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__label__cc	0.623392	0.376608	Home \| News Wednesday 19 October 2016 UN denies harbouring armed criminals in South Sudan October 18, 2016 (JUBA) - United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has denied claims by government that it was hosting armed criminals within its various Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites. UN peacekeepers in South Sudan with one of their helicopters (UNMISS) "UNMISS is concerned about recent claims that it is harbouring criminals in its Protection of Civilian (POC) sites. Such statements only serve to discredit the impartial nature of the Mission’s operations and are regrettable,” UNMISS said in a statement issued on Tuesday. Although the world body did not refer to any specific accusation from South Sudan government, its officials, including the country’s information minister had, in the past, accused the six UNMISS PoCs, manned by a 12,000 strong peacekeepers, of harbouring criminals. The accusation comes on the backdrop of last month’s incident in which 12 civilians were killed near the UNMISS base, prompting the government to suggest the armed men lived in the POC. Currently, the UN said, there are 202,700 individuals who have taken refuge at UNMISS bases across the country since December 2013. According to the world body, strict security measures have been put in place to stop infiltration of people into the site, with ammunition. Persons seeking protection are searched on entry to maintain arm free civilians nature of these sites, said UNMISS in the statement. "UNMISS wishes to emphasize that it is engaged in the protection of those South Sudanese residing in its PoC sites, and elsewhere, in strict accordance with the terms of its mandate to protect civilians in imminent danger, and to provide these vulnerable populations with life-saving services in close partnership with humanitarian and protection partners," it further stressed. Relations between UNMISS and Juba government has been rocky since conflict broke out in the young nation in December 2013. The government accuses peacekeepers of being sympathetic to the armed opposition, allegations that have been proven incorrect. The UN Security Council authorized additional 4,000 in August with a mandate to respond to attacks on civilians, but are yet to deploy due to government’s reluctance to accept the force. UNMISS has, however, reminded South Sudanese authorities of their primary responsibilities to protect the country’s unarmed civilians. "In protecting civilians, UNMISS calls upon the cooperation of local communities and the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) which bears the primary responsibility for protecting all South Sudanese citizens," said the UN in its statement. (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence - No inappropriate or offensive language - No racism, tribalism or sectarianism - No inappropriate or derogatory remarks - No deviation from the topic of the article - No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible comments Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to comment@sudantribune.com The Sudan Tribune editorial team. 19 October 2016 10:29, by Akuma If UNMISS is not harboring rebels within their camps, then where do the get those military uniforms the give to SPLA forces last week. UNMISS need to be sincere in all their work otherwise they are fueling South Sudan conflicts. They have made South Sudan conflict has their own projects to look for funds to sustain their living. 19 October 2016 10:54, by TRUE WATCHDOG I concur with Akuma. There’re so many evidences and eyewitnesses that UNMISS has been accelerating and exacerbating the situation in South Sudan.I wished UNMISS would apologise for presumptuous act in crises of South Sudan.Not only harbouring but also render military and logistics support to rebels.This should be disclosed to the world should they deny their mess! 19 October 2016 12:36, by Equatoria1 I think it is not about the fact that there are actual gunmen UNMISS Camps. I think the Jenge are blood thirsty and they are not happy that there are survivors from the 2013 Massacre. Now they are hoping that they could give much pressure so that UNMISS would one day hand over all those innocent civilian for killing. Dinkas are very sick for sure! 19 October 2016 18:50, by Mr Point There is no EVIDENCE that UNMISS has supported armed criminals in the sites where civilians have taken refuge from ethnic cleansing. Strict security measures have been put in place to stop infiltration of people into the site, with ammunition. Persons seeking protection are searched on entry to maintain arm free civilians nature of these sites.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6228
__label__wiki	0.540377	0.540377	Assamese garments –Via Fashion Show Bodo Dokhona Dress The indigenous handicrafts that in other parts of the country are confined to professional castes were practiced as household industries in the valley of the Brahmaputra. In Assam proper, there is no dearth of raw materials. Indigenous manufacturers consisted of thread and fabrics, cotton textiles, brass utensils, oil extracted from mustard or til seeds gur or molasses, jewelleries, articles of ivory and agricultural implements. Every family in Assam proper had looms to meet the requirement of the household. The looms were in fact the centre of domestic economy, the only hope of salvation in an hour of distress or despair. Cotton manufactures- churias, chaddars, barkapors, khania kapor and gamochas- were entirely in the hands of women of all classes, although women of respectability and position usually prepared only the finest fabrics- asu or asuli poreah, gunnah, kotah, gai bonkara- resembling the muslins of Dacca. From time immemorial, the people of Assam have traditionally been craftsmen. The magic of art of Assamese craftsmen is a common passion inspiring the deep senses with its’ age old simplicity and sophistication. Though, Assam is renown for its exquisite silks, bamboo and cane products, several other crafts are also made here. The colourful Assamese Japi (headgear), terracotta of Gauripur and various decorative items bear witness to the craftsmanship of this land. Assam Handloom is indeed noteworthy offering a mosaic of colours and contours with pleasing motifs and designs. The Eri, Muga (Assamese silk dresses) and typical tribal attires are a treat to the eyes of the beholder. Dance, music, woodwork, pottery, sitalpati or the art of mat making have survived through centuries with fewer changes since it remained an integral part of the locals. The advent of modernity, indeed, has brought a change in the everyday lifestyle of the tribals, yet the basic arts and crafts, and their technique of production has not changed much. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Sericulture in Assam Assam’s handloom industry is basically silk oriented. The salubrious climate of Assam is suitable for sericigenous flora and fauna. Four varieties of silk worms and their host-plants, mulberry, Eri, Muga and Oak Tassar are popular and important for economic and commercial purposes. Sericulture is an important cottage industry of Assam. Eri and Muga have been producing silk traditionally since long back. Muga is the pride of the Assamese ladies. Oak tassar was introduced in Assam only in 1972. Nearly 90% of the silk produced is from the mulberry sector only. Sericulture is a state concern and is done in four steps 1. The cultivation of the host plant, i.e. som and soalu, requires an ordinary method of cultivation. 2. Strains of silk worms, developed at the central silkworm feed station at sibsagar, provides large quantities of moth eggs. The eggs are kept in cold storage until they are hatched. To avoid any danger of epidemic diseases, only pedigreed strains of silkworms propagated from cultures determined to be disease- free are used. 3. Rearing of silkworms is a laborious process. An important aspect of sericulture is that it requires great skill and patience. Muga reared in the open air, needs to be protected from birds and bats. The female moth lays eggs on the kharika, and when these are newly hatched, the kharika, along with the worms, are hung upon specially selected twigs of young plants. The tiny worms immediately crawl up the leaves to start feeding. After the last moult, the worms feed even more voraciously. At night, they climb down the trunk of the tree, which makes the task of collecting them relatively simple. To spin cocoons, they are put on bundles of dry leafy twigs called tali and taken indoors. 4. The treatment and disposal of cocoons involves unwinding cocoons to make raw silk. The pupae are killed inside the cocoons before they emerge as adults. This is done either by exposing them to the sun or by heating them in a special drying chamber. The cocoons are sorted out for reeling. Before reeling, the muga cocoons are cooked in an alkaline solution of soda ash for an hour. This helps to soften the natural gum, serecin, which holds the filaments together. The true end of the filament is found and a number of cocoons are transferred to the reeling basin containing tepid water. Two methods of reeling are prevalent-the traditional, which involves two persons, and a recent one that employs a fast operating machine with the operator using both hands for reeling. Half of the silk in each cocoon is considered reliable and the remainder, used as silk waste, noil, is transformed into spun silk. After the reeling, the muga threads are dried in the shade for three-four days, following which then they are wound into skeins on a sereki. The sizing of the skeins involves the application of a mixture of powdered rice and water. Assam is the home of several types of silks, the most prominent and prestigious being muga, the golden silk exclusive only to this state. Muga apart, there is paat, as also eri, the latter being used in manufacture of warm clothes for winter. Of a naturally rich golden colour, muga is the finest of India's wild silks. It is produced only in Assam. The women of Assam weave fairy tales in their looms. Skill to weave was the primary qualification of a young girl for her eligibility for marriage. This perhaps explains why Assam has the largest concentration of Handlooms and weavers in India. One of the world's finest artistic traditions finds expression in their exquisitely woven 'Eri', 'Muga' and 'Pat' fabrics. The traditional handloom silks still hold their own in world markets They score over factory-made silks in the richness of their textures and designs, in their individuality, character and classic beauty. No two handwoven silks are exactly alike. Personality of the weaver, her hereditary skill, her innate sense of colour and balance all help to create a unique product. Today, India exports a wide variety of silks to western Europe and the United States, especially as exclusive furnishing fabrics. Boutiques and fashion houses, designers and interior decorators have the advantage of getting custom-woven fabrics in the designs, weaves and colours of their choice. A service that ensures an exclusive product not easily repeatable by competitors. The Tribals on the other hand have a wide variety of colourful costumes, some of which have earned International repute through the export market. Weaving in Assam is so replete with artistic sensibility and so intimately linked to folk life that Gandhiji, during his famous tour to promote khadi and swadeshi, was so moved that he remarked : "Assamese women weave fairy tales in their clothes!" Weaving and Spinning Weaving and embroidery is one of the main industry of Assam. Some of the Assamese traditional garments like Mekhela - Chadar, two piece Assamese ladies apparel have beautiful designed borders. Cotton, Muga silk, Paat (Silk), Eri silk are common fabrics widely used for weaving. Images of animals, human figures, creepers, flowers, birds etc. are embroidered on handloom products. Sarees, shawls, jackets, gamocha (Assamese Towel), table spreads, mats and napkins are the common products. Cachar district and Sualkuchi (Silk weaving centre) are the main handloom weaving centres of Assam. Fibre is also weaved on a loom made of wood and bamboo poles in Batadrava area of Nagaon district and Gauripur of Dhubri district. Seats, mats and cushions are made with fibre. Assam has a glorious tradition of Handicrafts. Handloom weaving is a way of life in Assam. Almost every household in the village has a prized possession of a loom. Cotton, Muga, Paat (Silk) and Endi are common fabrics widely used for weaving. Images or caricatures of animals, human figures, creepers, flowers, birds, cross borders etc. are favoured motifs embroidered on these handloom products. The traditional garments with beautiful designed borders are mekhela-chaddar, Riha and Gamosa (Towels). The Laichangphi quilts in Cachar district are an industry by itself of Assam. Sualkuchi being the biggest silk production center is called as the 'Manchester of Assam'. Handlooms : Assam is the home of several types of silks, the most prominent and prestigious being muga, the golden silk exclusive only to this state. Muga apart, there is paat, as also eri, the latter being used in manufacture of warm clothes for winter.Of a naturally rich golden colour, muga is the finest of India's wild silks. It is produced only in Assam. Handloom weaving is a way of life in Assam. The number of looms in the State stands at around eight lakhs which works out to around 16 per cent of the looms in the entire Country. More than thirty thousand looms operate exclusively in silk. Cotton, muga, paat (mulberry silk) and endi are the basic raw materials for hand-woven fabrics in Assam. Sualkuchi is the biggest centre of silk production and weaving in the State. There are more than 3,000 weavers in and around the township. Sualkuchi is known as the Manchester of Assam.Muga silk has a natural golden colour and rare sheen that becomes more lustruous with every wash. Eri is a warm silk suitable for the winter.The designs used in Assam are mostly stylised symbols of animals, human figures,creepers, flowers, birds, channels, cross borders and the galaxy. Each ethnic group of the State has its own distinctive design and style. Assamese weavers produce beautiful designs on the borders of traditional garments such as the mekhela-chaddar and riha and on the gamosa (towel) .The Laichangphi, produced traditionally by the weavers of Cachar district, is a popular quilt sought after because of its warmth and softness. The tribals make beautiful shawls. Handloom weaving forms a cultural constituent of the woman of Assam. In earlier days most of the cloth required for the family was produced in the family itself. There were of the plainest kind and none of the latest improvements had been introduced. The different local varieties of spinning and weaving had been used in different parts of the province and posted loom used in the plains were different from the hill tribes in which the warp was tied up in split bamboo to the ends of which were fastened a leather strap which passed across the weavers. Comparatively the Assamese looms were in an advanced stage and suitable for the production of finer quality of fabrics of all kinds. All manufactures were of course meant for the domestic consumption. In the absence of competition, largely quality produced was poor and export of cotton textiles was negligible. Varieties and artistic ornaments distinguished Cotton fabrics turned out by the Assamese and some of the tribesmen. Amongst the Assamese fabrics, ornamentation were either knitted on the fabrics after the weaving or worked along with the weaving. Embroidery was done chiefly in muga silk or gold and silver wire (guna) by artisans called Gunaakatas but these workmen gradually disappeared with the arrival of gold and silver wires from Europe. The Assamese women knew the use of needle for ornamentation of various design and patterns from early times. They were also adept in the art of mixed raw materials; cotton mixed with silk. Endi or eri was woven with cotton. Rarely cotton was combined with pat silk, but often with muga; churi and riha of such materials were usually manufactured. The number of looms in the State stands at around eight lakhs which works out to around 16 per cent of the looms in the entire Country. More than thirty thousand looms operate exclusively in silk. Cotton, muga, paat (mulberry silk) and endi are the basic raw materials for hand-woven fabrics in Assam. Sualkuchi is the biggest centre of silk production and weaving in the State. There are more than 3,000 weavers in and around the township. Sualkuchi is known as the Manchester of Assam. Muga silk has a natural golden colour and rare sheen that becomes more lustruous with every wash. Eri is a warm silk suitable for the winter. The designs used in Assam are mostly stylised symbols of animals, human figures, creepers, flowers, birds, channels, cross borders and the galaxy. Each ethnic group of the State has its own distinctive design and style. Assamese weavers produce beautiful designs on the borders of traditional garments such as the mekhela-chaddar and riha and on the gamosa (towel). The Laichangphi, produced traditionally by the weavers of Cachar district, is a popular quilt sought after because of its warmth and softness. Now the scenes have changed totally in urban areas. Mill products are gradually replacing the homemade products. Home made cloths are Mekhla and Patani (lower garment of the women), chaddar (upper garment of the women), gamocha (towel), dhuti, bed sheet, eri (endi), etc. some of them have fly shuttle or throw shuttle and Assamese type loom. Throw shuttle loom antedates the fly shuttle loom. Villagers do generally not do spinning. They get mill-products yarn from the market. A few of them keep eri (endi) cocoons to produce eri (endi) cloth. The designs of the textiles are tradition of the Assamese culture and they are initiated at the base level by the Sipini (weaver women) of Assam. Traditionally men folk of plains wear mill- made dhuties and small or big sized sola/fatua (shirt) and vest or eri-chaddar. In villages, rich men use headgear. They use japi (hat) while working in paddy fields. The young boys use dhuti, genji only on some occasions but they prefer using western dresses. The Assamese wear bare foot. The Assamese ladies enter the kitchen bare foot. The Assamese young boys use on occasions headgears with their gomacha, which they tie to their hip, especially when they are dancing in Bihu to cover the waist with the dhuti. Some young men use Khaddar clothes. Assamese women use riha-mekhela-Sadar. The long flowing skirt up to the ankles is known as mekhela and the upper garment riha. The red coloured pattern at the end of the riha is graceful and symbolic. Designs are also found in the pari (border) of mekhela and riha. It is said that the dress of mehkela and the riha chaddar has been adopted from the Tibetan and Burmese women. Some are of the opinion that the long back saree was the dress of the Assamese women. The bride of lower Assam use saree in the marriage ceremony. However, some Assamese ladies have started using saree at home and outside, as it is cheaper than mekhela chaddar. Ladies of Goalpara, Gouripur, and Dhubri area prefer sari for both outside and for home. The Bodo ladies of Kokrajhar, Darrang, Sonitpur etc. use Dakhna which is different from Mehkela-riha-Sador. Generally, dakhna has yellow colour body with some design in brown colour etc. ladies do not use headgear. Married women cover their head with one end of the riha-sador and it is called orni or ghumta. The Hindu married ladies put vermilion on their forehead and on the parting of combed hair and wear bangles made of shell. Women wear mekhela covering waist and ankle. Riha cover the upper part. They wear sador to cover the upper part and use blouse and bodice. Assamese Muslims also use same dresses except vermilion. The people of Assam have traditionally been craftsmen from time immemorial. Though Assam is mostly known for its exquisite silks and the bamboo and cane products, several other crafts are also made here. Assamese Vaishnavite Silks Although Assam is well known as a major area of silk production, complex weaving techniques and dense figural decoration are not features usually associated with the region. Tribal groups incorporate some simple extra weft geometric designs into silk cloths, but most of the silk textiles produced there have traditionally been plain, undeyed length. A complicated Lampa technique is carried out in Assam with the range of cloth discussed here. The textiles of this group vary considerably in quality, but are all characterized by designs depicting scenes from the life of Krishna. Most of these relate to his exploits as a killer of demons in various animal forms (crane, the snake and others) or as a lover of the cowherds (gopi) with whom he passed his youth in the forests of Vrindavan. Several of the pieces also show scenes from the Ramayana, which of course concerns another incarnation of Vishnu- Rama and some include depictions of other avatars, such as Matsya the fish, Kurma the tortoise and Narsimha the man-lion. In several of the more complex pieces Garuda Vishnu’s man-bird vehicle, is also shown. Almost all the pieces have woven inscriptions in Assamese which though not read yet in their entirety, seem to be mostly simple labels to the scenes or characters depicted: Rama avatar or Bali Sugriva. Other pieces especially those with black ground favour larger blocks of text, which may be quotations from the Bahagavat Purana, with which these cloths are closely linked. This vastra was to perform unusual role in Vaishnavite worship. The drawing of the figures is fine and well conceived with an interesting variation of scale between rows. The only poorly woven section are the inscriptions which are barely decipherable as the names of the figures are in some cases reversed. Cane and Bamboo The best-known places for basketry and mats are Assam and Bengal. Assam, a state with abundant raw materials, has a large variety of beautiful products like baskets, mugs for rice beer, hukkas, musical instruments, floor mats, fishing devices and handles. The Jappi, the traditional sunshade continues to be the most prestigious of bamboo items of the state, and it has been in use since the days when the great Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang came to Assam that visitors are welcomed with a jaapi. Cane and bamboo products is another important industry of Assam. Assamese make beautiful furniture and roof tiles with cane. Common house hold articles like sieve, beer mug, winnowing pan, waterpot, small baskets and hats with colourful design and motif are made out of Bamboo. Rich with cane and bamboo forests, Assam has not only the raw material but also the fine artistic sense of making the cane furniture which are highly appreciated all over the world. The Chalani (sieve), kula (winnowing pan), Khorahi (small baskets), the Japi (hat) with colorful design and motif made out of Bamboo strips enjoy enormous domestic demands. Cachar is famous for Sitalpati (mats) made out of Patidai or mohtra reeds. Cane and Bamboo being quite common all over, are used to make a variety of products. Cane furniture of Assam is much sought after both in the national and international markets. Bamboo is used mostly to make domestic products such as chalani (sieve), kula (winnowing pan), khorahi (small basket), etc. The fancy bamboo japi (hat) with its colourful design and motif is worn by the Assamese peasant while working in the field. Cane and bamboo have remained inseparable parts of life in Assam. They are the two most commonly-used items to make a variety of products in daily life, ranging from household implements to construction of dwelling houses to weaving accessories to musical instruments. Bamboo is used mostly to make domestic products such as chalani (sieve), kula (winnowing pan), khorahi (small basket), etc. The fancy bamboo japi (hat) with its colourful design and motif is worn by the Assamese peasant while working in the field. The Jappi, the traditional sunshade continues to be the most prestigious of bamboo items of the state, and it has been in use since the days when the great Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang came to Assam that visitors are welcomed with a jaapi. Cane and bamboo furnitures on the other hand have been very popular in the domestic as well as the export market, while paati, the traditional mat has found its way into the world of interior decoration. Brass and Bell Metal products of Assam are also famous for their beauty and strength of form and utility. Brass is an important cottage industry with highest concentration in Hajo of Kamrup district. The Sarthebari area of the same district is well known for its bell metal craft. The principal items of brass are the kalah (water pot), sarai (a platter or tray mounted on a base), kahi (dish), bati (bowl), lota (water pot with a long neck) and tal (cymbals). Gold, silver and copper too have formed part of traditional metalcraft in Assam, and the State Museum in Guwahati has a rich collection of items made of these metals. Gold however is now used only for ornaments. The entire population of two townships near Guwahati - Hajo and Sarthebari, are engaged in producing traditional bell-metal and brass articles. They have also used their innovative skills to design modern day articles to compete with the changing times. Gold, silver and copper too form a part of traditional metal craft in Assam and the State Museum in Guwahati has a rich collection of items made of these metals. Gold however is now used only for ornaments. Brass and Bell metal products are famous for their beauty, strength and utility. In Hajo of Kamrup district Brass is an important cottage industry. Sarthebari in the same district is famous for bell metal crafts. The artisans prepare Kalah (water pot), Sarai, Kahi (dish) Bati (bowl), Lota and Tal (cymbals) out of this material. Hajo and Sarthebari in Kamrup district of Assam are famous for brass and bell metal crafts respectively. The main products are Kalah (water pot), Sarai, Kahi (dish) Bati (bowl), Lota and Tal (cymbals) etc. Bell-metal and brass have been the most commonly used metals for the Assamese artisan. Traditional utensils and fancy articles designed by these artisans are found in every Assamese household. The Xorai and Bota have in use for centuries, to offer betel-nut and paan while welcoming distinguished guests. The Sarthebari area of the same district is well known for its bell metal craft. The principal items of brass are the kalah (water pot), Xorai (a platter or tray mounted on a base), kahi (dish), bati (bowl), lota (water pot with a long neck) and tal (cymbals). Gold, silver and copper too have formed part of traditional metal craft in Assam, and the State Museum in Guwahati has a rich collection of items made of these metals. Gold however is now used only for ornaments. The toys of Assam have been broadly classified under four heads : (i) clay toys, (ii) pith, (iii) wooden and bamboo toys, and (iv) cloth and cloth-and-mud toys. While the human figure, especially dolls, brides and grooms, is the most common theme of all kinds of toys, a variety of animals forms have also dominated the clay-toys scene of Assam. Clay traditionally made by the Kumar and Hira communities, have often depicted different animals too, while gods, goddesses and other mythological figures also find importance in the work of traditional artist. Pith or Indian cork has also been used for toy-making since centuries in Assam. Such toys are chiefly made in the Goalpara region and they include figures of gods, animals and birds, the last of which again dominate the over-all output. Wood and bamboo on the other hand have been in use for making toys for several centuries , and like the other mediums, come as birds, animals and human figures. Toys of cloth as also with a mixture of cloth and mud too have constituted part of the rich Assamese toy-making tradition. While the art of making cloth toys have been traditionally handed down from mother to daughter in every household, the cloth-and-mud toys are generally used for puppet theatres. Among the household toys, the bride and the groom are the most common characters, while the other varieties have animals and mythological characters as the plays demand. Pottery is probably as old as human civilisation itself. In Assam, pottery can be traced back to many centuries. The Kumars and Hiras are two traditional potter communities of Assam and while the Kumars use the wheel to produce his pots, the Hiras are probably the only potters in the world who do not use the wheel at all. The Hiras make household articles using the compression method. Among the Hiras, only the women folk are engaged in pottery work, while their men help them in procuring the raw materials and selling the wares. The Kumars use their potters wheel to make images for worship and clay dolls and toys. The most commonly-used pottery products include earthen pots and pitchers, plates, incense-stick holders, earthen lamps etc, while modern-day decorative have also found place in their latest designs. Assam also has a body of artists specializing in pottery. Their products are exquisite examples of immaculate craftsmanship. Household articles, toys, dolls and images of worship are the favorites of the pottery artists in Assam. West Assam has long been proficient in the craft of terracotta. Asharkandi, a village in Goalpara district is famous for its graceful clay dolls. Woodcraft : Assam has always remained one of the most forest-covered states of the country, and the variety of wood and timber available here have formed a part of the people's culture and ecomony. An Assamese can identify the timber by touching it even in darkness, and can produce a series of items from it. Woodwork is an ancient Assamese craft. Exquisite wood carvings are seen mostly on doors, walls, beams, ceilings and the splendid carved sinhasans used in prayer houses. Decorative panels in the royal Ahom palaces of the past and the 600-year old sattras or Vaisnavite monasteries are intricately carved in wood. A special class of people who excelled in wood carving came to be known as Khanikar. The painted woodwork of Golaghat is a folk art. Modern-day khanikars have taken to producing articles of commercial value, including figure of one-horned rhino and replicas of the world-famous Kamakhya temple --- two items heading the list of demands from visitors. Pith or Indian cork has also been used for toy-making since centuries in Assam. Such toys are chieflymade in the Goalpara regionand they include figures of gods, animals and birds. . While decorative panels in the royal Ahom palaces of the past and the 600-years old satras or Vaishnative monasteries are intricately carved on wood, a special class of people who excelled in wood carving came to be known as Khanikar , a surname proudly passed down from generation to generation. The various articles in a satra and naam-ghar(place of worship) are stiff cut on wood, depicting the guru asana (pedestal of the lords), apart from various kinds of birds and animals figuring in mythology. Modern-day Khanikar have taken to producing articles of commercial values, including figures of one-horned rhino and replicas of the world-famous Kamakhya temple - two items heading the list of demands of a visitor from outside. Wood is in abundance in Assam, which has largely enriched the woodcraft in the State. Exquisite woodcarvings are seen in the doors, walls, beams, and ceilings and also in the temples. The decorative panels in the royal palace of Ahoms and in the Vaishnavite monasteries testify to the skillful artistic hands of the Khanikars. The painted wood work of Golaghat signifies the folk art of the state. Wood is a traditional craft of Assam. Exquisite wood carvings are seen in the doors, walls, beams, decorative panels and ceilings in houses, temples, monasteries and royal palace. The painted wood work of Golaghat signifies the folk art of the state. Exquisite wood carvings are seen mostly on doors, walls, beams, ceilings and the splendid carved sinhasans used in prayer houses. The various articles in a satra and naam-ghar (place of worship) are stiff cut on wood, depicting the guru asana (pedestal of the lords), apart from various kinds of birds and animals figuring in mythology. Kuhila Koth Kuhila Koth or fibre weaving is a famed handicraft of the Batadrava area of Nagaon district. Kuhila is woven on a simple loom-like gadget made of wood and bamboo poles to produce seats, mats and cushions. Kuhila craft is also an important cottage industry in the Gauripur area of Dhubri district in Lower Assam. Pith or Indian cork has also been used for toy-making since centuries in Assam. Such toys are chiefly made in the Goalpara region and they include figures of gods, animals and birds. With tribal art and folk elements form the base of Assamese culture, masks have found an important place in the cultural activities of the people. Masks have been widely used in folk theatres and bhaonas with the materials ranging from terracotta to pith to metal, bamboo and wood. Similarly, among the tribals too, the use of masks is varied and widespread, especially in their colourful dances which again revolve chiefly around their typical tribal myth and folklore. Such traditional masks have of late found their way to the modern-day drawing rooms as decorative items and wall-hangings, thus providing self-employment opportunities to those who have been traditionally making them. Ivory products such as combs, bangles, walking sticks and smoking pipes were made in the district of Barpeta. Their production has however been stopped since a ban was imposed on making and selling of ivory products as a conservation measure. Combs made of the horn of oxes is also a speciality. Jewellery : Gold has always constituted the most-used metal for jewellery in Assam, while the use of silver and other metals too have been there for centuries. Gold was locally available, flowing down several Himalayan rivers, of which Subansiri is the most important. Jewellery has been a tradition in Assam. Gold was available in many of the rivers flowing down from the Himalayas. The Assamese jeweller (sonari) make exquisite lockets (doog-doogi, bana, jon-biri, dhol-biri) earrings (thuriya, loka-paro, keru), bracelets (gaam-kharu), necklaces (gal-pata), etc. Jorhat in Upper Assam is one place where the traditional Assamese form of manufacture of jewellery is still in vogue, and people flock to Jorhat to get the exquisite Assamese jewellery. Assamese jewellery include the doog-doogi, loka-paro, bana, gaam-kharu, gal-pata, jon-biri, dhol-biri and keru, all of which have also encouraged the modern jewellers to producing similiar designs mechanically. Jewelry, particularly of gold is a tradition in Assam. The Sonowal Kachari tribe collect gold from the birds of the rivers flowing down the Himalayas. The jewellers known as Sonari make exquisite Doog-Doogi, Bana, Jon-biri, Dhol-biri type lockets; Thuriya, Loka-paro and Keru earrings; Gaam-kharu bracelets and Gal-pata necklaces. While gold (followed by silver) has always been the most used metal for traditional jewellery, ornaments made of clay and lac bangles are also popularly used in Assam. The jethi poti is a broad band of cloth on to which is placed a row of small medallions with a central pendant. The most interesting piece of Assamese jewellery is an ear ring that resembles an orchid known as kopo phool. It has the appearance of two small shoes hanging together and attached to a floral portion on top. This is connected to a chain that goes around the ear and is generally made in 24 carat gold. Lokaparo is another typical ear ring, which has two birds placed back to back in gold ruby and mina or enamel work. A broad bangle with a clasp called gaam kharu is made in silver with gold polish. Bana or jonberi is a crescent-shaped pendant filled with lac for a cushioned effect. The front is studded with rubies while the back always has enameling. Terracotta as a medium has dominated the handicraft scene of Assam since time immemorial. The tradition itself has been handed down from the generation to generation without break. Today we have the descendent of such families engaged in improvised terracotta versions of various common figures of gods and goddesses to mythological characters, while toys, vases, etc have also found a new life. Assamese terracotta products are exquisite examples of immaculate craftsmanship. Household articles, toys, dolls and images of worship are the main products. Gauripur is the centre for terracotta products in Assam Traditional Paintings The tradition of painting in Assam goes far back and can be extended to the Puranic time. Of course the evidence of that tradition we only obtain from a legend. In that beautiful legend a lady, named Chitralekha, was endowed with a great talent in portrait-painting. We get the earliest literary evidence in Banabhatta's Harsa Charita Where mention has been made of the gift from Bhaskara-Varman, the King of Kamarupa of 7th century to Harsavardhana. The gifts included coloured or painted cloth in the pattern of jasrnine flower, and carved box for keeping paints and brushes. The Kalikapurana also mentioned about decorated cloth which were used for offering to the deity. in the Babruvahana Parva of Harivar Vipra (19th cent.) we get reference of the paintings on walls. Besides these, we have in our possession three historical relics which, 1 believe, may be the earliest evidence of the art of drawing in this region. There are of course rock engravings. At Umatumoni, near Biswanath, on a huge boulder some engraved drawings of animals and geometrical designs have been noticed. It is also clearly visible from the style of these drawings that they belong to two distinctly seperate phases. The style of the earliest phase consisting of the drawings of birds and animals, reminds us of primitive rock art, discovered in the different parts of the world. But besides the style, we do not have any other material evidences to ascertain the date of these drawings. The other two we get in two cut-out stone slabs collected from Lanka Davaka respectively, now preserved in the Assam State Museum. In the first slab, below some scripts there are two animals carved in lines. On the other stone there are some human and animal figures which are also engraved in fives, along with some script. Then until the 16th century, we do not have any other material evidence of this tradition's continuation.With the rise of the Neo-Vaisnavism under Sankardeva from16th century onwards, we get a host of concrete examples that can be called painting in its real sense, that flourished until the last part of the 19th century. These polychrome paintings, popularly known as manuscript painting, done on sancht pat or tulapat, were the illustrations of the stories of the Bhagavata, the Puranes, the Ramayana, the Mahabhorata, etc., which contained written descriptions along with there paintings. At least more than one hundred such manuscripts, each containing on an average forty such paintings, have been discovered so far. From these paintings it is apparent that both their form and spirit are traditionally integrated with the basic aesthetic concept of the Indian painting tradition. For example in almost all these paintings the Hindu spirit of religious fervour is clearly visible. Though in the later period the Mughal influence become evident, yet it had been able like the Rajasthani and Pahari School to synthesize that influence to its own advantage, and thus had been able to maintain its distinct regional entity. In the paintings of the manuscript of the Shankhachuda Vadha, the Hastividyarnava, Kumara Harana, we experience the highest manifestation of this assimilation. On the other hand, in the paintings of Chitra Bhagavata we experience something very original in its vigorous lines, contrast of colours and uniqueness of composition, which very well establishes its distinct identity. Some of these manuscripts are preserved in the Historical and Antiquarian Department, Assam State Museum and Kamarupa Anusandhan San-dty, while the rest are in private collection. So, at last, when in the thirties of this century, after such a long stretch of time, the painters again started their works they created some strange paintings, unique in both their form and content. These painters had accepted the new idioms of culture that invaded the land in the wake of the British. The painting, higher to an intergral part of religion, resurrected itself in the western art institutions and academies with an independent entity. Under the influence of this concept there emerged in Assam during the thirties painters like Mukta Bardoloi, Pratap Barua and Suren Bardoloi. These painters used oil for the first time in Assam and their work also bear the mistakable influence of Ravi Varma. The subject matter of their paintings included still life, landscape, portraits, rural life etc. The portrait of Radha Kanta Handique painted by Suren Bardoloi is perhaps the best product of this period. With the beginning of the forties, Tarun Duwara and Asu Dev had made their first appearance on the scene and produced some beautiful paintings. Sobha Brahma and Benu Mishra made their appearance during the fifties. Both these painters live in Guwahati and are still active. The beginning of the sixties is marked by the arrival of four important painters. They are Pranab Barua, Gauri Barman, Pulok Gogoi and Neelpavan Barua. While Pranab Barua has his studio in Nagaon the rest are working in Guwahati. The beginning of the seventies is an important era and is marked by the emergence of a good number of painters. Much activities also have been noticed during this period which is generated around two art organisations, etc. The Assam Fine Arts & Crafts Society and Gauhati Artists' Guild, both situated at Guwahati. In Jorhat also the Jorhat Fine Art Society occupies are important position away the artists of the upper Assam and has been playing a significant role.Though in other North Eastern States also a few artist are engaging themselves in the persult of fine art, yet it is only in Manipur and Mizoram where the artists have been able to create a distinctive visual idiom of their own. landscape is the recurring theme of the artist of Mizoram. Through their works they are trying to capture the beauty of their wonderful hilly regions. In contrast the artists of Manipur are busy in translating the myth, legend and folklore of their people in their works. The tradition of painting in Assam can be traced back to several centuries in the past. The gifts presented to Hiuen Tsang and Harshavardhana by Kumar Bhaskara, the king of Kamrupa, included a number of paintins and painted objects, some done on exclusive Assam silk. Assamese literature of the medieval period abound in references to chitrakars and patuas who were expert painters . Locally available material such as hebgool and haital were used for painting. Ahom palaces and sattras and naamghars are replete with brightly coloured paintings depicting various stories and events from history and mythology. The tradition of paintings in Assam can be traced back to several centuries in the past. Ahom palaces, satras and naam-ghar etc are replete with brightly coloured paintings depicting various stories and events from history and mythology. In fact, the motifs and designs contained in Chitra-Bhagavata have come to become a traditional style for Assamese painters of the later period, and are still in practice today. The gifts presented to Hiuen Tsang and Harshavardhana by Kumar Bhaskara, the king of Kamrupa, included a number of paintings and painted objects, some done on exclusive Assam silk. Assamese literature of the medieval period abound in references to chitrakars and patuas who were expert painters. Locally available material such as hebgool and haital were used for painting. annamaraju said... excellent info. update with some commercail information. it will be useful to localers. c.srinivaasa srinivasa@itsri.org It's said... thans for this info....... now, i know about the richness of assam........ classic info......... the whole assam infront of my eyes.... TEESTA DAS said... hey!txs for the great incite!it is really motivational for ppl like us who would want to know more about assam but never really find enough....would you know any NGOs working in assam looking for someone to do a craft documentation for them?? 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__label__wiki	0.562868	0.562868	Fast away the old year passes Here's how we celebrate the New Year en famille Sycoraxienne: D is with his family in NC, I'm with mine in DC, and we're watching the first season of Friday Night Lights again and weeping over Tim Riggins's emotional repression. Seriously: it's one of the finest, deftest television series ever made, one of the canniest critiques and romances of American self-conception, and it makes me want to reread this enthralling oral history of the series: "I want to build up this all-American quarterback, this hero. This wonderful, beautiful kid with his entire future ahead of him. His biggest decision in life was whether he was going to take a full ride to UT or Notre Dame. He's got the hot girlfriend. He's got the loving parents. And he's going to break his neck in the first game. We're going to create this iconic American hero, and we're going to demolish him." Here's what strikes me about Friday Night Lights after several trips through it (it's endlessly rewatchable): this is a show that actually respects production and process. This is a show that admires its set dressers and the work they do, that dwells on the details of costume and object to build a richly layered world of ironies and motivations, that gives its cameramen (and -women?) the freedom of improvisation and its actors the latitude to practice their craft with spontaneity and nuance. Not to mention the fact that it presents masculinity as a state of emotional complexity and depth, teenagers as beings of tremendous and harried ethical responsibility, and marriage as a matter of negotiation and conflict, mistakes and respect. So, FNL with the parents, champagne at ten, and then an evening of syllabus work and blogging. That's how we send the year out chez Sycorax. Bring it, 2012. 'Tis the season for social allegory Last night while sitting interminably on the tarmac in Baltimore after a terrifying aborted landing at foggy National Airport I came to know my fellow passengers quite well, a social microcosm à la John Ford's Stagecoach: a federal marshall, a man who organizes off-shore call centers, a soldier just returning from deployment in Afghanistan, a nice couple from Fredericton who were delighted to encounter another Maritimer, an enraged solipsist who kept belittling the staff for not letting him off in the middle of the runway, a flight attendant who sang "Twinkle twinkle little star to us" over the course of what was supposed to be a 20 minute flight from Philly and finally declared firmly, "We have to get to DC. I BELONG in DC." As the hours wore on and we encountered diversion after diversion, mechanical failure after mechanical failure, I did think, "Wow, it's not a good sign that we are now explicitly discussing how we will divide up the labor when we have to form a new desert-island society in the style of LOST." When we briefly deplaned in Baltimore, the enraged solipsist left our little band of brothers/proto-society in a cloud of luggage-oriented recrimination. But before he did, he got the number of the woman sitting next to him, who had been parroting his every gripe like Echo and Narcissus for the last three hours. "Should I give you my number or my email?" she asked anxiously. He shrugged, and began grinding his teeth in the general direction of the gate agent. "Which would you like?" she persisted. "Whatever," he replied, focusing his glare on a pilot who was emerging from the gate, "This is insane. UNACCEPTABLE!" "Are you kidding me?" I thought, "Who picks up women while behaving like a tool? Who consents to be picked up in these circumstances? What about this experience made you think, Now THERE's a guy I want to spend more time with. Maybe even the rest of my life"? Happy Solstice. They're all getting longer from here. On the Holy Family, Domestic Labor, and Losing One's Pants Fragments from holidays with my nonna, who, at 91, is the most entertaining person I know. Taking my grandparents home from Thanksgiving involves painstaking choreography to establish everyone safely in the car. "Watch your head, Watch your head, WATCH YOUR HEAD, ok, wow, very deftly handled," I say to my grandmother as she lowers herself into the passenger seat. "Yes," she replies, "but now I appear to be losing my pants." "That's just the sign of a successful Thanksgiving," I say confidently. We're nearly home by the time we stop laughing. And my grandfather's no slouch in the hilarity department, although somewhat less intentionally than my nonna. The other day, I got this report from my mother: 'Tried to explain Occupy Wall Street (Nova Scotia, DC, St. Paul's London, Oakland, Portland, etc. etc.) to my nonagenarian parents. Finally, my father said, "wait, was this during the Depression?".' In this holiday season of creches and carols, I always think of my grandmother's quest to find a single painting of the Holy Family in any of the world's major galleries depicting Joseph engaged in domestic labor or, more pointedly, childcare. "Oh sure," she would say, "he'll do a bit of carpentry or tend the donkey. But meanwhile Mary's got her arms full of books and Jesus and sometimes John the Baptist for good measure. Do we ever see him change a diaper, read a story, or play with the baby?". She was indescribably delighted when she finally found a late Renaissance image of Joseph making what appeared to be an omelet. This recalls to me some summertime tales of my grandmother that I don't believe I ever told here. It all started with brunch at Great Falls with my grandparents. A drink arrives for me. Grandmother: "What is that?" [She's having a mimosa.] "Did you order it?" Me: "Er, yes. It's a Coca Cola." Grandmother: "That's amazing. It looks extraordinarily like a Coca Cola." Me: "It's extraordinary, yes." Grandmother, with quiet disgust: "I just couldn't imagine any daughter or granddaughter of mine ordering such a thing." Conversation, needless to say, unfolds naturally from that point. My grandmother: "I so admire how you keep up with friends from all different times of your life." Me: "Oh, well, I'm not that good. It's just easier in the age of Facebook." My nonna, darkly: "Maybe TOO easy." Me: "Uh, what do you mean by that?" My nonna, who's never been on Facebook except to be shown pictures by my mother: "People feel free to post the minute details of their day, and its nothing but trivia." Me: "Well, but there's..." Nonna: "Trivia!" [Now she's really yelling.] "TRIVIA!!!" Me: "I had no idea you felt so strongly...." (We've had this same conversation several times since then. "How do you know this?" I ask her. She gives me a knowing smile and a sidelong glance: "People tell me things.") On the way home from brunch, my grandmother doesn't care for the way another driver honks at us. So, naturally, this is what she says: "I don't know any rude hand signals. I must learn some. I think receiving a rude hand signal from a nonagenarian woman would be a very effective deterrent in situations like this, don't you?" She immediately transitioned from this to telling me about witnessing her father have a heart attack (from which he shortly died) when she was a teenager. I'd never heard this story before. It was a roller-coaster drive back from brunch. An Affection Altogether Ignorant of Our Faults: The Canine Romance Waikiki, HI Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. (Groucho Marx) Often I find myself buying romances on the strength of a recommendation from someone I really trust. As with all other genres and art forms, my taste doesn't run so much towards particular sub-genres, tropes, and tones as it does towards innovation, quality, and complexity within a particular form. (This is how I got looped into romance reading as a literary scholar at all, not to mention comics, horror films, anime, reality dance competitions, curling, etc.) So from time to time I just take the risk and buy while thinking that the less I know about what I am about to read the better. And then I open up the ebook, and it has an adorable puppy on the cover, and I think, "Oh Jesus. What have I done." (I can't even make this last a question, so heavy is the weight of dread upon my soul at the sight of that cheerful furball.) Jean-Honore Fragonard "Girl with a Dog" (c. 1770) Dogs and erotics Seriously: what's this about? I don't know why I have such an entrenched bias against dog-themed romances, but I encountered it again when I cracked (clicked?) the e-spine of Nikki and the Lone Wolf. I think it is the feeling that the text I'm reading has been so heavily engineered to fit within a marketable trope. ("Banksia Bay," goes the tag-line for this series, "where lost dogs heal lonely hearts.") I feel the burden of the commodification of literature particularly heavily when I see that I'm being manipulated by an adorable mammal. But also, as an inveterate cat-person, I feel alienated by this creaky, ubiquitous association between dog ownership and romantic healing: why dogs, I find myself asking? Why associate dogs, of all creatures, with romantic (or, more unsettlingly, erotic) triumph? Why not cats? Too on the nose? I suppose the same must be true of snakes. When are we going to see a rash of romances (a phrase that I should really put on my "never use again" list) about people brought together by their mutual love of ferrets? Judith Ivory's already laid out the seminal text for that movement in The Proposition, a Pygmalion tale about a rat catcher and his linguist love. [And see Laura Vivanco's excellent note below on the continuing role ferrets have had to play in the scandals of romancelandia.] I'm troubled by the idea that dogs have an entrenched role to play in a certain genre of romance because they set out a silent, adorable and adoring model for love as faith. What the routinely skittish protagonists of a dog romance see in their canine companions is love that is patient and kind, love that does not envy, does not boast, and is not proud, love that does not dishonor others, is not self-seeking or easily angered, and that keep no record of wrongs. Love that always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Beautiful, Biblical stuff - the love of dog as a model for romantic love, which itself becomes a model for love of god. But, curb the canine and call me Darcy, I myself prefer romantic love with a touch of pride about it. Not love as self-abnegating devotion. There's a certain irony here: despite my initial stomach-churning sense of dread, I often quite enjoy a good dog-themed romance. One of my favorite authors, Jennifer Crusie, frequently features dogs in her books, and they are fully-fledged characters, with as much personality and autonomy as any of the human players in the drama. And certainly I am a sucker for the sentimentalization of animal-owner relationships, and perhaps this is why I so resent being manipulated by them when they are in less skillful hands (or more blatantly mobilized by publishers) - I will snuffle into my drink about an ill-treated animal, but I'll also resent you for exploiting this empathy cheaply. In Nikki and the Lone Wolf, Marion Lennox draws a vivid portrait of Horse, a massive and mistreated wolfhound who draws the hero and heroine from their homes one gothic night by howling inconsolably at the ocean. His owner threw him overboard to drown, but still he's faithfully waiting for this abusive scoundrel, and will be until the hero can persuade the heroine to take a dominant tone with the poor misguided soul (and thereby provide a new home, a new bond of love). Horse is a great character, as are his owners, but the resolution [SPOILER], which comes by way of a massive community-wide oceanic search for the beast, after he goes swimming off into the ocean like he's Edna Pontellier, desperate to find his mistress (who has herself, with irksome parallelism, stormed off in a fit of romantic pique), seems not just implausible but also exasperating. Is this the model of love we're looking at, I found myself asking, suicidal, irrational devotion that takes a village to soothe? If so, the hero and heroine are right to resist it. Is it piling on to talk about these silly titles? Admittedly this one is less egregious than the previous two in the series, Misty and the Single Dad and Abby and the Bachelor Cop, but it's the formula that gets me. Heroines get a name - a diminutive, early 90s identity - while heroes get a social role. Mink in the Woodpile, Mongoose in the Engine Right: so. The term is finally over, and Mt. Grademore and I have cast conniving, sidelong looks at one another, packed our weighty selves into suitcases, and left for Hawaii. No kidding: Mt. Grademore on parade takes up half my freaking luggage. But now, after only four flights and a total of 27 hours of travel, here we are in sunny Oahu. And within 24 hours of arriving in Honolulu, I could already cross "hug a cylon" off my to-do list. Such is the benefit of having a partner who works on Hawai'i Five-0. Best story to come into our lives recently as a result of D's time in Hawaii? When D was last with me at Farfara (our new house in Nova Scotia), he got a message from the friend who'd been his replacement on the show for the previous three weeks. "I came back from a hike and started your car," it read, "but it was making a terrible squealing noise. When I lifted the hood, I discovered that there was a mongoose in your engine." "In Halifax, do you occasionally find a moose under your hood?" asked one witty friend of ours, upon hearing this story. "No," I replied, "but D did find a mink in the woodpile the other day." "Mink in the Woodpile," chimed in another, "Best lesbian bar name ever." I couldn't help it: "'Mink in the Woodpile, Mongoose in the Engine' sounds like the title of a conference paper I'd write." I paused to reflect. "It's subtitle would be 'Constru/icting Sexualities from Atlantic to Pacific." "Mieux vaut un mangouste dans son moteur qu'un tigre (Proverbe Chinois du 3eme Millenaire BC)," intoned a French friend, who then sent me this video: In the face of that brilliance, what was there really left to say? Just this: "When I form my mongoose conference panel, the second paper is going to be titled 'Mongeese: Allegories of Collectivism.'" Gunpowder, Lego, and Snowth Friday, November 11, 2011 (11.11.11) Remember, remember the sixth of November. It's the day-old residue of gunpowder, treason, and plot, but also my traditionally undercelebrated anniversary. D called, somewhat late in the day, since he's in Hawaii and I'm in Nova Scotia, and these places might as well be on the opposite sides of the world. "So," he says, by way of an opener, "Happy Day After Guy Fawkes Day." "Yup," I reply with caution, thinking (foolhardily) that I can wait him out. "Can't imagine there's much else worth celebrating today." I frown at the phone, but he can't see that, and I refuse to reward him with any audible sign of frustration. Sometime later, he breaks the silence with a carefully wrought ponder: "Why is it," he asks me weightily, "that Lego people always look so evil?" Since this does move me from my taciturn stoniness, he expands on the point: "Have you heard about the giant Lego people who have been washing ashore? Google it. As someone who lives in a coastal community, it's important that you be prepared." Still nothing from me. He moves on: "So today I ate the new Mango Guanabana [Doo DOO doo-doo-doo] yoghurt... it was kinda hard work. Greek yoghurt is so thick." This is when D paused, mid-sentence, to sing the Snowths' back-up part from the Muppet Show under his breath, as I can only presume that he does every time he names the guanabana fruit. Twelve years, people. Twelve years. Pain and its Lack: Resenting the Hero There was a period of time, between the ages of about 11 and 14, when I read Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet dozens of time. I knew those books backwards and forwards, and their pleasure never waned upon rereading (although I certainly had least favorites in the series). Coming back to Pierce's books as an adult, I find there's more that makes me wince and wonder, but I'll never shake that sense that her characters lived for me at a particularly dramatic period of my life, underscoring the sense I had that my whole life was one of agonizing, awkward heroic possibility. Warrior possibility. This feeling, this thrill of narrative possibility right in the pit of my stomach, is one I've never grown too cynical for, no matter how much time I spend reading Beckett nowadays. And I've spent the whole day in the grips of it after reading Moira J. Moore's brilliantly titled, atrociously covered Resenting the Hero. I took it to work with me and read it over lunch, hiding the very silly cover under a copy of Harold Pinter's collected works every time I heard footsteps outside my door. Then when people actually did come into my office, I couldn't stop myself from giddily pressing the book and its merits on them. When I finished the novel this morning, all I wanted was to pick up the next one. But I had ordered the hard copy, and it wouldn't be here 'til next week at the earliest. So I spent an hour painstakingly mowing another sixth of the yard. (I've been back since August and I've almost finished the damn thing.) The whole hour all I could think about was going inside to buy the sequel as an ebook, rather than spend a moment without these characters. "Pull yourself together, Sycorax," I kept muttering, grass flying around me, "There are other books in the sea. Several thousand in your own library, in fact." The muttering's been a constant mantra throughout the day. I don't know how I'm going to last until next week.* What we have here is sprightly, absorbing, deftly characterized and affectionately rendered fantasy. It's rich and warm and friendly, but I don't find it to be, as many readers do, as fluffy as the rep this section of the genre has acquired. Instead it feels lightly like Terry Pratchett, like laughter shot through with thought. So much of the pleasure of the book is in the warmth of its characters' interactions that I almost feel like a plot summary does it a disservice. But I'll succumb: Dunleavy Mallorough is finally emerging from a lifetime of training to be a Shield, a graduation that comes only if she is chosen at a formal ceremony that feels like nothing so much as a middle school dance. The Shields have been kept apart from their future partners, the Sources, for the entirety of their training, to ensure that the moment they match (forming an unbreakable bond that can only end in death) comes only after both Shield and Source have sufficient training to do right by one another. So she finds herself in a long line of Shields, breathlessly awaiting the much smaller number of Sources, who move slowly down their ranks, waiting for the bond to snap into place like a minor earthquake. From that moment, the Shield will be charged with the protection of the rare and precious Source, who is the odd individual who can channel natural forces through his (or her) body and mind, averting potential natural disasters and preserving the precarious societies of their land. In order to channel these forces, the Sources must drop all defenses, and in these moments the Shields step in to extend their own and regulate their Sources' bodily function. It's an intimate act: it demands minute attention to the habits and physiology of the partner. And its compensations have a sensual edge: pairs are sensitive to each other's touch, finding it soothing even if they can't stand each other. In turn, the Source is supposed to protect the Shield from one key area of vulnerability: a profound emotional sensitivity to music, which renders all the Shield's vaunted self-control almost completely moot. Sources are eccentric, given to bits of Shakespearean oddity in everyday speech, so being a Shield comes with a host of other caretaking responsibilities: writing up reports about channeling activity, defusing social awkwardness caused by the unworldly Sources, making the practical arrangements of travel. It's almost like being a servant. Or, in a old-fashioned, elaborately gendered sense of the term, a wife. But not in any way that allows us to accept a genial stereotype of housewifery. Dunleavy (she prefers "Lee" with her friends, which is to say not with her Source) takes cranky pride in her duty, finding in the labor of a Source a sense of accomplishment and paradoxical self-sufficiency. Where the source can be flippant and thoughtless, the Shield must be serious, vigilant, practical, strong. Lee patrols the borders of her duties ferociously, and when she finds, to her dismay, that her bond snaps into place not with a sensible, earnest sort of person like her, but with a grinning, flirting hero like Lord Shintaro Karish, she's not convinced she will ever be able to trust the too pretty nobleman to do his duty by her. The more he tries to charm her (plain, fiercely accomplished old her), the less she likes him. The less she likes him, the less charming he becomes. And so we get a series of sparrings: screwball fantasy at its best. The fact that it is so much fun shouldn't take away from the fact that it deals slowly and carefully with uncomfortable issues. The position of Source is lauded and privileged; the Shields, by contrast, are largely forgotten. They are enablers, always giving the necessary assist, never getting the glory. The entire legal and procedural structure of their jobs gives the Source power over the Shield. The Source determines their course, but isn't responsible for any of its practical execution. In fact, the Source's only responsibility is to restrain the Shield's excessive sensuality during encounters with music. Touch of the Cullen there. So you can see that the relationship (in which, I hasten to note, either party can be any gender and sexuality is quite fluid) reads as both gendered and classed. Karish (who spends much of the novel trying to get Lee to call him Taro, since he despises his family name) is defined by privilege, both masculine and aristocratic, and the mercantile Lee has to work through the uncomfortable sense that she is endlessly vulnerable to exploitation, should he ever choose to exercise his power over her. In fact, the central conflict of the novel is generated by a villain who does a very convincing reading of the Source/Shield relationship as one of exploitation and oppression. If something goes wrong between a Source and a Shield, there is no possibility of divorce: the Shield in particular has no legal recourse in cases of negligence and abuse. The sinister nature of the mouthpiece doesn't mean that the critique of the system is any less valid; in fact, the political appeal of his argument (however cravenly he uses it to manipulate) is what makes him such a uneasy, Miltonian villain. (One of my rare complaints about the novel is how swiftly this plot line is resolved, and the extent to which the resolution occurs offstage, so to speak.) So the real pleasure of the novel is in the rockiness of Lee and Taro's start, the slow and organic quality of their growing friendship (they truly have nothing in common besides mutual talent), and the way it is shot through with disruptive mistrust. Lee feels a wonderful ambivalence about the intimacy of the Shield/Source relationship, and the heroic charm of Taro specifically: He looked at me, frowning. And then the frown turned into a smile that I didn't trust at all. "You're staring," I pointed out tartly. His response was to sweep up my free hand and kiss the back of it. In an instant every ache I'd been feeling was gone, so swift and so complete that the lack itself was almost painful. I jerked my hand away, and the discomfort flooded back. (34) This bit of affect(at)ion is a gesture that we respond to as readers, even as we see that it's something he does with many, many women he encounters. Lee doesn't know what makes her more uncomfortable: the idea that she could fall prey to Taro's indiscriminate charms (and be a romance stereotype rather than an individual worthy of his, and her own, respect), or the idea that she's been forced into a fated bond whose intimacies are beyond her control (another sort of romance stereotype, another sort of wiping away of individuality and free will). So her experience is a double ache: the pain of separation posed against the loss of selfhood that attends their pain-obliterating intimacy. An absence of pain that is itself an ache. A lack. So... it's good. Perfect, engrossing thrill. But not mindless fun: as the title declares, it's going to take up a lot of conventions of the form, wring them by the neck a bit, embrace them, and send them on their merry way. And if you're wondering where I am at any point in the next week, I'm probably lying in wait by the mail-box, hopping up and down with nervous energy and trying not to reach for the Nook. The only thing bolstering my resolve is the revelation that, six books into the series, the publisher has abruptly dropped it. As if it weren't traumatizing enough that a series I love would end (NO!!!), now I hear that it's embattled. But Moore, who sounds like one of the most generous authors ever to walk the earth, has said she'll finish it and distribute it herself. Greater love hath no author. But knowing it is coming to an end, and that that final installment won't be available 'til next year, is helping me moderate my book gluttony. On Tramps and Tyson There are regular outbreaks of oddity in my Gender and Irish Drama class. (Let's be honest: in all my classes.) Today, for reasons that defy logic, I began class with a lengthy disquisition on Mike Tyson seen through the lens of Oscar Wilde. (If you've seen the documentary "Tyson," you know why.) And then we discussed Synge's The Shadow of the Glen, in which an elderly husband fakes his own death to test his young wife's fidelity. I: "So he waits for her to begin inviting men to the house during his own wake. Who comes along first?" Student 1: "Well, there's the shepherd, but first there's the tramp." Student 2: "I thought that character was a woman for most of the play." Students, as a group: "Yeah, me too." I: "So you're saying that rather than imagining this as a play about hospitality and the impoverished wanderer, you read this as a commentary on the sexual politics of a young widow inviting a skanky woman to her husband's wake." Students: "Pretty much." Apocalypse and Falling Silence I'm nipping back in to Sycorax Pine (although there's a huge pile of grading and course prep giving me a very cynical look out of the corner of its collective eye while I do so) to say a few words about last night's season finale of Doctor Who, to which I'm now totally devoted. If you don't watch the show, you should (start with the newest Doctor, Matt Smith, and then go back to watch from the beginning of this contemporary reboot, with Christopher Eccleston and then David Tennant.). But you probably will find what follows to be too elliptical to be truly spoilery. If you do watch the show, let me know what you think. (Be as spoilery as you want in the comments, and avoid them if you're spoiler averse.) I thought this was a solid, if unextraordinary finale. Unextraordinary, of course, only compared to the episodes the prodigiously clever Steven Moffat used to craft back in the days when he had all the time in the world to work on a double-ep. The characterization's what's paying the price for this current pace of apocalyptic plotting (the end is nigh! Silence will fall when the question is asked!), with less time than necessary spent on the Doctor's relationship with River, and the companions being shunted off to the side more and more as the season develops. The companionate relationship with River is now wholly perplexing (for us as for them, I think, but their perplexity could be a lot more interesting than it is right now). And Amy was right to call shenanigans on the whole "luckily it all happened in an alternate time stream, so it carries no ethical consequences" line that the show has often taken. Alternate timelines are a cheap out, and forgetting about them does the characters and audience a disservice. I do love the Silence, though. Love 'em to death. (Love who to death?) What happened in last night's ep of Dr. Who does remind me of a structural problem I have with seasons of True Blood, in which an interesting premise is often established in the premiere, but then pushed to the point of aporia by the finale. The problem is that (for me) the chaotic disintegration of a world (apocalypse) is much less narratively interesting than the character studies of real, detailed lives placed under pressure by the insupportable inciting incident. After all, apocalypse in these two shows is often an emptying out of detail, place and character. A collapse of history. I begin to worry that this means I've been reading too much nineteenth-century drama. Covered in silk and brambles, waving my stake... Ten days ago, I arrived home at Farfara from three months in London, Washington, and Honolulu (no pity's forthcoming, I know). These shenanigans don't sound like anything I would have been party to. I am a very dignified homeowner. Nine days ago exactly, I thought about the coming tropical storm, and forced my jet-lagged, befuddled self into the car to go grocery shopping in the now-distant town. It was a process, and I didn't make it home to unpack the groceries until 9 p.m. that night. When I opened the fridge to discover the celery that D had left there three months earlier, I thought, "I'll just nip out to the composter with this!". I'm very excited about the composter. This is one of the ways I can tell middle age is bearing down upon me. It was only on the walk back that I realized my garden door had locked automatically behind me. And there was no key anywhere closer than Washington, DC, where I had left a spare with my parents. Less than twenty-four hours back, and I had locked myself out of the new house, in the dark, with the coyotes. No keys, no phone, no car, no D, and it's now about 9:30 p.m. on a Saturday. What's more, I didn't have a lighting source to help me navigate out of our pitch-black 12 acres to the nearest neighbors. So what should I do, like the intrepid adventurer I am, but pluck a solar-charged light-on-a-stake from the garden and flip-flop my way precariously down rocky, crumbling Farfara Way (as we punningly call my excessive driveway). It took about ten minutes of panicked stumbling in my minute silk dress before I was knocking on the neighbors' door. No answer. Panic rising. I hear voices from across the street, by the ocean. Covered in dirt and brambles, I finally barge in on a large group of my neighbors (only two of whom I'd ever met), having a seaside bonfire party. (It's a weekly event in summer, I gather.) They turn to me, blinking into the shadows after the brightness of the fire. "Hi, everyone!" I say, waving my glowing stake as non-threateningly as I can, "I'm your new neighbor from up the hill! I seem to have, er, locked myself out of the house...." The next thing I know, my neighbors have broken out their ladders and are coming en masse in a line of vehicles to scale the sides of my house and break in through the screen windows on the second floor. (Forget that you ever heard me say that this was possible.) And then they invited me back to the bonfire party, where they told me about the family of otters that have just moved in to our section of shoreline. I was there 'til after midnight. Long story short: I love my neighbors. Battlefield Urgency and Gentlemanly Obligation: One Night for Love (Review) [This piece may contain spoilers, and leans more towards analysis than review-as-recommendation. Proceed with caution, ye spoiler averse!] The Earl of Kilbourne, newly home from war, is standing at the altar, luxuriating in rich clothing, abundant family, and the prospect of marrying his comely childhood friend Lauren, when there's a scuffle at the back of the church. A ragged girl struggles against those who are trying to remove her; she looks starved, impoverished, and like she spent at least one night in the open air. But looking at the beggar girl, he knows that she's his wife. It had been a battlefield wedding. He'd promised his dying sergeant, her father, that he'd protect the spritely girl he'd come to like so much during the months of their campaign. But after just one night of marriage (one night... for love!), they were ambushed. As he saw her go down, he was shot himself, and when he regained consciousness his fellow survivors told him Lily had died. So, naturally, it seemed easier not to mention this impetuous marriage (to a commoner, no less) to his patrician family, what with their elaborate hopes of his future with Lauren. It's a marvelously melodramatic opening - the battlefield urgency, the lost bride, the church door scuffle, the cries of recognition, the jilted friend! - and one whose excesses are balanced beautifully by the subtlety of the characters' ambivalence about their own decisions. When he first proposes to his late sergeant's very young daughter, Kilbourne's internal monologue is at least as interesting as what he says: "I made him a promise," he tells her. "A gentleman's promise. Because he was my friend, Lily, and because it was something that I wanted to do anyway. I promised him that I would marry you today so that you will have the protection of my name and rank for the rest of this journey and for the rest of your life." There is still no response. Has he really made such a promise? A gentleman's promise? Because it was what he wanted? Had he wanted to be forced into doing something impossible so that it can be made possible after all? It is impossible for him, an officer, an aristocrat, a future earl, to marry an enlisted man's humble and illiterate daughter. But doing so has now become an obligation, a gentleman's obligation. He feels a strange welling of exultation. "Lily," he asks her, bending his head to look into her pale, expressionless face - so unlike her usual self, "do you understand what I am saying to you?" "Yes, sir." Her voice is flat, toneless. "You will marry me, then? You will be my wife?" The moment seems unreal, as do all the events of the past two hours. But there is a sense of breathless panic. Because she might refuse? Because she might accept? "Yes," she says. "We will do it as soon as we have made camp again then," he says. It is unlike Lily to be so passive, so meek. Is it fair to her... (37) There's so much to admire about the emotional complexity of this passage. Kilbourne is unsure of his own motives, and all too aware that he might be bending ethics to the shape of the urgent moment. Is it fair to press an irrevocable decision - one in which she loses a wide array of rights - on a young girl in the middle of war who has just, hours ago, lost her father? He weighs this against the very great danger she will face if she remains a single woman and is taken prisoner, and, his decision made, still tries to preserve her autonomy of decision. But he's only too aware of the way desire colors his sense of the ethics of the decision. It is, as he later says, a balance between "the great impossibility" and "the obligation," or between the two senses of nobility. A gentleman would never be able to cross class lines so flagrantly for love (indeed, he would not be able to exercise the kind of matrimonial autonomy that war makes possible at all), but a gentleman would privilege his oath and his duty to friends and the vulnerable above social conventions with barely a second thought. The early part of the novel is wonderfully concerned (as many novels of the military historical sub-genre of romance are) with the ways in which the front can function as a sort of liberty or liminal zone in which normative, restrictive class and gender rules are loosened. Characters find that much can be excused by the assertion that it was war and measures had to be taken, quickly and decisively: "In the army he and Lucy can be equals," Kilbourne thinks, "They can share a world with which they are both familiar and comfortable.... But she can never be the Countess of Kilbourne, except perhaps in name" (39). War is both compelling and liberating: it forces the hand, but often does so in ways that defy normative pressures. So it is perhaps unsurprising that the second half of the novel, which takes place at the Earl's country estate and in London, is largely concerned with Lily's need to assert and protect her freedom and her husband's status. The battlefield marriage was romantic and sincere for both parties, but it was decided and accomplished under duress. When faced with the realities of being a countess, Lily both quails and resents. The result is one that I've felt with every Mary Balogh novel I've ever read: a strong, even thrillingly nuanced opening with a conclusion that fails to make good on the stakes established early. There's always a point in her novels in which I stop and think, "Do I really need to keep reading?". Here the disappointment had a number of sources. First, I was uncomfortably aware that the heroine's insistence on her need for freedom (in other words, her need to be free, so that if she comes back, she can come back to her husband on her own terms and as his equal) seems like a feminist stance for the book to take, but it may in fact be a false one. I am always wary of romance novels in which feminist individuation is a method of prolonging the narrative and creating tension. Since we are encouraged to long for a resolution, a HEA, this strategy places us as readers in conflict with the heroine's desire for independence, equality, etc. Unless the characterization is impeccably vivid and sympathetic, this runs the risk of creating a dismissive reaction. ("Honestly, can't she just pull it together so that they can be HAPPY already??") Our desire for the freedom of the heroine is placed in conflict with our desire for delays to be surmounted. Uncomfortable. Let me give you just one example of this conflict of sympathies. At one point, Lily compares the subsuming effect of her marriage to her time as a POW, when she was repeatedly raped by a captor: "It was tempting. It would be so very easy to relax permanently into [Kilbourne's] kindness and his strength and become as abject in a way as she had been with Manuel" (102). On one level, YES. This is a fascinating way to think about how the soft loss of selfhood can be as insidious as its brutal theft. On another, REALLY? Being married to a man you love is an experience of equal abjection to repeated physical and psychological violation by a stranger? Really? Another source of dismay: when a bit of contractual muddiness surrounding the original battlefield marriage gives Lily her opportunity to seize control of her life, this seizure emerges as ... a makeover narrative. Sprightly, unusual, battle-formed Lily learns about fashion, music, manners. She takes dancing lessons. Crucially, she learns to read. But the vast majority of what she learns is fairly cosmetic, and I can't help but feel (with Kilbourne) that it blunts every unusual and lovable aspect of her. What we end up with is a heroine who was once unpredictable and interesting and is now merely immature and "fresh." Much more interesting is the secondary romance involving an older gentleman who shows a pointed interest in Lily and a widely beloved spinster who takes our heroine under her wing. This was a relationship that I wanted to explored over the course of a whole book: they are both independent agents, self-sufficient and self-respecting, reluctant to give up their freedom for marriage. Their friendship is so constant, longstanding, and close that everyone has left off speculating about their romantic potential. These two were so much more interesting (and adult) than the primary couple, but their developing relationship is mostly an afterthought in the novel. At a certain point I found myself reading on solely for the rare tidbit I would get about the two of them. Kudos to Balogh for acknowledging that Lily's wartime violation had lasting effects on her response to sexual intimacy, and that her reintegration into marriage, family, and society must of necessity be painful and halting because of the abandonment and violence she has encountered. Although Kilbourne couldn't have known what she was going through, there's an inevitable sense of betrayal that Lily experiences that felt both realistic and emotionally complex to me: All the time she had been with Manuel and the partisans, clinging to the hope of one day returning to the man who had married her, he had been courting another woman, perhaps falling in love with her. All the time she had been making her difficult journey, with only the thought of reaching him sustaining her, he had been planning a marriage with someone else. (96-7) There's a price to a life of insulating privilege, pleasure, and affection (like the one I have to admit I lead), and it's the betrayal of those who are suffering just out of sight. The betrayal of forgetting, of overlooking, of never speaking. There's a price to doing merely what is expected of you, and Kilbourne pays it in spades. His struggles (since he is an essentially ethical man) over this crime of omission are the best part of the novel. But there's also something very uncomfortable about the treatment of rape here, albeit something that might have a great deal of historical and psychological truth to it: Lily is convinced, like many victims of sexual assault, that she bears a measure of responsibility for what happened to her, for not fighting hard enough, for not resisting to the end. In fact, she is convinced that she is an adulteress (a conviction that complicates her sense of betrayal that Kilbourne has been courting another woman while she was in Manuel's power). Even relatively late in the novel, there is a scene in which our hero "forgives" her for what happened in Spain, despite the fact (he insists) that she has done nothing that requires forgiveness. Eurgh. I found myself wishing for just one more layer of ethical context - perhaps a little more psychological depth and complexity from Lily - in scenes like this, to keep my skin from crawling with alarm. The fault is so unbalanced between the hero and heroine, so unquestionably NOT on her side, that it rankled to see her assume blame in even a qualified way for what happened. What say you? Is there a Balogh I should read that both begins and ends well? That sustains its initial levels of urgency and complexity throughout its several hundred pages? Cloud inscriptions Moon over Farfara Scribbled in the back of my copy of The Name of the Wind by someone who hadn't slept in 36 hours, from a plane over Maritime Canada: The last sunset I saw was two days ago, my feet in the sand of Waikiki beach. This one's above the clouds over Nova Scotia. The Hawaiian sunset's five minutes of silvered waters and blushing skies; the Haligonian's a half hour of blunt volcanic intensity, slowly swallowed by soot. Maybe it's homesickness, but I can't say which I prefer, which I more admire. Mysterious. Sooty skies (A shorter exposure of the same shot.) I've got a bit of a blog backlog building up. The reason? I'm back in Farfara and the term's about to begin. Turns out that it's the perfect formula for overwhelming chore-doing. But I may have a bit of a triage problem. There are syllabi that need to be finalized but instead I find myself doing VITALLY IMPORTANT things like this: Putting up the hammock. Now we just need to get a chainsaw so that we can clear up that view of the ocean. I am a stenciling queen! La Divine Sarah is unimpressed. Which means, [cough], that I need to get back to working on my syllabi now. OMG ERTHQK When I woke up this morning, I learned about my hometown's earthquake via Twitter as it happened. (In Honolulu it's, well, exactly like every other day of the year in Oahu. Balmy and peaceful.) I called my mother in Washington to see whether she felt it. "YES!" she said, "I rushed in to protect the Italian plates, which were rattling on the shelves. Then I thought, 'wait - this isn't a good idea,' and ran out the door." Theatricality and Time Capsuling More than just playwrights are buried here. You may remember (because it was the subject of my only post - TO DATE! - about my London theatravaganza) that the Bush theatre is migrating to a new home in a former library just down the street from their old pub theatre. While they were mucking about in the shell of the old library, what should they come upon but a time capsule. A Victorian time capsule that everyone had forgotten was there! If this isn't the best sort of time capsule, I don't know what is. And isn't there something particularly marvelous about a theatre discovering a library's time capsule? The living archive picking up the trace of the documentary archive, forgotten but not erased? Is a time capsule a variety of performance? A medium until itself? It's a matter of honour and hygiene, you see... My friend W sent me this tale of barebreasted nineteenth-century female duelists, wondering why it is that every time he comes across a story about sexualized eccentricity, he thinks of me. These ladies really know how to accessorize a topless duel. And, of course, you can't go to a duel without samba pants. What was the lady in blue thinking? I really couldn't say, W, but I like to think that wherever in the world people come across dashing displays of Amazonian honour, they think of Sycorax Pine. [cue swelling theme music here.] Sarcasm and the Baby Boom My grandparents celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary this week. Sixty-eight years, people. When I exclaimed over this to their best friend of many years, she made a shrugging gesture that was somehow audible over the phone: "You know, the first sixty-eight years are the hardest." My grandmother's reflected, indirectly, on the secrets (challenges?) of a long marriage when I called her on the day itself: "I'm trying to be less sarcastic, which is hard, because it's been my characteristic form of humor all these years." She adopts an ironic tone: "Or what I thought of as humor. It remains to be seen whether it was or not." You may remember that I spent some time with my grandparents a few weeks ago in Washington. While there, I spent some time updating my grandmother on my friends' lives. Many of them are pregnant, and my grandmother began to tell me what childbirth was like in 1946. "I gave birth in a municipal hospital in Oklahoma run by nuns, if you can imagine such a thing. Every element of it is improbable on its own," [Why? I don't know.] "but put them all together.... Of the dozen wives in our little group, only one wasn't pregnant." Me: "Yeah, it was the baby boom." My grandmother: "No, it was Oklahoma, and there was nothing else to do." I might have done a double-take, except that this isn't an unusual sort of witticism from my grandmother. Me: "Er, I would have thought it was more about the return of the absent male population. The baby boom, right?" My grandmother: "Yes, I suppose it couldn't have been as boring as Oklahoma everywhere, all at once." [Wry smile.] "Yes, the war ended and we all jumped into bed." Werner Herzog? Meet Harold Pinter Courtesy www.b3tards.com I cannot tell a lie: I bought the horse heads. Sycorax Pine: Oh my god, D. I want these SO MUCH. D: What are they? Sycorax Pine: False eyelashes. They're cut according to traditional Chinese motifs. See, these are peonies. And these are tiny horse heads! D: Honey... [He leans in close, and whispers tenderly in my ear.] They're abominations. On what occasion would I wear these, you might ask? The eyelash makes its own occasion, I'd reply, with a repressive glare and a flirtatious bat. Holy Crap: Love Everything on my stunning friend shannonpareil's tumblr (Holy Crap, A Talking Biscuit) has been graceful and longing-inducing lately. When we were teenagers, we used to write verse (sonnets, free verse, sestinas) while bored in class, trade them in the hallways between periods, and each complete the other's poem in the next class. She's that kind of friend. I give you two reflections on love, courtesy of her. This: Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo. things i pretend you are on a trip. you are on a trip to the amazon in search of el dorado. you are on a trip to the moon. you are on a trip anywhere that is beyond the range of modern communication. you are a character in a book i fell in love with, but now the book has ended, and you only live in the pages. you’re just in the other room while i stand in the kitchen cooking dinner. i haven’t met you yet. Planet of the Lawns: Rise of the Fiddlehead Ferns I'm not sure how to feel about Farfara's new lawn. (Mère Sycorax, looking at pictures of my new garden: "Would you really call that a lawn?" SP: "Yes." Mère Sycorax: "Really?") It's scraggly, starved, and unkempt. Except where it covers our vast septic field; there it's lush, verdant, and self-satisfied. When D and I bought the house, we were somehow convinced that it was a small lawn. But we weren't taking into account the scale of greater Farfara's twelve acres. In fact, the grassy section is considerably larger than any lawn we would have gotten with a city lot. I have to agree with John Green (in this, as in so many matters): lawns can be economic and environmental nightmares. And, anglophile though I am, I don't find them to be the most attractive landscape strategy. I'd like to keep just enough of Farfara's lawn to play bocce and croquet on. Let the rest be given over to fiddlehead ferns! And I used to OWN the damn things. Seriously: google it. D: "You know what show's supposed to be good? My Little Pony. Seriously: google it." He gradually becomes aware of a creeping silence. D: "What? WHAT?" I'm not kidding; he's making me watch it online. I'm going to see whether I can't tempt him back to sanity with this box set of Homicide. Failure to communicate Sycorax Pine: "Why are you so uncaring?" D: "I'm totally caring. It's just that your problem's not that big of a deal." Ladies and gentlemen: my relationship. Just to be clear, my problem was a total lack of chocolate in the house. I put it to you: what kind of a mind doesn't think that's a big deal? The Living Ring Oh, how I covet this. Chia ring! Why? Why do I want it? It promises to be nothing but heartbreak, given my Darwinian attitude to both plants and jewelry. But something about it just cries out boho-Galadriel charm to me. Even if I would have to spend the whole day obsessively extending my hand (see picture) while fending off potential ring-harmers with vicious stares. (Not Galadrielesque, you say? Did you see her thinking about taking the ring of power?) If only I didn't have a mortgage, this is exactly the sort of investment I would make. So it's lucky that I've sunk my worldly wealth into property, because I'm not sure a portfolio of living jewelry's going to support my retirement plans. While we were in London, D found something like this Bookcase wallpaper the glorious Dorky Medievalist sent me. (I covet it. Perhaps for the guest bathroom?) When D discovered it, it was like a whole new realm of strategy opened up in his war on my library. He became very excited: "How 'bout we just get rid of all the books and replace them with wallpaper that LOOKS like books?" There followed an acid pause. Then I said, "I've consulted with the books, and they think I should buy D wallpaper for every room and get rid of YOU." A mongoose and a gecko walk into a library... Pop quiz. Which of the following things did Sycorax Pine see or step over on her walk home from the library yesterday? A mongoose A gecko a desiccated gecko skeleton a full 180 degrees of rainbow a toilet in the middle of the sidewalk Extra credit to any who can (as my mother did) conceive of a story which makes "All of the above" into a meaningful narrative. * Here's my mom's explanation: "A mongoose and a gecko were walking along the street in Hawaii. Mongoose: 'Let's go to the library.' Gecko: 'No, look! There's a rainbow to follow.' After some argument on relative merits, they follow the rainbow, only to find it ends in a toilet containing a desiccated gecko skeleton. Haven't quite figured out the moral: something to do with gold vs. libraries...?". Bear in mind that my mother was a librarian. Transformed and Inverted I'm in Hawai'i again (without having caught up on my London blogging - curse it!), where, as I may have mentioned, my partner D works. He has long days of filming, I have somewhat shorter days at the University of Hawaii library doing course prep and research. I'm fairly sure that my mental processes are exactly reversed in Oahu,"transformed and inverted," as King Shudraka says in the Sanskrit drama I spent the afternoon reading, "even as an image reflected in a mirror is reversed so that the right becomes sinister." Twice this week I've embarked on the fifty minute walk home from the UH library just as it started to rain at some length. Both times I thought, "Oh good, this will make the walk pleasanter, and my hair will look better when I get home." Both times this mental statement was untouched by even the slightest trace of sarcasm. The effects of the rain Who is this curly-hair optimist living in my brain??? Alas, alas "So we moved off, sad in the vast offing, having our precious lives, but not our friends." (Homer) Blair puts Emily Dickinson's "Farewell" to Music at Detroit's Institute of Arts from Erik Proulx on Vimeo. On Love and Corsetry Because who among us hasn't wondered about the verisimilitude of negotiating underwear-removal in historical fiction? Once upon a time, bards walked the earth who could spin a song into a story that lasted for days. REVIEW: Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison “‘Look at you,’ he murmured almost to himself. ‘You’re a baby, nothing but a moment, a heartbeat.’ She took a quivering breath. ‘I’m more than that.’” (67) Pia’s mother raised her by one simple rule: fly beneath the radar. There’s a codicil or twelve (never let anyone near your blood, always keep your protective spells up, always stay out of the Other Worlds that parallel the human one) but the only law is fly beneath the radar, and keep your secrets. But that’s a lonely life, and when Pia meets a man she just might love, she lets her mask slip, ever so slightly. The next thing she knows, she’s being blackmailed by her erstwhile lover: fulfill a contract he’s been given, he tells her, or he reveals her secrets to the world. That contract? Steal an item from the dragon’s hoard. The dragon, Cuelebre (his friends call him Dragos), is one of the oldest and most powerful creatures in this world or any Other one, and he’s, to use the mildest possible term, a collector. He likes his things, and he knows them well. When he finds that someone has, for the first time in the eons he’s been hoarding, penetrated his defenses, he’s filled with rage. When he finds what’s been taken - a single penny - he’s puzzled. When he reads the note Pia left (Apologies! I left a replacement penny, so no hard feelings!), he’s bemused despite himself. He sets himself to track her, and, this being an urban paranormal romance, it should surprise no one that he finds her in a tangle of limbs and desperate possessiveness. He’s anciently grumpy and self-sufficent, and she’s slow to trust, so what we have here is a classic okay-I-want-you-but-what-is-love-anyway plot-extender. “His head jerked up. He had one of the most startling and unwelcome thoughts of the last century. Am I a boyfriend?” (203) Harrison’s novel shows its influences - Pia’s more than a bit of a Sookie Stackhouse, all plucky sass and strange attraction for creatures of the Other Worlds. She even has a Sam-esque is-it-really-platonic friend for whom she works. (This plot-line troubled me - it’s minimal enough that I wondered what its purpose was, if we were never going to be given more than a sketch of Pia’s life before love, and sexually charged enough - “She was shocked at how good it felt to have Quentin stroke her hair. Going boneless, she turned her face into his shirt. He smelled like warm, virile male and green growing places” - to make me wonder what exactly Pia was giving up when Dragos tells her abruptly that her old life was over and there was no going back.) And Cuelebre’s status as a dictatorial warlord of what amounts to both a tribe and corporation of Wyr shifters smacks of Nalini Singh, to say the least. So Dragon Bound walks the line between traditional and derivative pretty perilously. Combined with love scenes that are, um, ferociously mechanical and the same chirpy dialogue that finally turned me off of Kresley Cole’s urban paranormal series, this kept me in a state of constant preparation to dislike the novel. (Pia calls her house-sized dragon of a boyfriend “big guy” throughout. I cringed every time. By contrast, Dragos, to my delight, often undercut his more treacly comments with affectionate exasperation: “You were dying, you little shit.”) I was even prepared to admit, at last, that maybe urban paranormals just weren’t for me, with rare exceptions like Carolyn Crane’s excellent series. But I have to be honest with you. I didn’t dislike it. Not at all. I found the characters warm and nuanced. The interactions between the two lovers (when they weren’t pistoning away in bed like something from the Industrial Revolution) to be an unidealized portrait of what it's like to love with good intentions and minute experience of togetherness, as when (for instance) one of you is an all-powerful reptile used to ruling in perfect unquestioned solitude and the other is a hunted creature in mystical witness protection. And there are moments of real psychological and ideological interest here, as when Pia and a witch sub-contractor negotiate her right to make the despicable ex swear a magically binding oath to keep her secrets: “‘If someone swears and oath of his own free will, the binding falls into the realm of contractual obligation and justice. I can do that. And have as a matter of fact,’ the other woman said. She moved toward the back of her shop. ‘Follow me.’ Pia’s abused conscience twitched. Unlike the polarized white and black magics, gray magic was supposed to be neutral, but the witch’s kind of ethical parsing never did sit well with her. Like the relaxation spell in the shop, it felt manipulative, devoid of any real moral substance. A great deal of harm could be done under the guise of neutrality.” (15) This is fascinating, all the more so because this binding spell is a necessary plot device, one that I was glad of as the plot progresses, and one that I admired Pia for initiating. Does this speak to a manipulative streak in the very warp and weft of this genre, or my readerly response to it? Later I wondered this again when it wasn’t clear whether I should admire the vegan, pacifist Pia’s descent into bloodthirsty murderousness, or decry it. There is this to be said: Pia - and the next heroine in the series, if I’m reading the excerpt at the end of this volume correctly - are weaker than the Wyr warriors around them, but they have a defensive strength that is substantial and ferocious, equal in deft (even deceptive) ingenuity to anything the brawny warriors bring to the table. Is feeling pleased by this murderous development in Pia’s character a variety of warrior feminism (I hope), or is it a narrative seduction into an ethos of ambiguously moral violence? I love a book that makes me wonder, as Harrison does in the passage above. I’d love to see more paranormal romance that deemphasizes Whedonesque chirp (I love me some Whedon, but prefer his verbal wit to what always seemed to me a weird faux teenage argot) and breathless thriller action in favor of these sorts of moments: true, morally ambiguous, and thoughtful. I hope Harrison’s future novels give her the freedom to do exactly that. I’ll be reading them. Dragon Bound Thea Harrison A spoilery post-script (be VERY sure you skip this if you haven’t yet read the book, and, for that matter, if you’ve been living under a very large stone encumbrance and don’t know the plot of the Twilight series): Maybe, in the PT (post-traumatic, er, I mean, post-Twilight) era, I’m just hypersensitive to the politics of pregnancy in the romance genre, but I’m really uncomfortable with embryos (not fetuses, even, but wee specks of potential life mere weeks post-conception) that have substantial individual consciousnesses and two-way subjective relationships. Admittedly, I was glad to see that this embryo, unlike the Cullen-to-be, heals its mother rather than, you know, devouring her from within in its desperate hunger to be free (and feast on flesh). But still, these things have a political dimension, and one that has a real effect on how people understand this issue. For me, because of my particular leftist feminist beliefs, that was a slightly uncomfortable plot device. I also have one more feminist skeptic’s question about marriage and the troublesome fated-mate trope. If mates are fated, what purpose does marriage serve as an institution? You’re fated to love one another, and only one another, for the rest of your lives. What exactly does marriage add to that, apart from the opportunity to spend a great deal of money on a ring and a kick-ass, stressful party? (Or the opportunity to reinforce the essential place of the marriage proposal in the formula of the HEA? That possibility really irks me.) 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__label__cc	0.690951	0.309049	No harmony expected EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 06/14/2012 No harmony expected One can’t be too sure if the incumbent Supreme Court (SC) justices will be taking well the appointment by Noynoy of a chief justice who is an outsider, especially any of those who have so far been nominated as candidates for the top judicial post. While acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio claims that appointing anyone, following tradition or not, is a presidential prerogative and that he would respect the decision of the President in his appointment, there’s still a hallow ring to that statement. Carpio is at this time suffering from a negative public perception arising from his active involvement in getting Chief Justice Renato Corona ousted from his position. Carpio is also seen as being overly ambitious and is an ally of Noynoy, which is probably the reason Carpio, the most senior member in the SC, appears to be going out of his way to change that negative image he has earned, by pretending not to be salivating for the top post when it is evident that he wants it — and had wanted it even as early as 2010, which is why he and his cousin, now Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, came up with that act of rejecting their nomination as candidates of the SC, using as reason that they believe it should be the incoming President — Noynoy — who should be the appointing power, and not Gloria Arroyo..... MORE Aquino slammed for kowtowing to US plan to project... All in good time FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 0... No harmony expected EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 06... No-fly zone on the horizon in Syria? NATO tries to shift its blame for Syrian bloodshed... TPP secrets: Obama covertly granting more power to... Groups to launch Save Bondoc Peninsula Movement fo... Danger: Privatization of public utilities VIEWPOIN... High court okays P1.8-B PCOS buy By Benjamin B. Pu... US military to help RP monitor coastal waters 06/... 7 dead, 88 still missing in ferry sinking, floods ... Noy dismisses oust-Aquino move By Fernan J. Angele... Heed the people’s clamor, address the country’s co... US senator supports inquiry into Pacquiao fight 0... Judge resets to June 20 and 22 hearings on Abalos ...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6240
__label__cc	0.640144	0.359856	Here's an unfair picture of Phnom Penh that shows Cambodia's Capital from a not such a pretty side. But walking through the city you will find many houses and old french style villas that have obviously been burned down after the entire city has been "evacuated" by the Pol Pot Regime, starting a genocide which killed one third of Cambodias population in just three years. So the most impressive sites in PP are not exactly uplifting. During these years a School, "Tuol Sleng" that was transformed into a prison, and a former teacher from the same school became the prison's director. After this career leap, he took took acribic track of over 15 000 prisoners and made sure that they were efficiently tortured and exterminated on the killing fields. Most of them were killed with shovels, small children and babies were hit against a tree. Today only 3 people are known survivors. But now comes the most amazing fact: almost no one of the members of Pol Pot's Regime has been inprisoned. One of the ministers of Pol Pot is today Minister in the current government of Cambodia. And of course almost all former khmer rouge soldiers live among the people. Now: Does it surprise us that it is not allowed to teach about Pol Pot in Cambodias public schools?? Eingestellt von Anonym um 19:52 Diane hat gesagt… Hey just the other day one of Pol Potts men was put away. Took them thirty years to get him though. 3 years to kill 3 000 000 victims. 30 years to convict a handful culprits. ... that is definately not a good resume... davidmaas hat gesagt… Germany has a lot to offer in way of dealing with one's history. Look at how long it took for an American president to apologize to native Americans. And Japan still has never come out and acknowledged war crimes. Pol Pot is particularly shocking because its so recent, so brutal.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6243
__label__wiki	0.908378	0.908378	By Lori Rackl PEOPLE, TV September 3, 2015 Former Scoozi waiter Stephen Colbert, reporting for duty Stephen Colbert has lent his voice to the Waze traffic and navigation app in a promo stunt for his "Late Show" debut. \| CBS I caught up with Stephen Colbert over the summer at a CBS party for TV critics. Reporters question Stephen Colbert at the TV critics’ press tour in California. \| CBS Let me be more specific. I stalked him at the crowded soiree until I saw an opening in the gaggle of reporters — and actors — jostling for an audience with the anointed “Late Show” host. “I have a Chicago question,” I yelled above the thumping bass music. That got his attention. Colbert may be a Southern boy from Charleston, South Carolina, but the Windy City remains near and dear to this Northwestern grad and Second City alum. “I love Chicago,” he said, and not in that pat tone stars use when they want to feed you a sound bite and move on. He talked about filling every vacancy in his “Late Show” writers room with Chicago talent, and whether he’d have Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a guest on his show. (“Suuuure,” he said warily. “You can talk to him about it.”) He reminisced about his years spent serving Italian food at the recently shuttered Scoozi in River North. “The zucchini haystack,” he sighed. “I’ll miss it.” You can read excerpts from that interview and more in a piece I did for Michigan Avenue. And starting Tuesday, you can watch Colbert when, at long last, he takes over “The Late Show” at 10:35 p.m. (Central) on CBS with an extended episode that will end a bit later than usual at 11:44 p.m. The new marquee on Broadway for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” \| CBS Can’t wait until then? Beginning Thursday and leading up to Tuesday’s premiere, Colbert will post a new video message each day on Snapchat. (Colbert’s fleeting snaps — they disappear after a day — can be found in the messaging app’s Discover content section.) “I never thought I’d be on Snapchat. I saw the icon once and assumed it was a social network for ghosts,” Colbert says in Thursday’s snap, which shows him sitting behind a desk, wearing a CBS name tag. He explains that the Snapchat stunt was sold to him by CBS marketing folks as “a great way for us to reach the elusive millennial audience.” “I know just how elusive millennials are — I have never found one person who calls themselves that,” he says in the video. “So I couldn’t pass up the chance to meet the leaders of tomorrow and the coveted demographic of today.” Here’s the guest line-up for the first week of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert:” Tuesday: Oscar winner George Clooney, Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and a musical performance by “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” bandleader Jon Batiste and his group, Stay Human. “The Late Show” bandleader Jon Batiste \| CBS Wednesday: Actress Scarlett Johansson, SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, interview with and musical performance by Kendrick Lamar, who was Colbert’s last musical guest on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.” Thursday: Vice President Joe Biden, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and country singer Toby Keith. Friday: Comedian Amy Schumer; author Stephen King, interview with and musical performance by Troubled Waters. Part globetrotter and part couch potato, Lori Rackl is a former TV critic and travel writer at the Chicago Sun-Times. The Chicago native started this site to write about — you guessed it — TV and travel, two things that rank directly above food, clothing and shelter on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Latest Posts By Lori Rackl Mary L.Sweeney says: Lori..Your writings are awesome. I cannot wait for Colbert to begin next Tuesday. Lori Rackl says: Thanks very much, Mary Lu! Colbert should be good… June Paschen says: I enjoy reading about your travel adventures. Your personality & high energy comes through. in your writing Lori. Keep it up. That’s so kind of you to say, June. Thank you! And thanks for reading. There are bike trips. And then there are Bike Trips. A journey on Missouri’s Katy Trail is the latter. My husband and I biked all 238…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6245
__label__cc	0.722465	0.277535	Scribbler's Sojourn Official Blog of Author Terri Rochenski My Books / Stories Happy Book Birthday Spooktacular Seductions! #Romance #Halloween @RoanePublishing Happy Book Birthday Spooktacular Seductions! Genre: Romance Anthology Publisher: Roane Publishing Keywords: Romance, Short Stories, Halloween, Paranormal Falling in love can be terrifying. Eight tales of spooky romance brought to you just in time for Halloween. Bewitching Gypsy by Linda Carroll-Bradd Garden of Souls by Michelle Ziegler If This Be Madness by Echo Shea Encantado by Havva Murat Do You Believe in Ghosts by Anne Higa Ghost of a Chance by Lily Carlyle Where Angels Tread by Christy Thomas Spooky Hollow Café by Lisa A. Adams Book Blitz & tour-wide giveaway: paperback copy of Spooktacular Seductions and a $10 Amazon gift card! Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code. No purchase necessary, but you must be 18 or older to enter. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter, and announced on the widget. Winner well be notified by emailed and have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. The number of entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Roane Publishing's marketing department. Labels: Anthology, Halloween, Paranormal, Roane Publishing, Romance, Short Story, Spooktacular Seductions #WWW: Short Story Structure by Linda Carroll-Bradd #Excerpt Today I have the lovely Linda Carroll-Bradd here to share a bit about short story structure AND her newest release! Be sure to check out the giveaway, too! ~~~oOo~~~ While taking a recent online class on writing short stories, I learned some basics on structure which helped me complete three stories in just a couple days each and get them contracted. One of the important tasks in a short story is to create events that occur within a short time frame, like a couple days or a week. So an author doesn’t have the word count to reveal through long introspection what happened to get the character to this exact moment when the conflict starts. The advantage to the author is the fact only a few key pieces of information need to be created for each character. What’s essential is to make sure the characters you’re creating are opposites in their backgrounds and have opposing thoughts on what they want out of life. Another important consideration is to keep the focus on the hero and heroine, don’t add characters that don’t fulfill a specific function. What do I mean by a short time frame? For my most recent release, Unlocked Treasure, I knew I needed a Halloween theme or event as part of the story. (that was the publisher’s decision) So I build a story that took place the week before the holiday and worked in a real-life event that occurs in Providence, Rhode Island. I created a week-long grid on Excel (you could do this longhand) and worked out how they would meet, what would make them cross paths a second time, what shared interests did they have, what opposite interests, and which character had the most changing to do. In this case, she hated anything to do with the sea because of past events and he’s a sailor/maritime instructor and yacht builder. He’s an adventurer who is hunting pirate treasure and she has experienced loss because of sea-related careers. Instant conflict that is worked out at the end of the 15K story. What do I mean by opposing goals? Ever hear of a plot with a homebody and a wanderer? How could you construct a plot where there’s a happy ending for this couple? Obviously, one of the characters will have to realize that the other person is wonderful enough to change his or her goal. I did this in my story, Wanderer, Come Home, that’s included in the Cowboys, Creatures and Calico, Vol 1 anthology published by Prairie Rose Publications. Five years earlier, the heroine came to Texas as a mail-order bride and has been recently widowed, so she owns more land now than her parents ever did. And she aims to hold onto it. Into town rides an ex-Texas ranger who is tracking a stagecoach robber but is also looking for a job on a ranch to get him through the winter. Just until the Texas legislature funds the Rangers again. (true fact about early years of the Rangers) So they have very different goals that are resolved with a HEA by the end of the 15K story. What do I mean keep the focus on Hero and Heroine? In my short story, Bewitching Gypsy, included in Spooktacular Seductions (releasing 10/31) from Roane Publishing, I include only 2 main characters, an infant, and 2 secondary characters that are in and out of the story within a page (plus 2 horses, 1 dog, and 1 goat). In this story, I threw in 2 standard romance tropes—baby on the doorstep and amnesia. After a one-page introduction of the heroine shown in an activity that reveals the type of person she is, she is faced with immediate intrusions into her solitary life. Her character is revealed further as she deals with the baby and amnesiac hero. This 7900 word story pits the hero and heroine together in tight quarters as she tends his wounds and happens in less than 24 hours. I find writing short length stories hones my skills to keep the action centered on the couple and love typing “the end” within a few days. Unlocked Treasure Will a prophecy keep a lonely woman from accepting the promise of adventure? Aleen MacRae blames the lure of the sea for breaking apart first her family then her engagement. When her interest is caught by a man she sees both in person and in a dream, she resists—afraid to believe in her aunt’s prediction that her future is tied to the sea. Braden Williams is on the hunt for treasure buried centuries earlier by Rhode Island pirates. His search brings him to the property where Aleen lives. Collaboration on genealogy research draws them closer, and Braden steers her toward his true passion--sailing. Attending a party with Braden’s family lets her glimpse what she’s been missing. An unexpected discovery before her date with Braden at the Halloween Midnight Organ Recital forces a decision. Will Aleen play things safe or accept what this free-spirited man offers? Ah, the story of her life—practically invisible. The reminder his first sighting had been of her bikini-clad backside made her blush. Still didn’t change the facts. Aleen squared her shoulders. “I remember, but the Manor grounds are still closed.” Should she be nervous about being alone with this stranger, especially one who ignored posted rules? “Sorry for the intrusion. Let me start over.” Smiling, he approached and extended his right hand. “My name’s Braden Williams.” Aleen bit her lower lip, but accepted his hand. “Pleased to meet you. I’m Aleen MacRae.” At the moment their hands clasped, she felt warmth flooding her fingers. With a jerk, she released her grip, tingling sensations running along her skin. Immediately, the scent of fresh air and summer breezes wafted her way. Definitely a man of the sea. Just where I foretold your future lies. Whispers of her great-aunt Zsofika’s prophecy trickled through Aleen’s thoughts. At the memory, her cheeks flamed with heat. “Wow.” Frowning, Braden flexed his hand and narrowed his gaze then dropped it to his flexing fingers. “That was bizarre.” “Static electricity, from all that wind yesterday.” A reasonable explanation. In the back of her mind, Aleen could hear Zsofika scoff, “Static schmatic. A connection like that is destiny.” “Well…” His gaze searched her face. “Aleen—hey, that’s pretty, like the direction alee.” A wide smile exposed even teeth. Her own smile dimmed. Like I’ve never heard that before. “Thanks.” This guy was not charming his way around the rules. “Sorry, but you’ll need to come back when the gardens are open for visitors. That’s Wednesdays through—” “Yeah, I read the sign.” He gave a dismissive wave then turned to gaze back at the main house. “But I just needed five minutes to check out some dimensions and the lot layout.” “So, you woke up this morning and just decided to start out your week by trespassing?” Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00O0EQ754 The Wild Rose Press: http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/maincatalog_v151/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=242_175_143&products_id=5855 Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unlocked-treasure-linda-carroll- bradd/1120577500?ean=2940150749191 As a young girl, Linda was often found lying on her bed reading about fascinating characters having exciting adventures in places far away and in other time periods. In later years, she read and then started writing romances and achieved her first publication--a confession story. Married with 4 adult children and 2 granddaughters, Linda writes heartwarming contemporary and historical stories with a touch of humor from her home in the southern California mountains. Website www.lindacarroll-bradd.com Blog http://blog.lindacarroll-bradd.com Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linda-Carroll-Bradd-author/440814942635289 Twitter https://www.twitter.com/lcarrollbradd Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1806413.Linda_Carroll_Bradd Amazon https://www.amazon.com/author/lindacarroll-bradd Labels: #WWW, Contemporary, Excerpt, Giveaway, Linda Caroll-Bradd, Romance, The Wild Rose Press, Unlocked Treasure, Writerly Wisdom Wednesday Happy Book Birthday to Boss Overboard! #Contemporary #Romance by Claire Gillian #Giveaway #Excerpt Check out my Pen Sister, Claire Gillian's, newest release with Evernight Publishing! Boss Overboard by Claire Gillian Publisher: Evernight Publishing An all expenses paid, trans-Atlantic cruise has romance written all over it...unless you’re the poor sap who has to inspect the toilets and time the cafeteria lines. As if secret-shopping her company's failing cruise ship isn't bad enough, Lydia Johnson is forced to bring along a "top talent" new hire as her assistant. With a heart barely healed from her ex-fiancé’s deceit, she's in no mood to train a man who might cheat her out of an overdue promotion. Paul Thomas may be new to J.P. Theriot Enterprises, but he certainly knows his way around cruise ships. The Cajun charmer also isn't shy about pursuing his desires, including his wary, but oh-so-sexy-when-she lets-her-hair-down manager. He's shared more about himself with Lydia than any other woman...except who he really is--J.P. Theriot. Evernight Publishing \| Amazon \| All Romance eBooks \| Bookstrand \| Smashwords Paul chuckled softly. "He sure noticed you." Lydia's brows lifted. "Oh? In what way?" Paul shrugged. "He saw you were with me and was wondering if you were taken." "And you said what?" "Peter thinks you and I just met on this cruise, that we're part of some singles package." Lydia crossed her arms. "We're starting to have way too many stories." "And not a single one of them has you as my lesbian BFF." She raised a finger smiling. "Mark thinks we met at a book club and are platonic friends." "Thank goodness of all the people on this ship, he's the one person who doesn't think you're mine. You do know you can't go off or be seen alone with him, don't you? As you yourself said, we're here to work and not have fun chatting up blondes, and I assumed that applied to both sexes, bottle and natural blondes, and so should you." "Oh puh-lease. I am not interested in Mark Williams. He's a friendly guy and my next-door neighbor, but that's all. I don't even like blonds, bottle or otherwise." A grin tugged at the corner of Paul's lips. "What kind of guy do you normally go for?" He stepped into her space. "We both already know you can be tempted by my type." Lydia scowled and walked off. He caught up to her. "What? Just stating the obvious." She increased her speed, but refused to acknowledge him, because dammit he was right. "You can run but you can't hide from the attraction between us, Lydia. And where are we off to in such a hurry anyway?" "The art gallery," she tossed back over her shoulder. "Terrific. One of my favorite spots. There's a nude I want you to see." She stopped and spun around. "You can't keep talking to me like this." "I can't talk about a painting or did you think I was talking about something else?" He was the picture of innocence. Heat crept into her cheeks. She gazed up at him. "Because it's not professional, and we're here to do a job, not hook up!" Paul frowned and blew out a rush of air through his nose. "This is so ironic, you know. Everyone on this ship already thinks we're hooking up, but we can't because you don't want to look unprofessional. Did you forget the part that looking overly professional runs counter to being a good secret shopper?" Lydia swiveled her head to either side as if scanning for eavesdroppers. "Keep your voice down." She did another scan. "It's not about looking professional or unprofessional. It's about being professional. They are two different matters entirely." "What if I said I would quit?" Lydia's lips parted in a soft gasp. Claire Gillian is the pen name for a number-crunching executive by day and a darkly romantic curmudgeon by night. She also writes fifty shades naughtier stuff under the pen name of Lila Shaw (but please don’t tell her mother) and young adult fiction as Iris St. Clair. No matter which name she uses, Claire is happiest penning romance drenched in humor with a dash of intrigue and loads of spice. Claire lives in the boggy Pacific NW with her husband and two teen-aged sons. Website Goodreads Twitter Facebook Pinterest GIVEAWAY TIME!! Labels: Book Birthday, Boss Overboard, Claire Gillian, contemporary romance, Evernight Publishing, Excerpt, Giveaway Fall into Fantasy #Giveaway #YA #NA #Adult #Fantasy It’s that time of year again already, can you believe it! If you like to read, this is the giveaway event you won’t want to miss. Dozens of authors of adult, NA, and YA fiction have put together some badass prizes that will be up for grabs from October 17th to the 31st. For a chance to win ecopies of both Eye of the Soul and Secret of the Souls, along with loads of other adult books, you can get your name in the hat by entering the adult rafflecopter below. Eye of the Soul Pool of Souls #1 Publisher: J. Taylor Publishing Target Reader: Adult Keywords: Fantasy That should be Hyla’s first thought as her people are chained and imprisoned for no imaginable reason. Instead, Hyla finds herself traveling through a land void of Natives, with human soldiers pillaging in desperate pursuit of her, and in search of the mystical Pool of Souls—home to the one man who can save her people. Or so she believes. Led by her faith in the deity Fadir, Hyla is met along her journey by Jadon—a human male and fierce King’s warrior, and his childhood best friend Conlin—one of the few Natives aware of his Fadir-given Talents. Protected by Jadon, guided by Conlin, and with an unfailing belief in the purpose of her pilgrimage, Hyla carries on. Like her, though, another searches for the Pool, and should he gain access first, everyone she loves, and everything she knows, could be lost. Secret of the Souls Thrust out of their homes by a human High Priest on a vengeful mission, the Natives of Derlund no longer have a place to call their own. One escaped capture, however, and now she, Hyla, is the only one who can save her people. For, Hyla, though, saving her nation isn’t her ultimate goal—returning to the Pool of Souls is. Becoming its Guardian and preserving their faith is her heart’s desire. The perils of her current journey, though, could leave her unable to fulfill that dream. To find her way back to the Pool, Hyla must live among dangerous, powerful humans willing to defend the Natives, and must submit herself—her Talents—to them. While her protection is paramount, plots to end Hyla’s life will push her to her physical and emotional limits. On the edge of sanity, her courage tested, and convictions nearly broken, Hyla’s final test of loyalty to her faith comes with the death of one she could have loved. If you like more the YA / NA genre, there's a separate giveaway for that as well! The links are below, or you can click the logo above to see the form on the host site. YA/NA Labels: Blog Hop, Eye of the Soul, Fall Into Fantasy, Fantasy, Giveaway, Pool of Souls, Secret of the Souls, Terri Rochenski Cowboy Up! Bestselling boxed set of #Contemporary #Westerns Today, I have the lovely Sara Walter Ellwood, author of one of the seven stories in the Cowboy Up boxed set! A few questions, and we'll get to the goods... Plotter or Pantser? I’m a hybrid, I guess. I don’t really plot, meaning I don’t do some of the crazy things I’ve heard others do—like index cards for every scene or elaborate outlines. But do have a real idea of where my stories are going, especially once I hit the half to two-thirds mark in a story. I will draft a synopsis sort of narrative so that I know exactly how much of story I have to tell. From this, I can gage how long a book will be. However, that first half or so is just writing by the seat of my pants. The beginnings are never plotted. E-books, print, or both? Any preferences? Why? E-books… I love my Kindle. Do you read books more than once? If so, name one. What's special about it? Yes, though I haven’t re-read something in a long time. The series I’ve read about three times is John Jakes’ North and South trilogy (I’ve read the first two books; I didn’t like the third book.) I used to be a huge Civil War buff and I love John Jakes. I’ve read most of his books more than once. What's the strangest thing you've ever done in the name of research? I really can’t think of anything. Although, after an editor questioned me on something that I had one of my ex-military characters do, I did ask one of the active duty Army Captains at my work about it—and was thrilled to find out I was right! Music while you write? What kind? Sometimes, if I’m in the mood. And it’s always country. Do your characters have sex on the page? On which page do they have their first sexual encounter? I write hot, so there are no closed doors in my books. And as for when the sex happens, that varies, but it usually happens just before the middle of the story. What triggered the story behind your latest release? Chasing a Cowboy, part of the boxed set COWBOY UP, got its inspiration from the recent Dierks Bentley single, “Drunk on a Plane.” My hero isn’t drunk on a plane, but he is a jilted groom who goes to Mexico to the resort where he was to have his honeymoon, just like the narrator in the song. You can invite anyone, alive or dead, or a fictional character (your own included), to dinner. Who would you invite and why? Don’t laugh, but I’m going with the very first person who popped in my mind as I read the question. I’d love to have dinner with Jesus. Not just to discuss religion, but to talk about life in general and to gain understanding of why things happen in the world that just don’t make sense. What kitchen utensil would you be? Why? LOL…. A Knife? Because no one messes with knives and they are respected, if for no other reason than out of fear…. Though, I don’t want to be scary. So, maybe just a little bitty paring knife. Dogs or cats? Or gerbils or birds? Or fish? Cats. Though, I love birds too—in my garden, especially cardinals. Seven men as tough as the west… Seven women who know how to COWBOY UP. A bestselling boxed set of contemporary westerns for every cowboy lover… Always, Cowboy by Allison Merritt—The past is better left behind, unless it offers a brighter future. Cowboys Don’t Cry by Vickie Taylor—A broken cowboy with nothing left to lose…except his heart. A Cowboy’s Heart by Leslie Garcia—Teenage lovers torn apart by betrayal. Have seventeen years changed everything—or nothing? The Heartsong Cowboy by Melissa Keir—Can two people, one horse and the power of love cure a little girl? Cowboy Trouble by Autumn Piper—She’s decided to make some bad choices this weekend. Chasing a Cowboy by Sara Walter Ellwood—He’s running from heartbreak. She’s chasing after love… Their hearts will never be the same. Cowboy Bred, Cowboy Born by D’Ann Lindun—Freedom or family? Only love can make the choice. Only $0.99 at these retailers!! Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Cowboy-Up-Allison-Merritt-ebook/dp/B00NDAS9ZM/ Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cowboy-up-melissa-keir-allison-merritt/1120319088?ean=2940150568457&itm=1&usri=2940150568457 All Romance Ebooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-cowboyup-1616837-153.html Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/cowboy-up-11 Facebook Page for COWBOY UP: https://www.facebook.com/cowboyupboxedset Labels: Author Interview, Contemporary, Cowboy Up, Sara Ellwood, Western The Shucker's Booktique by J.C. McKenzie #UF #Fae #Giveaway #Excerpt The Shucker’s Booktique Lobster Cove By: J.C. McKenzie Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Paranormal / UF / Shapeshifters / Fae After her fiancé dumps her and her beloved Aunt Jenny goes missing, Willa Eklund travels to Lobster Cove with a broken heart to search for Jenny while running her bookstore. When a mysterious man visits the Shucker's Booktique on a stormy night drenched in rain and covered in mud, Willa's heart melts under his stormy gaze. She wants Lon and the answers he may have, but he also has a secret. Can Willa trust him? Lon Devlin is a Tempest, a water sprite who can only take a human form during stormy nights. He rides the waves, lives by the tides, and nothing can hold him down, not even a beautiful woman. When he visits his mortal friend, he discovers she's missing and her intriguing niece has taken her place. He wants Willa, but he also wants answers. What happened to Jenny? Thump! Thump! Thump! No! She gasped. It couldn’t be. The banging on the front door of the booktique had to be a figment of her imagination. She couldn’t will Lon into existence. Why would he come back? Especially if he was involved. Unless…cold ice prickled up her spine…unless he needed to eliminate her to take care of loose ends. No. Crazy thoughts, Willa. He could’ve taken care of her the night before. No, her heart hammered against her chest for a different reason. But it didn’t matter. The knocking on the door wouldn’t, couldn’t be him. Could it? She clutched her hot mug in both hands and turned toward the doorway leading to the bookstore. From the kitchen in the back room, she had a clear view through the store to the front door, but not who stood on the other side. “Willa!” Lon growled. “Wake up and let me in!” Willa gasped and almost dropped her cup. The tea sloshed around and some spilled over her hands. It burned, but she didn’t move. She couldn’t breathe. Somehow the air got trapped inside her throat. Why was he here? What did he want? Oh God, let it be me! Amazon \| The Wild Rose Press Born and raised on the Haida Gwaii, off the West Coast of Canada, J.C. McKenzie grew up in a pristine wilderness that inspired her to dream. She writes Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. J.C. McKenzie’s Website \| Blog \| Facebook \| Twitter \| Goodreads \| The Wild Rose Press \| Amazon Labels: Excerpt, Fae, Giveaway, J.C. McKenzie, Paranormal, The Shucker's Booktique, The Wild Rose Press, Urban Fantasy October New Release #Giveaway Hop: Secret of the Souls @TerriRochenski #Fantasy Up for grabs... Pool of Souls 2 by Terri Rochenski From now until Friday, October 17th, book 1, Eye of the Soul, is only .99 cents! Amazon / Barnes & Noble THANKS FOR STOPPING BY, & BEST OF LUCK!! Labels: Eye of the Soul, Fantasy, Giveaway, J. Taylor Publishing, October New Release Giveaway Hop, Pool of Souls, Sale, Secret of the Souls Ooooooo Kick@$$ #UF ARCs up for grabs! J. Taylor Publishing are giving away FIVE ARCs of Burdin of Choice by Alexander Nader! Ty Burdin is back. Back to drinking and back to avoiding demons. He is, of course, the leading expert in his field. In both subjects. That’s probably why, when a customer offers him way too much money just to locate a missing car and some mysterious cargo, he readily agrees. The dude is human after all—Ty’s prime target client base. Along with the money comes a slew of disappearances which Ty tries to ignore while tracking down that car, because, of course, those missing people might be demon related, and as he’s said before, that’s agency business. Not his. Period. Until today. Ty Burdin is to back drinking as well as everything he vowed never to get involved with again. Question is, which one will kill him first? The booze, the demons, or the Agency? Ty is full of quick-draw wit that'll have readers chuckling just as much for the second time around in Burdin of Choice. And J. Taylor Publishing is giving away FIVE ARC copies. You don’t even have to be a book blogger! Nope, so long as you are willing to leave an honest review* by November 14th 2014, you are eligible to enter. Then, just fill out the form and keep your fingers crossed. You have until midnight of October 19th, 2014 to enter. *A review should consist of your honest thoughts regarding a book, usually a few paragraphs long and around 150 - 500 (or more, if desired) words in length. Alex lives in the tourist infested hills of east Tennessee with his amazing wife/muse and three superb children. He would tell you more about how awesome they are, but you probably wouldn’t believe him. When he’s not hanging out with them he’s making pizzas. When he’s not doing that he’s working at a bookstore and occasionally he jots a few words down. He’s a big fan of good music, good storytelling, and mixed martial arts. He once wrote a short story about pirates to his wife via text message that blossomed into a full length novel and never stopped after that. Words That Bind by Ash Krafton #PNR #Giveaway Words That Bind by Ash Krafton Genre: Paranormal Romance, sensual heat rating Date of Publication: Oct. 10, 2014 Social worker Tam Kerish can’t keep her cool professionalism when steamy client Mr. Burns kindles a desire for more than a client-therapist relationship—so she drops him. However, they discover she’s the talisman to which Burns, an immortal djinn, has been bound since the days of King Solomon…and that makes it difficult to keep away from him. Ethical guidelines are unequivocal when it comes to personal relationships with clients. However, the djinn has a thawing effect on the usually non-emotive Tam, who begins to feel true emotion whenever he is near. Tam has to make a difficult choice: to stay on the outside, forever looking in…or to turn her back on her entire world, just for the chance to finally experience what it means to fall in love. The Wild Rose Press: http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/maincatalog_v151/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=195&products_id=5847 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Words-That-Bind-Ash-Krafton-ebook/dp/B00NU7GQLM Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/words-that-bind All Romance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-wordsthatbind-1641794-149.html Bookstrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/words-that-bind Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4nf5CyjGJk Goodreads Giveaway (runs until Oct. 31, 2014): https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/109114-words-that-bind “So. You’ve destroyed a stereotype for me. A genie who lives in a library. Different.” “When in Rome, no?” He stirred his cup before setting down the spoon with a light clink against the saucer. “Or, I suppose it is more accurate to say when in human form. When I am Burns, I prefer here.” “Human form.” It didn’t sound right. Who said things like that, and meant it? “Can you change into anything you want? Any shape at all?” He stretched out his legs and cocked his head, sliding his gaze up and away. “I suppose I could. I’m getting old and set in my ways. There’s this…” He swept his hands down the line of his body. Her eyes were unable to keep from following, not even when he lingered over his midsection. Even lounging, his shirt was tightly tucked into his beltline. No belly fat there. He tilted his head and gave her an upper-teeth smile, nibbling gently at his lower lip. “And apparently this form is pleasing to the eye, so I wear it often. But there are others. Tiger, a favorite. Savage and regal and the colors of flames in the night. Fearsome to behold, but very useful when dealing with physical conditions in which a human form may be outmatched. Plus, I can lash my tail.” His voice took a teasing, conspirator’s tone. “I love my tail. You’d love it too, if you saw it.” She trained her eyes firmly upon his. No way would she give him the pleasure of checking out his tail. Ash Krafton is a speculative fiction author from northeastern Pennsylvania. Krafton’s first novel, Bleeding Hearts was published in 2012 as part of a three-book urban fantasy series The Books of the Demimonde (Pink Narcissus Press). An urban fantasy novella, Strangers at the Hell Gate, was published by Wild Rose Press in 2013. Her latest book, Words That Bind, won first place in the HeRA RWA “Show Me the Spark” 2013 competition; it is also available through Wild Rose Press as an October 2014 release. Krafton also writes New Adult speculative fiction novels under the pen name AJ Krafton. Upcoming titles include The Heartbeat Thief, Face of the Enemy, and the award-winning Takin’ It Back. She is part of a YA/NA collective known as the Infinite Ink Authors. In addition to novel-length fiction, Krafton enjoys writing poetry and short prose, some of which earned distinctions in various writing competitions. One of her poems was also nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She’s a proud member of Pennwriters, Romance Writers of America, and Pikes Peak Writers. Krafton is also a staff blogger for the Query Tracker Blog. Website Blog Twitter Facebook Goodreads Authorgraph Pinterest Labels: ash krafton, Book Blast, Giveaway, paranormal romance, The Wild Rose Press Follow Scribbler's Sojourn by Email Braving the Elements Anthology Hearts of Valor Anthology Release Date: January 13, 2016 from Roane Publishing Love's Revenge (Means of Mercy #2) Release Date: Jan 26, 2015 from Roane Publishing Love's Sorrow (Means of Mercy #1) Release Date: April 21, 2014 from Roane Publishing Secret of the Souls (Pool of Souls #2) Eye of the Soul (Pool of Souls #1) Release Date: Jan 9, 2017 from Roane Publishing Alone No More Release Date: Dec 18, 2013 from Roane Publishing Winter's Sweet Kiss Anthology Blogging Buds FREE READ! Click on image for more details Happy Book Birthday Spooktacular Seductions! #Roma... #WWW: Short Story Structure by Linda Carroll-Bradd... 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__label__cc	0.502646	0.497354	UPDATED TRENDS Home Top Trending Climber from Colorado dies after reaching Mount Everest peak Climber from Colorado dies after reaching Mount Everest peak 62 year old climber passed away at a camp while he was returning from the peak of Mount Everest Penelope P A climber from Colorado passed away shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving the dream of reaching the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. The news was conveyed by his brother on May 27, 2019. 62 year old Christopher Kulish died on May 27, 2019 at a camp below the summit when he was descending. Brother Mark Kulish said the actual cause of death is still not known. Mark further informed that Christopher had just reached the top of Everest with a small group after crowds of hundreds of climbers had congested the 8,850 meter peak last week. A statement from Mark Kulish said, “He saw his last sunrise from the highest peak on Earth. At that instant, he became a member of the ‘7 Summit Club,’ having scaled the highest peak on each continent”. Mark called his brother as an attorney in his day job and was also “an inveterate climber of peaks in Colorado, the West and the world over.” He added that he passed away doing what he loved after returning to the next camp below the peak. Reports say that about a dozen of climbers passed away on Mount Everest last week and included Don Cash of Utah, who also managed to fulfill his dream of climbing the highest mountains on each continent. Many of them died while descending from the summit during a few time of good weather every May. Most of the people who passed away suffered from altitude sickness and was caused by low amounts of oxygen at high elevation and can cause headache, shortness of breath, mental confusion and vomiting. 41 teams with a total of 378 climbers are permitted to scale the Everest during the Spring climbing season. Equal number of Nepalese guides help them to reach the summit. Christopher is survived by his mother Betty Kulish and sister Claudia. Photo Credits: Pixabay climber from Colorado Mount everest peak Previous articleDelta Airlines offers free trip to Hawaii for a retired mailman Next articleSerena Williams visits Meghan Markle and her baby in UK Beauty aficionado who dreams of one day become a professional beauty blogger. Emojis becoming a nuisance in US courts to interpret US teenager sues health department over chickenpox vaccine Uber to begin air taxi service in Melbourne Disney family member upset over low wages of workers at Disneyland World July 16, 2019 Tesla workers claim quality was compromised while meeting production goals Technology July 16, 2019 2019 Fashion trends which are no more a trend now Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas share honeymoon pictures from Maldives Ed Sheeran confesses he is married to Cherry Seaborn Celebrities July 15, 2019 10 health benefits of eating Cucumbers Food July 15, 2019 Study says, facelift can make man look more trustworthy Beauty July 14, 2019 Soda and sugary drinks can be linked to increased cancer risk Health July 13, 2019 Ford announced to build a car with Volkswagen’s EV tech Top Trending373 Get the Latest and most Updated news making waves across the World. Updatedtrends.Com is a website to keep you up-to date with the latest happenings in lifestyle and fashion across the globe. © Copyright 2019 - Updated Trends	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6252
__label__cc	0.728413	0.271587	Review: Secret Unleashed by Sierra Dean (Secret McQueen #6) Posted by Krista on Jan 21, 2014 in Reviews, Urban Fantasy \| 3 comments Secret Unleashed (Secret McQueen #6) Sierra Dean Published: Oct. 15, 2013 (Samhain Publishing) Purchase at: Amazon Reviewed by: Krista Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does reference events from past books in the series. Over the course of this series I’ve come to expect a lot from a Sierra Dean novel. There are always a number of blockbuster action sequences, intense sheet-destroying intimate moments, epic emotional upheavals, and a layered story that has at least one “what the?” moment. Secret Unleashed more than lived up to my high expectations. It can be hard to keep track of which epic upheaval Secret is now dealing with. My favorite would have to have been when she was left at the altar at the wedding of the year. With everything she has been dealing with she should be curled up bawling in some dark corner, but not our Secret. When she should be keeping a low profile while under the watchful eye of her babysitter du jour, she is instead out willfully hunting down a mythic vampire who is the inspiration for Grendel of Beowulf legend. So in an act of two birds, one stone: Secret’s scary vampire mentor sends her off to the west coast with her tail tucked between her legs. But Secret doesn’t do discreet or submissive well. Instead she and Holden soon find themselves in more dire trouble than before. Secret Unleashed is probably my favorite so far in the series. I love how Secret keeps evolving throughout each book. Where some characters and series can become repetitive, Dean doesn’t allow Secret to stagnate. Our perception of Secret grows with each novel, just as the characters own sense of identity grows. My favorite part of this book would have to be the deepening of Secret and Holden’s relationship. She seems to have gotten to a point where she not only accepts Holden’s feeling but maybe she believes them. “I will have you, Secret. If it takes me the rest of my life to show you I’m the one you should be with, so be it. But I will prove it to you.” Oh I also love that Holden slips in his British accent during his and Secret’s naughty moments. Yummy! The only criticism I had is for a scene that felt reminiscent of something I’d read before. Not that is was identical, but it had a similar enough set up that I found it jarring. Overall though, the book is a total success. Secret Unleashed is an excellent addition to the series and I recommend picking it up, although I definitely think this is a series which should be read from the beginning Sexual content: Graphic sex 3 Responses to “Review: Secret Unleashed by Sierra Dean (Secret McQueen #6)” Carmel @ Rabid Reads says: I love this series; it’s one of the rare ones that keeps getting better and better with each new installment. I’m so glad that Lucas is no longer in the picture because I <3 Holden! Sue P. says: Thanks for the recommendation! I have added this series to my TBR list! Sounds really good! I read this review and then purchased all 6 books in the series so far. I devoured them & finished Secret Unleashed last night. I am totally in love with this series now!!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6259
__label__wiki	0.814143	0.814143	The United Methodist Church of Chugiak For Our Visitors What is a United Methodist? Teams & Leadership Serve in Worship Sunday’s Order of Worship Weekly Lectionary Readings Recycle for a Reason Love INC Eagle River CCS Early Learning Chugiak/Eagle River Food Pantry About R4R Donate to R4R R4R Sale Volunteer with R4R Set Up Recurring Giving Make a One Time Gift On February 13th, 1954, thirty–eight people living along the Old Glenn Highway signed a charter and committed themselves to serving God as Methodists in a small frontier community in the Territory of Alaska, four years before Statehood. The Old Glenn was the end of the Alcan Highway, built during WWII to link Alaska to the “Lower 48.” Less than 3,000 people lived between Eagle River and the Knik River Bridge, mostly employed on the military bases and by local businesses serving highway travelers. Some people obtained federal land by homesteading. People were independent but neighborly. The population of Eagle River-Chugiak is now approximately 30,000. Over the years, our church has been blessed with 24 permanent and interim pastors and their spouses. The First Church The Chugiak church began in a store on the main highway. After Sunday services, volunteer work parties remodeled the building into a space suitable for a church. The bell we ring every Sunday was an old school bell from Minnesota, donated by Paul Swanson, the Chugiak Postmaster, and his wife Margaret. Our Beautiful Site and Early Building In 1959, the church obtained 13 acres from BLM. The site overlooks Knik Arm, with a beautiful view from Mt. Susitna to Denali on a clear day. The original building included a fellowship hall, which was turned into the classrooms near the old kitchen on the present main floor. The first services were held there in October 1961. In 1965, with member pledges of $27,000 and a combined grant and loan of $100,000 from the National Division of the Board of Global Ministries, the church built the sanctuary. With glass end walls, this worship space takes advantage of the beauty of nature. In the 1970’s, working from plans drawn on graph paper, the congregation built our log parsonage. Building Addition and Expansion After prayerful consideration, in 2000 the church launched construction of a 17,000 square foot addition with paved parking for over 200 cars. The vision was to meet the needs of a growing congregation and community. Except for major excavation and licensed work such as electrical, mechanical and elevator installation, this project was built almost entirely with volunteer labor. Members of the church and Volunteer in Mission teams from all over the United States completed the foundations, framing, roofing, sheet-rocking, interior carpentry, plumbing, finish work and landscaping. The addition includes office space, classrooms, choir room, and a Community Center with a gymnasium, kitchen, and reception/food service area. The project was financed by loans of $1,300,000, which we hope to pay off by 2019. As planned, the building is now used by community organizations including Boy Scouts, Alcoholics Anonymous, the Eagle River Fencing Club, and Tot Time. We grow vegetables in our Children’s Garden for donation to needy families. UMC Chugiak still embodies its founders’ spirit of faithful service to God and our community. Our building is the physical expression of our invitation, “All Are Welcome Here”. 16430 Old Glenn Highway Chugiak, AK 99567 office@umcchugiak.org Worship is on Sundays at 10 am during the summer. Childcare is Provided (ages 0-5). We're located north of Eagle River, AK, about a quarter mile north of the intersection of the Old Glenn Highway and South Birchwood Lp. Rd. Church Policies Sign up for the UMCC Email List Copyright © 2019 The United Methodist Church of Chugiak . Helena by Catch Themes UMCC on Facebook UMCC on Twitter	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6265
__label__cc	0.618703	0.381297	The SDG Targets 12.1 Implement the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries 12.2 By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources 12.3 By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses 12.4 By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment 12.5 By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse 12.6 Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle 12.7 Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities 12.8 By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature 12.a Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production 12.b Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products 12.c Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities Integration and Alignment of the Sustainable Development Goals Pivotal to the Development of Guyana’s Green State Development Strategy UN Month - SDGs Arch Launched	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6266
__label__wiki	0.527587	0.527587	#133 Into the Great and Tiny Beyond – with Leanne Stephens Originally aired over 1 year ago. #172 The End? Or a Hiatus? Tiny House Podcast Season Finale Is it the end or merely a hiatus for Tiny House Co-hosts Mark, Michelle and Perry? Depends on who you ask. This is the 3-year season finale of our show. After over 170 episodes, we’re making changes. What are they? You’ll just have to listen. Mark, Michelle and Perry reminisce about Tiny House Podcast’s origins, how they came together and what the last three years of working together to put on this show have been like. It’s been a crazy, fun, and wild time. Welcome to the season finale. #171 Doing Well Doing Good For Veterans with Gabrielle Rapport Gabrielle, a serial entrepreneur from Seattle saw an opportunity to offer high quality solutions to the housing crisis focusing on Veterans. Today, her non-profit organization Operation Tiny Home (http://www.operationtinyhome.org) is in its fourth year tackling that daunting mission. But with A-list celebrity and corporate sponsors firmly in their wheelhouse, Operation Tiny Home is making progress. Gabrielle says there’s lots in store for her non-profit’s future. We speculate whether connections with Zack Giffin portend a TV future. But we couldn’t get a peep out of her about that. Still, tune in and find out how Gabrielle is making dreams come true for homelessness among the nation’s veterans. #170 Talking The Tiny House Evolution with Jewel Pearson Our third time having Jewel on the show, we talk about where diversity plays in the tiny house movement, the fracturing of the movement and whether any progress has happened regarding representation. But really, what we’re talking about is how perfectly the Tiny House “community” mirrors the everyday human one. So should we really have been surprised that dominant culture folks (even apparently “woke” ones) would still react from their fragility? Jewel says of course not. But we could have hoped. Which is what she (and others) did. Sadly, their hopes were dashed. What will come of the community now? Who knows? But the question sure makes for a great show! #169 Learning Something New With Cosme Hernandez In over a year we’ve heard some interesting things. But this show takes the cake. We didn’t know the state of Washington is offering tiny house certifications specifically for tiny houses built in Washington. Wow. That’s total news to us. Thankfully, Cosme Hernandez from Tiny House Cribs joined us on our show to edumacate us. Cosme launched his company last year stemming from his personal life living minimally since he was 14. Cosme has done his homework out of necessity. With the massive shakedown of the tiny house builder community, he’s going to need all the understanding he can get. Sounds like he has. #168 Tiny Houses As A Side Hustle With Sean O'Neil #166 At Home On The Farm, The Winery And The Brewery With Joel Holland Nomadic Entrepreneur Joel Holland likes businesses. When he saw Harvest Host, though, he liked it so much he had to buy it. So he did. Harvest Host is built a network of people who love RVing and agricultural operations (wineries, farms, breweries, etc.) who are looking to expand their brand awareness. Today Harvest Host is growing, fueled by Joel and his wife’s steady guidance, their personal passion for nomadic living, technology, entrepreneurship, living small and building community. #165 The Most Fantastic Things Are Things That Just Pop Up With Zach Yeager #164 Visiting Middle America with Carolynn Campbell Carolynn started life as a professional, but now has become a rural activist as a result of her intimate travels spurred at first by school kids. Armed with a charming micro van conversion, and directions from students in Oregon, she headed from Stumptown east to find out about small town America. Unexpectedly, she fell in love with one particular location, Mississippi. So much so that she’s going back. What she discovered changed her mind about “the south.” Now she’s wishing more of her liberal friends could learn what she’s learned. For Americans in the south are pretty much like every other American: they just want to be understood. And respected. #163 Gettin’ Nostalgic with Mike and Shannon This show, one of our latest after a long hiatus (hey, that rhymed), started clunky. But then Mike and Shannon started talking about their 10-year love affair with a Polaris 42 –– a speedy rustic, traditional sailboat they intended in sailing the world on...but ended up living in, tied to the dock, for 10 years. AAARRRG. While they didn’t fulfil their long-held dream (which still festers unfulfilled below the surface), they did benefit from wonderful small-space living epiphanies, epiphanies which still hang with them today. They say everyone has fun until someone gets hurt. That’s exactly what happened with Mike, when one day, up atop the boat’s mast, he fell...as far down as the boat is long. We’ll leave the rest of the story for your listening pleasure. #162 Keep It In Mind Means Probably Ain’t Gonna Happen with Roger Fitzsimon Portlanders Roger and Martha (his current fiance) love Jeff Golblum. They’re hoping Jeff will some day visit their new, caboose-like tiny house, which Roger got up and running in just six months. Roger himself is from England. How he came to the USA is an interesting story...but so is everything else about Roger. Including his love of Jeff Goldblum. And Star Wars. And Painting. One day walking through the iconic Portland neighborhood, called Alberta, Roger was surprised to see so many tiny houses. That led to one thing, which led to another, then another until suddenly...or not so, Roger had a tiny house in his backyard. Seems to us Roger and Martha love hosting people about as much as they love Jeff. Whether those two loves might meet is anyone’s guess, but sure to be a dream come true. Something to keep in mind. #161 Loaves Fishes and Tiny Houses With Pastor Matt Huff Our guest sometimes come by way of inspiration born on the road. This one is a great example. While driving on our local freeways over many weeks, Michelle noticed something strange happening at a large church along the freeway: Zombie RVs were being resurrected….kind of. That’s until the city got involved. The but intent behind Pastor Matt Huff’s effort was so altruistic (not to mention was addressing a major Portland area problem) that the city another non profit and Pastor Huff’s congregation all got on board to leverage tiny houses to house the houseless. Now, Matt’s conceptions aren’t technically tiny houses, they’re actually selter pods, but he, who’s quibbling when you want to talk with a Pastor who’s got some stories to tell? #160 There’s A First Time For Everything With Eric Goranson We’ve never had an on-air personality on the show. Maybe we should do it more often. Eric Goranson, host of the West Coast home radio show called Around The House With Eric G. Michelle was a guest on his radio show recently and so we thought: “Let’s turn the tables.” We didn’t know what was going to come of this interview, but it actually had quite a few nuggets in it about what to look for in a builder when it comes to not getting screwed, another weigh-in on “screws vs. nails” and ikea: is that really good furniture for a tiny house? Join us as we wax poetically and unapologetically about nuthin’. #159 Lucking Out In LA With Steven And Sarahi Mejai Los Angeles denizens Steven and Sarahi were living the American Dream as an accountant and an entertainment industry professional. There parents were excited for them, their friends were all living the same lifestyle. It was a perfect match of desire and fulfillment. But then, a very close friend lost her life. That changed everything for the couple. It made them realize what was really important; really valuable. So they ditched their typical hectic California professional live-to-work lifestyle so they could spend more time. With each other. With their son. Doing things they loved instead of working, paying for a massive mortgage and giving the best days of their lives to their employers. Then they discovered Tiny Houses. The rest is history. #158 We Lost Our Guest...What Do We Do!? We improvise, that’s what we do! With Shandra Morton & her dog Reno & John & Finn & Sarah Stebbins Gracious. What began as a head-scratching problem turned out to be a wonderful opportunity for us at Tiny House Podcast. When our scheduled guest couldn’t make it, we wondered what would happen if we opened the show to pre-recorded live conversations with our podcast listeners. The result? We were pleased. We think you will be too. Join us as we welcome crazy stories from hither and yon with some of our listeners who were gullible GRACIOUS enough to let us make fun of them! #157 Telling Tiny Stories About Tiny Businesses With Sharon Ross Sharon Ross is the founder of Eco Bags, a company she created after being frustrated with all the plastic bags in New York. An actor by education, Sharon attributes much of her success to acting, where improvisation, embracing failure and taking risks are they keys to success. Having put her personal touch on her company for well over 20 years, Sharon not only balances her business with her life goals and also her goals for making the planet a better place. Her new book, The Magic of Tiny Business: You Don’t Have to Go Big to Make a Great Living, shares her path and is inspiring people all over how to start their own Tiny Business. A perfect compliment for people wanting to “go tiny”. #156 Insuring Tiny Houses With Michael Carmona Got a tiny house or schooly and need to insure that bad boy? You need to talk with MAC Insurance. Michael Carmona, a Farmers Insurance Agent and tiny house enthusiast found his way into insuring tiny houses (and insurance) by literally following his personal interests and dreams. For only $1000 a year, you can attach a policy to your tiny (or schooly) that will cover your mobile abode for the replacement cost of your home. Just like a real home. That’s pretty cool. We talked with Michael about the ins and outs of this policy, how more people are coming to insure their tinys with it and how easy it is to ensure (and insure) your tiny dream dwelling. You should take a listen. #155 Hydrogen Peroxide Takes the Blood Stains Out With Tiny House Builder Cameron Scott Cam has had a varied career path. Commercial pilot flying air ambulances, tending to elderly people, building tiny houses….building tiny houses? How did he go from life flight, to caretaker to tiny house builder? That’s what we wanted to know. We got our answers and in the process took a winding path through trials and tribulations of Oregon’s love-hate relationship with the tiny house movement. That’s right, one of the epicenters of the tiny house movement has essentially made making and selling the damn things nearly impossible in this state. And yet, Cam has hope this will all blow over, like a tumbleweed in the wash of a life flight helicopter. #154 I Got A Penis And I’m White With Michael Johnson Holy smokes what an interview. Michael owns 121tinyhomes, a bend-based tiny house company that….well, we were going to write “builds tiny houses” but it seems he and his partner are thinking about other plans with tiny houses. Yes, they do provide customs and shells, workshops and all the other offerings many tiny house builders offer. But Michael comes at the industry with a unique twist. One we seriously appreciate. As for his penis and complexion….well you’re just going to have to listen in. #153 Getting Close And Personal With Tiny House Podcast Co-host Mark Grimes decided to give interviewing each other a shot, so you get a sense of why the three of us came together in the first place. This is our first installment. And we’re not even sure it’s going to see the light of day. Fun fact: We actually recorded similar shows early on, but guess what? They haven’t seen the light of day either. I don’t even know why I’m writing this...chances are, you’re never going to read it. #152 A Surprising Ride Through Tiny House History With Michael Withy We were surprised this episode passed so quickly. Which is always a good sign. Michael Withy made a name for himself in the Occupy movement in Portland, Oregon during its heydays. Remarkably (to us) that notoriety would catapult him into his current line of work: conceptualizing affordable housing communities around the country. Fascinatingly enough, we never got to what Michael does because we were blown away by his stories about what he did. Don’t worry, it all ties together nicely to tiny houses. And as you can tell by the end of the show, we’re going to have to have Michael return to the studio for round two. #151 How To Survive And Thrive As a Tiny house builder with Jeremy Killian We started this show with an joke that had unintentional macabre connections with reality. Once we recovered from that ghastly story, we were pleased to welcome Tiny Innovations principal Jeremy Killian who shared his secrets for succeeding in the Tiny House Movement as one of the preeminent builders. Jeremy should know a thing or two: he has over 200 builds in the works, both commercial and private individual clients seeking his builds, and an amazing business model that has put Tiny Innovations seemingly in the middle of it all that is Tiny...all without having to deal too much with zoning, planning, and many of the other challenges besieging other builders. It was almost as good as the conversation we had after the show. But since we didn’t record that, you’re just going to have to settle for what we did record. Snatch your hammer and beer and enjoy our latest episode. #150 Church Was Boring Until I Went To Jail With Linda Donaldson Tiny houses meets ex-offenders meets the housing crisis. Linda and her husband David, one day went from being entrepreneurs straight into debtor’s prison….literally. But this story ends up positive as the experience lead to David receiving “a calling” to serve those people they found themselves behind bars with. The result? Fresh Start Ventures, a new non profit organized to help ex-offenders avoid returning to prison. What’s really interesting about Fresh Start is they combine their mentoring work with housing...tiny house housing for ex offenders, through an innovative program that uses Tiny Houses as ADUs, community development and mentorship to create better and lasting opportunities for those coming out of prison.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6271
__label__wiki	0.516675	0.516675	México and Central America Stratovolcano 91.267°W The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for San Pedro. The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for San Pedro. The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for San Pedro. Chuichumil, Cerro Cone 2440 m 14° 38' 53" N 91° 17' 13" W Chuicinivit, Cerro Cone 1695 m 14° 39' 4" N 91° 14' 20" W Paquixten, Cerro Cone 2455 m 14° 38' 31" N 91° 17' 2" W 3020 m / 9908 ft Pyroclastic cone(s) Volcán San Pedro is the oldest of three 3000-m-high stratovolcanoes constructed within the roughly 85,000-year-old Atitlán III caldera. The 3020-m-high San Pedro forms a forested cone that rises above the SW side of scenic Lake Atitlán. Santiago bay, a narrow 8-km-long inlet of Lake Atitlán, separates the eastern flank of San Pedro volcano from the slopes of Volcán Tolimán. The shallow summit crater of San Pedro is breached to the NW and partially filled by a low mound of lava. Two cinder cones were constructed on the floor of the moat between San Pedro and the SW wall of Atitlán caldera. The age of the most recent activity of San Pedro is unknown, although the volcano is more vegetated and erosionally modified than the twin volcanoes of Tolimán and Atitlán and does not display evidence of fumarolic activity. Carr M J, 1984. Symmetrical and segmented variation of physical and geochemical characterisitics of the Central American volcanic front. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 20: 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-0273(84)90041-6 Halsor S, Rose W I, 1991. Mineralogical relations and magma mixing in calc-alkaline andesites from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Mineral Petr, 45: 47-67. Newhall C G, 1987. Geology of the Lake Atitlan region, western Guatemala. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 33: 23-55. Newhall C G, Paull C K, Bradbury J P, Higuera-Gundy A, Poppe L J, Self S, Bonar Sharpless N, Ziagos J, 1987. Recent geologic history of Lake Atitlan, a caldera lake in western Guatemala. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 33: 81-107. Penfield G T, Rose W I, Halsor S, 1986. Geology of the Lake Atitlan volcanoes. Geol Soc Amer Map and Chart Ser, 55 1:49,212 scale map. Rose W I, Penfield G T, Drexler J W, Larson P B, 1980. Geochemistry of the andesite flank lavas of three composite cones within the Atitlan Cauldron, Guatemala. Bull Volcanol, 43: 131-154. Williams H, 1960. Volcanic history of the Guatemalan Highlands. Univ Calif Pub Geol Sci, 38: 1-86. The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from San Pedro. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the San Pedro page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA). There is no Deformation History data available for San Pedro. There is no Emissions History data available for San Pedro. The Global Volcanism Program has no photographs available for San Pedro. Title: Guatemala Publisher: Instituto Geografico Militar Title: Carta Geolica de la Republica Mexicana Publisher: Recursos Minerales and Institute de Gelogia Title: Bath of Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean Sea Publisher: AAPG, Williams & Heintz Map Corp. Country: US/ C.Am/ S.Am Title: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Country: NW C Am (GU ES HO) Title: Estado de Chiapas Publisher: USGS /SAHOP Series: SAHOP Landsat Map Type: Satellite Title: Santa Cruz del Quiche Publisher: IGN Title: Zacualpa Title: Mapa Hipsometrico de la Republica de Guatemala Title: Chichicastenango Publisher: DGC Title: Joyabaj There are no samples for San Pedro in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection. IRIS seismic stations/networks Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of San Pedro. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice. UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of San Pedro. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player. Large Eruptions of San Pedro Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6279
__label__cc	0.749985	0.250015	Age of Legend by Various Authors – Review [Bane of Kings] January 17, 2012 Bane of Kings 1 Comment Bane of Kings reviews Age of Legend, a collection of Warhammer Fantasy Battles – set in the multi-author Time of Legends series, published by Black Library. This Anthology contains works from Paul S. Kemp, Sarah Cawkwell, Nick Kyme, Andy Hoare, Gav Thorpe, Josh Reynolds, CL Werner, Phillip Athans and Ben Counter. “A fantastic collection of short stories that highlight the best of what Warhammer Fantasy has to offer. If you’re familiar with the Warhammer Fantasy Universe, you’d better go out and buy this book now.” ~The Founding Fields Age of Legend is the latest Warhammer Fantasy anthology, and the first in what seems a long time – the last one, if I remember correctly, being Death and Dishonour. Hopefully, there’ll be more Warhammer Fantasy tales to come, as I really enjoyed Age of Legend, and I particularly enjoyed the Time of Legends setting that this book portrayed. So, without further ado, let’s get started with the review. A Small Victory by Paul S. Kemp The first short story is around thirty-odd pages long, so not the longest in the anthology, and is written by Paul S. Kemp, author of the Star Wars novel Riptide which has had my interest for quite a while now. I have to say that despite the shortness of this story, A Small Victory was in my opinion, a really strong opener to the collection which, during the time of Nagash, shows what lengths a man will go to if he wants to rescue the woman that he loves, from hordes of the undead. Not your traditional thing you’d expect from a romance short story, but then A Small Victory doesn’t pretend to be a romance short story – it’s very much in the fantasy genre. Fast paced, full of awesome characters and scenes, this is one that you won’t want to miss. The more you look at A Small Victory, the more you realise that, as much as you wish it could have been longer, Paul S. Kemp’s first Warhammer tale was perhaps best suited as a shorter one – as there is no dull moments in this strong opener, and has defiantly made me want to read more from Kemp now, I’ll try to pick up Riptide soon. Bloodraven by Sarah Cawkwell Following on from A Small Victory, Sarah Cawkwell’s first piece of fiction in the Warhammer Fantasy Universe, despite being Black Library’s most prolific short story author of 2011, is Bloodraven, a tale of warriors of Khorne against a small Dwarven outpost. The Dwarves are facing innumerable odds, and with the appearance of Valkia the Bloody, things look as though the Dwarfs have no hope left – but they will stand and fight nonetheless. One might see Bloodraven as an introduction to what Cawkwell’s upcoming Warhammer Fantasy novel, Valkia the Bloody, about the aforementioned character – and I can only hope that the upcoming novel is as good as what we’ve seen here. I found Bloodraven to be just as good as The Gildar Rift, if not better. A fantastic follow-up to A Small Victory, and a fast-paced, action-packed, well-written tale that you’ll no doubt enjoy. Verdict: 4.5/5 City of Dead Jewels by Nick Kyme Having been largely disappointed with the other Warhammer Fantasy novel by Nick Kyme that I read, Grimblades (In fact, it was the first Black Library novel that I couldn’t finish), I wondered what Nick Kyme would make of the dwarfs – and I thought that City of Dead Jewels would either make me want to read more of Kyme’s fantasy work or not. And I can say, that – although not a brilliant tale, City of Dead Jewels is certainly no Grimblades. Another short story that follows dwarfs, only this time – it pits a small band hunting against an unknown monster. Slightly similar to Bloodraven, City of Dead Jewels is a slow paced read that won’t exactly have you speeding through it, but does no doubt continue the theme of well-written shorts in this anthology, and despite its placement making this seem like a weaker version on Bloodraven, City of Dead Jewels was a pretty awesome read and has made me want to read some more of Kyme’s adventures within the fantasy world. The Last Charge by Andy Hoare Ever get those sort of novels/short stories that you can tell what’s going to happen in them just by the title? I mean, this is more common in films – with Cowboys and Aliens and Snakes on a Plane being obvious examples, but every so often – something in print form pops along with a title that falls into this category, and Andy Hoare’s The Last Charge is no different. As much as I wanted to enjoy The Last Charge, especially seeing as I’ve enjoyed Andy Hoare’s other novels, Savage Scars and The Hunt For Voldorious, I couldn’t bring myself to like this one. The main character isn’t the best addition to the story, and things weren’t as interesting as they could have been. The Last Charge was also quite short, and I felt it could have been perhaps expanded upon and given a different title, maybe to make things a little more unpredictable to the reader. The Ninth Book by Gav Thorpe After the disappointment that was The Last Charge, Gav Thorpe’s first contribution to the anthology, The Ninth Book, certainly proved to be a strong one. This is another one of the better short stories in Age of Legend, and I couldn’t help but wonder if this was one the things that If I knew more about the Warhammer lore then I’d understand more about what was going on in the short story. However, I enjoyed it and think that you should as well, some great characters in this short story, and leaves me pumped for Aenarion by Gav Thorpe, the print adaption of the audiobook that is already available, which comes later in the collection. Although another slow burner, The Ninth Book shows that Thorpe is a strong writer of fantasy and another good choice for Age of Legend. The Gods Demand by Josh Reynolds Josh Reynold’s short story, entitled The Gods Demand, has perhaps one of the most memorable characters in this anthology, if perhaps not for the right reasons (Not due to the author’s writing skills, but the actions of the character himself). That character is Count Ludendorf, and in order to see why he was the stand-out character for me in this anthology, you’ll have to read the short story yourself. Moving on from the characters, The Gods Demand is another firm addition to the anthology that pits a seemingly numberless horde of Beastmen against the soldiers of the Empire. This is a fast paced tale that makes a nice change from the slow burner that is The Ninth Book, and includes several awesome action scenes. One of the better shorts in this anthology, Josh Reynolds totally blew me away here with what he can offer the reader and I look forward to hearing more. Plague Doktor by CL Werner CL Werner’s latest addition to Warhammer Fantasy is another short story and this one is another of his best. Dealing with a scavenger whose luck has finally run out, proves that there are hardly any happy endings in the Warhammer World when CL Werner comes to town. And, when you think that Werner is just about to end the story, you are finally left with one ‘big reveal’ at the end that you won’t see coming. Plague Doktor continues the pace of fantastic short stories, and reminds me why I need to pick up Grey Seer as soon as possible. The City is Theirs by Phillip Athans Phillip Athans is another author who has written his first addition to the Warhammer Fantasy world with this anthology, and deals with Orcs, the City of Nuln, and even the odd Halfling or two. It’s a tale that I thought could have been a whole lot better executed, despite the fast paced action that kept me reading. However, Athans has a lot of potential to improve within the Warhammer Fantasy universe, and I look forward to seeing where he takes the reader when he next decides to return to this universe. The Second Sun by Ben Counter The Second Sun is perhaps one of the most unique short stories set in any Black Library anthology that I’ve ever read, and – there is actually no battle in this short story. Nope, not even one small skirmish. However, it shows you the inner workings of wizards in the Empire, and especially enlightening for a reader that doesn’t know much about them. My opinion of Counter has really changed, having gone to loving his work (Galaxy in Flames), hating his work, (Battle of the Abyss) and then liking it again (Soul Drinker, Sacrifice), and I believe that The Second Sun is clearly one of the better tales told by this author. Aenarion by Gav Thorpe The final addition to this short story is one that ends it on a high note, the print adaption of the original audio-only Aenarion. It’s also Thorpe’s second contribution to the anthology making him the most prolific author in this collection of authors, and fans of the Warhammer’s Elves will rejoice in this short story as the Phoenix King becomes his legend. Aenarion makes up for the lack of action in The Second Sun by including several fantastically written fight scenes that will have you flicking through the pages to find out what happens next. Thorpe is at the top of his game here, although I didn’t enjoy Malekith that much, the only novel in The Sundering trilogy that I’ve read, I may have to return to it and reread it at some point after I get Shadow King. On a final note, it’s also worth pointing out that Thorpe is the only author who contributed to the original Time of Legends stories that appears in this anthology – and twice! Overall Anthology Verdict: 4/5 Favourite Short Story(ies): Bloodraven by Sarah Cawkwell, The Ninth Book by Gav Thorpe (I really can’t decide between these two, they were both fantastic. More Time of Legends: Heldenhammer by Graham McNeill, Empire by Graham McNeill, God King by Graham McNeill, Malekith by Gav Thorpe, Shadow King by Gav Thorpe, Caledor by Gav Thorpe, Nagash the Sorcerer by Mike Lee, Nagash the Unbroken by Mike Lee, Nagash Immortal by Mike Lee, Age of Legend by various authors, Dead Winter by CL Werner (May 2012), The Great Betrayal by Nick Kyme (August 2012) Posted in: Black Library, Fantasy, Review, Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tags: Andy Hoare, Anthology, Bane of Kings, Ben Counter, Black Library, Book Reviews, CL Werner, Gav Thorpe, Josh Reynolds, Nick Kyme, Paul S. Kemp, Phillip Athans, Sarah Cawkwell, Time of Legends Pingback: Notable Sci-Fi/Fantasy Releases – January 2012 « Ace « The Founding Fields()	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6286
__label__cc	0.63874	0.36126	MOSES & TAPS™: CORPORATE IDENTITY – VIDEO ZdnZ1-2tLkw MOSES & TAPS™ “CORPORATE IDENTITY™” Exhibition at Golden Hands Gallery – Hambourg, Germany. 8 April – 10 June 2016 Vernissage / Opening reception: Friday 8th April, from 19:00h to 21:00h. MOSES & TAPS™ are currently the most prominent players of an artistic genre which is so current that it has no fixed name as of today; Urban Art, Post-graffiti, conceptual and performance art – everything is right and nothing fits. The artistic careers of MOSES & TAPS™ began independently of each other in 1994. In 2007 Moses and Taps founded the artist collective TOPSPRAYER™. In 2011 their first book INTERNATIONAL TOPSPRAYER™ was published, and to date it is the best-selling German graffiti book available. In 2014 they published the limited photo book SAME SAME™, which sold-out in hours after release. Their productions and compilations are in strong contrast to the innocent and pleasing street-art-chic these days. Such productions like “The Painted Door” in which a train door is overpainted and reappears on an another part of the train and “THE WALL™” – the bricked up train door – are known to everyone. Following the exhibitions in Paris, San Francisco and the The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany last year, the title CORPORATE IDENTITY™ for their first solo exhibition in 2016 could not have been more appropriate. CORPORATE IDENTITY™ describes‚ “the totality of a brand or feature that characterizes a company and distinguishes itself from other companies”. It amazes, by a superficial examination that artists themselves are assumed to have a special desire for freedom, but in fact have voluntarily defined restrictions and limitations. Actually, however, the development of a corporate identity can also be accompanied by a focus of the essentials, i.e. core and essence of the contents point of origin. The essence of graffiti is the repetition of the personal alias. Through repetition, perfection is created and thereby allows further development and abstraction to occur. Repetition is very easily traced and leaves a simple trail behind. It is true that there is amusement in Moses and Taps´ Oeuvre for the observer, because of the weighty context the interaction with their captors represents. The artists decided not to make the classification too easy for the individual hunter. However they continued to devise new compilations that would undo the reasoning behind the classification. There was an exchange made, their book project INTERNATIONAL TOPSPRAYER™ for 1000 trains painted in 1000 days without further ado, their names. Moses became TAPS, and out of Taps, MOSES™was born. The elevated ™ symbolizes the name exchange, which winks at the conventional importance of an “unregistered trademark”. In 2010 they both consequently set about producing the series CORPORATE IDENTITY”. The written portrayal of the pseudonym MOSES & TAPS™ was given way by the barely tangible representation of the colors, yellow and blue. At the same time this Corporate Design served as a conceptual link between the various series, creating a high degree of recognition. In their exhibition CORPORATE IDENTITY™ which will take place in the Golden Hands Gallery in Hamburg, MOSES & TAPS™ will show a cross section of its current series as part of their corporate design. For obvious reasons MOSES & TAPS™ can not be officially present at the vernissage. Facebook event here. #MosesTaps #TopSprayer #CorporateIdentityTM Subscribe to MOSES & TAPS™ mailing list here. Corporate IdentityEXHIBITIONMoses Tapstop sprayerVideo INFLVENCERS – ALEXONE INTERVIEW Recap: MOSES & TAPS™ – CORPORATE IDENTITY Exhibition Good Guy Boris Boris is a Parisian based director, visual artist & curator. He is mostly known for founding the internet graffiti phenomenon The Grifters Journal and later with his alter ego Good Guy Boris, which shot him to popularity thanks to the success of a series of web video travelogues entitled Grifters Code. Instagram @goodguyboris 1UP x GRIFTERS CODE: VERRY GOOD GUYS PART 2 UTAH & ETHER – PROBATION VACATION: LOST IN ASIA (Episode 2 – India)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6287
__label__wiki	0.829297	0.829297	Irish Book Club Books by Irish Authors and books about Ireland Home: New Members List & Pay for Books Sleepwalker by John Toomey Previous Article Belfast Shakedown by Joe Cushman Next Article The Walking People Stuart Byrne is a young, beautiful, single businessman who finds his perfect life sabotaged by a growing awareness of his own superficiality. Nauseated by his own helplessness, struck by a creeping lethargy, Stuart tumbles through a tumultuous week of excess, promiscuity, deception, cowardice, and regret, and in the process manages to trade his slick perfection for a fantastic, and darkly hilarious, catastrophe. A deadpan comedy about the rather unfunny void in the center of many modern lives, Sleepwalker explores how our trying to fill that void can be just as destructive as ignoring it, and how the world will always let the beautiful get away with murder. Buy this Book! Nauseated by his own helplessness, struck by a creeping lethargy, Stuart tumbles through a tumultuous week of excess, promiscuity, deception, cowardice, and regret, and in the process manages to trade his slick perfection for a fantastic, and darkly hilarious, catastrophe. A deadpan comedy about the rather unfunny void in the center of many modern lives, Sleepwalker explores how our trying to fill that void can be just as destructive as ignoring it, and how the world will always let the beautiful get away with murder. John Toomey was born in 1975 in Dublin, where he now teaches English at Clonkeen College. Sleepwalker is his first novel. Further information, including an extract from his forthcoming novel and some of his short stories, can be read on his website www.johntoomeybooks.com Reviews of SLEEPWALKER (Dalkey Archive Press, 2010) From Metro Éireann, April 2011 "I had been putting off the reading of this book for some time now...But if I had I would have missed the gem that is Sleepwalker...John Toomey does a good job of fleshing out the skeleton of the story – the apathy and disillusionment of modern life that has produced a pedestrian populace, materialistically gluttonous. It’s a generation for whom life has no meaning...Even in the face of achievements, they still harbour what Toomey calls a “vague feeling of potential unrealised”. The message that Toomey hammers out is that only self-determination and a strong moral fibre can break this deception...The author is a teacher of English – that accounts for the very erudite language in the text, which can be difficult at times, but mostly apt as it’s employed unflinchingly to skewer the pretensions of the modern world and express its didactic message. This is assisted by a finely aligned story and an array of characters who execute the job with aplomb...Having had the benefit of reading Sleepwalker, I’d say that most of us must be awake and very alert, otherwise we’ll fail to learn from history like Stuart does." By Shelley Marsden, The Irish World, February 2011 “An intuitive, witty and leftfield debut that really captures turn of the century Dublin...Sleepwalker – funny and disturbing in equal measure - centres on the life of Stuart Byrne, a young, good-looking businessman who finds his perfect life sabotaged by a growing awareness of the superficiality of his entire existence... (he) manages to trade in his slick perfection for a fantastic, darkly hilarious disaster...Toomey’s sharp, skilful novel is a deadpan comedy...a deeply intimate, soul-searching book about a person who can’t cope with intimacy at all.” By Glenn Harper, International Noir Fiction, January 2011 “...Sleepwalker, by John Toomey, is a comic portrait of an Ireland just poised on the brink of the boom going bust...The writer plays comically with fictional structures like the famous "unreliable narrator," and one of the comic turns concerns the narrator’s intrusions into the story... ...Sleepwalker...is a funny book...and a cold, hard look at a culture on the brink of a disaster. It's published in the U.S. by Dalkey Archive Press, which has a particular interest in comic and off-center fiction around the world.” In Irish American Magazine, December/January 2011 "John Toomey’s debut novel, Sleepwalker, is a fable of spiritual decay and its emotional toll, a send-up of those coming into adulthood at a particular generational and socioeconomic point that offered them the life of their dreams, and their crushing disappointment when they come face-to-face with the lack of imagination that keeps them from doing so. Sleepwalker is told by a bland yet unforgivingly observant narrator, documenting the downward spiral of antihero Stuart Byrne. Paralyzed with apathy, Stuart handles his successful if mind-numbing career and a series of events in his love life – ranging from an unexpected pregnancy to confronting his “platonic” relationship with his best friend, Rachel – with exponential ineptitude and helplessness. It is a feat of Toomey’s spot-on black humor and emotional generosity that the superficial and selfish Stuart is neither despicable or pitiable, but deeply familiar." In Midwest Book Review, November 2010 "When you let apathy take control, apathy can take you on quite the ride. Sleepwalker tells the story of Stuart Byrne and his dissatisfaction with life, and the adventures he faces in trying to fill that emptyness that is taking apart his soul. One of the beautiful people, he finds that good looks are more than just a perk; they're quite the advantage in society. Thoughtful and humorous, Sleepwalker is quite the read, very highly recommended." By Catherine Taylor, The Guardian, December 2010 “A catastrophic week in the life of Stuart Byrne, "uncurious slave to contented indifference", unfolds with comic mock-horror in Toomey's stylish cautionary tale...Then a real, grown-up problem is sprung on him, and Stuart takes refuge in drink, forgetfulness, promiscuity – all propelled by a refusal to engage in the irritating complexities of adulthood. Eventually, even the brisk prose and author's evident fondness for his wayward hero cannot save him from a messy conclusion.” By Rebecca Oppenheimer, a National Book Critics' Circle member, in Howard County Times, December 2010 “In the opening pages of John Toomey's Sleepwalker, Stuart Byrne awakens in a friend's guest room with a woman whose name he doesn't know. This is not a terribly unusual situation for Stuart, who seeks to remedy the emptiness of his life with binge drinking and casual sex...Sleepwalker is, by turns, funny and heartrending. It is a bleak, finely drawn portrait of not entirely unjustified youthful ennui.” By Lonesome Quill, Levine Copywriting: The Blog, November 2010 “…Toomey is great: adept with words, crafting sharp little sentences that carry a surprising amount of emotional heft. His protagonist, Stuart, would be an oaf to know, but on the page he’s compelling and appealing. And Toomey plays a neat little trick of writing an intimate book about someone who can’t handle intimacy…” In Books Ireland (No. 325), November 2010 "...The book might be described as an existential comedy as it follows one man’s attempts to come to terms with the vacuity of his existence. Told in a tragicomic style, all the action takes place in one week as young businessman Stuart Byrne suffers an emotional and mental breakdown. He attempts to fill the void in his life mostly through sensual indulgence which takes him on a downward spiral of self-destruction. Of course the destruction is accompanied by self-discovery as Byrne comes to grips with his own reality..." From Twat Bubble, Blog, December 2010 “The Dalkey Archive published some of the most interesting fiction of the year. In ‘Dolly’, by Orly Castel-Bloom...the resulting satire is as grotesque as it is hilarious. John Toomey’s, Sleepwalker, invaded and occupied similar territory – the Patrick Bateman styled protagonist lurching from one barely concealed catastrophe to another...” By Kara Rota, Culture Pop, Irish Central, September 2010 “John Toomey's debut novel, (is) about an attractive young guy, Stuart Byrne, who becomes suddenly sickened by his own shallowness and spiritual decay and dives headfirst into some dark attempts to fill the void...Toomey has a strong literary voice, hilarious and also heartbreaking, and I can see why Colum McCann has hailed Sleepwalker as “funny, smart, and intuitive.”” You can read an article written by John Waters about John Toomey and Sleepwalker, and contemporary Irish Fiction, from The Irish Catholic (see page 6) by clicking this link: By Patrick Skene Catling (Author and journalist), January 2008 “The eponymous antihero of Sleepwalker is revealed first in a strange bed with a hangover and a girl whose name he can’t remember. At the age of twenty-five, he is a new breed, middle-class Dubliner – charming, well-paid in a boring job with a company car, and entirely devoid of any loyalty and responsibility, even to himself. The second son of an affluent, dysfunctional family, he clearly doesn’t like his father, a materialistic solicitor, or his ludicrously snobbish mother, and they don’t like each other. In this energetically entertaining first novel, John Toomey portrays the ‘somnambulisitic passivity’ of Stuart, Stuey, Stu with malicious glee. The story develops beyond an ordinary promiscuous pub-crawl. In a mere five days, everything collapses, family, career and love. Once, before spending a summer in London, he imagined the experience would be like Alfie meets Austin Powers, but the squalor was disillusioning. In post-modern interventions, the ‘narrator’, beyond the author’s control, assumes an active role and attempts to awaken the sleepwalker to reality. This ingenious complexity adds considerable fresh interest to the novel, and seems to promise a sequel.” By Anne Sexton, Hot Press , July 2008 “Sleepwalker, the first novel by Irish writer John Toomey, follows twenty-five year old Stuart over the course of five summer days in Dublin. Stuart is a typically work hard, play hard Celtic Tiger cub – fond of drinking, casual sex and conspicuous consumerism. After a one-night stand with a college acquaintance he actively dislikes results in a pregnancy scare, Stuart goes into freefall. He can’t face work, he self-medicates and although he is dissatisfied with life, he can’t articulate the how and why of his disaffection. Sleepwalker deals with the problems of a generation “caught between excess and emptiness” and questions the meaning of life in age with no gods, no faith or vocations. At times Toomey is a bit heavy-handed, as if he’s afraid we’ll miss the message, but despite this Sleepwalker is an engaging read as well as a timely work of fiction. The party’s over; welcome to the hangover.” By Sarah Brazil, Irish Mail on Sunday , August 17th, 2008 "Stuart has it all. He’s young, attractive, he’s got the job, the apartment, the car, and the perfect girl – if he wants her, that is. Yet something is not quite right. For all his success, there is an emptiness he cannot explain. And his serial bed-hopping haunts him as a sign of his inability to commit. Set in an affluent modern Dublin, Sleepwalker focuses on grown-up Celtic cubs – a generation of self-indulgent brats like Stuart. He is unable to handle reality on any meaningful level. For example, one of his brief drunken trysts with an old college friend, Jenny, results in an unwanted pregnancy. His answer is to continuously evade her and the ‘problem’. His reluctance to handle this and every other situation is consistently frustrating, as is his self-indulgent lethargy. Having fallen into the trap of equating possessions with happiness, he begins to question the values of the consumerist society he has thrived in. His salvation lies in his interaction with a holy trinity of characters who are his complete opposite – his brother Eoin, a hapless dreamer; Eamonn Quigley, an anti-establishment student, and Dave, a former friend who rejects technology and its unrelenting intrusion on life. Through them, he begins to understand his dissatisfaction and sees hope for redemption. John Toomey has produced an excellent first novel that brilliantly captures the disaffection of a culture engulfed in consumerism. His cutting view of modern Dublin and the awkward, meaningless relationships his characters develop really hits a nerve. Definitely a name to watch." In Western People, October 15th 2008 "What happens when you have everything you want? It’s a question a lot of young Irish people have been asking themselves in recent years as they luxuriate in the materialistic ‘paradise’ of the Celtic Tiger (or at least that was the case up to a few weeks ago!). They are the generation who have it all - well-paid jobs, foreign holidays and palatial homes. But - and here’s the million euro, age-old question - are they happy? That complex question is at the heart of John Toomey’s Sleepwalker, a novel that attempts to probe into the ugly underbelly of a remarkable era in Irish history. For a period that has been discussed and analysed ad nauseam in the print and broadcast media, the Celtic Tiger has yet to become a serious subject for Ireland’s literary circle. The fact that there is a dearth of talented young writers in the country may have something to do with that anomaly, but it is deeply disappointing that there have been only a handful of novels to date that have attempted to get to the heart of the ‘new’ Ireland. Toomey, a schoolteacher who was born in 1975, is undoubtedly a child of the Celtic Tiger and he brings his own unique analysis of the period to the pages of Sleepwalker. The protagonist in the novel is Stuart Byrne, a 20-something executive who is blessed with good looks and a great job. When he is not working the marketing department of the ever-expanding firm in which he is employed, he is partying the night away in one of Dublin’s many fashionable hostelries. Stuart is the epitome of the new, self-confident Ireland. Yet when the novel opens Stuart is about to embark on a week that will change his life forever. He has been struck down by an inexplicable lethargy that has made him question everything he has achieved in recent years. The fat salary, the company car, the beautiful women are no longer enough to keep Stuart Byrne satisfied with life. He is looking for something else and it is not to be found in the Dublin which he inhabits. Sleepwalker is one of the first novels to capture turn-of-the-century Ireland in all of its sordid glory. Stuart Byrne is not a particularly empathetic character but then there aren’t too many high-flying marketing executives who provoke feelings of empathy amongst the plain burghers. In many respects, John Toomey has created a character who is not a million miles away from Bret Easton Ellis’ unforgettable stockbroker, Patrick Bateman, in American Psycho. Stuart may be wholly lacking in psychopathic tendencies but he is a brash, egotistical nihilist and his spectacular demise over the course of a tumultuous week is not entirely surprising. John Toomey has produced the first compelling novel in the Celtic Tiger genre. Let’s hope there are lots more to follow - after all, it is too good of a theme for our writers to ignore." 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__label__wiki	0.500498	0.500498	The Tale of Rome Truths and lies, history and fiction Tag: Claudius Appius Episode 38 – The First Gladiators — The Romans are a people who do NOT know how to remain quiet after a defeat. Part two of the Roman defeat, at the Caudine Forks. Also, a tribute to those very first gladiators of Rome. Partial Transcript Hello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast. The Tale of Rome, Episode 38 — The First Gladiators. If last episode’s thing was closure — or loss, then today’s episode thing is SHAME. Yep — SHAME. Last episode we had closures. The Latin War. Decius Mus. Villages and peoples of Italy. Marcus, the Gladiator. And his mother, Aeliana, who died less than a month after Marcia. In this episode, the topics are shame and humiliation, and we’ll see why. In Rome, news arrived that the troops got caught at the Caudine Forks. No-one knew exactly, how many were caught, and all the details of the event, but this was more than enough for an emergency session at the Senate of Rome. And even before that EMERGENCY SESSION went into gear, the Senators dispatched orders. A new army would be raised, because they didn’t know what exactly happened. For all intents and purposes, the army could be dead by now. All of them. Less than a week later, however, fresher — and more reliable news broke. And that’s when the entire city felt the humiliation of the event. Unbearable shame. 50,000 Roman soldiers surrendered — without ever drawing a single sword, to a guy called Gaius Pontius. Well, to make a long story short, our old Marcus, knew that his next fight might as well be his last one. And because of that, he invited his nephew, to watch him die. —”Spurius,” Marcus said, as they walked past markets and shops, “Rome will soon be the master of this whole region. Not just Capua, but the whole south of Italy. And I don’t want to be alive, by the time that happens.” —”What are you trying to tell me,” Spurius asked. —”In seven days I get to face Croccus,” Marcus said. — “Croccus — The lion killer?” — “That’s right.” Author MarcusAureliusPosted on April 30, 2018 April 13, 2019 Categories Early Republic, Episodes, Regular Episode, Roman RepublicTags Appian Way, Battle of Cannae, Caudine Forks, Claudius Appius, Fetial Priests, Gaius Pontius, Herennius Pontius, Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, Spurius Postumius Albinus, The Samnite Wars, Titus Venturius Calvinus Did you know that you can access any one of our episodes, just by adding “rome-” and the number of the episode, to the URL? For example, episode 37 is viewable here: http://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-037 and the only thing you need to pay attention to, is to keep the number in a three digit format. This means, episode 5 is rome-005, episode 22 is rome-022, and rome-501 will be for episode 501 (our last episode). Our next episodes The Senate Hall The Tale of Rome Privacy Policy Proudly powered by WordPress	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6296
__label__wiki	0.825255	0.825255	Trump Could Be “Blessing” To US, Democrats, Says Phillips By: Bill Sorem \| July 16, 2018 Click for a Shareable Version of this Video. “This is no longer a time to sit on the sidelines,” says Dean Phillips, the DFL-endorsed candidate running against Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN). “It’s a time to participate.” Phillips is encouraging that participation at his Excelsior “conversation cottage,” otherwise known as his campaign office in this western Minneapolis suburban swing district. Phillips says President Donald Trump’s election “activated” him to get involved in politics and ultimately launch his campaign for congress. He says a lot of people are getting involved for the same reason, with more than a thousand volunteering for his campaign. “This administration may prove to be a blessing to this country as long as we, the people, take advantage of this opportunity and engage. And that’s happened.” Phillips says “grave concern about the character of this president” is a unifying issue in Minnesota’s third district. People are “appalled” that children are “being held hostage as political bait,” referring to Trump’s policy that separated migrant children from their parents as a way to spur immigration reform. “We need comprehensive immigration reform,” says Phillips. But he says it need to be “welcoming” and “thoughtful.” He says we need to “ensure that we have laws in place and that we enforce them.” Minnesota Way pledge In 2016, Paulsen asked the Democrat who was running against him to sign what he called “the People’s Pledge” which would help eliminate special interest spending by pledging to match dollar-for-dollar that spending on a candidate’s behalf with a contribution to the charity of the candidate’s choosing. Phillips says he’ll sign that pledge if Paulsen also agrees to two more conditions. First, to reject and return all special interest contributions — including from PACs, federal lobbyists and members of Congress — and refrain from self-financing campaigns. Second, to commit to running an accessible campaign, including a minimum of twice-monthly forums or other public events between now and Election Day. Phillips, a multi-millionaire, has said he will not self-finance his campaign if Paulsen agrees to the same. Paulsen has been criticized for holding very few pre-announced open public meetings with his constituents. He recently held his first ones in seven years. Phillips signed The Minnesota Way Pledge on April 19, 2018; so far, Erik Paulsen has declined to sign — although in response to a question at Paulsen’s recent town hall he indicated he may be considering it. At his conversation cottage, Phillips says Trump’s attempts to weaken the Affordable Care Act is at the top of every conversation he has with voters. Rep. Paulsen has voted repeatedly to repeal the ACA. Phillips is also asked if elected, would he vote to impeach Trump. “I will wait until the Mueller investigation concludes. That is the appropriate and legal thing to do. If the evidence indicates criminal activity took place, and this president was aware, it is the responsibility of the US House to act on that.” Bill Sorem Bill Sorem is a longtime advertising professional who started with Campbell Mithun and ended up with his own agency. After a tour as a sailing fleet manager in the Virgin Islands he turned to database programming as an independent consultant. He has written sailing guides for the British Virgin Islands and Belize, and written for a number of blogs. In 2010, he volunteered as a citizen journalist with The UpTake and has stayed on as a video reporter. Dean Phillips Erik Paulsen Phillips Hosts First Town Hall To Standing Room Only Crowd Dean Philips Ousts Erik Paulsen -Full Victory Speech View all CD3 Posts → View all Dean Phillips Posts → Congressman-elect Dean Phillips didn't wait long to keep his promise. He held a town hall a little more than a month after being elected, something his Republican opponent rarely did. Video Replay: Erik Paulsen Debates Dean Phillips In Tight MN Congressional Race View all Erik Paulsen Posts →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6298
__label__cc	0.540553	0.459447	Archives! Donate & Gain Access! Inductions Active Inductions Gooker Winner Inductions Classic Inductions Past Inductions Ye Olde Christmas Movies WrestleCrap Radio Recaps! Headlies It Came From YouTube ICFYT Classic Someone Bought This SBT Classic Jobbers Jobber of the Week Parts Unknown Yearbook Legends’ House Saturday Morning Slam Pro Wrestling Desecrated Power Crappings Epic Tweets Curtain Jerker Count of 10 Greatest Night In the History of Our Sport Rewriting the Book Book & Disc Reviews Category Archives: Active Inductions The very latest of our world-famous inductions Induction Special: The 10 Worst Title Awardings in Wrestling History! 56 Submitted by Justin Henry on Thu, 18 April 2013, 19:00 It began as an offhand challenge. Internet wrestling institution Scott Keith posted an old review of WCW SuperBrawl VIII on his BLOG OF DOOM, and inserted passages of hindsight to his long-ago written word. As the review was written in February 2000, 2 years after the airing of this SuperBrawl, Keith drops some 2000-related notes in the original rant, and Continue Reading... Induction Special: The Fandango Effect: Gimmicks Spared from Induction by Great Performers Color us here at WrestleCrap surprised. When Fandango’s vignettes began playing, ol’ RD was about to engrave the cha-cha dancer’s name onto the 2013 Gooker Award plaque well in advance. I myself have tallied many Power Crappings ballots that featured Johnny Curtis’ alter ego among the selections. It seemed Fandango was destined for induction from the minute his, “Mind if Continue Reading... Induction: The Wrestlemania X Ladder Match: Hardware Heaven ’94 23 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Mon, 01 April 2013, 00:00 A guest post written by Art0Donnell’s cousin, KofiJ0hnson WWF, 1994 Wrestlemania is supposed to be the biggest and best event of the year in the world of wrestling, but what happens when Vince McMahon runs out of exciting ideas and instead decides to build title matches around household items? The answer: the ladder match. Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels had Continue Reading... Induction: Frank Trigg vs. AJ Styles: You can’t spell “suMMArily awful” without “MMA” 17 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 28 March 2013, 20:00 Many people who aren’t wrestling fans are incapable of seeing the appeal of watching people pretend to beat each other up. This has always baffled me, since most all television, even so-called “reality” TV, is scripted. Anyone who has ever enjoyed fiction in any genre or medium knows the advantages of scripted entertainment and storytelling. 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Induction: Alex “The Pug” Porteau: Hugs are Better than Pugs With the Monday Night Wars heating up in 1996, WWF was forced to abandon a staple of its flagship program: the squash match. No more on Monday Night Raw would the likes of Reno Riggins, Kenny Kendall, and Mike Bell be trotted out for a quick paycheck and a trouncing by WWF superstars. From then on, every match would feature Continue Reading... Induction: Avatar: “Avatarded”. Yes, We Know That’s Not PC. But It Is Accurate, So Yeah…AVATARDED! WWF, 1995-1996 The tough part about being a new member of the Wrestlecrap crew is coming up with ideas for inductions that haven’t been done already. When I look back at the Wrestlecrap treasure trove that was the WWF in the mid-90s, it’s frustrating to know that all the atrocious gimmicks had already been written up on this site over Continue Reading... Induction: Wrestling on Morton Downey Jr.: Sex, Lies, and Headlocks (but mostly lies) Syndicated TV, 1989 To wrestling fans, Morton Downey, Jr. is best known for his Wrestlecrap-inducted appearance on Piper’s Pit at Wrestlemania V. For those Wrestlecrappers (like myself) who are too young to remember Mr. Downey, he was one of the original “shock jocks” of the radio. (He would also be the namesake of a boss in Nintendo’s Super Mario World: Continue Reading... Halftime Heat: Featuring the Stupidest Finish in Wrestling History! 23 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Sun, 03 February 2013, 15:19 WWF, 1999 Text by RD Reynolds Not sure you’ve heard, but sources have told this reporter that the forever long NFL lockout is finally over, and that football is back. For folks like myself, Blade, Justin, Jed, and the rest of the WrestleCrap crew, this is great news, as we are all huge football fans. Whether it be cheering for the Continue Reading... All Past Gooker Award Winners Now Online! 0 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 31 January 2013, 21:53 Just a quick note that I’ve posted all the past Gooker Award Winners for your reading “pleasure”. Check them out from the main menu under the Inductions section or by clicking rightchere!... Induction: HardCORE Justice: The One Night Stand We’d All Regret The Next Morning 35 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 24 January 2013, 20:00 TNA, 2010 ECW’s history over the past decade has been a tumultuous one, to say the least. Frankly, given its bankruptcy, multiple reunion shows, revival by WWE, and setbacks such as December to Dismember, Vince McMahon’s title win, and the cancellation of ECW on Sci-Fi, ECW has been the subject of more false finishes than a Ring of Honor match. Continue Reading... Induction: The Kiss-My-Ass Match: This Stipulation Needed an ASSterisk! WWF, 1999 Long-time fans of wrestling will often criticize today’s PG-TV WWE product as being too tame, boring, and not nearly edgy enough to harken back to the glory days of the Attitude Era. To be sure, that era of wrestling featured the gritty persona of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the over-the-top antics of D-Generation X, and the cooler-than-thou promos Continue Reading... Time to vote – the 2012 Gooker Awards! 64 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Sun, 06 January 2013, 21:25 Another 12 months of horrible wrestling is past us…and you know what that means: it’s time to vote for the absolute worst of the worst! What will win the 2012 Gooker Award? Without further adieu, here’s the nominees! The Various Loves of AJ Lee: Want to simultaneously kill time on three hour Raws and a character that people at the Continue Reading... Induction: Fighting Fit with Roddy Piper: Just so you know, he is NOT Your Dad. Be thankful. Fitness Video, 1992 Text by RD Reynolds Thanks to Fellow Crapper Danny Hanlon for donating this tape! Does that stupid calendar say January again? I hate January! Look, yeah, it’s my birth month and all that jazz, but really, it’s one of my least favorite months of the entire year. For starters, I love Christmas, and having to take down Continue Reading... WCW vs. Charmed: Witches vs Wrestlers? My Money’s On Alyssa Milano! 0 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 21:05 WB Network, 2000 Text by Steve Taylor & RD Reynolds From 1999 to 2000, pro wrestling reached unheard of heights in TV ratings as fans flocked to watch The Attitude Era of the tnen-WWF and to follow the exploits of the nWo in WCW. Countless batteries were worn out on remotes across the country in attempts to watch both Raw and Nitro, what with us all Continue Reading... Kronik vs. The Brothers of Destruction: A Legendarily Bad Match Turns Out To Be…Yeah, Pretty Horrible WWF, 2001 Text by RD Reynolds I feel like I’ve been doing this a lot lately, but confession time: I’ve never seen this match. I’ve heard about it. Oh boy have I heard about it. It’s been called one of the worst matches ever, one of the worst matches The Undertaker has ever been involved in, which is something I personally Continue Reading... Six Sides of Blindfolded Steel:The Most Brutal Blindfold Match Ever! TNA, 2007 Text by RD Reynolds If you’ve been following pro wrestling for, oh, ten minutes or so, you know there is no shortage of goofy match types. Right off the top of my head, we get tag team matches, triple threat matches, strap matches, chain matches, dog collar matches, inferno matches, tuxedo matches, cage matches, blindfold matches. Oh, and those Continue Reading... INDUCTION: Jesse on Renegade: The Body’s Got a Machine Gun…And Midgets Ain’t Got Time to Bleed! Syndicated TV Show, 1992 Text by RD Reynolds So the other day I was online chatting with my buddy John. I’m not sure I’ve ever talked about John on the site before, but I’ve known him for a few years and I’ve come to view him as a really good friend. We met as we share a love for pinball, and Continue Reading... Tiffany: Excellence of Enunciation! WWE, 2008-2010 Text by RD Reynolds You know, I’ve been wanting to write this induction for a couple of years. It may not have been first on my list, but it was definitely ON my list, and I knew that one day it would come to pass that I’d be doing the screen grabs and pecking away on my MacBook Pro Continue Reading... Classic Induction: The ConMan, Rob Conway: Just Look at Me…Ain’t I a Sight to See? WWE, 2005-2007 Text by RD Reynolds I’ve had people asking me for literally years to induct The Con Man, Rob Conway. I’ve always resisted. You know why? Because of this. The greatest entrance music in WWE in at least 15 years. In fact, I love it so much I am going to transcribe every single word of it! Just look at Continue Reading... Lex Luger as SuperBoy: Look at that Image…Does This Induction Really Need Text? TV Show, 1990 Text by RD Reynolds; Gazillion thanks to Cory Hendricks for his assistance with this induction! The tiny white text up there below the big green text up there is 100% correct. I mean, seriously…look at this: What could I possibly type that would live up to such majestic imagery? I could write the next Grapes of Wrath and Continue Reading... Trytan: TNA’s Warrior-Terminator-Somethingorother TNA, 2005 Text by RD Reynolds Even though it’s been a few years since I last wrote a book for them, I’ve maintained a good relationship with the folks at ECW Press. And with good reason, when you think about it – they gave me my first crack at writing a book when they had no viable rationale for doing so. Continue Reading... The T’s Versus Boogeyman: Amazingly, It’s Not Even the Worst Mania Moment in This Induction! WWE, 2006 Text by RD Reynolds Over the years here at WrestleCrap, we’ve let a few inductions slip through the cracks that we didn’t consider, you know, horrible. I know some folks have viewed us as the final word as what is bad in wrestling, and we consider it a compliment. Unfortunately, it’s just not the case. Well, it’s not always the case. Continue Reading... Secrets of Wrestling 1987: Including, Yet Not Limited To, Smoking Bags and Self-Induced Wedgies VHS Tape, 1987 Text by RD Reynolds Special Help for this Induction Provided by the Awesome Sucio from the F4WOnline.com Board .Be sure to check him out on Twitter by clicking rightchere! First things first: no, I have NOT posted this before. I can understand why you WOULD think that, as years ago I covered “EXPOSED: Pro Wrestling’s Greatest Secrets Revealed!” (hey look, a bonus Continue Reading... The Truth Commission: Wisely Segregated From Good Gimmicks 2 Submitted by Justin Henry on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:28 WWE, 1997-1998 Text by Justin Henry The ‘foreign heel’ is far from a foreign concept in the annals of wrestling history. From Nazi sympathizers like Hans Schmidt and Fritz Von Erich, to desert-dwelling madmen such as The Sheiks, both Iron and regular, to admirers of the Iron Curtain in Nikolai Volkoff and Vladimir Kozlov, you could fill a UN conference Continue Reading... WrestleMania 27: A Bigger Folly For The Rock Than Doom 19 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:26 WWE, 2011 Text by Justin Henry After writing countless Headlies for WrestleCrap, providing numerous one liners for the Headlie Trolla, calling in a few times to WrestleCrap Radio (my favorite instance was playing “Zombie Stu Hart”), and giving feedback to Uncle Deal himself, the time has come to check off another box on my WrestleCrap Bucket List. I’m writing an Continue Reading... Chris Jericho and Lucy the Dog: Worst WrestleMania Main Event Build EVER WWE, 2002 Text by RD Reynolds With WrestleMania fast approaching, I was bouncing around in my skull any horrible WrestleMania stuff we hadn’t covered over the years. And there it was, way back in the recesses of my gray matter. Something I had long repressed because of just how much I hated the whole thing. The Saga of the Undisputed Champion Continue Reading... Teddy Long vs. Eric Bischoff: Someone Saw This and Thought, “We Need to Do This Again” WWE, 2005 Text by RD Reynolds This year’s WrestleMania card is nearing its final stages, and this week we got our “Let’s Cram Some More People on the Show So Everyone Gets a Pay Day, And Hey, We’re Not Doing Money in the Bank This Year So We Need to Do Something” encounter: Team Teddy Long vs. Team John Laurinaitis. While Continue Reading... Brakus: Mein Name Ist Brakus, Und Mein Musik ist Lacherich! WWF, 1996 Text by RD Reynolds Shew, got my work cut out for me this week. I mean really, how can I possibly stretch an entire induction out of a guy who I can find three matches and two promo videos on? And to cap that off, in the videos, he speaks a foreign language! An impossible task to be sure, Continue Reading... SEARCH THE CRAP GIF Of The Week Totally Random Crap! INDUCTION: Zeus on The Arsenio Hall Show – Straight Outta Compton! Syndicated TV Show, 1989 When I first came up with the idea for WrestleCrap, I … Keep WrestleCrap Alive! WrestleCrap Social WrestleCrap on Facebook WrestleCrap on Twitter WrestleCrap on YouTube Our Crappy Sections RD & Blade Show WrestleCrap.com, © 2013. All rights reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6301
__label__wiki	0.775101	0.775101	Home Celebrity ASAP Rocky Is Being Held In ‘Inhumane’ Conditions In Swedish Jail A$AP Rocky is being held in a Swedish jail with shockingly inhumane conditions -- feces hurled about and not cleaned up, wretched food and facilities that are not fit for human beings ... this is according to sources with direct knowledge of Rocky's situation. Blake Taylor ASAP Rocky Is Being Held In 'Inhumane' Conditions In Swedish Jail Fredrik Wallin was responding to claims on website TMZ, reportedly from a US Embassy official, that walking into Kronoberg prison is like “walking into a toilet”. The website had claimed the rapper is being held in a “disease-ridden” prison where the food is “inedible”. ASAP Rocky was arrested last week on suspicion of assault. He’s being held while Swedish authorities investigate a fight he’s alleged to have been involved in. Mr Wallin told Newsbeat he’s not able to comment on individual prisoners. “However, I am able to talk about the general conditions in the remand prison which apply to all prisoners,” he said in a statement. TMZ’s report mentioned Rocky being held in a cell next to someone with “severe mental issues who slams his head against the concrete wall and hurls faeces every which way… faeces that are not cleaned up”. A source reportedly told them he was being made to sleep on a yoga mat with no blanket, drink water that was not clean, and had only been given an apple to eat each day during his first five days at the prison. Separately, ASAP Mob member ASAP Ferg claims Rocky is being held in solitary confinement. The claims have led to concern among ASAP Rocky’s friends and fans, as well as a petition to free him. But Mr Wallin says prisoners at Kronoberg normally live in cells that contain a desk, a bed with a mattress, and a TV. He says the prison was renovated in the last few years, with all the prison cells being reconstructed, leaving the prison in “good condition”. “I have no knowledge on any current diseases in the remand prison,” Mr Wallin told Newsbeat. The governor says that all prisoners in Swedish remand prison – where people stay while awaiting trial – receive three meals each day, and that a professional cleaning company “immediately sanitises” and cleans an area following food spillages or accidents that result in blood. “This is done for the sake of the prisoners as well as for our staff, for them to have decent working conditions.” Swedish remand prisons do contain some solitary cells – but the Swedish Prison and Probation Service says they’re not commonly used and can only be reserved for violent prisoners, after a formal written decision has been made. ASAP Rocky is being held in prison while Swedish prosecutors investigate a fight he was allegedly involved in. The American had been in Stockholm to perform at a festival, but was arrested afterwards. Video posted to his Instagram account showed Rocky and his crew asking two men to stop following them. One of the men accused the 30-year-old’s team of breaking his headphones. In the caption for the first video ASAP Rocky wrote: “We don’t know these guys and we didn’t want trouble. They followed us for four blocks.” no more sweden for me, ever — Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) July 8, 2019 In the second, he accuses the man of hitting his security guard “in the face with headphones”. A separate video published by TMZ following his arrest reportedly showed Rocky punching someone. On Friday, following a hearing, Swedish authorities decided to keep Rocky in custody for an extra two weeks while the investigation is ongoing. It meant the rapper couldn’t attend Wireless festival in London, where he was headlining. He’d already missed scheduled slots at Longitude in Dublin and Open’er Festival in Poland. That reportedly represents a more than $1 million loss in earnings for the rapper. Swedish authorities have the option of detaining Rocky for a further two weeks – after another hearing – if the investigation isn’t completed during the time they initially requested. The situation has led to friends of ASAP like Tyler, The Creator, ScHoolboy Q and Lil Yachty saying they are boycotting the country. Me 3 will never hit Sweden again… #freeflacko https://t.co/LRXoxGJtM9 — cookin up LB3 (@lilyachty) July 8, 2019 Tyler is going on tour later this year, which includes two dates in London (where he’s recently had a ban overturned), but no other European dates. Newsbeat has contacted ASAP Rocky’s team and the US Embassy in Sweden for comment. SOURCEBBC Previous articlePokemon -Themed Nintendo Switch Lite Revealed Next articleNYC Ticker-Tape Parade Currently Belongs To The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team http://www.vuuzle.tv 4.6 Earthquake rattles Seattle area, followed by series of aftershocks Man In A Bagel Shop Yelled About Women Reacting To Him Being Short Then He Got Tackled	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6302
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__label__cc	0.571927	0.428073	Browse Game Archive Genre All Games Adventure Strategy Time Management Puzzle Hidden Object Sort Date Top Games Name Order Ascending Descending Archive List of Hidden Object Games Viewing 1 - 25 of 2501 Games. Page[1] 2 3 ... 99 100 101 Eipix Entertainment presents the latest magical installment of the Myths of the World series! You’re off to the Scottish Countryside! Your teacher is taking you on an exciting journey to investigate legends of an ancient creature living in the water. But your lesson is quickly interrupted when your boat is attacked by a shadow beneath the lake! What’s more, the surrounding countryside is plagued by disappearances and tales of a dangerous magic on the move. Can you find out the truth behind the stories and save the land before it’s too late? Find out in this exhilarating Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Puzzle Read More Jul 15th, 2019 Mad Head Games presents the latest out of this world installment of the Moonsouls series! A light is falling from the sky and heading straight for your planet! Your search for answers leads you to a forgotten underwater city. But your investigation quickly takes a deadly turn as you uncover traces of your long-missing father and a destructive world that could destroy your own! Can you stop a buried evil before it’s too late? Find out in this exhilarating Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! GrandMa Studios Limited brings you the latest fantastic installment of The Unseen Fears series! You're off to Prague for a well-deserved vacation! But your fun is cut short when someone calls to you for help from inside a book of fairy tales! You're in for the story of a lifetime as you investigate a missing author's home to find the origins of a dangerous other-worldly magic. Can you save those trapped in the stories, or will you join them as a permanent character? Find out in this gripping Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Big Fish Editor's Choice! This title was selected for its exceptional quality and overwhelmingly positive reviews from our Game Club beta testers. Eipix Entertainment brings you the Vermillion Watch’s latest gripping case! The Sorbonne is opening their “Magic of the World” exhibit. But your excitement is overshadowed when a dangerous thief steals a powerful mystical artifact! As people in Paris start falling prey to an unseen dark influence, it’s up to you to find its source and save the city! Can you do it in time, or will you be the criminal’s next target? Find out in this exhilarating Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! See what our Beta testers had to say: “Love it!!!! Fantastic game!! Puzzles are great, graphics and design are wonderful and the pace just keeps you moving along! I will definitely buy this one when it comes out, and I have gotten very picky over HOP games. Thanks!! Can't wait!!” - beta tester “Excellent Game with great visuals. I have played the other vermillion games and I have enjoyed each game. This I rate as the best of the series.” - beta tester Mad Head Games presents another gripping tale in their action-packed Shadowplay series! You and your friends have been researching the mystery of Harrowstead for years, and you’ve run out of leads. That is until your friend calls you with new information and you arrive just in time to see him kidnapped by a malevolent monster! Can you save your team, or will the world fall to darkness? Wield otherworldly powers and solve intricate puzzles to defeat this evil entity in this sensational hidden-object puzzle adventure game! Puzzle Read More Jul 8th, 2019 Mary Jane’s father has been missing for decades, so when one of his oldest friends contacts her about tracking her father down, she jumped at the opportunity. Before her father’s disappearance, he was looking for a magical ship called the Cursed Rose. Mary Jane’s search leads her straight into an incredible swashbuckling pirate adventure, as she sails with her new friend, Jack, across the Uncharted Tides! Elephant Games brings you the latest chilling installment of the Chimeras series! It’s only three days until Heavenfall Academy’s new camp opens, and you’re ready to be a counselor for the summer. But your excitement is quickly overshadowed when you arrive to find strange creatures roaming the camp and your friends trapped on the Black Lake’s grounds! It’s been 40 years since the camp was originally closed and finding out why may be your only hope. Can you stop a dangerous force from destroying the camp and its campers before it’s too late? Find out in this exhilarating Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Get ready to embark on an adventure trip to London! Visit 20 famous locations across the city and find fun facts as you puzzle your way through beautiful locations. As you progress, uncover 6 fun mini games which provide a delightful break from the fact-finding. The game proceeds in 5 different modes including word, silhouette, scrambled words, missing vowels, and finding the pairs. Get your game hat on and let the hunt begin! Puzzle Read More Jun 30th, 2019 Domini Games brings you the latest spellbinding chapter of the Spirit Legends series! Your fellow monster hunter has gone missing, and it's your duty to find him! But you quickly find that this is no ordinary hunt and rescue mission. Dangerous trolls are wandering the countryside, bent on kidnapping the innocent and covering the land in eternal night! With the help of your wife and your trusted Bestiary, can you tame animals and stop the trolls before it's too late? Find out in this exhilarating Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Amax Entertainment brings you the latest spine-tingling installment of the Redemption Cemetery series! A message from a mysterious stranger calls you for help at an old amusement park! You arrive to find much more than your average rides and attractions. The park has a history plagued with strange disappearances, and it appears that a malevolent force isn’t done with them yet! Can you rescue the souls and stop a dangerous foe from breaking into our world? Find out in this stirring Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! A week ago, you received an invitation to visit the old abandoned town of St. Martica by Mr. John Atkins, a rich businessman who promised to share a recent and significant Mayan archeological discovery! Being a historian, you found this opportunity too good to pass. However, when you reached the town, the truth of the situation unraveled when your wife was kidnapped! Now, you are forced to help Atkins and his gang in their quest for the famed Corwin’s Treasure. Mary's family has finally begun their next amazing summer adventure! They’re visiting several different locations and their lovely pets, Charlie and Bella are helping them collect various items. Join Mary and her family on this puzzle solving summer adventure while visiting nearby beaches, beach bars, and other beautiful locations on the island! Hidden Object Read More Jun 25th, 2019 Hidden Object Read More Jun 23rd, 2019 Ms. Holmes: The Monster of the Baskervilles Elephant Games proudly presents a brand-new series in Ms. Holmes: The Monster of the Baskervilles! Nicknamed Ms. Holmes for your sharp wit and investigative prowess, you're England's favorite new detective! But even your smarts will be tested when one of Sherlock Holmes' old cases comes back with a vengeance. The Baskervilles are once again plagued by a strange and dangerous monster, one bent on much more than the destruction of one family. Can you uncover who is behind recent attacks on the Baskerville estate and save London before it's too late? Find out in this thrilling Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Puzzle Read More Jun 22nd, 2019 Big Fish Editor's Choice! This title was selected for its exceptional quality and overwhelmingly positive reviews from our Game Club beta testers. Grandma Studios brings you the latest fantastic installment of The Unseen Fears series! You're off to Prague for a well-deserved vacation! But your fun is cut short when someone calls to you for help from inside a book of fairy tales! You're in for the story of a lifetime as you investigate a missing author's home to find the origins of a dangerous other-worldly magic. Can you save those trapped in the stories, or will you join them as a permanent character? Find out in this gripping Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! See what our Beta testers had to say: “Very impressed with the detail of the areas and artwork. Also liked the variety of different types of games and their "unfolding" out from the main game. Kept me totally engaged until the end of the trial. Also liked the modern day relevance with the vlog playing a part. Good one!” - beta tester “I have always found games developed by "Grandma" of very high quality. This one did not disappoint. I would play this one with my Grandchildren. The colours were vibrant and I liked the characters (and their accents). This is one of the best I have played and look forward to it becoming available for purchase.” - beta tester Puzzle Read More Jun 21st, 2019 Shadowplay: Harrowstead Mystery Collector's Edition Fatal Evidence: The Cursed Island Domini Games proudly presents a new spine-tingling mystery series in Fatal Evidence: The Cursed Island! Your sister’s old mentor has been murdered, and you’ve been called to his remote island home to investigate! You and your sister arrive just in time for the reading of the will. But this normal dinner quickly takes a dangerous turn when a masked judge traps everyone inside with the murderer, calling for their surrender! It’s up to you to reveal the murderer’s identity and stop the judge from carrying out their sinister plans before it’s too late! Do you have what it takes? Find out in this thrilling Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Chimeras: Wailing Waters Collector's Edition The Secret Order: Return to the Buried Kingdom Sunward Games is back with the latest thrilling installment of The Secret Order series! The Buried Kingdom is in danger, and your old friends have called to you for help! The Mother Dragon has passed on, leaving the kingdom vulnerable. Strange anomalies are appearing across the land, indicating that an ancient evil is trying to return! Do you have what it takes to save the kingdom in time? Haunted Legends: The Call of Despair Amax Interactive proudly presents the latest chilling installment of the Haunted Legends series! When the Captain of the Musketeers in Nulver Town calls for help, you rush to his aid. When you arrive, you find more than your average missing person’s case to deal with. People in the town are turning into crystal and more appear on the street each day! Can you find out who’s behind these strange transformations and save the town before it’s too late? Find out in this exciting Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Puzzle Read More Jun 8th, 2019 Spirit Legends: Solar Eclipse Collector's Edition Vacation Adventures: Park Ranger 9 Spend this summer volunteering at Pinecreek Hills National Park! This adventure is packed to the brim with world-class hidden object scenes, challenging puzzles and fun mini-games. Organise events on beautiful lakes, rivers and trails. Ride the new Bluewaters Queen Steamboat. Picnic beside the Golden Bayou, visit atmospheric waterfalls and marvel at enchanted landscapes as you spot bears, deer and eagles. Visit Pinecreek’s historic buildings, collect souvenirs and win the National Challenge. There’s so much to see! Puzzle Read More Jun 3rd, 2019 Immortal Love: Bitter Awakening 4 Friend Games brings you the latest sensational addition to the Immortal Love series! War’s brewing throughout the land! The Bear and Owl clans have despised each other for centuries, and their hatred has come to a head in the face of love. Do you have what it takes to break a curse that separates you from your beloved and save your people in time? Find out in this exhilarating Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Puzzle Read More Jun 1st, 2019 Ms. Holmes: The Monster of the Baskervilles Collector's Edition Elephant Games proudly presents a brand-new series in Ms. Holmes: The Monster of the Baskervilles! Nicknamed Ms. Holmes for your sharp whit and investigative prowess, you're England's favorite new detective! But even your smarts will be tested when one of Sherlock Holmes' old cases comes back with a vengeance. The Baskervilles are once again plagued by a strange and dangerous monster, one bent on much more than the destruction of one family. Can you uncover who is behind recent attacks on the Baskerville estate and save London before it's too late? Find out in this thrilling Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Puzzle Read More May 31st, 2019 Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows One of father’s stories was my favorite: Once upon a time there lived a merchant and his wife. They lived happy lives and had never known grief. However, their maid, Julianne, grew jealous of their happiness and secretly dreamed of taking the wife’s place. Julianne learned of unholy powers hidden deep within the manor that could be summoned by ritual, although, there was a cost. She used these powers to curse the merchant's wife, banishing her to another world and unleash deadly powers into this world. Upon learning what transpired, the merchant vowed to find a way to release his beloved wife from her cursed world. Years have passed. My father died, but he left me a message: Your favorite fairy tale was the true story of our family. I tried to free your mother's spirit, but I failed. I beg you to finish what I could not. The solution is waiting in our old family home. As a son, I must write a happy ending for my family’s story. Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows is a fantastic casual puzzle adventure game that follows a family’s tragic story and paranormal twist! Puzzle Read More May 29th, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6309
__label__cc	0.621125	0.378875	Imaginary Fiends #1 Review Posted November 23, 2017 by Kyle Simcox in Comic Books Written By: Tim Seeley Artist: Stephen Molnar Publisher: Vertigo Comics Remember when having an imaginary friend provided companionship? An escape from wrong doing as a child? Then, one day you grew up and came to terms that your imaginary friend was just that, imaginary? Well, imagine a world where imaginary friends are really harmless inter-dimensional creatures that feed off your love and attention. Then, try imaging that some of them can be so much more than harmless….. Imaginary Fiends starts off in the past, the night Brinke, a 12 year old girl, had been murdered by her best friend. The narrative focuses on her brother, Cameron, as he tries to fit in with an older crowd of kids. He takes a hit off another kid’s joint in an attempt to impress them and more specifically a certain girl. Its not long before the gang is interrupted by Brinke calling for Cameron as she comes stumbling out of the woods and covered in blood. As Cameron catches her, she utters her final words, “Polly Peachpit” and dies. Next, we’re introduced to Melba Li, the protagonist of Imaginary Fiends, as we flash forward six years to the present day. She’s been incarcerated in juvenile detention for the murder of Brinke, whom the world believes she stabbed 12 times. In the world of Imaginary Fiends, our Imaginary friends are inter-dimensional parasites, or so Crockett calls them, that can’t interact with the material world. They feed off the admiration and loyalty of the impressionable minds of the young or mentally ill while taking on the narratives provided for them (like a cowboy sea-monster on a tricycle) and in return providing constant companionship to their hosts. He also believes that Melba is an advanced host to these creatures. Most are harmless and die off as a host grows up, moves on, and forgets about it. Others, like Polly Peachpit, gain an appetite for more. Vigil’s job within the division known only as the IMP, is to investigate these creatures and assess the dangers of them. The largest problem with the first issue is that it’s just that: a first issue. It spends nearly all of it’s time setting up the future conflicts but doesn’t really build up any momentum for them. We don’t see much of Li doing whatever work she’s doing with Polly and Crockett, except for the fact that she has a new, cleaner look, because a free Li showers and stuff like that. However, despite being so slow, it does a good job at setting it all up. We want to see what Li is doing with Crockett and IMP; we want to see what Polly is capable of and what the other dangerous monsters will look like and how much influence they’ll have over their hosts. Its just a matter of whether or not the story can pull it all together for the next five issues. The art is wonderful with detailed facial expressions, and Polly’s reveal is exceptional as she appears in her terrifying spider form. There is a moment however, where Polly is vomiting on the floor as Melba threatens her. Its just an odd scene because its never really mentioned or touched upon. Was it the cake that made Polly vomit or the danger Melba put her in? Maybe it was how she shed her spider form and moved into a more human-like form? We don’t know. It just stood out to me as being the weirdest moment of the comic and just serves to take away from Polly’s intimidating nature. Another downside to the issue is that we don’t see much of Polly or ANY of these creatures outside of Marshall Loch (cowboy sea-monster on a tricycle) and whatever Cameron summons at the end. You’d think Melba would have had more exposure to other creatures confined in juvenile detention given that these beings latch themselves onto impressionable young kids. All in all though, Imaginary Fiends is an interesting concept that I am very much entertained by. Things we thought we dreamt up in our minds to be our friends really turn out to be these creatures that feed off of us. As a kid, I remember watching Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, a show where kids dropped off their imaginary friends as they grew up so that some other child in need of companionship could come along and adopt them to a loving home. Now I’m an adult reading a comic about parasites that invade the minds of the young in order to sustain themselves, with the slight chance that they’ll become real monsters and give them that nudge they need into doing something they can never come back from. featured, Imaginary Fiends, Imaginary Fiends #1 Review, slider, Vertigo Kyle Simcox More articles by Kyle Simcox »	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6316
__label__wiki	0.657774	0.657774	How to Fix the Future The Internet is Not the Answer Digital Vertigo The Cult of the Amateur Writer / Speaker / Entrepreneur The Foolishness of Crowds (and certain erudite New York City professors) March 20, 2008 andrewkeen At last weekend's Google/Stanford Legal Futures conference, there was a panel about Web 2.0 and American democracy that featured two erudite New York City based professors: Beth Simone Noveck from New York Law School and Jay Rosen from New York University's Journalism School. What is it, I wonder, about working in New York City that makes its distinguished professors so utterly divorced from the realities of the actual world? Perhaps the NYC bakers are putting mind-altering bagels into faculty brown bag lunches; or maybe there's something intoxicating about the water supply in Gotham that is muddying the minds of New York City's most learned faculty. Whatever the reasons for this mishegas, the results are spectacularly bizarre -- even by the traditionally high standards of idealistic New York City intellectuals. Take specimen #1: Beth Simon Noveck, the Director of the Institute for Information, Law and Policy at New York Law School. Ms Noveck believes so strongly in something called "wiki-government" (ie: having unpaid, anonymous amateurs running of the American government) that she wrote an article entitled -- yes, you guessed it -- Wiki-Government for the Winter issue of the excellent new progressive quarterly Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Now Beth is an extremely personable lady and a most distinguished expert and I don't really mean to be unkind (it's not my nature to insult people wiser than myself), but her Wiki-Government article was so misguided that I was forced to write my own response. It is entitled "The Foolishness of Crowds" and has just been published in the Spring issue of Democracy. Here's the first paragraph: Without a trace of irony, Beth Simone Noveck, a law professor and thus paragon of the professional elite, favorably quotes the George Bernard Shaw adage that "all professions are conspiracies against the laity" ["Wiki-Government," Issue #7]. Does Shaw really mean to indict all professions? In addition to medical doctors (against whom Shaw ran his own vendetta), that must include civil engineers, librarians, architects, nuclear scientists, high-school teachers, and nanotechnologists. When it comes to politics, would Shaw include the professional bureaucrats who successfully engineered the New Deal programs? Is Shaw saying that self-interested professionals consciously conspire against "ordinary people"? Maybe, maybe not. But Noveck does indeed appear to be straight-faced in her concurrence, particularly since she adds that "nowhere is this more the case than in a democracy." READ ON Like Beth Simone Noveck, Jay Rosen -- who wrote his dissertation under Neil Postman at NYU -- is a very learned expert on media; and, like Noveck, he also has some very silly ideas about the impact of media democratization on American politics. On the panel about democracy and Web 2.0 at Law Futures, Rosen argued that professional political operatives like Bob Shrum and Mark Penn are the problem with the US political system. So, Rosen argued, let the pure amateurs (ie: the electorate) seize back power from the corrupt professionals. Rosen probably has a point here -- overpaid consultants like Penn and Shrum certainly aren't blameless, yet surely they are more of a consequence than a root cause of the problems with American representative democracy. But what really irritated me about Rosen's presentation was his appropriation of Hannah Arendt to his wiki-cause of pure democracy. However one reads Arendt, it is really hard to dig up anything in her work that indicates she would have been an enthusiast of the pure wiki-government of the masses. Indeed, her Origins of Totalitarianism, which is a 700 page polemic against mob rule, should be required (re)reading for wisdom-of-the-crowd utopians like Rosen and Noveck. I''m afraid that Professors Noveck and Rosen -- two paragons of a profession which is, by definition, elitist -- have become inebriated with the anti-expert kool-aid of the Web 2.0 wiki revolution. The scary/hilarious thing is that these professors really are serious about replacing trained government professionals with the amateur crowd. I'm not sure whether I should laugh or cry at the foolishness of these media mavens from New York City. ← Globalization and its e-(dis)contentsThe Unreason of the American Age → Andrew Keen Productions © 2017	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6331
__label__wiki	0.668414	0.668414	UNF Teammates Batchelor, Mattiace Capture Florida Four-Ball by Florida State Golf Association see also: Florida Four-Ball Championship, Pine Tree Golf Club, Michael Mattiace Rankings, Jordan Batchelor Profile Jordan Batchelor & Michael Mattiace (FSGA photo) PALM COAST, FL (July 29, 2018) - Jordan Batchelor, of Saint Augustine & Michael Mattiace, of Jacksonville, fired a tournament low 63 (-9) on Sunday to hold off Florida Open & State Amateur Champion, Gabriel Lench & partner Chase Ibbotson and win the 69th Florida Four-Ball Championship. Over 170 teams entered qualifying across the state in June, with 52 teams advancing to the Championship, either from previous Four-Ball finishes, qualifying for the USGA Men's Amateur Four-Ball Championship, or advancing through local qualifying. The Conservatory Course at Hammock Beach Resort hosted the championship, playing over 7,300 yards in each round, using a variety of tee pads, yet proved no match for some teams this weekend. The Mid-Amateur Four-Ball (North) Championship winners, Spencer Baldwin & Devin Hernandez led the pack on day one, firing an opening 65 (-7). However, they went to bed Saturday night knowing they would have plenty of chasers. Six other teams, including defending champions Kelly Sellers & Tiger Godwin sat just one stroke behind with 66 (-6), and 27 of the 52 teams in the field fired 70 or better, leaving over half the field within five strokes of the leaders. There was a lot of movement early on the leaderboard. As the competitors made their way around the front nine, US Four-Ball runner-up team, Chip Brooke & Marc Dull, went out in -4, which combined with their opening 69, saw they briefly tied at the top at -7. The Brooke / Dull team however, could not muster anymore birdies on the homeward nine, and fell back down the leaderboard, as red numbers were plentiful. The father & son team of Joe & Cade Alfieri were runner-ups in 2017, and made a charge early on the front nine on Sunday, led by a hole out eagle by Cade on the 476 yard, par 4, 5th, but were never able to take advantage of momentum and get into contention. The Mid-Senior Four-Ball (North) Champions, Brian Armstrong & Mike Finster opened with 67, to sit two strokes behind overnight, and would team up to make six birdies in their first twelve holes on Sunday, getting to -11 and sharing part of the lead. They would go on to birdie two of their last four holes after costly bogey on the challenging par 4, 14th, but their -12 two round total would only be enough for third place. By the middle of the back nine on Sunday, two teams had set themselves apart from the field. Playing together two groups ahead of the leaders after opening 66's, the team of Jordan Batchelor / Michael Mattiace and Chase Ibbotson / Gabriel Lench had separated from the rest. Both teams went out in 31 (-5) to get to -11 for the championship. Batchelor would birdie the 11th moving his team ahead, then the duo would answer each punch on the way in, as both sides would birdie 14, 15 & 16. On the 18th hole, Florida Open & State Amateur Champion Gabriel Lench, faced a 10-foot birdie putt to try to force a play-off with his fellow competitors, but would miss, giving Batchelor and Mattiace the 69th Four-Ball Championship. Batchelor & Mattiace are both past Florida Junior Tour players, Batchelor capturing the 2012 FJT Tour Championship at TPC Sawgrass, and both are currently on the Men's Golf Team at University of North Florida. The 70th Four-Ball Championship will be contested at Pine Tree Golf Club, in Boynton Beach, July 27-28, 2019. ABOUT THE Florida Four-Ball Since 1963, teams of two play in the Four-Ball Championship of 36 holes of stroke play. Non exempt teams must first qualify at one of nine sites across the state. Entrants must both be members of the FSGA.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6336
__label__cc	0.55642	0.44358	Brighton and Hove Untold The Untold Black and Asian History of Brighton and Hove The India Gate Chapel Royal Regent Dance Hall Sake Dean Mohammed’s Grave Queens Hotel Site of Mahomed’s Baths ⇒ NavigateHome – Brighton Museum & Art Gallery – The India Gate – Chapel Royal – Regent Dance Hall – Sake Dean Mohammed’s Grave – St Nicholas’ Church – St Paul’s – 78 West Street – Black Lion Street – Queens Hotel Site of Mahomed’s Baths QR Codes Contact Brighton and Hove Untold is the idea of members of Brighton and Hove Black History. It is based on Bert William’s MBE many years of organising walking tours around the principal locations in the city centre that reflect the largely hidden history of Black and Asian people in Brighton and Hove. This website allows you to ‘follow’ Bert’s tour by clicking on the different locations, and watching a short video of Bert explaining the significance of each one. A mobile version of the site allows you to do your own walking tour using a smartphone to read the QR codes at each location, or access the information by touching the links on the smartphone screen. We hope you enjoy using the website and the tour. The project has been funded by a grant from Brighton and Hove CityCamp 2, and we are grateful to the people who contributed to the development of the idea and the realisation of the project. For more information visit the Black History Project website. View Brighton and Hove Black History Untold in a larger map Brighton Locations George Bridgetown at the Chapel Royal Sarah Forbes Bonetta Wedding at St Nicholas’ Church Haile Selassie Time at St Paul’s Church Frances Barber at 78 West Street Akbar Mahomed at Black Lion Street	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6346
__label__cc	0.64461	0.35539	Commercial Truck Leaves Family Suspended on Bridge: The Amazing Rescue Berrier Insurance, commercial truck insurance specialists, would like to thank the amazing Fire Fighters Police Officers and especially the Navy Seabees for their bravery and quick action. We would like to share their story of bravery with you. A mother and her two daughters were rescued from their car left teetering on a California freeway bridge after a gravel truck had hit them in the northbound lanes of U.S. Route 101. The rescue was a joint effort of the fire department and a team of Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion. The truck rear-ended the car then plunged into a creek bursting into flames, killing the California trucker, while the BMW struck the bridge’s railing and sat suspended on the edge of a 100-foot drop into the creek with Kelli Groves and two daughters, ages 10 and 10 months, trapped inside. The Navy Seabees happened to be passing by the scene in transport of a forklift from Fort Hunter Liggett where NMCB 3 had finished a pre-deployment certification exercise in mid-December. Equipment Operator 1st Class (SCW) Frankie Cruz, Construction Mechanic 2nd Class (SCW) Michael McCracken, and Equipment Operator Construction man Clinton Roberts of NMCB 3 along with Construction Mechanic 2nd Class (SCW) Shawn Legg, Construction Mechanic 2nd Class (SCW) Benjamin Mead, and Construction Mechanic 3rd Class (SCW) James Winters from the 31SRG. "As the fire department was cutting the car to get the family out, it kept on slipping over the bridge and faced a 100 foot fall," said McCracken, the forklift operator. "I talked to the fire captain in charge and he was excited to hear that we had an extendable-boom forklift just 200 to 300 feet behind the wreck and he said to go get it." The Seabees off-loaded the forklift to stabilize the car so rescue crews could use the Jaws of Life to extract the mother and her two young children. An hour later family was pulled out of their demolished car and hospitalized. "The mom and two children are all alive, and we had a hand in it," said McCracken. "That is the biggest thing that I got out of it." "We were just in the right place at the right time," Once again thank you to every one who had a part to play in this rescue from Berrier Insurance. To read more on this story visit: SFGate Article Labels: berrier insurance, commercial truck insurance, news, truck accident, truck insurance california Stronger Emission Regulations On Commercial Trucki... Commercial Truck Leaves Family Suspended on Bridge... Attention Commercial Truckers!: Important Change i... Commercial Tow Truck Driver Bitten By Police Dog	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6349
__label__wiki	0.583355	0.583355	<img alt="dcsimg" id="dcsimg" width="1" height="1" src="//www.qsstats.com/dcs8krshw00000cpvecvkz0uc_4g4q/njs.gif?dcsuri=/index.php/c/a/Innovation/IBM-Takes-Watson-to-the-Bank-678394&WT.js=No&WT.tv=10.4.1&dcssip=www.baselinemag.com&WT.qs_dlk=XS7lHJ6XLJwQesKjoQkR0QAAAAk&"> Innovation / IBM Takes Watson to the Bank IBM Takes Watson to the Bank By Baselinemag \| Posted 2012-03-06 Print IBM and Citigroup agree on a partnership that will bring IBM's deep analytic technology in its Watson system to Citigroup's banking operations. With health care as the first major vertical market IBM has taken its Watson question-answering technology to, Big Blue has now entered into an agreement with Citigroup to explore the use of Watson in financial services, particularly the banking industry. On March 5, Citigroup announced it had entered into an agreement with IBM to explore possible uses for IBM Watson. Under the agreement, Citi will examine the use of deep content analysis and evidence-based learning capabilities found in IBM Watson to help advance customer interactions, and improve and simplify the banking experience. Citi is working to be the leading digital bank, providing customers with the latest technology to enhance and facilitate service. Citi will evaluate ways that IBM Watson technologies can help analyze customer needs and process vast amounts of up-to-the-minute financial, economic, product and client data, the company said. From Watson's inception and victory on the TV quiz show Jeopardy!, it became apparent that it would be a transformational technology, particularly in data-intensive industries such as health care and financial services. Its ability to answer questions posed in natural language with speed, accuracy and confidence holds huge potential to improve decision-making across a variety of industries. Citibank customers have come to expect the highest level of service in an integrated, timely fashion, whether delivered by phone, ATM, live chat, online or in person in a branch, Citigroup officials said in a press release on the agreement. The bank continuously explores new ways to ensure it is lending responsibly and acting in the best interest of customers. "At Citi, we are constantly developing new, innovative ways to better serve our customers' financial needs," said Don Callahan, Citi's chief administrative officer and chief operations & technology officer, in a statement. "We are working to rethink and redesign the various ways in which our customers interact with money. We will collaborate with IBM to explore how we can use the Watson technology to provide our customers with new, secure services designed around their increasingly digital and mobile lives." "IBM continues to advance Watson in information intensive industries, enabling organizations to quickly gain valuable insights from vast amounts of data that can speed decision making and improve how companies serve their customers," said Mike Rhodin, senior vice president of IBM Software Solutions, in a statement. "The collaboration between IBM and Citi will explore how applying Watson in the consumer financial market could help empower financial professionals to make better business decisions and represents a significant step in delivering on the promise of personalized banking in the 21st century." Meanwhile, in a March 6 speech at the CeBIT 2012 conference in Hannover, Germany, Rhodin said, "IBM is ready to go to work on Wall Street. Watson can help retail bankers personalize purchases for consumers." He added, "Watson has the ability to transform an industry under intense pressure." Citi will assess ways to use a first-of-a-kind customer interaction solution combined with Watson's deep-content analytics, natural language processing, decision support and evidence-based learning to continue to advance digital banking, the company said. Watson's ability to analyze the meaning and context of human language and quickly process vast amounts of information to suggest options targeted to a consumer's individual circumstances can help accelerate and assist decision-makers in identifying opportunities, evaluating risks and exploring alternative actions that are best suited for their clients. Celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, Citi has a long history of working with IBM on key innovations to advance the use of information technology in the financial services industry. In 1954, the two companies announced the first use of an "electronic brain" that reduced the time required for a cost-benefit analysis from 1,000 man-hours to nine and a half minutes. Today, the companies are continuing those efforts, Citigroup officials said. To read the original eWeek article, click here: IBM Takes Watson to the Bank	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6353
__label__wiki	0.709148	0.709148	Newest Society Activity Space Ships Space Reads Space Industries The Asteroid Society > Recent News > All > Amateur Observers Find an Asteroid’s Moon Amateur Observers Find an Asteroid’s Moon Posted on July 28, 2017 July 28, 2017 by Asteroid Society A team of amateurs observers, some armed with just 3-inch telescopes, have found that the main-belt asteroid 113 Amalthea probably has a small companion. Each year, amateur astronomers get worldwide predictions for hundreds of events during which a distant asteroid briefly occults (hides) a star. But some of these cover-ups — like the one involving asteroid 113 Amalthea last March 14th — are anticipated more eagerly than others. That date has been circled on Paul Maley’s calendar for about 8 months. A retired NASA staffer and a key member of the International Occultation Timing Association, last year Maley started enlisting amateur observers in Texas to observe the occultation of a 10th-magnitude star by 13th-magnitude Amalthea. And all that planning paid off, because the observing team has discovered that this asteroid probably has a small satellite. It’s a robust “probably.” As detailed in the IAU’s Electronic Telegram 4413, issued on July 12th, a “fence” of 10 observing sites spread across the occultation’s predicted path yielded seven positive occultations and three “misses.” One of those misses, by Sam Insana in Gila Bend, Arizona, fell between five positive occultation tracks to his north and two to his south. It’s colored orange in the diagram below: These lines represent the projected paths of a 10th-magnitude star recorded by observers on March 14, 2017, as the star passed behind the asteroid Amalthea. The small brown circle just below the yellow oval correspond to the location of the asteroid’s moon at the time. IOTA / Brad Timerson In other words, Insana was fortuitously positioned in the gap between Amalthea and its moon. The two short breaks recorded by Dave Eisfeldt and Dick Campbell (Central Texas Astronomical Society) correspond to interruptions of the star’s light by the moon. “This is the first time that two chords have been observed across a previously unknown minor-planet satellite,” comments Daniel W. E. Green in the announcement. Other members of the team were Sam Deen, Wayne Thomas, Paul Facuna, Don Boyd, and Ted Blank (who set up four robotic cameras for the event). “This was entirely a team effort,” Maley says, “and the results were completely unexpected since we never know what a particular occultation will reveal.” But deep down, he’s elated — and feeling vindicated. “This is especially important to me since my initial observation of a secondary occultation in March 1977 involving a 3.6-magnitude star occultation by 6 Hebe occurred almost to the day 40 years ago,” he explains. “That observation was greeted with complete skepticism and still has not been confirmed.” Asteroid 113 Amalthea orbits within the inner part of the main asteroid belt, not far outside the orbit of Mars. JPL / Horizons Not to be confused with Jupiter’s small satellite of the same name, Amalthea orbits the Sun every 3.66 years in a reasonably circular orbit that averages 2.37 astronomical units (324 million km) from the Sun with an inclination of 5°. Discovered in 1871, it’s about 46 km across and has a rocky “S type” surface spectrum, which is typical for the bodies that populate the inner main belt. Based on the lengths of each occultation record and how they line up in the plot, Amalthea must have a distinctly elongated shape. The size of the satellite isn’t known, though typically such companions are much smaller than their hosts. According to the definitive compilation by Wm. Robert Johnston, the census of asteroids with moons now includes 133 main-belt asteroids (8 with two each), 22 Mars crossing asteroids (1 with two), and 62 near-Earth asteroids (2 with two each). Looking farther outward, Johnston’s listing includes 4 of Jupiter’s Trojans and 81 trans-Neptunian objects. Nor is it clear what kind of orbit the newfound companion might have. According to Green, small satellites around large main-belt asteroids typically have orbital radii roughly five times their primary’s diameter, which here would correspond to about 230 km. But the observed gap was far smaller, so perhaps the companion’s orbital plane was seen nearly edge-on with the satellite near one of its conjunction points (rather than being far off to one side). The whole claim to a satellite discovery rests on Insana’s negative observation — take that away, and the two brief outages recorded by Eisfeldt and Campbell could simply be due to a large bump on Amalthea’s surface. However, Maley says, “The Insana video has been checked over and over, as was his location, and the only conclusion that we can come to is that the miss is completely clean.” Confirmation of the discovery might not have to wait long. Although no one had previously observed a stellar occultation by Amalthea, four are predicted for next year — including an April 14th event with a track that crosses the north-central U.S. How to Spot an Asteroid with Mobile Astronomy Apps Asteroid mining: The race for space riches CATCHING DUST A changing NASA visits an asteroid,… Thank You For Joining Confessions of an asteroid hunter HOW FAR IS THE ASTEROID BELT FROM THE SUN? Posted in All, Asteroids, Space ReadsTagged asteroid moon Asteroid Members Join the Asteroid Society Today! We are pushing for 1 Million Members Strong! Please tell your friends about what we are doing! 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__label__cc	0.580492	0.419508	Bloggerheads Tim Ireland on corruption in politics and the media Tim Ireland SEO Seminar Tim Montgomerie is a genius Posted on March 28, 2005 by Tim Ireland This entry was posted on Monday, March 28th, 2005 at 2:55 pm and is filed under The Political Weblog Movement. Times – Tories plan to beat ‘bias’ by bringing in bloggers: The Conservative Right is to turn to new American campaigning techniques and the internet to try to revive the party and overcome what it sees as opposition from the metropolitan Establishment. Only weeks away from the general election, senior Conservatives will open a new front today in the battle for ideas by creating a website advocating “social conservatism”. It will invite people to bypass the media and put forward their own views on how the party should evolve. The faction behind it denies that it is “rocking the boat” in the pre-election period and says that in the early weeks the website will be used to campaign for a Conservative victory. It wants people to use the increasingly popular practice of “blogging” – writing online diaries – to break the power of the broadcast media. 1. Notice the ‘liberal bias’ myth that’s woven into this project. 2. Note the level of original thinking, boys and girls! It work in States; we do exact same thing here. Exact same thing! 3. Not a good time to launch, Tory chaps. But please do excuse me for questioning your collective genius. 4. Tim Montgomerie? Is this he? 5. If it’s all about bloggage, then why is the site here and the weblog aaallll the way over here? It seems to me that the plan is to use wingnuts in the US to plough the field and seed a fresh crop of wingnuts here in the UK. So we can all begin shouting at each other. Take a look at this rather direct appeal to the Christian right, this charming ‘Leftisms’ post and this (from the article linked above): The second phase will follow immediately. At that point, it will begin to urge Tory supporters and natural conservatives, particularly within the faith communities and environmental movement, to support ‘one nation’ conservatism. (One Nation? Oh dear.) Where in this high-minded and well-thought-out project is the plan to get actual MPs communicating via actual weblogs? About Tim Ireland Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads. View all posts by Tim Ireland → This entry was posted in The Political Weblog Movement. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Responses to "Tim Montgomerie is a genius" By Scott Ferguson March 28, 2005 - 4:47 pm I tend to agree with Manic on a number of points.In the United States, the ascendency of blogs among opinion leaders was borne of an unfulfilled need. In my country, there is an ongoing delamination of the professional class from the middle class. For decades, leaders of every social institution in the US have been speaking in condescending tones to average people (something Americans don’t tolerate well), brow-beating them into places they don’t want to go, using PC rhetoric that defies common sense. Blogs have emerged as a way to release pent-up frustration with the status quo. They give average people a powerful voice, and the institutions are starting to listen.Does this paradigm travel well? I’m not close enough to Britain to know for sure, but I do get a sense that the entrenched class system of your country mitigates the social pressures that made blogs so important in the USA. And for any political party (either in the UK or the US) to presume to “harness the power of blogs” for focused political ends is sheer idiocy — witness the fact that the few bloggers in the US who are paid by third parties for their work have much less influence and credibility than those who do it for free. And in any case, harnessing bloggers is as futile as herding cats. By Nick Barlow March 28, 2005 - 7:33 pm It could well be the same Tim Montgomerie – remember IDS’s ‘aren’t blogs great?’ article from a few weeks ago? By Unity March 28, 2005 - 8:25 pm I suspect that what follows should be conclusive as regards the provenance of ‘Conservativehome”Organization:Conservative HomeHugh Montgomerie25 Bishops MeadLaverstock, SP11RUGBPhone: xxxxxxxxxxxEmail: tim.montgomerie@mac.comRegistrar Name….: Register.comRegistrar Whois…: whois.register.comRegistrar Homepage: http://www.register.comDomain Name: CONSERVATIVEHOME.COMCreated on…………..: Mon, Dec 22, 2003Expires on…………..: Thu, Dec 22, 2005Record last updated on..: Sat, Mar 05, 2005Administrative Contact:Conservative HomeHugh Montgomerie25 Bishops MeadLaverstock, SP11RUGBPhone: 07717261570Email: tim.montgomerie@mac.comTechnical Contact, Zone Contact:Register.ComDomain Registrar575 8th Avenue – 11th FloorNew York, NY 10018USPhone: 902-749-2701Fax..: 902-749-5429Email: domain-registrar@register.comI‘ve blanked the phone number, although a WHOIS will give it you if you’re desperate for the number – its a mobile BTW. 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__label__cc	0.629234	0.370766	Old and advisable custom Чили — Сантьяго The congregation of stands, more well-known like free fair, seems to sing with the shouts of the tens of salesmen who settle in the middle of the street with their fresh merchandise and to low cost. These places of commerce date in the country from the XVlll century. SANTIAGO. Aroma to fruits and vegetables fresh, which they are conjugated with shouts that promote the merchandise, arise when approaching one of the 800 free fairs that there are in the Metropolitan Region, where is Santiago, the capital of Chile. This type of commerce dates somewhere in the country from century XVIII, when the producers sold their merchandise directly, settling concurred of the city. From 1953, each Chilean municipality adjudged the total regulation of this popular source of work that operated in the place. Hugo Farías (58 years), has a position or stand in a free fair regulated by the Municipality of the commune of Independence, located to the north of Santiago. Routine of this man initiates each week to four of dawn, between Tuesday and Sunday, days in which it leaves to provide itself merchandise in the Fertile valley (a great market of fruits and vegetables of the capital, that sells products to wholesalers to smaller cost), soon to go to its site of work. One settles in the fair that extends approximately throughout five blocks in the space that corresponds to him, of three meters in length. "I have been for thirty years here. It is a business that I inherited it of my older brother, than retired due to its outpost age. Altogether the fair has more than fifty years of existence ", commented. Commerce ' verdé According to the president of the Association of Unions of Feriantes of Chile (Asof), Tiled Héctor explained to this weekly magazine, more than 40 thousand people dedicate itself to this work, in addition to 150 thousands ' coleros' or who settle at the end of the fair, and that they do not count on the corresponding municipal permission to be located in these places. A study of the National Camera of Commerce revealed that 77 million people circulate annually in regular form around the concurred fairs more of Santiago. The investigation also asserted that during the ends week each selling desire to the day around 60 dollars, whereas the illegal commerce invoice by person 24 dollars daily, in equal period. For Gabriel Salazar, historian and author of the book free Fairs: residual space of the citizen sovereignty, which attracts people to visit this class of businesses is "the communitarian identity, the convival culture and the amiability of those who take care of them". The free fairs are something very typical and popular in Chile, and that far from dying by the influence of the great supermarkets and commercial centers, have known to adapt, offering cheaper prices and good quality to its clients, thus to dominate to a 12 percent of the commerce of fruits and vegetables of the country. Ana Luisa Ramirez Times of the World	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6366
__label__wiki	0.773303	0.773303	Come and indulge in this delightful comedy this Christmas, with its laugh out loud dialogue, and its infectious energy. Written by Murray Schisgal, best known for writing the screenplay for ‘Tootsie’, LUV first premiered on Broadway, where it won a number of Tony awards and nominations, among them Best Play and Best Author of a Play. "If you're looking for something that will make you giggle this festive season, all you need is LUV!" "A fun, well-observed and tightly directed production... You will certainly leave with a smile on your face" "Unique, energetic and definitely worth checking out" The Upcoming "A little gem" 'This revival is indeed very funny.' British Theatre Guide ELSIE BENNETT NICK BARBER CHARLES DORFMAN ELLEN \| ELSIE BENNETT Elsie studied at Arts Ed. She most recently starred on stage as Queen Elizabeth I in Progress (Red Rose Chain) and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance (Tabard Theatre). In addition to her work on stage, Elsie has appeared on screen in Birds Of A Feather and Joanna Lumley's Little Cracker. Elsie also works extensively as a voice artist and recently completed work on the Hitman series and Squadron 42. MILT \| NICK BARBER Credits include: The Life and Times of Fanny Hill (Bristol Old Vic), A Lady of Little Sense (Theatre Royal Bath), Don Gil of The Green Breeches (Theatre Royal Bath), Punishment Without Revenge (Theatre Royal Bath), Blood and Gifts (National Theatre). On screen, Nick has appeared in New Blood, Cuffs, Red Dwarf, Colour Me Kubrick, Complete Female Stage Beauty and on the radio regularly appearing in The Archers. HARRY \| CHARLES DORFMAN Charles studied Theatre at Trinity College Dublin and the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles.Theatre Credits include: SOME GIRL(S) (Park Theatre); Miss Julie (Etcetera Theatre); Taking Steps, Dangerous Corner, and Wuthering Heights (Manor Pavilion Sidmouth). On Screen Charles has appeared in Myrtle (dir. James Alexandrou), The Show (dir. James Alexandrou) and Present (dir. Joe Ballerini). MURRAY SCHISGAL \| AUTHOR Murray has an extensive career spanning plays, screenplays, fiction and as a producer/executive producer of five feature films. BROADWAY: Luv, (Tony nomination for Best Play and Best Author), Jimmy Shine, All Over Town, (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding New Play), The Chinese & Doctor Fish, Twice Around The Park, (“A Need for Brussels Sprouts” & “A Need for Less Expertise”) and An American Millionaire. OFF-BROADWAY AND OFF-OFF-BROADWAY: The Typists And The Tiger (Vernon Rice Award, Outer Circle Award, Saturday Review Critics Poll Award), Fragments & The Basement, The Flatulist, Walter, The Pushcart Peddlers, 74 Georgia Avenue, Sexaholics, Extensions, The Consequences Of Goosing, What About Luv? (A musical based on LUV), Road Show (revised, 2007 as Murder In The Drugstore) and Playtime (revised 2009 as Wall Street Fandango), Angel Wings (Off-Off-Broadway Award for Excellence). 18 PRODUCED SHORT PLAYS published by Applause Books in THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS, most of them published by DPS or SAMUEL FRENCH, ending with Naked Old Man, 2008-2009. In addition, 6 UNPRODUCED SHORT PLAYS published to-date only by Applause Books in THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS: The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Crying, First Love, Fifty Years Ago, Queenie, The Hunchback Of Central Park West, And The Hysterical Misogynist. Other recently written plays unproduced and unpublished: 3xme, Death Moves Into Our Rent-Controlled Apartment. Ladies And Gentlemen, I Have Something Of The Upmost Importance To Tell You. FILM: co-screenwriter credit: Tootsie (Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay; The New York Critics Circle Award, Best Screenplay, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Best Screenplay, The National Society of Film Critics Award, Best Screenplay, Writers Guild of American Annual Award, Outstand Achievement of Comedy Directly Written for the Screen, The British Academy of Film nomination, Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globe nomination. American Film Institute: #2 in The Funniest American Films, Writers Guild of America: #17 in 101 Greatest Screenplays). Sole screenwriter credit for The Tiger Makes Out, starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, directed by Arthur Hiller. TELEVISION: The Love Song Of Barney Kempinski, feature-length TV screenplay starring Allen Arkin (The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy nomination for Outstanding Dramatic Program) and Natasha Kovolina Pipashinsky, one-act of a trilogy of one-act TV screenplays. PRODUCER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF FIVE FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS: A Walk On The Moon, Boys And Girls, The Devil’s Arithmetic (The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children’s Special, The Golden Reel Award nomination”); Clubland, (Best Actor, Emmy nomination for Alan Alda); A Separate Peace (The National Academy Television Arts and Sciences Emmy nomination for Outstanding Family Special). GARY CONDES \| DIRECTOR Gary has spent over 20 years as a professional actor with an extensive career in Film, TV and Theatre. Career highlights include working alongside: Sam Rockwell; Moon, Helena Bonham Carter; Wings Of The Dove, Ray Winstone; Five Seconds To Spare and Colin Firth; Fever Pitch. For the last 10 years he has developed into a renowned acting teacher and coach, running courses in London and all over Europe and privately coaching clients for roles on various high profile productions, including: Lars Von Triers Nymphomaniac, Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth, HBO’s Game Of Thrones, BBC1’s The Three Musketeers, Fox Television’s The Bastard Executioner, Sky1‘s 24: Live Another Day, The Young Vic’s Hamlet, Hampstead Theatre’s The Arrest Of Ai Wei Wei and The Globe Theatre’s Troilus & Cressida. After winning a number of Short Film awards at International film festivals for directing, writing and acting, Gary has now teamed up with Buckland Theatre Company to direct their 2016 season of play’s. The first was Miss Julie by August Strindberg (Etc Theatre), which ran in March: “This is as impressive an example of the masterpiece as any. You probably need a very good reason to miss it.” Broadway World. This was followed in July by Neil LaBute’s Some Girl(s) (Park Theatre): "“Director Gary Condes has an eye for nonverbal details that make clear every unspoken grievance and implicit insecurity, making this a finely-performed character piece, engaging and satisfyingly spiky. Style and strong characterisation lift his production of LaBute’s bitter black comedy.” The Stage. Some Girl(s) has been nominated for an OffWestEnd.com OFFIE for Best Production. Website: www.facebook.com/GaryCondes MAX DOREY \| SET and COSTUME DESIGN Max graduated from the Professional Theatre Design MA at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2012. He was a finalist for the Linbury Prize in 2013 and was a trainee/assistant designer at the RSC in 2013/14. Set and Costume Design credits include: Cargo (Arcola); Last of the Boys (Southwark Playhouse); After Independence (Arcola Theatre/Papatango); P’Yongyang (Finborough Theatre); No Villain (Old Red Lion/Trafalgar Studios); All the Little Lights (Fifth Word); And Then Come The Nightjars (Theatre503/Bristol Old Vic/UK tour) - nominated for a 2016 UK Theatre Award for “Best Design”; Orson’s Shadow (Southwark Playhouse); Teddy (Southwark Playhouse); Lardo (Old Red Lion); Marching on Together (Old Red Lion); Coolatully (Finborough Theatre); Sleight and Hand (Edinburgh Fringe); I Can Hear You (The Other Place at the Courtyard, RSC/Royal Court Upstairs); This is Not an Exit (The Other Place at the Courtyard, RSC/Royal Court Upstairs); Count Ory (Blackheath Halls); Black Jesus (Finborough Theatre); The Duke in Darkness (Tabard Theatre); Marguerite (Tabard Theatre) - nominated “Best Set Design” Off West End Awards 2012. CHRISTOPHER NAIRNE \| LIGHTING DESIGN Christopher was awarded OffWestEnd.com’s “Best Lighting Designer” award in 2016 for Teddy at Southwark Playhouse. Previous shows at Park Theatre include The Buskers Opera, The School for Scandal, and Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief. Recent theatre includes: Home Chat (Finborough Theatre); Cargo (Arcola Theatre); Last of the Boys (Southwark Playhouse); After Independence (Arcola Theatre); BU21 (Theatre503); Correspondence (Old Red Lion Theatre); Botallack O’Clock (Old Red Lion Theatre); Octagon (Arcola Theatre); The Late Henry Moss (Southwark Playhouse); This Will End Badly (Southwark Playhouse); Teddy (Southwark Playhouse); Little Light (Orange Tree Theatre); Lionboy (Complicite – Tricycle Theatre & international tour); Coolatully (Finborough Theatre); Johnny Got His Gun (Southwark Playhouse & UK tour); Our Ajax (Southwark Playhouse); Around the World in 80 Days (Cambridge Junction & UK tour); and Sense and Sensibility (Watermill Theatre, Newbury). Opera includes: A Fairy Queen (Iford Arts); Macbeth (Iford Arts); Noye’s Fludde (Blackheath Halls Opera); Albert Herring (Hampstead Garden Opera); The Adventures of Count Ory (Blackheath Halls Opera); Belshazzar (Trinity Laban Conservatoire); La Calisto (Hampstead Garden Opera); Vivienne (Linbury Studio, ROH); and La Boheme (OperaUpClose). A full list of credits and portfolio are available on his website: www.christophernairne.co.uk RICHARD HAMMARTON \| SOUND DESIGNER and COMPOSER Theatre Credits Include: Girls (Hightide); Burning Doors (Belarus Free Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Theatr Clwyd); Jumpy (Theatr Clwyd) ; Linda (Royal Court); Tomcat (Papatango); Crushed Shells And Mud (Southwark Playhouse); The Crucible (Manchester Royal Exchange); Sunspots (Hampstead Theatre); Deposit (Hampstead Theatre); Comrade Fiasco (Gate Theatre); Grimm Tales 2 (Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf); Beached (Marlowe Theatre/Soho Theatre); Ghost From A Perfect Place (Arcola); The Crucible (Old Vic); Dealer’s Choice (Royal And Derngate); Kingston 14 (Theatre Royal Stratford East); A Number (Nuffield Theatre/Young Vic); Fault Lines (Hampstead Theatre Downstairs) ; Early Days (Of A Better Nation) (Battersea Arts Centre); Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (Young Vic/UK Tour); Cheese (Fanshen Theatre); An Inspector Calls (Theatre By The Lake); Brilliant Adventures (Manchester Royal Exchange); What Happens In The Winter (Upswing); Bandages (Teg Productions); I Know How I Feel About Eve (Hampstead Downstairs) ; The Last Summer (Gate Theatre, Dublin); Mudlarks (Hightide Festival/Theatre 503/The Bush); The Taming Of The Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Pitchfork Disney (Arcola); Judgement Day (The Print Room); Same Same, Little Baby Jesus, Fixer (Oval House); Edward Ii, Dr Faustus (Manchester Royal Exchange) - Winner of MEN “Best Design” Award; Persuasion, The Constant Wife, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Arsenic And Old Lace, The Real Thing, People At Sea (Salisbury Playhouse); Platform (Old Vic Tunnels); Ghosts (Duchess); Pride And Prejudice (Bath Theatre Royal/National Tour); Speaking In Tongues (Duke Of Yorks); The Mountaintop (Theatre 503, Trafalgar 1) - Winner of Olivier for “Best New Play”; The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice (Harrogate); A Raisin In The Sun (Lyric Hammersmith And Tour); The Shooky, Dealers Choice (Birmingham Rep); Hello And Goodbye, Some Kind Of Bliss (Trafalgar 2) ; Six Characters Looking For An Author (Young Vic); Breakfast With Mugabe (Ustinov, Bath Theatre Royal); Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Theatre Royal, Northampton); Inches Apart , Natural Selection, Salt Meets Wound, Ship Of Fools (Theatre 503); Steve Nallon’s Christmas Carol (The Door, Birmingham Rep); Blowing (National Tour, Fanshen Theatre). Film and Television: Ripper Street Series 1 And 2 (BBC) - Additional Music; Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Secret Of Chimneys (ITV) - Additional Music; Agatha Christie’s Marple Series 4 (ITV) - Additional Music; Agatha Christie’s Marple Series 3 (ITV) - Additional Music; No Win No Fee (BBC); Sex ‘N’ Death (BBC); Wipeout (BBC); The Ship (BBC) - Five Tracks For The Accompanying Soundtrack Album; The Pier (Short Film); First The Worst (Short Film); Raptured (Red On Black Productions) - Web Series; A Neutral Corner (Magic Eye Productions) - 2006 Winner Kodak “Best Short” Award; Konigsspitz, K2, The Fisherman’s Wife (Discovery Channel) - Shorts; Snow, The Button (Magic Eye Productions) - Short Films. Orchestration Work: Agatha Christie’s Marple Series 1 & 2 (ITV); Primeval (ITV); Dracula (BBC); Jericho (ITV); If I Had You (ITV); A History Of Britain (BBC); Silent Witness (BBC); Dalziel And Pascoe (BBC); The Nine Lives Of Tomas Katz (Feature Film, UK); Alice Through The Looking Glass (Channel 4); Scenes Of A Sexual Nature (Feature Film, UK). Interactive/Digital: Foundling Museum (The Foundling Museum, London) - Sound Installation; Moore Outside (Tate Britain/Coney) - Headphone Based Interactive Pieces; You Shall Go To The Ball (Royal Opera House) - Online Interactive Campaign; Light (Bac) - Interactive Installation. CAROLYN MCLEOD \| CASTING DIRECTOR Casting for over 15 years Carolyn is a freelance Casting Director who has worked with directors including Paul Schrader and Sofia Coppola. Recent feature projects include: the dance movie High Strung, with newcomers Nicholas Galitzine and Keenan Kempa, produced by some of the original team behind the Step Up movie franchise, The Dying Of The Light, with Nicolas Cage and Irene Jacob, Walking With The Enemy for which she cast Ben Kingsley and Ralph Brown, The Dark Prince with Jon Voight, Fright Night 2 with Jaime Murray, The Liability with Tim Roth, Peter Mullan and Jack O'Connell, The Magnificent Eleven, Payback Season, child and additional casting on The Woman In Black and the psychological thriller Truth Or Die with Jennie Jacques (VIKINGS). TV casting includes: numerous tv movies for Hallmark and the Syfy Channel including the romantic comedy Crown For Christmas with Rupert Penry-Jones (BLACK SAILS), and A Princess For Christmas with Roger Moore and Sam Heughan (OUTLANDER). Along with projects for the BBC, ITV, Disney and associate casting on the first two Harry Potter films She is currently in development on: sci fi movie Mr Smith, Blood And Stone, set in Wales and to be directed by Marc Jobst (Daredevil, Luke Gage), and thriller Prey No More. Along with transgender road movie Dust, all of which are due to shoot in the UK, Canada, and Romania later this year and in Spring 2017. Elit Condimentum Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Aenean eu leo Quam Cursus Amet Pellentesque Risus Ridiculus Praesent id libero id metus varius consectetur ac eget diam. Nulla felis nunc, consequat laoreet lacus id. Etiam Ultricies Donec id justo non metus auctor commodo ut quis enim. Mauris fringilla dolor vel condimentum imperdiet. Vulputate Commodo Ligula Commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6373
__label__wiki	0.584579	0.584579	NEPCO tenders for two LNG carg... NEPCO tenders for two LNG cargoes Friday, 14 August 2015 \| 10:00 The National Electric Power Company of Jordan launched a tender for the supply of two LNG cargoes to be delivered to the Al-Sheikh Sabah LNG terminal at Aqaba. According to the company’s filings, the two cargoes are for October delivery with the volume not exceeding 151,500 cbm. Bidders are also requested to propose a fixed price for the cargoes. NEPCO informed that the cargoes are to be delivered on October 6 through 7 and October 12 through 13 giving enough time for the power stations to consume the gas and ensure the FSRU, which is the only storage facility available to NEPCO, has sufficient capacity to receive each cargo. The FSRU Golar Eskimo is capable of storing 160,000 cubic metres of LNG and delivering up to 500 MMSCFD with a peaking capacity of 750 MMSCFD. Deadline for the submissions of the bids is set for August 18. Source: LNG World News 17/08/2015 00:00 - U.S. approves oil exports to Mexico 14/08/2015 11:00 - Argentina's July LNG imports hit record highs 14/08/2015 11:00 - Tokyo Gas July sales on the up 14/08/2015 11:00 - Argentinian LNG imports hit record high in July on electricity demand 14/08/2015 11:00 - US Gulf barge-loading delays expected to intensify in late August 14/08/2015 10:00 - AES Andres LNG terminal to offer trans-shipment, bunkering 14/08/2015 00:00 - Trinidad LNG cargo heading for Argentina 14/08/2015 00:00 - PTT to pen long-term LNG supply deals with Shell, BP 13/08/2015 11:00 - Thailand raises H1 gas imports on higher demand, low domestic output 13/08/2015 11:00 - AES Dominicana launches major natural gas projects for the region	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6374
__label__cc	0.657768	0.342232	Eddie's Eddie's (formerly Cambridgeshire Mencap) Eddie’s works across Cambridgeshire to provide lifelong opportunities for people with learning disabilities to create the lifestyle they choose and be equal and active members of the community. “Every day is different – I like the variety and the different challenges” - staff member "My befriender takes me out and makes me feel happy." - service user Eddies have received five grants through CCF. Earlier this year, a grant was awarded from the Microsoft Research Limited Fund to cover running costs of Group Activities sessions in the rurally deprived district of Fenland. In 2014, a grant was awarded from the Outlook Fund to contribute towards the Young People's Befriending Scheme. The Young People’s Befriending Scheme uses volunteers to provide friendship and support for young people with learning disabilities aged 13 to 25, enabling them to socialise with someone other than a parent/ carer. With this grant 55 young people have benefitted from being matched with a volunteer. On average a volunteer meets up with their befriendee once or twice a month. They participate in activities which have been selected and chosen by the young person. Click Eddie's 'Thank You' to view a short film saying thank you to the volunteers of the Briefriending Scheme. "For my son it is having a 1:1 relationship that is in no way dictated/guided by me." In 2014, a grant was also awarded from the ESRI Charitable Fund for Cambridge towards the Family Support Service. The Family Support service is based in Cambridge but supports family carers of children with a learning disability right across the county. Most of the people they support are experiencing emotional and physical exhaustion due to the pressure of fulfilling their parental role and, in many cases, also financial hardship, social exclusion and worklessness as they simply do not have the time or capacity to socialise or work. “As a family it means that we can have a couple of hours’ respite where my husband and I can relax and have some time off from caring. It also means we can spend time with our two older children.” In 2011, a High Sheriff's Award was given for the Young People's Befriending Scheme. Please follow CCF Spotlight on Twitter and Facebook #CCFspotlight If you would like to get involved and have your group feature in the #CCFspotlight, please email info@cambscf.org.uk. Under the Spotlight Birth Companions Turtle Dove Romsey Mill Blue Smile Red2Green VoiceAbility YouCanBikeToo Bedazzle WinterComfort Inspire Peterbrough Beat This	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6376
__label__wiki	0.848468	0.848468	Alexander Wang, 2013, NewYork Fashion Week Fashion Brands, Alexander Wang, Brand show, Fashion brand show, 2013, NewYork Fashion Week Alexander WangSpring 2013 Ready to Wear Wang is just about as It as you can get in New York fashion at the moment, and he delivered on his reputation, sending out a focused Spring collection that put his strong, singular vision on display. www.alexanderwang.comNewYorkFashion WeekFashion Brand "We kindly request that you refrain from using flash photography," a voice announced over the loudspeaker before the start of Alexander Wang's show. "That includes cell phones." What a bit of wishful thinking that was. Mere seconds after the overheads dimmed toward the end of the show and the black lights switched on to reveal that the models' white clothes glowed an electric shade of yellow, Twitterers took to their iPhones to share their pictures. Wang is just about as It as you can get in New York fashion at the moment, and he delivered on his reputation, sending out a focused Spring collection that put his strong, singular vision on display. "After last season's austerity," he explained, "I wanted to pull garments apart, experiment with volumes." Wang's is a precise kind of deconstruction. The clothes were all right angles—no asymmetries here—and the scalpel-sharp slices that separated the graphic panels of everything from a clinical white cotton shirtdress to a sand-dune-colored leather jacket were hand-tacked like sutures. As the show progressed, the splices became cutouts in wavy zebra stripes. The experiment reached its culmination in a series of sexy dresses that seemed to float on the body thanks to the invisible fish-line embroidery holding them together. The designer called the effect Tron-like. Fun fact: The first fishing line they tried melted under the heat of the irons used to press the samples, so team Wang had to devise a new one of their own. Function often suffers when designers put so much emphasis on form, but that wasn't an issue here. Wang smartly stuck close to traditional American sportswear design. Spongy leather T-shirt dresses were modeled after baseball uniforms. Liberty Ross, a catwalker whose star appears to be on the rise after her husband's cheating scandal with Kristen Stewart, modeled a simple windbreaker. The black-light moment will be what people talk about and remember, but even without it, this was a powerful performance.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6377
__label__cc	0.67692	0.32308	Blue Devils Win Third Straight on the Road at Bryant on Thursday Night Senior guard Joe Seymore scored 19 points, and the Central Connecticut State University men's basketball team won its third straight game, topping Bryant, 60-34, on the road on Thursday night. The win is the third straight for the Blue Devils who improve to 8-14 overall and 5-6 in Northeast Conference play. The two teams will play each other again on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in New Britain in Detrick Gym. The Blue Devils allowed only 34 total points against the Bulldogs, the lowest point total allowed for Central in the shot clock era. It is the fewest points allowed in a game since a 31-28 win over Southern Connecticut State University in 1983-84. Central trailed 8-4 in the first four minutes of the game after hitting only 1-of-10 from the field. They answered by catching fire from three point range and ran off a 23-3 run over the next 10 minutes to take a 27-11 lead with 8:40 on the clock. Seymore hit his first four three-point attempts and sophomore Vince Rosario hit his first three as the Blue Devils scored 12 straight points at one point to open up the first half lead. Central led 36-20 at the half, and shot 8-of-12 from three, behind 15 points from Seymore. The Blue Devils held Bryant to 6-of-25 shooting from the field in the half, good for just 24.0 percent. It marked the lowest first half shooting percentage for a Blue Devil opponent this season. Central held a 23-15 advantage on the boards. In the second half the Blue Devils held the Bulldogs to only 14 points, they hit just 6-of-26 from the field and 1-of-7 from three. The 14 points in a half is a season-low for a Blue Devil opponent. Central outrebounded the Bulldogs 44-28 on the night, marking the third straight game that the Blue Devils have outrebounded their opponent. Sophomore Chris Baskerville led the way with six boards, while freshman Joe Efese, junior Shemik Thompson and Seymore all had five. Seymore led all scorers with 19 points in the game. He hit five threes, all in the first half, and also grabbed five rebounds. Junior Markeys Deans had 12 points and seven rebounds while Rosario added 10 points and four boards. Seymore's 19 points give him 947 in his career, just 53 points shy of becoming the 31st player in school history to reach 1,000 career points. The nine threes for Central is a season-high. They came in 20 attempts, good for 45.0 percent, the third-best percentage of the season. Central has made 16 of its last 37 threes in the last two games. Freshman Devan Bailey had five assists and no turnovers in the game. In his last three games Bailey has 20 assists and only four turnovers. The Blue Devils and Bulldogs will meet again in just two days, this time in New Britain. Central and Bryant will tip at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday in Detrick Gym. March 4, 2010 Men's Hoop Season Ends at Robert Morris with 71-63 Loss March 1, 2010 Freshman Joe Efese Named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week February 27, 2010 Seymore Hits 1,000 as Blue Devils Qualify for Northeast Conference Tournament February 25, 2010 Men's Hoops Tops Long Island 74-65 at Home February 20, 2010 Men's Hoop Hangs On for 62-60 Victory at Wagner on Saturday Night February 18, 2010 Blue Devils Drop Third Straight on the Road at Mount St. Mary's February 13, 2010 Central Men Drop Second Straight Home Game, Fall to St. Francis (PA) Red Flash on Saturday February 11, 2010 Men's Hoop Four-Game Win Streak Snapped vs. Robert Morris February 6, 2010 Junior Shemik Thompson Leads Blue Devils to Fourth Straight Victory February 4, 2010 Blue Devils Win Third Straight on the Road at Bryant on Thursday Night January 30, 2010 Blue Devils Win Third Straight at Home, Top Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday Afternoon January 28, 2010 Blue Devils Top Monmouth 66-44 on Thursday Night at Home January 24, 2010 Men's Basketball Falls on the Road at Quinnipiac on Sunday Afternoon January 21, 2010 Men's Basketball Falls on the Road at Sacred Heart on Thursday Night January 16, 2010 Shemik Thompson's Career-High Leads Blue Devils to NEC Home Win Over Sacred Heart January 14, 2010 Blue Devils Drop Sixth Straight Game, Fall to Quinnipiac at Home January 11, 2010 Central Men Drop First Home Game of the Season, 73-63, to Savannah State January 9, 2010 Men's Hoops Drops Fourth Straight, Fall 83-74 at Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday Night January 7, 2010 Central Men Drop Third Straight at Monmouth on Thursday Night January 4, 2010 Men's Basketball Drops Second Straight at Colgate on Monday Night January 2, 2010 Blue Devils Drop 70-53 Decision to Holy Cross at the Mohegan Sun Arena December 30, 2009 Blue Devils Move to 2-0 at Home with 89-86 Double Overtime Victory Over UMBC December 22, 2009 Men's Basketball Drops Non-Conference Decision at Northwestern on Tuesday Night December 17, 2009 Men's Basketball to Hold Youth Clinic on Saturday Afternoon in Detrick Gym December 12, 2009 Blue Devils Win in Overtime Against Albany in Home Opener December 9, 2009 Men's Basketball Drops 67-55 Decision at New Hampshire on Wednesday Night December 5, 2009 Men's Basketball Drops 69-65 Decision at LIU December 3, 2009 Simmons' Double-Double Leads Central Past St. Francis (NY) 63-50 November 29, 2009 Men's Basketball Falls 67-53 at The Citadel on Sunday Night November 28, 2009 Men's Basketball Tops Savannah State 51-44 on Saturday Night in Charleston November 16, 2009 Men's Basketball Falls on the Road at Savannah State, 53-45, on Monday Night November 13, 2009 Men's Basketball Drops 67-58 Decision to Fairfield in Connecticut 6 Classic November 13, 2009 Men's and Women's Basketball Teams Open Season Tonight November 4, 2009 Blue Devils Picked Fifth; Junior Ken Horton Named to Pre-Season All-Conference Team But Will Miss the 2009-10 Season October 14, 2009 Chris Baskerville Wins CCSU Men's Basketball Blue Devil Run on Wednesday August 31, 2009 Central Connecticut State University Men's Basketball Releases 2009-10 Schedule Sat, 03/02 \| Men's Basketball vs. Fairleigh Dickinson L, 70-58 (Final) RC \| BX \| BX \| V Thu, 02/28 \| Men's Basketball at LIU Brooklyn L, 84-55 (Final) RC \| BX \| BX \| V Sat, 02/23 \| Men's Basketball vs. Sacred Heart L, 80-66 (Final) RC \| BX \| BX \| V Thu, 02/21 \| Men's Basketball vs. Mount St. Mary's L, 79-66 (Final) RC \| BX \| PH \| V Sat, 02/16 \| Men's Basketball at St. Francis Brooklyn L, 90-79 (Final) RC \| BX \| V	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6378
__label__wiki	0.735296	0.735296	DestinationsFood & DrinkPlayStayVideo Going to Peru? 10 things to know before your trip Sean Cunningham, for CNN • Updated 6th July 2017 Editor's Note — Follow "Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown" on Twitter and Facebook. (CNN) — With a climate that ranges from desert dry to tropical lush to freeze-your-North-Face-off in the Andes, Peru packs a ton of diversity between its sea level elevation Pacific beaches and the 22,204 foot top of its highest mountain, Nevado Huascaran. There's pisco. There's ceviche. And, yes, there's that famous trail. Don't worry, we'll get to all of those. First, some things you may not already know: 1. Lima is worth seeing While most international travelers land in Peru's current capital, many immediately continue on to the country's former capital, Cuzco, in their rush to get to Machu Picchu. That's a mistake. Lima is Peru's largest city by far. It's home to more than a quarter of Peru's roughly 30 million people, has wonderful food, the beautiful Miraflores district (where you can drink while overlooking beaches lined with small rocks that form eye-catching patterns each time the tide rolls out) and excellent museums. The Museo Larco and its Erotic Gallery is devoted to sculptures from more than a thousand years ago celebrating sexual congress in all of its least procreative forms. Reproductions of these works pop up all over Peru, notably in the form of a bottle of pisco shaped like a fellow in an extremely good mood. Museo Larco (Larco Museum), Bolivar 1515, Lima; +51 1 461 1312 2. You're gonna love the ceviche Fresh, raw fish marinated in citrus juices and spiced with chili peppers and sometimes other tongue-tingling spices, ceviche is Peru's most popular dish, a must-try for any visitor. In Lima, internationally famed La Mar is a great place to try it, but ceviche is prepared differently throughout the country, from humble street stalls to elegant restaurants. La Mar, 770 Av. La Mar, Lima; +51 1 421 3365 9 foods every visitor to Peru should try 3. There's more to Peru than Incas Most tourists come to Peru to see Machu Picchu or other Inca ruins, with maybe a few Catholic churches thrown in for balance. This makes it easy to conclude, "There were the Incas, then the Spanish came, which brings us to where we are now." In fact, the Inca were a bit like Mitt Romney's Bain Capital: They had a knack for taking control of long-established things and making them their own. The Incan state didn't emerge until the 1200s. It became an empire in the 1400s, and its final sovereign emperor died in 1533, officially ending the period of constructing the buildings and roads that lure visitors to this day. That said, the Norte Chico people of Peru built a civilization 5,000 years ago and the centuries that followed saw the emergence of other significant cultures, such as the Paracas and the Moche. Was the Incan era a highlight of Peruvian history? Unquestionably. But when Peruvian museums boast artifacts from before Christ, focusing exclusively on Atahualpa and his predecessors is akin to being so impressed by books that you conclude world history began with the Gutenberg press. 4. Pisco rules Watch out for this stuff -- pisco goes fast. Sean Cunningham Peru's beverage of choice is pisco, a brandy made from grapes. It's also adored in Chile, inspiring an epic rivalry over which nation is its true birthplace. Available in numerous brands at varying prices, pisco is usually consumed in cocktail form, meaning other ingredients largely hide its nuances, which can be a good thing for novices unaccustomed to pisco's blowtorch nuances. The most famous cocktail is the pisco sour, consisting of lime juice, simple syrup, egg white, ice and Angostura bitters. There are assorted variations, such as the coca sour for those who feel the pisco sour requires more bitterness. If you'd rather just have a beer, you're in luck -- the local brews are good, with Cusqueña being a particularly refreshing option. The Sacred Valley of the Incas -- uncover its mysteries 5. Cash is king, ideally in small bills Travelers in less trafficked areas of the world often find businesses that won't take MasterCard or Visa, much less American Express. Peru offers an extra twist: occasionally shops refuse these cards despite displaying signs advertising them. In general, Peruvians like their soles (the currency is the nuevo sol) in small denominations: a fifty (roughly $20) is OK, but denominations of twenty and under are better to ensure merchants can make change. That noted, Peruvians tend to put great stock in U.S. dollars, so even if an establishment doesn't take credit cards and you don't see an ATM, you may still be able to buy dinner or souvenirs. Make sure your U.S. and other foreign currency is in pristine shape -- many merchants and hotels will reject torn or overly worn bills. 6. Altitude adjustment amounts to common sense Peru is a mountainous land, and you have to handle heights if you're going to Cuzco, Machu Picchu and other landmarks of Incan culture. How to prepare? The easiest method is drink lots of water, get plenty of sleep and ease off the booze -- just imagine how your mother would like you to conduct your life at every elevation and you'll be fine. You can also consume stimulating coca leafs, whether in tea or by chewing them. Stunning aerials of Lake Titicaca, Machu Picchu and beyond 7. The plumbing requires some TLC Machu Picchu leaves visitors breathless. Expect to see trashcans in bathrooms next to the toilet. While Peruvian plumbing handles your waste, it doesn't do toilet paper, which must be put in the bin next to the bowl. Some bathrooms have signs stating this rule, others assume you know: remember and spare yourself begging for a plunger in broken Spanish. 8. The Inca Trail is genuinely difficult Along the famed trail you'll often be reminded of the Peruvian proverb: "When the road is long, even slippers feel tight." The Inca Trail largely consists of stone stairs -- often steep ones -- and those stone stairs weren't meant to be covered by mortals. The result is that the steps feel quite high for those who don't answer to "Kobe" or "LeBron." If just reading this makes your knees swell, you may be in trouble. In addition, while altitude sickness tends to be exaggerated, there'll come a moment when you're going up a hill and find that your lungs have betrayed you. Throw in the chance of heavy rains -- test your "waterproof" gear pretrek to make sure it's just that -- and the trail can feel less like vacation than boot camp. Peru to tourists: 'Stop getting naked at Machu Picchu!' 9. There are ways to ease your Inca pain Depending on the company guiding you on the Trail, it's possible to get porters to carry your tent, sleeping bag, food and ... well, they'll essentially carry everything, including you, should your body completely fall to pieces. Porters race ahead to the night's camp and assemble everything before parties arrive, then cook and serve multiple-course meals, in certain cases on white linen table clothes. The result after a hard day's walk is that you feel like you've stepped out of "Deliverance" and into "Howard's End." Speaking of porters ... 10. Porters are the toughest guys in the country Machu Picchu porters are even tougher than the trail. Whether you're on your own or traveling like an English lord in the colonies, you'll encounter porters on the Inca Trail. These men tend to be farmers or laborers looking to earn extra money. They carry up to 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of gear -- the weight limit is a recent development, they used to handle positively spine-shattering loads -- and they carry it fast. Some actually run along the trail, somehow avoiding shredded ankles as they navigate uneven, wet stones just to ensure all's ready before the tourists stagger into camp. If you feel like racing your fellow hikers, great. Do not test the porters: They're pros, and you're at best a promising amateur. This story was originally published in 2013. Photos: 10 South American hot spots you'll want to check out A year of the world'sBest BeachesThere's a perfect beach for every week of the year. 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__label__wiki	0.766752	0.766752	Persona per sona (trans: A Mask through sounds) Discovering ‘character’ through Shakespeare’s Verbal Music As part of a Master of Philosophy research project in conjunction with Goldsmiths, University of London, I am conducting exploratory work building character through the sound and form of Shakespeare’s language in the Late Romances. This project has drawn on the rich verbal sound-world of the Late Romances to develop an approach to acting Shakespeare that invites the actor to encounter verse-drama as sound, and to create characterisation as an imaginative interpretation of the verbal music. The Research Question: My project asks this question: How can we develop a rehearsal process for Shakespeare that builds character and performance from an engagement with the text that prioritises the sonic properties of the verse over the apparent literal or sub-textual meanings. The Inspiration: My project proposes that there is an ongoing need to develop new rehearsal room methodologies based upon the discoveries of great practitioners who have gone before, such as John Barton and Peter Brook. Such discoveries were perhaps best observed by Peter Brook when he wrote of Shakespeare’s verse: Concept is there, but beyond concept is the ‘concept brought into life by image’, and beyond concept and image is music – and word music is the expression of what cannot be caught in conceptual speech. Human experience that cannot be conceptualised is expressed through music. Poetry comes out of this, because in poetry you have an infinitely subtle relationship between rhythm, tone, vibration and energy, which give to each word as it is spoken concept, image and at the same time an infinitely powerful further dimension which comes from sound, from the verbal music. - Peter Brook Evoking (and Forgetting) Shakespeare Prospero’s Tempest (working title) This performance is a mapping of the mind and persona of Shakespeare’s Prospero. It does so by exploring the dramatic ramifications of the sound patterning in the language of the play, to expose the sound-world Shakespeare creates through words. The performance draws exclusively on text from The Tempest and its envisaged that it be accompanied by a soundscape incorporating the little-known original music for the play written by Shakespeare’s colleague, the composer Robert Johnson. It takes as its premise the paradox that on an island of Prospero’s mind, the only other figures physically present are his daughter Miranda – to whose protection his intentions turn, and Ariel, without whom he cannot act. It’s a performance for two actors and a singer: Prospero/Caliban Ariel - operatic countertenor In no other play of Shakespeare, is the action, and even the disposition of the other characters so utterly the construction of the central protagonist. Shakespeare uses the device of a ‘stage magician’ – a Faustian necromancer, to explore a single character through all the stage action of the drama. It’s not too fanciful to suggest that the entire enchanted island is a landscape of Prospero’s mind. This expressionist approach to characterisation is fuelled by the most knotted, ornate and ethereal language in the Shakespearean canon. That language creates a sound world that is simultaneously the world of the island, and sonic portrait of Prospero’s mind – his dreaming. Shakespeare’s devotion to sound-patterning in language – to the verbal-music, is given a level of power and freedom to dominate the theatrical experience in his last play, especially in the words he gives to his last protagonist – that makes it truly an experimental drama. A sonic analysis of Prospero’s speech, suggests to us the possibility that perhaps uniquely in Shakespeare’s work, a layer of the characterisation of Prospero may have been expressed almost exclusively in the sound-text of the words, with only the most scant and indirect references to that character dilemma in the literal meaning of the text. Shakespeare’s project with this play was to see how far redemption could be achieved by the most devilish of sinners – a necromancer. Only at the moment of surrender, and then only passingly, does Prospero finally confess overtly to his audience: Graves at My Command Have waked their sleepers op’d and set’em’forth By my so potent art! But this Rough Magic, I here abjure. The Tempest Act V, Sc 1 But the clues to the twisted combination of power-lust, rage and self-reproach in Prospero’s mind are embedded throughout the soundscape of language in the text. Also unique in Shakespeare, is the fact that the original music written for the play has survived, in the song settings and dance music of Robert Johnson. An approach to acting that draws out the impulses and moods of the sound of the language, is complimented by use of this extant music, to explore what the sound world of The Tempest might have been like in Shakespeare’s original conception. Shakespeare is at pains to link sound to magic and magic to dreams. the isle is full of noises, The Tempest Act III, sc 2 This virtual mood-board for the production in development draws liberally on images and other artworks that have inspired the development of this project, and features a recording of Robert Johnson's original song-setting for "Full Fathom Five" sung by Andreas Scholl	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6398
__label__cc	0.738579	0.261421	Home > Archive by category 'Video' Welcome to Cult Reviews’ video-section. If you’d like to contribute some of your own, original audio-visual works, whatever they may be, then feel free to contact us and we’ll take it from there. Enjoy the video’s so far. Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 by Red Steele British writer/director Michael J. Bassett (Deathwatch, Wilderness) was invited to the 28th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival to introduce his latest film Solomon Kane to Belgian audiences. Friday, April 3rd, 2009 by Red Steele With genre movies like Dog Soldiers and The Descent, writer/director Neil Marshall had already built up a solid reputation amongst worldwide horror audiences. In 2008, Marshall was invited to the 26th Brussels Fantastic Film Festival to present his latest film, the post-apocalyptic Doomsday. Thursday, February 17th, 2011 by Red Steele The animated trailers from Offscreen Film Festival collected. Press play below. Sunday, February 1st, 2015 by Red Steele Director: Alasdair McBroom Writer: Alasdair McBroom Running Time: 2 min 14 sec Share the Scare – Sharing the Short When daddy and daughter are wrapping up the day, a wicked little twist comes into play. Monday, February 2nd, 2015 by Red Steele Director: Drew Daywalt Writer: Drew Daywalt When a phone rings in the middle of the night, beware of he who is not in sight. Page 2 of 3 « 1 2 3 » Little Devils: The Birth	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6406
__label__wiki	0.508711	0.508711	Shop Submit Link Out-Source Games Contact/Guest Post Sell/Buy Brother Sites Info-Car Watching Modren Family Comedy TV Series Online \| Get The Latest Modern Family & TV Shows \| Seasons Episodes Guides Fallon appeared in a pre-taped segment with cast members from “Glee” (Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Corey Monteith and Amber Riley), Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, Jorge Garcia, Nina Dobrev, Tim Gunn and Joel McHale teaming up to perform Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run.” (Props to McHale for showing up after he and his show, “Community,” were snubbed by Emmy.The performers then burst on stage to do backup for Fallon and “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson. The opener topped Neil Patrick Harris’ bit last year–or was at least as great. Kate Gosselin mocked her own appearance on “Dancing with the Stars” when the group declined her offer to join their glee club. It also included the obligatory Betty White appearance, which set up her and Hamm’s presentation of the first award of the night.We have a very limited amount of invitations at the moment, but mail us a few lines about yourself and material you'd might be able to contribute with and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We haven't written any of the text on this blog, almost every post is copy/paste and therefore created by other people. One more important thing to have in mind when viewing some of the work we share at this blog, is that it's often intended to be installed/presented in a gallery.Japan in 1977 and currently lives in London. He uses lo-tech video animation to create poetic dreamscapes - ruminations on ideas of time and motion, innocence and alienation, dislocation and displacement. His seminal film, 'Dwelling', 2002 was accomplished while still a graduate student at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, and brought him to the attention of the international art world through exhibitions including New Contemporaries and East International.Certain leitmotifs recur throughout the films - a child's rocking horse, migrating animals, model jet planes - objects which play out notions of travel and nomadism, of being at home and thinking of elsewhere. This is not an attack, but in a way it is - if that is what it takes for you to simply drop everything that stops you from feeling for people. Feel for people. Actually, I would say your number one focus - if your life quality, whether it be level of professional success or just love in your lie, is way below your standard should be on feeling for people. Because when you do, your life becomes much more exciting. Your face opens up - because it has to be open, for you to feel for people - which allows you to take in all the different nuances of your experiences, while at the same time relieving you of a lot of the stress that being emotionally closed up gives rise to. You do not have to deal, anymore, with all the "what if they do not like what I am saying?" - if you are simply focused on the problems that THAT person has, which focusing on the rhythms of that person will provide to you the opportunity to choose to do. The reason I am talking about rhythms in the context of social interaction, is that doing so is a great way to activate yourself - a great way to see "the matrix" of social interaction. Think of rhythms, and you will have a much easier time adapting your body language - so as to make people around you comfortable; you will make friends easier this way. 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__label__wiki	0.708121	0.708121	About Daegu City slogan Major Policies Where is Daegu? Friendship Cities Life in Daegu Budget Plans and Status Way to Daegu City Government Daegu Life Chidrearing Support Childbirth Support Late-Night/365 Pharmacies Employment and job training Foreigner Service Korean Language Programs Support Organizations for Foreigners Support for Children of Multicultural Families Support for Multicultural Families at Risk Introduction to Healthy Family Support Centers Daegu Food Daegu City Tour Daegu investment incentives A city of convenient transportation and thriving industries Superior R&D base for businesses A residential environment that welcomes foreigners Sophisticated cultural environment Daegu industries as future growth engines Strategic industries of Daegu Daegu City’s New Growth Engine Investment support system Guide to foreign investment Cutting-edge industrial complexes 2nd Dalseong Industrial Complex Daegu National Industrial Complex Seongseo 5th Industrial Complex Daegu Technopolis Medivalley Innopolis Daegu City Administration News Social Media Journalists Colorful Daegu Facebook Search Open Menu Open This Fall, See Old Daegu in Pictures ( T. 120) Daegu Modern History Museum showcases over 50 photographs of Daegu from the 1950s In celebration of the 2018 Daegu Photo Biennale, the Daegu Modern History Museum is holding a special exhibition titled “Daegu in Pictures-1950s.” Held from September 14 to November 25 at the special exhibition hall of the museum, this exhibition features over 50 photographs of the streets and people of Daegu in the 1950s. The exhibition also showcases over 20 photography-related relics, such as 10 cameras housed at the Korea Film Museum (Director Kim Tae-hwan). 〈Donated photographs – photography by James Johnson〉 ▲ Old Daegu Station ▲ People Waiting for the Bus ○ This exhibition has been attracting particular attention from the public by introducing a number of black and white photographs of Daegu in the 1950s, which were donated to the museum by an American. Photographed by the late James Johnson (born in 1925), an American soldier who was stationed in Daegu in the 1950s, and donated by his wife Carolyn G. Johnson (born in 1934), the pictures are rare materials that vividly show snippets of people’s daily lives and Daegu’s scenery. ○ Carolyn Johnson, recently donated 207 articles left by her late husband James Johnson, including 203 photographs to the Daegu Modern History Museum, through the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Houston, Texas. Born in 1925, the late Johnson served in the navy until he transferred to the air force. He was stationed at the K-2 Air Base in Daegu from 1954 to 1955. He took many photographs during his lifetime, including pictures of Daegu, his family and colleagues, and landscape. The photographs of Daegu show various images of the old Hanil Theater, which no longer exists, Daegu Station, houses around the Gyesan Catholic Church, and thriving downtown. ○ Aside from urban landscape and streets, the photographs include people waiting for the bus at a bus station, an old man wearing gat (traditional Korean headwear for men), women holding parasols, a shoeshine boy, women peddlers wearing headscarves, and other people of Daegu in the 1950s, immediately after the Korean War, who were happily shrouded in hope of restoration. Among the showcased photographs, pictures of an American PX located in the old product display building of the Daegu Station, a market display of American products, U.S. Forces’ equipment placed in the Daegu Commercial High School campus show images of life during the time of the Korean War. ○ The photographs were discovered by Carolyn Johnson as she was organizing items left behind by her deceased husband. She expressed her intention to donate the pictures to Consul Park Kkot-nim at the Korean Consulate General in Houston, and the photographs were able to be delivered to Daegu thanks to the efforts of the officials at the consulate general. Carolyn Johnson remarked, “I hope that these precious photographs left by my husband would be meaningful symbols that help the people of Daegu to remember the old days in Korea and their lives in the past.” ○ In addition to the donations, this exhibition features a number of photographs of Daegu in the 1950s, housed at the Daegu Modern History Museum. Moreover, exhibition booths have been set up in the exhibition hall to showcase Rolleiflex, Polaroid Land 95, and other rare cameras that inform the viewers of the photography culture at the time and the history of photography. 〈The exhibition hall〉 ○ Most of the cameras showcased in the exhibition belong to the Korea Film Museum. The Daegu Modern History Museum has also set up a photo zone at the entrance of the exhibition hall for visitors to take a picture against the backdrop of the 1950s Daegu. Visitors can browse the photographs and cameras, and also watch videos of the streets of Daegu and the lives of the people of old Daegu in the 1950s. ○ The 1950s in Korea was a difficult time for Koreans, symbolized by extreme poverty after Japan’s exploitation and the Korean War. “Despite the difficult times, people look happier than now, perhaps because they had hope,” remarked Choi Hyun-mook, director of the Daegu Arts Center. “I hope that this exhibition provides an opportunity for the Korean people to think about the meaning of hope that the people of Daegu had in their plights of civil war and poverty.” ○ The 2018 Daegu Photo Biennale, which opened on September 7, will continue to be held at the Daegu Arts Center, Daegu Art Factory, and other galleries, until October 16. DAEGU METROPOLITAN CITY 88 Gongpyeong-ro(Dongindong 1-ga), Jung-gu,Daegu 41911,Korea. TEL 82-53-120 \| FAX 82-53-803-2799 Viewer Dawnload 한글 pdf word excel power point	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6410
__label__cc	0.668759	0.331241	A Taxi Driver (Movie) A Taxi Driver 2017, Taeksi Woonjunsa, 택시 운전사 In May, 1980, German reporter Peter (Thomas Kretschmann) works on assignment in Tokyo, but the news is slow there. He hears from a colleague that something ominous is occurring in Gwangju, South Koea. The phone lines have been completely cut off to the city. Peter decides to go there. In Seoul, South Korea, Kim Man-Seob (Song Kang-Ho) struggles to… more In May, 1980, German reporter Peter (Thomas Kretschmann) works on assignment in Tokyo, but the news is slow there. He hears from a colleague that something ominous is occurring in Gwangju, South Koea. The phone lines have been completely cut off to the city. Peter decides to go there. In Seoul, South Korea, Kim Man-Seob (Song Kang-Ho) struggles to make ends meet as a taxi driver, while also taking care of his daughter. He needs money to pay for his rent. At a restaurant, Kim Man-Seob overhears that a foreigner is offering to pay a lot of money to be driven to Gwangju. The drive would cover Kim Man-Seob's rent. He dashes out of the restaurant to pick up the foreigner. Soon, Peter and Kim Man-Seob head for Gwangju from Seoul. They don't know what is going on there or the countless lives that will soon be lost. less Genres: Action, Drama, History Yoo Hae Jin Song Kang Ho Park Hyuk Kwon Ryu Joon Yul Choi Gwi Hwa Watch A Taxi Driver (Movie): A Taxi Driver (2017) Sep 30, 2017	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6414
__label__wiki	0.913401	0.913401	Mr Eazi songs may be ignored in Nigeria Nigerians are a very proud people especially when it comes to food and music. Fast rising act Mr Eazi found this out recently. Take for example, the ongoing war about who makes better Jollof rice (its Nigeria by the way). This morning fast rising act Mr Eazi fanned the flames again when he tweeted that Ghanaian music has influenced Nigerian music. Of course Nigerians were not having any of this. Many came out to lambast the singer. But Eazi was not done. He went further to say that even though Nigerian music is enjoyed all over Africa and the rest of the world, Ghanaian music is the new bounce. But despite all this, we have to ask our self if Mr Eazi is saying the truth. Has Ghanaian music influenced Nigeria’s? the answer to this would be yes. The music of Ghanaian musicians like VIP, Fuse ODG, and Sarkodie has directly influenced a lot of Nigerian songs. For simplicity’s sake, listen to Wizkid’s 2012 hit Azonto. That song directly drew from Fuse ODG’s song released months before it. Alkayida a dance step and song of the same name released by Kcee and Timaya cannot deny its Ghanaian elements. Wizkid's 2012 song Azonto was definetely inspired by Ghanaian musician Fuse ODG's song of the same name. Olamide is one musician who regularly fuses Ghanaian slangs and style of music on his songs. Remember the songs First of All and his verse on DJ Neptune’s song Baddest? Most recently Runtown’s hit Mad Over You features Ghanaian lyrics and almost half of the songs released in 2016 had the Nigerian musician use the slang Chale a Ghanaian slang for brother. So this fuss is really uncalled for. Runtown's latest hit Mad Over You undoubtedly has Ghanaian elements. Instead, we really should be happy that our music is bringing both countries closer. Something diplomacy hasn’t managed to achieve quite as well. As for why Mr Eazi may have just derailed his career,Nigerians are a very proud people. We take what we perceive as insults very seriously. This may play out in the way fans react to Mr Eazi’s materials. His songs may be ignored, social media will not be kind to him and when he does get to perform on stage, his act will be met with so much criticism that he’ll wonder what he did wrong for years. All these have happened before. Just ask Eedris Abdulkareem. You Can Share On Social Media http://www.konga.com?k_id=Gozmo	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6417
__label__wiki	0.858339	0.858339	Tai Kwun: Where Heritage and Art Take Flight Pro-Tips from Hong Kong’s E-Sports Pros Essential Hong Kong Brands Everything You Need to Know About the High-Speed Rail Everything You Need to Know About the Longest Bridge-and-Tunnel Sea Crossing in the World Hong Kong in 60 Hours (Without Killing Yourself!) New Neon: How Hong Kong’s Iconic Neon Signs Are Becoming an Art Form Discover Hong Kong’s Cultural Attractions with Artist Kristopher Ho Where to Eat Vegetarian Food in Hong Kong The Best Souvenirs Under $200 to Bring Back from Hong Kong Hong Kong’s Street Art Scene with Mural Painter Elsa de Jean De Dieu Hong Kong: Land and Sea Experience Nature and Culture in Plover Cove Country Park The People Who Find Your Lost Passport…And More 6 Pieces of Art You Might Miss when Rushing for your High Speed Train Adventure Hikes in Hong Kong 5 Places to Visit Near Hong Kong West Kowloon Station Family Hikes Hong Kong’s Marine Parks Eating Out with Chef Lee Man Sing Hong Kong’s Best Secret Shops It’s All In the Family: A Close-Knit Food Community A Fashion Giant A Timeless Treasure and Evolving Craft Living Like a Local Sham Shui Po Edition Hong Kong’s Best Vintage Shops Whisky Lover's Guide to Hong Kong Home>Plan Your Trip>Get Inspired>Experience Nature and Culture in Plover Cove Country Park By National Geographic Discover a historic Hakka village and flourishing flora and fauna on a one-place, two-perspectives adventure with photographer Tugo Cheng. Acclaimed Hong Kong-based fine art photographer and architect Tugo Cheng travels the world capturing the natural and cultural diversity of landscapes. While his work has earned Cheng widespread international recognition—including several nominations for National Geographic Photographer of the Year—the talented Hong Kong native welcomes opportunities to showcase off-the-beaten path natural areas of his hometown. “Hong Kong is different from anywhere else in the world in terms of proximity to nature and hiking trails,” says Cheng, who frequently hikes both internationally and in Hong Kong. “I’ve hiked in the United Kingdom, Greece, and other countries where you have to travel one or two hours from the city center to the trails. In Hong Kong, there are places to hike right out your back door. The distance between nature and urban here is one of the closest in the world.” Recently, National Geographic launched Cheng on a two-for-one adventure in Hong Kong’s Plover Cove Country Park. The pristine natural area shelters a centuries-old Hakka village, offering visitors the rare opportunity to experience both nature and culture in one easy hike. Through his photographs and insights, Cheng shares what makes Plover Cove Country Park a top spot for travelers who want to explore the wild side of Hong Kong. Lai Chi Wo is one of the few Hakka villages that are still inhabited in Plover Cove. Unplug and Unwind While it is easily accessible via train and minibus, Plover Cove Country Park feels a world away from the hustle and bustle of urban Hong Kong. Located in northeastern Hong Kong, the park is a serene oasis where it’s easy to unplug from the dizzying distractions of city life and tune into the relaxing sights and sounds of nature. For Cheng, who seeks to inspire people through the images and messages conveyed through his art, Plover Cove is particularly appealing due to the preserved Hakka village hidden within the park. “There are a lot of Hong Kong trails leading primarily through forest settings, but in Plover Cove, you have the forest, high mountains, and a traditional village. It is a mix of different things—a balance between nature and culture—which quite aptly represents Hong Kong.” Cheng encourages would-be hikers to learn more about Hakka culture before hiking in Plover Cove Country Park. Taking time to better understand the Hakka—widely thought to be largely northern Han Chinese who progressively migrated south beginning in 400 AD—will make the experience even more memorable and meaningful. To explore Plover Cove Country Park on a half-day trip, Cheng recommends following the main, lower elevation route, which takes three-to-four hours and covers about four and a half miles. Ideal for families and people seeking a relatively level path, the moderate hike begins at the Bride’s Pool Nature Trail and ends at the ferry stop at Lai Chi Wo, the Hakka village. Discover Natural Wonders Prepare to capture a gallery of Instagrammable nature-scapes along the way, beginning with Bride’s Pool and Mirror Pool waterfalls. Easily accessible from the trail, the crystal-clear cascades and their pools are two of the many rushing and rolling water features passed or crossed on the hike. Bamboo jungles are a common sight in the verdant countryside of Plover Cove. Beyond the falls, continue east on the Wu Kau Tang (“soaring black dragon”) Trail and Lai Sam Ancient Trail, which pass through one of Cheng’s favorite features of the hike—a shaded bamboo forest. As an architect-photographer, Cheng is drawn to geometric patterns, such as those naturally created by the willowy bamboo canes lining the trail. Another bonus of capturing images in such a wet and densely wooded environment, he says, is the abundance of “little creatures.” “Fewer people hike this trail, which helps preserve the wildlife,” says Cheng. “Since the forest is so lush and the area is unpolluted, colorful butterflies, dragonflies, amphibians, and fish thrive in the untouched nature here.” Butterfly hotspots abound in the great outdoors of Hong Kong. There are more than 120 recorded species of dragonflies in Hong Kong. Hiking around Hong Kong's nature trails makes for a great way to see these winged insects in the wild. To create a photo memory of the hike’s natural wonders, Cheng suggests taking panoramic shots of towering mountain peaks and the Double Haven (Yan Chau Tong) Marine Park seen in the distance, as well as more detailed, close-up shots of the insects and other tiny wildlife living in the water and woods. The second half of the hike is brimming with history, wildlife, and wide open spaces. Pass abandoned rice fields and terraces on your way to tiny Sam A (Cantonese for “trident”) village, named for the three-pronged headland protruding into Sam A inlet. Take a rest break at the village tea house, which on weekdays serves noodles and snacks, but on weekends and holidays offers hearty, home-style Hakka dishes (such as braised pork belly with pickled mustard greens). From Sam A village, it’s about a 45-minute hike to the walled village of Lai Chi Wo (“lychee cove”), Hong Kong’s best-preserved Hakka settlement. Built some 400 years ago and protected within the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, the semi-abandoned village offers hikers a rare glimpse back into the preserved remnants of an early, affluent Hakka community. “The villages are set right in the middle of a forest,” says Cheng. “What strikes me most about this part of the hike is the harmony between humans and nature, which reflects life in Hong Kong. Wherever you are in Hong Kong, nature is always close by.” Cheng says he is particularly drawn to the traditional architecture and design of Lai Chi Wo. “The fact that you can see a traditional Hakka village makes this hike unique,” he explains. “The village is kind of a preserve representing the older settlements of early Hong Kong, and yet, you will see people living and visiting there.” The lush, wooded landscape of Plover Cove provides excellent shade for hikes in the summer. One of the most extraordinary cultural treasures visitors discover at Lai Chi Wo is outside the village walls. Nestled behind the village is a lush feng shui woodland, thought to be one of the oldest remaining forested areas of its kind in Hong Kong. Found mainly on the slopes behind rural, Southern China villages, feng shui woods were preserved by early settlers who believed the vegetation would bring good fortune and offer protection. The Lai Chi Wo woodland features increasingly rare examples of Hong Kong’s native low-elevation, broad-leaved forests. Capture Stunning Coastal Views Lai Chi Wo may be the final official stop on the hike, however, there are still wonders to behold. Mudflats and dense mangroves thrive in the tidal coastal areas between the land and the sea. Stop at the small shops next to the mangroves for a snack and drink, says Cheng, before continuing to the pier, where you can catch a ferry back to the city center. The 90-minute ferry ride is one of Cheng’s favorite parts of the Plover Cove Country Park experience, since it offers scenic coastal views—an unexpected bonus on a hike beginning in the hills and leading through verdant wooded areas. The ferry crosses the Yan Chau Tong Marine Park and provides passengers an amazing view of Hong Kong's dramatic geological formations. “From the ferry, you can see interesting geological formations, lots of coastline, and the sea,” he adds. “So, by taking one easy Plover Cove hike—which is more of a walk since the lower trails are pretty level—[and the ferry,] you will experience several different aspects of Hong Kong: forest, waterfalls, rural villages, Hakka culture, and the sea.” Best for: Chinese history buffs, cultural aficionados, photographers, and outdoor enthusiasts looking for mildly rugged nature trails Guided Tours: Lai Chi Wo Hiking Tour leads you to the largest bed of Coastal Heritiera (Heritiera littoralis) in Hong Kong and the White-flower Derris which forms a ‘natural swing’ along the mangroves. Where to Eat: In Sam A Village, visit the tea house owned by a Hakka couple who serve noodles, snacks and drinks daily, and Hakka snacks on weekends and public holidays. Safety tips: Do not climb up the Bride’s Pool waterfall or other slick, rock features due to the risk of falls. Avoid venturing inside abandoned Lai Chi Wo houses, which could have structural damage. For the latest updates on the hiking condition, visit the website of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Photography Tips: The houses in Lai Chi Wo are arranged in nine horizontal and three vertical lanes. Capture the geometric lines of the lanes, the buildings, and the tiled roofs. Information in this guide is subject to changes without advance notice. Please contact the relevant product or service providers for enquiries.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6418
__label__cc	0.54882	0.45118	THE STUART HALL PROJECT NYC PREMIERE Acclaimed at the Sundance Film Festival, John Akomfrah’s new film is an emotionally charged portrait of cultural theorist Stuart Hall. A complex and deeply insightful thinker about subjects as diverse as feminism, Marxist methodology, migration and American hippies, the 82-year-old, Jamaican-born Hall is one of the most inspiring voices of the post-war Left. Combining archival imagery with specially filmed material and a Miles Davis soundtrack, Akomfrah takes us on an exhilarating journey through the second half of the 20th century. Co-presented with The Trade Commission of Peru in New York & Prom Peru Co-presented with the Black Documentary Collective. Intl. Perspectives AfricaAfrican-AmericanCitiesHistoryInternationalJournalismPolitics Director: JOHN AKOMFRAH Producer: David Lawson & Lina Gopaul Cinematographer: Dewald Aukema Editor: Nse Asuquo Music: Trevor Mathison	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6420
__label__wiki	0.505401	0.505401	Review: Her Best Shot by Shannyn Schroeder (Hot & Nerdy #1) College senior Layla Sharpe has just been offered a job after graduation at the NSA and she's ready to celebrate with her two best friends. When a planned road trip finds her stranded to Texas finds her stranded in Georgia, Layla crosses paths with a hot looking pool shark who teaches the math expert a thing or two. An offer of a roof over her head while she's stuck in Georgia quickly has her becoming intimate with Phin Marks. It's clear that what they have is beginning to mean much more, but he refuses to stand in the way of her future. Will Phin be forced to let her go or will Layla hold on to her best shot at happiness? Her Best Shot is the first novella in the Hot & Nerdy new adult (NA) romance series, which is about three best friends who are all in their final year of college and happen to be beautiful and nerdy, from Shannyn Schroeder. Book one is about Layla Sharpe and Phin Marks and while Layla has a plan for her future, being with the former gypsy that is Phin makes her crave for more spontaneity and adventure. On the other hand, Phin has a plan of his own, but while he may have wanted to get away from his gypsy life, he still is somewhat of a wanderer, unable to really plant roots in one place and have a more stable lifestyle. This was short and interesting, but I would have wanted a bit more character development. There was also a couple of points in the story that felt rushed, especially at the end. By the time I write this review, I will have finished all three books in this first set of Hot & Nerdy books, and they all appear to carry a similar trend of having happy-for-now endings, which I can more than appreciate because the main characters are still in their early twenties and things can certainly change. For a series starter, we get teeny tiny glimpses at Layla's best friends but still enough to make one mildly curious. I'm giving Her Best Shot three stars. ♥ Date Read: 23 October 2015 Learn more about Shannyn Schroeder here. Purchase Her Best Shot on Amazon \| B&N \| Kobo.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6421
__label__cc	0.557837	0.442163	Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Kanallakion in Greece A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Kanallakion in Greece. Id of earthquake: us70004iqc. Event ids that are associated: us70004iqc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/19 / 2019-07-12 01:11:48 / July 12, 2019 @ 1:11 am. The temblor was reported at 03:11:48 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 20.5574° East, 39.3092° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gjirokastër, Sarandë, Kérkyra. Nearby country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sarandë (c. 15 100 pop). There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Did you feel it? Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km NNW of Kanallakion, Greece. ‘ArtaAlbaniaGjirokastërGreeceIoánninaKanallakionKérkyraPrévezaSarande 20.5574° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes. 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers. 9km NNW of Kanallakion, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name. 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter. us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event. ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors. 1.601 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees). mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event. us70004iqc Id of event. 70004iqc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event. ,us70004iqc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6423
__label__wiki	0.841616	0.841616	Category / hofstadter-richard February 18, 2016 May 11, 2016 by Edward Champion The American Political Tradition (Modern Library Nonfiction #93) Was Richard Hofstadter a consensus historian? Or do his sharpest observations into the contradictions of hallowed political figures allow for a more forgiving assessment? hofstadter-richard, lincoln-abraham, Modern Library, Nonfiction Challenge, phillips-wendell, Slavery, The American Political Tradition abolition, abraham lincoln, america, andrew jackson, charles beard, consensus history, Dan Kois, house divided, john c. calhoun, john d. johnson, lyndon johnson, modern library, nonfiction, paranoid style, Politics, richard hofstadter, robert caro, slavery, ted cruz, the american political tradition, united states, wendell phillips, william jennings bryan, woodrow wilson (This is the eighth entry in The Modern Library Nonfiction Challenge, an ambitious project to read and write about the Modern Library Nonfiction books from #100 to #1. There is also The Modern Library Reading Challenge, a fiction-based counterpart to this list. Previous entry: The Contours of American History.) Before he became famous for delineating “the paranoid style in American politics” and honing every principled bone against the feverish anti-intellectualism one now sees embodied in everything from long-standing philistine Dan Kois decrying “eating his cultural vegetables” to lunatic presidential candidate Ted Cruz declaring gluten-free meals as a politically correct “social experiment,” historian Richard Hofstadter spent four years on a fiercely independent book that would go on to sell close to a million copies. The American Political Tradition was a Plutarchian overview of illustrious American figures ranging from vivacious abolitionist Wendell Phillips to Woodrow Wilson as closeted conservative. It was aimed at winning over a high-minded American public. Like William Appleman Williams, Hofstadter was very much following in Charles Beard’s footsteps, although this historian hoped to march to his own interpretive drum. Reacting to the toxic McCarthyism at the time, Hofstadter’s cautious defense of old school American liberalism, with the reluctant bulwark hoisted as he poked holes into the foibles of celebrated icons, saddled him with the label of “consensus historian.” With each subsequent volume (most notably The Age of Reform), Hofstadter drifted further away from anything close to a scorching critique of our Founders as hardliners enforcing their economic interests to a more vociferous denouncement of agrarian Populists and numbnuts standing in the way of erudite democratic promise. Yet even as he turned more conservative in later years, Hofstadter insisted that his “assertion of consensus history in 1948 had its sources in the Marxism of the 1930s.” Such adamantine labels really aren’t fair to Hofstadter’s achievements in The American Political Tradition. The book is by no means perfect, but its Leatherman Wave-like dissection of American history unfolds with some sharp and handy blades. While Hofstadter is strangely reluctant to out Andrew Jackson as a demagogue (“He became a favorite of the people, and might easily come to believe that the people chose well.”) and far too pardonable towards John C. Calhoun, a rigid bloviator with a harsh voice who was one of slavery’s biggest cheerleaders and whose absolutist stance against tariffs under the guise of moderatism would later inspire the South to consider secession as a legitimate nuclear option1“He talked on the most abstruse subjects with the guileless simplicity of a prattling child,” assessed Thomas Edward Watson in The Life and Times of Andrew Jackson. This juicy quote, served up by Hofstadter, comes from one of Calhoun’s admirers!, Hofstadter at his best slices with a necessary critical force into many hallowed patriarchs. For it is the sum of their variegated and contradictory parts that has caused some to view the American trajectory in Manichean terms. One of the book’s standout chapters is Hofstadter’s shrewd analysis of Lincoln as an exceptionally formidable man who dialed down his egalitarian ardor to zero the meter for his shrewd and very rapid political rise. In just four years, Lincoln advanced from an obscure attorney in Illinois to a prominent party leader in that same state’s House of Representatives. But Hofstadter cogently argues that Lincoln was far from the outspoken abolitionist who would later lay down some very strong words against those who would deny other people freedom. Lincoln not only kept his enemies closer than his friends, but he was exceptionally careful with his rhetoric, even though one eye-popping 1836 declaration proposed extending suffrage to women.2One of Lincoln’s fascinating strategies involved sneaking in bold political positions into bills or campaigning that often reflected an altogether different goal, such as this oft cited passage protesting income inequality in a defense of protective tariffs. The quote is cited by Hofstadter. Much as Franklin D. Roosevelt was very savvy about letting his political opponents make the first move before he acted, Lincoln used the Declaration of Independence’s very text as ammunition and inspiration for his justification for abolition, which come much later — Lincoln’s first public condemnation of slavery arrived when Lincoln was forty-five — than Lincoln’s many admirers are often willing to admit. Hofstadter points out that Lincoln’s seeming contradiction between revolutionary politics and pragmatic interpretation of the law was not especially peculiar, but part of a nuts-and-bolts perpetuation of an ongoing political tradition, one that can be seen with Lincoln’s hard maneuvering with the 1851 conditional loan he issued to his stepbrother John D. Johnson. Lincoln’s famous House Divided speech was masterful rhetoric urging national reconciliation of the slavery issue, but he didn’t exactly go out of his way to out himself as an abolitionist. Hofstadter points out that in 1858, seemingly Honest Abe spoke in two entirely different manners about racial equality in Chicago and in Charleston (see the second paragraph of his first speech). Yet these observations not only illustrate Lincoln’s political genius, but invite parallels to Lyndon Johnson’s brilliant and equally contradictory engineering in passing the 1957 Civil Rights Act (perhaps best chronicled in a gripping 100 page section of Robert A. Caro’s excellent Master of the Senate). The American political tradition, which Hofstadter identifies as a continuity with capitalist democratic principles, is seen today with Hillary Clinton struggling against a young population hungry for progressive change unlikely to happen overnight, despite Bernie Sanders’s valiant plans and the immediate need to rectify corporate America’s viselike hold on the very democratic principles that have sustained this nation for more than two hundred years. Yet this is the same tradition that has given us long years without a stabilizing central bank, the Trail of Tears, the Civil War, the Credit Mobilier scandal, robber barons, and Hoover’s unshakable faith that “prosperity was just around the corner,” among many other disgraces. Hofstadter is thankfully not above condemning lasseiz-faire absolutism, such as Grover Cleveland’s unrealistic assumption that “things must work out smoothly without government action, or the whole system, coherent enough in theory, would fall from the weakness of its premises” or the free silver campaign that buttressed the bombastic William Jennings Bryan into an improbable presidential candidate. On Bryan, Hofstadter describes his intellectual acumen as “a boy who never left home” and one can see some of Bryan’s regrettable legacy in the red-faced fulminations of a certain overgrown boy who currently pledges to make America great again. A careless and clumsy figure like Bryan was the very antithesis of Lincoln. Bryan failed to see difficult political tasks through to their necessary end. He would adopt principles that he once decried. His well-meaning efforts amounted to practically nothing. Think of Bryan as Fargo‘s Jerry Lundegaard to Lincoln’s Joe Girard. Hofstadter suggests that “steadfast and self-confident intelligence,” perhaps more important than courage and sincerity, was the very quality that Bryan and this nation so desperately needed. Yet in writing about Teddy Roosevelt and pointing to the frequency of “manly” and “masterful” in his prose, Hofstadter imputes that these “more perfect” personal qualities for the political tradition “easily became transformed into the imperial impulse.” This is, at times, a very grumpy book. One almost bemoans the missed opportunity to enlist the late Andy Rooney to read aloud the audio version. But it is not without its optimism. Hofstadter places most of his faith in abolitionist agitator Wendell Phillips. But even after defending Phillips from numerous historical condemnations and pointing to Phillips’s “higher level of intellectual self-awareness,” Hofstadter sees the agitator as merely “the counterweight to sloth and indifference.” But Hofstadter, at this young stage of his career, isn’t quite willing to write off agitators. He does point to why Phillips was a necessary and influential force providing equilibrium: But when a social crisis or revolutionary period at last matures, the sharp distinctions that govern the logical and doctrinaire mind of the agitator become at one with the realities, and he appears overnight to the people as a plausible and forceful thinker. The man who has maintained that all history is the history of class struggles and has appeared so wide of the mark in times of class collaboration may become a powerful leader when society is seething with unresolved class conflict; the man who has been valiantly demanding the abolition of slavery for thirty years may become a vital figure when emancipation makes its appearance as a burning issue of practical politics. Such was the experience of Wendell Phillips: although he never held office, he became one of the most influential Americans during the few years after the fall of Fort Sumter. The question of whether you believe Hofstadter to be a consensus historian or not may depend on how much you believe that he viewed the American political tradition much like two Lazaruses forever duking it out for existence in the old Star Trek episode “The Alternative Factor.” He certainly sees a nation of political pragmatists and obdurate agitators caught in an eternal dead lock, which is not too far from the progressive historians who styled their interpretations on class conflict. But his fine eye for ferreting out the Burkean undertow within Woodrow Wilson’s putative liberalism or exposing how Hoover’s faith in unregulated business had him quivering with disbelief after Black Thursday suggests a historian who is interested in countering ideological bromides. Perhaps if Hofstadter had stretched some of his chapters across a massive book, his reputation as a consensus historian wouldn’t have been the subject of so many heated arguments among political wonks. Fortunately, the next Modern Library essay in this series will investigate how one man fluctuated his politics to serve his own ends and reshaped a major metropolis through the iron will of his personality. That very long and very great book may be the key that turns the consensus lock. It will certainly tell us a lot more about political power. Next Up: Robert A. Caro’s The Power Broker!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6432
__label__wiki	0.76007	0.76007	Get ready for the 9th Official Twin Peaks UK Festival n 1990 ‘TWIN PEAKS’ – the American TV series created by writer Mark Frost and director David Lynch – became the top rated series of the year and spawned a phenomenal cult following that continues to this day. In 2017 ‘Twin Peaks’ returned to TV screens and once again broke boundaries with its cinematic non-linear narrative, explorative themes and an extensive cast of 217, including 37 of the original actors. The Official Twin Peaks UK Festival was founded by British writer and producer Lindsey Bowden in 2010 and has since become a hugely popular and firm favourite with fans of the TV series and cast members. This September the Official Twin Peaks UK Festival returns to London to re-create the eerie, fictional town of Twin Peaks, over the weekend of September 29th and 30th at the London Irish Centre in Camden with activities extended to Camden Square Gardens. Guests will be able to rub shoulders with stars of the show as they dig into some damn fine cherry pie with a cup of coffee. David Lynch Coffee in fact. This year’s festival is delighted to confirm the attendance of: DANA ASHBROOK (Bobby Briggs) KIMMY ROBERTSON (Lucy Brennan née Moran) JOHN PIRRUCCELLO (Deputy Chad Broxford) and singing live: REBEKAH DEL RIO Plus more names, Q&A’s, signings, events and more Welcomed by the One Eyed Jacks girls, festival guests will have access to screenings (including Lynch inspired fan made short films), and live performances from Lynchian burlesque and cabaret troupe The Double R Club, who produce very funny, very dark, sexy and nightmarish scenarios based on their favourite Twin Peaks characters. The rooms and hallways of The London Irish Centre, which is housed in a beautiful Regency terrace in Camden, north London, will be transformed into the legendary town of Twin Peaks. Visitors will be able to visit The Great Northern Hotel, take part in the Mulholland Drive Jitterbug Class, visit the mysterious, seductive Black Lodge and Mr C’s Tulpa Creatives art class will be welcoming new students! The festival Art Gallery will showcase inspired fan art including the popular ‘Return To Twin Peaks’ photographic exhibition by Canadian photographer Blake Morrow; his photos are coming straight from the Series Mania Festival in Lille, France. Downstairs the Roadhouse/Bang Bang Bar will be hosting live music on both days of the festival, with DJ sets on the Sunday evening. And there will even be live owls on show in the section named The Call of the Owl – a vital aspect of the Twin Peaks legacy. This year a special treat will be in store for visitors – a train carriage will be parked in Camden Square Gardens, and will offer a thrilling VR experience – with actual locations shot in Washington State. To enter the train car the fans will need to go through the circle of trees that is the ‘evil in these woods’ Glastonbury Grove. After visiting the real life locations, they can relax in the picnic area. The Official Twin Peaks UK Festival’s Founder & Producer is the vivacious and creative writer/producer Lindsey Bowden : “Twin Peaks is as legendary for its style as its eccentricity, its murders and its offbeat humour. I love the unique mix of eccentric characters, eerie small town atmosphere and surreal storytelling. I created the festival in 2010 and through the last eight years it has grown and developed into something very special with a lot of the fans returning year after year. We look forward to welcoming long-time Twin Peaks fans and the new generation of fans who discovered Twin Peaks in 2017 with the third TV series. This year’s festival promises to engulf them in the world of Twin Peaks within the context of David Lynch’s wider body of work.” Official Showtime merchandise will be on sale along with plenty of other damn fine festival merchandise including Lindsey Bowden’s own book ‘Damn Fine Cherry Pie’ – a Twin Peaks inspired cookbook, published in 2016 by Octopus Books and Harper Collins. Dates: September 29th-30th 2018 Doors: Saturday September 29th – VIP ticket holders 9.30am; Standard ticket holders 10am Sunday September 30th – All ticket holders: 10am Venue: London Irish Centre and Camden Square Gardens, 50-52 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB · VIP £300.00 · Standard Weekend ticket (does not include signings – these can be bought extra) £150.00 · Standard One Day only (does not include signings – these can be bought extra) £85.00 Categories: Entertainment, Featured / No Responses / by Frankie Genchi July 6, 2018 Post Author: Frankie Genchi Full-time writer, reformed groupie, geek chic gamer and Henry Cavill enthusiast. Showbiz: www.fleckingrecords.co.uk \| Girly: www.girlpanion.co.uk	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6448
__label__cc	0.723358	0.276642	Group to install little library in playground by Jennifer Khedaroo Queens Ledger Apr 09, 2019 \| 1129 views \| 0 \| 57 \| \| A free library is coming to the Ehrenreich-Austin Playground in Forest Hills. The Earth Citizens Club of Queens (ECCQ) will unveil the library at their annual Earth Day Art Fest. Children will be able to take and share a variety of books catered to younger audiences. In September 2018, the group hosted a nighttime dance party at the playground and asked community members what improvements would they like to see. Many requested the little library. “It’s something we’ve been wanting to put in place for a while, because Austin Playground is so heavily used by kids and their families,” said Amy Long, president of ECCQ. “There’s such a strong culture of literacy, reading and education in Forest Hills,” she added. “We wanted a place where neighbors could swap books and children could have access to books within their play space.” The library will also teach children about recycling. “It’s about reducing what gets thrown away by having it used by someone else,” she added. The library will be dedicated to the memory of ECCQ core volunteer and leader Deborah Coady, who passed away on April 3 following a battle with cancer. Coady was a retired obstetrician-gynecologist and instructor at a yoga center who was extremely passionate about environmental issues. “She really exemplified the heart and soul of our group, and she was a big proponent of the free little library ever since we got the idea,” Long said. “We want the community to know the extent of her work and her passion.” Earth Day Art Fest will run from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 28. The Ehrenreich-Austin Playground is located at 76-33 Austin Street. Like last year, the 2019 Earth Day Art Fest will feature live music, a drum circle, tai-chi performance, book giveaway, arts and crafts, face painting, wellness tables and planting activities. The winners of the ECCQ’s local parks springtime photo contest will also have their work displayed at the festival. On the ECCQ’s Facebook page, amateur photographers can upload their photos from any park in Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens or Richmond Hill. Software Copyright © 2019 Sole Solution. Content Copyright © 2019 Forest Hills Times. Business listing data provided in part by Localeze. Forest Hills Times - Breaking news, classifieds, businesses, events. is in Queens, NY	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6450
__label__cc	0.606326	0.393674	Stories from Thursday, August 17, 2017 LSSC seeking ‘Cause for Applause’ nominations (Local News ~ 08/17/17) The Linton-Stockton School Corporation is asking students, staff and the community to offer up instances of employees going well beyond the scope of their job. In a program titled “Cause for Applause,” superintendent Nick Karazsia said everyone is welcome to nominate a school employee in order to ensure the staff is properly recognized for their hard work and dedication to the students and community... Steven Earl Strange, 43, Bloomington, was arrested on a warrant for residential entry. Bond set at $5,000 with 10 percent allowed. Randall Lee Wright, 59, Bloomington, was arrested on a preliminary charge of OWI felony. Bond set at $8,000 with 10 percent allowed... The Linton Police Department responded to 12 incidents for service Thursday, including one animal complaint, one domestic dispute, one harassment, one interview, one property, one attempted suicide, three suspicious activities, one title check and two traffic stops... Linton Farmers’ Market welcomes Liberty Bell BBQ (Local News ~ 08/17/17) It’s hard to believe that summer is already coming to a close even though school has just started and the unusually cool weather makes it feel like a touch of fall is in the air. According to market manager Mark Stacy, there’s still a lot going on at the Linton Farmers’ Market patrons won’t want to miss. ... City of Linton working to develop new industrial park (Local News ~ 08/17/17) Linton Mayor John Wilkes said he was pleased to announce the progress the City of Linton is making, especially in terms of potentially developing an industrial park on the eastern side of the city. At Monday’s Linton City Council meeting, Wilkes provided an update on the development where Pro-Mark Building Solutions is nearing the end of construction... Students breathe new life into old bus (Local News ~ 08/17/17) A local resident, Rick West, purchased a 1977 Chevrolet bus last March. At the time, he envisioned the future of the bus as a utilitarian one, but not for long. Previously utilized for hunting, the bus was in working, but well-used condition. “It was painted in a camouflage design, and it was tricked out for hunting,” said West... WRV harriers compete in Brown County Relay (High School Sports ~ 08/17/17) The White River Valley boys and girls cross country teams traveled to Brown County’s Eagle Park Wednesday to take part in the Brown County Cross Country Relay Challenge. Seven other teams were in attendance including talented runners from Brown County, Lawrence Central, Columbus East and Martinsville along with host Brown County... Lauderdale memorial mud bog event this weekend (Local News ~ 08/17/17) An event planned before the tragic passing of Bloomfield’s Jaden Lauderdale’s passing will go on in her memory this weekend. The Jaden Lauderdale Memorial Mud Bog will be held at the Taylor Ridge Greene County mud bog, located at 5434 South Taylor Ridge Road in Bloomfield Saturday... Miner netters fall to Lions, Vikings (High School Sports ~ 08/17/17) The Linton-Stockton tennis team came up against a traditionally-strong Loogootee program Wednesday at Linton’s new tennis courts. And the Loogootee Lions proved to be as tough as ever, blanking the Miner netters 5-0. Despite the clean sweep for the Lions several matches were competitive... Clear the Shelter event to help find homes for long-time tenants (Local News ~ 08/17/17) Some animals at the shelter have been waiting at least three months for a new home, says executive director of the Greene County Humane Society Michelle Chapman. This Saturday, the humane society will hold an event with a single goal: clear the shelter... WRV Board approves of study committee (Local News ~ 08/17/17) The White River Valley School Board approved of establishing a grade system study committee during its regular meeting Thursday evening. According to WRV superintendent Bob Hacker, the committee will be at the high school and focus on looking at how grades are figured, the grading scale, the wave grade system and college grade requirements... VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP (High School Sports ~ 08/17/17) Panthers top Lady Miners The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners volleyball team traveled to Bloomington South Thursday. The South Panthers defeated the Lady Miners in three sets, 25-12, 25-16 and 25-18. Ryleigh Fidler led the Lady Miners with 12 kills. Brantli Lannan had seven digs and Mallorey Frye six. Aubrey Walton handed out 25 assists... Lady Laker volleyballers notch first win (High School Sports ~ 08/17/17) Shakamak visited SWIAC foe North Central Thursday and came away with its first win of the season. The Lady Lakers took a four-set win from the Ladybirds 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, 25-20. It was a balanced team effort as nearly every player had a solid all-around performance... Lady Miner linksters tee it up against Braves, Warriors (High School Sports ~ 08/17/17) The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners golf team was in action Wednesday and Thursday this week. Wednesday the Lady Miners hosted Terre Haute South at Phil Harris Golf Course. The Lady Braves were 60 shots better than the Lady Miners, 176-236. Nonetheless, Linton-Stockton coach was happy with the girls’ performance...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6457
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__label__cc	0.6569	0.3431	LG one among the leading Smartphone maker in the world has come up with the brand new model mobile and the same has been made official in a silent manner. The recently launched model was termed as “LG G Pad II 8.0 Slate” and South Korea is the first country to experience the mobile. There are several interesting features are accessible with this mobile and has plenty of upgrades with the earlier versions. The storage capacity of this tablet could be raised up to 128GB and comes with USB 2.0 Port (Not types of OTG support, but as you do with the Laptop). Key Features of LG G Pad II 8.0 Slate Tablet: Runs on Android Lollipop OS 5MP Rear and 2MP Selfie Camera 32GB Internal Storage & Supports 3G/4G LTE 8 inch IPS HD Display 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC 1.5GB RAM & Adreno 305 GPU The operating system of the tablet is made with the Android and the same runs on the Android Lollipop version 5.0. There might be a custom user interface with the tablet, but there information made officially. We will give you the real time status of the same. The display of the LG G Pad II 8.0 Slate tablet was up to 8inches of IPS quality. The resolution of the same was given up to 1280*800 and hence the crystal clear quality was assured. Also, the glass was protected by the Gorilla Glass version 3 and hence you will be protected against any minor damages with it. Processor Features: While coming to the processor aspect of the LG G Pad II 8.0 Slate tablet, it has featured by the matured mid range processor from the Qualcomm. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 CPU was powered with the tablet and the same is made to run at the rate of 1.2GHz. This is quad core CPU and hence the Cortex A7 was really doing its better job in terms of performance categorically. The built in Adreno 305 GPU takes the job of graphics and make sure you play all sorts of high end games at its best. RAM & Storage: The RAM of the LG G Pad II 8.0 Slate tablet was made 50% higher compared to its ancestor. Yes, the tablet was offered with 1.5GB RAM and hence the multitasking was absolutely made possible at its best. The internal memory of the tablet was gifted with 32GB, whilst the external supports 128GB expandable support. Camera Support: Hope you know this LG G Pad II 8.0 Slate supports both the 3G & 4G mobile networks as well as other external peripherals like keyboard, mice and flash drives using the USB 2.0 port. Also, the camera of the tablet was offered with 5MP at the rear end, followed by 2MP at the front door. As of now, the LG G Pad II 8.0 Slate was announced to release in South Korea and no words about the international release. Let us wait & watch! Labels: LG G Pad II 8.0 Slate Made Official Today in South Korea	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6461
__label__cc	0.549064	0.450936	The U.S. tax code is a tangled mass of complexity, containing more than 4 million words. The immense difficulty in navigating such a document creates endless loopholes and opportunities for abuse by well-connected insiders, while at the same time distorting investment decisions and hindering economic growth. It’s time to scrap the code and replace it with one that is low, flat, fair and honest. Ultimately, all Americans should be able to file their taxes on a form the size of a postcard. http://appserver-e9648c3b/issue/fundamental-tax-reform?page=6 Key Votes "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/congress-should-repeal-individual-mandate-tax-reform?social=facebook_share" http://fw-d7-freedomworks-org.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/field/image/ObamaCare-tax.png?itok=YnbjJu4B Congress Should Repeal the Individual Mandate in Tax Reform BY Daniel Savickas Way back in 2012, the United States Supreme Court, in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, issued a landmark ruling that upheld the supposed constitutionality of ObamaCare by justifying the individual mandate as a proper exercise of Congress’s taxing power. This is what allowed ObamaCare to continue to be a drain on our economy and the American taxpayer. "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/original-trump-campaign-tax-plan-right-one?social=facebook_share" Op-ed Placement The Original Trump Campaign Tax Plan Is the Right One BY Stephen Moore Democrats attacking the Trump tax cut have primarily voiced two objections: first, that it is a tax cut for the rich. And second, that it will blow a hole in the deficit. "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/freedomworks-senate-rally-around-repeal-obamacare\u2019s-individual-mandate?social=facebook_share" FreedomWorks: Senate, Rally Around Repeal of ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate BY Jon Meadows FreedomWorks Vice President Jason Pye releases the following statement: "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/actually-new-york-times-its-impossible-rich-hide-their-wealth?social=facebook_share" Actually New York Times, It's Impossible for the Rich to 'Hide' Their Wealth BY John Tamny Why are Cubans so poor? They’ve done very well in the U.S., where emigres from the perpetually recessed country have risen to the top in sports, business and politics. Yet in their own country Cubans are desperately impoverished. "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/overview-senates-version-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act?social=facebook_share" http://fw-d7-freedomworks-org.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/field/image/orrin-hatch.jpg?itok=ua6mQn6h An Overview of the Senate's Version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act BY Jason Pye Before diving into the details of the Senate’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, let’s run through the latest in the House of Representatives. The lower chamber’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1, was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, November 9 in a party-line vote. "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/freedomworks-unacceptable-delay-reduction-corporate-tax-rate?social=facebook_share" FreedomWorks: "Unacceptable" to Delay the Reduction in the Corporate Tax Rate FreedomWorks Vice President of Legislative Affairs Jason Pye made the following statement following the advancement of the House tax bill out of the Ways and Means Committee and recent announcements about the Senate’s tax reform bill: "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/blame-dithering-congress-not-trump-democratic-wins?social=facebook_share" Blame a Dithering Congress, not Trump, for Democratic Wins After a hotly contested — and highly expensive — 2017 election cycle, the Democrats have taken the governor’s mansions in both Virginia and New Jersey. In both cases, it was a sweeping victory, with Ralph Northam winning nearly 54 percent of the Virginia vote and Ryan Murphy winning 56 percent of the New Jersey vote. "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/cancer-saved-our-small-business-death-tax?social=facebook_share" Cancer Saved Our Small Business From the Death Tax BY Patrick Hedger You read the headline right. In 2010, the gradual decline of the so-called death tax reached a full repeal for that year and that year only. That year just so happened to be the year my grandfather, the patriarch of our family’s small manufacturing business, lost his long and painful battle with cancer. Had we been so fortunate to have him for another year, we would have lost everything he worked so hard to build. My father was the president of the company at the time, a firm specializing in creating composite equipment. You’ve probably never heard of the composites industry, let alone our company, but I guarantee you’ve used products our machines made. You probably took a shower in a tub made with our equipment today. There are countless applications of composites, from bathtubs, boats, oil and gas, infrastructure, and defense. "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/heres-what-you-need-know-about-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act?social=facebook_share" http://fw-d7-freedomworks-org.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/field/image/Postcard.png?itok=ouMdTLTy Here's What You Need to Know About the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act On Thursday, November 2, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) unveiled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1. On Friday, Chairman Brady released an amendment in the nature of a substitute (ANS) that made some changes to the original text. The bill is the first real attempt to overhaul and simplify the tax code since the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The release of the text and the amendment are also only the first steps in the process. "http:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/how-tax-brackets-work?social=facebook_share" http://fw-d7-freedomworks-org.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/field/image/Brackets.jpg?itok=bVCaDC3d How Tax Brackets Work BY Adam Sharf Where is the dirty and complicated nature of the swamp more apparent than in filing taxes? It’s why accountants can make millions simply by understanding the complex rules of taxes. Scrap the code to make taxes simple, low, flat, and honest.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6462
__label__wiki	0.605762	0.605762	Health monitoring system United States Patent 6095985 A health monitoring system which tracks the state of health of a patient and compiles a chronological health history of the patient uses a multiparametric monitor which periodically and automatically measures and records a plurality of physiological data from sensors in contact with the patient's body. The data collected is not specifically related to a particular medical condition but, instead, provides the information necessary to derive patterns which are characteristic of healthy patients as well as those who are ill. The data collected is periodically uploaded to a database in which it is stored along with similar health histories for other patients. The monitor is preferably self-contained in a chest strap which is located on the patient's torso, and makes use of a controller which controls sampling of the desired data and storage of the data to a local memory device pending uploading to the database. The more voluminous data collected is reduced and compressed prior to storage in the local memory device. Preferably, much of the monitor circuitry is run intermittently to conserve power. The monitor data is supplemented with subjective data (such as psychological and environmental conditions) collected from the patient using a handheld data input device which runs a program to solicit information from the patient. The subjective data collected is chronologically aligned with the monitor data in the database such that the health history of a patient includes both objective and subjective medical data. Raymond, Stephen A. (Charlestown, MA) Gordon, Geoffrey E. (Boston, MA) Singer, Daniel B. (Weymouth, MA) Brigham, And Women's Hospital (Boston, MA) A61B5/00; A61B5/04; A61B5/0402; A61B5/0404; A61B5/0472; A61B5/113; A61B7/00; (IPC1-7): A61B5/0402 Field of Search: 600/508, 600/483, 600/360, 600/523, 600/301, 600/513 Download PDF 6095985 PDF help US Patent References: 5454376 Breathing monitor articles of wearing apparel 1995-10-03 Stephens et al. 128/644 5447164 Interactive medical information display system and method for displaying user-definable patient events 1995-09-05 Shaya et al. 128/700 5307263 Modular microprocessor-based health monitoring system 1994-04-26 Brown 364/413.09 5289824 Wrist-worn ECG monitor 1994-03-01 Milss et al. 128/696 5280429 Method and apparatus for displaying multi-frequency bio-impedance 1994-01-18 Withers 364/413 5275159 Method and apparatus for diagnosis of sleep disorders 1994-01-04 Griebel 128/633 5271405 Wrist mount apparatus for use in blood pressure tonometry 1993-12-21 Boyer et al. 128/672 5261412 Method of continuously monitoring blood pressure 1993-11-16 Butterfield et al. 128/672 5253654 Orthopedic weight monitor 1993-10-19 Thomas et al. 128/779 5228450 Methods and apparatus for ambulatory physiological monitoring 1993-07-20 Sellers 128/711 5226539 Pill container 1993-07-13 Cheng 206/534 5226424 Low energy consumptive device for acquisition of data relating to abnormal heart muscle activity 1993-07-13 Bible 128/696 5222503 Ambulatory electroencephalography system 1993-06-29 Ives et al. 128/731 5218969 Intelligent stethoscope 1993-06-15 Bredesen et al. 128/710 5213555 Exercise equipment information, communication and display system 1993-05-25 Hood et al. 482/57 5213106 Diagnosing and treating chronic fatigue syndrome by electrocardiographic monitoring of T-waves 1993-05-25 Lerner 128/696 5199439 Medical statistical analyzing method 1993-04-06 Zimmerman et al. 128/670 5197489 Activity monitoring apparatus with configurable filters 1993-03-30 Conlan 128/782 5181519 Device for detecting abnormal heart muscle electrical activity 1993-01-26 Bible 128/704 5137345 Apparatus for monitoring physiolgical data to detect drug impairment 1992-08-11 Waldorf et al. 351/206 5131390 Device for continuously measuring the skin local sweating rate 1992-07-21 Sakaguchi et al. 128/632 5128552 System and method for power supply preservation in a personal health monitor 1992-07-07 Fang et al. 307/66 5113859 Acoustic body bus medical device communication system 1992-05-19 Funke 128/419 5111818 Ambulatory physiological evaluation system including cardiac monitoring 1992-05-12 Suzuki et al. 128/644 5078134 Portable device for sensing cardiac function and automatically delivering electrical therapy 1992-01-07 Heilman et al. 128/421 5063937 Multiple frequency bio-impedance measurement system 1991-11-12 Ezenwa et al. 128/723 5002064 Portable life detection monitor including lead fail detector and unique signal processing system 1991-03-26 Allain et al. 128/710 4987897 Body bus medical device communication system 1991-01-29 Funke 128/419 4974601 Portable heart monitor performing multiple functions 1990-12-04 Tranjan et al. 128/696 4966154 Multiple parameter monitoring system for hospital patients 1990-10-30 Cooper et al. 4909260 Portable belt monitor of physiological functions and sensors therefor 1990-03-20 Salem et al. 128/721 4883063 Personal monitor and process for heat and work stress 1989-11-28 Bernard et al. 128/670 4844076 Ingestible size continuously transmitting temperature monitoring pill 1989-07-04 Lesho et al. 128/736 4803625 Personal health monitor 1989-02-07 Fu et al. 364/413 4686624 Portable apparatus for acquiring and processing data relative to the dietetics and/or the health of a person 1987-08-11 Blum et al. 364/415 4592018 Removable RAM package for ambulatory medical monitor 1986-05-27 Wiegman 365/63 4566461 Health fitness monitor 1986-01-28 Lubell et al. 128/668 4543955 System for controlling body implantable action device 1985-10-01 Schroeppel 128/635 4367752 Apparatus for testing physical condition of a subject 1983-01-11 Jimenez et al. 4353375 Activity monitor for ambulatory subjects 1982-10-12 Colburn et al. 128/782 4262632 Electronic livestock identification system 1981-04-21 Hanton et al. 119/1 D247251 Portable physiological monitor February, 1978 Napoli D24/17 EP0299667 1989-01-18 Portable electrocardiograph. FR2686497A1 1993-07-30 WO1988002237A1 1988-04-07 PORTABLE, MULTI-CHANNEL, PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA MONITORING SYSTEM WO1989005116A1 1989-06-15 CEINTURE PORTABLE DE CONTROLE DE FONCTIONS PHYSIOLOGIQUES WO1994001040A1 1994-01-20 HEART MONITORING APPARATUS WO1994013198A1 1994-06-23 TRANSPORTABLE MODULAR PATIENT MONITOR WO1994024929A1 1994-11-10 PATIENT MONITOR AND SUPPORT SYSTEM Other References: G. Wiesspeiner, W Xu, Multichannel Ambulatory Monitoring of Circulation Related Biosignals, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, pp. 457-460, 1992 . Getzow, Scott M. Kurdirka & Jobse, LLP Parent Case Data: CROSS REFERENCE TO EARLIER APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/394,157, filed Feb. 24, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,778,882, and entitled, "HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM." 1. A portable personal health tracker comprising: a multiparametric physiological monitoring device which periodically and automatically measures and records from a subject a plurality of different physiological data pertinent to a plurality of different physiological systems; a time base which tracks the time of recording of the physiological data; a data storage unit in which the physiological data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological health history of the subject; a data logger which collects subjective data from the subject regarding the subject's psychological condition and subjectively observed physiological condition; and a data transmission device capable of connecting directly to a communication network to allow transmission of data to a destination site from points of access to the network that are remote to the destination site, wherein each of the components of the health tracker is part of a single, unified portable unit that may be used by an ambulatory patient. 2. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 wherein the subjective data collected by the data logger is stored in said data storage unit. 3. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 wherein the data logger is an electronic data collection device which allows data inputs by the subject and provides data prompts to the subject to selectively elicit particular information. 4. A personal health tracker according to claim 3 wherein said data prompts include an interactive graphical display. 5. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 wherein the data logger comprises a controller which runs a predetermined data collection program. 6. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 wherein the data logger comprises a hand-held electronic data input device. 7. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 wherein the data gathered by the data logger is stored in the data storage unit and is chronologically aligned with the physiological data as part of said health history of the subject. 8. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 further comprising a message receiving apparatus by which the subject may view messages directed to the health tracker via the communication network. 9. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 further comprising a message transmission apparatus by which the subject may create messages and transmit them via the communication network. 10. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 further comprising a tactile input device on which the subject may write and the subject's writing is detected, said tactile input device storing a bitmapped representation of the detected writing for transfer to the data storage device. 11. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 wherein the communication network comprises a data network. 12. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 wherein the communication network comprises the Internet. 13. A personal health tracker according to claim 1 wherein the data transmission device comprises a modem. 14. A method of tracking a medical subject's state of health, the method comprising: periodically and automatically measuring and recording a plurality of different physiological data from a subject with a portable, multiparametric physiological monitoring device, tracking the time of recording of the physiological data with a time base; storing the physiological data in a data storage unit with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological health history of the subject; collecting subjective data from the subject with a subjective data logger, said data logger being a data input device which records data input thereto by the subject; connecting directly to a communication network with a data transmission device that allows transmission of collected data to a destination site from points of access to the network that are remote to the destination site; and locating all of the components of the health tracker together as a portable unit that may be used by an ambulatory patient. 15. A method according to claim 14 wherein collecting subjective data comprises providing data prompts to the subject with the data logger so as to selectively elicit particular information from the subject. 16. A method according to claim 15 wherein providing data prompts further comprises providing an interactive graphical display. 17. A method according to claim 14 wherein collecting the subjective data comprises collecting the subjective data with a hand-held electronic data input device. 18. A method according to claim 14 wherein storing the subjective data in the data storage unit comprises chronologically aligning the subjective data with the physiological data in the data storage unit as part of said health history of the subject. 19. A method according to claim 14 wherein connecting to a communication network with a data transmission device comprises connecting to a data network with the data transmission device. 20. A method according to claim 14 wherein connecting to a communication network with a data transmission device comprises connecting to the Internet with the data transmission device. 21. A method according to claim 14 wherein connecting to a communication network with a data transmission device comprises connecting to a communication network with a modem. 22. A portable personal health tracker comprising: a data logger that collects and records subjective data from a subject regarding the subject's psychological condition and subjectively observed physiological condition; a time base which tracks a time of recording of the data; a data storage unit in which the data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological health history of the subject; 23. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 22 wherein the data transmission device comprises a modem. 24. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 22 wherein the data transmission device connects to a data network via a direct telephone connection. 25. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 22 wherein the data transmission device connects directly to a data network. 26. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 22 wherein the health tracker is a hand-held device. 27. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 22 further comprising a message receiver means by which the subject may receive and view messages directed to the data logger. 28. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 22 further comprising a message generator by which the subject may create and send messages. 29. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 22 further comprising a tactile input device on which the subject may write and the subject's writing is detected, said tactile input device generating a digitized representation of the detected writing. 30. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 29 wherein the digitized representation of the subject's writing is transmittable via the data transmission device. a data storage unit in which the physiological data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological health history of the subject; and 32. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 31 wherein the physiological monitoring device is hand held. 33. A portable personal health tracker according to claim 31 wherein the physiological monitoring device includes an on-board memory device, and wherein the data storage unit is a database to which the contents of said memory device are uploaded via the data transmission device. 34. A personal health tracking system comprising: a portable unit having a data logger that collects and records subjective data from a subject regarding the subject's psychological condition and subjectively observed physiological condition; a time base of the portable unit which tracks a time of recording of the data; a data storage location remote from the portable unit in which the data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological history of the subject's psychological condition; and a data transmission device of the portable unit that transmits data to the data storage location via a digital data network. 35. A personal health tracking system according to claim 34 further comprising a multiparametric physiological monitoring device of the portable unit that periodically and automatically measures and records from a subject a plurality of different physiological data pertinent to a plurality of different physiological systems. 36. A personal health tracking system according to claim 34 wherein the digital data network comprises a public data network. 37. A personal health tracking system according to claim 34 wherein the digital data network comprises the Internet. 38. A personal health tracking system according to claim 34 wherein the data transmission device comprises a connection device that facilitates connection to the data network. 39. A personal health tracking system according to claim 38 wherein the connection device comprises a modem that is connectable directly to a public telephone network. 40. A personal health tracking system according to claim 38 wherein the connection device is connectable directly to a local data network access connection. 41. A personal health tracking system according to claim 34 wherein the data storage location comprises a digital file server. 42. A personal personal health tracking system comprising: a data storage location in which the data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological history of the subject's psychological condition; and a tactile input device of the portable unit on which the subject may write and the subject's writing is detected, said tactile input device generating a digitized representation of the detected writing. 43. A personal health tracking system according to claim 42 wherein the data storage location is remote from the portable unit and the system further comprises a data transmission device of the portable unit that transmits data to the data storage location via a communication network. 44. A personal health tracking system according to claim 43 wherein the digitized representation of the subject's writing is transmittable via the communication network. 45. A personal health tracking system according to claim 43 wherein the communication network comprises a digital data network. 46. A personal health tracking system according to claim 43 wherein the communication network comprises a public telephone network and the portable unit comprises a modem that is connectable directly to the telephone network. 47. A personal health tracking system according to claim 43 wherein the communication network comprises a digital data network and the portable unit is connectable directly to the data network a local data network access connection. 48. A personal health tracking system according to claim 47 wherein the data network comprises the Internet. The present invention relates to the field of medicine and health and, more specifically, to health tracking including assessing trends in health and the diagnosing and monitoring of medical conditions. In the medical profession today, the advent of high technology has provided a myriad of impressive diagnostic tools. However the focus of this medical technology has been on diagnosis of acute conditions, rather than advanced warnings and preventive advice. Routine "checkups" are the recognized method of monitoring a person's health. Such examinations provide a physician with information relating to the patient's condition. However, unless a patient's checkup is fortuitously scheduled for a time at which symptoms of an ensuing illness are just developing, the checkup may not be effective in helping to detect the onset of an adverse medical condition. Portable health monitors have been developed in the past which monitor body parameters specific to a particular medical condition. In some cases these monitors record specific parameter data, while in others they provide an output to the patient which is indicative of the physical parameters they sense. Some monitors simply provide an alarm when the parameters reach a pre-set level of particular concern. Others, specifically some portable heart rate monitors, provide a digital display of heart rate to the patient. Still others record heart rate over time. Patients use such heart rate monitors to warn them of high heart rates. Athletes use them to ensure that their physical training includes periods of elevated heart rate thought to be sufficient to promote conditioning. Similar monitors also exist for measuring other parameters, usually individually or without the capability to store the information for extended periods of time. Absent from the prior art is a portable monitor having the capability to construct, manage, and store a detailed, multi-parametric, record of an individual's physiological and emotional well-being that can be used for tracking and assessing general health over days, months, and years. The present invention comprises a health monitoring system including a database and data management system linked with a plurality of health trackers, each of which regularly collects various forms of data about or from a patient/subject. The preferred embodiment of the invention consists of three basic components: 1) a data management system including the database; 2) a plurality of physiological and subjective data collection devices that collect a set of timestamped serial streams from a subject; and 3) a communications system by which the data is periodically uploaded from the monitors to the database. In the preferred embodiment the health trackers each have a portable multiparametric monitor that automatically and noninvasively monitors physiological parameters. The health trackers each preferably also include a data logger that permits and/or prompts the patient to enter subjective reports of psychological and physiological data, as well as activities and environmental conditions. Thus, a composite stream (preferably serial) of objective physiological and subjective data is created which is indicative of the overall health history of a patient/subject. In order to be effective as a prospective diagnostic tool, the information collected is not anticipatory of any specific medical condition, but is instead broadly related to the general health of the patient. That is, the data is collected from numerous health indicators or metrics, each of which may have some relationship, or may be completely unrelated to, any particular medical condition. The composite multiparametric data streams in combination provide enough information to allow the identification of a wide variety of possible trends in the tracking data which, as an ensemble, may be indicative of any of a variety of medical conditions. Although the data collected is not specifically related to tracking any particular condition, the entire system is designed so that patterns which are characteristic of healthy subjects, as well as ill ones, can be derived from the collected data. The preferred embodiment of the data collection portion of the invention collects a combination of sensed physiological data and subjective data entered by the patient. For subjective data collection, the patient-supplied data is solicited by the data logger using data prompts, which may be in the form of health-related questions. These questions may include interactive input formats such as body diagrams or the like. As the data is collected, it is time stamped, compressed (where appropriate) and uploaded to the database, labeled for the patient in question. The resulting health history is a combined format of objective physical parameters and subjective patient data which is time-indexed for subsequent retrieval and analysis. From these stored datastreams, trends in the data may be identified. Each health tracker includes a means for periodically uploading the collected data to the database. In the preferred embodiment, the health trackers communicate with the database via a public information network. The monitors are connected to the network by a communications device such as a modem. Once stored in the database, the data may be later accessed by an authorized physician or by the patient. Because the data is logged by patient and time-index, the data can be recovered for a particular patient and a particular time period with relative ease. The data stored by the present invention in the database is of particular value for identifying trends in healthy persons due to the fact that it is collected regularly, irrespective of the patient's medical condition. The invention thus provides a powerful tool previously unavailable to physicians for the early detection of adverse medical conditions. The multiparametric physiological monitor is a portable unit for continuous monitoring of certain physical parameters of the patient. In the preferred embodiment, the monitor sensors include EKG electrodes, a chest expansion sensor, an accelerometer, a chest microphone, a barometric pressure sensor, an underarm temperature sensor, a pectoralis temperature sensor and an ambient temperature sensor. Each of the sensors provides an output signal to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which is controlled by a real-time (RT) controller. The RT controller is preferably a digital microcontroller which runs a program that collects data from the sensors and transmits the collected data to a second controller, referred to as the "memory server" (MS) controller, to be stored. The MS controller, like the RT controller, is preferably a digital microcontroller. The MS controller runs a program that compresses the data received from the RT controller, where appropriate, and stores it in a random access memory (RAM). In addition, the MS controller is responsible for communications with external entities such as a database server. In the preferred embodiment, electrocardiogram (EKG) data is reduced and compressed, and ventilation (chest expansion sensor) data is reduced. The ventilation data is reduced by storing a series of time interval/amplitude pairs that comprise a straight-line approximation of the chest expansion signal. The straight-line approximation uses the significant events in this signal, such as the inflection points in the breathing cycle, and the start and stop of breathing plateau periods (i.e. extended times of stable chest circumference), as well as sharper inflections associated with sneezing, coughing or retching. EKG data, sampled most frequently, is reduced by storing only timing information for each heartbeat (QRS complex) and, once per minute, storing the median values of various components of a straight-line approximation of the QRS complex. The heartbeat interval information is compressed by storing the differences in interval duration rather than the s interval itself where possible, and storing the interval differences in formats which take advantage of their compressed size. The RAM is divided into three regions: 1) the scratchpad; 2) the warehouse (long-term storage of all but 8-bit EKG data); and 3) the 8-bit EKG data area. As data is received, it is placed in the scratchpad. As time permits, data is read from the scratchpad, processed, and stored in the warehouse or the EKG zone, depending on the data type and size. The MS controller stores data received from the RT controller in the scratchpad in the packetized format in which it was received. When not busy with other tasks, the MS controller processes data temporarily stored in the scratchpad and places it in variable-length fields in the warehouse or fixed-length fields in the EKG zone. The data in the warehouse is tagged using a coding method which identifies the data type with a particular sequence of leading bits. This allows proper reassembling of data as it is read out of memory. In the preferred embodiment, the subjective data logger runs a user-friendly data collection program which prompts the patient to report subjective data or simply serves to structure a voluntary submission of a report. This data is timestamped and stored in a local memory unit of the data logger for later uploading to the database. The monitor and the data logger may be linked together to connect to the database as a single unit via a public data network or other communication medium. Alternatively, either of the monitor and the data logger may individually connect to the database. One particular feature of the present invention involves the use of a capsule which contains a patient's medication, along with a miniature pulse generator and transmitter. When the capsule is ingested and dissolves in the patient's stomach acid, the medication is liberated and the transmitter is activated. The transmitter transmits a pulsed signal which is int uniquely identified with the medication in the capsule. The signal is detected by the EKG electrodes of the monitor on the surface of the patient's skin, and is decoded by the monitor firmware to automatically identify which drugs are ingested by the patient and when they are taken. FIG. 1 is a schematic overview of a health monitoring system in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of a portable multiparametric monitor which is part of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is a top view of a patient wearing the multiparametric monitor which shows the desired locations of EKG electrodes of the monitor. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a portable multiparametric monitor of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic depiction of the hardware of a portable multiparametric monitor of the present invention. FIG. 5. is a memory map of the RAM memory of a portable multiparametric monitor of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a table of the service groups for data collected by a portable multiparametric monitor of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a representation of how data is stored in RAM. FIG. 8 is a graphical depiction of a EKG waveform demonstrating the EKG sampling points of the multiparametric monitor of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a flow chart depicting a software routine of a real time controller of the multiparametric monitor. FIG. 10 is a flow chart depicting an interrupt routine of the real time controller. FIGS. 11A-11D together make up a flow chart depicting an EKG signal processing routine of the real-time controller. FIGS. 12A and 12B depict a flow chart of a ventilation signal processing routine of the real time controller. FIG. 13 is a flow chart depicting a plateau detection flnction used during the ventilation signal processing routine of the real time controller. FIG. 14 is a flow chart depicting a software routine of a memory server controller of the multiparametric monitor. FIG. 15 is a front view of a subjective data logger of the present invention. FIG. 16A depicts a "pain location" screen display of the subjective data logger on which a front view of a human body is shown FIG. 16B depicts a "pain location" screen display of the subjective data logger on which a rear view of a human body is shown. FIG. 16 depicts a "pain location" screen display of the subjective data logger on which a magnified view of a particular portion of a human body is shown FIG. 17 depicts a "pain history" screen display of the subjective data logger. FIG. 18 depicts a "mood" screen display of the subjective data logger. FIG. 19 depicts a "medication history" screen display of the subjective data logger. FIG. 19A depicts a "side effects" screen display of the subjective data logger. FIG. 20A depicts a message screen upon which a user may enter a message to be received by a party monitoring the database. FIG. 20B depicts a message screen upon which a user receives messages and interactive questions from a party monitoring the database. FIG. 21 is an exploded view of an "electronic pill" used with an alternative embodiment of the multiparametric monitor of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Shown in FIG. 1 is a health tracking system 100 which has a central database 102 with a data link connectable to each of a plurality of health trackers 104. In the preferred embodiment, each of the health trackers 104 includes a multiparametic physiological monitor 108 and a subjective data logger 106. In the preferred embodiment the monitor 108 connects directly to a modem 110 (when used without a data logger 106), or can be connected to a serial data port on the subjective data logger which, in turn, connects to a modem 110. In the preferred embodiment an external modem is used primarily because of lower cost, however those skilled in the art will recognize that it would also be possible to include a single chip modem in the monitor 108 or to plug a PCMCIA modem into the data logger 106. The external modem of the preferred embodiment also includes a chargepad for recharging the batteries of the portable monitor 108 and data logger 106 units. The monitor 108 and the data logger 106 collect data from the patient which is time stamped and stored locally for later uploading to the central database 102. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the "central" database may actually be a plurality of databases. However, for the purposes of this description, the database will be described as a single unit. Preferably, the data link from each of the health trackers 108 and each of the data loggers 106 to the database is established using an associated modem 110, and some combination of a telephone network and a data network. In the present embodiment, the modem 110 directly connects via telephone to one of the computers that support the database 102. In the alternative, the modem may connect to a local network access computer and transmit data to the database via the network connection. Those skilled in the art will recognize that there is a variety of means to transfer data from site to site, and that different means may be chosen at anytime based on cost and convenience. The monitor 108 collects objective data on the patient's physical condition via a plurality of automatically-controlled physiological sensors. The subjective data logger collects subjective information from the patient by providing the patient with an input device having data prompts such as questions regarding the patient's condition. Within the context of this description, the term "objective" data will refer to that data which is obtained by sensing the patient's physiological parameters. Correspondingly, the term "subjective" data will refer to that data which is input by the patient to the data logger 106, regardless of whether that data pertains to the patient or the patient's environment, and whether or not the information is objective or factual, such as medication dosage or consumption of a particular food. Referring to FIG. 1, a medical records database 114 contains information regarding patient medical histories. Also shown graphically in FIG. 1 is a depiction of a hospital 116 and a physician's office 118. The hospital 116 and physician's office also have data connections with database 102 to allow the transfer of data to and from the database. In addition, the database 102 has a direct connection to the medical records database to allow the transfer of information directly between the two locations. Although only one hospital building and one physician's office are shown in the figure, those skilled in the art will recognize that there can be, and are likely to be, a large number of hospitals and physicians offices with communications links to the medical records database 114. In addition, a number of personnel not directly related to patient care may be located at these and other sites, similarly connected over a public or private network, who will be performing data management and analysis services. Multiparametric Monitor Shown in FIG. 2 is multiparametric monitor 108. The monitor 108 comprises a body strap which, in the preferred embodiment, is a chest strap 124 upon which are distributed various sensors and supporting electronics. (It will be recognized by those skilled in the art that a multiparametric monitoring device may also be mounted by a strap about a part of the body other than the chest). As shown in the top view of FIG. 2A, the chest strap 124 fits around the torso of a patient 120. In the preferred embodiment, all of the electronics and sensors are configured in the flexible strap itself such that the monitor is completely self-contained. That is, the chest strap 124 includes a number of flexible conductors which are embedded in the strap. The various components are mounted in the strap, and are interconnected via the embedded conductors. In the preferred embodiment, the belt, sensors and accompanying electronics have a thin profile, and the strap is a consistent 0.9 inches wide along its length. Most of the monitor is less than 0.20 inches thick, except for an area containing the batteries 129 and an area containing the chest expansion sensor and accelerometer, each of which is approximately 0.3 inches thick. A variety of parametric sensors are supported by the monitor, each being located on the strap 124 as most appropriate for the parameter (or parameters) which it detects. Each of the sensors provides an electrical input to analog circuitry which filters and amplifies the sensor signals, as known in the art of signal processing, and outputs them to an analog-to-digital converter, which is part of monitor hardware 144. The hardware 144 of the monitor 108 receives data from the sensors in a manner which is discussed in detail with reference to FIG. 4. The identification of the following sensors in FIGS. 2 and 2A is intended to describe a preferred embodiment for the sensors and their locations relative to the patient's body, and is not intended to limit the use of other sensors or other positioning of sensors with the present invention. The sensors (shown in block diagram form in FIG. 3) are as follows: pectoralis temperature sensor 128, which senses the temperature of the surface of the patient's chest; barometric pressure sensor 130, which senses the ambient barometric pressure of the patient's environment; chest expansion (ventilation) sensor 132, which detects the tension on the chest strap 124 as an indication of the expansion and contraction of the patient's chest; accelerometer 134, which detects movement and inclination of the patient's body; ambient temperature sensor 136, which senses the ambient temperature of the patient's environment; microphone 138, which detects sounds from within the patient's torso; and underarm temperature sensor 142, which senses the temperature of the side of the patient's torso underneath the arm. Also on the chest strap 124 are EKG electrodes 140, which detect electrical signals caused by action of the heart muscle. In the preferred embodiment, two EKG electrodes 140 and two ground, or reference, electrodes 141 are placed in contact with the skin of the patient's chest, and detect electrical signals generated by the pumping action of the patient's heart muscle. The EKG (electrocardiogram) is an indication of the patient's heart activity, as is well known in the a field of medicine. The EKG signal acquisition circuit is of known design and produces an EKG signal which is sampled periodically under control of the monitor hardware. Referring to FIG. 2, the electrodes 140, 141 are each a made of a conductive rubber and have a metal pin projecting from a back side. The back side is also provided with an adhesive coating which allows the pin to be plugged into the outer surface of the strap 124 and retained along the surface by the adhesive. For each of the electrodes 140, 141, a plurality of conductive, locking receptacles 131, 133, 135, 137 are equally spaced along the surface of the strap 124. Each set of receptacles 131, 133, 135 137 is a common electrical point established by a conductor embedded in the strap 124 (e.g. all receptacles in the group marked 135 are electrically connected, but are isolated from the receptacles 131, 133 and 137). Each of the receptacle groups 131, 133, 135, 137 provides one input to the hardware 144. By plugging a pin 140, 141 into a particular receptacle of a group, the location of that pin is established relative to pins which are similarly plugged into receptacles of other groups. This relative location of EKG electrode and ground pins 140, 141 allows the chest strap 124 to be adapted to the different sized torsos of different patients. The correct location of the pins can be determined by considering the desired locations of the electrodes and ground points relative to the patient's body. FIG. 2A shows the preferred locations of the electrode and ground pins 140, 141 relative to the body of a patient 120. The reference numerals pertaining to each of the receptacle groups are used to indicate these locations. As shown, in the preferred embodiment, electrode pins 140 are located in receptacle groups 131 and 135, while the ground pins 141 are located in receptacle groups 133 and 137. To determine the receptacles to which each pin 140, 141 should be connected in its respective group, the chest strap 124 is first aligned relative to the patient's body by locating sternum center line 143 directly in front of the patient's sternum. The strap is then wrapped around the patient's torso, and the receptacles on the strap which are closest to the locations 131, 133, 135 and 137 shown in FIG. 2A are selected as the proper insertion points for the pins 140, 141. Although different patients have different sized torsos, the varied receptacle locations for each group 131, 133, 135 137 nonetheless allow for a distribution of EKG contacts as shown in FIG. 2A for each patient. Those sensors of the monitor other than the EKG sensor are discussed briefly below. The chest expansion sensor 132 is a tension sensing device which senses the change in tension on the chest strap 124 of the monitor 108. In the preferred embodiment, the chest expansion sensor 132 includes a strain or stress gauge, which has an output that changes with the tension on the chest strap 124. As shown in FIG. 2, the chest expansion sensor is located right at the sternum center line 143 of the chest strap 124. The accelerometer 134 uses a well-known piezo-resistive bridge sensor, and is located within the chest strap 124. The output of the bridge sensor is amplified and filtered to separate the AC and the DC components. Each of the AC and DC signals is then individually sampled by the monitor hardware. Microphone 138 is located on the side of the monitor 108 facing the patient's chest so that it remains in contact with the chest cavity. The audible signals detected by the microphone are amplified in a pre-amplification stage and then divided along separate circuit paths which develop the "breath sounds" signal and the "voice sounds" signal, respectively. The breath signal path incorporates a bandpass filter passing frequencies in the range 1.5 KHz-5 Khz. Similarly, a voice signal bandpass filter ranges from 600 Hz-2 KHz. In the preferred embodiment, simple RC filters are used, as is known in the art of circuit design. Those skilled in the art will recognize that other designs for said filters can be implemented without significantly affecting the form and function of the device. Separate output paths are provided for the different signals to allow them to be sampled on different channels of the analog-to-digital converter 146. In addition to providing the breath signal output and the voice signal output, additional circuitry provides for analog integration of each of these signals. The integrator circuits used with each branch are standard analog integrators, well known in the art, which are reset periodically so as to provide an appropriate integration time. For each of the breath integral and the voice integral, the reset signal for restarting the integration cycle is generated once each second by the monitor hardware immediately after sampling the signal in question. The barometric pressure sensor 130 is located on the side of the chest strap 124 away from the patient's body. The pressure sensor 130 is of known design and uses a piezoresistive bridge sensor. The output of this sensor is amplified and sampled by the monitor analog circuitry and hardware once a minute. Each of the underarm, the pectoralis and the ambient temperature sensors use an amplifier having a thermistor-controlled feedback loop to generate a temperature output signal. The thermistor for each is packaged in a waterproof protective sleeve and is located adjacent to the area in which it senses temperature. The underarm thermistor is located adjacent to the patient's torso with its protective package in contact with the patient's skin. Similarly, the pectoralis thermistor is located on the inside of the chest strap 124 such that its protective package contacts the patient's skin in the center of the chest, where the housing 122 is located. The ambient thermistor is located on the side of the chest strap 124 away from the patient's body. It gives an indication of the patient's thermal environment, and allows a comparative analysis with the other temperature sensor outputs. The monitor hardware 144 is shown in block diagram form in FIG. 4. The hardware 144 includes a real-time (RT) controller 148 which coordinates the sampling of the sensor outputs, organizes the data into an appropriate format and transmits it to the memory server (MS) controller 150 for later uploading to database 102 (FIG. 1). The analog output of each of the monitor sensors from the analog circuitry of the device (shown as inputs 156 in FIG. 4) is connected to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 146. There is also an set of integrator reset lines 157 which the RT controller uses to reset the integration circuits of various monitor circuitry. In the preferred embodiment, the ADC 146 is a twelve-bit, serial digital interface converter such as the TLC2543. Those skilled in the art will recognize that use of a different type of converter or one with different resolution will not significantly affect the form or function of the invention. RT controller 148 is an interrupt-driven microcontroller, such as a Microchip PIC16C74, which runs a program (firmware) that will be discussed in more detail hereinafter. The RT controller 148 is responsible for the data sampling and pre-processing. The MS controller 150 (also an interrupt-driven microcontroller) is responsible for receiving the data packets from the RT controller 148, compressing the data, where appropriate, and storing it in the appropriate part of random access memory (RAM) 152. The MS controller 150 is also responsible for controlling the flow of data between RAM 152 and external entities such as the database 102 (FIG. 1), or subjective data logger 106. While the preferred embodiment uses two Microchip PIC16C74 microcontrollers, those skilled in the art will recognize that it would be possible to use different controllers or processors from the same or other vendors, or even to perform both functional groups (the real-time block and the memory server block) in a single microcontroller without significantly affecting the form and function of the invention. Each of the controllers 148, 150 includes a number of internal elements which, in the preferred embodiment, are integral components of the integrated circuits which comprise the controllers 148, 150. The RT controller 148 has a central processing unit (CPU) 141 which runs a firmware program stored in a "program store" which, in the present embodiment, is erasable, programmable read-only memory (EPROM) 143. In executing the stored program, the RT controller provides the necessary control signals to collect data samples using the ADC 146 and to transmit the collected data to the MS controller 150. The RT controller 148 includes a synchronous serial port (SSP) 145 via which CPU 141 provides commands to the "data in" (DI) port of ADC 146, and receives data from the "data out" (DO) port of ADC 146, controlling the data transfer using a clock signal "IOCLK". The communication between the RT controller 148 and the ADC 146 is bi-directional and synchronous, that is, data is transmitted both directions simultaneously with each pulse of signal "IOCLK". Those skilled in the art will recognize that the communication arrangement is specific to the ADC 146 in the implementation and may be changed to accommodate another type of ADC without significantly affecting the form and function of the invention. To acquire data from a particular channel, the RT controller 148 transmits a serial control message to ADC 146. Included with this message is a four-bit code indicating which of the eleven analog input lines is to be sampled. The ADC 146 then latches the analog signal on the specified line, and begins converting it to a 12-bit sample. When the sample is complete, the ADC 146 provides an output on pin "EOC" (end of conversion) which is detected by CPU 141 at one of the digital I/O ports 147 of RT controller 148. This signal indicates to the RT controller 148 that data is available to be read from the ADC 146, and that the ADC 146 is ready to perform another conversion. Under control of the RT controller 148, the sample is then transmitted from the DO port on the ADC 146 to the "data in" (DO) pin of SSP 145 of RT controller 148. Each of the controllers 148, 150 is a low-power device which has a power-down (or "sleep") mode in which most of its power consuming components are de-energized until an electrical "wakeup" signal is received at the appropriate input port. Such power saving strategies are a key element to allowing the physiological monitor to make use of small, light batteries, and thus be unobtrusive to wear, while still being capable of "real time" processing as required for the invention. Although prior art real-time, intermittent devices exist, they typically have relatively long delays between the times at which they were "awakened." This long delay is necessitated by the requirement of a crystal clock source, which gives the accuracy necessary for real-time processing. The delay is a result of the fact that crystal oscillators typically require more than 1000 clock cycles to properly stabilize. Thus, if a crystal oscillator were turned on and off with each intermittent cycle of the present invention, the monitor would be limited to a much lower sampling rate, and the resolution of the system would be significantly lower. RC oscillators (i.e. those which make use of a resistive/capacitive network) are traditionally not favored for real-time devices because of their inherent inaccuracy. In order to provide a high resolution system, while reaping the low power benefits of intermittent operation, the present invention uses multiple clocks, each directed toward a different task. These clocks include real-time (RT) clock 155, and RC instruction clocks of the CPUs 141, 151 which make use of external RC circuits 157, 159. While most of the elements of the RT controller 148 and the MS controller 150 are idle during "sleep" cycles, the RT clock 155 runs continuously, at a rate of approximately 32.5 KHz (an the preferred embodiment, the crystal is a "watch crystal" which runs at a speed of 32,768 Hz, but for the remainder of the description will be discussed in terms of the approximate 32.5 KHz speed). The RT clock 155 makes use of a crystal 161 (such as quartz crystal), which ensures accurate oscillation of the clock circuit. The RT clock includes a timer which every thirteenth oscillation provides a "wakeup" pulse to CPU 141. The wakeup pulse causes the CPU to come out of its idle state, and to initiate a sampling event. Thus, the wakeup pulses are generated at a frequency of 2.5 KHz, the desired maximum sampling frequency of the system. Although the periodicity of the wakeup pulses (and therefore the sampling rate of the system) is rigidly controlled by the crystal-based oscillator of the RT clock 155, the CPU clock (which must be much faster than the 2.5 KHz rate of the RT clock 155) is controlled by the RC pair 157. This RC clock is not a precision clock, but provides an oscillation rate of approximately 4 MHZ. This comparatively fast clock speed allows the CPU 141 to process all of the instructions necessary to accomplish the desired data transfer tasks involved in signaling the ADC 146, receiving data from the ADC 146 and transmitting the data to the MS controller 150. Indeed, this clock speed is sufficiently fast that the RT controller is able to finish the interrupt service well before the next wakeup pulse from the RT clock 155 arrives, thus allowing it to return to "sleep" mode or to be in an interruptible background processing mode. Although the RC-based clock is significantly less accurate than the RT clock, the data processing tasks do not require a highly accurate clock. Because the RT clock 155 synchronizes each data sampling event by initiating the data collection sequence with a wakeup pulse, the maximum sampling rate is a stable 2.5 KHz. The dual-clock feature of the present invention allows for full digital event detection of heartbeat (QRS) signals with intermittent operation of the controlling processors. Unlike earlier intermittent devices (in which events such as QRS complexes were detected by external, analog circuits that, in turn, "awakened" the processor), the RT controller 148 detects the QRS events digitally by using "fine-grain" intermittent operation, in which the processor "wakes up" every 400 μs to sample and process the EKG signal. This differs from the "coarse grain" intermittent operation of prior systems in which the processor wakes up to process an externally detected event (typically no more often than 100 times per minute). This fine grain operation is made possible by using the RC oscillator as a clock source, which allows the processor to begin useful operation within one or two clock cycles (0.25 to 0.5 μs) of getting a wakeup signal. After a full data packet is ready for transfer, the RT controller 148 alerts the MS controller 150 that it is ready to begin transmitting data by providing an output on one of its digital ports 147 which is received on one of the digital ports 149 of MS controller 150. This signal interrupts or, in the case that it was idle, "wakes up" the MS controller 150 and causes it to prepare for the data transfer. The CPU 151 of the MS controller 150 runs a firmware program stored in the EPROM program store 153. When not servicing the RT controller data, the MS controller 150 is either post-processing data previously received from the RT controller 148 (i.e. performing data compression or storing data to RAM 152), or is powered down in a "sleep" mode. The sleep mode is essentially the same as the sleep mode of the RT controller. As part of the program of the MS controller 150, in order to conserve power in the system, the CPU 151 de-energizes most of the MS controller 150 circuits when there are no post-processing tasks or servicing required for RT controller data. The MS controller is "awakened" by the receipt of the wakeup pulse from RT controller 148 along line 162, in the same manner that the RT controller 148 is "awakened" by the wakeup pulse from the RT clock 155. Upon receiving the wakeup signal, the MS controller 150 either powers up (if in sleep mode), or suspends its post-processing activities in order to provide service to the RT controller 148. Once ready to receive data, the MS controller 150 sends an acknowledgment signal to RT controller 148 on protocol signal line 164. Further interaction between the RT controller 148 and the MS controller 150 occurs over bus 154 and is arbitrated by protocol signals 164 and 162. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the general manner of communication between the controllers is well-known in the art and that changes to the particulars thereof do not significantly affect the form or function of the invention. The RT controller 148, in its request, indicates to the MS controller 150 what type and how much data it will be transmitting. Once the RT controller request is acknowledged, the MS controller coordinates data transfer from the RT controller 148 to the RAM 152. Synchronization between RT controller 148 and MS controller 150 is accomplished using protocol signals 164 and 162. While data is synchronously transmitted over bus 154, RAM 152 is controlled directly by MS controller 150. When the transfer is completed, the RT controller 148 resumes its data collection tasks, and MS controller 150 resumes its post-processing tasks. Prior to post-processing (i.e. when the monitor data is first transmitted from RT controller 148), newly-received data is placed in the "scratchpad" of RAM 152 by the MS controller 150. As shown in the memory map of FIG. 5, in the preferred embodiment, the scratchpad 168 occupies a fixed amount of separate memory which, in the preferred embodiment, is 2,304 bytes. After post-processing, the resultant data will be stored in either the warehouse 170 or the 8-Bit EKG-sid zone 172. Where any particular monitor data is stored in RAM 152 depends on the type of data in question. As described below, different types of data are handled differently by the firmware of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a table of monitor 108 service groups. Each service group is defined by the rate at which subroutines are run and/or data samples are taken for the monitored parameters of the group. The different sampling rates shown in the figure are selected as part of the preferred embodiment, and are based on numerous factors including, but not limited to: 1) the necessary minimum sampling rate to properly characterize the sensor signal in question; 2) the desired frequency of samples for creating a data history for the sensor signal in question which is of the most value in detecting trends and diagnosing medical conditions; 3) the processing speed limitations of the system hardware; and 4) the practical limitations on the memory storage capabilities of RAM 152 and of the database 102. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that different service groups and different sampling rates may be used as an alternative embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the most infrequently collected data is in Group E, referred to as "minute" data. Included in this group are sensor signals which change relatively slowly with time. Specifically, this group includes: 1) the barometer signal; 2) the pectoralis temperature sensor signal; 3) the underarm temperature sensor signal; and 4) the ambient temperature sensor signal. Each of these signals is sampled by the RT controller 148 once every sixty seconds. In addition to the sampled signals, the service group table of FIG. 6 also shows other functions performed once a minute as part of Service Group E. These functions include transferring a stored "minute (data) packet" to RAM 152 and resetting minute data packet "accumulators," which are selected memory locations maintained by RT controller 148. Because the minute data is collected relatively infrequently, no data compression is performed on this data, and it is stored essentially "as is." For convenience, in the preferred embodiment, all of the data which is collected once a minute is stored together as part of the "minute packet," along with other data which is computed on a once per minute basis. Thus, all of the stored data for a particular "minute" is identified by a single timestamp. The various components of the minute packet are discussed in more detail hereinafter with regard to the data packet structures shown in FIG. 7. Referring again to FIG. 6, the next most infrequent group of collected data is the 1 Hz group (Group D), for which data samples are collected at the rate of one per second. The data collected as part of this service group is used to compute values that are stored as part of the minute packet. Within this service group are the processing of a breath sounds integral and a voice sounds integral. As discussed previously, the analog circuitry for each of the microphone-based signals includes a conventional integrator circuit which integrates the detected signal over time. The breath signal and the voice signal are each allowed to integrate over the period of one second and, as part of the 1 Hz service group, the integrators are reset after the integrated data is collected. Other data which is collected and processed once per second are the AC and DC acceleration integrals and the activity duty cycle value. The signal from accelerometer 134 is collected as part of a 100 Hz service group (Group B), but those collected samples are not stored in RAM 152. Instead, the software run by the RT controller 148 mathematically integrates (accumulates) the 100 samples over a period of one second. Two types of integrals are calculated, the AC integral and the DC integral. The DC integral is the average DC value of the samples collected over the last minute, and is indicative of the relative orientation of the patient's body. The AC integral is an average change in the signal per unit time, and is indicative of the level of physical activity of the patient. In addition to these values, an activity duty cycle value is calculated each minute which is a number between 0 and 59. This number corresponds to the number of seconds in a given minute where the absolute value of the AC acceleration integral exceeds a pre-set threshold value, thus giving an indication of relatively active behavior as opposed to relatively inactive behavior. Group C in FIG. 6 is the 10 Hz signal group, and includes the function of transmitting any pending EKG data packets to the MS controller 150 for storage in the appropriate section of RAM 152. The 100 Hz group (Group B) includes the sampling of the ventilation (chest expansion sensor 132) signal and the sampling of the accelerometer 134 signal. Prior to transmission to MS controller 150, the ventilation signals are subjected to a reduction algorithm which operates on the collected ventilation samples. This data reduction is discussed in more detail hereinafter. The most frequent data sampling group is Group A, the 2.5 KHz group. This service group is dedicated to the collection of EKG data. Because of the importance of EKG data and the rapidly changing nature of an EKG signal, the 2.5 KHz sampling rate is preferred. However, this relatively high rate of data collection results in a large number of data samples which, if stored "as is," would consume a great deal of memory space in RAM 152. For this reason, the data is reduced by RT controller 148 and further compressed by MS controller 150 to change the form of the data to one which consumes a much smaller amount of memory. This data compression technique is discussed in more detail hereinafter. The structure of the data packets for storing the data collected by the body monitor is 108 are depicted schematically in FIG. 7. In the preferred embodiment, five different data packet structures are used to store the following types of monitor data: "minute" data; "EKG-ts" (EKG-"timestamp") data; "EKG-lid" (EKG-"large interval difference") data; "vent-I" ("ventilation interval") data; and "EKG-sid" (EKG-"small interval difference") data. To allow the different data packets to be distinguished when they are later read from memory, the preferred embodiment relies on an encoding algorithm, along with segregated memory locations in RAM 152. The data encoding of the present invention relies on a logical "1" being positioned within the first byte of the packet in a specific position relative to the most significant bit (MSB) of that byte, with leading logical "0"s stored in any vacant preceding bits. The location of the first logical "1" relative to the MSB indicates the type of data which is to follow. In the present invention tags are assigned to the various fields primarily based on frequency of use, and secondarily based on which allocation would permit all packets to fit in the smallest number of 8-bit fields. For example, the ventilation packet has the shortest tag (a one with no leading zeros) even though it is less frequent than the EKG-lid packet. However this allocation permits the ventilation packet to be stored in three bytes and the EKG-lid packet to be stored in two bytes. While changing the allocation of tags between these two packet types would still require two bytes for the EKG-lid packet (with some unused bits), it would also require four bytes for the ventilation packet. An additional advantage is provided by locating the most frequent fields of all, the EKG-sid fields, in a different portion of memory, with no tag field at all (as discussed below) As shown in FIG. 7, each of the data types has a logical "1" in a different location in its first byte, except for the EKG-sid data packet. The EKG-sid data does not require an encoded label because it is stored in the eight-bit EKG-sid zone 172 of RAM 152 (FIG. 5), separate from the remaining data types. While minute data, EKG-ts data, EKG-lid data and vent-I data is all stored in warehouse 170 (i.e. hexadecimal memory locations 0×100 and above) starting with the lowest memory address and progressing toward higher addresses in memory, EKG-sid data is stored in EKG-sid zone 172 starting with the highest memory address allocated to EKG-sid data in RAM 152 and progressing toward lower addresses in memory. In the preferred embodiment, there is no fixed border between the warehouse 170 and the EKG-sid zone 172. If there is a data collision between the warehouse 170 and the EKG-sid zone 172 (i.e. if all of the memory in RAM 152 is filled), an error is detected and the MS controller 150 discontinues the data storage process. All data already stored in these two zones is retained. Referring again to FIG. 7, the minute data packet has a first byte which is all leading logical "0"s, except for the least significant bit (LSB). This first byte is a label for use in reading data out of memory which indicates that the next thirty-one bytes of data stored in the warehouse are minute data. These thirty-one bytes are occupied as described below. The first four bytes of the minute data packet contain "TIMESTAMP," a timestamp for the data collected during the minute in question. The next three bytes contain "COUNT," "ECOUNT" AND "VCOUNT," respectively. COUNT is a sequence number of the current minute packet, modulo 256. That is, an eight-bit counter is incremented with each minute packet. The counter provides a reference label for each minute packet, and rolls over every 256 packets. ECOUNT is the total number of EKG packets sent by the RT controller 148 during the last minute, from 0 up to 255. In the event that more than 255 EKG packets are sent, the number 255 will be reported. VCOUNT is the total number of ventilation packets sent by the RT controller 148 during the last minute. The next two bytes of the minute packet are EKG-- DEPOL and EKG-- REPOL, respectively. EKG-- DEPOL contains the median EKG depolarization value over the last minute and EKG-- REPOL contains the median repolarization value over the last minute. These are followed by one-byte field EKG-- RETURN, which contains the average up-slope width of the EKG pulses resulting from the heart muscle contraction. The EKG fields are followed by two-byte field BARO-- PRES (the barometric pressure), and four values derived from the sampling of the activity sensor (i.e. the accelerometer): ACTV-- INTG (the activity integral--two bytes); ACTV-- MAX (the maximum value of the accelerometer signal over the last minute--two bytes); ACTV-- DCYC (the average duty cycle of the accelerometer signal over the last minute--one byte); and ACTV-- INCL (the average inclination of the patient over the last minute as determined by the DC integral of the accelerometer signal--two bytes). The next two fields of the minute data packet are VOICE-- INTG (the integral of the detected voice signal--two bytes) and VOICE-- DCYC (the duty cycle of the voice signal--one byte). Next are the BREATH-- INTG (two bytes) and BREATH-- DCYC (one byte), representing similar quantities for the breath sounds signals. These are followed by three two-byte fields: T-- PEC (the pectoralis temperature); T-- ARM (the underarm temperature); and T-- AIR (the ambient temperature). The structure of other data packets, as they are stored in RAM 152 by MS controller 150 are also shown in FIG. 7. The ventilation (chest expansion sensor) packet vent-I consists of a single indicator bit followed by 23 bits of data in which are packed the timestamp relative to the last minute packet and the amplitude of the ventilation signal being reporteds All quantities, except 4-byte timestamps in the minute packet, are stored most-significant-bit first ("big endian" as it is known in the art). Four-byte timestamps are stored in Intel byte-reversed format, though the bits in the individual bytes are stored byte-msb-first. The EKG data in the present invention is stored using three separate compression/data reduction strategies. First, the raw EKG signal is converted into set of QRS description packets by the RT controller 148 which are then sent to the MS controller 150. Secondly, only the intervals between subsequent QRS events are stored in the RAM 152 for most heart beats, with the median values of the other features of the waveform being stored once a minute in the minute packet, as explained above. Finally, the QRS interval data itself is subjected to a significant degree of compression into one of three different types of EKG timing data packets which are distinctly different, and which are used depending on the amount of data compression which may be applied in a particular instance. In FIG. 7, the longer two EKG data packets (EKG-ts and EKG-lid) each have a bit labeled "P" in their first byte. The "P" bit is a flag which is used during the decompression of EKG data to indicate the location of the next previous packet of EKG data. Because the EKG data is split into two separate zones of RAM 152, some of the packets may be EKG-sid packets which are located in EKG-sid zone 172, while others are EKG-ts and EKG-lid packets which are stored in the warehouse 170 (FIG.5). The "P" bit is set to a logical "1" in a particular EKG-ts or EKG-lid packet to indicate that there is at least one EKG-sid packet which immediately precedes it in time. Thus, as EKG data is being read out of the warehouse, if a packet is encountered for which the "P" bit is set to a logical "1", the decoding software jumps to the EKG-sid zone 172. In the EKG-sid zone, EKG data is read out of memory until an "end-of-sequence" marker is encountered. Although the EKG-sid data packets are 8-bits each, with no indicator bits, an EKG-sid packet having the first bit set to a logical "1," and the next seven bits set to "0" (i.e. numeric value -128) is used as the "end-of-sequence" marker. This value is reserved, and no actual EKG-sid data is allowed to be stored with this value. Upon encountering this marker, the decoding software jumps back to the warehouse 170 to continue reading from the point at which the "P" bit was encountered. As mentioned, the EKG-ts packet has four indicator bits, which are followed by twenty data bits. The EKG-lid packet has a three indicator bits, followed by thirteen data bits. Finally, the EKG-sid packet is simply a one-byte data packet, which is identified as being EKG-sid data simply by its storage in the EKG-sid zone. The selection of which packet type to use is based on the EKG compression algorithm and the irregularity of the EKG signal response. This may be better understood with reference to FIG. 8. FIG. 8 depicts a typical EKG signal pulse, as detected by the EKG sensor electrodes of the present invention. In order to minimize the data which is necessary to describe the waveform, the RT controller 148 collects only time event and feature measurement information for each signal pulse. Using its internal registers, the RT controller 148 retains information from a pulse which allows it to simplify the measurement of the next pulse. The feature measurements (labeled A, B, and C in FIG. 8) are sent to the MS controller 150 for temporary storage in the scratchpad 168 portion of RAM 152 (FIG. 5). These measurements are collected over a period of one minute, and their median values are calculated and subsequently stored as part of the "minute" data packet in the warehouse 170 of RAM 152. An EKG pulse as shown in FIG. 8 occurs each time the patient's heart muscle contracts and expands. The nature and cause of an electrical EKG signal is well known in the art and will not be discussed herein in any detail. Each pulse consists of a temporary increase in electrical potential caused by excitation of the patient's ventricles (i.e. depolarization), and is followed by a temporary decrease in electrical potential caused by recovery of the patient's ventricles (i.e. repolarization). In between pulses, the signal amplitude remains confined to a baseline level, the varying magnitude of which is primarily due to electrical noise or detected skeletal muscle signals. To describe each EKG pulse, the present invention uses six different measurements: 1) the departure of the signal amplitude from baseline by more than a predetermined amount (which is selected to be at or near 10% of the prior pulse amplitude in this embodiment); 2) the slope of the initial increase in signal amplitude; 3) the maximum amplitude of the pulse; 4) the slope of the decrease from fill positive amplitude to full negative amplitude; 5) the minimum amplitude of the pulse; and 6) the slope of the increase back to baseline from full minimum amplitude. The preferred method of obtaining this information involves the determination of time intervals between certain features of each waveform, from which the desired measurements can be approximated. As mentioned previously, in the preferred embodiment, the EKG signal is sampled approximately 2500 times per second. An average EKG pulse is 80 ms long, which results in approximately 200 samples to describe each pulse. Certain features of each pulse are determined by the RT controller 148 from the samples, and used for making measurements in the next subsequent pulse. For one, the RT controller 148 maintains an average baseline value, which is continuously updated when the RT controller is not tracking an EKG pulse in progress. The RT controller also saves values derived from the maximum and minimum amplitudes of a current pulse which are used to assist in the detection of the feature points is of the next pulse. When a sample is received which indicates that the EKG signal has departed from the average baseline value by more than 10% of the amplitude of the prior pulse the RT controller enters into its QRS complex recognition routine. The subsequent data samples are then tested against values representative of 25% and 75% of the maximum amplitude of the previous pulse. The separation between these data samples in time is defined as the width (labeled as feature "A" on FIG. 8) of the depolarization up-slope, and this width value is measured and stored by RT controller 148. By knowing this width, an approximation of the median representative pulse up-slope may be generated. In the preferred embodiment, the width is saved by saving an indication of the time values for each of the 25% and 75% points (relative to the initial departure from baseline). The midpoint of feature "A" (50%) is considered the point of greatest slope and the four-byte absolute timestamp of this event is considered the "official" timestamp of the EKG. The maximum value of the EKG pulse is determined by the RT controller 148 from the available samples, and is temporarily saved for use in finding the 25% and 75% points for the feature measurements in the next pulse. The next EKG measurement to follow the maximum value is the width of the down-slope from the maximum pulse value to the minimum pulse value (labeled as feature "B" in FIG. 8). This value is determined by using the maximum value and the minimum value from the next previous pulse as a measure of the peak amplitudes. The 25% points of each of these extrema are then found, and the collected data samples compared to them. The separation in time between 25% of the maximum and 25% of the minimum is indicative of the desired width measurement and so is measured and retained. The minimum value of the pulse (like the maximum value) is temporarily saved for use in determining the 25% and 75% values for the feature measurements of the next pulse. The last measurement taken is the time between the 75% and 25% points of the repolarization upslope (labeled as feature "C" in FIG. 8). Like the previous measurements, this width uses the time separation between the 75% and 25% points of the minimum value stored from the previous EKG pulse. The time interval between these two points is measured and saved, along with the other saved time values, for transmission to the MS controller 150 and subsequent compression and long-term storage. Because the expression of each of the absolute timestamps requires four bytes of memory, it is desirable to reduce this data size to allow for greater density of storage in RAM 152. Thus, instead of storing each of the timestamps, the intervals between successive timestamps are calculated for many of the EKG events. Because a regular interval between EKG events is expected, the data may be further compressed by calculating the difference between one interval and a subsequent interval. In order to begin a calculation of interval differences, at least two consecutive timestamps must be known. Therefore, actual values of the first two timestamps are stored "as is" as EKG-ts data. The time interval between these two timestamps is then calculated. Upon the occurrence of a third event, the interval between the second and third events is calculated, and the second interval is subtracted from the first interval. The resulting value is the first calculable interval difference, and is stored as the third EKG data packet. Subsequent data packets are calculated and stored in the same manner (i.e. the third interval is subtracted from the second interval to find the second interval difference, the fourth interval is subtracted from the third interval to find the third interval difference, and so on). Depending on the variation from one interval difference to the next, the interval differences may ultimately be stored in one of two different packet structures, the EKG-lid packet or the EKG-sid packet (see FIG. 7). Because a larger interval difference requires more space in memory, the selection of which packet structure to use is made based on the number of bits required to express the interval difference. If the interval difference can be expressed in a maximum of eight bits, then it is stored by the MS controller 150 in the EKG-sid zone of RAM 152 in an "all-data" EKG-sid packet such as that shown in FIG. 7. If the interval difference requires more than eight bits, but fewer than fourteen bits, then it is stored by the MS controller 150 in the warehouse in the EKG-lid format shown in FIG. 7. Finally, if the interval difference requires more than thirteen bits to describe, the MS controller 150 stores an actual timestamp of the current EKG event relative to the last minute marker (as opposed to storing an interval difference). This timestamp is stored in the warehouse in the EKG-ts data packet format. Because the timestamp is relative to the last minute marker, four bytes are not necessary (as with the absolute timestamps stored with the minute packet). Instead, the data is stored in nineteen bits which fit in three bytes along with the encoding bits and the "P" bit. The logic flow of the firmware run by the RT controller 148 and the MS controller 150 is depicted in FIGS. 9-12. Referring to FIG. 9, when power is first provided to the RT controller 148, all registers and other memory of the controller are initialized at step 900. The controller is interrupt-driven, but it is only after initialization that the interrupts are enabled at step 902. The controller then examines an internal task register 904 which is used to store a list of pending controller tasks. Since the system has just been powered up, there are no pending tasks, and the controller proceeds from decision box 906 into a sleep state 908, where it waits for an interrupt message. The interrupt-generated process of the RT controller 148 is shown in FIG. 10. Each interrupt is generated by the 32.5 KHz crystal oscillator-based timer maintained by the hardware of the RT controller 148, the frequency of which is divided by 13 down to a 2.5 KHz interrupt cycle. Thus, in the preferred embodiment, one interrupt signal is generated each 400 μs. Each of the other service groups shown in FIG. 6 has a periodicity which is a multiple of the EKG period. The controller maintains a "master clock" which is incremented as part of the interrupt routine each time the interrupt signal is generated. Other counters are also maintained which trigger the activities for the other service groups every "nth" interrupt, where n is the multiple of the particular service group period in question relative to the interrupt signal period. Every service group, therefore, is ultimately driven by the same interrupt signal, thus ensuring timing accuracy and precision. Referring to FIG. 10, when the timer-generated interrupt is received, the RT controller 148 suspends any processing activities already in progress. The existing context (i.e. contents of processor registers and variables) is saved in local memory at step 1000. The processor, in step 1002, then signals the ADC 146 to sample the EKG channel (i.e. to convert the analog signal present on the EKG input). The RT controller 148, in step 1004, then calls an EKG processing function which is shown in FIG. 11, and discussed in further detail below. Once the EKG function is complete, the master clock is updated by the RT controller 148 in step 1006. The counters for the other service groups are decremented accordingly, and the scheduling for the other service groups is accomplished by setting the appropriate bits in a task register (step 1008). The task register is an eight-bit register which is maintained by the RT controller 148, where each of the lower four bits of the register is used to represent a task for a different service group. The 2.5 KHz group is never explicitly scheduled. When the bit for a particular service group is set to a logic "1", the RT controller 148 takes the data samples associated with that group. Subsequent processing tasks related to that data are performed at a later time, in between data collection cycles. When the processing of a task group is finished, the RT controller resets that group's task bit to logic "0", indicating completion. As shown in step 1010, all of the necessary samples for the non-EKG service groups having their task bit set to "1" are taken before any processing of those samples occurs. This is to prevent delays in the acquisition of samples while other processing activities are taking place, since such delays could skew the regularity of the sampling for some of the service groups. After sampling is performed for the appropriate groups, the previously-stored context is reloaded into the appropriate registers (step 1012), and control is returned to the next instruction of the controller program after that during which it was interrupted. If the interruption came during the sleep cycle 908 of FIG. 9, control is returned to step 904 after processing the interrupt sequence of FIG. 10 (as shown by the broken line of FIG. 9). However, since the interrupt may also be serviced while the tasks are being processed in step 910, an interruption during this step causes a return to the next pending program instruction of the task processing of step 910. In step 904 of FIG. 9, the task register is tested to see if there are any tasks pending. If so, the decision step 906 causes the highest priority task to be called. In the preferred embodiment, the priority of the tasks is according to the frequency of the related data sampling, with the higher sampling rate processing tasks having the higher priority. Since processing tasks may not yet be complete when the next interrupt cycle occurs, the processing must be suspended until the interrupt service is complete. Such postponements of the processing functions are problematic only if processing of a sample for a particular service group is not yet completed by the time the next sample for the same group is collected. Therefore, since the service groups with longer sampling periods have greater intervals between consecutive samples, they are assigned a lower priority to allow groups with shorter intervals to be serviced before them. After the execution of a task in step 910 (which includes the resetting of the associated task bit), the task register is again checked in step 904. If further tasks are pending, step 906 again transfers control to step 910, where the (now) highest priority task is executed. This process continues until no tasks remain, at which time step 906 causes the RT controller 148 to enter sleep state 908. The processing of EKG samples performed by the RT controller 148 is demonstrated by the flow chart of FIGS. 11A-11D. This processing is adaptive in that it responds to the changes in the sampled data itself. In order to reduce the amount of stored EKG data, only samples which are taken during an EKG pulse are used for calculating the stored EKG data. As discussed previously with regard to FIG. 8, the only EKG data which is ultimately stored in RAM 152 are the feature measurements and the interval information between individual EKG events. Preprocessing for this data compression is performed by the RT controller 148 via the program flow shown in FIGS. 11A-11D. As shown in step 1100, with each new EKG sample, the RT processor updates a running average sample value indicative of the baseline value of the EKG signal. Each new sample is also tested against the baseline in step 1102 to determine whether it has exceeded the baseline average by more than a predetermined amount. In the preferred embodiment, the predetermined amount is equal to 10% of the baseline average, and represents a "guard band" which reduces false determinations of the initial upslope of an EKG pulse. As shown in step 1102, each sample value is tested to determine whether it exceeds the sum of the baseline and the guard band and, if not, control is returned to step 1100. If the baseline/guard band total is exceeded, the RT controller proceeds to step 1104, where the sample value is compared to the value 0.25YMAX where YMAX is the stored maximum value from the previous sample. Each successive sample is tested against this value until it is exceeded, whereupon a sample counter is started. For each successive sample, the sample value is first tested against the value 0.5YMAX in step 1105 and, for each sample which does not exceed this value, the sample count is incremented in step 1109. When the 0.5YMAX value is exceeded, the timestamp for the current EKG pulse is recorded in a temporary memory location in step 1107. The program flow then proceeds to step 1108, where the sample value is repeatedly tested against the value 0.75YMAX. For each subsequent sample which does not exceed the 0.75YMAX test value, a sample counter is incremented in step 1110. Once the 0.75YMAX value is exceeded, the sample count is stored in step 1112 to a temporary memory location as SCOUNTA. This and all EKG measurements are stored in memory on the RT controller 148 itself in a format which facilitates efficient transmission to the MS controller 150. In the next stage of the sample processing, the sample value is tested to determine whether it is a maximum point of the EKG pulse. This is accomplished in the flow logic of FIG. 11A by the comparison of the current sample value "s[n]" to a previous sample value (s[n-1]) minus a constant Δ. Δ is a predetermined tolerance which ensures that the sample value is changing by an amount sufficient to differentiate between noise and an actual change in signal direction. As the EKG signal rises, the value P (initially set in step 1109 to the first value of S after storing SCOUNTA) is updated each time the EKG value is greater than P+Δ (steps 1114 and 1115, FIG. 11B). If the signal should happen to fall slightly, but not as far as P-Δ, it is construed as noise, P is not updated, and no other changes are made. Only when the signal falls below P-Δ (as tested in step 1116) has it been "firmly" established that the signal has begun its downslope. At that point (step 1117), the most recent value of P is declared the maximum point of the EKG signal, and is stored as YMAX to be used for the processing of the next EKG pulse. If the overall EKG signal is rejected at some point in the EKG routine, it is determined that a valid EKG event did not occur, and the old YMAX and YMIN values are retained for use in processing the next pulse. The next data collection stage is for the width of the down slope. In step 1118, the sample value is compared to the value 0.25YMAX. The RT controller 148 cycles through step 1118 with each sample until a sample is encountered which is less than the 0.25YMAX value. At that time, a sample counter SCOUNTB is started in step 1120. Referring to FIG. 11C, the RT controller 148 begins comparing subsequent samples to the value 0.25YMIN in step 1122, where YMIN equals the minimum sample value stored during the next previous EKG pulse. For each sample which is not less than 0.25YMIN, the sample counter is incremented in step 1124. Once a sample less than 0.25YMIN is encountered, the total of the sample count is stored in step 1126. The determination of YMIN value is similar to the determination of YMAX changed as needed to detect the first rise from a falling signal instead of the first fall from a rising signal. In steps 1127 and 1128, the sample value is repeatedly tested against the value P-Δ, and the value of S replaces P when it is more than Δ less than P. This ensures that P will be a true minimum (excluding noise fluctuations within the Δ error range). In step 1129, the sample value "S" is tested against P+Δ and, if it exceeds P+Δ, P is stored as YMIN in step 1130. Because the increase in the sample value above P+Δ indicates the beginning of an upslope, YMIN is thus a valid determination of the minimum point on the EKG curve. After the minimnum value is determined, the RT controller 148 begins comparing the samples to the value 0.75YMIN in step 1132 (FIG. 11). Once this value is exceeded, a sample counter is started in step 1134. The RT controller 148 then begins testing samples against the value 0.25YMIN in step 1136, and, in step 1137, increments the sample counter once for each sample which does not exceed the 0.25YMIN value. Once 0.25YMIN is exceeded, the RT controller 148, in step 1138, stores the accumulated sample count as SCOUNTC. After step 1138, the RT controller 148 begins comparing the sample values to the value of the baseline average minus the guard band value (step 1140). Once a sample is encountered which has a value within 10% of the baseline, the RT controller 148 determines that a valid EKG event has been detected and advances to step 1142. The RT controller then computes the new "feature points," which are the values of 0.25YMAX, 0.75YMAX, 0.25YMIN and 0.75YMIN which are found using the newly-measured extrema, and which will be used during the processing of the next EKG pulse samples. In this step, the RT controller 148 also assembles the EKG packet using the newly acquired data and queues it up for transmission to the MS controller 150. The RT controller then returns to step 1100 for the next EKG sample (FIG. 11A) to continue updating the baseline average. During each of the steps of the program depicted in FIGS. 11A-11D in which new samples are detected, a timer is initiated (or reinitiated) which, when it expires, causes the processing of the samples for the current pulse to cease. This timer provides an upper limit on the waiting period for certain sample values to be acquired. By reinitializing the timer with each step, the same amount of time is provided for each to advance to the next step. If the timer expires during any of these steps, the RT controller 148 proceeds to a wait state where it stays until the EKG signal returns to within the baseline guard band. Due to the timer expiration, the signal is determined to be an invalid QRS complex, and no data is transmitted to the MS controller and no new feature points are computed. Once the EKG signal has resumed, the RT controller 148 returns to step 1100 where it continues to track the baseline average. The processing of each ventilation sample begins when the RT controller 148 comes across the ventilation task bit set in the task register, and responds by instructing the ADC 146 to convert a sample from the chest expansion sensor channel. The converted signal is 1s then received by the RT controller 148 for processing. FIGS. 12A and 12B depict the ventilation processing routine of the RT controller 148. As shown, when the task begins (in state 1200), the controller can follow one of three different paths, depending on the value stored in a "state" register of the RT controller 148. Different values in the state register are used to indicate the current state of chest expansion as being "rising", "falling" or "plateau." A value indicating a "rising" state is stored in the state register when the patient's chest circumference was larger in the last sample, relative to the sample before it, by a predetermined amount. Similarly, a value indicating a "falling" state is stored in the state register when the patient's chest circumference was smaller in the last sample, relative to the sample before it, by a predetermined amount. Finally, a value indicating a "plateau" state is placed in the state register when the patient's chest has neither expanded nor contracted by at least the predetermined amount over a set number of consecutive samples. The path in the ventilation routine which the RT controller 148 takes when the task is begun is determined by the current value in the state register. These different paths have been identified in FIG. 12A by the conditions which the values in the state register represent (i.e. rising, falling or plateau). A ventilation packet is transmitted only when it indicates an "inflection point" (the start of a "rising" or "falling" chest expansion period), or the start of a "plateau" condition (when the state of the patient's respiration does not change for a predetermined time). Each ventilation packet transmitted to the MS controller 150 contains a timestamp of the sample and the digital value of the sample. This data is then converted into the vent-I packet structure discussed previously with regard to FIG. 7. Each of the rising and falling paths of the FIG. 12A flow chart begin by calling a plateau detection function in steps 1202 and 1204, respectively. The plateau detection function keeps track of the number of consecutive samples for which the ventilation signal remains substantially unchanged as a measure of whether a "plateau" in the patient's respiration has been reached. This function is demonstrated by the flow chart of FIG. 13. As shown in FIG. 13, the value of the present sample ("S") is first compared to the value SX, SX is a temporary variable in which the value of a previous sample is stored, and which provides a reference value against which to test for deviation from a predetermined guard band (either plateau guard band ±δP, or rising/falling guard band ±δG). In step 1300, the sample is first tested to determine whether it exceeds the value of SX +δP, where δP defines a plateau guard band and represents a limit beyond which the sample value must deviate from SX to be considered a state change during the plateau detection function. Similarly, S is tested against the other side of the plateau guard band (i.e. SX -δP) in step 1302. In either case, if the sample value has deviated by more than 6, since the last state change, the value of variable PCOUNT is set to zero in step 1303, SX is set to the value of the current sample in step 1305 and the plateau detection function is terminated, with control being returned to step 1206 or step 1208 of FIG. 12A, as appropriate. If the sample value is within the plateau guard band, the value of a plateau counter PCOUNT is incremented in step 1304. If the value of PCOUNT is equal to one (step 1306), indicating that the current sample is the first sample of a potential plateau, the timestamp of the sample is recorded in step 1308 as an indication of when the current plateau measurement began. Control is then returned to the appropriate step (i.e. 1206 or 1208) of FIG. 12A. If PCOUNT is not equal to one, it is tested in step 1310 to determine if the count has reached "N", which is the count value for which a plateau will be declared. In the preferred embodiment N equals 30, but those skilled in the art will recognize that other values may alternatively be used. If PCOUNT is found to not yet equal N in step 1310, control is returned to either step 1206 or 1208 of FIG. 12A, as appropriate. If PCOUNT is found to equal N in step 1310, a plateau is confirmed, and a plateau packet, including the timestamp stored in step 1308, is transmitted to the MS controller 150 in step 1312. The state variable is then set to indicate a plateau state in step 1314, and control is returned to step 1206 or 1208 of FIG. 12A, as appropriate. Referring again to FIG. 12A, when the plateau detection function, called in either step 1202 or 1204, is complete, the state variable is tested in either step 1206 or 1208, as appropriate, to determine whether a plateau has been found (i.e. if the state register has the "plateau" value stored in it). If so, the RT controller 148 exits the ventilation routine. If no plateau has been found, the program advances to determine whether a rising or falling state change has occurred. On the "rising" flow path, step 1210 tests the sample value against a lower guard band limit which is defined by SX -δG, where δG is the limit beyond which a sample value must deviate from SX to be considered a state change while on the "rising" or "falling" flow paths. If the sample is found in step 1210 to be above the lower guard band limit, then the rising condition is unchanged. The sample value is then tested in step 1211 against an upper guard band limit defined by SX +δG to determine whether it is necessary to update the value of SX. If the sample value does not exceed the upper limit, the routine exits. However, if the patient's chest has expanded beyond the upper guard band limit, then the value of SX is set to the current sample value in step 1213 to ensure the accuracy of subsequent guard band tests, after which the routine exits. If, in step 1210, the sample value is found to be below the lower guard band limit, the state variable is changed to falling in step 1214, an inflection packet (including the current timestamp) is transmitted to MS controller 150 in step 1216 and the sample value is stored as the value for SX in step 1218, after which the routine exits. The "falling" flow path functions in an essentially symmetrical manner to the "rising" path in that, if the sample value in step 1212 is found to be below the upper guard band limit, then the state variable is not changed, and the routine exits if the sample is not found to be outside the lower guard band limit in step 1215. If the sample is found to be outside the lower guard band limit in step 1215, the current sample value is stored as SX in step 1217, after which the routine exits. However, if the sample value is above the upper limit of SX +δG, in step 1212, then the state variable is set to rising in step 1220, an inflection packet is is transmitted in step 1222 (including the current timestamp) and the sample value is stored as the new value for SX in step 1218, after which the ventilation routine exits. The third branch of the flow chart is the "plateau" branch is depicted in FIG. 12B. This path is followed by the RT controller 148 during the processing of a sample when the state variable indicates that a plateau has been declared. In step 1224, the RT controller 148 first tests the sample value against the upper guard band limit δG. If the sample value is not above the upper guard band limit, then it is then tested against the lower guard band limit SX -δG in step 1226. If the sample value is not below the lower limit, then the plateau condition continues, and the routine exits. If the sample value is found to be above the upper guard limit SX +δG in step 1224, the state register is set to "rising" and the current timestamp is recorded (step 1228). Similarly, if the sample is found to be below the lower guard limit in step 1226, the state register is set to "falling" and the current timestamp is recorded (step 1230). Each of steps 1228 and 1230 is followed by the transmission of an inflection packet to the MS controller 150 in step 1232. The plateau counter PCOUNT is then reset in step 1234, the current sample value is stored as the new value of S, in step 1236, and the routine exits. FIG. 14 is a flow chart depicting the processing steps of the MS controller 150. When initially powered, the MS controller hardware and variables are initialized in step 1400. The MS controller 150 then checks for data present in the scratchpad of RAM 152 in step 1402 and, if no data is present, enters a sleep state 1404, in which most of the MS controller's circuits are powered down, except those which monitor for the "wakeup" (i.e. new data interrupt) signal from the RT controller 148. If there is data present in step 1402, then the MS controller 150 proceeds from step 1402 to step 1412 where it performs the necessary post-processing tasks (i.e. data compression and/or packet assembly) on the oldest data packet stored in the scratchpad). During the post-processing of step 1412, the MS controller 150 may be subject to the new data interrupt from the "wakeup" signal. After post-processing, the MS controller proceeds to step 1414, where it sets the appropriate address lines of RAM 152 and stores the processed data. The program continues at step 1402 to check the data queue for more data. The data interrupt causes the MS controller 150, whether in step 1412 or in sleep state 1404, to proceed to step 1406, where the current context of the controller is saved. The MS controller then services the "wakeup" request of the RT controller 148 by storing the incoming data packet in some of its working memory space (i.e. the "scratchpad") of RAM 152 in step 1408. This interrupt feature ensures that the operations of the RT controller 148 (which are more time-critical than that of the MS controller 150) are not delayed by the data processing and storage operations of the MS controller 150. The context is then restored in step 1410, and the MS controller proceeds to the next instruction step after the one during which it was interrupted. In the case of an interrupt during sleep state 1404, this next instruction is to proceed to step 1402 to check for new data in the data queue (as shown by the broken line of FIG. 14). If the interrupt request came during step 1412, the controller resumes its data processing tasks in step 1412 wherever it left off. Subjective Data Logger The subjective data logger 106 of the present invention may take the form of any data input device, including a personal computer. However, because it is desirable to provide the patient with a portable data logger which will allow the patient to record events at any time during the day, the present invention makes use of a battery-powered, handheld data input device such as the Newton® Message Pad, a registered trademark of the Apple Computer Corporation. Such a device is shown in FIG. 15, and includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen 200 which is interactive in that a patient may use a stylus or "pen" 202 to provide inputs to the data logger 106 by touching the pen 202 to the screen 200. The data logger 106 has a continuously running clock such that, when there is a data entry by the patient, the time of the entry is automatically recorded to provide a timestamp such as that used with the multiparametric monitor 108. Time is synchronized between the database, the monitor, and all other entities involved with collection and storage of data each time a data connection between these components is established. Because methods of programming the Newtons Message Pad are well-known in the art, the specific program steps for the data logger 106 are omitted from this description. The data logger 106 is described, instead, in terms of its screen displays and available inputs and outputs. Those skilled in the art will recognize that there are a number of known ways to program these features into the data logger 106, and that it is the specifics of the type of data collected and the interactive features of the data logger which are particular to the present invention. Some of the input methods provided with the data logger 106 of the present invention are demonstrated by FIGS. 16-20, which show several of the screen displays of the preferred embodiment. FIG. 16 shows a "pain location" screen by which the patient may log the location and severity of pain which they experience. As depicted in the figure, the screen display includes an image of a human body 204 and a sliding input scale 206 for indicating the intensity of the pain. The screen display of FIG. 16 includes a prompt to the patient for inputting data, as demonstrated by prompting message 208, which requests that the patient indicate an area of the body which hurts. Data selections are made by the patient touching the pen 202 to a portion of the display 204 of the human body which corresponds to a location of pain on their own body. The patient then touches the pen 202 to a part of the sliding scale 206 to indicate the relative severity of their pain. When the "next" region 210 of the screen is touched with the pen 202, the selected region of the body and the intensity value are recorded, along with the current timestamp, and the subjective data program advances to the next input screen. Also located on the screen of FIG. 16 are regions 212, 214 of the screen for selecting either a front view or a rear view of the human body image 204. The front view is depicted in FIG. 16, and an isolated view of the body image which is displayed when a rear view is selected is shown in FIG. 16A. The use of two different views allows the patient to be more specific when indicating the location of the experienced pain. As with each of the data input displays, the display of FIG. 16 includes prompts to the patient for the data to be input. A prompting message 208 requests that the patient indicate an area of the body which hurts. In one embodiment of the invention, the selection of certain portions of the body image on the screen of FIG. 16 by the patient touching those portions with the pen results in a new screen being displayed which contains a magnified image of the selected area of the body. For example, in FIG. 16B, the image of a human hand 205 is displayed in response to the user selecting the hand region of the main body image 204 of FIG. 16. This magnified image may then be used by the patient to select a portion of the body more specifically (e.g. one of the fingers of the hand). As with the main screen of FIG. 16, the sliding scale 206 and the prompting message 208 are displayed for the user. Selection of the "next" region 210 in the magnified body part screen causes the data logger program to advance to the a pain history screen, as discussed below. After selecting the "next" region 210 of the pain location screen (either the main screen of FIG. 16 or the magnified image screen of FIG. 16B), the preferred embodiment of the data logger 106 advances to a pain history screen 212 with which the patient can indicate the recent history of pain in that particular region. This screen is depicted in FIG. 17, and allows the patient to input the pain history in a graphical format. The graph displayed has a sliding intensity scale along the vertical axis, and a time scale along the horizontal axis. By touching the pen 202 to a particular region of the graph, the patient can indicate a level of pain intensity at a particular time of day. A sleep scale 214 is also provided, and is aligned with the time scale of the horizontal axis of the history graph. This sleep scale 214 allows the patient, by touching the pen 202 to different regions of the scale, to indicate the time of day during which he or she was asleep. Once the patient has made selections indicating a pain history and has entered any appropriate sleep data, the "yes" region 216 of the screen may be selected with pen 202 in response to the prompt as to whether the patient wishes to document another pain site. If "yes" is selected, then the current data selected on the screen 212 is recorded, along with a current timestamp, and a new pain location screen (as shown in FIG. 16) is displayed. If the patient wishes to move on to another type of subjective data input, the "next" region 218 may be selected. This results in the storage of the selected data and the timestamp, and advances the subjective data program to a new data screen. Another of the subjective data input screens of the preferred embodiment is the "mood" screen 220 shown in FIG. 18. The "mood" screen allows the patient to input his or her relative level of different emotions. Several of these are depicted on the screen 220 of FIG. 18, and those skilled in the art will recognize that many more similar mood or emotion categories may be included. Those displayed on the screen 220 are depression, anxiety and irritability. The sliding scales adjacent to each of the labels for these emotions allow the patient to select the relative severity of the emotion in question. Once the selections have been made, the patient selects the "next" region 222 of the screen with pen 202, and the subjective data program advances to the next screen. FIG. 19 is a display screen 221 which is in the form of a medication timeline. The horizontal scale shows relative times of day, and by selecting one of the drugs indicated by the drug regions 224 of the screen and then selecting a particular time of day, the patient may record that one dose of that particular drug was taken at that time of day. In the preferred embodiment, each different drug has a distinguishable icon, and the screen "echoes" back the patient's selections by displaying the icon of the selected medication on the timeline chart above the selected time. Thus, if two doses of a particular medication are taken at a particular time, two of the icons corresponding to that medication are displayed above that time on the timeline. Once all of the medications and times have been entered by the patient, touching the "next" region 226 of the screen causes the medication/time information, and a current timestamp to be stored, and the program advances to the next screen. In the preferred embodiment, the medication timeline screen of FIG. 19 is followed by the "side effect" screen 228 shown in FIG. 19A. The side effect screen is a list of typically-encountered side effects, and asks the patient to record those side effects which have been experienced since a last entry was made using the data logger 106 (the list of FIG. 19A is the preferred embodiment, and other side effects may be additionally or alternatively listed). Adjacent to each of the listed side effects is a "check-off" box which may be selected using the pen 202 to indicate that the particular side effect is one which the patient experienced. A sliding scale is also provided adjacent to each listed side effect to allow the patient to select the relative severity of each particular side effect. After the appropriate side effect information has been selected, the patient selects the "next" region 230. This causes the side effect data, along with the current timestamp, to be recorded, and the program advances to the next input screen. The subjective data logger stores all of the subjective information collected in a local memory unit for later uploading to the database 102 (FIG. 1). The data collected by the data logger is recorded in any well-known format, the specifics of which are not discussed herein. Periodically (preferably once a day) the patient connects the data logger 106 to modem 110 or another data transfer device which transfers the data to the database 102 using a known data transfer protocol. This data, along with the data from the multiparametric monitor, is thereafter available to a physician or scientist with access to the database who may review the information embodied in the data. In addition to the collection of subjective data, the data logger 106 may be used by the patient to communicate with a physician or researcher who reviews the patient's records in the database. Shown in FIG. 20A is a message screen of the subjective data logger in which a space 250 is provided where the patient may write a message to a person who reviews his or her database records, such as a reviewing physician. In the preferred embodiment, the message is transmitted as bit-mapped data, such that the when displayed by the recipient, it appears in the handwriting of the patient. Although software is available which could be used to convert the message into characters, the handwriting itself may be of use to a reviewing physician in assessing the patient's medical condition and in establishing authenticity of the record. A messaging screen such as that of FIG. 20A can be used as the last screen of an data input program, so that the patient may comment on any of the previous inputs, as well as anything else of interest. By pressing on the "send report" zone 254 of the screen with the pen 202 (FIG. 15), the entire report, including the message, is transmitted to the database. As shown, the FIG. 20A embodiment also includes a check-off box 256 by which the patient can indicate that he or she wishes a database manager to phone them. The check-off box may be "checked" by touching it with the pen 202. The preferred embodiment also includes a signature space 252 in which the patient can place his or her signature or initials. Like the message space 250, the signature space is preferably transmitted in a bit-mapped format, allowing the handwriting to be assessed by the reviewing physician, and also allowing the comparison of the signature or initials to a record of the patient's signature or initials. This comparison assists in confirming the patients identity, and may be used as a security measure to help prevent unauthorized access to the patient's database records and to confirm the validity of the uploaded data. In addition to allowing for messages from the patient to a database manager or reviewing physician, the present invention also provides for the transmission of messages in the other direction. That is, a database manager or reviewing physician can send messages to the patient via the subjective data logger 106. When the data logger 106 is first placed in communication with the database 102 via modem, the data recorded by the patient is uploaded to the database. In addition, any new information to be transmitted to the data logger is downloaded from the database. This information may include modifications to the data logger program or messages to the patient. The message screen of the present invention on which messages are viewed by the patient is showed in FIG. 20B. The messages are printed out in a message region 258 of the screen. As shown, because of the input capabilities of the data logger screen, the messages shown on the screen may include questions with a region provided for a response. In FIG. 20B, a question with a "yes" or "no" response field 260 is provided in which a patient may check off their response to the question. In the preferred embodiment, the "received message" screen would precede the "transmitted message" screen in the sequence of screens presented to the patient. As such, the patient's answers to any questions embedded in the received message can be included with the transmission to the database. Furthermore, messages from the patient can include references to the message received. In one embodiment of the invention, the communication between the patient and other user's of the patient's database data (such as different doctors consulted by the patient, or the database manager) is structured using a standard electronic mail (E-mail) type protocol. In fact, the system could make use of existing E-mail software. While the database 102 serves as a central location for the storage of all of the patient's data, different destinations for the data could be specified by the patient so that a particular report or message is sent to particular doctors, or other involved parties. Patients using the database may also be divided into groups having particular commonalities. For example, all of the patients of a particular physician might have a particular group designation, thus allowing a single message from the physician to be addressed to all of them. In general, the present invention may make use of any existing communications protocol which facilitates the data collection, storage and retrieval process. Those skilled in the art will recognize variations in the data communications and storage protocols which may be advantageous to the invention. All of these equivalents are intended to be within the scope of the invention. In one alternative embodiment of the invention, which makes use of the multiparametric monitor, the medication taken by a patient is tracked using an "electronic pill." FIG. 21 is an exploded view of a capsule 232 used in this embodiment which has a first section 234 and a second section 236 which mates with the first section to enclose the contents. This capsule contains the prescribed dosage of medication 238 for the patient, along with a tiny transmitter 240. The transmitter includes a miniature power source 242, and a pulse generating microcircuit 244, which receives power from the power source 242. In order to conserve power, the microcircuit 244 is inactive while it remains in the capsule. However, once the capsule is dissolved, a liquid sensor 246, of known design, provides a signal to the microcircuit which activates it. The microcircuit 244 then begins outputting the pulsed signal on collapsible leads 248. Also as a result of the capsule dissolving, the leads 248 unfold into a dipole arrangement, and the pulsed signal is conducted from the leads 248 through the patient's body. The pulsed signal output on the leads 248 is detected at the skin surface by EKG electrodes 140, or other, more advantageously placed detection contacts. The pulsed signal which is generated by the microcircuit is an identification (ID) signal that identifies the medication in the capsule. That is, each different type of medication has its own ID signal which is unique. The signal detected by the electrodes 140 is sampled by ADC 146 and processed by the RT controller 148 as part of its data collection program. This method of detecting the medication taken by the patient is a substitute or supplement for questioning the patient regarding medication using the subjective data logger 106, and is more reliable since it is not limited by the patient's memory or truthfulness. It can therefore be used to validate and cross check the patient's log of drug consumption. The microcircuit is nontoxic and, because of its small size, it eventually is excreted from the body without discomfort to the patient. While the invention has been shown and described with reference to a preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. <- Previous Patent (Arrhythmia detecting...) \| Next Patent (Disposable anti-fog ...) ->	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6463
__label__wiki	0.732746	0.732746	PLL controller applying a multiplier coefficient appropriate for a phase error, and a method therefor A PLL controller for controlling the tracking rate of a phase-locked loop (PLL), in particular, controlling coefficients to be input to a device such as a multiplier of the phase-locked loop. A PLL controller receives a phase error between a horizontal sync signal in a video signal and a reference signal. Then an error amount detector measures the phase error using the N thresholds to output a control signal indicating any of N+1 levels. A coefficient selector outputs one of the N+1 gains as a coefficient signal, the one gain corresponding to the level indicated by the control signal, so that the tracking rate of the phase-locked loop is controlled in response to the input video signal, and thus a high-quality video image with less jitter can be provided. Satoh, Yasunori (Tokyo, JP) Akiyama, Takaaki (Tokyo, JP) Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. 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DANG, HUNG Q NIXON PEABODY, LLP (401 9TH STREET, NW, SUITE 900, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004-2128, US) 1. A phase-locked loop (PLL) controller for obtaining a phase error between a period of a horizontal sync signal in an input video signal and a reference period of a reference signal, filtering the phase error, and multiplying a result of filtering by a predetermined multiplier coefficient by a multiplier to control a phase-locked loop, wherein the phase error is input to detect the predetermined multiplier coefficient on a basis of the phase error, and the predetermined multiplier coefficient is provided to the phase-locked loop to thereby control a change of a tracking rate of said phase-locked loop. 2. The PLL controller in accordance with claim 1, further comprising: an error amount detector for measuring the phase error with one or more thresholds, then producing and outputting a control signal indicating one of a plurality of segments which corresponds to the phase error, the plurality of segments being formed by the one or more thresholds; and a first coefficient selector capable of detecting a plurality of multiplier coefficients each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of segments, said first coefficient selector receiving the control signal from said error amount detector and determining one of the multiplier coefficients which corresponds to the one segment indicated by the control signal, the one multiplier coefficient detected by said first coefficient selector being provided to said phase-locked loop as the predetermined multiplier coefficient. 3. The PLL controller in accordance with claim 1, further comprising: a counter for receiving a vertical sync signal in the input video signal to count a number of lines for one field; a first detector for special reproduction of a video cassette player for utilizing a characteristic of the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player to determine whether or not the input video signal is a special reproduction signal of a video cassette player to produce a first detection result indicating whether or not the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player is detected; a second detector for normal reproduction of a video cassette player for utilizing a characteristic of the normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player to determine whether or not the input video signal is a normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player to produce a second detection result indicating whether or not the normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player is detected; a third detector for weak electric field of television for detecting whether or not the input video signal is a weak electric field signal of television to produced a third detection result indicating whether or not the weak electric field signal of television is detected; and a second coefficient selector operative in response to the first, second and third detection results for detecting the predetermined multiplier coefficient, the predetermined multiplier coefficient detected by said second coefficient selector being provided to said phase-locked loop. 4. The PLL controller in accordance with claim 1, further comprising: an error amount detector for measuring the phase error with one or more thresholds, then producing and outputting a control signal indicating one of a plurality of segments which corresponds to the phase error, the plurality of segments being formed by the one or more thresholds; a first coefficient selector capable of detecting a plurality of multiplier coefficient each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of segments, said first coefficient selector receiving the control signal from said error amount detector and determining one of the multiplier coefficients which corresponds to the one segment indicated by the control signal, a counter for receiving a vertical sync signal in the input video signal for counting a number of lines for one field; a first detector for special reproduction of a video cassette player for utilizing a characteristic of the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player to determine whether or not the input video signal is a special reproduction signal of a video cassette player to produce a first detection result indicating whether or not the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player is detected; a second detector for normal reproduction of a video cassette player for utilizing a characteristic of the normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player to determine whether or not the input video signal is a normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player to produce a second detection result indicating whether or not the normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player is detected; a third detector for weak electric field of television for determining whether or not the input video signal is a weak electric field signal of television to produce a third detection result indicating whether or not the weak electric field signal of television is detected; and a second coefficient selector for detecting the predetermined multiplier coefficient based on the first, second and third detection results. 5. The PLL controller in accordance with claim 2, wherein said first coefficient selector stores in advance in a memory the plurality of multiplier coefficient which allow tracking rates to be controlled respectively appropriate for the plurality of segments. 6. The PLL controller in accordance with claim 3, wherein, said first detector compares the number of lines input from said counter with the number of lines for one field in a normal video signal, thereby detecting the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player when both numbers of lines differ from each other, and, otherwise, producing the first detection result indicating that no special reproduction signal is detected; said second detector detecting a vertical blanking period and a position of a vertical sync pulse in the input video signal on a basis of the number of lines input from said counter, and determining, if a present line is during the vertical blanking period and before the vertical sync pulse, whether or not the phase error is large, thereby detecting the normal reproduction signal when the phase error is detected large, and, otherwise, producing the second detection result indicating that no normal reproduction signal is detected; said third detector tracking the phase error on a line-to-line basis to detect an error-fluctuating period, including an error with a longer period together with an error with a shorter period, said detector, said third detector detecting the weak electric field signal of television when the error-fluctuating period is detected over a predetermined times during one field period on a basis of the number of lines input from said counter, and, otherwise, producing the third detection result indicating that no weak electric field signal of television is detected. 7. The PLL controller in accordance with claim 3, wherein said second coefficient selector detects the predetermined multiplier coefficient indicating the larger gain when the detection of the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player or the normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player is confirmed on the basis of the first and second detection results, and, otherwise, detects the predetermined multiplier coefficient indicating the smaller gain when the detection of the weak electric field signal of television is confirmed on the basis of the third detection result or when all of the first, second and third detection results are not detected. 8. The PLL controller in accordance with claim 4, wherein said third coefficient selector detects the predetermined multiplier coefficient indicating the larger gain when the detection of the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player or the normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player is confirmed on the basis of the first and second detection results, and, otherwise, detects the predetermined multiplier coefficient indicating the smaller gain when the detection of the weak electric field signal of television is confirmed on the basis of the third detection result, said third coefficient selector determining the multiplier coefficient detected by the first coefficient selector as said predetermined multiplier coefficient when all of the first, second and third detection results are not detected. 9. A method for controlling a phase-locked loop, comprising the steps of: obtaining a phase error between a period of a horizontal sync signal in a input video signal and a reference period of a reference signal; filtering the phase error; multiplying a result of filtering by a predetermined multiplier coefficient by a multiplier; receiving the phase error to detect the predetermined multiplier coefficient on a basis of the phase error; and providing the predetermined multiplier coefficient to the phase-locked loop to thereby control a change of a tracking rate of the phase-locked loop. The present invention relates to a phase-locked loop (PLL) controller for controlling a phase-locked loop provided for, e.g. a digital video decoder for decoding video signals, and, in particular, a PLL controller for controlling a coefficient to be input to a device such as an analog multiplier in the phase-locked loop. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling the same. 2. Description of the Background Art Conventionally, in devices such as digital video decoders, a frequency error has occurred between an input video signals and the reference signal, thus providing a jittered video image. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a video signal 400 generally has sets of vertical blanking period 402 and effective video period 404. In each of the sets, the period of a field is defined starting with a vertical sync pulse 406 in the vertical blanking period 402. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6 depicting a part 408 in the effective video period 404 of the video signal 400 enlarged, each horizontal line has sets of horizontal blanking period 412 and effective video period 414. In each of the sets, the period of a line is defined starting with a horizontal sync pulse 416 in the horizontal blanking period 412. Some type of digital video decoders contains a phase-locked loop to generate a line lock clock signal locked to the period of one line. The line lock clock signal is used to sample an analog video signal so as to allow the same part of each line to be sampled to thereby obtain jitter-free video images. However, some kinds of video signals are not standardized but include a line whose period is deviated from the standardized period, i.e. not consistent with the reference period. For example, if a video signal is reproduced by a video cassette player (in a normal or special reproduction), each line may have its actual period contain a little error against the reference period, so that the signal may include a line of which the error is larger. In a television broadcast system, transmitting video signals on weak electric field waves, even though video signals consisting of the lines consistent with the reference period are transmitted, they will be received with noise mixed so that the period of each line will be falsely detected. Correspondingly, some kind of conventional PLL controllers for controlling a phase-lock loop is adapted to change, in the case of a video signal reproduced by a video cassette player or from a weak electric field signal of television, the tracking rate of the phase-locked loop in response to an external command. When such controllers process a signal reproduced by a video cassette player, the controllers have the phase-locked loop quickly, or strongly, track the errors in the lines of the signal to attain video images with less jitter. When the controllers process a weak electric field signal of television, the controllers have the phase-locked loop slowly, or weakly, track the errors in the lines of the signal to curb the influence from the false detection of the period of each line as much as possible. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a phase-locked loop 20 receives a horizontal sync signal 112 obtained from a video signal by sync separation, compares the horizontal sync signal 112 with a reference signal 130 having a reference period by a phase comparator 22 to determine a phase error 114, and filters the phase error 114 with a filter 24 to obtain a process result 116. Furthermore, the phase-locked loop 20 multiplies the process result 116 by a certain coefficient 434 by multipliers 26 and 28 to obtain multiplied results 118 and 120, respectively, and stores the multiplied result 120 in a delay circuit 30 to obtain a delay result 122. The phase-locked loop 20 further forms a control signal 126 by a voltage-controlled oscillator (vco) 32 according to the multiplied result 118 and the delay result 122 to output to an analog phase-locked loop 34, and forms a reference signal 130 by a line counter 36 in response to a line lock clock signal 128 from the analog phase-locked loop 34. In a conventional PLL controller 420, provided in connection with the phase-locked loop 20, a control signal 432 is input from outside, which indicates whether a video signal is one reproduced by a video cassette player or a weak electric field signal of television. In response to the input control signal 432, a coefficient switch 422 selects a coefficient 434 to be output to the multipliers 26 and 28 so as to appropriately control the tracking rate of the phase-locked loop 20. Japanese laid-open publication No. 224732/1998 discloses a determining circuit for determining a special reproduction signal which circuit has a counter for counting clocks of a signal reproduced by a video cassette player. The leading edge of a vertical sync signal is detected by an edge detector. The counter is cleared at the timing of the leading edge thus detected, and counts the number of clocks in each period. The number of clocks in one period is compared with the number of reference clocks by a comparator, thus enabling it to determine whether the reproduced signal is of a fast forwarding replay or rewinding replay. Japanese laid-open publication No. 2003-23597 discloses a video processor which has a sync processor using a phase-locked loop for synchronizing vertical, interlace, horizontal and chroma signals to measure a pullout in the phase-locked loop; and a determining means for using the measurement signal of a pullout in the phase-locked loop obtained by the sync processor to determine the parameters of the weak electric field. When a certain number of pullouts occur at a predetermined period of time, the video processor cancels the detection result of a copy guard signal. However, in the conventional PLL controllers, a coefficient input to a multiplier in a phase-locked loop has to be controlled from outside, and therefore types of a video signal to be input to the phase-locked loop should be recognized in advance. It is an object of the present invention to provide a PLL controller and a method for controlling the same, in which a phase-locked loop is controlled without externally controlling a coefficient even when a video signal is not standardized, and thus allowing a high-quality video image with less jitter to be provided. A PLL controller of the present invention which obtains a phase error between a horizontal sync signal period in a input video signal and a reference period of a reference signal, filters the phase error, and multiplies a result from the filtering by a multiplier by a predetermined multiplier coefficient to control a phase-locked loop. The PLL controller is responsive to the obtained phase error, and detects the predetermined multiplier coefficient on the basis of the phase error to supply the phase-locked loop with the predetermined multiplier coefficient to control the change of the tracking rate of the phase-locked loop. Furthermore, a method of the present invention for controlling a phase-locked loop comprises the steps of obtaining a phase error between a horizontal sync signal period in a input video signal and a reference period of a reference signal, filtering the phase error, multiplying the result from the filtering by a multiplier with a predetermined multiplier coefficient, receiving the obtained phase error to detect the predetermined multiplier coefficient on the basis of the phase error, and providing the phase-locked loop with the predetermined multiplier coefficient to thereby control the change of the tracking rate of the phase-locked loop. In accordance with the PLL controller of the present invention, an error state is detected by an error amount detector according to an error between a horizontal sync signal period of an input video signal and a reference period of a reference signal. By selecting a coefficient which corresponds to the detected state by a coefficient selector, a suitable coefficient can be output to a phase-locked loop, regardless of the type of the video signal, so that a high-quality video image with less jitter can be provided in the phase-locked loop. In addition to that, the PLL controller of the present invention includes a field counter, a detector for detecting special reproduction of a video cassette player, a detector for detecting normal reproduction of a video cassette player and a detector for detecting weak electric field of television. The PLL controller automatically determines whether a video signal is a reproduction signal of a video cassette player or a weak electric field signal of television, and changes a coefficient according to the type of the video signal thus determined so as to output a suitable coefficient to the phase-locked loop in regardless of the type of the video signal. The PLL controller also can eliminate a drawback such that, when a video signal is a weak electric field signal and an error caused by the false detection of a sync signal is large, tracking rate would become faster and jitter occurs frequently. The objects and features of the present invention will become more apparent from consideration of the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a preferred embodiment and its application of a PLL controller of the present invention; FIG. 2 shows the relation between a phase error and a gain in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the PLL controller shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing an alternative embodiment and its application of a PLL controller of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing a further alternative embodiment and its application of a PLL controller of the present invention; FIG. 5 shows an exemplified structure of a video signal input to a device having a phase-locked loop, such as a digital video decoder; FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view showing the video signal of FIG. 5; and FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram showing an example and its application of a conventional PLL controller. With reference to the accompanying drawings, a phase-locked loop (PLL) controller according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 1, a PLL controller 10 of the present invention is adapted to detect a coefficient signal 106 by an error amount detector 12 and a coefficient selector 14 on the basis of a phase error 102 provided by a phase comparator 22 of a phase-locked loop, and to use the coefficient signal 106 to thereby control the tracking rate of the phase-locked loop 20. Parts not directly related for understanding the invention are omitted from the drawings and description so as to avoid redundancy. The error amount detector 12 in the preferred embodiment functions as controlling the coefficient selector 14 according to the inputting phase error 102. Specifically, the error amount detector 12 uses one or more thresholds such as N thresholds, where N is a predetermined positive integer, and measures the phase error 102 at N+1 levels to produce a control signal 104 indicating the level as measured to the coefficient selector 14. The error amount detector 12 also may generate the information indicating any of the states 0 to N in the form of control signal 104. The coefficient selector 14 is adapted to supply the phase-locked loop 20 with the coefficient signal 106 which corresponds to the control signal 104 from the error amount detector 12. For example, in response to the control signal 104 indicating any of the N+1 levels, the coefficient selector 14 outputs one of N+1 gain signals as the coefficient signal 106, which corresponds to the level indicated by the control signal 104. The coefficient selector 14 outputs the gain in the form of coefficient signal 106 in response to the control signal 104, the gain being retrieved from a memory, not shown, in which the data representing N+1 gains are stored in advance, which are capable of controlling the tracking rate suitable for each phase error at the N+1 levels. Alternatively, the data of N+1 gains are stored in a memory, not show also, of the phase-locked loop 20, and when the coefficient selector 14 provides the phase-locked loop 20 with the coefficient signal 106 indicating any of states 0 to N, the phase-locked loop 20 retrieves from the memory the gain corresponding to the state indicated by the coefficient signal 106. The error amount detector 12 and the coefficient selector 14 may be adapted to operatively select a smaller gain when the phase error 102 is smaller and select a larger gain when the phase error 102 is larger to thus control the tracking rate of the phase-locked loop 20 to be proportional to the gain. The phase-locked loop 20 of the preferred embodiment may be adapted to compare a horizontal sync signal 112 of a video signal with a reference signal 130 having a reference phase, and obtain the phase error voltage 102 from the result of the comparison to output the latter to the PLL controller 10. Alternatively, the phase-locked loop 20 can be provided with a filter 24, which is adapted to filter the phase error voltage 102 to obtain a process result 116, which is then operated by multipliers 26 and 28 with the gain 106 so as to obtain multiplied results 118 and 120, respectively. Furthermore, the phase-locked loop 20 may be adapted to delay the multiplied result 120 of the multiplier 28 by a delay circuit 30 to obtain an integrated result 122, and then generate a control signal 126 by a voltage-controlled oscillator (vco) 32 in accordance with the multiplied result 118 of the multiplier 26 and the integrated result 122. In that case, the control signal 126 is output to an analog phase-locked loop 34, and a reference signal 130 is generated by a line counter 36 in response to a line lock clock 128 provided by the analog phase-locked loop 34. The phase-locked loop 20 is also adapted for receiving the horizontal sync signal 112 obtained from the video signal by sync separation. The phase-locked loop 20 may be designed to receive a line phase derived from the horizontal sync signal 112 to provide it to the phase comparator 22. The phase comparator 22 serves as obtaining the phase error 102 in response to the horizontal sync signal 112 and the reference signal 130. The phase comparator 22 may be adapted to detect a phase difference between the horizontal sync signal 112 and the reference signal 130 up to 180°, such that, e.g. when the period of the reference signal 130 extends over the 858 clocks, the phase error 102 up to ±429 clocks can be obtained. In addition, the phase comparator 22 may be structured to receive, as a reference signal 130, a feedback line phase generated from the line lock clock 128 by the counter 36, thereby comparing a line phase input by the horizontal sync signal 112 with the feedback line phase to obtain the phase error 102. The filter 24 may be of the type including a loop filter such as a low-pass filter which cuts off high-frequency components and noises of the phase error voltage to output the filtered result 116 in direct current. The multipliers 26 and 28 may be adapted to multiply the process result 116 from the filter 24 by the gain indicating the coefficient signal 106 provided by the coefficient selector 14 in the PLL controller 10, thereby giving the calculation results 118 and 120, respectively. Although the two multipliers 26 and 28 are provided to the phase-locked loop 20 in the preferred embodiment, it is possible to provide a single multiplier which outputs the same calculation results as the two calculation results 118 and 120. The delay circuit 30 functions as delaying the multiplied result 120 with respect to the multiplied result 118, and may be implemented by, e.g. an integrating circuit for delaying the result 120 for a predetermined timing. The voltage-controlled oscillator 32 of the preferred embodiment may be an oscillator for producing an M-divided sampling sinusoidal wave, where M is a positive integer, of a target clock to be generated according to the multiplied result 118 and the integrated result 122, and also in response to a reference clock 124, to output a sinusoidal wave digital signal 126 having the sinusoidal waveform. For example, the voltage-controlled oscillator 32 may be structured, when generating 4-divided sampling sinusoidal waves, in the case of the analog phase-locked loop 34 generating a clock of 27 MHz, such as to generate a 6.75 MHz sinusoidal wave. At this time, the counter operates in response to the reference clock 124, and from an operational clock an incremental value of each clock for the counter is obtained to add the multiplied result 118 and the integrated result 122 to the obtained addition value to thereby control the frequency of the sinusoidal wave, so that the sinusoidal wave of 6.75 MHz is produced. The analog phase-locked loop 34 may be designed to convert the input sinusoidal wave digital signal 126 from digital to analog and multiply the obtained result of the conversion to generate the line lock clock 128 to output the latter to the line counter 36. The phase-locked loop 34 may consist of, for example, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a multiply circuit. When the four-divided sinusoidal wave digital signal 126 is supplied, the analog phase-locked loop 34 is preferably adapted for quadrupling the signal 126, after analog-converted, to thereby form the line lock clock 128. The line counter 36 serves as generating and outputting the reference signal 130 corresponding to a count of the line lock clock signals 128. For example, when one line contains 858 clocks, the line counter 36 counts the clocks from 0 to 857 in response to the line lock clock signal 128 to generate the reference signal 130 having the independently established line phase as a reference phase. The operation of the PLL controller 10 according to the preferred embodiment will now be described. In the PLL controller 10, the phase error 102 from the phase-locked loop 20 is input to the error amount detector 12 on a line-to-line basis. The phase error 102 is compared with the N thresholds in the error amount detector 12 to find out one of the N+1 segments which corresponds to the phase error 102, the N+1 segments being correspondingly formed by the N thresholds. As shown in FIG. 2 for instance, when the N thresholds contain the first and second thresholds 150 and 152 and also the (N−1)-th and N-th thresholds 154 and 156, the phase error 102 falls in any one of the N+1 segments including the first and second segments 160 and 162 and also the (N−1)-th, N-th and (N+1)-th segments 164, 166 and 168, so that the corresponding segment is detected. The control signal 104 indicating the detected segment corresponding to the phase error 102 is produced in the error amount detector 12. For example, the control signal 104 indicating any one of the states 0 through N is produced and provided to the coefficient selector 14. In the coefficient selector 14, one of the N+1 gains which corresponds to the phase error 102 is detected according to the segment indicated by the control signal 104. As shown in FIG. 2 for instance, the N+1 gains contain the first and second gains 170 and 172 and also the (N−1)-th, N-th and (N+1)-th gains 174, 176 and 178, each corresponding to one of the N+1 segments, in which the smaller gain corresponds to the smaller phase error 102 and the larger gain corresponds to the larger phase error 102. Then the coefficient signal 106 indicating the gain detected in response to the control signal 104 is developed by the coefficient selector 14 and provided to the phase-locked loop 20, in particular, provided to the multipliers 26 and 28. In this way, the PLL controller 10 can detect the gain controlling the tracking rate of the phase-locked loop 20 in response to the input video signal. In accordance with an alternative embodiment, a PLL controller 200, shown in FIG. 3, includes a field counter 202 for generating a count signal 222 indicating the number of lines in response to a horizontal sync signal 112 and a vertical sync signal 220 of a video signal, as well as detectors 204, 206 and 208, respectively for special and normal reproductions of a video cassette player and weak electric field of television. The detectors 204, 206 and 208 detect the count signal 222 and a phase error voltage 102 provided by a phase-locked loop to output respective detection results 224, 226 and 228 thus obtained to a coefficient selector 210. The coefficient selector 210 determines a gain according to the detection results 224, 226 and 228 to output a coefficient signal 106 indicating the gain thus determined. The field counter 202 is adapted to count the lines in response to the horizontal sync signal 112 and the vertical sync signal 220 derived from the video signal, so as to obtain information such as the number of lines in one field, vertical blanking interval and effective video interval, to output the count signal 222 indicating those pieces of information. The field counter 202 may also be adapted to receive a line phase based upon the horizontal sync signal 112 and a field phase based upon the vertical sync signal 220 to count the lines according to the line phase and the field phase. The detector 204 for special reproduction of a video cassette player is adapted to determine the characteristics of a special reproduction signal such as fast forwarding and rewinding of a video cassette player for the purpose of detecting such signals. For example, a video signal is typically formed to include 262.5 lines per field. However, the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player is formed with the number of lines per field different from the normal number of lines per field. For instance, the reproduction signal is distinctively formed with the number of lines per field several lines to dozens shorter or longer than the normal video signal. The detector 204 for special reproduction of a video cassette player utilizes such characteristics to determine the number of lines per field, thereby detecting whether or not the video signal is a special reproduction signal of a video cassette player to output the detection result 224. The detector 204 for special reproduction of a video cassette player of the present embodiment may be designed to measure the number of lines indicated by the count signal 222 from the field counter 202, so that, when the number of lines per field-differs from the normal number of lines per field by several lines to dozens, the video signal is determined as a special reproduction signal of a video cassette player. In that case, the detector 204 produces a flag, as the detection result 224, which indicates, for example, a binary one when detected the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player and otherwise a binary zero. The detector 206 for normal reproduction of a video cassette player functions as determining the characteristics of a normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player for the purpose of detecting these signals. For example, if the video signal is a normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player, the video signal has characteristics such that the period of a line right before (several lines before) the vertical sync pulse is different from the normal period, e.g. such a line is larger in phase error of the period. The detector 206 for normal reproduction of a video cassette player utilizes such characteristics to determine whether or not the line included in the vertical blanking interval and preceding the vertical sync pulse is larger in phase error so as to detect whether or not the video signal is a normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player to output the detection result 226. If the detector 206 for normal reproduction of a video cassette player of the present embodiment has its detection range set during the vertical blanking interval and in front of the vertical sync pulse, the detector 206 locates the detecting range in response to the count signal 222 from the field counter 202 to discriminate whether or not each line is within the detecting range. Furthermore, the detector 206 may be structured such that, when the lines within the detecting range are detected larger in phase error 102, the video signal is determined as the normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player, to generate as the detection result 226, a flag which indicates, for example, a binary one in the case of the normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player detected and otherwise a binary zero. In addition, the detector 206 for normal reproduction of a video cassette player may be adapted to keep tracking the phase error 102 of each line to detect the larger phase error 102 in the detecting range, such that, when the phase errors 102 of other lines are small, the video signal may be detected as a normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player. In that case, the lines of which the phase errors 102 are ±6 clocks or more may be determined as the line having larger phase error whereas the line whose phase errors 102 are ±3 clocks or less may be determined as the line having smaller phase error. Furthermore, the detector 206 for normal reproduction of a video cassette player may be adapted to detect a normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player for each line. The detector 208 for weak electric field of television is adapted for detecting whether or not a video signal is a weak electric field signal of television, and then output the detection result 228 thereof. Although all the lines of a video signal could involve phase errors, the lines are not constantly shifted in period, so that the phase errors can be longer or shorter in period. The detector 208 for weak electric field of television in the present embodiment thus tracks the phase error in each line to determine, when the detector 208 detects a period involving an error with a longer period together with an error with a shorter period, i.e. error-fluctuating period, a predetermined number of times during one field interval, the video signal as the weak electric field signal of television. For example, the detector 208 for weak electric field of television may be structured as detecting a weak electric field signal of television according to the phase error 102 and the count signal 222. In that case, the detector 208 may be adapted to determine the weak electric field signal with one error-fluctuating period set if the line immediately preceding the present line is smaller in error than the line preceding the present line by two lines and than the present line also, or if the line immediately preceding the present line is larger in error than the line preceding the present line by two lines and than the present line also. The detector 208 for weak electric field of television thus detects the video signal as the weak electric field signal of television when the error-fluctuating periods are detected over a certain times. For example, the detector 208 generates as the detection result 228 a flag, which indicates logical one in the case the weak electric field signal of television detected and otherwise logical zero. Furthermore, the detector 208 for weak electric field of television may include a memory for temporarily storing the errors in a line before two or one line. The detector 208 for weak electric field of television may detect weak electric field signals on a line-to-line basis. The coefficient selector 210 in the present embodiment serves as determining gains according to the detection results 224, 226 and 228, respectively from the detector 204 for special reproduction of a video cassette player, the detector 206 for normal reproduction of a video cassette player and the detector 208 for weak electric field of television. For example, when the detection of a special reproduction signal for a video cassette player or a normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player is confirmed on the basis of the detection results 224 and 226, the coefficient signal 106 indicating a large gain is output, and in the other case, when the detection of a weak electric field signal of television is confirmed on the basis of the detection result 228 or when all detection results 224, 226 and 228 are not detected, the coefficient signal 106 indicating a small gain is output. The coefficient selector 210 preferably determines gains by mostly prioritizing the detection result 224 from the detector 204 for special reproduction of a video cassette player, secondly prioritizing the detection result 226 from the detector 206 for normal reproduction of a video cassette player and thirdly prioritizing the detection result 228 from the detector 208 for weak electric field of television. In this way, the PLL controller 200 in the present embodiment can detect, if the video signal input to the phase-locked loop 20 is the special reproduction signal of a video cassette player, the normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player or the weak electric field signal of television, a gain suitable for each of these signals, and thus selecting the tracking rate of the phase-locked loop 20 according to the type of the signals. A PLL controller 300 in accordance with a further alternative embodiment has the functions of both of the PLL controllers 10 and 200, and further include, as shown in FIG. 4, a detector 204 for special reproduction of a video cassette player to receive a count signal 222 from a field counter 202, a detector 206 for normal reproduction of a video cassette player and a detector 208 for weak electric field of television, and an error amount detector 12 to input a phase error voltage 102 provided by a phase comparator 22 in a phased locked loop 20. On the basis of detection results 224, 226 and 228, respectively from the detectors 204, 206 and 208 and also a detection result 104 from the error amount detector 12, a gain is determined by a coefficient selector 302. The coefficient selector 302 is responsive to the detection result 224 or 226 to confirm the detection of a special reproduction signal of a video cassette player or a normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player, and in turn outputs a coefficient signal 106 indicating a larger gain. In the other case, the coefficient selector 302 is responsive to the detection result 228 to confirm the detection of a weak electric field signal of television to thereby output the coefficient signal 106 indicating a small gain. Furthermore, the coefficient selector 302 outputs, when failing to detect all of the special or normal reproduction signal of a video cassette player and the weak electric field signal of television are not detected, the coefficient signal 106 indicating a gain determined according to the detection result 104 from the error amount detector 22. For example, according to the detection result 104 showing any of the N+1 segments, the coefficient selector 302 outputs the coefficient signal 106 indicating one of the N+1 gains which corresponds to the phase error 102. At this time, the error amount detector 12 and the coefficient selector 302 may output a smaller gain if the phase error 102 is smaller and a larger gain if the phase error 102 is larger. The entire disclosure of Japanese patent application No. 2005-160915 filed on Jun. 1, 2005, including the specification, claims, accompanying drawings and abstract of the disclosure is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. While the present invention has been described with reference to the particular illustrative embodiments, it is not to be restricted by the embodiments. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. Previous Patent: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED MODULATION OF VIDEO SIGNALS Next Patent: Decoder and method for decoding bit stream	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6464
__label__cc	0.749768	0.250232	Floating Candelabra Pond Popper Rat Eyes Soul Snatcher Hall of Chains Haunted Library River Styx River Styx Deluxe Un-Living Room Home Props Props Flying Books Flying Books (2) books (2) book shelves (1) ceiling fan (1) extension cord (1) plug assembly (1) spool of heavy fishing line or thread (1) can of spray paint (1) switch Before assembling the ceiling fan, drill a small hole about an inch from the outer most end of each fan blade. This will be used for threading the line the books will be hanging from. After all the holes are drilled, assemble the fan per the instructions in the box, and then attach the AC plug assembly. This is done by taking the white and black leads from the fan motor, and attaching them to the prong connections inside the plug housing. If the plug you bought has a ground prong, attach the green wire from the ceiling fan to it, otherwise skip this step. There may be a separate wire coming out of the fan to control the light or to have an on/off switch controlled motor. If one of these wires is present, ignore it, and tuck it up inside out of the way of any moving parts. Now you are ready for painting. Paint the fan black or a color to closely match the color of the ceiling it will be attached to. It is best if the fan is in a dark place with a dark background do as not to let the outline or motion of the fan be seen. Now either attach the fan to the ceiling with the mounting brackets provided, or attach it to a temporary mounting device such as the wood beam shown here which was later added between some of the roof members. It is important that the fan be level to the ground, otherwise the weight of the books may be too much to turn the fan. Most fans have a shield that goes around the mounting bracket to give it a finished look, this portion is not necessary, and may actually hinder then performance if used on an unlevel surface. Now that the fan is in place, attach the books to the fan blades using fishing line or some strong black thread. There can be two or four books in your arrangement, but it must be balanced or the fan may not be strong enough to turn the fan if it is not exactly level. Loop the fishing line through the hole in the end of the fan blade, and then tie it to itself. Then wrap the other end through the spine of the book, and in between the center pages. Then pull the line up or down to adjust the height of the book. It needs to be low enough that people can see it, and won't look up at the ceiling fan when trying to view them. But also high enough that when the fan reaches full speed won't hit a wall or a person when centrifugal force kicks in. Once the desired height has been found, tie off the line to the opposite side off where it comes out of the book. (Note: it is a good idea to use brightly colored books so they will show up in the dark environment of your haunt.) Then repeat this step for the other book(s) until you have an even number of books one across from the other. If the books look to be weighing down the fan blades too much, remove some of the pages in the book to lighten it up. Hopefully you are using some books that will not matter if they are destroyed, since removing pages tends to do that to a book. Once they appear to be light enough, attach a power cord to the fan plug that you installed, and plug the other end of the cord into a switch, either an in-line switch or power strip. Now turn on the fan and watch it spin the books around. If they seem to lag and the fan turns but then hangs up waiting for the books to catch up with the motion, the books are too heavy. If the fan runs fine, and the books move towards the center and the line winds around itself, the books are too light. It should look about like the picture above, and fly out at about a 15 degree angle or so from the vertical. Now for the setup. There must be a table or bookshelf nearby for the books to rest on while in the off position. Also, there should be enough slack that the fan can gain a little speed before the line is pulled tight, and the books fly from their resting places. Once all these location are established, turn on the fan and see if it can pull them off of the shelves/desks. If so, congratulations you have flying books. If not, you will have to play with either making the books lighter, placing them closer to the edge so they are ready to fall off, or propping them up on one side so they are at a better angle for the fan motor to pull them off. Once this is achieved, you are done, and you have the perfect poltergeist play toy. Options for this effect include: a black light for an eerie glow (make sure the lines don't glow too) or another fan for a wind effect.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6466
__label__wiki	0.515331	0.515331	ArtistsExhibitionsPublicationsArt FairsNews & ViewsRecent AcquisitionsAbout Alex Majoli Interview in Musée Magazine No. 18 MUSÉE MAGAZINE: What compels you to document conflicts? ALEX MAJOLI: It is true that I have found myself in conflict zones with a camera, but this is not what my work is all about. I can say that, in the past, one of the things that pushed me to document conflicts was the exploration of human nature in situations that really push human boundaries. In times of extreme emotions, all the masks that we build for ourselves are gone. However, conflict documentation has only made up a small percent of my work. For the past 10 years I have dedicated my efforts almost exclusively to SKENE. MUSÉE: In your documentation of the Libya aftermath, you frequently photographed photographs themselves. Why were images particularly important in the representation of this tragedy? ALEX: The Libya aftermath was in conjunction with the Arab Spring, which included Tunisia and Egypt as well. I can say that imagery is part of who we are as individuals and as a society. Photographs spark an idea, a concept, or a memory, and in this vision there lies an understanding of human nature. MUSÉE: While you do photograph individuals who have experienced violence and instances of violence, you also tend to photograph objects that contain evidence of violence. What role do objects play in your work? ALEX: Traces of violence can be found anywhere if that is what you are looking for; it is all about perception. For example, I would describe the way society tries to determine our lives as violent. Sometimes the state of an object, its position and its purpose, can tell you a lot about the place it was found or the person who owned it. That object has been through a journey and carries every detail of it. Its meaning is far greater than its material reality. MUSÉE: Can you tell us about the experience of shooting in the midst of combat? Do you think the camera serves as armor for you as you put yourself in these physically and emotionally dangerous positions? ALEX: No, unfortunately there is no armor. A camera cannot protect your emotions no matter what meaning you project onto the camera. MUSÉE: Throughout your career you have photographed cadavers, refugee camps, funerals, bombings, and other high intensity experiences. Would you agree that during these moments you become a kind of voyeur of pain and violence? How do you view your position as an onlooker? ALEX: Any moment you decide to take a photograph, you are voluntarily taking part in a scene. You cannot be a bystander if you are one of the characters involved. In any given situation, each person plays the role they choose for themselves. MUSÉE: Do you think people pose or behave less candidly when they notice the camera? Given your interest in obscuring the line between reality and theatre, do you think subjects who do perform in the presence of a camera are still enacting reality? ALEX: There is an initial moment of hesitation from some people, which is the reason one photograph might take longer than usual. It takes time for people to accept their surroundings and fall back into their own character. Suddenly unaware of the camera, people are able to re-enact themselves with more conviction, making the scene more real, if not reality itself. MUSÉE: You do both documentary photography and videography. What would you say are the strengths and weaknesses of each medium? ALEX: I would not compare photography and videography because, while the mediums may be similar in language, technique, and composition, they are completely different when it comes to how they convey emotion. The choice between using one or the other is heavily influenced by what I am surrounded by at a particular moment, especially sounds, and depends on what I would like to convey in a particular work. MUSÉE: You call your project Libera me “a reflection of the human condition.” It has three chapters, the first being called “Persona,” which consists of many faces illuminated in chiaroscuro. How do you think that the individual “persona” relates to the broad notions of paradise and hell which you represent, through images of nature and war, in the second and third chapters of Libera me? ALEX: This work is a re-interpretation, or better, a tribute to Dante’s Divine Comedy, an incredible masterpiece of the early Renaissance. The full body of work never achieved its full physical form, having stopped at chapter 1 when my publisher and friend, Gigi Giannuzzi, died in 2012. MUSÉE: The dynamism and high-contrast black and whites of much of your work brings to mind early baroque painting. Do you intentionally reference this art historical era in your photography? ALEX: As an art student, I was introduced early on to a lot of incredible art and this is echoed, aesthetically,in all of my photography. The way I select and edit my photographs, however, is heavily influenced by literature. MUSÉE: Can you talk about what the strobe lights add to your imagery? ALEX: The strobe lights serve as a way of blurring the line between reality and fiction. They allow me to stage a play wherever I want by giving the characters a space in which they can perform their own lives. MUSÉE: Do you always have assistants to help light your shots? How does this work? ALEX: One of my assistants helps me with the lights, normally two strobes. One is placed still and the other moves as the scene evolves. It can be quite difficult to coordinate, especially in situations where it is impossible to communicate verbally. Through experience we have worked out a way to understand each other very quickly. MUSÉE: Would you define your work as documentary, staged, or occupying a liminal space? Is the effect you create with staged lighting your signature? ALEX: My pictures are not staged. I do not direct my subjects; sometimes there is no communication between us at all. I have the tendency to avoid defining my work and confining it into a box, because the moment we decide to define something we have inadvertently killed a lot of the creativity behind it. However, my photographs do bring into play an aesthetic, influenced by Caravaggio, which is now something I would call a signature. These lighting techniques highlight the interplay between fiction and reality and the characters that travel back and forth between the two. Click here to view PDF of the Interview Click here to view the Musée Magazine website HOWARD GREENBERG GALLERY All images copyright of the Artist or their Estate info@howardgreenberg.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6480
__label__wiki	0.532778	0.532778	Sms* Fort Erie Race Track purse scale increases for rest of season Shelby Knox iStock/RidvanArda Officials with the Fort Erie Race Track are beefing up the purse in hopes of drawing more competitors to the track. Last night the Board of Directors of the Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium officially announced a 5% increase in purse scale for the rest of this year's season. They have also approved a 20% increase to all races on the Prince of Wales card, excluding the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. The post-position draw for The Prince of Wales Stakes is set for next Friday. R Kelly is staying behind bars Singer R Kelly is staying behind bars. Another arrest is deadly shooting at Hamilton barber shop in spring A second man has been charged with first-degree murder in a fatal stabbing attack that began in a Hamilton barber shop in May. A new study involving more than 19 million cats from across Canada and the United States suggests most of the animals continue to put on weight after they reach adulthood, and their heaviest weight is higher now than it was two decades ago. Kala's Home Hardware Hour 2 of The Evan Solomon Show for July 16th, 2019 A gay couple is saddened that the Anglican Church of Canada has voted against changing its marriage rules to allow same-sex unions. A Manitoba politician hopes to drop the tax on women pay for haircuts. Plus, do you think election signs should be banned? There's more fallout with President Trump and his questionable tweets from last weekend. We ask you if the Trump tweets were racist. A victim of the Polytechnique shooting quit the Federal Firearms Advisory Committee out of frustration over the lack of control on assault-style riffles. Plus, yesterday's temperature in Alert, Nunavut was warmer than in Victoria, BC. Should we be concerned? Emmy nominations are out! Larry talks to Ace TV columnist Bill Brioux Group_Element_Footer_Newstalk610 12 Yates Street St. Catharines ON L2R 5R2 R Kelly is staying behind bar… Group Footer EN Contact iHeartRadio 299 Queen Street West Toronto ON M5V 2Z5 iHeartRadio Terms and Conditions Google Play Apple Store	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6484
__label__cc	0.724475	0.275525	In The Midnight Hour: The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett Published by Oxford University Press, Jan 2017 US, Feb 2017 UK. eBook available in the US as of Dec 6, 2016. Boy About Town: A Memoir Published in paperback by Windmill Books, August 2014 A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths Paperback edition published by Three Rivers Press, December 2013 UK paperback edition published by Windmill Books, September 2013 All Hopped Up and Ready To Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77 Published by W. W. Norton, 2009 Moon: The Life And Death of a Rock Legend Re-published by It! Books, 2014 R.E.M. Perfect Circle Updated edition of Remarks, Remarks Remade published by Omnibus Books, 2018 Hedonism: A Novel Published by Omnibus Press, 2003 Dear Boy: The Life Of Keith Moon Updated UK edition published by Omnibus Press, 2005 The Clash: The Music That Matters Revised edition published by Omnibus Press, 2012 London 0, Hull 4 If I was a shopkeeper in a certain part of East Yorkshire, this is the album I would have in my window today. Arsenal, Spurs, Fulham and now West Ham.... Read More October 20, 2008 The iJamming! Weekly Download: Tito Puente on Tico Records Stream/download Tito Puente’s “Willie and Ray Mambo.” George Goldner’s Tico Records was to 1950s mambo music what Russell Simmons’ Def Jam was to 1980s hip-hop: it pretty much defined the... The Debate In Short Thanks to my friend Lisa for forwarding this link first thing this morning. The similarities are uncanny! Neil Hefti, composer of the Batman theme – covered during its time by... We cannot expect one man to heal every wound, to solve every major crisis of policy. So much of the Presidency, as they say, is a matter of waking up... Fall On Me This past weekend was surely the most beautiful I’ve ever seen in the Catskills. Three solid days of unending sunshine served to illuminate fall foliage that, thanks both to the... My Son the Video Director On the eve of his thirteenth birthday, my older son Campbell completed his first music video – a Flash animation for the Uncle Rock song “Playing Possum.” I’ve written about... Signs of the Times 5: The Asbury Park Boardwalk Some clapper-board examples of what made the Asbury Park Boardwalk so pleasant when we spent a beautiful Sunday strolling up and down it, following the James show at the Stone... Read More October 9, 2008 Register to Race In some States across the USA, today is the last day for registering to vote in next month’s elections. In New York State and others, that deadline is Friday, October... Page 82 of 195« First...102030«8081828384»90100110...Last »	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6486
__label__cc	0.517539	0.482461	Name: Peggy Rathmann Audience: Children; Born: 1953 in St. Paul, Minnesota -- Website -- http://www.peggyrathmann.com/ -- Peggy Rathmann on WorldCat -- http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=peggy+rathmann Rathmann lived in Chicago for two years while she studied commercial art at the American Academy of Art. Peggy Rathmann is a children's book author and illustrator. After graduating from the University of Minnesota, she went on to study commercial art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, fine art at Atelier Lack in Minneapolis, and children's book writing and illustration at Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. Rathmann currently resides in California. Ruby the Copycat -- Most Promising New Author, Publishers Weekly, 1991 -- ALA Notable Children's Book,1994 -- Bulletin Blue Ribbon, 1994 -- Horn Book Fanfare selection, 1995 -- Best Children's Books, Parenting Magazine, 1994 -- Children's Books 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library, 1995 -- Phoenix Picture Book Award Honor Book, Children's Literature Association, 2014 -- 2016 ILLINOIS READS Book Officer Buckle & Gloria -- Caldecott Medal Winner, 1996 -- ALA Notable Children's Book -- Ohio Teachers' & Pupils' Reading Circle, 1996-97 -- Pick of the Lists, American Bookseller -- A Few Good Books List, Book Links, 1995 -- Editors' Choice, Booklist, 1995 -- Best Books, Child Magazine, 1995 -- Horn Book Fanfare selection -- Best Books, Parenting Magazine, 1995 -- Best Books, School Library Journal, 1995 -- Children's Books 100 Titles for Reading & Sharing, New York Public Library, 1995 10 Minutes to Bedtime -- ALA Notable Children's Book, 1998 -- Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award -- Best Book of the Year, Publishers Weekly -- Children's Literature Capital Choice Speaking Engagement Availability (Yes) 10 minutes till bedtime / G.P. Putnam's Sons,. . A boy's hamster leads an increasingly large group of hamsters on a tour of the boy's house, while his father counts down the minutes to bedtime. Bootsie Barker bites Putnam & Grossett Group,. . Bootsie Barker only wants to play games in which she bites, until one day her friend comes up with a better game. Bootsie Barker bites / Putnam,. . An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo. Good night, Gorilla / Officer Buckle and Gloria Weston Woods Studios, Inc.,. . The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches. Officer Buckle and Gloria / Scholastic Inc.,. . On the first day of school, Ruby arrives as a new student. She immitates everything her classmate Angela whom she sits behind does. Ruby the copycat / Scholastic Audio,. . Ruby insists on copying Angela, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources. The day the babies crawled away / A boy follows fives babies who crawl away from a picnic and saves the day by bringing them back.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6488
__label__cc	0.627012	0.372988	Board index ‹ Philosophy Forums ‹ Philosophy Philosophy is Friendship This is the main board for discussing philosophy - formal, informal and in between. Moderator: Only_Humean Forum Philosophy 149 posts • Page 5 of 6 • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Re: Philosophy is Friendship by Arcturus Descending » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:30 pm Yes. I appeal to peoples instinct for superiority. ...and look where that got us...Hitler and the extinction of millions of Jewish people. Lowly people hate it, and express it through trying to lower what they see, high people enjoy it or feel fine with it. If you were in fact speaking above as trying to grow, to become more than we are, I can agree with that. But I'm not sure that's what you're doing here. You do realize, Jakob, I'm pretty sure, that there are those so-called superior people who have that attitude because contrary to what they think, they feel the exact opposite. It's called a defense mechanism. It's also called narcissism which often is based on a sense of inferiority. By lowering the noble notion of Value so violently, the lowly reveal themselves as, objectively, scum. This is only my thinking here, but it seems to me that with a statement like that, any person lowers the notion of Value. It discredits one. Are we not all entitled to our perspective, Jakob? Is the one you're speaking about so scum-like to you? Why does someone so have to lower another in order to place their own self on a pedestal? None of this is meant to convince anyone of anything; it is meant to clarify the master-slave dynamic. lol Oh, you certainly have done done, Jakob. I'm just not sure who is the master and who is really the slave in your dynamic viewpoint. At one point I will cease sacrificing energy to this clarification, but I enjoy seeing scum outlined as precisely what it is. I enjoy its writhing in its self-knowledge. What is happening to you? Last edited by Arcturus Descending on Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:33 pm, edited 1 time in total. "Look closely. The beautiful may be small." "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me." “Whereas the beautiful is limited, the sublime is limitless, so that the mind in the presence of the sublime, attempting to imagine what it cannot, has pain in the failure but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt.” Arcturus Descending Consciousness Seeker Location: A state of unknowing by MagsJ » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:31 pm Arcturus Descending wrote: MagsJy, I don't understand what you mean by the phrase "when they are created elsewhere" within this context but I don't think it's the drugs which bring on those epiphanies. I did not say the drugs alone caused the epiphanies, but they certainly fuel them. Who knows if they (the drugs) may be the final push (I'm totally opposed to all drugs except for healing and for terrible pain, like medical marijuana) but I don't see epiphanies in that way. I don't intuit that they are some kind of magical things just waiting in the wings. I think that they come about after months or years of observing, listening, studying, et cetera. They may be waiting in the wings of our unconscious minds ALSO which gather intel but which we don't see on the conscious level. Final push? try driving force! What is philosophy - love of wisdom and truth. They both take time. I'm not so sure that the great philosophers would like to think that their efforts/struggles/pains and hard work to accomplish what they have would be so watered down by the effects of drugs. Oh well! The possibility of anything we can imagine existing is endless and infinite --MagsJ MagsJ The Londonist Location: London, NC1 Magsy, The way I look at it, the real driving force is... I think that they come about after months or years of observing, listening, studying, et cetera. The drugs would be the final push and maybe not even that. by Fixed Cross » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:46 pm Did I ever call you scum, Arc? No, because you aren't scum. What is happening to you?? The strong do what they can, the weak accept what they must. - Thucydides Before the Light - Tree of Life Academy - Thought of a Rune (film by Pezer) Fixed Cross Doric Usurper Location: the black ships by perpetualburn » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:53 pm Fixed Cross wrote: perpetualburn wrote: Fixed Cross wrote: I think friendship can only exist between equals, or between two people that have decided that one is the master and the other the slave. Many friendships of stupid people are arranged like that. The former case is what I refer to as a philosophical state; it requires not only that one knows oneself, but also the other. And to that end, one needs to not only know oneself but also master oneself. But Pezar is certainly not your equal. So does that make him your slave? It seems like you're indulging him (joining him in pointless juvenile pursuits) rather than trying to raise him to be your equal (as a lover of wisdom). You're also unintentionally embarrassing him with threads like "What Pezar Said" You evidently have no friends. How does that follow( is evident)? So you do consider Pezar to be your equal? As a pillar of rising smoke did my angel condescend and appear, standing without reserve on the exhausted banks of infinite sorrow. http://knowthyself.forumotion.net/f6-agora perpetualburn Fixed Cross, I never thought that you were calling me scum, Jakob. I just don't understand how if we see value, someone becomes scum? Isn't that a strong word to use? That being said, not wanting to be hypocritical, I imagine there are some who I can look on as scum. But why would you associate someone with scum who just comes from a different perspective from you or maybe didn't have the same breaks as you did/do and who is just struggling, let's say as a result of his/her war experience? I suppose that I'm just growing horns and a tail or maybe I always had them. The Satan in me is thriving that's all. PB - Yes, of course. I cant endure unequals around me. Havent you noticed that about me? He's the most powerful resisant Ive encountered since Sauwelios. Who is a long time close friend. Pezer has taught me as much about myself as I have taught him about himself; rather, our extremely pressure-laden project has caused both of us immense stress and erupted often in violent arguments, the most violent ones Ive had with anyone except Sauwelios (friends argue far more violently than adversaries, as the stakes are higher); this has taught disciplined. If you take from the videos that Pezer is less than I am in rank, if thats what you take from the thread where we write down phrases and make memes out of them, you are in an alternate universe, you see nothing of us that is real. Pezer does not take shit. He is so immensely proud that he can actually see what I am. Arcturus Descending wrote: Fixed Cross, If youve seen the lengths Turd has gone through to try to make me feel pain and shame, youd see "scum" is mild. He has lost a part of his humanity and takes that out on me. It's fucking horrifying to imagine his inner world. But Ive tried all along to be polite to him and to engage him in sensible things. He's just convinced me that he is fundamentally incapable of decency. I call scum those who inflict deliberate harm on people evidently out to bring light and love. Every sane person here knows I am arrogant but a very generous and bright guy only out to make peoples lives better. Everyone sees Turs is out to ruin peoples days. How is he not scum? Why do we have the word scum if not to designate Turd? You go girl. I think friendship can only exist between equals, or between two people that have decided that one is the master and the other the slave. As for the first part, I don't think that's necessarily true. They may not be equal in certain things, like looks, intelligence, et cetera but as long as they see their selves as equals where it counts, friendship can go there. As for the second part, between two people that have decided that one is the master and the other the slave. Well, that is certainly not a view which came from nowhere. lol That's a sado-masochistic dynamic but certainly not a friendship. That's more a symbiotic relationship - or a co-dependency...not the ideal friendship. The so-called master needs the slave just as much as the slave needs the master. I daresay that in some cases the master needs the slave even more to feel superior. The slave may eventually rebel against this wonderful master just as those slaves which are our emotions can eventually rebel against us. Aside from that, you may be having unconscious fantasies of an S&M relationship, Jakob. Be very very careful there. Fixed Cross wrote: PB - Yes, of course. I cant endure unequals around me. Havent you noticed that about me? Equals keep each other in check. Sauwelios is certainly your equal. He is able to refine your position, and you, in turn,are able to build back off of that. Point me to one video or thread(where Pezar is speaking) where he shows that he understands your position and is able to elaborate on it in an equally elegant manner. From everything I've seen and read, he could at best be called a disciple (and not a very disciplined one at that). Being proud and offering resistance is good, but doesn't necessarily make one an equal. And you can talk Pezar up all you want, but that just proves you're loyal, not that he's your equal. Arcturus Descending wrote: Fixed Cross wrote: I mean only equals in power. All have different power-attributes. But where friends measure is a general strength of will, which also translates to intelligence, wit, courage, ambition, etc. Pezer and Sauwelios are the most courageous men Ive personally met. Capable and Parodites are also courageous in a way that makes me regard them as pure heroes, as fit for the company of gods. This is my morality. I just seek friends, equals. And I'll reshape the world to make that happen if I have to. And I do. As Parodites said; "If you are not commanding in this world you are being commanded." I want only friendships with those who thoroughly understand this. Anyone else, I could not trust with my life. And that is what friendship amounts to and is tested by, that kind of trust. If a man does not know that trust, he is less of a man for it. When I was in the filmacademy I saw a couple of friendships like that. Yes, surely that is far from ideal. It's friendship for lesser people. Theatre students also tend toward such travesties. They still feel like they're friends. But obviously it's not up to my standard, nor would it produce philosophy. Neither are they unconscious, nor are they strictly fantasies. But I wont be exposing them here. It has little to do with philosophy... Good thing you're able to perceive that. Our talk videos provide no such intensity. When were in the middle of a real argument neither of us is exactly reaching for a camera. Just read Pezers positions here (as Filmsnob) and on BTL. How is he not resisting what I propose? He's loyal to me because I'm the most powerful person he knows. I'm loyal to him because he's the most powerful person around. We're very clear about that. Of course we share certain values and aims -- but on this level, power and values are truly aspects of the same thing. I do have rank on him philosophical-technically and scientifically, I feel I have philosophical and scientific rank on everyone alive including Zizek as well as the guys at Cern (so I could not give less about what a dude like Satyr tries to tell you) but he outranks me in qualities such as aristocratic outlook, straightforwardness, conciseness, important forms of bullshit-detecting; and there is a very important set of qualities that pertains to personal life in which I find in this guy the first one who actually has a spine. Trust that very little of what goes on in any friendship makes it to video. I could fairly say that Pezer is the only one I ever knew that talks down on me when I'm actually being weak. Most others mistake my greatest strengths for weaknesses, which causes a contempt so steep in me that Ive come to regard the human race as very heterogenous in quality and no longer consider each human an entity per se; one needs to earn this in my eyes, by displaying degrees of integrity, consistency, honesty. If not, I dont trust that such a person is able to really experience him or herself; I believe rather it is a function of some general pathos that goes around like the flu. A friend, to me, needs to exist. Most people don't. They are ephemeral phenomena relying for ground on truer valuings. You'd faint in vertigo if you could see from my position. From where Im standing it is no longer wise to look all the way down. Still, I am braver than I am wise. That is why you guys still have the pleasure of Fixed Cross -bashing. I know that behind it is often genuine curiosity and ambition. So maybe my courage is just a radical, long term wisdom. by phyllo » Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:21 pm I do have rank on him philosophical-technically and scientifically, I feel I have philosophical and scientific rank on everyone alive including Zizek as well as the guys at Cern Surely, this is a sign of mental illness. ILP Legend by MagsJ » Sun Sep 18, 2016 4:10 pm phyllo wrote: ..surely, this is a very big claim for any person to make. by phyllo » Sun Sep 18, 2016 4:41 pm To claim that you are superior in philosophy and science to anyone alive is not crazy? Grandiose delusions (GD) or delusions of grandeur are a subtype of delusion that occur in patients suffering from a wide range of psychiatric diseases, including two-thirds of patients in manic state of bipolar disorder, half of those with schizophrenia, patients with the grandiose subtype of delusional disorder, and a substantial portion of those with substance abuse disorders.[1][2] GDs are characterized by fantastical beliefs that one is famous, omnipotent, wealthy, or otherwise very powerful. The delusions are generally fantastic and typically have a religious, science fictional, or supernatural theme. There is a relative lack of research into GD, in contrast to persecutory delusions and auditory hallucinations. About 10% of healthy people experience grandiose thoughts but do not meet full criteria for a diagnosis of GD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandiose_delusions by Fixed Cross » Sun Sep 18, 2016 4:52 pm MagsJ wrote: Small people cant make big claims. It's very common, actually its a general rule, that scientific genius is hated and condemned as mental illness by the frustrated academics and the pol pot wannabes and other birth control glitches. Maybe you should ask Pezer whether you "have philosophical and scientific rank on everyone alive including Zizek as well as the guys at Cern". Let's see what he says. And let's ask Sauwelios as well. MagsJ wrote: ..surely, this is a very big claim for any person to make. Jeez Phyllo.. I see that my attempt at tactfully broaching the matter passed you by. Not everyone here is small fry Fixed, and the people I know who are very big fry would never demean anyone by lauding over them like that. No.. mental illness is condemned as mental illness, while the frustrated academics and the pol pot wannabes continue being frustrated academics and pol pot wannabes. I'm hoping that one of his friends is reading this thread and comes to the realization that something needs to be done. That's it. That's the only reason I posted. I doubt that they would listen to me if I PM them directly. by Magnus Anderson » Sun Sep 18, 2016 6:58 pm He spends far more time trying to save the face he never had (he's a very poor thinker, this is a fact, no jealousy here) than thinking. The more you try to shake his delusional self-value, the more delusional he becomes. I got a philosophy degree, I'm not upset that I can't find work as a philosopher. It was my decision, and I knew that it wasn't a money making degree, so I get money elsewhere. -- Mr. Reasonable Magnus Anderson Instead of showing (that he can think, argue, rationally defend his position, etc) he is telling (that he can think, argue, rationally defend his position, etc when cameras are off.) I never saw him engaged in a serious thought. 99.99% of the time he is either spamming this board with non-philosophical stuff (e.g. what pezer said), spamming it with pseudo-philosophical stuff (e.g. the philosophy of animals, can you believe it, now even animals have philosophy) or he is talking about himself (how great he is, how others don't understand him, etc.) What kind of serious philosopher does that? I have nothing but contempt for this man. You have to admit that it has gone beyond ego or excessive self confidence. He needs a little help from his friends. by Sauwelios » Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:59 pm phyllo wrote: Maybe you should ask Pezer whether you "have philosophical and scientific rank on everyone alive including Zizek as well as the guys at Cern". That's not what he said. He said he felt he had philosophical and scientific rank etc. Anyway, I certainly don't think that feeling is far from the truth. His statement reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_vYz4nQUcs 3:17-4:56 (Note that it should say "can only be attained" instead of "can only be used" (and "Thinking" instead of "the Thinking").) Now compare what perpetualburn said with what Heidegger says about "direct dialogue": "He [Sauwelios] is able to refine your [Fixed Cross's] position, and you, in turn,are able to build back off of that." Thus in a quite recent Facebook discussion in which both Fixed Cross and myself participated (the third participant was a loyal defender of the status quo), I said: It's obviously not true that Thales only had his mind as a tool. He also had his senses, and the tools of modern science are basically just tools that amplify the senses (e.g., microscopes and telescopes). Now I was aware that there's another challenger than history to the premises of philosophy--namely the exact sciences--, but contrary to the challenge of history, I don't take that challenge seriously. I think it's very naive to think that "a chemistry lab [can] help [us] figure out what all this stuff is actually made of". For all their high-tech tools, modern scientists seem to have lost their mind. Daniel Dennett, for example, does not even seem to understand the problem of qualia! It makes me suspect that he is himself a mindless zombie. Against quantum mechanics, I pose quale organics. Mystical? I think it's the opposite--although, even if we retain the notion of a universal human nature, we must say that it points to "a humanity that, though it belongs to man as man, is not open to every man, since what he is necessarily he is not necessarily unless he knows that that is what he is necessarily." (Benardete, The Bow and the Lyre, page 87.) It seems that only the fewest have the courage to see human nature, indeed nature as a whole, for what it is. Nietzsche, by the way, rigorously used so-called "scientific" method to establish the nature of nature, as I wrote in that thread I linked to: "I think Nietzsche beats modern 'scientific' man at his own game by arriving at the doctrine of the will to power out of 'the conscience of method' (Beyond Good and Evil, aphorism 36). The instincts and taste of modern times, according to him, 'would even rather bear with the absolute coincidentiality, indeed the mechanistic nonsensicality of all occurrences, than with the theory of a power-will transpiring in all occurrences.' (Genealogy of Morals, Second Treatise, section 12.) Nietzsche conquers the modern conquest of nature by arguing convincingly that the nature of nature is conquest." The conquest of nature was originally understood as the conquest of non-sense and chance, of coincidence. But coincidence is now--with Nietzsche--seen as the coinciding, the clashing, of wills to power. But even more than most human beings, most other beings are hardly aware of what they really are. As Aldous Huxley puts it: "[In The Tibetan Book of the Dead,] the departed soul is described as shrinking in agony from the Clear Light of the Void, and even from lesser, tempered Lights, in order to rush headlong into the comforting darkness of selfhood as a reborn human being, or even as a beast, an unhappy ghost, a denizen of hell. Anything rather than the burning brightness of unmitigated Reality--anything!" (The Doors of Perception.) But the philosopher's cruel nature impels him to realize the true nature, not only of himself, but of all other people as well--and also of all beasts, all plants--all "things"... Apparently they want to be ruled, rather than having to rule themselves, take responsibility themselves. The philosopher takes the responsibility for the existence of all beings, for his whole universe. He first makes them truly exist: for the unexamined life is not only not worth living, it does not even exist... But examining existence in this way means finding it to be alive--alive and kicking. This is why it suffices for the eternal recurrence to be a myth. A myth is something positive: you don't mythologize what you don't deem worthy of monumentalizing. What matters is that the philosopher deems his whole universe worthy of being eternalized. [...] "Someone may object that the successful revolt against the universal and homogeneous state could have no other effect than that the identical historical process which has led from the primitive horde to the final state will be repeated. But would such a repetition of the process--a new lease of life for man's humanity--not be preferable to the indefinite continuation of the inhuman end? Do we not enjoy every spring although we know the cycle of the seasons, although we know that winter will come again?" (Leo Strauss, "Restatement on Xenophon's Hiero".) Sauwelios Philosophical Supremacist It's easy to get caught up in philosophy and lose sight of what one man needs one day in September. Philosophy is not an end, it is a means. Return to Philosophy	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6489
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__label__wiki	0.618181	0.618181	Home Care in the News By Anthony Byrne · November 13, 2015 Welcome to the home care in the news update, where the latest news on home care is collated for your reading! ‘Critical mass approach’ to staff training advocated "All care staff need hands-on training in order to effectively provide person-centred care, says a consultant who delivered ‘experiential’ workshops to a provider’s 580 frontline staff." Individualised funding a challenge for rural, remote providers, ACFA told "Myriad social and economic issues in rural and remote areas are combining to seriously challenge aged care service provision, which providers say needs to be reflected in better policy." Low funding rate threatens success of NDIS "Disability support groups say the low funding rate for providing care threaten the success of the NDIS, claiming the $41 hourly rate on offer will barely cover costs and result in fewer services and less qualified workers." Australian Unity outlines vision for NSW home care service "Australian Unity, the successful bidder for the Home Care Service of NSW, which holds a 70 per cent market share in NSW, said it is committed to expanding the service’s unique Aboriginal Home Care unit, when it takes over the reins in early 2016." IR reform: 24/7 economy needs penalty rates overhaul "...the Productivity Commission illustrated, workers on night shift get paid less than workers on Sundays, despite the wealth of evidence that consistent night work can impact on a worker’s health." Home care visits must last longer, watchdog says "Home care workers must be given enough time to spend with elderly and disabled people and must have enough travelling time between appointments, a health watchdog has said." We must speak up for Australia's 2.7 million unpaid carers "Our country depends on carers and it's going to do so more as Australia ages. We can't have a conversation about superannuation and older workers without acknowledging this fact, writes Emily Millane." Sweeping changes from Consumer Directed Care brings confusion, surprise fees and few calls for help "A national hotline set up to handle complaints about the transition to Consumer Directed Care (CDC) has taken only 115 calls and resolved 51 cases from the estimated 66,000 people moved onto CDC packages on July 1." Aboriginal clients embracing CDC, contrary to concerns: provider "The predictions from some quarters that indigenous and CALD clients would not understand or be wary of the move to consumer directed care have been shown to be unfounded, with clients largely embracing the model." Elderly migrants at risk of overcharging and reduced services under aged care overhaul "There are fears of higher charges and reduced services for elderly Australians who get subsidised home care under a new national system." Department’s comments spark workforce focus "A DSS submission to a Productivity Commission inquiry proposes enhanced skilled migration to bolster the aged care workforce, which has been welcomed by employers." When Will We Stop Exploiting Home-Care Workers? (U.S) "The labor department knows home care is a real job. But the courts dismantle every small victory, leaving employees overworked, underpaid, and continually fighting for their rights." At 88, A Chance To Be Independent Again (U.S) "As Rosa Hendrix puts it, she got "stuck" in a nursing home for six years. So when the 88-year-old woman was finally able to move out, she looked around her new one-bedroom apartment and had some stark things to say about what makes a home." The Anti-Union Bosses’ Group Fighting Fast Food Organising Is Now Going After Home Care Workers (U.S) "Can workers centres and unions create a movement strong enough to fight back?" Government changes tack on CHSP fees policy (AU) "The Federal Government has shelved plans to introduce a mandatory national fees policy for the new Commonwealth Home Support Program from 1 July and instead will introduce a principles-based fees framework." The unstoppable domestic workers’ movement: winning labour rights and protections for 15 million domestic workers (EU) "In the past few years a political and moral shift has occurred among growing numbers of political leaders which has secured rights and protections for 15 million domestic workers today. Their lives have improved by shifting away from unprotected and exploitative jobs to ones protected by labour laws." Home Care Workers' Lawsuit Alleging Wage Theft Exposes Growing Industry's Troubling Pay Practices (U.S) "Ann Temple has worked as a home care aide in Washington for more than six years. Five days and 40 hours a week, she attends to her elderly client, preparing breakfast and baths, cleaning the house, scheduling doctors’ appointments and picking up medicine." Warning 'cut-price' care system on the brink of 'collapse' (EU) "Britain is facing a "crisis" in the care system and workers have warned of a possible "collapse", a union has warned. A dossier drawn up by Unison revealed illegally low pay rates, widespread use of zero-hours contracts, poor training standards and "damaging consequences" of privatisation." Making home health work more attractive (U.S) "People working in one of the fastest-growing professions in America aren’t well-paid. Many of them don’t get health or retirement benefits. And federal minimum wage and overtime protections still don’t apply to them." Calls mount for urgent focus on rural and remote viability "The recent financial analysis of residential aged care operators has been welcomed by industry for its accuracy, and despite some surprising but favourable findings regarding regional providers, experts and industry have stressed the urgent attention needed for the rural and remote part of the sector." Council aims to raise home care standards with new providers list (from the UK) "People who require home care support will hopefully see standards rise due to a new agreement between the council and providers." Cash to consumers: what we can learn from overseas "As Australia moves towards more individualised funding approaches in home care,Community Care Review looks at the implementation of personal budgets overseas for some valuable lessons." WHEEL-I-AM makes his telepresence felt at Feros Care "Residential and community aged care provider Feros Care is trialling the use of a telepresence robot nicknamed Wheel-I-Am for remote-controlled video consultations with GPs and specialists." Aged pension and super reform must be a priority for Liberals and Labor "Anyone who thinks retirement policy settings in this country don’t need major reform is kidding themselves. Unfortunately the main parties have polarised the debate, with Labor willing to countenance changes only to superannuation, and the government willing to look only at the aged pension, and even then in a limited way." Last-minute review offers hope for seniors on Federal Government in-home care packages "Seniors set to lose out when their federally funded in-home care schemes are changed in July have received a last-minute reprieve." Unqualified to miss out on care and support jobs bonanza "Tech-savvy all-rounders willing to learn and lead will be the major beneficiaries of a predicted boom in care and support jobs. But those with no qualifications will find it increasingly difficult to secure employment." Special report: Home care package levels missing their mark "Community care providers are struggling to fill their Level 1 home care packages while managing waiting lists in the hundreds for their high level packages, an analysis by Community Care Review shows." Budget: Workforce hit with fund cut, tax change "If the government is serious about providing quality aged care for the growing number of older Australians it would immediately act to fix the worsening workforce shortage in the sector,” she said." Budget: ACAR to end in move to market system in home care "The Aged Care Approvals Round for home care packages will be abolished with funding to be allocated directly to consumers rather than providers from February 2017, the Federal Government announced in Tuesday’s Budget, paving the way for a significant shake-up of the home care sector." Australia not equipped to deal with growing 'tsunami' of dementia cases, advocates warn "Australian workplaces are not equipped to deal with the growing numbers of employees with dementia despite an ageing population and a possible "tsunami" of future cases, advocates have warned." Thousands of seniors on nationally funded at-home care packages to be forced to pay more or move into nursing homes "Seniors on Federal Government in-home care plans have been told they will have to pay more or consider moving into nursing homes if their services are cut when they are forced on to new packages in July." What the Battle Over Home Health Care Worker Pay Is Really About (from the US) "People who need long term services and supports overwhelmingly want to live at home. While family members are the bedrock of home-based care, many frail elders or younger people with disabilities also need help from paid, direct-care workers. They cannot live at home without them." Work placement hours mandated in proposed new training qualifications "Registered training organisations delivering aged care qualifications will have to ensure their students complete mandatory work experience and face tighter assessment requirements under changes due to be signed off by the Department of Education and Training by June." Aged-care workers satisfied with jobs, not with wages - survey (from New Zealand) "Most of New Zealand's 57,000 aged-care workers are satisfied with their jobs but not with their wages, a new survey has found." New call for affordable housing for seniors "With Australia’s aged care and pension systems essentially predicated on the assumption that seniors own their own home, the increase in the numbers of older people renting or still paying a mortgage will lead to growth in old age poverty unless a national housing policy is developed." Budget wishes: consumers, professionals cite reform and workforce "Helen Gibbons, assistant national secretary of United Voice, said the government needed to recognise there was a “looming workforce crisis in aged care” which if ignored would have devastating consequences for seniors." Inadequate homecare training putting elderly and disabled at risk (from the UK) "The safety of elderly and disabled people who rely on homecare is being put at risk because staff are receiving inadequate training, according to a UNISON study published today." Older women prop up aged care (from New Zealand) "The country's aged care workers are mostly older women who feel over-worked and underpaid, a survey has found. The AUT University survey, the first independent survey of aged-care workers, has found that almost half of rest-home caregivers and more than three-quarters of homecare workers supporting the elderly are themselves aged 50 or over." Concerns growing over dramatic changes in home care set to hit thousands of pensioners, seniors "A significant shake-up of government funded stay-at-home care schemes for the elderly is set to hit thousands of pensioners and seniors across the country on July 1. All 72,000 people receiving care under Home Care Packages (HCP) will be switched to a new model, Consumer Directed Care (CDC), in a dramatic shift that has divided recipients and peak bodies." Why the home care wage fight matters (from the US) "Over the next decade, a million women -- most likely black or Latina, almost certainly living in poverty -- will become home care workers. And on April 15, some of these women will take part in the largest mobilization of underpaid workers this country has ever seen, to call for wages that will allow them to finally support themselves and their families." Home care being 'short changed' (from the UK) "Just one in seven councils in the UK is paying a 'fair' price for home care for the elderly, according to a survey. About 500,000 people rely on the support, which includes help with washing and dressing." Greenwich secures zero tolerance for Discrimination in Home-Based Care Services "Greenwich sought assurances from Ajaka that a similar commitment would apply to Home Care services and that it should be a criteria in expressions of interest. Ajaka has now confirmed via letter that discrimination will not be tolerated." Aged-care job estimates ‘don’t take change into account'. "Estimates of the number of workers needed in the aged-care sector over the next decade are “seriously flawed” and do not take into account a rapidly shifting model of delivering services, according to the peak community provider body." Tanya Plibersek: “My dad had the right to die with dignity.” "Like most Australians he wanted to die at home. Like most Australians he ended up dying in hospital. (While 74% say they want to die at home, only about 16% do.) But he was able to stay home almost to the end, because of great home nursing and wonderful support from the hospice where he was going for treatment." Karen Hitchcock: "On Caring for the Elderly" "Ours is a society in which ageism, often disguised, threatens to turn the elderly into a “burden” – difficult, hopeless, expensive and homogenous. While we rightly seek to curb treatment when it is futile, harmful or against a patient’s wishes, this can sometimes lead to limits on care that suit the system rather than the person. Doctors may declare a situation hopeless when it may not be so. We must plan for a future when more of us will be old, Hitchcock argues, with the aim of making that time better, not shorter. And we must change our institutions and society to meet the needs of an ageing population." Read the full article here. Note: article is behind a paywall. El Gibbs: "Defining disability: Will the NDIS support all disabled Australians who need care?" "ADHC supports about 95,000 people and the state government plans to increase this to 140,000 when the full NDIS is implemented. However, this leaves some significant questions about broader disability services for people who are not eligible for the NDIS." Carers NSW Media Release: "No carer should be worse off as NSW transitions to the NDIS" "In the lead up to the NSW State Election, Carers NSW is calling upon candidates to commit to continuity and support for carers in NSW as we transition towards the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Services are currently undergoing massive upheaval to make way for the NDIS, which aims to give people with disability and their carers more choice and control. However in many cases, carers are losing out." Read the full release here.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6500
__label__wiki	0.970251	0.970251	Archive: Sports Subscribe to Sports Asamoah Gyan set to take over former club Liberty Professionals, Ghana captain to own majority shares Written by admin \| October 6, 2016 \| 0 Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan is on the verge of buying majority stake in former club Liberty Professionals, GHANAsoccernet.com understands. Gyan, who plays for United Arab Emirates side Al Ahli , is on the verge of securing majority shares in the financially-stricken club. Negotiations between the former Sunderland hitman and current club owner Felix Ansong has been ongoing for months. But it has now emerged that a deal has been struck for Gyan to take over the club. The Black Stars captain is expected to inject huge capital in the club in his bid to revive their downward spiral. The scientific soccer lads have been suffocating under financial stress since owner Alhaji Sly Tetteh died five years ago. It’s will be a befitting tribute to the deceased Sly Tetteh who gave Gyan a career opportunity Abdul Razak: CAF names Ghana legend as ambassador for AFCON 2017 Former Black Stars midfielder, Abdul Razak has been named by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as the ambassador for Gabon 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Abdul Razak emerged as the star man of the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations when he propelled Ghana to victory on home soil and was subsequently voted the African Footballer of the year. CAF has seen the need to name him as the man to promote the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Gabon due to his vast experience on the continents as a player and coach.Abdul Razak has coached clubs in Ghana, Mali, Qatar, etc. He won several domestic titles and won Asante Kotoko’s first Ghana Premier League title in 2003 For more sports news visit allSports.com.gh Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka says future will show if he erred in letting Albert Adomah go Written by admin \| September 9, 2016 \| 0 Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka says the future will determine whether he erred in letting Albert Adomah join Aston Villa. Adomah, 28, joined Villa on deadline day after three seasons at the Riverside. The Ghana international played an influential role for Boro as they secured top-flight status. But he opted to stay in the Championship after completing a three-year deal with relegated Aston Villa with youngster Adama Traore moving in the opposite direction. But manager Aitor Karanka says the future will show whether he was wrong or right. ‘The future will show. If Adomah plays 200 games and gets 50 goals and Traore doesn’t play, I have made a mistake,” he said ‘I will be happy if he is successful at Villa and if Traore is successful here. ‘Traore is younger. Oti Akenteng insists Dede Ayew must fly back home for treatment The Technical Director of the Ghana Football Association Oti Akenteng wants West Ham United record signing Andre Ayew to be flown back home for treatment following an injury he sustained in his first Premier League game for the Hammers. Andre Ayew sustained a thigh injury in his debut for the Hammers in their clash against Chelsea and reports indicate that he will be out for a considerable period. But the Ghana FA technical head says the deputy Black Stars skipper should be sent home for treatment. The former AshGold coach is even ready to talk to Andre’s father Abedi Pele on the need to fly him to Ghana. “There are a lot of herbal medical doctors, who can use traditional medicine to cure Andre Ayew’s injury in just two weeks,” he told Nhyira FM in Kumasi. “I will Breaking News: Asamoah Gyan arrive in Turkey over a potential move to Besiktas Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan has reportedly touched down in Turkey ahead of a move to Besiktas. Gyan has been out of favour in his club Shanghai SIPG after the signing of Brazillian Hulk in the summer. The 30-year-old will be hoping to secure deal with the Turkish giants as he looks forward to getting enough playing time. Gyan has been out of Shanghai’s team for some time now and is now looking forward to passing a medical in order to complete a deal with Besiktas. The post Breaking News: Asamoah Gyan arrive in Turkey over a potential move to Besiktas appeared first on Football Ghana. Sarfo Gyemfi believes Kotoko can win GPL title Written by admin \| August 3, 2016 \| 0 Kotoko winger Frank Sarfo Gyamfi remains optimistic about his side’s chances of winning the Ghana Premier League despite their recent poor display in the League. The Porcupine Warriors are yet to record a win in the second round of the League. Coach Michael Osei and his charges have been able to pick just 2 points in their last five games. The Reds, having had a decent first round are struggling to maintain their momentum in the League. The former Ghanaian Champions are fifth on the League table with 33 points. Sarfo Gyamfi is not ruling out the possibility of winning the League despite their poor run. “We have eight more matches and the points gap with the first team is just 6 points. We are still confident we can win the title,” he told Ghana Sports Newspaper. “I know most of our Hearts selection is based on merit – Traguil Accra Hearts of Oak coach Sergio Traguil has annulled reports of him being bias in his team selection by claiming that his decisions are based on his players’ output at training and nothing else. Coach Traguil since his appointment as the head of technical affairs of the Phobians, has made some changes to the starting line-up of the team with the likes of Emmanuel ‘Sahban’ Laryea, Owusu Bempah and David Atinka among others, not being able to make the starting line up since Kenichi Yatsuhashi’s departure. In his post match interview after their stalemate with AshantiGold SC, Coach Traguil said: “Sahban Laryea is good as any other player in the team, I do my team selection based on what happens in training, and the output, so if you don’t see him in my starting 11, that is the Baba Rahman’s Chelsea stay to be decided during USA tour Written by admin \| July 26, 2016 \| 0 Ghana defender Baba Rahman’s future with Chelsea will be decided after the Blues pre-season tour of the United States. New Chelsea manager Antonio Conte named the left-back as part of the squad that boarded their flight for their US pre-season tour on Sunday. There was some uncertainty surrounding the future of the Ghanaian at the English giants after he failed to cement a regular starting place at the club last season. Italian side Napoli and German giants Borussia Dortmund were said to be keen on a loan deal for the Ghanaian youngster. But with the Italian manager taking charge of the team, his decision to travel with Rahman to the USA shows he wants to give the youngster the chance to show he can excel when given the chance. Rahman played during Chelsea’s 8-0 behind closed doors Chelsea, Liverpool on red alert to snatch Andre Ayew English giants Chelsea and Liverpool on the alert to grab Andre Ayew after Swansea City manager Francesco Guidolin cast doubt over the future of the Ghanaian superstar. Guidolin opened the door for the two giants to swoop after he declared that he is uncertain if Ayew will stay with the Welsh club ahead of the start of the new English Premier League season. The 26-year-old has been linked with moves to rival English Premier League sides Liverpool, Sunderland, West Ham and Chelsea. Chelsea and Liverpool are thought to be the frontrunners in the race for the Ghana star following his excellent showing in his first season in England. The Italian coach is desperate for the Ghana international to stay with the Swans but casts doubts over his future. “Andre is a good guy and a good player, I hope I refused to pay ‘bribe’ for U20 qualifier – Vanderpujye Minister for Sports, Nii Lantey Vanderpujye has revealed the Ghana Football Association wanted to involve him in some “suborning” during the Black Satellites Africa Youth Championship qualifier against Senegal. According to the Minister, the GFA requested him to put in place measures to ensure the Black Satellites defeated their Senegalese counterparts convincingly at the Cape Coast Stadium last Friday. But, Nii Lantey Vanderpujye, who described himself as an incorruptible leader said, he refused the request because he does not involve himself in certain “scandalous” acts. “The FA during the game against Senegal wanted me to do things which I refused. I stated clearly to them that I will not be involved in certain acts. 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__label__cc	0.52089	0.47911	Members Choice: The Best Super Game-Improvement Irons of 2017 Iron Reviews More and more golfers are gravitating toward irons designed with the latest technologies to help them hit their shots higher, farther and to correct their typical misses. These “Super Game-Improvement Irons” are juiced with hot faces, wide soles, thick top lines, big offset and a low center of gravity, among other engineering feats that are often unique to each company. For this edition of “GolfWRX Members Choice,” we asked GolfWRX Members to vote for the best Super Game-Improvement Irons based on their testing and knowledge. See the results below, along with in-depth feedback from our Members. Editor’s Note: Responses have been minimally edited for brevity and grammar. Vote and join the discussion in the Super Game-Improvement voting thread here, which will remain open throughout 2017 as GolfWRX Members test and evaluate new equipment. Ping G (22.53 percent of votes) acemandrake: Ping G for me. Ping irons function the same today as they did with my first set in 1974 (Karsten II’s). High and straight ball flight. VERY easy to use. Why complicate things? Shimanonut: For me the Ping G’s were amazing. I had Ping G20’s in my past and for me they were ho hum for feel and distance. I liked them but never loved them, but swinging the Ping G’s was an eye opener and a club I had on my short list for most of my trial period. jefftomahwak: Ping “G”s for me. Stupid easy to hit. Distance and really straight flight. Wash them after using; they look as good as new. AC in TX: I use the S55s when I’m feeling froggy and the G’s when I come crashing back down to earth (usually after a bad round with the S55s). Radeon962: Not that I consider them SGI (Super Game-Improvement), but nothing I have hit comes close to the Ping G. DaveMac: The Ping G takes what Ping has done for years and added in increased ball speed, improved feel and much better looks. This is a Ping club that will appeal even to Ping haters. youraway2: I tried most all of them, and the G’s felt and preformed best for me. I’ve never played Ping irons: always Mizuno and recently since 2008, the TM Tour Burners (GI). Further Reading: What you need to know about Ping’s G irons Mizuno JPX-900 Hot Metal (18.95 percent) Shimanonut: I also really like the Mizuno Hot Metals, but they just kept coming up short on the distance for me. Likely my swing or something, but they did have GREAT feel. DaveMac: Mizuno JPX-900 HM. IMO this is the perfect Goldilocks combination of super game-improvement attributes with the added benefits of good feel and great looks. Mizuno’s best attempt at a wide-handicap-range iron. Kragster: I got fitted into Mizuno JPX-900 Hot Metal this year and love them. Can instantly tell if I hit it pure or not. Much more consistent ball flight then I was used to before. They look great, too. Golfnut801: Distance wise, the [Mizuno JPX-900 Hot Metal] were on average 4-6 yards longer the [Mizuno JPX-850] and 7-10 yards longer compared to my [TaylorMade] RAC iron, but that’s just me. Feel wise, the JPX-900 feels much better than both the JPX-850 and RAC. Almost want to say forged-like feel on center hits. JPX-850 was somewhat clicky for me, and my RAC irons are very clicky to me. Mishits on the JPX-900 not only felt better, but were more forgiving then both the JPX-850 and RAC. Ripken08: I took side-by-side pics vs. JPX-850, 716 AP1, G, and JPX-900 Forged. Blade length is shorter than the JPX-850, AP1, and G, and there’s less offset than those as well. Topline is a smidge larger, but the head is more compact and less offset. Definitely not bad to look at! Further Reading: Mizuno JPX-900 Hot Metal and JPX-900 Forged irons Callaway Steelhead XR (12.42 percent) olperfesser: When I was fitted for and started playing with my Steelhead set, me and my buddies saw an immediate improvement in my game. I guess that is the definition of game improvement. Shimanonut: The Steelheads were great, but they felt just like my XR’s for my personal taste and I was ready for a change. Marks23: Very long distance irons. The sound in the hitting bay was quite loud. Callaway sure is making long-hitting irons. kenry: I just finished being fitted and was very impressed with them. I like the look and found them very forgiving and about a club longer than my other sets with great numbers and trajectory with KBS Tour 90 at no upcharge. 🙂 ttm27: Played first round with these today. Easier to hit than my XR Pro (as mentioned earlier), about half club longer. I hit an 8 iron today with ball below my feet that I was sure was short and going into the bunker and shocked when it hit the green. A bit chunkier than I’m used to, but not too bad to look at. To me they feel pretty good for a distance iron. nosedive32: Got my set today with Tour-V [shafts] 3-PW. Hit the 7 iron indoors before I ordered. Hit the 3 on the Sim when I picked them up. Haven’t got to go out with them yet. Look and feel really good for what they are. Distance numbers are really strong. elwhippy: Well, I went for a fitting yesterday. I had no intention of hitting these, but the rep said give them a go. Stunned. Easy to hit, but don’t balloon. Workable and about 20 yards a club longer than my AP2s. Fitted with 5.5 Rifle instead of my XPs, and spin came down an amazing 2500 rpm. 4-PW and gap will be ordered… Further Reading: Callaway Steelhead XR irons and Hybrids Titleist 716 AP1 (9.47 percent) Shimanonut: The AP1’s, I wanted to like, I really did, but they were just more of a “oh, ok, what else do you have.” Lobber: Overall: 1 round and I love them. The difference is forgiveness and increased distance is a real plus as I get older (59 years in a month). The looks of the 716 AP1 are good enough to allow me to check my ego and “players cavity backs” at the door. I also demoed the AP2 and loved them! I could easily game them, but really had decided that I would go for forgiveness over looks. gpleonard: I have two rounds in with my 716 AP1’s, and so far I’m very happy: long and straight with very good ball flight and good feel around the green. I could not be happier … I think these are the best looking AP1’s ever. jjl: Demo’d the 716 AP1 against the TM PSi, both 7 irons and both stock shafts, the AP1 was the better iron for me hands down. Way more consistent contact, better feel (much better than prior AP1’s IMHO), more consistent distances. The PSi felt flimsy in comparison. I will be strongly considering the AP1 as my gamers. pbr2121: I hit the 7 iron today with the DG AWT and was really impressed. They felt better than the G30s and went farther, too. I’ve always been a slave to Ping, and this is causing brand identity issues. I am wondering if I now have to trade in my Subaru for a BMW. Reds: OK, so I went and got fitted today. It was between the AP1s and AP2s. I tried all the stock shafts and the winner by far was the AP1s. Everything was better with them. Distance, flight and dispersion. Further Reading: Our review of the Titleist 716 AP1 irons Ping G Max (6.95 percent) DaveMac: The G Max probably is the ultimate SGI iron: huge head, maximum offset, ultra-high launch with high ball speed. If you want maximum help and don’t really care about looks or feel, then this is the club for the job. dhen9: They’re perfect. I’ve had numerous Ping irons and these are the most forgiving by far. They’ll most likely be in the line of Rapture, K-Series and Karsten, but they are solid for certain. They are distance monsters and fly higher than you may be used to but are well worth it. They reward good swings, and Ping is not exaggerating when they speak of their ball speed and hotness of face, but they also perform better than any Ping I’ve had on mis-hits. The only thing my instructor has mentioned is the high ball flight, but they are easily flighted down. The addition of a ferrule has really helped appearance, and there will be plenty of G fans that say the Max are “shovels,” but I’m typically in the mid 70s and am OK admitting I need all the help I can get and the GMax delivers. Don’t worry about demand, as I assume the new G has stolen some of the GMax thunder, but if you try them you’ll like them. The only issue I can see against the new G is that the GMAX has a good amount of offset and the appearance of a thicker topline than the new G, as the G has a bezeled topline. Solid performance in GMax. Pull the trigger. dmac4g: I have played Ping irons forever. I would have never, ever thought of playing the GMax iron. Until I had a full-line fitting with Ping, and I told them nothing was off the table. I have played the S59, S58, and S56, and then I switched to the i-series. I had the new i irons, but I just didn’t feel comfortable with them. After the fitting and seeing that the GMax goes straight, I put them into play. I have to admit; they are not a visually appealing club, but they go straight! My greens hit is through the roof over past years. It seems that if I miss a green now, it is due to a misclub. Either short or long. The left and right sides of the greens are not a concern. I really, really enjoy the performance of the irons and it makes the rounds much easier! scottydog_uk: Got some just a couple of weeks ago after testing a 7 Iron. I was moving from Raptures, which I loved, but the setup was not right. I am finally hitting high shots: they are straighter, the hot zone is huge, and I am gaining 10 yards plus per club, which makes me sound like an advert, but it’s true. I thought the Raptures couldn’t be beaten for my golfing style, until I hit these… Further Reading: What you need to know about Ping’s G Max irons TaylorMade M2 2017 (6.74 percent) Hotdocta: I was surprised how much I like M2. Super, super long iron that felt not bad! They are huge, but not hideous. Shimanonut: Last one I tried was the M2’s (I think, I know I tried a couple different TaylorMade’s) and they went a long way, but felt like I was hitting the ball with a hammer. Again, with all of the golfers, I might just have a different feel than you do. Not better and not worse, just different. rockadoo22: Okay, I’ve hit them for 2 weeks now, so I’m confident I can give an accurate review. First, I got them 5-PW with KBS stiff shafts. I am very comfortable with the 8-PW; they go a mile high and at least a club, maybe a club and a half longer than my Pings (G2’s, I know, they have even weaker lofts than today’s standard, not to mention the jacked up M2 lofts). The M2’s go so much higher and farther, especially the short irons, it’s incredible. I am hitting 155-yard 9 irons and 165-yard 8 irons. I love that, even though it took some R&D to dial that in on the course. My problem is the 5-7 irons, the ones with the slot on the sole. They sound a bit clanky, and I can’t seem to actually hit them the same distance gap as the short irons. What I’m trying to say is I hit the 8 and 9 irons almost as far as the 6, believe it or not, with a higher trajectory. That being said, anyone else not crazy about the sound of the slotted M2’s? I am hitting the 5, 6 and 7 irons on the sweet spot, as I can see the ball marks on the club, but it almost feels as though it’s a mishit or the balls are rocks. 03trdblack: The long irons feel/sound very clicky and harsh, especially when hitting range balls or something other than a tour urethane-type golf ball. I personally hate the sound, as it sounds like you mishit the shot even when hit it well. I’ve been playing pretty well with them lately, so I’m not quite ready to give up on them, but it’s definitely a gripe of mine. I wish there was a way to do something about it, but the cavity has so much stuff going on inside of it you really can’t add anything to change the sound. URStillAway: Yes, the lower irons make a different noise. Same with the SpeedBlades and Rocketblades some of my friends play. Due to the slots. But all of the irons go long and high and straight. I have been switching between the M2s and my AP1s for about 16 rounds so far. The M2s are definitively longer. About 5-7 yards longer per club. I like the feel. Have had some great ball-striking rounds with them, hitting 14 and 15 greens the last two times out. Further Reading: What you need to know about TaylorMade’s M2 2017 irons Members Choice 2017 The Best Drivers The Best Players Irons The Best Game-Improvement Irons Related Topics:irons Members Choice: The Best Irons of 2017 Members Choice: The Best Players Irons of 2017 We share your golf passion. You can follow GolfWRX on Twitter @GolfWRX, Facebook and Instagram. larry fox I wish I knew how to play golf! AceW7Iron Still gaming the original 2015 XR’s which are fantastic and those short irons hit so sweet I have “0” motivation to exchange them for newer stuff. Who on GolfWRX would admit to using game improvement irons? Any set that does not have a 1 or 2 iron is out for most readers. I wouldn’t know. I’m too busy polishing my 1 iron. Game improvement >>> Super Game Improvement >>> Super Duper Game Improvement >>> Xtra Super Duper Game Improvement >>> No Practice Game Improvement ! Old Putter Just wanna say I have ping i25, G, and GMax… There is no distance gained or lost with either set. All 3 are very consistent The truth conquers all the bs being shoveled here. dcorun Wilson C200 are as good as any of the clubs mentioned. If there had been testing with a number of clubs, instead of people’s opinions IMHO the C200 would have made the list. Try them out if you think I’m crazy. TR1PTIK Doubtful since anyone without a golf specialty retailer (Golf Galaxy, etc) is unlikely to be able to get their hands on any Wilson clubs to test. None of the smaller shops carry Wilson because Wilson just doesn’t sell as well. They don’t sell as well because none of the smaller shops carry Wilson. You must be right. I’m sure all the green grass shops are purposefully passing up sales because they just don’t want to carry the Wilson brand in their store. LOL. If placed next to a set of Callaway, Titleist, or Taylormade, 9 times out of 10, people aren’t reaching for Wilson golf clubs. I’m not saying they aren’t good, I’m just saying that people more often buy based on what they THINK about a product or brand rather than how it actually performs. You forgot the PXG 0311XF (Xtra Forgiving). For the first time in years, I am carrying a 5 and 6i and am tempted to get the 4i (but not yet). Blade-like look, long heel to toe, slightly more offset than 0311, wider sole. Tour Players are carrying these in the longer irons. It must feel good carrying the long irons the tour players are carrying. I carry the 5-6i, not the long irons that tour pros can hit well. Good to know the snarks are out. Congratulate yourself for treating others poorly. Does it help with your insecurities? I know I am out of the box here , So just picking a game improvement iron: The Wilson Staff Di9 from a few years back is the best I’v ever used.Long, feel and looks are all great. TaylorMade’s new M3 and M4 irons, with “RibCOR” technology Miura Launches ICL-601 Driving Irons in North America New Callaway X Forged Irons Unveiled in Japan Callaway Lightens Up with Ultra-Premium GBB Epic Star Line Exotics Officially Launches New CBX Iron-Wood Classic Name, Max Performance: TaylorMade launches 2017 “M CGB” irons Review: Honma TW737-Vs Forged Irons Kane Cochran Pros: Incredible feel all the way through the bag. These irons offer considerable forgiveness on mishits, and their slightly stronger lofts generate plenty of distance for a better-player forged iron. Cons: Some will find the price point ($150 per club) too high to consider. Bottom Line: The entire TW737 line boasts impressive specs and looks. The TW737-Vs, with their slightly larger shape and stronger lofts, could be perfect for the player ready to move from game-improvement irons to better players irons or for those those looking for more forgiveness in a forged set. Many GolfWRX Members will already be familiar with Honma Golf, known for its intricately crafted clubs and as one of the most prestigious, fastest-growing golf brands in the world. For others, this review will be the first time they’ve heard of Honma, or seen their iconic “mole in a hole” cloisonné and wondered, “What’s that?” That is about to change. Honma, a mainstay in the Japanese Domestic Market for almost 60 years, is making a major push to become a household name in the U.S. and Europe. This year marks the company’s first entry into national “Hot List” competitions, and you can now find and test some of their products, such as the TW737 irons, in big-box golf stores like the PGA Superstore. While Honma has traditionally been associated with extremely high-end clubs — even gold-plated at times — the Tour World line is priced similarly with other forged irons from domestic manufacturers. Tour World also happens to be the line played by their tour pros like Hideto Tanihara, who has the TW737-Vs in his bag. Related: More photos of Honma’s Tour World irons, driving irons and wedges There are three unique models in the Tour World 737 line, each with slight variations in loft and head shape that are designed to fit the specific needs of forged-iron users. Each model includes Honma’s unified face progression and center of gravity design, which essentially allows for slight changes in sole width, face thickness, and head size based on loft, while keeping the same offset. The design is great in and of itself, and it also makes it easier to play a Tour World combo set. The entire TW737 iron line is forged from S25C steel using Honma’s proprietary high strength W-Forging, a two-stage forging process that mixes hot and cold forging. According to the company, the process creates more density in the club face, especially high on the face. The extra strength is said to increase ball speed and forgiveness. The TW737-Vn is made particularly for better golfers who like the shape and workability of a blade, but want a little more forgiveness. The TW737-V has a small cavity-back head, but adds a little more forgiveness and distance than the Vn. The TW737-Vs, the model I tested, has a slightly larger head and strongest lofts, making it the longest and most forgiving of the three forged irons in the TW737 lineup. You can find all the specs on the Honma site here. The TW737-Vs specs are below. TW737-Vs irons are available now in 3-11 ($150 per club). A variety of stock shafts are available and include the NS Pro 950GH, Dynamic Gold AMT, Modus3 Tour, and Vizard 160. Honma has a retailer search on its site to help you find nearby golf stores where you can check out these clubs for yourself. Of course, custom shaft and grip options are available. My set of TW737-Vs I decided on the TW737-Vs because I wanted the extra performance and forgiveness. Honma built a 3-11 iron set, standard length, 0.5-degrees upright with Golf Pride New Decade Multi-Compound grips and two wraps of tape. Having played cast, game-improvement irons my entire golfing life, I was anxious to see how these clubs would look at address, feel at impact and most importantly, how they would perform for my swing. In recent years, I have been using a forged Vega wedge, also an iconic Japanese brand. I love the feel, so I was excited for these. You might be wondering, “Why test against a cast club and not compare Honma to Honma or Honma to Miura?” One reason is that like many of you, I’m precisely who Honma is looking to attract — a US-based consumer who has been playing mostly domestic clubs. Take it one step further, I’ve also been looking to put forged clubs in the bag and make the move to the better-player iron category, but I was hesitant for a variety of reasons. I mentioned to a few other golfer that I was reviewing this set and their reaction was the same. Are they blades? Are they small? Are they hard to hit? All responses were followed by, “I don’t think I’d be ready for forged clubs.” After testing I can tell you the irons are not too small, not too hard to hit, and stack up to anything else I’ve tested. I like to start testing outside before getting on a launch monitor so I can focus purely on what I’m seeing and feeling. And with these clubs, my expectations were high, very high. I started with the 11-iron because… how often do you get to hit a club stamped with an 11? I’ve always taken a significant divot with my wedges, but my first swing resulted in a solid, crisp shot with a thinner divot. Everything about the shot felt perfect. This happened to be a center strike and impact felt like almost nothing at all… in a good way. The sound was solid and strong, but the first real feeing I registered was slicing through the turf. That feeling continued even with the long irons. Hitting a 3 or 4-iron around the middle provided plenty of feedback, but the more pure the strike, the less feeling there was. The ball flight appeared to be slightly lower than my current set, with a straight-to-draw flight and similar distances. Working the ball both ways was not a problem. On the course, I struggled with distance control at first. This was my own fault for not dialing in the distances, especially with the stronger lofts in the 7-iron and shorter clubs. My expectation was that these clubs would not fly as far as my current clubs, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. The exceptional feel continued. Truly effortless power on center strikes. The ball just jumped off the face and provided plenty of feedback and forgiveness. My divots from fairway lies were thinner than normal, which I don’t mind at all. These clubs cut through the rough nicely as well. My favorite moment came at an island-green par-3, No. 16 at BridgeMill Athletic Club. I had 160 yards to the pin, with 150 yards covering the water and 175 yards to the water at the back of the green. With my old set, it would have been a smooth 8-iron (a full 9-iron is a reliable 145 yard carry). For me, the TW737-Vs 9-iron is essentially an 8.5-iron, so I went with 9-iron and played to the center with a little draw. I hit one of the most solid shots of the day, and it landed just a few feet away from the pin. Trusting a 9-iron would be enough… now that was fun. Launch Monitor Data My expectation going into launch monitor testing was that I’d see a flatter trajectory, lower peak height, similar distance and spin, and a decent amount of help on mishits. I tested the TW737-Vs on SkyTrak against my TaylorMade RSi 2’s using Bridgestone Tour B330 balls. I rotated clubs every 5 shots and went through multiple rounds with each club. The launch monitor data backed up what I was seeing on the course. For the short and mid irons, the Honmas generated slightly more distance (not less as I expected prior to testing). The 9-iron had the biggest gap, but the TW737-Vs is also 2 degrees stronger. Spin was lower, but I was also seeing slightly more draw bias to my shots. While the spin looks a little low, on the course I had no issues stopping the ball on approach shots. With the long irons, my flatter trajectory always forces me to play for a little roll, so that won’t change. I’ve never been a high ball hitter. My swing produces a lower flight and I’m sticking with it. Not surprisingly, my launch angle and peak height with the TW737-Vs was slightly lower across the board. Ball speed on heel and toe side of center dropped about 2 mph on average, but the shots were very playable. With the 3 and 4-irons, toe shots generated quite a bit more left spin, but heel shots didn’t really impact the flight. For shots higher on the face, I was very surprised and happy to see a minimal loss of distance. All in all, these clubs are very playable and forgiving on shots that miss the dead center of the clubface. Looks and Feel Feel is subjective, but I love the way these clubs feel. There is a nice weight through the swing. The W-Forging process has created a strong face that fires balls off like little rockets. Some other irons have a spring-like feel at impact, but with these, center shots just seemed to melt into my hands. I spent a lot of time using powder spray on the face to see the exact impact location. With other irons I’ve tested, it is easy to know if I hit the extreme toe or heel side. But with the TW737-Vs, I was able to feel if I was half a ball to the heel or toe side. Same with being low on the face or a few grooves high. Both better players and mid-handicap golfers looking to improve will appreciate the feedback these clubs provide. As for looks, “These are beautifully simple” was my first thought when I saw them in person. The lines are clean and sharp in some areas and smooth and rounded in others. The head, while definitely smaller than what I’m used to, doesn’t feel or look too small. I don’t have any confidence issues looking down at the ball. Each of the TW737 models have the same minimal amount of offset, creating a relatively straight edge from the shaft out to the toe. I find it easier to set up and align clubs with less offset, so I like this a lot. I wouldn’t call the top line thin, but it isn’t thick either. Overall, I just really like how these irons look at address. The mass low and right in the middle of the face conveys a sense of power, and the designers left plenty of material on the toe and heel to help minimize mishits. The half-mirror finish on the face and top line cuts down the glare at address. I would rather see the half-mirror finish replace the rough finish on the back — it’s just a personal preference — but the third texture does provide another dimension to the look of the club. Honma might not be the first name most Americans think of when they think of forged irons. That is going to change… not just because Honma will be spending more money to reach golfers in North America, but because the company’s Tour World line is both beautifully crafted and packed with performance. If you’re in the market for forged players irons, make sure the TW737 is on the list of clubs to hit. GolfWRX Member Reviews: TaylorMade 2017 M1 and M2 Irons One of the many benefits of being a GolfWRX Forum Member is exclusive access to Giveaways and Testing Threads. For Giveaways — we give away everything from golf clubs to golf balls to GPS units — all it takes is a forum name. Enter any Giveaway, and we select winners randomly. You’re then free to enjoy your prize as you wish. For Testing Threads, the process a bit more involved. GolfWRX Forum Members sign up to test the latest and greatest products in golf, and then they provide in-depth reviews on the equipment. Being the intelligent golf-equipment users they are, GoflWRX Members are able to provide the most-informed and unbiased reviews on the Internet. In this Testing Thread, we selected 75 members to test a TaylorMade M1 2017 7-iron and TaylorMade M2 7-iron. Each of the clubs were built with the stock lofts and shafts — M2 2017 (28.5 degrees) with a TaylorMade Reax shaft, and M1 2017 (30.5 degrees) with a True Temper Dynamic Gold S300 shaft — and the testers were instructed to post their review of the clubs here. Below, we’ve selected what we’ve deemed the most in-depth and educated reviews out of the 75 testers. We have edited each of the posts for brevity, clarity and grammar. Thanks to all of those involved in the testing! All 75 Reviews: TaylorMade M1 and M2 Testing Thread Tech Talk: What you need to know about TaylorMade’s M1 and M2 irons Brock9007 To be honest, looking down on the TaylorMade M1 and M2 irons at address, there is really not much difference. I would have to pick one up to see which is which. The first 10 balls I hit were with M1 and 6/10 felt great, while the other 4 were toe hits, which I felt and the distance reflected that. Kinda what I expected with a club design for lower-handicap players. Distance was about 1/2 longer than my Srixon iron and dispersion was close, as well. I will say they did not feel as good as the Srixon on center hits. Next 10 (ok, 15) balls were with the M2. Wow, can you say “up, up and away? The ball really popped of the club face, but wasn’t a ballon flight. Waited for the ball to come down and WTH, with the roll out it was 5-8 yards longer than balls hit with M1, and that is with a few toe shots. I did some smooth swings and then very aggressive swings and was a little amazed at this iron. Just like the M1, it does not have the forged feeling and does have a clicky sound (which I hate). Bottom line: M2 is the longest iron I have ever hit. I love my 545s, but I could see myself playing M2 very easily. Matter of fact, I will be taking this M2 7 iron in my bag and play it more head-to-head against my Srixon 545 on the course. deathbymuffin These are both beautiful clubs. What surprised me the most is how much alike the two clubs look at address. I was expecting a chunky topline and significant offset in the M2, but it’s footprint looked almost exactly the same as the M1, outside of the chrome finish on the M2 versus the frosted finish of the M1. The M2 could almost pass as a player’s iron to my eye at address. These clubs both get A’s from me in the looks department. The M1 felt a tad thicker than most player’s irons I’m used to, but it seemed to come with a bit of added forgiveness too. Well-struck shots felt good, with a nice mid-trajectory and with the workability that I’ve come to expect from a player’s iron. But true to TaylorMade’s claims, the M1 seemed more forgiving than a traditional player’s iron. Had a nice soft feel at impact, mishits didn’t sting and left you with a more playable result. A really nice combination of the better attributes of both player’s and game improvement irons. I’ve been playing with an old set of Tommy Armour blades, but I’ve been recently wanting more forgiveness for when I’m stuck with my B or C swing. Based on the early returns, I could definitely see myself bagging these. I’m not sure if it’s the shaft, the design of the clubhead, or a combination of both, but the M2 is definitely a different animal than the M1 at impact. This club launches the ball high, arguably ridiculously so. I was hitting Jason Day moonbombs with this bad boy. Didn’t seem to matter what kind of swing I put on it, the ball launched high, flat and dead straight. The club was super forgiving and if not for the insanely high ball flight, I would love to have a set of these for when my swing is out of sorts. I didn’t really try to flight it at all, so I’m not sure what it’s capable of at this point. One other note was that the M2 had a clicky feel at impact. It didn’t bother me since it still felt so sweet… so strange as it sounds, clicky, but smooth and sweet at the same time. I think these clubs will be big winners with the mid-to-high handicap set. The M1 is a fine iron, but doesn’t really stand out in any way from other irons of its class. The M2, on the other hand, is an iron on steroids. I’m really starting to love this thing. It’s super forgiving and just goes and goes. According to my laser, flush shots were going 195 yards (my usual blade 5 iron distance) and very high. I can’t help but think golf would be a whole lot easier, particularly longer courses with long par 3s, with a full set of these in my bag. poppyhillsguy M1 feels softer than the M2 and I felt the ball flight was more consistent and what I want in an iron. The M1 did have a harsher feeling in my hands than I typically like, but I’m going to credit a lot of that to the range balls. M2 flies very high. It was a windy afternoon and about 100 degrees. I love the high ball flight on the range, but I have a concern what that ball flight would be like on the course. I like to hit the ball different heights for different shots and I don’t think I could do that confidently with the M2, but I could with the M1. I don’t like the sound of the M2. It sounded “clicky” to me. Fourpar18 Initially on the range I was scared because the M1 had a regular flex in it, so I took it easy for my initial 10-15 swings with it. Ball SHOT off the face, loud crack (didn’t care for it, but not too bad) and ball just kept rising and rising but didn’t balloon. I thought, “whoa,” that’s not what I expected…did it again…another CRACK and the ball just flew. I set another down and I paid attention to how it looked behind the ball, not much offset for a game improvement and I thought…”I could actually play this club!” The 5-7 were EASY swings, aimed at a target of 170 yards away (my normal 7 iron distance) and with a EASY swing I was flying it by 20 yards or so. The next 5-10 I really went after it, same CRACK and ball just flew but to my surprise it was a nice draw, harder draw than the first but it was a nice 10-yard draw. This time the balls were landing just short of the 200 yard marker. Damn, 200 yards with a 7 iron! I know they are jacked lofts but it feels good to say “my 7 irons just few 190-200 yards!” P.S. LOVE the Lamkin UTX grip! Now, this was interesting, the M2 was quieter then the M1… weird! Now, there is more carbon fiber added to this one and there is a “Geocoustic” label on the back. I am sure that it has something to do with all that carbon fiber but it does have a better sound. Other than the sound, it played exactly like the M1: long and straight. The REAX shaft felt a little weaker than the True Temper shaft and it flew a little higher but nothing else I could pick up. noahdavis_7 Finally got out to the range after getting these bad boys in on Friday. My first impression of them is that they look really sharp. The graphics and design really stand out and really give these clubs a cool, modern look. They were both a little to big IMO, as I am currently bagging Mizuno MP-68s. The M2 isa definite “game improvement iron”, while the M1 was similar in size and shape to my previous irons, Titleist AP1s. They both really launch it, high and far. Ridiculous for 7 irons. I don’t have access to a launch monitor, but it was about a 20-yard difference between my gamer 7 iron and these (stronger lofts, as well). The M1 definitely was more suited for my eye, and produced more consistent ball flights. It felt much more smooth and solid as the M2 had a clicky, cheap feel. The M2 just isn’t for me. I felt like it was launching too high and ballooning, which could be due to the shaft (the M1 had the S300, while the M2 just had a stock “Reax” shaft). The feel off the face of the M2 just turned me off, to be honest. While I don’t think I’ll be putting either model in play, I can definitely see the appeal for mid-to-high handicaps. Both irons were super forgiving, and they should be a dream to the average weekend golfer who has trouble with ball striking consistently. golfnut5438 Looks: As expected, I preferred the M1 with less offset, slightly smaller sole and a smoother finish. Less glare looking down on the iron. I must say the M2 did not look as bulky, or have as much offset as I thought it might have. Feel: This was a close race, probably due to the shafts as much as the heads. The M1 was just a slight bit smoother feeling on solid shots. But the M2 was not bad at all, just not quite as smooth. Distance and performance: Our range has a slight incline up the length of the range, so specific yardage gains or losses were difficult to measure. Both irons had a higher trajectory than my gamer 7 iron. Neither sole dug onto the turf either. The lofts for both irons are a degree or two stronger than mine, so I would think they probably flew a little further than my gamers. Neither iron flew “too” high, however. Might be a little harder to hit knock down shots, though. Final thoughts: I had hit both the M1 and M2 irons last year during a fitting day, but did not like either. This year’s model were both better in my eyes. I asked a fellow member at our club to hit both and he felt the M1 was his preferred model, and he is a 20-index player. So coming from both a single digit, and a high double-digit, the M1 won this battle of wills. I will try and see if I can locate both a 5 iron and 9 iron to see if a full set might be a winner for me. DblEgl I was surprised that the M2 was the winner in this brief session. It felt better, flew higher, easier to hit and about 1/2 club longer that my gamer Apex CF16. The feel/sound was better than I thought it might be, but really not up to the CF16. I could, however, easily game the M2’s. Bstein74 Feel: I hit the M2 first, and found it to be very solid when hit on the screws. There was almost no feel off the club face at all. When I mishit it, you knew it was, but it wasn’t harsh at all. Hit the M1 next, and same type of feel when hit solid. Much more harsh when mishit though, but I knew that was coming. Distance and performance: This is was where I was curious to see how they would play. The M2 went out high in the air, and just kept going forever. Now granted my eyesight isn’t that great anymore, but it looked like I got about 10-15 yards more from the M2 compared to my Wilson D300. The only thing I didn’t like about the M2 was how much I was able to turn it over. Got a lot more hook compared to my D300. Don’t know if that was from the REAX shaft, but would love to find a less spinning shaft to correct that. The M1 wasn’t a great performer for me. Same height as the M2, but much straighter off the club face. Didn’t get any great distance advantage as compared to my D300. Can’t game a player’s iron anymore, and testing this one just reaffirmed that. Final thoughts: Was very happy with the distance I gained with the M2 compared to my current gamer. Very good-performing iron for me, and something I would definitely consider changing them out if I could reduce the spin off the face. If you’re looking for more distance, you need to try these out. The M1 just wasn’t for me, but as a player’s iron, I can see it as a great option. Bobcat271 Like the other testers, I found the M2 to launch the ball much higher and is 10-to-15 yards longer than my Adams XTD forged 7 iron. Of the two 7 irons I prefer the M1. I like the design of the M1 and its visual appearance at address. I feel more confident in trying to work the ball with the M1. The M1 gave me more feedback as to where the club head was in relation to my swing plane. If I had my druthers I would put the M1 in the bag as it stands now. Will continue to test, what a treat to compare the two irons. myurick2 Once I started making solid contact with a decent shoulder turn, the M2 really came alive in my hands. Towering flat height, for me, and very long. No more clacky hollow feel, just a very mild pleasant sensation… then zoom. Once I started making better swings, back to the M1, which was a very nice iron. Shorter than the M2 (though not short) and a little lower ball flight. Felt nice and substantial without being heavy. Very forgiving on slight mishits. But the M2 was the star for me. High trajectory and very long. Club felt lively and fun. Frankly, unless a player wanted a lower trajectory, or likes to hit a lot of knock downs or feel shots, I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t choose the M2. They are very attractive and a very fun iron. I think folks who say that the M2 feels and/or sounds clicky, clacky or hollow may be mishitting the iron toward the toe. I am not judging — I mishit a lot of shots at first. I agree on toe mishits the iron did not feel great. It almost felt like plastic. The ball still flew pretty well, but it wasn’t a very enjoyable experience. Not painful, just felt very dead. But when hit nearer the center, the iron felt fantastic. Light, springy and very lively. hammergolf They are both good-looking clubs. Not too long heel to toe and toplines were not that distracting. M1 is more what I like to see shape wise, but M2 was not bad at all. Personally, not a fan of seeing the face slots. But I could see how some people may like how they frame the ball. – Has a very odd sound on contact, almost sounds a tad like a fairway wood “ting. Not a fan – Looks very good at address with the brushed finish – Most shots I hit with it seemed to fall out of the sky (very likely a lack of spin). Ball flight was much lower than I would have expected (not super low, just not much different than my 7 iron) – Inconsistent misses. Next to no distance gains vs RocketBladez Tour 7 iron – Doesn’t look as good at address as the M1. Chrome finish at address is not an issue in even direct sunlight for me – Feels and sounds quite nice to my ears at impact. Not a classic sound but very good considering what type of club it is – Ball flight is very strong (comes off hot). Ball stays high in the air for awhile. Very high and lands soft – 10-12 yards longer on average vs my 7 iron, it even had the horsepower to hang with my 6 iron – VERY forgiving on thin strikes. Couldn’t believe how a near-top still traveled to nearly the front edge in the air and still went as far as the M1 did on a good strike – Shaft is too light Even though I’m a 2-handicap and don’t fit the M2 “mold,” I could see myself playing this club from 4-6 iron (although gapping would be a major issue mixing these with almost anything else) if it had a heavier shaft in it (I can only imagine how far this 4 iron must go… yikes) M1 = 2.5/5 stars tpeterson Visual first impressions: The M1 7-iron is visually appealing to me as far as the finish and overall look. Even though it is classified as a player’s iron, it doesn’t seem so tiny that it would be tough to hit. I am not a huge fan of the bright-yellow badging, but I probably could get over it. The iron inspires confidence with its topline and a little bit of offset. The “rubber” piece on the hosel is a little bit funky to me. I thought the M2 7-iron would look clunkier than it really is. Besides the finish being a little bit different, the difference between the M1 and M2 is actually pretty small. The M2’s topline and sole are a touch wider, but not by much. Not a huge fan of the fluted hosel since it can be seen at address. The M1’s fluting is only on the rear of the club. I did notice that the sole’s finish did scratch pretty easily. Overall, I thought the M1 and M2 are pretty good looking, but I would definitely give the edge to the M1. I also preferred the stock Lamkin grip on the M1 vs. the ribbed M2 grip. On course action: They both feel solid. I tried hitting both irons in all different types of on-course situations over a two week period. Both clubs launch the ball high but I would not say they balloon. For me, the M2 was about 10 yards longer and higher than the M1. Compared to my Cleveland irons, they are 1 to 1.5 clubs longer. M1 loft = 30.5 Cleveland TA7 loft = 33.5 I know this accounts for the distance gain but the ball definitely comes off hot compared to my set. I was hoping I would hit the M1 better since I like the appearance better, but that was not the case. The M2 definitely felt better for me and I felt more confident with it in my hands. Discussion: Read all 75 reviews and the responses in our Testing Thread To help golfers find the best irons for them in 2017, we enlisted the services of GolfWRX Members, the most knowledgeable golfers on the internet. They not only understand the technology used in the latest golf equipment, but they also test new clubs extensively. Following their detailed experiences and words of wisdom about the latest products is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in purchasing new golf clubs. To gather their votes and feedback, we as a company first needed to properly sort the irons into categories. We aimed to keep the categories as simple as possible with 2017’s crop of irons, and we broke them down into three general categories: Players Irons: Basically, small-sized irons. These irons have sleek top lines and soles. They place workability and control over distance, and for that reason they’re irons you can expect to see in the bag of a professional golfer. Game-Improvement Irons: Basically, medium-sized irons. This category includes a wide-range of clubs that blend distance, forgiveness, good looks and workability. Super Game-Improvement Irons: Basically, large-sized irons. These irons are juiced with hot faces, wide soles, thick top lines, big offset and a low center of gravity, among other engineering feats, that are often unique to each company. Note: Because of the abundance of Players Irons currently available, we divided that category into two categories: Players Irons and Exotics Players Irons. The Exotic Players Irons list included players irons from companies such as Epon, Fourteen, Miura, PXG, and Honma, which are not as widely available for testing in the U.S. Below you can access the full results of our Members Choice 2017: Best Irons lists, as well as feedback about each iron from the GolfWRX Community. We’d like to sincerely thank all the GolfWRX Members who participated in the voting and provided feedback on the irons. We also want to thank those of you who provided feedback on the voting process itself. We assure you that we read and consider everything, and we’re going to continue to improve our process in order to provide the best and most useful information about the latest golf equipment. Members Choice: The Best Players Irons Vote Leader: Mizuno JPX-900 Tour “WOW! Great mix of buttery feel and forgiveness.” Overall, the Mizuno JPX-900 Tour irons earned nearly 15 percent of votes on the Players iron category, giving them top billing for players irons. One GolfWRX member said he was “weak in the knees from first look at the satin finish and compact size,” and that the “feel is excellent, and there’s just enough forgiveness.” Another said the JPX-900 Tour irons are the “best irons out there right now in terms of blending feel, forgiveness, and the ability to shape shots.” Full List: The Best Players Irons of 2017 Members Choice: The Best Exotic Players Irons Vote Leader: PXG 0311T “I can’t say I have ever hit anything that feels as good as the PXG.” With more 21 percent of votes for the Best Exotics Players Irons of 2017, PXG’s 0311T irons were described by GolfWRX members as “a great looking club,” and that they “felt unbelievable.” When comparing the irons to Titleist’s 716 MB irons, one member said, “The fact that you can barely tell if it has or doesn’t have more offset than the MB 7 iron just shows how little it has.” Full List: The Best Exotic Players Irons of 2017 Members Choice: Best Game-Improvement Irons Vote Leader: Callaway Apex CF ’16 “Apex CF is simply the most explosive, best feeling iron I’ve ever hit in this category.” Acquiring nearly 20 percent of votes of all models in the Best Game-Improvement Iron category, GolfWRX Members described the Callaway Apex CF ’16 irons as “simply the most explosive,” and that they “perform very well on center hits and almost as good on mishits.” Full List: The Best Game-Improvement Irons of 2017 The Best Super Game-Improvement Irons Vote Leader: Ping G “The Ping G takes what Ping has done for years and added in increased ball speed, improved feel and much better looks.” An iron that “will appeal even to Ping haters.” GolfWRX Members described the Ping G as “stupid easy to hit,” providing a “high and straight ball flight,” and “an eye opener.” The irons also accumulated more than 22 percent of the total votes in the category. Full List: The Best Super Game-Improvement irons of 2017 LOL16 SHANK110	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6506
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__label__cc	0.609071	0.390929	John E. Kostic Memorial Foundation About About Us About John Our History Areas of Focus Scholarships Hospital Enrichment Community Progress Scholarships DHS Scholarship Diabetes Scholarship Areas of Focus/ Hospital Enrichment Community Progress DHS Scholarship Diabetes Scholarship Grantseekers/ November 18, 2005: John E. Kostic, the namesake and inspiration behind the foundation, is tragically killed after being rear-ended in a tractor trailer accident at the age of 20. December 25, 2005: John's sister, Emily, presents the framework of what will one day be the John E. Kostic Memorial Foundation to her parents on Christmas morning. Spring 2006: The John E. Kostic Memorial Foundation becomes registered as a 501(c)3. June 2006: The first scholarships in John's name are given out at Delran Middle School, Delran High School and Rider University. Annually a Junior student at Rider University, majoring in Actuarial Science, is awarded the John E. Kostic Actuarial Scholarship. In June of each year, two graduating 8th graders (one boy and one girl) from Delran Middle School receive the John E. Kostic Award for their achievement in Math, Science and Leadership. At Delran High School graduation every June, two graduates are awarded with the John E. Kostic Memorial Scholarship. Fall 2007: In 2007, the Foundation funded several classes which educate adults recently diagnosed with Diabetes on how to monitor their disease. Summer 2009: The Foundation paid to renovate the Basketball Courts at Summer Hill in Delran, NJ. Summer 2010: The John E. Kostic Playground at Princeton Park opens in Delran, NJ. Fall 2010: The JEKMF provided play centers for children hospitalized at Cooper Medical Center and Virtua Hospital via grants to the Starlight Foundation. February 2011: The John E. Kostic Scholarship Benefiting Incoming College Freshmen with Juvenile Diabetes from the State of New Jersey is launched to grand reviews. The scholarship is written about in U.S. News and World Report's Blog and countless newspapers throughout the state. Spring 2012: The Foundation pledges $100,000 to Cooper Medical School of Rowan University for scholarships. The Foundation is proud to support CMSRU and realizes the importance of educating students to become physicians in the South Jersey community. The Foundation helps fund Camp Firefly, a camp presented by Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association that helps children who have lost a loved one cope with their grief and heal from it. Spring 2013: The Foundation funds 28 children from Camden to a day at The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. Donations are made to Camp Firefly, Deborah Hospital, HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, and the Red Cross. Spring 2014: The Foundation sponsors two children to attend two week Summer Camp session at Camp Nejeda Foundation. This is a camp for youngsters with Juvenile Diabetes. The Foundation makes donations to HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, Camp Firefly, South Jersey Food Bank, American Red Cross, Samaritan's Purse, Fox Chase Cancer Center, and Starlight Children's Foundation. Summer 2015: The John E. Kostic Memorial Foundation partners with the Starlight Foundation to fund Halloween parties at several local hospitals in South Jersey. The Foundation pledges $400,000 and partners with the Cooper Foundation to build a Pediatric Infusion Center at Cooper University Hospital. Construction of the center will be completed in 2017. Spring 2016: The Foundation sponsors additional scholarships at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Donations are made to American Red Cross and Deborah Hospital. February 23, 2018: The John E. Kostic Memorial Foundation Board of Directors opens the John E. Kostic Pediatric Infusion Center at Cooper University Hospital. Philadelphia Business Journal: Cooper opens pediatric infusion center in Camden Cooper Blog: Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Health Care Opens New Pediatric Infusion Center Thanks to $400,000 Donation South Jersey Observer: Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Health Care Opens New Pediatric Infusion Center CBS 3 Philly: New Space For Pediatric Patients At Cooper University Hospital Contributions have also been made to Deborah Hospital, St. Jude's Hospital, Catholic Charities, Rider University Emmaus Association, Rider University Annual Fund, Moorestown Visiting Nurse, Boys and Girls Club of America and Juvenile Diabetes Association. John E. Kostic Memorial Foundation — Working to improve the lives of young people in New Jersey since 2006. JEKMF Congratulations! https://t.co/gdcaB7jMfW RT @edutopia: These high school students are able to unplug and re energize in the afternoon thanks to recess! https://t.co/B4ni7yirrz	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6513
__label__cc	0.699356	0.300644	J-STAGE JSPF Home Scope of the Journal Basic Plasma Physics and New Trends Magnetic Confinement Fusion (Experiment) Magnetic Confinement Fusion (Theory) Inertial Fusion Energy Fusion Engineering Applied Plasma Physics Editors and Office Staff Sample Files JSPF Archive Plasma and Fusion Research Volume 14, 3401081 (2019) Regular Articles Full Text / References Intermittent Magnetic Fluctuations Associated with High-Temperature Bubbles in an ECR Plasma Shinji YOSHIMURA, Kenichiro TERASAKA1) and Masayoshi Y. TANAKA1) National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 322-6 Oroshi, Toki 509-5292, Japan Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan (Received 10 January 2019 / Accepted 15 March 2019 / Published 25 April 2019) Magnetic probe measurement has been performed in a cylindrical electron cyclotron resonance plasma in which localized high temperature electron region, i.e. high-temperature bubble, has been generated intermittently. It is found that the high-temperature bubble is accompanied by a pulsed magnetic fluctuation perpendicular to the external magnetic field. Polarities of the magnetic fluctuation suggest that it should be induced by a transient upstream electric current. This hypothesis has been validated by a simultaneous increase of electron flux in the downstream direction. No enhancement of electron flux in the upstream direction has been observed even under the existence of the bubbles. The result suggests that the electron velocity distribution function in the bubble should be an asymmetric one, which gives rise to an effective upstream electric current. Copyright (c) 2019 The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research intermittency, high-temperature bubble, magnetic fluctuation, electron cyclotron resonance plasma, HYPER-I device DOI: 10.1585/pfr.14.3401081 PDF format (1.8Mbytes) [1] K. Terasaka, S. Yoshimura and M.Y. Tanaka, Phys. Plasmas 25, 052113 (2018). [2] S. Yoshimura et al., Europhys. Conf. Abstr. 36F, P2.181 (2012). [3] S. Yoshimura et al., JPS Conf. Proc. 1, 015030 (2014). [4] K. Terasaka et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 113503 (2014). [5] S. Yoshimura et al., IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 42, 2554 (2014). [6] S. Yoshimura et al., Plasma Fusion Res. 10, 3401028 (2015). [7] M. Aschwanden, Self-Organized Criticality in Astrophysics (Springer, Berlin, 2011) Chap.5. [8] K. Nagaoka et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 70, 131 (2001). [9] S. Yoshimura et al., J. Plasma Phys. 81, 345810204 (2015). Plasma and Fusion Research (PFR) :: ISSN 1880-6821 Copyright (c) The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research , Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Tel: +81-52-735-3185 \|\| FAX:+81-52-735-3485 \|\| E-mail:journal@jspf.or.jp PFR is covered in J-STAGE, Scopus (Elsevier product), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics product).	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6514
__label__cc	0.666726	0.333274	Managing the Tower of Transition Managing or adapting to changes are not always easy, especially so if it is for something unprecedented. I still vividly remember the first time I became a dad. My wife and I attended pre-natal classes and did plenty of preparation prior to the birth of our first child. However, it was only when our child was born that we experienced first-hand the adjustments and transition required of new parents. Likewise, all the stakeholders in the public bus industry are experiencing changes and adjustments for the first time as we transition to the new bus contracting model. On 29 May 2016, the “new kid on the block” – Tower Transit Singapore, became the first foreign bus operator to operate the first bus package under this new model. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and it is an ongoing process for us to learn to do better and do more for the bus captains (Photo Credit: NTWU) This first bus package experience has taught us many things that the industry as a whole can learn from: Integrating Different “Men” Tower Transit’s workforce comprises affected employees (AEs) from SBS Transit (SBST) and SMRT, as well as new hires from different work backgrounds. I met and spoke with some of the new hires who used to be cab drivers, port workers and even housewives! New hires or AEs alike, could still “breathe” their previous organisational (or home!) culture. Furthermore, they have to adjust to an organisation which is foreign to Singapore’s culture and landscape. New transport operators who will be joining the Singapore public transport industry, especially foreign ones, will most likely face such challenges. This is where all parties have to manage and make adjustments to both organisational and cultural differences. Operating Different “Machines” You may not notice or know that SBST and SMRT operate different bus models and the new operator takes over a mixture of bus models from the two incumbents. Different bus models have different operating configurations, and this caused initial inconvenience on the ground as AEs could be assigned to drive bus models which they had not operated before. Fortunately, Tower Transit responded and acted swiftly to address the issue following feedback from the National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU). For new hires who have not driven buses before, operating such huge vehicles with passengers on board and managing passengers can be daunting. What they face on the ground can be very different from the training that they went through. A good practice that we see amongst the public transport operators is that they assign new drivers with bus captain buddies for a period of between two to six days when they begin their service. By doing so, the experienced ones help the newbies gain confidence on the road and better ease them into their jobs. Using Different “Methods” The AEs, having been in the bus driving business for a while, need to get used to new operating methods. New hires also have to learn the new operator’s way of running bus operations. At bus depots, bus captains are typically required to clock-in their arrival, receive schedule information ahead of their departure from the depot and locate their assigned buses parked in the depot for departure, all within a designated time frame. Practices pertaining to this routine vary across bus operators. When Tower Transit began its operations, we soon found out that the time frame required of bus captains to perform their tasks was tight. Through close consultations between Tower Transit, the union and bus captains, the time frame was adjusted so that it is more comfortable for bus captains to perform the necessary tasks. At bus interchanges, practices differ too. Tower Transit bus captains do not need to physically clock in their bus arrivals at the bus interchanges. Tower Transit adopts technology in their communication. The bus captains obtain updated and timely information such as duty allocation (i.e. roster, shift changes) through Tower Transit’s mobile phone application. However, some drivers feedback that they were not able to fully make use of the technology due to language barrier. This was surfaced to the management and they quickly clarified that they could resolve it by changing the application setting for the bus captains. Regardless, bus captains recognised that this was a good initiative. One of them told me, “The new mobile application offers convenience. Now I can check my roster anywhere as long as there is data connectivity or Wi-Fi. We just need to get used to using this mobile application.” While AEs could be used to their previous employers’ set of operational practices and new hires could be totally unfamiliar with how the industry functions, they know they have to adjust to their new working environment. It is equally important that the stakeholders recognise that differences exist and make extra efforts to help the workers get used to the new operator’s way of running their operations in the shortest time possible. This would definitely be a win-win! Changing Different “Mindsets” In view of organisational and cultural differences, both management and bus workers have to adjust their mindsets. Likewise for the union too. A new model of operations, and a new beginning for better things to come (Photo Credit: NTWU) The new operator, if foreign, needs to know that they are operating in an environment different from their home country. Well, even the unions here work differently! They have to ‘un-learn’ their previous experiences working with the unions in their own countries and ‘re-learn’ how to work together here in a collaborative manner. AEs and new hires have to accept that the new operator would have different operating or cultural philosophies and practices. NTWU also has to grow and evolve with the public bus industry. The number of transport operators and transport workers will continue to increase as the industry beefs up its capabilities and capacity to serve our commuters. The union needs to continue to stay relevant as it serves a growing pool of public transport workers and work closer with the Government and other stakeholders to ensure ground feedback gets reflected timely and that issues and concerns are resolved promptly. Working Together to Tide through Transition Challenges Given that the bus contracting model is new, it is only natural that the different stakeholders in the public bus industry – Government, bus operators and workers experience teething issues regarding transition. There is a Chinese saying – ‘万事起头难’, which means everything is hard in the beginning. What helps us overcome the challenges is by working together. When the first bus package was announced, the incumbents held briefing sessions for the AEs, where both LTA and NTWU were present to help address workers’ concerns on employment. Before Tower Transit commenced its operations, there were close consultations with the incumbents, LTA and NTWU to discuss and manage the transitional issues. No stones were left unturned during these discussions, and concerns raised by the union were taken seriously by the operators and LTA. When the services began, we continue to work together to take care of our workers. Such is a good example of how tripartism works in Singapore – Government, employer and union working hand-in-hand to manage and address issues. We remain confident that the new model supported by a strong tripartite relationship is working. I call upon our future entrants to support this collaborative model and let us work together to emerge better and stronger from the bus contracting model. Melvin Yong This is a post by Executive Secretary, National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU), Melvin Yong. Any extracts should be attributed back to the author. 14 July 2016. 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__label__wiki	0.7012	0.7012	Wet bronze Aluminium and copper Stone and metal Wood and metal Wood stained and metal Wood decayed and metal Burnt wood Wood and glass Bass relief Smoke and fire Burnt wood technique Wood and stone technique Decayed wood technique Wet bronze technique Smoke paintings technique New York, Paris, Warsaw About the movement With great sadness we wish to inform you of the passing of Lubomir Tomaszewski; a great artist, sculptor, painter, and designer. He died on the 15th of November, 2018, in the United States. The most effective among the pieces are those animals or birds that convey a state of tension or movement or brute strength, something that struggles against gravity to maintain its force. The artist often refers to his art form as "The Theater of Nature." One must see and be touched by Tomaszewski's work to understand fully the depth of this description... Tomaszewski's sculptures have become increasingly popular with modern-day art connoisseurs. His works can be found in many of the most discriminating private collections in this country and abroad. „— Robert Marston” Striking and dynamic as Tomaszewski's sculptures are, his 'fire paintings' done by scorching and even burning out great sheets of paper, are the scene stealers in this powerful solo show. „— Art Speak Magazine” Quite simply, I have seen no artist whose sculpture incorporates petrified wood so effectively and creates biomorphic forms balanced between abstraction and realism, with such imagery and artistic skill. "— Henry Riseman, director New England Center for Contemporary Art" Copyright © 2017 Lubomir Tomaszewski	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6529
__label__wiki	0.807768	0.807768	Cultural & Event Center Case study: California Cafe King of Prussia’s California Cafe, one in a national chain of restaurants, features a light control system that can instantly transform the look of a space. Control is provided by the Lutron GRAFIK Eye 3000 series, a preset light control system that makes the changes subtly without disrupting customers. Lew Rosenberg, lighting designer for California Cafe restaurants, likes to use GRAFIK Eye light controls in his lighting designs because they allow him to incorporate numerous lighting zones without the hassle of individual switches and dimmers. "I don’t want the end users to have to adjust that many different dimmers each day,” said Rosenberg, of Electrics Lighting and Design in San Rafael, Calif. “The fact that GRAFIK Eye is consistent on a daily basis is the main purpose to use it in restaurant lighting.” Also, the ability to use one product no matter what lighting sources are available is a factor in Rosenberg’s decision to use GRAFIK Eye light controls repeatedly, no matter what project. GRAFIK Eye systems can control a variety of sources, important for most restaurant jobs like California Cafe that usually employ a variety of fixtures. In this case, Rosenberg’s design needed to provide a unified light control system that could be operated easily and quickly without guesswork of individual switches and dimmers. Essentially, light control that is smooth and subtle, but manageable. For example, in the King of Prussia restaurant, the GRAFIK Eye system controls individual wall sconces, overhead chandeliers, hanging lamps over each table and dramatic bar lighting, all of which employ a variety of sources. The fade rate feature, which allows the lighting to fade between scenes instantly or up to one hour, is an added benefit in designing lighting for restaurants, especially when creating dramatic lighting and various moods for customers. “The changes happen so smoothly and subtly with GRAFIK Eye, one might not even notice at first,” said Rosenberg. Rosenberg and the owners of California Cafe adjusted more than 40 lighting zones and fixtures in the restaurant to create four basic scenes for dining, all controllable from one four-button control located behind the bar. A daylight setting opens the restaurant for the early lunch crowd, followed by a dusk setting for a late afternoon scene that takes into account ambient light from the indoor shopping mall where the restaurant is located. And a night setting provides intimate dining in the evening hours, followed by all lights on for a cleanup setting in the early hours of the morning. Simplicity is the most important feature of the GRAFIK Eye system for restaurant manager John Miksa, who manages the King of Prussia restaurant for California Cafe. “The Lutron keypad is so simple to use,” said Miksa, who has been in the restaurant business for years but was first introduced to GRAFIK Eye when the restaurant opened in 1996. “Changes in lighting can really change the look of a space – transform it,” said Miksa. “I’ve told other restaurant managers about it. Every restaurant should have a system like this." Hard Rock Café - Chicago, Illinois, USA Red Robin - Saucon Valley, Pennsylvania, USA Restaurant Daniel - New York City, New York, USA Harrah's Range Steakhouse - North Kansas City, Kansas, USA Piper Island Bar & Restaurant - Reading, United Kingdom GRAFIK Eye 3000 A fully customizable light control system for electric lights and shades. Save energy while preserving the aesthetic – at the touch of a button. Products used in this project GRAFIK Eye 3000 Download the PDF English	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6530
__label__cc	0.576508	0.423492	LiveInDreamz "The moments that you create define you. Nothing else." Have You Lived Your Dreamz Yet? E-Books w/ Preview Snippets & Such! The Thoughts Of Dreamz What Are People Saying About Deshon Dreamz??? From The Dejunza Series: Love Seems To Hate Us Coming 4/7/2018 Posted on March 29, 2018 March 29, 2018 by Dreamz Coming 4.7.18 Love Seems To Hate UsGod creates the unions of Dejunza, he molds your soul mate to cater to your every thought, need, and desire. He then places you two in the path of each other and seals your union through covenant. Rifu’s life has been in complete despair since her soul was sent to Earth to complete life without her and the child that they created in love. Sphynx being chosen by The Bell was the beginning of Rifu’s spiral; one that left her confused and desolate. She pleads with The Court, The King & Queen- even prayers to GOD for her one true love to be returned to her. Finally, her prayers are answered, but the agreement comes with terms that Rifu cannot see herself becoming to. Spynx was completely against his departure. Rifu is his heart, and he’d never imagined himself living without it, without her. There was no greater reward than being a husband to Rifu, and a father to their love child. But, The Bell cruelly chose him, ripping his soul from his body. Not willing to give up without a fight, he fought to stay, fought for love, fought for the happiness he knew could only come from Rifu. Love or the idea of such a thing seems to be the last thing that will be granted to these two. As much as they fight to recall a time when they loved each other, love does little to nothing to assist in reclaiming those memories. Please enjoy these first two chapters of “Love Seems To Hate Us” coming 4/7/2018! Unedited/ Subject to change Rifu’s long, wool-like trenches flew behind her like a silk adlib aiding her pursuit into the chambers of the king and queen. She didn’t allow time for a moment of clarity. She didn’t want it. She didn’t want to second guess her decision and more than anything, she wanted to be heard. The moment she pushed the doors open, swords were drawn in her direction. “At ease.” Queen Umi’s voice announced as her eyes took in the protruding belly of the intruder. The only woman of Dejunza that was with child at this time. She stood from her throne, her black and gold dreadlocks braided back, showcasing the depths of her cheekbones. Her husband sat beside her, looking over at his wife and wondering how she would handle the latest outburst from Rifu. The soldiers at the door followed the command of the queen, taking a step back from their charged positions. Rifu eyed them with a snarl as she continued in her mission. “I want Spynx.” This request was not the norm for the Queen Umi stepped down from her throne as Rifu approached. “We have discussed this as a leaf turned over a dozen times.” “And yet the wounds I bare hold value. Maumivu (Pain) by the day over.” Queen Umi exhaled. “Kuelewa.” (Understand.) Rifu didn’t want to be rude or assertive but she knew that Queen Umi would give her the same spill that was given to her before when she asked to be reunited with Spynx. She would be having his child any day now so in Rifu’s eyes, they should be together in this moment to share in the joy of the experience. “This is not the way of this land. Our God made us promises! Promises that I throw back in his face for him to uphold! I am not to bear children alone for I did not impregnate myself! Spynx, my husband planted his seed within me. That seed now flourishes to its full potential and you tell me that the land that I love would forsake me to leave me here as a mother alone? Oh, I curse the God’s and I forbid it. I did this thing right. I deserve my husband.” Queen Umi’s eyes watered as she looked down at a pleading Rifu. Her words ripped through the woman inside of the queen, churning at her soul with each syllable that was spoken unto her. She turned back to the king, watching him watch her and knowing that he didn’t like the tone that Rifu was taking but she understand her frustrations, having been ripped from her sons at the exact moment that Rifu was ripped from her husband. She didn’t have a resolution for Rifu, well- she didn’t have one that she thought would calm the expecting mother. Only throw fuel to the fire that Queen Umi could not seem to cool down. “Rifu, this is for the better. For the best.” “For the best of whom? Nani?” (Who?) “Kila mtu!” (Everyone!) Rifu shook her head as tears formed in her eyes. “Si Mimi. (Not Me.) Sio motto wangu (Not my child).” Queen Umi’s gut twisted in agony. “Please, Rifu…” Her tears danced in her eyes before sliding down her ebon skin. Rifu could not hold them any longer; gold tears rejoined in her weeping, sliding down her face as a thing of beauty that dwelled well in her torment. “What am I to do without him?” “We have one other solution,” King Jinne finally spoke, seemingly shaking the walls of the solidified kingdom as he did so. “No, Jinne!” Queen Umi hissed at her husband. “We will not lay those-” “Tell me,” an anxious Rifu pleaded as she swiped her face to clear her blurred vision. “Please, tell me what I have to do. I am to give birth soon and I don’t want to bring my child here and raise him without his father. I need to be with Spynx.” “That is no longer his name,” Queen Umi spoke, her voice somber. “He is now Maurice of Earth.” Rifu’s low eyes swooped even lower. “Maurice?” She mumbled the name, low in her belly, allowing the syllables to slip off her tongue. “Yes, that is how he is titled.” “Then I need to get to Maurice. I need him to know that I love and need him. I know that my words ring loud of a desperate woman but I have saw women whimper for things of a lesser value. Spynx is…” Rifu blinked, her mind catching up with her heart. “Maurice is worth every nanosecond of the trouble. Please?” The King puffed his chest out, not wanting to but needing to step on the toes of his wife. Spynx had been gone long enough for Rifu to understand the extent of the situation, yet she pleaded day in and day out to be reunited with her love. In the King’s eyes, the least they could give her was all of her options. “We can send you to Earth to be with Spynx.” Rifu’s eyes rounded before she smiled, her perfect teeth in complete contrast to her complexion. “What must I do to obtain such a blessing?” Rifu felt as if the weight of the world sat on her shoulders. She had been in her bed crying her eyes out for what seemed like an eternity and nothing that she did or said to herself made her feel any better. This thing called life was chewing her up and spitting her out, or at least that was how she felt at this stage in her life. She felt lost, abandoned, and guilty. She even felt shame at the fact that she had considered the proposal the king and queen placed in front of her. The most pressing feeling she was dealing with at the moment was anger. She knew that he was forced away but she was still so upset with Spynx Extremely upset. She felt like he could have done more to petition the king and queen. Done more to stay with her. Now, she was left with an ultimatum that would rip her already tampered heart into shreds. She could be reunited with Spynx on the grounds of leaving her child in Dejunza for the first year of his or her life because they couldn’t survive the trip to Earth. Additionally, she learned that Spynx had been ripped of any memory of her so, she wouldn’t be welcomed with open arms in her reunion with him. She was torn and devastated. She didn’t want to leave her child, yet she didn’t want to lose love. She didn’t want to lose Spynx but she knew that she would never agree to leave her child behind, that would just be doing the same exact thing that Spynx did to her. She dug her face into her pillow as she used her arms to wrap her stomach, rubbing it gently as she rocked in her bed, fear swallowing her whole. She would never abandon her child. Never. So, she knew that she would have to endure life without her soul mate. That thought made her shudder in fear but she knew that there was no other way to do it. No other way. Rifu walked down the hallway of her home with her thoughts all over all the place. Everywhere she turned, she had a memory of Spynx. His clothes. His scent. Everything around her reminded her of him. She walked down the hallway to the nursery that they built together the moment they found out they were having a boy. Rifu smiled as she began rubbing her stomach, knowing that she was doing the right thing by staying on Dejunza in order to raise her child. Rifu wouldn’t be alone- she had family that would help her through this process and she knew that the foundation that her life was built on was strong enough for her to withstand the life she was forced to live. The doorbell chimed, drawing Rifu’s attention to it. She walked towards the front of her house, expecting her mother and father. Once she received the news on Spynx and her inability to be with him, she called her mother to vent her frustrations which turned into her mother overacting and stating that she was concerned about both Rifu and the child that she was carrying. Rifu opened the door for her parents, watching as her petite mother pushed beyond her and stepped into her house without an invitation from her. Her father, who was the more put together of the two, shook his head as he leaned in and placed a kiss on Rifu’s head and pulled her into a hug. “Habari yoko, Rifu?” (How are you?) Rifu gave her father a warm smile before she stepped out of his embrace. Her parents still held tight to their roots and traditions. The elders of Dejunza were held at the highest level of respect in their tribe. The Uoni Tribe was built on the morals of God & Family. Those were the two main values that held the entire tribe together. Though it wasn’t looked upon, marrying outside of the tribe was not banished. That was how she was able to marry Spynx though he was of the Mozi Tribe- one that was even more flexible in their requirements. Her parents, as well as the other elders of the planet, stood apart, even in the thickness of their tongues and the depths of their accents. They spoke in “knocks” and “crashes”. Their accent made it sound their words floated on wind then ran into brick walls at the end or in the middle of sentences. “Mimi ni sawa, baba.” (I am fine, father.) “Je! Mtoto huyo ni wapi?” (How is the baby?) “Active!” Rifu spat with a laugh as she and her father begin to move deeper into the house, following her mother that was already moving things around in the kitchen to cook. “What made you bring the tiny tyrant?” Rifu’s father, Makoni Umi grinned as he watched his wife move around their daughter’s kitchen, releasing grunts that reflected her discontent as she did so. “Ahhh, she do it all from love, Rifu. Mama. Mlinzi. (The protector) Rifu rolled her eyes to the ceiling. “Yeye ni shida!” (She is trouble) Makoni walked into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around his wife, lovingly gazing into her eyes, stopping her storming around. “All trouble ist not bad, Rifu. Rifu tried. She really did try to tune out the love that was so effortlessly showcased between her parents. Even in moments like this, when they weren’t intentionally being mushy- they were extremely mushy. The love they had for each other was always something that Rifu saw herself someday having. She always hoped for it and was sure it would be the way that she spent her life once she met and fell in love with Spynx. She watched her father kiss her mother against her lips, seemingly calming her down the moment their lips touched. That was as far as intimacy went in Dejunza, outside of the act of mating altogether which transitioned a pair into a deeply embedded soul tie. There was virtually nothing or no one that could break that tie. It was something that she knew she had with Spynx. It was also something that she now doubted. She and Spynx had married, mated and now she was carrying his seed. A seed that she would deliver and raise alone. That reality had been haunting her for days after it was discovered. “Je! Umesikia neo?” (Have you heard a word?) Her mother’s voice snapped her out of her thoughts and back into the reality of this moment. Without having to ask, Rifu knew that her mother was asking about Spynx. “No, mama. Yeye ni duniani. (He is on Earth.) “Ye! If you fatha was of Earth. The mountains and planets would quake at my need to have him close. Hakuna kitu kinanaisimama.” (Nothing would stop me!) Offended, Rifu uncrossed her arms. “I have tried to be reunited with Spynx, mama. I have tried to-“ “Harder you try! Harder!” Rifu hissed. “Harder?” “Je! Si nafsi yako?” (Is he not your soul?) Rifu was almost roaring when she spoke, “He is everything!” “Ahhhhhh Jayiki,” her father soothed, calling his wife by her first name, a rarity for him. “Go easy on her. She is yet without hu soul and with child.” “She no willing tuh fight fuh hu soul, Makoni. Dhe mate fuh hu soul.” “I am fighting. I asked the king and queen! I petitioned the Bell and the Court.” “Eh wha dem say yu?” Her mother pressed. “Hmm?” “Th- that I can’t be with Spynx on Earth without abandoning my unborn child and I refuse to do that, mama.” “What r yu talkin about?” Her father questioned. Rifu turned tear rimmed eyes to her father. “The only way I am to be with Spynx is to leave the child that we created for the first year of his life because he would not be able to survive the trip to Earth. It would kill him.” “They gah yuh choice and yuh choose tuh stay here?” “To be with my child, mama!” “And neglect yuh soul?” Her mother didn’t understand the logic because since she was sixteen years old, she had her father. They met young, and he had been everything she needed to survive. God had molded her help mate for life and he gave her to him at a very early. Her parents have been together for almost thirty- five years and neither of them had been disloyal to the other. That wasn’t tolerated in Dejunza. Furthermore, it wasn’t desired. Families stayed together through the good and the bad because they were molded and created by God and like the bible says, What God puts together let no man put asunder. Her parents lived by that. Her entire tribe lived by that. Rifu wiped gold across her face. She was tired of crying, tired of being upset. “ I don’t want to talk about this right now.” “Whu yuh no wanna-” “No, mama! I’m going to bed. I’m tired so I am going to lay down. Please, allow me to rest.” Rifu didn’t wait to be excused, which she knew was rude but she didn’t want to be under the judgmental glare of her mother. She wasn’t leaving her child. That was the end of it. When she left out of the room, she went straight to her bedroom- completely exhausted. Everything around her was moving too fast and she couldn’t keep up. Her focus right now was getting her child here safely, but it seemed that everything went right back to Spynx and his absence. She wondered if he was experiencing the torment that she was. Maurice Stockton grabbed his briefcase off the desk in his office and peered out the window of the thirty floor building that he had worked in for the past year, feeling a moment of euphoria settling over him. Today was a good day for the most part and he learned early on that he had to count those days as blessings. He was settling into his life on Earth, adjusting to the culture and soaking up the meaning and extent of being a black man in the city of New York. That was where he landed and stayed once he arrived to Earth and he was thankful for that. The city fit him well, from the hustle of his Sport’s Agent position for one of the largest sports firm in the United States, down to the grit of and grim of the north side. His life was fast paced; he was usually up early and in late- tonight was no different. He grabbed his suit jacket off the back of his desk chair and released a sigh as he began to walk out of his office, interrupted by a knock at the door that sounded the moment he began making his exit. He adjusted his jacket on his arm before clearing his throat to speak, “Come in.” His colleague and rival in a sense, Celeste Davis, walked into his office holding a file to her busty chest. “Late night, Maurice?” Maurice gave her a once over before he began to walk closer to her. “I have to work overtime if I want to stay above water with you.” “Come on, Maurice. You don’t need to set your standards so high.” Maurice released a hearty chuckle as Celeste stood before him, her eyes sparkling with mischief. Celeste was not in any way bashful about the position that she held within the company. The salaries and endorsements of her clients combined made up the second highest grossing intake of any agent under the Motivated Creations Agency netting a little under fifty million a year between contracts, endorsements and co-assignments. She represented some of the best in football, soccer and basketball- each of her clients excelling in their perspective fields making her a very successful woman. For a woman in her field, her credits were basically unheard of. To make it blunt, men didn’t trust women enough to have her handle his image, finances and advancements. She had come a long way in her developments and she didn’t halt in flaunting her success around the office. That made her come off as a bitch but that wasn’t the case at all, she was just proud and at moments, she felt the need to verbally express that. For Motivated Creations, she was number one with Maurice following her up at a strong second. Celeste knew that Maurice was on the verge of surpassing her, though she had been in her position for over five years and he was rounding out his first year. He had a contract with a first round draft pick who is expected to come out in the early stages of the first round on the table. She knew that if the ink dried on that contract, Maurice would have her position as number one. But she didn’t mind being second, not to him anyway. “In the year that I’ve known you, you have never been the modest type.” Maurice walked to the door and pulled it open before he turned back to Celeste. “What are you plans for the night?” Celeste moistened her lips before she stepped into him. “You. You, sir are my plans.” Maurice knew that becoming intimate with Celeste was playing with fire but for the last three months, he had been doing just that. He believed their arrangement worked so well was because he was upfront and honest about his feeling on serious relationships or the lack thereof and Celeste fortunately for him had that same mindset. Celeste was a beautiful woman, dipped in the essence of her up north upbringing. Light brown skin, deep rich ebony doe eyes, the facial structure of a runway model and the body of a down south stripper. Glancing down at the watch on his wrist, Maurice returned his gaze to her before he spoke, “I thought you had that dinner thing with your girls on Friday’s?” “I got rid of those plans, Maurice.” “Why would you do that, Celeste?” Celeste full on smiled, walking closer to him until she was standing directly in front of him. His manly scent made her cream between the legs as she took in the silent ubiquity of his manhood- the silent demanding of Maurice. The pose and control. He spoke low, deep within his throat but every word he said was spoken in a tone that naturally summoned attention. He screamed masculine vitality with every word that he spoke. Maurice was beyond Webster fine. He stood at a 6’5, muscular build with smooth fawn skin covering his body, deep waves in his hair, and a solitary dimple in his left cheek. His eyes were a deep rich brown that pulled you in when he spoke with those thick, plump lips surrounded by his perfect thick beard. He was perfect, sexy as hell- from the way he dressed to the slight accent in his speak that spoke of places that he would never allow her close enough to divulge. She didn’t want more from Maurice, she was fine just sexing him being that he did that shit so well. No one in her experience had ever been in tune with her body the way Maurice was. She knew where to come when she needed a fix and she knew that he was the only one that could give it to her with no reservations. “So, where are we doing this Maurice? Your place or mine?” Maurice gave her a sexy grin before shaking his head. “Follow me.” Celeste stepped into stride beside him as they left the office. “Oh, fuck! Maurice!” Maurice moved behind Celeste, his dick entering her ruthlessly as he pounded away the stress of his day. This was what she wanted. This was their arrangement so he gave to her, until he had nothing left to give. Celeste was in complete bliss. Her body glistened with sweat as Maurice gripped her small waist, admiring the waves of her ass with each stroke he took into her. “Your dick is so fucking big, Maurice. Shit!” Maurice released her hips to smack her ass before gripping her again, tucking his lip and pounding into her harder until she was whimpering like a wounded animal in the dead of the night. She reached back to press her hand against his well-toned stomach, trying to create some resistance but the more she pushed, the more he pushed back. Working his hips at an angle that made Celeste cream all over him. He wasn’t making love to her. He was fucking her and yes, there is a difference between the two. Maurice couldn’t recall a time when he felt love, not since leaving his planet. That was something that he missed most about Dejunza, the love, and hope that he was constantly surrounded by. His tribe, his parents, his siblings. Everyone around him reinforced love inside of him. He missed that. He felt void without it. His memories of Dejunza were minimal, small details that allowed him to remain attached to it, but not so much that he felt the need to get back to it. He missed the peace but on Earth, he was content. He felt refreshed as if he had a new life to live the way that he wanted to live it. With his position among the elite, he held a lot of power in a lot of areas in his life that he could not recall having in Dejunza. So, love was a foreign emotion. Dejunza was slowly but surely becoming a foreign place. Everything around him was shifting to building a life on Earth and so far, he had been doing a hell of a job. Sex with Celeste was something he did in his spare time. All he felt was lust and a need for sex. He was Americanized; his need for sex elevated and he never had an issue getting what he needed. Never. “I’m gonna cummmmm, Maurice!” Maurice smirked as Celeste screamed at the top of her lungs, announcing her release. Once she came, Maurice pulled out of her and walked into the bathroom to clean himself. His thoughts went back to the woman that he left in his bedroom, trying to gather her breath. He full on smiled as he turned on his shower. He wrapped a towel around his waist before he returned to the doorway of his bedroom. Celeste lay on the bed, pulling the sheet around her naked body as she continued to pull air through her lungs. The baritone of his voice made chill bumps form all over her skin. She tucked her lip in before rolling over to look at him. “You ask me that after you fuck the shit out of me, Maurice?” Maurice rubbed his chin before chuckling. “You asked me to fuck you harder.” “That I did.” Celeste blushed. Maurice held his hands out, shrugging his shoulders. “My dick and I are here to serve.” Celeste released a moan. “I am so so so so thankful for you and your dick.” The darkness of the room shifted as the sun began to rise. They had been fucking all night yet Maurice felt as if he could run a marathon. “What are your plans for today?” Celeste asked, as she shifted out of the bed, pulling the cover with her. Maurice lifted off the doorframe and watched her walk closer to him. “I have a meeting with Jayshree Keller.” Celeste smirked. “Oh, Mr. Number One. It looks like you’re wrapping that thing up today, huh?” Maurice loved sexing Celeste but he knew where to draw the line with her. There was no way he was getting into the details of his meeting with Jayshree. Celeste was a headhunter in every sense of the word- he knew that if he gave her anything, she would take it and run with it. “Just a small meeting, nothing major.” Posted in Author ← Final Still Stoned: Breaking Stone Teaser… Love Seems To Hate Us…#TeaserTuesday- The Pier… → Follow Your Dreamz! The Latest From Dreamz https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDeshonDreamz/	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6532
__label__cc	0.749569	0.250431	Alfredo of Rome My friend Kelli has long told me about the wonders of Alfredo's of Rome, which claims to be the birthplace, in 1914, of Fettucine Alfredo. True or not, they make a mean dish of Alfredo, and we finally made plans to share a meal there one night. I think Kelli was even more excited to have me try Alfredo's signature drink: the spiced apple martini. I have to admit, I was picturing sicky sweet, unnaturally 'green' drinks in my mind, but Kelli told me this was something different--Alfredo's takes Red Delicious apples and soaks them in their vodka for 3 days. A sprinkle of fresh cinnamon on top and voila--it's like liquid apple pie, but without a lot of the sweetness. Refreshing! We ordered the prix fixe dinner, which came with 3 courses. I started with, of course, the Alfredo pasta. If you order this as a main dish, they prepare it tableside, but not for the appetizer portion, alas. Still, this was fresh, light, not at all thick and heavy like you might expect. It had gooey cheesiness but didn't sink like a stone in my belly--beautifully balanced. Kelli ordered the Caprese salad, another classic. Red & yellow tomatoes, surprisingly delicious for mid-December, topped with fresh mozzarella and basil. This was very, very good. Honestly, if we'd stopped here, with the martinis, pasta and Caprese, I would have been happy. Main courses were still to come, though. I ordered the broiled halibut, which had a lovely, crunchy crust, and came with mashed potatoes and a white wine/lemon/caper sauce. It had a few green beans which were just ok (these are NOT my favorite veggie). Kelli ordered the Lasagna, and my word was that delicious. It was a sort of deconstructed, loosely configured lasagna with a killer meat sauce. I may have snagged not one, but two bites. I wish I'd had room for more. What really stole the show, however, was Kelli's favorite dish there: the green beans! I don't like green beans, but I LOOOOOVED THESE. Sautéed in just the right amount of garlic, barely cooked so they were still crunchy. Oh man..I could have made a meal just out of these. Amazing. Dessert was included too--I ordered the profiteroles, which are normally a favorite. These, however, fell a little flat for me. They were cold and just not as appealing as I expected. i'm used to having them filled with ice cream and presented tableside with hot chocolate sauce, but everything on this plate was cold. I had a few bites and I was done--also, FIVE profiteroles? What an outrageously huge portion! Enough for 2, even 3 people. Kelli opted for the simple, vanilla gelato. What a WINNER. This had such a rich vanilla flavor, I would guess Madagascar vanilla. I had 2 bites of this, and preferred it by leaps and bounds to my pick. The food was fresh and surprisingly delicious. While there were some tourists (listen, it's in Rockefeller Center, and the Christmas tree is a huge draw this time of year), I was surprised and impressed that there were so many actual Italians there (speaking Italian and everything!) There are several branches of Alfredo's, including one in Rome, so if actual Italians from Italy make a point to visit this place while in NYC, I think that says a lot. My only complaint would be with the service. We specifically made reservations ahead of time for a seat near the window (for better people watching), but those tables were all filled when we arrived. Rather than wait for our window seat, we went to the back room. No one welcomed us, greeted us, etc. Odd. Our server was a tightly-wound woman whose attention seemed elsewhere that night. I must give a shout out to the male server who, although he didn't take our orders, was quite attentive and followed up when Kelli's green beans were MIA. It was a Thursday night and while they were busy, it cleared out quickly after we arrived, so I'm not quite sure why we were so 'neglected,' but we made the most of it. Despite the so-so service, I would go back. I'd get an apple martini, share an Alfredo app, and maybe split an entrée with someone. Hmm...who would be up for that? Someone whose initials are ABF??? Labels: Cocktails, Dessert, Italian, Manhattan, Restaurants, Rockefeller Center, Splurge, Stuff I Drank Christmas Cookies: Snickerdoodles! Homemade Eggnog Duck Walk Wines: North Fork Love Lane Kitchen: New Visit! Clovis Point: Wine & Cheese with Friends Briermere Farms: Winter 2011 Martha's Vineyard: Water Street Restaurant Martha's Vineyard: State Road	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6533
__label__wiki	0.911911	0.911911	Angiotensin-Rezeptor 1 Das AGTR1-Gen kodiert den Angiotensin-Rezeptor 1, der eine wichtige Rolle bei der Signaltransduktion im Renin-Angiotensin-System spielt und für dei Kontrolle des Blutdruckes und der Elektrolytbalance verantwortlich ist. Bei der ontogentischen Entwicklung der Niere scheint das RAS ebenfalls eine wichtige Rolle zu spielen. Renotubuläre Dysgenesie AGTR1 Gribouval O et al. (2005) Mutations in genes in the renin-angiotensin system are associated with autosomal recessive renal tubular dysgenesis. Bonnardeaux A et al. (1994) Angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene polymorphisms in human essential hypertension. Wallukat G et al. (1999) Patients with preeclampsia develop agonistic autoantibodies against the angiotensin AT1 receptor. Paradis P et al. (2000) Overexpression of angiotensin II type I receptor in cardiomyocytes induces cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling. AbdAlla S et al. 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__label__cc	0.589668	0.410332	Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Megan McKenna Has A Complete Breakdown Over Some Mashed Potato & We Can't Stop Laughing Oh Meg… Here we go again, Megan McKenna is having another food-related melt down, but this time it's in the Celebrity Big Brother house and she's taking hangry to a whole new level. Fans of Ex On The Beach will know of Megan's strong feelings towards her food, and to be honest, she's a girl after our own hearts. We would have kicked off if someone had stolen our specially prepared food as well. "I've had enough! I'm starving!" she screams at Big Brother as she parades around the CBB house. Last night's puppet task means she can't eat the same food as the puppet masters and this upsets our Meg quite a bit. The real MVP in this Channel 5 clip has to be Megan's fellow housemate, Stephanie Davis, who literally sums up our feelings as she rolls on the floor in fits of laughter. Sorry Meg, but it is pretty hilarious to get SO wound up over some mashed potato… She continues: "I need to eat food. I'm starving! You think I'm joking? Everyone can moan about it but I'm starving. I'm so hungry I feel like I want to cry." Carrying on her rant she tries to get in the diary room, but to no prevail she says: "Big Brother let me in, I'M HUNGRY! All I want to do is have a fking piece of toast." Fair play Meg, we've all felt this kind of hangry before. Taking her meltdown to the most extreme level she admits she'd rather leave than have to put up with it, saying: "I'd rather get evicted than have to do this st, I'm sick of it." Come on Meg, hang in there, you can do it! - By Megan Downing This Is Everything You Need To Know Before You Decide Your Fave CBB Housemate A YouTuber Recreated Kylie Jenner’s Instagram Pictures And The Shots Are Identical More From Celebrity Big Brother Celebs Who Cheated With Their Reality TV Co-Star \| MTV Celeb Celebs Who Cheated With Their Reality TV Co-Star: Including Seann Walsh And Amber Turner Celebrity Big Brother AND Civilian Big Brother Has Been Axed By Channel 5 CBB: Dan Osbourne Speaks Out About Why Rodrigo Alves Was Evicted CBB: Ryan Thomas Leaves The Main CBB House After Falling Ill CBB: Is Emma Willis A National Treasure Following Roxanne Pallett Interview? Emma Willis’ Interview With Roxanne Pallett Praised, Is Now The Time To Leave Her Alone? \| MTV News Celebrity Big Brother 2018: Chloe Ayling Brands Jermaine Pennant “Disgusting” After Eviction And Apologises To His Wife CBB: Holly Hagan Defends Gabby Allen After She's Branded A 'F*ing Bch' By Natalie Nunn 9 of the Craziest Moments In CBB History Celebrity Big Brother’s 2018 Launch: From Awkward Reunions To Fans Reactions Celebrity Big Brother’s Emma Willis Reveals Her ‘Jaw Hit The Floor’ Over Series Line-Up	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6548
__label__wiki	0.898166	0.898166	Home Entertainment Hindi Alia Bhatt starts 'new, fun' YouTube channel The "2 States" actress said the channel is a step to bring herself closer to her fans. MUMBAI: Alia Bhatt has started a new Youtube channel which will give her fans a peek into the actress' personal and professional life. The "Gully Boy" actress, who is currently shooting for "Brahmastra", took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce her new venture. "Something new, something fun, something on YouTube," she wrote alongside a video link. Something new, something fun, something on YouTube https://t.co/rKULIR7zIj — Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) June 26, 2019 The "2 States" actress said the channel is a step to bring herself closer to her fans. "What you will get to see on my channel is a lot of me just being totally unadulterated, what goes behind the scenes. More like in front of life... good, bad and funny days. Hectic, interesting and simple days. "As a person I have been super expressive. Somewhere I have become more little bit private after becoming an actor... If you like the idea, then you have to like share and subscribe to the channel and then we will see how it goes." Alia's YouTube channel currently has more than 16,000 views and over 2,000 likes. Stay up to date on all the latest Entertainment Hindi news with The New Indian Express App. Download now Alia Bhatt Brahmastra Gully Boy Alia Bhatt YouTube channel Bollywood news	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6553
__label__cc	0.664613	0.335387	Wolf cull backfires as wild canines feast on farm animals Lock up your sheep.USFWSmidwest, CC BY Wolves, lions and other large carnivores rely on meat for sustenance and there are only so many wild animals to go round. Sometimes, dinner means cow or sheep. Farmers can use guard dogs or protective fencing to deter predators and protect livestock. But lethal methods such as hunting and trapping are also used to control wild carnivore numbers. As a livestock farmer in wolf country, it would be reasonable to assume that killing more predators would result in fewer attacks on your animals. However, a new study by Washington State University has turned this assumption on its head by discovering the opposite: the more wolves that are killed (up to a threshold of 25% of the population), the more the remainder preyed on local sheep and cows. Why is this? Unpicking the pack The researchers, Robert Wielgus and Kaylie Peebles, point to the nature of the species’ social systems: wolves live in family groups containing a breeding pair (also known as the alpha pair) along with related sub-adults, juveniles and pups. The alphas are the only breeders within the group as they limit reproduction by their subordinates. Killing one of the alphas disrupts the pack and subordinate wolves, who often outnumber the breeders, are then free to reproduce. This could increase the number of breeding individuals in the area, thereby increasing the population of hungry wolves – maybe farmers who shoot wolves are inadvertently doing more towards conservation than they think! Wolves take on a Bison.NPS Conversely, as humans are more likely to shoot youngsters than adult breeding wolves, the alphas may be temporarily be in a more favourable situation. There would be less competition for food, fewer clashes with other wolves and less risk of the transmission of disease. Again, this could result in short-term increases in attacks on livestock. Wolf packs also have an important educational role, as the experienced wolves pass on their knowledge. Killing them impairs this social learning. If the rest of the pack hasn’t learnt the skills necessary to take on bison or elk they may instead turn towards easier pickings on the farm. This same behaviour has been seen in lions and cougars (although has not been documented in many other carnivore species). When culls go wrong It is interesting to note that this paradoxical finding is not just found in relation to wolves – lethal control of cougars (or mountain lions) also means the remainder kill more cows and sheep as younger, inexperienced cougars are more likely to attack livestock. Coyote vs sheep.USDA Coyotes also show increased litter sizes and more frequent breeding in populations that were lethally controlled. Culling programmes could have even exacerbated livestock attacks by taking out younger, less predatory coyotes. Further, state-funded coyote removal campaigns have failed to reduce predation on sheep. Lynx, too, do not significantly reduce livestock attacks until lethal control dramatically reduces total population numbers. It must be noted that other studies have shown that killing predators can sometimes reduce the numbers of livestock they themselves kill, but this is only temporary, until new populations of predators establish themselves. What to do about wolves? If we would like a world where neither livestock nor predators are killed, we are either going to have to take away all the predators or all the livestock. Clearly neither one of these options is viable so we must aim to reduce preying on farm animals to a tolerable level. Should’ve ordered the lamb.Denali NPS Despite proof that changes in livestock husbandry reduces predation, farmers may still not want these creatures living near them as they may feel that the carnivores have “won” or taken over “their” land. As such, despite scientific evidence showing that predators don’t kill that many cattle anyway, that lethal control usually doesn’t reduce attacks, and that non-lethal methods can almost eliminate attacks, this still may not be enough to sway farmers from their anti-predator mind-sets. We must therefore start to think outside the box. Much of this conflict between humans and wild predators is not really about protecting livestock, but instead concerns a deeper historic and cultural aversion to wolves, lions and other scary carnivores. This won’t be fixed through simple technical solutions – and we now know it certainly won’t be fixed with a gun. Niki Rust does not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has no relevant affiliations. Read more http://theconversation.com/wolf-cull-backfires-as-wild-canines-feast-on-farm-animals-34997	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6554
__label__wiki	0.508449	0.508449	Defence mechanisms. Why NAB chairman Ken Henry lost his job Written by Clare JM Burns, Sessional academic in management, PhD student, Griffith University Defensive, some say arrogant, behaviour just cost Ken Henry his job. Between 2001 and 2011 Henry was the highly regarded head of the federal treasury. He steered Australia through the global financial crisis, led the Henry Tax Review, gave birth to the goods and services tax and the mining tax, and laid the groundwork for the emissions trading scheme. In the private sector he rose to be chairman of the National Australia Bank, where he was also well-regarded until a disastrous appearance at the banking royal commission in which he offered the counsel assisting not a hint of contrition. Do you accept that the board should have stepped in earlier? I wish we had, let me put it that way. I wish we had – I still don’t know. I would like you to answer my question, Dr Henry. Do you accept that the board should have stepped in earlier? I have answered the question how I can answer the question. I’m sorry. Is it a yes or a no, Dr Henry? I’ve answered the question the way I choose to answer the question. Well, I would like you to answer my question. Do you accept that the board should have stepped in earlier?—I wish we had? I’m going to take that as a yes, Dr Henry. Well you take that as a yes. All right. Late on Thursday Henry and his chief executive Andrew Thorburn stepped down, Henry telling Leigh Sales on ABC 7.30 he did not perform well at the commission and had reflected on the criticism. The more I thought about it, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve relived that appearance, I understand the criticism. I did not perform well. I really should have performed quite differently. I should have been much more open. At the time, were you feeling defensive and resentful of being there? I wasn’t feeling resentful. No. But I can understand why I came across that way. I was feeling defensive and I should not have been. Defence mechanisms arise when the social order someone has become accustomed to is challenged. They try to restore stability through projection, denial, games, blame, or rationalisation. In Henry’s case, his first defence mechanism was to deny that his board had engaged in serious misconduct. One of his opposite numbers at the Commonwealth Bank, chief executive Matt Comyn, tried to suggest that he had had little choice but to continue to sell junk insurance policies on which most people couldn’t claim. When he was in a more junior position as head of the retail division he complained to the then chief executive Ian Narev, and was told to “temper your sense of justice”. Three months after that discussion, the bank released a report espousing its commitment to financial literacy and was named “industry mover” on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Directors may not have sought to directly hurt vulnerable people, but the indirect consequences of their behaviour can’t be ignored: farmers have lost their land, dead people have been charged fees for no service, and First Nations people have been targeted for financial products they could not use. Despite multiple previous inquiries the industry’s behaviour didn’t change because for the most part its directors’ assumptions didn’t change. Cognitive and emotional barriers to unlearning protected the assumption that it was OK to pursue profit at the expense of customers. Strong financial success and weak law enforcement made it easier. Since the global financial crisis there has been an increase in reports and brochures about corporate social responsibility as well as advertising espousing values. Some have labelled them window-dressing and organised hypocrisy, but it’s just as easy to see them as projection, as the directors and executives fooling themselves. The finance industry is known to have weaker honesty norms than other industries. Commissioner Hayne was justified in concluding in his final report: Overall, my fear, that there may be a wide gap between the public face NAB seeks to show and what it does in practice, remains. The gap between what people say and do isn’t new. Ancient Greeks said deeds are fruit and words were only leaves. The Chinese proverb says talking does not cook rice. In the days after the release of the final report, Henry and his chief executive said they were taking the recommendations “very seriously” and were the right people to drive cultural change. Henry was right. Directors are the ones to drive change. It is what they are there for. They are the sense-givers, their staff and the public are the sense-makers. When a director says one thing in public but another within the bank, it fosters cynicism and mistrust among their staff. Read more: Six questions our banks need to answer to regain trust To create sustainable change, stated values have to become the practised ones. When done well it can “unleash tremendous amounts of energy towards a shared purpose and foster an organisation’s capacity to thrive”. Directors wanting to embed a culture based on the commission’s recommendations would do well to observe the lessons from organisation culture theory on primary embedding mechanisms: Pay attention to, measure, and control culture on a regular basis – this role cannot be outsourced to HR or PR departments and measurement cannot come from one-dimensional statistics finding customers are happy Be aware of how you react to critical incidents and organisational crises – jumping to defensive mechanisms where undiscussed things remain undiscussed can no longer be the modus operandi Allocate enough resources to embed the new culture Deliberately role model desired behaviour for the whole organisation that meets and goes above society’s expectation Allocate rewards and status for the desired behaviour Recruit, select, promote, and excommunicate in accordance with your organisation’s value. Organisational theorists say the best time to investigate culture is when there is a problem Replacing defensive mechanisms with mechanisms for changing a culture isn’t easy. Giving evidence to the Commission Ken Henry said it could take as much as ten years, although on 7.30 on Thursday he said he expected the NAB to do it more quickly. The steps to take appear common sense - in hindsight. One of the first is to acknowledge the defensive mechanisms that exist. Then you can start untangling them at the top and then throughout the organisation. Read more: NAB's Andrew Thorburn and Ken Henry quit after royal commission lashing Read more http://theconversation.com/defence-mechanisms-why-nab-chairman-ken-henry-lost-his-job-111182	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6555
__label__wiki	0.974252	0.974252	LEAGUE SCORES STANLEYCUP.COM 2015-16 PRESEASON STATS SEARCH PLAYERS NHL DRAFT HISTORY 2016 PLAYERS TO WATCH NOUVELLES EN FRANÇAIS OVER THE BOARDS SUPER 16 RANKINGS SUNDAY LONG READ WATCH ON DEVICES VIDEO RULEBOOK NHL ON YOUTUBE NHL REVEALED DISCOVER DAY WITH CUP BUY NHL.TV NHL NETWORK TV LISTINGS NHL NETWORK NEWS 2016 NHL ALL-STAR GAME NHL STADIUM SERIES-MIN NHL STADIUM SERIES-COL WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY 2016 2015 NHL FACE-OFF 2015 NHL AWARDS 2015 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY SIGN UP FOR INFO PLAY DRAFTKINGS NOW DAILY FANTASY PODCAST FOLLOW @NHLFANTASY BUY/SELL NHL TICKETS REGISTER FOR EVENTS INFO NHL FAN PACKAGES WINTER CLASSIC PACKAGES ALL-STAR WEEKEND PACKAGES STADIUM SERIES PACKAGES CUP FINAL PACKAGES NHL AWARDS PACKAGES WORLD CUP PACKAGES AT THE RINK TOP STORIES ›ALL HEADLINES ›NOUVELLES › 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend Penguins leaning on consistent all-star Malkin Thursday, 01.28.2016 / 3:00 AM / 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend Wes Crosby - NHL.com Correspondent PITTSBURGH – Flashes of brilliance have defined Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin's career, but this season, consistency has been the key to his success. Entering his 10th NHL season, Malkin was known for going on lengthy stretches of dominance that even Penguins captain Sidney Crosby could not reach. Those were counterbalanced by equally lengthy droughts, however, framing Malkin as one of the League's most dangerous, but streaky, players. Things have changed in 2015-16. As a result, Malkin is Pittsburgh's lone forward heading to the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game in Nashville. "I think he's been one of our more consistent players," coach Mike Sullivan said. "He's a threat most nights. … He certainly generates a ton of offensive chances for his line and the people he's on the ice with. He's a big part of this team. I think all of our top guys understand the importance that they bring to the table to help us win, and when we have them all going, I think we're a dangerous team." FULL STORY › Crosby, Ovechkin head all-time 3-on-3 team of 2000s Dan Rosen - NHL.com Senior Writer The NHL game has undergone massive changes over the course of the past 15-plus years. The removal of the red line in 2005 immediately made the game faster than ever before. The speed has seemingly increased with each passing season because the players are bigger and stronger. The sophistication in their offseason and in-season training is at a new level because of the advancements in technology. The addition of the salary cap has ushered in an era of unrivaled parity. Through it all, the NHL has grown in size and popularity, both at home and abroad, aided by the greatness of two players, Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, who have become the faces of a new generation of hockey stars. Capitals' Ovechkin to miss All-Star Game with injury Thursday, 01.28.2016 / 12:24 AM / 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend Katie Brown - NHL.com Correspondent WASHINGTON -- Forward Alex Ovechkin will miss the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game in Nashville on Sunday (5 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports) because of a lower-body injury, the Washington Capitals said Wednesday. "This was a hard decision but we talk about it, coaching staff, trainers, and we tried to battle through it. But it's stayed the same," Ovechkin said after Washington's 4-3 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers at Verizon Center. "I have to get ready for the rest of the year, get healthy, and I think we have a good chance to have success and I want to be a part of it. I don't want to miss important things." Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov was named Thursday to replace Ovechkin. Ovechkin said the injury has been nagging him for most of the season but he had hoped it would get better. When it didn't, the decision was made to preserve Ovechkin's long-term health in anticipation of a long run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Hull sees similarities in All-Star captains Jagr, Kane Wednesday, 01.27.2016 / 3:00 AM / 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane has said he used to watch in amazement as Jaromir Jagr dominated the NHL with his size, stick work and patience. Jagr, a right wing with the Florida Panthers, has mentioned how he loves to watch Kane because of how intelligently he attacks opponents with his hands, skill and, yes, patience. Brett Hull, the next player Jagr should pass on the NHL all-time goal scoring list -- Jagr has 737 goals, four shy of Hull's 741 -- said he wonders why more people haven't drawn a comparison between Jagr and Kane because they are more alike than they may seem. Jagr, 43, is 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, and will be the captain for the Atlantic Division in the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Sunday. Kane, 27, is 5-11 and 177 pounds, and will be the Central Division captain at the All-Star Game. Hull told NHL.com that size doesn't matter in his comparison because Jagr and Kane attack defenses the same way. Sharks all-star Burns to soak up Nashville experience Eric Gilmore - NHL.com Correspondent The 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game in Nashville on Jan. 31 is less than a week away. In the lead-up to All-Star Weekend at Bridgestone Arena, NHL.com sat down with a host of this season's participants to talk about playing in the game. In this edition, defenseman Brent Burns discusses representing the San Jose Sharks in the All-Star Game. 1. What does being an All-Star mean to you personally? It's a huge honor. I've said it before, to represent your team and the League at an event like this, it's always great. 2. What is your favorite memory from previous All-Star Games? For me, I think it's the special moment I've had with my kids on the ice, both of them. In Carolina with my daughter, last year in Columbus, my daughter and my son. I think these events are really just great things for the family, to get the cool picture out there with my kids. My kids are getting to the age where they know it's a pretty cool event. It's just great. To have my dad and my father-in-law there. It's just really fun. Sakic, Hull highlight all-time 3-on-3 team of 1990s Arpon Basu - Managing Editor LNH.com The NHL truly went global in the 1990s. The end of the Cold War opened up a new well of talent for the League, with players most notably from Russia and the former Czechoslovakia suddenly free to come to North America and test their skills against the best in the world. The decade began with the Pittsburgh Penguins welcoming Jaromir Jagr, an 18-year-old Czech, in 1990-91. He would go on to become the top scorer of the 1990s and one of the greatest players of all time. In that same season, Sergei Fedorov began his career with the Detroit Red Wings and Dominik Hasek became the backup goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks, part of a wave of Eastern Bloc players who joined those who defected in prior years, setting off a period of drastic demographic change in the NHL. Gretzky, Lemieux head all-time 3-on-3 team of 1980s Tuesday, 01.26.2016 / 3:00 AM / 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend Mike G. Morreale - NHL.com Staff Writer If the NHL proved anything in the 1980s, it was scoring goals was a heck of a lot easier than preventing them. It not only was a period when the mullet, Pac-Man fever, Rubik's Cube and Hulkamania were running wild, but also a time when most of the major NHL scoring records were being established at an incredible rate. The biggest reason for that was the NHL expansion from 17 to 21 teams with the absorption of former World Hockey Association teams in Edmonton, Hartford, Winnipeg and Quebec, beginning in 1979-80, when NHL fans got their first good look at "The Great One," Wayne Gretzky. The Edmonton Oilers center scored a League-record 92 goals in 1981-82. He opened the 1983-84 season by getting at least one point in Edmonton's first 51 games, and either scored or assisted on 215 of Edmonton's 426 goals in 1985-86. Hurricanes all-star Faulk shooting for success Shawn Roarke - Director, Editorial The 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game in Nashville on Jan. 31 is less than a week away. In the lead-up to All-Star Weekend at Bridgestone Arena, NHL.com sat down with a host of this season's participants to talk about playing in the game. In this edition, defenseman Justin Faulk discusses representing the Carolina Hurricanes in the All-Star Game. 1. What does being an All-Star mean to you? It's a great honor to be included in the group of players going to the game. It's nice. Obviously I couldn't really be doing this without the help from all my teammates. Like I said, it's just an honor to be among the group that is going to be there. It's going to be a fun event. I just think the whole weekend. There is not really one thing that sticks out more than the others. I've been lucky enough to have some friends and family hook up with me and enjoy the experience as well. Overall, it has just been a real good experience. NHL raises curtain on 2016 Honda NHL All-Star festivities with primetime television special NHL All-Star Friday night: Live in Music City set for Jan. 29 at 8pm ET on NBCSN and Sportsnet Monday, 01.25.2016 / 3:45 PM / 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend NEW YORK – Hockey fans will get their first glimpse of the 2016 Honda NHL® All-Star festivities in Nashville with NHL All-Star Friday Night: Live in Music City, a primetime television special featuring live roundtable discussions with NHL All-Star players, performances from top country music stars and a few surprises. Hosted by Kimberly Perry, lead singer of the Grammy Award and CMA Award-winning group The Band Perry, and NHL broadcaster Kathryn Tappen, the one-hour telecast will broadcast live from the Honda Stage at Bridgestone Winter Park in downtown Nashville on Friday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. CT / 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN in the U.S. and Sportsnet in Canada. With the NHL All-Star takeover of downtown Nashville as the backdrop, the primetime special will feature performances from Aaron Lewis, Kristian Bush, Big & Rich, John Hiatt and Lee Brice from the outdoor Honda Stage at Bridgestone Winter Park in the heart of downtown Nashville. The broadcast also will feature interviews and appearances from NHL All-Star players Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche, Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames, Roman Josi, Pekka Rinne and Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators, Brandon Saad of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning, P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens and more. Country music legend and Honda NHL All-Star Game celebrity coach Vince Gill and Josi will give viewers a tour of the Gibson Guitar Factory. All-Star Skills Competition to showcase top talent Monday, 01.25.2016 / 11:00 AM / 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend NHL Public Relations NEW YORK – The National Hockey League today announced the details of the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition and the format of the six events that will showcase hockey's top talent on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT on NBCSN in the U.S. and on CBC, Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada. Fan-elected captains, Jaromir Jagr and Alex Ovechkin for the Eastern Conference, and Patrick Kane and John Scott for the Western Conference, will lead the team selection process to determine which players will participate in the six Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition events. Each of the 44 All-Stars will compete in at least one of the six rounds of skill-based contests. 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__label__wiki	0.749628	0.749628	Reviews: Gundam Extreme Versus (9/10) Hardware: PlayStation 3 The decade long lineage of the Gundam Versus games started out as a simplified reaction to SEGA’s more complex Virtual On. The latter required the player to keep an enemy’s position in their heads, as the camera would lose your target when you moved past them. In addition, the fixed vectored dashes made managing that even harder. The Gundam Versus games took this premise and distilled it down by removing the fixed vectored dashes and ensuring that the player could never lose sight of their target. What mixed it up was the addition of an extra opponent; two teams of two players a piece. Whilst the core mechanics were more accessible the additional enemy made combat more fluid. All of this was undertaken on a pretty standard arcade stick setup and what with the huge Gundam license attached to it, gamers piled in to play a game that was more immediately accessible but still interesting from a versus standpoint. Fast forward ten years to the present and the Gundam Versus games have changed dramatically. The accessibility the games once had has evolved into something far more involved and in many ways has gone back to a more discerning setup similar to that of the original Virtual On games. Either way, the latest iteration in the form of Gundam Extreme Versus is nothing short of an arcade versus thoroughbred. Following on from Gundam vs Gundam Next, the ability to boost dash cancel is still in effect. This means, if you have boost remaining, you can cancel out of pretty much anything. The difference now is that if you fully deplete your boost gauge you suffer a longer prone animation and in addition when landing you also are similarly vulnerable. Considering the rolling terrain in many of the arenas, you will almost always be landing at some point at the end of a boost dash. Ultimately this simple change has rendered the game far more tactical and more inline with the dash freeze seen in the classic Virtual On games. This is only one element though that defines Extreme Versus, the other is the wholly reworked step system. Historically, the Gundam Versus games worked around having circle strafe steps that allowed you to dodge incoming attacks as well as create openings of your own. It was simple and pretty effective. This system is fundamentally still in place but the big addition is the ability to cancel out of a step, which produces a lovely rainbow effect. This means what originally looked like an opportunity in close combat can easily turn into a deadly feint on the part of the “rainbow” cancel. Mastering this basic fundamental mechanic of the game is utterly necessary now. Coupling both these elements together means that not only does the game play very differently from its prior incarnations but that it is now a full blown and deeply complex versus game. Yet this is not the biggest addition to the game’s new mechanics. The Extreme Burst system harks back to the original “Awaken” setup and in addition to the various stat increases it affords it also fully replenishes your boost gauge on activation. Considering that both the boost dash and rainbow cancel use boost, this means you can be almost out of juice at a crucial moment only to have it refill entirely and get a substantial speed increase. Not to mention that many units already have a speed/performance boost ability on top of this, notably that of Trans-Am system from the Gundam 00 units, means that skilled matches can very quickly become a wonderfully intense rainbow hued blur. To make matters even more involved, there are swathes of intricate nuances hidden throughout the game. The roster, whilst smaller than Next’s, is still an immense undertaking as each unit has their own idiosyncrasies from the anime that birthed them. However, for those familiar with the multitude of host works, almost all of their respective functional interpretations are pretty damn implicit. As well as the full arcade mode in effect, the game has a very stable and compelling online setup available. Considering that this is the first time, not including the somewhat flaky PS2 USB modem iterations, that the series has had a fully international online versus mode this alone should be worth the price of entry. Not to mention the fact that being able to finally use a proper arcade stick again makes this game nigh-on worth its weight in a good few precious metals. The other pretty massive mode available is that of the Trial Mission setup. This is much like the mission modes from the previous Gundam Versus games and is as addictive and compelling. S-Ranking the entire mode verges on obsession at times but it’s never dull by any means. The upgrade system also never degenerates into a mindless grindfest either, which is normally an occupational hazard. Everyone took the piss out of the “extreme” name when it was announced in the arcades, but in truth it very accurately describes the game. Gundam Extreme Versus is subsequently a distillation of a decade’s worth of arcade versus brilliance. It’s almost an unfettered yet deeply involved arcade game that is on the one hand incredibly technical but on the other almost viscerally accessible. The fact that it can not only be played with an arcade stick as well as online, means that this is ultimately one of the finest Gundam Versus games yet made. It comes thoroughly recommended to all gamers that take arcade versus games seriously, as it also runs at a very fluid 60 fps throughout. From the Linkin Park accompanied opening movie to the sheer production value on display, Gundam games have finally come of age and to anyone that scoffs that this is a mindless license tie-in; just see if they can even keep up with your rainbow cancelling skills. This review was undertaken on a HORI Real Arcade Pro. 3 arcade stick as well as a Dual Shock 3 pad. anonymous said on 13-12-2011 I’ll list some flaws in an otherwise great game: Can’t use custom BGM online Expensive DLC (500 yen per unit) Online is very basic now (ranked is being added but no online arcade or trail mission coop) Custom operators and HUD skins removed No voice chat in a team game Spyrle said on 13-12-2011 As soon as January rolls around I’m grabbing a copy. Wish I could have got one at release but Christmas shopping just eats my money 🙁 I like the sound of the new cancels, should make for some interesting matches…. If I can ever master the technique! …now where did I put that arcade stick… GunRocker said on 17-12-2011 Maybe those custom stuff would be available as a DLC? radrappy said on 13-12-2011 Great review! I am super pleased to hear that it is involving, demanding, and full of strategic possibilities! Playasia here we come. see you guys online. CEAP said on 13-12-2011 1. ps3 isn’t region locked 2. It probably will have a domestic release actually. I think almost every gundam vs has come out here. Minus the psp gundam vs gundam but I chalk that up to the psp’s lack of popularity stateside in general. I know PS3 is region free, but wouldn’t be better to have complete subtitles, the possibility of buying it only two steps out of your house and a lot more of people online? But the meme I used was to express my confusion on why do we get low quality (garbage) gundam games (DW) instead of this…… Bob said on 13-12-2011 About 2 Gundam Vs titles came West versus 4 for the PS2 and maybe another 6 for the PSP. Shurouga said on 13-12-2011 A very good review! I will buy this game as soon as I’m done shopping for the holidays 🙂 InjuredPelican said on 13-12-2011 Will buy this as soon as someone donates a PS3 to me… But sounds great. Not that I needed a review to tell me so, but nice to hear another fan’s opinion all the same. Now to check on tier listings… Botagel said on 14-12-2011 The online play in this is very, very solid. The little bit of input lag you experience playing other Americans can catch you off guard, but is a lot easier to compensate for in this game than, say, a 2D VS fighting game. And it’s a VO-like that you can play on a normal arcade stick, rather than special-ordering a $300+ limited edition controller for a single game. Hard to beat that! Would’ve been nice to have a LAN mode, though. I guess bringing a hub and hooking into the host’s Internet connection would work, too, but it’s a bit more obnoxious. Zan_nenz said on 14-12-2011 Best Gundam Game in PS3 so far HeatPhoenix said on 15-12-2011 Better than Senki? I’m enjoying the CRAP out of this game, really (You should add me on PSN, would love to play with the MD crew). But there is definitely room for improvement where it was covered in Senki. Such as the online, the netcode is definitely more solid here, haven’t lagged yet in about 8 hours of online playtime. However, the online is somewhat skimped, no online Arcade for two players, no missions co-op and BGM edit only works offline. It’s an amazingly fun game, but it is not perfect. That probably explains the 9 out of 10. That 1 is definitely able to be gotten. SeonArikale said on 18-12-2011 Just got the game in, loving it so far. green said on 22-12-2011 does the mission modes include story modes of different series you can play through? Like in NP mission mode, there were mission challenges and (although very short)story mode for each series… Laurarola said on 22-12-2011 It’s mostly based either on specific events from various series, or themes. One of the Newtype level missions, for example, features the various “Big Brother” characters (Char, Shagia Frost, Neil Dylandy, and the Turn X, which Gym calls the Turn A’s big brother). Other themes exist as well, with about 200 missions and new free trial missions being patched in as part of the new unit DLC updates. No story mode as of yet, though. Sven Ocasio said on 03-01-2012 Just got the game on sunday. its amazing!! sloppysocksven07- psn add me! Jerry said on 23-01-2012 this game is way too fast paced for me. I wish there was a way to slow it down by 15% at least. So sad 🙁 Fort90 Journal » “Games will never know how much we love them.” – Kurt Bieg said on 18-04-2012 […] gave Gundam Extreme Versus a spin (it came highly recommended by Ollie, and has not disappointed thus far), along with the PC version of Sword & Sworcery (which I […] Axle Mercado said on 13-02-2014 How can you play this game if it’s in Japanese? Does it have subtitles or is it just that the missions are so straight forward that you don’t need to worry about it? Oh, can you play it two players split-screen with a friend at home or is only multiplayer online?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6561
__label__cc	0.659527	0.340473	Chance, mystery and silence Notice on out-of-service lift Chance, mystery and silence: qualities Philip Pullman attributes to the art of writing. There's the life we plan to lead, and then there are the unexpected turns which determine our futures. So it goes. And in writing too, one of the pleasures of any group or class is the happy accident of someone else's ideas reacting with one's own. I've witnessed this phenomenon in a number of different writing groups recently. Surrendering to the writing process, a group of parents riffed on 'excuses' and surprised themselves with the memories they unearthed and delighted each other with the stories they created. NWP teachers, gathering in the Wellcome Collection, undertook the 'postcard conversations', exchanged messages in pairs and suddenly discovered a range of characters, relationships, back stories, dreams and voices. Student teachers, drowning under a welter of writing advice in schools, were revived by 'putting themselves in their pupils' shoes' and made unexpected headway when they wrote alongside their pupils and stepped aside from their own worries. Secondary students spoke passionately about the value of collaborative writing and writing in role for deepening memory, for broadening understanding and for strengthening independence. And some of the most imaginative writing and rewarding writing experiences emerged when pupils themselves wrote from 'random words' and phrases given to them by others. Maybe these things are like the external 'buffetings' that Seamus Heaney describes in his poem 'Postcript' - 'that catch the heart off-guard and blow it open.' Karen Lockney in her NATE workshop (28.6.2014) talked about the value of 'negative capability - being comfortable in uncertainty'. So much of the time, we worry away, feeling that if only we try harder things will all come right; and the high-stakes testing system makes us almost afraid not to think like that. Yet we must keep faith: all the time, in some parallel universe of the imagination, answers are approaching us sideways. Writing can be as much about 'letting go' as about 'holding on'. Anthony Wilson, in his address to NATE, The Power of Poetry, quoted Seamus Heaney's 'The Government of the tongue' (1988): '... poetry functions not as distraction but as pure concentration, a focus where our power to concentrate is concentrated back on ourselves.' Anthony celebrated the value of contemplating life rather than just acquiring knowledge, and, in particular, advocated a 'pedagogy of permission'. He cited the words of Pete, a spoken word poet from London about the transformative effects of poetry in classrooms 'writing into the silence - writing your insides out'. And there was reassurance from Andrew Motion too, in his 'Poetry by Heart' address in which he talked of the complexity of poetry which made it 'something which you don't/can't fully understand or appreciate at first reading', yet is worth committing to memory so that its sounds and ideas can percolate into the consciousness over time. However much we know, there will always be more that we don't. Equally, we need to remember that whatever lies within children will always be greater than what lies outside and beyond them. This means that some time every week should be given to allowing young writers to explore their own natures and identities through writing. It is not only a proper study but a fascinating one - motivating and improving. NWP outreach director	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6577
__label__cc	0.578375	0.421625	OCDE.org Plus de sites L’Observateur de l’OCDE Centre de développement de l’OCDE AEN - Agence pour l'énergie nucléaire AIE - Agence internationale de l'énergie CSAO - Club du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest GAFI - Groupe d'action financière ITF - Forum international des transports Accueil de l'OCDE Autorité palestinienne Guinée équatoriale^Guinée2 Guinée-Bissau^Guinée1 Hong Kong (Chine) Îles Caïmanes Macao (Chine) République démocratique populaire lao^Lao Chine (République populaire de) Serbie et Monténégro (avant juin 2006) Taipei chinois Agriculture et pêcheries Assurance et retraites Croissance verte et développement durable Développement régional, urbain et rural Gouvernance publique Industrie et entrepreneuriat Prestations et questions sociales Réforme réglementaire Sécurité des produits chimiques et biosécurité Accueil de l'OCDE États-UnisPublications & Documents 12-October-2017 2017 IMF and World Bank Fall Meetings -Written Statement to the IMFC The global economy is now growing at its fastest pace since 2010, with the upturn becoming increasingly synchronised across countries. This long awaited lift to global growth, facilitated by policy support, is being accompanied with solid employment gains and a recovery in trade growth following slumps in late 2015 and early 2016. G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting: Global Economy and Framework for Growth The latest OECD Interim Economic Outlook forecast global GDP growth to increase from around 3% last year to just over 3½% this year and next. Supported by policy stimulus, growth performance has been strong in the first half of the year and more synchronised across the world. Argentina, Brazil and Russia are returning to growth. Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Washington, DC from 12 to 14 October 2017 Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, wasin Washington, DC from 12 to 14 October 2017 to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (FM&CBG) and the 2017 International Monetary Fund / World Bank Annual Meetings. 4-October-2017 English, PDF, 355kb The Pursuit of Gender Equality - Key findings for the United States Selected findings for the United States from the report "The Pursuit of Gender Equality: An Uphill Battle" The Pursuit of Gender Equality - An Uphill Battle - en 26-September-2017 Making Dispute Resolution More Effective - MAP Peer Review Report, United States (Stage 1) - Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Action 14 Under Action 14, countries have committed to implement a minimum standard to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the mutual agreement procedure (MAP). The MAP is included in Article 25 of the OECD Model Tax Convention and commits countries to endeavour to resolve disputes related to the interpretation and application of tax treaties. The Action 14 Minimum Standard has been translated into specific terms of reference and a methodology for the peer review and monitoring process. The minimum standard is complemented by a set of best practices.The peer review process is conducted in two stages. Stage 1 assesses countries against the terms of reference of the minimum standard according to an agreed schedule of review. Stage 2 focuses on monitoring the follow-up of any recommendations resulting from jurisdictions' stage 1 peer review report. This report reflects the outcome of the stage 1 peer review of the implementation of the Action 14 Minimum Standard by the United States, which is accompanied by a document addressing the implementation of best practices. Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Washington DC on 20-21 September 2017 Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, was in Washington DC on 20-21 September 2017 to meet with several US high level authorities. Putting water at the centre of the global agenda We are here today because we think it’s time to put water at the top of our global agenda. It’s time to get our water act together. I want to thank the Council on Foreign Relations for hosting us as we launch this call. And I thank in particular PJ Simmons for introducing this discussion. 2017 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings - IMFC Written Statement OECD Secretary-General's written statement highlighting key points to address in order to make global growth stronger and more inclusive. Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Washington on 20-22 April 2017 2017 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings - Development Committee Written Statement OECD Secretary-General's written statement on the need for collective responsibility to deliver the 2030 Agenda, highlighting that international co-operation must be stepped up to maximise the impact of record-high ODA flows, and create new development partnership tools that allow for holistic and inclusive approaches to common global challenges. Tax Inspectors Without Borders Governing Board meeting - welcoming remarks Welcome to the second meeting of the Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) Governing Board. I am pleased to be co-chairing today’s discussion with Mr. Michael O’Neill, UN Assistant Secretary General, and UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy. 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__label__cc	0.678898	0.321102	OECD Home Regulatory reformRegulatory Policy in Chile - Government Capacity to Ensure High-Quality Regulation - en Regulatory policy Regulatory reform and competition policy Liberalisation and competition intervention in regulated sectors Regulatory Policy in Chile Government Capacity to Ensure High-Quality Regulation In series:OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reformview more titles Get citation details One of Chile’s biggest strengths is its very sound macroeconomic framework that reinforces its economic resilience. This is partly based on a prudent regulatory and supervisory framework governing the financial system. Furthermore, the government’s Agenda for Productivity, Innovation and Growth, co-ordinated by the Ministry of Economy with the participation of other ministries and state services, constitutes a good opportunity to use regulatory policy as a driver to reform the policymaking framework of Chile. For example, Chile has already made substantive progress in making regulations more accessible and communicating administrative requirements. However, while in Chile national regulations provide the general framework for administrative procedures and an efficient state administration, the lack of a comprehensive regulatory reform programme has reduced the possibility of achieving even better economic outcomes and unleashing resources to boost productivity. The regulatory policymaking framework lacks some key features seen in other OECD countries (e.g. stakeholder engagement, regulatory impact assessment, oversight body) that would make sure that regulations are designed in the best way. Good practices in rule-making procedures are also rather limited. This review presents the way forward for improving the government’s capacity to ensure high-quality regulation in Chile. Foreword and Acknowledgements Assessment and recommendations The macroeconomic context in Chile Considering Chile's path towards regulatory reform Assessing Chile's regulatory institutions Examining Chile's administrative capacities for making new regulations Reviewing the management of Chile's existing regulations Considering regulatory compliance, enforcement and appeals in Chile Ex post regulatory evaluation in Chile Multi-level regulatory governance in Chile Chile's regulation of territorial planning and construction permits Improving the regulatory environment for Chilean SMEs Digital government and administrative simplification in Chile Powered by OECD iLibrary Create an agency to oversee the process of rule-making currently managed by different government departments with no overall supervision Adopt a formal, explicit, binding and consistent whole-of-government regulatory policy with clear objectives and a communication strategy Develop mandatory standards and guidelines for the preparation of laws and regulations, including compulsory consultation practices and forward planning Introduce regulatory management tools such as regulatory impact assessment and ex-post evaluations Consolidate and broaden the administrative simplification programme in co-ordination with digital government initiatives Improvements in Chile's regulatory policy would bring major benefits to the economy and society Speech by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, Santiago, Chile, 25 April 2016 OECD (2016), Regulatory policy country page: Chile OECD (2015), Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015 country profile, OECD, Paris OECD (2012), Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance, OECD, Paris OECD (2012), Evaluating Laws and Regulations, OECD, Paris For more information please contact Guillermo Morales Sotomayor.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6579
__label__wiki	0.748697	0.748697	"This information is dedicated to my dear friend who has dedicated his life to search the truth about AIDS and opened my eyes" In House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic, an AIDS film like no other, the HIV/AIDS story is being rewritten. This is the first film to present the uncensored POVs of virtually all the major players; in their own settings, in their own words. It rocks the foundation upon which all conventional wisdom regarding HIV/AIDS is based. House of Numbers could well be the opening volley in a battle to bring sanity and clarity to an epidemic gone awry. Six women - one diagnosis HIV positive and not ill. What difficulties have women to face if they reject the recommended drugs? Teaser for the documentary "I won't go quietly" (81 min) www.iwontgoquietly.com Click for link One of the most powerful video documentaries of our time http://www.hiv-aids-factorfraud.com/ boldly reveals the modern medical-industrial complex's dire descent into utter corruption. HIV/AID$ - A deadly and dangerous DECEPTION! This feature-length expose explains exactly how the 300-Billion-dollar AID$ fraud began, why HIV can NOT be the cause of Immune Deficiency's, what the real causes could be, and who manipulates the public's good intentions while poisoning hundreds of thousands with toxic drugs that cause [a multitude of diseases] camoflauged as a phony medical syndrome. This is a systematic dissection of the HIV/AID$ machine and how they hijacked a program designed to fight a worldwide plight of human suffering and drove it down the road to hell. Yet this program offers hope, inspired by the courage and articulate arguments of a group of growing voices internationally challenging the HIV=AIDS=DEATH hysteria. A MUST SEE for anyone interested in truly understanding the facts about HIV/AID$. You will meet a number of highly reputable scientists who all agree that HIV doesn't cause Immune Dysfunction, including Dr. Peter Duesberg, who was the first scientist to map the genetic structure of retroviruses. He is joined by Dr Charles Thomas, Nobel Prize winner Dr. Kary Mullis along with Dr. David Rasnick, an expert in the field of protease inhibitors. Is HIV a virus of mass destruction? is "AIDS" a real syndrome or a clever medical construct? or is everything we have been told about HIV and AIDS the golden idol of junk science? Judge for yourself. Professionally produced, written and researched, acclaimed by physicians, scientists, journalists and humanitarians internationally, this is the video encyclopedia of HIV/AIDS dissident movement! G. Edward Griffin interviewed by Bob Tuskin on The HIV AIDS fraud. A recorded interview on TurnSpeak featuring Dr. Peter Duesberg, author of "Inventing the AIDS Virus." Duesberg discusses what he calls the "conspiracy of self-interest" that keeps the faulty HIV=AIDS hypothesis alive, why Gallo and others could never admit to making a mistake, the scientific reasons why HIV cannot be the cause of AIDS and AIDS is not a contagious disease, the ridiculous logic used in the Kimberly Bergalis/Dr. Acer case, and what happened with Brian Ellison about the publishing of "Inventing The AIDS Virus." Duesberg also gives a fascinating description about how science in America has become totally centralized and "communistic," and a brief discourse on his current research in finding the cause of cancer. Merck Vaccine Chief Brings HIV/AIDS to America. AND THEY LAUGH ABOUT IT!! Wake Up and Americans Unite against the lies that is told to destroy our children. Here is an interview that is very rare and will shock you. Hear how the vaccinations were started what they have in it all from the mouth of Dr. Maurice Hillerman admitting to massive field trials, and hiding the truth from the press book mark this and show it to all your friends. Do not let them brainwash you into making your self sick seek out the truth about the natural healing powers of good OREGANO OIL that can kill viruses and the common cold. visit www.armchairsurvivalist.com Merck Vaccine Chief Brings HIV/AIDS to America This stunning censored interview conducted by medical historian Edward Shorter for WGBH public television (Boston) and Blackwell Science was cut from The Health Century due to its huge liability--the admission that Merck drug company vaccines have traditionally been injecting cancer viruses (SV40 and others) in people worldwide. This segment of In Lies We Trust: The CIA, Hollywood & Bioterrorism, produced and freely contributed by consumer protector and public health expert, Dr. Leonard Horowitz, features the world's leading vaccine expert, Dr. Maurice Hilleman, who explains why Merck's vaccines have spread AIDS, leukemia, and other horrific plagues worldwide. Please forward this clip (link) to everyone you know who thinks vaccines are "safe and effective."	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6580
__label__wiki	0.667266	0.667266	Park Bench Philosophers Profile of the Week Inbox News Pittwater Online News August 26 - September 1, 2018: Issue 373 Avalon Beach SLSC WINS Club Of The Year In The 2018 Surf Life Saving NSW Awards Of Excellence Sydney’s Dockside at Cockle Bay Wharf was the venue for the 2018 SLSNSW Awards of Excellence on Saturday August 25th where 26 surf lifesavers were the recipients of their service in the community. Volunteers are recognised for their efforts in the sport, member services, education, and lifesaving categories. The award categories recognised at surf life saving NSW reflect the core activities undertaken by members. With almost 400 guests the evening is a chance for the lifesaving community from all eleven branches to come together and build on the friendships that are such an integral part of the movement. “It’s a fantastic night for the membership, and an opportunity to formally celebrate what was a wonderful 2017/18 season for our surf lifesavers both on and off the beach, ” enthused SLSNSW CEO Steven Pearce. “As an organisation we are extremely fortunate to have such talented members and people who are whole heartedly committed to giving back to their community. “This is reflected in not only the outstanding list of finalists who we will acknowledge tomorrow night but in the efforts of every single one of our 70,000 members who sign on each summer who do such a wonderful job,” said Mr Pearce. The BIG news for Pittwater is that Avalon Beach SLSC has been named Club of the Year. Club of the Year* - This award recognises and rewards outstanding achievements in club development that results in Surf Life Saving clubs in Australia providing safer beach and aquatic environments for the community. "Avalon Beach SLSC are very proud to have won the 2018 SLSNSW Club of the Year. This award is recognition is for all members, in particular the Board of Management and Club Officers, who have come together over the past year and worked incredibly hard to implement our strategic plan and One Club policy. The award recognises the Club's important role in the community which goes above and beyond lifesaving, taking a leadership role in important local issues such as youth mental health." Richard Cole said Sunday morning, August 26th. Nigel Penn (Bilgola) was awarded the President’s Medal for 20 years of dedicated service. The current club vice president is also an experienced and passionate IRB official and recently served as Deputy Referee at the Australian IRB Titles. “I see this award as for all my colleagues and for those who patrol the beaches. I absolutely love what I do, it’s why I do it. It’s about the passion, it’s about the community, and it’s about looking after the public,” said Penn. Nigel with David Murray, President All the Awardees plus more HERE Hamilton Island Race Week 2018 IRC div 1 winner Hooligan - Marcus Blackmore. Photo by Salty Dingo, 2018. Freshwater Finish To Saltwater Series At Hamilton Island Race Week 2018 Fifteen divisions, 233 boats and close to 2,000 sailors from Australia, New Zealand and around the world spent Hamilton Island Race Week in the Whitsundays dashing around tropical islands with only saltwater hitting the decks, until the final afternoon rainstorm offshore broke the sunny and dry winter spell. Results for all divisions All highlights videos here Broadkast’s day 6 of racing highlights Sou’east tradewinds built to their peak of 25 knots on Monday August 20 and close to that number the following day. Layday on Wednesday was ideal pool and Whitehaven Beach weather with little breeze and cloudless skies, and the second half of the week brought lighter ESE winds between 6-12 knots on average, and just the one shower in the closing hours of Saturday August 25, 2018. The supermaxi battle required an on-water umpire to be brought in on day four of racing, to monitor the pair. The Oatley family’s Wild Oats XI (HIYC) convincingly beat Peter Harburg’s same-length Black Jack (RQYS) in terms of first over the line results; now both crews return home to mull over where a few more seconds-per-mile can be teased out before the December ocean classic, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Wild Oats XI leads off the start on day 6 - photo by Kurt Arrigo A six-day arm-wrestle between the TP52s resulted in Marcus Blackmore’s Hooligan (RPAYC) scooping the IRC Division 1 prize from Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban (CYCA), with a day to spare. “We set a plan last year to win Hamilton Island Race Week,” Blackmore said prior to the final islands race, a new course out around Baynham Island to the south-east of Hamilton Island. “We bought a boat from the Roemmers family in Argentina that had won the TP52 Super Series and set a goal. It was an emotional day yesterday; there’s been a bit of argy bargy between us and Ichi Ban,” Blackmore admitted. “We’ve been match racing all week; I don’t know how many tacks we’ve done this regatta and to ultimately win is pretty exciting.” Video of Blackmore and tactician Tom Slingsby. Team Hooligan added yet another victory to the owner/skipper’s tally, which includes the arbitrary division win at the first Hamilton Island Race Week way back in 1984. In between the 100-footers and TP52s, Phil Turner’s RP66 Alive (DSS) finished third overall and banked some crucial time on the water as part of their Sydney Hobart warm-up. Full week's reports by Lisa Ratcliff run HERE The Mermaids of Palm Beach Pictures From the Road in Car 2108: the 2018 Variety the Children's Charity Bonnyrigg to Braitling B to B Bash The 2018 Variety the Children's Charity B to B Bash finished this week with many a smile and laughter shared along the way. The Mermaids of Palm Beach, in Car 2108, have done us all proud yet again. Beryl Driver OAM was awarded her 20 Year Certificate this year, and counts that among highlights, along with getting to visit Uluru. Her only sad note is that this is the last Bash Elyse Cole will do 'on the road', although Elyse will continue to help fund-raise - as next year, it's the 21st Bash for young Beryl! Reports and wonderful pictures from the road by Viktorija run as this Issue's Pictorial - HERE Wildlife Champion Setting A Cracking Pre-Spring Pace An Echidna released back into the wild this week after being in care Lynleigh Grieg had done 8 wildlife call outs this week by Wednesday, and Thursday was shaping up to be just as demanding. Sydney Wildlife carers are seeing an unprecedented spike in animals needing assistance as wallabies shift into areas where there may be food at the end of a dry Winter, such as Collaroy Plateau, into places where they have had trouble which has created problems – such as a sulphur crested cockatoo with a damaged beak, or been hurt beside, on or around roads by people who don’t think speed limits apply to them. Add to this a lack of sleep through caring for these poor animals, running a home and a family, and you know why wildlife carers may look at those who whinge about coffee that’s too cold at their local café, or having to get up earlier to finish school homework in askance. Not that they do. Sydney Wildlife carers are among the kindest and most patient people you will encounter – it goes with the territory. In October Sydney Wildlife is running yet another fundraiser to hopefully and finally get Wanda the Mobile Wildlife Clinic up and running. If we have the bushfire season predicted this will fulfil a dire need and allow Lynleigh, who has been leading the charge on this along with Joan up at the Terrey Hills Sydney Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, to get on with it. We’re heading into Spring this week and with that will come many new animal babies that will increase the demand on our local wildlife carers. If you can’t become a carer or volunteer in some capacity – there’s another course coming up in November (details here), you can attend this event and put something back in to supporting these animals and those who try to save them. Details here: It’s Time To GO WILD Again!: The 2018 Sydney Wildlife Garden Party and Garden Gallery - October 28th - tickets, bookings essential - At: events.humanitix.net/sydney-wildlife-s-go-wild-garden-party Let’s get this one over the line Pittwater – please! In the meantime – some of the furred, feathered, spiny, slithery and all doe eyed other beings we share this space with that Lynleigh has come to the rescue of this week: Sea snake - From Palm Beach. Testing his mobility in the bath after a few days in care. Feathertail glider - From Church Point. He was lying on the road, unresponsive, and wasn’t quite an adult. Has been placed in nesting box after a few days care. Next Phase Of Infrastructure Improvements To Commence At Mona Vale Hospital Next Week Next Phase Of Infrastructure Improvements To Commence At Mona Vale Hospital Work will commence next week on the construction of a new Support Services Building at Mona Vale Hospital. The modern building will accommodate necessary hospital support services including kitchens, laundry, cleaning, waste, staff facilities and engineering. The building will join other new hospital buildings constructed at Mona Vale Hospital in recent years, including the Community Health Service Building in 2016, the Beachside Rehabilitation Unit in 2014 and the expansion of the Palliative Care Outpatient Unit in 2013. Work will also commence on the relocation of the hospital’s helipad to enable the construction of a new in-patient building to accommodate specialist inpatient palliative care and inpatient geriatric evaluation and management. The hospital’s emergency building will also be refurbished to provide a new 24/7 Urgent Care Centre. “This is another important phase in the introduction of modern infrastructure at Mona Vale Hospital,” Rob Stokes said. “We’re seeing millions of dollars continuing to be allocated to Mona Vale Hospital to ensure services in the future are provided in modern, purposely designed buildings. “Over the past 7 years there have been huge changes at Mona Vale Hospital as new buildings have been constructed and older buildings have started to be removed. “The Mona Vale Hospital campus looks vastly different today than it did only a few years ago. “Construction crews are again back at Mona Vale Hospital and further infrastructure works will soon be underway,” Rob Stokes said. Over 250 public hospital staff will continue to work at Mona Vale Hospital in the future and all inpatient, urgent care and community health services will be provided by NSW Health. The entire Mona Vale Hospital campus remains in public ownership. Mona Vale Hospital will continue to provide a range of existing and new health services including: 24/7 Urgent Care, radiology, pathology, pharmacy, inpatient rehabilitation and assessment, inpatient palliative care, inpatient geriatric evaluation and management, outpatient palliative care, adult and child dental surgery, hydrotherapy, paediatric occupational therapy, paediatric speech pathology, paediatric physiotherapy, adult, youth and child mental health, adult musculoskeletal physiotherapy, acute post-acute care, podiatry clinic, diabetes clinic, community drug and alcohol services, early childhood services, community nursing service, chronic disease community rehabilitation services, carer support services, community aged care/rehabilitation service, continence service, dietetics, outreach maternity antenatal clinic and cardiac rehabilitation. NSW Volunteer Of The Year Awards 2018: Northern Beaches Award Ceremony Northern Beaches Volunteer Team of the Year Northern Beaches Palliative Care Volunteers from Mona Vale - photo by Michael Mannington, Volunteer Photography Attendees report that it was stated there were over 500 people nominated for the Awards on the Northern Beaches, by far the most nominated from any district and a reflection on the community as a whole and its parts in individuals who will serve others in many capacities from health to sport to native animals and surf life saving across the beaches. Vincent De Luca OAM attended the ceremony and took some happy snaps of some faces you may recognise - among these are Lynleigh Grieg, Margaret Murden, Bob Langbein, Michael Mannington, Julie Couston, Louis Tassone, Rowena Clarke and Tammy Cook - thanks Vince! Vincent De Luca OAM and Lynleigh Grieg, Sydney Wildlife Volunteer "Congratulations to the wonderful volunteers from the Northern Beaches that made it to the Finals of the NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards" - Vincent De Luca OAM Winners and Finalists HERE Winter Becomes Spring In Pittwater Rock Orchid now in bloom, as spring is near. It grows on rocks or sides of trees, so it tolerates this dry weather . It has had a name change from Dendrobium speciosum. For more details and meaning of its names see: www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2003/thelychiton-speciosum.html Information and Photo courtesy Pittwater Natural Heritage Association Pittwater Online News is Published Every Sunday Morning: 8 a.m. Past Features Archives (pre 2014) Pittwater Online News was selected for preservation by the State Library of New South Wales and National Library of Australia. This title is scheduled to be re-archived regularly. 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__label__cc	0.59596	0.40404	Peter Berner Peter is one of Australia’s sharpest comics; deftly blending political satire, contemporary commentary and razor-like insights for industry events that stand out. Peter Berner is without doubt one of Australia’s most popular and respected radio and TV presenters, MCs and comics. His intelligent humour has set him apart as one performer who can comfortably combine comedy styles as disparate as satire, observational and reactive with ease — leaving corporate audiences in hysterics. Peter emerged as a major television talent with the 1999 creation of ABC TV’s BackBerner, his satirical comedy for which he received 2 Logie nominations. He then went on to host his own radio show on Triple M, was a popular voice on Sydney’s 2UE and 702 and hosted ABC’s Einstein Factor for 5 years until 2009. Pete has appeared and performed as a headline act at major comedy venues all around the world. His successful solo shows have received rave reviews and award nominations from some of the biggest comedy festivals. An outstanding corporate performer, Pete has worked with hundreds of Australia’s leading organisations as diverse as Toyota, NAB, Microsoft, Ernst & Young and the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He is a consummate MC, stand-up entertainer, graphic recorder, keynote speaker on art based learning and creativity, stand-up entertainer and celebrity auctioneer who tailors every engagement to absolutely electro-charge the room, in just the right ways. His years of experience hosting live-to-air as a broadcaster have given Pete the unique ability to read any room and deliver a polished, comfortable and enjoyable experience every time. Peter resides in Sydney Making Your Mark How to change your life and your business for just 68 cents* Creativity is currency. - In the workplace of the 21st century more and more emphasis is being put on creativity and innovation. Smart business leaders with an eye on the future are looking to leverage creativity and ‘arts based learning’ is providing the gateway. Hear Peter Berner speak on these topics: Creativity is currency. Print, TV & Radio Media "There are no testimonials at this time for Peter Berner" Dee Why RSL Comedy Festival 2000	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6586
__label__wiki	0.642063	0.642063	The Spoils of Babylon Pauly's Shorts Weekend At Bernie's Heath Franklin Heath Franklin's Chopper Weird Al Danny Bhoy: Subject To Change Sammy J Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize View All Shows » The Spoils of Babylon Legendary author Eric Jonrosh (Will Ferrell), the undisputed master of dramatic fiction, introduces audiences to the brilliant adaptation of his b... Jeff Dunham Jeff Dunham is one of the most influential comedians and ventriloquists in the world today. The Bogan Hunters From the creators of Housos and Fat Pizza, The Bogan Hunters are on a nationwide hunt for Australia's biggest bogans in their natural habitat! Pauly's Shorts “Pauly’s Shorts” is a collection of short films, career highlights and unseen banned footage from the career of Australia’s most politically incorr... Daria The people of Lawndale just don't get Daria Morgendorffer. She's cool with that. See, Daria was born alienated, and now she's just trying to make i... Housos Australia's most politically incorrect hit television series shows the adventures of the residents of the Sunnyvale Housing Commission in every-tow... Weekend At Bernie's Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman star as two enterprising insurance employees who discover some fraudulent activities at their company. Their... Maron Maron explores a fictionalised version of Marc’s life, his relationships, and his career, including his incredibly popular WTF podcast, which featu... Trevor Noah Since bursting on to the international comedy scene, South African comic Trevor Noah has enjoyed an unprecedented run of sold-out shows across the ... Gabriel Iglesias Gabriel Iglesias, "The Fluffy Man", is an unbelievably witty, electrifying, and talented comedian.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6588
__label__cc	0.552323	0.447677	Showing posts from May 6, 2018 Spotlight Review: Accidental Bad Girl Accidental Bad Girl by Maxine Kaplan (May 15) Overview: Kendall never intends to wind up getting blackmailed by a drug dealer or wrapped up in a massive police sting. She also never imagines that she'll fully regain her reputation or self confidence after the scandal that marked the end of junior year. But all of these things and more happen in this action packed, New York City thriller. Overall: 4 Characters: 4 I was actually surprised by the nuance of the characters in the book. I waffled on Kendall at first, as I wondered if she would gain more depth, but with every quarter, it turned out, I found a new layer of Kendall hidden in the pages. The other characters present their own share of interesting details and surprising twists. Kendall's new friend, Simone, who has plenty of controversy of her own, grounds the story when it tries to take off into a spinning whirlwind, and she grew to be my favorite. She contributes an extra depth to an otherwise beach-ready thriller. Plot: 4… Spotlight Review: We Are All That's Left We Are All That's Left by Carrie Arcos Overview: This duel narrative recounts the horrors faced by a mother and daughter decades apart. Zara is injured in a terrorist attack in modern day Rhode Island and left to deal with both her wounds and her mother's coma. Nadja, her mother's, story of trauma began long before that, though, during the Bosnian War when she was only a teen. The intersecting stories work to bring the distant mother and daughter closer together as they learn to cope with the pain of their experiences. Overall: 4 Characters: 3.5 The two parts of the book felt like two totally different books. I would give five stars to Nadja and her family (and adoptive family) from the third person account of her life during the war. I felt like I got to know these people, their fears, and their motivations. Unfortunately, though the present day storyline was told in first person, I never felt like I got to know Zara or anyone who touches her life. Everyone there just felt … Spotlight Review: The Dead Enders The Dead Enders by Erin Saldin (448 pages) Overview: Someone is setting Gold Fork on fire. The idillic mountain town for Weekenders and dooming trap for Dead Enders is thrown into chaos by a series of untraceable fires. Four best friends are thrown to the center of it the summer after junior year. Though the town feels chock full of threats and traps, the dangers might be closer than they appear. Overall: 4 Characters: 4 I thought the four friends were interesting, but I wasn't able to emotionally connect with any of them. Erik is misunderstood, stressed, and forgotten by those he loves. Davis is a writer and the richest of the town crew, so he is sometimes resented. Georgie sells the tourists drugs to earn money towards escaping with her band, but it starts to overwhelm her the more she's encouraged to push. Finally, Anna is quiet though consumed in a fight to keep the grandmother she never had, Vera, located in the nursing home in town. Though it is told from all their points… After The Fall by Kate Hart (328 pages) Overview: Raychel's senior year did not go at all like she expected. Every time she thought she was finally winning, whether it be pulling her mother out of debt, finding security with her best friend, or finding a new love interest who really cares, something always goes terribly wrong. Raychel has to overcome all kinds of loss as her and her best friend, Matt's, story progresses. Overall: 3 Characters: 3 On a positive note, I love almost all of the characters in this story. Raychel makes for a very vivid narrator and brings the characters and experiences around her to life. The development of her story with her mother was beautiful, and Hart represented her economic hardship well. Raychel's best friends were also great additions to her part of the narrative. Finally, her voice made Matt's brother, Andrew, who develops a closer relationship with Raychel, come to life in a stunning three dimensions. My problem with the book is Matt…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6593
__label__cc	0.585525	0.414475	Open & Shut April 18, 2014 Rita’s Italian Ice is coming to the KC market The gelati at Rita’s. A few years ago, Kansas City was besieged by burger joints — Smashburger, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers and Jack in the Box (which returned after a three-decade absence) all brought their takes on the hamburger to the area. And now, just like a culinary Chinese zodiac, 2014 appears to be the year of frozen desserts. Andy’s Frozen Custard expects to open in the former Terry’s Service Center this fall. Tropical Sno is opening a second Hawaiian shaved ice location in Waldo. And a franchisee group has been given the territory of Kansas and the Kansas City area (on both sides of State Line) for Rita’s Italian Ice. Jay Miller, Jeff Miller and Pat Reilly recently opened the first Rita’s in Kansas in their hometown of Wichita at 2929 N Rock Road. Rita’s serves Italian ice, frozen custard, gelati (custard layered on ice) a Misto shake (which blends ice and custard), Blendinis (ice, custard and toppings blended together), sundaes and frozen lemonade. The Italian ice shop is ubiquitous in Philadelphia (where the Millers and Reilly got the idea to bring the franchise to Kansas), much like Dunkin’ Donuts is as common as street signs in Boston. The 30-year chain, which originated in Philly and is headquartered in Pennsylvania, has more than 600 locations in 23 states, as well as an outpost in Shenzen, China. Any Italian ice aficionados have an advanced scouting report on Rita’s? [Image via Facebook: Rita’s Italian Ice] andy's frozen custardrita's italian icetropical sno The Brookside Farmers Market returns and other weekend possibilities Christopher Leonard explains ‘The Meat Racket’ Thursday at the KC Library Meshuggah Bagels opens Friday on 39th Street Murray’s Ice Cream reopens for the season this Friday Kansas City Canning Co. talks shrubs, balsamic grapes & flavor creation Ancho Date Butter, Rosemary Fig Spread, Balsamic Pickled Grape…these aren’t your grandma’s canning recipes. They’re the creations of husband and wife team Laura and…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6596
__label__cc	0.727242	0.272758	« McNabb joins player workouts organized by Larry Fitzgerald Redskins Not A Lock To Pursue QB Vince Young » Are the Redskins interested in QB Vince Young? May 6th, 2011 Rajan Nanavati Posted in Free Agency, Main, Rumors Rich Tandler’s Real Redskins blog scooped an interesting tidbit today, the news of which, as he said, “is enough to raise eyebrows:” In writing about the Dolphins’ quarterback situation, Omar Kelly of SunSentinal.com turns the discussion to Vince Young, who presumably will be released by the Tennessee Titans soon after the lockout rules allow them to. Kelly dismisses the chances of the Dolphins landing Young by saying, “I’m hearing the Redskins are the front-runner for his services, so it’ll be interesting to see if the Dolphins get in the game.” Now that the Titans have drafted former University of Washington quarterback Jake Locker, they’ll likely be turning their attention towards acquiring a veteran quarterback who can serve as the “bridge” player and “mentor” to Locker. This, of course, will also likely hasten Young’s departure from Tennessee. The potential of seeing Young in a burgundy & gold uniform has obviously garnered a mixed reaction – and that’s putting it very nicely – amongst the Redskins faithful. There are big concerns about his ability to handle the adversity around playing quarterback and this league, and even bigger concerns about the idea that he’s been coddled (notably by Titans owner Bud Adams) since he’s arrived in the league. But if the price tag is cheap, it could be an interesting proposition. He’s a player who’s won more games than he lost (in both college and the NFL), and set career highs in passing marks last year. By no means would the Redskins be staking their future to young, so it’d be a low-risk move with a high upside (something like what the Eagles did with Michael Vick). Head coach Mike Shanahan has proven that he’s not afraid of taking on more “challenging” players, if there’s a potential for a big pay off. Of course, all of this is moot, given that the NFL lockout has been put back in place, but it’s an interesting development nonetheless. Tags: Miami Dolphins, Mike Shanahan, tennessee-titans, Vince Young One Response to “Are the Redskins interested in QB Vince Young?” Sports Scatter says: I’ve been saying since Young got pulled from that game last year…why not Haynesworth for Young? Titans love haynesworth, redskins have no place to play him, other than 3rd and 20 and prevent D. Titans can’t stand Young, Redskins already burned McNabb bridge and gave Campbell away, Young is only other proven big QB, big enough to take 50 sacks and still make plays with his legs and arm outside the pocket (pretty much a must since they will probably have the worst line in franchise history if Brown leaves and they don’t sign 2 or more starting caliber offensive linemen after the lockout ends). Grossman certainly hasn’t proven a guy who can take a hit or make a throw to the correct team with less than 5 seconds in the pocket. Beck is basically a 2nd round draft pick still waiting for a chance to succeed or fail in the league. The best available QBs by free agency or late draft pick trade are likely to be names like Harrington, Carr, Volek, Jackson, Pennington, Leinart, Culpepper, Stanton…or anyone want to see Ryan Colburn or Pat Devlin starting for the Skins in 2011? All of those guys could be a candidate to compete with Beck for the #2 job, but if they’re starting when a guy like Young could have been acquired….Andrew Luck sweepstakes entry?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6600
__label__wiki	0.671334	0.671334	What Makes the Happiest Marriages? (According to Men…) According to the Daily Mail UK, “It appears that for men, the key to a long and happy marriage has less to do with compatible personalities and similar interests and more about how attractive the women they are married to is. A researcher from Texas has discovered that men with attractive wives have happier marriages and this marital satisfaction remains over time. Yet the same can’t be said for women. According to the study, the attractiveness of a husband played no part in how happy or satisfied a wife said they were. Psychologist Andrea Meltzer from the Southern Methodist University Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences polled more than 450 newlywed couples over a four-year period. This involved four different studies with four different groups of newlyweds. Before the studies, each couple member was rated for attractiveness by an objective and independent team of researchers. Over the four years, each husband and wife were separately asked on up to eight occasions to rate how satisfied they were in their respective marriages. Husbands across all four studies were more satisfied than their wives at the beginning of each marriage. Over time, husbands with wives that had been rated as attractive remained more satisfied than their spouses. The attractive wives in these marriages were also, on average, more satisfied and the researchers attributed this to the fact having a happier husband led to a happier marriage overall. Alternatively, the attractiveness of a husband had no impact on the marriage.Women were no more or less satisfied at the start of the marriage, or over the course of the four years, whether they had an attractive husband or not. According to Meltzer: ‘These findings strengthen support for the idea that sex differences in self-reported preferences for physical attractiveness do have implications for long-term relationship outcomes. ‘The significant effect of wives’ attractiveness on husbands’ satisfaction was significantly stronger than the non-significant effect of husbands’ attractiveness on wives’ satisfaction.’ However, it may not be because the men are shallow, it could be that they just appreciate their wives more. These findings confirm the conclusions made by Professor Benjamin Karney who conducted a similar study in 2008. Professor Karney found men with attractive wives ‘felt they were getting a good deal’ and were more committed because they knew they were lucky to have such good looking wives – in other words they didn’t want to jeopardise the relationship. This in turn led to a happier wife, and a happier marriage. Men who were the same level of attractiveness as their wives, or deemed more attractive, were less likely to help their less attractive wives out and appeared to value them less.” Images: 1, 2	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6614
__label__cc	0.716243	0.283757	Book Review — A Court of Thorns and Roses Title: A Court of Thorns and Roses Author: Sarah J. Maas Genre: YA/New Adult Fantasy, retelling Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Opening Lines: "The forest had become a labyrinth of snow and ice." "When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a breast-like creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once rule their world. "As Feyre dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility to a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow over the faerie lands is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it . . . or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever . . . " If you haven't guessed it by this point, I suppose it is only nice to tell you . . . I am back in a retelling kick. Wasting Spending time on Pinterest, I stumbled upon a great list of retellings. It told me that "they are a must read', so—as any good reader should do—I decided to find them at the local library. And—ding, ding, you guessed it!—this book was near the top of the list. At its basic level, this is a re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast with the "evil" faeries as the backdrop. Young Feyre is out hunting for food during the long, grueling winter. Spying a wolf about ready to take her quarry, she decides to kill it before it has the chance. It doesn't hurt anything that she is convinced it is one of the Fae rumored to sneak through the Wall and hurt people. After killing it, skinning it, and then selling its fur for a pretty penny, a large beast bursts into their house demanding penance. According to a treaty signed by the humans and Fae, her life is forfeit. Offering her an alternative to death, Feyre is taken to live across the Wall in Prythian. Before I start, I loved this book! It kept me up reading into the night, kept me anti-social during my lunch breaks, and consumed all of my time once I got home from work. I could not put it down, nor did I want to finish reading it. That being said, however, I could not give it five skulls . . . Within the first few pages, I wanted to put the book down. Feyre's voice is insipid and whiny. Yes, she was the only person willing to feed her family; however, she spent more time complaining about her lot in life and a promise she made to her mother than much of anything else. In addition to which, the attitude taken toward her sisters was infuriating! It was understandable . . . To a point. Aside from setting the stage, I felt that the story didn't truly start to come into its own until after she was taken into Prythian. The audience wasn't given too much of her backstory until she started relating things to Tamlin and having moral quandaries with leaving them. In addition, the scene was better written and fleshed out once she crossed the Wall. That could have been an intentionally planned writing tool; however, it made everything before seem lackluster and unimportant. The characters in the book were quite interesting, and the author really could have done some amazing things with them. Sadly, she really failed to make them very three dimensional. I felt that Lucien was one of the better characters. He had a great presence in the book and tended to just fill the room with it. Tamlin was our typical Byronic hero—broody, tall, dark, and handsome. He was not a beast nor did Feyre truly transform him out of a beastly alter ego. Despite my better judgment, I did like Tamlin and found myself really cheering for him . . . Even though he was a two dimensional shell of a cliche character. She could have been a complex, sinister evil queen. Maas has all the markings of a remarkable villain; yet, she failed to grasp onto that and run with it. She was so cold and malevolent, it was jarring. The ending and how Maas has set up the next book with Rhys upsets me. Going into it would ruin the book. That being said, for me, it negated the premise of this book entirely. All in all, I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to other people. Maas had an intriguing idea to bring a classic story into the realm of the Fae. She did a wonderful job bringing some things to life and adding a new spin on the story. (As a side note, I did find it interesting that this is a New Adult novel!) Posted by sinn on Sunday, September 25, 2016 Categories: 3 skulls, a court of thorns and roses, beauty and the beast, fae, faeries, new adult, retelling, sarah j maas, YA fantasy Book Review — Furiously Happy Title: Furiously Happy Author: Jenny Lawson Genre: Humor/Non-Fiction Publisher: Flatiron Books Opening Lines: "This is where I was going to put a simple Mary Oliver quote but instead I decided to replace it with the idea I had for the cover of this book because I'm pretty sure it'll never get accepted and I don't want it to go to waste." "In FURIOUSLY HAPPY, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. "But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best. "As Jenny sayd, "Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over to your house without telling your husband first because you suspect he would say no since he's never particularly liked kangaroos. And that would be ridiculous because no one would invite a herd of kangaroos into their house. Two is the limit. I speak from personal experience. My husband says that 'none' is the new limit. I say he should have been clearer about that before I rented all those kangaroos. 'Most of my favorite people are dangerously fucked up but you'd never guess because we've learned to bare it so honestly that i becomes the new normal. Like John Hughes wrote in The Breakfast Club, "We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it." Except go back and cross out the word "hiding."' "Furiously Happy is a book about embracing everything that make us who we are—the beautiful and the flawed—and then using it to find joy in fantastic and outrageous ways. Because, as Jenny's mom says, 'Maybe "crazy" isn't so bad after all.' Sometimes crazy is just right." This was a book club book. To be quite frank, I never would have picked this book up, and I very nearly put it back down again when I started reading it. But, sometimes, things are than they first appear. This is another instance when the jacket copy does a far better job than I could describing this book. Putting it very, very simply, this is a book about being mentally ill and choosing not to be a victim or letting society put you into a box. As I previously stated, I almost put this book down. Soaking in a warm bath after a long, hard day at work, I had high hopes that this book would lift my mood, make me laugh, and just forget about the stress. Sadly, I found it starting to ratchet me up and piss me off. Jenny is very upfront and honest with the fact that she's mentally ill, and that was kind of a draw for me. I've struggled with OCD and severe anxiety since my early 20s, so the whole concept was intriguing. However, after getting a few pages past the first chapter, she made me irate. First of all, she was setting my own anxiety off. In addition, it felt as though she was letting her mental illness define her and using it as an excuse. But, considering that it was a book club pick, I persevered. In some ways, this book was just a series of random stories thrown together. Most of them were ridiculously funny and had me reading long into the night. Digging deeper, however, they were all little pieces that went into showing the reader just who Jenny is, how crazy she is, and be able to see her illness through a different lens. This book is extremely hard to describe. She is all over the place, over the top, intensely crazy, and, in some ways, extremely brilliant! If you struggle with mental illness or have dealt with it in you life, give this book a chance. Categories: 5 skulls, book club, furiously happy, humor, jenny lawson, mental illness, non-fiction Book Review — Cuckoo Song Title: Cuckoo Song Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: YA fantasy, horror, historical fiction, mystery Pages: Hardback, 408 Publisher: Amulet Books ISBN: 978-1-4197-1480-1 Opening Lines: "Her head hurt. There was a sound grating against her mind, a music-less rasp like the rustling of paper" "Following a mysterious accident that left her sopping wet, Triss awakens to a world that's eerily off-kilter. Her memories are muddled, her sister despises her, pages have been stolen from her private journal, and her appetite is insatiable. Confusion quickly turns to dread as she begins to see and hear things she shouldn't. Her dolls reveal themselves to be deceitful, living creatures; she's suddenly and inexplicably afraid of scissors; and when she brushes her hair, out sprinkle crumbled fragments of leaves. "Then she stumbles across evidence that hedr beloved brother, killed in the war, is actually alive—and she begins to suspect that the secrets lurking within her home are even more shocking than her twisted new reality. Is Triss going mad? Or did her accident trigger a nightmarish chain of events? In her quest to learn the truth, Triss ventures from the shelter of her parents' protective wings into the city's underbelly. There she encounters strange creatures whose grand schemes could forever alter the fates of her family." One of the joys of my current job is the bi-annual book fairs! On my short lunch breaks, I would take the time to just wander through the displays of books. Some of them really didn't look appealing. Others, however, really caught my attention. This was one such book. Sometimes YA horror can be awful and painful to read, so I was curious whether this one would be different. Honestly, the cover also really drew me in. Imagine my surprise when I saw it sitting on the shelf at the local library several months later! And thus began my journey with this book. Hmm, that is truly a hard question to answer. The jacket copy does an amazing job giving tantalizing details without giving away the huge twist of the book. At a basic level, it is about a family torn by the death of their son during WWI and how they cope. However, it is so much more than that! It centers around Triss—the sick daughter of well-to-do parents—and her struggle with her identity, the strange occurrences after her accident, and her relation with her family (especially her younger sister, Pen). This book was excellent! It has all the elements of a fairy tale while using the guise of post-WWI England as it's backdrop: the start of the post-war feminism, the birth of Jazz, and the very real effects of war and loss. In addition, it also has all of the workings of a Gothic novel: gloomy settings, supernatural creatures, curses, and heroes. One of the things that really struck me in this book is the fact that the author didn't pull any punches. She tackles a lot of major and complex issues. Not only is she dealing with a family struggling hard to maintain the last vestiges of what they once were after an intense loss, but she dares to even show the socio-economic crisis after the end of the war. In some ways, while the Jazz clubs seem lively, they are shown as escapism in the very real face of things like hunger. It is also fascinating that the author uses a lot of the terminology from that time period, locale, and culture. In addition, spurning the typical YA romance and veiled references to sex in favor of a strong relationship with her little sister was a very surprising and welcome addition to this story. It is really hard to fully address everything in this book without giving away Triss' full plight and the mystery surrounding her accident; however, it is definitely worth the read. Despite the gloomy, war-torn setting, this book is beautiful and full of hope and wonder. Even though Triss is only 13-years-old, this book has very complex themes, so it does not ostracize adult audiences. Do not pass this one up! Posted by sinn on Monday, September 05, 2016 Categories: 5 skulls, cuckoo song, England, frances hardinge, gothic, post-WWI, YA fantasy, YA historical fiction, ya horror, YA mystery Book Review — Crimson Bound Title: Crimson Bound Author: Rosamund Hodge Genre: YA Fantasy/Retelling Publisher: Balzer + Bray Opening Lines: "'In all your life, your only choice,' Aunt Leonie said to her once, 'is the path of needles or the path of pins.'" "When Rachelle was fifteen she was good—apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her village from dark magic. But when Rachelle was fifteen she was also reckless—straying from the forest path in pursuit of a way to free her world from the threat of eternal darkness. After an illicit meeting foes dreadfully wrong, Rachelle is forced to make a terrible choice that binds her to the very evil she had hoped to defeat. "Three years later, Rachelle has given her life to serving the realm, fighting deadly creatures in an effort to atone. When the king orders her to guard his son Armand—the man she hates most—Rachelle forced Armand to help her hunt for legendary sword that might save their world. Together, they navigate the opulent world of courtly elite, where beauty and power reign and no one can be trusted. And as they become unexpected allies, they discover far-reaching conspiracies, hidden magic, and a love that may be their undoing. In a palace built on unbelievable wealth and dangerous secrets, can Rachelle discover the truth and stop the fall of endless night?" Working as a nanny this summer, I had the "privilege" of reading The Land of Stories book one and two (please, do not ever subject yourself to that drivel!). In many ways, there is a lot of re-imaging in that series, which was one of the few reasons I continued to read the books to my charges (their steadfast love for the horrible books was the other). While the series was terribly written and juvenile at best (in the worst possible way for a 20-something year-old author), it reignited by love for retellings. Doing a search on Pinterest for them, I stumbled upon this one. Being given Rose Daughter when I was 14 opened many doors into that world. Even though I have read some interesting and obscure retellings, this was my first venture into Little Read Riding Hood. At the very basic level, this book is an apocalyptic story. More years ago then can be counted, fraternal twins (a boy and a girl) stopped the Devourer from rising. Since then, on the fringes of society, woodwives have been weaving charms to protect the villages from him and his forestborn. As an apprentice woodwife, Rachelle's duty is to carry on in the long tradition of walking the path, never entering the forest, and weaving charms to protect her people. However, that changes when she meets her first forestborn and her feet dare to venture off of the path. This book had everything you could hope for in a retelling, a YA fantasy, and a book concerned with the end of times. The author created an absolutely rich and vibrant world! She was able to do a wonderful job showing the difference between the decadence of court—the chateau later—and the villages on the outskirts of society, closer to the forests. It was obvious to me that she studied Medieval literature in school. The dichotomies she presented are very prevalent in that time period. It gave a more fairytale-esque air to the story, and, in some ways, made it far darker. The characters were well thought out and sympathetic. In more ways than one, she was able to help me, as the reader, get inside of Rachelle' struggle. Erik is very much akin to a person in my own life, so it made the story truly engrossing and all-encompassing. Even the secondary characters had depth to them! It is hard to fully talk about this book without giving away too much. Suffice to say, it was beautiful, magical, romantic, and dark all at the same time. It was hard to put this book down, and I found myself wanting to burn the midnight oil despite work the following morning. This is definitely a book that stays with you. Posted by sinn on Saturday, September 03, 2016 Categories: 5 skulls, apocalypse, fantasy, little red riding hood, retelling, rosamund hodge, YA	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6627
__label__wiki	0.773172	0.773172	Chi resiste a Israele e agli Asad – 30 novembre 2012Postato in: di oggi, Israele, Rivolta 15 marzo, SIRIA, STORIE La vicenda qui sotto narrata rompe il cortocircuito mentale di cui sono vittime molti pseudo-pacifisti e pseudo-giornalisti sinistrorsi italiani secondo i quali chi resiste oggi e da venti mesi alla repressione del regime siriano lo fa per servire gli interessi occidentali e israeliani. C’è chi ha passato anni nelle carceri dello Stato ebraico, si sente siriano e lotta per la sua patria. Contro il regime. (di Budour Hassan, Darth Nader) When Weam Amasha was released on October 18, 2011 in the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, hundreds of Syrians from the occupied Golan Heights welcomed him with bellowing chants in support of the Syrian revolution. The euphoria that accompanied his release, however, would soon die down and be supplanted with hostility and even violence against him and his family because of his staunch opposition to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Born in Buqa’ata, a village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Amasha’s first arrest by Israeli occupation forces came when he was only 16 after he set fire to an Israeli police station. He was released after serving an 18-month sentence but was re-arrested shortly after his release while suffering wounds due to a landmine that exploded in his hand. Amasha was sentenced to 20 years in occupation prisons after he was convicted of membership in a resistance group that planned to capture Israeli occupation soldiers. In May of 2011, Amasha wrote a letter in solidarity with the Syrian revolution from his cell in Gilboa prison. He stated that he would go on a hunger strike in protest of the killings of unarmed protesters by the Syrian regime and in solidarity with protesters’ demands for freedom, dignity and a modern and civil country. It was his outspoken and uncompromising support for the Syrian uprising that deprived him of the warmth and community support that typically overwhelms released political prisoners in the Golan. “When I was released, I expected to be embraced by my community after long years of suffering behind Israeli bars, but instead, our home was attacked by regime supporters; they broke my father’s leg, assaulted my brothers. We were even boycotted,” Amasha told me. “It’s much more painful when your own people do this to you,” he added, heaving a tormented sigh. Divided by the revolution – The small population in the occupied Golan has long been known for its strong unity and its tight-knitted, largely homogeneous social fabric. However, the Syrian revolution–which some regard as a Gulf-backed imperialist conspiracy–has markedly divided residents of the Golan. Regime supporters have held several large rallies pledging their loyalty to the regime and the Syrian Arab Army as well as expressing their unshakable faith in the promised reforms. On the other hand, anti-regime activists have been holding small weekly vigils to support the uprising and call for the downfall of the regime. This polarisation, Amasha says, is “an extension of the chasm we’re seeing in the Arab world in general. As patriarchal societies, we’re not fully prepared yet for radical changes brought up by youth.” However, Amasha admits that the Golan has its own unique situation. Amasha affirms that although the people of the Golan are under Israeli occupation, they haven’t escaped the vigilant surveillance of the Palestine Branch–one of the most notorious intelligence branches in Syria. “The Syrian regime has embedded its own agents in the Golan and their job is not to spy on Israeli occupation forces, but rather to spy on residents and file reports about any anti-regime activity,” he said. “This explains why, despite not being under its direct control, the barrier of fear hasn’t been broken here, especially for those who study in Syria or have family members there.” Amasha added: “While the Syrian regime was committing the Hama massacre in 1982, the people in the Golan were collectively rising up against the Israeli occupation’s decision to annex the Golan Heights and the attempt to force Israeli citizenship on us. This popular mobilisation for freedom actually rankled the Syrian regime because it did not want any segment of the Syrian people to find their voices and perhaps inspire other Syrians. This is why it’s been important for Hafez and then his son to keep the Golan under the boots of the mukhabarat.” A bulwark of resistance? – I asked Amasha to explain why so many prominent resistance activists in the Golan and Palestine, including former prisoners who spent decades in Israeli occupation jails, vehemently back the regime: “You obviously cannot question the patriotism and the ethics of these freedom fighters. They genuinely believe that this regime is part of the resistance axis, and overthrowing it is a massive blow to resistance.” When I asked him whether he thinks that this regime is indeed a bulwark of resistance, he replied: “For the regime, supporting resistance is not a moral and principled stance, but rather a position based on interests. The regime monopolised the idea of resistance and used it to subjugate and maintain control over the Syrian people, on the one hand, and as a bargaining chip in international arenas, on the other hand. If the Syrian regime was principled about its support for resistance,” Amasha wonders, “why did it disperse by force pro-Palestinian protests in Damascus during the Second Intifada? Why did regime forces attack demonstrators against the war on Iraq? The history of this regime is full of massacres against Palestinian resistance movements in Lebanon, but not once has it come close to firing a bullet at the Israeli occupation army since 1973.” “Freedom cannot be compromised” – Amasha’s message to resistance activists who insist on siding with the Syrian regime against what he describes as the “popular revolution in Syria” is clear: “You cannot oppose a foreign occupier but accept the oppression of a local tyrant. Freedom cannot be compromised and divided.” Budour Hassan is a Palestinian anarchist and law graduate who is based in occupied Jerusalem. You can follow Budour on twitter @Budour48. Tag: Golan, Israel, Israele, Siria Postato dicembre 19, 2012 alle 2:49 PM ISRAELE E” un paese democratico Isis a Yarmouk, Asad e Hamas (per ora) a braccetto La Palestina e la rivoluzione siriana Se Israele perde i suoi due guardiani Siria, prigionieri in Israele di serie A e serie B Sciopero della fame per il blogger siriano Hussein Ghrer in carcere Syria, Why Is Foreign Intervention Loathed? Splintered Syrian rebels show tenacity I "contro-informatori" in malafede Quando un anti-israeliano critica gli al-Asad	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6628
__label__wiki	0.89005	0.89005	Oh, no. Plush toilet paper is so “over” … The holidays are coming and your bathroom MUST be in order for all those relatives and guests. Well, guess what! Plush toilet paper is no longer PC. What is? Better read on. Aren’t you glad snoety’s keeping you in the know?! Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper “Soft Toilet Paper’s Hard on the Earth, But Will We Sit for the Alternative?”* By David A. Fahrenthold There is a battle for America’s behinds. It is a fight over toilet paper: the kind that is blanket-fluffy and getting fluffier so fast that manufacturers are running out of synonyms for “soft” (Quilted Northern Ultra Plush is the first big brand to go three-ply and three-adjective). It’s a menace, environmental groups say — and a dark-comedy example of American excess. The reason, they say, is that plush U.S. toilet paper is usually made by chopping down and grinding up trees that were decades or even a century old. They want Americans, like Europeans, to wipe with tissue made from recycled paper goods. It has been slow going. Big toilet-paper makers say that they’ve taken steps to become more Earth-friendly but that their customers still want the soft stuff, so they’re still selling it. This summer, two of the best-known combatants in this fight signed a surprising truce, with a big tissue maker promising to do better. But the larger battle goes on — the ultimate test of how green Americans will be when nobody’s watching. “At what price softness?” said Tim Spring, chief executive of Marcal Manufacturing, a New Jersey paper maker that is trying to persuade customers to try 100 percent recycled paper. “Should I contribute to clear-cutting and deforestation because the big [marketing] machine has told me that softness is important?” He added: “You’re not giving up the world here.” Toilet paper is far from being the biggest threat to the world’s forests: together with facial tissue, it accounts for 5 percent of the U.S. forest-products industry, according to industry figures. Paper and cardboard packaging makes up 26 percent of the industry, although more than half is made from recycled products. Newspapers account for 3 percent. But environmentalists say 5 percent is still too much. Felling these trees removes a valuable scrubber of carbon dioxide, they say. If the trees come from “farms” in places such as Brazil, Indonesia or the southeastern United States, natural forests are being displaced. If they come from Canada’s forested north — a major source of imported wood pulp — ecosystems valuable to bears, caribou and migratory birds are being damaged. And, activists say, there’s just the foolish idea of the thing: old trees cut down for the briefest and most undignified of ends. “It’s like the Hummer product for the paper industry,” said Allen Hershkowitz, senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council. “We don’t need old-growth forests . . . to wipe our behinds.” The reason for this fight lies in toilet-paper engineering. Each sheet is a web of wood fibers, and fibers from old trees are longer, which produces a smoother and more supple web. Fibers made from recycled paper — in this case magazines, newspapers or computer printouts — are shorter. The web often is rougher. So, when toilet paper is made for the “away from home” market, the no-choice bathrooms in restaurants, offices and schools, manufacturers use recycled fiber about 75 percent of the time. But for the “at home” market, the paper customers buy for themselves, 5 percent at most is fully recycled. The rest is mostly or totally “virgin” fiber, taken from newly cut trees, according to the market analysis firm RISI Inc. Big tissue makers say they’ve tried to make their products as green as possible, including by buying more wood pulp from forest operations certified as sustainable. But despite environmentalists’ concerns, they say customers are unwavering in their desire for the softest paper possible. “That’s a segment [of consumers] that is quite demanding of products that are soft,” said James Malone, a spokesman for Georgia-Pacific. Sales figures seem to make that clear: Quilted Northern Ultra Plush, the three-ply stuff, sold 24 million packages in the past year, bringing in more than $144 million, according to the market research firm Information Resources Inc. Last month, Greenpeace announced an agreement that it said would change this industry from the inside. The environmental group had spent 4 1/2 years attacking Kimberly-Clark, the makers of Kleenex and Cottonelle toilet paper, for getting wood from old-growth forests in Canada. But the group said it is calling off the “Kleercut” campaign: Kimberly-Clark had agreed to make its practices greener. By 2011, the company said, 40 percent of the fiber in all its tissue products will come from recycled paper or sustainable forests. “We could have campaigned forever,” said Lindsey Allen, a senior forest campaigner with Greenpeace. But this was enough, she said, because Kimberly-Clark’s changes could alter the entire wood-pulp supply chain: “They have a policy that . . . will shift the entire way that tissue companies work.” Still, some environmental activists said that Greenpeace should have pushed for more. “The problem is not yet getting better,” said Chris Henschel, of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, talking about logging in Canada’s boreal forests. He said real change will come only when consumers change their habits: “It’s unbelievable that this global treasure of Canadian boreal forests is being turned into toilet paper. . . . I think every reasonable person would have trouble understanding how that would be okay.” That part could be difficult, because — in the U.S. market, at least — soft is to toilet paper what fat is to bacon, the essence of the appeal. Earlier this year, Consumer Reports tested toilet paper brands and found that recycled-tissue brands such as Seventh Generation and Marcal’s Small Steps weren’t unpleasant. But they gave their highest rating to the three-ply Quilted Northern. “We do believe that you’re going to feel a difference,” said Bob Markovich, an editor at Consumer Reports. Marcal, the maker of recycled toilet paper here in New Jersey, is trying to change that with a two-pronged sales pitch. The first is that soft is overrated. “Strength of toilet paper is more important, for obvious reasons,” said Spring, the chief executive, guiding a golf cart among the machinery that whizzes up vast stacks of old paper, whips it into a slurry, and dries it into rolls of toilet paper big enough for King Kong. He said his final product is as strong as any of the big-name brands. “If the paper breaks during your use of toilet paper, obviously, that’s very, very important.” The second half of the pitch is that Marcal’s toilet paper is almost as soft as the other guy’s anyway. “Handle it like you’re going to take care of business,” company manager Michael Bonin said, putting this reporter through a blind test of virgin vs. recycled toilet paper. Two rolls were hidden in a cardboard box: the test was to reach in without looking and wad them up, considering the “three aspects of softness,” which are surface smoothness, bulky feel and “drapability,” or lack of rigidity. The reporter wadded. The officials waited. The one on the right felt slightly softer. That was not the answer they wanted: The recycled paper was on the left. Washington Post, “Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper,” Thursday, September 24, 2009 Posted by Harriett in: Home & Surroundings, News to Know, Saving, Spending & Giving	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6633
__label__wiki	0.947774	0.947774	« Symposium In D.C. to Launch the Skunder Boghossian Fellowship Award Kenenisa Bekele Beats Mo Farah In Dramatic Great North Run Finale » UPDATE: Ethiopia Admits Imposing New Restrictions Against Reeyot Alemu Published by Tadias Magazine September 15th, 2013 in News. Closed Reeyot Alemu is the recipient of the 2013 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize. (Photo: Getty Images) NEW: Sudan Tribune Reports Ethiopia admits imposing new restrictions against jailed journalist By Dagnachew Teklu Updated: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 Washington D.C. (TADIAS) — The saga of imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu continues as officials refuse to lift a ban denying her any visitors except for her younger sister and her fiancé. “The decision by authorities at Kality Prison to impose visitor restrictions on imprisoned journalist Reeyot Alemu constitutes harassment and runs counter to the Ethiopian constitution,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. “We call upon the Ethiopian authorities to lift these latest restrictions and allow Reeyot Alemu to receive all visitors,” said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. “She is a journalist, not a criminal, and should not be behind bars.” The CPJ statement follows Reeyot’s hunger strike last week to oppose what her family members said was mistreatment inside her cell that arose out of a dispute with a new inmate. “Reeyot, a critical columnist of the banned private weekly Feteh, began a hunger strike on Wednesday to protest an order by Kality Prison officials to turn in a list of visitors,” CPJ said quoting local news reports. “The officials did not provide an explanation for the request. In retaliation for the hunger strike, authorities forbade her from having any visitors excluding her parents and priest, local journalists said.” Two days later, prison officials said she could receive any visitors except for her younger sister and her fiancé, journalist Sileshi Hagos, the sources said. Sileshi was detained for four hours at the prison later that day when he attempted to visit Reeyot. CPJ said Reeyot stopped the hunger strike on Sunday, but decided not to receive any visitors until the restrictions on her fiancé and sister are lifted. The journalist is serving a 14-year prison term on vague terrorism charges that was reduced in August 2012 to five years on appeal. Reeyot is the winner of the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, which she was awarded on world Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, 2013 at a ceremony held in Costa Rica. Per CPJ: “It was not immediately clear whether the visitor restrictions were in connection with an article published by the International Women’s Media Foundation last month that had been written by Reeyot. It is unclear if the journalist wrote the letter from prison or if this was a translation of an earlier story. In the article, Reeyot criticizes Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law, an overbroad legislation that was used to jail and convict her for her critical coverage of the government.” Kality Prison Director Abraham Wolde-Aregay did not respond to CPJ’s calls and text messages for comment. Desalegn Teresa, a spokesman for Ethiopia’s Ministry of Justice, did not return CPJ’s call for comment. Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu wins 2013 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize (UN) Friends and Supporters React to Reeyot Alemu’s Media Award (TADIAS) Reporter jailed in Ethiopia among women journalists honored in Beverly Hills (L.A. Times) Portraits Of Courage: Reeyot Alemu Honored At International Women’s Media Foundation	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6641
__label__wiki	0.643936	0.643936	Tampa Bay Defense Alliance Menu About the TBDA About TBDA Leadership Operation Embrace Completed Grants TBDA in the news TBDA Calendar Trade Shows and Industry Events TBDA Visits to AMC Downloads of Interest Websites and Links of Interest Veterans Bill Tracking Tier One Initiatives The Tampa Bay Defense Alliance (TBDA) has identified a number of strategic initiatives that require immediate and ongoing attention and focus. A) Communicate and project as “One Team /One Voice” throughout Florida and specifically the region. Improve communication through integration of local, state, and federal efforts by strengthening relationships with base leadership, Florida Defense Alliance, Florida Defense Support Task Force and City and County Governments; Create enhanced community relationships to capitalize on local resources; Develop working relationships with defense planners, defense contractors and leadership to better anticipate changing needs and proposed actions so we can help develop solutions and strategies of mutual benefit to our region and DoD; and Coordinate with non-profit organizations supporting MacDill and military personnel. B) Establishing and Nurturing Relationships Review and strengthen state support for military families and veterans with a focus on education, health care, employment and family programs. Strengthen working relationships with the following State of Florida Departments: Department of Military Affairs Department of Economic Opportunity Department of Environmental Protection Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Department of Business and Professional Regulation Workforce Florida Inform TBDA members on any military-related federal and state legislative issues that impact Florida and local communities. C) Promote MacDill Air Force Base as a United States mission critical force projection Air Force Base. Identify areas where the state’s presence and actions have or can have a sustainable impact on MacDill Air Force Base; Transportation access; DoD renewable energy goals; Lowering installation’s cost of doing business; Identify the military value of MacDill Air Force Base using core Department of Defense criteria and the results of previous data calls; Support the Florida military installation encroachment prevention program for MacDill; Identify current and potential encroachment issues and prioritize resolutions; Expand identified encroachment issues to include airspace, environmental, energy, frequency spectrum and land use compatibility; Make recommendations to preserve and protect MacDill Air Force Base; Improve/promote the capacity, capabilities and competencies of the MacDill Air Force Base, Combatant Commands and surrounding military affiliated units and organizations (e.g. Coast Guard, Florida National Guard, Reserves, and NOAA). Strengthen our relationship and support with Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in Miami; and Develop a template for comparative analysis of military value based on DoD data-call scoring of MacDill Air Force Base; and closely competing installations outside of Florida. D) Serving active/retired military personnel and their families Promote and grow the region’s military mission and installations; Provide support and incentives for the defense community to remain or relocate in the eight county area; Continue to strengthen state support for military families and veterans with a focus on education, health care, employment and family programs; and Improve the quality of life for active, guard, reserve and retired military personnel and their families including the support of our Veteran’s Administration and its medical treatment to our Wounded Heroes and retired military vets. E) Education- Informing through meetings, white papers, trade shows, conferences and other events Provide a plan for active and effective advocacy for military and homeland defense missions and facilities located in our eight counties including the United States Coast Guard; Help the Defense Task Force set a standard for our Florida National Guard from benefits to modernization to readiness/training of their units to working with employers – affording our Guard the ability to mobilize and deploy in support of their unit missions; Promote Florida as a military friendly state and take the lead in identifying opportunities for the defense community in the state, specifically in our eight counties; Assist the Governor’s office in addressing and supporting the needs of MacDill Air Force Base as the result of base commander’s meetings; Create a plan to support the Florida Congressional Delegation to ensure consistent presentation of our counties’ concerns. Implement and follow through with the plan; Create greater awareness of our eight counties’ military-friendly environment including support for veterans, retirees and military dependents; Encourage increased defense business relocation through tax and other state incentives; To support the state’s position in research and development related to or arising out of military missions and contracting; To improve the state’s military friendly environment for service members, military dependents, military retirees and businesses who bring military and base-related jobs to the state; Showcase Tampa Bay and its culture to our Coalition Partners serving at US Central Command; and Increase mutually beneficial economic development opportunities for the State of Florida, the Tampa Bay Region and MacDill Air Force Base. MEET US. P.O. Box 172925 Tampa, FL 33672 (813) 922-TBDA (8232) EMAIL US info@tampabaydefensealliance.com Alliance Partners Meet Our Tampa Bay Defense Alliance 2019 Copyright	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6645
__label__cc	0.586187	0.413813	MERGING TECHNOLOGIES AT NAB 2018 By TheFuture · On April 3, 2018 Audio over IP is the major focus on and off the booth NAB 2018 will continue to feature the importance of IP technology as was the case at IBC and NAB 2017. Merging Technologies was one of the early adopters, incorporating AoIP into its hardware products in 2012. The choice of RAVENNA as the most flexible and broadcast-friendly of the protocols on offer, proved to be a wise choice as AES67 compliance was a simple task once the standard had been agreed. Merging was a keen supporter of the MNA during its period of relevance and has now migrated to the support of AIMS which supported AES67 and ST2110 from the beginning. Merging has participated in all the recent IP Showcase events at NAB and IBC and there will be a similar presence at this year’s demonstration on Booth C12634 showcasing ST2110-30 compatibility. The company’s Hapi Networked Audio Interface is a familiar sign in the rack and is also to be seen as part of other manufacturers’ installations. Console manufacturers, Calrec and Solid State Logic have found Hapi to be an ideal device to test compatibility or to provide a PTP master to an installation. Henry Goodman, Calrec’s Director of Product Management commented; “At Calrec we have a number of very active developments involving IP audio transport and control, which includes audio connectivity for AES67 end points both from other manufacturers as well as Calrec. We have for some time used the Merging Technologies Hapi units as a bench mark AoIP end point and we have found the Merging AoIP implementation both reliable and easy to set up and establish streams. Interoperability is a key aspect of our AoIP strategy so working with like-minded companies like Merging is essential for our development teams but also for demonstrations including those at key IP Showcases both at IBC and NAB.” Merging’s own stand, C3037, will host its own interoperability demo, showcasing hardware from Luminex, Ward Beck Systems and Genelec all working seamlessly on an AES67 network and all monitored by ANEMAN Enterprise. This new addition to the ANEMAN program is designed for high availability and large audio networking systems’ monitoring and configuration. NAB will be the first North American showing of ANEMAN Enterprise which uses the same connection and network management technology developed for the free, award winning, ANEMAN free to use software. In addition to ANEMAN, the latest versions of Pyramix and the highly popular Ovation Audio and Event Server will be on show connected to Horus and Hapi. Ovation has fould favour with a number of North America’s leading broadcasters and outside broadcast facilities. Immersive audio is never far from the headlines at the moment and Merging continues to lead the way on providing a number of different workflows to suit a variety of applications. The most interesting and relevant will be demonstrated on the Fraunhofer booth, SU4916. Pyramix will be on show, highlighting the MPEG-H and ADM capabilities that have been jointly developed by the two companies. Merging Technologies is a Swiss manufacturer with over 25 years of experience in developing groundbreaking, professional Audio and Video products for a wide range of entertainment and media industries. With a dedicated user base in the elite end of the music, film, television, mastering and performances industries, Merging is committed to developing product ranges with unrivalled quality and flexibility, no matter what the application. Merging builds tools for people who want more from their systems, have an inherent need to push boundaries, and believe that quality always comes first. RAVENNA is a solution for real-time distribution of audio and other media content in IP-based network environments. Utilizing standardized network protocols and technologies, RAVENNA can operate on existing network infrastructures. RAVENNA is designed to meet the strict requirements of the pro audio market featuring low latency, full signal transparency and high reliability and is fully AES67 compatible. With a capacity of nearly 8 x MADI streams over a single Gigabit Ethernet link, it is also the first and only Layer-3 based IP audio protocol with full support for high-channel count DXD and DSD signals. While primarily targeting the professional broadcast market, RAVENNA is also suitable for deployment in other pro audio market segments like live sound, install market and recording. Possible fields of application include (but are not limited to) in-house signal distribution in broadcasting houses, theatres, concert halls and other fixed installations, flexible setups at venues and live events, OB van support, inter-facility links across WAN connections and in production & recording applications. http://ravenna.alcnetworx.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6655
__label__wiki	0.566227	0.566227	Recommended Shows This Week (7/29 - 8/4) Tuesday & Wednesday: The Postal Service @ The Midland The Postal Service reunion tour will finally make it's way through Kansas City. After initially adding the Wednesday show and it selling out immediately, they've added a second show on Tuesday and tickets are still available. Local success story Mates Of State are opening and Jenny Lewis is a member of the touring band if you needed any additional reasons to attend. Wednesday: Atmosphere @ CrossroadsKC I refuse to acknowledge that Atmosphere isn't headlining this show. Instead of talking about the generic headliner, I'll focus on three fantastic indie rap artists you can see the same night instead. Slug (of Atmosphere), The Grouch and Eligh are all world class hip-hop MC's and you rarely get a chance to see The Grouch and Eligh in KC. Hopefully they come back through sometime on their own tour. Saturday: Queens Of The Stone Age @ Sandstone Another buzz show where they bring in a band I'd love to see but pair them with a really bad headliner. Queens Of The Stone Age are sandwiched between the fun live band Gogol Bordello and the really overrated headliner The Killers. I'd love to see QOTSA play their own show at The Uptown, but I should just be thankful they're coming to town at all I suppose. Sunday: Frank Smith @ The Replay Frank Smith are a band, not a man, from Austin, Texas who will be playing a show at The Replay in Lawrence. They're touring behind their new album, Nineties, which is a fantastic mix of alt-country, rock and indie music. They sound like a really great, polished bar band which is my favorite type of band. Opening the Replay show will be Jordan Geiger (of Hospital Ships).	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0019.json.gz/line6658

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