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Over the past week we've been created a new set of designs in Adobe Illustrator for the new Scenery Pack that will be compatible with the MEC Medical Console kit out soon. We've already created one that is compatible with the MECS70-B Stasis Pod and this is the next in the series.
Translating a 3D concept into 2D requires some techniques to ensure that the final design is sufficient for the model kit being positioned and presented, but doesn't detract from the kit itself. Time is spent drafting and conceptualizing the idea before putting mouse to screen. We wanted to add a door and window to this Scenery Pack so that was a critical part of the design to begin. Adding payer like before and using the same elements from the other pack ensures we keep the design consistent. We also wanted to include some of the resin pipework as the other Scenery Pack, so this was blended into the design walls.
Below is one of the main walls that will be laser cut from 3mm MDF board. The Doorway has a lot of engraved features to suggest the concept of a door in the wall section. A small pipe can be see to the right side of the doorway.
The other Wall panel will feature a clear acrylic panel for the window that will also be engraved by laser. We need to run some tests first to ensure this is ok and won't melt the acrylic but we've been assured by our laser cutting supplier that all will be fine. This window panel will fit within a frame mount that will be glued to the wall to hold the clear window in place.
With layers and engraving we can give the impression of facias and detail and hint at aspects of the deck of a ship or space station.


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Welcome to Harmony at The Highlands in a spectacular mountain top setting at SFU, built by award winning Polygon. This spacious 2 bed, 2 bath South East facing suite is rental and pet friendly & boasts a bright open floor plan functional for all. Excellent sized kitchen including gas stove and stainless steel appliances, & breakfast bar. Relax & upwind in your cozy, inviting living room with gas fireplace. Generously sized master suite with nook space, ensuite with soaker tub & walk-in closet, as well as a good sized 2nd bedroom. Insuite laundry & full size parking stall. Amenities include: Bike room, Clubhouse & full Exercise Centre. Walking distance to Campus, Grocery, Daycares & Elementary School as well as Public Transit. Be spoiled by being close to hike/bike trails, minutes to DT.
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I am working on a remodel and addition to an odd A-frame hybrid house at the base of Sunshine Canyon, just west of Boulder. The original house, built in 1964, was designed by architect Richard Brown. Brown designed a number of these modified A-frame houses, mostly around Boulder, before he later took that form and proceeded to design churches.
After a little research, I found an article in the Sunday Denver Post from May 10th, 1964, that shows another of these houses. The article goes on to talk about the number of steeply-sloping building sites that were being constructed on in Boulder. In an interesting and prescient harbinger of a kind of critical regionalism, the article, written by Ellen Bull, goes on to say,
"...in nine cases out of ten, Boulder house designers actually are determined by the terrain."
"among the assets which builders and architects emphasize are the many days of sunshine, both summer and winter, the mountain views, and the fact that the mountains are close enough to use and enjoy."
"As each builder or architect finds the answers to these questions, in his own individual way, he develops a building not quite like any other anywhere. The very difficulties he faces stimulate his imagination and ingenuity."
Well said. In 1964. It is a shame more of the subsequent building in and around Boulder did not heed that advice as we have more than our share of suburban McMansion boxes awkwardly grafted onto steep mountain sites.
(window mullions reflecting the shape of the pine trees beyond)
Our work will be removing some of the interesting features of the house, but as the whole house is in such bad shape, we will see what can be saved and what we can echo in the new construction.


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Good morning, world. This is Good News Monday and I, Gill Andrews.
I don't want to talk much today (I'm sure I'll find enough other days to do that). Instead, I want to show you something. Maybe you've already stumbled across some of these pictures in the world very wide web, but I think it's good to be reminded. We humans are forgetful creatures. With this being said, I shall say no more.
Random Acts of Kindness
This was the Good News Monday on True Stories with Gill Andrews. Thanks for staying with me and have a great week everybody.
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|Yuanlin Song
Professor and Chief, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fudan University affiliated teaching Hospital, Qingpu Central Hospital, Shanghai, China
|Dr. Yuanlin Song is currently a Professor and Researcher at Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University. He is the Associated Chair of the Department and Associated Director of Shanghai Respiratory Research Institute. He is also the Associated Director of Shanghai Thoracic Society. He serves as associate editor of Respirology and Clinical Respiratory Journal. He has published more than 100 international peer viewed articles in the field.
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|Dr. Song focuses on pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and severe pneumonia, as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchiectasis. He is interested in the pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa virulence factors on lung epithelial and endothelial barrier damage, efficacy and mechanism of stem cells and coagulation/fibrinolysis activity in acute lung injury/ARDS. He is also interested in the CFTR related epithelial micro-environment changes in COPD, the effects of PM2.5 on pulmonary function changes.


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"Travelling leads you to learn more of the world than sitting at home."
Woohooo…. I'm so so so excited for this wonderful trip to Delhi. I always felt some connection with the capital of India.
Well, I've always been a traveller ever since I was 14 year old. Till now I've been to 8 major states of India. Madhya Pradesh, chattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Chennai etc. I've learnt about the culture, food, and language of people.
I've always been a learner. I love reading people's mind and their perception.
Finally, after so long I just gotta chance to visit to Delhi. And I'm also excited to meet so many places, food, people, of course Delhi girls. ???
Haha! Jokes apart, I'm so exited that from last 2 weeks I've been researching a lot from one of the best travelling books written by more than 12 authors. "INDIA"
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At this year's MusicFest, I was honored to be invited by Mario Flores to join the Rebecca Creek Whiskey team during one of their daily Song Swap shows at the Slopeside Grill…and I would be completely lying if I didn't say it one of the most fun things I did at Steamboat this year.
I was a "guest host" during the Rebecca Creek Radio broadcast alongside Cameran Nelson for the Gabe Garcia, Bri Bagwell and Mario Flores guitar pull and I am not sure ANYONE was ready for the straight up shenanigans and bona fide high jinks that followed. I know I wasn't!
(And I am not sure Team RC was aware of what happens when someone give Rita Ballou an open microphone without FCC regulations either. I never have a clue what I am going to say until it has already left my mouth.)
I wish I could find the words to paint this picture accurately, but I can't. The room was jam-packed and the energy in the room is just indescribable.
(Do y'all remember in Season Two of True Blood when Maryann Forrester came to town and put the spell on everyone? Just imagine that…but with less violence.)
So. Much. Fun.
The nice peeps from Rebecca Creek Radio are allowing me to post the entire unedited audio from the afternoon, so if you'd like to re-live all the "Uncomfortable Moments brought to you by Rita Ballou" including me trying to get Tuff Hedeman's attention by asking him if he really beat up Stoney LaRue as well as my blatantly hitting on Cameran Nelson and asking Bri if she skinned a Wookie for her vest…plus LOTS and LOTS of really great music and Mario cow-onsie references…you can stream it all below:
I'd like to personally thank Cameran, Gabe, Bri and especially Mario and all the amazing people from Rebecca Creek Whiskey including Steve and Susan for letting me be a part of an unforgettable afternoon.
P.S. When y'all aren't listening to KOKE FM…be sure to listen to Rebecca Creek Radio to hear more music from their artists! You can download their smartphone ap just by clicking HERE.


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Someone said to me the other day that I always seem so positive... I laughed. because if you know me, you know that I am not the most positive person at all. I would love to say that I just always see the bright side of life, that my glass is always half full and that I wake up hearing the birds singing out of my window and I sing a Disney tune along with them as they fly over and land on the palm of my hand as we look at each other grinning, tweeting, in harmony we hum. I wish I could tell you that, but it would be a lie. Instead, my natural disposition is to feel a little hard done by, wonder why my glass is half empty and get woken up by the birds outside and want to throw my lamp at all their chirpy little annoying faces.
My mum asked me once, towards the beginning of my fitness journey (and/or) IG... Was there an aspect of "faking it till you make it" Do you have to pretend to know the journey you are on, pretend to trust the process, pretend to enjoy waking up early and doing exercise, pretend to LOVE ALL THE PROTEIN, in order to... what? Trick yourself?Trick your mind? Ambush old habits and build upon new ones?
Well, yes, actually. YES!
And if this goes for fitness/eating well, then I believe it goes for any other journey we may be on. If you are naturally dis positioned to feeling down, to having anxiety. If you go through ups and downs with emotions, of "why me?" If you find it hard to get out of bed, hard to be productive, hard to eat well, exercise, treat your body the way it deserves. If you can't stop the negative thoughts, the constant self bashing and shame talking and feelings of self pity or hopelessness. You are not alone. Not everyone lives in a 1980's ROLLERSKATING BARBIE COMMERCIAL!
Noone has it all figured out. Noone looks amazing in a tie die tight leotard with roller skates and pink leg warmers.
This is the real world. Where we get dumped, spend too much money, avoid skin tight things that give us camel toe (Barbie never had camel toe cos she had no fanny flaps for christ sake, no wonder some of us women have weird body image ideals) Sorry, I digress...We wake up anxious, eat too many calories, get puke in our hair, cry at adverts with penguins in, throw bacon at our boyfriends (Oh wait, is that just me) Basically, I have been to those dark places, and still do end up there at times. It's hard to admit the insecurities that run deep. The lack of self worth that has driven me through many a silly life choice, like giving away my dignity to boys that didn't care, embarrassing myself for friends that didn't matter, pitying myself for thoughts that weren't true. I have found a way to get closer to knowing myself, loving myself more than I ever have, more than I ever thought I could. But it has taken continuous, daily work.
I am nearly 32. I have, in the last couple of years, changed my thoughts, little by little. But they resurface. When I am feeling particularly vulnerable. When I am less than confident in the outcome, reaction or my ability to proceed with a challenge. I remember when I wouldn't post my blog posts in case people hated them. I remember when I wouldn't work out in case I couldn't do it properly, or when I wouldn't eat healthy in front of people in case they thought I was boring, or when I wouldn't do well in auditions because "doing shit" meant I had an excuse for why I didn't get the job. When I wouldn't get up in the morning because "what was the point?" Or I wouldn't say hi to people in case they thought I was too keen, too needy, too desperate. I didn't write that book because, why would anyone read it. I didn't give my script to that producer because, it was probably crap anyway. I din't buy that dress in case my friends hated it, or go on that course because, well, I was never gonna be good enough to take it further. I didn't start that you tube channel because who would wanna listen to me, and anyways, other people have done it, said it before...
The last few days I have been feeling vulnerable again. I've been reminded of the cobwebby, damp smelling corners of my mind, that rise sometimes, out of nowhere and haunt me for a while.
All my teenage life I wanted to be the "cool girl" The one that didn't care about their weight. The one that wore her hair messy and undone as it fell into place perfectly imperfect. Someone that would wear baggy jeans and not look like an eight year old chubby boy. I wanted to be one of those girls that everyone liked. That noone said a bad word against. The girl that people were drawn to and wanted to make friends with because you were interesting, funny (likeable) I wanted to be everything I felt like I was not. It created so much anxiety in me, I would cry, throw pity parties, throw tantrums, be grumpy, be obtuse, be obscene, crave attention, crave validation, self worth. I would also push people away, have barriers up, be needy, be easy. I would seek affection, from a long term partner that wasnt my cup of tea (perhaps I had the sense that he was the sort to thread his eyebrows, who knows)But I stayed, four years longer than I should, until he grew bored or put off by my guard, the wall I had built to not show him that I loved him in case he 'mugged me off' My insecurities, my dismissive tendencies and need for "deserving more" meant he sought love and affection from someone that was more than happy to appease him. He wasn't grown enough, aware enough to see that his own ego needed more than I could offer. He didn't love himself enough to be a man enough to not stray. In no way am I saying if someone cheats, it is our fault, but I feel I have a responsibility to see my part I had to play in the demise of our happiness. A happy man does not cheat (I was not solely responsible for his happiness) but I take accountability for not being the best human I could have been, for him, and more importantly for myself. I stayed knowing it wasn't right, and even when it became obvious we were drifting apart, I became so desperate and needy to have him still love me, that I lost myself. I believed when he told me I was crazy for suspecting something. I believed I needed to change if we were going to make it work. I believed that If I could be "better" he would fall in love with me again.
I didn't need him to love me again. I needed to love myself. I needed to actually like myself.
I found myself at 24, living a life I didn't want to live, with a man I didn't want a life with and because I was too scared to live a different one, alone, I stayed. I hate that truth, but I was too scared that I didn't deserve a different one? I waited on the sidelines for things to happen to me. And being sure that I didn't deserve it when they didn't, resentful that the universe didn't like me much, my behaviour was unlikable. It didn't mean I was horrible, but my behaviour was.
The only way I felt would cure these notions and ideas about myself was to A) loose weight or B) have a boyfriend who adored me.
I have, even though hard to admit, been to these unattractive dark, desperate spaces in my mind. I have woken up and not been able to get out of bed. I have eaten myself drunk, I have drunk myself numb, I have lost myself fully and tried scraping the barrel of self respect as thinly as possible to muster the courage to think better thoughts, smile bigger smiles, empathise with myself more freely. Sometimes I have managed it.
Other times I have not.
The truth... sometimes you have to "fake it till you make it"
In everything we do, in any giant or small leaps we take into a new phase, or a new challenge, or a new direction, there is always that moment of self doubt. What if I fail? What if I can't do it? What if people hate it or me? What if I look stupid? What if someone has already done it? What if I look too try hard? What if I do not exceed my expectations? What if? What if? What if? And I speak confidently that I am not the only one who suffers from pure neurosis and angst on these things. Am I? *looks around sheepishly...
There is a lot of things I didn't do in my twenties... out of fear, self doubt, self sabotage, ego, all anxiety based around ideas I had about things that weren't true. I used to have all these dreams, yet sit around not actually doing anything to achieve them out of fear and laziness. What was the point? I never felt like I was any good at acting. I was never confident in my abilities, but I stayed, waiting. Just in case... never realising I wouldn't book the jobs I wanted until I believed in myself a little more.
There is this juxtaposition between feeling like... we are not good enough. 'Oh no, I couldn't possibly do that, I'm too stupid, too annoying, too quiet, too slow, too disorganized, too lazy... to then thinking "Actually screw it, I can do that" Suddenly having the fear of 'Wait, who am I to think I could possibly do that? Who do i think I am?' Both are ego based thoughts, based on the same origin... "I am not good enough"
But we freaking are good enough. We are not better than, worse than, anyone. We are capable beyond our beliefs. We are more powerful than we know and that is what we fear. It is easy to attach ourselves to the idea of what we want from something. An end goal. The perfect body, the most well paid job, the big house, the validation... As much as it is easy to attach ourselves to those crappy thoughts too... I might lose my house, I may not succeed, I may embarrass myself, people might think I'm a twat.
Sometimes you need to force habits to make them become ones. Sometimes you need to tell yourself things you do not believe yet. Sometimes you need to smile, because you may cry if you don't. Sometimes you may need to get up out of bed and dance or exercise or brush your teeth, even though all you want to do is lay their mulling over your crappy, self deprecating thoughts.
I am from a family that suffers from depression. My Granddad was manic depressive (the less cool word for bipolar) and my mum has suffered for as long as I can remember in her own fountain of self destruction. She is a wonderful human being. A kind, empathetic, generous, open, funny, giving, soul. She is full of vibrations and energy that I see spilling out of her pores, yet she feels numb. She is lost, forever trying to find self acceptance and peace within herself and It has been a learning curve, watching from the sidelines unable to help or make it better.
What we often do, is black out our darkness. We sound proof the noise, we numb the pain, we smother the thoughts that creep out from the dark corners of our minds, with booze, TV, gossip, exercise, food obsession, bad relationships. So scared to leave ourselves open to all the angst in case it suffocates us, we make it disappear. For my mum, White Zinfandel was her choice of an Invisibility cloak. Mine... food. Having a focus elsewhere helped avoid the reality of where the seeds of self doubt grew. Preoccupying myself with time wasting. On things that don't matter or help improve our way of thinking. For years I would sit and waste time avoiding, instead of(INSERT A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE FOR A BETTER WAY OF LIFE)
A better way of life looks different to everybody. But for me, it meant, getting shit done, it meant following through on ideas I had, it meant feeling better in my skin, working a job I didn't hate, not chasing a dream I wasn't sure of. It meant spending time with more people I actually cared about and not on people I didn't. It was accepting that some people wouldn't like me, It meant liking myself, getting more tolerant of other humans, not putting myself in situations that made me feel insecure or shit, travelling more, asking myself questions I really hadn't wanted to answer. A better way of life meant knowing myself, what I wanted, what I didn't and loosing my fear of (all the things I let my thoughts create) that were null and void, useless and unhelpful.
And the only way I felt I could do that was by actually facing the thoughts I spent so long trying to cover up.
The question: What is the pay off?
What do I get out of moaning. Of feeling hard done by? Of having my guard up, pulling away. And the answer, although hard to admit and still I can't seem to write it now as I type, but subconsciously (when I dig deep) the pay off was
Feeling worthy. Special. Enough!
So tears, tantrums, grumps, were all a way of feeling worthy. Feeling righteous. My self pity would make me feel special. Subconsciously feeling sorry for myself and giving myself the up most attention, the pat on the back, the "there there".
A few things jolted me out of these patterns of finding self worth through self destructive behaviour that I had built up over the years. I watched two TED talks by Brene Brown that changed my life. She is a researcher (on shame) and she does these two amazing talks: found here and here. It enabled me to start thinking differently. To stop being embarrassed by my lack of self worth. Hearing her talk about shame, how it all stems from self worth, not feeling enough and it creating vulnerability, but how you could find power in that, it was so liberating. She ends one of her talks stating that we should...
"Dare Greatly"
and this made me more open and less scared about writing my blog posts. I stopped writing about fashion (which I liked, but wasn't passionate about, and begun writing about what resonates with me. I wanted to share my feelings on acting, growing up, being insecure and vulnerable. I wanted to speak about the very things that had held me back. It enabled me to find the courage to be honest.
I also watched a speech by Shonda Rhimes (found here) where her focus was...
"Stop dreaming, start doing"
and it propelled me to stop waiting for things to happen to me and start "doing" the things I wanted instead. So I booked a plane ticket and went to LA. And took a risk that in so many ways paid off more than I'd imagined.
I read Caitlin Morans book, "How to be a girl" In it she says
You think it's cool to hate things... but it's not. Talk about the things you love. That's cool"
This became the building block of when I started (moaning less) I'm no Cinderella, I still moan. But I began to notice the good things in my life and start focusing on all the things that were OK to love. It was OK to love my boyfriend so whole heartedly that I risked being hurt. It was OK to love The Spice Girls, even though they weren't cool (If you are reading this girls, you are cool, you are) It was OK to like myself (even if others didn't) It was OK to find a job where I was my own boss and I liked doing, then stay in one I hated, for someone I didn't like.
Finding ways to be OK with love, rather than obtrusively hating things, like life, the struggle, the effort, I found a way to love the life I was living more by making decisions that made me smile more. Letting go of the fear, that I wasn't good enough, likeable enough, funny enough, smart enough, creative enough, interesting enough, friendly enough, pretty enough, articulate, educated, sensitive, efficient, aware, brown, white, tall, skinny... enough!
The fundamental that I believe holds us back, is our thoughts. These thoughts inevitably create feelings. The thoughts we have about ourselves and who we think we are create a mass of energy/feeling and thereofore re(actions) in us.
An old acting teacher of mine would ask you to finish off the sentences below for the character you were to play...
Sandy feels life is...
Sandy feels work is...
Sandy feels men are...
These would be the thoughts and then it would create a feeling, that would propel an action. So his idea was to create thought the character had about life/work/men and we would find how these characters acted. Or we would look at the actions a screen writer would indent into a script, work out people who acted a particular way usually felt like (so and so) and people that feel like (so and so) often felt this because their thoughts were (so and so)In doing this work we inevitably had to look at ourselves.
I was 23 and he asked me to finish off these questions. My answers were...
Life is unfair
Work is hard
Men are piss takers
We would look at these and he would say that I felt hard done by because I had the thought life was unfair. I felt stressed because I had the thought that work was hard. I felt mugged off because I believed men were piss takers, He would then look at how these feelings would make us act in our lives.
I would act grumpy because I felt hard done by. I would act lazy because work was too hard, I'd act stand offish because I felt mugged off.
When I was able to break down these initial simple thought processes it made a lot of sense to me that I needed to change my thoughts about these things. He would ask us to go back to the first time I ever felt like "life was unfair" and if we could find it, it was usually enough to realise that we had built patterns up surrounding this one time we had the thought.
The first time I felt mugged off by a man, I was 4. I was waiting for my dad to pick me up and have me for the weekend. and he didn't show up. I didn't know how to articulate that feeling. But years on, I can remember the essence of how I felt and I know I had never felt it before, but aged four, sitting at the window waiting, I felt mugged off.
Sometimes it was hard to uncover how you truly felt about something. It was hard to be honest with yourself. Especially when we were asked to finish off the sentance "I AM..."
A way to find out how you feel about yourself was to put ourselves in an imaginary situation. Your in a room with a bunch of people you don't know. You are there for an hour interacting and then you have to go. You leave them all sitting there. What is it you think they will say about you? Out of our group, even the most confident people would come out with insecurities.
My thoughts were that people would think I was boring, a "try hard" and obnoxious. Having this awareness that I felt this way about myself opened up so many realisations. I would play the clown at school because I was so scared of being boring. I would talk down on myself in case people thought I was obnoxious, or I would be stand offish in case people thought I was in fact, trying too hard. It became a mind field of overthinking, but also the thing that would release me from these thoughts was just being aware they were there. Seeing them enabled me to start letting them go. In the sense that if we observe something, if we can see it, then we are not "it". I know this sounds like "hippy dippy" stuff, but either way this resonated with me, therefore It may you, and if it resonates with one person, I feel the post was worth writing.
We cannot be that in which we observe. It is a spiritual principle that arises time and time again in many a self help book. Mooji expresses this here...
You are total unicity beyond duality. That you are. You are so one with yourself that you cannot perceive yourself. You can only imagine that you are other than that. It is like a knife that can cut so many vegetables but cannot cut itself because it is one with itself, or the scale which can weigh so many objects but cannot weigh itself. It is the same with the one supreme Self- the sole Reality, being ever One with itself, it cannot perceive that which it Is; it can only perceive what it is not.
When we can finally detach from the idea we have about who we are because we realise we cannot perceive ourselves, it takes a lot of emphasise off the negative thoughts. And the only reason to start thinking positive thoughts about ourselves (which are still not TRUE as thoughts are not facts) is to create different actions.
The thought that my body is shit and I hate it, will encourage my actions to be negative towards itself. I will self sabotage, punish, hurt, not look after something I hate, where as if I have the thought that I love my body, it will usually encourage me to treat it well.
The thought that life is unfair will have my actions always be slightly bitter, or resentful. I may act hard done by, anxious, creating a hostile and moody person, where as If I have the thought that life is great, that life is a blessing, it will make my actions be that of a grateful person. I will act blessed, I will act kindly towards others because I believe the world is a kind to me.
There is nothing in any of this to say that it is easy to change our thoughts. But there is nothing to say it is not doable either. As I said. My natural disposition (because of old patterns built up along the way) are negative thoughts. I have spent the last 6 years trying to undo those and recreate positive ones. When I recently booked an acting job I didn't focus on the inconveniences like I would have done 6 years ago. I focused on on the positives that I get from the job. I also stopped thinking "I couldn't act" and started not having an opinion about it. Doors opened up, energy came in. Light suddenly appeared in that area of life. I didn't suddenly get better at acting. I just stopped beating myself over it. And therefore the universe offered something up. The same goes for weight loss. For career changes. When we let go of negative ideas (or positive ones for that matter) and we create space, things happen.
I am taking the time to remind myself of this, by writing about it, by discussing it, by becoming aware; to figure out what thoughts I am having that are making my anxiety levels sky rocket. My life is good and I am continuing to write a list of all the things I am grateful for. Gratitude being one of the things Brene Brown talks about as being so important to living a whole hearted life. But I am also taking the time to try and get more perspective, more balance, more structure. As for me, structure and some routine takes away my anxieties about time running out. About not getting to roll out all the ideas I have, about not sharing or connecting with all the people I want to.
If you are feeling low, anxious, down. if you feel like life sucks, your job sucks, your body sucks, try and figure out the exact thoughts you have about these things, when they first came about and try and subliminally block them out by creating, and forcing new thoughts. Think them, and repeat! Say them out loud, hear them clearly and someday down the line, you will believe these good thoughts, the sort of thoughts Care Bears and My Little Ponies have. How do I know this? Because in the same way we started believing the negatives, we have the same ability to believe the positive ones. Whether we believe that to be true or not, the only way we will ever know is if we try. So as the days go on, and the mind ticks over, I dig deep in myself and trust that happiness is our own choice. A thought that used to scare me, because what if I couldn't/wouldn't make the right choice. Now, it makes me feel warm and fuzzy. I have a choice (a small, tiny atom in this whole universe, me)has the power to change how I feel.
There are a few reasons why you CAN be a badass and achieve all the things you want to and be the person you want to be:
*If you can imagine it... it can be so. Things happen, because people believe they can. Until that day, it will be inconceivable. See it, visualise it, and believe in it.
*Because you are you. The only you there is. Unique, and undeniably the only one of your kind. Even if you do something the same as some else, it will still be your version of it. That means you have the world at your finger tips.
*There is an abundance of everything. An abundance of space for all of our ideas. An abundance of time if you utilise it. An abundance of people willing to hear, connect, share, vibe with your ideas.
*The universe wants you to do well. Because you are the universe. We are one and the same.
Sometimes the bravest most important thing you can do, is show up


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Idea for a show
Posted by alexlexilu February 23, 2013 in the Group I Have a Question .
Hi, I'd like to see a show on 王老吉.
It's a drink with a lot of history and I wonder how popular it is in China and what are the virtue of this drink. Thanks.
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Marrying different genres of music requires fluency with instruments, slick production & seamless arrangement that aren't every band's cup of tea. The National have, however, not only waded into those dangerous waters, but have also emerged creating a niche of their own. Originally acquiring cult status, it was never easy for the band to break into the unforgiving & at times inflexible mainstream. Yet a commercially appeasing blend of electric rock & various other influences, including country & Britpop, is the middle territory that The National treads so successfully. The Cincinnati born, Brooklyn based indie rock act has seen highs & dealt with obscurity, and their creative input has refreshingly not lost its edgy experimental feel. Active since 1999, the band is made up of two brother acts plus the lead singer. Matt Berninger leads the line, with Aaron & Bryce Dessner playing guitar, bass & piano, & Scott (bass/guitar) & Bryan Devendorf (drums) completing the lineup. Veterans of five studio albums & noted for their exciting concerts, which have sold thousands of The National tickets, the band continue to find new avenues to thrill.
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The National's music has remained true to its rock roots. Classified as indie & post-punk, The National's genre picked up where many bands of the raging 90s alternative & punk rock scene had left off, incorporating sweet melodies, along with pop & country sensibilities. As expected, the product took years to develop & even more to gain a substantial following. Matt Berninger, a baritone, befriended Scott Devendorf when the pair attended University of Cincinnati, eventually forming a lo-fi garage band Nancy with Casey Reas, Jeff Salem & Mike Brewer. The band released just the single album, 3429 Ruther, before disbanding as the members moved to New York. Scott's brother Bryan had been playing with childhood friends Aaron & Bryce Dessner for years in various acts, & in 1999, the trio joined Berninger & Scott. Working their day jobs, The National did not have the most explosive of starts, as the Dessner brothers very own record label, Brassland Records, produced a limited release of their first eponymous album. Gradually gaining a following through their Lower East Side live Sunday shows, people began appreciating the slick work behind The National. Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers followed as The National began a fruitful relationship with record producer/musician Peter Katis. Katis worked mainly out of his residential Connecticut studios, & the acclaim for the album started gaining momentum, with many dailies also lauding the follow-up Cherry Tree EP. As their recognition shot skywards, the task of managing their own record label grew too wearisome, & The National signed onto Beggars Banquet Records to release the blockbuster hit Alligator. With concert attendances skyrocketing & The National tickets selling like hot cakes, the band delivered the perfect killer follow-up, 2007's Boxer. Indie rock circles already had the band's hits doing heavy rotation as they released a feature-length documentary A Skin, a Night. The response was lukewarm. Beggars Records merged into 4AD, & The National released High Violet on the label recently after playing a much-publicized role in Obama's Presidential race.
The National boasted of a more country-oriented touch, & "American Mary" became a trademark hit. 2003's Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers marked the first time Peter Katis was involved, before the Cherry Tree EP featured "About Today", a song that fans attending their live performances have grown acquainted to. It also featured collaboration, "I Don't Mind", with Padma Newsome of The Clogs. Alligator spawned "Secret Meeting"& "Mr. November", a rousing campaign song supporting Barack Obama. It sold 80,000 copies, being hailed as one of the albums of the decade by NME. Boxer debuted on #68, eventually selling over 200,000 copies on the muscle of hits like the dreamy & peppy "Fake Empire", "Mistaken Strangers", "Apartment Story", & "Start a War". Boxer's making inspired the documentary A Skin, a Night.
The National has offered indie fans a slice of something fresh since its inception. A genre that is based on breaking away from rock norms requires that zip & energy, something abundant in their concerts. The National has performed in many European & American festivals, including Lollapalooza, Coachella, The Troubadour, Pukkelpop, Reading & Leeds Festival, & Roskilde; shows in Dallas & California are forthcoming.
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Lingua disponibile: ingleseBest known as the leader of Micachu & the Shapes, Mica Levi made the most of her classical training in her other projects. Born in Surrey, England, Levi began playing and composing music at age four, and studied viola, violin, and composition at the Purcell School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. While much of her work with the Shapes blended indie, dance, and hip-hop into experimental pop concoctions, the group's 2010 collaboration with the London Sinfonietta (which resulted in the 2011 album Chopped & Screwed) nodded to her formal roots. Levi showcased her compositional skills with her minimalist score for Jonathan Glazer's 2014 film Under the Skin. The score earned much acclaim, including a BAFTA nomination and an L.A. Film Critics Award for Best Music Score. Levi also won Best Composer at the European Film Awards. In 2016, Levi and cellist Oliver Coates (who played on Under the Skin) collaborated on an album titled Remain Calm. Levi also composed the score for Jackie, a biopic about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis staring Natalie Portman. ~ Heather Phares
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This fantastic chawan rice bowl is a piece of Arita Ware. Arita Ware, aka Imari Porcelain is a type of traditional Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, northwestern Kyushu (Saga Prefecture).
Dobin is shaped like a kettle with a handle above the body. Dobin literally means 'earthen bottle' (do means earthen and bin means bottle). Because the size of this type of tea pot is larger than other types of tea pots like Kyusu, it is handy when serving many people.
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A fabulous flamingo brooch made to order needle felted from the finest fiber. Each one is uniquely created in pure white with subtle textures or wool locks and silk. Needle felted wool over wire; the neck arch might be gently posed or adjusted.
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Tuareg Jewelry Volume 40.3/
The Tuareg are a nomadic, Berber or Tamazight/Tamasheq speaking people, most of whom live in the Saharan and Sahelian regions—southern Algeria, western Libya, eastern Mali, northern Niger, and northeastern Burkina Faso (www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/anthropology-and-archaeology/people/tuareg). Gabus (1982) adds Mauritania, confirmed by Hillary and Abdou Louarti (pers. comm.) for eastern Mauritania and a bit of Nigeria. With the current African diaspora, Tuareg now also live in Europe and the United States.
For a nomadic people, the Tuareg have a large and varied assortment of jewelry, worn from head to ankle, as well as perhaps the most diverse use of materials and techniques among African jewelers. Unlike jewelers of the Mahgreb, Tuareg smiths or inadan wan-tizol (makers of weapons and jewelry) have a very simple tool kit, suited for an itinerant life and reminiscent of early Native American jewelers. Tuareg jewelers are now very active in Africa and abroad (Benesh-Liu and Liu 2007, Cheminée 2014, Liu 2017). Jewelry or jewelry components often attributed to the Tuareg are also worn by other tribal groups, such as the Bella, Fulani, Moors, and Wodaabe, as shown in photographs by Fisher (1984), as well as Mauritanians (Gabus 1984; Hillary and Abdou Louarti, pers. comm.). Berber and Mauritanian metal jewelry can also be confused with Tuareg adornment, although the latter are usually with less embellishment. While Tuareg jewelry is prominent in the marketplace and their smiths have high visibility (Benesh-Liu and Liu 2007, Bernasek 2008, Cheminée 2014, Liu 2017), their work has been largely ignored in the excellent French literature on Maghreb jewelry. Camps-Fabrer (1990) shows only one page of Tuareg jewelry, while others in the Édisud series have no coverage, and the recent extensive collection of North African jewelry (Chakour et. al. 2016) also does not include Tuareg work. This article only covers amulets/tcherots/kitabs, crosses and some rings, a very limited representation of the Tuareg jewelry repertoire and examples made by Mauritanians or other Berber peoples.
Angela Fisher (1984: 194) perhaps best summarized how intensely Tuareg smiths feel about their work, while referring to a padlock one had decorated: "For you this is as small as my thumbnail, for me it is huge. Look—there is the ant, the hyena, the jackal, the horse's hoof, the moon, the stars and the sun, the good eye, the woman... the devil's eyebrows, the laughter... that's our life." In many ways, she expresses well the conundrum when someone outside of a culture looks at their material goods, whether it is ancient, ethnographic or contemporary jewelry. The observer brings her or his knowledge and aesthetics to understand and evaluate, but usually lacks enough information to truly understand all the symbolism and the deep meaning that the jewelry imparts to that culture. This is especially true in cultures, like the Chinese, where not only the motifs all have symbolic meaning, but their combinations also become phonetic rebuses, further adding to the difficulty in deciphering for outsiders (Bartholomew 2006).
Gabus (1982) and Cheminée (2014) provide excellent comparisons and contrasts of how Tuareg smiths work in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, through the former's wonderful sketches by Hans Ernie and the latter's photographs and interviews. Tuareg smiths have changed very little in their work processes or their tools and equipment. All still work while seated on the ground, often using a forked piece of wood as the work surface, with a square anvil (in contrast to horned anvils used by other North/West African jewelers) pounded into the ground. Both hands and feet are used, the latter to hold or steady the work. A leather bellows is still used to increase the heat and all their tools usually fit into a small box. They cast (lost wax or sand molds), forge, solder, pierce, surface decorate with gravers/punches and cold-connect. Their forging, filing, engraving and punching (with home-made tools) are superb, as well as their ingenious cold-connecting and use of a very large assortment of metals, wood, leather, and plastic. All the engraving is freehand, without an engraver's block. Their forging skills, utilizing only the small, square anvil and a typical short-handled, heavy hammer, produce impeccable results, especially in older pieces. If one looked closely at the knobs and bosses on their tcherot or crosses, they all are uniform and finely varied. Some are slightly flattened, others pointed or filed into precise, geometric shapes. While silver is the preferred metal, copper, brass, white metal and steel are all utilized, to add color and vitality, much like how Western jewelers use colored golds. Whether precious or base metal, one does not see a difference in the level of workmanship. Their practice of combining different aspects of their design motifs and components into countless variations adds greatly to their vitality. Perhaps unique among African jewelers, Tuareg use imported Idar-Oberstein agate ornaments in an innovative and pragmatic manner, utilizing damaged or broken portions of talhakimt/talhatana, set in metal rings and pendants, as seen in examples on this and opposite page.
Tuareg smiths utilize great hand and mental skills, and with a few simple tools produce wonderful ornaments. Truly, while their work is small, their skills and vision are large.
I thank Hillary and Abdou Louarti of Ethnic Embellishments for their informative identifications and comments about Tuareg jewelry, as well as permission to use images of pieces from their inventory and unique private collection and for their excellent photographs. Our study collection of Tuareg jewelry purchased in 1994-95 from Jürgen Busch and Gudrun Kerschna, as well as their gifts, have enabled me to more closely study the personal adornment of this culture. The jewelry shown in this article were documented from the mid-1970s to now. I am very grateful to Dr. Jan Fahey for obtaining a copy of Gabus's superb 1982 reference on the Sahara for our library; it remains the definitive work on Tuareg jewelry and techniques, covering mid-to-late twentieth century French expeditions.
Bartholomew, T.T. 2006 Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art. San Francisco, Asian Art Museum: 352 p.
Benesh-Liu, P.R. and R.K. Liu. 2007 Museum News: The Art of Being Tuareg. Ornament 30 (3): 70-72.
Bernasek, L. 2008 Artistry of the Everyday. Beauty and Craftsmanship in Berber Art. Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University: 125 p.
Camps-Fabrer, H. 1990 Bijoux Berbères D'Algérie. grande Kbylie-Aurès. La Calade, Édisud: 139 p.
Chakour, D. et. al. 2016 Des Trésors à Porter. Bijoux et Parures du Maghreb. Collection J.-F. et M.-L. Bouvier. Paris, Institute du monde arabe: 160 p.
Cheminée, M. 2014 Legacy. Jewelry Techniques of West Africa. Brunswick, Brynmorgen Press: 232 p.
Creyaufmüller, W. 1983 Agades cross pendants. Structural components & their modifications. Part I. Ornament 7(2): 16-21, 60-61.
— 1984 Agades cross pendants. Structural components & their modifications. Part II. Ornament 7(3): 37-39.
Fisher, A. 1984 Africa Adorned. New York, Harry N. Abrams: 304 p.
Gabus, J. 1982 Sahara. bijoux et techniques. Neuchâtel, A la Baconnièré: 508 p.
Kalter, J. 1976 Schmuck aus Nordafrika. Stuttgart, Linden-Museum Stuttgart and Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde: 120 p.
Leurquin, A. 2003 A World of Necklaces. Africa, Asia, Oceania, America from the Ghysels Collection. Milan, Skira, Skira Editore S.p.A.: 464 p.
Liu, R. K. 1977 T'alhakimt (Talhatana), a Tuareg Ornament: Its Origins, Derivatives, Copies and Distribution. The Bead Journal 3 (2): 18-22.
—1987 India, Idar-Oberstein and Czechoslovakia. Imitators And Competitors. Ornament 10 (4): 56-61.
—1995a Collectibles: Mauritanian Amulets and Crosses. Ornament 19(1): 28-29.
—1995b Collectible Beads. A Universal Aesthetic. Vista, Ornament, Inc.: 256 p.
—2002 Rings from the Sahara and Sahel. Ornament 25 (4): 86-87.
—2008 Mauritanian Conus Shell Disks. A comparison of Ancient and Ethnographic Ornaments. Ornament 32 (1): 56-59.
—2017 Ethnographic Arts: Jewelers at the International Folk Art Market. Ornament 40 (1): 62-64.
Loughran, K. and C. Becker. 2008 Desert Jewels. North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès Collection. New York, Museum for African Art: 95 p.
Schienerl, P.W. 1986 The Twofold Roots of Tuareg Charm-cases. Ornament 9(4): 54-57.
Van Cutsem, A. 2000 A World of Rings. Africa, Asia, America. Milan, Skira: 230 p.
Get Inspired!
Robert K. Liu is Coeditor of Ornament, for many years its in-house photographer, as well as a jeweler using alternative materials like bamboo and polyester. His recent book, The Photography of Personal Adornment, covers forty-plus years of shooting jewelry, clothing and events related to wearable art, both in and out of the Ornament studio. A frequent lecturer, some of his topics include precolumbian jewelry, prehistoric Southwest jewelry, ancient Egyptian jewelry, and the worldwide trade in beads. In this issue Liu discusses some aspects of Tuareg jewelry, based in part on the inventory and private collection of Ethnic Embellishments.


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Wiped clean: Volcano turned fertile island to sterile lump
The surprise eruption of Kasatochi Volcano in the central Aleutians this summer turned a small green island rich with seabirds and ocean mammals into a sterile gray lump, scientists say.
Tens of thousands of fledgling auklets and petrels perished in their rocky nests, as Kasatochi erupted for the first time in centuries, smothering under a deep blanket of ash anything that couldn't flee.
"Probably 20 percent of auklet chicks were still in their crevices and hadn't left," said Jeff Williams, a Homer-based biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "They were most likely entombed."
A couple hundred adult sea lions still encircle the island, but all the year's pups have disappeared, Williams said.
As for the bird habitat?
"It's gone pretty much completely," said Williams, who's spent 18 years observing bird populations on Kasatochi, a tiny island near Atka in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Since its eruption on Aug. 7, Williams and other biologists have returned to examine the damage.
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|On my last visit to my cousin's lovely home for an awesome homecooked dinner, I got hooked on this Chinese series, due to several reasons.
1) It was a periodic drama and I always love periodic dramas of medieval times.
2) A great plot.
3) Good looking cast members. .
What else. . .heheh
So much so, I am now subscribed to Astro Wah Lah Toi . . .ermmmmm. . .
The sypnosis:-
Fu Ya was an exiled princess who married three ambitious kings. The first marriage protected her from being executed with her family. The second marriage gave her shelter to heal her broken heart. The third marriage saved her people, but killed the man she loved. Although her husbands loved her, they were equally keen on using her to consolidate power. Their betrayals pushed her to become an avenging angel who would kill anyone in her way.
Cast-CharactersRuby Lin as Ma Fu Ya / Pan Yu (Lady Yuan)
Yan Kuan as Meng Qi You (Crown Prince) aka Angry Dude
Wallace Huo as Liu Lian Cheng aka Handsome Dude
Tony Yang as Liu Lian Xi aka Weird Dude
Hong Xiao Ling as Ma Xiang Yun aka Sulky Girl
Kara Hui as Du Fei Hong (Empress Du)
Dai Chun Rong as Dowager Gudu
Wang Lin as Han Shao Yi
Wang Yu as as Meng Qi Yun
Liu Tao as Wen Jing Ruo (Lady Jing)
Zheng Kai (郑凯) as Han Ming
Mao Zi Jun as Ma Du Yun
Liu Zi Jiao as Liu Lian Si
Miao Jun Hao as Hua Gong Gong (Eunuch Hua) aka 9th prince
Qiu Shuang (邱爽) as Qi Xing
Jiang Kai as Meng Zhi Xiang (Emperor)
Yang Kai Chun (杨凯淳) as Yun Zhu
Hao Ze Jia (郝泽嘉) as Du Wan
Chen Chen (晨辰) as Su Yao
Kang Qun Zhi as Li Mu Yi (Empress of Chu)
Liu Yong (刘永) as Ma Yin (King of Chu)
Du Jun Ze as Yi Bing
Hao Luo Fan (郝洛钒) as Xiao Xin Gan
Zhang Xiao Chen as Shen Zhi
Zhou Yi Wei as Chai Rong
Sun Xi (孙熙) as Mo Chou
Chen Xi (陈曦) as Li Fei
Wu Xin (吴昕) as palace maid
No. Of Episodes
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Just entered new year 2019, TX announced SX OS v2.5.1 Beta with normal function fixing and improving. Lets waste no time and see what's new in 2.5.1:
LayeredFS compatibility fixes
It appears we introduced a regression in "LayeredFS" support in 2.5.0. This affected certain game mods like fan translations. This has been tracked down and fixed!
Improved Internet Local Wireless Play
Numerous stability fixes and improvements have been made to the Internet Local Wireless Play functionality.
Fixed false positive 'corrupted' message for installer
The Switch software management menu has an option for verifying the integrity of installed titles. When using this functionality with titles that have been installed through our NSP installer you would always get a message saying the title data is corrupt. This was mostly a false positive as the installed titles worked fine.. but we've hunted down the root cause of this and fixed this cosmetic shortcoming for all new installs!
Add support for installing XCI
You read it right, as of now you can also *install* titles that come in XCI format, just as you would be able to do for any content that comes in NSP format. This is useful for people who would like to access all of their games from the home menu screen instead of going through our menu. Of course you can still play XCI titles without installing as well!
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Hi there! I'm Hayley, author of the blog "Hills Homestead"….
and we live on a small property in the hills (in Australia).
I AM FROM piles of washing on the dining table, needing to be cleared every evening for tea,
from bees in the garden and honey, and a house cow and fresh raw milk every morning.
I am from a home nestled in the side of a hill, family as neighbours, and apple trees
from children building hideouts and falling off bikes, to playing in 'Lilly Valley' and cousins and picnics on the grass.
I am from the land of small market gardeners, cabbages and cauliflowers, red currents and cherries.
From kefir and sourdough, to birthday cakes and meringue,
from grass-fed beef and earthy potatoes, to freshly caught fish and hot red Thai chicken.
The steep hills for running, the sunrises for seeing, the buckets of fruit in season for eating, the scattered toys and captured skinks for playing.
The jam for the roadside stall, the massive meals for family and friends, the fresh muffins for sharing, the daily bread for our living.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM acres of pickles and 2 bedroom cottages,
from huge Christmas and birthday celebrations, and french toast for breakfast.
I'm from macoroni & cheese every Thursday, to Sunday roasts with family and friends,
from church every week, to music and a tree house, and dancing in the rain,
from strangers in houses, and open armed hospitality, to homemade tomato sauce and cosy bedrooms made our own,
from sisters and camping outback, to beaches and back to family…
I'M FROM 'you look like your mother' and 'you can be anything you want to be'
and growing up knowing unconditional love and feeling beautiful.
I'm from Bible readings and brunches and watching sunrises over Easter,
from more rolling hills and desert Australia
and from packed lunches and pumpkin soup.
FROM unexpected loss of a mother,
and bravery, pain, heartache, and moments that catch in your throat,
to treasuring the next generation, children breathing and chatting and playing UNO over and over and over!
From worry and fear, to a partner's prayers and their holding,
from watching and waiting, wanting to hide and sleepless nights,
to constant love and always deeply knowing, clutching onto His Promises.
From together momentos on the wall, photos of laughing on the fridge, and houseboat memories in the heart,
to quotes pinned over home "People, friends and family may forget what I say, BUT they will never forget how I made them feel"
From "Don't say anything unkind, unneccessary, or unhelpful" to
"Grace, Gratitude & Joy".
This is where I'm from.
("I Am From" Poem Template. Adapted by Levi Romero. Inspired by "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon. Seen on Ann Voscamp's website "A Holy Experience")
Click here to view more photos and a written interview with 'Hills Homestead' …. and enjoy the following snapshots in and around our property …..
See here for more photos and detail regarding our 'Hills Homestead' and our gradual quest to become more self sufficient.


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GhoulHectic Clownie is one interesting individual. When he's not entertaining at hellish parties...he's watching some of the scariest horror films out there. I met GhoulHectic through Jill Kill and found him to be a really cool person with a unique insight into filmmaking. He's especially knowledgeable about the genre that we love so much....horror. Clownie will be unveiling some exclusive reviews for Film Deviant soon....but, in the meantime, I wanted to introduce you to his dark world of circus drums (he currently plays drums for the nightmarish band The Rhythm Coffin) and hellish antics.
And while [REC]³ Génesis will be premiering soon, I also wanted to catch you up on the previous [Rec] films in a way that you're probably not accustomed to.
Ladies and Deviants...allow me to introduce....Mr. GhoulHectic Clownie and his reviews of the [Rec] films...
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Not even winning 23 grand slams could prepare Serena Williams for the biggest adventure of a lifetime.
In case you missed it, the tennis legend gave birth to a daughter earlier today, her first child with fiancé Alexis Ohanian. Reports indicate that mama and baby are doing well, and Venus Williams shared her joy prior to competing at the 2017 U.S. Open.
"Obviously I'm super excited. Words can't describe," the athlete told ESPN reporters.
Serena's been open in describing the shock she felt after finding out about the accidental pregnancy, which was confirmed less than four months after the Reddit co-founder popped the question and the pair became engaged.


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According to The Guardian, gym membership spending has soared by 44% in the last year. This is partly due to the increase in budget gyms offering more flexible contracts.
The increase in wearable technology and apps has also provided users with greater options and choice in how they manage and monitor their fitness.
Traditionally January sees a big increase in gym and health club membership as consumers resolve to set new health and fitness goals. Discounts and promotional packages are established to attract new members. Have you ordered your promotional products yet? Make sure you reap the benefits of this seasonal trend. The following is a selection of our custom fitness-related merchandise.
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Exit the X-1D prototype (aka Alpine AD-7000), enter the Luxman DX-104 !
The DX-104 was built a few months before the Alpine deal, when Lux still was in Osaka ; the production run took place during the spring of 1983. The original US catalog was printed may 1983 but production had already started.
Keeping in mind that most 1980s Luxman CD players were made by Toshiba, and since the Alpine protos finally vanished in early 1982, the Aurex XR-Z90 was indeed the original...
The Kenwood L-03DP and its added Sigma Drive outputs also wound up in the Toshiba rebadge program.
There were other Luxman players, this time produced, that bore direct reminiscences of the Luxman-designed X-1D, but their lifetime and distribution remained brief and limited : D-03 (direct descendent, 1983) and D-405 / D-105 (1984).
All this amounts for Luxman to three completely different first generation CD players - very Luxman-like way of raising overhead and losing energy into crazy product planning.
The DX-104 (un)visibly wasn't distributed in many markets (at least France, Australia and the USofA), just like its Alpine original, and neither of them was made available in Japan ; it was originally named CP-01.
All about the DX-104 at the indispensable vintage-audio-laser.com.


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Illustration: Mike Pick
A long awaited breakthrough may be about to occur on the streets of New York City. On Tuesday, The New York Law Department released a proposed revision to its press credentialing rules that decreed "online journalists will now be considered as 21st century journalists and be treated equally to print, television and radio journalists."
This decision comes as a coda for a two-year old law suit initiated by three journalists who work exclusively online. The NYPD's credentialing rules of the time required proof of employment by a "traditional" media outlet, i.e. a newspaper, magazine, radio station, or TV network. In lieu of that, freelancers could use six articles they had written that had required press clearance, though the obvious chicken-and-egg dilemma that situation presented was never resolved. Until now, that is (provide these proposed rules take effect).
The three journalists at the heart of the law suit were issued press passes earlier this year; now, this new credentialing system aims to smooth over the distinction between bloggers and journalists. The taxonomic debate going on here is much more complicated than a blogger/journalist binary, however, as many around these parts have attested.
Working under the same umbrella as the mighty ScienceBlogs network, it's easy to forget that some still see blogging and journalism to be inherently at odds. That's why I was surprised to learn that ScienceBlogs' own new media revolutionary Bora Zivkovic was denied access to the press room at the AAAS meeting last week, despite his association with no less than four media organizations that could vouch for him. (Update: It should be made clear that Bora was, after some confusion stemming from the fact he was also a presenter at the conference, granted a press pass based on his affiliation with PLoS. For more on how this situation was resolved and more details on the blogger credential guidelines at AAAS, see this post from the director of AAAS' Office of Public Programs, Ginger Pinholster)
On Twitter, Dave Munger and Bora hashed out what purpose credentials actually serve, with the latter wondering if they served any at all. Perhaps this is more of a playful jab than a serious argument, but it bears some delving into.
Everyone in this discussion over who is a science journalist clearly cares whether or not journalists do a good or bad job in communicating science to the public. Doing a bad job could have dangerous consequences, such as setting public opinion down an erroneous course when it comes to vital scientific issues like global warming. To me, that says there should be some system for telling good from bad, trustworthy from untrustworthy, which doesn't always involve familiarizing oneself with their entire catalog of works.
Moreover, there are purely logistical issues: Organizations involved in newsworthy events have incentives for privileging journalists over others. These incentives fall somewhere on a spectrum between society-minded and self-serving, depending on the news being covered.
On one end of the spectrum, you have organizations like the police department of a major metropolitan city. Surely its responsibilities toward keeping people safe and crime scenes secure are not in question here; it has a vested interest in controlling who can cross certain lines and who can't.
On the other end, you have organizations like conference-holders that need to balance the desire for media coverage with the ability to charge admission. The calculation of who's a journalist is essentially one of return on investment: Is the publicity that person's coverage generates greater than or equal to a registration fee? Of course, organizers generally rely on outmoded proxies of reach and influence in making that calculation, but lowering the bar to anyone with a laptop and WiFi connection would equally defeat the purpose.
The other logistical reality is that reporting from AAAS is not like reporting from a crime scene. Very little in science journalism is. Other than gaining access to highly sensitive research sites or very busy people, a journalist's reputation as an individual is likely just as important as the institutional bona fides to which one can attest. Perhaps 90% of science reporting—explaining the most recent findings or untangling ongoing policy debates—occurs within that zone, where credentials are not particularly relevant to actually getting the job done.
However, the other 10% is where you need to convince hospital workers to help you prove that their institutions' radiological treatments have led to preventable grisly deaths. In those cases, having the New York Times' imprimatur helps, though that's not to say it would be impossible for an individual to drum up the same clout.
Getting past the journalist versus blogger argument is easier said than done. It means dropping some vestigial turf-war attitudes and preconceptions that stem from the gray area journalism's professional status resides in. We accept that having just anyone practicing law or medicine could lead to some pretty bad outcomes for the consumers of those services. We have high barriers to entry to those fields and legal provisions for stopping people who are particularly bad at their jobs from doing them. Not so with journalism. There is a more rigorous accreditation process for repairing air conditioners than for reporting, writing, or otherwise delivering new information.
Perhaps life and death are not so often on the line with journalism, but if online-exclusive bloggers, journalists, and whatevers are finally breaking down the walls that separate them from their "traditional" brothers and sisters, we've got to accept the seriousness of that responsibility. Scientific matters, such as global warming, often dominate the blogosphere, even when they're largely ignored in the world of print. So what does it mean that a climate skeptic like Anthony Watts is the most popular science blogger in that category?
The breakdown of these walls forces us to face some uncomfortable juxtapositions. The social goods of reporting are increased by giving more people access to the tools necessary to do it, but lowering the barrier to entry means taking the bad with the good. At the end of the day, a press card hanging around one's neck doesn't help us distinguish the two.
Each week, Seed's Evan Lerner offers his take on the events and issues that shape science, science policy, and science journalism. Read previous Weeks in Review here, or follow him on Twitter.
Originally published March 5, 2010


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The cinematographic campus begins in Torremolinos
The cinematographic campus begins in Torremolinos, an encounter directed towards those who love the world of the seventh art, and will take place in between 28th of august and the 3rd of September.
The main responsibles for this prestigious encounter will be Dylan Moreno (executive producer of Marila Films) and Kike Mesa, as an example of his support and bed for culture and art.
John Tuturro is going to receive the award Luz de Andalucía during the celebration of the cinematographic campus of Torremolinos.
During the celebration of this campus, John Tuturro wil be given the award Luz de Andalucía. This award, composed of a wooden monolith with three crystal voids containing, respectively, sand from the Atlantic Ocean, Andalusian wine and Mediterranean Sea water, will symbolize the appreciation for the New Yorker´s great contribution to cinema.
John Tuturro has participated in a long list of movies, among the which we can underline: Five Corners, Do the Right Thing, , Miller's Crossing,, Barton Fink, Quiz Show: the dilemma, Box of Moonlight, the great Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the secret window. On the other hand, his most important work as a director and screen writer is Mac with which he won the award Caméra Dór in Cannes.
On the other hand, the most characteristic goal of this campus is to teach new and veteran talents, whether they are actors or producers who want to dedicate their life to the world of cinema and TV or they already have, about the most innovative techniques and trends orientated to this world.
Also, this campus has an internship workshop, where students can put the knowledge they have acquired during the campus in practice.
The cinematographic campus has been taking place since 2003, and has been able to gather up great artists such as Antonio de la Torre, Sancho Gracia, Joaquín Oristrell, Agustín Almodóvar, Jack Sholder, Benito Zambrano, Brian Yuzna, Nacho Vigalondo, Pablo Berger, Gracia Querejeta o Jesús Franco, thus becoming, through time, a cultural reference in la Costa del Sol.
Para más información puedes visitar la fan page en Facebook del Campus Cinematográfico haciendo clic aquí.
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Y20 Delegate Sam Johnson ABC Interview/
UNSW Co-op Scholar and Global Voices delegate Sam Johnson was recently interviewed by the ABC about his upcoming trip to the Y20 Summit in China. We think Sam might just have a future in broadcasting.
Listen to the interview on Soundcloud.
The UNSW Co-op Program are a valued partner of Global Voices and support us in our mission to provide opportunities for young Australians to engage with global issues and foreign policy.