culture designation.
The city of Marseille launched its candidacy to host the European Capital of Culture in March 2004 and later expanded their bid to include neighboring cities in Provence. A French jury selected Marseille as its choice in September 2008. In May 2009, the European Council officially announced that Marseille would be the European Capital of Culture in 2013 in parallel with the city of Košice in Slovakia.
In 2006, the official Marseille-Provence 2013 association was created under French laws for non-profit organizations. It brought together members of both the public and private sectors and was first directed by Bernard Latarjet and then Jean-François Chougnet. The association administrative council was led by Jacques Pfister, the president the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Marseille and Provence.
The association had an initial budget of 91 million euros, 84% of which was provided via public financing (the European Union and various levels of French government). The rest of the budget came from the private sector. The final budget for the association was 101 million euros, a sum that included the cost of running the ticket office and other initiatives.
Other notable jurisdictions included Istres, Gardanne, and Salon-de-Provence.
The community of Toulon withdrew from the project in 2011. The president of the Communauté du Pays d’Aix also threatened to withdraw after the headquarters of the newly formed Aix-Marseille University were placed in Marseille instead of Aix-en-Provence, but she later decided to maintain her community’s participation.
The opening ceremony of MP2013 was celebrated January 12 and 13, 2013 in the cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and Arles. The ceremony was attended by a number of prominent figures including French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, European Commission President José Manuel Barros, and French Minister of Culture Aurélie Filipetti. There were various major events including a contemporary art walk in Aix-en-Provence and a pyrotechnical performance by Groupe F on the banks of the Rhône river in Arles. In Marseille, the downtown core was turned over to pedestrians and several performances were held, including the dropping of several tons of feathers as part of the ‘Place of Angels’ performance. The MP2013 association estimated that 600,000 people took part in activities as part of the opening ceremony.
As part of the unveiling of the newly refurbished Vieux Port, the Carabosse company created an artistic installation involving sculptures with thousands of open flames installed across the water and on the quays. The official estimate of the crowd was 400,00 people.
The tradition of transhumance, or moving vast numbers of livestock from one grazing area to another, was the inspiration for one of the highlights of MP2013. More than 3000 sheep were moved across the MP2013 territory in May and June with a triumphant entry into downtown Marseille on Sunday, June 9. The project was organised by Théâtre du Centaure and was seen by more than 300,000 people.
As part of an effort to integrate art into non-traditional spaces, MP2013 organised massive installations and projections in the iconic factories and industrial spaces of the cities of Martigues and Port-de-Bouc.
The closing ceremony in Marseille was organised by the pyrotechnics artists Groupe F on the Vieux Port.
Two exhibitions were organised at the newly renovated J1 hangar in the heart of the port of Marseille. The first examined the history of the Mediterranean people and their relationship with the sea and their cities, the second looked at the architect Le Corbusier, his ties to Marseille and his role in the Brutalist architecture movement. The J1 hangar was opened to the public exclusively for the year of the European Capital of Culture.
Another prime exhibition was the Grand Atelier du Midi that was organised at the Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille and the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence and featured iconic paintings of Provence by Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and many others. It generated 460,000 visits.
The city of Aubagne also hosted two major exhibitions, one featuring the ceramic work of Picasso, the other a mobile exhibition of work from the Centre Pompidou.
The Camp des Milles, a World War II internment site near the city of Aix, was renovated and opened as a cultural and memorial site for MP2013. It featured a notable exhibition of work by the artists and writers who had been detained at the camp during the war.
A new hiking trail that was opened to coincide withMP2013: the GR2013 is a 365 km trail around the Marseille area that unites countryside and cities, natural green spaces and industrial sites, a metropolis and the seaside cliffs. This project was the result of the collaboration between the 38 jurisdictions that the GR passes through, the departmental government, the French national hiking association Fédération française de Randonnée pédestre, the regional hiking associations, and Bouches-du-Rhône Tourisme.
This was a participative project that placed artists in developing urban areas to produce events or create art with local residents. The programme was run with both government and social services groups.
This programme was met with criticism to due the fact that despite large investments, the events had low visibility and were held irregularly so they didn’t create any lasting cultural dynamic.
Resident associations also denounced the project for being promotional tool for urban development programmes that were actually rejected by many locals and the source of political conflict. There was also concern that cultural groups that were already involved in these neighbourhoods were asked to participate in the programme.
For the first time in the history of the European Capital of Culture, there was also an Off festival. It was organised by the association M2K13. This group actually foresaw the EEC and bought the domain name "marseille2013.com" and registered the trademark "Marseille 2013" in early 2004, prior to the official candidacy being launched. The group initially hoped help integrate local artists into the official programme and collected more than 150 proposals for projects.
However, in 2009, the official MP2013 association decided not to collaborate with M2K13 so this group created the Off festival. It was able to raise 465,000 euros in fund, with 65% coming from the private sector, notably the Banque populaire provençale et corse. Among the notable projects featured in the Off was Yes We Camp, an urban campsite in the northern part of Marseille, and the Klaxon series of exhibitions.
Certain artist groups accused the Off of becoming institutionalised, which then led to the Alter Off being organised. This group embraced an idea of egalitarianism and accepted every project that was proposed.
This temporary site was built in Place Bargemon next to the mayor’s office and served as the official welcome centre for MP2013. The building included 3 000 m2 of renovated space and 1 200 m2 of temporary space. It cost 5 million euros and wasn’t initially part of the MP2013 budget. It closed on 31 December 2013 and the temporary structure was dismantled.
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) was the first national museum opened outside of the Paris region. The museum was built on the J4 quay beside Fort Saint-Jean overlooking the Mediterranean. It was designed by the architect Rudy Ricciotti. The museum is now home to the collection of the Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires that was closed in 2005. The museum opened on June 7, 2013 and received more than 1.9 million visitors in the first eight months.
The J1 hangar is situated along the port's waterfront near the place de la Joliette. It was renovated for 2013 with designs by the architects Catherine Bonte and Michael Muntéanu. It hosted two exhibitions associated with MP2013 but its future is uncertain.
Designed by the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the conservatory was built to welcome world-class musicians and the best music students to the south of France. It opened in September 2013.
The Fondation Regards de Provence created a museum in the former water treatment plant located beside the La Major cathedral on the port of Marseille. This project represented the single largest private investment in MP203. It opened in February 2013.
Also located on the J4 quay, not far from the MuCEM, the Villa Méditerranée is "an international centre for Mediterranean dialogue and exchange" that was created by the regional government of Provence-Alpes-Côtes d’Azur. The building was designed by Stefano Boeri in the shape of an inverse "L" with a prominent overhang over a pool of water.
The building for the Fonds regional d'art contemporain (FRAC) was designed by the architect Kengo Kuma and is part of the new Joliette business quarter. It opened in March 2013.
La Friche is a massive cultural complex located in an old tobacco factory. It opened in 1992 but was expanded in 2013 with the notable addition of the Tour Panorama dedicated to contemporary arts.
Opened in 1993, the Musée d’histoire de Marseille is located in the Belsunce neighbourhood beside the Jardin des Vestiges, the ruins of the original Greek port. The museum was renovated for MP2013 and re-opened in September 2013. It features the largest collection of ancient ships in the world.
The 18th century estate Château Borély was transformed into a museum to house the collections of the former fashion museum and pottery, china, and ceramics museum. It opened in June 2013.
The Vieux Port in Marseille was entirely transformed to become one of the largest public spaces in Europe with a complete reorganisation of the automobile traffic along its perimeter and the removal of barriers that impeded direct access to the sea. It also features a closed pergola with a mirrored ceiling that was designed by the architect Norman Foster.
The Marseille area had long been plagued by a negative reputation, epitomized by the film The French Connection about the heroin trade in Marseille in the 1970s and continued into the 21st century by a series of high-profile crimes and a penchant for "Marseille-bashing" in the Paris-based media. MP2013 was seen as an opportunity to shine the spotlight on the new Marseille and rejuvenate its international image.
The European Capital of Culture was a popular success with more than 10 million visits recorded for the various events. It also generated a considerable surge in tourism with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Marseille and Provence reporting that there were almost 2 million additional visitors in 2013, roughly half of them tourists and the other half excursionists or day-trippers.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Marseille and Provence determined that the additional tourism and extra spending related to MP2013 generated roughly 500 million euros in economic benefits. They also concluded that in the tourism sector, MP2013 was responsible for generating 2 800 jobs (full-time equivalencies) in 2013.
MP2013 also led to international media recognition and greatly improved the image of the city of Marseille. The New York Times cited Marseille as number two on the places to visit in 2013 after Rio. Marseille also won the award for Best City in 2014 from Wallpaper magazine (along with San Francisco).
Marseille was named ‘European City of the Year 2014’ by The Academy of Urbanism in London, a professional association of more than 500 British designers.
An exhibition based on the Albert Camus archives was supposed to be organised in Aix-en-Provence by the sociologist and historian Benjamin Stora. However, Stora was removed from the project which led the French Ministry of Culture to withdraw its financing. The exhibition was then put in the hands of Michel Onfray, but he later decided to leave the project. The exhibition was finally removed from the official MP2013 programme and a smaller version was organised at the Cité du Livre in Aix-en-Provence.
One of the goals of MP2013 was to integrate art into public spaces and to involve people who weren’t traditionally attending cultural events. One of the main projects to bring culture to disadvantaged neighbourhoods was Quartiers creatifs, but this programme faced strong criticism among many residents who felt the cultural development was part of a gentrification plan. The Marseille rapper Keny Arkana wrote a song Capitale de la rupture that denounced the European Capital of Culture for pushing traditional residents to the side and trying to make Marseille just another "nice city on the Côte d’Azur".
The sociologist Sylvia Girel also published a report noting that many people weren’t involved in MP2013, notably those in the poorer northern neighbourhoods of Marseille or the rural regions of Provence.
In February 2013, the news website Marsactu revealed that the City of Marseille was providing a 400 000 euro subsidy for a concert at Parc Borély in Marseille by the internationally renowned DJ David Guetta. This subsidy for an internationally successful artist who was already charging high ticket prices was seen as proof that MP2013 was promoting established international artists as opposed to investing in local culture. The Parc Borély concert was cancelled and David Guetta played a non-subsidized concert instead.
Marseille is known for its vibrant rap scene so there was massive criticism of MP2013 for not including more local rap artists in its official programme. Among others, the Marseille rapper Akhenaton publicly denounced the lack of rap programming. In May 2012, the European committee overseeing the European Capital of Culture programme observed that MP2013 seemed to have an over-representation of ‘high culture’.
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YOU HAVE FOUND ONE OF THE SITES OF THE ORIGINAL 1927 ORTHODOX CHURCH.
[sm] - was formerly used with our name and logo and is still used with some of the other Service Marks of this Church Corporation (Theocacna, Society of Clerks Secular of St. Basil �, American Orthodox Catholic Church).
The Registered logo (with name) shown above, the two headed (Russian style) eagle with banner below containing our corporate name - The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America have the � to indicate our name & logo are our Registered Service Mark. We also have the Name & Logo as our registered Trade name & Trademark duly registered in Arizona prior to US Registration.
As a Canonically Established Orthodox Church to serve the English speaking orthodox community in and for North America we must be very careful who we associate with. Many of the ethnic old world clergy attempt to deny they know anything about us but there are many sources for true and documented information about us. We must avoid association with the non-canonical indepndent groups because they are not part of the historic Church. We are traditional orthodox and although some of our clergy share the altar and receive communion in SCCOBA canonical Churches we are not in communion with the Ecumenical Patriarch who wants to establish an American Orthodox Church contrary to the Canons. The ethnic clergy turned their back on this Church contrary to the Sacred and Divine Canons and even the Russian Church and Patriarch turned from us, and later established a second church - The Orthodox Church in America, contrary to Canon and Tradition. We have been ignored by the ethnic churches but we are content keeping our distance since some have knowingly and intentionally accepted excommunicated lay persons into their Churches, and by this action they have violated the Canons they claim to live by. We have no desire to violate the Canons and pray with those who are excommunicated [see c. 10 of the Apostolic, or 85, Canons].
Thank you for visiting our site. We hope our links make your visit easy.
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All our lives are symbols. Everything we do is part of a pattern we have at least some say in. The strong make their own patterns and influence other people’s, the weak have their courses mapped out for them. The weak and the unlucky, and the stupid.
The astonishing debut novel The Wasp Factory (1984) by Scottish writer Ian Banks. Dark, twisted and perverse, the controversial story tells of a 17 year old and his violent tendencies.
After such a long gap before my recent William Shakespeare quiz, I thought I’d better not leave long before my next one. And I wanted to do an actor who I’ve long respected and admired. I remember Jake Gyllenhaal well from when I first saw him, in the first film in this quiz. I could neither spell or pronounce his surname, but remember thinking just what a future this guy had. I’ve been delighted to see how far along he has come. Do you have a favourite role of his? How did you do this time around?
This colour, this summer night.
Taken from the song This Orient by English indie band Foals, from their second album Total Life Forever (2010). The single was one of three released from the album.
It’s been a truly rotten year for the untimely passing of outrageous talents within the entertainment industry, and we haven’t even reached April. Added to the sad roll-call of David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Glenn Frey and Terry Wogan, is the comedy genius that was Garry Shandling (1949 – 2016).
Taken from the song Everybody’s Changing by English band Keane, from their debut album Hope’s and Fears (2004). Known for using the piano as a lead instrument, the group achieved particular success with their first three albums.
I’ve been reading a bit of Shakespeare recently and as I haven’t done a film quiz for a while thought I should combine the two for a bumper post. His impact on literature, English theatre and popular culture has been extraordinary, so this film quiz was never going to be conventional. I’ve decided to break it into into two parts, faithful adaptations and those that were loosely based. Which half will you do better on? Do you have a favourite Shakespeare play?
The literary genius that is Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900).
These photographs, supposedly discovered from an old camera, capture famous moments within history and just how different the world used to be.
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Everytime there's a new one of these out I watch it. Then I kick myself for wasting 2 minutes of my day on it. It's like these guys saw The Angry Video Game Nerd and then watched 5 hours of South Park and tried to fuse the humor of both things together.
James is one INTENSE video game reviewer!
Fun Fact: Not only are our shows nothing alike, but we started our shows at almost the same time, and didn't even know about each other until we BOTH joined ScrewAttack! Awesome!
Thanks dude! Stay awesome, and stay maggoty!
irategamer is himself a rip-off of the angry video game nerd.
Good vid though, I liked it.
This seems like a take off of irate gamer on youtube.
Made me laugh off the bat. Reminded me of Wayne's World a bit so it worked!
Too bad video quality is sacrificed when put into flash or else it would be perfect.
We're always trying our best to squeeze better quality out of the flash video codec! If you would like a higher quality version, just stop by our website and subscribe to the podcast!
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https://www.newgrounds.com/reviews/portal/402195/1/date/7
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0%65°45°Clear with a high of 64 °F (17.8 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 8 mph (3.2 to 12.9 kph).Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 9 mph (6.4 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C).
Tonight - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 9 mph (6.4 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C).
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The uppertail and undertail coverts cover the base of the tail feathers above and below. Sometimes these coverts are more specialised. The "tail" of a peacock is made of very elongated uppertail coverts.
The upperwing coverts fall into two groups: those on the inner wing, which overlay the secondary flight feathers, known as the secondary coverts, and those on the outerwing, which overlay the primary flight feathers, the primary coverts. Within each group, the feathers form a number of rows. The feathers of the outermost, largest, row are termed greater (primary-/secondary-) coverts; those in the next row are the median (primary-/secondary-) coverts, and any remaining rows are termed lesser (primary-/secondary-) coverts. The underwing has corresponding sets of coverts (the names upperwing coverts and underwing coverts are used to distinguish the corresponding sets). In addition, the front edge of the wing is covered with a group of feathers called the marginal coverts. Within each group of wing coverts, the rows of feathers overlap each other like roof tiles (the greater coverts are overlain by the median coverts, which in turn are overlain by the outermost row of lesser coverts, and so on).
This page was last edited on 9 June 2018, at 18:52 (UTC).
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Triacastela is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. It gets its name from the three castles that once stood here, none of which exist today. Norman (Viking) invaders in 968 A.D. pillaged here, eventually to be defeated at Cebreiro pass and driven off. They probably destroyed all three castles at that time.
It is along the French Way route of the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James), and many of the pilgrims stop in the town's albergues and restaurants.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Triacastela.
This page was last edited on 26 June 2018, at 13:29 (UTC).
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As I’ve pointed out previously, I loved Bubble Bobble, especially on the Commodore 64. However because in those days I wasn’t well-versed in gaming lore, I had no idea that a sequel – in the form of Rainbow Islands – existed. Needless to say, as soon as I found out, I raced out and buy it for my Amiga.
This turned out to be a good call, although my initial impression was one of disappointment. There had been so many changes to the Bubble Bobble format! The heroes – Bub and Bob – were no longer cute dinosaurs and didn’t blow bubbles, whilst the gameplay was much closer to a traditional platform game.
Then I started to play the actual game and instantly forgot my concerns and learned to love Rainbow Islands in its own right. Yes, in one sense, 100 more Bubble Bobble style levels would have been fun, but would the game still be remembered today? Probably not. Even if it was, it would probably be remembered more as a quick cash-in on a popular title, than a brilliant game. Taking the sequel in a completely different (but clearly related) direction was a masterstroke that ensured both titles are still fondly remembered.
The first thing that grabs your attention is the graphics. Sure, Bub and Bob look like they are victims of the current obesity crisis and guzzled a few too many turkey twizzlers, but with their rounded features and rosy cheeks, they are every bit as cute in human form as they were when dinosaurs. Enemies are wonderfully designed and imaginative; just as cute as Bub and Bob and match the theme of the islands they inhabit. Add to this the riotous use of colour and you have a title that is a visual delight.
Nor does the game just impress the eyes; it sounds great too. A lovely quirky, plinky-plonky version of “Somewhere over the Rainbow” loops continuously during levels. This might sound annoying, but the tune quickly gets into your head and I defy anyone to play this game and not be singing along to it within five minutes. Indeed, even though I haven’t played the game for some time now, I’m whistling the song even as I type. Along with some appropriately cutesy sound effects, it all makes for a fun and quirky atmosphere.
Happily, the game itself (programmed by industry veterans Graftgold) delivers on the gameplay front. As with everything else, this had changed significantly from its predecessor. This time around, Bub and Bob have to negotiate their way to the top of each level, avoiding (or trapping) enemies, and reaching their goal before the water levels rise and drown you. To help Bub and Bob reach otherwise inaccessible platforms, they can create rainbows, which can be used as ladders. Any enemies caught under a rainbow and stomped on are killed and offer up a bonus of some sort as a reward. Meanwhile, the addition of a few boss battles helps to keep things fresh and stop the game from becoming too repetitive.
What really sets Rainbow Islands apart as a worthy sequel is the level design which is simply sublime. Early levels are fairly easy and teach you the mechanics of playing. Later levels get seriously tough and require split second timing and sometimes a large dose of luck to get off with lives intact. Crucially, the game is scrupulously fair. Many enemies have set patterns to the way they move, so you can observe them (keeping an eye on the rising water, of course) and make your move at the safest time. If you die, it was because you mis-time your move, not because the game is cheating.
Similarly, the use of bonuses for killing monsters introduces a brilliant risk and reward mechanism. It is possible (though tricky) to simply race your way to the top, avoiding all the enemies, However, if you want to score lots of points or gain extra helpful powers, you need to kill the monsters to release the bonuses. The temptation is to try and trap all the enemies to get all the bonuses, but this can get you into trouble – either by tempting you to go after a bonus item that is close to an enemy, or slowing your progress upwards so that you risk getting caught by the rising waters. As the levels go tougher, so the bonus items become more essential – but the risks associated with going after them also increase.
All these elements come together brilliantly to produce a game that is great to look at, nice to listen to and addictive and frustrating in equal measure. Even today its bright colourful graphics, solid sound and quirky gameplay stand up well.
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German armed forces, prior to 1945.
A retrospective concerning military communications is, in some respect, of significance to those people who are interested in wartime history. Most people seem to think that wireless communication was the main and perhaps even the only way to communicate over distance. This idea prevailed despite the fact that everybody is acquainted with the application of the telephone in every day life! Its importance for military operations is still rather underestimated and it is regrettable that the importance of line linked communications is still a neglected theme by historians.
The aim of this paper is to enhance the understanding of some of its aspects, to explain how the Germans used this medium and, to explain some of its technical and historical facets.
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And as Seamus and the Scumbags you'll see us on the stage.
But with all the racket from the bar it's impossible to tell.
But when you're drunk into oblivion, well, who could give a toss?
From Land's End up to John O'Groats, Rosslare to Skibbereen..
He's always half a bar behind, well, you just can't get the staff!
A voice from up the back yells "Can you play the Wild Rover?"
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http://www.acorn4.demon.co.uk/Page46.html
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I have made a deal with myself. From now on I am not going to be hard on myself about not writing “the novel” on one condition. That is if I work hard on producing a regular blog. By regular I mean to eventually achieve a daily blog instead of this once a week only on Sunday’s thing I’ve got going at the moment.
Now I’ve not given myself a time line to have done it by…yet. But I will have to set one to make it count. As I am hoping to achieve this: By managing to write something that I am happy with to publish on the internet every single day for at least a month lets say, it should in theory motivate me to write the “book” and get something finished for publication.
I have always wanted to have what people call drive or ambition. Something that gives them inner fire; I however have never really known how to light that spark.
Sure I have always known what subjects that always appealed to me, what projects appeal to me. I’m not totally ignorant. But nothing has completely taken over my life. Nothing has lit that spark. Doing this however just might give me that ambition. Even if nothing comes of it except for an impressive back catalogue of blogs and a completed manuscript. At least I tried, and that’s what is important.
I am not going to feel sorry for myself anymore, I am banning myself from saying and thinking about When I have the time, if my circumstances where different, it could have been me, if only I had some more money then I could afford to…. kind of sentences. I am taking charge of my life starting from here on out.
For those of you who do read my blog…though I can’t think that would be very many, who are unaware that I do the odd www.youtube.com video/vlog, I do the odd youtube video/vlog just saying lol.
So I am excited about getting that underway. I have to do some research into the content on the internet and do some scripting. What with the continuous job search meetings etc…it should take the minimum of a week to get the first one filmed, edited and uploaded. But I can barely wait to get that on the way.
I am really starting to think that if I could make a living out of doing this I would be pretty dam happy with my lot. Anyway wish me look and go check out my channels. http://www.youtube.com/user/emarwood?feature=mhee http://www.youtube.com/user/EmmaLouiseMarwood?feature=mhee and I shall see you on the other side.
I have wondered what kind of person would write a blog. What kind of person would think that their opinion is so terribly important that it must be shared with the world? Also what kind of person would believe that people would be interested in reading about their point of view?
Now I don’t really know anything about these people, but for me writing a blog at least once a week I feel keeps my toe in the waters of writing, so to speak.
I have wanted to be a writer for some time now, but for one reason or another I either I can’t seem to keep my concentration going and start another subject. Or I find reasons for not doing it at all. A not very constructive method for writing the ultimate best seller I know.
From reading I have found that a lot of professional authors tend to procrastinate so I’m not alone with that one. But still that leaves me with a concentration span of a gnant.
To me writing is something that is incredibly hard work, but should anything come out of it very rewarding. The joy to see something you have written in print is amazing. For some writing comes naturally and they can’t understand how none of their work ever gets published, they can’t understand it, they don’t seem to understand the achievement of actually managing to finish something.
Daydreaming comes naturally to me. But to actually write down what’s in my head, which is all Technicolor pictures. To make it come alive on the page, it’s not easy, and when you think you’ve got it as close as you can get it, which is nothing like you imagined but you have given up on getting it perfect as you have to make every word count and don’t want to bore the reader, you’ve gone ahead and forgotten where the daydream was going and what the point was to write it down in the first place.
So for me the point of having a blog, to write something at least once a week…even if nobody bothers reading it apart from me, it tells me something: You may be shite at concentration but at least by golly you can finish something.
I love the idea of new technology, it completely fascinates me, and it’s not technologies fault that it doesn’t seem to like me. No, it’s nothing personal. As much as it sometimes feels like that. The thing I think is important to remember is that tech is made by human beings, and human beings are fundamentally flawed. That’s the great thing about being human. We know we’re not perfect, we may aim to be, but at the end of the day if we fail it’s no big deal. Sure it upsets us as we didn’t set out to fail. But we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down and remind ourselves that we are only human.
However when technology doesn’t behave its self, when it freezes on us, when it just doesn’t want to load or even play properly we take it personally. We seem to forget that even though it’s essentially a “computer” and should do as we tell it. When it does lets us down, when it falls apart on us we seem to conveniently forget that the computer, the internet, the mp3 player or whatever it is, did not design or even make its self. A person thought it up and made the tech come alive, and when you think of it that way, does it really surprise you that technology is also fundamentally flawed?
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Congratulation to Emily Kiehl for her submission acceptance into the Marble Collection Magazine’s Spring 2013 edition.
The Marble Collection publishes the only print and digital magazine of the arts for and by Massachusetts secondary students; The Marble Collection: Massachusetts High School Magazine of the Arts showcases students’ art, literature, music and video works. In addition, they offer one-to-one online Student-Mentoring Workshops, in which college-level mentors help teens share and refine their voices—at no cost to the school or student.
Click on link below to view online gallery.
special holiday section. Congratulations to Lauren Salazar, Rita Orchanian, Daniel Xue, Cierra Ruping,Julia Warren, Max Hovasse, Jeet Patel and Sajana Iyer.
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https://phillipsartroom.wordpress.com/herald-holiday-contest/
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Photo of Moonu Noimbu ( 3 days fast) – Day 1 at world famous Marian pilgrim centre, St. Mary’s Forane Church, Kuravilangad. It is in Meenachil Taluk, 22 kms north of Kottayam, on the eastern side of M.C. Road. Martha Mariam Church belongs to the diocese of Palai. “Moonnu Noimbu” is the main feast of the church. Three days fast known also as the Rogation of Ninevites , a movable feast celebrated on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, three weeks prior to the beginning of Lent. Thousands of people from all over Kerala come to this three-days-feast. Two very special features are “Aana Ezhunnalippu”(procession with an elephant in front) and “Kappalottam”(a sailing vessel pompously carried to commemorate the journey of Prophet Jonah), on the second day. The ceremonial procession on the second day of the feast when the replica of the vessel used by prophet Jonah of the OT is taken out is the main attraction of the feast. The people of the Kadapoor locality has the privilege to carry the vessel during the procession.
Tradition is that Muthiamma appeared to the children on the second day of Moonnu Noimbu.
Kuravilangad Marth Mariam Forane Church, Kerala, India.
Photos of Moonu Noimbu ( 3 days fast) at world famous Marian pilgrim centre, St. Mary’s Forane Church, Kuravilangad. It is in Meenachil Taluk, 22 kms north of Kottayam, on the eastern side of M.C. Road. Martha Mariam Church belongs to the diocese of Palai. “Moonnu Noimbu” is the main feast of the church. Three days fast known also as the Rogation of Ninevites , a movable feast celebrated on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, three weeks prior to the beginning of Lent. Thousands of people from all over Kerala come to this three-days-feast. Two very special features are “Aana Ezhunnalippu”(procession with an elephant in front) and “Kappalottam”(a sailing vessel pompously carried to commemorate the journey of Prophet Jonah), on the second day. The ceremonial procession on the second day of the feast when the replica of the vessel used by prophet Jonah of the OT is taken out is the main attraction of the feast. The people of the Kadapoor locality has the privilege to carry the vessel during the procession.
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As the steady drone of “budget crisis” and “federal government shutdown” continues to pound every sensory receptor, I find myself thinking of that great accounting term “goodwill”. By nature I abhor the entire idea of politics, and to even slightly touch on the topic makes me feel, well dirty, but at the moment it is the topic de jour. And as is often the case when things are not going “well”, a quick look at things reveals some classic, fundamental truths.
It was one of the more interesting parts of accounting, and that is saying something. It is easy to take a shot at accounting classes. To my rather unsophisticated business mind during those early MBA years, the idea of goodwill made a great deal of sense. If the customers, industry and society believe in the firm, the product, the service, the team, the leadership, etc., well that is worth something. Name brand, product recognition, the benefit of the doubt, whatever it might be, it all falls under that umbrella of “goodwill”. It all has value and it is quantified, listed and quite literally accounted for on an annual basis. It was one of those things I knew intuitively, but to see it recognized and quantified, well that lesson stuck with me.
The concept of goodwill became one of those things that was never far from the surface. When in a direct leadership role, maintaining the goodwill of the team was always important. Caring about your people, helping them advance their careers, find work-life balance, grow professionally and personally, they were all deposits in the “goodwill account”. When times were tough, when the team needed to really dig deep, we had that “goodwill account” to draw upon. Same concept has applied to business in general – treat the clients well, go the extra mile, under promise over deliver, treat vendors and competitors well, and just generally do the right thing…it has paid dividends.
Good governance. Good leadership. Goodwill. It all goes hand-in-hand yet no one in our collective “ruling elite” seems to get it. The very idea that a business would act in its own self-interest with complete disregard for its customers, stakeholders, suppliers and shareholders is absurd. Every successful business realizes the value of goodwill. They have to list it and quantify it in their Annual Reports. It might be wise for “our leaders”, regardless of party, branch, or level, to take a moment and think about the idea of goodwill. Dare I say it would change their behavior…maybe.
Business, Life, and Alice Cooper?
Having a career that spans 40+ years is an impressive achievement, regardless of industry. It is certainly not the norm in today’s business world. The ability to have such a career in a field where success is quantifiable, where lack of sustained performance has seen all too many “flash in the pan” careers, 40 years and counting is amazing really. In entertainment, and especially rock and roll, it is certainly a rarity. Then, being selected to your industries Hall of Fame – just sort of legitimizes the career.
Alice Cooper, the glam/theatrical rock star provides some pogniant thoughts regarding business, the secrets to success and simply fundamental lessons in life. And to think, he was quoted in an interview on Fox – strange days indeed. Hard to believe, but then again one has to assume a guy like him has quite literally seen it all.
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https://curtisbuck.wordpress.com/tag/business-2/
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Andre Small says yes to academic challenges. His reward? A future in medicine.
Andre Small says he didn’t have a strong science background when he arrived in the College, but his courses are pushing him to grow academically and gain the necessary knowledge for medical school. “As a Direct Admit, I had the resources to develop a four-year course plan that was very specific to my major,” says Small, a Biology major who is also a Hudson and Holland Scholar.
When not immersed in his studies, Small serves as a volunteer coordinator at Read to Succeed, a program at the Bloomington Boys and Girls Club. There, he oversees a group of eight volunteers who read to elementary students at risk of falling behind. Twice a week, he hosts hour-long reading sessions with the students.
In the summer of 2018, he will intern at The Johns Hopkins University Research Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Through his coursework and real-world experience, Small is preparing for a life in medicine.
“I feel like I’m building my foundation for my career,” he says.
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https://college.indiana.edu/research/featured-research/small.html
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Hey guys! So yesterday I was looking for some readathons to join in so I can pass my reading goal. And I found one that’s comping up up in a few days and thought it was perfect for this time of the year.
In a not very detailed summary (seriously go read their post its much better) its a readathon dedicated to the shortest books on your tbr! its starts on the 21st and ends on the 31st!
So I limited myself to around 300 pages since that’s the max I can read in about a day and a half. I hope to finish a few and at least have most of these started!
What’s your tbr for short-a-thon?
Oooh, great TBR! I have Almost Midnight on my TBR for the readathon, too! And The Butterfly Garden was so good 🙂 Enjoy!
Thanks so much!! I’m so excited for the readathon!
I really need to read more of Rainbow Rowell’s work. I absolutely LOVED Fangirl. Silvera seems to be a hit or miss with me since I loved one of his books but disliked another, haha. Hope you end up enjoying History Is All You Left Me though!
Best of luck and happy reading!!
Great list. I’m reading all nonfiction for mine, can’t wait to start!
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https://ellasbookcorner.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/short-a-thon/
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"Being in a Learning Community is something that's helped me grow as a student and make connections with people who have similar goals as me. The BPMI Learning Community has done a phenomenal job to help build a cohort of students who otherwise might not connect with each other during their first year. The group of students in my Learning Community grew to be some of my most understanding friends and favorite study buddies."
Biological/Pre-Medical Illustration (BPMI) is an interdisciplinary major at ISU. The curriculum spans both the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Design. While the major is administered by LAS, there is a close working relationship with COD administration and faculty.
The program is small, averaging 40-50 students. BPMI is a “destination major” meaning that many students come to ISU specifically because of the program and BPMI attracts many out of state students. Currently, out of state students comprise about 1/2 of the BPMI student count, including several international students.
Our Learning Community allows students to meet others in their cohort from day one.
Sign up will take place during Orientation. Please ask your adviser for details.
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https://www.lc.iastate.edu/communities/biological-pre-medical-illustration-bpmi
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http://fljobs.homestead.com/terms.html
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People struggling with the psychological stress of a cancer diagnosis may wish to ditch the anti-anxiety medications in favor of psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms.
No, they shouldn't run down to the local college campus center waving fistfuls of cash and a Disco Biscuits t-shirt. But they might consider contacting Roland Griffiths, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist who studies the therapeutic potential of psilocybin.
Griffiths recently showed that psilocybin's spiritual effects can be long-lasting and profound. Now he's studying whether the drug – administered in a controlled setting by trained professionals, in compliance with FDA guidelines – can help people deal with the trauma of cancer.
"There were some studies suggestive of those possibilities back in the 1960s and 1970s," said Griffiths. "The primary mystical experience might fundamentally change the perception of disease and perhaps quality of life in people distressed by life-threatening diagnoses of cancer."
Wired Science* is not advocating participation, but anyone interested should visit the trial website for more information and talk it over with their doctor and family.
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I totally forgot to post this the other day. Dogfighter is on sale on Steam for $1.50. You cannot beat that price.
Dogfighter is a 3d third person arena airplane combat game. There are a handful of maps with tons of different weapons and power ups. The developers have been very community focused and added many community requested features. Definitely worth the try, I mean, what else are you going to spend $1.50 on? A candy bar? Oh please.
Notch has been having some server issues with the influx of new players lately with all of the publicity. Plus he’s been busy getting his company going so things have been quite hectic around there. Anyways, Notch has opened up Minecraft this weekend, meaning it’s free to play. (the “indev” version) So enjoy it now!
Altitude On Sale for $2!
When was released a few months ago, I really wanted to grab a copy but the ten dollar price tag scared me away. Now Steam is offering the game for only two dollars in one of its “midweek madness” sales. After seeing the post on their feed I immediately bought it and it’s a great little game. Graphically, it falls in that Worms/Gunbound style game, but I’ve never quite seen a game like this. Make sure you pick this up before the sale ends!
[game sale] Peggle Nights for free!
PopCap Games is offering Peggle Nights for free in exchange for you to submit your e-mail to their newsletter. Its a great deal, normally a $20 dollar game AND it has great reviews. Oh and it’s supposed to be for a friend…but they don’t seem to mind if you snag the copy for your self.
The The Indie Game Magazine is having a sale on its subscriptions! World of Goo has set a trend because its another one of those pay-what-you-want-sales. You get a year’s worth, that’s six issues of the “only exclusively indie game magazine available”. Hurry though, the sale only lasts until Valentine’s day!
As a first post, I’d like to point out that the already well known but still very indie video game, Crayon Physics Deluxe, is having a birthday sale, similar to what 2Dboy did with their game, World of Goo. You pick your own price and you get your very own copy of the game. I suggest you do not pay that price of one cent like MANY people did when 2D boy had the sale. Please, support indie developers. They must also eat too you know.
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On the south-western edge of the Cabo de Gata Natural Park is the small village actually called El Cabo de Gata. It is a pleasant little seaside resort beside a beach of white sand. The whitewashed buildings, that line its promenade, are mainly holiday apartments, interspersed with the occasional bar.
The village still supports a small fishing fleet and the fishermen’s boats, nets and lobster pots pepper the beaches at the southeastern end.
Nearby is the Salinas de Acosta area of the natural park. Between spring and autumn, thousands of migrating birds stop here on their journeys between Europe and Africa. Apart from flamingos, there are storks, avocets, eagles and many other types. Only a few remain in the winter when the Salinas are drained after the autumn salt harvest.
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Eduardo 'Eddie' Deacon: [to Jamie crouching in the dollhouse] Nice place you got in here... A little small but very nice.
SECURITY is low on originality, medium on clashing fight scenes with guns and bombs and fire and a bit maudlin in the end when the father/daughter concept finally adds some human interest. Otherwise this 'made for action lovers' film, written by Tony Mosher and John Sullivan and directed by Alain Desrochers is a sidebar t the careers of tow fine actors – Antonio Banderas (in fine shape physically) and Ben Kingsley.
An ex-special services veteran (Antonio Banderas), down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. He is introduced to the motley crew of security guards (Liam McIntyre, Gabriella Wright, Chad Lindberg, Jiro Wang). On his first night on the job, he opens the doors up to a distraught and desperate young girl Jamie (Katherine de la Rocha) who has escaped and fled from a hijacking of the Police motorcade that was transporting her to testify as a trial witness in a briefcase. Hot on her heels is psychopathic hijacker (Ben Kingsley), alongside his resourceful henchmen, who will stop at nothing to extract and eliminate their witness.
That is the bare bones of a story that is basically one of shooting, fire, explosions, murder, and all the other derring-do that builds a story based on the chased and the chaser. It gets repetitive but Banderas and Kingsley (and Liam McIntyre) are strong enough to hold or interest.
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One of many posters featuring Farscape characters. SaveFarscape.com asks fans to download, print and display them as part of a grass-roots movement to reverse the decision to cancel the award-winning series. View Slideshow How far will fans go to save a doomed TV show?
Devotees of the SciFi Channel's Farscape, which was canceled in September, have pooled their money to buy a TV commercial pleading for the show's resurrection.
Fans have raised thousands of dollars in donations to pay for a 30-second television commercial, the first made and paid for by followers of a TV show, according to the Save Farscape campaign.
The commercial – created and funded by fans – is set to run in 24 major cities around the United States next week.
The commercial may run only once in some of the major markets, and often on an obscure channel in the middle of the night. But that's fine, according to the campaign's organizers, because they mostly want to attract media attention.
"The goal of this project is to draw mainstream media attention to our cause," explains the campaign's website.
Last week, fans sent out dozens of press kits to TV stations and networks drawing attention to the ad. It's still too early to tell if they were successful, however. Organizers of the Save Farscape campaign couldn't be contacted for comment.
The commercial pays homage to Apple's Switch ads. It features clips of Farscape followers explaining why they love the show.
"Farscape is one of TV's smartest, funniest and most consistently surprising shows," said fan Nathan Alderman. "It's got a great cast, equally strong writers and it doesn't dumb anything down for its viewers. It's the main reason I got cable in the first place."
Produced by the Jim Henson Company, Farscape tells of an astronaut propelled to the other side of the universe.
Critics have praised the show, now in its fourth and last season. TV Guide called it "the best science-fiction series on TV."
Despite the plaudits, SciFi canceled the show due to the high cost of production – $1.4 million per show, according to estimates – and lower ratings. The show's audience has declined from 1.6 million viewers to 1.5 million, according to a SciFi Channel FAQ.
But that hasn't deterred thousands of the show's fans, who have been campaigning for it to be brought back since the news of its demise broke in September.
The TV spot is the latest stunt in a long-running, Internet-centered campaign, which has included sending letters, faxes and even empty snack food boxes to producers and TV executives.
The Save Farscape campaign encourages fans to send flattened cracker boxes with the note "Crackers DO Matter" (a reference to an episode called "Crackers Don't Matter"). Campaign organizers also cling to the hope that another network will pick up the show.
So far, however, the fan support has not swayed SciFi to revive the show. Representatives from the network and Jim Henson Company could not be reached for comment.
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As you are reading this, you must know that it is my 50th WordPress post.
Thank you, thank you. I have been blogging since March of 2011, which to me seems so very far away! I have definitely improved as not only a writer, but a journalist, and an individual. But, I have still kept the backbone of who I am and who I will always be.
I thought about what would make a great 50th post. I know it’s only 50, but I started out with a meager one-post-a-month a year ago. Now, 54 followers later, over 7,000 hits, a Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr account to boost my ratings; I’m fairly satisfied.
Without anymore stalling, I decided to celebrate this mini stepping stone, and to do so I will enlighten all with the many interesting facts of Madi (that’s me by the way).
I was named after the movie Splash.
I used to not eat bananas because a girl told me the little brown parts in the fruit were actually spider eggs, and they would hatch inside my brain.
I have three Pillow Pets.
I am currently reading A Game of Thrones, Franny and Zooey, Martha’s American Food, Dare Me, Shiver, Peanut Butter and Jeremy’s Best Book Ever, A Brief History of Thought, and The Consolations of Philosophy.
I commute to college, and work part-time (even though it feels like full-time) at a library.
I love to meet new people, as long as they aren’t going to potentially kill me, stalk me, etc.
I probably should be diagnosed with some form of OCD. I am always organizing things, especially Colin’s room (which he never keeps clean).
Pigs are my all-time favorite animal. And manatees.
I’m really loud, laugh a lot, and of course, talk a lot.
I want to be a reporter, work for a newspaper, and write for as long as I live.
Before deciding I wanted to write forever and a day, I wanted to be a marine biologist. Then I got a C in biology….that career choice defused quickly.
I am a girly-girl. I wish I could wear dresses everyday. Although, yoga pants would suffice.
I love my boyfriend Colin with my whole heart! And all of my very close friends who read my blog and put up with my shenanigans.
I wish I could sing, paint, take amazing pictures, and could solve a math problem without crying.
No matter where I go in life, I will remember these weird quirks and traits I have. I think whenever someone asks me, “Tell me something unique about yourself,” I freeze up. What do you mean unique? What does that mean? So, I tell the person what they want to hear, not the funny facts like I listed. Some people are good at sports, others science and math. I just think I’m a charming girl a majority of the time. Someone who is always kind to others, even when they don’t deserve it. Someone who loves to talk, and meet others who share the same passions. But mostly, I’m a girl who loves to write, and even at 50 posts, I know I’ll never stop.
Cheers to those who have been here for me every step of the way. I couldn’t do this without you.
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I’m so proud of u baby! You really have improved as a writer, and I’m glad that you like to make blog posts, because I like reading them. Congrats!
Thanks sweets! I’m glad you think so. You would know, you’ve been around for over 2 years. You’ve been a number one fan, and I love that. Thanks for everything.
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More than a quarter of classical music fans have tried cannabis, says a study from the University of Leicester.
Researchers were trying to find out what people’s taste in music revealed about their lifestyles.
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Hire Android App Maker? This will certainly come to your mind, if you have boiling business idea or you are running a business. Android is the operating system that brought in revolution in the world of Smartphone and mobile application. Through Android, Google targets to emerge in the world of low cost smart phones. Have you ever thought of developing an Android App? As per the Android Application Developers, developing an android app is an easy task. Before getting into the different phrases of developing android app, it is essential to gain knowledge about android app.
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For many of us, performing well at work requires uninterrupted work time. Whether it’s writing a song, a smartphone app, a proposal for a new client, a business plan or completing a book manuscript, remaining focused for an extended period ensures the job will be done to the best of one’s ability and in the least amount of time.
Human attention is a limited resource, and multiple distractions deplete that resource. The information and communications technology that we use to create our work is increasing the number of interruptions that keep us from completing our work. And the more we consume electronic media, the more difficult we find it to filter out distractions.
Mindfulness meditation can help us to increase our ability to filter out distractions, recent research is finding. And filtering out distractions can greatly increase our focus and productivity at work.
E-mail, text or calendar alerts, telephone calls or in-office visits of co-workers lead us to stop important work and also create delays in our ability to return to that work. In a study conducted by University of Illinois and Microsoft Research, researchers found that information workers took an average of 16 minutes to resume work after responding to an e-mail alert. The workers took an average of 11 to 12 minutes to resume work after responding to an instant message (IM) alert. Granted, those alerts were coming from the same desktop computer the workers were using, and part of the delay was returning to the window where the previous work was being performed. However, 27% of the e-mail and IM responses resulted in a delay of two hours before workers resumed activity in the PC windows they’d been using prior to their response to the alert. And research performed by Microsoft in another study found that 40% of the work interruptions reported by workers were self-initiated.
Meditating one day I realized that I’d get more work done if I could focus my mind entirely on the task at hand. My work was slowed by allowing myself to be interrupted by electronic alerts, and also by worrying about critical “to do’s” (unanswered e-mails, the bio I needed to send before the radio interview, that upcoming Skype meeting, inviting panelists to the upcoming Webinar…). As the demands on my time and attention increase, I find I need to meditate longer to be able to focus.
Meditation research conducted by University of Washington and University of Arizona researchers confirms my experience that meditation can enhance our ability to focus. Specifically, focused attention meditation , a type of mindfulness meditation, led to improvements in the ability of participants to remain focused, ignore distractions , and regulate emotions. In focused attention meditation, meditators maintain their focus on their breath. When distracted by a sound, a thought, or an emotion, they are instructed to return their focus to the in and out of the breath, once they notice that their mind has wandered. The study also suggested that mindfulness meditation may lead to improved memory and reduced stress.
We are increasingly becoming aware of the limits of our mental energy. Human attention is an essential component of the mental processes of perception, memory, and reasoning that much of our work requires. Interruptions divert our mental attention and impede our ability to work. Developing a regular mediation practice could help us learn to limit interruptions and enhance the mental energy we apply to our work.
Anne Ramstetter Wenzel is an economist and business plan writer based in Menlo Park, California. She is the author of The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Market Research.
Economist & Market Researcher, Certified Business Advisor for the Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center.
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I was up fairly early and packed away a damp tent before setting off along the shingle beach to Seascale. I walked past the ‘street’ of houses built at the back of the beach, actually on the beach. The shingle has tyre tracks along it where all the owners drive to their houses.
The Cumbria Coastal Way heads off the beach and along a footpath that uses the railway bridge to cross the River Ehan flowing down from Ennerdale Water. Here it all got a bit confusing as yet again the path sea-side of Sellafield Nuclear Power Station seemed to disappear. I found the odd path marker and a couple of stiles but eventually I ended up fighting my way down a steep bank through brambles and ferns that ripped my legs to shreds. I came out at Sellafield train station and then got a telling off from the man in the signal hut. I was trespassing on nuclear power station land. I pointed out there was a way-marked path (sort of) and I hadn’t climbed any fences, only stiles made for walkers. I was still trespassing. He allowed me out of the locked gate and onto the cycle path leading to Seascale.
Here I saw a sign informing that the Cumbria Coastal Way was closed until further notice and giving a diversion route. Pity there wasn’t a corresponding sign at the other end as it would have saved my legs from numerous scratches!
At least the cycle path was easy walking. I arrived in Seascale and headed to the first cafe for breakfast and a coffee, and to wash my wounds.
After a long break I stuck to the minor roads for the next bit to Drigg as I had to go inland a little to cross the River Irt.
The first foot bridge is the Drigg Holme Packhorse Bridge that was built in 1772, although there has been a bridge here since Mediaeval times.
I walked the farm tracks back to the coast at Saltcoats. Here the foot and cycle path crosses the railway bridge over the River Mite to Ravenglass; the only coastal village in the Lake District National Park.
Ravenglass was the last defence point of Hadrian’s Wall and a significant Roman settlement, complete with Bath House. It is also the start of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Narrow Gauge Railway.
I popped into the station to look at they trains and the next one left in 20 minutes. What a chance for a couple of hours off enjoying the scenery from an open air carriage. It was an opportunity not to miss!
I had a lovely trip up the Eskdale Valley to Dalegarth, a quick stop for an ice cream, and then the trip back down to Ravenglass. Wonderful.
I left Ravenglass at 3.30 pm and still had a long walk up the Esk estuary, through the Muncaster Estate, until the first bridge over the river.
There were options to cross the River Esk at a couple of points but I’d rather walk further than wade through mud.
Once I’d crossed the river via the A595 it was a short walk across marsh land to Newbiggin. The campsite was basic and the facilities were in the farmyard. The farmer and his helper (who looked about 90) were really nice, even though I inconveniently arrived at milking time.
I was late so the tent went up quickly. I admired the beautiful sunset and headed off a mile up the lane to The Brown Cow pub.
I was the only one in there for most of the evening and the food portions were enormous. Just after 10 pm I set off back for the campsite in the pitch dark. I had travelled about halfway when a car came behind me and I turned into the hedge to avoid the lights. The car stopped. I turned around and there were 2 policemen who wanted to know what I was doing wandering down a country lane at night. They were very friendly as they interrogated me and my answers must have seemed too ridiculous to have been lies. We chatted for a bit and then Mark and Jonathan kindly gave me a lift (in the cab, not in the back) back to the farm.
It had been a fun day.
This week was my last day in Scotland and then on into Cumbria. The weather has been really good, which is helpful for camping now that Autumn is here. It’s definitely colder and damper at night and I am ore conscious of it getting dark earlier (not so good for drying washing and towels at the end of a long day).
As for the Cumbria Coastal Way…well, they shouldn’t advertise it! It doesn’t really exist in most places, generally wherever the way gets a little more difficult. A good game around here is spot the CCW sign.
Still, despite suffering from a cold, another great week with wonderful scenery and some help from friends.
What a beautiful, sunny day for a drive through the Lake District. Jenny kindly drove me all the way back to Whitehaven to start walking again and it was a lovely drive via Keswick with great views of the mountains.
As it was Sunday, Whitehaven was quite peaceful and the views across the harbour were lovely.
When I cycled the Coast-to-Coast in 2010 we started our ride from here and I had been told that it was good luck to take a stone from one coast to the other. When I was in Robin Hood’s Bay I found the smallest stone possible and carried it all the way around with me so I threw it into the Whitehaven harbour.
The Candlestick was rather imposing on the cliff and there was a monument to signal the end of mining at Whitehaven when the Haig Pit closed in 1986.
There was a steep climb up the cliff to the site of the coal pit, which is now a museum.
From here it was more uphill to get around St Bees Head, which looked beautiful in the sunshine.
It was an excellent, and well travelled, cliff top walk. The views across the sea and back to Scotland were outstanding on such a sunny day. Of course if I had the added bonus of great views of the mountains if I looked inland. It doesn’t get better than this.
As I rounded St Bees Head I waved goodbye to Scotland and looked ahead towards Sellafield Nuclear Power Station and Morecambe Bay.
There was a beautiful little beach tucked into the cliffs between North and South Head and there were a few people sat enjoying the day.
I carried on to the town of St Bees, the actual start of Wainwright’s Coast-to-Coast walk. I think people thought that’s what I was doing.
I decided to stop here and get a late lunch at the cafe as I didn’t think I’d find anywhere to eat near the campsite (this proved to be a good decision). So Slab pie and peas it was for me.
From St Bees I walked a mixture of the stony beach and the cliff top or minor roads, depending on whether a path was visible across the fields or not. It looks like some of the cliff top path has been eroded away.
The last section was along the shingle beach and I was surprised to see a long row of houses built on the beach. The ‘road’ is just the beach and most cars were 4x4s. Very strange.
In the middle of this ‘street’ of houses was Braystones train station and the entrance to my campsite for the night. Great views.
I was grateful for a lie in. Mark had to work at a shooting range in Yorkshire so Jenny and I dropped him off and headed into Ilkley. It was strange to be in Yorkshire, which borders the East coast. We went for a lovely brunch in Betty’s cafe, quite a well known Yorkshire chain. It was excellent.
I was able to do a little bit of planning in the afternoon before we watched England play Wales in the Rugby World Cup. That was disappointing. Fish and chips in front of the TV made a nice change.
Jenny and Mark made me very welcome and looked after me while I struggled to get rid of my cold. I was in need of a day off!
Today was to be the first time on my trip that I would be joined by friends for a whole day’s walk. I met Ade and Jackie when we were all camping opposite Holy Island, Northumberland. They are friends of Maggie, and now also of me. They are experienced walkers, climbers, mountaineers and expedition leaders, so I was in good company for the day that was to unfold. It was nice to have good company for the walk and to have someone else navigating.
We drove a couple of miles back to Drumburgh, from where we could pick up the Cumbria Coastal Way and we set out to follow this all the way to Skinburness. The main thing I want to point out is how pleased I was that someone as experienced, and qualified, as Ade had the same navigational problems as I’ve suffered and several times we lost the non-existent path. Hallelujah, it’s not just me!!!
A stile but no paths!
Things started off ok but it wasn’t long before the signposts disappeared, the path disappeared and we were fighting our way through, almost impenetrable, thick reeds and other vegetation. We saw a couple of deer, who seemed very surprised to see us. Jackie found a stile – it was buried in the head-high vegetation with no sign of a path either side, but it did have a CCW sign.
We worked hard for our 15 miles today; it should have been shorter but crossing the Skinburness Marsh at the end was a wiggly affair. There were dykes crisscrossing the plain and finding places narrow enough to cross them was sometimes difficult.
We all got wet feet at some point. We also had cows to worry about (some are really inquisitive) and fences barring our way that needed to be crossed. I managed to rip my waterproof jacket in one fence that we had to climb through (fortunately Ade mended it later).
Walking with Ade and Jackie meant regular breaks with treats, sandwiches and hot chocolate. What a luxury. The route did take in New Abbey and we took a look in the magnificent building that was destroyed by fire in 2006 and has been rebuilt. It was worth a look.
By the time we reached the (second) car at Skinburness we were tired. It had been a long day fighting the lack of paths. We made it back home just before the rain came. It was nice to have an evening in front of the fire.
It was a misty start to the morning but the sun was going to burn through. I walked down the road to the River Sark and the border. Just before the border is the first (or last) house in Scotland, The Old Toll Bar. Another scene of many weddings.
Unlike when I crossed the border into Scotland on the East coast, this time it didn’t rain. I’m hoping that’s a good omen.
I made it around Scotland!!!
Having walked across the border (where were the pipers and Dougie MacLean to bid me farewell?) I promptly walked back into Gretna and caught a bus to Carlisle to avoid a road walk. I was in Border Reiver country and all day I was to be reminded of the incessant tribal warfare that blighted this area for about 300 years, mainly between 1296 and 1603. It wasn’t just between the Scots and the English, but was tribal in the 40 square miles of ‘Debatable Lands’. I have learned the origin of the term bereaved (be-revived).
I needed some new inner socks as my feet have been a bit sore and I worked out that it was my threadbare socks. I popped into Cotswolds to buy some new ones and then walked down the High Street. I couldn’t resist stopping at Watt’s Victorian Coffee Shop and was rewarded with an excellent coffee and cake.
The place is full of Victorian knickknacks and a visit to the toilet involves walking through a basement that could be a museum! It was a shame the man who roasts the coffee wasn’t in as apparently he happily shows customers round his tiny office.
Is this a museum or the way to the toilet?
Carlisle has an historic quarter, a castle, a Roman fort and of course it is Hadrian’s Wall country. There is a lot to see in Luguvalium!
I walked past the Norman castle that was once the temporary prison of Mary Queen of Scots and headed out of the city along the River Eden and out to the the route of Hadrian’s Wall and Vallum.
I passed through the villages of Beaumont and Burgh-By-Sands, and stopped in both to look at their respective churches. St Mary’s in Beaumont was built on the site of a fort, the only church on Hadrian’s Wall, and has great views over the surrounding countryside, including Carlise and the Solway plain.
St Michael’s church in Burgh-By-Sands is typical of many of the local churches in having a tower at one end where the locals used to barricade themselves in when their village was attacked by Reivers. This was also where King Edward I (The Hammer of the Scots) lay in state after he died whilst his Army was crossing the Solway Firth to wage war on the Scots in 1307.
I took a detour out onto the marsh land to look at the monument that was erected on the spot where he died (he was old and ill). I can’t believe an Army attempted to cross this marsh land; surely it would have got stuck in the same mud I have sunk in!
The last section of the walk was along the road that crosses the edge of the tidal plain and evidently gets covered regularly during high tides.
The Hadrian’s Wall Path was well signposted all day; it makes such a difference.
I had booked to stay in a bunkhouse and was the only one so I had plenty of room to spread out.
The old lady who owns Kirkland Farm, Daphne, keeps the cleanest Bunkbarn I have ever seen and we had a lovely chat. She has lived in Port Carlisle all her life and she was showing me photos of her at school in 1952. Funnily enough nearly all of her school mates also still lived in the locality; this is one of those places where people never leave.
A late start to the walking week after making the most of friends’ hospitality while I got my phone fixed. I was sad to leave the Highlands behind but Dumfries and Galloway is a little gem. Such beautiful rolling countryside; it reminds me of England! There are some nice houses around here too.
Autumn is coming; camping is getting colder and damper. I’m carrying on with it for the moment but I’ll be forced to reassess soon. Nice to have some lovely weather again this week. The sun has come out for my final week in Scotland.
Dumfries and Galloway has historical significance as a place that was central to the bloody wars of independence in the 13th and 14th Centuries. It was the home of the Bruce and Balliol families.
I finally feel like I’m back on the move, albeit with a mix of walking and public transport. I still have an aversion to road-walking inland with the sole purpose of covering the miles. Not my idea of fun. When I can access coastal paths the walking and the views are excellent.
I feel like I’ve been in Scotland for ages and I’m rather taken with it. In a way I’ll be sad to leave it behind as I continue my journey into England.
It rained all night and carried on until 10am. The forecast was for it to stop raining late morning so I had a lie in. I was very cosy in my tent so I was in no hurry to get up. Fortunately I didn’t have a long walk today so I could take my time. It proved to be a good decision as, although I packed my tent away wet, I didn’t really get wet at all today.
Breakfast was self-made ox tongue and tomato sandwiches (left over from yesterday) followed by a coffee and an iced apple turnover from the bakery in town. That’s got to be a breakfast fit for a king?!
I walked out of Annan and down the side roads towards the Solway Firth at Battlehill. From here I was able to walk just over a mile alongside the estuary before being forced inland again.
I stopped to watch 3 men dressed in oilskins cleaning and repairing their, rather impressive, stake net while the tide was out.
There were good views across to England and I enjoyed listening to all the waders picking at the mud.
I was advised by a man from a house overlooking the estuary not to attempt the path around the (now decommissioned) Eastriggs Explosive Storage Depot as no one walks that way, which I took to mean the path would be completely overgrown and possibly non-existent. As it turned out I’m glad I headed inland to Eastriggs.
Eastriggs has a brilliant little museum called The Devil’s Porridge Museum. With a name like that I had to check it out. The term was coined by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who, as a newspaper reporter, decided the mix of nitroglyceride and gun cotton looked like porridge.
I had no idea that this coastline was once the site of the UK’s largest, and quite secret, WWI munitions factory. A 9-mile long factory built in a desolate landscape out of reach of enemy aircraft, with excellent rail links and a good water supply (the River Esk). When we ran out of ammunition in 1915 Lloyd George had this factory built and at its height it manufactured 1,100 tonnes of cordite a week. All by 30,000 workers, most of whom were women, and their feat played a big part in securing better jobs and votes for women.
The museum tells this story and I spent a couple of hours looking around. The factory was built by Irish navvies and the alcohol problems were so bad that the government bought all the pubs in the area under a State Management Scheme that introduced watered-down beer, licensing hours, a drinking age and other rules. The government owned these pubs until 1973!
The factory was opened in 1916 and the towns of Eastriggs and Gretna were new towns, designed by the best architect and built to provide all the facilities necessary to ensure contented workers. The factory was only open for a couple of years but it made a huge contribution. What a fantastic history.
The other story told in the museum is of the UK’s worst rail disaster that also happened just outside Gretna in 1915. Five trains were involved and 227 people died, almost all of them TA soldiers from the Leith Battalion of the Royal Scots, on their way to Gallipoli. Only 6 of those men made it to Gallipoli. It was such an horrific crash that some men amputated their own limbs to escape the raging fire. Those that couldn’t escape were possibly shot after the officers drew lots to decide who should have the task of putting them out of their misery. How hideous.
I walked along the roads into Gretna and admired its layout and the few surviving buildings from 1916. There aren’t many left but the wide streets and new town layout were still evident.
Just across the motorway is Gretna Green, where I was staying. I walked past The Old Smithy, the famous site of many runaway weddings by the ‘Anvil Priests’. It’s clearly a big commercial enterprise now.
For my last meal in Scotland I had to choose as a starter the deep fried haggis with whisky sauce. No contest.
The hotel had a free jukebox but, unfortunately I couldn’t find Dougie MacLean and ‘Caledonia’.
According to the map today’s route to Annan was all on roads a reasonable distance from the coast. After yesterday’s road walk I couldn’t face 20 miles of it today so made a late decision to get the train straight to Annan. This would give me an unexpected day off.
Annoyingly, nearly everything is shut on a Sunday, or if it is open, it’s not until after 2pm. I was hoping to visit one of the museums in Dumfries or Annan, and I would really have liked to have seen Caerlaverock Castle, on the Eastern bank at the entrance to the Urr estuary. Unfortunately none of this could be worked out on a Sunday (Caerlaverock Castle was open but the only bus didn’t leave Dumfries until 2pm and then I’d be stranded).
There was nothing for it but to have a lazy morning and then sit in Starbucks (just about the only place open in Dumfries) catching up on my blog until the first train in the afternoon. Needless to say, even the trains weren’t running on a Sunday and there was a replacement bus service to Annan instead.
Annan is another town on the Robert the Bruce trail and the town hall boasts a statue of him dressed in armour.
It’s a shame I wasn’t here in July when the Riding of the Marches takes place. This sounds like a carnival with a twist as townsfolk re-enact checking the town’s boundaries to ensure everything is as it should be and this year 140 people turned out on horseback.
The campsite is next to Annan Athletic FC stadium. This seems to be a feature of the Galloway towns – they all have a council-owned campsite and often next to the football ground (Dalbeattie was the same, in Kirkudbright the campsite was next to playing fields). I like it that Galloway tries to provide for its guests.
I managed to find a pub/betting shop that was showing the rugby on one of its 12 screens. I felt slightly self conscious as it was full of mostly men watching football and a few young ladies in the corner wearing hot pants, skimpy tops, furry boots and a lot of make-up. I think I stood out a bit. Still, no one bothered me and I sat happily in the corner with a pint and a free scotch pie as a bonus.
The rain came at about 7.30 and I was all set for an early night, until I met Marie-Anne in the toilet block. She is also camping on her own and is on a 6-month sabbatical. She’s on her way to Mull and has been to Skomer helping the wardens with the Manx Shearwaters. Next month she’s off to walk the Camino De Santiago trail. We swapped tales and had a good old natter, and before I knew it, it was 10pm.
Today’s walk was split into 2 sections, linked by a bus that left Kirkbean at 12.16 pm. I therefore had enough time to go to the cafe for breakfast before tackling the first 6 miles. I set off along the sandy beach of Gillfoot Bay – the tide was out so the sea was a long way out.
As I rounded the edge of the beach at Powillimount things got a little more interesting. The signpost indicated a path but in fact it appeared that one had to walk across the beach/rocks. Beach is a slight misnomer as the tide comes right in here (although not covering the rocks) and so the sand is actually mud in places. I found this out when my right foot sank to the very top of my boot. Luckily I moved quickly to pull it out as visions of cockleshell pickers in Morecambe passed through my mind! It wasn’t that bad but I did have a very muddy, and heavy, boot that would require cleaning later. I was a bit more careful where I clambered after that.
I passed by the Thirl Stane (a sandstone arch) and the Devil’s Stone (a big stone said to have been chewed off the visible a Criffel mountain and spat onto the beach by the devil). It was warm and sunny walking along the shoreline.
There was an organised beach clean going on at Carsethorn, where I left the shoreline and walked inland to Kirkbean to catch the bus along the main road to New Abbey.
Presumably this town was named soon after 1273, when Lady Devorgilla of Galloway commissioned the Abbey. It became known as Sweetheart Abbey as the Lady was so devoted to her late husband (John Balliol who founded Balliol College at Oxford University) that she had his heart embalmed and kept it in a special casket that she was later buried clasping to her bosom. What a great story.
Above the town is a large monument commemorating Wellington’s victory at the Battle of Waterloo.
New Abbey is a pretty little town. From here I followed a path across the fields of sheep and cows, following the course of the New Abbey Pow (essentially a creek) to the bank of the River Nith. Airds Point provides a neck in the river where it suddenly widens into the estuary. I know tides move fast over sands but I had never walked beside an incoming tide with the water keeping pace with me, until now. Unbelievable.
Airds Point – the tide on the right kept pace with me walking!
It was a nice walk through some woods by the river before I came out onto the main road. I had to walk about 3 miles along it before I could get onto a cycle path next to the river again for the last stretch into Dumfries. The tide must reach up a long way because the river was flowing the wrong way!
I found my destination and immediately went out shopping for a brush to clean my boots. I bought a feast from Tescos and decided to have a night in as I was pooped. I wasn’t too disturbed by the very loud band playing in the pub until 2 am. I was staying right by the site of Grey Friars Monastery, where Robert the Bruce slayed the Red Comyn in 1306 to pave the way to Scottish independence. History everywhere.
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Elcid Barrett, captain of the Antelope in the folk song "Barrett's Privateers"
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Regarding Roger Cohen's ''Israel cries wolf'' (Globalist, April 9): To say that Iran's leaders ''kept its country at peace in the 21st century while bloody mayhem engulfed neighbors to east and west and Israel fought two wars'' is disingenuous given Iran's material support of Israel's opponents in both wars. If a terrorist group were to attack the U.S. with Iranian-supplied weapons, would that mean Iran has remained at peace?
By Nicholas D. Kristof's notion of a ''proportional'' response, the United States should have stopped its attack on Japan as soon as 2,400 people were killed ''in retaliation'' for Pearl Harbor, and should have stopped attacking the Taliban as soon as 3,000 people were killed ''in retaliation'' for 9/11.
The problem is, the goal of these responses is not ''retaliation.'' It is the prevention of future attacks. A ''proportional'' response uses enough force to stop future attacks -- no more and no less.
Osama bin Laden's driver faces prison while Mr. bin Laden goes free.
If ''a little over a year ago, the fight in Iraq was faltering,'' President Bush should have said so at the time. Instead, he was his usual upbeat self. Why should we believe him today?
If kidney donors were guaranteed preferred treatment in the event that they themselves or a close relative needed a transplant, a major obstacle to organ donation would be addressed. People may see the spare kidney as their family's reserve, and so not theirs to give away. They may also worry about giving up their own reserve without assurance of a backup. Giving donors priority for future transplants would alleviate both concerns.
[Note: kidney donors (but not their kin) already get preferred treatment; did not know that when I wrote the letter].
In asserting executive privilege, President Bush claims to be protecting future presidents — that is, people like himself. How characteristic of him, to spare no effort for the sake of his own. His concern for his ilk is matched only by his deafness toward everyone else. Now that he has addressed the concerns of presidents, perhaps he can spare a minute for the rest of us?
President Bush’s reference to Iraq withdrawal as “defeat” is a cheap attempt to appeal to our aversion to losing a competition.
War is not a competition; proving our strength is not a goal.
Mr. Bush is free to argue that a withdrawal would cause more suffering than it would prevent, but he must stop speaking of the war as if it were a sport.
Losing a contest is painful, but losing good people every day is more so.
When the Palestinians elected Hamas, they hoped that it would bolster their dignity by talking tough to Israel.
Instead, it has painfully exposed their lack of self-sufficiency. A permanently outstretched hand is not a dignified pose, no matter how fierce a face you make.
The only dignified route is to work toward self-sufficiency using all available means — recognition of Israel included.
Only recognizing Israel and using foreign aid to build a self-supporting society will give Palestinians true dignity.
This would not be a surrender of their rights, but a recognition of their responsibilities.
No decent person would disrespect the Palestinians if they took this route.
Re “How to Make Sure Children Are Scientifically Illiterate”: Creationists’ evolving attempts to get creationism into the schools are not “an excellent example of evolution at work.” Evolution is random and purposeless, while their efforts are conscious and highly purposed. If these attempts are indeed divinely inspired, they illustrate the limitations of purposed design.
Flesh Trade: Why not let people sell their organs?
We already pay healthy people to risk their health in safety trials of new drugs (Freakonomics, Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, July 9). The risks in these trials can be harder to control than the risks in well-studied transplant procedures. We also pay people to risk their health in other contexts — for example, in the military. Most soldiers aren’t millionaires, and financial incentives do play a part. Like soldiers, organ donors may serve for a mix of altruistic and pragmatic reasons. Why let the soldiers be paid but not the donors? And as for the argument that letting the rich buy the poor’s organs is repugnant: what is repugnant is letting people become so poor that they must sell their organs to get by.
I'm glad the flag-desecration amendment failed. It would wrongly equate patriotism with symbolic gestures like respecting the flag, rather than with more meaningful acts like conserving energy or exposing government misdeeds.
Patriotism, "love of country," refers to acts that help the country; the more helpful and the more difficult the act, the more patriotic. Worshiping the flag is neither very helpful nor particularly hard. Burning the flag is much less unpatriotic than, for example, crafting unwise policy. If senators who got us into Iraq want to ban unpatriotic acts, I suggest that they start with their own lawmaking.
I'm glad we finally killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but before we celebrate, let's remember that we ourselves created this monster. Who had heard of Zarqawi before we invaded Iraq? Would his international terror network exist today had we not invaded?
Zarqawi's terror network is just one of many unintended consequences of our invasion. As we celebrate our success at cleaning this one up, let's not forget how many other consequences we still have left to deal with.
David. J. Danelo cautions against "placing too close an association on the Haditha massacre with the war's politics," but the connection is too important to ignore. Haditha is a perfect microcosm of the entire Iraq war. Some Iraqis killed a Marine, and his mates allegedly took revenge not on the killers but on the nearest defenseless Iraqis.
On 9/11 some Arabs killed our citizens, and we took revenge not on the killers but on the nearest defenseless Arabs. The Marines at Haditha took their cue from their commander in chief. President Bush's condemnations of their acts therefore sound hypocritical.
Republicans have no hope of winning New York in the next election, so President Bush doesn't waste time tending to New York's interests.
The root of irrational policy is the irrational politics of the Electoral College.
The Israeli wall is like stitches on a wound -- a painful, foreign and disfiguring presence that is nevertheless necessary to make the wound heal.
When the wound has healed -- when the region achieves lasting peace -- the temporary measure can be removed.
Those who fight the wall today are like a patient who tears out his stitches before it's time.
The Muhammad cartoons were a bad choice for making a point about freedom of speech. They said nothing new, exposed no unknown bad actors, suggested no constructive solutions. In short, they had none of the qualities of speech worth defending.
Freedom of speech comes at a price; along with truly valuable speech we're forced to permit speech most of us would rather forbid. The only way to justify the price is by pointing to valuable ideas we would have lost if not for freedom of speech. What valuable ideas that were not already out there did the cartoons convey?
The cartoons have set back freedom of speech in the Muslim world by giving this Western value a bad name. To many Muslims, "freedom of speech" now represents not the great Western advances but gratuitous insults. The cartoons vividly illustrated the costs of the freedom of speech without illustrating any of its benefits.
The Danish editor's "defense" of freedom of speech was as counterproductive and irresponsible as Muslim rioters' "defense" of their prophet.
How Long Should a President Serve?
If we let presidents run for a third term, we should require them to resign after two terms and wait four years before running again. This way, we can hold them accountable without giving them the advantages of incumbency.
Also, third terms would be reserved for presidents whose legacies stood up to the scrutiny of hindsight.
1. "Science" used to mean "knowledge obtained by the scientific method."
Later, "scientific" became synonymous with "credible" because the method reliably yielded credible results that everyone could see.
Today, creationists want to ride the coattails of science to credibility by teaching creationism or its variants in science classes.
But they reject the scientific method that made "scientific" synonymous with "credible" in the first place. Their statements are therefore not scientific and therefore not credible, no matter where they are taught.
2. You can't directly observe evolution but you can directly observe the benefits that humans reaped from evolutionary theory. All modern biology and medicine is based on evolution. To see this you don't need to dig through fossils; just dig through medical journals and see how often they mention evolution.
(Experiments on mice only make sense if mice and humans share key biological mechanisms derived from a common ancestor.) Who cares if evolution actually happened or not, if medicines developed using the theory of evolution reliably cure real people?
3. Creationists are not just saying, "evolution doesn't explain everything."
They're saying, "evolution doesn't explain some things -- so God must exist -- and it must be the God of the Bible -- and it must be the God of the Bible as we understand him -- so the religious decrees that we derive from the Bible must be the law of the land." Each of these steps is a giant leap of faith, much bigger than any gaps in evolutionary theory. Poking holes in evolution does not make any of the remaining inferences any more believable.
The letter calls the estate tax "fundamentally unfair." What's fundamentally unfair is to saddle future generations with debt. Budget deficits are thus very relevant to the question of the estate tax. You must treat your country's debt as your own; how else can you call yourself a citizen? If you don't pay off your share of the national debt during your life, it's only fair that you should pay it when you die.
Sen. Tom Coburn justifies his opposition to embryonic stem cell research by saying that it cheapens the lives of the "terminally ill or severely handicapped." But most ill and handicapped people would welcome research that offers hope of a cure, however slight.
What really cheapens these people's lives is when politicians tell them that their lives are less important than the lives of doomed embryos. To say that the research should stop because no cures were produced in 12 years is absurd.
Advances in medicine often take longer — and this is a new field. It's also particularly disingenuous of politicians to point to lack of cures after actively working to starve the field of funding.
There are many ways to achieve dignity. You can invent things and take pride in your inventions. Or you can dominate others by force and feel temporarily superior. Which of these ways is most glorified by our culture?
In the ''Iliad,'' dignity meant getting your fair share of the loot. You would hope we had come a long way since then, but apparently not.
We need to work toward making it self-evident that dignity lies in creating things, not in being king of the hill.
SIR – Americans will indeed accept heavy casualties to prevent another September 11th. However, Iraq had nothing to do with those atrocities.
Re "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover, but We May Find a Terrorist by What He Reads," Commentary, June 24: Citizens can't participate in government without educating themselves on "sensitive" subjects. To know whether the government's course in the war on terrorism is sane, we must understand the roots of terrorism.
That requires reading up on subjects such as jihad. But if buying a book on jihad can mean a visit from the newly powerful FBI, many won't dare. If you're branded a terrorist and sent to Guantanamo, what recourse would you have these days?
Thus, letting the FBI snoop on what people read will keep citizens from demanding needed changes to the government's course. That will materially hurt the war on terrorism.
Creationists concede the credibility of science when they insist on teaching creationism as science and not religion or philosophy.
They adopt names like "creation science" in the hopes of riding the coattails of science to credibility, while rejecting the methods and assumptions that earned science this credibility in the first place.
If they want to use the name "science," they must use scientific standards. Those standards require that any scientific theory be testable and subject to being disproven. Creationism clearly does not make the cut.
How ironic that an attempt to ''humanize'' this presidency with some informal humor had to be ''written by a longtime Washington speechwriter'' and required ''several days of rehearsals''!
Presumably, the reason insurers won’t pay for treatment of "non-biological" illnesses such as eating disorders is that these illnesses are seen as "the patient’s fault" — indicative of a lack of character or willpower ["Into Thin Air," News and Features, March 11]. But many "biological" illnesses can result from smoking, bad diet, and lack of exercise. In fact, simple guidelines exist for reducing the risk of biological illnesses via healthy living; no such guidelines exist for reducing the risk of mental illness. So if insurers cover physical illnesses to which the patient may have contributed, they should certainly cover mental illnesses, over which the patient has much less control.
I'm less bothered by government endorsement of religion than by the hypocrisy of having our government buildings shout ''do not kill'' and ''do not bear false witness'' while we start needless wars based on trumped-up evidence.
If government displays of religion had been pushed by Mother Teresa, I might accept them, but they're pushed by people who often contradict the very messages they want prominently displayed.
Such religious displays would actually serve a useful purpose if seen for what they are: not affirmations of righteousness but testaments to hypocrisy.
The Democrats' opposition to malpractice reform runs counter to core Democratic values. To those struggling to make ends meet, even a small decrease in cost of health care can mean the difference between getting treatment or not.
It is unconscionable to price the poor out of health care to give others a theoretical chance of collecting for pain and suffering. To those priced out of health care, the right to malpractice awards is useless!
If malpractice reform fails, at least let people opt out of the right to sue in exchange for cheaper health insurance. If most people decide to opt out, the whole malpractice debate will become moot.
Bush at War: Eye on the Ball?
The question isn't whether we definitely had Osama bin Laden cornered in Afghanistan at Tora Bora. It's whether we've done all in our power to capture him. Had we sent our entire army after Osama bin Laden -- as we did after Saddam Hussein -- would he be still at large?
It's obvious even to nonmilitary observers that we didn't pursue Osama bin Laden with nearly the same vigor as Saddam Hussein. Now, who was more dangerous?
Bush's main problem is that he fails to think ahead. He invaded Iraq but didn't plan for the aftermath. He offended allies whose help we now need. He started a war without thinking how it would destabilize the world. He cut corners, bypassing the U.N. Being tough cannot make up for a lack of judgment.
The opposing view on drug re-importation by William Hubbard, associate commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, mentions a patient who was harmed by imported drugs ("Risks are too high", High prescription costs debate, Aug. 23). But how many patients are harmed when they can't afford drugs because of the ban on drug imports?
People of limited means may just skip their medicine if it's too expensive. For many, the choice isn't between imported and domestic drugs, but between imported drugs and no drugs at all.
REGARDING THE ARTICLE ``A booster shot for ailing Mass. health industry," (op ed, Aug. 12), here is a noncontroversial alternative to tort reform: Give cheaper health insurance to those who accept voluntary caps on any future malpractice awards. Doctors who treat such patients can pay less for malpractice insurance and pass on the savings. Patients who want the right to unlimited jury awards can keep that right without forcing everyone else to pay for it.
Torts, as Christina Forbes argues (letter, July 30), serve a useful purpose, but they do drive up medical costs. To solve this problem, let people opt out of the tort system: Give cheaper health insurance to those who agree to limits on any malpractice awards. Doctors who treat such patients can pay less for malpractice insurance and pass on the savings. People who want the right to unlimited jury awards can continue to play the lottery, but on their own nickel.
SIR - Israel's security barrier will reduce Palestinian hardships in the long term, by stopping terrorism and creating conditions for peace (”Israel's illegal but unstoppable barrier”, Economist.com, July 9th). There will be no peace until terror ends, and terror won't end until there is barrier. Palestinians say the barrier encroaches on their future state; but there will be no state until the terror stops, and measures short of a barrier have failed to stop the killing. Having failed to stop the terror themselves, Palestinians must accept the barrier as a necessary hardship on the road to a state.
International legitimacy and the moral high ground are not security guarantees. The United States should formally commit to defending Israel once it leaves the West Bank and Gaza. Congress should authorize the automatic use of force in case of an Arab attack on Israel. This will enable Israelis to support full withdrawal and will force the Arabs to compromise by ending their hopes of destroying Israel.
Why commit to a possible future war? Because ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will aid the war on terror. Images from the conflict feed the recruiting of Al Qaeda. If committing to an unlikely future war helps us win the present one, we should take the risk.
I'm looking for an apartment. If I take an apartment priced below what I can afford, I take it away from someone who can't afford a more expensive one. If I take a more expensive one, I contribute to the upward pressure on prices for all apartments. Do these choices cancel out, or is there a preference?
The privacy problems of Google's e-mail service, which displays advertising based on e-mail content, are greater than Google admits ["E-Mail Ad Plans Raise Fears About Privacy," Business, April 2]. While e-mail analysis is done by computer, the computer code that does the analysis must be written and debugged by humans.
If the ads have a low response rate, Google, to find the problem, will have to look at the attached e-mails.
Google promises that "no human reads your mail to target ads or related information to you," but that leaves open the possibility that its employees will read mail to improve the general ad-targeting strategy.
Also, by responding to ads, Google's e-mail users reveal to advertisers something about the content of their messages -- for example, the presence of certain keywords. That information can be associated with a name and address when someone orders a product, then resold to third parties.
Some people may find that Google e-mail is worth the loss of privacy, but Google should do more to tell consumers what they're getting into.
A March 23 letter mocks the notion that ''if terrorists know a bomb can be traced, they will be less likely to try to use one.'' While suicide bombers won't be deterred by the prospect of revenge, those who send them and those who provide them with weapons will be.
Naming the culprit can also help enlist allies in our fight; many Arabs doubted Osama bin Laden's involvement in 9/11 until a video showed him boasting of the deed.
After the Iraq weapons of mass destruction fiasco, accurately naming our enemies is especially important.
With Saddam Hussein captured, we should offer an amnesty to at least the rank-and-file members of the insurgency who turn in their arms. Offered from a position of strength, the amnesty would be much more likely to help end the insurgency than if offered later in less happy times.
Re "Burdens on Peace: Fences and Arafat's Empty Words," letters, Nov. 24: Bruce Friedman asks, "What will Israel receive in return [for removing the settlements]?" First, Israeli soldiers won't have to guard the settlements anymore and will be able to focus on protecting Israel proper. Second, Israel will rid itself of a huge moral liability when it stops controlling the lives of the Palestinians. Third, Israel will rob Yasser Arafat of his ability to blame Israel for all Palestinian woes; this will encourage the Palestinians to find better leaders. Fourth, separation from the Palestinians will silence calls for a "unified state" that would destroy Israel's Jewish character. Clearly, evacuating the settlements is in Israel's interest even without reciprocal gestures from Arafat.
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Annyeong~ 🙂 It is Wednesday, so time for another Top 5 Wednesday post. I didn’t post one last week, so shh.
Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads discussion group created by Lainey, but now moderated by Sam. This week’s topic is Characters You Used to Love but Don’t Anymore. It doesn’t just mean characters that you now hate, it can also mean characters that you don’t love as much as before too.
Please don’t hate me for this ;w; As usual, my list is in no particular order.
I don’t hate him, but I just don’t love him as much as before. I mean, I still love his bromance with Alec, and his bromance with Simon, but Jace as an individual? Well, let’s just say that he is now at the bottom half of my top 10 list.
Will was one of my favourite characters from PJO series because he made Nico so happy in Trials of Apollo. But he made Nico so so sad in Escopeta’s fanfiction, Homebound, and I just can’t help but hate him in that fic. And because of that, my feelings for Will thawed, and I don’t love him as much anymore.
Ever since The Avengers, the first movie, my love for Steve dropped a bit. I felt that he’s so self-righteous. That was also influenced by some fanfictions. I don’t know if you’ve my post about the book hangover, but there, I mentioned that I love Tony-related fics. Mostly, I love hurt!Tony trope. Then, Civil War came, and my love for Steve Rogers disappeared completely. I am not going to get into that rant, because believe me, I won’t stop when I start, even if it’s been 6 months.
Growing up, Professor Dumbledore has got to be one my favourite characters. His wise and so knowledgeable. I guess, this is again influenced by the fanfictions that I’ve read. I just thought that, some things could have been better if Dumbledore didn’t keep Harry in the dark. That maybe, if he didn’t, Sirius might be alive. And after that, my love for Dumbledore lessened.
I was #TeamCap for the entirety of Civil War. Mainly cause I do believe that the avengers should be regulated, but sometimes situations arise where you need to run off and save the world before signing a contract saying you can do so. I agree with you on Dumbledore, but I still love his character.
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Awesome list. Glad to see Django, Shutter Island and Inception up there! Good job!
Nice list. He has a big head.
Oh Brian! Come now, he’s a grand actor!
Fine list, Zoe. I remain a big fan of his Frank Abagnale Jr in Catch Me If You Can, too.
Ah, I LOVE that role, he is phenomenal! He can convey humour and something serious so effortlessly!
That’s a good list; I would include Jordan Belfort on the list somewhere, but these roles are all very good, as well.
Thank you! The moment I see The Wolf On Wall Street I am certain it will be on my top ten list!
Great list Zoe, all really good choices. I think Leo makes the smartest choices for roles of anyone currently working today. He just has an uncanny knack for choosing roles that help him excel as an actor.
Thank so much! I completely agree with that statement Smash! He doesn’t have bad roles or forgettable ones, just solid ones and all incredibly well chosen!
I just saw The Wolf of Wall Street a couple of nights ago, and it was another stellar choice for him. If you haven’t seen that one yet, you should definitely try to see it in the theatre. It was an awesome movie.
I have been counting the days until it releases here, which will be next Friday and you will DEFINITELY find I will be out there to see it!
Wow thanks for the beautiful words Joseph! This was SUCH a fun feature and I am thrilled to have participated! I will shoot you a mail on my top movies later!
No, no, thank you so much Zoe for participating :). I’m really glad you had fun with it and I look forward to seeing what you pick for your top 3 of the year!
Great list, love it, and love DiCaprio too. He takes on great roles and does wonderful things with them and he never disappoints me. Good stuff!
Thank you so much! Glad to see him getting so much love!
Cool list. My favorite performance of his is The Aviator, which shows both his star power and ability to handle serious dramatic work. It’s still the best that I’ve seen from him. Nice work!
Thank you. He seriously handled the role well!
Great work Zoe. I love me a bit of Leo too. Also enjoyed his turn in This Boy’s Life opposite De Niro.
Thank you! To be honest, not sure if I’ve seen that one… I will have to remedy that!
🙂 thanks Kelechi! For sure, Catch Me If You Can deserved much more than it got. I am truly looking forward to The Wolf Of Wall Street!
I’m a HUGE fan of Dicaprio too. Great descriptions of each role. Well done Zoe!
😀 thank you so much for reading!
Teehee, he is great, but when I sat back and had to pick the performances apart and decide what made them grand it changed the ballgame. Ah, that movie was brilliant!
Brilliant list here. Leo is just a great actor. Catch Men If You Can is my favourite.
Thank you! He is amazing! So much fun to be had with that one!
How is Arnie not in the top 10? That was Leo’s best performance EVER! Also, you must reserve a space for “Wolf of Wall Street” b/c I guarantee you that will shoot up towards the top of your list.
I loved him in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. He’s such a talented actor and I thought long and hard about this. Not the easiest top ten I’ve ever drawn up. I am so excited to see The Wolf Of Wall Street it’s not even funny. We finally get it next week!
Michael Shannon was AMAZING in Revolutionary Road, it was truly one of his finest performances and kept me riveted whenever he was on screen. I liked DiCaprio in this film, it worked for me. Ah, Heath Ledger. What a loss his death was. He was thrilling, and what he did with The Joker was simply astounding. I wouldn’t even be lying if I said it was my all time favourite performance from an actor.
Despite what people think about Titanic, there were some good performances in it. DiCaprio gave a solid performance and he played it well, but there are certainly better roles he has done in my opinion that showcase his talents so much more!
Those are some pretty awesome choices. I will definitely check out your list!
Great choices. I think my favorite is probably Leo in Catch Me If You Can but he was also amazing in Django Unchained. Such an excellent actor – I also can’t believe he’s not had an Oscar.
I think the fact that he doesn’t have one is unacceptable!
My favorite role is The Aviator… culture?? I’m BOOMING with it!!!
You’re booming with something, alright… Lol!
🙂 fine pick oh cultured one!
What was that western with Sharon Stone? I liked that one too.
Just looked it up now. It’s The Quick and the Dead, but I honestly haven’t seen it yet.
Sorry to get to this so late – been a busy few days!! GREAT post Zoe!!
Yeah man, where the hell you been?!
I’ve been off and just haven’t really been online much. Tomorrow I’ll be back in the saddle.
You put into words, exactly how I feel about his Dom Cobb and Frank William Abagnale, Jr.
Eeeek! Tom I am so happy we agree! You should really check them out, they are totally worth it!
Yay! Then I did what I set out to do – capture what DiCaprio struck within me, and hear is resonate with others!
Great list Zoe! I would definitely have his performance in Gilbert Grape on my list, he’s just amazing in that. Glad to see Gangs of New York get a mention though, it’s such an underrated film I think.
Thank you kindly Chris! I haven’t seen What’s Eating Gilbert Grape in so long but I love it. I’ve been thinking of buying it recently, found a store selling it for like R20.00 (the equivalent of $2.00), though I was rushing through at the time.
Gangs of New York truly deserves far more credit than it was given. I found it to be highly entertaining, flaws and all.
Thanks Mark! I really have to see it again, it was a really good film!
Great movie and DiCaprio has never been better in my eyes. Great actor all round, though.
He really is my favourite, always thrills me!
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Last night I met some friends in the Clinton neighborhood for dinner and drinks. It was nice to check out an area of town that I am not as familiar with.
We met up at the Clinton Street Pub. It is a small place that is easy to miss because there is no sign. Or at least I did not see a sign. Inside is your typical grungy dive bar, so, of course, I loved it. They have a couple of pinball machines and some tables and old school booths and about eight beers on tap. The beers tended toward the smaller, local breweries, which was another plus in my book. Many of the other customers were drinking PBR tallboys.
After a drink at Clinton Street, we headed down the road to the Night Light Lounge for dinner. The ambience was more upscale than Clinton Street, but still very laid back. The place was crowded and kind of noisy but we did not have a problem getting a table. The food was delicious and very reasonably priced. I had the Korean Short Ribs and they were excellent for $11. My friend had the buffalo stew and was also pleased with his meal. Like Clinton Street Pub, the draft beers were smaller local brews.
There walking around Clinton Street, I saw quite a few other places I would like to check out. I have a feeling I’ll be heading back soon. Today is Derby Day so I am off to a Derby themed house party. My buddy in Louisville made my bet for me. Go Dublin Go!
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Last weekend saw the completion of the 2013 edition of Round the K in a Day. This is a 320km one day ride starting and ending in Jindabyne NSW, with over 6km of vertical too! I bailed, mainly due to lack of fitness, but the boys from last year and a few others took up the challenge again.
They seemed to make it around fine without me, upping the average speed by about 4km/hr over what I could manage last year! And possibly a new record time of 12:22 hrs (moving time)? Nice work lads! Some piccies and data on Matt’s strava here: http://app.strava.com/activities/99005471. Well done to you all! I’ve set myself the goal of rounding up a ladies bunch to complete the whole thing next year and I have two ‘definitely yes’ already.
Anyway, instead of this torturous epic, this year I was coaxed into heading down the NSW South Coast for a weekend at Sebs family’s new beach house. Merimbula is a perfect location to chillout but for those of us who can’t manage a day without some form of active pursuit, it is also a pretty cool place to get active! Kayaking in the inlet, swimming at the beach and mountain biking within a few minutes ride of the house. We had heaps of fun exploring the mountain biking trails at Mandini, Manna Park and Tathra.
Now we are off to the USA for three weeks of playing tourist with no bikes at all! A sister’s wedding in San Diego and a white Christmas in Chicago. Bring on the Christmas cheer!
This entry was posted in BikingBethany and tagged mandini, manna park, merimbula, mountain bike, NSW, south coast, tarthra on December 10, 2013 by bethany.
On Easter Friday morning Seb and I set off from Canberra on our bikes, headed for the town of Tathra on the NSW South Coast. Our 300km planned route headed down Boboyan Road through Shannons Flat to Cooma, then East through Wadbilliga National Park, Cobargo, Bermagui and then South to the mtb haven of Tathra.
We had given all our ‘normal’ clothes to our friends who were driving down and so we just had a little bit of gear for the ride and one night camping.
In the beginning the going was fairly slow but it was a cracker morning as we headed South towards the mountains. I have ridden to the end of the bitumen many times on my roadie but definitely never ridden over Fitz’s Hill on a gear-loaded mountain bike!
Unfortunately our scenic ‘back route’ was completely spoiled by bogan 4WD drivers heading off to Lake Eucumbene for the weekend. There was a lot of traffic and they were not nice drivers either. You could hear a majority speed up as they overtook us, leaving us with our hearts in our throats in a cloud of dust.
The views were classic and we tried hard to focus on that, trying not to let them ruin our day too much. We stopped at what is nearly the highest point on Boboyan Road where the lookout offers views toward Yankee Hat and Mount Gudgenby. Beautiful!
We rolled out of the national park and through Shannons Flat, which I might add, is not as flat as it sounds. We got to Cooma just after lunch and gorged ourselves on McDonalds and Subway.
The next section of the ride was on bitumen as we left Cooma and headed to Numeralla. We met some other cycle tourists at the start of the dirt road into the Wadbilliga National Park, though with the huge amount of gear they had (including a bottle of wine) they wouldn’t be venturing too much further that afternoon.
With the setting sun we entered the National Park and the roads turned rough. We were both riding rigid and the large sized rocks made it hard to ride smoothly. We pressed on into the dark, keen to get to the campsite at the bottom of a 900m descent so we could sleep a bit warmer!
The descent was hard. Very rocky, very steep. My bar mounted dynamo light was shaking and flickering so crazily it was like I was in the middle of a disco. Brakes heated up and we came squealing to a stop at Wadbilliga campsite next to the river. The campers wondered what the hell had just arrived in the dark making that noise and stumbled out of their caravan looking confused.
With 185km in the legs and over 3000m of climbing, we quickly ate Subway in the tent (thanks for carry it from Cooma Seb) and fell asleep easily to the sounds of the peaceful Wadbilliga River.
The next morning we ate squashed and semi-stale McDonalds muffins and doughnuts while trying to convince an old German guy that his Subaru was going to really struggle towing his huge caravan up that 900m rocky, loose climb. He didn’t seem phased. I bet he didn’t make it.
There was a big climb to get back out of the park, where we emerged in lush green cow farming country.
Arm warmers and vests were off, sunscreen was on – we were bound for the coast now! Our last 60km was on the rolling bitumen roads to Tathra and to be honest nothing too exiting happened! We stopped for a great hamburger in Bermagui though. At one point we rode past this maddog old dude old walking his dog. He was only wearing a pair of running shorts and a cap. As Seb rode by he tipped his cap and said “Morning Boss”. As I rode past he said simply “Mrs Boss”. Something I’ll remember that for a long long time.
We arrived in Tathra for a long weekend of sunshine, sweet singletrack, hanging out with friends, lots of cider and a wicked coast house with an in-built sauna!! Nothing like the satisfaction that you rode your bicycle from Canberra to the Coast! Oh yeah, we definitely earned our chocolate this year!
This entry was posted in BikingBethany and tagged bikepacking, boboyan road, canberra to the coast, epic rides, tarthra, wadbilliga on April 2, 2013 by bethany.
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LA Times reporter Susan Carpenter gets the credit for lifting Brammo Fans out of their blue funk this week for her article and video review of the “very-close-to-production version of the Enertia” following her test ride of it last week. As usual, I will continue my mission of being the Brammo historian and, besides providing the link to the original article to you, will pull out some choice quotes and the video, below.
Urban oriented and supermoto in style, the Enertia is for do-gooders whose interest in practical, environmentally friendly transportation trumps their need for speed, which isn’t to say the Enertia is unsatisfying. Quite the opposite. It’s probably the best e-bike I’ve ridden. It’s easy to ride, fun, well groomed and fast…ish.
Brammo is erring on the side of caution, its unofficial motto being to under-promise and over-perform. Officially, the company is only claiming a top speed of 55 miles per hour and a range of 50 miles. But, as with all electric vehicles, those numbers vary dramatically based on how the bike is ridden. While punks might get the bike up to 65 mph, they won’t go nearly as far. Pussycats who tread lightly on the throttle, however, might travel as much as 60 miles before needing to plug in.
Based on my half day with the bike, I think riders will have a hard time keeping this thing parked. It’s exceptionally fun to ride. Even better, it’s cute.
Unlike some other electric vehicle manufacturers, Brammo hasn’t skimped on the fit and finish. It’s a real looker – its supermoto style given a striking, futuristic makeover.
Engineered in house from the ground up, the Enertia felt like a “real” motorcycle from a major manufacturer, not some gutted and retrofitted Frankenbike. Lightweight and well balanced, I found it easy to throw around, with a nice, tight turning radius. The brakes had a nice, progressive feel. In fact, I found its overall handling was on par with similar product from the Japanese or Italians, in part because the Enertia uses many of the same performance components. The telescopic front forks are Marzocchi. The brakes are Brembo. The swing arm is made by a Harley-Davidson supplier.
Technophiles are likely to enjoy the digital display, which provides a wealth of information. In addition to the time, ambient temperature, speedo, odo and tripo, there’s extensive information on the bike’s battery life and projected range – all of which is updated every second.
The Enertia is silent at idle, only generating a whisper of noise when in motion due to the spinning of the chain, so Brammo has built in some safety features. Even after the ignition and power switches are turned on, riders must also flip a throttle switch. Brammo plans to release some sort of Apple-esque start-up sound that would indicate the bike is ready to roll; it’s also considering a “power pulse” that would add some motion to the right hand grip to indicate the throttle is live.
Okay, so there were a LOT of great quotes. One minor curiosity: The article listed the weight at 324 pounds, quite a bit more than the 280 pounds still listed on the company website today. Either something in the almost-production-bike weighed significantly more than the prototype, or it’s a typo.
That’s Aaron Bland, Brammo Lead Engineer, answering Ms. Carpenter’s questions. Some awesome closeups of the instrument panel (and the bike in general) in this clip. CEO Craig Bramscher also appears, explaining some of the thought process behind the whole Best Buy concept.
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She has done an outstanding job and helped build a strong, positive reputation for Briggs Library. As one recent graduate and frequent interlibrary loan user described us: “…the most student friendly, most helpful, most professional entity on campus!” Others have recognized the importance of Ms Berry’s work to their own research: “I have requested quite a number of interlibrary loan items for my research, teaching and other scholarly activities,” wrote one faculty member. “I can also tell you that these interlibrary loan items contributed significantly to my successful winning of two grants…” Another wrote that he has “co-authored 4 conference papers, one journal article, two proposal drafts and many teaching support materials…these would be impossible to achieve without university ILL support and Mary’s hard work.” She’ll be greatly missed by her co-workers and by many students, faculty, and researchers across campus. We wish her the best of times and a long, happy retirement.
Celebrate National Library Week 2008!
Members of the campus and community are cordially invited to attend the grand opening of the new Recent Fiction Collection at HM Briggs Library. The event is free and open to the public and will be held from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 17th in the Reference Room on the Main Level of Briggs Library. This new browsable collection includes more than 1,600 recent fiction titles (with more to be added each year) and covers a wide variety of genres, from science fiction to mystery.
The grand opening of the Recent Fiction collection is part of the library’s broader celebration of National Library Week 2008. National Library Week will be observed April 13-19 with the theme, “Join the circle of knowledge @ your library.” Throughout the week, visitors to the library can view a National Library Week display and enter to win one of two $25 Barnes & Noble gift certificates to be given away during the Recent Fiction grand opening. The library also has a National Library Week Guide of the Month available online at: http://lib.sdstate.edu/GuideoftheMonth/natlib.htm .
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French portrait drawings from Clouet to Courbet at the British Museum, London.
Lovely Southeast Asian shadow puppet theatre exhibition at The British Museum, London.
Maggi Hambling’s great exhibition of drawing at the British Museum.
Egyptian exhibition “Sunken cities” submerged by visitors The British Museum, London – part two.
Napoleon finally conquered London: Bonaparte at the British Museum exhibition.
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We feasted on chilli and garlic barbecued prawns, baked moroccan meatballs with olives and preserved lemon, my family’s traditional chicken skewers, super-crispy garlic and rosemary potatoes, chickpea masala (recipe courtesy of a fellow teacher and wonderful cook), barbecued corn-on-the-cob, green salad – PLUS our awesome guests brought homemade bread, moroccan lamb ribs, and coleslaw.
I won’t bother posting a separate recipe for this – you just soften a litre of good vanilla ice-cream, roughly mix in a christmas pudding, top with toasted flaked almonds and refreeze. So easy, even Mr Black could do it.
I have to say this was a very relaxed Christmas lunch, as everything was done in advance and all that needing doing was the barbecuing, and baking the potatoes and meatballs in the oven. The contents of the bathtub helped it to be a very ‘relaxed’ Christmas too!
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Your journey You always keep Yourself hidden. You move around secretly.
within the field of vision.
You. That type of movement You do not like.
everything You do in hidden fashion; and that is no good.
escape and never get held. And remaining distant, You just smile.
for a sufficient amount of time (a few minutes) until one gets tired.
This was all quite new to me. In the past, I was doing the opposite.
15-20 minutes. Then if I was hungry, then I used to take food.
kaoshikii then tandava – and then asanas. This should be the cycle.
is the reason why tandava and kaoshiki should not be done after asanas.
asanas from CC-3, rule #18.
of this point is that tandava and kaoshiki should not be done after asanas.
is, ‘The posture by which one gets composure’.
remaining in that very posture is not difficult – rather it is calming.
Such is the nature of our asana practice.
running and jumping, and many more.
asanas regularly realize this fact.
prior to asanas. Dada concluded like this.
am practicing kaoshiki-tandava, and then asanas. This sequence I follow.
experience – what have you been doing?
Baba’s teaching is timeless. We should read this following one.
your belly inside. It is constant effort. It is not like asana.
the time. You never stop. Baba, whatever You want to do, You go on doing.
remaining with one and all.
shravan, manan, nididhyasana, & dhyana, only they are able to come to You.
families had gathered round to see Baba as He came out from His house.
“hint” Baba was giving us that day, by His grace.
ourselves for Him, but we do not give “thanks” to Baba.
receive a prize from Baba, then no one would ever say “thank you Baba”.
Instead everyone would lay prostrate to Baba in pranam or sastaunga pranam.
Baba. We are to give our everything to Him.
looked upon as something very noble.
persons close to us, we have a relationship based on love and service.
for any recognition or in hopes that we would say “thanks”.
support – which goes far beyond the term “thanks”.
certainly not with Parama Purusa.
gracious in the west whereas in our AM society it is not.
heart we should be rationally grounded in our sentient manner.
AM. With regard to Guru we are to offer ourselves, not our thanks.
“thanks” is just a tinsel-like expression.
Our link with Him is quite personal and full of the desire to serve Him.
try to fulfill our debt to Guru by giving our all.
sadhana has an extraordinary role in human development and progress.
brings one up to the highest point & glorifying stance of human existence.
consciousness gets completely enveloped by the Cimmerian darkness.
one side You are so tough and other times You are very soft and sweet.
the flower pollen. Baba, such is Your beauty.
O’ Parama Purusa Baba, in Your grand Kingdom, everything belongs to You.
into the current of those new Baba stories.
running parallel with Baba’s own pristine teachings.
Baba tried to convince Naginaji.
early Jamalpur sadhakas. And here is more background about that.
logically assess the situation and see how far their actions were truly ideal.
by their fore-fathers. All because they failed to use their own rationality.
protect humanity from the evil minded strategies of Stalin.
turned down Baba’s suggestion– he told Baba that, ‘No I cannot do this’.
that sadhaka receives a lot of respect.
outrightly rejects Baba’s important request.
(commonly known as Hara da, the father-in-law of Kinshuk) was with Him.
respected Jamalpur era sadhaka refused Baba.
He did this work by the following way. The story continues like this.
soldier collapsed on the ground. Baba asked Hara da to check his pulse.
request and comply with His every wish.
Baba says, “What should be the nature of one’s love for Parama Purus’a?….
sacrifice their everything for the Lord.
true devotee, but as was expected, nowhere could such a devotee be found.
protested, “How can we give the dust particles of our feet to the Lord?
their lives with one goal in mind– to serve and please Parama Purusa.
be ever- ready to always do anything and everything for Parama Purusa.
way that runs contrary to the spirit of what a true devotee should do.
Here again is that story where the sadhaka rejected Baba’s request.
Haldar (commonly known as Hara da -father-in-law of Kinshuk) was with Him.
some of those sadhakas behaved.
Parama Pita’ Baba Ki– Jai!!!
If people receive respect in the social sphere then that is one matter.
means that that person is a great devotee also. But this is not the case.
Baba says, “In the final phase of devotion, the devotee says, “No, no, no.
“Shri Deep Narayanji and myself (Naginaji) started towards Baba’s place.
“Baba said in the same angry tone, “Go from here now”.
Subject: Are You Ok Mentally?
O’ human being, behold! Ajana Pathik has come again on this dusty earth.
now dancing in joy. Because, He has come. He loves one and all, everyone.
He has come here to remove the suffering, and establish dharma.
now the problems are mostly psychic.
heavy toll on the psyche of the common person.
This article deals with this emerging and urgent issue.
epidemic of increased psychic problems.
schools, look around the workplace, and venture into people’s homes.
than ever before, reports the BBC and other worldwide news agencies.
is the trouble staring today’s humanity in the face.
the populace suffers from mental tension.
economic downturn. Such was the magnitude of their psychic pain.
despair. This is a common and unfortunate phenomenon these days.
might happen to any individual anytime.
lead to much stress and anxiety.
difficultly. Their entire mental framework will be turned upside-down.
is lost and the mind spirals downward, out of control.
mental tension, then so many innocent people suffer suffer psychically.
show their age. This is a huge mental burden to carry.
quickly life is out of control.
frustration, and so many other psychic complexes and mental diseases.
goaded toward the physical sphere in search of answers.
heavy on the human psyche. We can delineate the root cause in two ways.
personality. Yet that is essentially what capitalism preaches.
that will invite a whole new slew of problems.
selfish maneuvers which inevitably lead to psychic tension.
Undaunted in smiling face His grace we will sing.
cruder waves in subtler ones according to the process described above.
Baba teaches us that only those truly great ideas which broaden our minds in 360 degrees should be accepted. Because only then will we understand that we are all one.
with You, in Your close proximity.
Baba, since eternity You were with me & You colored me in Your color.
You will remain with me all the time.
sadhana and all our devotional practices related with Sixteen Points.
the way in which it is spoken and sung.
on equal seats before Beloved Baba.
maintains only the strictest standards on dharma based on proper conduct.
Baba’s room. And then and there he offered those bundles of rupees to Baba.
you bring this dirty money?!.
Then in dharmic fashion Baba took the bag and threw it out the window.
Baba shut & locked the door from the inside.
24hrs indulged in groupist and dogmatic activities.
support. So they will be force to change their ways.
sadhakas who practice and preach AM ideology. And that is evident by their conduct.
evident by one’s straightforward and righteous actions.
understand that we are all one.
Unfortunately the actions of groupist is completely contrary to real unity.
Purusa– otherwise unity is impossible.
division in the society– all of which is completely against neo-humanism.
This is all happening due to greed, lust of power, desire for prestige etc.
have destroyed the sanctity & unity of the family.
the spirit of this conduct rule is common to one and all.
At this point the whole escapade may seem like unwinable situation.
Baba says, “Married ladies may use vermilion in shape of decoration.
This does not constitute a kusam’ska’ra. This forms a part of the dress.
alternatives. One good options might be food colouring.
something one should copntinue. It is better to give it up slowly.
of vermilion has lost its value.
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Alice Lee was born in Boston, MA, and trained early on in classical music by her pianist mother. Periods of sporadic nomadism landed her in California for the bulk of her childhood and to San Francisco, New York, and Australia for her nascent adulthood. She soon picked up the guitar and taught herself how to play and write songs.
The voice was the last element to fall in place. Plagued by shyness, she started to sing in cemeteries to bolster her confidence. “Two words why: no hecklers. I figured if I wanted to find out whether I could sing to wake the dead, might as well start in a logical place.” Finally landing in Washington, DC, she began playing open mics in the area, then busking in Europe, and a demo EP followed, finished in Virginia and Belgium in a couple of days of recording.
After moving to Brooklyn and playing solo gigs in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, she found like-minds in bassist Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu, They Might Be Giants) and studio whiz Joel Hamilton (Shiner, Sparklehorse).
Her second release, The Quicksand EP featuring Matt Brubeck (Sheryl Crow, Tom Waits) and Maimone, skirts along the boundaries of what could loosely be called rock, encompassing bossa nova, bhangra funk, and electronic drum and bass.
Her EP, The Art of Forgetting, took her signature sound in a new direction, applying her intimate songs onto a canvas of electronic sounds coupled with live instrumentation. Recorded at Studio G Brooklyn, featuring Maimone and Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing, Roni Size), these tracks comprise her first collaboration with Hamilton.
Her first full-length, Lovers and Losers, was the culmination of three years of home demos and work at Studio G Brooklyn. Inspired by writers Washington Irving and Henry Miller, singers Joni Mitchell and Nina Simone, the wounded fragility of the lyrics with the versatile live and electronic instrumentation gained her more followers.
Her distinctive vocal style and songwriting have seen increasing recognition and airplay internationally. She has been featured in Jane Magazine’s compilation CD and was a Semi-Finalist in “The American Music Awards® Presents The Coca-Cola New Music Award” 2002/2003 Competition. Her music has also been featured in dance pieces, fashion shows, independent film, and cable programming such as “No Reservations” and “The Real World”.
After a ten year hiatus spent sailing ships and living in Guatemala, she started to sing in bars in La Antigua. In May 2016, tracks began at Studio G Brooklyn’s new state-of-the-art facilities, culminating in another full-length release, The Wheel. Themes of life, loss, and political injustice are juxtaposed with insomnia, love, and a rueful perspective that came with the ten years of life in between recordings. Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse and Mary J. Blige were touchstones for this new set of songs.
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Annaly Capital Management Inc NYSE:NLYView full report here! Summary * ETFs holding this stock are seeing positive inflows * Bearish sentiment is low * Economic output in this company's sector is expanding Bearish sentimentShort interest | PositiveShort interest is extremely low for NLY with fewer than 1% of shares on loan. This could indicate that investors who seek to profit from falling equity prices are not currently targeting NLY. Money flowETF/Index ownership | NegativeETF activity is negative and may be weakening. The net inflows of $1.59 billion over the last one-month into ETFs that hold NLY are among the lowest of the last year and appear to be slowing. Economic sentimentPMI by IHS Markit | PositiveAccording to the latest IHS Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data, output in the Financials sector is rising. The rate of growth is strong relative to the trend shown over the past year. Credit worthinessCredit default swapCDS data is not available for this security.Please send all inquiries related to the report to score@ihsmarkit.com.Charts and report PDFs will only be available for 30 days after publishing.This document has been produced for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon or as construed as investment advice. To the fullest extent permitted by law, IHS Markit disclaims any responsibility or liability, whether in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), equity or otherwise, for any loss or damage arising from any reliance on or the use of this material in any way. Please view the full legal disclaimer and methodology information on pages 2-3 of the full report.
Can We See Significant Institutional Ownership On The Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) Share Register?
Amateur investors often bring up a common objection to buying elite dividend-paying businesses. Acting on this objection often leads them into very risky investments.Most elite dividend payers sport annual dividend yields in the neighborhood of 2%-5%. And these yields are incredibly safe and reliable. They rise every year.In addition to elite dividend payers, the stock market contains groups of businesses that pay annual yields of 6%… 8%… 10%… even 12%.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsThe amateur looks at these numbers at says, "Why buy a business that yields 4% when I can buy one that yields 8%?" And then, the amateur makes one of the biggest investment mistakes in the world.They "chase" yield.There's a classic piece of investment wisdom about chasing yield. It goes: "More money has been lost chasing yield than at the barrel of a gun." Chasing yield is the act of buying stocks simply because they offer high yields… while ignoring vital business factors.Some businesses engage in risky business ventures or take on lots of debt in order to pay high yields. Finance and real estate companies often do this.Some businesses own oil & gas wells and pay dividends from the production. Those dividend payouts are often totally dependent on oil & gas prices staying elevated. They can be incredibly volatile.These businesses are usually very dangerous for the average investor.For example, there is a group of companies whose chief business activity is borrowing money at low interest rates… and then using that borrowed money to buy mortgages that pay higher interest rates. They make money from the "spread" between the two.One of the largest and most popular of these companies is Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY).Annaly is probably operated by good people. But because it borrows lots of money to buy mortgages, its business -- and its dividend yield -- is very volatile. Small changes in the business (like how much it has to pay to borrow money) can cause enormous changes in shareholder returns.Below is a chart of Annaly's dividend payments from early 1998 to early 2019. As you can see, these payments are incredibly volatile.The volatile nature of Annaly's dividend payment leads to volatile share price movement. Below is a chart of Annaly's share price during the same time period (early 1998 to early 2019).The volatility in the early 2000's and around the 2008 financial crisis is par for the course, given what was going on in the market.But even after the recovery in 2009 -- note the drop from $19 per share to $10 per share.Or… consider the performance of the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:SJT). Prior to 2014, this trust was one of the biggest most popular trusts that owned natural gas assets.Then, the price of natural gas dropped around 65%. Because the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust derived its revenue from natural gas, its shares dropped as well. As you can see from the chart below, they fell from $20 to around $4 per share.Also consider the performance of Enerplus Resources (NYSE:ERF). Years ago, it was one of the biggest and most popular firms that owned oil & gas wells… and paid dividends out of production.Starting in 2014, crude oil fell from over $100 per barrel to less than $30 per barrel. This decline helped crush Enerplus shares. As you can see, they fell from $25 per share to barely $2 per share.The examples of Annaly, San Juan Basin, and Enerplus are not unique. And I'm not picking on these particular businesses.This story plays out over and over in the stock market… with dozens and dozens of companies.Unsuspecting investors see a company offering a very high yield and they buy it. They don't do any research to determine if the business model is risky or not. In almost every case, it is.Some investors are good at timing their purchases of these volatile businesses. They buy them when they are deeply out of favor with most investors.However, the average investor almost always buys these businesses at the wrong time: near share price peaks. He picks up 8% in dividends and then losses 30% on the share price drop.The individual investor is much, much better off owning stable businesses that pay out reliable and growing dividends. You don't trade in and out of elite-dividend payers. There's no frequent buying and selling. There's no worry that the share price will fall 30%. There's no dangerous leverage.You simply buy them and begin building wealth the low-stress way.While the dividends and share price of Annaly were bouncing up and down, elite dividend payers like Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) were paying steady and rising dividends.And that's easy to spot…if you have a powerful, yet elegant tool at your disposal -- like my friend Louis Navellier's Dividend Grader.Once you've found a solid dividend, without a ton of price volatility…the rest is history.Regards,BrianP.S. At this point, some might ask: "If you want to avoid volatility…why not just buy gold?" Well, let me show you why.Compare Brokers The post Elite Dividend Payers: The Cure for the Biggest Mistake Income Investors Make appeared first on InvestorPlace.
Annaly Capital Management Inc is a part of the real estate sector. As a mortgage real estate investment trust, it owns a portfolio of real estate related investments, including mortgage pass-through certificates and collateralized mortgage obligations. The dividend yield of Annaly Capital Management Inc stocks is 8.77%.
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Egan the Peregrine, guest of honour at Peregrine Watch 2012.
I am still reeling from Friday’s Peregrine Watch event, and fretting already about our beloved birds. Last year’s event was sourly punctuated by a visit to the ground team by pigeon fanciers, who were openly threatening the birds: “they’re not natural” / “we’re going to GET those birds“. Within two weeks of the event the female peregrine was found on the ground near tower street, and spent the night with the RSPCA with a diagnosis of ‘nerve damage’. What many people don’t know is that the eggs she had laid before her ‘incident’ died while she was in care.
Two of the three eggs laid in 2011 by the Walsall peregrines.
One of them hatched and was found dead, half-out of the egg. The photograph is too disturbing to post here.
Now of course I have no PROOF that the nerve damage was caused by any deliberate attempt to harm her, or even if it did that ‘pigeon fanciers’ are to blame. But I do know for a fact that if it WERE the case, it would not be the first time.
In 2009 in Walsall a pigeon was found with a capsule strapped to its leg. The capsule was filled with Aldicarb, a banned pesticide which directly affects the central nervous system.
Poisoning appears to be the modus operandi of pigeon fanciers wishing to target birds of prey. But while peregrine falcons are awarded the highest level of legal protection, there seem to be relativley few convictions (the maximum level of sentence is £5,000 fine and 6 months in prison), to the extent that in 2011 the RSPB offered a £1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction following the poisoning of two peregrines in Cornwall.
A little voice in my head whispers to me that bringing attention to the peregrines in 2011 may have pushed the poisoners to act, and indeed I questioned whether Peregrine Watch 2012 should happen at all. But promoting awareness and understanding of our birds is the ONLY weapon we have agains these creeps. The more people that get to know about the birds and care about them, the more vigilant eyes and ears we have in the war against this and other wildlife crimes.
Peregrines undoubtedly do take racing pigeons. But their diet is varied, including woodcock, mallard, swift, moorhen and starling (all of which have been seen to have been taken by the peregrines in Walsall).
I also have no doubt that the pigeon enthusiasts who are undertaking this cruel, cowardly passive-aggressive act of poisoning, do not represent the entire racing pigeon community. I would love nothing more than to have some decent, outspoken pigeon racers ‘on side’ to help us to combat the misinformation and paranoia fuelling these crimes.
By and large, the population of Walsall have responded tremendously and positively to the presence of raptors in our town centre.
The Peregrine Watch events have given people a glimpse into the daily struggle for survival – the wilderness in miniature taking place over their heads as they walk to buy a sandwich at lunchtime.
That glimpse, that brief and private connection with a wild creature serves as a reminder that we don’t own the town, the countryside, or the wider landscape. We are only ONE of thousands of species which live here, but that only WE are blessed with the sentience that allows us to see our own place in the landscape.
Im very sorry to inform you, but you will never get any, ” decent outspoken pigeon racers ” onside while ever you keep encouraging these birds into urban and city areas, these places are the “stronghold” of pigeon fanciers and have been for many years, Peregrines do not occur naturally in these places, by encouraging them to populate such places you bring them into direct conflict with pigeon fanciers…racing pigeons are costly to purchase and keep, some costing many hundreds of thousands of pounds.it is probably the costliest hobby /pastime there is today…and you wonder why a minority of these people react seeing their birds mutilated and killed by these interlopers every day, scattered to the four winds in panic, a lifetimes work gone in a few seconds.
im a pigeon flyer and have nothing agenst birds of pray they are lovely yo watch and have to live just like ever other bird and yes they do kill my beloved pigeons sometimes but thats just natural live and let live is what i say!!
Hello Peter, for the sake of honest debate, I have allowed your comment to be published, which I’m sure you know that I didn’t have to do. Its probably fair to say that neither of us are about to change our opinions, and I entirely accept that. However, in the spirit of fairness, I’d like to reply not with my opinion, but with a couple of facts.
Fact 1: The natural habitat of Peregrine Falcons is, as you implied, cliff faces.
Fact 4: Peregrine falcons, feral pigeons, stock doves, etc have moved into cities and towns and thrived there, because of the ample food supply for pigeons, and therefore creating an ample food supply for peregrines (supplemented of course with other bird species such as hirundines, water fowl, wild waders, etc.). Nobody introduced these birds – they have made their way into our towns and cities and thrived there of their own accord. Without the encouragement of anyone.
Fact 5: If, by your reasoning, peregrines are considered to be ‘un-natural’, surely by that logic you cannot possibly claim bred homing pigeons to be ‘natural’??
In ALL predator-prey relationships in the wild, it is the numbers and availability of the prey species that determine the success and therefore the numbers of the predator species. This is the case with ‘sparrowhawks killing all the garden birds’ etc., Nature has its own system of checks and balances to ensure that no creature can completely decimate its primary food source and thereby bring about its own death or the extinction of its species. Any creature with the tendency to do such a thing would have fallen prey to natural selection millions of years ago.
I genuinely appreciate that you took the time to reply to my post, and I also genuinely sympathise with the loss of your pigeons when this occurs, (and I have no doubt that it does, Peregrines are not selective). But I feel that, in light of the above facts, the call for control of wild birds of prey, or the attempt to harm or kill birds in order to protect human-bred pigeons simply cannot be justified. Moreover, it won’t work. The habitat is there, the food is available, and if you take out one predator, another will move in to thrive in its place, because nature always exploits and empty niche.
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Do you know Emma Bearman? Who I am kidding, of course you know her, everyone knows Emma! She makes stuff happen in Leeds. She truly is a Warrior Princess.
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Did you know you could increase your sense of happiness by focusing on experiences, in the past or present, that brought or bring you pleasure?
Experts estimate that we have between 60,000 and 80,000 thoughts per day, and most of them are repetitive! You’ve likely heard the phrase “what you focus on grows.” Research now tells us the science behind it is accurate.
Neurons that fire together wire together. In layman’s terms (which I’m still learning!) means that our repetitive thoughts strengthen the neural pathways in our brains, and the beliefs and behaviors that accompany them. The good news is, as we change our thinking, we have the ability to change the hardwiring in our brains.
For instance, science has shown that focusing on positive experiences for as little as 10-20 seconds increases our happiness and improves our health and well-being; things we may have known instinctively, and which researchers are now documenting.
This week, dedicate a few minutes throughout the day to reflect on pleasurable experiences – past or present – and soak in the good feelings for 10 to 20 seconds. Then take a moment to notice any changes to your energy or mood.
As you continue to practice, noticing positive moments will become natural, and help you to create a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life!
Give it a try! It might brighten your day!
As always, I would love to hear from you. Drop a note to let me know it goes!
Want more happiness in your day?
Conflict can be tricky. We want peace in our relationships, but what price are we willing to pay? Being true to who we are is a crucial element for maintaining our health and the integrity of our relationships. Today’s TNT provides 10 tips to help you resolve your conflicts, so you can let go of resentments and move on with your life.
Addressing conflict can be scary and elicit feelings of doubt and insecurity. We may be afraid of damaging our relationships if we say what we truly think and how we feel. However, when we are truly present and honest, we provide an opportunity for our for relationships to deepen and flourish. Knowing how and when to express ourselves creates a foundation of confidence on which we can stand.
1. Be Direct. Speaking directly to the person involved, rather than complaining to friends, may feel frightening, but is the first step in the process of clearing the air and resolving conflict. Being direct will also help you feel empowered as you learn to assert yourself.
3. Plan Ahead. Think about what you want to say and how you want to say it. Focus on the issue at hand and how it affects you. Stay away from blame and judgment. Practice in the mirror, or with your coach or therapist, if needed.
5. Provide Information. Providing information, and how the situation affects you, will help prevent an argument and keep the conversation focused on the facts. For example, instead of saying “You have no consideration. You always slam the door in the morning and wake me up” say “When you slam the door on your way out of the house in the morning, it wakes me up and I have a hard time getting back to sleep.” See the difference?
7. Be An Active Listener. Paraphrase what you’re hearing them say. They will need time to talk as much as you do in order to resolve the problem. Give them space to air their thoughts and feelings. When you show that you’re listening, it will break down the barriers to talking and help them better hear you. Other strategies including noding your head up and down (not side to side!) to show you understand (not necessarily agree) with what they’re saying. Use phrases, such as Mh hmmm” and “I see. When the person is done talking and feels complete, let them know you appreciate their willingness to discuss the situation.
8. Talk It Through And Stay Focused On The Issue. Feel free to continue the conversation, should there be something more you would like to say when the person has finished talking. Like cleaning a wound, it’s important to address the situation in its entirety so it can be clearly resolved. This will help to prevent any resentment or anger from festering. Be mindful, however, that this isn’t about dumping issues from the past 10 years. Doing so would be overwhelming and the person would likely feel blamed and defensive. Stay focused on the current issue.
9. Collaborate. Once you have each had an opportunity to empty out your feelings and express yourself, collaborate on a mutually agreed upon solution. This can be a bit like brainstorming – throwing out ideas and options until you come up with a plan with which you’re both comfortable.
10. Test It Out. Agree to follow up at a designated time to see how the solution is working. Be opened to creating an alternate solution or tweaking the one you have.
Good luck! And, as always, I would love to hear your comments. Just click on the “Leave A Comment Tab” at the top of the page.
Need help resolving a conflict in your life? It would be my pleasure to speak with you.
Email Theresa@reconnecting2you.com to schedule a free 30-minute consultation. It would be my pleasure to speak with you.
Forgiveness is a powerful practice. As we let go of resentments, and the people we feel have hurt us, or caused harm to those we love, our lives are transformed as we free ourselves to receive a greater flow of love, joy, health and abundance.
This week’s TNT provides a three-step process to help you let go of the past and open your heart.
If you are on my email list, don’t forget to keep your eyes out on Sunday, February 14, for this week’s blog, and my special Valentine’s Day treat!
As I was contemplating this week’s TNT, the practice of forgiveness came to mind. I’ve written on the topic several times, as it’s a key ingredient for happiness. As I sat at my desk, I felt compelled to share on it again.
I once heard Marianne Williamson, who lectures on A Course in Miracles say, “resentments are like a thin slice of hate.” Although I heard the quote over 20 years ago, the image made such an impression that it continues to stay with me.
Having worked in the healing field for more than 30 years, I am well aware, from my own processes, and those of my clients, that the body responds to resentments like a tight rope around one’s neck. They off our circulation and limit the flow of Life’s Good into our experience. Forgiveness is often confused with condoning someone’s behavior. Nothing is further from the truth. Forgiveness is a practice we do to free ourselves, and in so doing, our health and well-being are subject to improve.
Feelings of animosity can be hard to admit, let alone, sit with. However, the first step in releasing resentments is honesty. Like casting light onto darkness, it is imperative to acknowledge whatever feelings are lurking beneath the surface before we feel a sense of relief and freedom. While it is not necessary to share your feelings with others, being honest with yourself is crucial.
This 3-Step Process will help you to let go of the past and open your heart.
Like any practice, you may need to repeat it multiple times before you feel complete.
Before you begin, I invite you to set the tone by powering down your phone, lighting a candle, and creating a space that feels safe and inviting. Next, take a few deep breaths and envision yourself embraced in a warm and loving light. Know that you are safe and cared for. Then follow the outline below.
Step 1: Begin by asking yourself the following question. You can write it in your journal or, if you prefer, speak and answer it aloud. Choose whichever method feels most comfortable.
The person I need to forgive is _________. I forgive you for___________.
You may feel multiple resentments for the same person. If so, repeat the sentence until you feel complete. Allow yourself to sit with any feelings that may emerge in the process. Like toxins stored in the body, the anger, disappointment or sadness needs to be released.
As you complete the practice, notice how you feel in your body. Let that be the key that informs your future actions.
As always, I would love to hear your comments and the results of the exercise, should you choose to use it.
If there someone in your life you would like to forgive and would like support with the healing process, it would be my pleasure to serve you.
Email Theresa@reconnecting2you.com and schedule a complimentary consultation.
Reference: “Love and Forgiveness,” by Leonard Shaw, M.S.W.
Disclaimer: Please note that this three-step process may bring up feelings that are painful and uncomfortable. As with any exercise, the choice to use it is at your own risk and is your personal responsibility.
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Ha! Amen, Shel. I love that song.
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Alfie is the second single from her album and was written about her real-life little brother, Alfie. Instead of recruiting her little bro to play the part, Alfie features a foul-mouthed “twit” of a puppet that you can’t help but love. The music is fun and the story is entertaining, but I personally think the video is deranged and lacks commercialism. But, Allen does look damn cute in her signature empire-waist dress. How can you not love this girl!?
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We answer the final question first: What role does a luckbringer best fill in a party and what is his Tier?
Tandem Front-liner: This is a melee fighter who is going to fight alongside another melee character. It still does OK without an friend but hopefully someone else in the party has a companion animal or summons if no other melee fighter is available. Without a partner the opportunist ability doesn’t trigger and that cuts your attacks in half at low levels. Find a friend.
Blindshot: This character is going to be a ranged attacker who fires into and under any condition and usually does fine. They exploit terrain, dodge enemy fire and deliver relatively nasty critical hits.
Hazard Boomer: This is going to play a lot like a bomber alchemist. Defensive luck powers mitigate harm keep us free to “hex” the heck out of our foes. Feat selections will really help this one out. As advantage over many “boomers” the Hazard Boomer ignores SR and with feats and skills can be “always right” damage.
Jinx: Classic debuffer, you run around the battlefield (hopefully our of harm’s way) making things crappy for your enemies and helping out the home team.
This class is feat intensive, so Human is hard to argue with. That said otherwise consider statistics that support the shape of the character and pick a race that works with those stats.
You can skimp on Charisma with a weapon focused character but so many abilities come back to it, so be careful. You WILL need it more for a hazard boomer and jinx (DCs are Charima-based).
-What exotic weapon would you choose?
Front-Line: Falcata seems a good way to go with the Front-Line Tandem fighter.
Front-Line: Elven curved blade isn’t bad if you have a great Strength or Flambard for similar reasons.
Most other builds: Polearms like fauchard serve both with critical builds and to discourage people for closing on you. Bolas might be good for hazard boomers or jinx types.
-What are the top 3 abilities you would recommend from Improbable, Nothing Is Written, Long Shot, and Highly Improbable?
Any feats you can recommend?.
All: Auspicious Escape!! Fortunate Fate.
Tandem Front-Line: Ask friends about teamwork feats. You can sink extra feats in to Extra Improbable and Extra Nothing Is Written forever to increase over all variability BUT some teamwork feats like Outflank should not be ignored.
Blindshot: Remember your combat feats with this one, you are going to need a good chunk of them to deal with ranged into melee situations. BUT you can use Opportunity Knocks fire ranged attacks even when threatened.
Hazard Boomer: Stay away and stay skilled. Recognizing creatures and their vulnerabilities is key to making your hazards worth it. Be aware of other party members and choose conditions wisely when you unlock Improved Hazards.
Jinx: You are going to be everyone’s best friend. Be generous to allies with bonuses and hammer foes as hard as you can with curses and penalties. Don’t forget that Ability Focus can work on favorite powers. Stay mobile and aware of the whole battle in combat situations.
We hope this brief look at luckbringer helps anyone who wants to tempt fate in the PathfinderRPG. If your game goes mythic don’t forget that the Will-of-All and Super Genius paths play nicely with this class.
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Shearing of subglacial till has been invoked widely as a mechanism of glacier motion and sediment transport, but standard indicators for determining shear strain from the geologic record are not adequate for estimating the very high strains required of the bed-deformation model. Here we describe a laboratory study of mixing between shearing granular layers that allows an upper limit to be placed on bed shear strain in the vicinity of till contacts. Owing to random vertical motions of particles induced by shearing, mixing can be modeled as a linearly diffusive process, and so can be characterized with a single mixing coefficient, D. Ring-shear experiments with equigranular beads and lithologically distinct tills provide the value of D, although in experiments with till D decreases systematically with strain to a minimum value of 0.0045 mm2. Kinetic gas theory provides an estimate of the dimensionless mixing coefficient which is within an order of magnitude of laboratory values. Knowing the minimum value of D, the distribution of index lithologies measured across till contacts in the geologic record can be used to estimate the maximum shear strain that has occurred across till contacts. Application of this technique to the contact between the Des Moines and Superior Lobe tills in east-central Minnesota, U. S. A., indicates that shear strain did not exceed 15 000 at the depth of the contact.
This article is from Journal of Glaciology 46 (2000): 641, doi:10.3189/172756500781832666. Posted with permission.
Hooyer, Thomas S. and Iverson, Neal R., "Diffusive mixing between shearing granular materials: constraints on bed deformation from till contacts" (2000). Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Publications. 138.
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I managed to not bring work home this evening — oh, there was work I could have brought home, but I’d succeeded in getting everything that had to be done just to be ready for class tomorrow finished before I left campus — which gave me a bit more time than I’ve had lately for Azeroth.
I thought at first that maybe I’d go vacuum up World Quests with my Monk, who is (very slowly) working on getting the 200 WQ tint for the Hidden appearance of her Brewmaster Artifact. A Legion Invasion was occurring in Azsuna, so I was going to ignore it, until I noticed, oh, hey, those quests all reward Nethershards. Somehow I’d never before connected Legion Invasions rewarding Nethershards with how I’d been thinking that someday I ought to go farm Nethershards with my Paladin and my Death Knight so that they could get their special class weapons from the Broken Shore — Arsenal: Armaments of the Silver Hand and Arsenal: Armaments of the Ebon Blade, respectively.
There was just enough time left on the Invasion for me to do it with both Death Knight and Paladin — and just enough Nethershards rewarded for both of them to be able to buy their Arsenals.
So yay, now I have that crossed off of my list of things I still wanted to accomplish in Legion content.
Both Paladin and Death Knight are due for new Mogs, so their next kits (whenever I get around to making them) will probably feature Arsenal items. I’m not going to try to make kits specifically featuring all of the Arsenal items, however. I’ll just use my favorites when they’re the right weapon for the kit I happen to be making.
bring on the account-wide reputation!
After the oh-so-cute capybaras, the thing I am most excited for about Patch 8.1 is the generalizing of reputations — specifically, the loosening of reputation-based restrictions on Transmogrification.
Hooray for my Void Elf Mage not having to spend time grinding the Argent Tournament to be able to wear the Silver Covenant tabard! Or the Isle of Thunder to wear the Kirin Tor Offensive tabard!
Hooray for my Demon Hunter being able to wear the Giant-Friend Kilt even though she’s never bothered with the Sons of Hodir!
Hooray for my Scryer-aligned clothies being able to wear the Aldor Anchorite’s Robes!
Hooray for only needing to get to Exalted with the Order of the Awakened on one character!
I think that tabard is so pretty, but the thought of grinding out that rep with every charater who might want to wear it was more than I could bear.
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They – Insight. . . !
He loves her. She loves him. They’re in love. Today’s evening would be a turning point in both of their lives; they’re going to celebrate the very first anniversary of their unbreakable bond of love and comely relationship at the Brisbane Hotel on a candle light dinner’s table. She gets ready for the party, wearing the dazzling angel’s frock he’d gifted her last night. It gives an agile and innocent outlook for her. He’s always bad at the selection of her dresses, but this time he proved that he knows what she loves to wear on this special day.
It’s getting late. She’s been calling him for the 6th time thus far; he’s not responding to her calls.
“Maybe because he’ll have a lot more pending works left to be done at the work site”, she thought.
She sits on the floor, surfing through the gallery of his images. Memories flashes through her mind. She smiles.
An year ago, they’ve sacrificed so many things for their love to prosper and live together like they’ve wished for; many of them in the society hated and considered their relationship as a wrong take. He’s an orphan from a different religion and she’s from the richest family of Australia itself. This is their love story. Many among them hideously tried to question he and she; they tried to separate them everlastingly. But their love won at the end after so many melodramatic incidents happened in their families because of their relationship. They escaped from all those society’s cliche and right now they’re dwelling together at a rented home in Perth. He works as a technician at UWA and she’s a freelance writer.
She has a short-nap while going back to all those bitter most memories in their life. Nevertheless, they have never felt wrong with the decision they’ve chosen to live together.
Suddenly, she wakes up. It’s 12:30 now! She takes her cell out from the handbag and checks out whether she’s received any calls from him. Nothing is there in the list. She gasps and drinks water from the bottle on the table. She takes her cell and calls him again. It rings; although, he’s not picking up the call this time, too.
She gets tensed; she walks down through the corridor; she looks out through the open window to see whether he’s coming by that way or not. But there is no signs of her husband’s traces on that pathway.
She finds it very difficult to understand the situation. She feels so lonely to stand there like a dumb. She doesn’t even know where he’s.
She calls him, again. “The number you’re calling is currently switched off. Please try again later”, it says.
Her heart ponders. She faints down on the ground. She feels like killing herself on that midnight.
Her cell blinks with his name. It’s not ringing. She picks up the call.
“Excuse me, Ma’am. Dr. John is talking here. Is this she?
She reaches at The Mount Hospital in a hurry and enquires to a lady at the reception counter regarding the location of ICU. She runs through the steps and finds out the ICU, which is on the 5th floor, in a short while.
Finally, she releases her long breath. She cries. She doesn’t try to stop herself from doing it. She sits on the one of the chair stowed in front of the ICU room.
“Thank you so much, Dr. John”, she said to Dr. John, a middle aged- good looking man, who’s been walking away from the ICU.
After a few hours, he gets shifted to room. He’s unconscious. She gets inside and closes the door. She sits nearer to him and entangles her fingers with his fingers.
She kisses him on his forehead. She stares at him like she always does.
“This isn’t the first time! He doesn’t understand how he rides on the road. He doesn’t know how much I need him. He’s like this only. But I know this. He loves me. He loves me from the core of his heart. He’s mine. He’s my everything”, she thought.
It pains a lot when you're alone, although you're in a relationship.
This entry was posted in Stories and tagged being in love, Emotions, Fall in love, Life, Lost love, Love, love marriage, Miracle, Relationship, Romance, sacrifices, Short Story, Story. Bookmark the permalink.
Sometimes love is so complicated. They say love can be judged by actions but seldom you start treating your lover exactly how you treat yourself which could be a bad or a good thing.
I really enjoyed it, Rahul.
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I’ve been quiet posting on the business and nerdy techie side of publishing these past few months because I’ve been busy writing. I’m concentrating on a military SF/ space opera series called the Human Legion. Books 1 & 2 are out and I’m working on book 3. Making good progress too.
The books have done pretty well. Both have topped international bestseller charts for their genre. For the publishers and self-publishers who follow these things, both books have benefited very much from being Kindle-exclusive. Which I understand is annoying for those people who read other eBook formats, and frustrating for me, but I can’t afford to ignore the financial benefits. Being exclusive has helped my sales ranking and that’s helped people to try out the book. This month, the sales of book2 are 82% of the sales of book1; so I guess I’m doing something right.
Amazon gave me a nice sticker on a couple of my books a few days ago to say I’m a Kindle All Star!! Which sounds a bit cheesy, but does mean I get to be on these nice pictures I’ve copied below, which is great. It also makes me feel a little humble to think of all those thousands of people who borrowed my books to get them there. (So far, since Christmas 2014, I’ve had about 8,000 borrows and 22,000 purchases).
This entry was posted in Announcements and tagged bestseller, bestselling, kindle all star, kindle unlimited, military SF. Bookmark the permalink.
Not sure what that means, business wise, but congrats!!!
Shiny is always good, congrats!! Hopefully many more shiny stickers will follow!!
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The Nerd of God.cast is a weekly show engineered to be a fun, funny, engaging and enlightening voice for the often marginalized “geek community” within the church, as well as an open door of conversation with those outside of the church.
Our goal is to continue providing weekly quality, thought-provoking conversation at no cost to the listener, ad-free. Our basic need is to pay for online storage space, to create an ideal recording environment (we are thankful for what we have, but there are humble upgrades we would appreciate) and to create promotional materials for outreach brand awareness. Additional goals are to attend Comic-book, Collectible, Sci-Fi and Anime conventions to reach a larger group of people and share the love and light of Christ to a community often associated with darkness.
Thank you for your consideration, and may God bless both the gift and the giver!
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Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley at Hollywood's historic Chinese Theater in August 2001.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- It appears to be "Heartbreak Hotel" for Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage -- less than four months after the Hollywood couple tied the knot.
Details were not released about the breakup, but statements from both parties seemed to indicate irreconcilable differences.
"I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place. It was a big mistake," Presley said in a statement issued by her publicist, Paul Bloch.
Cage issued a terse comment in response. "I did not comment on the marriage, I am not going to comment on the divorce," he said through a statement from his publicist, Annette Wolf.
Reports began surfacing Monday that Cage, 38, had filed for divorce from his 34-year-old wife, the daughter of rock legend Elvis Presley.
The couple married August 10 at a resort in Hawaii -- a wedding that came during the week marking the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death.
The wedding was attended by close family members, including the bride's mother, Priscilla, and her grandparents. Lisa Marie Presley's 13-year-old daughter, Danielle, was a flower girl. Cage's 12-year-old son, Weston, and Presley's son, Benjamin, 10, were ring bearers.
The marriage was Presley's third. She was married previously to musician Danny Keough and pop star Michael Jackson.
It was the second marriage for Cage, who divorced actress Patricia Arquette in 2000. They had no children. Weston is Cage's son with actress and model Christina Fulton.
Cage starred in the 1992 movie "Honeymoon in Vegas," which included a group of Elvis impersonators called "The Flying Elvises," and did a memorable Elvis imitation of his own in the 1990 David Lynch film "Wild at Heart."
His latest movie, "Adaptation," opens next week.
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Here you will find miniature quilt collages created with antique buttons, fabric scraps, vintage papers and forgotten photographs. Treasured pieces of the past in a sometimes modern setting mingle with newly sewn mini quilts and quotes that warm yourheart. Tucked into old books, bottles and rescued frames, they are machine pieced and hand quilted. Each piece is one of a kind, full of detail and lovingly made. Enjoy these wonderful memories everyday. Miniature quilt art, using things we already have to create personal and meaningful art.
Point Me. Where can I get this pattern?
Holy Guacamole! Virginia, you are gifted above human! What inspiration and delicious eye candy! Thanks for the incredible surf!
I am looking to purchase the mini basket quilt pattern you have designed and displayed on a cabinet cupboard. Any ideas on how to get this pattern/book? I love it so much!
Hello Diane. I’m not sure which one you are talking about, could you send me a link?
1 altered books clothing crafting creating For His Glory Free downloads Friday Finds home Linen art miniature blocks miniature quilt art MODERN new ideas One Another quilters quilty miscellaneous sewing room thrift store finds upcoming events!
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This is the finale of my 9 part VIVID Sydney 2015 series.
Sydney May – June 2015 (9 photos). This is part 4 of 9 of my VIVID Sydney 2015 series.
It is now the last night of VIVID Sydney for 2015, and coincidentally a public holiday which marks the start of the ski season here. For the past 18 nights, Sydney has been aglow with various light projections and installations. Standing out in the wintery cold night air with a camera and tripod seems like a natural thing to do.
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Today I got to visit Uhuru school and meet with the headmaster for the blind section. Bea and I interviewed him about needs, desires, strengths and areas for improvement for the blind school. We learned a lot, and are really excited for where we can go with this project. Uhuru is very different from the Mathru school, and as a result the Braille Tutor will play a different function within this school, but that’s the challenging and exciting part: thinking of something new. The best part was having the headmaster play with the tutor. He laughed, and really enjoyed it. It’s great to have his enthusiasm to feed off, and he’s been a fun guy to work with.
Bea and Timi have been working really hard this week, traveling basically every day, but the information they’re getting is going to guide the tech progress through the next few weeks. I think we’ll be seeing a lot more tech work in the coming weeks. I know I have a lot of work coming up, so hopefully Bea and Timi can get a break while the tech leads and floaters gear up for more.
It’s Dan’s birthday on sunday. We were planning to go to Zanzibar, but we’re pushing that off for one more week. Instead we’re going to have a cookout and then hit the beach!
My complaint is that the Lariam (anti-malaria pills) I’m taking has been giving me some side effects. I’ve been having a hard time sleeping, and when I do sleep, I wake up often from strangely vivid dreams. It’s tolerable, but not fun. Still, as Dan has pointed out, it’s better than malaria, so I’m gonna keep taking the pills.
Lastly, as requested, pictures of my haircuts. Thanks to Timi, who did a fantastic job. I actually had two, first a real haircut, and then because it was still too long, a buzz cut. Shortest I think I’ve ever had my hair.
It may not look fantastic, but it is incedibly practical. My head is about 10 degrees cooler now.
3 Responses to "Uhuru and Haircut Pictures"
Your head is so delightfully oval!
That’s the great part of introducing the technology to different places – there’s always new perspectives! I’m really excited to see what comes out of it! Have a good weekend :).
Hopefully the wierd dreams will subside! It is the shortest I have ever seen your hair.
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Tic-tac-toe, checkers, chess, Go, poker. Artificial intelligence rolled over each of these games like a relentless tide. Now Google’s DeepMind is taking on the multiplayer space-war videogame StarCraft II. No one expects the robot to win anytime soon. But when it does, it will be a far greater achievement than DeepMind’s conquest of Go—and not just because StarCraft is a professional e-sport watched by fans for millions of hours each month.
DeepMind and Blizzard Entertainment, the company behind StarCraft, just released the tools to let AI researchers create bots capable of competing in a galactic war against humans. The bots will see and do all all the things human players can do, and nothing more. They will not enjoy an unfair advantage.
DeepMind and Blizzard also are opening a cache of data from 65,000 past StarCraft II games that will likely be vital to the development of these bots, and say the trove will grow by around half a million games each month. DeepMind applied machine-learning techniques to Go matchups to develop its champion-beating Go bot, AlphaGo. A new DeepMind paper includes early results from feeding StarCraft data to its learning software, and shows it is a long way from mastering the game. And Google is not the only big company getting more serious about StarCraft. Late Monday, Facebook released its own collection of data from 65,000 human-on-human games of the original StarCraft to help bot builders.
Researchers have built bots for the original version of StarCraft for years, using an unofficial, open-source plugin. Churchill says those bots so far are mediocre players that rely mostly on tactics coded by their designers, rather than machine learning, to build up their own grasp of the game.
Declaring war on StarCraft provides a measure of the ambition at Google and Facebook—and the limitations of today’s smartest software. StarCraft is a real-time strategy game in which players command an alien army in a distant corner of the Milky Way. While the game may appear less daunting than Go or chess, it poses a greater challenge to AI.
In chess and Go, you can see all your opponent’s moves and pieces, making them so-called perfect information games. StarCraft is an imperfect information game. You cannot see all of your opponents’ troop deployments or construction projects, forcing you to use what you’ve seen, and your mental model of the game, to predict what they may be planning.
Beating StarCraft will require numerous breakthroughs. And simply pointing current machine-learning algorithms at the new tranches of past games to copy humans won’t be enough. Computers will need to develop styles of play tuned to their own strengths, for example in multi-tasking, says Martin Rooijackers, creator of leading automated StarCraft player LetaBot. “The way that a bot plays StarCraft is different from how a human plays it,” he says. After all, the Wright brothers didn’t get machines to fly by copying birds.
Churchill guesses it will be five years before a StarCraft bot can beat a human. He also notes that many experts predicted a similar timeframe for Go—right before AlphaGo burst onto the scene.
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Hurrah! After all the hints of the past few months I can confirm that the Society for One-Place Studies is born. I seem to have ended up as Vice Chairman. Do look, do join if you too are researching the history of a place. This is going to be a good way to exchange ideas and encourage each other. Yes, this does mean that I have been instrumental in the launching of two societies in a month – so much for a quiet life.
The Buckland Brewer History Group website is developing nicely and we have had a great deal of interest from near and far.
Spent some time this week searching for the Braund Society journal, which had in theory been delivered to an outbuilding near me. Outbuildings duly searched and no sign. Eventually the parcel was tracked down. The relief delivery driver used his sat nav (always a bad idea if you are trying to find my house) and then dumped the parcel in the nearest shed, which just happened to be that of a neighbour who was on holiday. The regular driver, refreshed from his break, after consultations with his colleague and identifying sheds on Google Earth, retrieved it.
Had a new one in the seventeenth century this week. I had enlisted a willing (well probably not so willing) victim volunteer, to pose as a cavalry officer. I was about to place a Monmouth cap (knitted beany hat affair) on his head, which was somewhat follicly challenged, when he tells me he is allergic to wool! So straight to the helmet then – one has to suffer for one’s art – or at least he did.
Some TV ties ins now. Disappointed to find that Celebrity Masterchef’s ‘Wars of the Roses’ menu included orange carrots. Thanks to Martha for picking that one up – to say nothing of the not very historic plastic stock pots. Impressed though by Nick Hewer’s apparent fluency in reading seventeenth century documents during his episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Was there really a nicely transcribed copy nearby? I rather think there may have been.
Finally I must mention the heavily hyped Soldiers’ Wills site. Great resource but the site leaves a lot to be desired. They need to include a proper explanation of the class of records. It also needs the facility to search a range of dates, currently it is one year at a time. The full date span on the advanced search is 1850-1986. It seems the only dates in use at present are 1914-1921 but if it tells you that, it isn’t anywhere very prominent. Just glad I didn’t search 1850-1986 a year at a time for all the Braunds! This is really only set up for an individual family historian looking for a single will at present. What about us One Place Studiers? I’d also like to have been able to tell them all this but my and several others’, feedback emails bounced! Second attempt at feeding back was more successful and the wills arrived on my computer within two days – shame one was mis-indexed though.
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Mole Traps, Moggies and Morning Dew: the hazards of photographing gravestones.
I am finally catching up with last year’s jobs and finishing off the last few gravestone photos to go with the Buried in Buckland project. I have long since established that this needs to be a morning job as the sun is at the wrong angle for afternoon photography. 6.30am and there is thick fog over Buckland Brewer. I proof-read my way through the ‘B’s of Family Historian’s Enquire Within and then venture out into the morning dew. Rather a lot of morning dew actually – feet and sandals now soaked (not the new blue sandals of the previous post.). It’s jolly hazardous this gravestone photographing you know. Not only do you have to negotiate Ernie’s mole traps, there is the continual getting up and squatting down to be level with the stone in question. The latter activity means that I have now been squatting down in long dewy grass and I look as if I have had an unfortunate accident. Then, what do you know, today’s chosen rows of stones include a significant number that face the wrong way. These are afternoon stones – typical. I clean mown grass off Cyril Metherall and remove numerous dead floral tributes out the way in order to get the best view. Then I encounter the local cat who refuses to move from in front of Olive Blight.
Gratified to see that the latest episode of Who Do You Think You Are? with Gary Linekar, was filmed in Hinckley, location of the forthcoming Exodus Conference (mentioned in my previous post). Not only that but he shares with my children the distinction of being descended from a poacher.
It seems I am now Chairman of the Buckland Brewer History Group steering committee – how did that happen? Speakers to book, web pages to create, burials to index. I know, I am supposed to have finished indexing the burials. As a result of an administrative error when backing up my computer (alright, I admit it, I overwrote the new file with the old one), I now have 1741-1782 to redo. Next stop marriages. I was feeling pleased with myself that I seemed to have managed to set up an email account for the above society. Obviously lulled into a false sense of security though. They want a mobile phone number to send a verification to. I do have a mobile phone – somewhere. The number errr now that’s another matter.
Pretty pleased with our shiny new baby website for the group. It’s just a shame I should have been doing something else when I was playing at getting the webpages together. War Memorial Inscriptions now added to our Buried In Buckland pages.
Where have I been? You may wonder. So do I – surely it should be about April and here we are August coming to an end. No sign yet of the ‘less hectic’ year that I promised myself. I have been buried in visits from family and friends, always good fun. My children get me into untold scrapes. First a fairly pregnant Rebecca and I undertake a mad scramble across the rocks at Croyde. I have nobly leant her my brand new, ridiculously expensive, sandals on the grounds that they are blue and she is wearing blue. Keen as I am for her not to tear her feet to pieces on sharp rocks, I am not so keen on her getting the sandals covered in sandy salt water. Could I make my way across the rocks and throw the old sandals back to her? Could we wear one old and one new sandal each and hop? The whole process would be much easier if we weren’t laughing so much. We emerge relatively unscathed.
Then Martha and I get ourselves trapped in a local budget supermarket beginning with L. We are there to buy flowers. We enter with our basket. The flowers are outside. As we try to go back to the entrance, past the no entry sign the basket sets off the shop alarm. Even the empty baskets are alarmed here – what does that say about the residents of this town (unnamed to protect the guilty)? Not to worry we will just go out the exit and go back round again. It seems impossible to get to an exit without buying anything and what we want to buy is past the exit arghhh. In the end Rob comes to the rescue by barging his way past numerous people who have been over indulging on Doritos, lager and chocolate (I know I looked in their baskets) and brings us back in the flowers so we can exit in the appropriate way – i.e. having parted with some money.
Life in the seventeenth century continues, with now weekly visits from our friends at the local care home. We are working towards all their residents having enjoyed our peculiar brand of ‘fun’. If drilling holes in people’s heads and attacking them with pikes can be termed ‘fun’. One of our other young visitors, aged three, was very concerned that we didn’t seem to have any princesses with us. I might have pointed out that the princess of our time ended up incarcerated in Carisbrooke Castle under house arrest. Actually the young visitor was more concerned with telling me that she wanted to be Rapunzel when she grew up. There’s a career path. She also took well to pike drill with her mini pike. First time I’ve seen a pike wielded like a majorette’s baton.
I ventured overseas (well outside Devon) to give a talk on seventeenth century gardens to Bude U3A. I usually appear in period attire for these, leaving enough of my twenty-first (well ok twentieth) century clothing underneath, so I can strip off at the end without offending anyone. It was awfully hot but I went for it, tucking my trousers in my socks so they didn‘t show under the seventeenth century petticoat (an outer garment for the uninitiated). Pity I forgot to un-tuck them before sauntering back across the car park afterwards. The talk went very well, if the fifteen minutes of questions was anything to go by. Martha did point out that this might be because I hadn’t explained things properly in the first place but it didn’t seem to be.
An interesting Q & A session for the North Devon Group of Devon Family History Society and our 2014 programme is now nearly complete, with some fascinating presentations on the list. I’ve been revisiting a branch of my children’s ancestry, as we are planning a trip to south Devon and they came from that area. One individual, described as ‘an old offender’ seemed to spend every February being caught for salmon poaching. I am guessing it was a seasonal activity – something to do with spawning maybe. Thanks to the British Newspaper Archive, which I access via FindmyPast, I know all the gory details. Whilst on the subject of FindmyPast, I see they have added numerous Canadian resources. I hope that may help with my Devon emigrants research. I have also been running through (not with a weapon you understand – not in the C17th now) my chosen emigrant examples for the Exodus conference in a couple of weeks’ time. This means immersing myself in the history of the Bible Christian movement.
In fact, much of my research time lately has been spent on Methodist related topics. I strive to understand the mind set of the people of the past – as all true family historians should. Why would a local Anglican Lord of the Manor continue to allow one of his properties to be used as a Methodist place of worship, whilst conducting an acrimonious exchange with another Methodist group in the local press? I have proof read a new edition of an excellent book and I have had discussions concerning a local chapel which may be used to combine evangelism and heritage – exciting times. Exciting times too on the local history/one place studies front. It’s a secret at the moment but do watch this space. Not a secret is the launch of Buckland Brewer History Group next month – first meeting on 18th September. Be there or be something or other.
A thick sea mist today, so leaving early to avoid the heat wasn’t really necessary. A bit of a detour trying, unsuccessfully, to find free parking in Salcombe. Better luck in Hope Cove, where today’s walk starts. This section, 8 miles from Inner Hope to Salcombe, is described in our instruction book as ‘strenuous’ – deep joy. In the end it turns out to be less strenuous than anticipated and we even finish in 3½ hours – half an hour less than the books suggests. It is however very humid so we are soon ‘glowing’ nicely. Views are not on the menu with the thick sea mist. Unlike yesterday, we certainly do feel we’ve done something today.
First port of call on returning to the site are the showers. I grab some clean clothes to put on afterwards. I am wearing walking trousers with detachable legs. Unfortunately, as I leave the shower, I realise I have brought the legs and not the shorts part. Not wishing to put on the less than savoury pair that I have just removed, now I am nice and clean, I go for wrapping a towel round me instead. I then have to nonchalantly saunter back across the site trying to make a bath towel look like a fashion statement.
By the next day I am almost immobile again. Notwithstanding, we set off to walk from East Portlemouth to Prawle Point. This wasn’t the intended stopping point but there is an annoying diversion due to a cliff fall. I limp along personfully as my knee joins my back in the list of bits of my body that don’t work properly.
We decide to call it a day and cut short our trip, returning to the rugged north. By this time even I am sick of the very long stretches of barely car width road. Glorious drive back across Dartmoor – even more glorious because I avoided the A38 this time. As I herd a flock of sheep with my car in order to make progress, I revel in how wonderful the Devon landscape can be.
We are in the midst of a wonderful fest of family and friend visits but I am making time for history too. Another great day in the C17th with folk from the local care home and others, plus promoting Clovelly Archive Association at Woolsery Show and planning for the soon to be launched Buckland Brewer History Group.
A is for AIM25 The website provides access to collection level descriptions of the archives of more than a hundred institutions within the London area. These include the records of London livery companies, higher education institutions and learned societies.
B is for BARGES See also Boatmen, Canals and Watermen. From 1795-1871, all boats and barges exceeding thirteen tons burden used on inland navigations had to be registered with the Clerk of the Peace. Such records are with the Quarter Sessions (q.v.) records in CROs. Information on the history of the sailing barge can be obtained from the National Maritime Museum. The Society for Sailing Barge Research website is useful. A website entitled Thames Sailing Barges is also very informative and details a number of museums and other sources of information.
C is for COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON’S CONNEXION This was connected with the Methodist denomination. The Countess Selina (1707-1791) advocated the principles of Methodism and appointed George Whitfield, a notable preacher, as her chaplain. Her name was given to Whitfield’s followers. The Countess founded a college in Wales and built many chapels. The earliest register of this sect comes from Norfolk and dates back to 1752. The movement spread throughout the country. Registers were deposited with the Registrar General in accordance with the 1840 Act and are in TNA.
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A little more than three years ago, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) spun off real estate investment trust Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG) and sold more than 250 real estate assets to Seritage. The idea was that Sears would receive some much-needed cash to pay down debt, while Seritage would be able to gradually recapture space from Sears and Kmart and redevelop some of its real estate for higher-paying tenants.
However, over the past two years, Sears Holdings has closed dozens of the stores it transferred to Seritage. Since Sears Holdings filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, the REIT may have to move even faster to find new tenants. Yet while a slower transition away from Sears and Kmart would have been ideal, Seritage is well positioned even if its top tenant soon goes bust.
On Monday -- the day of Sears' bankruptcy filing -- Seritage put out a press release to reassure shareholders. First, it noted that nearly 70% of its signed lease income comes from third-party tenants (i.e., excluding Sears Holdings), up from around 20% at the time of the spinoff.
The exterior of a Sears full-line store.
Second, Seritage highlighted its strong balance sheet. It had $580 million of cash on hand as of Sept. 30. It can also borrow another $400 million under a new term loan arranged with Berkshire Hathaway a few months ago. Importantly, the loan is structured so that a Sears bankruptcy wouldn't cause Seritage to default on its terms.
The first statistic deserves some caveats, though. The majority of Seritage's signed leases with third parties are for tenants that have not opened their doors yet -- and thus aren't paying rent.
These leases will all commence within the next year or two, diversifying Seritage's revenue sources. But for now, the revenue coming in from tenants other than Sears Holdings is a much smaller proportion of the REIT's total. Furthermore, third-party tenants represent a bigger percentage of a smaller pie. Seritage's total revenue was $49.3 million last quarter, compared with $59.5 million in its first full quarter as an independent company.
While Seritage's current revenue from third-party tenants is relatively modest, the REIT is on the right track in terms of replacing lost income from Sears and Kmart.
In a letter to shareholders (also released on Monday), CEO Benjamin Schall noted that Seritage has leased over 7 million square feet of space since its inception in mid-2015. That's up from 6.1 million square feet as of June 30, implying that the third quarter was very productive in terms of leasing activity.
Seritage has also become more aggressive about paring noncore real estate from its portfolio. Schall disclosed that the company has sold 10 of the 74 stores that have been terminated from the master lease by Sears Holdings. Only five such stores had been sold as of June 30. Schall also noted that Seritage is under contract to sell another four assets in smaller markets. These moves provide immediate cash injections, improve near-term cash flow by passing off the property operating expenses to the new owners, and allow management to focus on Seritage's biggest opportunities.
A rendering of The Mark 302 in Santa Monica, California.
Seritage is making progress on redeveloping its premier assets. Image source: Seritage Growth Properties.
Looking even further ahead, Seritage's management sees room for larger-scale mixed-use developments at dozens of its properties. Two such projects recently received the necessary local government approvals, paving the way for redevelopment to begin.
Sears Holdings filed to reject the leases for more than 200 properties -- mainly vacant stores -- in one of its first actions after declaring bankruptcy. None of these are owned by Seritage, though. That's not surprising, as Sears Holdings has already made liberal use of a provision in the master lease between the two parties that allows it to terminate the leases of unprofitable stores.
On the other hand, of the 142 stores that Sears Holdings plans to close by year-end, 51 are owned by Seritage or one of its joint ventures. This is probably a precursor to Sears trying to restructure the master lease -- or rejecting it entirely.
Sears and Kmart won't necessarily disappear from Seritage's portfolio immediately. Indeed, Eddie Lampert (Sears Holdings' chairman and controlling shareholder) still hopes to keep the company afloat by buying about 400 of its most profitable stores in a bankruptcy auction. That number includes plenty of stores leased from Seritage Growth Properties.
But if Lampert's efforts fail and Sears goes bust, it won't be a big setback. Seritage can more than replace its current revenue from Sears Holdings just by completing the projects already in its redevelopment pipeline. Its cash on hand and $400 million of incremental borrowing capacity can fund that work. And by 2020, Seritage will have completely diversified its revenue base, putting it in good position to raise capital for the next phase of its redevelopment strategy.
Adam Levine-Weinberg owns shares of Seritage Growth Properties (Class A). The Motley Fool recommends Berkshire Hathaway (B shares). The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Save First & Spend What’s Left!
BUY STOCKS LIKE YOU BUY GROCERIES!
Starbucks- I’ll drink to them!
Running with the bulls – Tesco Turnaround!
What is going to happen to Oil prices?
Happy Monday! Long time no speak. it’s been a few months since my last post and I apologise for that, I do not want to write for the sake of writing and updating, I prefer to write in order to provide information and insight.
I was strolling through duty-free at the airport with an hour or so to kill before my flight and wanting some brain food I decided to head to WHSmith and search for a few books to take with me. One of the books that I bought was ‘How to Run a drugs cartel’ – A unusual book to say the least; very gripping and a real insight into how to successfully run a business. Although this is an ambitious link; how the drugs cartels are ran, shouldn’t be too far away from how a successful portfolio develops and is born. An ambitious and divergent thought process but there is meat on the bones. Hear me out.
A company may be making a contribution of 20% and a profit in the millions, it has a solid balance sheet and a strong reputation etc. But if the other companies in the marketplace are doing 30% and making a profit in the tens of millions, ultimately the first company is not anywhere near as strong as one would believe on first sight.
This brings me nicely onto my next point. Cartels are ruthless in their decisions they make. They will commit to a decision and win or loss they move on.You may see this as bad advise, however what is interesting is at the time they are 100% committed to the decision and believe it is the right choice, and in investing, that mindset will lead to less emotional taxation. Knowing you have done your research and when you sit on the page of your broker and you are thinking “hell yeah” this is the right move, you feel 100% behind the investment, there is no emotional burden when that trade is processed. I have found that when I am 80% sure in the past, that is when I am looking at the noise daily and anxious about that stock it’s not a good position to be in. When you are committed fully, you will find they are your best investments. If they are not, either there’s a fundamental you have skipped in your research or something unexpected has happened. Either way you will learn from the first directly and the second will make you more aware of the macro environment. Fully commit and be confident enough to say No if you are not 100% happy. It is taxing and can play on your mind for a long time- this should be viewed as investing, not gambling.
So, on my last post, Dividend Knight left me a nice comment. The part I found really interesting is that he mentioned that he’s on track to collecting $1,600 per month in dividends. Using my handy back-of-the-envelope calculation, I figured that his portfolio might be in the $300K region.
A day later, I happened to click on the link to his latest blog post and lo and behold, his current portfolio value is $316,000.
A really good article about Market Structure. Its worth a read!
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Was I right about Brexit Stocks at risk?
If you do not remember my article about the potential impact of Brexit please click here. I stated that Small to Mid Sized Stocks will take the hit and FTSE 100 companies won’t be impacted as much!
The FTSE 250 is still around 2% lower than the pre Brexit levels, and has recovered nicely over the last week.
I hope you all decided to be smart and look to invest when prices of basically everything dropped. There were a lot of bargains out there and some really cheap stocks that were panic sold. This was not a way for me to show off about my knowledge, this was to show you that once you learn enough you can judge how safe you are against turmoil events. If you knew the sectors or companies or incomes of groups of companies you would of been able to re-shift your portfolio to not be as badly impacted.
Which stocks are most at risk if Britain vote out!
Ultimately, if Britain votes to stay in the EU, it will be Business As Usual for the economy and the Stock Markets, with a notable positive swing. The Brexit debate a very strong influencer in the last few months and has caused investors to be wary of investing – Hence the market having no trend the last few months.
Below are my thoughts about what will be impacted and how!
If Britain do leave the EU, it will be the Small and Mid Sized Stocks will take the hit (under £100mil market cap), and the FTSE 100 companies will be less impacted.
Smaller companies tend to be focused domestically rather than internationally due to the increased costs and complications associated with moving products/services abroad, it means when they do try move internationally, there will be increased costs and complications of this, ultimately putting them off doing so. This dilemma has caused (in most cases) a drop in the Stock Price of the majority this year as investors pull out of companies that will lack growth moving forward.
It will also impact sectors.
Auto manufacturers, agricultural sectors, clothing and fashion sectors will be impacted as increases in taxes, levy’s and a decrease in EU funding will impact the bottom line and slash profit.
the small to medium cap companies have already decreased in value due to the air of uncertainty. Theres bargains out there. Some companies have a cheap price on the stock exchange, so find one you like (if you need help with where to look, click here on my previous post which will assist I hope) and watch it fluctuate during the weeks before, and pick it up at a steal.
On the plus side, FTSE 100 companies won’t be impacted as much as you think. Aim your search with them. Around 70% of the revenue for the FTSE 100 comes from overseas, so ultimately it is not a measure of the UK economy, its a measure of the global economy.
How can you beat the Market?
This should one of your aims as an investor. Beat what the market is doing and beat what the banks can offer you. Doing this as an entity and not via ETF’s and other funds is quite tricky. However, 3 simple decisions to increase your return.
If you have less than £500 to invest at once, I would not recommend buying shares. With commissions from £10 to £20 to buy and the same to tell you need to return over 4% to just cover that cost alone at £10 per trade. I would recommend a fund to invest in.
Do not panic buy or sell a stock on tips or articles you read. Do your research, understand the company. I received a tip off about a company called 88 Energy in an email from a friend who invests. It had risen from to 0.3 to 3.87, from February to the start of the week. That is a return of 1200%. He bought them at the start of the week and its dropped by 30% since then. I chose not to buy as my research showed me something different to his and I was not comfortable with the investment. If I had chosen to buy on a tip I received, my investment profit would have gone from a strong positive position to a negative one within 3 days.
The Most Useful Stock Websites!!
Your one stop shop for portfolio management! This is a simple post but hopefully you find this useful. Please comment if you have any others you would like to discuss!
The first page I open each morning to look at my portfolio. You can set yours up very easily, just sign in to your google account and add each transaction. Gives your portfolio news, market news, great for stock screening, risers, fallers, volume movers etc. Take the news releases with a pinch of salt as these will be biased/sales techniques. Im a huge fan of the stock screeners.
Use the investment tools on it, and understand the costs involved in the website. I have both a Barclays Stockbrokers account and also an AJ Bell You-Invest as I really like the user-friendly format and the interfaces.
I signed up to ADVFN Newsdesk and receive a report each morning and evening about each days movements and the reasons why. I fully recommend you look into this to understand movements, and reasons behind the movements. Yes this is a day traders website, but at the same time, everything you need to know when it comes to analysing a stocks performance is either on this, or in the financial statements released quarterly. Takes a lot of time to get used to how backward it looks, but the information is valuable! It is worth plugging through a few hours of spare time to understand the website as it will save hours in the future!
I browse this daily, concentrating on market trends, any news about my portfolio holdings and potential new stocks I am looking at. I find it really useful, straightforward and less biased than others.
That is the app I use to monitor when I am out and about. Im a huge fan of this. Very useful, with nuggets of information which are straight to the point and perceivingly very neutral . Although the adverts are annoying, its worth plugging through and trying this website out.
Obvious what it is used for. Link with what you see on your google account and you could gain some insight into which stocks have dividend payment growths, and when the expected dividends are. I really like it!
The Big Short – A Great Read!
Shares Made Simple – Great Starting Point!
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2019-04-23T14:54:49Z
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Many people would say they make healthy choices everyday. They have a well-balanced diet, they don’t smoke, exercise regularly. These are all components of a healthy life. But is that all? Is this all it takes to be a healthy person? I thought so…for a long time. What about inner/emotional health? What about personal growth and development? So many people are thriving in their top shape healthy bodies, but barely surviving in their relationships with others and themselves.
What so many healthy regiments lack is personal development. I recently spent a week at a Personal Development conference. I was absolutely blown away by the experience I had at this event. There are so many simple day-to-day things that most of us are failing at doing. A good hand shake, eye-contact, communication, conflict resolution, goal-setting, the list goes on and on. When was the last time you consciously thought about your communication skills? The quality of your ability to greet others? These are some very crucial life and personal skills that are absent from so many of us and our daily events. Parenting, spousal relationships, work relationships could all use a little more personal development.
All of us could use a little growth, don’t you think? I don’t think anyone would argue that they wouldn’t want to be a better communicator, more goal-oriented, purpose-driven, be more able to resolve conflicts? The Self-Help section at the bookstore has acquired such a taboo-status in recent years. “Only the weird and desperate people shop there!” You might be surprised at the amazing selection of authors and works that you can find there. I truely believe that global positive change will occur on an individual basis. We all need to become better, more responsible human beings. This all starts with a little growth.
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Plants > Native Plants > Opuntia spp.
This plant is resistant to damage by deer and is highly salt tolerant.
Succulent, flattened stems or shrublike with cylindric stems; leaves lacking or modified into large spines; sharp-pointed glochids in clusters at base of spines; flowers variously colored, with many petals; fruit fleshy or dry.
Glochids (minute bristle-like, barbed hairs in clusters) on the stems (green, thickened stems resemble leaves).
Ingestion; splinter-like small infection due to glochids lodged in the skin, eye irritation.
Painful skin and eye irritation following contact; internal effects in diabetics from ingestion.
Unknown; possibly mechanical effect of glochids.
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If you’re into IT infrastructure and you aren’t yet familiar with NVMe and its potential benefits, now would probably be a good time to start reading. In fact, since there’s already so much high quality material that describes what NVMe is, why it’s useful and how it works, I’m not going to go into those details here.
This post is also not going to focus directly on NVMe over Fabrics. The reason is, based on our limited testing, from a system level point of view I think it’s too early to say much about it. I will say many of the features that our customers would expect from an enterprise class storage protocol simply haven’t been created for NVMe over Fabrics yet. As I’ll describe below, we’ve found that the missing functionality varies based on the transport being used. For example, in the case of RoCE and iWARP they need to do a bit of work on “Discovery”. With regards to Fibre Channel, it comes down to the lack of a GA quality NVMe over Fabrics driver for any of the Tier 1 Operating Systems.
In an attempt to be fair to the people currently working to address these limitations, I’ll say I fully expect the majority of these issues to be addressed by sometime in 2018.
This post will focus on fabrics.
why we’re watching them soooo closely.
As shown in the following diagram, these fabrics can be based on RDMA, Fibre Channel or TCP (TCP is pre-standard at this point, although apparently there’s a demo at the Flash Summit) and use IB, RoCE, iWARP, TCP or Fibre Channel (FC) as transports.
For the sake of this blog post, I’m going to focus on the three transports that my team and I feel are the most likely to be used in by our customers and have consequently been working on over the past several years; RoCE, iWARP and FC.
When we first started working with RDMA, I thought iWARP was going to win the protocol war that was going on between it and RoCE. My reasoning was very simple, iWARP doesn’t require anywhere near the amount of network configuration that RoCE does (much more on this in the next section) and it isn’t susceptible to congestion spreading (A.K.A., Slow Drain) like all lossless protocols (e.g., RoCE, FC) are. In addition, some of the early work we did to compare the performance attributes of RoCE to iWARP showed that they were comparable. For example, the chart below was generated from data collected by two Engineers on my team (Alan Rajapa and Massarrah Tannous) during some testing that they performed to compare different implementations of the two transports.
The chart was created about 18 months ago and represents a point in time when iWARP latency (with a 4.x Linux Kernel) was slightly less (under ideal conditions) than RoCE, and MUCH less than RoCE when any kind of packet loss was introduced.
Some in the RoCE community will complain that this isn’t a fair comparison since RoCE requires a lossless network. My response to this concern has always been “We’re interested in how the protocols react under packet loss conditions because configuring lossless behavior across a L3 Clos (leaf/spine) network is fairly complex and is not something that we (at the time), nor our Customers, have much experience with. As a result, we believe lossless (DCB) will be frequently misconfigured and many of our customers may inadvertently end up running RoCE on a lossy network.” With this in mind, the purpose of our test was to find out just how screwed our customers would be in this kind of a mis-configuration. If RoCE flat out wouldn’t work, these types of situations would be fairly easy to identify and then resolve. However, if this kind of mis-configuration resulted in a situation where things mostly worked and just sort of limped along, our support organizations would have a MUCH harder time troubleshooting and this was causing us great anxiety.
Over the past 18 months the RoCE community (Mellanox in particular) has done a ton of great work to address many of the issues we’ve raised with regards to packet loss. More on this in the next section.
With regards to iWARP going forward, the primary proponent of the protocol appears appears to have found some use cases for it. That said, they are really the only vendor pushing it and based on what I’ve heard from others in the industry as well as what our Customers are asking for, my personal opinion is that iWARP will not be the dominant Ethernet based transport for NVMe. As a result, I won’t spend any additional time on it here.
Due to the need to configure DCB across an L3 network (when running at scale), it is much more complex to configure than FCoE (more on this below).
Since it requires DCB (which includes Priority Flow Control) it’s susceptible to Congestion Spreading (a.k.a., Slow Drain). A partial solution to this problem is to use ECN/RED (as described in the Azure/Sigcomm white paper that I linked to below). However, this does not address all potential causes of congestion spreading (especially the acute cases).
The NICs and the switches that are typically used to transport RoCE lack even the most basic counters to help troubleshoot congestion spreading events (i.e., something analogous to FC’s “time spent at zero transmit credit” counter is needed).
Yet despite these limitations, there is more interest in RoCE than iWARP (see Google trends below) and I’m also hearing that it’s much more popular in production environments as well. For example, RoCE is being used in production by Azure as described in this white paper. BTW, I LOVE this white paper because it not only confirms that it’s possible to use RoCE at scale, it also confirms the level of complexity required to properly configure it to avoid issues with congestion spreading.
For the sake of this blog post, I’m going to focus only on the configuration complexity portion of RoCE.
This complexity is not specific to any one vendor but the following steps are specific to the switch vendor we were testing with at the time.
ECN/RED is being used for congestion avoidance.
In the example below we configure 3 Classes of service (0, 3 and 6) and only really 3 and 6 are required for RoCE and ECN.
A number of vendors have done a ton of work to automate these configuration steps and seem to be heading down the right track towards providing a complete end-to-end configuration tool. A notable example is Neo which Mellanox provided to us a no cost for evaluation purposes.
The actual topology that we used for testing RoCE is shown below.
It consists of a spine, two leaf switches, two “Compute” nodes and two “Storage” nodes.
A summary of the configuration steps that we performed to configure this topology is shown below.
Map ingress priority group traffic to pools.
Set ECN/RED on the switch.
Create a VLAN, set the end-station facing ports as switchports in trunk mode.
Disclaimer: I’ve spent the past 20 years working as a member of Dell EMC’s Connectrix Business Unit and my livelihood is pretty much tied directly to FC’s success. That said, I suspect you may be surprised to learn that until recently I’ve struggled with the idea of using FC as a transport for NVMe.
When I first started reading about NVMe over Fabrics, one of the things that caught my eye was the need for a Discovery Service. After a little bit of digging, I realized that most of what NVME over Fabrics needed for discovery could be provided by the FC Name Server and that this fact actually gave the FC transport a slight competitive advantage over the RDMA based transports. BTW, this is really just another way of saying FC uses a network centric discovery approach and RoCE/iWARP/TCP use an end node centric approach.
The diagram above illustrates the gap in functionality. Just as with SCSI and FCP, there are actually two different kinds of discovery that need to be performed, each operating at different layers in the stack.
The first kind of discovery is Transport specific. This discovery process allows two or more ports to discover each other over a network. With FC, the endpoints (i.e., VN_Ports) discover each other automatically via the use of the FC Name Server. With IP, there is no centralized in-band way to do this short of relying on iSNS (which they shouldn’t). To get around this limitation, end users will basically need to do what they do today with iSCSI; individually configure each host to point at the correct targets.
The second kind of discovery is done at the NVMe layer and is fairly well-defined by the NVMe standard. This isn’t to say the NVME discovery mechanism is perfect, but it is common across FC, RDMA and TCP transports, and as a result it doesn’t make sense to use it to compare the benefits of different transports.
In terms of configuration complexity, a FC fabric can basically self-form and it supports lossless behavior out of the box. The only additional configuration that is typically done is to zone the host and storage ports together, but this doesn’t necessarily need to be done manually (see Introducing Target Driven Zoning).
So you may be wondering, outside of easier discovery and less configuration why does using FC as a transport for NVMe make sense?
To be completely honest, I didn’t think FC was a good fit! (initially) This is because in the early days all of the practical use cases for it seemed to be focused on platform 3 rather than more traditional enterprise applications. This causes a problem for FC because platform 3 is generally hostile to FC and storage arrays in general, consequently I didn’t see a real use case for FC, until recently.
This year at Dell EMC World, we included an NVMe section in our SAN presentation. The key points about NVMe from that presentation can be found on slides 135-137. To summarize, NVMe SSDs are first being used in compute and they already provide efficiencies over what can be done with SATA based SSDs today. These same efficiencies can be realized on the back end of a storage array and Jeff Boudreau has already indicated he has plans to introduce a standards based NVMe solution soon. The next logical evolutionary step (shown on slide 137) would be to allow hosts to access the NVMe drives in an array via NVMe over Fabrics.
The reason this fabric should be Fibre Channel for our Enterprise customers is because the vast majority of them (85-90%) currently use FC to access their All Flash Arrays and they do so for good reasons. So it only makes sense for them to continue to use the same Transport to access the next generation of ultra-low latency NVMe based SSDs.
However, as I mentioned previously, in order for customers to use NVMe over FC, we need GA quality NVMe over FC drivers. And then we have to put these drivers through an extensive qualification process (because data integrity). I’m thinking that the soonest this might actually happen would be mid 2018.
**BTW, in case you were wondering, ALL FC switches that you can purchase today support NVMe over Fabrics.
So what transport should you use? As always, I’ll leave that decision up to you. But I will say the problem that keeps me up at night is how to address Congestion Spreading; and whether you choose RoCE or FC, you’ll eventually need to deal with this problem. Since the FC community has been dealing with Congestion Spreading for years, have hardware support to help detect it and as shown below are continuing to innovate in this area, I would personally choose FC when it’s ready.
BTW, “Future Fibre Channel Enhancements (TBD)” is being actively discussed and I hope to be able to share more details about it here at some point in the future.
With regards to TDZ. August 6th will mark the 10th anniversary of the day I came up with the idea. Since then, despite beating every bush and using every approach I could think of, the sad fact is none of the Dell EMC storage platforms support the feature (today).
That said Brocade has supported it since FOS 8.0.
I've also heard of a couple of other Flash array vendors that support it but I haven't dug into it much.
I agree Smart Zoning isn't TDZ but it seems to be a step in the right direction and it is available today!
I will post the mother of all blog posts the day that Dell EMC supports the feature, which I still hope will happen at some point.
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2019-04-26T11:59:48Z
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"Transformation Tools" will officially be launched very shortly. Introduced here is the new logo for the TT. Christopher not only creates sound and music. All the logos for CE and other projects, CD cover art, graphics on websites and flyers are all Christopher's CG art works. Stay tuned for the announcement of the TT.
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Dallas Malloy, a piano virtuoso since 6 years old, grew up performing, also as a violist, composing music, writing poetry and novels.
At 16, she made boxing history when she became the first female amateur boxer in the U.S. to have a sanctioned amateur bout, and win by unanimous decision. Until then, the U.S. Boxing Federation excluded females, so she filed a discrimination suit with the help of the ACLU, and forced them to set up a women’s division. She won in court, and in the ring-by unanimous decision. She later portrayed herself in the opening of Jerry Maguire, shadow boxing towards the camera as Tom Cruise narrates her true story.
Dallas Malloy is a former champion bodybuilder, having won numerous titles including 1st Place and Overall Winner Tournament of Champions, Venice Best Back Award, Best Posing Awards, and 1st Place and Overall winner of the NPC California State Bodybuilding Championships.
As an actor, Dallas Malloy studied the Stanislavski Method with Jamie Paolenetti at Atwater Playhouse. She has had extensive theater training, and played 7 different roles in Eavesdropper, LA’s longest running play. She broke ground playing male roles, including “Queenie”, the outspoken drag queen inmate in the gritty prison drama: Fortune and Men’s Eyes, and “Franny,” in Balm in Gilead, at the Underground Theater, and a major guest starring role on Eli Stone “Two Ministers” as Reverend Michael Stills.
Dallas Malloy has been featured and co-starred in the films The ABCS of Death, Rule of Law, So Far so Kush, Dragon Slayerz, and Jerry Maguire. In television, she has co-starred, guest starred or been featured in True Blood, Burning Hollywood, Jimmy Kimmel Live, 1000 Ways to Die, Inside Edition and Conan. Rarely achieved, she has had numerous roles that were written in for her due to her unique qualities and out-of-this-world talent as a champion show stopper.
send u a big kiss!! I was impressed by your acting at “Eli Stone” where you play a male pastor…even my female friends said : damn he is hot as pastor! I show them your pics as a competitor for bodybuilding and they said the same… she is HOT!! you see everywhere u will get the same comments and besides that…and most important…your talent is huge!!
send you a big hug and 10000 kisses!!
Wow! Dallas! You are truly amazing. In a word “Wow”!
Dallas is amazing, so talented, and so committed to reaching her goals. She truly is an inspiration to anyone who thinks the odds are too great to overcome!!!
Heyyyy Dallas! Just stoppin’ to let you know that you’re a huge inspiration! Keep going strong!
Loved you in the interview with Ryan and in the Telephone vid!
For your kindness, I thank you Dallas.
The little keeper of the holy quail.
Love your web site, power, strength, and determination!
Dallas you are a great !!!!!
You have the kind of energy that lights up a room. Thank you for being you!
Dallas, thank you for being you! I am a genderqueer person married to a transgender man. Every time somebody who doesn’t conform to our cultural gender norms is visible and is courageous enough to talk about it, we get closer to full social acceptance.
I wish I could to attend and participate with companionship beautiful, but long distance is the reason for the time being. May be in the future. And thank you for your kind invitation to me to wish you happiness and pleasure.
I was lucky enough to see Dallas read an excerpt from an autobiographical book she is working on at an evening called Strong Words the other night. I was completely blown away by her writing. It is always difficult to avoid rambling when tapping into something that is that personal, but she did. Every passage offered a revelation on the subject of obsession and self discovery. Her ability to remain unpretensious, funny and rivetingly honest while sharing her remarkable life experience is astonishing. The material flowed from descriptive storytelling to elegant and dangerous detail with an effortless grace that made it an edge of your seat listening experience. It was my first time hearing her work but I can not wait to hear more from this gifted story teller.
You are one cool woman!!!!
you really are a talented actress.. you can really project emotion.. it just comes thru… a real actor can make other people feel THEIR emotions.. and that is what you seem to be doing.. must be the musician/artist within you..
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A power nap is a short sleep that terminates before deep sleep (slow-wave sleep (SWS)); it is intended to quickly revitalize the subject. Cornell University social psychologist James Maas coined the term.
The power nap is meant to maximize the benefits of sleep versus time. It is used to supplement normal sleep, especially when a sleeper has accumulated a sleep deficit.
Various durations are recommended for power naps, which are very short compared to regular sleep. The short duration of a power nap is designed to prevent nappers from entering SWS. Depending on duration and intensity, awakenings out of SWS results in sleep inertia, a phenomenon associated with grogginess, disorientation, and even more fatigue than prior to napping. Since sleep is the most effective and beneficial recovery method from fatigue, experts recommend considering duration vs. risk of entering SWS.
Power naps restore alertness, performance, and learning ability. A nap may also reverse the hormonal impact of a night of poor sleep or reverse the damage of sleep deprivation. A University of Düsseldorf study found superior memory recall once a person had reached 6 minutes of sleep, suggesting that the onset of sleep may initiate active memory processes of consolidation which—once triggered—remains effective even if sleep is terminated.
According to clinical studies among men and women, power nappers of any frequency or duration had a significantly lower coronary mortality ratio (MR) than those not napping. Specifically, those occasionally napping had a 12% lower coronary mortality, whereas those systematically napping had a 37% lower coronary mortality.
A Flinders University study of individuals restricted to only five hours of sleep per night found a 10-minute nap was overall the most recuperative nap duration of various nap lengths they examined (lengths of 0 min, 5 min, 10 min, 20 min, and 30 minutes): the 5-minute nap produced few benefits in comparison with the no-nap control; the 10-minute nap produced immediate improvements in all outcome measures (including sleep latency, subjective sleepiness, fatigue, vigor, and cognitive performance), with some of these benefits maintained for as long as 155 minutes; the 20-minute nap was associated with improvements emerging 35 minutes after napping and lasting up to 125 minutes after napping; and the 30-minute nap produced a period of impaired alertness and performance immediately after napping, indicative of sleep inertia, followed by improvements lasting up to 155 minutes after the nap.
The NASA Ames Fatigue Countermeasures Group studied the effects of sleep loss and jet lag, and conducts training to counter these effects. A major fatigue countermeasures recommendation consists of a 40-minute nap ("NASA nap") which empirically showed to improve flight crew performance and alertness with a 22% statistical risk of entering SWS.
For several years, scientists have been investigating the benefits of napping, both the power nap and much longer sleep durations as long as 1–2 hours. Performance across a wide range of cognitive processes has been tested. Studies demonstrate that naps are as good as a night of sleep for some types of memory tasks.
A NASA study led by David F. Dinges, professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, found that naps can improve certain memory functions. In that NASA study, volunteers spent several days living on one of 18 different sleep schedules, all in a laboratory setting. To measure the effectiveness of the naps, tests probing memory, alertness, response time, and other cognitive skills were used.
Power Napping Enablers and sleep timers allow properly timed power napping.
The National Institute of Mental Health funded a team of doctors, led by Alan Hobson, MD, Robert Stickgold, PhD, and colleagues at Harvard University for a study which showed that a midday snooze reverses information overload. Reporting in Nature Neuroscience, Sara Mednick, PhD, Stickgold and colleagues also demonstrated that "burnout" irritation, frustration and poorer performance on a mental task can set in as a day of training wears on. This study also proved that, in some cases, napping could even boost performance to an individual's top levels. The NIMH team wrote: "The bottom line is: we should stop feeling guilty about taking that 'power nap' at work."
Sara Mednick conducted a study experimenting on the effects of napping, caffeine, and a placebo. Her results showed that a 60–90-minute nap is more effective than caffeine in memory and cognition.
A coffee nap is drinking a cup of coffee before a short 15-minute nap.
A brief period of sleep of around 15 to 20 minutes, preceded by consuming a caffeinated drink or another stimulant, may[qualify evidence] combat daytime drowsiness more effectively than napping or drinking coffee alone. A stimulant nap (or coffee nap, caffeine nap, occasionally napuccino) was discovered by British researchers, Horne and Reyner, to be more effective than regular naps in improving post-nap alertness and cognitive functioning. In a driving simulator and a series of studies, Horne and Reyner investigated the effects of cold air, radio, a break with no nap, a nap, caffeine pill vs. placebo and a short nap preceded by caffeine on mildly sleep-deprived subjects. A nap with caffeine was by far the most effective in reducing driving accidents and subjective sleepiness as it helps the body get rid of the sleep-inducing chemical compound adenosine. Caffeine in coffee takes up to half an hour to have an alerting effect, hence "a short (<15min) nap will not be compromised if it is taken immediately after the coffee." One account suggested that it was like a "double shot of energy" from the stimulating boost from caffeine plus better alertness from napping. This procedure has been studied on sleep-deprived humans given the task of driving a motor vehicle afterwards, although it has not been studied on elderly populations.
Some companies have nap rooms to allow employees to take a power nap. This may be in a form of a nap room with a recliner, or chairs specially designed for power napping installed in a designated area. Companies with nap rooms claim that employees are happier and become more productive at work.
Similar nap rooms and stations also exist in higher education institutions. Many colleges and universities provide napping furnitures such as cots and giant bean bags in libraries for students to take a nap after a long study. At least one university[which?] has a nap room set up in a gym. Some medical schools also set up nap rooms at the teaching hospitals. The nap rooms may include sleeping pods or cots, white noise machines, and antimicrobial pillows.
A more portable aid is nap timer apps. Apps like Pillow (iOS), lemmenap (iOS), Pzizz (Android, iOS) and Power Nap App (iOS) have various features including aided sounds, nap history and pattern tracking and daily reminders that make it easier to take naps.
^ McEvoy, RD; Lack, LL (2006). "Medical staff working the night shift: Can naps help?". The Medical Journal of Australia. 185 (7): 349–50. PMID 17014398.
^ Dhand, Rajiv; Sohal, Harjyot (2007). "Good sleep, bad sleep! The role of daytime naps in healthy adults". Current Opinion in Internal Medicine. 6: 91. doi:10.1097/01.mcp.0000245703.92311.d0.
^ a b Lahl, Olaf; Wispel, Christiane; Willigens, Bernadette; Pietrowsky, Reinhard (2008). "An ultra short episode of sleep is sufficient to promote declarative memory performance". Journal of Sleep Research. 17 (1): 3–10. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00622.x. PMID 18275549.
^ "Napping may be able to reverse the damage of sleep deprivation". sciencealert. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ Naska, Androniki (2007-02-12). "Siesta in Healthy Adults and Coronary Mortality in the General Population". Archives of Internal Medicine. 167 (3): 296–301. doi:10.1001/archinte.167.3.296. ISSN 0003-9926. PMID 17296887.
^ Brooks, A; Lack, L (2006). "A brief afternoon nap following nocturnal sleep restriction: Which nap duration is most recuperative?". Sleep. 29 (6): 831–40. PMID 16796222.
^ a b "NASA: Alertness Management: Strategic Naps in Operational Settings". 1995. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
^ Mollicone, Daniel J.; Van Dongen, Hans P.A.; Dinges, David F. (2007). "Optimizing sleep/wake schedules in space: Sleep during chronic nocturnal sleep restriction with and without diurnal naps". Acta Astronautica. 60 (4–7): 354. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.09.022.
^ "The National Institute of Mental Health Power Nap Study". 2002-07-01. Archived from the original on 2002-08-02. Retrieved 2002-07-01.
^ Mednick, S. C. et al. (2008). Comparing the benefits of caffeine, naps, and placebo on verbal, motor and perceptual memory. Behavioural Brain Research. 193: 79-86.
^ The Editors of Prevention, Prevention magazine, 6 Good Health Habits Made Better, Retrieved Aug. 29, 2014, "...1. Take a "caffeine nap"..."
^ An Unashamed Defense of Coffee, Authors: Roseane M. Santos, Roseane M. Santos, M.Sc., Ph.D. & Darcy R. Lima, M.D., Ph.D., Darcy R. Lima, Xlibris Corporation publishers, 2009, , Retrieved Aug. 29, 2014, (see page 66), "...researchers found worked best was a Caffeine Nap..."
^ Rose Eveleth, Smithsonian magazine, OCTOBER 24, 2013, What Is the Exactly Perfect Time to Drink Your Coffee? It's a good thing that science is here to figure out the exact perfect way to drink a cup of coffee, Retrieved Aug. 29, 2014, "...taking a 15 minute (no longer) nap right after you chug your coffee..."
^ Corrie Pikul, 02/27/2012, Oprah magazine, 6 More Health Myths—Busted!, Retrieved Aug. 29, 2014, "...Drinking a cup of coffee and then immediately snoozing for 15 minutes was more effective at reviving a wiped-out person.."
^ Reyner, LA; Horne, JA (1998). "Evaluation 'in-car' countermeasures to sleepiness: Cold air and radio". Sleep. 21 (1): 46–50. PMID 9485532.
^ Horne, J. A.; Reyner, L. A. (1995). "Driver sleepiness". Journal of Sleep Research. 4 (S2): 23–29. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2869.1995.tb00222.x. PMID 10607207.
^ "Loughborough University researchers issue new warning to tired drivers". Retrieved 2007-09-23.
^ Reyner, L. A; Horne, J. A (1997). "Suppression of sleepiness in drivers: Combination of caffeine with a short nap". Psychophysiology. 34 (6): 721–5. PMID 9401427.
^ Wan, J; Lau, E; Lee, T (2013). "The effect of caffeine nap on declarative and procedural memory in elderly". Sleep Medicine. 14: e309. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2013.11.758.
^ Schwartz, Meredith (24 October 2012). "Napping in the Library—On Purpose". Library Journal. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
^ Stump, Scott (15 March 2013). "'Nap rooms' encourage sleeping on the job to boost productivity". TODAY Money. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
^ Waxman, Olivia B. (29 August 2014). "Napping Around: Colleges Provide Campus Snooze Rooms". TIME. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
Fox News article: "Researchers: Power Nap Better than Caffeine to Fight Afternoon Fatigue"
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A peace walk or peace march, sometimes referred to as a peace pilgrimage, is a form of nonviolent action where a person or groups of people march a set distance to raise awareness of particular issues important to the walkers.
A 1967 newsreel depicting several peace walks.
Europe is launching its first permanent Peace Walk Route, that will run along the former division between East and West Europe and end in Trieste, N-E Italy. A pan European network is currently working on its Design, and it is set to open in 2014, to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I.
One famous example was that of Vinoba Bhave, who undertook a peace walk with many of his followers throughout India for land reform.
A recent peace walk campaign named Freedom Walk was organized by the Free Software Community in Kerala in 2008. 4 volunteers walked 750 miles (1,200 km) from one end of the state to the other to promote Free Software.
A peace walk was undertaken in 1962 by Satish Kumar and his companion who walked without money from India via the Soviet Union, France and the UK to the United States (using ships to cross the channel and Atlantic). Vinoba gave 2 gifts to Satish and his companion: pennilessness, i.e. voluntary poverty, and vegetarianism.
Early in 1984, peace campers walked 26 miles from Daws hill to Naphill through country roads and countryside to raise money for The Angry Pacifist magazine.
The King-Carter Freedom Peace Walk is a 1.5-mile walkway in Atlanta, Georgia's (USA) Freedom Park. It commemorates the only two Georgia winners of the Nobel Prize for Peace: Martin Luther King Jr. and Jimmy Carter.
Various peace organizations throughout the United States have organized marches and vigils to protest the Iraq War, since before the war started in 2003, and then annually ever since. Sometimes these marches are coordinated to take place on the same day across the nation. In San Diego, the greatest number of anti-war protesters, an estimated 7,000, turned out for a demonstration on March 15, just five days before the beginning of the Iraq War.
Peace walk for the Unity of Hungary, on the 29th of March, 2014.
"The Interfaith Pilgrimage for Peace and Life" started in Auschwitz, Poland on December 8, 1994, and ended in Nagasaki on the fiftieth anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing, 9 August 1995. It was led by Nipponzan-Myōhōji Japanese Buddhist monks. The monks, however, were dwarfed in number by American, European, South American and Japanese lay people.
The trip was organized to both commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II as well as to be witness to the suffering in contemporary war zones. The group walked from Auschwitz to Vienna, then travelled through Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. They crossed the front lines of the Bosnian war in Mostar and held a day of vigil, fasting and prayer there. The next leg took them through Israel, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan and Iraq.
The group travelled across the front lines in Cambodia, where they joined the Dhammayietra, an annual Cambodian peace walk led by "the Gandhi of Cambodia" Maha Ghosananda. They then visited war sites in Vietnam and the Philippines before going to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This walk was one of many peace pilgrimages organized by the Nipponzan Myōhōji monks, but it was the largest in scale, number of participants, time, and distance travelled.
Over 1000 people participated in at least part of the pilgrimage, including Buddhists, Quakers, Catholics, Muslims and Jews. The pilgrimage received media attention and books were written about it.
"A Walk to Moscow" was a peace walk, one of many walks for peace in the 20th century. These were specially organized by groups of pacifists and peace activists who wanted to make some protest against the politics of war and the use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. In the early 1960s, there was a walk across the United States, Europe and the USSR (its history is told in a book You Come with Naked Hands by Bradford Lyttle.
In the 1980s, a group organized to walk across America and through Europe to Moscow to show solidarity with all people and to demonstrate in a grass roots way that all people are linked by their right to live on the earth in peace and safety. This walk was conceived by organizers while on another peace walk "A Walk for Survival" (from Santa Cruz, California to Washington State) in 1980. While at a requested meeting with the Russian Consulate in San Francisco one organizer, Jack Chalmers asked if we continued our walk across America, and Europe would we be allowed to walk to Moscow? The Consulate answered "of course". "A Walk for Survival" ended at Bangor, Washington State at the site of a Trident nuclear submarine base, and the organizers immediately started planning "A Walk to Moscow". The walk started in Bangor on March 1, 1981 and reached the East Coast in time to winter it out in Boston, before flying to Europe in March 1982. The summer of 1982 was spent walking across the UK (with a side-tip to Ireland), France, Belgium, and Federal Republic of Germany (with a trip to West Berlin by bus which returned to its starting point in order for the walking route to continue uninterrupted.) The Walk operated by sending advance teams a few weeks ahead to cities and towns along a prospective path to set up press, speaking engagements and accommodations for the group. Decisions were made only by complete consensus, which often led to long and stormy meetings.
The German Democratic Republic had refused entry to the group, so they walked south to Bavaria and stayed there for the winter, while negotiating visas for Czechoslovakia, Poland and the USSR. A Walk to Moscow (the indefinite article rather than the definite "The Walk" was important to many of the original walkers, as it implied that it was only one initiative, and others would hopefully follow. The distinction was, however, lost on people in the Eastern countries of the route,as Slavonic languages do not have words for either an or the!) spent nearly a year in Europe working from an Old Mill in Regnitzlosau in Bavaria, Germany. It was difficult to get the governments then in the Communist Bloc to allow the group to walk through their territory. While the group negotiated with the government of Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia the walkers visited many places on foot in Germany and gave talks to local Peace groups. Some members of the group got involved in passive resistance chaining themselves to railings over conscription in Germany or others fasted for peace in the world. Members went to Denmark to join in with peace groups and talk about the walk.
In 1983 visas were obtained for Czechoslovakia and Poland, and a continuous walking route was planned and successfully carried out as far as the border between Poland and the USSR.
Relations with official "peace" groups in those countries were tricky, and the Czech government tried to incorporate the initiative into their showpiece pro-Warsaw Pact 1983 conference in Prague - however the group did not partake, although a few members lobbied delegates outside, and were invited in for one discussion). Walking across the USSR was not permitted however. The group entered and transited to Minsk, then Smolensk, hoping for some compromise in negotiations, but this did not happen. At this point many of the members chose to return, and not go to Moscow; the others tried to walk to Moscow anyway, but were immediately apprehended and sent to rejoin the others in Minsk. Some members went to Denmark to join in with peace groups and talk about the walk. When the walk finished some people from the group talked at a CND rally about their work and the passive resistance movement. The group membership was international, people came from all over the world to join in and make a difference.
Some Walk to Moscow participants later met with other walks that crossed the U.S. and Europe, including Walk of the People - A Pilgrimage for Life, which occurred from 1984 to 1985.
The Women Cross DMZ (Korean demilitarized zone) group, which includes noted American feminist and activist Gloria Steinem, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire, and organizer Christine Ahn with other activist women members, have conducted a peace symposium in Pyongyang on May 20, 2015 and this women group walked across the DMZ, separating North and South Korea for peace on May 24, 2015.
^ Ellwood, Robert S. The Fifties Spiritual Marketplace: American Religion in a Decade of Conflict. Rutgers University Press. p. 92. ISBN 0-8135-2346-X.
^ Freedom Walk, covered under community events in FSF Blogs.
^ Toppa, Sabrina (May 20, 2015). "Gloria Steinem in North Korea for DMZ Peace March". Time.
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By John Michell and Cyber-Architect Yitzhak Hayut-Man.
Explanations of these diagrams will be found on this page.
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I went with Supergirl again, I hope that's okay.
Winn wrapped a jacked tighter around himself, then hid his hands back in the pockets right away. It looked like Kara was right after all, when she suggested that he might want to start wearing a warmer jacket. Well, at least it wasn’t raining. Small miracles.
What he didn’t expect, however, was to find Clark Kent standing in front of the door to his apartment, holding a big cup in each hand.
Winn felt he was blushing, though if anyone asked, he would totally blame his red cheeks on being cold. He couldn’t help smiling at the gentle tone of Clark’s voice, though. How could anyone resist that guy?
Sometimes Winn still couldn’t quite believe that Clark had agreed to go out with him three months earlier. Winn was dating Superman. How awesome was that? Clark was amazing. And apparently he must have been reading Winn’s mind, because how else could he have known about how much was Winn thinking about hot cocoa?
After they both sat down on the couch, Winn wrapped both hands around his cup, enjoying the way it warmed his cold fingers. When Clark wrapped one arm around his shoulders a few seconds later, Winn snuggled closer to his boyfriend right away.
Clark was the best boyfriend ever.
This is sweet as hot chocolate and I LOVE it. I love Clark/Winn and I love how Winn is just kind of giddy that he's dating Clark and that Clark is such a perfect boyfriend. Thank you so much!!!
I'm glad you liked it! :D I have a soft spot for Clark/Winn, too.
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Amfil Technologies Inc. Closes Acquisition of Snakes & Lagers Inc.
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / September 28, 2016 / Amfil Technologies Inc. (OTC PINK: AMFE) announces the closing of the Snakes & Lagers Inc. acquisition. Snakes & Lagers Inc., holds the trade name of Snakes & Lattes Inc., is the procurement officer of all existing and future Snakes & Lattes Inc. franchises and has the exclusive rights to sell franchise locations globally.
Snakes & Lattes Inc. opened it's doors in August of 2010 as North America's first board game cafe in a small space at 600 Bloor Street West, downtown Toronto. The popularity of the location exploded, forcing Snakes & Lattes to expand into the neighboring space at 602 Bloor Street West and then once again to 604 Bloor Street West, resulting in a 5000 sq. ft location with a seating capacity of 150 seats. A second 7500 sq. ft location was opened at 489 College Street. With a seating capacity of 240, this location is perhaps the largest board game/cafe bar in North America, feeding patrons with a vast library of board games, food, cafe and alcoholic beverages.
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Over the last few weeks, I have seen the trailer for the new Krampus movie on TV and it seems that Krampus is starting to get more well-known in the U.S. I am not into horror movies in general, so I have not considered watching this one (although the reviews have not been as bad as I thought they would be based on the trailer, and it seems that it was the most popular movie based on ticket sales on Friday).
I am worried what Hollywood has done to a traditional figure I have grown up with. Also, it is difficult for me to understand how this figure can be so fear-inspiring to base a whole movie on it – after all, even as a I kid I knew that Krampus was just a dressed up teenager/man. Even more common than the wooden masks with horns, fangs, and long tongue are the much more adorable renditions of the Krampus image on ginger bread, as pastry, or as hollow chocolate figurine.
It is hard to fear something that is not only delicious but also cute with only the slightest mischievous look as most edible renditions of Krampus are. I have always thought that the unknown is much scarier than anything well-known, and I am sure I have eaten more Krampus sweets in my life than I have seen the costume version. So it seems odd to me to choose Krampus as the main concept of a horror movie; now ghosts and possessions à la The Exorcist are a different story but not the grumpy side-kick of St. Nikolaus.
PS: I am curious to see how popular this movie will be in Austria.
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Beautiful and calming. I like to come here to escape harsh reality.
thank you for the photos of the rug and for the new wendy cloth.
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(PAST SCENE) It’s Bordeaux, France in 1603 and it’s night time with a full moon. A city is shown.
A man is walking alone in the streets and seems to be searching for something as if he was an investigator of some kind.
UN CAS SI ÉTRANGE QUE J'AI ÉTÉ AFFECTÉ À.
Another view of the investigator.
DEVANT RÉSOUDRE UN CRIME QUI SEMBLE AVOIR ÉTÉ FAIT PAR QUELQUE CHOSE QUI NE SEMBLE PAS HUMAINE.
From above a scared woman is about to close the covers of her window as to keep something evil out.
UN CRIME QUI A LE PEUPLE SPOOKED COMME SI UNE ENTITÉ MAUVAISE ÉTAIT DERRIÈRE ELLE, MAIS MOI NE PEUT PAS S'INTRODUIRE DANS LA CROIRE POURRAIT ÊTRE CELUI.
LE RAISONNEMENT SAIN M'INDIQUE QUE N'IMPORTE QUOI DE PAREIL EST IMPOSSIBLE ET QU'IL DOIT ÊTRE UNE OMS D'HOMME A COMMIS LE MEURTRE. PEUT-ÊTRE C'ÉTAIT UN ÉVADÉ D'UN ASILE ?
A close look at the investigator’s right side above the waist as he has on hand on his chin while thinking.
OUI, PEUT-ÊTRE QUI est LUI, j'AI ENTENDU que LES CHOSES AU SUJET DE LA FORCE D'UN FOU ET CE QUE d'AUTRES CHOSES SA FOLIE LUI PERMET DE FAIRE QUI SEMBLERAIT IMPOSSIBLE POUR UNE OMS est DANS LA COMMANDE de SON PROPRE ESPRIT.
A close view of the investigator and next to him is an image of the past where he’s having a drink of wine at a tavern with two friends.
BIEN QUE CECI ME RAPPELLE UNE DISCUSSION AVEC DEUX AMIS À OMS MOI M'AIT DIT AU SUJET DE L'AUTRE OCCURANCES ÉTRANGE QUI SEMBLE SEMBLABLE À CELUI-CI.
The walking investigator is shown from a somewhat distance.
ILS ONT MENTIONNÉ QU'IL Y AVAIT CEUX DE LA FAMILLE DE GANDILLON DANS JURA, LE TAILLEUR DE CHALONS, ET ROULET DANS IRRITE, QUE TOUT S'EST PRODUIT IL Y A CINQ ANS, MAIS IL Y AVAIT CLAIR SOIT L'ÉVIDENCE CONTRE ACCUSÉ DU MEURTRE ET DU CANNIBALISME, CEPENDANT RIEN L'ASSOCIATION AVEC DES LOUPS, OU CELA CE QUE L'ACCUSATEUR A CRU, DANS D'AUTRES CAS COMME GILLES GARNIER DANS L'INDEMNITÉ EN 1573 OÙ JE CROIS QU'ILS ONT MENTIONNÉ, IL Y AVAIT ÉVIDENCE CLAIRE CONTRE UN CERTAIN LOUP, MAIS AUCUNE CONTRE ACCUSÉ.
The head of the depressed investigator is shown, while above him is a wolf-like creature on top of a building and is mostly covered in shadows. The creatures pose is that of a predator.
COMMENT L'ENFONCEMENT DE CECI EST POUR MOI. POUR DEVOIR RÉSOUDRE UN MYSTÈRE QUI SEMBLE ÊTRE BASÉ SUR LE NON-SENS AU SUJET DES CRÉATURES DÉMONIAQUES de WOLF-LIKE QUI EST PLUTÔT TOMBER DANS UN PUITS SANS FOND PUISQU'ILS ME DEMANDENT PRATIQUEMENT DE VOLER EN S'AGITANT MES BRAS, PUISQU'ELLES S'ATTENDENT à ce que JE TROUVE CETTE CHOSE CE QUI EST ÉVIDEMMENT DE L'IMAGINATION SAUVAGE ET DE LA CRAINTE de CES PERSONNES.
The grinding teeth of the savage tan furred werewolf is only shown.
ILS SÛREMENT N'ONT AUCUNE CONFIANCE DANS MES CAPACITÉS DE SERVIR SA MAJESTÉ ET M'ONT ENVOYÉ À CETTE POURSUITE VAINE SAUVAGE POUR ME MAINTENIR PARTI DE TOUTES LES FONCTIONS HONORABLES.
The investigator is shown below as he continues his walk.
MAIS PEUT-ÊTRE UN JOUR MA CHANCE CHANGERA POUR LE MEILLEUR, OUI, TANT QUE J'AI UN FUTUR IL Y A TOUJOURS UNE POSSIBILITÉ QUE J'AURAI LA CHANCE D'ALLER EN AVANT ET DEVENIR QUELQU'UN QU'AUTRE RESPECTERA ET ADMIRERA.
OUI, TOUT QUE JE DOIS FAIRE POUR OBTENIR PAR CECI EST DE GARDER MES SPIRITUEUX VERS LE HAUT, ET AVANT QUE JE LE SACHE, JE SERAI NOTÉ POUR MON TRAVAIL DUR ET ÊTRE BIEN RÉCOMPENSÉ DE LUI.
(COLOR BLIND SCENE) As if looking thru the eyes of the werewolf, the creature heads down towards that surprised investigator at animal-like speed!
The savage tan furred werewolf is partly shown as it sinks it’s teeth on the screaming in terror investigator!
Inside a room from one of the buildings, the woman that was shown shutting her windows in fear is crawled up in a corner in fear and has her hands on her ears to block the noises! Growls are heard!
M'AIDER ! QUELQU'UN SATISFONT M'AIDENT ! AAAAAAAAGH!
The city of Bordeaux is shown and the full moon above. A howling is heard.
IL est PAR LA DÉCISION de CETTE COUR IMPLIQUANT LE CAS EN JEAN GRENIER QUE LYCANTHROPY N'EST RIEN DAVANTAGE QU'UNE ILLUSION ET QUE L'ÉVIDENCE SUR ACCUSÉ DOIT ÊTRE BASÉE SUR LE FAIT RAISONNABLE, AU LIEU DU NON-SENS SUPERSTITIEUX.
(THE PRESENT) New York is shown and the sun is about to set.
HAS THE CENSUS BEEN COMPLETED?
YES, AND I’M AFRAID YOU WILL NOT LIKE THE ESTIMATE THAT HAS BEEN MADE.
A part of Alchemist #1 and his hand that holds a piece of paper. He’s in the alchemists meeting room.
UNBELIEVABLE, AND UNACCEPTABLE, THIS SAYS THAT NEW YORK IS INFESTED BY A GREAT NUMBER OF THE ENEMY…. AND IS MUCH GREATER THEN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE IN A WAY, SINCE A CITY HAS A GREAT SUPPLY WHEN IT COMES TO A SOURCE OF FOOD AND THERE’S THE FACT THAT THE SIZE OF IT ALLOWS THEM A LOT OF PLACES TO HIDE.
Some of the alchemists are shown, but are mostly cover in shadows.
THAT STILL DOESN’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT THERE’S TOO MANY HERE AND IT WAS HARD ENOUGH TO HUNT THEM DOWN AND KEEP THEM A SECRET FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD WHEN THEY WERE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE NUMBERS.
AS WELL AS OUR SECRETS THAT IS LINKED TO THEIR EXISTENCE.
MY POINT EXACTLY WHICH BRINGS FORTH THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY END UP HAVING TO DO SOMETHING DRASTIC IF SOMETHING ISN’T DONE IMMEDIATELY.
Alchemist #4 is partly shown.
HUMANKIND ISN’T READY FOR OUR SECRETS OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY CALLED ALCHEMY AND THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN CREATE, SINCE THEY CAN HARDLY BE TRUSTED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE NOW.
AGREED…. THE FACT THAT THEY THINK THESE THINGS, THESE SECRETS THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT, BUT THINK IS FOLKLORE, FAIRY TALES, HAVE GIVEN US THE LUXURY OF HIDING THE TRUTH FROM THEM FOR SO LONG.
BUT BACK TO THE SUBJECT IN HAND, THAT WON’T HELP IF THE REALITY OF THE SO BELIEVED FICTIONS BECOME COMMONLY KNOWN AND THAT THEY DISCOVER THAT WE HOLD THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THEY CAME TO BE…. THEN SURELY THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD WILL DEMAND THAT WE HAND OVER THAT KNOWLEDGE WHICH WE CAN’T DO WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A WAR THAT WILL LAST FOR DAYS, SINCE WE DON’T REALLY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FIGHT THEM BACK IF IT BECAME A FULL SCALE ATTACK.
Another scene of the alchemists in the meeting room with shadows hiding their faces.
ALREADY UNUSUAL CRIME SCENES BASED ON HOMICIDE ARE BEING FOUNDED BY THE AUTHORITIES WHERE THE BODIES ARE ALMOST DRIED OF BLOOD BEFORE OUR PEOPLE CAN GET TO THEM.
A crime scene is shown with a covered up dead body and some cops. Detective Harrison is there.
THEY’RE STARTING TO ASK QUESTIONS. THE KIND WE CAN’T AFFORD THEM TO BE ASKING.
Alchemist #8 is shown with shadow somewhat covering him.
AND HOW DO YOU PROPOSE ON SOLVING THIS PROBLEM?
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO RID AT LEAST A LARGE PORTION OF THE ENEMY WITHOUT GIVING OUT UNWANTED ATTENTION FROM THE OUTSIDE WHICH YOU FEAR OF HAPPENING SO MUCH?
A part of the somewhat shadow covered Alchemist #8 is shown upfront, while the somewhat shadow covered Alchemist #1 and some of the others are shown in the background.
WHY IS IT THAT YOU SEEM TO ALWAYS HAVE A NEED TO MOCK ME WHEN SERIOUS BUSINESS IS AT HAND?
I’M MERELY BRINGING OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS.
THE LAST THING WE ALL WANT IS ANOTHER GRAND MISTAKE CAUSED BY ALCHEMY TO HAPPEN WHICH HAPPENS TO BE WHAT CREATED THE ENEMY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
(PAST SCENE) A robed alchemist wearing a hood to cover his identity, but looks like Alchemist #8 is being frightened by something! A shadow of an attacking werebat is shown!
HE DOES MAKE A POINT; THE SITUATION IS TOO DELICATE FOR A SOLUTION WHICH WOULD END UP “TOO LOUD”.
I AM WELL AWARE OF THAT AND DON’T PLAN TO MAKE A PARADE WITH FIRECRACKERS OUT OF IT WHERE IT WOULD ATTRACT UNWANTED PEOPLE.
THEN HOW DO YOU PLAN TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?
The homunculi Father Johnson with his black hat and coat, while face is covered, is outside somewhere in the city and it’s gotten darker out.
I ASSURE YOU THAT I ALREADY HAVE A PLAN BEING FORMULATED AND SOMEONE OUT THERE TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS.
BUT YOU’RE GOING TO REFUSE TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF YOUR FELLOW ALCHEMISTS AS IF ONE OF US IS A POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK, AREN’T YOU?
I DON’T KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE TOO MUCH FUN KEEPING THINGS FROM US OR YOU’RE AN ARROGANT CONTROL FREAK WHO FEARS OF LOSING HIS POSITION AS HEAD OF THE BOARD.
The armored hands of a silver knight are holding a helmet.
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK OF ME AND FOR NOW WE WILL LET THE SILVER KNIGHTS HANDLE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN UNTIL THE PLAN CAN BE EXECUTED, AND TONIGHT IS THE FULL MOON WHICH MEANS THAT THEY’LL HAVE THE BEASTS WITH THEM TO MAKE THE JOB EASIER, AS WELL AS TRACK DOWN SOME NESTS.
A shadow of Sam is shown.
The night sky of the city is shown, as well as a full moon.
Same as panel 5, but Sam is beginning to transform! A growl is heard!
Another view of the city in an area that seems empty.
The savage Ralph werewolf’s snout is only shown as it sniffs the ground to search for it’s prey!
A man is shown running for his life near the street!
The running man turns his head when he hears a howl! Shadow mostly covers his face!
A close look at the running man’s mouth and grinding teeth that has fangs! He gives out a hiss!
A part of the savage werewolves are shown running after their prey!
Another view of the running man!
I STILL DON’T LIKE WHAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO IF YOUR SO CALLED PLAN FAILS.
IT WON’T FAIL BECAUSE I MADE SURE EVERY ASPECT WAS COVERED.
The teeth of the savage James werewolf are the main focus!
YOU DON’T SEEM TO REALIZE THAT THE SCIENCE THEY WE POSSESS IS WHAT THE SUPERSTITIOUS FROM LONG AGO CALLED MAGIC, AND DESPITE THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE MADE TODAY, IT WOULD STILL BE MAGIC TO THEM IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING AND DANGEROUS IN THEIR HANDS BECAUSE OF THAT.
(COLOR BLIND SCENE) As if looking thru the eyes of a werewolf, the “vampire” is shock to see his predator coming at him at animal-like speed!
THE RISKS ARE GREATER IF OUR SECRETS ARE REVEALED COMPARED TO WHAT YOU FEAR WILL HAPPEN.
IF WE HAVE TO BE DESPERATE IN OUR ACTIONS, THEN SO BE IT.
Elsewhere, a sign that says “Welcome to Free Falls!” from “Howl to the Moon #1” and a howling that’s heard.
THEN SO BE IT…. AND HOPEFULLY WE WON’T REGRET THIS IN THE END.
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Will You Social Media Today?
Yes, yes, we know. Build a platform big enough and the agents will beat a path to our door. What we really want to do—what we should actually do more than anything else—is write. Yet as memoirists, agents and publishers want to know: How many people can you reach with the news your book is out? How many of them are in the demographic likely to buy your book? How many will leave a glowing review, either because your book is great or because they love you and you write about what’s important to them?
Platform-building is a long haul, and it’s hard to know how to spend our time and focus day to day. What the heck are we supposed to put on social media anyway?
A new book you think is great.
Something you overheard that makes interesting dialogue.
An article you wrote or were involved in publishing: link the article and quote a couple of sentences that seem mildly inflammatory or counter-intuitive.
An article you liked about writing: link plus a quote and/or your opinion or contribution to the advice.
A retweet of someone else’s opinion with a comment agreeing or disagreeing or adding to the conversation.
A cartoon or quote that inspires you.
Most of us won’t ever get big enough that platform alone gets us published, but plenty of us have stories compelling enough that a nudge from platform might tip us over the edge from unpublished to published. Take a few moments, and build a little of yours today.
Allison K Williams is Brevity‘s Social Media Editor.
§ 8 Responses to Will You Social Media Today?
One of the ironies about the writing community is that many writers are rather introverted and/or do not like calling attention to themselves, which makes platform-building a little onerous. Besides reassuring people there is no silver bullet for most, the one post that will give them an agent/publisher magnet platform, you give specific, low-key things people can do to slowly build a workable platform. Many thanks.
Although I like this, I don’t know how to take this advice. I felt that it was sarcastic or satirical throughout and, though I was genuinely amused, I think (seeing as it is real advice) that you should only do this things if you want to. If they resonate with you. Because people can tell when you are being active in social media for the sake of it and when you are being yourself. Though to be sure you can reach a lot of casual users with constant forced engagement, but whether they will prove to be ‘a platform’ is different I think. I feel I’m missing something here. Am I missing something?
Hi Kathy – I was sarcastic in the opening because “build platform” is advice nonfiction writers hear all the time from many sources. But the advice is serious. Of course people should only do these things if they want to. But many writers who speak to me at conferences say they’d like to make more connections on Twitter but they don’t know what to post. It’s not that they want to force engagement, it’s that they want to engage at all and don’t know where to start.
Fair enough. In that way is a bit like walking into a massive party in which you don’t know anyone: You feel awkward as hell but, if you can get into a conversation with someone, soon enough you’ll find yourself in a group and find yourself feeling like you’re part of the party. It’s getting over that awkwardness which is very hard for a lot of us haha!
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Howdy do, dear readers! Thank you for tuning in to a thrilling new installment of Ruff Tails. (Did you notice that I changed my cover photo? The former pic looked a little stoic for me. I smile much more than that.) When I left you last, I was recovering from ACL surgery on my left hind leg – a process that has proved kinda crappy, but has had a silver lining.
The crappy part was the first two weeks. Mom and Dad had to carry me EVERYWHERE. The park where I pee is 2.5 blocks away, so it was not much fun for me, especially when Mom was carrying me. She has little stick arms, so I could feel them shaking beneath my stomach every time we had to go outside. She would swear a lot under her breath, too. I know she doesn’t think I could hear her, but I could. Dad, on the other hand, has He-Man arms, so it was nice and comfy when he took me to the park. No squeezing, but I did hear him swear a few times.
Things were much better when we stayed in the house.
About a week after surgery, I got my very first letter in the mail. It couldn’t have come at a better time because I’d just gotten that ugly pink thing off my leg and Mom had put a cone around my neck. I mean, WTF. Cones and me don’t exactly get along. So, I was in no mood for chit chat when Mom came over and told me about the letter. I perked up and listened to the message. It was from Sassy and Vanna, my cousins in Ohio.
Sassy (left) and Vanna (right) have the most amazing hair-dos. I am beyond jealous.
I refuse to acknowledge the camera while wearing this piece of plastic. It is simply not aligned with my image.
I had to contain my excitement because I wanted Mom to think I was still pissed at her about the cone (well, I was, but it was waning). Mom propped up the card on the wine cabinet, and I thought I’d hit the peak of my card-receiving destiny.
I was wrong. Apparently, EVERYONE loves me! I have become the most popular dog on the planet. Well, maybe in my apartment building. Hmm, actually Focker (from Meet the Fockers) down the hall is pretty nice, as is his friend Mo. Ok, I’m the most popular dog in my apartment. The day after Vanna and Sassy wrote me, I got another card from Daisy, my cousin from Alabama. I also received a card from my feline friend, Malcolm, who lives a few blocks away and who is truly the most beautiful cat I’ve ever seen (Mom has never let us meet because she thinks I’ll try to eat him, so I’ve only been able to admire him from afar, on Facebook. Those eyes!).
Then, I got a care package from Jamie, my hiking buddy. Inside was my new friend Frankie, a bear wearing a sweatshirt with my face on it!
Frankie can’t get enough of me. I’m irresistible.
These letters and gifts really took my mind off my leg. When I wasn’t sleeping or begging for my next pain pill, I would wander over to Frankie for some introspective discussions focused an self-discovery. We covered a lot of ground.
And then a weird thing happened. Dad started getting jealous. Apparently, he wanted Frankie to be his friend, too. He told me, just before I went to bed one night (I was dozing off), that he was going to take Frankie to his office the next day and put him on his desk. At that, I woke up with a start and delivered some choice words to my parental unit. Needless to say, Frankie is still home.
Later that week, the biggest gift of all showed up. It was a box, addressed to me (!) that had in it a monkey, a card and a box of Milk Bones. Like, wowsers. I may or may not have had a hyper-hypo attack when I saw all of these items. Mom gave me a bone and it was as if I’d never tasted a bone before. I was floating! There were rainbows! I was on a cloud!
I will find more treats in this box! Treat-smelling cardboard is delicious!
I calmed down after Mom gave me a few (5) more bones. I was soon fast asleep. Total food coma, man. I wasn’t able to read the card until the next day and was touched when I realized it was from Evvie, my long lost pen pal from Indianapolis, and her family. Monkey Friend (that is his name) and I are now tight as thieves. Frankie is still in the mix; I try to divide my time evenly between the members of my posse.
Monkey Friend holds watch over the living room during hour 11 of my daily, 14-hour snooze.
The infusion of gifts and cards has helped make the last few weeks fly by. Today marks 31 days since my accident and I am feeling mighty fine. Yesterday, Mom even took me to CVS–an 8 block walk, roundtrip–and I handled it like the champion that I am. I am walking about 65% of the time (hopping the rest of the time) and my parents seem very proud of me. Best of all, I am surrounded by a ton of new friends.
Me and my gaggle of friends and cards. I’m mid-laugh here, thanks to an inside joke I’m sharing with Schnoz, the donkey on the left who snuck into the photo. He kills me every time!
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Monumental is a 90 minute factual movie about America’s beginnings. In an intense search to find out answers concerning the formation of this county, Kirk Cameron travels to England to begin his quest;and ends it in America. In order to do that, he interviews a few scholars, professors, and key individuals who possess the critical knowledge that will unlock the doors for Kirk Cameron to walk through. Cameron takes this journey because he is immensely interested in the formula that once established this nation to be a beacon of light. He starts this search to find that formula because he believes that his family’s future is worth fighting for. Although he believes God is sovereign, he does not believe it is right to just sit idly and be passive, while evil is penetrating its darkness upon this nation. He believes this search will be beneficial and critical to the future of his kids and others, because it is important to know and learn how to apply the foundations that were implemented in this country’s past to today.
In this movie, he covers many critical components concerning the formation of this country. What I appreciated the most was his attempt to connect the dots, where many in the public school system, have failed to do so because of their liberal agenda. I won’t cover every detail because you will have to watch the movie. Some of the critical components started with his journey to Bathford, England to meet a local historian and pilgrim expert named Sue Allan.
Expecting to get a lesson on the Pilgrims or also referred to as the English Separatists, Kirk gets introduced first to the Puritans. To understand the English Separatists, one must first understand the Puritans. They were the vital component that started the seed to America’s formation. What Cameron learned from the interview blew his mind and changed him greatly. But the journey only started from that initial interview. I would recommend this movie. It will walk you thorough the keys and components to this country’s development. And it will reignite your passion to appreciate the power of God’s Word for a nation.
a. This covenant is God’s covenant to David and David’s descendants.
III. Is the Davidic Covenant forever?
a. Matthew 1:1- “Son of David” mentioned before “Son of Abraham”!
b. Matthew 2:2- Jesus is the King of the Jews!
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This is a book on whether women can preach and specifically preach in the open air scene. As the author points out, sometimes among some who are theologically conservative, the line is blurred concerning whether women can engage in open air preaching while theologically they won’t allow women to preach at church or be a pastor, etc. This book is calling Complementarians to be consistent. The author, Tony Miano, approaches this topic with great humility and confesses that he use to be among the camp that thought it was appropriate for women to engage in open air evangelism. An open air preacher who has worked with Ray Comfort’s ministry, Tony does not engage in personal attacks of those who disagree but engages the issue with Christian conviction, gentleness and a winsome manner: I was touch to read his apology for misleading people in the past with his former position. I appreciated Miano’s call for the readers not to read with an open mind, but an open Bible; in other words, to be Bereans. The book is divided into two parts, with the first being the presentation of his case for why women should not be engaged in open air preaching. Chapter one takes us back to Adam and Eve with God’s creation and His intended roles for man and woman. He argues that gender roles were existent before the Fall. Chapter five is the meat of the book where Miano does word studies on the Greek word for preaching, woman, etc. Miano also analyzes the counter-arguments. Miano makes it clear that he’s not against women evangelizing and it was helpful that he delineated what women can do for evangelism in chapter eight He also has a moving story of what a man cannot do in evangelism that a woman can (you will have to read it yourself). Part two features various interviews of pastors and preachers on their view of women and whether they can preach. While I don’t want to take away from the main focus of the book, I also wanted to note other things I like about Miano’s work apart from the women preaching issue: I appreciated how the preface was evangelistic which reveal how Tony Miano is a true evangelist, since you can never know if a nonbeliever is reading this book. Miano has a very nuance definition of evangelism as well. As a former Marine radio operator, I also appreciated his analogy of the prayer warrior’s role in evangelism: “The praying saint is the radio operator of a platoon pinned down by enemy fire, calling in air strikes to protect and maybe even save his comrades in arms.” One gets to see what makes Tony tick: He desires to be biblical and raises the par of open air preaching above the stereotype that sadly can be far too typical: He stresses the importance of local church and the par for open air preachers to be raised! This will be the topic for his next book, “Should He preach?” Seeing how helpful this book is, I am already anticipating the next one.
NOTE: This book is provided to me free by Tony Miano without any obligation for a positive review. All opinions offered above are mine unless otherwise stated or implied.
This blog started seven years and three days ago. I signed up exactly three years ago yesterday (Sept 25th). We were three Reformed Evangelicals men who were at that time serving in the military or were veterans and happen to like theology, the Bible, apologetics, Presuppositionalism, philosophy, politics, hermeneutics and books (lots of it!): in a word, we love God, Jesus and the Christian worldview.
There were some changes along the way but I think we stay true to our purpose of blogging and providing Christian resources online.
And how appropriate it was that yesterday we hit a milestone.
Yesterday at 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, we had our 600,000th hit on our blog.
Thanks to all of you who have visited and shared our posts to others!
I wish more commentaries of the Bible were like this one: plenty of exegetical insights into the Hebrew texts with vast lexical notes and some grammatical and syntactical observations. I appreciated how the author’s insightful is useful for those studying the Hebrew text for expository preaching while at the same time it’s not so technical that it cease being beneficial for a knowledgeable lay reader. The bulk of the commentary is on the book of Joel rather than Obadiah. I appreciated the introductory materials on Joel here, especially since there’s so much scholarly debate about the book and how Joel has so little internal evidence in regards to authorship, dates, etc. Dr. Busenitz does a good job in the commentary of surveying different positions concerning introductory and background matter, and offer reasons for the conclusions he lands on (rare in commentaries these days). There’s been many occasion as I read the text from Joel I was wondering what was going on, and Busenitz’s commentary has been helpful. I definitely recommend this whether you need a commentary to read along with your devotional or if you need a commentary that touches on the Hebrew text for your exposition.
A four-year-old British boy survived the Kenya shopping mall attack after telling an armed jihadist ‘you’re a bad man’, according to the boy’s uncle who has given an interview to a UK newspaper.
After apparently seeing his mother shot in the thigh, young Elliott Prior is said to have confronted the gunman shouting “you’re a bad man, let us leave”.
Incredibly the gunman in understood to have took pity on Elliott and his six-year-old sister Amelie, giving the pair a Mars bar each and allowing them and their mother to leave the chaotic shopping mall in the middle of the terror attack.
Elliott’s 35-year-old mother Amber was reportedly able to grab two more children – including a wounded 12-year-old boy whose mother had been murdered – before exiting the shopping mall and taking the children them to safety.
If all this is true, in light of the news that women and children has been killed by these terrorists, it’s amazing this young boy and his family was spared.
1.) Here we see that a four year old knows what’s right and wrong and has a better moral compass than the terrorists.
2.) I think most people who read this would agree that moral relativism goes out the window when we are challenged with moral evil in the real world. I don’t see any news story that condemns the boy with “Who are you to Judge?” The boy is right on!
3.) This little boy has moral courage! Likewise, we need to have moral courage like this little boy to confront what is evil. It does take courage to call out the wicked.
4.) This story confirms what the Bible teaches about the conscience: The terrorist even begged ““please forgive me.” It’s hard to suppress the conscience 100%, 100% of the time.
5.) The power of the “law” (moral law) is amazing: While it does not always lead people to Christ, it does have it’s effect at times of restraining evil some of the time when the conscience is invoked.
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