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Sarke‘s new album Bogefod is one of the best early quarter releases for metal this year, without a doubt. Based on the story of Torolv Bogefod from the Norse classic Eyrbyggja saga, it is a very grim and gnarly record full of undead hate for the “Blood of Men”, a darkly beating rock n roll heart and dirty distortion that gives it, at times, that proto black Celtic Frost edge albeit with the skillful rendering of a metal album forged in 2016. “The wickeds transient sleep” thrashes about with enough murderous, blackened vigor to create both circle pits or isolated invisible orange clutching and scowling at a stormy sky alone in the forest.
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Gatorade Discontinues Tiger Woods Product
Gatorade has discontinued Gatorade Tiger Focus, a Tiger Woods product.
A Gatorade spokesperson released the following statement to ET:
"As reported last month, we decided several months ago to discontinue Gatorade Tiger Focus along with some other products to make room for our planned series of innovative products in 2010. We hope to share more about our 2010 plans soon."
Gatorade's Web site describes Gatorade Tiger to be a drink "designed with athletes in mind, helping them to be as mentally tough as they are physically."
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Insight: The Political Junkie Goes West / Turning Around CA's State Parks / Summer Reading / Guaraldi's 'Jazz Mass'
The Political Junkie Ken Rudin gives his take on last week's Republican debate. He'll also discuss one candidate making headlines other than Donald Trump -- Carly Fiorina.
CapRadio's Ben Adler speaks with Steve Szalay, a newcomer to the California State Parks Department with the title "Transformation Team Leader."
The Sacramento Public Library launched an effort to get 40,000 kids signed up for summer reading. Kinsey Robeson and Tasiya Owens gives an update on Insight.
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JRHMS Recruitment 2022 – Eligibility, Salary, Application Form, Apply Now – Jharkhand Rural Health Mission Society (JRHMS) has released an online notification for recruitment to the 400 Vacancies of Community Health Officer (CHO) Posts. Interested candidates who completed all eligibility criteria can apply in JRHMS Job Notification before the last date
All the interested and eligible candidates can download the application form from the official website or link given below and submit the duly filled in and signed application along with required documents in both E-mails and by post on or before last date. The e-mail address for sending applications through e-mail . Before applying, candidates are advised to peruse the advertisement carefully and should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility criteria.
JRHMS Recruitment 2022 – Eligibility, Salary, Application Form, Apply Now
|Organization Name||Jharkhand Rural Health Mission Society (JRHMS)|
|Post Names||Community Health Officer (CHO)|
|No. of Posts||400 Posts|
|Mode of Recruitment||Online|
|Application Starting Date||Started|
|Application Ending Date||10th July 2022|
|Selection Process||On Merit Basis|
|JRHMS Recruitment 2022 Notification||Official Notification|
|To Apply Online||Online Registration Links|
To apply for the JRHMS Recruitment vacancy, the candidates should have some required qualifications and age limits. Actually, JRHMS used to recruit young candidates for initial level operations. Let discuss the further details below.
- B.Sc (Nursing)/ Post basic B.Sc (Nursing) with integrated curriculum of certificate program in Community Health (CPCH) from any recognized Nursing colleges that have integrated curriculum and passed in or after academic year 2016-2020 (final examination is held between the months of July to November year 2020).
- Candidates should have a minimum of 21 years and a maximum of 35 years for UR & EWS, 37 years for BC, 38 years for BC (Female), 40 years for SC, ST categories.
- For JRHMS Community Health Officer Salary Rs.25000/-.
- For more salary details please go to the below official notification.
JRHMS Admit Card 2022
- All the candidates who will qualify the written exam will be eligible to appear for the written exam.
- The call letter for the JRHMS exam will be uploaded on the JRHMS website.
- Further, the direct link to download the JRHMS exam will be provided to you here below.
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- The JRHMS will release the answer key of the written exam after a few days of conducting the exam.
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- You can also raise an objection against the JRHMS answer key released by the commission in case you find an answer marked by the commission to be incorrect.
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Out of the Mouths of Babes
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How you can help us
It costs the RSPCA over £1,500 a day to run South Godstone Animal Centre. We rely entirely on kind donations from people like you.
There are a number of ways you can help us to help the animals in our care:
- as a volunteer
- by donating goods to our charity shop at 17 Croydon Road, Caterham CR3 6PA. Open 10am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday (closed Sundays) but occasionally closed at short notice due to staff shortages. We sell good quality second-hand clothes, bric-a-brac, books, DVDs, jewellery, toys, shoes, linen, dog leads and collars, dog baskets and some higher quality items. We can also recycle printer ink cartridges. To donate items, please try calling on 01883 343537 before coming along as we may be unable to accept donations if our limited storage area is full.
- by giving a loving home to one of the animals at out centre
- donating money or leaving a legacy
- becoming a member of the Friends of South Godstone Animal Centre. If you'd like to join them or ask for their advice on raising money for us, contact us by email.
- donating goods on our Amazon wish list. We need many items to help us care for and rehabilitate our animals and have created a wish list so people can see what's needed. If there's anything on it you could consider buying we would be very grateful!
- by giving money to help fund our current building work. As well as modern new kennels there will be a utility block with cat and dog food preparation kitchens, washing machines (for washing blankets, etc.), a second surgery and a kennel isolation unit.
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Microsoft has updated their Nokia Camera app to version 220.127.116.11.
The major new feature in the app is support for Living Images, which records a short video clip just before the camera button is clicked.
Unfortunately it appreas that feature will not be coming to all Windows Phones.
According to the app description, Living Images will only be available for the Lumia 930, 1520 and Icon running the Lumia Cyan software update.
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The update also brings a new camera roll with full resolution zoom and inline playback of videos, cinemagraphs, smart sequences and Refocus images and surround sound in video capture.
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Safer and greener, but more complex. Global legislation is moving in a clear direction. To avoid delays, bans from ports, or even the loss of charters and liability claims, it is vital for ship owners to comply with all regulations. The three main legal sources for ship recycling are the Hong Kong Convention of 2009, the EU regulations of 2013 and the Basel Convention of 1989.
The future of ship recycling is contained in the 2009 Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. Among other things, it will require all ships to have an Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) at all times, set new operation standards for recycling yards, and introduce an enforcement mechanism that includes certification and reporting requirements. The convention will enter into force twenty-four months after being ratified by fifteen IMO member states, representing at least 40% of the world cargo shipping capacity.
In 2013, the EU implemented the requirements of the Hong Kong Convention, taking an important step towards global implementation. The regulation applies to large commercial seagoing vessels flying the flag of an EU member state, but also to any other vessels calling at EU ports or anchorages. One of the most important upcoming requirements is that all visiting ships must have an Inventory of Hazardous Materials.
Until the Hong Kong Convention is ratified, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal applies to all end-of-life ships. The convention mainly regulates the movements of end-of-life ships to another country for recycling.
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Quilt Block Contest
Block must be 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inch square block. (will be 12 inch finished block when set into the quilt)
Should represent theme: "All Things Kentucky"
Color theme: Blue and White
Deadline to enter: Wednesday October 1, 2010
Send entries to: Quilt Block Contest
Casey Co. Ext. Office
1517 S. Wallace Wilkinson Blvd.
Liberty KY 42539
Info card must accompany block: name, address, phone, name of block, and describe what your block
represents and what it means to you.
Contact info: 606 787-7384
Block will be used to assemble a "County Fair" quilt and will be on display with recognition given to those who donated blocks for this project contest. Special recognition will be given to contest winners. Blocks will be disqualified if they do not meet contest rules.
Prizes: 1st place-$50 and Ribbon, 2nd place - $25 and Ribbon, 3rd place- $10 and Ribbon.
Contest Sponsored By:
Casey Co. Fair
Floral Hall Committee
Prizes Sponsored By:
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Charly and Pitchin are crushing it out there. Bruising sets from the Frenchmen keep DIRTYPHONICS on the list of acts to see. They don't do heavy for heavy's sake--they have a passion and a thirst for metal, and it comes across in the sets they spin. Get your hands up and keep 'em up, and get 'em #DIRTY. Stay tuned for their appearance on The Untz Podcast from Electric Forest!
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How the Science of Human Behavior is Beginning to Reshape US Government
By Dave Nussbaum
Back in September, President Barack Obama signed an executive order that marked a major turning point in the role that behavioral science plays in helping the federal government achieve policy goals.
The order, which directs federal agencies to incorporate insights from behavioral science into their programs, may turn out to be one of the most important acts of his second term. That's certainly the view of Cass Sunstein, a Harvard legal scholar and coauthor of the bestselling book on behavioral economics, Nudge.
Considering that during the last year alone Obama got Iran to agree to limit its nuclear program and inked the biggest trade deal in decades, that’s a high bar to meet. But in fact we’re already beginning to see why this may turn out to be true.
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Obama's executive order coincided with the release of the inaugural report by the White House’s one-year-old Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST). The report documents the successes (and failures) of the team’s initial efforts to transform policymaking through a better understanding of how and why people act as they do.
It may seem like common sense that when you’re designing programs designed to serve people, you ought to include insights from experts in human behavior. But common sense doesn’t always come easy. Although behavioral insights are commonly used by companies in the private sector, introducing them into the federal government – particularly in a systematic and scientific way – can be very difficult.
But as Sunstein correctly points out, these insights have the potential to reshape government, making it more efficient and effective, increasing citizens' welfare while preserving their ability to make their own choices. That’s the early lesson from the UK’s so-called Nudge Unit, which reports that it has earned back more than 20 times its original investment in two years by improving tax collection, curbing student dropout rates and moved more people off of benefits and into work.
The same thing is now starting to happen on this side of the Atlantic.
Until recently, most economists held firmly to a worldview that assumed that people are rational utility maximizers. That is, they always behave rationally and go about their lives making fully informed decisions.
That can be a useful simplification in trying to understand how markets function and how economies work, but people don’t actually behave that way.
When we ignore the limitations of human rationality and the systematic errors those limitations produce, we end up designing policies that are logical but don’t end up working well for the people they’re supposed to serve.
That’s not to say that people are irrational fools, only that human beings have limitations – or as Herb Simon (winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economics) put it: our rationality is “bounded.” Thus significant insights can be gained if we can explore the systematic ways that people’s behavior fails to rise to economists’ rational standards.
The behavioral science approach improves the effectiveness of public policy by recognizing these limitations and helping people overcome them, sometimes with approaches as simple as sending a reminder text message, altering the time an email is sent or changing the default setting on a printer from single- to double-sided.
The goal of behaviorally informed policy is to make it easier for people to make good decisions, while preserving their ability to freely choose.
Small tweaks, big results
The White House team, created and led by Maya Shankar, a cognitive neuroscientist, partnered with an array of government agencies including the Departments of Defense, Education and Agriculture, to turn behavioral insights into more effective policy. As she puts it:
It’s not enough to simply design good federal programs. We have to make sure that those programs effectively reach the very people they are designed to serve. Behavioral science teaches us that even small barriers to accessing programs, whether it is a complicated form or burdensome application process, can have disproportionate negative impacts on participation rates.
The trials documented in the report generally aimed to streamline access to existing government programs and improve efficiency. The focus was on projects in which minute, low-cost changes built on very basic psychological concepts could lead to immediate, quantifiable improvements in outcomes and produce large shifts in behavior.
In one such effort, the team worked with the Department of Defense to increase enrollment in a retirement program for service members. The SBST modified emails sent to members who weren’t enrolled, more clearly describing the steps required to sign up and emphasizing the benefits of saving even just a little bit each month. As a result, the number of service members who enrolled in the program increased by 67%.
Generally the team tried to identify areas in which there was a breakdown in the effectiveness of policies that could potentially be improved with behavioral insights. And although the interventions were based on existing findings in fields like psychology and behavioral economics, the SBST rigorously evaluated the outcomes using randomized controlled trials, allowing them to evaluate which ones produced their intended effect and how strong those effects actually were.
Other projects were a little more ambitious in the behavioral insights employed, although they still made only minimal tweaks to the way policies were implemented.
For instance, federal vendors – who pay a small fee of 0.75% to the government based on self-reported sales – were asked to sign at the beginning of their declaration form attesting that they were providing accurate information. Compared with vendors who did not sign (the existing status quo), those who signed reported slightly more sales (US$445 on average). Although that may seem modest, the intervention was virtually costless and generated $1.59 million in revenue in the third quarter of 2014 alone.
Success through failure
Despite the impressive success of many of the trials in SBST’s first wave of interventions, perhaps even more encouraging were its failures.
Not all behavioral insight-driven interventions will work – that is, after all, why it’s critical to rigorously evaluate them. But it is in how failures are handled that will determine the team’s ultimate success. Notably, the SBST’s report was as candid about failures as successes.
One project involved trying to reduce the overprescription of certain drugs by informing doctors that they were prescribing them more than their peers. The technique has been successful in other contexts, such as curbing homeowners' energy consumption by merely letting them know they used more than their neighbors. But with the doctors it had no discernible effect on prescription rates.
Although it can be tempting (and sometimes politically expedient, particularly in the short term) to highlight success and sweep failures under the rug, it’s critical that we understand what works and what doesn’t, so that we don’t repeat our failures and we can learn from them.
In some cases, interventions will fail because they’re fundamentally flawed, possibly because what worked in a carefully controlled lab environment gets washed out by the noise of the real world, or possibly because the intervention simply doesn’t work in a given context. In those cases, the interventions should be scrapped or replaced by other approaches.
But in other cases, a failed intervention is just a beginning. Squarely facing failure is the first step toward designing an intervention that works. Researchers can discover what the problems were and what makes the intervention work in some cases but not in others. This sort of learning will not only improve policies, it is also an enormously important contribution to the collaboration with the academic community.
Applying basic research in the real world
Although social psychology has its roots in tackling real-world problems, in recent decades its engagement with public policy has waned and applied work has become less prestigious than basic science.
But the two types of research – rigorously controlled laboratory research and evaluating outcomes in the field – can be symbiotic. There are encouraging signs that social psychologists and other behavioral scientists are moving in that direction.
At the White House, for now, the focus is on tweaking existing programs. As the evidence for the SBST’s programs continues to accumulate, the hope is that behavioral insights become as central in policymakers' thinking as economic ones, helping us build effective policies from the ground up.
The Social and Behavioral Sciences Team has done an impressive job so far in using small, inexpensive changes to make federal policies better serve citizens.
The psychologist Barry Schwartz, who penned an op-ed in the Atlantic in 2012 calling for a Council of Psychological Advisors, summed it up well when he said: “It’s fantastic to actually have an agency in government who takes psychology seriously. There’s a long way to go before it becomes a sister to the Council of Economic Advisers, but if it proves itself to be helpful, I can imagine it.” | <urn:uuid:df937a76-a3b7-4253-ad45-26067cd0a8d9> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.spsp.org/blog/human-behavior-beginning-to-reshape-us-government | 2017-05-27T23:15:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463609305.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527225634-20170528005634-00132.warc.gz | en | 0.961555 | 1,821 |
On the eve of a potential salmon fishing closure that would devastate coastal communities and fishing families in California and Oregon, a federal court today ruled that the Bush administration can not continue to strangle water flows in the Klamath River in years and its declining salmon runs. The court sided with fishing and conservation groups that are seeking a more balanced distribution of water needed to rebuild Klamath River salmon stocks. The court ordered the federal Bureau of Reclamation to provide river flows needed for threatened coho salmon now, instead of waiting for five more years to pass.
"This order will help prevent the kinds of closures we're seeing this year and last year and help make the Klamath River a healthier place for salmon, " said Glen Spain of PCFFA. "This is good news for the whole basin, as it brings some much needed water stability, and farmers and fishermen can plan accordingly." PCFFA is the west coast's largest organization of commercial fishing families.
The court's order, which sets a floor for minimum water flows for salmon, comes during a year of high snow-pack and cautiously optimistic water forecasts for the Klamath. "The whole basin is benefiting from the wet weather, but we stand ready to help make any changes as smooth as possible for both farming and fishing communities, " continued Spain.
"This case affirms that fish need water, and they need more water than they've been getting, " said Bob Hunter of WaterWatch. "There's a water crisis in the Klamath basin, and it's not going to be solved until water use is brought back into balance with what is sustainable."
Salmon advocates have long sought to reform the Bush administration's Klamath River water management plan. Because Klamath River coho are protected as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, the National Marine Fisheries Service must approve any irrigation plan devised by the Bureau of Reclamation that relies on taking water from the Klamath River. In May 2002, the Fisheries Service held that the administration's plan would jeopardize the continued survival of the Klamath River coho, but failed to require adequate measures to protect the salmon. Five months after the plan was adopted, in the fall of 2002, low flows caused by unbalanced irrigation deliveries killed as many as 70, 000 adult salmon. However months earlier, during the spring of 2002, juvenile salmon died in the river from low water conditions. Juvenile fish kills linked to low river flows continue to occur every spring in the Klamath River.
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National conference teaches librarians how to sneak drag queens past parents
July 18, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — The American Library Association’s recent national conference provided librarians from across the country with strategies for advancing gender identity ideology in schools and finding ways to bring “Drag Queen Story Times” into public libraries despite the objections of local communities.
The conference was held just as disturbing stories came to light across the country about Drag Queen Story Times (DQST) held in public libraries. On the West Coast, young children were photographed having extreme physical contact with a drag queen, while on the East Coast, a drag queen who read to young children was discovered to be involved with numerous lurid and pornographic sexual businesses and activities.
Held in Washington, D.C., the week-long American Library Association (ALA) conference brought well over 21,000 attendees to the nation’s capital and featured workshops with titles such as:
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- “A Child’s Room to Choose: Encouraging Gender Identity and Expression in School and Public Libraries”;
- “LGBTQ+ Creators and Characters in Kids, Tween, and Teen Comics”;
- “Reading the Rainbow: Teaching Kids about Pride and LGBTQ+ History”;
- “Are You Going to Tell My Parents?: The Minor’s Right to Privacy in the Library”; and
- “Telling Stories, Expanding Boundaries: Drag Queen Storytimes in Libraries.”
In one breakout session about LGBT-themed children’s literature, librarians took time to brainstorm suggestions for “Non-Trad Families” books they could promote. This included titles such as “My Brother’s Husband,” “Lumberjanes,” and “Pregnant Butch.”
— Emily Drew (@Abracadabrarian) June 21, 2019
The “LGBTQ+ Creators and Characters in Kids, Tween, and Teen Comics,” workshop’s panel of “queer creators and allies” discussed “the importance of centering queer stories, working to break stereotypes and the importance of giving all young readers the chance to meet queer characters in comics pages.”
“A Child’s Room to Choose: Encouraging Gender Identity and Expression in School and Public Libraries” was the title of a workshop hosted by Magination Press, which provides “kid-friendly introductions to LGBTQ+ history and gender identity.”
“One topical issue currently impacting society today is incorporating gender neutral bathrooms into public spaces,” noted the workshop description. “This program will help librarians understand the importance of creating safe spaces for everyone, no matter how they identify themselves.”
“Telling Stories, Expanding Boundaries: Drag Queen Storytimes in Libraries,” explored “the public library as a site for the intersection of gender expression/identity and intellectual freedom, by discussing the phenomenon of Drag Queen Storytime.”
“The panel will discuss how DGS was developed and originally implemented, how librarians have been using it today, how institutions have dealt with specific successes and controversies, and how DGS relates to intellectual freedom,” according to the workshop description.
Beyond introducing LGBT-themed children’s books, ALA speakers tutored librarians on defending the availability of those books as well as child-targeting LGBT events held on library premises.
The description for a workshop titled “Censorship Beyond Books” declared that librarians need to learn strategies to protect events such as Drag Queen Story Time. “While the profession is well-versed in protecting the right to read books, many libraries lack policies and experience in protecting the right to access information and services beyond books, often in the form of content created by their staff.”
Phoebe Larson, Saint Paul, Minnesota Public Library marketing and communications director, talked about how her library dealt with a backlash after promoting Drag Queen Story Time. The Library Journal reports:
When planning programs, Larson advised librarians to make sure that reference and circulation staff are supported; have a prepared statement about how a program supports the library’s values. Be clear in your goals and prepare stakeholders, such as a Board of Trustees. After the success of their first event, they hosted more without incident.
Another speaker at that session lamented that in the short amount of time since she had left to attend the conference, the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom had received seven “Pride-based” complaints.
“Prepare. Prepare. Prepare,” when planning events such as DQST advised deputy director for ALA Communications & Marketing Macey Morales at another workshop, titled “Controversial Speaker Planned for Your Library Event? Things to Consider.”
“Prepare ready-made responses for social media,” said Morales. “Any time you’re dealing with media, put together a series of talking points.”
A workshop titled, “Are You Going to Tell My Parents?: The Minor’s Right to Privacy in the Library” asked questions such as “Should libraries record and share a minors’ internet browsing habit with their parents?”
One graphic provided by the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom noted that one of the five top methods of censorship encountered by librarians is “requiring parental permission to access content.”
Another graphic depicting the top “reasons for book challenges,” offered a telling list of top objections to library materials, including (in descending order of frequency):
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- Occult and satanism
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“At least half of America does not agree with bisexual bathrooms or denying opportunities to white people based on their skin color,” she continued. “They are not on board with ‘queering’ public elementary school libraries. How can we trust these librarians’ judgment and management of public resources after seeing this kind of bias, which is extreme to the point of open hostility against our deepest values?” | <urn:uuid:d98eb3df-3efa-4486-a2df-798cf6bb4371> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/national-conference-teaches-librarians-how-to-sneak-drag-queens-past-parents | 2021-01-23T05:52:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703533863.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20210123032629-20210123062629-00370.warc.gz | en | 0.930952 | 1,479 |
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Sand finding for the Olympics is a science, guys. Back in 2008 for the Beijing Olympics, the sand was imported from China's Hawaii (Hainan, China) and hosed and raked regularly to keep it from getting packed too densely. But what about if they used real science to develop synthetic sand? According to the great internet resource:
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Gun owners in Illinois will be able to carry concealed weapons in public by early next year.
Both the House and Senate originally hammered out the compromise bill in late May, but it was vetoed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. Today, lawmakers over-rode that veto, clearing the way for concealed carry in Illinois, the only state in the nation without it.
Gov. Quinn had wanted more restrictions included in the bill, including limiting citizens to carry one concealed weapon at a time, and banning weapons from bars. He called the vote "extremely disappointing" and the wrong move for public safety in the state.
"Despite my objections, members of the General Assembly surrendered to the National Rifle Association in the waning days of session and passed a flawed bill that allows people to carry guns in establishments that serve alcohol and allows people to carry unlimited guns and unlimited high-capacity ammunition magazines", he said in a press released issued after the votes.
The clock had nearly expired on a federal court order requiring lawmakers to take some kind of action on a conceal carry bill, after its long-standing ban was ruled unconstitutional.
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Facialist Vanda Da Silva Serrador has shared an excellent homemade recipe with us for a cooling summer facial spritz. It's cheap as chips, especially if you're a green tea drinker:
Green Tea Skin Toner
Packed with antioxidants as well as vitamins C and E, green tea is an excellent skin toner and anti-irritant. Known as one of the most popular non-alcoholic beverages in the world, green tea has wonderful properties to soothe aggravated skin or treat sunburn.
- 1/2 cup filtered water
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- 5 drops of lavender oil (anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, has a healing effect, while preventing scarring and balancing the skin)
Et voila. A facial spritz that's as good as anything in the shops and you can use it on the trot (fill up some Muji bottles with the stuff and store it in the fridge. Pop it in your purse as you head out).
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TV Tonight: Grey’s Anatomy, The Vampire Diaries, Pawn Queens
Are you looking for something other than American Idol to watch tonight? It’s an understatement when I say there is a TON of television on tonight. Let’s start off with an all new episode of The Vampire Diaries which is entitled “The Sun Also Rises.” Will Jenna (Sara Canning) convert to a vampire? What are Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) up to? Over at ABC, Grey’s Anatomy airs it’s “White Wedding” episode in which Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek (Patrick Dempsey) will make a life changing decision! On top of all that, TLC will air its brand new series Pawn Queens which follows two ladies (Minda Grabiec, Nikki Ruehl) that own a Pawn Shop in Chicago that caters to women!
Tonight a brand new episode of Grey’s Anatomy will air at 9|8c on ABC. The episode entitled “White Wedding” will focus on Callie (Sara Ramirez) and Arizona’s (Jessica Capshaw) wedding which is turning out to be a disaster. Meanwhile, at Seattle Grace, Alex (Justin Chambers) is clearly the top contender for Chief Resident and that does not sit well with the other residents. Top that all off with a life changing decision by Meredith and Derek and it looks like we are in store for one hell of a new episode of Grey’s Anatomy tonight.
Over on the CW, The Vampire Diaries is getting good and tonight’s episode “The Sun Also Rises” will surely entertain. Tonight the full moon will burn bright as we figure out what Klaus has in store for Elena. Will Damon die as a result of the werewolf bite? Will Jenna be turned into a vampire? Find out all of this and more when The Vampire Diaries airs tonight at 8|7c on CW.
Last but not least, TLC will debut its new series Pawn Queens. In this brand new show, we will follow Minda Grabiec and Nikki Ruehl, two ladies that own a Pawn Shop in Chicago. What makes this different from Pawn Stars? Well, the Pawn Queens cater to women! Tune in tonight when TLC premieres Pawn Queens at 10|9c.
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Yup. That's what I did and that photo is exactly what I needed to see (wish I saw it a day ago) - I didn't realize just how big the E700 was AND the fact that it doesn't fit on and won't mount anything I own.
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Singer-songwriter Joel Dobbins is somewhat obsessed with music, and he tries to indulge that obsession as much as he can. On his numerous Internet postings (Facebook, Myspace, his personal blog), Dobbins has been updating his fan base. His latest posting?
“I miss making music.”
He is away from his home base in southeastern Pennsylvania, and while he is having fun, he is not working at the craft at which he obsessively grinds away. When he was being interviewed last week, he was on the phone from Seattle, where he was visiting his girlfriend for a few weeks. Since he was spending time with her, he was not doing, at least on an intensive basis, what he spends most of his time doing — composing music.
For obvious reasons, “Seattle is very dear to me,” says Dobbins. “The furthest west I had ever been before was Ohio.”
Dobbins will be performing at Sarah Donner’s Indie Music Night at Princeton’s Griggstown Pavilion on Saturday, April 10.
“It’s the second time I will be performing there,” says Dobbins, who says he first connected with Donner on Myspace. He will be performing solo, most likely wielding his acoustic guitar for the gig.
Dobbins has built a substantial, if somewhat cultish following, through his quirky, eclectic, intellectual, witty songs, which also reveal a brooding, emotional and vulnerable personality. At 22, Dobbins has released four CDs: “Fishing for Piranhas” (2006), “Hatatoy, Atatahoy” (2007), “Unreal” (2008), and “Investment” (2009).
When he’s not in Seattle, Dobbins continues to write music — he has more than 100 unrecorded tunes he wishes to get down on disc — and he is presently working on three albums at the same time.
While he has described his music as “all over the place,” Dobbins says these next albums will be more organized thematically. “In the past, I was experimenting more, not really sure what kind of direction my work was going in. I was still learning how to mix songs well.”
These next three records, especially one Dobbins says he is going to devote to love, will have much more structure. “I like the idea of concept albums, those that have a start, middle, and ending. The album as a stand-alone thing has really sort of died, in favor of singles, but I really like to stay in that format.”
He has so many disparate influences that he can’t really be categorized. Among those he lists are Coldplay, Green Day, Gnarls Barkley, John Mayer, Michael W. Smith, Nelly Furtado, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Rudy Vallee, U2, and They Might Be Giants. Hard to really detect a pattern there. But Dobbins, admittedly laying on the hyperbole, says he has been musical “since he was inside the womb.”
Dobbins was born in Brunswick, Maine; his father was a retired Navy man turned IT computer guy at a hospital, and his mother was a stay-at-home mom who also had a cleaning business. He has two older sisters and an older brother. “I was born into a pretty musical family. My dad played guitar, both of my sisters tried different instruments and stuff, and there was a lot of that around me, as far as I can remember.”
Dobbins was most captivated by the piano, however. The family had one in its living room, and it was sort of the focus of his home, at least in the mind of the young Dobbins. “For a while, my mom gave beginner piano lessons to various people,” he says. “Some of my earliest memories are of me sitting at the piano when I was very small. I can remember the keys being much bigger than my fingers, and me feeling my way around. We have a couple pictures where I am just standing in front of the piano, reaching my fingers way above my head so they can reach the keyboard. That’s how I started fiddling around with that, around the same time I learned how to walk.”
Between the time he was 12 and 16 years old, Dobbins says, he played guitar. Aside from dabbling in some design work on the computer, he did pretty much nothing else. At the time he was being homeschooled and most of his interaction with others happened at his job at a grocery store and in church.
“When I was 11 I started playing guitar, and when I was 12 I started playing with the musicians at church,” he says. “I was also in a couple little bands. I usually hurried up and finished my schoolwork so I could devote more time to playing and composing music. That was a great developmental period for me.”
Dobbins considers church one of the most important influences in his life in terms of social, spiritual, and musical development. “Church has had a huge influence on my life; most of the musicians I have played with over the years I met there.”
The style of contemporary Christian music Dobbins grew up playing has affected him in a purely musical sense, he says. “A lot of the music is designed to be very singable. So a lot of what I learned about writing catchy melodies came from that influence, and that is also where I got a lot of experience performing. It’s been a place where I can express myself a lot through music.”
Dobbins says the church of his childhood in Maine, as well as the one he currently attends in Pennsylvania, are both charismatic but nontraditional churches. “When I started going, the whole focus was reaching out to the whole community, so there were a lot of interesting people there. It was right on the border between charismatic and noncharismatic.”
When Dobbins was finished with his schooling, he moved to Reading, PA. “There wasn’t any conflict at home or anything like that,” he says. “I had a great relationship with my family then, and I still do. A lot of it, though, was that I felt like a big fish in a small pond.”
What happened, in fact, is that he just had an offer he couldn’t refuse, says Dobbins. His older sister by 10 years had gone to college in the area, had married, and was the mother of two children. She offered Dobbins the chance to move in with her family, rent free. “The deal was that I would serve as the babysitter,” says Dobbins, and he took the deal. That was five years ago, and just recently, Dobbins moved into his own townhouse in the Reading area, not far from his sister and her family.
“Moving to Pennsylvania, I have just seen a whole lot more, been to a whole lot more places, and played in them, than might have happened before. A lot of (my decision to leave Maine) had a more to with music, finding out a way to branch out that way.”
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The photography judging will take place at 10:00AM on Wednesday with three judges determining the winners. Judging for all other exhibit building projects will take place on Saturday, July 14th with the foods and horticulture projects judged on Monday, July 16th.
The fair runs from Thursday, July 12th through Saturday, July 21st with the Carnival Midway open on Monday, July 16th and running through Saturday, July 21st. Other 4-H Fair highlights include a petting zoo and education programs.
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The midfielder is remaining upbeat over his side's chances of qualification, despite losing at home on Tuesday night and conceding two away goals to the French powerhouse.Valencia's Sergio Canales believes there is still all to play for in the second leg of Los Che's Round of 16 UEFA Champions League encounter, after they went down 2-1 to Paris Saint-Germain.
The Liga outfit looked on course to be out of contention altogether after conceding two goals without reply in the first half, until Adil Rami's late strike and Zlatan Ibrahimovic's red card gave the home side a fighting chance in the second leg.
"It's a bad result for us but we have hope. We knew they had quality up front and they showed that," Canales told reporters after the game. "There is still a lot left in this tie and – even though we know it will be difficult – we will look to score early over there to give ourselves a chance."
Valencia coach Ernesto Valverde also spoke about the challenge his side overturning a first-leg defeat.
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"...So often abortion is characterised as an issue which does not concern men at all. While the devestating effect that abortion has on many women is beginning to come to light, little attention is paid to the effect that it can have on men. Like women men have a part to play in building a culture of life. If we are to truly embrace life, all hearts must be converted."
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Confraternity Of St. Joseph
The Cardinal Winning Pro-Life Initiative (the primary apostolate of the Sisters of the Gospel of Life) has launched a new project for men involved in the pro-life cause: the Confraternity of St. Joseph.
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I'm not to sure how the deuce is on semi....how is it on semi?
ALOT Better!!! Like no joke, rocking the trigger is way ALOT easier than stock. I was a lot more comfortable using the deuce over stock and never hesitated to convert back. I can't find the terminology to express the ease pulling with this trigger in semi, all i know in tight situations like being in the snake or just underpressure and in weird positions, you wouldn't have to re-position your trigger fingers as it'll work any other way you pull it. (if that makes sense lol). Overall, it's a great buy for feel, comfort, reliability in situations, and durable. This won't upset you in anyway if you play in semi ( i play semi 97% of the time), and installation is a breeze. Let me know if you're interested, its just sitting in front of me on my desk -.- lol. | <urn:uuid:50c0e784-0b33-4558-85e6-ad1edc6600a6> | CC-MAIN-2016-36 | http://www.techpb.com/forum/user/37655-dejahboi/?tab=posts | 2016-08-25T07:07:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982292944.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823195812-00116-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967505 | 193 |
This video is a year old but it took a Digg post to propel it to one of the top videos.
It doesn't matter if you have a fantastic video (or a stupid one with a Star Wars sound effect) without the proper seeding or promotion it will go ignored.
Droga5 know this and that's why their Guitar Hero bike video shot up so fast. They knew the right people to seed the video to.
Next time you're about to launch a viral video, game or basically anything that doesn't already have a large media budget make sure you have a proper distribution list outside of the traditional media. And if you already have one make sure you thank those who help seed your work. They should all be on your Xmas present list for 2009.
Every couple of weeks, Trish from Kraft AU publishes a little email newsletter with a 5 recipes and some nice big pictures out to Australia and beyond. In it's current guise, it's faithfully published each fortnight with the help of the digital team at Wunderman in Melbourne. (Trish is a "food scientist", and scientists are really smart, usually, so it's good - well written, super tasty dish combinations, full course stuff)
So thats one thing, good food options each fortnight, yumo.
So when Trish was looking to spread the good word about her Kraft Kitchens email, the thinking was "Why not give everyone else the opportunity to add their own little finishing touch to some of her super recipes?" - Like a recipe wiki, where (not unlike the earths best encyclopedia) members can suggest new or alternate ingredients, methods, hints & or tips to a chosen recipe, or just agree/disagree with someone else's well considered alteration.
oh and if you add to the list of suggestions/changes/amends, you go into the running for dinner prize worth a $1000 (thats 3 zero's) for you and your "team" of foodie friends.
Great for Vegans and Vegetarians, lactose intolerants, celiac's, Nut allergic's and Buddhists +++ looking to for ideas that don't use whatever it is in the recipe that may offend them, like prawns or garlic...
Anyhow it's pretty good, it's at kraftkitchens.com.au and really interesting to see all the options you perhaps might never have thought on your own, the wisdom of crowds indeed.
ps. If you're into food, then you should sign up for the newsletter, but if you have an opinion, and tell Trish, you'd be signed up anyhow.
This Youtube Street Fighter video falls into the many categories below, all of which helped it become "viral".
1: Looks like it took a lot of time to put together
2: Done for fun and not by a brand
3: Taps into a popular culture (gaming)
4: Taps into a popular sub culture (stop motion animated toys)
5: It's the first time it's been done (original)
6: Well produced but not over done
Take a number of these away and you have is a "fail" video.
Are you my man in the jacket? : Sydney shop assistant 'Heidi' claims her video is legitimate and she's not an actor for a viral campaign. If she wasn't so hot, we might believe her.
The Daily Telegraph is reporting on a Sydney's woman's YouTube plea to find the man of her dreams who apparently left his jacket behind at a cafe after chatting her up. Heidi Clarke, a 24 y.o (Note : her YouTube profile says she's 25, but models do lie about their age) shop assistant has produced a video and setup a website with the help of her graphic designer friend so she can find her man.
Unsurprisingly no-one is too convinced by the legitimacy of the story, least of all Daily Telegraph who suggest it's possibly a viral connected to the fashion label Witchery We agree and add the timing is perfect for a valentines day campaign.
Ms Clarke doesn't appear to have a Facebook profile, which is unusual for someone who's prepared to pimp themselves out in cyberspace. There is however a Heidi Clark with no friends...
Watch the video below and then read on for some analysis :
Heidi has a number of photo's on her webpage that look a little too good to be amateur. The EXIF data has been removed from the JPEGs so nothing telling there. However she is hot and we appreciate her getting her gear off for the sake of publicity.
Heidi's website looks like art director's attempt at being amateur. The 'graphic designer' friend might have been more convincing if they were a 'photographer' friend as they are obviously more handy doing modeling shots than web design.
The YouTube video is very well shot, well beyond the usual YouTube standard and the bedroom looks like it's been cleaned by the team at CSI:Miami. The video is also curiously available as a download on the website (why not just embed the YouTube clip Heidi?) which is HD and exported from Final Cut with the filename 1 - b - YOUTUBE(2).mov with the resolution of 1024x768. That's a big web video.
Heidi or H3idi8 also has a rather active YouTube presence. Since she first signed up on December 23, 2008 she's watched quite a few fashion related videos. She also uploaded a short 8 second mobile video titled on my way to Christmas lunch to Youtube.
We don't know what type of shop assistant Heidi is in Elizabeth Bay, but she definitely has a keen interest in high end fashion if her video viewing behavior is anything to go by. This adds legitimacy to the Daily Telegraph claims.
Get the feeling this is a clumsy attempt at a viral? You're not alone
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(9/10) While derivative of Georges Méliès’ space voyages, Segundo de Chomon’s silent short from 1909 is a tour de force of innovative camera use, seamless special effects and stunning artwork. Now the apprentice becomes the master.
A Trip to Jupiter (Le voyage sur Jupiter). 1909, France. Directed by Segundo de Chomón. Supervision: Ferdinand Zecca. IMDb score: 6.1. Tomatometer: N/A. Metacritic: N/A.
Science fiction films between 1900 and 1910 can really be summed up in one name: Georges Méliès. The French stage magician-turned-filmmaker created a whole language, style and narrative that would completely dominate not only the genre, but the film industry as a whole for ten years. You cannot pick up a science fiction film from this period without at least mentioning Méliès.
But in 1909 Méliès the great had finally been broken by his rivals at the world’s biggest film company Pathé, and sadly by his own inability to change with a rapidly evolving film industry. Because of new regulation regarding distribution and sales of film, his independent company Star Film was unable to compete with larger studios, and in 1910 he was grudgingly forced to merge Star Film with Pathé.
Almost from the start, Pathé tried to emulate Méliès’ success by creating their own movies in the same style, from comedy trick films to fairy tales and so-called Extraordinary Voyages in the vein of Jules Verne. One film that was especially influential was Méliès’ big international break, A Trip to the Moon (1902, review), that sparked a number of imitations, sometimes combined with elements from his 1898 film The Astronomer’s Dream (review). Two filmmakers in particular were put in charge of creating Pathé’s own laving fantasy and science fiction films, Gaston Velle and Catalan native Segundo de Chomon. In 1907 Velle breifly left Pathé to work as head of production at Italian film company Cines, but apparently things didn’t quite work out, and in 1908 he was back in Pathé’s fold.
It may have been Velle’s absence that gave Chomon his chance to show his chops in 1907, and exceeded all expectations with the superb, dark and surreal The Red Spectre, showcasing his knack for taking basic Méliès tricks and bringing them to a new level. Magnetic Removal (1908) showcased de Chomon’s aptness for stop trick photography, as it featured a new magnetic invention dismantling a family’s house. The masterpiece in this genre was The Electric Hotel (1908, review), a sci-fi-ish story about a couple checking into a modern hotel where automated furniture and props help them unpack their luggage and prepare them for a night out by shining shoes, shaving, braiding hair and getting them dressed. The nine minute short is a masterclass in stop trick animation by way of live actors (pixillation) and props. In 1908 he made his first major Méliès copy, Excursion to the Moon (Excursion dans la lune, review), an almost shot-by-shot remake of A Trip to the Moon (1902, review). He followed this by a A Trip to Jupiter (1909), another film heavily indebted to Méliès, but this time with a more personal touch.
The film is 9 minutes long and depicts a king walking around his castle and being shown different celestial bodies through his astronomer’s telescope – each of them inhabited by a corresponding god or goddess. The king goes to bed and dreams of a ladder reaching up to the heavens, which he climbs, passing the planets he saw earlier, until he makes a leap for Jupiter, and falls flailing through space. He lands on Jupiter, where he encounters the royal guard, and fights off a few of them with his sword (they disappear in puffs of flame), but is eventually overpowered. He is then taken to the king of Jupiter, which we may assume is Jupiter himself, who greets him as an equal, but when he shakes hands, the Earth-king receives a bolt of electricity. This is no equal of mine, figures Jupiter, and turbocharges our king so that he speeds across the throne room at super-speed. After a duel, the Earth king is subdued, and thrown off the planet by Jupiter. Miffed, he proceeds back down the ladder, until the crazy Saturn takes his giant scissors and cuts the ladder in two. This sends the king tumbling down the ladder, and back into his own bed, where he awakes and takes out his frustration on his court jester and astronomer.
Chomòn uses more traditional sets than the two-dimensional almost surrealistic façades and matte paintings that Méliès used during the making of his legendary space films), and they are all extremely beautifully designed, as are all the props and costumes. The movie is partly filmed on location at an actual old castle, which gives it a gritty and majestic feel. The hand colouring of the prints in this film is also exquisitely made by Pathé’s army of women working at the company’s colouring factory. There is also a bit of camera genius when de Chomón describes the ladder to Jupiter. The climbing is all made in two single shots, with the camera moving upwards with the king for long stretches. This was achieved by laying out the stars and planets as large cutouts on the floor, the gods and goddesses looking like they are standing or sitting, but actually lying on their backs, and the king crawling vertically on the floor with the ”ladder” suspended beneath him. The camera is actually suspended from the ceiling and filming straight down. The effect is completely obvious, but clever nonetheless this was one of the very earliest tracking shots, and without doubt the most impressive tracking shot up until the major films by D.W. Griffith.
Chomón infuses the film with a wonderful sense of fun and adds a few cheeky details. The story is of course very derivative of Méliès’ but Chomón adds enough flavour to make this one stand out on its own. In fact one could say that this is the film where the student becomes the master. By way of set and decor, the movie rivals anything that Méliès ever did, and the effects are all on par with Mèliès’. But ever since the beginning, Chomon was a lot more creative with editing, camera placement and angles than his mentor. Méliès stubbornly kept to his stage-bound style, filming everything in static shots, always from the same angle. Chomon wildly throws the camera around in different angles (as wild as you could go in 1909, that is).
He seems to have always been interested in depth and planes. The Red Spectre starts off as a traditional stage-based act, but soon the spectre, who acts sort of like a stage magician in the film, produced two bottles. He then walks toward the camera, until the bottles fill up the whole screen, to show us magic that takes place inside the bottles. Later Chomon opens up the wall behind the spectre, revealing a vast hall where even more action takes place. In The Electric Hotel Chomon has his hotel guests enter on ground level and take an elevator up to their room, and shows us that a crucial event takes place beneath them, that affects the reality above. And in The Invisible Thief (1909, review) there is a superb shot of police officers falling down the stairs for three floors, followed by garbage and debris raining down over them.
A Trip to Jupiter is also a work filled with planes and transitions between them. First there is the ladder, which Chomon initially films traditionally from ground level. He then switched to the camera in the ceiling, before having his king jump to Jupiter. Here, he enters what seems like some sort of dimensional doorway or a wormhole, falling “down”, with his feet toward the camera, or away from the camera, through surrealistic sets that look like they might have inspired Stanley Kubrick’s hallucinatory abstract painting scenes in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). When thrown off Jupiter, the king again “falls”, but in the opposite direction, now with his head toward the camera, before landing again on the ladder. All this was highly experimental in 1909, and a lesser director would not have trusted the audience to follow.
Chomon continued his Jules Verne-inspired work; 1910 he made Inside the Earth (Voyage au centre de la terre), which is probably the first adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel Journey to the Center of the Earth. It seems to be a lost film, but there are fragments available online, and from the looks of it, it was a very impressive film.
A Trip to Jupiter doesn’t seem to be inspired by any literary source in particular: it has little to do with anything Jules Verne wrote, neither does it take its inspiration from the other contemporary sci-fi great H.G. Wells. But rather, it follows the same basic pattern that Méliès laid out in 1902. If one wants to go looking for literary predecessors, then the closest ancestors would probably be Johannes Kepler’s Somnium (1608) or Lucian’s True History (circa 150 AD).
It is one of the last examples of the extraordinary voyages in the vein of Georges Méliès, and the film where Segundo de Chomon manages to out-Méliès Méliès. While direvative, it brings so many new techniques to the table, and is made with such finesse and creative spark that I wouldn’t hesitate to raise it up on a pedestal alongside A Trip to the Moon as one of the great achievements of the first 15 years of science fiction films.
In 1909 people were already making so-called story pictures, with a charge led by the Italians, creating epics and sword-and-sandal-pictures often based on stories of ancient Rome. Two of the great pioneers were Arturio Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi: 1908 saw the birth of the disaster film, with The Last Days of Pompeii, and the duo followed up in 1909 with Nero; or, the Fall of Rome. In 1911 Milano Film made Dante’s Inferno, an hour-long adaptation of the descent through the seven layers of hell, with impressive special and visual effects and hundreds of extras. The film that finally changed the tide for the film industry towards feature films was Quo Vadis by Enrico Guazzoni, a movie nearly two hours long depicting the Christian story of emperor Nero and the burning of Rome, with 5 000 extras, gladiator fights and chariot races.
At the same time, people like de Chomon and Méliès were still trying to cling to the upper echelons of the film industry doing what were essentially parlour tricks. But when the movie industry changed, unlike Méliès, de Chomon continued to work, and found that even if he himself couldn’t go on directing the new kinds of movies that were being made, his so-called parlour tricks could still be put to good use. In 1912 he made the move to Italy where he was attached by Itala Film, both as director, cinematographer and special effects creator. He was the primary cinematographer behind Cabiria (1914), a film so large that it put Quo Vadis to shame, and created a long-lasting franchise featuring strongman Maciste. The film became famous for its epic scale, its special effects, stunts and action scenes, gargantuan sets, and for its modern film language and innovative camera use. It was Cabiria that finally convinced the American film industry to start making feature films, and it had a huge impact of D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, as it directly inspired Griffith to create Birth of a Nation (1915). Segundo de Chomon did some of his most impressive work on two of his last films, Maciste in Hell (1925) and Abel Gance’s ridiculously ambitious Napoleon (1927), which remained his last movie.
A Trip to Jupiter was supervised by Pathé’s head of production Ferdinand Zecca, who also created the special make-up effects. Along with The Electric Hotel and The Red Spectre it remains Segundo de Chomon’s best known directorial effort, and perhaps his best. Unlike most of his pioneering peers, like Méliès, Zecca, Velle, Alice Guy Blaché, Walter R. Booth and Edwin S. Porter, Chomon managed to survive the transition to modern feature films, in fact he was one of the driving forces behind the new cinematic language, with his unorthodox camera techniques and more than anything his pioneering use of tracking shots. For decades he remained forgotten, by has been rehabilitated in the last decade, largely thanks to new techniques of digitalisation and restoration, as well as Youtube, which has helped spread his movies to a new audience. The nationalist movement of Catalonia has also helped his cause, as it has proudly embraced its pioneering movie maker.
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Good news for Pakistanis! Pakistan has topped the list of the best holiday destinations for 2020 by an international publication.
Conde Nast Traveller, which is a US-based luxury travel magazine, presents a list at the end of each year, judging different countries of the world based on a number of factors, including tourism policies, ease of travel, and, of course, the unparalleled beauty and culture a country has to offer. For quite some time, Pakistan has been scoring points in all of these areas and that’s why the South Asian country has been crowned the best holiday destination for 2020.
If you’re an avid traveller who hasn’t been to Pakistan and you’re wondering why it’s the world’s top tourist attraction, then you’ve landed on the right page. For your convenience, we have compiled a comprehensive guide to Pakistan’s tourism hotspots; find out all about the places you should explore and things you should do. So, let’s begin!
BEST HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS FOR 2020
Owing to the breathtaking beauty of the natural landscapes, high mountain peaks, cultural diversity, friendly people and architectural wonders steeped in rich history, many dating back to the Mughal era, Pakistan’s top spot on the annual list is well deserved.
Here are the other 19 countries, along with Pakistan, that made it to Conde Nast’s Traveller’s list of the best holiday destinations for 2020:
- Plymouth, UK
- Salvador, Brazil
- Kangaroo Island, Australia
- Galway, Ireland
- Siargao, Philippines
- Paris, France
- Egadi Islands, Sicily
- Dakar, Senegal
- Portland, Maine US
- Qingdao, China
- Frisian Islands, Denmark
- The British Virgin Islands
- Rabat, Morocco
- Rijeka, Croatia
- Kyoto, Japan
Beating the scenic, well-developed waterfront city of Plymouth UK, the trekker’s paradise that is Armenia, and the untainted beauty of Kyrgyzstan, for the top spot, is a true win for Pakistan.
There are many factors that have contributed to this win for the tourism industry of Pakistan. One cannot deny the role the government has played in this regard.
Over the past year, the incumbent government has introduced a slew of incentives to make travelling to Pakistan easier. This has encouraged many foreign tourists to visit the country. Moreover, the security situation in Pakistan has significantly improved over the past couple of years.
In its review, the US-based travel magazine mentioned how Pakistan’s tourism industry had been “thwarted by tales of terrorism and Taliban rule” for at least 20 years. However, relaxed visa restrictions and recent royal visits are strong indicators of progress.
There is so much to explore in Pakistan that whoever visits the country for the first time is sure to fall in love with it. In this blog, we have brought together all the aspects that make Pakistan truly an amazing country and why Pakistan has topped the list of the best holiday destinations for 2020.
But first, let’s touch upon some essential aspects of tourism in Pakistan.
HOW TO TRAVEL TO PAKISTAN?
A major reason that has led to this influx of history buffs, intrepid explorers, and daredevil hikers from abroad into Pakistan is the country’s decision to revamp certain visa policies. This includes the recent visa-on-arrival facility as well as the launch of an e-visa portal, both of which help make the process of getting a tourist visa for Pakistan quite easy and hassle-free.
Nationals of 175 countries are eligible for an e-visa, while tourists of 50 countries fit in the eligibility criteria of visa-on-arrival policy. Other countries that have not been included in the relaxed visa policy can get their tourist visas from the Pakistani embassy.
HOW TO GET A TOURIST VISA-ON-ARRIVAL
A ‘tourist visa-on-arrival’ is valid for a period of 3 months and is also open to extension. When you apply for a tourist visa-on-arrival, you will receive an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), which will help you travel within Pakistan with ease. Remember to state your intent to visit Pakistan by submitting an online visa application through Pakistan Online Visa System. You need to submit this application at least 48-72 hours before your travel. Submit the necessary documents like your passport, a recent photograph, a sponsor’s letter and your hotel bookings. Once you receive a valid ETA, you can travel to Pakistan.
HOW TO GET A TOURIST E-VISA IN PAKISTAN
To apply for a tourist e-visa in Pakistan, you have to submit the same set of documents as mentioned above. Create your account on Pakistan online visa system. Log in and fill out your application form. Pay the required fees and then submit the application. It usually takes around seven to 10 working days to process your tourist visa.
WHAT MAKES PAKISTAN UNIQUE?
Pakistan offers an eclectic mix of unspoiled and, sometimes, untamed landscapes for nature-lovers, treacherous hikes for adrenaline junkies and Mughal-era sandstone buildings for history buffs.
Foreign tourists visiting Pakistan for the first time go all gaga over the immense natural beauty the country possesses, and the unforgettable friendliness and hospitality of the locals.
Wherever you travel in the country, you are greeted by nothing but warmth, love, friendship and peace. This is yet another major reason why tourists are visiting Pakistan and Conde Nast has ranked Pakistan number 1 in the list of best holiday destinations for 2020.
REASONS WHY MORE TOURISTS ARE VISITING PAKISTAN
Apart from the relaxed visa policies, there are many factors that have brought Pakistan into the limelight on the world stage. The British royal couple’s visit to Pakistan in October 2019 gave a major boost to Pakistan’s tourism industry.
In addition, the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor—an initiative to allow Indian Sikhs to visit what’s claimed to be the world’s largest gurdwara— in the following month received a lot of appreciation on the global front. The move reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment toward being a more tolerant, peace-loving country that respects religious and cultural diversity.
BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN PAKISTAN
For your convenience, we have compiled some of the best tourist spots in Pakistan that you must include in your travel itinerary. We will explore each province of Pakistan, but first, we shall begin with Islamabad—the capital of Pakistan.
The capital city of Pakistan offers fascinating views of the Margalla hills. Purple flowers of Jacaranda trees are in full bloom in late spring, often adorning the sides of the roads. Pine varieties, yellow flowers of amaltas add to the beauty of Islamabad. No wonder this city is considered the second most beautiful capital in the world after London, UK.
The following are some of the best tourist destinations in Islamabad.
Pakistan Monument is a national monument located near Shakarparian. It is a petal-shaped structure where the four petals rising from the ground converge at the top depicting the four provinces, while the three mini-petals inside represent the smaller territories within Pakistan i.e. Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). A wax museum is also located nearby that displays the events which triggered the Pakistan Movement in 1940.
Lok Virsa Museum is a must-visit for those wanting to explore the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan. There are different halls within the museum which exhibit the culture of the four provinces of Pakistan. It is open from 10 AM to 8 PM from Tuesday to Sunday. It is closed on Monday.
Shah Faisal Mosque is named after the King of Saudi Arabia, Shah Faisal, who gave the largest monetary aid for its construction. Unlike other mosques, it does not have a dome shape but a Turkish design with four minarets on the sides and a V-shaped, tent-like structure in the middle – which adds to its uniqueness.
Margalla Hills offers amazing hiking trails and once you reach the top you can experience the panoramic views of Islamabad. Rare species of birds flock at the hill range and if you are lucky you might spot the bird you are looking for. Tourists visiting Pakistan love exploring Margalla Hills.
Daman-e-Koh is at the foothills of Margalla Hills and offers a bird’s eye view of the entire capital city. You can also spot Shah Faisal Mosque from up here.
Monal Restaurant is a must-visit for those who like to enjoy their favourite meal while enjoying the beautiful views of city life from atop.
FOODS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS TRYING OUT IN ISLAMABAD
- Pulao from Savors
- Samosa chaat
- Pizza from Rahat Bakers
- Kebabs from Monal Restaurant
- Anjeer mithai from Shikarpuri Sweets
SOUVENIRS TO TAKE FROM ISLAMABAD
- Desi ghee mithai from Shikarpuri Sweets
- Embroidered shawls that you can find from any souvenir shop
- Jewellery from intricate designs to antique styles is a must-have
- Paintings are quite popular among foreign tourists who grab those paintings that reflect Pakistani culture
The ancient city of Sindh dates back to 7000 BC and attracts tourists in droves, thanks to its various historical sites. Major cities of Sindh include the names of Karachi, Hyderabad, Dadu, Sukkur, Larkana, Thatta, Tharparkar and Matiari.
A home for the Sufis and saints, famous for its soulful Sufi music, vibrant folk culture and hosting world heritage site of Moen-jo-Daro, Sindh has always attracted intrepid explorers who have a deep interest in history. Some of the must-visit tourist attractions in Sindh are:
Banbhore, which is an ancient city in Thatta, belongs to the first century BC era. The Banbhore Archaeological Museum offers monuments, pottery and various glass objects that date back to historic times. It is open 6 days a week from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM and is closed on Wednesdays. It has an entrance fee of PKR 300.
The Shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai is a mystical place as Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, arguably the greatest Sufi poet of all time, rests here. Foreign tourists visiting Sindh don’t miss out on a chance to attend the ‘Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai’ if they happen to be there at the time the ceremony takes place.
Moen Jo Daro is an archaeological site located in Larkana. It belongs to the Indus Valley Civilization, which dates back to 2500 BC. The entire city has been buried under the sand. It was made a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage site in 1980 and is one the best places to visit in Sindh, especially if you’re someone who appreciates history.
Shahjahan Mosque is a mosque of historical significance in Thatta. Built by none other than the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to honour the hospitality of the local people at the time, this architectural wonder is a major tourist attraction in Sindh.
Makli tombs is an old graveyard belonging to the Summa dynasty, located 10 km away from Thatta. It features funerary monuments that reflect Sindh’s rich cultural diversity. If you are planning to visit Makli tombs in Sindh then do contact the Sindh Tourism and Development Corporation representative at the site Mr. Sarfraz Jatoi who can be reached at 0333-2750124.
In Sindh, Karachi, one of the largest megacities in the world, is a hot favourite among tourists. It’s often referred to as the “City of Lights,” owing to its round-the-clock liveliness. There are many exciting places to visit in Karachi. Let’s take a look.
Karachi is blessed with sprawling sun-kissed beaches, iconic landmarks, historical buildings that depict its rich cultural background, and bustling city life. The city never sleeps, in the literal sense. You would always find people huddled around a local tea stall (chai dhaba) sipping their favourite doodh patti, often debating over politics.
And let’s not forget Clifton Beach, where tourists can go for a dip in the cool waters of the Arabian Sea. This can be a refreshing experience, especially if you happen to visit Karachi during summers. You can have your breakfast at Boat Basin, which is barely a 10-minute drive from the beach. For more options, you can check out our pick of the best halwa puri breakfast spots in Karachi.
Quaid-e-Azam’s mausoleum is the final resting place of the founder of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Made of white marble with Moorish arches, this mausoleum attracts hundreds of foreigners every year.
The white marble dome of Tooba Masjid is a sight to behold. It is purportedly the largest single-dome mosque in the world, which accommodates around 5000 worshippers at a time. Located in DHA Karachi, Tooba Masjid is a must-visit tourist attraction.
From Mohatta Palace Museum in Clifton and Frere Hall to Denso Hall and Jehangir Kothari Parade, the city boasts a plethora of historical sites. Once you are done exploring these spots, you are bound to feel peckish.
Fortunately, there are plenty of options to dine out in Karachi. Whether you want to enjoy desi dishes at a traditional dhaba-style food outlet, have seafood at a pan-Asian restaurant or enjoy continental cuisine next to the sea at Do Darya, you will find something to satisfy your tastebuds.
Oh, and if you are visiting Karachi, you shouldn’t miss out on any of the unique foods the city is known for across Pakistan. You can also tantalize your taste buds at some of the best biryani places in the city and maybe pack some for home, to relish later. If you love spicy stew-based dishes, then visit any of the metropolis’ well-reviewed nehari outlets. You’ll thank us later.
FOODS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS TRYING OUT IN KARACHI
- Halwa puri nashta
If you’re a resident of Lahore who came to visit Karachi and loved it so much that you decided to stay here, then we have something for you. The prospect of starting over in a new city can be daunting, but with the right kind of help and information, the process can be easier.
Please check out are comprehensive guides on some of the most popular neighbourhoods in Karachi such as DHA Defence Karachi, Clifton, North Nazimabad, Gulistan-e-Jauhar. And if you’re someone seeking respite from the hustle and bustle of the city, then make sure to exploreGulshan-e-Maymar.
SOUVENIRS TO TAKE FROM SINDH
If you are a foreign tourist visiting the historically rich province of Sindh, you must not forget to pocket some of these unique souvenirs that will always remind you of your time here.
- Hala’s pottery is famous for its intricate designs painted in blue and white. The small town of Hala in Sindh is home to Kashi artisans, who since ancient times, have made glazed ceramic pieces that are entirely hand-made.
- Ajrak is a unique design of block printed shawls, featuring mostly red, black and white colours. Apart from the shawls, handicrafts based on ajrak designs are also quite popular souvenirs that you can take home, such as floor cushions, handbags, and dresses.
- Mirror-work bags are a popular handicraft specific to the Sindh region. You will find thousands of mirrors embedded in the design.
- Rilli are hand-made quilts made from random cutouts, usually embroidered pieces. They form a patchwork design and are made into bedspreads and also spread on the floor to give a festive look.
- Truck art handicrafts are also quite popular when it comes to collecting different souvenirs from Sindh. You will find many small models of colourful trucks, rickshaws and you can take it back home as a souvenir.
- Ripe mangoes are a perfect gift for your loved ones if you are visiting Sindh in summers. You will also find dates in abundance here. If you have a sweet tooth then a box full of sohan halwa is a must-have.
Punjab is the land of five rivers. Various civilizations, over the course of centuries, made this region their home. This province was also an important part of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization—remnants of which can be seen at Harappa. Taxila, the main site of the Buddhist Gandhara civilization, is also found in Punjab. Important cities in Punjab comprise Lahore, Rawalpindi, Murree, Bahawalpur, Minawali, Dera Ghazi Khan, Chiniot, Mandi Bahauddin, Multan and Sialkot.
The province of Punjab has numerous tourist attractions, some of which are mentioned below:
Harappa is an archaeological site where the ruins of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization can be seen up close.
Katasraj Mandir is a Hindu temple located in the Chakwal district of Punjab, which according to the Hindu legend, Lord Krishna himself laid the foundation stone of this temple.
Birthplace of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak also speaks volumes of the province’s rich cultural diversity.
The Khewra salt mines are a major tourist attraction. Spread like a web of interconnected passages, you would need a professional guide to help you through the world’s largest salt reservoir. A mosque made of salt stone has also been established within the salt mine.
Murree is the queen of hill stations. A wonderful weekend getaway, people come here from all parts of the world to enjoy the chilly weather, hillside views, exciting chairlift rides and scenic tourist sites. Bhurban, Ghora Gali and Kashmir Point are some of the must-visit spots in Murree.
Taxila is another UNESCO World Heritage Site where the ruins of a large city buried under the sands of time have been a source of intrigue among historians and travellers.
The Walled City of Lahore, also known as the old Lahore. It hosts some of the major historical buildings dating the Mughal era architecture and speaks about the grandeur of the Muslim rule in India.
If you want to have firsthand experience about how Muslims ruled India, then visit Lahore, the capital city of Punjab, where the architectural wonders like the Lahore Fort, Shalimar Gardens, Badshahi Mosque, Sheesh Mahal reflect the grandeur of the Mughal Emperors and the skillful mastery of the masons at the time, who took great pains to build these towering buildings.
After visiting a bygone era and reminiscing about the past, you can enjoy Lahore’s electric city life. The lively food streets of the city are operational throughout the day. People enjoy the traditional halwa puri nashta with creamy lassi to start their day.
Paaya, stew made from cow bones, is a must-have if you truly want to savour what’s known as the authentic Lahori nashta (breakfast). At lunch, you can enjoy the different kinds of butter-fried karahi, while at night the food street of Gawalmandi springs into life.
Minar-e-Pakistan is an iconic landmark reflective of the Pakistan Resolution that was passed in March 1940.
FOODS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS TRYING OUT IN LAHORE
- Lahori chargha
- Butter-fried Karahi
- Nan khatai
If you are planning to live in Lahore, then you should choose our neighbourhood from some of these popular areas: Wapda Town Lahore, DHA Lahore, Walled City Lahore, GT Road and Mozung Chungi.
SOUVENIRS TO TAKE FROM LAHORE
There are plenty of souvenirs that you can take back home from your stay in Lahore.
- Nan Khatai is not exactly a souvenir, but it is something you should always take when coming back from Punjab because you won’t find Nan Khatai so delicious anywhere else
- Paranda is a tassel-braid that’s traditionally been worn by Punjabi women. It is a colourful braid and is truly reflective of Punjab’s vibrant culture
- Phulkari dupatta is a traditionally embroidered dupatta using intricate thread work
- Kasuri Jutti is leather footwear with colourful embellishments and are made in Punjab’s Kasur and Patiala towns
- Jaggery or gurr is something that people take from Punjab because the province is famous for its vast sugarcane fields
This province remains one of the most underrated tourist destinations in Pakistan. The land of rugged mountains and pristine beaches, Balochistan is an ideal place for any traveller who wishes to unplug themselves from the world for some time.
Quetta, Gwadar, Sibi, Hub, Loralai, Chaman and Ziarat are some of the most important cities in Balochistan. Over the past couple of years, federal as well as provincial authorities have taken various steps to explore the province’s tourism potential. If you’re in Pakistan, you’d be remiss to skip the following tourist attractions in Balochistan.
Moola Chutok is a piece of heaven on earth. Situated at 80 km away from Khuzdar District, you can camp at this beautiful place where the trickling waterfall amidst the mountains is a relaxing sight. The fresh green plants against the backdrop of jagged mountains make this an ideal tourist spot for nature-lovers.
Urak Valley is famous for its freshwater springs gushing from the mountains. While on your trip to Urak Valley you can check out some fully laden fruit trees of apples and cherries that can be seen on your way to the valley. The most distinctive feature of Urak Valley is the freshwater spring that runs along both sides of the road, leaving you awe-struck, to say the least.
Hanna Lake is another beautiful tourist destination in Balochistan. It was formed as part of the construction project of a reservoir under the British rule. So, Hanna Lake is both beautiful and historically significant. There is a restaurant by the lake having seating arrangement under the shades of the pine trees that give incredible lakeside views to the visitor.
Hazarganji-Chiltan National Park was established in the 1980s. Located in the Mastung district, in the outskirts of Quetta, it is home to Sulaiman Markhor and the Chiltan goat, which are endangered animals.
Hingol National Park is often touted as the country’s largest national park. People from across the world come here to experience an appealing mix of nature and wildlife, which comprises over 200 species of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds.
Ziarat is famous for Quaid-e-Azam’s house. It’s also known as the Murree of Balochistan. For tourists looking for places to experience snowfall in Pakistan, Ziarat is the place to be during the winter season.
FOODS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS TRYING OUT IN BALOCHISTAN
- Sajji is basically a whole chicken marinated with mild spices, slowly cooked over fire until the skin gets crispy golden in colour
- Chilaanch is a special kind of dessert made with milk and jelly. It is more like kheer mixed with jelly. However, you’d be surprised to know that it is consumed with roti and lots of raw slices of onions!
- Kabuli Pulao follows the traditional recipe but it’s slightly different as it contains lots of dried nuts. It has a sweet and salty taste.
- Balochi Fish Barbecue is a special Balochi treat originating from the city of Gwadar
- Abgosht is a lamb stew cooked with liver, kidney and sometimes mashed beans
SOUVENIRS TO TAKE FROM BALOCHISTAN
If you are visiting Balochistan for the first time, then you must not forget to take home with you the following mementos.
- Dry fruits and nuts are a specialty of Balochistan
- Cherries, fresh apples are a must
- Rugs and hand-woven carpets, especially the ones with geometrical designs
- People also love the beautifully embroidered Balochi dresses made by Baloch women
Experience pristine natural beauty, serene valleys, the breathtaking Karakoram mountain range and hospitable nature of the local Pakhtun population in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The province is blessed with a large number of amazing tourist destinations.
Kaghan Valley is an alpine valley situated in the Mansehra District of KP. The beautiful Kunhar River changes its course and colour while passing through the valley. It looks fascinating the different shades of the same river. The road that leads to Kaghan passes through Abbottabad, Mansehra and Balakot.
Chitral is a tourism magnet that attracts hundreds of tourists, both local and foreign, to its majestic Hindu Kush mountain range. Broghil Valley in Chitral is a piece of heaven on earth. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains and glaciers, the green meadows and blue lakes make the valley truly enchanting. Koghazi and Goleen are also major tourist attractions in Chitral. The Kalash Valley is also a part of Chitral, famous for its unique customs and traditions. The people of Kalash wear special embroidered dresses that are unique to their culture. Their dance is quite famous and tourists visiting the valley never miss a chance to witness it firsthand.
Swat Valley is a picturesque valley with the gushing waters of Swat River cutting through it. You will find plenty of resorts just next to Swat River that offer amazing breathtaking views both at sunrise and sunset. Mahodand Lake near Kalam in Swat District is a clear blue lake with green meadows and tall pine trees. It is a mesmerizing lake. People enjoy their time boating and fishing at this peaceful site.
Naran Valley is a popular tourist spot in the heart of KP province. It features pine trees, green meadows, mesmerizing lakes and the beautiful Kunhar River flows through it. Trout fish is a must-have if you are visiting Naran Valley. It is a freshwater fish that tastes divine.
Galiyat is a narrow strip between Abbottabad and Murree. It is a hill tract featuring green meadows, chilly weather and tall pine trees. Ghora gali, Nathiagali, Changla Gali, Dunga Gali are all part of the Galiyat region in KP. In a recent bid to promote tourism in Pakistan, many fast-food chains, 3-star resorts are also being constructed.
Shandur Pass is a flat plateau located in Chitral District that connects to Gilgit-Baltistan. Also called the ‘Roof of the World’ it holds a 3-day event of Shandur Polo Festival every year in July that attracts tourists from across the globe.
Saif-ul-Malook Lake is also known as the lake of fairies. As per a local folk tale, a prince named Saif-ul-Malook fell in love with a fairy princess at the lake. The reflection of the majestic mountains of Malika Parbat can be seen in the clear, blue waters of the famous lake. At night, the silvery glow of the moon makes the lake appear even more magical and mystical.
Malam Jabba is one of the most popular ski resorts in Pakistan; it’s also one of the oldest ones. Skiers and travellers from across the world come here at Malam Jabba to enjoy snow-skating, tubing and other winter sports.
FOODS YOU MUSTN’T MISS TRYING OUT IN KP
- Chapli kebabs
- Namkeen Boti
- Shinwari Tikka
- Shinwari Karahi
- Tanduri chicken
SOUVENIRS TO TAKE FROM KP
- Peshawari chappal is a traditional footwear that you must take home as a memorable gift
- Peshawari embroidered koti (a sleeveless jacket) is a beautiful piece of garment that Pakhtuns wear over shalwar kameez. It’s traditional. Sometimes the koti is not embroidered, so you can easily choose if you want something fancy or buy a plain koti
- Jewellery, especially, handmade bracelets with real stones are a popular Peshawri souvenier
- Nuts are cheaper in this part of the country. You will find kaghazi badaam, chilghoza (pine nuts) in abundance here
- Kalash embroidered dress is one-of-a-kind souvenir
Gilgit is a picturesque valley located in the northern areas of Pakistan where the weather is usually cold throughout the year. During the winter season, the region experiences heavy snowfall. Mountaineers and trekkers visit Gilgit-Baltistan, which is home to some of the largest and highest mountain ranges in Pakistan, such as the Karakoram, Himalayas, and Hindukush mountain ranges.
Let’s explore some of the most fascinating tourist spots in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Hunza is widely hailed as heaven on earth, and rightfully so. It’s not just the majestic beauty that attracts admirers, but also the many things to see and do in this place. You can visit the 700-year-old Baltit Fort, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mountaineers flock to Hunza in droves for trekking expeditions on K-2, which is the second-highest mountain peak in the world. Passu cones of Hunza will stop you in your tracks, sometimes literally, as you would be forced to slow down and roll down the windows of your car while driving on the Karakoram Highway – which is often touted as the eighth wonder of the world.
Skardu borders the Xinjiang province of China and presents a number of beautiful tourist spots. The tourist season here begins in April and ends in October. One of the world’s highest airports—Skardu Airport—welcomed around 50,000 tourists, who visited Gilgit-Baltistan, just in the first half of 2019. When in Skardu, you must visit the Kharpocho Fort. From there, you can easily view the mighty Indus River, flowing just a few metres away. Satpara Lake is the perfect fishing spot. Shangrila Resort is a beautiful resort hotel in Skardu. Spending a vacation at Shangrila is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Gulmit Valley is located on the bank of Hunza River. It is a small village in Gojal Valley. The apricot farms, the cherry blossom trees, and the lush green fields draw hundreds of visitors to Gulmit Valley every year.
Phander Valley hosts a mesmerizing blue lake known as the Phander Lake. Also dubbed ‘Little Kashmir,’ Phander Valley is indeed a piece of heaven on earth with colourful flowers, an enchanting blue lake, and green meadows.
Shigar Valley is a highly underrated tourist destination. It houses the blue Blind Lake, Shigar Fort, and numerous orchards. This valley is mainly popular among hikers. One can reach the K-2 base camp from Shigar if they keep trekking for 7 consecutive days.
FOODS YOU MUSTN’T MISS TRYING OUT IN GILGIT
- Harissa is a mix of lentils, meat, rice, and wheat slowly cooked and served with flatbread.
- Shopan is minced meat dish served with whole wheat bread or rice
- Mamtu is a steamed dish, cooked with cubes of mutton and beef, garlic and onions. It is cooked for many hours in a steamer.
- Gooli is a whole wheat bread layered with butter. It is cooked on special occasions
SOUVENIRS TO TAKE FROM GILGIT
- Stone necklaces and earrings are some of the best mementos you can take from Gilgit
- Carved inlaid wooden boxes are sold at local souvenir shops
- Shawls can be bought and taken as gifts for your loved ones
AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Scenic valleys, sprawling lush green meadows and majestic mountains in the backdrop are some of the characteristic features of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
AJK also offers plenty of water sports activities. Rafting, boating, paragliding, wind surfacing, and kayaking are some of the popular water sports played in this region.
Now, let us take a look at some of the must-visit tourist destinations in AJK.
Neelum Valley is named after the Neelum River that has a distinct electric blue colour. Thick pine forests, freshwater springs, and scenic waterfalls make Neelum Valley a holiday hotspot. You can catch some trout fish at the Neelum River and enjoy a hearty meal. Shounter Valley, Kel, Sharda, and Chita Katha are some breathtaking places you must go to when you visit Neelum Valley.
Muzaffarabad is a beautiful tourist destination in Azad Kashmir, Reaching Muzaffarabad is quite easy thanks to the well-developed roads. It takes approximately a 5-hour drive from Murree to reach Muzaffarabad. Kundal Shahi, another hidden gem, is situated only 74 km away from Muzaffarabad.
Pir Chinasi is located towards the eastern side of Muzaffarabad. The green plateaus and the spectacular views of the mountain peaks in the backdrop leave tourists spell-bound.
Ratti Gali Lake is a magical lake located in the heart of Neelum Valley around 12,000 ft above sea level. It requires a couple of hours’ jeep-ride to reach the Ratti Gali base camp from the Dowrian Town in Neelum Valley. Once you reach the camp, you need to trek for one more hour to see the beautiful lake.
Arang Kel Valley is a beautiful hill station, complete with the picturesque Lund Sar Lake, scenic waterfalls, snow-capped mountains, and green meadows. Many travellers prefer to camp under the starry night, but if you are accompanied by kids, then you can stay comfortably at some of the guesthouses and resorts located nearby.
Gulrez Valley is a land of striking beauty, lush green sprawling meadows, and cherry-laden trees. If you are an admirer of natural beauty then don’t forget to visit Gulrez Valley.
FOODS YOU MUSTN’T MISS TRYING OUT IN AZAD KASHMIR
- Rogan Josh is an aromatic lamb dish, made with caramelized onions and yogurt. Tourists who visit Azad Kashmir never miss a chance to try Rogan Josh.
- Modur Pulao is a traditional sweet rice dish, in which a generous amount of saffron, nuts, milk, and ghee and a sprinkle of cinnamon make the dish aromatic and delicious
- Matschgand is a meatball dish served in red curry sauce.
- Kashmiri Muji Gaad is fish cooked alongside radish! It gives unique taste full of aroma and spices
- Kashmiri Dum Aloo is a must-have if you are travelling to AJK for the first time. This dish is made of fried potatoes seasoned with spices and herbs
- Kashmiri chai which is a pink-coloured tea made with star anise and served with crushed pistachios, almonds and cashew nuts
SOUVENIRS TO TAKE FROM AZAD KASHMIR
- Kashmiri Pashmina shawls are quite famous all over the world
- Carved wooden boxes with intricate designs. Ideal for keeping jewellery
- Kashmiri hand-woven carpets and rugs are great souvenirs, especially if you are looking to buy articles made by locals
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Millions of Britons reckon their home is a ‘pigsty’ because they are just too busy to clean, a study has revealed.
Researchers have found that seven in ten Brits are unable to find the time to take care of everyday chores such as vacuuming, dusting and cleaning the bathroom.
Fifty-seven per cent of people even admitted they have times when they would describe their home as a ‘pigsty’ because they never have a chance to tidy it up.
More than one in five have even refused to let people into their home because it was in such a mess.
A spokesperson for cleaning product firm Spontex, who commissioned the research, said: “We are leading busier lives than ever and when you are juggling so much, it’s inevitable that something has to give.
“And it seems that for many, staying on top of their household chores and keeping their home spotless is what they are letting fall by the wayside.
“But this means that many Brits aren’t happy with the state of the home, and it’s alarming to see that so many even have times when they would describe their home as being like a pigsty.
“Cleaning can be done in small chunks which makes it much more manageable to fit everything in and around your everyday life.
“If you are struggling to fit the chores in, rather than doing a big clean once in a while, running the vacuum round one day and then cleaning the bathrooms the next can make life a lot easier.”
The study of 2,000 people found that 63 per cent don’t think their home is as clean as they would like it to be, with half of those blaming this on being too busy to clean.
Another 39 per cent simply don’t like cleaning while 21 per cent don’t think they are very good at it.
And almost a quarter say they’ve got better things to do than worry about the state of their house.
Forty-two per cent have never cleaned their home from top to bottom, and, even those who have admit it’s an average of almost five months since they last did this.
More than one in ten owned up to not cleaning their bathroom for at least a month while another one in ten even admitted it’s been a year or more since they did some ironing.
One in twenty haven’t washed clothes and one in ten haven’t got the vacuum out for a month or more.
Almost one in ten also said they haven’t used a duster in their home for at least six months, while one in twenty admitted it’s been at least a year since they mopped their floors.
More than one in twenty owned up to never cleaning their windows.
Sixty per cent don’t think they will ever have a spotless home.
Researchers also revealed that a third of people’s homes are such a mess, that visitors or friends have commented on the state of it.
And more than half have rowed with their other half about the mess.
It also emerged that 73 per cent of people regularly shove things under cushions or behind sofas so any clutter is out of sight when someone pops in.
And 60 per cent have shut doors to certain rooms so guests can’t see the mess.
Despite this, 90 per cent claim they consider themselves to be a tidy person.
A spokesperson for Spontex added: “Many of the Spontex range of products are designed specifically to make lighter work of cleaning so that you have more time to spend doing the things you enjoy doing.
“Our advice is to do a few, small tasks daily or several times a week rather than try and spend a whole day just cleaning.
“This will keep your home in top condition with minimal effort and give you the satisfaction of completing your chores.
“Many people feel a real sense of fulfilment and more in control of their lives when they are on top of jobs round the house; try not to see cleaning as a chore, why not pop on your favourite music and enjoy a bit of time away from work and other distractions and have some ‘good clean fun’ around the house!”
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It’s always a special moment when a new author holds her book in her hands–in this case the result of 30 months’ hard thinking, researching, and writing. Intercultural communication and international etiquette expert, Sharon Schweitzer’s first book, Access to Asia: Your Multicultural Guide to Building Trust, Inspiring Respect, and Creating Long-Lasting Business Relationships (Wiley, 2015)–co-authored by me–has just weighed in at 1.5 lbs and a hugely informative 374 pages! A book that one of our five-star Amazon reviewers describes as:
…a book I could sit down and read for fun.
Well, we’re thrilled by that comment, not least because we think it should be enjoyable, as well as instructive, to learn how to successfully navigate the ten Asian countries included in the book: China; Hong Kong; India; Japan; Malaysia; Myanmar; The Philippines; Singapore; South Korea; Taiwan.
We’re also thrilled that Access to Asia has struck a chord not just with a global business audience, but with university academics who are preparing tomorrow’s global leaders to understand, and be sensitive to, cultural differences around the world.
I look forward to inviting Sharon to take part soon in a Q&A about the (often) challenging relationship between co-authors. Not least, how we transcended the all-too-commonly-experienced problems to “co-parent” a book that offers the very latest, on-the-ground insights on becoming culturally competent and global successful.
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“Almost Undead” by A.L. Waith
I found this book by chance, I guess, after Googling “Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever.” because I found the book…well, I don’t remember how.
Since, I’ve not found anything on the author, and the book fits the stereotypical assumption of self-published books being of poor quality, so I’m assuming it’s their first novel—and there are not a lot of informational reviews on this thing, other than “it sucks”, “gross”/”disgusting” or other similar, non-informative comments.
So I bought it on Amazon (it was cheaper there). I read the preview via Google’s books section1 and had to buy it, because sometimes things are so bad one just can’t look away, and…that was me. I wanted to give this author the benefit of the doubt, despite the constant gay bashing even though the author has this novel listed as LGBT-friendly.
Reviewing books is not my forte, so I’m not sure how this is really supposed to go. I am, however, pleased with and proud of myself, because this is the first book2 I’ve read in a long while—about three, almost four, years.
There are potential spoilers because I can’t articulate/convey certain uncanny pieces without them.
We’ll start with this, because it’s the part that pissed me off most. This is also what damages the book before the rest of it is even consumed. In my opinion, when someone publishes an LGBT-friendly anything, it is exactly that—LGBT-friendly. Literature lacks in LGBT+ diversity, but if you’re going to contribute to it by adding similes regarding how two male characters are like a heterosexual couple the entire time, that isn’t LGBT+ diversity, it’s sabotage.
This sixteen-year-old kid named Lucas fears coming out to his parents and has a best friend who, all the while knowing Lucas is gay, constantly slings around gay insults. After Lucas meets Kiran, the author constantly compares Lucas’ feelings regarding and relationship with Kiran to life with a girl:
- The first punch was “like he would a girlfriend”, which was used to describe the way Kiran handled him. Seriously?
- “He may as well be a girl” because he was feeling weak from Kiran’s actions. Why can’t he just feel weak because that was what Kiran made him?
I’m too lazy to search through for the rest of the things; I actually wound up ranting about it to a friend who agreed with me…and found my commentary as I continued to read it quite amusing. (Eh.)
When books are written in third-person point of view, I see the author as the narrator and the third-person perspective as that of the author. If this was how the character personally felt, it should have been in first-person POV, or it should have been clearly stated that that was how Lucas felt.
Of course, that leads me to my next point…
…or the lack of it, anyway.
Chapter one is as great as the rest of the book is (which doesn’t say much), but when I made it to the second chapter, it was like an entirely new segment in this person’s life. Books are not like television series, with chapters being the episodes, unless you actually develop the characters and make your words make sense enough to adequately convey—and flow together—the same theme, or point, for a story in a way that allows each chapter to be told like that… hopefully that’s not too confusing?
Basically, the second chapter felt as if everything that happened the previous day didn’t matter anymore, because this kid just up and decided he was sixteen, so he needed a job, which… his mom hadn’t pressured him, and the only reason he seemed to need it was so he would have a way to run into Kiran again. If I’d been attacked, I wouldn’t feel confident enough to go out and get a job when that person could still be around, but… what do I know?
Beyond this, the author is constantly time traveling/jumping and just assuming the reader knows things because they should be “obvious”.
I’m assuming this author followed the “write how you talk” advice, which isn’t actually meant to be taken literally and is therefore the worst advice ever. I know how this author talks and thinks now, and it makes me never want to meet them.
Readers need details, and stories shouldn’t sound made up as one tells it. >.>
Poor grammar, improper punctuation, misspelled words
It’s really bad. Every annoying thing recent generations are doing wrong in writing happens in one book. Also, what is it that makes people scared to capitalize “the”? “The” requires it sometimes. “The Wizard of Oz” is a movie. “Wizard of Oz” is not a movie. Also, if you’re going to mention it in print, it should be italicized or in quotes or something so it stands out…and also properly mentioned.
Additionally, there are instances where sentences just don’t make sense because they’re missing one, two or three words; semicolons and commas are being used interchangeably; certain words are used in place of words that should have been used (e.g. “not” in place of “but”); and some sentences lack capital letters.
It feels like the very first draft someone creates, though I’d really like to think it’s a second draft.
I understand typos happen, but I expect nothing but high-quality out of published books. I also expect authors to be on their best behavior. The only parts the author excelled in (which, again, doesn’t say much) were the smutty parts. Almost Undead is like Twilight fanfiction—sort of. The idea could have been greater and might have had potential to be really superb, but everything was halted and stomped on because too little time was put into this; it feels rushed. It’s unfortunate.
I really want to write and publish fiction someday still, because I keep coming back to things I’ve written before, so I’ve been reading about how to do that. In some articles including quotes and tips by well-known authors, a few said to read a lot of books, especially those in the genre(s) in which I wish to write, even if they’re bad. I guess the bad books are supposed to make me realise what not to do and/or feel cautious of what I write, because that is literally what I’m doing now.
I read this book in four hours. It’s shorter than The 100 by Kass Morgan, but it sucks more than her book, from what I can tell.
What sucks the most about it is that it could have been a REALLY cute and great idea, but the author half-assed everything… and also, what even is with the cover?
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COP 26 Promises Progress: United Nations Climate Change Conferences, aka Conference of the parties (COP) has been held every year since 1995. These conferences are held to check progress of countries dealing with climate change. The intention is also to negotiate the obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
The ultimate objective of the Convention is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations. Industrialised nations agreed under the Convention to support climate change activities in developing countries by providing financial support for action on climate change.
What is COP26?
In 2021, 26th UN Climate Change Conference was held at Glasgow, Scotland from 31 Oct-13 Nov 2021.The conference is also known as also known as COP26. The conference was the first since the Paris Agreement of COP21 that expected parties to make enhanced commitments towards climate change. The result of COP26 was the Glasgow Climate Pact, negotiated by representatives of the 197 attending parties.
What was agreed?
It was agreed countries will meet next year to pledge further cuts to emissions of carbon dioxide. This is an attempt to keep temperature rise within 1.5° C – which scientists say is required to prevent a “climate catastrophe”.
Current pledges, if met, will only limit global warming to about 2.4° C.
137 countries took a landmark step forward by committing to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. The pledge is backed by $12bn in public and $7.2bn in private funding.
103 countries, including 15 major emitters, signed up to the Global Methane Pledge, which aims to limit methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, compared to 2020 levels. Methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases, is responsible for a third of current warming from human activities.
Over 30 countries, six major vehicle manufacturers set out their determination for all new car and van sales to be zero-emission vehicles by 2040 globally. And, 2035 in leading markets, accelerating the de-carbonization of road transport.
Leaders from South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, and the European Union announced a ground-breaking partnership to support South Africa – the world’s most carbon-intensive electricity producer— with $8.5 billion over the next 3-5 years to make a just transition away from coal, to a low-carbon economy.
Private financial institutions and central banks announced moves to realign trillions of dollars towards achieving global net zero emissions.
Among them is the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, with over 450 firms across 45 countries that control $130 trillion in assets
COP 26 Promises, Current Condition
Half the world’s forests are in just five countries – Russia, Brazil, Canada, the US and China. Therefore, the actions of these countries could make a big difference. In April, US President Biden signed an order to protect old-growth forests on government land. But in Brazil – home to more than half of the Amazon rainforest – deforestation is up 69% on last year. Another challenge is in Russia, which is facing a significant wildfire season. It lost 6.5 million hectares of forest to fires last year.
Last year, methane levels had seen their biggest annual increase since records began, as per National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Farming and the energy sector are the main sources of methane – and the increase in oil and gas use as Covid measures ease could be partially responsible.
Countries were given a deadline of September to submit new plans. But, currently only 11 countries out of 196 have done so. Recent analysis suggests that China has seen a continuous reduction in emissions since summer 2021. This could have a significant impact as it is responsible for 27% of the world’s emissions. Also the Ukraine-Russia war has a major effect on COP 26 pledges. While we were to move away from fossil fuels it looks like Europe will again start using coal powered power plants by this winter. Europe has banned Russia supplied gas and fuels and has no alternative other than fossil fuels to run their economy.
India on COP26 commitment
Prime Minister Modi has set aggressive targets for low-carbon power by 2030. However, India – the largest consumer of coal – announced in April that it was increasing production of coal power and reopening 100 plants. Which is a significant blow to the targets set.
NITI Aayog also launched two initiatives on E-Mobility. E-AMRIT (Accelerated e-Mobility Revolution for India’s Transportation) mobile application to raise awareness on electric mobility and the Report on Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Reuse and Recycling Market in India, both are part India’s commitment at COP26.
India is the fifth largest and fastest growing vehicle market in the world. The shift to Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) is creating one lakh of new e-mobility jobs, driving down technology costs, ensuring clean air and reducing our reliance on imported fuels.
Egypt will host COP 27, this year in November. This year should witness the implementation of the Glasgow pact to review ambition. COP27 will be a moment for countries to fulfil their pledges and commitments towards delivering the objectives of the Paris Agreement. And, they should act now rather than talk.
- COP26: Efforts continue for new agreement on environment
- Which countries are working better in achieving climate goals?
- A new promise from India to save the world
- James Hansen the man who broke news of global warming 34 years ago
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Austrian capital Vienna was ranked top city to live in according to a survey by Mercer, a human resources consultancy. Vienna was one of eight European cities in the top 10. In second place was Zurich, followed in joint third place by Munich, Vancouver and Auckland, New Zealand. Duesseldorf in Germany took sixth followed by Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Geneva and Basel.
London was ranked 41st and Paris was 39th, although the study, carried out between September and November 2018, did not take into account France’s ‘yellow vest’ anti-government protests.
The survey, designed as a tool to help international organisations determine salary levels for expatriate employees, is based on 39 criteria. These include housing, political stability, crime, leisure, air pollution, infrastructure, the health system, education and the economy.
Mercer said all US cities covered in the analysis fell in the rankings this year, with the exception of New York, which rose one place to 44 as crime rates there continue to fall. San Fransisco was the top-ranked US city at 34.
In Asia, Singapore has the highest quality of living at 25th place, followed by Tokyo and Kobe (joint 49th). Hong Kong was ranked 71st and Seoul 77nd. At the other end of the table, the lowest ranked city was Baghdad at 231. Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, and Sanaa in Yemen were 230th and 229th respectively. | <urn:uuid:d342561d-b1b6-42e0-82e1-d29575db94ca> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://www.unreservedmedia.com/this-city-has-been-named-best-in-the-world/ | 2019-04-21T04:20:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578530176.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20190421040427-20190421062427-00375.warc.gz | en | 0.974532 | 304 |
Boot Stuck at Floppy Drive(s) fd0
This would be a DVD Live disc of BT Beta 3. Ill insert it into my latop, reboot. I then select and option and hit enter.....screen goes black until I hit the power button then it will start to load drivers and gets stuck at Floppy Drive(s) fd0. My laptop is running vista and desktop is running XP. It runs fine on my xp desktop, I gonna reformate my laptop to xp tonight. I update if vista was the issue.
Laptop- HP Pavilion dv2149se.
It does not matter what the host OS is check the md5 of the disk.
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Rites of Darkness has the edge overall by a good mile or so.
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South Korean air passenger traffic reached a new three-month high in the third quarter, unfazed by a 15 percent drop in flights to Japan amidst diplomatic row.
A total of 31.23 million passengers, including 22.91 million on international routes, traveled during the three months that ended on Sept. 30, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said.
The number of passengers on international routes gained 4.8 percent in the quarter from a year ago, and the corresponding figure on domestic routes added 3.2 percent, driven by recovering travel demand from China and increased flights by low-cost carriers, the ministry said.
The number of passengers on routes to Japan fell 14.6 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier due to a consumer boycott of Japanese products amid a row between Korea and Japan over wartime labor issues and export controls.
For the fifth week of September, the number of South Korean air passengers to Japan came to 225,646 people, down 36.3 percent from 354,411 people a year ago, with the flight occupancy rate reduced to 67.8 percent from 77.1 percent.
The number of passengers on routes to China grew 12.2 percent on year to 4.96 million people, and the figure on routes to other Asian destinations showed a significant increase: Vietnam (22.5 percent), the Philippines (35.6 percent) and Taiwan (20.0 percent) as they posed as alternatives to Japanese locations.
Air cargo deliveries fell 5.1 percent on year to 1.06 million tons in the third quarter in line with the slump in global demand for IT components that must be delivered by air.
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We all know how bullshit war stories start.
“Well, there I was…”
Well, there I was. In the doctor’s office, nearly eight years after my war story. The man was telling me about my MRI results. I finally told the people up at the VA what was going on with me. Can’t lift wet clothes from the washing machine, painful to turn knobs with my left hand, can’t carry the vacuum cleaner around. It got old, so I made mention to my GP. She ordered an MRI, and a few weeks later there I was, in the orthopedic surgeon’s office.
Nerve damage, bad stuff with the tendons in my left arm, arthritis. The doc, a 3rd Ranger Battalion veteran, got out the needles. Cortisone to tie me over. He moved my joints around, it felt like a series of electric shocks. Then he pressed in hard. Pain. “Aha,” he said. “Now I know where to stick the needle.” First he did my shoulder, then he did my elbow. He’d have done my wrist, too, but apparently the VA will only authorize two shots per day. Two was enough.
I wasn’t going to scream in front of a man with a Ranger scroll and the Combat Medic Badge, but I will admit to some deep breaths.
How in the hell did I wind up here, I thought.
It’s a tale of a gun, a building, and madness.
“Well, there I was…”
So we were in a day-long engagement. The sun was setting, it had been a successful day. We needed to get out of there. Our team sergeant, Pete the Ranger, wanted to stay on the hill we had taken as a thumb in the Taliban’s eye. The team commander, the Colonel, said “Fuck no, we’re leaving.” So exhausted and addled by blast I climbed up behind the gun on the Colonel’s truck. I was never so happy to get behind the gun as on that evening, we were leaving the proverbial valley of the shadow of death.
God, how can I describe the roads. They were unworthy of the name, they were really improved donkey paths. It was a miracle that our MAT-Vs made it as far as they did to retrieve us, we assaulted in on foot. So we gathered our beans and our baskets and made our way out. A distinct memory was the truck in front of me nearly flipping as it straddled a wall, just watching I nearly pissed myself. Then it was our turn.
We hit a tree, a branch struck my weapon’s muzzle which in turn struck me violently in the face with the spade handles. How I didn’t lose teeth I don’t know. I ended up on the floor of the vehicle, senseless. But the gun needed to be “up,” so I jumped to my feet and got behind the gun. I noticed immediately that the turret was spinning out of control, the electrical controls were dead.
There was a redundant control, a manual crank handle. I smacked that bitch into place and with a violent wrench brought the gun back up. Called down to the Colonel. “Gun’s up.” I thought I was sweet.
And then I saw the building. We barreled into that sucker and pushed it part way over, my weapon got hung up again. This time I didn’t get as lucky as before. The manual crank handle beat the crap out of my arm, the gun got wedged on my body. Serious pain. My arm started swelling immediately, it was bad juju. The turret was completely inoperative and so was the gunner (me).
So began an exfiltration that was as bad as the combat, and nearly as long. We got back to our crappy firebase sometime around dawn after convoying for hours through Indian country. Stuck vehicles. Lost equipment. Soldiers on the ragged edge.
Bad. And we kept fighting in that shithole for another week.
And seven years, nine months later there I sat as the doctor told me my arm had seen better days.
You know what though?
To protect the Colonel and my friends, I would jump on that gun again. Knowing all that would happen; up to and including my trip to the VA today. Foreknowledge wouldn’t change a thing. Other stuff, yeah.
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Truth is always disappointing. Since we don’t possess all that is true, when we first encounter truth it is never what we expected. For some this post will be resisted because they cannot imagine transforming this aspect of their life.
We live in a competitive culture. We are taught early about this binary system. We are taught that winning is the penultimate achievement. The world thus comprises winners and losers. The win / lose paradigm is in sports, business, education, cooking, politics, dating and religion. Its all about being better, more, faster, richer, stronger, prettier, smarter or more powerful than others. Competition requires a scarcity worldview in order to exist. It needs a zero-sum game where ONLY one can win. This fuels competition as the means of survival. For many, competition gives them an identity. It is their maker.
I’m fully aware that aspects of competition are actually very good. We know that competition drives teams, businesses and individuals to become stronger, to work harder, to innovate, and to go the extra mile in service. Comparing performance is important and fun. The problem is not whether we compete or if our performance is being evaluated. The problem resides within the disposition (heart) of the individual. Thus competition when it is bad is revealing a spiritual deficiency. It’s a disease of the heart.
Our culture has mistakenly linked survival to being better than others. We need to question this. Only ego and pride survives in this way. If we follow that train of thought then the elimination of others is how we thrive. (Seems like a German in the 1940’s had the same idea.) We like to think of ourselves as better than this, but honest introspection usually proves otherwise.
We actually need others to rise up. If rising comes at others falling, it isn’t really a rising, it’s a distraction from ultimate reality. Is the winning team, car, politician, or side really that much better? Is our biggest opponent really that different from us?
The solution is not the abandonment of competition. We are not better off giving everyone a participation trophy. Everything changes the moment we replace the binary system of otherness, with respect (love) for all others. We need not diminish others with less skill, or puff up as if our skill was not given to us. We don’t lose skill by giving it away, instead it potentiates abundantly.
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Couple Stacey McRobbie, 38, and her husband Allan McRobbie, 38, teamed up with their neighbours Debbie Calder, 37, and Graham Calder, who have all been friends since school.
The foursome, from Motherwell, had joked about building a garden bar during lockdown but after a few weeks they decided they would take the plunge.
The impressive bar which folds down between their garden fences was built from scratch as the group’s first DIY project.
The fun-loving families have been enjoying the scorching weather and felt like they were on holiday enjoying drinks at their ‘Naebar Tiki Bar’.
Mum Stacey said: “During lockdown everyone seems to be looking for some entertainment over summer so that's how we came up with a tiki bar.
The group have been close since they were teenagers and now even have children the exact same age.
Alan Calder, 6, and Millie Calder,3, have been thrilled to hang out with their neighbours Max McRobbie, 6, and Millie McRobbie, 3, while schools have been closed.
Stacey added: “My wee boy and Debbie’s next door are both six and in the same class and we have two wee girls at three and they enjoy it as well.
“During the day they ask for the Tiki bar to come down so they can see each other and interact but within the social distance rules, so it has been really beneficial.
“We have all been friends since high school and then became neighbours a few years ago.
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Whether you want to make small changes or do something big, you will be helping our environment. The next few paragraphs will help you information on green energy into your life.
Instead of using your air conditioner in the summer, try to wear fabrics that are natural. Cotton and other natural fibers, draw the moisture away from your skin, and allow you to stay cooler. Wear lighter colors, as warmer colors make you feel warmer and more likely to put on artificial cold air.
When drawing up the landscaping plans for a garden path or patio, think of solar powered lamps as an option. These lamps are cheap and don’t require any kind of power besides sun exposure. This saves a lot of energy. It will also means you do not to have string up those outdoor lights.
Clean filters or replace them to ensure your furnace is appropriating at prime efficiency. It’s a good call to add filters to warm air registers. Register filters will help prevent debris increasing efficiency.
Do you own a large plot of land? If you or someone you know does, you can rent some property to energy companies for installing wind turbines.
When you can, wash your clothes using cold water. Almost 90% of energy used for doing laundry is due to heating the water. Modern laundry detergent does just as well with cold water as hot water. Another great tip is to always fill up the washer with a full load so that you’re being as efficient as possible.
Many systems will take a switch to some level of biodiesel without any extra modifications or parts.
Speak to a technician to find out if your fuel oiled heating can be changed to an alternative fuel, such as biodiesel. Many heating systems are able to change over to some biodiesel use without needing modifications or extra parts. Bio-diesel fuels burn more efficiently and cleaner than conventional petroleum- based fuel oil.
Turn off when you’re not in use. When exiting rooms, turn off the computer, the tv or the computer. A power strip is an easy way to turn off multiple appliances at once, and it prevents passive electrical use due to standby modes.
Save money and energy by only running your dishwasher with a full load of dishes. It’s sacrilege to turn it on with just one or two dishes inside. It will likely surprise you how much you can actually put into your dishwasher when you load it properly. Think carefully about where you place each dish for optimal storage in the washer.
When thinking about home solar systems, calculate the potential energy generation of the system using hours of sunshine in the winter. This can prevent surprises in the winter, and it saves money during the summer.
It is beneficial to maintain your refrigerator to keep it working efficiently. You have to ensure it is in great working condition, as it sucks up energy like a sponge. Regularly make sure the heating coils are dust-free. Also ensure that the rubber seals around the doors are clean and making tight contact.
This makes sure power loss as energy travels through the cable.
If you have storm windows and doors in your home it helps control air flow. Storm doors and windows lessen the amount of cold air drafts that come in. Homes equipped with storm windows and doors can see an increase in energy efficiency of up to 45 percent.
Use a tankless water heater instead of one that uses a tank style heater. While heaters that are tankless still need electricity or gas, they only heat the amount of water you need, which is what a water tank heater does. Tankless heaters can supply the entire home or even just a single water faucet with water that is hot.
Dressing in warm attire can be a great way to cut energy costs while embracing green energy. Lighter sweaters can add 2 more degrees of warmth, while heavy sweaters increase warmth by 4 degrees. You don’t need to be cold at home, get yourself some nice warm clothes you can use in your house today!
Dressing in warm attire can help you reduce energy costs while embracing green energy. A light sweater gives you 2 extra degrees of warmth, and a lighter sweater adds 2 degrees. You don’t have to wear a t-shirt and shorts in your home, so save money by putting on a sweater and turning down the heat!
Use a laptop computer instead of a desktop, which uses more energy. Laptops use up to 75% less electricity than desktops, especially during non-demanding tasks like surfing the web or word processing. Also, you can bring the laptop with you wherever you go.
If you’re one of a lot of people who want to have a greener life and you desire to save our planet’s energy, there’s lots of things that you can do. Many of these options will not cost you money, but will instead save you money, like cleaning your furnace filter monthly and turning down your thermostat when you are leaving your home. Another way to save energy, and money, is to set the water heater’s temperature at 120 degrees. Anything you can do will help!
Learn the differences between passive and active solar power.Passive solar power uses your home in its existing state as heat storage.
Switch your boiler to save more energy. Most older boilers weren’t made with energy conservation in mind, but newer ones are often fairly energy efficient. Not only will you reduce the carbon dioxide being emitted, but your energy costs can be greatly lessened.
Write a reminder to remain on top of goals for energy efficiency, and check every utility bill against the previous year’s to see if you are making gains.For instance, if your stated goal is to reduce your consumption of electricity and water, it’s more likely that you will also try to use appliances and lights less often.
Many people don’t turn off appliances when not using them. Just by making some simple mindset alterations, a large amount of money can be saved in energy costs. Make a conscious effort to ensure your lights and appliances are switched off when not being used.
Use LED holiday lights to decorate for the holidays instead of traditional strand lights. According to a study by the United States This is enough energy to power 20,000 homes for a year. You can at least look forward to saving money on your electric bill.
Spending the extra money on buying green electronics and appliances pays off in the long run. Green technologies are often a little more expensive than traditional items but the investment will pay off in the money that you save on decreased utilities. You will also enjoy knowing that you are having a positive impact on the environment.
You can use bio-fuels to heat your home. This type of fuel is made of oils, vegetable oil and wood. This fuel would contain anywhere up to 99% of biodiesel. Make sure you talk with a professional before you try this type of fuel out.
Search for an Energy Star logo when shopping for appliances in order to find the most energy-efficient ones. Appliances that have been ENERGY STAR rated follow energy consumption guidelines promulgated by the U.S. Department of Energy as well as the Environmental Protection Agency Products that meet ENERGY STAR criteria are usually eligible for some form of tax rebate.
A good green energy technology tip is to use a tankless water heater. Old fashioned water heaters would constantly run, heating the water even when not needed, therefore wasting energy.
Weatherize your home, and it will become more energy-efficient. You can reduce the energy usage of your home by installing energy efficient doors and windows, sealing ducts, replacing faulty heat and air conditioners and adding insulation to your home. Also, you will greatly reduce your energy bill.
It does not have to be all that complicated to go green. As seen in this article, there are a lot of simple ways in order to live your life greener. Now that you have read the article, begin to incorporate what you have learned into your life. It won’t be nearly as hard as you thought, and it will produce some very positive effects.
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We now know what Julia Boseman plans to do after she leaves the State Senate. The New Hanover County Democrat tells us she wants to run for district court judge.
There's a new judge's seat up for grabs in the New Hanover-Pender County judicial district, created because of our population growth. Wilmington attorney Chad Hogston is planning to run against Boseman. He's a Republican, although judicial races are non-partisan.
In Pender County, F.D. Rivenbark has announced he will run for the 16th District seat in the State House. That's the seat currently held by Republican Carolyn Justice. Rivenbark is currently a County Commissioner for the Burgaw district. He's also a farmer and retired principal and teacher.
Dewey Hudson recently announced he will not seek another term as District Attorney. He's running for State Senate instead hoping to represent Sampson, Duplin, and Lenoir Counties in Raleigh. Hudson will run as a Democrat seeking to fill Charlie Albertson's seat. Albertson announced last week he is retiring after more than 20 years in the Senate.
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Anti-abortion groups bent on bringing issue directly to the public
Advocates of a woman's right to choose abortion appear to have come out on top in the latest legal and political skirmishes on the issue. But both sides expect the battle to become more heated when anti-abortion forces launch a new drive against abortion next year. In an effort to bypass the courts and the politicians, abortion opponents are planning to take their case to the American public via local referendums. The Christian Action Council, a pro-life activist group with affiliates in 50 states, announced Wednesday that, in cities and towns across the country, it will try to introduce ballot questions asking voters whether the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion should be overturned.
It's an approach that abortion foes tried for the first time in elections this week; but it failed. In three New England towns, ballots included this question: ``Should the decision by the Supreme Court regarding abortion be overturned?'' In all three cases, a majority of voters said ``no.''
But in Bristol, Conn., leaders of anti-abortion groups say they are pleased to have won 45 percent of the vote. The Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney of the New Covenant Church, who came up with the idea of a local referendum on abortion, says the vote shows that the anti-abortion movement has a broader base of support than pro-choice activists like to admit.
The referendum should also convince legislators that the pro-life movement is a viable constituency, and it offers a valuable tool in building strong support at the grass-roots level, he says.
The Rev. Mr. Mahoney, a self-described liberal and a registered Democrat, says the pro-life movement in the past 12 years has not been effective in involving the public, focusing instead on boosting pro-life candidates into office.
``[We] felt there had to be a way to reach the public, without hassling women or using violent means, like bombing abortion clinics, to do it,'' he says. ``We decided on the referendum because it's nonviolent, it's educational, and it's, well, it's voting, which is the American way.''
Mahoney's opponents, on the other hand, criticize the new strategy of putting abortion referendums on municipal ballots. ``It's inappropriate to put this kind of question, which is so private and so personal, before the public on a referendum,'' says Catherine Blinder, campaign manager for Citizens Against Referendum 1 in Bristol.
``It's a waste of public money to vote on things that are nonbinding, that can have no impact,'' agrees Nanette Falkenberg, executive director of the National Abortion Rights Action League. ``Essentially, it's a public-opinion survey.'' But, she adds: ``If we can beat them in Bristol [a working-class city where the majority of citizens are Roman Catholic], we can beat them in lots of other places.''
Next year's ballots, in at least three states, will include questions that ``can have a real impact,'' Ms. Falkenberg says. In California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, voters will decide whether to prohibit the spending of public funds for abortions. ``If we lose those, the state constitutions will be changed,'' she says.
The votes coincided with arguments heard Tuesday by the United States Supreme Court on two major abortion cases. While lawyers did not suggest that the court should overrule its 1973 decision, they urged the justices to uphold Pennsylvania and Illinois laws that would restrict abortions under certain conditions.
The Pennsylvania law requires that women seeking abortions in that state be advised about the risks and possible detrimental effects. The Illinois law prohibits doctors from carrying out an abortion of a ``viable'' fetus, or one that is capable of living outside the womb. Advances in medical technology make it possible to sustain a fetus at a much earlier stage in its development, clouding the court's guideline that a ``viable'' fetus is one in the last trimester of development.
Laurence H. Tribe, a Harvard professor and constitutional lawyer, says he doubts the current US Supreme Court is inclined to undertake a sweeping review of its rulings on abortion. The court reaffirmed a woman's constitutional right to an abortion as recently as 1983, he notes.
Further, the court refused to make time for US Solicitor General Charles Fried, who speaks for the Reagan administration, to present arguments at Tuesday's hearing. ``If there were any inclination for a broad review, the administration would have been invited to participate,'' Professor Tribe says.
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Women aided by networking
In the ’80s, women who wanted to make their mark in the business world were urged to think, act and even dress like men. Now, the “power suits” and bow ties of that era are a humorous relic, and women are defining what success means and how to achieve it.
In the Chicago area, women are forming women-only forums, networking groups and professional associations to help members meet their goals. Women who run small businesses may find added benefit from these groups because they are less likely to have colleagues or mentors at work who can offer advice, experts say. But they caution women against relying exclusively on these groups to forge relationships or reach professional goals.
“The need is still there, and the outlook for these organizations is strong,” says Susan L. Abrams, visiting scholar at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
A recent survey by Catalyst, a New York-based research group for women in business, found that only 12.5% of the corporate officer positions in Fortune 500 companies were occupied by women, compared with 8.7% in 1995.
While the trend is up, “the pace is really glacial,” says Ms. Abrams, author of a new book called “The New Success Rules for Women.”
One Chicago-based group, Women Empowering Women in Illinois, or We-Will, is seeking to speed that process.
Formed in 1999, the coalition of 30 women’s professional organizations is working to identify and groom women to serve as board members of corporations, government entities and non-profit organizations. It formed as an outgrowth of the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois.
Its combined membership totals about 10,000, including representatives from Women in Management, the National Assn. of Women Business Owners and the Network of Women Entrepreneurs. Representatives of these groups, typically past presidents, are “across the board, Chicago-specific and high-powered,” says Co-chair Gayle Guthrie.
Qualified women have not been frozen out of board positions at Chicago’s business and civic institutions, but only a handful are invited repeatedly to join, says Ms. Guthrie, president of Chicago-based Guthrie Enterprises Group, a total asset management firm. “We need to spread the wealth.”
Carmen Caldero, president and owner of CPC Electrical Supply Co. in Chicago and a member of We-Will, attests to the value of board experience.
For 10 years, she served on the board of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which oversees the development of Navy Pier and McCormick Place, and ran two of its committees.
“I would say that was my college education,” says Ms. Caldero, who described her tenure as an “incredible opportunity to learn and make decisions at that level.” Among them were the approvals of construction projects with budgets exceeding $1.5 billion.
The owner of a five-person lighting and electrical supply company that sells to government, corporations and contractors, Ms. Caldero says her service on the authority didn’t translate into a fatter bottom line for her company.
It paid other dividends, however. “It gave me visibility, and it gave me visibility in the construction industry, so people know who I am. That makes it a little easier to do business.”
Helping groom other women for that chance will fill a much-needed gap, she says. “There aren’t enough women in leadership. At age 49 . . . I see my role as more of a mentor in helping develop leadership skills in younger women.”
A similar motivation inspired former business owner Linda McCabe to create Feminine Forum, a Chicago-area networking organization. A former Chicago Public Schools teacher, Ms. McCabe joined her father’s scrap metal reclamation business in 1980 and took the helm when he became ill in 1986. She sold the business in 1999 and launched Feminine Forum in early 2000.
Meeting in small groups moderated by a professional facilitator, the forum encourages discussion among members on a range of personal and professional issues, ranging from launching a career change to coping with difficult bosses to exercising power wisely. Members are encouraged, but not required, to sign “action commitment” statements that establish deadlines for their goals.
At a late-November meeting in Des Plaines, participants discussed a chapter from a new book titled “Power and Wisdom: the New Path for Women.” An element of each meeting, the discussions serve as a springboard to help members examine the issues they’re confronting.
A manager at a small suburban manufacturing company who asked not to be identified notes that exercising power at her male-dominated company often meets with a negative response. “You’re working so much harder to be taken seriously,” she says. Yet, “your opinions don’t count as much.”
Having the chance to freely air concerns and opinions allows women to collaborate on problem-solving, Ms. McCabe says. Traditionally, “women have had a need to focus on the needs of others,” she notes. Now, “women need to find their power in the business world, and we help them activate that power.”
As beneficial as women-only groups may be in grooming women for board positions or providing a forum for problem-solving and growth, leaders urge women to regard them as only one resource.
“You can’t rely on women’s networks exclusively,” says Ms. Abrams.
Women who do will cut off potential relationships with men who still occupy the vast majority of corporate officer positions. “It’s absolutely critical we open ourselves to these relationships as well,” she adds.
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Dumped from smartphones and tablets, can webOS find a home in our lounge rooms?
Remember webOS? First it was the killer new smartphone operating system from Palm, the PDA king which fell behind the pace in the smartphone race. When Palm stumbled it was snapped up by Hewlett Packard, which called on webOS to power its ill-fated TouchPad. When the TouchPad crashed and burned webOS was put back on the shelf, but now it lives again in the hands of LG.
webOS might seem cursed, but there's nothing wrong with it. It's actually a rather elegant and sophisticated operating system engineered to support smooth multitasking. It was really just in the wrong place at the wrong time – twice – each time pushed aside by iOS and Android. Smart TVs might finally offer the right time and place for webOS to shine, especially as Android and iOS have stuck with set-top boxes to date.
LG had webOS on show at CES in January and this week it was finally unveiled in Australia. It's stuck with webOS' card-based interface, which is easy to navigate and translates well on the big screen. The interface works in conjunction with LG's wireless Magic Remote pointer, with the ability to flick left and right to see extra cards. A lot of work has gone into turning webOS into a slick 10-foot interface designed to be driven from the couch, and it results in a fast, smooth and intuitive user experience.
webOS has access to an app store, making it easy to expand your TV's capabilities over time. In the US they've got access to the usual suspects such as Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Amazon and Pandora. In Australia you'll find ABC iView, SBS, Bigpond, Fairfax video and YouTube apps, plus access the LG's movie store. The TV supports DLNA and Miracast streaming, but unfortunately you won't find Plex in the app store for streaming video around your home. That's a shame, because built-in Plex would be the killer feature for some homes, you will find it on some Samsung televisions along with a range of set-top boxes including Rokus and Chromecasts.
We're still waiting for LG to fully integrate webOS with the voice and gesture controls on the top-of-the-line models. They already support other features such as volume and channel controls. It's a frustrating schism, although progress has been made since CES and LG assures me integration with webOS will continue to improve. Not that I'm completely sold on voice and/or gesture controls on any home entertainment device, often it's easier to reach for the remote control. But if they are going to be there they should be across the entire interface.
So is webOS finally in the right place at the right time? I think so. It certainly makes sense for LG to look to a mature platform like webOS rather than reinventing the wheel with yet another smart TV platform.
While Android might seem like a more logical choice, Google's mobile operating system has struggled to get a foothold in the lounge room and most large-screen Android implementations have been cumbersome affairs. Hisense promises to change this with its new Vision range of Google-certified smart TVs and I'm going to get my hands on one soon to put it through its paces.
As for Apple, the mythical Apple Television is yet to see the light of day. Personally I think it makes little sense for Apple to get into the cut-throat television business when it can simply put a cheap Apple TV in every home as a gateway to the iTunes store.
Meanwhile LG has invested heavily in webOS and if it can get a foothold in our lounge rooms then LG seems prepared to build on this and bring webOS to other smart devices. It acquired the team of HP engineers which worked on webOS, so it's obviously keen to make the most of it.
Is there room for a smart TV in your lounge room? Which software would you like to see it run?
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I picked up the little boxwood planter last week. I can never have enough boxwood.
I was on a roll with green, so I dug out my green birds from the closet.
Added a bird book...I can never have too many birds, either.
Last week, I found the two green Bordallo Pinheiro leaf plates and one of the gold..$1.71 each! I already had two gold ones, so I was happy to find the others. I love using them to hold pickles, lemon slices or a few crackers.
I couldn't pass up this vintage looking jack-o-lantern treat container. He was under two dollars, and he'll be great for next Halloween.
This past weekend, Hubby decided he wanted to make a surround for our floating fireplace mantel. Well, who am I to say "no"? :)
This is it so far, and thankfully, the picture is crooked, not the mantel.
It's a build-and-design-as-we-go project. Wish us luck. :)
Hubby still has to put the blocks at the bottom and top sides and any trim we think it might use... I still have to decide on that.
I hope all of y'all up north are safe and warm, and didn't have as much snow as predicted.
Dwellings ~ Amaze Me Monday
Between Naps On The Porch ~ Metamorphosis Monday
The Dedicated House ~ Make It Pretty Monday
A Stroll Thru Life ~ Inspire Me Tuesday
Coastal Charm ~ Show and Share
Our Home Away From Home ~ Tuesdays at Our Home
Confessions of a Plate Addict ~ The Scoop
StoneGable~ The Scoop
Savvy Southern Style ~ Wow Us Wednesday
Ivy and Elephants ~ What's It Wednesday
A Delightsome Life ~ Home and Garden Thursday
Between Naps On The Porch ~ Tablescape Thursday
Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson ~ Share Your Cup Thursday
Love of Family and Home~ Inspire Me, Please Weekend Blog Hop
My Turn for Us ~ Freedom Fridays Blog Hop
The Charm of Home ~ Home Sweet Home Friday
The Dedicated House ~ Anything Blue Friday
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Hello, SEers, and happy Hump Day. As you read this, I’m vacationing in sunny Florida, and probably won’t be online much. The other SE authors have agreed to pitch in and reply to comments on this post while I’m away, so I hope you’ll share some thoughts below.
I’ve been living in the world of deadlines followed by edits so I haven’t done much in the way of promotion lately. The other day I clicked on a blog post that was part of a new release blog tour. The book being hosted sounded intriguing. There was a Rafflecopter involved, and I waffled back and forth on whether I wanted to devote the time. It made me realize how unlikely I am to follow through with Rafflecopter offerings these days.
Remember the day when everyone was a ‘copter fan and we thought nothing of clicking and entering our email address? Remember when all you had to do was leave a comment on the blog post? My, how times have changed! Did we go bat-crazy and ratchet too many items on the Rafflecopter entry list?
My day job is in real estate. When I started in this business many moons ago, a standard corporate referral was 25%. After a while it grew to 30%. Then it eked to 31% (seriously—a 1% increase. Someone must have wanted to buy an island). After that it bloomed to 35%, then 37% . Lately we’ve been seeing 40%. If no one balks, the envelope keeps getting pushed. Did we do the same thing with Rafflecopter entries, gradually tacking on one after another?
The last few I checked involved:
- Sharing the tweet link
- Following the author on Twitter
- Visiting the author’s Facebook page
- Following on Pinterest
- Adding the book to GR
- Visiting the touring company on Facebook
- Following the touring company on Twitter
- Signing up for the author’s newsletter (usually lots of points in that one) and probably a few other things I’ve forgotten.
Yes, I realize you don’t have to do all of those to be entered in the giveaway, but the more you do, the better your chances.
It’s gotten to the point I rarely if ever click a Rafflecopter link. I have to really want the book, and if I want it that badly, odds are I’m going to hop over to Amazon and buy it outright. As an author, how valid are those entries anyway, if someone is just looking for a free ebook or a GC to the ‘Zon?
Have I become a dinosaur? Whenever that little ‘copter pops up it seems I have to jump through way too many hoops. What do you think? Do Rafflecopter giveaways still work? Do you enter them, and if so, what entices you—a good book, a gift card? As an author do you use Rafflecopter and have you had luck with it? I’d like to know if it’s still worth hitching a ride with the whirlybird. | <urn:uuid:90988077-454a-4188-9cf6-173ac1625493> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://storyempire.com/2017/10/25/is-it-worth-it/ | 2018-10-19T01:22:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512161.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20181018235424-20181019020924-00386.warc.gz | en | 0.949139 | 675 |
Please join next year's yoga retreat in Japan, at a zen temple in Iiyama, Nagano. Sattva Fitness Yoga Center's master teacher, Rached Maalouf, and Mimi Wright, ERYT200, will be leading the yoga retreat.
Master Teacher Rached Maalouf
Rached Maalouf was born in Lebanon and moved to Boston, Massachussetts in 1976 at the age of 12. He moved to San Diego in 1990 and now lives in Escondido, with his wife and 2 children. He completed 3 yoga teacher trainings; Indra Devi Hatha yoga in March 1999, Synergy yoga in August 2000 and Ashtanga yoga in June 2003. His yoga teaching career began in 1999 and he has taught approximately 10,000 classes since then. Yoga is his passion and way of life.
He opened Sattva Fitness Yoga Center in January 2002, teaches full time and runs the business. While teaching and assisting in local ongoing teacher training programs, he has witnessed physical and mental transformations of many students. Reading or interpreting a student's body in a pose, making modifications and skillfully using hands on adjustments are his strengths. He lives a simple life, eats organic and vegetarian food, and lives to serve his family and yoga students.
He is grateful to his teacher Ranjani Cobo M. D. MPH. HHP. and all his teachers and students. He thanks God for letting him survive his heart attack and bypass surgery in July 2002 and allowing him to teach more yoga, from the heart, for many more years. Enjoy your precious time on the yoga mat and he looks forward to meeting you in his class.
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Born and raised in Japan, Mimi discovered her path to yoga in 1998, when she moved to Chicago, IL with her husband. During pregnancy of her first child, she suffered from severe back pain and found the therapeutic healing power of yoga. Mimi and her husband with two children moved to Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, and she worked at Morale, Welfare and Recreation office as a fitness programs coordinator. The job eventually led her to be a fitness instructor, and she became interested in teaching yoga. In 2006, Mimi completed 200 Hour Yoga Alliance teacher training at 7 Centers Yoga studio in Sedona, AZ. Since then she has been passionately teaching yoga, taking workshops and classes from different teachers.
Mimi came to Sattva Fitness in 2014, and she found a true love for practice. She apprenticed with two great master teachers, Rached Maalouf and Sylvi Harwin. In 2016, Mimi completed 50-hour Yin Yoga training by Sylvi. After the training, she experienced a big shift in her life, felt her mind and body had a incredible transformation. Yin yoga has been a wonderful addition to Mimi’s daily yoga practice.
Besides teaching Hatha 1 and Yin yoga class at Sattva Fitness, Mimi teaches mom & baby yoga class at Zoom Fitness in Kearny Mesa, office yoga class at Teradata, and healing restorative yoga at Alternative Physical Therapy in Rancho Bernardo. Mimi also teaches small group/private lessons at her clients' residence, and SUP yoga, beach yoga at San Diego beaches.
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Here Are 17 Classic Guy Movies Leaving Netflix On January 1st 2016
Leaving with the year 2015 is a slew of excellent classic guy movies on Netflix. If you've got some time to kill/awkward silences to fill in the last few days of the holidays before the New Year, check out some of these epic titles before they're gone. There are more than 60 movies leaving on January 1st, 2016 (and that means at the stroke of midnight on January 1st, they'll be gone), but here are 17 you should really make a point of checking out.
Almost Famous (2000)
The based-on-a-true story tale of an aspiring teenage rock journalist who falls in love with a groupie while touring with the fictitous band "Stillwater". It's got Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Kate Hudson — what's not to like?
American Psycho I and II (2000, 2002)
Before Christian Bale was Batman, he was Patrick Bateman. Check out the movie based on the book that was deemed so disturbing that in some countries it can only be sold shrink-wrapped.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2001, 2003)
There have been many who've tried to imitate the sexiness of Angelina Jolie in these films, but there is only one Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In all fairness though, Lara Croft's bangin' outfit is clearly a rip-off of Sean Connery's character in Zardoz
(another film worth checking out, mostly for how utterly bizarre it is).
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Long before the word "bromance" even existed there was Steve Martin and the late great John Candy in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. A hilarious and heart-warming holiday stand-by.
Risky Business (1983)
Netflix really seems to be purging all of its Tom Cruise content. Whatever the reason, it's a great excuse to revisit classics like Risky Business, the film that made the world fall in love with Ray-Ban Wayfarers (among other things).
Rocky I through V (1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1990)
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Where: The Verdun Sector, immediately north and northwest of the town of Verdun.
Check the Location on a Map of the Western Front
When: September 26 - November 11, 1918
AEF Units Participating: U.S. First Army commanded by General John J. Pershing until October 16th then by Lt. General Hunter Liggett.
Click Here To See the disposition of US forces at the start of the battle.
Opposing Forces: Approximately forty German divisions from the Army Groups of the Crown Prince and General Max Carl von Gallwitz participated in the battle with the largest contribution by the Fifth Army of Group Gallwitz commanded by General Georg von der Marwitz.
Memorable For: Being the biggest operation and victory of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I.
Advancing through the Argonne Forest
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the greatest American battle of the First World War. In six weeks the AEF lost 26,277 killed and 95,786 wounded. It was a very complex operation involving a majority of the AEF ground forces fighting through rough, hilly terrain the German Army had spent four years fortifying. Its objective was the capture of the railroad hub at Sedan which would break the rail net supporting the German Army in France and Flanders and force the enemy's withdrawal from the occupied territories.
The bulk of the forces engaged in the initial onslaught had to be transferred from the St. Mihiel Salient ---- assaulted less than two weeks earlier ---- to a new jump off line north and northwest of Verdun. This new section of the front extended thirty miles east to west . The reshifting of forces in such a short period of time was one of the great accomplishments of the Great War. These logistics were planned and directed by Col. George C. Marshall establishing his reputation and preparing him to lead -- in the distant future --- American forces to victory in the Second World War.
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive: A Chronology
Abbey Ruins atop Montfaucon
Used as German Observation Post
25 September 1918
At 2330 the initial barrage by 2700 guns begins. Ten American divisions of 26,000 men each are poised to attack. They are organized in three corps, arrayed facing north from the edge of the Champagne in the west to the River Meuse in the East.
The corps and divisions are [west to east]: I Corps - 92nd [actually under French Command], 77th, 28th & 35th Divisions; V Corps - 91st, 37th & 79th Divisions: and III Corps - 4th 80th and 33rd Divisions. These divisions would be relieved, replaced and sometimes moved along the front during the different phases of the battle. Dismounted cavalry working as scouts and the Lt Tank Brigade are also deployed to support the assault.
26 September 1918
H-Hour at 0530. The initial advance is brisk with the exception that the 79th Division encounters difficulties capturing the look out post and strong point of Montfaucon. This delay holds up the entire advance for over a day and allows the Germans to recover from their initial shock and to reorganize.
Landmarks captured include the Butte de Vacquois and the historic village of Varennes.
27 September 1918 Montfaucon is captured, but the day and one-half delay allows German forces to escape and regroup avoiding a rout. This provest to be the most expensive missed opportunity of the AEF.
1 October 1918 The Offensive is clearly not meeting expectations. The lack of roads in the Argonne creates a stupendous traffic jam. Pershing replaces several inexperienced divisions. Tank support because of the terrain and mechanical problems has not lived up to expectations.
3 October 1918 To the west, the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division is surrounded. Things are bogged down along the line. Pershing shuffles his divisions for a renewed assault.
The new order of battle includes [west to east]: I Corps - 77th, 28th & 1st Divisions; V Corps - 32nd & 3rd Divisions: and III Corps - 4th 80th and 33rd Divisions.
Doughboys Under Fire in the Village of Exermont
4 October 1918
First Army begins a major attack along the entire front, but this will just be the first in a series of attacks all resulting in high casualties with small gains in ground.
Click Here To See the Advances of the First Army During October.
7 October 1918
Secondary flanking attack by I Corps reenforced by 82nd Division to relieve the Lost Battalion.
8 October 1918
Lost Battalion survivors walk out. Sgt. York of 82nd Division wipes out nest of 35 machine guns and captures 132 German soldiers as part of relief operation. Pershing orders the French XVII Corps with American divisions to attack along the east bank of the Meuse.
9-21 October 1918
A see-saw battle on the east bank of the Meuse as the Germans continually resist and counterattack the US units of the French XVII Corps.
11 October 1918
The new push slows down and Foch orders another pause. Summerall named to command the key V Corps.
12 October 1918
Pershing orders a major reorganization. A Second US Army will be given responsibility for the reduced St. Mihiel Salient for an eventual thrust against Metz. Hunter Liggett will be given command of First Army replacing Pershing..
13 October 1918
AEF mounts another major attack with limited success. Cunel and Romagne in the central Argonne are captured. Romagne would become the site of America's largest overseas military cemetery.
Argonne Traffic Jam
16 October 1918
Grandpre on the River Aire at the northwestern corner of the Argonne is reached. Pershing directs Liggett to take immediate command of First Army. Grandpre will not fall completely until October 23rd.
17-31 October 1918
As Liggett reorganizes and plans a major assault, a series of local attacks straightens the American front from Grandpre in the west to the east bank of the Meuse.
21 October 1918
Cunel captured; the third German defensive position, the Khiemhilde Stellung is broken.
22 October 1918
By the 22nd of the month III and V Corps had secured the Bois de Foret and Bois des Rappes and had pushed to the norther and westen limits of the Bois de Bantheville. First Army prepares for final assault on Sedan.
27 October 1918
French 4th Army to the left [west] of the US 1st Army catches up to American front line. This is made possible by the success of two U.S. divisions, the 2nd and 36th, successfully capturing Blanc Mont Ridge in the Champagne and pursuing the enemy to the River Aisne
31 October 1918 American units on the east side of the Meuse advance to Consenvoye Heights. First Army is ready for an advance across a broad front._ The Meuse-Argonne Offensive: Chronology Continues
Kriemhilde Section of Hindenburg Line
Northeast of Romagne
1 November 1918
The reorganized First Army now under the command of Lt. General Hunter Liggett begins the final pursuit to Sedan.
The divisions are once again reorganized [west to east]: I Corps - 78th, 77th, & 80th Divisions; V Corps - 2nd & 89th Divisions: III Corps - 90th and 5th Divisions; and the French 15th Corps with the US 79th, 26th and 81st Divisions. A major road construction program during October improved the logistical situation.
The first days advance by V Corps in the center is six miles. The Germans are shocked and order a withdrawal.
Click Here To See the Advances of the First Army During November..
2-3 November 1918
The 2nd Division marches right through the enemy positions and advances another five miles.
3 November 1918
III Corps on the right forces a crossing of the Meuse south of Dun-sur-Meuse with the 5th Division forcing the bridgehead.
5 November 1918
Leading US units reach the hills overlooking Sedan. The First Army boundary is ordered to be shifted to the east to allow the French 4th Army the honor of capturing Sedan site of a defeat in 1870 and redirect 1st Armies route of advance.
7-11 November 1918 Units already east of the Meuse continue advancing northward and the First Army Headquarters lays plans for taking the old fortress of Montmedy, the next logical objective.
10 November 1918 As part of First Army's shift eastward units of the 2nd and 89th Divisions begin a west to east crossing of the Meuse.
11 November 1918 Marshall Foch's armistice instructions arrive at 0600 hours. US units involved in the river crossings have reached Senegal Farm and Moulins by 1100 hrs, but some doughboys and marines do not hear about the cease-fire until noon time.
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*Usher was on roller skates singing his hit “Don’t Waste My Time” during his Las Vegas residency show when a female dancer bumped into him and caused him to fall on stage.
The singer allegedly fired the dancer after the concert, according to SandraRose.com.
Usher lost his balance during the performance at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Nevada on March 8. After bouncing back up, the singer and the dancer embraced and Usher told the crowd: “You can’t get ’em all right y’all.”
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Meanwhile, Usher has said that he feels more creative when he’s based in Las Vegas.
“Las Vegas is very important because it actually speaks to my career, to be in a place where I can dream, where I can incubate ideas,” the R&B star shared in an interview with GQ. “A place where I can be creative.”
In a 2020 interview with Rolling Stone ahead of his Las Vegas residency show, Usher gushed about performing in Sin City.
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Black River Walk
The Blue Water Young Professionals, in partnership with the City of Port Huron Recreation Department, was awarded a $45,000 grant from the Department of Natural Resources Recreation Passport program, a $5,000 donation from the Community Foundation of St. Clair County, and an additional $10,000 from the City of Port Huron to continue work on the Black River Walk. Grant related projects are in the planning stages, with trail heads, gathering areas and signage being the main focus. A second project, a partnership with St. Clair County Community College, includes a tile border and painted mural along the 7th Street Tunnel.
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The YPs began organizing the Bed Races in 2012. In our seven years of running this increasingly popular event, there has been between six to 12 teams each year and has shown steady growth in racer participation and audience. We coordinate the event with the organizer of Chilly Fest, which is now the Port Huron Recreation Department. We set up the races, lay out the rules and organize the day of activities. The committee for this event meets for two months leading up to the event.
Blue Water Volleygrass Festival
Hosted by the Port Huron Northern Athletic Boosters, 2018 marks the YPs fourth year with Volleygrass. The tournament is run by the boosters and their varsity volleyball coach as a fundraiser for the sports programs at Port Huron Northern High School. Annually, approximately 220 teams come out to compete in the 4 on 4 three day tournament. The YPs volunteer their services by running registration and bracketing for the tournament, and are in charge of acquiring sponsorship partners for the event. The event raises approximately $20,000 annually to support their programs, a portion of which they have donated to the BWYPs for our involvement in the event. The Volleygrass committee meets one to two times per week for eight to twelve weeks leading up to the event each summer.
Originally inspired by our focus on supporting the arts and nightlife in the Blue Water Area, Art Hop has become a seasonal staple in the Port Huron area. The Blue Water Young Professions organized and planned the original hop, through the work of the Art Hop Committee, working with local artists and businesses to coordinate a night of art, shopping, music, food and drink. The event is now coordinated by the Downtown Development Authority, and continues to highlight the artistic talent and entrepreneurs that make our area a destination.
BWYP Community Tour
Celebrating our past, embracing our present, and planning for our future. In June 2017, the Blue Water Young Professionals hit the road, hosting community events along the Blue Water coast.
BWYP vs. SC4 Alumni Hockey
The Blue Water Young Professionals teamed up to play against the SC4 Alumni Hockey team in 2014 and 2015. Funds from ticket sales helped support both BWYP projects and SC4 Alumni Association funds.
Kentucky Derby Party
In May, 2015 the BWYPs hosted our first annual fundraising event, a Kentucky Derby themed party. Hosted at the Alley Room in Port Huron, this race for the roses helped us raise funds to continue work on the Black River Walk project.
I will stay if...
Termed the official launch of the Blue Water Young Professionals, this 2011 event brought together community leaders, young professionals, and local residents to help guide the mission of the BWYP group. From this event, our mission "to be a catalyst of community enhancement for the Blue Water Area by collaborating with fellow forward-thinking, community-oriented individuals who are active in the civic, social and business activities of our region." was formed. We continue to seek community input through our 2017 Community Tour to ensure that our activities make a positive impact on the Blue Water area.
Pine River poker paddle
Started in 2014, this fun summer event is the brainchild of the YP's St. Clair committee. Participants kayak, paddle board or canoe down the Pine River and make five pit-stops along the way, grabbing a poker card at each one. Best hand wins a new kayak. More than 40 people paddled with us at the inaugural event and the second year's participation jumped to more than 100 people (and even some canine friends). | <urn:uuid:e2e15da4-c037-42c1-85a3-47ed684d6d45> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | http://www.bwyp.org/projects | 2019-06-24T17:42:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999620.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20190624171058-20190624193058-00303.warc.gz | en | 0.944979 | 957 |
Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung disease caused by a bacteria...As time goes on, tuberculosis is becoming more difficult to treat due to drug-resistant strains.
Edward Syndrome, also known as Trisomy 18, is a genetic disorder in which there is a third copy of chromosome 18 due to a random error in cell division. Edward syndrome is second in frequency to Down Syndrome.
Patau Syndrome, also known as Trisomy 13, is a genetic disorder in which all or part of the genetic material from the 13th chromosome is copied onto other chromosomes. This extra chromosome causes a plethora of health problems, many of which are severe and life-threatening.
Down syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21, occurs when there is an error on the 21st chromosome. In Down syndrome, a person has an extra copy (or portion) of this chromosome.
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Discipleship 6 – Why Sacraments Are Not Enough
Over the past few weeks, I introduced two “discipleship plans.” One was from Pope Francis. Another one came from Father Mike Schmitz. These are important today for a variety of reasons. One reason is that the world needs you. The world needs disciples. 40 years ago, Russian writer Aleksander Solzhenitsyn’s 1978 gave a commencement speech to Harvard University graduates. The talk was entitled “A World Split Apart.” The Nobel Prize winner took the West to task on a variety of topics. Spiritual depravity and a total rejection of God were two. That dearth of a solid spiritual foundation is worse today. Second, Catholics were never taught this, either in Catholic schools or our religious education programs. So combine the two and one sees the need for something systematic if Roman Catholics are going to be effective witnesses to the faith.
For years, the “religion plan” for Catholics involved three steps. Step one was to “catechize,” or teach, young people about the faith. There were two options. Catholic children could attend “religion class” in Catholic schools. The other option was to receive “religious instruction” using materials from the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine or “CCD” (remember that one?). CCD was an association established in Rome in 1562 for the purpose of providing materials for religious education. The second step was to prepare the young people to receive their sacraments or “sacramentalize” them. Finally, there was the hope that, if the children had been catechized and sacramentalized, a solid faith relationship with Christ and the Church – being “evangelized” – would develop.
To be honest, for years, this approach worked. It was an appropriate model for the multi-cultural, immigrant Catholic church in America. But at some point, this model was no longer effective. The zenith of total religious fervor and participation in the United States was achieved around 1958. This most likely reflected the situation in the Catholic Church as well. So at some point in the 1960’s, the model of “catechize – sacramentalize – evangelize” no longer addressed the spiritual and religious needs of an increasingly sophisticated and educated Catholic population. Catholics were moving out of the Italian-Catholic, Polish-Catholic, Irish-Catholic, Slovak-Catholic cultural Catholic ghettos. They were interacting with an increasingly diverse population. Simple formulas memorized from the Baltimore Catechism would not address an onslaught of questions from an increasingly skeptical secular world. I heard, but have never been able to verify, that a US Bishop’s study on the effectiveness of CCD/Religious Education at this time was so atrocious, that it was never publicly released.
Another issue was a dearth of solid, quality, professionally-produced, relevant Catholic religious materials. The materials and approaches, that young people received in the 1970’s and into the 1980’s, was provided with the best of intentions. In the end, the quality was very poor. Even in the late 1990’s, when I was teaching high school, there was practically nothing available. I made up the lesson plans myself by scrounging materials from a variety of sources. The internet was young and online resources simply did not exist or were primitive. There were some very high-quality materials that were beginning to become available. The trouble was that they were all in print/book form. They were also written with a high level of sophistication. They were at a level that was totally inappropriate and unreachable for high school students, much less grade school students.
A third issue was that Catholics were simply never encouraged to have a “personal relationship with Christ.” That sounded too Protestant. That had an unfortunate effect. Catholic blogger and author Rod Dreher recently wrote about this in Catholics & The ‘Personal Relationship’ With God: “Even today, it is especially sobering to learn that when Pew surveyors asked the question, ‘Which comes closest to your view of God: God is a person with whom people can have a relationship, or God is an impersonal force?’ only 48 percent of Catholics were absolutely certain that the God they believed in was a God with whom they could have a personal relationship.” This is tragic especially when one looks at the Bible. What held the early disciple’s faith together, even in the face of crushing persecution? They had had a “personal relationship with Christ.” They had met him. They knew him. They had spoken with, ate with, touched, laughed, cried with, lived with – and died with him. It was a solid foundation that could withstand a culture that was not favorable towards Christianity.
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?Rachel and Michael are co-founders of Trinity House Entertainment Inc.
Since they are christian artists themselves, they founded Trinity House Entertainment Inc on August 2nd 2017 for the purpose of helping other
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Welcome Rachel and Michael to talk about their new business, their music and how they hope to connect listeners with God and their messages.
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Omitron congratulates the Swift team for achieving 15 years of groundbreaking science in astrophysics. Omitron developed the Mission Operations Center (MOC) at Penn State, and our Flight Operations Team continues to perform mission operations today. We also provide sustaining engineering support from our Headquarters office in Maryland. Just as the science goals of the mission […]
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NASA has awarded the Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS) III contract to OPR, LLC, a joint venture between Omitron, Inc. and Pearl River Technologies. The contract is a small business set-aside that provides flight dynamics support to, and related services for, the Engineering and Technology Directorate’s Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division at NASA’s Goddard […]
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A Study in Concrete Deposition
Time: Tue 2021-06-15 16.00
Location: Videolänk: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/69095726890, Du som saknar dator /datorvana kontakta Birgitta Brunström firstname.lastname@example.org / Use the e-mail address if you need technical assistance, Stockholm
Subject area: Architecture, Architectural Technology
Doctoral student: Helena Westerlind , Arkitektur
Opponent: Professor Marcelyn Gow, SciArc
Supervisor: Gästprofessor Hélèna Frichot, Arkitektur
The traditional use of concrete in architecture is fundamentally conditioned by the inverse relationship that exists between material and formwork. When poured into a mold, a homogenous mixture takes the shape of its container. More detailed adjustment of the structure of concrete, however, is not possible. As a result, concrete appears to constitute a uniform soild mass; this is one of the material’s most distinct traits. In comparison, the process of shaping concrete by deposition signifies a fundamental departure from such conventional formwork-based techniques. Rather than relying on the constraint and control imposed by a rigid mold, deposition employs a computer-controlled machine to deposit material along a programmable path. The singular operation of the pour is thus replaced with a dynamic, choreographed flow, in which the role of the line shifts from representing the perimeter of the form to constituting the path along which the material performs.
In addressing the main research question—How can concrete deposition lead to new ways of thinking and making architecture?—this thesis proposes that the shift from casting to programming concrete represents an opportunity for reevaluating values and conceptions that have shaped our understanding of concrete as a monolithic and uniform building material. In seeking to develop an alternative to traditional formwork-based construction methods, the research proposes that concrete deposition opens up new potentials for extending the resolution of design to encompass material distribution at a previously impossible, intermediate scale: the meso scale (10-2–10-1 m). Elaborating on this main research question, the thesis specifically asks how choreographing the flow and distribution of concrete at the scale of the deposited filament can lead to the production of intricate and porous material structures, something that was previously unfeasible due to the limitations of the mold.
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Recently, my parents and I found a presentation my third grade teacher, Mrs Nancy Simpson gave in 2002 at a teachers workshop. We found it very interesting because you see, she wrote about the year I was in her awesome third grade class.
Mrs Nancy Simpson is a teacher I’ll never forget. She was like our adopted grandma after I was out of her class. We used to go on play dates every so often. We would go shopping at Claire’s or play monopoly at her house and always eat at Fazoli’s or order pizza. Oh, what fun memories I have with her as my teacher and also as a friend. She’s a very special woman that invested in my life and many others beyond the classroom.
This presentation made me laugh, cry and laugh some more. I will warn you it’s rather lengthy but I believe you’ll enjoy reading it.
Learning about Literacy with Abbey
By examining Abbey’s writing, both in her own hand and with her computer, considering her reading, and listening to her chat box conversations, we may gain significant insights into ways that Abbey builds bridges of communication with children and adults. Learning about Literacy with Abbey will inspire you as you learn to build bridges of communication with your students as well as others.
This is Abbey’s story as told to third grade classmates by Abbey’s mom. “When Abbey was a little baby she grew and learned to walk and talk just like you. When she was three a tick bit her. This tick was sick and carried a disease. When the disease got into Abbey’s body, it made her brain sick. Have you heard of brain damage? Well, Abbey’s brain was damaged. Not all of it. The part of her brain that thinks still works very well just like yours. But the part of her brain that controls her muscles was damaged. We have done exercises and gotten leg braces, but this is as good as Abbey can walk. She has trouble eating too. Next week when Abbey stays to eat lunch you will notice that her tongue does not work to push her food to her throat for her to swallow it. She has to push food back with her fork. She has to drink from a cup with a handle. She is very messy because her muscles do not cooperate. She eats with a towel around her neck because she can’t help being messy.”
Mom explained about Abbey drooling and her tongue sometimes going in and out. Then she told the students, “If you want to help Abbey, ask her if she wants help. Just say, ‘Abbey, do you want help?’ She will sign ‘yes’ by lifting her hand or ‘no’ by brushing her finger against her nose. Sometimes she signs “thank you” by moving her hand out from her mouth.”
“If Abbey cries, just let her pull herself back together. When you cry do you like someone saying, ‘What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Why are you crying?’ Usually you just want to be left alone until you feel better. Abbey’s like that too.”
“One night Abbey hurt her knee a little bit, but she cried and cried. I asked her, ‘Abbey, why are you crying so hard?’ Using her chat box she told me, ‘Everything is so hard, sometimes I just have to cry.”
Abbey was born Feb. 12, 1993, and was developing into a precocious three year old. But when she was three years and three months old she suffered the effects of an undiagnosed case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The family was on vacation and Abbey became more and more lethargic. A doctor at a stand-alone clinic tried to reassure them that she would be fine, but by the time they got to Tulsa, Abbey was not fine. In fact by the time they rushed back to Stillwater, Abbey had to be carried into her doctor’s office. The barely noticed tick bite of two weeks before had caused a very serious infection.
On May 31 Abbey’s pediatrician rushed her to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. There she was in a drug induced coma for a week. When Abbey began to wake up, her muscles were tight with her arms pulled up to her body. Her legs were rigid. She could not move, could not talk, swallow, eat, turn over, or even scratch. She cried and screamed constantly.
A feeding tube was put in place then Abbey was transferred to a rehabilitation center in Oklahoma City (where her maternal grandparents lived). She stayed there until August 9, 1996.
While in rehab. Abbey’s speech and language pathologist was talking to her about the alphabet blocks she was lining up on the floor in front of Abbey’s wheelchair. Abbey was moving her left foot and with great effort pointing to the letters A-B-B-E-Y. She spelled her name. Abbey’s cognitive abilities were undamaged!
Indeed literacy unlocked the door to communication for Abbey.
The family was told that the progress which Abbey made in her rigorous exercise program during this first year would likely determine the amount of muscle function that Abbey would recover. For several months Abbey and mom traveled to OKC for therapy three days every week. Family and friends worked tirelessly with Abbey.
At first the family hoped that Abbey would regain ability to speak. After about a year the speech pathologist recommended obtaining a “ChatBox,” a device produced by Prentke Romich with up to 64 pictures that Abbey could point to. Parents had recorded appropriate expressions which were activated by Abbey’s touch. Now she could say, “I’m hungry” and other basic wants and needs.
Pretty soon it became apparent that Abbey would not talk again, and that since her intellectual abilities were quite in tact, she needed a more effective way to communicate her many ideas. Parents obtained a Delta Talker produced by Prentke Romich.
Abbey has always been left handed and she now is able to use the index finger of her left hand to type messages on her Delta Talker, which she and her family call her chat box. She also types on the computer using a special key guard that keeps her jerky finger from slipping off the correct key, a software program called Intellitalk which reads aloud what Abbey has written, and a word prediction program called Co:Writer. She has learned an alternate way to hold a pencil so that she can write. Her writing is generally legible to one familiar with it. (Although sometimes even Abbey can’t read it when it’s cold.)
Abbey’s parents wanted her to begin using Sign Language. She had developed her own version of “yes” and “no.” Last year, when Abbey was in second grade, her class joined my third graders weekly for stories in Sign Language. (I am an experienced teacher of the deaf.) Abbey’s expressive, attentive face and her participation showed she was quite interested.
On the first day of third grade, Abbey entered with a wide grin. She and I were already acquainted. Although I was unfamiliar with her chat box, Abbey and I both knew we could communicate. (My years of experience communicating with deaf children who could not express themselves orally meant that I felt quite comfortable with Abbey.)
The night before school started I had offered an Open House for students and parents to locate the classroom, see who was in their class, and meet the teacher. As children noticed Abbey’s special desk they commented, “Oh, Abbey’s in our class,” just as they noticed name tags and said in a matter of fact manner, “Oh, Bill’s in our class this year.” Our school serves all elementary special needs students for Stillwater Public Schools so our students are accustomed to seeing adaptive equipment.
From the beginning it was evident that Abbey was already quite literate. Here’s the way the first day unfolded.
Abbey came in, parked her walker by the door, and located her cubby and desk. I set the chat box on her desk and said quietly to her that I would be calling roll by asking everyone their favorite color and then we would have headline news and each person could tell one sentence about whatever they thought was interesting. I suggested she might tell us about her vacation to Colorado or anything else she was thinking about.
We stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Abbey noticed that she had the wrong hand on her chest and switched. She stood appropriately and looked at the flag. Later we learned that she has the Pledge of Allegiance stored in her chat box, but it goes much faster that children say the Pledge so she is satisfied knowing that she could say it if she wanted to, but generally she prefers just to listen to her classmates.
As I went around the room calling children’s names they responded with “red,” “blue,” “yellow,” “green,” “orange.” When I called Abbey’s name, she responded using her chat box, “Silver!” I said I didn’t have a silver pen for her name tag. She said she also liked “red”.
Each child said something he or she thought would be interesting to us. Many told of recent vacations. Abbey told us, “I went on vacation in Colorado.”
We moved on to science. Our first unit of study was Rocks. Tell us something you know about rocks. Hard, smooth, bumpy, striped…. Abbey said, “shiny.” Tomorrow’s homework: bring a rock.
“In addition to bringing a rock tomorrow, your homework is to read at home tonight.”
I read aloud the story Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig. At one point Sylvester became a boulder and could not speak. I found myself wondering what Abbey thought of that. It sounded like her, trapped in a big, hard case, not able to move or speak.
Time for writing. Write your own story about a rock. It can be fiction, nonfiction, a rock you have, a rock you wish you had, a magic rock. Or write about anything.
I intended to have the first four children work on the computers: Abbey, Bill, Cody, Chris. Silly me, I thought the classroom computers were up and running. Not so. When the others were struggling to get theirs going, Abbey got up, took the mouse, and tried to help. Contrary to my plan that Abbey not be singled out, Abbey was the only one working at a computer that week.
Abbey typed “The Gold Rock. I have a gold rock. I got it in Colorado.” (Remember this was typed with one finger over which Abbey has limited control.)
Last year the capability of the computer to read Abbey’s writing had apparently not been used so Abbey was not familiar with it. As I was trying to make the computer read aloud for her, I erased the whole thing! I apologized and said, “Luckily I read it. I can be your computer when it’s your turn to read.”
Each student in turn sat in the AUTHOR’S CHAIR and read his or her writing. When it was Abbey’s turn she grinned, looked at me, and gestured in my direction. Without comment I read her piece just as instructed.
Since the beginning of school several things have helped us use the “read aloud” capability of Abbey’s computer more effectively. The occupational therapist enlarged the tiny volume knob so that Abbey can control the on/off and volume herself. The speech pathologist and Abbey work together regularly to explore the potential of her computer. Abbey’s inclusion assistant since November is very knowledgeable and computer literate.
Abbey generally leaves school at noon. Everything is hard for Abbey: eating, bathing, getting dressed, moving from place to place – everything. But because she is so bright, learning new things is not hard for Abbey. Mother wisely teaches Abbey at home in the afternoons so that a significant part of their day is spent in sharing something which brings them both pleasure.
Sometimes Abbey tells us her home spelling words. One day she said she could spell “miscellaneous.” I expected that she could, so I said, “Well, o.k. then. Spell it and I’ll write it on the board in case anyone else wants to know how to spell it.” Abbey set her chat box so that it read letter by letter. She actually missed one letter, but I spelled it correctly on the board and carried on about her being able to spell such hard words. The other students were quite impressed with Abbey’s spelling of “miscellaneous.” When she got home she told her mom it was embarrassing to miss a letter when she was spelling “miscellaneous.” The funny thing, Abbey was the only child who even knew she had missed a letter. Now she is seen as the spelling expert. “If you need to spell a word, just ask Abbey,” the kids say.
On the second day of school Abbey came in proudly carrying her “gold” rock. Her mother said that two different times Abbey was reading and when mom asked what she was doing, Abbey replied she was “doing my homework.”
As students took turns telling about their rocks, Abbey said, “My gold rock came from Colorado.” The kids asked her a question and she replied, “fools gold.” Bill was curious about that. He knew gold was expensive and wanted to know if fools gold was expensive also. Abbey went right to her chat box and punched and punched. I commented, “Wow, Abbey must have a lot to say about that. Now I’m curious too.” After more punching, Abbey looked up, grinned with a twinkle in her eye, and pushed the final key to say, “I don’t know.” We all laughed. She is quite a tease. She loved having the power of keeping kids in suspense while she typed her response.
It is fascinating that all children, those who are on Ritalin, those who should be on Ritalin, those who’s attention span is extremely short, kids who are mostly impatient, ALL kids, wait patiently while Abbey types.
On occasion as Abbey is composing at the computer I think I know the next word and type it for her. Invariably, she moves my hand, deletes what I typed and inserts a much more clever or unusual word. Why are we grown ups so arrogant?
Another day a special guest, OSU student Jordan, came to share a couple of his favorite poems with us and talk about imagery. He then asked us all to write poems. He wisely wrote also. Abbey wrote about a cat and dog fighting – quite a vivid image.
One day Abbey went home complaining about the occupational therapist. After several weak complaints Abbey’s mom asked, “Abbey, are you trying to make me mad at Rosalie?” With a hand-caught-in-the-cookie-jar grin Abbey signed, “Yes.” Mom said pleasantly, “Well it won’t work because Rosalie and I both want what’s best for you.” That day Abbey cried and said, “I am just so different.” Mom hugged her and let her cry.
Literacy is certainly more than learning names of things and color words. Literacy is about deep feelings.
One day Abbey told us her 14 year old sister got braces on her teeth. I remembered how sore my teeth were the first day I got braces and that I could only eat mashed potatoes. Abbey said, “Alicia had ice cream for breakfast!” We asked, “What did you have?” With arms folded in a remembered huff, “Toast!” As classmates discussed the unfairness of life and who gets ice cream, Abbey raised her hand again. She pointed to her leg. I guessed, “You have on yellow socks today. Usually you wear white ones?” “No.” “Uh, Tweety Bird?” Tweety Bird is on the backs of her leg braces. Suddenly it hit me, “You have braces; you should get ice cream too!” “Yes, yes.” The kids laughed and encouraged her to try to convince her mother that since she had braces, she should get ice cream whenever she wants it. Who would have expected a child who cannot talk to have such fun playing with words!
In her story about flying to England Abbey used “wellp” for the child’s comment. “Do you mean well?” “No.” Isn’t that what mothers say? “Wellp, I’ll think about it.” Or maybe, “Wellp, I don’t think we better do that.” Or “Wellp, I guess that’s it.” She used “droom” for the noise of the plane and “whee” for shrieks of the children.
When choosing a book to read aloud I try to pick one of general appeal and often a book with which I think one or more children will particularly identify. In previous years I had read Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret and the students loved it.
As I read Small Steps aloud (only when Abbey was present) Abbey was extremely attentive and occasionally added comments. When Peg described how her arms were stiff when she woke up, Abbey pointed to herself and then drew her arms up tight to her chest to show us what it had been like for her when she woke up. We often stopped to discuss iron lungs and various aspects of polio. When we finished the book I loaned it to Abbey’s mom. She and Abbey read it together. For Abbey’s birthday the first present she told us about was her own copy of Small Steps. We finished our current read aloud and I was suggesting several possibilities of what to read next. Abbey suggested Small Steps. “Again?” I asked. She and many of the others said yes, and began to chant Small Steps, Small Steps. Never before have I read the same book aloud twice in one year, but never before have I taught and learned with Abbey either! So we began, at times when Abbey was present, to read Small Steps. The children were, if possible, even more interested the second time. They had both more knowledge and more questions.
One day there was a lull in activity, a transition time when I heard Abbey’s chat box. She said, “Small.” Then she looked up and gestured at the class. In unison they said, “Steps!” The refrain continued “Small.” “Steps.” “Small.” “Steps.” Now how did Abbey, who does not talk, teach the other students to respond in that way? All I can figure out is the power of literacy – in this case the joy of sharing a significant book.
Abbey’s condition is labeled “dystonia.” Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions which interfere with normal function.
Dystonia does not imply problems with vision, hearing, strength, or cognition. In Abbey’s case, there is no doubt in my mind that she is actually gifted. Dystonia tends to worsen with fatigue or anxiety.
Abbey’s mom says that sometimes when Abbey comes to the supper table she is literally unable to get the food into her mouth and they have to ask her to go to her room and rest a few minutes before she comes to eat. (One parent will wait to eat with her.)
Abbey’s paternal grandmother lives out of town, but was spending a couple of days babysitting Abbey’s cousin. When she brought cousin to school Grandmother realized that Abbey would be there too and came to our class to say hello. Abbey was very excited and wanted to show her a story on her computer. It was a story about flying to England and shopping at Harrods. For some reason she could not retrieve the story. I tried in vain. We called the speech pathologist who works with Abbey on adaptive communication devices. She couldn’t figure it out. Frustration was mounting. Mom could see things were, as you might say, “going south” and since she couldn’t help, she left. (Wise mother.)
All the while, Grandmother kept saying, “Your class needs to get started now Abbey. Your class needs to get started. Mrs. Simpson needs to start class now.” I wanted to scream, “Don’t worry about that, I am capable of deciding when we need to start.” But of course Grandmother was just trying to be nice. Abbey was getting more and more frustrated. By the time Grandmother left Abbey was bawling, 22 other kids were staring, I had no other adult to help us out. Obviously writing was the only answer.
I set Abbey’s keyboard on my lap, chose a large font, faced the students, and began to type. The title, of course, was “Abbey’s Bad Day.” The students really got into recording the events of the morning. They even insisted that when we wrote that Abbey was so mad her face was red, that “red” be printed in red.
At first Abbey was sitting to the side crying. But of course she heard it all. She gradually joined us with comments and suggestions. At the end, the story turned into fiction and Abbey began to act it out! After Abbey’s sister’s birthday, Anna had come to school as Abbey’s headline news with her cowgirl outfit on, carrying her cow motif Raggedy Ann, and riding her faithful stick steed White Beauty. So we used that common experience in our writing as we ended our story.
To this day if a visitor wants to see how Abbey’s computer works, Abbey will read them “Abbey’s Bad Day.”
Early in the school year Abbey’s parent parked the car, got Abbey’s walker out of the back, walked with her to open the door, and accompanied her to the classroom. One day Abbey’s Dad opened the front door for her and then let her walk in alone. The next morning before they left home Abbey asked her mom, “Please let me go in school by myself.” Mom said, “Oh Abbey, I’m not sure I can do that.” Abbey replied, “You need to let me.”
We submitted a formal request for an automatic, power assist door. In a relatively short time a school district maintenance man came by our classroom and reported that an installer from Tulsa was putting in “Abbey’s door” right now. Of course we quickly got to a stopping place and went en masse to supervise and celebrate. When Abbey came, I explained the man on the ladder was installing her automatic door and Abbey’s assistant said, “Abbey has something to say to you.” He looked down and Abbey said with a gigantic smile, “Thank you.”
The man showed Abbey a tiny remote button which had Velcro to attach to her walker so that she could open the door herself. It turned out that the installer had put in many automatic, power assist doors, but never before had he seen the person for whom it was provided. And thus, no one using one of his doors had ever thanked him. The power of two words, “Thank you.” The remote had not been included in the bid. He just wanted Abbey to have it.
Now Abbey’s mom gets her walker out of the car and watches from the curb to see Abbey walk into the front door of the school like other third graders, unaccompanied by a parent.
A few days after the door was installed mom reported a funny incident. Abbey was walking toward the building with a couple of “big” boys were ahead of her. They were muttering, “What do we do? Push this button on the wall or use the handle? How does this work?” Abbey with a twinkle in her eye pressed her remote button and the door “magically” opened with the “big” boys totally baffled. They never knew what happened. Mom said Abbey was laughing so hard she literally almost could not walk into the building.
Kyla is an identified special needs student in our class who reads at a low first grade level. She writes a few words. She is definitely a “people person.” When she sees Abbey’s mother, she hollers, “Hi, Mom.” She gives lots of hugs and smiles. One day I noticed Abbey and Kyla sitting side by side on the floor sharing a book. Abbey was running her finger under the line of print for Kyla to read. When Kyla came to “monster” and did not know the word, Abbey pointed to the illustration and Kyla said the word. The next word Kyla couldn’t figure out was abstract and had no illustration. Abbey first turned the volume down on her chat box. You quietly tell someone a word when you are helping them read. Then she entered the word and “said” it for Kyla. Both girls were grinning ear to ear. Kyla knew she was reading to Abbey who could not read aloud and Abbey knew she was helping Kyla, a struggling reader, to learn to read. You can just keep my paycheck for that day!
Abbey is quite clear about writing for a purpose. Before Christmas students were writing poems. Abbey’s was a song. We knew that both because she told us and because it read like a song. It began, “My dad is the coolest in the whole wide world, yes he is, oh yes he is.” After she finished three verses I asked if she wanted me to find someone to set it to music for her. “Yes!” My friend Ginger Howl, minister of music at our church, set the words to music and produced a paper copy of the score. She made a white copy so it could be easily reproduced as well as a class set of green copies. One morning she came to school and taught our class to sing Abbey’s song. Such joy in each child’s face and sheer delight in Abbey’s! We practiced by singing for the principal, the secretary, and Abbey’s former teachers. Then we videotaped the class standing in front of the school Christmas tree singing “My Dad is the Coolest in the Whole Wide World.” At the end Abbey pressed a key on her chat box to say “I love you, Daddy.” She insisted no one tell her dad what we had done. She decorated the envelope on which I wrote “Do not open until Abbey says you can.”
Since Abbey can do so little for herself you might assume she is spoiled. But you would be wrong. One morning I was working with Abbey when she pointed to Sara and signed “crying.” I thought Sara was mad at me or in “a mood” and I planned to ignore it and let her pull herself back together. But Abbey was concerned. So I quietly asked Sara what was wrong. The kids on either side of her said, “Her puppy died.” I was skeptical, but reported to Abbey. She used the paper she had just walked across the room to get to write Sara a note. “Dear Sara, I am sorry your puppy died. From, Abbey.” I patted Sara on the shoulder and said, “Abbey has something for you” while Abbey haltingly walked to Sara’s desk. I was both touched and humbled.
Abbey has a difficult time eating. Food just gets stuck in her mouth and won’t move to her throat to swallow. She took a zip zap learning bag home which had an audio tape including a little piece “How to Get Peanut Butter off the Roof of your Mouth.” Nikki had brought slices of peanut butter (which were, by the way, developed at OSU) for us to taste. Abbey was on pretty much equal footing; the peanut butter stuck to everyone’s mouth. Abbey communicated that I should play the tape while we were eating. Her literacy definitely extends to Music as well as reading and writing.
One day we were experimenting with writing cinquains. Abbey was at her computer writing a cinquain about Dad when Lauren handed her a piece of paper. Lauren had written:
Smiling at me
Glad she’s my friend
Immediately Abbey began to write a cinquain about Lauren. Soon she printed it and gave it to her friend.
In my mind one of the most frustrating aspects of Abbey’s dystonia is the fact that it fluctuates daily. One day her right hand has all the fingers hyper extended and the next day the fingers are clenched in a fist. One day she can walk fairly smoothly and the next she falls many times. One day she can eat a cookie and the next she may not be able to “hit” her mouth. Sometimes her tongue goes in and out without her control.
Inclusion for Abbey means that she is provided a 100% inclusion assistant who helps with physical tasks, an appropriate computer for her use, specially designed desks and chairs, assistance with adaptive equipment, as well as physical and occupational therapy. When a “regular” teacher has a student like Abbey, she finds herself inventing things to make life easier for everyone. In return Abbey keeps us all stimulated and entertained. (There are 23 students in our class so class size was not reduced.)
We use Rubbermaid non-slip strip for pencils, crayons, colored pencils on every desk. An architect’s magnifying lens from a garage sale makes a great handless magnifying glass. A clipboard taped to Abbey’s desk secures papers while she writes. A beanbag holds a book open as she reads.
As I talked with another third grade teacher she commented, “Sometimes we change because we learn something new and sometimes we change because we have to.” This year our class has longer writing times because Abbey needs them. The pace of our class is more relaxed because we’ve learned patience. We are more aware of how we can help and support each other. We’ve learned to try new ways to do things. We’ve become more adaptable and inventive, better problem solvers.
I asked her classmates what comments they had about Abbey and literacy.
She’s really good at writing. She can spell a lot of words, hard words. She uses really good words in her stories.
Nikki said, “I am impressed that she made up her own sign language for ‘no.’”
Remember at the first of the year when Abbey came back from P.E., lay down on the carpet, put her hand to her forehead in a very dramatic, “I’m so tired.” That’s when we first thought she might want to be an actress when she grows up. And then she was so good in our plays.
Abbey loves to laugh with her friends. Abbey is funny when she uses her chat box to say, “This is so boooooo-ring.” Abbey figured out how to type good morning so that her chat box says it with expression. “Good! Morning!”
For some reason she and Lauren got tickled because they both had ear infections. Abbey has a good sense of humor.
Abbey loves knock knock jokes. One of her favorite jokes says, “What did the mother volcano say to her baby volcano? I lava you.”
Abbey must be a real artist; she gets paint in her hair.
She is working on her climbing and hanging on the monkey bars. (For Abbey daily life IS physical therapy.)
Ms. Dill and Abbey play games on the United States rug. Abbey knows the names of all the states. Ms. Dill says, “Put your right hand on Iowa; put your left foot on Oklahoma.” None of the rest of us know all the states.
I asked, “Is Abbey spoiled?” No, she just has to have help, it’s not because she is spoiled. She knows what to do when you do something nice for her. She signs, “thank you.” Sometimes she signs “thank you” and then does something nice for you.
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This easy baked brown rice is a staple that everyone should have in your refrigerator.
Ok, I admit it, I am a carb fanatic!!!
I have been trying to eat a bit healthier and these past several years, I just haven’t been able to wrap my tongue around “brown rice” …UNTIL NOW!!!
This is very flavorful and almost tastes like white rice. It works well with everything, including eating it plain right out of a bowl (one of my favorite ways, truth be told.
When you keep a pan of this in the fridge you can easily add it to a soup or a stew. It is also great to warm up and use in a healthy stir fry.
Baked Brown Rice is a great help to get a healthy, delicious meal on the table on those nights when time gets away from you.
The other wonderful thing about baked brown rice is that your children and grandchildren will love it and won’t even realize they are eating something that is good for them. (If your husband or wife thinks that eating healthy means lack of taste, they will also be a convert after you use this in a recipe.
Give it a try, you won’t be sorry!!!!
Make it a great day!!!
Easy Baked Brown Rice
- 1 1/2 cups brown rice, (I use Basmati Brown Rice)
- 2 3/4 cup chicken broth (or water)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Place the rice into an 8-inch square glass baking dish.
Bring the broth, butter, and salt just to a boil in the microwave or covered saucepan. Once the liquid boils, pour it over the rice, stir to combine, and cover the dish tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour.
After 1 hour, remove cover and fluff the rice with a fork. Serve immediately.
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In Japan, confidence fell to a two-year low, in sync with the World Bank's cut in its forecast for the country's growth. The drop was largely due to worries about the fallout from Abenomics and the weakening yen, said Pierre Burret, head of delivery, quality and resource management for MasterCard Advisors for Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
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"I had thought that I was a good business leader until my weaknesses were exposed by my LeaderShape coach/mentor trainer as we progressed through the syllabus of the coaching course. She is an inspirational coach and I now always refer to her for help and advise when facing new business situations."
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I get to work on all kinds of cool stuff and this was a first. Although I do a lot of work on the KSG’s this was the first short barrel KSG.
Dont Miss #OnTarget, your #talk #radio show. #gunoftheweek #cww #firearms in the news. tune in saturday’s at 1PM on #610wtvn. Special Guest this week Franklin County Sheriff Zach Scott.
Here is something you don’t see very often #rifle #pistol #firearm#ammunition on the left a #357Magnum #revolver round and on the right a#357MagnumMax revolver round I would love to have a #leveraction rifle chambered for the 357 magnum max cartridge.
The Right Tools for the Job… I remember back in my younger years my first pistol was a Taurus PT 92 AF. I took such good care of that gun. I remember taking it to a local gunsmith in my area to have night sights installed. Three weeks later I got the call that the gun was ready for pickup. When I arrived at his shop my beautiful Taurus looked like it had been dragged behind a truck. The new night sights had nicks and dings and the slide had half-moon dents where the gunsmith had missed while beating on the sights. Continue reading
EDC or Every Day Carry refers to the philosophy or spirit of ‘preparedness’ that goes along with the selection and carrying of these items. Implicit in the term is the sense that an EDC is an individual’s personal selection of equipment, arrived at after deliberation, rather than a standardized kit. I pretty much don’t leave home without the items pictured above. I also carry a wallet keys and glasses. In the summer I usually opt for the smaller flashlight and I also have an EDC backpack that is usually close by. L to R Spyderco Paramilitary, Olight M22 Warrior, iPhone 6plus and Custom Glock 19
JC (Jon) talking about the new Taurus M3 80 revolver during today’s OnTarget radio show on 610WTVN. This could be a game changer for those who don’t like the recoil of the 38 special revolver. We have one for rent on the range so you can try it out if you want and they are in stock for purchase too.
Olin Corporation, through its Winchester Division, is recalling two (2) lots of M*22™ 22 Long Rifle 40 Grain Black Copper Plated Round Nose rimfire ammunition. Symbol Number: S22LRT Lot Numbers: GD42L and GD52L Winchester has determined the above lots of 22 Long Rifle rimfire ammunition may contain double powder charges.
Ammunition with double powder charges may subject the shooter or bystanders to a risk of serious personal injury and/or death, or cause firearm damage, rendering the firearm inoperable. Do Not Use Winchester® M*22™ 22 Long Rifle Rimfire Ammunition With Lot Numbers GD42L or GD52L. The ammunition Lot Number is imprinted (stamped without ink) on the left tuck flap of the 500-round carton as indicated in the nearby photo. The 1000-round intermediate carton does not have a Lot Number.
You gotta check this article out, looks like an AR to me…
Hey all, I did my first Glock 42 trigger job today. I have posted a photo below of the Glock 42 broken completely down. It is a great gun to shoot, very smooth trigger much better than the other 380’s in it’s category. It is comparable to the Kahr PM9 and the Kimber solo. It was very accurate at 25 ft with the stock Glock sights and great with follow up shots with very little perceived recoil. This would be a great pistol for a LEO backup or a very nice CCW summer carry gun. | <urn:uuid:6ef7028b-003a-4648-aad9-3a1de9d70f7a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://boomboomtactical.com/wordpress1/ | 2017-01-20T11:52:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280834.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00359-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939009 | 874 |
It’s not quite the LGBT Hallmark movie it advertises, but it’s got some good points.
Jennifer Ortiz (Camilla Harden/Nia Fairweather) is a former Goldman-Sachs trader who has recently left to work as a veterinary assistant and is engaged to a man named David Wilks (Otoja Abit). During a dinner with her future in-laws (Tyra Ferrell and Tony D. Head), Jennifer finds David’s mother is insisting on controlling the wedding plans. Frustrated, Jennifer goes for a run and witnesses a man named Azrael (Cooper Koch) get hit by a car. Jennifer walks with him and he promises that tomorrow she will have changed perspective. She wakes up the next day only to find that she is engaged to her former best friend Gabrielle Vernaci (Adriana DeMeo). Gabrielle and Jennifer had a falling out when they were in High School and Gabrielle had died soon after. It turns out that Azrael is an angel and has transported her to an alternate Earth for a few days to show her what life might have been life if she had made some different decisions earlier in her life. Unfortunately, it seems that in this reality Jennifer and Gabrielle’s wedding is being complicated by Gabrielle’s desire to be married by their childhood priest Father Kelly (Chris Noth), who is barred by the Catholic Church from marrying two women. So, which wedding will Jennifer end up seeing?
I admit that I was really intrigued by the advertisement and premise of this film. While the idea of waking up in another world where you made different choices has been done to death, I actually think this movie distinguishes itself by having such a massively pronounced difference between the two realities. Jennifer’s life with Gabrielle wasn’t just different in the sense of being engaged to a different person, almost every aspect of it had diverged. Most films with this kind of premise take some stance about people ultimately being who they are no matter the circumstances, but Jennifer doesn’t have the same job, history, or social life in the alternate world. In some ways, I think that’s probably more accurate to how things would actually play out, so I give the film credit.
Actually, I give this movie a decent amount of respect for several things. Obviously, it should be respected for being an LGBT entry into the “Christmas Made-For-TV Movie” genre, something that is woefully light. Perhaps even more interestingly, both of the leads are bisexual, which is also an underrepresented class outside of Cinemax at 2 AM. It’s also one of the first movies in the genre in which the two leads are Black and Latina, even among heterosexual films. It also does a great job in casting. Not only are the child versions of the two leads both very well done, but most of the background cast actually looks appropriate for the location (Queens, NY). They’re not all the standard “above average” extras that we see in most Hallmark Christmas movies, and they’re much more diverse. All of the performances between the leads seem sincere and the dialogue is much more natural than you would expect from a film like this.
Part of the weakness of the movie is that it appears to have decided to pull a bunch of extra weirdness out of nowhere and for almost no payoff. I can’t really describe it without spoilers, but let’s just say that for a movie involving an angel sending a person to an alternate reality, they still made some very odd choices. I’ll also have to say that the film does suffer a bit from trying really hard to force its message more than it probably should. Then again, it’s a message that doesn’t impact me directly, so maybe it would seem more apt if it did. Oh, and the camerawork and some of the editing is fairly amateurish. Most of the time it fits in fine with the movie, but sometimes it gets distracting.
Overall, I will say that this movie is about 50% good and 50% weird and off-putting. I almost say it should be watched just because it is different, but it also just kind of drops the ball about two-thirds of the way in.
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Robert Bunsen's explosive career left an indelible impact - both in advancement of knowledge and the ubiquitous gas burner. Mike Sutton follows in his footsteps
Robert Bunsen’s explosive career left an indelible impact - both in advancement of knowledge and the ubiquitous gas burner. Mike Sutton follows in his footsteps
When Iceland’s Mount Hekla erupted in 1845 there were no airliners for it to ground. However, like the ash clouds spewed out of Eyjafjallaj?kull in 2010 and Gr?msv?tn this year, the event aroused considerable scientific interest. The Danish government commissioned an expedition in 1846 which included Robert Bunsen, a German chemist whose experience analysing blast-furnace gases qualified him for the task.
Having collected samples inside the still-smouldering crater, he lowered thermometers into a geyser shortly before it was due to expel a massive jet of steam. This audacity was typical of the man - danger never kept him away from a promising line of research. And despite many years of investigating toxic and explosive substances, he survived into his late 80s.
Born in G?ttingen on 31 March 1811, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen was the fourth and youngest son of Christian Bunsen, professor of philology at G?ttingen University. In later life, Robert recalled that his youthful stubbornness had been a severe trial for his parents and teachers - only his beloved mother had been able to keep him in check. But there was no doubting his intelligence, and he completed his doctorate at G?ttingen aged 19. After pursuing further studies in Paris, Berlin and Vienna, he returned home in 1834 to become a privatdozent (a licensed but unsalaried university tutor) in chemistry.
From 1836 Bunsen taught at the polytechnic school in Kassel, moving on in 1838 to Marburg University, where he became a full professor in 1842. 10 years later he succeeded Leopold Gmelin as chair of chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, and remained there until retiring in 1889. During more than half a century of teaching and research he made valuable contributions to several areas of chemistry. Many of his former students also had distinguished careers.
Bunsen’s first significant research (published in 1834) was on the salts of arsenious acid. It produced the important discovery that freshly precipitated ferric hydroxide was an effective antidote to arsenic poisoning. In 1835-6, he isolated and analysed several previously unknown (and highly toxic) cyanide compounds. And between 1837 and 1843 he investigated a family of organo-arsenic compounds which were both poisonous and inflammable.
These were the cacodyl compounds - a name derived from the Greek word for ’stinking’ - and their exact composition was uncertain until Bunsen tackled them. His investigations demonstrated that they were all derivatives of one parent compound, which we now know as tetramethyldiarsine, (CH3)2As-As(CH3)2.
Bunsen described their impact vividly: ’The cacodyl compounds appear to exert a specific action on the nervous system. It is remarkable that when one is exposed to the smell of these compounds the tongue becomes covered with a black coating, even when no further evil effects are noticeable.’5
Further evil effects did eventually follow. In 1843 a sample of cacodyl cyanide exploded in Bunsen’s laboratory, permanently blinding his right eye and poisoning him so severely that his life hung in the balance. But he returned to the bench and successfully completed the investigation.
Fumes and volcanoes
An industrial project which occupied Bunsen intermittently from 1838 to 1846 exposed him to further risks. While analysing blast furnace exhaust gases - which included carbon monoxide and cyanogen (N? C-C? N) - he lost consciousness and was dragged to safety by a colleague. His researches showed that German charcoal-burning furnaces wasted almost 50 per cent of their fuel, while a later study of British coke-fired furnaces (in collaboration with the scientist and politician Lyon Playfair) indicated a wastage rate of 80 per cent. Ironmasters were reluctant to adopt Bunsen’s suggestion that recycled exhaust gases might be used as a fuel supplement, but they eventually recognised its advantages.
While pursuing this research, Bunsen greatly improved existing techniques of gas analysis, making him an ideal candidate for the 1846 volcano expedition. Letters to his mother from Iceland give a vivid account of his adventures there: ’The scenery in this far north is full of desolation but is wonderfully beautiful, and I shall never regret that I have seen it, even though it cost me the unbelievable privations and exertions to which we are subjected here.’3
After descending through clouds of steam and fumes into Hekla’s crater - which had been in full eruption only three months previously - Bunsen collected hundreds of samples for analysis. When he lowered his thermometer down the shaft of a quiescent geyser, it revealed that the pressure at lower levels was keeping the water liquid at a temperature well above its normal boiling point.
However, the water at the bottom of a geyser is in direct contact with extremely hot rocks, and sooner or later it boils, despite the intense pressure. The resulting steam pushes the superheated water above it up the shaft, causing it to boil explosively as the pressure on it falls. These explosions usually (though not always) occur at predictable intervals - on one occasion Bunsen’s geyser blasted a column of steam 50m into the air moments after he had retreated from it.
Bunsen also made significant improvements to electrical cells. In 1841 he replaced the Grove cell’s platinum cathode with a cheaper one made from specially processed carbon, and used a battery of 44 such cells to power a brilliant arc light. To measure its intensity accurately, he invented a simple but effective instrument - the grease-spot photometer - which was widely used for many years.
From 1852 Bunsen employed this battery to prepare pure samples of reactive metals - including strontium, barium, aluminium, and several rare earths - by electrolysing their molten salts. He then determined their specific heats using a sensitive calorimeter of his own design, which measured volume changes in a mixture of ice and water kept at a constant temperature of 0?C.
Having obtained reliable specific heat values, Bunsen was able to estimate the atomic weights of these elements, using the law proposed by French chemists Pierre Dulong and Alexis Petit. This helped his former pupils Lothar Meyer and Dmitri Mendeleev to develop their periodic classification systems for the elements - a process which they both began by arranging the elements in ascending order of atomic weight.
Bunsen was also the first to prepare pure magnesium in quantity, and in 1859 he recommended burning it as a light source for photography. Commercial portrait photographers soon took up his suggestion and by the end of the century flash powder was a standard ingredient of photo-journalism. Self-contained and disposable magnesium lights were not available until the 1920s, but Bunsen can be legitimately described as the grandfather of the flash-bulb. However, photographic work formed only a small part of his photochemical investigations during the 1850s.
Together with his former student Henry Roscoe, Bunsen made an extended study of the photo-catalysed combination of chlorine with hydrogen - a reaction which John Draper had already struggled with in New York. Bunsen and Roscoe found that the rate of reaction was proportional to the intensity of illumination, but only after an initial ’induction period’. They were unable to explain this delay, but later studies (by David Chapman and others) showed that it was caused by traces of organic impurities combining with the photo-activated chlorine.
The burner and spectroscopy
Bunsen’s best known invention (although the credit for it should be shared with others) emerged in 1855, as his new laboratory was being supplied with piped coal-gas. Wanting a heat source that was more powerful than a spirit-lamp, but more adaptable than a charcoal furnace, he designed a novel gas burner in collaboration with his technician, Peter Desaga. Other workers, including Aim? Argand and Michael Faraday, had already experimented with gas burners, but Bunsen’s version rapidly became the standard model.
The burner proved particularly useful for flame tests. However, in 1859 Bunsen’s friend, the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff, alerted him to the possibility of improving this analytical technique by employing a prism. The origins of the spectroscope can be traced back well before that date, and many previous investigators - including William Wollaston, Joseph von Fraunhofer and Sir John Herschel - contributed to its development. But Bunsen and Kirchhoff systematised its use, and then publicised its potential by discovering two new elements, rubidium and caesium.
Other mid-19th century scientists - among them George Stokes and Anders ?ngstr?m - argued that an element’s spectrum might yield information about its atomic structure. Their hopes were reasonable, but premature - another half-century passed before Niels Bohr began relating spectral lines to sub-atomic energy exchanges. Meanwhile, Kirchoff and Bunsen abstained from theoretical speculation on this topic, as they did on most others.
In Kirchhoff’s case, this restraint was grounded in his rigorously positivistic philosophy of science. But for Bunsen, it seems, theorising was simply a distraction from the ongoing adventure of experimentation. He was happiest when making things happen in his laboratory, and preferred to leave the hunt for hypotheses about hidden causes to thinkers whose inclinations lay in that direction.
Flashes and bangs
In his later years Bunsen continued working on dangerous substances, including gunpowder. He studied several explosive gas reactions, and applied the principle of the stroboscope in attempts to track their progress, but met with only limited success. (Even after the development of high-speed photography, this area of research remained problematic for decades). And in 1868, while working on the platinum group of metals, he survived yet another laboratory explosion.
The Imperial Russian mint at St Petersburg had a technique for separating pure platinum from its ore, but palladium, iridium, ruthenium and rhodium remained mingled in the residue. Bunsen sought ways of extracting them, and along the way he developed a more effective filter pump for washing precipitates, which was soon adopted by other chemists.
But while he was handling a mixture of iridium and rhodium in the form of a finely divided powder, it ignited spontaneously. He informed Roscoe: ’My left hand . saved my eyes, as my face and eyes were only superficially burnt by the flames which penetrated through my fingers. My eyes are, with the exception of singed eyebrows and eyelashes, unhurt, and so the explosion will luckily leave behind no serious traces.’5
Undeterred by this mishap, Bunsen found ways of recovering all the metals in pure form, and continued doing original (though less eventful) research on various other substances for several years afterwards. He retired from teaching in 1889, but remained interested in the progress of chemistry until shortly before his death in 1899.
Investigator, teacher and friend
A career crammed with discoveries earned him numerous honours, including the Royal Society’s Copley and Davy Medals. But despite the intensity of his research effort, he never neglected his students. One of the many who flourished under Bunsen’s guidance declared that: ’As an investigator he was great, as a teacher he was greater, as a man and a friend he was greatest.’4
Less distinguished pupils also had reason to be grateful to him. At the end of every term, Heidelberg’s lecturers had to sign attendance certificates for their students. When one persistent absentee sought Bunsen’s endorsement, the professor remarked that he had not noticed him in the lecture hall. The delinquent replied that this was because he always sat behind a pillar. Bunsen sighed: ’Ah.there sit so many’, but signed his certificate anyway.
About Bunsen’s personal life, there is little to be said. He rose before dawn, worked very long hours, and then dined frugally at a local inn. His only recreation was an occasional walk in the country. When asked why he had never married, he replied that it was because he spent too much time in the laboratory. However, it may be that frequent exposure to unpleasant substances also helped to preserve his bachelorhood. After meeting him, Agnes Fischer (the wife of German chemist Emil Fischer) said: ’First, I would like to wash Bunsen, and then I would like to kiss him because he is such a charming man.’6
This year, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, Google reminded the world of the continuing relevance of Bunsen’s work with a distinctive dynamic logo.7 But a more enduring memorial is the daily acquaintance which millions of science students have with his most famous invention, the burner.
Mike Sutton is a visiting fellow in the department of humanities at Northumbria University, UK
1 T Curtius, 'Robert Wilhelm Bunsen', in Great chemists, E Farber (Ed), New York, 1961, 575
2 W B Jensen, J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 518 (DOI: 10.1021/ed082p518)
3 R E Oester and K Freudenberg, J. Chem. Educ., 1941, 18, 253 (DOI: 10.1021/ed018p253)
4 J R Partington, A history of chemistry , vol IV, London 1964, 281
5 H E Roscoe, J. Chem. Soc. Trans., 1901, 77, 513 (DOI: 10.1039/ct9007700513)
6 RSC Library collection, 'Robert Bunsen's 200th Anniversary' (see 'Also of interest' below)
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I realized I was pregnant almost a month ago. In the past, I've had 2 miscarriages and with my youngest son (who is 18 months old), I had a very rocky pregnancy at first and required progesterone injections during my first trimester to keep him healthy. Anyway, finding out I was pregnant was a mixture of excitement and fear. We've been praying and praying for a healthy baby. So, finally, Thursday, I got to have my 1st ultrasound. I have a seriously tilted uterus, which makes it very hard to get an image with the ultrasound maching in my dr's office. Since they couldn't see anything, I had to go to the hospital Friday morning to get another ultrasound with their good machine. We got there and at first, the girl did an external ultrasound and just said shortly "I'm going to have to do an internal ultrasound". Well, the way she said it scared me. So, as she left the room to let me undress, I started to cry and tell DH I had a bad feeling that we were getting bad news. He comforted me and told me that I needed to calm down....that we didn't know anything yet. In a few minutes, the tech came back and started the ultrasound. Immediately, she said "Yes, that's what I thought." She turned the screen in our direction and asked "Do twins run in your family?". It was then that I saw 2 beautiful little beating hearts on the screen! I COULD NOT stop crying tears of gratitude. Minutes earlier, I had been scared I wouldn't even see 1 heartbeat, and now I see 2! So, anyway, no, twins do not run in my family....so I was quite surprised. I'm sooooo very excited! I'm 9 weeks along today, so there are just few more weeks of the first trimester (and progesterone shots) left. I just can't wait! | <urn:uuid:19d8c882-2625-40cc-9551-1c3389c0515a> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.cafemom.com/group/107447/forums/read/18928487/BIG_News_in_our_house_added_thanks_on_p_61 | 2014-04-17T19:25:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609530895.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005210-00328-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.99265 | 393 |
My name is Lady. I was rescued at the age of three along with my son, a three month old colt. We were purchased from the New Holland Livestock Auction on September 6th 2003. My son and I were brought to a stable in the city.
I was scared and shy and blind in one eye. I was meant to be a little girl’s pony but, was very green which means, I did not know very much about carrying a human on my back.
Several months went by and I remained scared and shy. I did not want many people near me or my baby. On July 4th 2004 a nice family stopped by to say hello to some old friends.
Their eleven year old daughter just came up to my stall and I liked her right away. She and her family took care of me from then on. They taught me how to accept a rider and all the other things a brave pony should know. I was not so afraid any longer.
I am very thankful for my second chance at life, and now I am blessed to be able to help children overcome their own fears! I just LOVE when people, especially children, show me love and attention!
Look out! I may frisk your pockets *smile*
Would you please help us continue this work with the kids? I really love this new life and want to keep helping kids and their families! Any amount is a true blessing! All donations go directly towards my care and feeding. Thank you and God bless!
For my full story, please visit http://thelordsleadline.com
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Data is more valuable than consumers and advertisers may think. Rafael Neugart, an Instagram influencer and celebrity known for his RayFox YouTube channel in Germany, set out to prove that.
Neugart announced on Instagram at the beginning of June that he would sell his entire search history for sale on eBay.He has several hundred thousand followers on social networks.
"I've been a successful YouTuber for eight years and you can't imagine what kind of absurd things I'm looking for in my videos - and what kind of weird advertising I get displayed because of it," Neugart told one media outlet.
The stunt was a campaign by Neugart, Foundry and privacy search engine Startpage. It was intended to demonstrate violations of user internet privacy.
Neugart listed his internet search history on eBay and then asked Instagram fans how much they would pay for his search history. More than 11,000 interested people visited the eBay listing page, within a few days 70 bids were received, and the highest bid was 110,000 Euros (more than $130,000).
Then eBay stepped in and shut down the auction, stating that the price was unreasonable, according to Startpage.
As uncomfortable as this may seem, consumers unknowingly share personal search history with third parties daily, said Startpage Founder Robert Beens.
“Conventional search engines know our most intimate thoughts, fears and dreams -- and they benefit from them,” he said. “This knowledge is compiled into a digital profile and sold, mostly to actors who then address us with targeted advertising, set price trackers on us or willfully disseminate false information.”
Neugart later revealed on his YouTube channel in a video that it was a stunt. The video has more than 60,000 views.
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This is a call to action from an unlikely source. I am an attorney by trade, so it’s instinctual for me to avoid the idea of arrest for any reason, at all times. Even with arrests stemming from peaceful protesting, I never saw a need for it. I did for a while, during the Bush years, but then I thought about possibly needing a security clearance one day, and I like options, so I decided against it. I also feel that words and the power of persuasion are the strongest tools at my disposal, so I put my focus into that. I was always the one ducking out of “actions” during the NOW National Conference, or avoiding scenarios where violence or arrest could occur.
But we were prepared. Protest plans had already been made, and activists kept flooding phone lines like before, until something happened that lit an extra fire under the people (mostly women) who marched into the Hart Senate Building to protest yesterday. Maybe it was the aftermath of a two-week collective PTSD episode, experienced by the entire country. Maybe it was that nice, Jeff Flake-sponsored cooling-off moment for half a week that recharged everyone. Or maybe it was Amy Schumer.
The last two weeks of this Kavanaugh confirmation fiasco have taken a toll on survivors and those who support them. We have all been reliving that fear of speaking out and no one believing us or even caring, except it’s been playing out in real time in our own government, and they are no longer afraid to openly tell us they don’t care. A man’s reputation, regardless of his actions, is more important than a woman’s dignity and safety, and we hear it everywhere. It is the new GOP rally cry against the united power of the female collective that they don’t understand and fear like nothing else. With every Kavanaugh-determined step forward the GOP takes to get their way, our humanity gets stripped away, again and again.
Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski reminded everyone that women in America are not safe, and no amount of money or power can insulate us. They also showed us the importance of inspiring others to action.
Schumer and Ratajkowski reminded everyone that women in America are not safe, and no amount of money or power can insulate us. They also showed us the importance of inspiring others to action. It’s not the arrest itself—it’s the meaning behind it, and the ability to take back a small amount of power that is taken from us every day by the assailants in our own government. In war, you have to be able to utilize every strength and every strategy, and I am now understanding the importance of this one. When things get this bad, when money or power will not even save you from the attacks of your own leaders, you have to step up. So, I’m not backing down, and I will fight with everything I have. I’m ready to get arrested. | <urn:uuid:e79ddff5-0d7c-46a9-baf4-8fb87b808973> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | https://www.playboy.com/read/amy-schumer-arrested-kavanaugh-protest | 2019-02-22T16:09:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247518497.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20190222155556-20190222181556-00105.warc.gz | en | 0.972704 | 619 |
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The CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller high-price-tier Home Price Index for the 5- county San Francisco Metro Area, illustrated above by the blue line, applies best to more expensive Bay Area housing markets such as most of San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Diablo Valley/Lamorinda. The SF Metro low- and mid-price tiers had much more dramatic bubbles and crashes in 2005-2011, but as of December 2017, have ended up at points a bit higher than the high-price tier. The green line tracks home price appreciation for the United States as a whole. The Case-Shiller Index is predicated on a January 2000 price of 100. “250” signifies a price that has appreciated 150% since January 2000.
Financial-market cycles have been around for hundreds of years, from the 1600’s Dutch tulip mania through our recent speculative frenzy in crypto-currencies. Though cycles vary in their details, their causes, effects and trend lines are often similar, providing more context as to how the market works over time.
Human beings have always been worried about (or terrified of) the future, and going back many thousands of years, we have constantly attempted to predict what it holds. However, 2018 © Compass whether using priests, oracles, astrologers, economists, analysts or media pundits, we show no aptitude as a species for having the ability to do so with any accuracy. In 2012, a NobelPrize-winning economist, famous for housing market analysis, said that the U.S. real estate market might not recover “in our lifetimes.” In hindsight, we now know that the recovery had already begun in some markets such as San Francisco. In 2015, during a period of financial market fluctuations and a slowdown in our local high-tech boom, a very well-respected Bay Area economist predicted that there would soon be “blood in the streets of San Francisco.” But then housing and stock markets soared higher and the high-tech boom dramatically strengthened again. (He has since postponed the arrival of blood until 1919 or 1920.)
Our smartest experts can’t get it right, much less the thousands of glib, confident forecasts by utterly unqualified individuals reported on in the media every month. We can’t even remember the mistakes of the recent past – one reason why we don’t seem to be able to escape the curse of recurring cycles – much less foretell what’s going to happen tomorrow. Which leads to the next point.
It is extremely difficult to predict when different parts of a cycle will begin or end. There is no rule regarding how long the different parts of a market cycle will last. Boom times, even periods of “irrational exuberance,” can go on much longer than expected, or get second winds, with huge jumps in values. On the other hand, negative shocks can appear with startling suddenness out of nowhere, often triggered by unexpected economic or political events that hammer confidence, adversely affect a wide variety of market dominos, and then balloon into periods of decline and stagnation. These negative adjustments can be in the nature of a bubble popping, the slow deflation of a punctured tire, or some combination of the two.
Going back many decades, all the major Bay Area recessions have been tied to national or international economic crises. Considering the fundamental strengths of the local economy, absent a major natural disaster, it is unlikely that a major downturn would occur due simply to local issues. However, local issues can exacerbate a cycle: The 1989 earthquake intensified the effects of the national recession in the early 1990’s; our greater exposure to dotcom businesses produced a spike up and down with the NASDAQ bubble & 2000-2001 crash; and our current, raging high-tech boom has poured fuel on our up-cycle during the current recovery.
All bubbles are ultimately based on irrational exuberance, runaway greed, criminal behavior, or all three mashed up together. Whether exemplified by junk bonds, stock market hysteria, gorging on debt, a corporate Ponzi-scheme mentality, an abandonment of reasonable risk assessment, and/or incomprehensible and dishonest financial engineering, the bubble is relentlessly pumped bigger and tighter.
However, it should be noted that the 2008 crash was abnormal in its scale, and much greater than other downturns going back to the Great Depression. The 2005-2007 bubble was fueled by home buying and refinancing with exorbitant, unaffordable levels of debt, promoted by predatory lending practices such as deceptive teaser rates, no-down-payment loans and an abysmal decline in underwriting standards. The market adjustments of the early 1990’s and early-2000’s saw declines in Bay Area home values in the range of 10% to 11%, as compared to the terrible 2008 – 2011 declines of 20% to 60%. (Bay Area prices are now above their 2007 peaks.)
Whatever the phase of the cycle, many people think it will last forever. Going up: “The world is different now, profits don’t matter, and there’s no reason why the upward trend can’t continue indefinitely.” And when the market turns: “Homeownership has always been a terrible investment and the market will not recover for decades.” But the economy mends, the population grows, people start families, inflation accumulates over the years, and the repressed demand of those who want to own their own homes builds up. In the early eighties, mid-nineties and in 2012, after about 4 years of a recessionary housing market, this repressed demand jumped back in – or “exploded” might be a better description – and home prices started to rise again. Then kept rising as consumer confidence returned; ultimately moving into over-confidence and irrational exuberance. The nature of cycles is to keep turning.
As long as one doesn’t have to sell during a down cycle, Bay Area homeownership has almost always been a good or even spectacular investment (though admittedly if one does have to sell at the bottom of the market, the results can be painful). This is due to the ability to finance one’s purchase (and refinance when rates drop), certain tax benefits, the gradual pay-off of the mortgage (the “forced savings” effect), inflation, and long-term demographic and appreciation trends.
The best way to overcome cycles is to buy a home for the longer term, one whose monthly cost is readily affordable for you now, ideally using a long-term, fixed-rate loan, while keeping an adequate financial reserve for emergencies – and then resisting the urge to use your home as an ATM during times of significant appreciation. If one keeps to those rules, then it usually true, quoting a NYT editorial, “Renting can make sense as a lifestyle choice… As a means to building wealth, however, there is no practical substitute for homeownership.”
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I was given a big branch full of baby plants (or keikis) of this orchid around 1998 and I tied it to a tree and let the plants spread. Even though I fully neglected it being a rather lazy gardener, it rewarded me with spikes of beautiful white blooms every once in a while, sometimes up to a hundred flowers. As the tree on which I first grew it toppled, I transfered the plants and keikis to other trees and gave some away. The photos in this post are of a recently transfered plant growing on my star-apple tree that has just flowered for the first time.
Phal. stuartiana has medium sized flowers and beautifully marbled and barred leaves, the flowers look very much like the more well-known Moon or Moth Orchid - Phal. amabilis - which has bigger flowers and plain green leaves and which is more difficult to grow. It grows quite readily when attached to living tree trunks in the shade and soon forms many plantlets; in favourable conditions it produces many flower spikes on which the open flowers look like dancing white moths. | <urn:uuid:bb535c03-2d24-4e92-9cfd-1bf720b176f9> | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | http://alindan0w.blogspot.com/2008/03/moth-orchid-of-mindanao.html | 2018-08-15T16:47:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221210243.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20180815161419-20180815181419-00525.warc.gz | en | 0.973479 | 229 |
The summer transfer window is a proverbial roller coaster of emotion for any sincere football fanatic. The back pages of all the English rags as well as countless websites are overflowing daily with rubbish manufactured primarily by well- placed flunkies of some quite influential agents to get the average fan salivating at the baseless prospect of one’s favorite club inking that missing piece that will make your squad whole again.
This is an unfortunate reality for any football fan ranging from the ignominy of a diehard Dag & Red fan in League 2, to the rarely disappointed bandwagon jumper who supports perhaps Chelski or Man She…... well you get the point.
Although the following opinion cannot be supported per se by any factual studies, I can utter with the straightest of faces that surviving “Silly Season” yearly is more difficult for a Gooner than for the fans of any other top 10 European side. We are four weeks into the official transfer window as of today the 27th of July and the extent of our record breaking summer splurge is a free transfer for Ligue 2 French Under-20 striker Yaya Sanogo.
This was supposedly the year that our beloved Arsenal got over the financial hump saddled on the fan base after the move from Highbury to the Emirates stadium almost a decade ago. We have been patient watching Chelsea purchase a myriad of talent essentially replacing us as United’s chief rival for the premier league title.
We have been patient as we have watched Sheik Mansour syphon off talent Arsenal spent years developing including Adebayor, Toure, Clichy, and Nasri. We have been patient watching Cesc, Thierry, Alexander, and Alex trade the Emirates for the Nou Camp, and last but certainly not least we have supported our beloved gooners in spite of the front office shrewdly sending RVP to United for 24 million pounds, instead of forcing him to honor his contract and winning the premier league last season.
We have stood by helplessly watching as Spuds have closed the gap calling into question not our dominance of Europe but of North London.
We have stood by and suffered through watching Gonzalo Higuain choose a transfer to Napoli, after supposedly being minutes away from an eminent transfer to the emirates at the end of June.
In addition, we have blown the opportunities to exponentially improve our defensive midfield situation by refusing to pony up the funds necessary to activate Marouane Fellaini’s release clause with Everton.
Victor Wanyama, an up and coming powerhouse operating in the same position was offered to us from Glasgow Celtic but we felt the 10 million asking price was too steep.
Ashley Williams, Adil Rami, Clement Grenier, Julio Cesar, Pepe Reina, Simon Mignolet, Wayne Rooney, Asler Illaramendi, Paul Pogba, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Etienne Capoue, as well as Bernard are among the names of current and future world stars from all corners of the globe mentioned with spectacular moves to North London which not surprisingly materialized into nothing.
As maddening as the aforementioned is to all of us the Luis Suarez saga is nothing short of criminal. We are slowly submitting bids to the only big club in England whose status is sinking faster than ours, Liverfool. They are slamming the door closed at every juncture of this process to buy time for two things to happen. One, Real Madrid is currently in the process of trying to lure monkey boy away from spuds with a reported 81 million euro deal. Ayre and Rodgers are waiting for the predictable refusal from Daniel Levy, for monkey boy so that they may sell Suarez to a foreign club for more money, while succeeding in not strengthening a club that has been keeping them out of the champion’s league for five years. Two, Rodgers will be armed with a boatload of fresh green to add more firepower to their already impressive summer haul of Iago Aspas, Kolo Toure, Simon Mignoloet, and Luis Alberto with Ajax’s Christian Eriksen and Valencia Roberto Soldado rumored to be amongst their current targets. After the Reds impressive winter window signings of Daniel Sturridge from CFC and Philip Coutinho from Internazionale, This essentially moves us into a battle with Everton for sixth place in the premier league.
I have been a staunch Wenger supporter since my love affair with the beautiful game began during the 98 world cup. I believe the Prof is without peer in his ability to maximize the potential in young players, and rising to the challenge of champions league qualification year after year with diminishing player personnel.
However, IF Wenger and Ivan the Horrible do not make a signing of either Suarez or Rooney, Fellaini or Kondogbia, Williams or Rami, and Cesar it will be time in my opinion for the clubs fan base to consider a unified financial boycott of support for the team in reference to any ticket purchases, shirt sales etc.
I understand this is unrealistic but consider a few facts before writing off this plan of attack. Arsenal fans pay the highest rate in England to enjoy a match live at the emirates. Ivan Gazidis and Arsene Wenger made it very clear to the fan base and the competition through several press conferences this summer that Arsenal were ready and willing to smash their transfer record, and restructure their wage policy in order to achieve a level of parody with United, Chelsea, City as well as foreign heavyweights Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, Juventus, and European champions Bayern Munich. Lastly we have idly sat by as City have purchased 100 million pounds of new talent for their new coach including our top off season transfer target Fiorentina’s Stevan Jovetic. Chelsea, Tottenham, and Liverpool have all spent over 26 million pounds with over a month left in the window. We have spent 0 pounds. We have signed Sanogo and a pair of teenagers to shore up our chances to make a run at next season’s nextgen trophy. It is Déjà vu all over again.
The bid for Suarez For 40 million and one pounds gives the appearance that we are aggressively seeking to improve the squad by signing world class players in their prime. However, unlike all other clubs looking to sign big transfer targets the articles pertaining to our pursuit of Suarez all elude to the fact that we are clearly his second choice and lambs to the Madrid slaughter should Florentino Perez decide to ruin a potential transfer to the emirates for the third time this summer. The writing is on the wall Suarez in a late transfer to Real Madrid, Bale remains at Totenham, Soldado and Eriksen to Liverpool, Arsenal promote Akpom, Eisfeld, Gnabry, Zelalem, and receive Roma’s Pablo Osvaldo in a swap for Gervinho. The bright side is we will have 100 million at our disposal in January to bone up for a serious run at the Capital one cup’s automatic Europa bid. We all know what a fan Wenger is of the January window. So without gilding the lily any further. I just want to say out loud for once what all logical fans of Arsenal FC worldwide are thinking. The board at AFC needs a shakeup. Ivan Gazidis needs to be replaced immediately as he is obviously inept and simply incapable of handling the day to day operations of the London football institution that is Arsenal Football Club. The board needs to spend every red cent in the coffers on transfer fees and wage increases to send a clear cut sign to world football and gooners everywhere that we survived the storm and came out stronger than ever on the other side.
Luis Suarez - 45 million.
Wayne Rooney - 30 million.
Geoffrey Kondogbia -13 million.
Paul Pogba -15 million.
Marouane Fellaini - 23 million.
Etienne Capoue - 9 million.
Yoann Gourcuff - 8 million.
Adil Rami - 8.5 million.
Ashley Williams- 9 million.
Julio Cesar - 3 million.
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Norwich Steiner School is located in a large and beautiful Victorian premise close to the centre of Norwich. The building is listed and set in grounds of approximately 3 acres, including a playground and two playing fields surrounded by beech hedges and with some wonderful large and mature trees.
The Charity Name of Norwich Steiner School is Norfolk Initiative Steiner School.
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Kindergarten is for children aged 3 ¼ to 6 years of age and a fundamental principle of Steiner Early Years education is that ‘work’ of young children is playing. In the kindergarten environment they learn how to be social, how to share and interact with others. In playing with natural materials such as planks, pine cones and shells, the possibilities for creative play remain limitless and children gain invaluable skills in areas such as balancing, building, coordinating, which will provide a good foundation for later, more formal learning, but in a natural and unpressurised way. Kindergarten children are also able to enjoy activities such as baking, painting, craft activities, story-telling and puppet shows in a homely and relaxed setting, as well as plenty of outdoors time each session, when they can dig and climb, run and play in the sandpit. To see more information, please visit the Kindergarten.
“The more we take into account that intellect develops from the movement of the limbs, from dexterity and skills, the better it will be.” Rudolf Steiner, 1920
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