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Wrist watches have been fashion accessories since they were first invented. The first generation of smartwatches were dull, chunky looking devices, more functional than fashionable. How things have changed. You can select from thousands of watch faces and even design your own. Wrist straps can be swapped out and designers have come up with clever quick-release clasps for them, knowing that the need to charge your watch regularly will see you needing to remove it quickly.
The original android smartwatch models were bulky and uncomfortable, but technological advances have led to stunning designs including the Samsung smart watch and apple smart watch. Our incredible selection of android smart watch devices is packed with the latest smartwatch android OS systems for maximum performance. Together with clear displays (with customization options), they also deliver maximum comfort with premium quality straps (including leather) for all-day use, Bluetooth functionality to connect to your smartphone for notifications, and dedicated apps for precise control. Enjoy a smart watch android experience with the freedom to do more and achieve so much more with your time.
Using your voice with the Google Assistant function built into the Q watches (and every modern Wear OS watch) is generally okay, though only roughly 80 percent reliable. The combination of a microphone on the side of your watch, a Bluetooth connection to your phone when you’re away from Wi-Fi, your phone’s cellular Web connection, and the imperfect acknowledgement of human speech by Google Assistant do not make for anything near a 100 percent success rate. When it works, Google Assistant makes you feel connected and advanced; when it fails, you can be seen as a person who asks their wrist about the capital of Malaysia. This is more a reflection of the state of connectivity and digital assistants than of the Q watches themselves—or any Wear OS watch, for that matter—although in our experience Wear OS watches fail on voice queries more often than Siri on the Apple Watch. That said, voice dictation on the Q watches is far more reliable, at least when it comes to recognizing words and phrases, than Google Assistant. If transcription fails, it’s more likely to be because of the watch/phone connection than the watch mishearing your words.
The TicWatch Pro shares the TicWatch E model’s older processor and late arrival, and it would be just another big (45 mm case), thick (12.6 mm) Android smartwatch, if not for its trick of having an old-fashioned-looking LCD screen that the watch switches to when you’re not actively looking at it or using it. This feature extends battery life significantly, especially if you go for periods in Essential Mode, where you see only the LCD screen showing the time, date, and your step count. But the transition from the LCD screen back to a “smart” OLED screen is not smooth or quick, and if you switch the watch to Essential Mode, you have to reboot it to get back to regular smartwatch functions.
The style offerings for smartwatches have improved dramatically, and your options are no longer limited to “large, nerdy and round” or “large, nerdy and square.” Still, even with more than 300 Fossil-branded watches planned across 14 major watch and fashion brands, smartwatches are generally much wider and chunkier than standard watches, as the size needed to accommodate the electronics and battery lends itself to bolder, more pronounced styles.
Receive Texts, Emails, And Alerts Without Reaching For Your Phone/ Military-Grade Gear S3 Is Tough Enough To Handle The Elements/ Built-In S Health App, Track Your Steps, Monitor Your Heart Rate, And More/ 4GB Internal Memory/ RAM 768MB/ Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth 4.2/ Gorilla Glass SR+ Case Crystal/ 1GHz, Dual Core (Exynos7270) Processor/ 360x360 Display Resolution/ On-Cell Touch AMOLED Touchscreen/ GPS Navigation/ Dark Grey Finish
The LG G Watch was the first one we tried that uses Google’s Android Wear OS (the Moto 360 and Samsung Gear Live do as well). It includes Google Now, the company's Siri-like "intelligent personal assistant." Say “OK Google,” and you can do Google searches, compose texts, and make requests of your watch (“Show me my steps” or “Set an alarm”). Google Now also offers up a stream of "cards" on the watch's face, with information it determines is relevant to you. If, for example, the card tells you how many minutes it would take you to get home from your current location, you can click on the card and get specific traffic and navigation information.
The screen is great, and the pre-installed watch faces make it stand out from rivals. Android Wear feels very samey across all devices, but it's a well developed OS. It's reasonably intuitive and simple, but there's a little too much swiping and tapping on the small screen. It also works across both Android and iOS, although iPhone functionality is limited (no apps etc.)
Battery life for the Q watches is unremarkably reliable, and that’s the best thing you can say about a touchscreen smartwatch. The Q Explorist never ran out of juice entirely while wearing it, even after having it be the primary turn-by-turn direction notifier on two 1-hour drives, followed by 30 minutes of actively tracked cycling and the usual all-day text/app notifications. While we didn’t wear the Venture for full days of testing, most reviews find no fault with the battery. The USB charger is a basic magnetic disc that slides onto the rounded back of the watch (though it could stand to stick onto the watch more strongly, like the Apple Watch’s similar disc).
We loved Samsung’s characteristic bezel navigation. Instead of having to swipe your finger across the touchscreen repeatedly, all you have to do is gently twist the bezel. It’s a much smoother way of scrolling through your list and it just feels more natural. The are other side buttons which lie almost flush with the side of the watch, making it difficult for them to catch on sleeves.
The hardware is now “swimproof” with improved water resistance and there’s also now a heart rate sensor. Those work with the new Google Fit app to improve the fitness experience from your watch. Further, the Falster 2 has built-in GPS and NFC as well. This opens up Google Pay functionality for the watch for mobile payments in-store. Of course, Wear OS is still at the center of the experience, and the whole thing runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100.
Smart watch Company OS Android version iOS version CPU Type Bluetooth NFC Developer Options GPS Notify Link Loss Alert Notify Missed Call Notify Timer Notify View Content Call Conversation Find My Phone Voice Control Respond to Notifications Notify Sound Notify Backlit Screen Notify Vibration Ambient Light Sensor Gyroscope Magnetometer Multi-touch Accelerometer Dust and Water Resistance Clock Display Type Screen Size, Inches Screen Resolution, pixels Pixel density, ppi Display Technology Average Battery Life, days Battery Capacity, mAh Battery Technology Case Diameter, mm Case Thickness, mm Wrist Band Width, mm Weight (main unit+watchband), g Wristband Options Replaceable Wristbands LED Flashlight
Plus, these smartwatches are made by Fitbit, so they’re incredible fitness and health trackers. They both offer 24/7 heart rate tracking, on-screen workouts with Fitbit Coach, over 15 exercise modes, GPS (Connected GPS in the Versa’s case), and swim tracking thanks to their 5ATM rating. There’s also room to store your music, as well as Fitbit Pay support (Ionic and Special Edition Versa only).
None of the newly tested models’ time displays time out when the watches are inactive, which we’ve seen happen on previously tested smartwatches. The time displays of the LG, Samsung, and Motorola models have a setting to keep them always on, though they dim after a little while. The Martian Notifier and Cookoo2 have traditional analog watch faces.
The Series 4 now has several new health-focused features, which are very intriguing, including the ability to detect when you fall and even alert emergency contacts if need be, as well as an electrical heart rate sensor that works with an app to alert you to heart health issues. The electrocardiogram (ECG) app has been certified by the Food & Drug Administration, but it's not out yet.
On 9 September 2014, Apple Inc. announced its first smartwatch called Apple Watch to be released in early 2015.[75] On 24 April 2015, Apple Watch began shipping across the world.[76] Apple’s first try into wearable technology was met with considerable criticism during the pre-launch period, with many early technology reviews citing issues with battery life and hardware malfunctions. However, others praised Apple for creating a potentially fashionable device that can compete with "traditional watches,"[77] not just the smartwatch industry in general. The watch only turns on when activated (either by lifting one's wrist, touching the screen, or pressing a button). On 29 October 2014, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Band, a smart fitness tracker and the company's first venture into wrist-worn devices since SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Technology) a decade earlier. The Microsoft Band was released at $199 the following day, on 30 October 2014.[78]
In 1998, Steve Mann invented, designed, and built the world's first Linux wristwatch,[15] which he presented at IEEE ISSCC2000 on 7 February 2000, where he was named "the father of wearable computing".[16] See also Linux Journal,[17] where Mann's Linux wristwatch appeared on the cover and was the feature article of LJ Issue 75. Seiko launched the Ruputer in Japan - a wristwatch computer with a 3.6 MHz processor. It was not very successful, since instead of a touchscreen it used a joystick-like device to input characters (much like high scores in arcade games), and the small screen with a resolution at 102x64 in 4 greyscales made it hard to read large amounts of text. Outside of Japan, this watch was distributed as the Matsucom onHand PC. Despite the rather low demand, the Matsucom onHand PC was distributed until 2006, making it a smartwatch with a rather long life cycle. Ruputer and onHand PC applications are 100% compatible. This watch is sometimes considered the first smartwatch since it was the first watch to offer graphics display (albeit monochrome) and many 3rd party applications (mostly homebrew).
I've been pleased to see swim-tracking trickle down into more affordable devices over the past few years. Fitbit's Flex 2 remains its most affordable device with swim-tracking features, priced at $60. But the $150 Charge 3, with its big display and smattering of smartwatch capabilities, is for a different audience than those who would gravitate to the tiny, quasi-cylindrical Flex 2. Even if you don't swim often, water-resistance up to 50 meters means users don't have to worry about showering with the Charge 3 or dropping it in the pool by accident.
Dropping the phone: Some models of smartwatches in the Samsung and Apple line-ups feature a mobile network chip, allowing you to plug in a micro SIM card to make and receive calls, texts and emails and access the internet without being paired to your phone. It sounds great, but remember that the smartwatch has a very small battery, so relying on it for communications will drain the power quickly.
The Moto 360 was the first round smartwatch we got our hands (or wrists) on, and the design was a standout, for us. It looks like a traditional watch and fits more comfortably than rectangular smartwatches, but still packs the full functionality of an advanced smartwatch. Like the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live, it runs the Android Wear OS, allowing voice commands and pushing relevant information to the wearer.
We test every new smartwatch to gauge its design and comfort. If it’s not stylish and comfortable enough to get you from an early morning workout to the office to a night out, you probably won’t wear it every day. Most smartwatches are also fitness trackers, so we put all of its sensors to the test, from step counts to heart rate to GPS (when applicable).
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The Blood Sword: A Hand of Adonai Novel
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An Affair to Forget
Write To Be Heard
Originally published in the Aperion Review, Winter 2015 Issue.
My father pulls to the side of a quiet residential neighborhood and parks the car. He spins the barrel of his revolver and clicks it in place. “You’re good here, right?”
I nod. He’s left me alone in the car before, sometimes to run into the store, sometimes at night on unfamiliar streets like this. On the drive, I watch the map and memorize the roads, a game my father has me do to pass the time. It’s hard in the dark, but I remember turns, and I’m good at figuring out shadowy landmarks.
When he leaves on nights like this, he’s never gone long. I pass the time by reading comics. Afterward, he always takes me out for ice cream or buys me more comics and lets me stay up late.
He kisses my forehead and steps out of the car. Before he closes the door, he says, “I love you, kid. Stay put.” He tucks the gun into the waist of his pants. The dome light gleams off the polished wood handle before he closes the door and leaves me in the dark.
My father’s boots click across the asphalt. There’re no streetlights here, and a November chill frosts the windows. I climb in the back seat, settle on the floor, pull my knees to my chest and cover myself in our emergency blanket. It smells like dust and gasoline. I click on my flashlight and open the latest X-men. I want to be a hero, want to stop speeding cars with a wave of my hand, want to heal people with a thought. I’m able to get through three of the six comics dad bought for me last week at Kettleman’s drugstore. One I read twice.
When I hear his boots on asphalt again, the sound is different, softer, more a click and drag than the sharp clacking of earlier.
I slither out from the blanket and climb back in the front. His face is pale in the patchy porch lights, and he holds his left hand under his coat. He’s breathing hard, and he slumps into the seat. There won’t be ice cream or comics tonight. “Remember how to drive?”
I nod. He’s had me sit on his lap and steer before, but only in and out of the driveway at home, and we haven’t been home in weeks. The whiteness of his face scares me, so I don’t ask questions.
He licks his lips and turns the car over. “Hop on,” he says. I slide onto his lap, and he pushes the small of my back forward. “Don’t lean back.” He presses the gas slow. “If you want me to go faster, tap my right leg. Tap my left if you need me to slow down or stop.”
“Can’t you see?” I say.
“Not Superman, kid. Don’t got X-ray vision.” He laughs, but the air whips out in bursts, wheezes.
I turn on the headlights. He’s shown me how to do this, how to do the blinker, the wipers, but not the defroster. “The window’s foggy.”
He turns a dial and the fog thins in clear fingers.
“You have to be careful with guns,” I say. “They’re not toys.”
He leans back. “Remember how to get to Uncle Joey’s?”
“I should take you to the hospital.”
“They’d take me away from you, and you’re all I got.”
“You’re all I got,” I say.
The first corner comes fast, and I turn the wheel right. The tires squeal, slip on the pavement. “Slow down,” I say.
“You didn’t tell me,” he says. His legs shake under me.
Uncle Joey’s is miles away, and I worry I’ll forget the way. It takes me a minute to learn the fine art of signaling speed by tapping his legs. It’s all I can do to stay on the road, so I straddle the line, and go over it when I get close to turns. There’s never many cars on the back roads we take, not this late at night. “What happened?”
“Just drive, kid.”
“Are you going to die?”
“Life isn’t like comics,” he says. “Good guys don’t always win.”
“We’re the good guys, right?”
“We’re always the good guys,” he says. “But no one else knows it.” His voice is softer now, like he’s tired, like he’s about to fall asleep. “And you,” he says. “You’re my hero.”
“Dad,” I say. I tap his left leg, but he doesn’t slow. “Dad.”
The car speeds up. My chest tightens. “Dad. Slow down.”
I see the turn coming, the red octagon, the flash of headlights coming from the left.
I stretch out my hand toward the oncoming car. In that moment, I am my father’s hero.
Author: Aaron Gansky
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Kathy Lewis says:
Aaron, loved it. But I want more. Does the kid have super powers? I want him to.
Molly Jo at Frankly, My Dear . . . says:
What a heart-wrenching story. Very vivid, descriptive. Well done. I don’t know what else to say, you already know it’s a great story. It’s been published elsewhere, yes? Well done, I say again.
Lindsey Brackett says:
Got me right in the gut. Wow, Aaron. Grateful to learn from you this week.
Aaron Gansky says:
Thanks, Lindsey. Super happy to have you in class. Loved your insights. Splickety helped with the edits on this piece. I’m grateful for all you guys do.
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Reproductive Privacy Act
USA – Then and now, Edmonds doctor a defender of abortion rights
Then and now, Edmonds doctor a defender of abortion rights
Some states’ strict laws worry Dr. Suzanne Poppema, who performed the procedure for 20-plus years.
by Julie Muhlstein
Retired, Dr. Suzanne Poppema rides her horse five days a week. The Edmonds woman now has time to take piano lessons. Yet retirement hasn’t ended her commitment to a cause that became her life’s work.
Poppema, who in the early 1980s had a family practice in south Everett, spent much of her career performing abortions. In 1996, she wrote a book, “Why I Am an Abortion Doctor,” co-authored with Mike Henderson, a former Herald writer.
Continued: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/then-and-now-edmonds-doctor-a-defender-of-abortion-rights/
anti-choice legislation
anti-choice restrictions
Aurora Medical Services
Dr. George Tiller
Dr. John Cramer
Roe v. Wade
Suzanne Poppema
Why I Am an Abortion Doctor
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The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog
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Poetry Prompt #20 – Toys
When I was little, there were no media-linked toys, iPods, laptops, or cell phones. For many children of my era, the toys we loved best were little green plastic army men, Hula-Hoops, Slinkies, Ginny and Barbie dolls, Play-Doh, and Mr. Potato Head (played with real potatoes). However, any toy, from any era, will be great for this prompt.
First, think back to your childhood and recall a toy that was special to you. "Freewrite" about that toy for a few minutes. How is this toy the memory-trigger for a past experience and/or relationship? Write a poem about (1) the toy, (2) about a memory triggered by your recollection of the toy, or (3) about a person you associate with the toy. Alternatively, you might write about a toy that was special to your child or to a pet. You might enjoy writing a persona poem from the perspective of a toy. It's playtime!
By Linda Radice
The kid in the commercial had straight stairs for the
coil to work its way down. The three-story staircase
in our house had landings that turned. My slinky
required a nudge around corners, but guided close
to the railing it went smoothly past Uncle Joe who
came to visit great-grandma every Thursday afternoon,
and slid by my grandfather in his gardening shoes at
sun up. I could make it glide with my father’s run
when the fire whistle called him to the station, and
work it around my mother – the constant between each
floor – who stepped quickly, my brother on her hip,
to check on my grandmother after her stroke.
The staircase and the house around it are for sale.
The rest of the people who walked there are gone –
sixty years of footsteps that wore the wood smooth.
I perfected Slinky’s twisted descent long ago –
the kid with the straight stairs has nothing on me.
Copyright © 2010 by Linda Radice. All rights reserved.
Posted by ADELE KENNY at 10:30 AM 10 comments
Poetry Prompt #19 – Color Your Poems
The use of color in poetry has a long history: among other early poets, Virgil used over 500 color words in The Aeneid, and Shakespeare often used both colors and the word color to heighten linguistic drama.
Personal and cultural associations affect our experiences of color and, while perceptions of color are essentially subjective, there are color effects that have general meanings. For example, colors in the red section of the color spectrum are considered warm and include red, orange and yellow. Warm colors evoke emotions ranging from love, sincerity, and comfort to anger and hostility. Colors on the blue side of the spectrum are called cool colors and include blue, purple and green. Cool colors are often described as calm, but they are also related to feelings of sadness, loneliness, and indifference.
While “color poem” prompts are often used in classrooms with young students, color can enhance mature poetry as well (with the caveat not to overdo). Before writing, take a look at some examples of poetry in which colors are used. Notice how effective judicious use of color can be – only one or two color references can add much to a poem (less can be more). Consider the following examples:
"Colors" by Stephen Vincent Benet
"The Shroud of Color" by Countee Cullen
"Is White a Color?" by John Matthew
"Another Night in the Ruins" by Galway Kinnell
"February Evening in New York" by Denise Levertov
"To The Light of September" by W. S. Merwin
"What's Broken" by Dorianne Laux
"The Moment I Knew My Life Had Changed" by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
For your color poem:
Begin by taking a “color inventory” of your life. What colors do you like to live with? If you had to live with a single color what would it be? What is your favorite color? What colors do you associate with the best or worst times of your life? What colors do you associate with people, places, experiences? Following are ten possibilities for color poems:
1. Write a poem about a color without naming the color and without using one of its synonyms (for example, don’t use “crimson” in place of “red” or “azure” in place of “blue”).
2. What color is your life? Write a poem about your life’s color(s).
3. Write about an experience using colors to set the “tone.”
4. Compare a relationship to a color.
5. Compare a person to a color.
6. Compare your job (or creative work) to a color.
7. What is your life’s “rainbow?”
8. Write a poem about a place (scene, landscape) and use colors to highlight descriptions and details.
9. Think about implied colors as in Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” Wordsworth only mentions “golden” once, but the sense of “yellow” is strongly present throughout the poem. Try this in a poem of your own. Click Here to Read Wordsworth's Poem.
10. As an alternative to color, write a poem about something colorless.
Posted by ADELE KENNY at 7:43 AM 8 comments
Poetry Prompt #18 – Reverie Poem
Reverie:
absentminded dreaming while awake;
a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts.
For me, during these “dog days” of summer, reverie means sitting in my gazebo (with my Yorkie next to me) and being “pleasantly lost” in thought to the music of birds, crickets, and cicadas. Sometimes my “absentminded dreamings” become poems.
For your reverie poem:
1. Take a walk, lie on the grass, lounge in your favorite lawn chair (or, if the outdoor weather isn’t cooperative, relax on a sofa or other comfortable place in your home). Any time is fine, but try doing this in the morning or evening.
2. Keep paper and a pen or pencil nearby.
3. Simply unwind, free your mind of distractions, and let yourself daydream.
4. Write down some of the things that come to you, and don’t try to organize your thoughts.
5. Later in the day (or the next day), go back to the notes you took during your reverie and look for inspiration. Is there something there that you can develop into a poem? What did you daydream about? What did your reverie bring to mind? Instead of one poem, you might find material for several short poems or a sequence of short poems. Your reverie may take a traditional, experimental, or fantasy form (and it's not necessary to use the word "reverie" in your title.)
Examples (Click Link to Read):
"Hornworm: Summer Reverie" by Stanley Kunitz
"V.R. (A Reverie) 1819-1901" by Thomas Hardy
"A Nocturnal Reverie" by Anne Finch
"The Forest Reverie" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Reverie in the Open Air" by Rita Dove
"An Indian Summer Reverie" by James Russell Lowell
Poetry Prompt #17 - Food in Poetry
Food as a subject for poetry has a long history. Poets of China’s ancient Zhou (Chou) Dynasty (about 1127-221 BC) wrote of celebratory foods; and in early Greek poetry, feasting and everyday eating are found in the Iliad and in the Odyssey. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Baucis and Philemon share their food with supposed beggars who are actually gods in disguise and who reward the couple’s generosity.
Defined as “over-indulgence and over-consumption of food or drink,” gluttony has figured as a moral concern in poetry. In Dante’s Inferno, gluttony is severely punished in hell, and in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the Pardoner sermonizes on gluttony (lines 219-262) and makes it clear that gluttony is a cardinal sin. “To eat or not to eat” becomes a moral dilemma in Book 2 of Spenser’s Faerie Queene, which echoes the Bible (Genesis 3:1-13) when Guyon is tempted with a tree of golden apples. In Paradise Lost, Milton begins his tale of humankind’s fall with the biblical story of Eve eating the forbidden fruit and uses numerous food metaphors; Milton, like Chaucer, connects gluttony with sin.
Ben Jonson’s “Inviting a Friend to Supper” offers a menu of salad, mutton, fowl, cheese, fruit, pastry, and wine. In his “To Penshurst,” the menu includes pheasant, carp, eels, cherries, plums, figs, grapes, quinces, apricots, peaches, cake, nuts, apples, cheese, pears, beer, bread, and wine (whew!). In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan,” milk and honey are linked to an altered state of mind; in John Keats’s “La Belle Dame Sans Merci,” the beautiful woman destroys a knight by feeding and seducing him; and Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s English idyll “Audley Court” is a “picnic” of food imagery in a poem that is not about food.
Poets have also used food imagery to express spiritual concerns. T. S. Eliot’s question “Do I dare to eat a peach?” conveys the speaker’s spiritual/emotional weariness in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” In Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hunger,” hunger and dining signify loneliness and love.
On the lighter side of the poetry pancake, Robert Burns’s “Address to a Haggis” is traditionally recited when the signature Scottish dish is served; Robert Southey’s ode-like “To a Goose” ends with “ … this I know, that we pronounced thee fine, / Seasoned with sage and onions. And port wine;” and Sydney Smith wrote recipes in verse, including “Recipe for a Salad” and a poem about roast mutton. In Elemental Odes, Pablo Neruda wrote about artichokes, lemons, and olive oil (and the use of the oil in mayonnaise and salad dressing). Ogden Nash wrote light verse about food in such poems as “The Clean Platter” in which he stated, “When I ponder my mind / I consistently find / It is glued / On food.” D. H. Lawrence wrote poems entitled “Pomegranate,” “Peach,” “Medlars and Sorb-Apples,” “Figs,” and “Grapes;” and William Carlos Williams immortalized plums in his famous “This Is Just to Say.”
In “The Bistro Styx,” Rita Dove wrote of a modern young woman’s journey to Paris that is analogous to Persephone’s descent into the underworld. Her meal at the Bistro Styx includes Chateaubriand, Camembert, pears, figs, parsley, bread, and Pinot Noir.
Oh, and lest we forget, in poetry, drink qualifies as food – consider William Butler Yeats’s “A Drinking Song.”
Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.
Now, with Diane Lockward’s great inspiration (previous post) and a bit of food poetry history here, what will you write about food (and/or drink)?
1. Is there a poem waiting for you in the smell or taste of a particular food, a poem in which you describe food in terms of sensory perceptions?
2. What foods do you associate with your life, special people, memorable times, laughter or tears?
3. What food can you use as a metaphor for an experience or a relationship? Is there a food that you might compare to a present or former romance?
4. Do you associate a certain food with a dinner table conversation or any “talk” that was important to you?
5. How about a “food fight” poem? (Can you make it metaphorical for a struggle or challenge you’ve faced?)
Remember: Food imagery can enhance a poem that's not about food at all!
Guest Poet Diane Lockward on Food Poems
Note: I’ve known Diane Lockward for a number of years. She’s an amazing poet with an equally amazing reading style. I asked Diane to be a guest poet this week because next week's prompt will consider poems about food, and Diane's food poems are among the best I’ve read. She has said of her work, "Some of the poems are about the hunger we have for real food, but others are about the larger hungers – our need for love, for sex, family, success, the past. These hungers are a kind of longing. I'm interested in what happens when we are left undernourished or starving." Diane is the author of three poetry books, What Feeds Us, which received the 2006 Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize, Eve’s Red Dress, and, most recently, Temptation by Water. Her poems have been published in several anthologies and in such journals as Harvard Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and Prairie Schooner. Her work has also been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and The Writer’s Almanac. Interestingly, Diane's husband owns a restaurant.
From Diane Lockward
I’m often asked why I write poems about food. My interest, of course, goes back to childhood. I was a fussy eater whose father insisted that every plate be cleaned. I became adept at surreptitiously getting rid of food I found disgusting. While I had no appetite for vegetables, I had a big sweet tooth. But the foods I loved—cake, cookies, candy, ice cream sundaes—were prohibited by my father who wanted me slender. My cravings only increased. On the sly I consumed entire jars of Marshmallow Fluff.
At some level, perhaps, I'd begun equating food with risk, danger, punishment, deprivation, desire, hunger.
I went to Sunday school and met Eve and learned about the garden, the snake, and the apple. I must have filed all of that away for future use. Fruit, temptation, capitulation, expulsion, abandonment.
I saw the film, Tom Jones, and was mesmerized by that famous eating scene in which Tom and a buxom woman he meets at an inn sit at opposite ends of a long table and proceed to rip apart chicken legs and stuff their faces with juicy grapes, all the while gazing at each other with seduction in their eyes. Food and sex. Of course!
So for me food has all kinds of connotations. I don't think I'm unique in that. Consider, too, how many of our social rituals are connected to food. Special dishes for special occasions. Romantic dinners. Repasts. And memories. Aren't there certain foods that call up memories, good or bad? And think of the sensory appeal of food; every part of the body is somehow involved. Finally, food intrigues me for its rich metaphorical potential. For example, in my poem, “The First Artichoke,” the artichoke becomes emblematic of a family with its many layers, its heart at the center, a heart that’s fragile.
I'd like to add that while the title of my second book, What Feeds Us, invites the conclusion that I am a "food poet," in fact, that collection contains only nine poems that are overtly about food, and each one of those nine is really about something else. Look at my poem, "Linguini"—is it really about pasta?
It was always linguini between us.
Linguini with white sauce, or
red sauce, sauce with basil snatched
from the garden, oregano rubbed between
our palms, a single bay leaf adrift amidst
plum tomatoes. Linguini with meatballs,
sausage, a side of brascioli. Like lovers
trying positions, we enjoyed it every way
we could—artichokes, mushrooms, little
neck clams, mussels, and calamari—linguini
twining and braiding us each to each.
Linguini knew of the kisses, the smooches,
the molti baci. It was never spaghetti
between us, not cappellini, nor farfalle,
vermicelli, pappardelle, fettucini, perciatelli,
or even tagliarini. Linguini we stabbed, pitched,
and twirled on forks, spun round and round
on silver spoons. Long, smooth, and always
al dente. In dark trattorias, we broke crusty panera,
toasted each other—La dolce vita!—and sipped
Amarone, wrapped ourselves in linguini,
briskly boiled, lightly oiled, salted, and lavished
with sauce. Bellissimo, paradisio, belle gente!
Linguini witnessed our slurping, pulling, and
sucking, our unraveling and raveling, chins
glistening, napkins tucked like bibs in collars,
linguini stuck to lips, hips, and bellies, cheeks
flecked with formaggio—parmesan, romano,
and shaved pecorino—strands of linguini flung
around our necks like two fine silk scarves.
Read Diane's Poem "Bueberry": "Blueberry" by Diane Lockward
Read Diane's Poem "The First Artichoke": "The First Artichoke" by Diane Lockward
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Be sure to check back on Saturday for next week's prompt – food poems (Poetry Prompt #17).
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"The Music In It" is a blog for anyone interested in poets and poetry—the craft and the community.
The title comes from Countee Cullen, who wrote: "My poetry, I should think, has become the way of my giving out whatever music is in me."
Look for a new prompt or guest blogger every couple of weeks or so, usually posted on Saturdays, and check the archives for older prompts and posts. Be sure to click on the poetry-related links in the sidebar.
Thanks for your visits and comments.
MY NEWEST BOOK — WIND OVER STONES CLICK ON IMAGE TO ORDER
ABOUT WIND OVER STONES
From Renée Ashley
Compressed and brilliant in their philosophical and imagistic scintillations, the prose poems in Adele Kenny’s Wind Over Stones are of one piece in both voice and intensity of gaze. Through each artwork she has chosen as her lens, she seems to be saying, If we look hard enough and long enough, and with just the right slant of light, we can see through these paintings into ourselves. Her vision embodies, without presumption, the knowledge that, as John Muir told us, “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” Kenny tells us, “This kind of purity comes to us without intention—in ordinary things that are anything but ordinary….” She paints it for us herself: “A flurry of bats becomes the Milky Way, and we make no pretense of understanding the infinite (deep inside us), our need to become nothing before we unname ourselves and disappear.” Everything is connected, and through the language of fairytale, examination, and prayer—the same language, after all—each of Kenny’s poems is a gem in a garland of gems.
Publisher's Comments
This unique collection of ekphrastic prose poems continues Adele Kenny’s reflections on the spiritual condition of being. Despite loss and change, she looks into the dark without flinching and finds light among the shadows.
Using ekphrasis as a rhetorical device and combined with Kenny’s signature elements of technical proficiency, hauntingly lucid imagery, and compelling immediacy, these poems filter and record experience in startling ways as they journey across aging’s inevitable arc. Hardwired by Kenny’s understanding of the human spirit, these poems offer us insights into the healing power of attention and awareness.
QR codes are included in this book so that readers can access the paintings that inspired the poems while they are reading. This interactive element enables readers to enjoy a multi-dimensional experience through their smart phones with cameras or free QR code scanning applications on their mobile devices.
Haiku Collection
Click on the cover image to order.
ABOUT NOT ASKING WHAT IF
"Kenny has written some of the most hauntingly beautiful spiritual haiku I’ve ever read—haiku that take us as close to divinity as human language can get. Her haiku are spare and commanding, rich in imagery, and layered with meaning." (Alex Pinto, Tiferet)
“Traditional haiku, environmental haiku, psychological haiku, spiritual haiku—Adele Kenny has done them all. Her haiku are spare and powerful, always nuanced with rich symbolism. Her images and juxtapositions make readers hold their breath in wonder.” (Malachy McCourt, Author of A Monk Swimming)
Review by Emily Vogel in Ragazine:
http://ragazine.cc/2016/09/more-books-more-reviews/
A LIGHTNESS, A THIRST, OR NOTHING AT ALL
2016 PATERSON PRIZE FINALIST
A LIGHTNESS, A THIRST, OR NOTHING AT ALL, is a 2016 Paterson Prize Finalist!
A LIGHTNESS, A THIRST, OR NOTHING AT ALL — BOOK TRAILER
ABOUT WHAT MATTERS
"These poems are eloquent, candid, straightforward and genuine." (Robert Pinsky, U.S. Poet Laureate, 1997-2000)
"In Adele Kenny's finely wrought meditations on grief and loss, she never forgets that she's a maker of poems. What Matters straddles two of the exigencies of the human condition: diminishment and endurance. It abounds with poems that skillfully earn their sentiments." (Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize in Poetry)
"These are poems that come to (poetic) grips with the issues of grief, fear, and death ... focused in a new and strong way." (Gerald Stern, National Book Award in Poetry)
Click Here to Read the Tiferet Review of What Matters
Click Here to Read Michael T. Young's Interview
Click Here to Read Michael T. Young's Review
Click Here to "Attend" the Virtual Salon for What Matters
CHAUCER KENNY
Chaucey is my Yorkshire Terrier. He's named for Geoffrey Chaucer, author of THE CANTERBURY TALES and the father of English literature. I call him my own CANTERBURY "TAIL."
BLOG AUTHOR PROFILE
ADELE KENNY
I’m the author of 24 books (poetry & nonfiction) with poems published in journals worldwide, as well as in books and anthologies from Crown, Tuttle, Shambhala, and McGraw-Hill. I’ve worked as a guest poet for numerous agencies, have twice been a featured reader in the Dodge Poetry Festival, and my awards include two poetry fellowships from the NJ State Arts Council, the 2012 International Book Award for Poetry, and the Distinguished Alumni Award (Kean University). My book, A LIGHTNESS, A THIRST, OR NOTHING AT ALL, is a 2016 Paterson Prize finalist. In March of 2012, I was appointed Poet Laureate of Fanwood, NJ by the Borough Mayor and Council. A former professor of creative writing in the College of New Rochelle’s Graduate School, I’m founding director of the Carriage House Poetry Series and poetry editor for Tiferet Journal. I give readings and conduct both agency-sponsored and private poetry workshops.
http://www.adelekenny.com/
REALLY FUNNY (Bulldog Reading Dylan Thomas)
HOW TO READ POETRY – Funny!
ATTENTION HAIKU POETS
If your area of interest is haiku and its related forms, click the image above for a list of journals (published in various countries) that might interest you.
Ever find yourself in the middle of a poem and unable to find that one perfect word? Here's the link for a site that provides synonyms, antonyms, related words, similar sounding words, and much more. Easy to use!
http://www.rhymezone.com/
POETS' GRAVES - A FASCINATING SITE
This is a comprehensive site that includes pictures of dozens of famous poets' grave sites. It's interesting to see our favorite poets' final resting places. CHECK IT OUT!
http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/index.html
"I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again." (Oscar Wilde)
EVER WONDER WHAT SOME OF THOSE FAMOUS POETS LOOKED LIKE?
POETS' DEATH MASKS (Last Impressions)
POETS' BIOS
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/58
INTERESTING POETRY SITES
Carriage House Poetry Series
Diane Lockward's Blogalicious
Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac
Lib. of Congress Poetry Webcasts
Muse-Pie Press
NJ Poets & Poetry
Poet's House
Poetry Craft & Theory
Poetry Society (UK)
Poets Online
Poets.org.
Poetswednesday & More
Prompts for Writers
St. Julian Press
The Inner Music
TheThe Poetry Blog
Tiferet Journal
Verse Daily
Whale Sound (poetry recitations)
Your Daily Poem
poetry.us.com - Great Online Anthology
POETRY PROMPT SITES
Dragon Writing Prompts
Prompts for Writing and Reflecting
POETRY TERMS
Glossary of Poetic Terms (McGraw-Hill)
Poetry Glossary (poets.org)
POETRY VIDEOS
Carriage House Poetry Series Gothic
Carriage House Poetry Series, Joe Weil & BJ Ward Reading
Reading - Adele Kenny
Reading - Diane Lockward
Reading - Laura Boss
Reading - Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Readings from Dodge Festivals (many videos of great poets)
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The Barnet Pledge
Action plan to 2023
Barnet Winter Faith Festival
Festivals Calendar
News + Past Events
Messages of Hope
The Youth Forum aims to create a safe space where young people can engage together in a dialogue of aspirations and concerns in order to build a strong and vibrant multi-faith culture in the borough.
Youth Forum at Unitas 14 Nov 19
Rationale for the BMFYF
We live in a rich, colourful and diverse multi-cultural, multi faith society in which young people have an opportunity to shape an agenda for a peaceful, sustainable and inclusive community.
This diversity means that from the youngest age most of us are brought face to face with different world-views and different sources of ethical judgment and action
The strategic strength which diversity gives to Barnet is only unlocked when students and young people from different backgrounds are sharing stories, experiences, building friendships, understanding and trust which enable them to become involved in organizing and planning social action projects.
Over the last ten years, there has been a significant increase in inter faith learning and other activity run by, with and for young people, and a number of initiatives with this as their special focus.
There is therefore a clear opportunity for the Barnet Multi Faith Forum (BMFF) to profile some of the excellent inter faith youth activity that is already happening and stimulate more.
In addition we aim to give practitioners a chance to share good practice and to discuss ways to encourage more organisations and individuals to become involved and open the door to further cooperative working which will benefit young people in their faith communities, youth organisations, in schools, and institutions of Further and Higher Education in Barnet
Membership of the BMFYF
The BMFYF age group for its members should be from 15 years old to 25 years old, to truly encompass and represent all young people of a faith background in Barnet.
There should be clarity that the empowerment and engagement should be representative of all faiths, abilities, genders and socioeconomic backgrounds in the borough.
It will also be critical to balance the numbers of young people that may be studying, in apprentices, employment or not, or in care.
Each faith youth group/ school / agency should nominate a designated staff lead / guardian and a link between the youth forum member and The BMFYF Youth Coordinator.
The faith group lead will select up to three young people to represent their faith group/ community.
The elected young person should commit to attending meetings and taking forward any agreed actions over the course of one year (term-time).
The BMFYF aims to be youth-led, so that the young people are the driving force of the forum’s direction, with support from the BMFYF
Barnet Multi Faith Youth Forum Proposed Structure and Governance :
Ideally the BYFF structure should be as informal as possible, but there is recognition that there will be need for capacity to centrally organise activities and events.
The proposed structure should mirror the Executive of the BMFF with specific portfolios divided up between teams that represent every faith and aims to be inclusive of both students and young people.
Specific portfolios will be developed upon consultation, but it should broadly reflect the aims of the Youth Forum to organize events, campaigns and outreach activities.
The BMFF Youth Coordinator should act as the Chair of the BYFF, and held to account for its activities by the Executive of the Barnet Multi Faith Forum.
The BYFF will function in accordance with the values, aims, principles and practices as enshrined within the BMFF constitution.
The Youth Faith Forum will be supported by the BMFF executive.
It will have the opportunity to elect an individual to the BMFF executive.
It will submit a updated and regular reports to the BMFF executive
Developmental practices
In recognition of the rapidly changing academic commitment of young people, the BMFYF accepts that the cohort of youth forum reps is subject to change each year.
For this reason, a yearly Manifesto will be drafted in consultation with the youth reps at the first meeting of each year.
The manifesto will set out the key priorities and actions the forum wish to collectively achieve.
BMFYF members should expect to meet once a month term time from September to April, with a view to reconvene for an end of year achievement event/celebration before the summer break.
Interfaith Network http://www.interfaith.org.uk/
The Unity of Faith Foundation http://theunityoffaiths.org
Barnet Multi Faith Forum © 2020
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The Italian authorities fines WhatsApp for $ 3 million euros
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According to the agency, WhatsApp imposed conditions on the users that obliged them to agree to data transfer to Facebook parent company. In particular, they were persuaded that without agreeing on this they would not be able to continue using the service.
The WhatsApp press service commented on this situation the following way: "We are considering this decision and preparing a response to the authorities."
The supervisory authorities of all EU countries demanded that WhatsApp last year to suspend the transfer of Facebook data because of users’ doubts' in agreeing on the conditions.
The fact that WhatsApp will open Facebook access to the user base became known in August 2016.
Google ignores canonical links when an error is suspected
Google ignores canonical links if it is suspected that an error could have been made during their implementation. This was told by the search representative, John Mueller during the last video meeting with webmasters.
One of the participants asked Mueller at the meeting:
"If a large number of canonical links points to the same page, can this lead to some problems with website?"
Mueller replied the following:
"No, it is not necessary. The only problematic situation that may occur is when all these pages point to the main page as canonical. In this case, our systems understand that the rel = canonical attribute was wrongly implemented and thus, they ignore this data.
But if the website contains a large number of pages with the same content (URLs with different parameters, etc.), using the rel = canonical attribute is an ideal option in this situation."
It should be recalled that earlier this month the Moz founder, Rand Fishkin, prepared a review of the best practices for the URL canonicalization.
Google adds tags for recipes, videos and products in the image search
Google added tags for recipes, videos, products and GIF to the image search results. Now when searching for images, users will immediately see which type of content the individual results are related to.
The Google rep commented on the new feature saying the following:
"These badges will help you find those images that involve additional actions or contain more detailed information."
To display a label on a website page, appropriate marking of structured data should be added: for recipes, goods or video. GIF-images Google algorithms will recognize and mark automatically, thus, markup is not needed for them. New badges will not always be displayed just like extended snippets. Filling in the fields for the recommended properties of the markup increases the chances of getting them.
Google also updated its structured data verification tool. Now it processes markups for images.
It should be recalled that Google started showing videos and recipes in the search results for pictures starting from last month.
Publishers have found a way to beat Facebook's ranking algorithms
The AdAge Edition noted that publishers have found a way to beat Facebook's ranking algorithms. They began to attach short videos in MP4 format instead of pictures; since videos re usually given priority in the users' tapes.
New tactics are used by large publishers, such as BuzzFeed, and smaller ones, among them is ForShitsAndGiggles.
For example, the 48-second "video" published by BuzzFeed has received more than 1.4 million views in just a couple of weeks:
Other examples also include short videos that last only a few seconds.
The Facebook representative in the AdAge commentary says that the social network does not prioritize the video before other types of publications in the news line. But if the user usually interacts with the video, he will often see posts of this format in his tape:
"We are constantly improving the news line to show you the most relevant stories, and prevent attempts to deceive the system."
Nevertheless, Russ Torres, the USA Today Network vice president of video content and strategy believes that in fact Facebook promotes the video in line.
BuzzFeed and ForShitsAndGiggles have not yet commented on this aspect.
How Google processes pages with the Canonical and noindex attributes
During the last video conference with webmasters, John Mueller answered the interesting question: how does the search engine process pages that both contain the Canonical and Noindex attribute?
The question to Mueller was:
"I once was at a seminar where I was told that if you use rel = canonical and Noindex on a page, then Canonical will transmit the Noindex canonicalized page. Is that true?".
"Hmm. I don’t know. We discussed this issue for a long time, at least inside the team. In particular, what should we do in this case.
Using Canonical, you are telling that two pages should be processes identically. Noindex reports that the page that contains it must be removed from the search. Therefore theoretically our algorithms can get confused and decide that you need to delete both pages. Correct? Or they can process them in different ways, taking into account Noindex attribute.
As a matter of actual practice, it is most likely that algorithms will decide that the rel = canonical attribute was added by mistake."
48% Identified keyword/phrase research as a most effective SEO tactic with 34% citing frequent website update. (Source: MarketingProfs)
Those involved in the B2B buying process are already 57% of the way down the path to a decision before they’ll actually perform an action on your site. (Source: Google)
Mobile click-to-open rates for US marketing emails sent by Yesmail clients in Q3 2015 were at 13.7%, up 1.6% compared to Q3 2014. Desktop click-to-open rates for marketing emails in Q3 2015 were at 18.0%, down 3.8% from the year before. (Source: eMarketer)
In a September 2015 study by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs, 76% of B2B marketers in North America said they expect to create more content in 2016 than they did in 2015. (Source: eMarketer)
Social media (including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest) was not a meaningful channel during the holiday 2015 weekend, driving only 1.6% of e-commerce orders. The same applies to Cyber Monday, where social media networks drove 1.5% of orders. (Source: Custora)
Consumers using Android devices accounted for 22.7% of online transactions over the 2015 holiday shopping season, up slightly from 20.7% in 2014. (Source: Custora)
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Bloomington's rich get richer, poor get poorer
by Steven Higgs
The income gap between Bloomington's richest and poorest residents grew during the "boom years" of the 1990s, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by the Associated Press. And it grew faster than the statewide average.
Welch still feeding at the GE trough
A pair of news items this past week reminded Bloomington citizens in general and blue-collar workers in particular of the mindset they're up against in their struggle for economic justice in the global economy.
Wal Mart - Building an empire on its workers' backs
It appears that Wal Mart did not get to be the nation's leading retailer through shrewd business practices or volume sales, as some might believe. According to lawsuits filed by Wal Mart Stores Inc. employees in 28 states, the Bentonville, Ark., retail giant has built its empire in part on the backs of its workers.
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Tag Archives: video evidence
During more than four months of reporting on the Army’s misguided prosecution of Maj. Christian “Kit” Martin, I’ve had conversations with many people about the case. Recent interactions with two law-and-order veterans, both of whom will remain unidentified due to the fact they’re frequently involved in military justice cases, are worth sharing as both seem to “smell a rat” at Fort Campbell, Ky.
Socialist Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders has nothing to do with the Army’s prosecution of Maj. Christian “Kit” Martin, but he does seem to match the description one attorney had for the major’s “ex-wife” accuser.
On Sept. 27, a well-respected and very-experienced man — and retired big-city homicide detective, to boot — contacted me after reading my article, Attorney Cites ‘Foul Smell in the Air’ Surrounding Effort to Link Army Officer to Multiple Murders Near Fort Campbell, published the same day. His comments appear below:
“It is incredulous that any law enforcement officer of any rank or assignment would not immediately jump on the opportunity to obtain video evidence. In this case, Major Martin had told deputies on scene that he had surveillance cameras and offered that video footage to them. Their refusal to accept the cameras suggests they had already made up their mind, evidently by virtue of what they had been told by the Army that Major Martin was the most likely culprit. It will probably just be a matter of time before the Christian County (Ky.) Sheriff’s Department realizes they have been played by the Army and comes forward with that information.”
Similarly, I received an email message from a military defense attorney with whom I occasionally chat. He asked if I had seen a piece published by Fox 17 in Nashville under the headline, Home, Cars of Fort Campbell Army Major Searched in Connection to Ky. Murders. I replied, telling him I had not seen it yet, and he came back with the comments below about Major Martin, his accuser/ex-“wife” and Maj. Jacob Bashore, the special victims prosecutor overseeing the Army’s prosecution of Major Martin:
“I wouldn’t be surprised if Bashore has (Martin) thrown into pretrial confinement and charged with murder just to muddy him up for the BS rape charge. And this ex-‘wife’ of his sounds like she is ‘batshit crazy,’ so I really hope Christian County is inquiring into her whereabouts on that night. But, if my intuition is on point, they probably won’t.
“On the off chance they do, I really hope the accuser/ex-‘wife’ did it for two reasons: (1) the case against Major Martin will most likely go away; and (2) the SVP would have some serious, serious egg on his face by going along with this woman who appears to have Crystal Magnum qualities. (Crystal Magnum went to jail for killing a man after she falsely accused the Duke Lacrosse players of rape). Similar to my client, (name redacted), it would be a shining example of when law enforcement and prosecutors push to convict innocent men, sometimes innocent people are murdered.”
Coming from guys experienced in criminal investigations and high-stakes trials, the words above should cause every American to take pause. Why? Because men like Major Martin are being charged, tried and convicted far too often based almost solely on allegations made by vengeful women.
I encourage you to read more about Major Martin’s case and other cases of military justice run amok, and then stay tuned for updates as they surface.
UPDATE 12/7/2015 at 8:13 a.m. Central: A military judge continued the military trial date for Army Maj. Christian “Kit” Martin to sometime in March 2016, though no specific date has been set.
UPDATE 12/10/2015 at 11:09 a.m. Central: I’ve learned that Major Martin’s military trial date is set for March 14-18, 2016.
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Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez – Netflix Review!
The world is fascinated with celebrity gossip both in film and sports. You can’t turn a page or watch a show without someone talking about these famous people’s personal lives. Within this culture, there is bound to be criminal activity and as we’ve seen with the entertainment industry and sports, there are quite a few nasty stories of prominent figures abusing and murdering people. I can point to O.J. Simpson as the classic tale of this situation, but we all know how that ended up. No, it’s with former NFL player Aaron Hernandez that takes the cake as it seems like no other prominent figure in sports had this much trouble and fell from a lucrative career as much as he did. Thanks to Netflix, we now have the fantastic three-episode true-crime documentary series Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron of Hernandez to give us more insight into what happened.
Netflix is Raising Prices Again!
by Gumbercules9000 on Oct 5th, 2017
Netflix has a spending problem and we the customers are paying for it. #Bullshit The price of the most popular plan, which is the streaming plan that is normally $9.99. Prices are going up 10%, which is only a dollar a month, making it $10.99 now. I’d be okay with this, but nothing is happening to warrant this other than that the shit-heads at Netflix are selling the farm for more content.
‘Shaft’ Is Making A Comeback From Netflix and New Line!!!
by Red Zeppelbon on Oct 2nd, 2017
♪♫Who’s the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about?
(Shaft)
Right on ♪♫
If you were unsure the answer was anything other than “Shaft”, you best be getting yourself a film-education right fast and in a hurry. If you just can’t seem to get that done, Netflix will give you a primer when they reboot the classic 1971 film that was already rebooted once in 2000.
We’ve Got The Trailer For ‘Gerald’s Game’ Only From Netflix!!!
From the brilliant mind of Stephen King, Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard took the horror-master’s novel and gave us a screen play for ‘Gerald’s Game‘. While trying to spice up their marriage in their remote lake house, Jessie must fight to survive when her husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her handcuffed to their bed frame.
Check Out The Trailer For ‘Wheelman’ Coming To Netflix!!!
Frank Grillo (Kingdom, Captain America: Civil War) stars as the wheelman, a getaway driver thrust into a high stakes race-to-survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong. With a car full of money and his family on the line, the clock is ticking to figure out who double-crossed him and the only person he can trust… his thirteen-year-old daughter. All reasons to think fast and drive faster.
Get Ready For Season Four of Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror’!!!
Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror‘ debuted way back in 2011. A more innocent time because we didn’t have deep, lurking fears about technology and how it could do anything but improve our daily life. Then came Charlie Brooker and the anthology series that has forced me, at least, to cover all the cameras on my devices with tape or sticky tack. Coming back for it’s fourth season, we’ve got a little, and I do mean little, information on the next six episodes.
A Little Evil is coming to Netflix!
by Gumbercules9000 on Aug 22nd, 2017
Netflix is releasing a new film called Little Evil from writer/director Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil) that is a comedy-horror about a loving family of three. Well, maybe not loving, but more like the actual Antichrist. This looks like a lot of fun and has quite a good cast. If this is anything like Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, then we are in for an entertaining ride for sure. Enjoy the trailer below. Also, I must point out how eerily similar the boy in the poster above looks like a cross between Angus Young from AC/DC and Damien from The Omen. I can’t wait.
Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Debuts Season 2 Trailer!!!
Netflix’s addicting royal drama, ‘The Crown‘ is coming back for a second season, unfortunately, we have to wait until December 8. We do get a first peek at a trailer and a few images that are from the upcoming continuation.
Netflix To Gain Western Series From The Coen Brothers!!!
by Red Zeppelbon on Aug 9th, 2017
Joel and Ethan Coen are bringing their genius craft to Netflix in the form of a Western, anthology series about the American Frontier. The news was announced with typical Coen-flair – “We are streaming motherfuckers!”
The Trailer For Netflix’s ‘Death Note’ Looks Awesome!!!
‘Death Note‘ is based on the famous Japanese manga, and starring Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Willem Dafoe, Shea Whigham, and Nat Wolff. ‘Death Note‘ streams on Netflix August 25.
The New Original Netflix Movie To the Bone has a Trailer!
Netflix has a new original movie they are releasing on their streaming platform on July 14th called To The Bone that stars Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves. Don’t expect John Wick to walk in and start offing people or Ted Theodore Logan to start playing the guitar here. This is on a more serious note, which follows a young woman named Ellen (Lily Collins), who suffers from severe anorexia and enters a group recovery home in a last ditch effort to get better and survive. There, a fun and unconventional doctor (Keanu Reeves) will learn how to conquer the awfulness of anorexia.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is Set for Netflix and has a Trailer!
Netflix has secured the new tv series ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance‘, which is a prequel series from Jim Henson’s 1982 opus ‘The Dark Crystal‘, which of course was many of our favorite childhood movies growing up.
Season 5 of Arrested Development is coming to Netflix in 2018!
A few days ago, Jason Bateman announced on Twitter that he had signed a deal for the long awaited 5th season of Arrested Development on Netflix. Today, it’s announced that the entire cast and crew have signed on to come back to reprise their roles in one of the funniest television shows to ever grace the small screen. Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross and Alia Shawkat, and Bateman will be coming back, along with show creator Mitch Hurwitz. Netflix doesn’t have an exact date yet, but it will premiere sometime in 2018.
Martin Scorsese’s Latest Mob Movie Lands At Netflix!!!
by Red Zeppelbon on Feb 22nd, 2017
There are two things Martin Scorsese knows a lot about, one of them is making movies and the other is making mob movies. From ‘Goodfellas‘, to ‘Gangs of New York‘, to ‘The Departed‘ with several stops in between, his films speak for themselves so it’s no wonder that a bit of a bidding war has broken out around his latest project ‘The Irishman‘. The companies are sending up their white flags with Netflix standing on the pile of broken bodies, the victor.
Netflix Gives ‘The OA’ Another Season!
Netflix announced today that they will be giving a second season to ‘The OA‘, which is just fantastic news. The first season, which premiered all eight episodes on Netflix in December, was a huge hit and starred Brit Marling with direction by Zal Batmanglij on all eight episodes. Brit and Zal have worked together before. You need to see their work on ‘The Sound of My Voice‘ and ‘The East‘.
Kosa:
Can't you ever do anything the easy way?
Lara Croft:
I wouldn't want to disappoint you.
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) The Movie Quotes
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The history of the Bottrill family goes back to before the Norman Conquest. The Boterel family can now be found in Australia, America,Canada, and many counties in England - Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire and London. The history of the family can be followed in a series of historical novels, the first being 'The king's toads'.
In 1100, the town of ‘Washington/Wessyngton/ Wassington/Whessingtun’ near Durham was part of the estates (called 'Richmondshire') of Alan Rufus, Earl of Richmond and brother of Geoffrey Boterel.
Alan Rufus built Ravensworth Castle for another of his brothers, Ribald, who handed it on to a further brother, Bardolph. Bardolph’s son, Akaris fitz-Bardolph, who died 1161, was lord of Wessyngton, juxta Ravensworth, Richmondshire. He was given the manor by his father in the time of King Henry II. (‘fitz’ means ‘son of’)
Akaris’ younger son, Bondo fitz-Akaris, was born 1122 in Kirby, Ravensworth, and died after 1180 at Wessyngton/Washington village, Ravensworth, Richmondshire, England. Bondo is sometimes known as Bondo de Washington, and sometimes Bondo de Ravensworth. One of Bondo's sons was William de Washington, born abt. 1150 in Washington/Wassington, England, who was second cousin to William Boterel, lord of Boscastle, Cornwall.
If you look at the genealogy of George Washington, his first ancestor to live in Washington was a Norman knight, William de Hertburn, born 1150-1160, who acquired the manor of Washington around 1183, according to the 'Boldon Buke' (a contemporary record now in Durham Cathedral library). William had previously owned land at Hartburn, County Durham, but exchanged this with the Bishop of Durham who wanted Hartburn. This must have suited William for some reason – perhaps because Washington was nearer to Ravensworth. As lord of a new domain, William was known as "William de Wessynton", taking his name from his new estates.
It would not have been possible for another knight to take the same name as an existing knight, even with a spelling variation, so the two Williams must have been one and the same. 'William de Wassinton' is named on an Exchequer Roll of 1211.
George Washington’s ancestors lived in Washington Old Hall near Durham for five generations. Then they acquired by marriage lands in Lancashire and moved there. Eight generations later, they moved to Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire in the mid 1500s. Bottrills had already been farming in Northamptonshire for two hundred years – a coincidence.
So the Bottrills and the Washingtons, now separate, had a common ancestor.
Posted by John Bottrill at 16:44
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John Bottrill
Gillingham , Dorset, United Kingdom
A retired academic, property developer, writer, English teacher, palmist, genealogy researcher, I've been living in comfort in Northern Spain - a region like the Lake District, but with good weather for 10 years. The place has magic. It's the nicest place I've ever lived. Personally, I'd happily live and eventually die here. But family reasons necessitate a return to UK, so it's for sale. I'm atheist, a married gay, and addicted to Bridge and Croquet.
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May 'to stay' vow
Hello. Here’s your morning briefing:
Theresa May: I’m here to stay
She’s faced huge criticism since the Conservatives lost their House of Commons majority in the snap election she called for, but Theresa May insists she wants to remain prime minister “for the long term”. She told the BBC’s Ben Wright she could win the next election, scheduled for 2022.
“What me and my government are about is not just delivering on Brexit but delivering a brighter future for the UK,” she said. Mrs May, described as a “dead woman walking” by former Chancellor George Osborne, has sought to consolidate her position by reaching a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson promised Mrs May his “undivided backing”, but Labour’s Jon Trickett said the prime minister was “deluding herself” and leading a “zombie government”.
Dugdale: I was outed as gay against my will
Labour’s former leader in Scotland has told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme she was forced to come out as gay after comments about her sexuality were included in a magazine article. Kezia Dugdale, who resigned from her political role on Tuesday, said she had asked for the quotes not to be used in the Fabian Review. But the article’s author said “at no point” had she received this request. Ms Dugdale is in a relationship with an SNP politician, which she said people found more “fascinating” than her sexuality.
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The aftermath of Storm Harvey, which has killed at least 33 people, continues to cause damage, with energy supplies hit and oil companies shutting down pipelines. Now it’s been revealed that a chemical plant near the flooded city of Houston is expected to explode or catch fire, as there is no way to refrigerate the compounds kept there. The smoke produced at the Arkema plant will irritate skin, eyes and lungs, the public has been warned.
Diana remembered
It’s 20 years since Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in Paris. Royal correspondent Peter Hunt asks how the Royal Family has changed during the years since. And the BBC’s Alex Regan looks at the legacy Diana left her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, just 15 and 12 when she died.
North Korea: What are the options?
By Justin Bronk, Royal United Services Institute
A successful invasion of North Korea led by the US would leave it responsible for rebuilding a shattered country. North Korea has existed in an unparalleled state of psychological manipulation, chronic economic hardship and isolation for over 60 years. The monumental task of reintegrating East Germany after the Cold War pales in comparison. The reality is that none of the military options available to the US for dealing with North Korea come without high costs and significant risks – considerations which it will have to weigh up against uncertain and problematic potential outcomes.
Several papers lead with Theresa May’s comments on wanting to remain in power for several years, with the Daily Telegraph calling them a “radical departure” for the prime minister, who previously vowed to stay on only as long as her party wanted her to. The Times says she wants to stay on to focus on social justice as well as Brexit and feels “emboldened” by a lack of Conservative challengers. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail reports on the “moving” viewing by Princes William and Prince Harry of floral tributes to their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. “She’s still the people’s princess” is the Sun’s headline.
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Today It’s football’s transfer deadline day, with the English transfer window closing at 23:00 and Scotland’s at midnight.
11:30 The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities publishes its set of policy recommendations for the UK.
1989 Buckingham Palace announces that Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips are to separate after 16 years or marriage.
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The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.]
Publisher: BiblioLife
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. ASCENT OF VESUVIUS CONTINUED. CEE Naples and die.' Well, I do not know ' that one would necessarily die after merely seeing it, but to attempt to live there might turn out a little differently. To see Naples as we saw it in the early dawn from far up on the side of Vesuvius, is to see a picture of wonderful beauty. At that distance its dingy buildings looked white and so, rank on rank of balconies, windows, and roofs, they piled themselves up from the blue ocean till the colossal castle of St. Elmo topped the grand white pyramid and gave the picture symmetry, emphasis, and completeness. And when its lilies turned to roses when it blushed under the sun's first kiss it was beautiful beyond all description. One might well say, then, ' See Naples and die.' The frame of the picture was charming, itself. In front, the smooth sea a vast mosaic of many colors; the lofty islands swimming in a dreamy haze in the distance ; at our end of the city the stately double peak of Vesuvius, and its strong black ribs and seams of lava stretching down to the limitless level campagna a green carpet that enchants the eye and leads it on and on, past clusters of trees, and isolated houses, and snowy villages, until it shreds out in a fringe of mist and general vagueness far away. It is from the Hermitage, there on the side of. Vesuvius, that one should 'see Naples and die.' But do not go within the walls and look at it in detail. That takes away some of the romance of the thing. The people are filthy in their habits, and this makes filthy streets and breeds disagreeable sights and smells. There never was a community so prejudiced against the cholera as these Neapolitans are. But they have good reason to be. The cholera generally vanquishes a Neapolitan when it seizes him...
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Remington Ventures Inc.
Remington Ventures Inc is introducing our first product offer.
Introducing the Aqua-Nova â„¢
REMV Hydrogen on Demand OEM Unit. Model 1.01
This is our first production model in our line of (LENR) augmented HHO gas production units. It has the highest efficiency ratio to unit cost of any similar units currently on the market for these devices. With these units installers should expect to have a burned in period of 30 hours to build up our proprietary LENR enhancing reactive composite hydride layer on the electrodes of the unit.
This unit is sized for a 4 cylinder engine. The units can easily be hooked in parallel for larger applications. 2 of these units will provide a 50% increase in fuel efficiency on average for a 6 to 8 cylinder engine. Large bore 8 cylinders and trucks should use 3 units for a 50% fuel economy boost.
We plan to market these units through our authorized resellers and will be installed by certificated installers only. Great attention was paid in the design of these units to provide for long service life and cost effective operation and are constructed entirely using only stainless steel hardware and our high efficiency large surface area electrode assembly. The housing is designed to sustain high temperature operation and up to 125 psi of pressure.
Other parts are needed to build a system from these units. They also require a resonant pulsed DC controller to operate efficiently. We offer OEM power units for single or multiple cell applications. The unit below is our 15Amp unit for operating single cell installation applications.
Installed systems are expected to retail starting at $495 for a single unit installation.
Operation Basics for HHO fuel economy boosters
These boosters work by adding hydrogen to the cylinder which has a faster ignition speed than gas or diesel which with the added oxygen increases the flame spread and provides a more complete combustion of the hydrocarbon fuel.
This allows the engine’s fuel air mix to be adjusted much leaner without losing power. This is what improves the economy of the engine the boosters are used on.
This is the basics of how it works but the important part of the unit is the efficiency of the operation of the gas production. The more efficient the better it works, the smaller the unit can be and also the leaner the fuel mixture can be adjusted. Our system uses a resonant pulsed DC signal which creates a cavitation within the unit.
In our version of the technology our HHO booster unit has a coating built up on the electrodes of a hydrogen dense layer. When the cavitation is set up in this hydride layer it modifies the wave function of the nuclei in the atoms in that layer which causes compression in the coulomb barrier making low energy nuclear reactions possible within the hydride layer. These very energetic fusion reactions add their energy directly to the electrolyte which increases the efficiency of gas production in the booster cell.
LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reaction) Augmented HHO Gas Production
Our proprietary composite hydride electrode layer contains a minimum of 20% Boron 11 isotope. This neutron heavy form of Boron is used in our device as a fuel because it produces aneutronic fusion reactions at a low energy input level when struck by one of the hydrogen atoms generated during the DC resonant pulse modulation through the electrolyte solution and with an input energy of only 500,000 electron volts, it produces three alpha particles (He) and also releases 8,700,000 electron volts of energy. Most other fusion reactions involving hydrogen and (He) helium produce penetrating neutron radiation. The energy produced from one of these Boron 11 + proton fusion reactions is added directly to our systems electrolyte which increases the energy efficiency and increases the volume of the HHO fuel gas output of the cell. All of these fusion reactions stop as soon as the power is turned off to the unit so it is a completely safe and green form of nuclear energy being used in this system to greatly increase the efficiency of electrolysis breakdown of water into HHO fuel gas.
What to expect in future products we release?
What is on the horizon for our Model 2 release? It is a system that will eliminate the tanks used in this current model design. The model 2 will also be able to sustain much higher temperatures and will have a lower part count and longer unit life than the Model 1. We will also release the model 2 in a variety of custom form factors so that it will fit more vehicles in what ever space is best available and will have a lower unit cost in volume than the model 1. We will also be finding sources for higher concentrations of Boron 11 isotope in lower cost sources so that we can pass on to our dealers a better fusion fuel system for a lower cost per unit for the LENR fusion reaction enhanced electrolyte system we offer to dealers only.
Products | Remington Ventures Inc.
The Company is focused on electronuclear fusion power systems for vehicles. Hydrogen accumulated at a densely negative electrode can form isotopes and helium exothermically. The released nuclear energy is converted to chemical potential energy in the evolved gases. The chemical potential energy of the gases exceeds the electrolytic energy similar to high-temperature steam electrolysis. The Company is working toward electronuclear fusion devices for vehicle power. The Company's work indicates a preferred cycle for modern vehicle power. The cycle is nuclear fusion in water electrolysis to produce gaseous chemical potential energy, followed by combustion of the gases to extract work and producing steam. Small amounts of exhaust helium are vented, and the water is recycled through the system. In this cycle little hydrogen is converted to helium for normal vehicle power requirements.
quantumbit.com
We are generating a plasma as well as an electric field so there is little nead for an electrolyte. It is similar in many respects to this High-temperature electrolysis The difference is that the extra energy is being released from a plasma induced LENR instead of an outside heat source like solar and it will work 24 hours per day. Between the research I have done and the research Qbit has done in this area of technology we are pretty certain we can zero out the external fuel source eventually. It will end up being a pure alkali metal hydride LENR or nuclear transmutation induced plasma electrolysis cell and it will make enough fuel cheap enough we can quit concerning ourselves about this problem and get back to being a productive nation and world and out of debt bondage for good. The first model will go out with a minimum of 50% fuel economy boost within 30 days.
REMV accepts development contract for LENR hydrogen generator from QBII | Remington Ventures Inc.
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One Coffee, One Shot... A Day of Dancers Among Us Ends with a Splash
I was exhausted.
I had started shooting Dancers Among Us with ZDF German Television at 9:00am with Marcella Guarino and the $10,000 helicopter, then met Jermaine Terry for the Andy Warhol and Lincoln Center adventures. All three situations had been extremely challenging, with the heat stifling, and I was about to attempt the most difficult shot yet.
Years ago I was so excited to get my first cell phone that I couldn't wait to play with it. I was on the subway while doing so, holding a coffee. The train stopped suddenly and I spilled my coffee all over the woman next to me. I wanted to recreate that moment now- a dancer stumbling, gracefully of course, on the subway, spilling her coffee on an innocent bystander.
The dancer would be Allison Jones, whose unique physicality inspired this idea. The innocent bystander would be Geoff Legg, whose wonderful photographs often grace the pages of these posts. Geoff changed into a white t-shirt, we bought a huge iced coffee from Dunkin' Donuts, and we all climbed aboard the B train heading downtown.
We had one chance to get the shot... ONE CHANCE! A single frame! After that Geoff would be stained with coffee, the ground would be wet, and the passengers would be freaked out.
With the ZDF sound and camera men recording the madness, we tried to solidify a pose. The train rumbled on, speeding quickly toward Brooklyn.
Allison was trying to use the bar above Geoff for stability, but her leg was getting blocked- I wanted her line to be unobstructed. Her handbag was in the way as well. We came up with a new plan and kept practicing.
We rehearsed for THIRTY MINUTES! Allison was getting tired. The passengers were getting concerned. We were deep into Brooklyn. It was time to roll the dice.
I asked Allison to practice one last time, just to set it in stone. All of a sudden my camera STOPPED FOCUSING. It just stopped. There was nothing I could do.
We waited ten infuriating minutes. Nikon was being temperamental, focusing about half the time. People were starting to get off the train. The subway would be empty soon. Now was the time.
I asked Geoff to appear asleep. I hoped Allison's position would be right, her eyes would be open, her expression would be natural, and the coffee would be arching in a steady stream, splashing Geoff in the face at the exact moment I released the shutter. Oh, and I hoped Nikon would decide to focus.
"Here we go everyone. Remember to get your leg up, Allison. Hit him hard with the coffee and look surprised. Geoff, you ready? One.. Two... Three... Go!"
Splash! Coffee everywhere. Mayhem ensued. The train pulled into the station. Our moment had passed. I took a breath and looked at the photo.
Allison nailed it! Everything I wanted, and more. One take. In focus. Unbelievable!
I wasn't even exhausted anymore. I was exhilarated. It had been the most exciting and productive day of my entire career.
And it wasn't over.
When we returned to Manhattan, Allison had an idea. "I could do something really cool with that phone booth." Five minutes later, I had this image.
Then Jennifer Jones, who had been waiting patiently all day to shoot an homage to Marilyn Monroe on her 85th birthday, hit this shot on the first try!
Thank you to everyone I mentioned in this week's Dancers Among Us blog posts- dancers Marcella Guarino, Jermaine Terry, Allison Jones, and Jennifer Jones for their amazing talents, Travis Francis for two fantastic videos, Geoff Legg for shooting and taking one for the team, and ZDF German Television for making me bigger than Brad Pitt in Europe! What an incredible day.
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Dr. Hal Scherz on the VA Scandal
Dr. Hal Scherz of Docs4PatientCare has a powerful OpEd in the Wall Street Journal, "Doctors' War Stories From VA Hospitals".
The whole thing is worth reading, but here is an excerpt:
In my experience at VA hospitals in San Antonio and San Diego, patients were seen in clinics that were understaffed and overscheduled. Appointments for X-rays and other tests had to be scheduled months in advance, and longer for surgery. Hospital administrators limited operating time, making sure that work stopped by 3 p.m. Consequently, the physician in charge kept a list of patients who needed surgery and rationed the available slots to those with the most urgent problems.
Scott Barbour, an orthopedic surgeon and a friend, trained at the Miami VA hospital. In an attempt to get more patients onto the operating-room schedule, he enlisted fellow residents to clean the operating rooms between cases and transport patients from their rooms into the surgical suites. Instead of offering praise for their industriousness, the chief of surgery reprimanded the doctors and put a stop to their actions. From his perspective, they were not solving a problem but were making federal workers look bad, and creating more work for others, like nurses, who had to take care of more post-op patients.
At the VA hospital in St. Louis, urologist Michael Packer, a former partner of mine, had difficulty getting charts from the medical records department. He and another resident hunted them down themselves. It was easier for department workers to say that they couldn't find a chart than to go through the trouble of looking. Without these records, patients could not receive care, which was an unacceptable situation to these doctors. Not long after they began doing this, they were warned to stand down.
There are thousands of other stories just like these...
For more, read the full text of "Doctors' War Stories From VA Hospitals".
(Although the story is behind a subscriber paywall, the WSJ often allows readers to type "WSJ <article title>" into a Google search window to access their "Free Pass" version. In other words, type "WSJ Doctors' War Stores from VA Hospitals" without the quotes.)
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Privacy Policy for clients and customers of BUDDHA BAR MANILA.
BUDDHA BAR MANILA (“BUDDHA BAR”) abides by the policies of the State to protect the fundamental human right to privacy and communication, while supportive in ensuring the free flow of information for innovation.
II. Introduction
This Privacy Policy (also known as Privacy Manual) of BUDDHA BAR is hereby adopted in compliance with R.A. no. 10173 also known as Data Privacy Act of 2012, its Implementing Rules and Regulations (Hyperlink to the law) and any other policies to be issued by the National Privacy Commission. BUDDHA BAR values the data privacy rights of its clients and customers. By accessing the BUDDHA BAR website and availing any of our services or products, BUDDHA BAR ensures that data of its clients and customers are collected, processed, stored, utilized and shared or transferred for furtherance of clients or customers interest in our products or services and for legitimate means and purposes only.
This Privacy policy shall inform you of our data protection, and may serve as your guide in exercising your rights under the Data Privacy Act. It is to be understood that this Privacy Policy applies only to clients and customers of BUDDHA BAR.
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The terms provided herein can be found under R.A. 10173, Sec. 3, par. b, par. c, par. g and par. l, respectively.
Consent of the data subject refers to any freely given, specific, informed indication of will, whereby the data subject agrees to the collection and processing of personal information about and/or relating to him or her. Consent shall be evidenced by written, electronic or recorded means. It may also be given on behalf of the data subject by an agent specifically authorized by the data subject to do so.
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(4) Specifically established by an executive order or an act of Congress to be kept classified.
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The data that BUDDHA BAR may collect, store, process, or use from its clients or customers may vary depending upon the transaction entered into with BUDDHA BAR.
A. Data obtained or processed by BUDDHA BAR MANILA through any forms or communications submitted to us.
That information with an asterisk (*) is considered to be sensitive information under the Data Privacy Act.
• Name,
• Email,
• Contact number,
• Address,
• Location, (whether local or abroad)
• Birthday,
• Age
• Civil Status*
• Religion,*
• Gender,*
• Specimen Signature.*
Your personal circumstances:
• Family background,
• Educational Background*
• Employment History,*
• Medical records;*
• Contents of any Government ID;*
• Other personal information necessary for the delivery of our service you intend to
avail of. *
• CCTV footages for security purposes when you visit BUDDHA BAR.
• Other information contained in or relating to any communications that you submit to us through any means,
Data we obtain in accessing our website at buddhabarmanila.com
• Your IP address and cookies from which you accessed our website, and details of which version of web browser and operating system you used,
• The date and time of your visit in our website,
• Google Analytics data, which is information on how you use our website, using cookies, and page tagging techniques to help us improve our website,
• The website address of the website from which you accessed our website,
• The approximate location from which you viewed our website.
B. How are the data obtained from clients and customers USED by BUDDHA BAR
• Respond to your inquiries or complaints regarding your transaction/s,
• Assess your qualifications before granting your request to any of our products or services,
• Track the status of your request,
• Deliver announcements and other relevant information,
• Maintain and update your account or transaction in our records and/or system,
• To facilitate your use of our website and services,
• Comply with any laws, orders or regulations of any Government agencies, and orders of Philippine Courts,
• Comply with any company policy of BUDDHA BAR.
• Research in developing and improving our products and services,
• For Advertisement and Marketing purposes but without disclosure of any of your data,
• Such other legitimate purposes.
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It is to be stressed that due to the serious effort of BUDDHA BAR to protect all data under its custody, only the client or customer himself or herself as well as the authorized representative of BUDDHA BAR can access such personal data. Authorized representative of BUDDHA BAR whose task is to process data of clients or customers are under an obligation of confidentiality.
We store the data we collect from you in the database of BUDDHA BAR as long as necessary for the purpose by which you avail any of the products or services of BUDDHA BAR. Our information storage mechanism ensures secure storage of your data. BUDDHA BAR also has policies and procedures intended to protect data under its custody. BUDDHA BAR’s database and websites are regularly checked for any suspicious activity that may affect the data under our custody.
VII. How BUDDHA BAR shares, transfers, or discloses information under its custody
BUDDHA BAR assures that when data is being transferred or shared, the authorized representative of BUDDHA BAR who transfers and receives such data is under an obligation of confidentiality and subject to this Privacy Policy.
BUDDHA BAR may disclose data of its clients or customers regarding any transaction:
• With various units within BUDDHA BAR to fully understand the transaction of the client or customer or for any investigation conducted by BUDDHA BAR to prevent any unlawful or suspicious activity.
• To any of its affiliates or third-parties for legitimate purposes and only in connection with the services and products that BUDDHA BAR provides.
• To any service providers who may need access to the information for the purpose of carrying out work on behalf of BUDDHA BAR
• To any Government agencies pursuant to law, regulations, or investigations conducted by them
• To a third person if it is pursuant to a Court order
• To the client or customer with regard to their own account or record under the custody of BUDDHA BAR, when requested.
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BUDDHA BAR, in compliance with Data Privacy Act, will only retain personal data collected from its websites or from forms or communications submitted to us, for as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which the data was obtained or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or for legitimate business purposes, or as provided by law.
BUDDHA BAR hereby informs all data subjects that the right to suspend, withdraw or order the blocking, removal or destruction of his or her personal information from the custody of BUDDHA BAR is based upon discovery and substantial proof that the personal information of the data subject are incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained, used for unauthorized purposes or are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected.
IX. What are your rights under the Data Privacy Act as Data Subject (IRR of R.A. No. 10173, Rule VIII, Sec. 34)
a. Right to be informed
b. Right to object
c. Right to access
d. Right to rectification
e. Right to erasure or blocking of Personal Data
To know all the rights of a Data Subject, you can always check Data Privacy Act and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.
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We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are informed with any changes.
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This Privacy policy is always to be read and harmonized with all existing policies of BUDDHA BAR.
This Privacy policy can be downloaded here.
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The City Council has made repairing the City's roads and drains a priority. A 5 phase approach has been developed to fund the repair and maintenance of the City's roads and drainage system. View the Road and Drainage Repairs Plan.
Phase 1: Measure L, 1 half cent sales tax (approximately $1 million per year in sales tax revenues will be collected April 2013 through March 2022)
Phase 2: Measure J, $20 million general obligation bonds (issued in March 2015)
Phase 3: $25 million general obligation bonds approved by voters in June 2016
Phase 4: $22 million general obligation bonds tentative date to go before voters June 20xx
Phase 5: Undetermined ongoing revenue source to maintain the roads at a PCI of 50 or above
Road and Drainage Repairs Plan
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Location: swiss
SWITZERLAND – 13 Days
Day 01 : Swiss Border or Airport – Interlaken
Arrive at any Swiss Border or Airport, travel by train to Interlaken. Visit the famous mountain, rated as top ten mountain visits in the world by national geographic traveller – The Queen Of Mountains Mt Rigi. Rest of the day free at leisure to explore the city on your own. Overnight in Interlaken.
Day 02 : Interlaken
Travel to the famous mountain peak of Mt Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe from Interlaken station. The Jungfrau ( 4,158 metres (13,642 ft.) is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the southern canton of Bern and the northern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together with the Eiger and Mönch, the Jungfrau forms a massive wall overlooking the Bernese Oberland and the Swiss Plateau, one of the most distinctive sights of the Swiss Alps.In the evening return to Interlaken. Overnight in Interlaken.
Day 03: Interlaken – Lucerne
Today you will travel from Interlaken to Lucerne by train. Lucerne, a compact city in central Switzerland, sits amid snowcapped mountains on the north end of Lake Lucerne. With its colorful Altstadt (Old Town) and 14th-century Museggmauer city walls, covered bridges including the iconic Kapellbrücke and spired, turreted buildings, it’s the storybook image of a Swiss town. It’s also gateway to hiking and skiing destinations in the nearby Rigi and Pilatus mountains and the Alps.Rest of the day free at leisure to enjoy the city of Lucerne on your own. Overnight in Interlaken
Day 04: Lucerne
Interlaken Proceed for an early morning excursion to Mt Titlis. Titlis (also Mount Titlis) is a mountain of the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Berne. At 3,238 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the range north of the Susten Pass, between the Bernese Oberland and Central Switzerland. It is mainly accessed from Engelberg (Obwalden) on the north side and is famous as the site of the world’s first revolving cable car. The cable car system connects Engelberg to the summit of Klein Titlis (3,028 m) through the three stages of Gerschnialp (1,262 m), Trübsee (1,796 m) and Stand (2,428 m). The last part of cable car way leads above the glacier. At Klein Titlis, it is possible to visit an illuminated glacier cave from an entrance within the cable-car station, which also includes shops and restaurants. The Titlis Cliff Walk, the highest elevation suspension bridge in Europe, opened in December 2012, giving views across the Alps.Overnight in Lucerne.
Day 05 : Lucerne – Zurich
Travel by train from Lucerne to Zurich.The city of Zurich lies at the north end of Lake Zurich in northern Switzerland, a global center for banking and finance. The picturesque lanes of the central Altstadt (Old Town), on either side of the Limmat River, reflect its premedieval history. Waterfront promenades like the Limmatquai follow the river toward the 17th-century Rathaus (town hall). Rest of the afternoon free to explore Zurich on your own. Overnight in Zurich.
Day 06 : Zurich
Today depart to Airport for your next tour .
Day 07: Rome
On Arrival in Rome Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel rest of the day at leisure to explore the city on own. Rome, Italy’s capital, is a sprawling, cosmopolitan city with nearly 3,000 years of globally influential art, architecture and culture on display. Ancient ruins such as the Roman Forum and the Colosseum evoke the power of the former Roman Empire. Vatican City, headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, boasts St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums, which house masterpieces such as Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes. Evening proceed an a Rome by night , dinner and music tours. Overnight in Rome.
Proceed on Full day Naples and Pampeli Tour with lunch. Return back at 0930pm in Rome. Overnight in Rome.
Day 09 : Rome- Florence
Proceed to the Railway station (on your own). It takes approx 2hours to reach Florence by train.Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region and birthplace of the Renaissance, is home to masterpieces of art and architecture. One of its most iconic sites is the Florence Cathedral, with its terra-cotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and bell tower designed by Giotto. The Galleria dell’Accademia displays Michelangelo’s “David,” while the Uffizi Gallery exhibits preeminent works such as Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and da Vinci’s “Annunciation.” On arrival transfer to the hotel (on your own) overnight in Florence.
Day 10: Florence
Morning free at leisure, in the afternoon proceed on a half day tour of Pisa which includes visit to PIZZA DEI MIRACOLI The Leaning tower , formally known as Piazza del Duomo, is a wide walled area located in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as an important center of European medieval art and one of the finest architectural complexes in the world. , the Baptistery, visit Cathedral and other important monuments. Return to Florence. Overnight in Florence.
Day 11: Florence-Venice
proceed to the Railway station (on your own) . it takes apporx 3hours to reach Venice. On arrival transfer to the hotel (on your own) in the evening enjoy a romantic Gondola Trip with songs and music. Overnight in Venice.
Day 12: Venice
Morning free at leisure. Venice is a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture, and its artwork. The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon. In the afternoon proceed an a half-day tour of the three islands MURANO. BURANO & TORCELLO. Overnight in Venice.
Transfer to the Airport (on your own) for the flight to final destination.
02 Nights Accommodation in Lucerne
02 Nights Accommodation in Interlaken
01 Nights Accommodation in Zurich
02 Nights Rome
02 Nights Florence
02 Nights Venice
Arrival Transfer in Rome
Eurail ITALY PASS 3DAYS (II CLASS)
Swiss Pass
Excursion to Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe
Excursion to Mt. Titlis
SWITZERLAND TOURIST VISA:
Valid passport ( Old passport if any),
Visa Application form,
2 colour photos, 35 x 45mm, 80% face appearance, white background, Glossy finish,
Covering Letter on Business Letterhead.
3 Years IT Returns.
Last Six Months Original Bank Statement with seal & signature of bank manager.
Business registration certificate.
If employed, 3 Months’ salary slips, NOC & Leave Sanctioned letter from employer Original.
Hotel Confirmation & Day to day Itinerary.
Overseas Medical Insurance.
Air Ticket Confirmation.
12. Students above the age of 16 years (beyond secondary school certificate either travelling
Alone or with parents) should attach copies of their college ID cards
SWITZERLAND BUSINESS VISA:
Valid passport (Old passport if any),
2 colour photos, 35 x 45mm, 80% face appearance, white background,
Last Six Months Bank Statement with seal & signature of bank manager.
If employed, 3 Months’ salary slips Original.
Hotel Confirmation.
Overseas Medical Insurance,
Air Ticket Confirmation
Letter of invitation directly to Consulate by Fax from Swiss Company & one copy to us.
Time Taken: Minimum 8 working Days
PLEASE NOTE: – Additional documents may be required in certain cases & Applicant could be requested to appear for personal interview. Visa Fees is NON REFUNDABLE
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Materials Research (1)
Mineralogical Magazine (9)
Powder Diffraction (1)
Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of fluorannite and its relationships to annite
M. F. Brigatti, E. Caprilli, D. Malferrari, A. Mottana
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine / Volume 71 / Issue 6 / December 2007
Print publication: December 2007
This study focuses on the crystal-chemical characterization of fluorannite from the Katugin Ta-Nb deposit, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Kalar Range, Transbaikalia, eastern Siberia, Russia. The chemical formula of this mineral is (K0.960Na0.020Ba0.001)(Fe2+ 2.102Fe3+ 0.425Cr3+ 0.002Mg0.039Li0.085Ti0.210Mn0.057)(Al0.674Si3.326) O10(F1.060OH0.028O0.912). This mica belongs to the 1M polytype (space group C2/m) with layer parameters a = 5.3454(2) Å, b = 9.2607(4) Å, c = 10.2040(5) Å, b = 100.169(3)º. Structure refinement, using anisotropic displacement parameters, converged at R = 0.0384. When compared to annite, fluorannite shows a smaller cell volume (Vfluorannite = 497.19 Å3; Vannite = 505.71 Å3), because of its smaller lateral dimensions and c parameter. Flattening in the plane of the tetrahedral basal oxygen atoms decreases with F content, together with the A–O4 distance (i.e. the distance between interlayer cation A and the octahedral anionic position) due to the reduced repulsion between the interlayer cation and the anion sited in O4.
Monazite-huttonite solid-solutions from the Vico Volcanic Complex, Latium, Italy
Giancarlo Della Ventura, Annibale Mottana, Gian Carlo Parodi, Mati Raudsepp, Fabio Bellatreccia, Enrico Caprilli, Paolo Rossi, Salvatore Fiori
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine / Volume 60 / Issue 402 / October 1996
Print publication: October 1996
The crystal-chemical relationships occurring within a single grain of monazite-(Ce) from Vetralla, Vico Volcanic Complex, north of Rome, are outlined. The sample is from a miarolitic cavity in a holocrystalline ejectum consisting of K-feldspar plus minor plagioclase, mica and Fe-oxides, collected from a pyroclastic explosive level. The Gandolfi film (Cu-Kα radiation) can be indexed in space group P21/n with a = 6.816(4); b = 6.976(4); c = 6.471(3) Å; β = 103.63(3)°; V = 299.0(6) Å3. Electron-probe microanalyses plot within the field of monazite along the huttonite-monazite edge of the huttonite-monazite-brabantite triangle. Despite patchy and irregular zoning, the grain shows a clear enrichment towards pure monazite at the outer rim. A constant Th:Si ratio of 1:1 indicates the existence of a simple solid-solution between huttonite and monazite. The substitution can be written as Th4+ + Si4+ → REE 3+ + P5+ without requiring any electrostatic compensation by divalent cations, or by anionic groups. The REE distribution pattern is compatible with that of monazites from syenitic rocks.
Zr-rich non metamict perrierite-(Ce) from holocrystalline ejecta in the Sabatini volcanic complex (Latium, Italy)
G. C. Parodi, G. Della Ventura, A. Mottana, M. Raudsepp
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine / Volume 58 / Issue 393 / December 1994
This paper reports the first in-situ finding of perrierite-(Ce) in Latium. The mineral occurs as brownish-red, transparent, well-developed, euhedral, prismatic crystals inside the miarolitic cavities of a holocrystalline ejectum from La Mola, Monti dell'Anguillara district, Sabatini volcanic complex.
The cell parameters (from Gandolfi film) are (in Å): a = 13.629(9), b = 5.727(1), c = 11.715(6), β(°) = 113.74(2), V(Å3) = 835.5(9). The crystal-chemical formula, based on microprobe analysis of one grain, is:
This perrierite is the most Zr-rich described so far. The entry of Zr in the C site of the structure is related to the substitution of large amounts of Ca in the A site, according to the charge balancing relationship:
The genesis of perrierite-(Ce) from La Mola is linked to late pneumatolitic-pegmatitic hypabyssal stages of the regional volcanic activity.
Asbecasite: crystal structure refinement and crystal chemistry
Michele Sacerdoti, Gian Carlo Parodi, Annibale Mottana, Adriana Maras, Giancarlo Della Ventura
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine / Volume 57 / Issue 387 / June 1993
The crystal structure of antimonian asbecasite in an ejectum of hypabyssal origin occurring at Tre Croci near Vetralla, Vico volcanic complex, Roman potassic province, Latium, Italy, has been refined to R = 0.042, and is compared to the original crystal structure determination carried out on the Sb-free asbecasite of hydrothermal metamorphic origin from the type-locality, Cherbandung in Binna valley, Monte Leone nappe, Switzerland. New electron microprobe analyses of samples from both localities demonstrate crystal-chemical features that permit distinction between asbecasites from the two occurrences, so far the only known localities for this mineral.
Improved X-Ray Powder Diffraction Data for Franckeite
Annibale Mottana, Salvatore Fiori, Gian Carlo Parodi
Journal: Powder Diffraction / Volume 7 / Issue 2 / June 1992
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2013, pp. 112-114
The X-Ray powder diffraction patterns of three franckeite specimens from Bolivia all lack the 2.91 and 2.82 Å reflections of 100 intensity reported in PDF 15-25. A new indexed pattern is given for the franckeite of the San José mine, Oruro.
Phase relations of aenigmatite minerals in a syenitic ejectum, wonchi volcano, Ethiopia
Mario Gaeta, Annibale Mottana
Wonchi volcano (Ethiopia) is the second locality for wilkinsonite, the new mineral related to aenigmatite via the coupled substitution 2Fe3+ = TiFe2+. Wilkinsonite occurs as relics surrounded by rims of riebeckite and biotite in a syenitic ejectum which also contains microphenocrysts of aenigmatite. The two minerals do not represent an equilibrium pair. They both formed in the magma chamber under plutonic to hypabyssal conditions, but during two following stages of crystallisation separated by a major drop in ƒO2 conditions.
Ranciéite from Mazzano Romano (Latium, Italy)
Eugenio Barrese, Ciriaco Giampaolo, Odino Grubessi, Annibale Mottana
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine / Volume 50 / Issue 355 / March 1986
Ranciéite occurs as stalactites coated with 10 Å halloysite in an open fissure crossing the Mazzano Romano Mn-impregnated tuffs. Chemical analysis (by EMPA) gave: MnO2 71.9, CaO 6.11, BaO 2.85, MgO 1.53, K2O 0.86, Na2O 0.53 plus minor oxides, total 85.07% (average of sixteen spots). Thermal analysis gave a total loss of ∼ 20 wt% of which 13.9% can be attributed to bonded water. The resulting formula contains 4H2O rather than 3H2O, as in most published references. The loss of water leads to the formation of hausmannite plus unidentified phases, after a complex sequence of reactions. Dehydration is directly followed by an X-ray amorphous stage. The X-ray pattern and IR spectrum indicate a poor structural order, in agreement with the likely formation conditions of the Mazzano ranciéite at atmospheric pressure and very low temperatures (less than 50 °C), from cold water percolating through the main Mn deposit.
Cesanite, Ca2Na3[(OH)(SO4)3] , a sulphate isotypic to apatite, from the Cesano geothermal field (Latium, Italy)
G. Cavarretta, A. Mottana, F. Tecce
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine / Volume 44 / Issue 335 / September 1981
Print publication: September 1981
Cesanite occurs both as a solid vein (1 cm thick) and as a cavity-filling of an explosive breccia in core samples of the Cesano 1 geothermal well (Cesano area, Latium, Italy).
Cesanite is coloudess, medium to coarse grained, soft (H = 2 to 3) and light (ρ meas 2.786±0.002 g cm−3). It is uniaxial negative, ε = 1.564, ω = 1.570, with space group P63/m and cell parameters a = 9.442 (4), c = 6.903 (3) Å, for c/a = 0.730. Identifying spacings are 8.161, 2.822, 2.727,1.844 Å, in X-ray powder patterns strikingly similar to those of apatite. The chemical formula (microprobe analyses on two grains) is Ca1.53Sr0.03Na3.42K0.02[(Cl0.06F0.06OH0.44)(S2.99O12)]·0.44H2O, while the theoretical formula, derived from considerations on structural identity with apatite, is Ca2Na3[(OH)(SO4)3]. Cesanite is the end member of the apatite-wilkeite ellestadite series where [PO4]3− is entirely substituted by [SO4]2−, the charge balance being made up by Na+ substituting for Ca2+.
Ferrocarpholite from Colle Ciarbonet (Cottian Alps)
G. Scaini, A. Mottana, K. Abraham
The chemistry and cell parameters of omphacites and related pyroxenes
A. D. Edgar, A. Mottana, N. D. Macrae
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2018, pp. 61-74
In an attempt to correlate the chemical compositions and cell sizes of omphacites and related pyroxenes, the cell dimensions of fifty-five analysed pyroxenes have been determined, or taken from the literature. Twenty-two of the chemical analyses are new, nineteen of them being done by electron microprobe. Approximately two-thirds of the total number of analyses may be considered first class, the remainder are of doubtful or unknown quality. Cell parameters, determined by X-ray powder diffraction methods, have errors of 0·1 % for the majority of samples, although for some samples taken from the literature errors are unknown.
The majority of methods of recalculating omphacite analyses into their end-member molecules are unsuitable for correlation of cell constants with chemistry, mainly due to the impossibility of graphical representation of more than three end-member molecules, and to the non-stoichiometry of these molecules. Using a modification of Tröger's (1962) method of recalculating chloromelanite analyses the present analyses have been recalculated into the diopside-jadeite-acmite and diopside-jadeite-hedenbergite molecules and compared with their determined cell parameters. Because of the gradations in all parameters between these end-member molecules, determination of compositions based on the cell parameters (a, b, c, vol, or β) can only be made within wide limits. However, using a method of projection of compositions from the acmite and hedenbergite apices to the diopside-jadeite join the ratios of diopside to jadeite can be determined for most samples to within ±5 mol%. As there are the most important constituents of most omphacites, this method permits an approximate estimation of omphacite compositions. From a knowledge of the cell sizes of the omphacite a rough indication of the conditions of formation of its host rock may also be obtained.
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The Pastor's Wife
Posted on Jan 20, 2020 Jan 20, 2020 by Elizabeth von Arnim
The Pastor s Wife Ingeborg Bullivant decides spontaneously to join a tour to Lucerne and returns engaged Yet her new life as a rural Prussian pastor s wife restricts her as much as her old and when the dashing artist I
Title: The Pastor's Wife
Author: Elizabeth von Arnim
Ingeborg Bullivant decides spontaneously to join a tour to Lucerne and returns engaged Yet her new life as a rural Prussian pastor s wife restricts her as much as her old and when the dashing artist Ingram appears, musing about wondrous Italy, wanderlust tempts her a second time Von Arnim s accomplished and comic novel is based on her own first marriage and life in provIngeborg Bullivant decides spontaneously to join a tour to Lucerne and returns engaged Yet her new life as a rural Prussian pastor s wife restricts her as much as her old and when the dashing artist Ingram appears, musing about wondrous Italy, wanderlust tempts her a second time Von Arnim s accomplished and comic novel is based on her own first marriage and life in provincial Germany at the turn of the century.
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About “Elizabeth von Arnim”
Elizabeth, Countess Russell, was a British novelist and, through marriage, a member of the German nobility, known as Mary Annette Gr fin von Arnim.Born Mary Annette Beauchamp in Sydney, Australia, she was raised in England and in 1891 married Count Henning August von Arnim, a Prussian aristocrat, and the great great great grandson of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia She had met von Arnim during an Italian tour with her father They married in London but lived in Berlin and eventually moved to the countryside where, in Nassenheide, Pomerania, the von Arnims had their family estate The couple had five children, four daughters and a son The children s tutors at Nassenheide included E M Forster and Hugh Walpole.In 1898 she started her literary career by publishing Elizabeth and Her German Garden, a semi autobiographical novel about a rural idyll published anonymously and, as it turned out to be highly successful, reprinted 21 times within the first year Von Arnim wrote another 20 books, which were all published By the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden.Count von Arnim died in 1910, and in 1916 Elizabeth married John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, Bertrand Russell s elder brother The marriage ended in disaster, with Elizabeth escaping to the United States and the couple finally agreeing, in 1919, to get a divorce She also had an affair with H G Wells.She was a cousin of Katherine Mansfield whose real name was Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp.Elizabeth von Arnim spent her old age in London, Switzerland, and on the French Riviera When World War II broke out she permanently took up residence in the United States, where she died in 1941, aged 74.
205 thoughts on “The Pastor's Wife”
Jan-Maat
I picked this up, probably just because it was cheap but was left wondering why I hadn't heard of Elizabeth von Arnim before.The novel has a deceptively light tone that enables her to talk easily about troubled and difficult marriages - this is a book written in the early years of the 20th century as well as a book that drew on her experience of her own marriage.The story is fairly straight forward. Young woman, the daughter of a bishop, is proposed to while on holiday and because she can't mana [...]
I've never read such an apparently mild book that made me so wildly angry. Von Arnim is becoming a personal hero.(Longer review written at a greater distance included in my fall/winter roundup on my blog: shouldacouldawouldabooks/)
What a delightful novel. Written by Elizabeth von Arnim and published in 1914, the story is that of Ingeborg Bullivant, the second and less obviously attractive daughter of Bishop and Mrs. Bullivant in England. Ingeborg has been raised by her father to be completely obedient and to be his secretary and assistant, this upbringing rooted not so much in real affection as in Biblical admonitions, although her “sanctity,” at least as he defines it, defines his affection. Ingeborg consequently has [...]
Poiema
This was my second von Arnim read, and I am rather amazed at this author's ability to confront complex women's issues and still maintain a light touch. By that I mean that the heavy issues are not confronted head-on, but are wrapped in layers of humor, heady descriptions of nature, and forays into art and literature. I find I need time to digest it all after closing the book.In this novel, a young woman goes from the protected and stifling cocoon of her Father's home (an English Bishop), to the [...]
What a roller coaster ride this was! I was so surprised at ever turn. What utterly perfect and marvelous character development. What exquisite changes in points of view. This is exactly what I read Elizabeth von Arnim for. She makes me smile. Sometimes she sort of breaks my heart. She never bores me. What a fabulously unexpected ending.
I enjoyed Ingeborg's brief escapes. Women going quietly about their work might suddenly break out and do surprising things. People you take for granted might have an inner life you never imagined. von Arnim has a predominantly negative view of men in most of her writing - it seems to have been her life experience - but it gets tired for me. Ingeborg's work to develop her mind through reading, her attempts to break her children out of their mute acceptance of what is, and her sheer joy at seeing [...]
Laura McDonald
I believe I am getting to the root of what I love and don't love about Von Arnim's writing. I love her autobiographical and first-person POV work. I love her insights into life, love, and nature. I love her optimism and happiness and boundless joy at small pleasures. I love that she loves to be alone with her thoughts, and she actually thinks and sees right to the bottom of things.I don't love her third-person and omniscient POV work. I didn't know exactly why until I read The Pastor's Wife and [...]
I am puzzled about how to consider this book. On the one hand, the main character is over-powered by everyone else in the book except her preternaturally good children (who utterly creeped me out, innocent as they were), but has, as it were, two moments of happy personal strength (and it is strength), one at the beginning and one at the end. The rest of the time is a struggle which is hard for the reader to "watch." The ending is a sort of triumphant tragedy, and I don't know that I will ever kn [...]
Hallgerd
I am amazed at the lightness of touch of this book. It is witty, sometimes downright hilarious (for example the proposal scene) and joyful and yet manages to reveal (without any preachiness or tut-tutting) the crushing effect of the inequality that dominated women's lives. It's beautifully written. I recommend it.
The Pastor's Wife (1914 fiction) was a sad commentary on people in the church who haven't a clue what it means to follow Christ. Every character was selfish to the core. It was terribly hard to like a book in which none of the principle characters have any redeeming qualities.
A Lovely, long Von Arnim novel which deals ith marriage, motherhood and the subjugation of women. My full review here: heavenali.wordpress/2014/0
Elena T.
"La moglie del pastore" non fa eccezione sugli altri Von Armin; raramente capita di imbattersi in personaggi tanto briosi quanto i suoi. In questo caso Ingeborg, la protagonista del libro, essenza stessa della femminilità fatta di grazia e bellezza quasi ultraterrena. Con una cinquantina di pagine meno sarebbe stata una perla perfetta.
4-4.5/5Romanzo che è tanto scorrevole e piacevole, quanto triste di fondo – ma altrettanto vero.Benché Herr Dremmell sia tipizzato e appartenente ad un’altra mentalità ed epoca, rappresenta uno dei difetti che si trovano spesso in tanti uomini, il fatto di non ascoltare, andare avanti secondo quanto si pensa e dare per scontata la persona che si ha accanto.E come Ingeborg è passiva, inetta a prendere davvero in mano la sua vita, ad alcuni può apparire irritante e sciocco, ma personalmen [...]
Oh Ingeborg, how silly and naive can you be? :)Elizabeth Von Arnim writes about charming characters. But the funny thing is that her books make try to picture her, the writer, the voice behind her characters. I try to imagine which of her flaws, which of her strengths she gives to each of her characters.Only down side for me on this book was some slowness of the plot development, some lack of action that created the need for me to read other books in the meantime. Regardless, I was happy to retu [...]
This isn't my favourite but it's very enjoyable even although I did see how it was going to end sometime before getting there.
This novel was published in 1914 and is another of the genre examining the stultifying effects of forcing women into a very narrow and defined role. A young English woman, raised by her father "The Bishop" to be nothing more than a helpful adjunct and possession of her father, sneaks away on a freedom spree to visit Lucerne when she is supposed to be in London visiting the dentist. She meets a German pastor/farmer and is swept away by his attentions. She resolves to marry him against her father' [...]
This is my third Von Arnim novel, and she seems to have a theme: fanciful, lonely young women married to men who care little about them. Here Ingeborg is a bishop’s daughter, raised in utter oppression, who accidentally becomes engaged to a Prussian pastor. If you allow that being ignored is somewhat better than being oppressed, then her life improves when she becomes the pastor’s wife.This is equal parts amusing and sad. Ingeborg receives love only when she behaves in a certain way, and sin [...]
Lytton Bell
The writing sometimes almost reaches the poetic eloquence of a D.H. Lawrence - maybe this was simply a shining moment historically for English Literature. I had to give it five stars because she pulled off a miraculously tragic ending without inspiring utter hopeless agony in the reader. Genius trick. The characters were so subtle, complicated and interesting - how did she do that. Especially how Ingram turned slowly from hot sauce to dry rot in such a way as to convince you he had always been a [...]
Well, this book is a mix of serious and ridiculous, so it captures life pretty accurately. While wrestling with serious issues regarding women and society, von Arnim lets the ridiculous just shine through so that sometimes I couldn't be sure if I was angry or laughing. Poor Ingeborg!
At 22 years of age, Ingeborg, finds herself unchaperoned in London with 10 pounds. For years she has served as her father, the Bishop's, secretary, and homemaker, in place of her mother who has taken to the couch for years, and chaperone for her younger more beautiful sister; every hour of her day was scheduled to take care of somebody else's needs. When she sees the chance to join a tour group going to Lucerne for 7 days, leaving her with a little money left over, she jumps at the chance. Then [...]
Vera Maharani
Ingeborg, the heroine of the story, was an English bishop's daughter. On her first trip alone to London for a dentist appointment, she impulsively booked a trip to Lucerne and somehow came back engaged to a German pastor. They got married and Ingeborg was taken to her husband's hometown in Kökensee, where she lived in a constant culture shock and misunderstanding. This story followed Ingeborg as she try to make best of her life as the Frau Pastor and not losing herself in the process.Starring a [...]
Elalma
A detta di molti sedicenti luminari le donne non scrivono bene quanto gli uomini, chiss� perch� al mondo femminile si addicono storie d'amore oppure al massimo storie di famiglie, di intimit� e cose cos�. La von Arnim eredita secondo me parte dell'arguzia e dell'ironia degli inglesi dell'ottocento,ricorda Trollope, in alcune ambientazione e come lui fa sorridere, ma aggiunge un'innovazione straordinaria. Mette in luce le ipocrisie dell'epoca, e smontando parecchi miti, quale quello della [...]
I am officially a fan of von Arnim. This is such a sad story of hope and innocence versus indifference and expectations. It seems a tale of old where men and women, husbands and wives, parents and children all behaved differently and all had very specific, more black and white roles than what we have today in relationships. However, the hurt of indifference and disappointment in people you trust is always the same.
Von Arnim so beautifully captures the human spirit in all its happiness and pain that it feels as fresh as if it were written today. This novel is an emotional roller coaster, with dry humor often the result of conflicting social norms or values, yet also the setting of agonizing verbal and physical abuse - which felt so real it was almost hard to read. Nevertheless, I would read it all again because it was so beautifully written.
Melody McMahon
I loved the other von Arnim I read a long time ago, so decided to read this and was not unhappy I did, but it is strange. Very lighthearted at first even though complaining about lot in life. But the thing that really made me distraught was the lack of gumption in Ingeborg's life--she makes these huge leaps, though come to think of it, they are all rather spur of the moment, but when it comes to it, she cannot get the gumption to take charge of her life.
I enjoy reading books from this era. I found the ending of The Pastor's Wife unsettling. Like there should have been more to it; it was not a satisfactory finish. But I did enjoy reading the book. It was just not a book one closes with a happy sigh, but a book that leads one to introspection about realties and right and wrong.
I picked this as February's Velvet Ashes Book Club book -- great themes for women living as ex-pats:*family patterns*second culture women*figuring out cultural rules*loneliness and boredom*marriages that weren't the most satisfying(For Downton Abbey fans -- Mosely gave Anna a copy of this book. It was hot in 1914)
Mary Christian Payne
INTERESTINGINTERESTINGI liked this book, probably because I love to read books from writers of this era The plot was good, but would be unrealistic in today's world. far too much detail,but very typical of its time.
Vickimouse61
Good but not my favorite Arnim is very good at pointing out the complexities of human relationships. People are complicated and endings are not always happy. She gets that. Very descriptive writing. I liked it a lot but probably won't read it again.
Puddiner
I loved The Enchanted April but gave up on this book. It did not hold my interest at all
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Russians Onboard in DR Congo Plane Crash, Embassy Says
Russian crew members are believed to be onboard a plane that vanished off radar and crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Russian diplomats told state media Friday.
A cargo plane carrying eight passengers and crew, including DRC presidential staff, crashed in a forest in the country’s east on Thursday. The Antonov An-72 transport aircraft crashed in a forest and broke apart upon landing.
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Review of Belfast Free Range Music Festival
April 29, 2012 Rockin' Out
If I could have cloned myself in order to hear more of the excellent music at the 2012 Belfast Free Range Musical, I’d have done so. As it was, the festival, held Saturday, April 28 in eight venues across Belfast, offered up a rich variety of genres from bands and artists from all over the country. It was a blustery but brilliantly sunny day, and as festival-goers scurried from spot to spot, there nevertheless was an invitingly laid-back vibe.
As in years past, the festival starts with some looser, more relaxed sounds. I was able to catch 11-piece ensemble The Living Daylight at the First Church, who play a lovely blend of reggae and folk, with a touch of calypso, mariachi music and gypsy jazz sprinkled in. They’re based out of Brooksville, where the members also create artisan bread and treats at their own Tinder Heath Bakery. It was good way to ease into the day, and the wide variety of age groups present at that early hour – noon, to be exact – happily swayed to the beat. One of the nice things about Free Range is that when they say it’s all ages, they really mean it’s all ages; tiny children and retirees alike, sitting next to Portland hipsters and Belfast locals. Sure, sometimes a gaggle of inquisitive, talkative four-year-olds at a hushed, meditative folk performance is a bit distracting, but I’d like to think those kids are going to grow up to be extremely well-rounded individuals, if they’re being exposed to an event like Free Range at such a young age.
After a bit of lunch at the Belfast Co-op, my friends and I returned to the First Church to hear Portland-via-Waldo County bluegrass duo Coloradas, comprised of Roy Davis,
Bernie Nye and guest bassist Amanda Kowalski. Davis has one of those plaintive voices just meant to sing bluegrass, and the pair’s songwriting is thoughtful and intimate. We booked it to the Colonial Theatre afterwards to see Arborea (at left), the experimental folk duo from Lewiston who’s garnered a great deal of acclaim in the music press. And with good reason; Buck and Shanti Curran make utterly gorgeous music. Shanti’s crystalline soprano floats above Buck’s articulate guitar playing, which is some of the finest I’ve heard in recent years. That’s not an overstatement; he weaves in elements of Arabic and Indian music, while staying rooted in a traditional folk sound, bringing to mind wizards like Richard Thompson or the less bombastic side of Jimmy Page. Together, the two of them are mesmerizing.
We managed to catch a few songs by AWAAS, the Portland trio that rose out of the ashes of noise-rockers Ocean and Conifer. They have a hard-edged sound reminiscent of bands like Big Black or Black Flag, i.e. post-punk, but with a more metal sensibility. We then took the Free Range Fest shuttle up to the beautiful Waterfall Arts on High Street, where we settled in to see Lonesome Shack, a country blues duo all the way from Seattle. Yes, people are going to compare them to the White Stripes, but that’s a gross underestimation; their music is more rooted in the sounds of John Lee Hooker and Junior Kimbrough. Two guys, one dance party. Awesome. We got back into downtown just in time to go back to the First Church to see MV & EE, a Vermont collective centered around Matt Valentine and Erika Elder; think psychedelic folk, with deep, atmospheric sounds swimming in reverb, and adorned with soaring guitar.
We then ran back up the street to see the What Cheer? Brigade, who I had the pleasure of seeing in 2008 during the Black Fly Ball, the unbelievably fun party the Beehive Collective throws during the Blueberry Festival in Machias. They’re a 19 piece punk rock brass band, and if you are able to resist the siren call of their sound (hip hop, Balkan music, Dixieland, Latin, everything in between) then you have no soul. What other band can compel hundreds of people into the street to dance with reckless abandon, in their shirt sleeves, in 45 degree weather? Not very many others, I’d wager. The Legion Hall was full to capacity (and about 85 humid, sweaty degrees) so there was a bit of a wait to get in, but by the end of the show, it didn’t matter.
I caught a bit of Coke Weed, the buzzworthy Bar Harbor band, who played at Myn’s on Market, a tiny new venue just a block from the Legion Hall. They totally killed it – rock with a country edge, with a shiny veneer of swagger and sex. You just feel cooler listening to them. We then went down to Three Tides, to ensure that we could get into the Hillytown.com After Party, which filled to capacity last year. Some Marshall Wharf beers, some warmth by the fireplace, and the company of lots of interesting people. Orono-via-Portland trio Great Western Plain played first; they really hit that sweet spot that is garage rock and sneering punk attitude. A Severe Joy was next, and I think I’ve effused plenty on this blog how much I love Jose Ayerve’s solo project. Sparkling lights, costumes and electronic, new-wavey beats. What’s not to love? He performed with Bangor belly dance troupe Paradigm, who sported shimmering bat wings and hula hoops. The night ended with Vistas, the shockingly talented DJ duo out of Camden, who somehow manage to inspire dancing while staying smart and interesting. It was a truly memorable day and night. Belfast has something incredibly special going on with Free Range.
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New Dallas Arts District hotel opens with art objects you want to touch
Dallas Arts District hotel opens with art objects you want to touch
By Candy Evans
Lava Thomas' Resistance Reverb: Movements 1 & 2 Photo courtesy of Hall Arts
Bathroom at Hall Arts Hotel. Photo courtesy of Hall Arts
The Right Kind of Boy by Clare Woods. Photo courtesy of Hall Arts
Bedroom suite at Hall Arts Hotel. Photo courtesy of Hall Arts
Photo courtesy of Hall Arts
"This is the end of a long journey," said Craig Hall on December 3, cutting a red ribbon draped across the free-standing lobby staircase of his newest gem, the Hall Arts Hotel. "It's got a lot of soul. A lot of hotels are bland and not unique: we have 28 different room types!"
It not only has soul, it is the prolific Dallas-based developer’s (and his wife, Kathryn’s) newest masterpiece, the very first luxury hotel to grace the Dallas Arts District. Perched at the corner of Ross Avenue and Leonard Street, the 183-room, 10-story luxury hotel is right across the street from Pritzker Prize-winning architecture and celebrated arts venues.
The hotel is the first part of a $250 million development that includes a luxury high-rise condo tower next door expected to epitomize luxury living in Dallas. The HALL Arts Residences are expected to open in spring of 2020.
The passion for art is woven into the DNA of the property. Hall Arts Hotel offers a diverse collection of impactful, thought-provoking works of art celebrating established and emerging talents.
Hall Arts Hotel is not just another well-crafted luxury boutique hotel. It is a showplace for a collection that the Halls, avid modern art collectors, personally approved.
And to truly let the art be the focal point, HKS architects kept the backgrounds, from walls to furnishings, soft and neutral. Where there is no neutral, there is floor-to-ceiling glass brimming with sunlight.
The art was collected in a collaboration with Virginia Shore, former chief curator of the U.S. Department of State’s ‘Arts in Embassies’ Program, and Dallas’ revered art advocate (and HALL Group private curator) Patricia Meadows, for the commissioned pieces, some of which are yet to come.
Collection highlights are evident right at the front door. A vibrant overhead sculpture of ruby-hued tambourines hangs at the hotel entrance and over the seating area, the reds so vivid I asked if it was perhaps a holiday sculpture. It is not. It is Lava Thomas’s “Resistance Reverb: Movements 1 & 2,” a nod to the historical use of tambourines by protestors and advocates during times of activism including the Women’s Marches (and another reason why I loved it).
An ethereal, delicate light installation overhead in the dining room, called Ellie’s after Craig Hall’s late mother, is Spencer Finch’s “Asteroid,” said to visualize Finch’s experience of nature. Ellie’s takes inspiration from Napa Valley, where the Halls own their famous winery, offering coastal dishes and farm-fresh ingredients. Perched on the second floor, with a black grand piano on a platform, Ellie’s Restaurant + Lounge is the property’s main dining facility for breakfast, lunch, dinner with live music and entertainment five nights a week.
A sculpture near the elevator called 6302 Spoons, 2012, by Najla El Zein consisted of metal spoons depicting a nasal-like shape made me want to touch. Spoons!
But wait until you walk into the 2,500 square foot Grand Ballroom (able to accomodate 250 people) for the most vivid, soft floral wall of art by Clare Woods, The Right Kind of Boy by Clare Woods.
There are 28 types of rooms, each inspired by the Dallas Arts District. Designed by HKS Architects with interiors by Bentel & Bentel, the rooms are sophisticated and luxurious with padded leather headboards that extend behind the side tables, soft tones, beverage centers, huge showers, vessel tubs in the larger suites, luxe towels tucked under dual master sinks, Natura Bissé bath products by La Bottega, and lush king beds made up in Frette linens.
Even the keyless entry is unique and artistic.
The guest rooms and hallways feature local photographs that showcase vibrant scenes of the Dallas Arts District, which were compiled by Meadows following the conclusion of the Arts District’s ‘Through the Lens’ photography competition. The images were selected and compiled into a beautiful coffee table book titled “Through the Lens: Dallas Arts District,” from which all sales proceeds will go back towards the Dallas Arts District Foundation’s grants fund, which provides grants to local arts organizations to program throughout the district.
It’s a district bereft of life – without a ticket, there’s no reason to be there. Besides theater traffic, the only activation comes from the occasional outdoor event or wayward food truck from Klyde Warren Park. With hotel guests, all the art, and Ellie’s filling up with chatter and music, well, there is your life!
Crescent Hotels and Resorts is operating the hotel, which has already had its soft opening. HALL wines from St. Helena and Rutherford are already being poured at the reception desk. Crescent is an award winning, nationally recognized, top-3 operator of hotels and resorts operating over 100 hotels, resorts & conference centers in the US and Canada. Crescent also operates a collection of legendary independent lifestyle hotels and resorts under the Latitudes Collection umbrella. The new HALL Arts Hotel is also the only Dallas hotel qualified to be a member of Leading Hotels of the World, a portfolio of luxury hotels focused on pampering guests with amenities and services, “united not by what makes them the same, but the details that make them different.”
A version of this story originally appeared on CandysDirt.com.
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Rise Executive Search & Recruitmen today announced the launch of a new, redesigned version of its website, www.rise-exec.com. Key features of the site include a cleaner and more attractive design, a more engaging user experience with enhanced search and navigation, and the capability to set up job alerts and details searches for candidates via the Rise Executive Platform.
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