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The Coffee Legends of Kaldi & Omar the Dervish
Coffee evolution started as coffee legends. Among the stories created on coffee discovery the most known are the Ethiopian legend of Kaldi and the Arabian version of Omar the Dervish. Myths or short stories were created throughout the history of the humanity in order to explain in simple words some events that people could not understand easily. The coffee legends are a part of our coffee education view.
The first of the coffee legends is also known as the legend of Kaldi and the dancing goats. It’s the most known between the two coffee legends. There have been a lot of debates though about how truth this legend might be with goats & coffee. The only thing that is agreed upon is the fact that coffee was consumed by Ethiopians in the 9th century.
The second of the coffee legends is more religious oriented than the first one. Some believe that there are a lot of true events in the story and shouldn’t be seen as pure legend. Nevertheless, coffee history includes both of them as the beginning era of coffee expansion to the world.
COFFEE LEGENDS – Version I – THE LEGEND OF KALDI
A young Abyssinian (Ethiopian today) shepherd named Kaldi noticed one day that his goats behaved very strangely (jumping & playful mood) after consuming the bright red berries from a certain bush. In order to cure his curiosity about this phenomenon he decided to try these fruits. He found their taste to be bitter but after a while he felt himself staying alert and full of energy.
He picked some fruits and when he returned home he gave them to his wife. She also reported the same effects on her so they thought that it was a gift from God.
After a few days, Kaldi took some of the fruits and leaves of the bush to a nearby monastery and told his experience to the monks. One of them decided to follow him to confirm the incident. After observing that everything Kaldi told him was true, he returned to the monastery and convinced the other monks to cook the fruits and the leaves.
The outcome though was terrible so they threw the remains into the fire, thinking that it was a devil’s work. All of a sudden, a splendid aroma began to come out of the fire. A new idea stroked them at once; roasting and boiling the grains to create a flavorful beverage. After consuming the new drink they found themselves in a mood to stay asleep for long hours. They finally used this beverage as a stimulant in order to stay awake longer to pray all night.
Hence the discovery of coffee was occurred and the first type of coffee drink was born! The first of the coffee legends was on its way around the world to inform people of the coffee discovery.
COFFEE LEGENDS – Version II – THE LEGEND OF OMAR THE DERVISH
Omar was a well-known therapist in the city of Mocha in Yemen. His abilities to cure people were including not only the use of traditional medicines but also prayers to Allah. His special powers annoyed the Ruler of the country as well as the Head of the Islam Authorities. They spread evil words about him to the public. He soon faced with a lot of enemies who forced him to leave the city for good and go to the desert outside of the port of Mocha.
He found shelter in a cave but he was starving to death. One day he saw a small bush full of red berries. Omar thought that this plant was a sign of God to save him. He picked some of the fruits but when he ate them discovered that they were very bitter.
Omar then decided to build a fire to roast the beans and place them in hot water. The beans were again hard to eat so he drunk the liquid to satisfy his hunger and thirst. He all of a sudden gained enormous strength that lasted for days.
Patients from Mocha came to his cave for medical advice. He gave them to try his new drink as a drug, and they were cured. Soon, stories about this “miracle medicine” spread in Mocha and his followers insisted that his survival in exile is a religious sign.
Omar was asked by the Ruler to return to Mocha. Religious authorities proclaimed him as Saint. The plant and the black drink were named Mocha to honor this event.
Hence the Arabian version of the two main coffee legends showed to the world how coffee was discovered at the first place! |
This page is being shared on social media like crazy promising a road trip across the 48 contiguous United States. I’m setting fourth to create a more detailed plan starting and ending from Chicago.
If you’re in the Chicago area, start by taking I-55 south to Springfield. This is actually a pleasant drive and takes you through quite a few Route 66 towns. Although these aren’t on this ‘perfect road trip’ map, feel free to comment me and I’ll provide you with details on the Chicago-Springfield Route 66 leg.
In Springfield, you’ll want to check out:
Abraham Lincoln’s Presidential Library and Presidential Museum
From Springfield, you’ll head toward Effingham en route to French Lick.
In Effingham, Firefly Grill is worth the stop; as is the Cross at the Crossroads. Keep pushing through and strive to arrive at West Braden Springs Hotel. If you arrive here late on day one, I’d plan on staying here for the night. French Lick Springs Hotel is adjacent and either one is a great stop.
You’ll spend the first part of the day here at West Baden Springs and French Lick. Things to do include:
Exploring both West Baden Springs Resort and French Lick Resort
Downtown French Lick
Grab lunch at Mikki’s Deli and Sweet and get ready to hit the road. The goal is to arrive at Monmouth Cave by evening.
Santa Claus, Indiana might be worth stopping at since there’s really no rush to Monmouth Cave. Things to check out here include:
Onward, continue south to the Monmouth Cave Hotel. Like the French Lick Hotel, I have personally stayed here. It’s not grand like the national park lodges of the west, but there is something special about this place. They do serve dinner onsite until 8pm. Relax and enjoy the hotel.
Begin your day with some breakfast at either the hotel or at a local restaurant. After that, check out one of the tours at Monmouth Cave National Park. I’ve done the basic tour and another more extensive tour. I’m the type that gets nervous with new situations and I managed the lengthy tour just fine. This might be a once in a lifetime experience, so I’d strongly think about doing a longer tour.
Next up is Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio! I’m not a fan of cemeteries, but this was on the original road trip map I decided to include it. Spring Grove Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in the United States and embodies a garden/arboretum feel. Bypass the rest of Cincinnati and continue toward Detroit. Honestly, you might not make it all the way to Detroit. Don’t push it too much. Aim for as close to Detroit as you can.
End your day in a hotel as close to Detroit as possible. Options might include:
Good morning Detroit! The highlight here from the original article is the Fox Theater which is the largest surviving theater from the 1920s. That being said, it’s probably best to see a show here (if possible) so I’m going to make Detroit a two night stop over. Here are some ways to spend the day in Detroit.
Wrap up your day at the Fox Theater.
Wake up, grab something quick to eat, and hit the road! Today, you’ll be making a stop in Cleveland en route to Niagara Falls.
Activities in Cleveland include:
Today is going to be jam packed! You’ll stop in Syracuse on your way to Shelburne Farm, Vermont, and end (probably very late) at the Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire. Leave Niagara Falls by 9am and you’ll be in Syracuse by noon. Spend an hour in Syracuse and then get back on the road. You should get to Shelburne around 5:30pm. Check out the farm and grab dinner in their seasonal restaurant. Push through and you’ll arrive at Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire.
Activities in Syracuse:
Shelburne Farms, Vermont is a massive property located on the shores of Lake Champlain and focuses on sustainable agriculture and sustainable forestry. This is a destination in itself with its seasonal inn and restaurant, walking trails, tours, and farmyard. Arrive in time for dinner.
After soaking in all that Shelburne Farms has to offer, finish your day by arrive at Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire.
Wake up and spend the first part of the day exploring Mount Washington Resort. This resort has been a favorite of presidents for decades and is yours to explore this morning. Depending on the season you visit, there are MANY activities to indulge in including the spa, zip lining, river tubing, and scenic lift rides.
Next, you’ll head into Maine towards Acadia National Park where you’ll spend two nights. Acadia National Park is where the mountains meet the sea and it is absolutely STUNNING! Depending on how much time you spend at the Mount Washington Resort, you might get to Acadia pretty late. There are a handful of quintessential seaside towns to stay in, and I recommend Bar Harbor. Let’s talk accommodations! So there are some pretty cute B&Bs, but I’m not personally recommending any because I’m just not of fan of that type of accommodation. The hotel I recommend is the Bluenose. The Bar Harbor Inn is also an excellent choice. Cottages are another option, but it might be difficult to find one that rents by the night.
If you arrive in Bar Harbor early enough, definitely check out the town. There are lots of restaurants and bars.
Acadia National Park is yours for the entire day! There are lots of options here so it’s probably best to check out this website. Definitely check out one of the visitor centers before you venture out anywhere. If you don’t like the idea of tackling a national park on your own, you might want to consider a guided tour. Acadia National Park offers pretty much any type of tour you want including TROLLEY, boat, kayak, bike, and air tours. If you’re more the independent type, there are 125 miles of hiking trails. Several opportunities for whale watching are available. There are other types of activities as well. After a long day in the national park, consider visiting the spa at either Bluenose or Bar Harbor Inn. End your day either in Bar Harbor or in a neighboring town.
Today is fun filled! Hit the road as early as possible toward Boston. First, you’ll visit the USS Constitution. Also known as “Old Ironsides” this boat was best known for it’s role in the War of 1812. If you’re wanting to spend a decent amount of time in Boston, consider getting the city pass.
After exploring Boston, you’ll head toward Newport, Rhode Island. You’ll arrive in time to check in to your hotel and enjoy some local fare for dinner.
Stay tuned for part 2 where we start at the Breakers in Newport! |
Baku. 30 January. REPORT.AZ/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan.
Report informs referring to the press service of Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an official visit in the Republic of Azerbaijan will take place on January 30-31, 2017.
During the visit, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani will have a meeting with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and other officials. |
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Required Reading by Philip Larkin: This collection of essays on poetry and literature, memories of his early life, and a sampling of his jazz writing clearly, in my mind at least, yokes Larkin with William Empson, or at least one aspect of Empson – their closely shared hard-minded approach to literary criticism. While they shared a fundamental view about naturalism and literary value, they expressed themselves totally differently and yet somehow, in the end, one comes out feeling the same about both men as writers and thinkers. Empson builds his cases on detailed exegesis while Larkin springs to the same spot without strewing a trail of literary shavings. What would have been the chemistry had they been in the same room? Would Larkin’s stoical nature have shrunk before Empson’s bizarre mental gymnastics? Would it have been a stoical and epicurean stand-off, or would they have smiled at the circularity of their approach, declaring a truce at some ground-zero level? Larkin covers a surprising amount of personal ground in these essays: Oxford, his days as a small town librarian, a great range of poetic esthetics, a surprising amount about Hardy (one of his favorites); it also includes his Paris Review interview and a long Guardian interview; all in all, very satisfying for a Larkin fan.
Roman Civilization edited by J.P.V.D. Balsdon: This collection of topics by scholars in the field underscores the profound influence of Roman law, administration and engineering on the modern world. While the Romans created little in the fields of literature, theater, philosophy or science, because of the earlier overdetermined brilliance of the Greeks, they did leave the world with a monumental gift: for a few golden centuries they were able to hold the competing forces of society together enough to show the world that the lower strata of society could be organized in such a way to benefit society at large without the two extremes and the middle wrecking the system. How much the daily openness of Rome itself and the intermingling of all classes of people contributed to the essence of Roman sensibilities is an interesting question. It was the antithesis of what’s happening in the US now, as partisans pollute the public discourse, which too often is in the hands of short-sighted nitwits with no practical sense. Classical Rome surely had its rogues, partisans, revolutionaries, privateers, all ready to raid the public coffers, or topple a government, but it also had exceptionally great legal minds, some military geniuses, and, more importantly, some great practical minds adroit in the art of compromise.
Cicero and the Roman Republic by F.R. Cowell: This is the book to read for an insight into how a great civilization unravels slowly over centuries. Cicero was, of course, an emblematic legal and literary figure in Rome. Cicero was profoundly influenced by the Golden Age of Rome two hundred years prior to his birth. A contemporary of Caesar, he clearly saw the loss of the Republic coming, he tried to stave it off, he acquiesced in many ways (a victim of his personality), and finally he paid for the failures of both Rome and himself with his life at the hands of assassins. He was an advocate of the sensible management of economic and political affairs to benefit the grand idea of “the people,” a belief that opens itself up to specious attacks from opportunistic figures on both the left and the right, the one-eyed partisans. Cowell is very wise. He pinned the tail on the donkey here, revealing what’s happening right now in the US political system and society. He probes the serious questions: were the defects in the faulty machinery of government, an unsound economic system, were the laws and courts unjust, all producing discontent, “or did the trouble spring from some deeper cause, traceable perhaps to some fundamental change in men’s attitudes toward life.? If so, was it a matter of alteration of social relationships between one class and another, between rich and poor, between the old families and fashionable society on the one hand and the unknown ‘common man’ on the other…Beyond all these possible sources of weakness was there a failure of old religious and moral beliefs and a decay of old habits that had in the last resort been the true source of the vitality of the State?” It’s been said repeatedly in history, Rome fell not because of an external enemy but to internal forces it had once subdued but could no longer control.
The Ancient Greeks by M. I. Finley: From whence did Rome spring? In many ways, from Greece, the civilization that was the other side of the Roman coin. In some ways, this book parallels the work of Cowell, taking you deep into the internals of Greek society, culture and the essence of the lives of emblematic figures. You are left with the knowledge that Greece was simply many countries trying to act as one, something it could only obtain with an exceptionally strong leader, such as Alexander, who was a Macedonian, and who relied primarily on his own generals rather than surrounding himself with Greeks. Finley is wonderful on Greek philosophy, Socrates, science, sculpture, Athens, Sparta and stoicism. In spite of its brevity, this work should be read last in any study of Greek life, because its insights and conclusions carry such great weight. I am already eager to reread it.
Sexual Life in Ancient Greece by Hans Licht: What an education you receive about Greece by looking at the role of the human figure in Greek culture, marriage, sex, prostitutes, religion, the role of love between men, women and various combinations thereof. Never has a country had such a wide open sexual culture; sex was a component of so much of Greece’s religious life, if not on the surface, then embedded in the ritualistic practices. Simply put, there were almost no taboos in Greek sexual life, and the higher courtesans offered intellectual companionship as well as physical pleasure to their client/s. The elite courtesans rose to the highest ranks as close associates of political leaders, scientists, philosophers and the artists of the day. Licht was a prodigious researcher with an encyclopedic grasp of Greek literature and visual arts, and he uses his skills so thoroughly that you receive a detailed survey of the literary and visual arts and how sexuality was used by writers and artisans in portraying Greek life. This book can’t be ignored; its exacting scholarship is far from prurient. If equal studies were done for other major civilizations, history would make more sense, but such a corrective is unlikely to come at this late date. One shivers at the prudery of most Western countries today. One sees how Freud mined Greek thought and scholarship in assembling his theories of sexuality. The role of hetairae, or female prostitutes, through the scholarly skills of Licht, are given a well-deserved central place in Greek society, a place they have rarely shared in societies before or since. |
The Royal Thimphu College and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Bhutan signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday, 5 May, 2016. This partnership will provide a total of 6 scholarships each year under two categories - 2 full and 4 partial - will be provided for the 3 year BSc in Environmental Management programme at RTC. One of the full scholarships will be awarded under the Late Mingma Norbu Sherpa memorial scholarship fund.
WWF believes that investing in training and education is critical for biodiversity conservation. Thus, for over two decades, the Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN) has been providing financial support to proven and potential conservation leaders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to gain the skills and knowledge they need to address the conservation challenges in their home countries. EFN supports conservationists to pursue graduate studies, attend short-term training courses, and train local communities in WWF priority places.
Started in 1994 to honour the late Russell E. Train, founder, president, and chairman of the board of WWF. Russell E. Train was founder and chairman emeritus of the World Wildlife Fund.
Each year, WWF supports committed conservationists from target countries to receive financial support for their studies and field research. Considering that Bhutan has rich biodiversity and strong conservation priorities, it is critical to encourage the youth of Bhutan who will play an important role in taking the country’s conservation efforts to greater heights. The WWF - Russell E. Train EFN Programme has come at a right time to provide the WWF Train Legacy Scholarships to nurture and train young Bhutanese.
Awardees (left to right) - Wesal Bidha, Dechen Tshomo, Sonam Yangchen, Sagar Basnet, Nima Khandu and Pem Dorji Tamang |
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The 86th Academy Awards will be airing on ABC March 2nd, 2014. Last year, I wowed millions and established tremendous credibility by predicting virtually every category correctly. I was even awarded the top prize by a local newspaper for winning their contest. This year, I will put it all on the line and unveil my predictions for all 24 major categories. Check out my 2014 Oscar Predictions on my Awards Spotlight Page! |
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To be honest, I didn't hear of it until a couple of weeks ago, either.
But, after reading so many negativ things about how etsy lets some of us down, I was looking into alternatives.
Zibbet is pretty similar to etsy but doesn't have it's size ... yet. Hopefully this will change soon.
It also doesn't charge any fees for listing or selling items.
This monday I was so lucky to be chosen as the features Zibbeter of the week.
Have a look (click on the picture).
On a personal side, I want to thank you for your well wishes for my husband. He is at home now after his surgery. It is hard physical work for me to play the nurse (hubby isn't a lightweight) ;-) but he is getting better every day a little bit. And my little boy is helping me a lot. |
We are Emma and Buster. We are rescued by Mama and Papa from the shelter. Emma came first and 7 months later Buster joined the party. This is our life, our purrfect life.
I hope you're hafing a good dream!
Oh you are so adorable in that pose! The Human is all squee! squee! squee! She's trying to snorgle you through the screen.
Emma you are adorable when you sleep!
Sigh - can I join you? You look SO comfortable... =^..^=
*sigh* i knows ezackly how you feels. freakin paparazzi.
We wouldn't have bothered someone sleeping so sweetly! Our mom probably wouldn't be so considerate--she's always interrupting us with the flashy box too! :-P
You sure are doing a snoozy good job! |
As we were eating breakfast at a Charlotte Pancake House before starting our 10-hour ride home, Cheryl asked me what my favorite part of the convention was. I had to tell her to wait to ask again when I had finished processing the news delivered moments earlier that a certain person had just incurred a $1900 car repair bill that we had committed to paying on their behalf. She had not stopped and pulled over when her car started to overheat a few weeks earlier and voila - 1900 of our dollars that I would rather have used for 2 round-trip tickets to Ireland later, she's back on the road.
Cheryl kept trying to make me feel better by explaining all the reasons it might have happened or why I shouldn't be upset, all of which were legitimate reasons, but I eventually told her that she'd be better off commiserating with me and feeling my pain than to try to defend what happened. I told her that I was most affected by the fact that I had not been apologized to or thanked for covering it than I was upset by the original mistake. And that is both petty of me and true, so I admit it here as more of a poor reflection on me than any blame toward the person involved.
Hurt feelings aside, the biggest reason I can understand why it happened is that as a teenager, I once ran my VW bug out of oil on rte. 100 on the way home, seizing up the engine, and Cheryl had done something similar at that age. I have a feeling Mom and Dad paid for my repairs, though I don't know for sure. And if they did, I wonder if I ever thanked them or apologized. I have a feeling if I had to pay for it, I'd remember it pretty well.
So...thanks Mom and Dad. I'm SO sorry! You rock and I love you and all you did...are doing for me. |
So as I said, over the weekend I went to a wonderful wedding here in Charleston. Although I hate to say it, one of my favorite parts of the wedding was the desserts! The yummy cakes and cupcakes were all courtesy of Sugar Bakeshop here in Charleston, which has developed quite a following.
C & K had coconut cakes, chocolate cake, lemon cake, and a whole assortment of delicious cupcakes. The dessert buffet was perfect.
Located on Cannon Street, Sugar Bakeshop is one of the cutest little bakeries I have ever seen. It has an adorable vintage bakery quality that just draws you in. Next time you’re in Charleston, make sure to get up to the bake shop and try one of their delicious cookies, pies, cakes, or cupcakes. You’re in for a treat. |
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Really good games tonight.
I knew it'd be a tough one and was surprised to see tomasito turn up.
(not been on forum all day!!!!!)
Games were tactical, fast, and occasionally annoying (broadway side and behind goal issues).
JiHaD passed beautifully and threw the Malice defense on a few occasions. Malice continued to push with mixed success but made the breakthroughs they needed in the end.
JiHaD defense was awesome too.
The game really deserved an audience and a ref!
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5-3, 3-5, 5-2 (malice were 3-0 up in the 2nd game) |
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The Singapore Authorities and the NTUC have experimented with A variety of plans to increase lagging productiveness and boost the labour drive participation costs of women and more mature personnel. On the other hand, labour shortages persist while in the service sector and in several small-skilled positions in the construction and electronics industries. Overseas workers support make up this shortfall. In 2000, there have been about 600,000 international employees in Singapore, constituting 27% of the whole workforce. Because of this, wages are fairly suppressed or will not increase for all staff. To have some controls, the government imposes a foreign worker levy payable by employers for lower close workers like domestic aid and building employees.
The overall economy of Singapore is A significant Overseas Direct Financial investment (FDI) outflow financier on this planet. Singapore has also benefited from your inward move of FDI from world buyers and institutions as a consequence of its highly beautiful expense local climate in addition to a steady political environment.
The Singapore Economic Advancement Board (EDB) carries on to draw in financial commitment funds on a sizable-scale with the nation despite the metropolis's relatively substantial-cost functioning environment. The US potential customers in international financial investment, accounting for forty% of recent commitments into the production sector in 2000.
Singapore's federal government promotes large levels of price savings and financial investment by way of policies including the Central Provident Fund, which can be utilized to fund its citizen's healthcare and retirement requires. Singapore's cost savings rates have remained between the highest on this planet since the seventies.
The general public sector is used each as an Trader and for a catalyst for financial enhancement and innovation. The government of Singapore has two sovereign wealth money, Temasek Holdings and GIC Personal Minimal, which happen to be made use of to deal with the place's reserves.
To begin with the condition's part was oriented a lot more toward running industries for financial advancement, but in latest decades the aims of Singapore's sovereign prosperity cash have shifted to some business basis.[sixty]
[sixty four] According to the Human Rights Look at, due to its part like a fiscal hub with the region, Singapore has constantly been criticised for reportedly internet hosting lender accounts made up of ill-gotten gains of corrupt leaders and their associates, which includes billions of bucks of Burma's condition gasoline revenues hidden from national accounts. Singapore has captivated belongings previously held in Swiss financial institutions for quite a few reasons, which includes new taxes imposed on Swiss accounts in addition to a weakening of Swiss lender secrecy. Credit history Suisse, the next most significant Swiss financial institution, moved its head of international private banking to Singapore in 2005.
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To keep up its competitive posture Irrespective of climbing wages, the government seeks to advertise larger price-added pursuits inside the manufacturing and products and services sectors. What's more, it has opened, or is in the entire process of opening, the financial expert services, telecommunications, and electrical power technology and retailing sectors approximately international assistance providers and better Level of competition.
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In 2012, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) noted that Singapore should keep on to fine-tune the calibration of its inflow of foreigners because the state continues to deal with an ageing population and also a shrinking workforce. Singapore Parliament accepted the recommendations by its Financial Strategies Committee (ESC) to the ideal ratio of the extent of immigration and international manpower for equally superior and reduced skilled staff. The federal government recognises that The present Over-all overseas workforce must complement the local resident workforce and never substitute the Singaporean Core idea, and aids companies considerably as they elevate efficiency by enterprise restructuring and workforce retraining; raise resident labour power participation price.[eighty][eighty one]
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The contract with EBSCO is in the sixth year.
By REBECCA SALINAS
The district board of trustees approved the purchase of periodical databases with EBSCO Information Services for the Alamo Colleges libraries during the regular board meeting Sept. 18.
The contract with EBSCO Information Services costs about $287,900 annually.
Library Director Eileen Oliver said the EBSCO purchase had to be approved by the board because it costs more than $50,000.
District rules require any purchase in excess of $50,000 has to be approved by the board.
“It’s nothing new,” Oliver said. “We’ve been subscribing to databases that are provided to us via EBSCO for many years.”
The library has had a contract with EBSCO for five years.
EBSCO provides more than 40 databases, such as Academic Search Complete.
Oliver said the library does not receive print periodicals anymore, but many now are online in databases.
Databases allow students and employees to search through hundreds of academic articles and journals.
Professors prefer students use databases instead of search engines because they are more reliable.
Oliver said she expects the annual board approval to continue.
She said librarians select databases based on what students need most for their classes.
This year, the library’s material budget is $469,000, which Oliver said “held steady” from the previous year’s budget.
“We’re kind of maintaining this year,” Oliver said.
The minute order states that services include electronic and print resource access, as well as management to more than 375,000 periodicals, manuscripts and journal listings.
Students will be able to search the database by title, ISSN, language, publisher and subject.
The minute order states library staff will, “spend more time assisting students by reducing the administrative tasks associated with ordering, maintaining and renewing e-resources, subscriptions and publishers’ license terms.”
The Ranger reported in March that the college library did not repurchase databases cut in 2010-11.
For fiscal year 2011-12, this library had a budget of $450,000, which was spent on books and other material; $135,000 of that was spent on books for general circulation.
Because of budget cuts last year, the library’s budget plummeted to $330,000 from $620,000 the previous year.
A total of 25 databases were cut in the 2011 and 2012 fiscal years, equaling $79,153.34.
Among the cuts were NewsBank, which cost $17,340 and EBSCO’s PsycArticles, at a cost of $10,598.
Gov. Rick Perry cut state agency budgets by 10 percent in 2010, but the college was instructed to cut an additional 2.5 percent in January 2011.
In 2011, the state deficit grew to $27 billion from an original estimate of $15 billion.
Databases can be accessed at www.alamo.edu/sac/library. Off-campus access requires a Banner ID.
For more information, call the reference desk at 210-486-0554 or visit the library website. |
* Euro dips to two-week low as austerity protests in Europe grow
* Spanish stocks lead European stocks lower, Wall Street follows
* U.S. government debt rises on safe-haven buying
* Spain's 10-year debt yield jump to 6 pct as pressure on Madrid grows
By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - World shares fell sharply and the euro slipped to a two-week low on Wednesday as growing opposition in Europe to measures aimed at resolving the euro zone's debt crisis unnerved investors already skittish about the weak outlook for global growth.
Investors focused on Spain, where the main share index lost 3.9 percent and yields on 10-year bonds hit 6 percent on worries about Madrid's commitment to reform due to violent protests and talk of secession by the wealthy Catalonia region.
A general strike in Greece and signs of discord among top euro zone officials over new policies to tackle the crisis added to investor concerns, taking the gloss off recent moves by the European Central Bank to calm markets by buying bonds.
International lenders are at loggerheads over how to solve the crisis in Greece, threatening more trouble for the euro zone as the International Monetary Fund demands European governments write off some of the Greek debt they hold.
The euro fell to $1.2836, a two-week low, and traded at $1.2854, down more than 0.3 percent on the day.
Crude oil prices fell more than 1 percent and stocks on Wall Street followed European shares lower, though not as sharply. Stocks in the euro zone suffered their worst session in two months, while government debt rose in a safe-haven bid.
"Things are bumpy again in Europe. You are seeing more tension there," which has driven a rally in bonds, said Eric Green, global head of rates and FX research and strategy with TD Securities in New York.
Yields on Spain's 10-year bond topped 6 percent for the first time in a week, while U.S. government debt prices rose for an eighth straight session. Reluctance by Spain to ask for aid could prolong the euro zone debt crisis.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was up 14/32 in price to yield 1.6232 percent.
Traders and investors active in the market realize that despite reduced risks, the ECB's bond-buying program does not resolve all the problems in the euro zone, analysts said.
A fresh batch of weak data and gloomy corporate reports from across the globe weighed on sectors most sensitive to the economic cycle, like autos and basic resources.
The Euro STOXX 50 index of euro zone blue chips closed down 2.7 percent at 2,498.52 points, its biggest one-day drop since early August.
MSCI's all-country world equity index was down 1.2 percent at 331.13 points.
The FTSEurofirst 300 of top regional shares fell 1.86 percent to 1099.01.
In the United States, the view of the economy deteriorated sharply in the third quarter and is now as bleak as it was in the immediate aftermath of the last recession, according to a survey of chief executives released by the Business Roundtable.
Slowing global growth is likely to crimp company profits. Caterpillar Inc cut its 2015 earnings outlook on Monday, as have FedEx Corp and Norfolk Southern, both of which are economic bellwethers because of their shipping roles.
"Buyers have reached a point of exhaustion after FedEx and Caterpillar and the like, all of whom pointed to economic weakness," said James Dailey, portfolio manager at TEAM Asset Strategy Fund in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
"People had been buying on the idea that the Fed would prop everything up, but if they can't, there's real potential for panic selling," Dailey said.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 12.51 points, or 0.09 percent, at 13,445.04. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 4.44 points, or 0.31 percent, at 1,437.15. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 19.90 points, or 0.64 percent, at 3,097.83.
In the oil markets, developments in Europe overshadowed any bullish sentiment generated by government data that showed U.S. crude inventories fell 2.45 million barrels last week, against analyst expectations they would be higher.
Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, fell more than 1 percent to below $109 a barrel before paring some losses later in the session.
Brent futures fell 81 cents to $109.64 a barrel. U.S. light sweet crude oil fell $1.76 to $89.61 a barrel.
"It is 'Risk Off' today," said Olivier Jakob, energy analyst at Petromatrix in Zug, Switzerland. "The Greek strike and Spanish demonstrations are getting a lot of coverage." |
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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2017
The Day Hamilton County Really Turned Blue
Hurley the Historian says many people may not realize it, but today is a very important anniversary in Hamilton County, Ohio, because nine years ago, RINOs at 700 Walnut Street proceeded past the point of no return in their masochistic “Long March” towards the “Bluing of Hamilton County” (which The Whistleblower had actually predicted ten-and-a-half years ago.) Chairman Mao would’ve been proud. Obama’s landslide in November 2008 was redundant. June 8, 2008 was the date our RINOs “Wandering in the Wilderness” had officially begun.
Ever since local Republicans got their asses kicked in the 2006 and 2007 elections, The Whistleblower had been searching for signs that local party leaders had somehow figured out why they lost and had come up with a plan to correct their mistakes before November 2008.
Finally, after Disgraced former Temporary Hamilton County GOP Party Boss George Vincent had been sent packing, we hoped we’d never again see anything like that sleazy, unprecedented, last-minute backroom deal Vincent made with Demo-Labor Party Boss Tim Burka to allow each other’s county-wide and judicial candidates to run unopposed.
We were even told it had been a humongous mistake for the Party of Reagan to endorse Devious DemocRAT Hamilton County Commissioners Odd Todd Opportune’s and David A. Pepper’s Super-sized $900 million Feel-Good-Social Programs Jail Tax Scam that would also have included a Memorial Hoosegow for our Senile GOP Sheriff Simon E. Leis.
And allowing Hamilton County GOP’s official spokesman, WLW Hate Radio Trash Talker Bill Cunningham, to embarrass the Hamilton County Republican Party nationally, was not exactly a sign that local party leaders had learned from the lessons of history.
It was no wonder those funny guys at “Not the Fishwrap” had come up with their “Save Us Alex” video, and card-carrying Conservative Gary Boldwater won that week’s Whistleblower’s Limerick Contest with:
This year when Hamilton County turns “Blue”
The RINOS won’t know what to do.
Those pitiful sobs,
They will have to find jobs.
Maybe then they will all get a clue.
Those “Not the Fishwrap” videos, like so many other things during the past twenty-six years in The Blower, have turned out to be pretty prophetic. It’s no wonder those consultants at NoMoreFreeAdvice.com can’t figure out why nobody’s been smart enough to try to hire The Blower to tell them what’s going to happen.
So At Yesterday’s Meeting of the Conservative Agenda…
Political Insiders were all asking Beloved Whistleblower Publisher Charles Foster Kane why the RINOs’ total abandonment of principles on June 8, 2008 was such a sure sign that Hamilton County had passed the point of no return on its way to become totally “Blue” in November of that year.
“Because that was the fateful date of that fund-raising brunch for our Finally Defeated, Corrupt, Evicted, Lying, Plagiarizing, Meddling, Overblown, Bought-And-Paid-For, Tax-And-Spend, Wrinkle-Puss RINO Bitch-In-A-Ditch Mean Jean Schmidt,” Kane said.
“That was no big deal,” said the Clermont Crusader. “The Crooked Cronies from Clermont County used to hold crappy breakfasts for their gal all the time.”
“But what if there had been some pretty big-name Republicans from Hamilton County on the host committee?” Kane asked.
“Like Bill Cunningham?” someone laughed. “Along with Skaggie Maggie at The Fishwrap, that draft-dodger’s been attacking Mean Jean’s enemies for years.”
Kane shook his head. Not even a media whore like Cunningham would’ve wanted his name associated with this group. “How about the Honorable Rob Portman?” Kane said. “His hand-picked protégé had ruined Portman’s 70+% Republican Congressional District, and he was still carrying her on his back. Then there was the Honorable Joseph T. Deters. Our County Prosecutor had even talked about running against “Mean Jean” a year before. Or how about the Honorable Me, Greg Hartmann and The Honorable Rebecca Prem Groppe?
“You seem to have a lot of so-called ‘Honorable’ people on that list,” somebody in the audience said.
“And that wasn’t all,” Kane explained. “There was then Ohio House Majority Whip Michelle Glass Slipper. When Michelle wasn’t living in sin, she and Mean Jean had been roommates in Columbus where they voted for each and every one of Boob Taft’s tax increases. And there was the Honorable Jim Petro (Even before the Dishonorable $tan Che$ley began paying him “over the table”). Remember when people said our former Ohio Attorney General had Republican principles? Or how about names like John Barrett— he was raising money for McCain. Toss in Dee and Benjamin Gettler, Steve Miller, former Hamilton County Party Doofus H.C. Buck Niehoff, along with Diane and Michael Oestreicher and Nancy and John Silverman, whoever the hell they are.”
“Was there anybody else?” a lady in the audience asked.
“How about Hamilton County Republican Party Boss Alex Triantafillou (pronounced Alex)?” Kane replied.
“But didn’t Old Blue Face acknowledge to Cincinnatus Standard Publisher Steve Fritsch that the Republican brand had been tarnished?” someone asked. “Didn’t Alex admit Republicans took it on the chin in 2006, and didn’t Alex also own up that as painful as it was for him to say, the Party had it coming, because for a long time RINOs had strayed from the basic core principles that bind Republicans together?”
“It doesn’t sound like our “Alex T., Mall Cop GOP” had learned very much, even then. No wonder we’re still calling him ‘Old Blue Face’ these days, Kane said.
Maybe that’s why our Quote for Today Committee chose Einstein’s Definition of Insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
“Maybe then new Chairman Blueface had just showed up at Mean Jean’s fund-raiser to help ‘unify’ the Party,” the audience said. “But didn’t he realize that lending his name to such an event, put the Party Seal of Approval on it and was a sharp stick in the eye of every Real Republican who’d already been disenfranchised by the Fourth Street Gang? Maybe Alex had planned to work every polling place in Hamilton County all by himself in November?”
“But you’re forgetting the worst part,” Kane said. “Don’t you remember where that feckless fund-raiser for Mean Jean with all those Hamilton County RINO leaders was held?”
“Do you mean the Empty Uppity Oprah Winfrey Campaigning for Obama, Under-funded, Ugly-ass Poorly-Planned Unnagraown Rayroe Museum Not-so-Free-dom Center?” the entire audience exclaimed.
“Here’s a clue,” Kane said. “Look whose name is on top of the list.”
It’s Worse than that,” Kane lamented…
“Nine years ago on June 8, Local Republican leaders chose to demonstrate their historic sellout at a fund-raiser for Southwest Ohio’s most embarrassing elected official in history (including Jerry Springer) at 9005 Camargo Road, at the Indian Hill estate of that Great Republican, perhaps the Greatest Republican in Hamilton County History, Greedy Hearse-Chasing, Disgraced-DemocRAT Clinton-loving, Fen-Phen Scandal Plagued, Disbarred in Kentucky, Resigned in Ohio Trial Attorney $tan Che$ley. And here’s a picture to prove it.”
“But that was nine years ago,” somebody in the audience said. “Everywhere Alex goes, he’s still telling people he’s learned his lesson and THIS time it’s going to be different.”
“Sure,” Kane scoffed. “Doesn’t anybody remember when Alex T. promised to go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to see Judge John Williams take his “rightful seat” in Juvenile Court that he won fair and square after Disgruntled DemocRAT Tracie Hunter went whining to Judge Mrs. $tan Che$ley in Federal Court.
“And how about Hamilton County’s Disingenuous DemocRAT County Auditor (who was always allowed to run unopposed),” clamored a Hamilton County over-taxed payer getting ready to pay his jacked up property taxes in two weeks. “Even when Alex T. endorsed ‘Taxkiller Tom’ Brinkman seven years ago, the Disingenuous DemocRAT ran unopposed. Now The Old Dustbuster will feel free to jack up some people’s property values in a down economy out of petty personal vindictiveness and spite.”
“You’re right,” agreed our Greed Township Snitch (probably not Stadium Dave Linnenberg), who’s really happy about those 6,888 new Section Eight housing units that decreased the resale value of his house. “About the only thing our Mall Cop has been able to accomplish as RINO Party Boss was getting the Greed Township trustees to pass over 98 qualified applicants to give a $50,000 make-work job to his then soon-to-be-former spouse as part of his alimony avoidance scam.”
“And don’t forget the other maneuvers the chairman made in order to reward the Greed Township Trustees who hooked his wife up with that cushy gig,” Dan From Delhi said. “He pushed Passed-Around Patti Clancy out of the Clerk of Courts office to give Tracy Winkler a cushy new job she is also totally unqualified for. Then he got Runner-Up Rocky Boiman into Tracy’s old spot. Tracy got Greed Township Trustee Tony Rosiello a new job in the Courthouse after he lost his old one. Tony just so happened to employ Tracy’s daughter at the money-losing Greed Township Senior Center that also employs the wife of a Defeated School Board candidate.
“Dont forget that Alex also made “Bronze Star Brad” Wenstrup an offer he couldn’t refuse to get his Courthouse Crony a sweet gig with “Bronze Star Brad’s” Brigade so the Clueless Crony could goof off the next six months and then walk in to the Wenstrup Administration at twice the salary he made in the Courthouse,” said Sarah from Springdale, “and then the Courthouse Crony went to work for a DemocRAT after Brad double-crossed Alex and didn’t hire the bum.”
“And WTF was JayWalking Joe Deters thinking when he wrote a $25,000 check to SMLP Smithermouth at the local chapter of NAALCP before the 2012 Election?” asked CH Snitch at 1000 Main Street. “That looks like a whole new definition of the word ‘Blackmail.’ ”
“And as usual, the Republicans are asleep at the wheel,” exclaimed Angry Andersonian Trustee Andy Pappas. “Despite having far more staff than the D-RATS, they aren’t organized. They can fund “scholarship” programs for “interns,” but when it comes to doing actual work, they don’t accomplish a thing—zip, zero, nada! What did former DemocRAT OPERATIVE Ashtray Chloroform and his stuck-up, shoe-shopping, fashionista sidekick do all day to earn a paycheck?”
“And if you think that’s bad,” Bluegrass Bureau Chief Ken CamBoo added, “Do you remember six years ago when The Boondoggle TEA Party invited Eric “Call Me Crazy,” Big Mouth, Most Sanctioned, Ambulance Chaser, No Count of a Radio Host, Shameless Self Promoter, Willie Wannabe, Why Am I Now A Non-Attorney Spokesperson, Who Likes Bulldogs and Failed Roadhouse Operator Deters to be its featured speaker at its June meeting?” Well, two years ago, we were all still waiting for that unity rally after that year’s Bluegrass Primary Elections, when Louisville businessman and “TEA party” favorite Matt Bevin was the apparent winner of the Republican nomination for governor in Kentucky’s closest-ever statewide primary by 83 votes in a race Obama Supporters in the Press still call “too close to call.”
The Blower remembers when the TEA Party backed Congressional Candidate Thomas Massie from Lewis County (wherever the hell that is) embarrassed the Republican Establishment, by defeating our Trooper Babe, in spite of The Whistleblower’s “Legs” commercial, which if it had only been on TV a few more times, Alecia would’ve won by a landslide.
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Let’s rewind to the year 2000 — Matt Damon was coming off of an impressive string of films including “Good Wll Hunting,” “Rounders,” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” Meanwhile, many were looking forward to seeing what Billy Bob Thornton would deliver next following his breakout directorial debut “Sling Blade.” So when both were working together on an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy‘s “All The Pretty Horses,” expectations were high. But the result was a classic story of studio interference clashing with artistic vision.
It goes something like this: when Thornton handed in his first cut of the movie to Miramax, it was apparently somewhere between 3 and 4 hours, and not surprisingly, he was asked to cut it down. And basically, what ended up in the multiplex, running under 2 hours, was not what Thornton envisioned at all. Harvey Weinstein got involved, and in addition to slashing the movie, ditched the original score by the legendary Daniel Lanois and replaced it with something by Marty Stuart. The movie flopped in theaters both commercially and critically. Many have wondered what happened with Thornton’s original version. Apparently, it’s still kicking around.
Chatting with Playboy recently, Damon was asked if there was ever an experience that made him want to “pack it all in,” and this was one that came to mind. “Everybody who worked on ‘All the Pretty Horses’ took so much time and cared so much. As you know, the Cormac McCarthy book is set in 1949 and is about a guy trying to hold on to his old way of life. The electric guitar became popular in 1949, and the composer Daniel Lanois got an old 1949 guitar and wrote this spare, haunting score,” Damon shared. “We did the movie listening to his score. It informed everything we did. We made this very dark, spare movie, but the studio wanted an epic with big emotions and violins. They saw the cast, the director, Billy Bob Thornton, and the fact that we spent $50 million, and they never released our movie—though the cut still exists. Billy had a heart problem at that time, and it was because his heart fucking broke from fighting for that film. It really fucked him up. It still bothers me to this day.”
So, is this the starting point for a petition for somebody to release the full cut? We suppose so, but there is still one stumbling block — Lanois actually owns the rights to his score, and has thus far refused to license it for any release of the movie. Though presumably if Thornton was allowed to re-instate his original vision, that would change. Needless to say, we’re curious. Matt, if you ever want to have us over to watch it, we’ll bring the popcorn. |
Man charged after online threats made at University of Missouri
Hunter M. Park arrested about 2 a.m. Wednesday
A 19-year-old white man suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty was arrested Wednesday, authorities said, adding to the racial tensions at the heart of the protests that led to the resignations of two University of Missouri leaders earlier this week.
Hunter M. Park, a student at a sister campus in Rolla, was arrested shortly before 2 a.m. at a residence hall. The school said no weapons were found.
Prosecutors have filed a charge of making terroristic threats against Park, who is enrolled at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. He was taken to jail in Columbia, where prosecutors asked that he be held without bond.
The posts, discovered Tuesday on the anonymous location-based messaging app YikYak and other social media, threatened to "shoot every black person I see." They followed the resignations on Monday of the University of Missouri system president and the chancellor of its flagship campus in Columbia.
There were other threats, and authorities did not say if additional arrests were possible.
Another threat said: "Some of you are alright. Don't go to campus tomorrow." The message seemed to echo one that appeared on the website 4chan - a forum where racist and misogynistic comments are common - ahead of the deadly campus shooting at an Oregon community college last month.
Additional officers were already on campus before the university learned of the threats. University police were working with other state and local agencies to ensure the campus was secure, police Maj. Brian Weimer said in a statement.
"We investigated a number of reports and tips and take every one of them seriously," Weimer said.
The school's online emergency information center tweeted, "There is no immediate threat to campus," and asked students not to spread rumors.
On Wednesday morning, student foot traffic was light as Steven Loughrige made his way to class. He said he never took the threats seriously because they appeared on social media.
"I'm just disappointed that it escalated," said Loughrige, a white junior studying engineering.
Months of protests culminated in a tumultuous week on the Columbia campus.
Back in September, the student government president reported that people shouted racial slurs at him from a passing pickup truck, galvanizing the protest movement. Last week, a graduate student went on hunger strike to demand the resignation of university system President Tim Wolfe over his handling of racial complaints.
Then more than 30 members of the Missouri football team refused to practice or play in support of the hunger striker. Those developments came to a head Monday with the resignation of Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, the top administrator of the Columbia campus.
A woman who was among University of Missouri employees whose videotaped clash with a student photographer during protests on the campus helped fan debate about free press is on administrative leave.
The Columbia campus' director of student life, Mark Lucas, says in a statement that Greek Life director Janna Basler was placed on leave Wednesday and that the department is investigating her actions.
A plaza that had been the site of a sit-in by protesters was entirely empty Tuesday night, and only a handful of students were seen walking around campus. Police officers from the campus department and city of Columbia were on patrol.
Gaby Rodriguez, a senior, said she was at work when she heard about the online threats.
"It's really disheartening and proves the point of why these protests and boycotts were necessary," Rodriguez said. "I don't think I've ever felt this unsafe at Mizzou," she said, referring to the college by its nickname.
Some students, faculty and alumni have said the protests and top leaders' resignations are the culmination of years of racial tension.
Among other recent events, members of the Legions of Black Collegians, whose founders include a recently retired deputy chancellor, said slurs were hurled at them by an apparently drunken white student while practicing for a homecoming performance.
The university has promised changes.
Chuck Henson, a black law professor and associate dean, was appointed Tuesday as the university's first-ever interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity.
The university system's governing body, the Board of Curators, also announced other initiatives, including offering more support for hiring and retaining diverse faculty and staff and performing a full review of all policies related to staff and student conduct. |
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- 5 eggs, beaten
- ¼ cup milk
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When James Risen, a New York Times reporter, published a book last autumn accusing the American Psychological Association (APA), the largest professional organisation of American psychologists, of working with the Bush administration on torture, the APA issued a swift rebuttal: “APA is committed to fostering the highest ethical standards for the profession… We will continue to proactively communicate our strict and explicit no torture under any circumstances policy to federal officials so they are fully aware of the appropriate restrictions on psychologists’ roles.” In a spirit of transparency, the APA commissioned an independent investigation to confirm that neither the association nor its members, who number around 122,500, endorsed the government’s use of enhanced interrogation tactics.
The investigation, led by David Hoffman of the law firm Sidley Austin, concluded this month with the publication of a 542-page report. Its findings diverge considerably from the APA’s expectations. Far from upholding their Hippocratic oath to “do no harm”, APA psychologists did indeed work with officials from the Defense Department and the CIA to facilitate the torture of detainees. This involved issuing loose ethical guidelines that endorsed existing DoD interrogation policies and permitted psychologists to participate at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere—unlike their colleagues in the field of psychiatry, who refused to back the government’s evolving interrogation tactics. Though the APA’s policies adhered to US law, they violated medical ethics.
Stephen Behnke, ethics director of the APA, was at the heart of this effort. In a series of e-mail exchanges, he sought pre-clearance from leaders in the US Army Special Operations Command before determining what APA’s position should be. Perhaps the most disturbing discovery is the self-serving, amoral tenor of APA’s approach to this issue generally. The report notes:
“While we found many emails and discussions regarding how best to position APA to maximize its influence with and build its positive relationship with the Defense Department…we found little evidence of analyses or discussions about the best or right ethical position to take in light of the nature of the profession and the special skill that psychologists possess regarding how our minds and emotions work—a special skill that presumably allows psychologists to be especially good at both healing and harming.”
It seems Mr Risen’s argument that a rising “homeland security-industrial complex” co-opted medical expertise for military ends holds up. But why did the Department of Defense seek the APA’s blessing in the first place? And what did the APA stand to gain from co-operating?
In 2002 the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department issued memos defining torture, narrowly, as acts that intentionally cause physical or severe mental pain. It follows that actions could not be considered torture if interrogators could show that they did not intend to cause such pain. Seeking out the APA’s approval was a way for DoD officials to prove that they did not harbour this intent. This lent a veneer of professionalism and legitimacy to interrogators’ dubious practices.
It was a veneer the APA was happy to lend. This is in large part because the DoD is one of the largest employers of psychologists in the country. Today, 7% of APA members work with or for the department in a range of roles, including as clinicians and researchers. As of 2010, 3,400 psychologists were employed by the Veterans Administration alone. Since 2007, the DoD has also spent more than $730m to fund research on psychological health, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury, according to the Hoffman report. At least $120m in grants were awarded for research on behavioural, cognitive and psychological therapies between 2007 and 2011.
This partnership is mostly a good thing. Many psychologists are hired to help military personnel and veterans grapple with PTSD and other mental maladies. But this alliance also apparently encouraged the APA to accommodate less savoury practices. With evidence from correspondence, documents and interviews, Mr Hoffman and his associates concluded that the APA’s endorsement of torture was largely motivated by a desire to promote the profession and strengthen its relationship with the DoD. When the department was negotiating its torture guidelines, it was also figuring out how psychologists and psychiatrists might play a role in intelligence operations. E-mails show APA officials were eager to be involved and, especially, to not lose out to psychiatrists—an expression of the long-standing rivalry between the professions. (As PhDs rather than MDs, psychologists are often defensive about their medical credibility.)
By 2006, the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association had both issued decrees prohibiting their members from participating in interrogations. APA had not, and this support was duly rewarded. In 2006 William Winkenwerder, the Assistant Secretary of Defence for Health Affairs, issued a DoD instruction prioritising psychologists over psychiatrists as behavioural-science “consultants”. Mr Winkenwerder explained that the APA’s “clear support” for the role of psychologists in interrogations “influenced our thinking”.
The APA is now scrambling to distance itself from the military’s intelligence activities and to reaffirm its commitments to medical ethics. An initial set of policy and procedural changes includes a new prohibition on psychologists participating in interrogations by military or intelligence services. The proposals have been accompanied by an exodus of high-level APA officials. Mr Behnke was removed from his position at APA on July 8th. Norman Anderson, the chief executive, and Michael Honaker, his deputy, announced their retirement shortly thereafter. Rhea Farberman, director of communications, has resigned. The association is now left to answer some thorny questions about how a profession devoted to mental health could so easily be persuaded to pursue mental anguish instead.
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As the Church continues to discuss the highly charged topic of boys, girls, and altar serving, there is one opinion that appears to be as prevalent as it is wrong. Many Catholics advocating for altar girls do so based on an incorrect appeal to obedience. Their argument: since Rome permits girls to serve now, there is nothing more to discuss. In fact, some contend it is wrong to even question the current practice.
However, whether or not girls should serve at the altar is actually an ongoing process of discernment. This is what too few understand. Just because canon law permits girls to serve does not mean that pastoral discernment ceases. To the contrary, now more than ever this discussion is needed.
For those who mistake Rome’s permission as an endorsement, in July 2001 the Congregation for Divine Worship (and its then prefect Cardinal Jorge A. Medina Estévez) issued a response to a bishop’s inquiry concerning the admission of girls as servers. The Congregation’s response stated the following:
- Bishops are free to admit female altar servers.
- Only a diocesan bishop can decide whether to permit female servers in his diocese.
- No priest is obligated to have female servers, even where the Diocese permits it.
- No one has a “right” to serve at the altar.
- The obligation to support groups of altar boys will always remain due to the well known assistance that such programs have provided in encouraging future priestly vocations.
That this is an ongoing matter of discernment, and not something already determined once and for all, is evident from the letter issued by the Congregation. It is a failure on the part of the faithful to grasp this which can lead to confusion and controversy when a pastor reinstates the traditional practice at his parish.
With each new pastoral assignment and with each episcopal consecration comes the responsibility to honestly revisit this modern innovation. Additionally, every Catholic father with daughters must discern this for his own family as well.
As clergy and faithful alike continue to learn more about the history and the purpose of altar serving, let’s hope that constructive discussions are not stifled simply because some consider the issue closed. Indeed, ongoing discernment of this is by far the most prudent path for the Church.
An earlier version of this article appeared at OnePeterFive on February 2, 2015.
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José Noel Canales Lagos, a 34-year-old journalist who had worked for the Hondudiario news website for the past 12 years, was gunned down in the capital on 10 August, bringing the number of journalists killed in the past decade to 30 (25 of them since the June 2009 coup).
This latest tragedy took place during a visit to Honduras by the UN special rapporteur for freedom of expression, Frank La Rue, from 7 to 14 August, as a result of which the government announced on 9 August that it would create a special entity for protecting journalists and solving the many murders of journalists in recent years.
"Even if this announcement expresses a real political determination, it nonetheless follows years of impunity and lack of action that have been largely responsible for the scale of the death toll,” Reporters Without Borders said.
"The government's plan refers to the mechanisms for protecting journalists in Colombia but we are inevitably reminded of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes against Freedom of Expression created in Mexico in 2006, which fell very far short of producing the desired results. The Mexican precedent showed that creating a special entity is less important that setting it concrete objectives and giving it the resources required to combat impunity.
"Like their Mexican colleagues, Honduran journalists – along with human rights workers, civil society representatives, lawyers and academics who provide information – will not break free of the spiral of violent crime and censorship until the way the police and judicial apparatus functions is completely overhauled.
"Will this new entity be finally capable of implementing the protective measures that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights requested for several journalists? Will it be free to resume all the investigations that were botched or shelved? Will it be able to take account of all the violence generated by the 2009 coup and its impact on human rights and freedom of information?"
Reporters Without Borders added: "We should be wary of measures that are announced for effect when what the authorities could and should be doing is apply the law in the Canales case as it should have done in all the preceding cases."
Canales was driving to work when armed individuals aboard a taxi opened fire, hitting him in the head. The motive is not yet known. While stopping short of suggesting that the motive was linked to his work, Hondudiario noted in a tribute to Canales that he had often been threatened since 2009. |
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It is very difficult for anyone, to overcome their fears, especially if you carry them since childhood. Recently, Yami Gautam overcame one such fear- that of mice.
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Brita is going to spend the next four weeks at my teacher's place while I am on practicum again, where she will have free run of a large room in the chicken coop with another quail hen for company. The remaining others are going to a new home this week, and when I get back, Brita's new companion may or may not come home with me too. I haven't decided whether I want to keep Brita as a singleton or have a companion for her again. It was a shame what happened to Blondie, her old companion, but I admit it has been much easier to train Brita without another quail as a distraction. We shall see. She seems to get along just fine on her own.
Now that I am finished schooling for a while, I'd like to start expanding the information section on this site to include more articles on the husbandry and breeding of coturnix as a hobby. I have been spending some time on Internet forums in an attempt to get a feel for what kinds of questions people are asking and what kinds of challenges new quail keepers find themselves up against. I never intended this blog to be about anything more than Brita's clickertraining, but I'm for than just a fan of training quail - I'm a quail fanatic all-around. Hopefully I can conglomerate some useful knowledge on this site to help people get started on their journey with quail. Because quail are awesome. I just don't know how else to explain it.
When I am finally working and living at an actual house instead of on campus, I can expand my quail operation to include more than one contraband quail living under the desk in my dorm (and I have adopted a cat from our school program who is going to live in the dorm with myself, Brita, and Puffy Figgis the green-spotted pufferfish for a whole ten days - which should prove interesting).
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I am planning on moving to Prince George, BC where I have family and friends and start working at a veterinary clinic as an AHT, find a place where I can start my quail hobby up again from scratch and eventually buy a wee bit of land where I can go hog wild with any hobby I want, and no landlord or city by-law to stop me! (ie hide from). |
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Although I was tempted by the description of luxury loos & the cocktail bar I decided to ‘slum it’ with the £69.50 tickets saving us £29 each.
With chart topping acts such as ‘Disclosure’, ‘DJ Fresh’, ‘Rita Ora’, ‘Example’ and many many more on the set lists we were excited to say the least!
So when we woke on the morning of June 8th to blazing sunshine looking set to stay for the weekend we knew we were in for a treat!!
With sunglasses, straw hats and plenty of cash in toe we arrived at 12pm on Saturday and headed straight for the bar, of course. £4.60 for a small Kopperberg and £3.50 for a bottle Corrs’ was expensive but not more than what I was expecting for a festival.
We familiarised ourselves with all 5 stages and checked out everything on offer, you could purchase a variety of different foods, even for vegetarians and there were all sorts on offer for sale, from blow up dolls to wacky hats or clothing.
What really got me excited was the log flume which I later managed to talk the others into riding with me… Great idea Hayley… Now we are soaking and freezing because it’s almost 8pm and the sun has gone to bed ready for tomorrow! Oops.
We had a crazy roller coaster of a weekend with lots of fun, and we were surprised that the loo’s weren’t actually too bad! We danced, like no one was watching. We sang, badly. We drank, a LOT. But most of all we laughed, hard.
If I had to say anything bad about my Parklife experience it would be that I spent £6 on a programme that was printed incorrectly which meant I missed 2 of my favourite acts. That, and thier seemingly relaxed approach to drugs; Parklife Officials selling ‘Poppers’ like its candy was a bit too much for my liking.
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From the Marine-L mailing list come the FIRST indication that all is not right with the Basilisk called STCW 95!
"On Monday 08 April 2002 05:51 am, LEMSCHOUT wrote:
> but within a few weeks the problem is fixed, at least before some
> of us realize that they develop a new ganglion or a real cancer.
the danger may reduce as all efforts underway to prohibit these chicken
concentration camps, but not because of your health, the concern here more
with the chicken :-)
> which I doubt as I suspect that many Western training institutes are
> drastically lowering their standard in order to be 'competitive'.
Looking at both options, resume high quality training, it is not going to be
much of a future prospect for the young generation to work at salary levels
for cheaply trained staff. Doing cheap training, they are not going to have
the options taking up a position ashore. Isn't going to take much time and
shore companies will have figured out the real value of STCW95. Those
students got 40 years of work ahead of them. It is not going to be attractive
having no options. Some schools will try to survive by endless STCW95 short
term courses, but as the volume of students to decrease, you will see them
doing what most of them did already, to close down.
> respect the legal working hours and rest period, refusing eventually
> to carry out extra paperwork (not yet included in the nice forms prepared
> for the purpose to check working time).
You read the news, 16% of accidents caused by fatigue. Also a nice article
about Technology :-) Of course the PSC does control that the resthours had
been maintained by checking those duly prepared forms. If they really would
check and compare with the logbooks, alarm logs, I wouldn't be too surprised
when finding vessels where based on these sheets nobody on the bridge while
manoeuvring on the river or oil transfer operations without any engineer :-)
> Keeping in mind his watchkeeping duties, as the IMO want, he could even be
> slow to pick up the GMDSS phone when he is on duty in dense traffic as Mike
> has just suggested!
While you had double the crew, if someone failed was someone to take over. 4
eyes did saw more than 2. You had 2 persons on duty, they less likely to fall
asleep than having only 1. Automation and electronic is good in way of
additional security if something has been overlooked, also faster, but should
not substitute the man and his qualification. Any chief may tell you, if
something weird on the screen, check the sensor first.
The truth behind STCW95 the shortage of officers. These figures had been well
known and was no secret at all that it would get short. While making less
qualification acceptable you increased the pool of available officers.
Instead of doing the more reasonable thing, making the job more attractive
they all supported this white wash operation. A lot of countries should not
have entered the white list, but miraculously they did. To make things worse,
crewing agents had filters as known things not to be in the best state. Those
filters might have had some large holes to meet the demand. Now anything can
pass and nobody can blame them, all internationally accepted by STCW95.
STCW95 isn't going to reduce problems, even the ISM Code not going to be of
much help when the experience is missing. In last years they had been
promoting like hell just to fill the gap. Licenses had been upgraded already
for some time, increasing size of vessel and horsepower. STCW95 was just
another step into the same direction. They wanted it that way. Remember the
old times where a mate had to become something like 60 prior being promoted
to master? But that was when the job was still somehow attractive and you
still had a lot of young people joining the profession.
If the job more attractive, might have had enough staff, companies for sure
would select the best and absolute no need here for any STCW95 and it's white
wash operations. But same like with the eggs, better eggs do cost more. As
long as the customer isn't prepared to invest more, they for sure not going
to expect quality eggs for the price of cheap ones. Eventually they may, as
top licenses had been downgraded to STCW95. But not for a long time,
because nobody to continue producing quality eggs to sell them at the price
of cheap ones.
> this week-end it was more than true with the first suicide of a SABENA pilot
> who was still out of job several month after the bankruptcy of the company.
So far all terrorists entered the US by air. The US is however more concerned
that terrorists may take the risk of a STCW95 passage. Arabs hate the sea.
In a lot of drug cases I do suspect already involvement of the crew to
improve their salary. I am only wondering if it might not happen that one day
a suicidal master to blow up his gas tanker in response to STCW95 and
excessive administration, cheap crew. Totally weird? |
Maine Voices: Maine must be mindful of protecting marijuana as a cottage industry – Press Herald
I have had the pleasure of talking with both Diane Russell, Democratic state representative for Portland’s Munjoy Hill neighborhood, and David Boyer, Maine political director at the Marijuana Policy Project, the nation’s largest marijuana policy reform organization.
Although these conversations were separate, many themes were echoed. The main topic of discussion was the future of the recreational cannabis industry in Maine and how anticipated legislation would determine the laws and regulations within the industry.
My interest in the recreational cannabis industry is financial. I am a finance student at the University of New Hampshire with a passion for business enterprise.
The medical and recreational marijuana industry already has a significant tailwind and enormous development potential, hallmarks of a growth industry. An examination of the impact of any future laws on the structure and availability of opportunity in the industry is crucial for investment.
Of the topics discussed, the most vital was the following:
If and when a legalization bill or citizens’ initiative passes, will it create laws with the intention of limiting or expanding large corporations already heavily invested in the Maine medical marijuana marketplace? And how will such restrictions affect the cottage industry of medical and recreational marijuana production in the state?
Boyer and Russell were both ambiguous on the subject. They insisted that limitations most likely will be present, whether through the number of plants, the amount of space or another metric.
The logic of establishing this type of regulation is equally ambiguous. Importantly, it was unclear whether or not the opportunity would remain for anyone to enter the cottage industry side of this marketplace.
Large out-of-state organizations and money have considerable presence in Maine and have played a significant role in the expansion of medical marijuana availability. To what extent pressures from these organizations will adversely affect a growing cottage industry is a concern. Mainers will need clarity on this issue if a referendum is placed before them in the future.
The existing medical marijuana market in Maine is a vital cottage industry that has provided income to Mainers throughout the state. In like comparison with the microbrewery industry, an industry heavily regulated by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, both large and small business investment is present.
There is no question that the recreational marijuana market will require regulation. License qualifications and product quality standards are just some …Read More |
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Everyday Matters Group Challenge #4 Draw A Cup Watercolor Journal
I would drool over this very expensive girly girl pattern at the big mall stores. Knew there was no way I could ever afford it. Then found it at Sam's Club greatly reduced. As I was writing about this in the above watercolor journal this scripture came to me "Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Psalm 37:4. |
I guess children aren't the future, after all.
I fear they are just getting started.
What happens when they start telling you that you can only have one child per family. Europeans don't seem to mind breeding themselves out of existence, but when even that is no longer enough, what then?
Of course our overlords have a master plan, so that's reassuring. |
Made a cheesecake last week from Jamie's new book where he travels around america. Jenny reckons its the best cheesecake she has ever eaten. It is pretty delicious and isn't as stodgy as normal cheesecake, and there is still a piece left in our fridge (most of it disappeared when I was away in Genoa).
350g digestive biscuits
120g unsalted butter, melted
900g light or low-fat cream cheese, softened (important that its light or low fat)
150g caster sugar
5 large eggs
juice of 6 limes (c. 125 ml)
finely grated zest of lime
for meringue topping
3 large egg whites
110g caster sugar
40g desiccated coconut
Preheat oven to 160C and grease 24cm loose-bottomed cake tin. Put biscuits into a food processor and whiz until they are fine crumbs. Mix in melted butter. Spread biscuit mixture around the base of greased tin and press it with your hands to pack it down. Place the tin on a baking sheet and op it into the fridge while you make the filling.
Whiz the cream cheese in a food processor until smooth. Then gradually add sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Pour in the lime juice and whiz again until just combined (mixture might be quite thin, but thats the way its supposed to be). Tip it over your chilled biscuit base, spread it evenly and bake for 45 to 55 minutes (you want the cheesecake to have a slight loose wobble). Remove from the oven and set aside for 15 minutes to cool slightly. Turn the oven up to 220C.
To make the meringue topping, put your egg whites into a clean bowl and beat until they form soft peaks. Gradually add the caster sugar and beat until thick and glossy. Finally, fold in the coconut. Spoon meringue mixture on to the middle of the cooled cheesecake and spread it to the edges. Bake in oven for 5 mins (until meringue is golden and crisp).
Let it cool down, then place it in the fridge for a few hours to chill before serving. We also added whipped cream to the top (I agree this is pretty decadent... but it was good!).
Price 5/10 (0 being cheap and 10 being expensive)
Difficulty 5/10 (0 being easy and 10 being difficult)
Tastiness 10/10 (0 being disgusting and 10 being tasty) |
It's tough at the top.
John Hourican, the man who took the rap for Royal Bank of Scotland’s part in the Libor-rigging scandal, has claimed he was focused on rescuing a 'bust bank', not checking data submitted to the rate-fixing panel.
The London Evening Standard reports that Hourican, who headed RBS’s investment bank, also said he did not think 'data submission to a trade association was a high-risk part of what we were running'. He added: 'We had a bust bank with a trillion-pound balance sheet that needed to be managed.'
The resignation in January of Hourican followed 'long discussions' with Stephen Hester, RBS’s former chief executive. The bank was fined $638.4m by regulators in the UK and US. Hourican has since been appointed CEO of the failed Bank of Cyprus.
He remains friends with Hester, who was ousted by Chancellor George Osborne in June.
'Stephen was a fantastic chief executive, and I believe that the company would have been better-served in retaining him', he said. 'He is a loss to the company because he was a very good chief executive at a very difficult time. Whoever gets Stephen will be very lucky'.
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Satellite imagery shows how palm oil plantations are displacing peatlands–at tremendous cost to the climate.
The picture of Southeast Asia’s deforestation is coming into greater focus.
Scientists have developed a new satellite-imaging technique that allows them to have a better bird’s eye view of when carbon-rich peatlands were cleared and to what extent they have been replaced by palm oil trees.
The work, which depends on a blend of satellite images, marks the first attempt to systematically quantify carbon loss from peatland destruction across the region and directly tie it to oil-palm expansion.
Published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found that about 6 percent of carbon-rich peatlands in Peninsular Malaysia and the islands of Borneo and Sumatra were cleared to make way for oil-palm plantations by the early 2000s. In the process, about 3 percent of forest-dwelling birds across the region were lost and massive quantities of carbon were released from clearing peatlands, according to the authors’ estimates.
By last year, the study concluded, an area in Southeast Asia roughly the size of New Jersey had been felled of its forests.
Whether or not those lands will become palm oil plantations remains unknown. Historically, such lands have been cleared to expand lucrative palm oil plantations or expand pulp and paper businesses.
The satellite images that were culled to form composite images of the area can only pick up well-established palm oil plantations that are at least eight years old due to the 250-meter resolution. More complete information could be drawn from satellite images with greater resolution, but those high-resolution images would not allow for such a large-scale image of the landscape, the study explains.
Maps that reveal new palm oil plantations
“We envisage that our mapping method provides a cost-effective means to monitor future oil-palm expansion across the tropics by remapping any landscape on a regular basis,” said study author Lian Pin Koh, a tropical ecologist with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
The work will provide more nuanced mapping of deforestation in the region, helping researchers and policymakers move away from being as dependent on costly in-person surveys to monitor forest clearing.
- Biofuel-Harvesting Palm Oil Plantations Drive CO2 Levels Higher (fastcompany.com)
- Malaysia Rapidly Destroying Ecologically Important Peatlands (ecoworld.com)
- Green: Malaysian Forest Ebbing at Rapid Rate, Report Says (green.blogs.nytimes.com)
- Malaysia rapidly destroying forests for palm oil: group (scientificamerican.com)
- Is Cargill Behind a New Palm Oil Greenwashing Campaign? (news.change.org)
- Possible breakthrough: Indonesian palm oil giant pledges zero deforestation (grist.org)
- Malaysia destroying its forests three times faster than all Asia combined (telegraph.co.uk)
- Girl Scouts pledge: Limit palm oil in cookies (msnbc.msn.com) |
An olive oil and grapefruit liver cleanse is a homeopathic remedy used to cleanse the gallbladder of gallstones. Known alternatively as a gallbladder cleanse, gallbladder flush or liver flush, the treatment is supposed to break up and clear out gallstones from your system. There is no scientific proof, however, that this remedy works. Talk to your doctor before you try any type of cleanse.
The olive oil and grapefruit liver cleanse involves drinking grapefruit juice and olive oil. The olive oil and grapefruit juice concoction is supposed to work to break up gallstones that are blocking your gallbladder. These disintegrated gallstones are then supposed to be released in your stool. According to Dr. Michael F. Picco, a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic, olive oil has laxative properties, but no sound proof exists that olive oil and grapefruit juice provide the effect to rid your body of gallstones.
Performing an olive oil and grapefruit liver cleanse may cause unwanted side effects, including nausea, diarrhea and vomiting, as well as abdominal pain. Some gallbladder cleanses add herbs to the olive oil and grapefruit mixture. These herbs may cause side effects of their own. Before you try this or any other homemade cleanse, research the possible effects of all ingredients they contain and consult with a medical professional.
A substance in grapefruit -- D-limonene -- may help dissolve gallstones, according to an article published in the “Alternative Medicine Review” in September 2007. According to the article’s author, J. Sun, the D-limonene found in grapefruit oil has properties that work to dissolve cholesterol. Sun says that since gallstones contain cholesterol, the D-limonene in grapefruit oil may be able to break down and help dissolve gallstones. More research is needed to determine whether Sun's theory holds up to clinical evidence.
If you're taking birth control pills, do not attempt an olive oil and grapefruit liver cleanse. Combining grapefruit with birth control pills puts you at increased risk for developing gallbladder disease, including gallstones and inflammation of your gallbladder. Combining grapefruit with birth control pills also increases your risk of developing blood clots and liver tumors and suffering a stroke or heart attack. Grapefruit can increase your risk of side effects with other drugs, including calcium channel blockers, statins, antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs, so consult your doctor before combining grapefruit with any medications. |
I‘m not a “woo-woo” Pagan. When someone tells me they can chat with their cat on the astral plane, I may be nodding politely while actually thinking they need a mental health check up. People who resort to magic for every little thing annoy me, and I secretly think that sometimes magic is just an excuse to shop. Metaphysical stores smell good and are full of pretties. I get that.
I have no interest in books of spells, in talking about candle magic or joining any of those “Spell-A-Day” e-mail lists. I’m a grump and no-fun. I acknowledge and embrace this. It might be thought from this blog that I don’t even believe in or practice magic. Yet I do.
Magic works, and if you have any sense in your head, that should scare the faery dust right out of you.
I was part of a ritual last night that involved magic that literally blew me away. It’s already achieving it’s aim and for that I’m very grateful.
Here are some things about magic that I believe are true from my experiences:
- Working with energy regularly is important. Working magic is not. You work out at the gym to get strong, but that doesn’t mean you get in ninja fights every day.
- The Gods have little to do with magic. They get annoyed when you invoke them in a spell. You wouldn’t ask Queen Elizabeth to scrub your toilet, so why would you call on a God for something as petty as a money spell?
- Magic is a human thing. It’s what humans do. It doesn’t involve the Gods, the fey, your cat or guardian angels. Therefore, magic works best when it’s based on human’s working with natural energy.
- A successful working does not equate a successful outcome. I once performed a very successful spell but failed to capitalize on it’s manifestation. Before magic, chop wood/carry water. After magic, chop wood/carry water.
- Energy matters. Where the energy comes from matters. Sometimes a group of strangers can produce a powerful amount of energy. Sometimes energy from different people doesn’t mesh well. I’ve been completely blown away and astounded by the energy produced by a small handful of Witches working in concert.
- Traditional magical teachings have a lot of value. I was a solitary eclectic for almost a decade and experimented a lot. Traditional forms worked best for me then, traditional Craft training is teaching far more than I expected now.
- Focusing on spiritual growth, values, community and character builds magical muscles you didn’t know you had. Think “wax on/wax off” from The Karate Kid. Working spells is a slow way to become an adept. Focusing on the spiritual, on your Will, on The Great Work, or whatever your tradition calls the ongoing spiritual transformation you are involved in, is the best way to become a better magician. You are the ultimate magical instrument, so being the best you can be is magically important.
Magic is a controversial subject in some Pagan communities, and the only subject in others. I subscribe to the belief that the Gods help those who help themselves. Magic is a tool humans have available to them. It should be used, and used appropriately. It should be respected because it works. When it’s not your primary goal or focus in Witchcraft, it’s quite an awe-inspiring experience. It is but one part of the whole of existence, and like anything else, shines best in it’s proper perspective.
I’ve raised cones of power before. It had always been in the form of a willing sacrifice: I raised the energy and gave it to others to use and direct. Last night, I had a cone of power “dropped” on me. It’s not an experience I would go through again without a profound need, because magic works. When you think on that short phrase, those two small words in conjunction, it gives you cause to pause. Think about it. Magic works. |
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This mature boy sounds as though he’d make an excellent family companion.
We’ve recently become foster parents to “Mr. Cool,” a wonderful Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Mr. Cool is so mellow that the cats at the Ohio Valley Humane Society shelter would sleep on top of him when he stayed in their front office. |
SHANGHAI • Shanghai sweltered with its hottest day in 145 years yesterday. The city's temperature hit a new record high of 40.9 deg C, the authorities said as they issued a weather "red alert" over a stubborn heatwave that has plagued much of the country.
Hospitals in the city have reported increased numbers of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, according to state media, and the Shanghai zoo said it was putting large blocks of ice into some animal enclosures to help them beat the heat, while providing frozen apples to its pandas.
China's most populous city has been baking under soaring summer temperatures for over two weeks and yesterday afternoon reached the hottest point since the establishment of its benchmark weather station in 1872, the municipal weather bureau said.
Other areas of China also have seen records set in recent weeks, in what has been a torrid summer so far for much of the country, while large areas of south-central China have endured raging floods from torrential rain.
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Shanghai's "red alert" - the first this year - is triggered when temperatures in excess of 40 deg C are forecast and comes with a warning to citizens to keep cool and avoid too much time outdoors, especially children, the elderly and the sick.
It also puts the authorities on heightened alert against fires breaking out and advises special care with perishable foods to prevent spoilage and bacteria.
Shanghai is getting hotter - the previous record of 40.8 degrees was set only in 2013, and eight of the 12 highest temperatures reached over the past century were recorded in the last five years, according to the city weather bureau.
China's most populous city has baked under soaring summer temperatures for more than two weeks and yesterday afternoon reached the hottest point since the establishment of its benchmark weather station in 1872, the municipal weather bureau said.
People are losing their cool, said the state-run Shanghai Daily.
Shanghai has "seen a spike in accidental injuries, triggered by fights or traffic accidents, as people are more easily irritated in the extreme heat and failing to exercise proper judgment", it said yesterday.
Even dogs are on edge, according to a state media report this week that said the heatwave has coincided with a rise in dog bites.
Shanghai's weather bureau said on Thursday that a stubborn subtropical high and hot south-westerly winds were to blame and that the city will continue to bake at least until early August when typhoon season begins and the weather begins to shift. |
It’s finally dawning on me that if I want to find something new and interesting to wear (for any purpose really), I only need to dig deeper into the recesses of my perfume collection and I’ll be sure to find something that fits.
I know why I skipped this one, I thought it might be similar to Black March which I love to smell but can’t wear so I just didn’t feel the need to try Under the Arbor.
That is, until a few days ago while on the lookout for spring scents.
If I imagine sitting under the arbor (I’m not imagining the grape one which was the starting point for this one), I’d imagine sitting in the shade of a large tree, on a bed of grass, enjoying the warmth of the sun safely away from its rays and smelling the nature around me.
Under the Arbor doesn’t transport me there actually. And definitely not into a summer day.
It starts for me smelling of bark and grass in the morning, when it doesn’t smell sweet but more earthy. I didn’t realize it until this one came along, that when spring comes, I need scents that are grounding and not too exuberant as spring is exuberant itself, so I need something to temper that and make me feel alive at the same time.
And what better way to do that then bring one into contact with nature?
Notes: crushed grape leaves, weathered wood, green moss, cool earth
At some point it reminded me a bit of Black March due to the whole earthy vibe but while I can’t wear the earthiness that is Black March, I can wear this one. Because even though it doesn’t transport me into a summer day under the arbor, it does something even better.
As the perfume progressed, I got the distinct feeling that the sun was gaining height and the spring air around me started warming and with it the sweetness of air got stronger. It is as if you sat under that arbor in the relative spring coolness of the morning and reclined there in the peace of nature while the sun kept rising and warming your little spring paradise.
Honestly, that is one of the better experiences you can smell bottled. 🙂 |
The world's largest bells. Bell terminology. Famous bell museums. The Peterglocke. Liberty Bell. Big Ben. Pummerin Bell. King Seongdeok Bell. World Peace Bell. Mingun Bell. The Tsar Bell. The Lutine Bell. Sounds of a bell. Parts of a bell. A bell is a percussion instrument known as an idiophone.
Bells have been used for hundreds of years as an instrument of warning, to gain attention or as a call to prayer.
A bell is a percussion instrument known as an idiophone - an instrument which creates sound by way of vibration.
Bells can be made from many types of materials, but the larger ones featured in this article are generally made from forged metal, usually bronze.
Bells can create sound by way of a clapper that is housed within the body of the bell that strikes the housing interior, which can be done by hand or by way of being suspended from a yoke.
A bell can also create sound by way of being struck on the outside of the bell housing with another instrument, which can be done either by hand or mechanically.
PARTS OF A BELL.
1) YOKE. 2 ) CROWN. 3 ) HEAD. 4 ) SHOULDER. 5 ) WAIST. 6 ) SOUND RING. 7 ) LIP. 8 ) MOUTH. 9 ) CLAPPER. 10 ) BEAD LINE.
SOUNDS OF A BELL.
CHIME - A set of bells tuned diatronically. PEAL - A group of two or more swinging bells. TOLL - A single bell rang in slow repetition.
THE LUTINE BELL AT LLOYDS OF LONDON
Famous sounding bells of the world are Big Ben in the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster London UK, which is world reknowned for it's hourly chime and The Lutine Bell, also in London UK, housed in the Underwriting Room at Lloyds of London Insurance Company headquarters, which is rang in times of international disaster, when a ship sinks at sea or when a member of the British Royal Family dies.
THE WORLD'S FIVE LARGEST BELLS.
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1 THE TSAR BELL.
Is the world's largest bell situated in Kremlin Square, Moscow, Russia. The great bell does not ring as it was broken during a fire in 1737. Manufactured between 1733 and 1735 the huge bell, cast from bronze and weighing 216 tons, is 20 foot high and 21 wide, infact so large is this bell, that it was once used as a chapel, with the broken piece used as a door opening.
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2 THE MINGUN BELL.
The world's second largest bell is situated in Mingun, Myanmar and was manufactured between 1808 and 1810.
The bell is 12 foot high and has a diameter of 16 foot and weighs 90 tons.
The bell does not house a clapper, but creates sound by way of being struck on it's exterior.
Image courtesy of Absoblogginlutely, wikimedia commons.
3 WORLD PEACE BELL.
Situated in Millenium Park, Newport, Kentucky and is one of 20 Peace Bells situated around the world. The 33 ton copper cast bell is the world's largest swinging bell and the world's third largest bell by size.
It was manufactured in 1998 in France and shipped to the USA by boat, then transported to Kentucky by river boat.
It's first ring was made to see in the new millenium in 2000.
4 KING SEONGDEOK BELL.
Possibly one of the world's oldest bells, this bell located at The National Museum in Gyeongji, in South Korea is 3.3 metres high, with a diameter of 2.27 metres and weighs 18.9 tons and cast from bronze.
The bell was manufactured between 765 and 771, during the reign of the king after which it was named, King Seongdeok, but he never lived to see it completed.
5 THE PUMMERIN BELL.
Cast in 1951 from metal obtained from captured Turkish canons, the bell located at the Stephensdom Cathedral in Vienna, Austria weighs 130 kgs, is 3.14 metres tall and has a diameter of 2.94, and is the world's third largest swinging bell and the world's fifth largest bell by size.
Due to it's great weight the bell is only rang on high days and holidays and it's electrical swing mechanism is controlled by computer.
OTHER LARGE BELLS.
image courtesy of Randal.J. wikimedia commons.
The world's largest carillon bell ( www.carillons.org ) is situated at the Stephen Foster Folk and Culture Centre at the State Park in White Springs, Florida, USA, which contains 97 bells.
The world's largest group of change ringing bells are situated at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral, UK, which are made up of 13 bells surrounding a large 16 ton main bell ( Big George ) which are set into concrete ( the first bells in the world to be made so ) and housed 67 metres above ground, making them the highest set of bells in the world too.
The world's largest, horizontally mounted, free swinging, ringable bell is situated in the south tower of Cologne Cathedral in Germany and is known as the Peterglocke. The giant bell weighs 24,000 kg and has a diameter of 322 cm.
The world's heaviest bell is the Good Luck bell situated at the Foquan Temple, Pingdingshan, China, weighing 255,200 lbs or 115,757 kgs.
The UK's five largest bells are 1) Big Paul, housed in St Paul's Cathedral, London, 2) Big George, housed in Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral, 3) Big Ben at the Tower of Westminster, London, 4) Great Tom, located at Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford and 5) Little John situated in the Clock Tower of Nottingham Council Offices, Nottingham. This bell is also the deepest toned bell in the UK and can be heard further than any other bell in the country.
Image courtesy of Tonythemisfit, wikimedia commons.
THE WORLD'S MOST ICONIC BELL, AMERICA'S LIBERTY BELL SITUATED IN PHILEDELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
FAMOUS BELL MUSEUMS.
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry Museum, Whitechapel, London, UK.
Liberty Bell Museum, Philedelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ancient Bell Museum, Dazhong Temple, Haidan, China.
The Bell Museum, Gescher, Germany.
BRITAIN'S MOST FAMOUS, BUT NOT LARGEST BELL, BIG BEN.
BELFRY - A tower which contains one or more bells generally built as part of a church.
CAMPANOLOGIST - A bell ringer.
CAMPANOLOGY - The study of bells.
CAMPANOLOGY - The art of bell ringing.
CAMPANILE - A free standing bell tower.
CARILLON - A set of many bells worked mechanically to create a musical peal ( www.carillons.org).
CHANGE RINGING - The art of ringing a set of tuned bells in a mathematical pattern called changes.
RING OF BELLS - A set of bells hung for the purpose of change ringing.Sometimes written as ring o bells, peal bells or English style bells.
MORE WORLD'S LARGEST ARTICLES.
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Logging 100+ miles per month for months in a row may be the hardest part of training for a marathon, and the part that most people focus on. But I think the final days leading up to a big race also offer valuable opportunities to ensure maximum preparation come race day.
A few days ago (technically last year!) I posted about my marathon must-haves. In addition to packing these essentials, here are my personal strategies for ensuring a smooth race day.
For me, for example, I’m running in the 2017 Walt Disney World Marathon this coming Sunday, January 8th, which, at time of writing, is less than six days away.
So in preparation a few days before a big race, I recommend the following:
Make a list!
It is so, so, so easy to forget something incidental that you might need on race day. For example, in all the half marathons and full marathons I’ve done, I’ve always forgotten to bring a large garbage bag to the start line.
If you’re not familiar with this tactic, depending on the locale and weather, many runners will cut arm and head holes into a large Hefty bag to wear when waiting around at the starting line. This is because many large races require runners to line up in their corrals as much as an hour ahead of start time, which is often in the cooler pre-dawn hours. Once you’re running you’ll warm up, but if you’re standing dead still at 4 o’clock in the morning in 40 degree mist, it’s not so pleasant. A garbage bag is a cheap way to stay (somewhat) warm and dry while waiting for the gun to go off.
Anyway, this time I actually remembered to add it to my packing list!
Check it twice!
Sorry, lol. Couldn’t help myself with a cheesy Christmas joke. (Get it? Make a list … check it twice?)
Study the course map and elevation profile.
This is a tip I had heard when I first seriously got into long distance running, but I never really took it to heart because I kind of always thought “eh, what difference can it make?” Once I finally started running enough to repeat races, I realized what a positive impact knowing the course ahead of time can make, both mentally and physically.
Studying just a snippet of the map shown above, I can already mentally brace myself for a tough mental battle during miles 14 through 18: parking lot, road, nothing, nothing, nothing, and more nothing. And those are the miles in a marathon where I’ve run far enough to start feeling a little fatigued, but not far enough to feel like the end is in sight.
Start adjusting your sleep schedule
This of course only applies if you are running a race that will require you to be at the start line long before your normal wake-up call. I’m an early riser, but having to wake up at 1:30 in the morning to have time to get ready and board a bus to EPCOT is going to be no fun, so I am trying to force myself to continually go to bed earlier and wake up earlier in these last few days leading up to the race.
Relax and have fun!
I know it’s hard to relax before a big race, but just remember that the work has been done, so now it’s time to sit back, relax, get plenty of sleep, and stay hydrated. |
At the time, Canada was only about to celebrate their 100th anniversary. These guys made that anniversary and are ready for more. Flipper Flanagan's Flat-Footed Four — yeah, you know them Thunder Bay if you’re holding this hard copy print version in your hands —will mark their 50th anniversary as a band tonight at the Magnus Theatre.
Fayetteville Police have arrested four people this week connection with secret peeping and related charges for an incident that happened January 21.Details of the investigation were not released Friday.John Christopher Nagy II, 21, of Fort Bragg, was arrested Thursday.
Organizations of all types and sizes require a safe environment for employees and customers. In no place is this more critical than schools, universities and hospitals; institutions whose entire mission and livelihood depends on providing a safe and nurturing environment for students, patients and visitors, as well as faculty and staff. It really begins with who you hire and place in a position of trust. Yet, at the same time, today’s economic climate is requiring everyone to control costs.
Muck Rack makes it simple to find people, tweets, or articles that mention any name, keyword, company, hashtag etc. We've compiled this guide to help you make the most of your search.
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Twitter handles (e.g. @username) — returns those who have mentioned or replied to
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Hashtags (e.g. #sxsw, #london2012)
Bio details (e.g. vegan, Olympics, father)
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The hotel is suitable for sportsmen. This accommodation offers a fast internet connection. There is a bar inside the hotel. The Hotel Caribbean World Nabeul offers a laundry service. The accommodation has a car rental service. The accommodation is suitable for those who love shopping.
Hotel Caribbean World Nabeul
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Entirely air-conditioned, the hotel consists of 2-storey main building sea side or garden view, offering 181 rooms, and 92 bungalows situated within the verdant garden, and offers its guests several restaurants, and 2 snack bars and 2 bars in the hotel and near pools. Also at guests disposal are 2 outdoor pools and 1 separated pool for children, terraces with sunshades and deckchairs.
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Recipe from MIX Magazine & created by Timothy Wastell of Firehouse
1 smoked pork shank
2 fresh bay leaves
4 1/2 quarts cold water
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
2 1/2 cups Bluebird Grain Farms farro
1 sweet onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, smashed
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 bunch lacinato kale, stems removed, sliced
Freshly ground black pepper
Place pork shank and bay leaves in a medium pot. Cover with cold water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer, add a large pinch of salt and cook for 45 minutes, or until the meat separates easily from the bone. Remove bay leaves and discard. Remove shank from cooking liquid and pick the meat off the bones while it is still warm. Discard bones and reserve the warm liquid.
Heat the olive oil in a wide, heavy-bottomed pot set over medium heat. Add the farro and stir, coating the grains with the oil and toasting them gently for about 1-1/2 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for another two minutes, being careful not to let them color. Add the white wine and cook until almost completely evaporated. Begin adding the reserved warm shank cooking liquid, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring occasionally and letting the grains absorb the liquid before adding more. When almost all of the liquid has been added and the grain is cooked but still pleasantly chewy, add the shank meat, kale and the rest of the stock. Continue cooking just until the kale has wilted and the mixture is cohesive. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper to taste, drizzle with olive oil and serve immediately. |
We all know that Alberta has long been a conservative province but I wonder, are we still as conservative as we used to be?
Our track record at the polling station, would certainly say yes, but does that still apply? Our last provincial election saw only 40% of eligible Albertans voting, and while that does tell me that the majority of active voters are small-c conservative, what do the inactive 60% think?
Based on the numbers of the 2008 election I think it would be more accurate to classify Alberta’s current leading political ideology as apolitical rather than conservative. In 2008 right-of-centre parties (PCs and the Wild Rose) made up about 60% of the 950,363 votes. (565,470 votes for all you detail freaks.) Left-of-centre and centrist parties (everyone else) managed 384,893 votes for about 40% of the popular vote.
Alberta had 2,252,104 eligible voters in 2008, which means 1.3 million Albertans did not vote and that record low turnout was a well-publicized statistic. My math says that in 2008 about 1 in 4 Albertans voted right-of-centre.
Does that make it accurate to label Alberta as a conservative province? Is it fair to assume that the political philosophy of Alberta’s non-voters matches that of the voters? Because they don’t vote, do they have any political philosophy at all? Whatever an individual’s reason for not voting, is it fair for we, the active voters, to categorize them as following in our ideologies?
Imagine if we tried classifying other aspects of our provincial identity by simplifying the view of 1 in 4 to represent the whole:
The sports generalization-
“1 in 4 Albertans live in Calgary, therefore, all of Alberta cheers for the Calgary Flames.”
The religion generalization-
“26% of Albertans are Roman Catholic, therefore, all of Alberta is Roman Catholic.”
The geography generalization-
“Most Albertans live in cities, therefore, all of Alberta is urban.”
Clearly, this is a stupid way to generalize. So, I return to my question, is Alberta still a conservative province?
Following the 2008 election, Elections Alberta released a report titled Variation in Turnout by Alberta Electoral Division. A summary says that proportional plurality (how close the race is between first and second place) does not seem to factor into low voter turnout. The report concludes that “other factors” likely determine the low level of voter turnout.
What could these other factors possibly be? I can only think of two possible answers, the first being incredible province-wide laziness and the second being a sense of non-representation. Whether perceived or enforced, non-representation is an important issue, especially if it is the paramount political issue for the bulk of our fellow Albertans.
If lack of accurate representation is indeed the motivating factor that keeps 60% of our voting population silent, I think political parties would be wise to recognize this as a major political issue in Alberta. We hear campaign promises to spend money on just about everything, how about some promises to spend money on encouraging the democratic process?
Politically apathetic populations are breeding grounds for fringe ideologies and extremism. When only a small percentage of people vote, special interest groups gain increased power and democracy can be subverted. Let’s go back to some numbers. When Allison Redford won the PC nomination she won the nomination with 37,101 out of 72,592 votes. When Raj Sherman was elected leader of the Liberals he had a total of 4,684 out of 8,640 votes. Danielle Smith won the Wild Rose leadership by amassing a whopping 6,295 out of 8,200 votes. Glenn Taylor of the Alberta Party won his party leadership with 665 votes out of 1,200 and Brian Mason of the NDP was acclaimed back in 2004.
I have to admit the small numbers of votes it took to win the leadership of the Liberals, Wild Rose, NDP and Alberta Party stuns me. My own combined Facebook and Twitter followings come close to rivalling these numbers.
Now imagine if Alberta’s student population was politically activated and united. 12,000 at Mount Royal, 25,500 at U of C, 14,000 at S.A.I.T. Add the U of A, U of L and all the other colleges around the province. It seems that there are more than enough voters there to dramatically impact the political landscape.
What about the sports fan party? Imagine if all the hockey, football and lacrosse fans united to form a party. Again, there would be more than enough people there to make a claim that they would be the dominant political voice in Alberta.
What about an Oil Workers Association Party? Or a United Teachers and Healthcare Workers Party? What about a Secretarial and Administrative Office Staff Party? The numbers are there. The finances could follow.
It would seem more than ever, that this provincial election does offer more than one choice to Albertans, right-of-centre parties, left-of-centre parties, centrist parties, if we are still using the old left-right spectrum, well heck, that’s a of a lot of choices.
I believe we have good opportunities for a multitude of political ideologies in Alberta. Many of those are surely conservative ones. But, I’m willing to consider that many of them are not. Are we really a conservative province? It’s my hope that on April 23rd, more than 40% of us will answer than question. |
Spent the week before last with my family in Oregon for my oldest daughter’s wedding, and I wanted to share a handful of my geekiest travel moments. As a backdrop, everything was pretty much a blur leading up to the wedding on Saturday the 5th, plus family gatherings on Sunday, so we mostly stowed our devices. But Monday we had a day to just relax and recreate a bit, followed by a long drive home to Utah, giving our latent digital proclivities a chance to emerge.
Netarts Bay: “All your crab are belong to us”
Monday morning we ventured out into Netarts Bay with nine family members in two boats in search of crab. Most pitiful crabbing adventure we’ve had in 15 years, yielding… (drumroll please) …a single keeper. Considering the cost of renting boats, bait, traps, shelfish licenses for the 14-and-older set, this little fella represented the most expensive crab meat on earth, somewhere around $120/pound. On the way home we stopped at the grocery store and bought three more cooked crabs just so we could all enjoy some fresh crab for dinner (and paradoxically lowering the overall cost per pound of the crab meat by a significant amount).
The digital moment came when I watched the boat navigated by my oldest son approach about two dozen seals sunning themselves on a sand bar. As the boat approached, my son stood up and began taking pictures with his phone. Maybe the phone camera thing is already vanilla by now, but it still seemed strangely out of place on a crabbing trip, on the bay, with a light fog rising from the water to see the captain of the boat hoisting aloft… his cell phone! The coup de grace was him subsequently “texting” some of his pictures to my phone. (Begging the question of whether you can actually “text” someone a picture… According to my teenagers, you can!)
Pacific City, Oregon: “We get signal!”
After our fun but non-productive crabbing adventure, we headed south with a temporary stop at Cape Lookout (more pictures by my son).
During this trip both my oldest sons were texting mysterious “friends” on their cell phones. But north of Pacific City we lost all connectivity. The amazingly geekish moment came when I pulled out my Treo to check something just as we approached Pacific City from the north. I saw the signal strength return to my phone, felt a surge of positive emotion, and simultaneous heard spontaneous cheers from my two oldest sons (16 and 18), each independently exulting at the return of their cell phone connectivity. Apparently they had been suffering texting withdrawals for the previous 20 minutes and were now connected again to the real world. I turned to my wife and muttered, “We get signal!” The pitiful part is… she got the reference (see below if you don’t).
Baker City, Oregon: “Main screen turn on”
We were in the mountains of eastern Oregon Tuesday morning at sunrise, heading south under arbitrarily constrained Oregonian speed limits. As I looked to the right I discovered an amazing sillhouette of our van and trailer in the weeds on the west side of the road. With everyone sound asleep, and me just grateful for the arrival of daylight, I did what any red-blooded geek would do… pulled out my Treo and started taking pictures out the passenger side window while driving (approximately) 65 mph on I-84. The effect is actually pretty cool (IMHO).
BTW, if you know anything about how a sundial works (or that the sun appears to move east to west across our earthly sky during daylight hours), you can perceive a time lapse between these two photos, evidenced by the changing length of our shadow. Some with more technical savvy than me could probably calculate the time period during which i was jeopardizing my sleeping family by driving down the freeway pulling a trailer while taking pictures out the passenger window with my Treo.
Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere, Western Idaho: “You know what you doing”
Some time after sunrise but before business hours I remembered promising my number two daughter (the not married one) that I would transfer funds from my bank account to hers for reasons that are as yet shrouded in mystery. Nevertheless it had to be accomplished before Tuesday’s business hours. I was at that moment a passenger in a van now piloted by my wife, hurtling eastbound through western Idaho at speeds of (approximately) 75 mph.
Despite severe sleep deprivation and an actual opportunity to catch a few z’s, I first fired up my Treo and enabled the Bluetooth capability for dial-up networking. I then pulled my PowerBook G4 from my computer bag (yes… nearby… where it should be), clicked on the phone icon in the task bar, and found myself connected to the Internet. Cool. I launched Firefox, logged into my bank’s web-based automatic teller, and transfered $100 to my daughter’s account for reasons that remain fuzzy (but I’m confident she’ll reimburse me very very soon…). Satisfied at having fulfilled my fatherly duties, and somewhat happier for having had an excuse to open my Mac, I dozed off into a well-earned sleep…
Just a few digital highlights from our grand left coast adventure.
“For great justice.”
(Note: If the goofy quotes are mysterious to you, your life is probably incomplete, having been unexposed to the 1989 Zero Wing game. Click here for enlightenment.) |
|CLASSIC pasta||garganelli with zucchini|
This is a classic simple dish from one of my favorite sources: Il Gusto Della Pasta, which I found in Bologna many years ago. The garganelli can be hand-made (see below). This presentation is a little unusual: the zucchini become decorative elements on top of the served pasta. (see picture below)
for the pasta:
Slice the zucchini into thin rectangles, two inches long and the width of the small zucchini, and at most a quarter inch thick.
In a saute pan over medium heat, two tablespoons of the butter. Add the zucchini and cook until the zucchini are slightly al dente. Set aside.
Add the remaining butter and a tablespoon of olive oil. Add the green onions and cook for a minute. Add the wine and the veal stock, and cook for a few minutes to get a lovely, smooth sauce.
Bring 4-5 quarts of water to a boil. Add two tablespoons of salt. Drop in the pasta and stir. Continue cooking until almost al dente Reserve one cup of the pasta liquid. Drain.
Bring the sauce to heat again. Add the pasta to the sauce. Stir to coat. Add some of the reserved liquid if needed to keep moist.
Add the parmesan, a half teaspoon of salt, several turns of ground pepper. Stir. Cover and cook over high heat for one minute to get steaming hot. Taste for salt and pepper.
Put the pasta and sauce into hot bowls. Then decorate the pasta with the slices of zucchini, and serve!
how to make garganelli (makes about one pound):
In a large bowl, mix the flour and salt and nutmeg. Make a mound of the flour and then make a well in the center. Add the eggs, oil and nutmeg to the well. Using a fork, break up the yolks and then gradually incorporate the flour and the eggs with a circular motion with the fork around the inside of the well. Continue until all the of the eggs are absorbed in the flour. When you can remove the mixed dough in one mass, place it on a floured work surface, and knead, always pushing gently on the flour, until you have a smooth ball of flour that is evenly mixed. Usually about 6 - 10 minutes of good hand-crafted effort to get the right texture.
Put a wet towel over the pasta ball and let it sit for thirty minutes. Divide the dough into four pieces. Take one of the pieces, leaving the others under the towel to stay moist. Flatten the dough so that it can go through the pasta machine. Feed the dough through the widest setting of the machine at least four times, folding and turning the dough until you have a nice rectangle of flat dough not quite the width of the machine. Now run the flat sheet through the machine, one step at a time -- tightening up the width by one notch each turn. Do not fold the pasta from this point on. Continue through the setting as far as you can -- at least a 4, maybe a 5 on most machines.
Cut the flat sheet of pasta into two-inch squares. (incorporate the cuttings back into the pasta not yet rolled out). Lay a square diagonally on a comb -- yes, a comb -- so that one corner points to you, the other pointing away from you. Place a smooth dowel or smooth pencil on the dough, parallel to the comb. Take the point of the pasta near you (should be about one-quarter of an inch) and wrap it around the pencil, and then with gentle downward pressure, roll the pencil away from you and off the comb. This gives the pasta its ridges. Stand the pencil vertically and the finished garganelli will slide off. Put them on a dry, clean cloth, not touching! Do the rest of the squares and then repeat for each of the other three rounds of pasta dough. Should be used fresh, as soon as possible. If allowed to dry they tend to crack while cooking.
Rather than a comb, there are specific tools for creating the garganelli. There is a garganelli board, or a small loom-like instrument called a pettine. |
Joe Francis was living the high life.
But here comes the first twist. Are you ready? Turns out Joe Francis was kind of a dick. I know, can you believe it? He reportedly mistreated women! He lacked proper respect for the rules! And as we all know from Bible study, pride goeth before the perp walk.
But Joe had to learn the hard way. The federal government sued him in 2003 for allegedly filming underage women for Girls Gone Wild -- I know, how in the world did they get through the filter? -- and as they were settling the case, he yelled at plaintiffs. He then called the federal judge a "judge gone wild." Cute! Do you get it? That's really cute.
Joe Francis thought he had it all figured out.
But unfortunately, the judge didn't get the joke (it's a play on the "Girls Gone Wild" thing, your honor) and sentenced Francis to 35 days in jail for contempt. After this is over, Francis now faces up to 100 years in jail on state charges of filming the underage women and bringing drugs into his jail cell while awaiting trial. During his stay, a convicted murderer in the next cell over is serenading him with a special refrain: "Girls Gone Wild! Joe Francis! WOOOOOOO!" Over. And over. Again. And apparently, it is literally driving Joe crazy. Dare I say, he is going, oh I don't know, WILD? Oh, no. It's just too delicious! Now all we need is to find him dangling from the ceiling by a bra strap, and the cycle will be complete. We'll be right back, after this word from Taster's Choice.
Joe Francis' next DVD may have disappointing sales.
- Master of His Own Celebrity [Details]
- Joe Francis: 'Baby, give me a kiss' [Los Angeles Times]
- 'Girls Gone Wild' founder jailed for 35 days [USA Today]
- Judge Shows No Mercy for Joe Francis [TMZ]
- Francis breaking down under cop killer's taunts [TMZ]
Technorati tags: Girls Gone Wild, Joe Francis, Poetic Justice |
The Lightning Seeds... The lighting bleeds
Review: The Lightning Seeds at Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Published on February 20th, 2012 | Jonny Abrams
Hit after hit after hit; and that was just the opening acoustic set courtesy of Starsailor front man James Walsh. It’s testament to how highly regarded Ian Broudie is within music circles that he was able to call upon such eminent support, and it’s testament to his songwriting ability that his Lightning Seeds body of work that it still sounds fantastic some fifteen to twenty years down the line.
Backed by a band containing his son Riley on guitar – and if you don’t already know, yes, “Life of Riley” was indeed written for him – Broudie went for the jugular with a set that was the very definition of ‘crowd-pleasing’, rendering whoever’s decision it was to fill the stalls with seating largely in vain. Yep, folk were dancing merrily in the makeshift aisles, and the air of revelry and reverence was acknowledged by Broudie after each song with a typically unassuming utterance of “ta”.
“Ready or Not”
Obvious shouts aside, Dizzy Heights album track “You Bet Your Life” reasserted itself as a blissful slice of Beach Boys-y psych-pop, while a cover of David Bowie’s “The Prettiest Star” sat well in a set that tellingly did not draw upon Broudie solo records Tales Told and Four Winds (the latter was released under the name The Lightning Seeds but, as Broudie recently told us, is effectively a solo outing). Only “Cigarettes and Lies” was aired from 1999 curio Tilt, but it would be churlish to profess any misgivings with a set that included all the most well remembered hits, of which there are many.
Rocksucker went home with a strawberry-clad Jollification T-shirt, and would like to commend Broudie and his cohorts for a splendid night’s work. It seems as if this tour is intended to draw a line under the material featured, so if you happen to live within close range of one of the two remaining shows – namely Buxton Opera House Festival on 20th February and Ashford St Mary’s Church on 21st February – we recommend that you get yourself down there and catch the return of a true pop juggernaut while you can.
Set list: “Ready or Not”, “Imaginary Friends”, “What If…”, “Sense”, “All I Wanna Do”, “You Bet Your Life”, “Change”, “Perfect”, “The Life of Riley”, “The Prettiest Star”, “Cigarettes and Lies”, “You Showed Me”, “Pure”, “Sugar Coated Iceberg”, “Lucky You”, “Marvellous” |
I was sure I was being followed home. Whatever or whoever was following me, was good! I could not discern it at all. There was just a tickle of a sixth sense. My teacher, before she died, had said I was the best natural magic user she had seen in ages. Now I was alone. I had nothing and no one to train me, except for her books, and that was difficult at best.
I made it home, and put my primary shields of protection around the house and grounds. Nothing, and I mean nothing, could get in now. If there was one thing I learned well from my teacher, it was protection spells.
I needed training in offensive magic, but my defensive spells were at their height, now. The problem was, that learning that type of magic safely just from books was very difficult. They could give you the raw data, but using the little nuances was not included. That could prove fatal, if done incorrectly.
As I went to the kitchen for a bite to eat, something rocked my house shields. I paused. I heard a scream, and then more rocking as whatever it was tried to enter. No dice. I was safe as safe could be.
It finally stopped trying to get in, and I heard a knocking on my door. I paused. Now this was strange. A killer knocking on my door? Who had ever heard of such a thing? I ignored the insistant knocking on my door, and went to my library. I and pulled out my copy of 'Offensive Magic and You'.
While I had learned to safely use a few of the spells contained in this book, I was far from practiced and versed in them. I had the power, my teacher had told me so, but I had no one left to train me.
I opened to page forty six and started in on the spell I had been trying to learn lately. It was a force spell that delivered so much energy to a specific target that it was blasted out of existence when it hit. The problem was, that when used improperly, it had a nasty habit of rebounding on the user. Therein lay the problem. I was unsure if I had learned it properly.
'When making the gestures, be sure that your left hand is perfectly straight, at all times, ' I read.
I had this part down pat. It was just the description of the gestures, that was a bit vague. It wouldn't do to try to use a spell that was partially learned.
The right hand could be as fluid as I wished, but the left had to complete all gestures with perfect rigidity. It was a powerful spell. There was almost no defense against it, when it was cast properly. Even my best defensive spell would be hard pressed to block it... and I was a 'wiz', literally, with defense.
I continued reading. I practiced, and practiced, and practiced my gestures. I was sure I had them down, but was still afraid of this spell in the worst possible way. It was a major power spell. It was designed to take out just about anything and/or anyone. It was so powerful that 'colateral damage' was probable, rather than merely possible.
I had learned some minor offensive spells along the way, but this one was of a magnitude that was beyond anything of which I had ever heard. It was the difference between an seasoned and tested adult, and a child in kindergarten, as to the relationship between the level of power. It was a top end spell. I was learning it alone, while only partially trained.
Damn Melissa for dying on me. Still, she had died protecting us from a power storm, that had been sent by... something... or someone, at any rate. I thought I had inherited an enemy from her. It was very disconcerting that I didn't know even so much as the enemy's name.
The next morning I was ready to head out to work. I put up a protective spell on myself, as I usually did. My protective spells had kept me alive through several attacks, as well as some very curious 'accidents', that seemed to happen around me a lot.
I worked at a college as an assistant professor of languages, and I needed to be at school by the start of the seven-thirty class. The professor always seemed to be missing. I usually had all his classes to cover. This meant a busy day for me.
While I had expected an attack on the way to the campus, none materialized. Good news for me, but now I was worried about the lack of an attack. So far, there had been no attacks during school hours, for which I was grateful.
I had my best protective spell, "Rebound" going. It would turn any attack back to the attacker or attackers. It was a specially designed spell that I had developed on my own, and I was proud of it. So far it had stood up to anything cast my way, in the form of an attack.
I had even turned the dangerous "Death of Soul" spell, which someone had at cast at me, just last month. That was high magic, indeed. I had not learned much about the spell, as yet. It was a 'dark magic' spell... sometimes known as 'black magic'.
As I thought about it, it occurred to me I might have angered a powerful black wizard. Well, too bad, really. I was not going to roll over and let him or her kill me, over some imagined slight.
I made it to school without incident, and started my classes. All day we did the ancient Greek islands. It was a fascinating study, really. I assigned homework in preparation for an upcoming test. I explained to each class, that testing would begin at the end of the week.
It was after I had gotten off the bus, that the first attack was cast at me. A "knock down" spell of some sort had been used on me. My personal shield flared and, of course, sent it back just as it had been designed to do! The flare was visible to any who looked so I stepped between two buildings, and waited.
Finally the flare died down, and I knew that the spell had rebounded, and was back attacking whoever had sent it.
'Well, more power to em, ' I thought with a grin.
That would teach whoever it was, a very valuable lesson.
I was almost back home when a shadowy figure stepped in front of me. I stopped.
"Johnathon Bishop. I request a truce with ye," the figure stated.
"Uh, huh. Why should I truce with you? Aren't you and your friends trying to kill me?" I asked him.
"This is not important. What is important is we talk about a mutual problem," he/she/it stated.
.... There is more of this story ... |
Does the amount of air added to fibre make the resulting yarn less dense?
An experiment to show that fibre preparation prior to spinning helps to produce a longer yarn without detriment to the thickness of the yarn; only the density is altered.
The aim of this experiment is to discover whether the amount of air one adds to the fibre prior to spinning (by stripping, fluffing and pre-drafting) changes the resulting yarn, providing a less dense, longer strand of yarn than when the fibre does not have air added. Should this prove to be true, it will enable me to work towards spinning enough yarn from 100g of fibre for a three-ply to make a pair of socks.
The more air that is added during the spinning process, the less dense the resulting yarn will be and therefore the resulting piece of yarn will also be longer.
Fibre: 100g of Corriedale Fibre (colour: Burgundy) split into two 50g strands
Spinning Wheel: Ashford Traveller
Split the 100g of fibre in half lengthwise to produce two 50g strands.
Split the 50g of fibre in half lengthwise.
Spin directly from the strips of fibre, drafting while spinning.
Separate the fibre width wise to produce a wide fluffy strand
Elongate the fibre lengthwise (pre-draft) to produce a long fluffy strand which is virtually see-through.
Spin from this pre-drafted fibre, still drafting while spinning.
For both cases
Spin direction: Z
Ply type: Andean
Ply direction: S
Using the niddy-noddy wind the yarn off the bobbin and into a skein.
Count the number of wraps of the niddy-noddy. This number should be multiplied by 4 to provide the number of feet of yarn produced, which should be divided by 3 to provide the number of yards produced.
Tie, wash and whack the yarn to even and set the twist.
Measure the wpi of the yarn.
|Yarn Weight (g)||43||50|
|Yarn Length (yards)||72||96|
|Calculated Length per 100g||167||192|
Final result: Second 50g is 115% length of the first 50g, so the length has been increased by more pre-drafting.
The length of yarn spun from a given amount of fibre can affect the length of the final result.
I was expecting a more dramatic difference between the two fibres than was achieved, but this smaller difference may be due to my spinning style varying between the two, and how quickly I was spinning. Spinning faster may cause less drafting, which could also result in a more dense yarn. |
The Man in Blue is (arguably) the main antagonist of Jasper Byrne's 2012 independent horror game Lone Survivor. He is the exact opposite of the Man Who Wears a Box, who is a wise pacifist. Not much is known about him, but it is suggested that he is not real, and is in the Protagonist's head, as he mainly appears in his dreams, despite never meating him before (So says the Lone Survivor).
As said above, he wears a blue sweatshirt along with black pants. He also bears a strinking visual resemblance to the Lone survivor, the only difference being that he's not wearing a mask, and has white hair. He has 3 sprites in the game, one where he's standing up, another where he's sitting on a chair, and another seen at your first encounter, him laughing at you.
His personality can be somewhat difficult to track at first, but overall he has shown himself to be violent and possibly psychotic. While the Man Who Wears a Box supplies the Lone Survivor with food, The Man in Blue supplies him with ammo for his pistol, and goes on to encourage him to kill anything that stands in the way, despite the fact that you can always get pass them without resorting to violence. However, he is never seen fighting anything, but this is probably because of either god-like powers, or because of the possibility of him not existing.
Events in Lone Survivor
At the beginning of the game, after grabbing the flashlight and turning it on, he shows up, appearing to be laughing at the player.
He doesn't appear much throughout the course of the game in through the beginning to the end, unless you take the blue pill. If you do so, next time you go to bed, you'll have a dream with him and The Lone Survivor sitting down. He will ask you questions and make remarks, often mocking or even downright insulting the player. He's nowhere to be seen in the green (Good) ending, but in blue and red (Everage and bad) endings, he's seen again. In the blue ending, the Lone survivor tries to figure out who he is, but the Man in Blue gives know answers. Most likely out of desperation and anger, the Lone Survivor shoots him, but it des nothing, and he just laughs at him, telling him to "try harder". He is then seen with A girl wearing a blue dress in a field. In the red ending, it's the exact same, except it ends with The Lone Survivor ending up with a bullethole in his chest as well, and he turns into the man in Blue, implying he committed suicide. |
To my friends, old and new, I'd like to welcome you to my new website.
Since this is a new year and all, I've decided for 2011, I'm going to try and publish 'January Black'. That is the purpose of this website. Whether I attempt to find an agent or online publisher, or simply upload to Amazon's Kindle site, I'm going to have to market my work. I hope to keep you informed on my progress, share what I learn, and maybe even give you sneak peaks of my new project, Dreams Awake. But first things first....
'January Black' began in November 2009 as a National Novel Writing Month project. I failed to make 50k in one month, but finished the novel in April of 2010. Since then, it has been in a perpetual state of editing. The first chapter has been read by Authonomy members all over the world, while an apparently lacking query letter has been politely rejected by the Knight Agency. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
So...Happy New Year, and I hope you'll follow along with my adventure next year. |
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Now this really hits the mark. Ms Mandville Greeson sings straight from the heart. You just don't get this kind of honesty too often. Don't worry guys; you won't be buying a feminist rant. There is humour in the lyrics and the musicians are first class.
Once more into the music, dear friends. BluesBunny's favourite tracks were "Johnny and Me" featuring Billy Branch on harmonica, the bluesy "All My Love" and the saucy "Lip Service". The album ends with the gospel tinged "Shine Clear With Joy". Ms Mandville Greeson also wrote nearly every song. She appears to have learned many lessons from life on matters of the heart and presents them all here.
Plenty of substance here so this album will no doubt remain near the top of the BluesBunny playlist for a long time. |
I'm not one for carrying around a camera, so I rely on my trusty iPhone to do the job. Here are some bits + pieces from the last week that put a smile on my face.
Erich + I went to La Tavola in Sayville for a nice, romantic lunch. We were the only people dining outdoors, so it was nice to have that privacy - its rare that we have peace + quiet. I tried my very first lobster roll (the cold variety). I was so stuffed from the yummy appetizers, that I took the entire sandwich home + ate it for dinner. Super delicious + it didn't break the bank. Gotta love lunch specials!
Music flashback: I jammed to M.I.A's Paper Planes, reminiscing of my summers spent at Brock's on Tuesday nights for wings + Blue Point Blueberry Ales with my old pals. |
- (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
- The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- A lofty peak
- Surmount with a pinnacle
- Raise on or as if on a pinnacle
Synonyms: acme, height, peak, summit, elevation, superlative, top, meridian
Derived forms: pinnacles, pinnacling, pinnacle
Quotations: Henry Miller – Fame is an illusive thing here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and hurls them into oblivion tomorrow at the slightest whim; cheers today, hisses tomorrow; utter forgetfulness in a few months.
Anne Revere –Behold an industry that once bestrode the envious pinnacle of world leadership, now so paralyzed with fear that the screen is now inhabited solely by three-dimensional spooks and men from Mars.
Oswald Spengler –It is the Late city that first defies the land, contradicts Nature in the lines of its silhouette, denies all Nature. It wants to be something different from and higher than Nature. These high-pitched gables, these Baroque cupolas, spires, and pinnacles, neither are, nor desire to be, related with anything in Nature. And then begins the gigantic megalopolis, the city-as-world, which suffers nothing beside itself and sets about annihilating the country picture.
John Reid –This group’s had some hard times, but they’ve bought in and they’ve reached the pinnacle. They’ve been awesome, some of the best players this school has ever had.
Will Lewis –It’s exciting for me to be in a position like that where you can kind of be a part of the game that’s considered the pinnacle of your profession. The fact that you come from Millersville, or the fact that you come from USC, it’s kind of the same as far as your desire or your passion for this game.
Steve Foley –This is the pinnacle of my career right now. It’s just all about your getting your chance and getting in that system that fits you best. I just wish I would have been in this defence my whole career. I can’t dwell on that. I can just try to make those memories happen now.
- Somebody like Wayne really inspires you, he’s gotten to the pinnacle and done it the hard way.
- Sure, in any profession you always want to reach the pinnacle of that profession.
- Where he was, you’re at the pinnacle of success. This is the peak of achievement as far as individuals are concerned, as far as success goes. It is ironic that you can go from there and then you fall so low.
- This is a wonderful honour for our wrestling team, but we haven’t reached our pinnacle yet. We still have bigger things we want to do this season.
- They’re probably still the pinnacle of our region.
- Their motion is a diversion. I also think it’s the pinnacle of hypocrisy.
- Reaching the Tournament of Champions is a pinnacle. It’s what we always strive for. We’re looking at this as we’re not done. We have one more step to take and it’s the biggest and hardest one.
- Chicago should really appreciate this and understand what this is all about. This is the pinnacle.
- I think the only people who could conceivably be talking about a draft are people who are speaking from pinnacles of near-perfect ignorance.
- The degree and kind of a man’s sexuality reach up into the ultimate pinnacle of his spirit.
- It’s exciting to be here. I have waited a long time for this, but everybody knows that nobody remembers the loser of this game. This is the pinnacle. It doesn’t get any better than this. I’m trying to enjoy this experience.
- We continue to make history. Two years ago we reached the pinnacle of Texas high school football, and now this is only the seventh time in history a Texas team is playing a California team.
- I knew this team had more than most teams. To find a new level of more in the playoffs is a pinnacle for coaching. Our team leadership has paved the way for a successful and rewarding season.
- This is one of the most exciting discoveries of my career, and represents the pinnacle in the history of map making.
- They dismantled the Sweet 16 and they have eliminated the Elite Eight. That was what every team wanted to do was get to the Elite Eight and play downstate. That was the pinnacle for boys and girls basketball in the state of Illinois. The only good thing I like is that you don’t play two games on Saturday anymore.
- In North America in particular, this is kind of the pinnacle of women’s hockey. Men have the NHL and all the other things. Women, this past year you had the Olympics, and the other three years you have the World Championships, but the Frozen Four is the pinnacle of women’s hockey. A lot of people in our sport are going to be focused on the teams and focused on the event.
- I remember hugging my dad afterwards and him crying. I remember ‘What a feeling associated with victory.’ It’s the pinnacle of what you do. Boy, it made me want to be a basketball player for my dad in the worst way possible.
- This is the pinnacle of a coach and team’s career. We’re going to the state championship. I just want to say what a great team Fayetteville Christian is. They’re well coached, and we’re fortunate to beat them.
- That was probably the pinnacle of our rivalry. It started to heat up.
- Our guys have to be able to handle that pressure. There are a lot of distractions. There is a lot of tugging and a lot of things you have to deal with that are different from the regular season. I want them to enjoy where they are at because it is the pinnacle of college basketball to get to this point. At the same time, you have to keep the focus there and put yourself in position to play the best basketball.
- The two pinnacles I had that I’ve reached were to catch a fish on my own pattern and to be published in a book. I’m happy I’ve done that.
- To see the impact that sports can have and should have is really the pinnacle for me of what sports is all about.
- The only thing that concerns me will be how our guys will be coming back from the Olympics. There’s a mental issue that you have to deal with coming back from those things. These guys expend so much of themselves at this event. It’s such a pinnacle at two-thirds of the way through the season. I don’t know how that magnitude of an event is going to affect them. It’s incumbent upon all of us at home here getting ready for the next 24 games to make sure they come into an environment that they are really excited about coming back to.
- The Olympic opening ceremony is the most important event for the vast majority of the athletes here. Most won’t come close to a medal. And for them, this is the pinnacle of their athletic careers.
- When it comes to Australian team sporting prizes, it’s clear that the public consider the Ashes to be the pinnacle. We expect the whole country will be gripped by Ashes fever when the Ashes series begins later this year.
- Athletics is a very selfish pursuit. I wake up every morning and as I get ready for the day, I ask myself, how can I be the best in the world. So after years of this, and people sacrificing so I can be the best in the world, I think it’s imperative for me or anybody else who reaches a pinnacle in their careers to reach out a hand for somebody else.
- As for going to the stars, The Listeners concluded that it was inherently impossible and the only contact would be through radio. I believe that this may be true; on the other hand, I still nurse my youthful aspirations to go to the stars, and I think that humanity should pursue it – after all, we have not reached the pinnacle of science and technology.
- USC and Oklahoma have become the two most dominant schools in the eyes of the kids they’re recruiting. Just as Bobby Bowden demonstrated over a long period of time, I think as long as Bob Stoops and Pete Carroll are there they will always have exceptional teams. It’s a more complicated game now than it’s ever been, but those two guys are at the very pinnacle of grasping all the nuances.
- We were undoubtedly pleased when Go Daddy’s portfolio surpassed 9 million domain names in July. But we weren’t satisfied — after all, it’s ‘the Go Daddy way’ to keep moving forward. So we redoubled our efforts in order to achieve the 10 million domain name pinnacle faster than it took to grow from 8 to 9 million domains. And once again, the dedicated and relentless efforts of our employees, combined with the loyalty of millions of satisfied customers, were the decisive factors in helping us reach this milestone.
- We, including scientists, have considered ourselves as sort of the pinnacle of evolution. |
Most Consecutive Netball Passes: New Zealand sets world record (Video)
Lower Hutt, New Zealand--180 netball players, coaches and umpires gathered at Taita Netball Courts and passed the ball to each other time and time again - setting the new world record for the Most Consecutive Netball Passes for the Netball Hutt Valley Centre,
according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.
The Guinness world record for the most consecutive netball passes is 164, set by pupils of Brookfield Community School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most consecutive volleyball passes: 110, in an event hosted by the Triangle Volleyball Club at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Netball Hutt Valley Centre manager Phillipa Whitney didn't want to settle for just an ordinary start to the netball season - so she set out on organising an extraordinary event.
Hutt City mayor Ray Wallace was the first to throw the ball, and others who caught it and passed it on included Haier Pulse netball players Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit and Katrina Cooper.
Each person had to be eight feet apart and the ball had to be thrown consecutively for the record to be broken. |
If you are looking for a freelance tour guide in the London area or would like to discuss any other potential opportunities, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me either via my Contact Page or send me an email directly to: firstname.lastname@example.org.
Find hereby a downloadable PDF copy of my Guiding CV: Yannick Pucci Guiding CV.
- Engaging and knowledgeable tour guide focused on the arts & heritage sector.
- Confident public speaker regularly delivering content to international audiences.
- Ability to take charge of visitors and safely lead them indoors as well as outdoors.
- Researching new routes and writing scripts for upcoming and bespoke walks.
- Marketing and promoting own tours on websites and social media platforms.
- Highly commended in the London Volunteer Awards for the British Museum.
British Museum, Volunteer Hands-On Desk Facilitator and Tour Guide
-Japan EyeOpener Tour (30mins) (July 2010 to now.)
- Part of the museum’s public programme, this free tour provides visitors with a short introduction to the British Museums Japanese collection. Delivered over 250+ times.
-Highlights Tour (90mins) (April 2013 to now.)
- From the Parthenon Friezes to the Rosetta Stone, this highlights tour takes visitors on a journey around the world while looking at 15 objects. Delivered over 75+ times.
- Also given the tour for staff inductions as well as for private groups such as the Frankfurter Städelsche Museums-Verein, Instagram as well as British Petroleum (BP).
London Unravelled, Independent Tour Guide and Owner
-Matcha Green Tea Tour (150mins) (October 2015 to now.)
- A food tasting tour exploring matcha green tea while visiting the hidden corners of Fitzrovia, Piccadilly and Soho.
-Piccadilly and Petit Fours Tour (150 mins) (August 2015 to now.)
- A food tasting tour exploring the foodie history of Piccadilly while visiting the hidden corners of Mayfair and St. James’s.
-Art Deco in the Strand Tour (120 mins) (February 2015 to now.)
- A companion piece to my ‘Art Deco in Bloomsbury’ tour, this architectural walk explores the rich Art Deco heritage of the Strand.
-Macarons and Mews Tour (150 mins) (September 2014 to now.)
- A food tasting tour exploring the history of the macaron while visiting the hidden corners of Knightsbridge and Belgravia.
-Hidden Mayfair Tour (120mins) (June 2014 to now.)
- Originally developed for Open Garden Squares Weekend 2014, this tour traces the history of Mayfair while exploring the area’s green spaces.
-History of the Telephone Box Tour (120mins) (June to September 2014.)
- A collaboration with InspireConspireRetire, this walk explored the legacy of telephone boxes within the West End during the London Festival of Architecture 2014.
-Art Deco in Bloomsbury Tour (120mins) (October 2013 to now.)
- Originally developed for the Bloomsbury Festival 2013, this architectural tour takes an in-depth look at London’s most unexplored Art Deco heritage.
- The ‘Art Deco in Bloomsbury’ tour was also featured in a Londonist podcast.
-Holland Park & Kyoto Garden Tour (120mins) (October 2012 to now.)
- From the authentic Japanese Garden to the ruins of Holland House, this historical walk introduces visitors to one of London’s most romantic parks.
- The Holland Park Tour was also featured in the Italian magazine ‘Speak Up’.
If you have any more questions about my guiding experiences or would like to hire my services, do not hesitate to get in touch with me either via my Contact Page or send me an email directly to: email@example.com. You can also find me on Twitter where I’m always up for a chat too. |
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Parameter Golf FineWeb Export
This is a Parquet-converted fork of willdepueoai/parameter-golf, reformatted for compatibility with the HuggingFace dataset viewer and the datasets library.
The original repository hosts export artifacts derived from HuggingFaceFW/fineweb, specifically a ~10B-token subset pulled from the 100B FineWeb cut used for parameter-golf experiments.
Dataset Structure
- train: 15,318,808 documents
- validation: 50,000 documents
- Each example contains a single
textfield with the document content.
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("mishig/parameter-golf")
License
This dataset is made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By) v1.0, consistent with the upstream FineWeb dataset license.
The upstream FineWeb dataset card states that FineWeb is released under ODC-By v1.0. Use of this derived dataset is also subject to the Common Crawl Terms of Use referenced by FineWeb.
Upstream References
- Original dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/willdepueoai/parameter-golf
- FineWeb dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/HuggingFaceFW/fineweb
- ODC-By v1.0: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/
- Common Crawl Terms of Use: https://commoncrawl.org/terms-of-use
Attribution
Please attribute the upstream FineWeb dataset and this derived export when redistributing or using these artifacts.
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