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digits: Are Nokia's New Phones Enough?
On today's digits: Nokia unveils the new N9 smartphone, a top marketing executive leaves RIM for Samsung, the war between Netflix and content companies wages on, and is Apple now a value stock?
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Mongolia's Datacom ... meaning son is ... Apple becoming about you stop the turns joins us now to ... make the case that that is becomesthe from Boston ... Fred Union Sangamo with enemies like ... Nokia and Research in Motion who needs friends to talk about Apple ... still and look ... look of this story from knock its direct couldn't believe it or fall store allows drivers pouring out that covered but not your total joke ... at this point I would ever twenty of the economy from not ... always using the operating system according to site the job ... so don't bother buying this thing ... um ... and it's only diluted in the brand of the new for the new operating system ... um I mean it's on and off to see that this company's embrace Windows ... of Microsoft as its celebrations I saw it or not this a little like dome ... of alcohol are turning to Charlie Sheen for help trying out I mean ... in a one in which of them Eicher soft ... he noted ... after ten years all of course always a great point right let's get back to Apple which is what what's with this he says those to be about ... what you say might be a value ... stock and on the MetroStars is the stock has come down quite a bit what is interesting is that there is an increasing ... amount of cash ... net cash and take the assets ... over the cash and securities to Korea liabilities ... in ... the cash ... to take out six and also more share ... so in fact the actual company is being proud of maybe two items up ... to sixty cm ... of ... the sheds adults ... don't succeed all share ... and ... when you compare that to forecast earnings ... you know it's about ten times eleven times this year's ... forecast winning nine times next year's ... it's no longer have to be challenging multiple to sales ... of essentially that ... the ... stock has been marking time for some ... firm for quite awhile ... um ... and so obviously the ... sales and profits have been rising very rapidly ... and as I poured out ... in the competition just seems to have included Ahmann of really you know it's ... it's amazing ... it's amazing to think ... that ... it'll all of these companies are RIM and Akabane are two obvious examples Micra saw profit ... of just four theaters are watching the Keystone cops is pathetic really although mom and I wanted Bring and painted to this deep deep line is that it's Abadie by now no need to install them and I don't care with ... which he said here last month that we go to resume with results are in sync that was undervalued and was ... worth that much more ... spine than the stock ... to play one on TV or even when video ... but here's my question though of brands quite ably demonstrating that the brand ... and it isn't troubled Nokia's in trouble Micra saw four not sure about yet ... of you have mentioned to hold an Android and by all accounts they seem to be doing very well ... Apple's arguing the phones aren't good etc but we we know they're very popular we suppose that ... when you've got ... the idea that your odds of ruling and in some detail Gokhale ... on reports and Google is the last competition of any seriousness ... Spending INAP and orders during the time ... it is is is doing much better option than the others ... either write off completely my point is first over this industry ... does seem to be moving towards duopoly in charge taken in the others there's the second of this ... report was first raised in a ... couple months ago I sat down with a hedge fund manager and one increased the dirty is just ... so ... Europe's acids are warm Buffett in many ways ... as he made a point to me ... that he said was the thing to remember about Android is the ultimately it doesn't matter that much to Google It's a site you it's not the core of Google's business ... he said which is why I would always be would or wouldn't bet on Apple against ... Andorra because ... you know the the operating system for travel this is in her life and that this is what we would fight Forrester current order ... they are Oversea Web company that they've launched the Android ... um you know as kind of ... it's something to do on the side with a bit live or die ... Google could shut down Android tomorrow what would ... it wouldn't really affect their business ... so ... proud of ... you that is sounding more mall like what he sang in the direction of the duopoly ... that the books to me like a less competition ... from online now By the moments when there's less competition the products and services on this good ... of over a period of time to see that happening in the tech sector ... in the US ... well I mean ... no one would've wanted to say I'm and I thought we were going to see a real arm in though is huge competition among all these different companies for five different platforms ... um ... um see that hasn't happened ... I think with a duopoly I don't think it hurts the consumer to badly because ... you know as always you have to viable ... up platforms you to at least half ... of reasonable proposition I think when you have ... so many different platforms that essentially did have nine games ... a substantial market share a sustainable market share ... of the content of the more confusing for consumers to watch them into ... big platforms is going to be ... afraid of the consumer ... of what one thing it will do is it's probably gonna keep prices higher than they wouldn't otherwise ... I get that the industry in the red ... tape in a ... perfect retool panel what what it would be restricted to the full effect to it that tells what what you think about a steep you think that once the election was compositional when I think is going to be number three player I don't know whether it's gonna be Micra softwood to be betting on the trailer for a while that was the Palm play was basically one of the Number three ... BlackBerry might win ten or it might be that all those platforms Mr. fundamentally scrutiny this enough star ... the officer about Apple Apple or provide a ... more ... it's a user friendly and sugar and this is being stated that in case you can come from nothing to something with my Cricut I knew ... I mean none other than software but but you get there's deftly some ruminative maybe it's a high-end phone or a disallow one phone I think the reports were true then ... I ... want all the time when the Saints highest Brett Aarons is easy stole that one say that ... my garden are given in my tie collection accounts of Brits ... were unaware that ... old school Hocking Stuart had to retire unless you're into Kings on your your ... your ... your Spawns be wearing the wrong time ... I gotta get some is possibly why in the wrong time then ... you Brian much Fred Aaron's ... all the Wall Street don't and Osem bomb from Paulson ... pall Mall Convention and Research in Motion we go to steal one but it's the wrong side of ... wisdom tells all about what's going on that we see some executives of leave of last three days and yet another one Stuart who was at this time ... O'Brien well it's ... he was unsure if the job market he dismissed it ... and ... you ... don't ... it is this a sign that with that not just the one but this coming out that the number ... some idea of a ... major ... people leaving his is the son of this turmoil am RIM in the executive suite ... maybe this can be a shake up ... well the answer could see its ... star shaped ... those of ... you know ... it's it's ... it's been a get with this to be returned I mean it's it's ... this is the third party executives to somebody I was a period of months they just brought back in ... Larry Conlee a former CEO very highly thought of ... and beyond ... there are indicating that there is a special advisor but I'm told that he's their full time now ... and then ... that could signal ... more shake up there's talk of two hundred layoffs today already haven't been able to pronounce it's all over the place ... so we did the turmoil it's very real ... this company ... going twelve years now ... never seen anything like this ... one in Mecca and sizes as is the son of being the beginning of the end zone to the end of the beginning of a ram ... getting ... to getting in and that's her on but ... they're in trouble ... top of the most ... agree that the LDP to the consumer side are big in the corporate side which said it's you know that sets the routes ... and um you know he speaks people all the time that the companies is going on United States in the way it starts to happen in Europe ... that people are bringing in their own phone send ... um ... domestic team to bid the new hit ... the need to come out with a blockbuster see what happens with the ball that's coming up Stemberg um ... they don't have one ... that could be the beginning of the ... stay with us to our not that happy this of weigh in on this what what what effect ... you from the average investor ... the new ram on the back to stop the marketing people won't do anything for me because of her but the market ... the products this coveted brought out of the PlayBook ... which was a ... product that was not ready to do the students are poorly conceived to begin with ... the reason people are buying the stock is up because the marketing is not Traitorous lead-up but never a great market if we use to like the song bit of good products and that what ... was in the market you can say that now they don't compare well ... to stop the tools putting on top of apples the app so if they can bring in someone who can fix that ... that's good sign in this market adults that this tumbled interviewed on citizens someone so the jumping ship and say maybe the ships going down the QUIK QUIK The is going down but I'm on ... what what will be interesting is that they bring in someone who can say ... we've ... been producing flawed products were going to fix that and leadership of RIM has not been saying that the last couple years of reduced acknowledged that some until they do ... and I can replace themselves or bring in someone who can help them ... I don't think this matters ... of ten distills mother Stuart what's the mood of the company was when you talk to people ... it starts with a B ... that that that person said commuters it isn't that bad debts are trying to us not to need it ... to ... themselves or show their works with the ticket to stay on at the comedy but spoke to someone else over the weekend is that there weren't ... worried I mean ... this this ... there are under serious pressure and it's all as read this ... it's less a month ago and interview MIT which mid interview I mean I'm ... just not a good sign there ... against their amid intense intense pressure ... and I think I think the mood it's it's just one of the legal trepidation ... have opposed some of the running to the mania ... for production of around ... one is this slow motion car credits and if you're not repetitious this point and ... then something really well ... it's a brutal business and I'm I'm not there in about about rented out I mean it it's just a bit this is a business if it you can be that ... the whole this thing one year and his plan to ... do the fashion component to go through but this is this is a friend that was a very strong brand for very long time that people really did like it was stardust ... for threatening consumers like it ... and both consumers and as they were safe ... enterprise not walking away from its very hard ... yet it is for another tough situation are always the best of luck guys thank you Brian much Joe White about ... with Darden's Newswires in Toronto wheat Sunnah to the wall of a concentrating on ... with the latest NASA Rex Crum the question is how much of a threat ... is Max likes to the cable companies and to the studios ... I'm Rex ... Neflix US twenty four million subscribers when the sun for milk from Alcoa date ... will to some that's a huge amount ... Tom Moody companies the kind of pulling content what's going on what's the latest ... Moelis is it's it's about what's going on there because Netflix made so many inroads in the last couple of years since the start in their on demand or egotistical the on demand video streaming service when a reduce rating BPP is the cable companies ... were not concerned about it ... now leaves the services like Netflix LULU ... I'll they're taking away their market are ... taking away some of their eyeballs in one try to keep people into this cable ecosystem so to speak to do what your cable bill ... the largest ... piece of intelligence from all those channels have ... no one to going away from Appin the pinch with dumping ... the TV hundred dollars a month for ten dollars monthly to pay to get all the stuff of Neflix twelve cents on the tunnels amount is less than a team and even I can do that mathematics someone one of Frumes when we've got about as Sony and Starz ... dumplings that the films of all of Netflix we can win again back anytime soon ... is this the Otto shedding Luke of lives ... well I've ... The the the ... more money out of the deals here and with the leaking of the Seno Morton again the Seymour more people come in Neflix leafy likely know if you're going to police report into what our catalog titles because that's what Netflix will expand placed in this ... catalogue of wiper titles ... we feel like they should get a bigger cut of and I believe Sony ... accounts for about twelve percent of Netflix's up on the first three Meanie Kellogg Renault ... took a pretty big chunk but Netflix ... it seems like every time something comes up ... to visit the goods to bring them down to that when we get around it ... and isn't that the chances of negotiating deals like these ... that the big picture that's right ... technically we support the edge of the reason that the UK did so he went on Netflix's because methods have grown so much and have would discuss it publicly but ... talk of input both reported ... of ... that what happened here is that there's actually a sort of cap on the number of people that Sony conserve through the stars are in ministry top of it but the reason for the short version is the reason that this option with these two methods of peppers because there's only Netflix subscribers ... on long-term ... the good news on the bad news is that stars contractor is being renegotiated right now it's coming at the end of the year everyone's known about for a long time that supplies of the Disney and Sony streaming content to Netflix ... and Netflix would like to get it back to bike to continue having met at the same time they've been trying to build the business in a way to say was that stuff ... their customers will be that happy because of the other stuff them to want to miss the winding single borrower that people are turning to us to watch ... the newest movie they like us because we will TV shows or movies ... Brilinta complete seasons been trying to position themselves that way ... the right spot but to us how much of a threat is Netflix sent to cable companies and studios in addition to be considered via the great Palm now I mean I know I like watching stuff on the Flex Some centipede is point and then expect the latest soft ... just stop ... you would think so you that they would find that it would be concerned a big part of that the cable guys are trying to not be scared about this ... and trying to hold their ground zeal what ... your baby this but they'll do it anymore though the studios to negotiate deals ... which are very complicated because the bright side issues here ... and of the city of that that that this idea was to get back to its view that broken up with this the more people ... don't coming online there ... and there's the Sun one to know what we do to keep people on our side of of the screen so to speak the onset of what the North but Netflix fell ... the Seymour more TV is Engadine the Blu ray players in particular ... that having Neflix with all the services built in ... its IPO stock it difficult to be able to press a couple funds than a remote health Sunday veteran Netflix queue right there on TV ... I'll be they read you say there are people were to thing of the big truck that built them but for me to be softening a bet on the top collegiate they bought the sun on MarketWatch writing on ... today and recording a time when travel cycle and Browett sign ... on ... this technology is making the experience benefit consume us and we met with lenders ... they ... speculate last year said was the fever pitch people say publicly that Netflix is a problem now there's a ... it's a work ... related to Koppelman resurface By was what Netflix I was as I was in a breakfast this morning when Brian Roberts Seiyu contest The biggest cable company in the country ... s about that but she said ... despite its a Koppelman to face a lot of reruns as for comparing it to the old TV a super stations ... he said were five were were fine with them ... we think HBO whenever problem some but TimeWarner not his company ... because it's more direct competitive Mr. to play ten fifteen seventeen dollars pay package you might get from them but it's not our problem in Uganda drop retail business ... they might offend somebody else but not outs of the well probably missed a lot of ... the sourcing assigned stars ... to exciting times ... The was a was also exciting stuff thank you very much Rex Crum with MarketWatch and San Francisco ... company that I understand that my EMI teenage dreams of becoming a DJ ... maybe maybe possible for me to do this virtually standing on commuter adapted ... well Facebook friends would ... probably have to face for the stock ... there's a there's a a start-up of the moment it's very hot among the Drobny in the debt ceiling digital music and writing and talking about its turntable have ... popped up religious last ... week's last month or two ... it's very basic they get you can play music for your friends on ... over the Web in these are the DJ RIM's and you can do with Tencent levels and and and ... and Mohammed Arnstein said it's it's ... if you're old enough like ... myself you might remember the old is were you went to a friend's house needs to do that ... you gotta hear this new song I'm RINO now played in or you ... never been able to do that on why you never able to share music with your friends on my new features that Mr. tell me you like this I may have to go get it down the road ... and disorder ... read captures that idea ... for a good one so it's it's quite addictive it's a lot of fun to hear music ... effective and it played music for the people he rated us to lock up and then you can even get a different peoples of RIM's that it did during the day Jackman ... if so how is this to have ... different to Pandora Radio ... you'll need to pander isn't it is not social ... I like to study music Pandora please play music was like this is very much of a solitary think it uses to play music apartments not sure and visit with friends ... the people were put into service together though this technical legal argument that most Walker but the record labels might ... say that she is the same thing as Pandora and that other licensing this other allowed to do that to say ... this is essentially the equivalent of is the quilt went up in non interactive Web radio ... translation we don't need to pay it we don't need to negotiate deals with all the music labels to do this week just to get what's called a compulsory license ... and pay a much smaller be with us for them as ... any to the courts at some point to the Journal of course but I'm sure that their ... I know that there are lawyers and other parts of the music labels looking at this rate I'm going ... to go to work in the promotion of commerce and I'm betting that this little maybe it's not me we'll get a cease and desist letter at the very least twelve eight dollars love and so how does this post and let them make money if the subscriber ... is the isthe is still nascent there's there's no advertising can even get out of what your Facebook friends some accusing it ... of ... you could easily imagine and advertising model that might work better than other Web services because ... part of what happens here and you're you're looking at music you're playing in front of planes judging gave the St ... whether they got some Evraz inventories use the station up ... when you walk away with their phony or your computer you need to look at the music blaring work here here you are in it ... as the judge has given us a seat in Jif appetizers to the the party despite all the sudden also hopes to keep it that tells about ... what happened ... to this all the more ... I wrote about sticky bits here the night of our company what it is that it's a meaty with Arcos stickers and trace them and I think the road ... what I requested it just sounded better content on ... YouTube ... it just seemed like an art project or something you might trade under the influence of the day ... Jason has created sticky business what about me ... he didn't get a very court to give reasons recover got up and that they almost ... no idea what's going ... to be long at this point is is that that didn't work and and ... um ... that's not about saying it's good to fail and talks are planned because the new relicensing to work in you to do something else not just under ... seventy seized on with the eye and that is that is the creative destruction thing we've all been havoc with the Triad of what the CIA States is part of the myth of the allure of ... these multiple start-ups to try something the market tells you know we don't want that you know I will ... try this instead ... OK so I have to show an event ... Dario PlaySport Abengoa get two hundred and seventy nine the turntable a band aid in the suit was not too easy when you look bigger Dodd has ... knowingly taking to the last two ... nights I've all but even all the of the good stuff thank you very much on the next half The from AllThingsDigital on Simon Qassam on that's it That's digits for now although to full within use of of of Kuwait afternoon ...


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How cute is this birdbath! It's shallow enough the small birds can use it, it has running water so the mosquitoes won't breed in it, and the birds will love washing off in the sprays of water from the pipe.
I think this is going to be the next project for my personal garden. I'll let you know how it goes! Let me know if you want me to make one for your garden!
Here's the link for the instructions: "DIY Bird Bath."
Happy digging in the dirt …
Jeanni and Gibbs and Ziva

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History of the Centre
The Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing was opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for both the long-standing M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing.
The Centre was originally the home of the Wilde family and it was in the Westland Row house that the famous son of Sir William and Lady Wilde ('Speranza') was born on October 16th 1854. The Oscar Wilde Centre houses specialised libraries of writers and scholars such as Vivian Mercier, Roy McFadden and Robert Greacen.
The Centre hosts the Irish Writer Fellow and Visiting Writer Fellow. The Writer Fellowship was established in 1986 in association with The Arts Council for the benefit of Irish writers; in 2000 the International Writer Fellowship was inaugurated in association with the British Council. George Szirtes, the Anglo-Hungarian poet, spent three months living in the College as the first International Writer Fellow. Other International Writer Fellows to hold this position were Leone Ross (2001), Andrew O'Hagan (2002), Ian Duhig (2003), Carlo Gébler (2004), Courttia Newland (2005) and E. A. Markham (2006). The School currently hosts a Visiting Writer in Michaelmas Term each year, most recently Chris Binchy, Mary Morrissy, Paul Murray, Siobhán Parkinson and Katy Hayes (2015). The Centre has also hosted international writers including Richard Ford and Terry Prachett who have contributed to the graduate writing programme.
Devoted to writing and research, the Oscar Wilde Centre's exclusive focus is on providing an academic yet lively environment for students of both M.Phil and graduate courses. As an interface between the college and the community, the Oscar Wilde Centre plays a role in bringing the achievement and ambition of writers and scholars to the attention of a wider public both at home and abroad.
The Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre has limited wheelchair access, the building is only accessible through the 21 Westland Row street entrance, please see: https://www.tcd.ie/disability/physical-access/Building-check/17-21-Westland-Row.php.
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The Cobalt Cavers continue into Skanderbeg's tomb, using the river to approach via the rear entrance. The first room they encounter has an opening above the river, easily climbable. Up top two carrion crawlers stand watch, but they are no threat to our brave heroes. The craftpriest Duggan nails one and he combines with Vasily to kill the other. They continue to follow the river. One bank appears on the right, but they keep going to the left down the river (sinister bunch!) The next opening, and the last before the river dives deeper underground, features a beach of black sand. Vasily recognizes it as obsidian sand, which is dangerous to crawl on. They head back to the first beach. Off of the beach, they are swarmed by 12 cavern locusts. The locusts' eyes are unused to even the feeble light of torches, and they are unable to hit the Cavers. Our boys in blue, however, have no such trouble. Of course, the sleep spell cast by Wylith doesn't hurt. Darwain takes this opportunity to grab some obsidian to tip some arrows with.
The doppelstompers then head back to the first room that had the carrion crawlers. There they are able to surprise some ghouls, and control two of them. In the next room lies the corpse of Skanderbeg himself, the old lieutenant to the necromancer. They use the scroll of speak with dead, and get two questions to ask the mummy. First, they ask
Where is the tomb?Skanderbeg replies "In a swamp." The Cavers shrug, and ask their second question:
Where is the tomb in relation to PechenSkanderbeg replies "East."
So the party throws the corpse into their bag of holding, figuring the nuns at the Abbey of the Returning Sun can deal with it. Carefully, the group continued on.
They explore the area of the complex near the original entrance. Wights begin to appear in greater numbers, and two of them are controlled by the warlock. In one room, filled with rat tracks, is a magic circle filled with 1,121 cp. As they continue deeper, the assault by wights continues. Eventually the assault is too much. Nearly surrounded by fourteen wights, Vasily is struck and loses a level. The Doppelstompers manage to make a fighting withdrawal.
They head back to the Abbey of the Returning Sun, where the Cobalt Cavers are able to convince the nuns to divine the necromancer's location from Skanderbeg's corpse. They then spend some downtime recuperating and hiring mercenaries. They then decide to use the mercs to stamp out the bandit menace. They find a small troop of bandits which is easily overwhelmed, but the interrogation of the surviving member reveals nothing.


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If you put your mind to it... you can accomplish Anything!"
George McFly
Lion Estates - Hill Valley, Ca
November 6, 1985
The Model:
Hill Valley: The Model Railroad
ca. 2015
Sharing space with the builder's actual working office
I had long-intended to build a
railroad or slotcar-based table model of
some sort
ever since "growing up" had separated me from the table-modeling hobby that I had spent so much time around, and that I had so dearly loved as a kid.
The hobby and I had actually been strangers to each other ever since the year nineteen seventy-three.
his section contains far more information detailing my background within this noble hobby - as well as my motivations around building
Hill Valley -
than many folks might be interested in wading through. But, it is all detailed here if you are interested or inclined to hang around this section of the website a bit longer.
Be that as it may;
Hill Valley: The Model Railroad
was first established in early 2005.
By late spring of that year the basic table had been built, including the retractable control panel (less any of the electricals), a
ll three loops of rail were laid out, as was the loop of slot-car track.
The "Ravine" was established and so were both of the rail trestel bridges.
All of that hardware amounted to approximately seventy feet or so of rails and about thirty feet of slot-car track. The table itself measures eight feet by seven feet. A relatively modest set of dimensions for an H/O scale table model.
(I think I eventually made ample use of each and every fraction of each and every square inch of my table-top!)
So... With all that track and roadway having been established on top of the still naked plywood table, what became apparent was the approximately six-foot by three-foot crescent shape that remained unoccupied inside all the rails and the electric highway. This would be the spot where my little "town" would eventually nestle into place. The only thing was; I had no idea at that point what kind of town I would be building, absolutely no idea at all! All I knew was that I intended to challenge myself by modeling a little town based on someplace that was "real". I figured anybody could build some nameless little 1/87 scale town using a bunch of factory-built model kits. That sort of project simply held zero interest for me.
I struggled over the next several weeks or more trying to decide what exactly to do about my missing town! I really had not the slightest clue what to do next other than to simply begin working on the countryside until something to model in town came to mind.
There is writer's block... and there is also
modeler's block
. I possessed the latter.
Then one day my son happened to be home from college.
He and I were in the basement looking at the table with all the track and everything that I had accomplished up to that point when I mentioned to him that I still had not decided what to do about a town... in as far as a theme or an idea about any real subject-place was concerned. If memory serves... I think I was working plaster of Paris around what would soon become one of the river banks that day. If memory continues to serve, my son eventually got bored with watching the ol' man smear wet plaster and he disappeared back up the stairs.
But, he came back down to the train room a bit later that same day...
He walked up to hand me something.
What he handed me was a fairly small toy which had remained at the house from his childhood years; A little die-cast
Time Machine from
Back To The Future
! The little toy was 1/64 scale, and he obviously knew that it was not at all the correct size to match the 1/87 scale model I was building... but as he handed me the small object, he asked; "Do you think you could maybe do something with this, Dad?"
My son obviously knows his dad very well and he could see the wheels turning the moment the little toy car settled into my hand! I'm actually convinced to this day that he knew full well that that little car could be the key to the whole thing! And that, indeed, it was!
Now... before I continue... let me just state right up front that my wife and I had always enjoyed all three of the
films - even before the table model - and my son and my daughter had grown up with the trilogy simply being a staple of the family's steadily growing home video library. From VHS to DVD, to today's latest Blue Ray set, the trilogy has been in the house from way back! But, if anything, the
films were always "just there as part of the library" and really not a whole lot more than that.
OK... maybe a
little bit
more than that!
My wife and I had always considered ourselves to be a "Star Wars couple", and the kids have always considered their dad to be a major Star Trek
( And that, I suppose I am)
But, I digress.
The wheels were turning faster and faster now as I considered the little die-cast toy that I was cradling in the palm of my hand...
My first thought:
Hill Valley
that I recalled from the films seemed to me to have been as flat as, well as flat as a sheet of plywood! A very Important attribute when building a table model!
My second thought:
I had all three films on DVD. I could easily find all the images of the movie town that I would ever need right there!
And I hadn't even thought of all that would eventually be found on the Internet!!! (Like every image and detail any researcher could EVER hope for!!!)
My third thought:
The Courthouse and its iconic clock tower would be the PERFECT centerpiece for such a scale model town.... Totally identifiable, and relatively easy to model!
Hill Valley
it would be, I decided, virtually right there on the spot!
Within a few short weeks, the Courthouse had been roughed in on the workbench, complete with the clock and (an ingenious) way to handle its illumination!
And the rest, as they say, is history!
Toward the end of 2005, I had the opportunity to navigate my way through a very agreeable and manageable job change. For the very first time since 1976 I would go nearly a month and a half without a job to need to get up and go to each day! I was idle from the middle of November that fall all the way through New Year's Day... and I spent nearly every waking moment of those days and weeks designing and building
Hill Valley: the Model Railroad!
And I had a
By the time I started my new job on January 3, 2006, nearly everything you have seen (or hopefully will see) within this website was established and in place...including nearly all of the rural landscaping and scenery and most of the buildings in and around Courthouse Square. The entire electrical "grid" was established as well!
Over the course of the following decade, I fine-tuned most of the structures, completely replacing some of my original 2005 work entirely. I added more and more detail into the landscaping, and I gradually increased the complexity of the model's grid. I eventually replaced a great deal of the original light bulbs with LED technology.
Today (2015) the model is as complete as any model of its kind can probably ever really be. And, although I'm confident it never will be truly "finished", I also think there will always be something to update or change, and, as with most other model railroads, it will never ever be brought up out of the basement in one piece. Unfortunately that is the nature of this hobby.
Finally... I must admit that over these past ten years, I have indeed become a genuine
Back To the Future
- First Class!
I simply Couldn't help myself!
My frequent research and subsequent fiddling with the model had brought me to that point! And, if you want to know the truth; I'm darned proud of the fact!
I have come to consider all things
Back to the Future
to be absolutely irresistible!
I did always admire the
films. No doubt about that.
But the more I have watched the films over the years, the more I have come to realize just what a magnificent job Mr. Gale and Mr. Zemeckis did writing the stories. Mr. Zemeckis attention to detail in his direction (of ALL his films) is absolutely stunning! The casting of the trilogy was amazing! And I'm talking the deep cast of minor players all the way up the line!
And what can you say about the performances of Mr. fox, Mr. Lloyd and Ms. Thompson! All three of those talented artists were perfect for their respective roles... each artist was completely believable in their respective role, and, again, totally irresistible!!!
After crawling around on, in, and underneath the model for ten years... and after watching all three films "several times" throughout the duration of the project, I feel like I have actually grown up a little bit within the community of
Hill Valley.
And, of course, I dearly love Marty, Doc, Lorraine and George!
And, yes, I even think Biff and I could likely even end up being buddies!
I have never been to Universal Studio's back lot... But I would love to visit one day!
It is my hope that you have enjoyed the history of
Hill Valley: The Model Railroad
Brian Thomas
The little die-cast car that sort of started it all!
The Model Builder:
My Very First Train Set
ca. 1960
Just who in the heck would build something like
Hill Valley: The Model Railroad
The model has received numerous visitors over the past ten years, but, being that the model resides in the basement of my private residence, nearly all of those who have seen it are either family, friends of the family, or the occasional work colleague, etc.
The reactions over the years to what I have built - upon seeing the model in person - have generally ranged from
It's good for an individual to know who they are as a person... Perhaps one day I will be able to actually identify with one of the above definitions or the other... Or perhaps I'll just settle for something somewhere in-between.
But, for now... what I
am is a husband (of nearly thirty-nine years), a father of two and a very proud granddad of one!
Much of my family and I reside in the Midwestern U.S. city of Lancaster, Ohio.
I am privileged to be a territory sales manager for one of the largest and one of the very best outdoor power equipment central distribution firms in the United States. I have been working in the outdoor power equipment industry for more than thirty-five years. There is almost certainly more "gasoline running through my veins" than there is Plaster of Paris or airplane glue!
I am a member of a very large United Methodist church where I have been a very active member for nearly thirty years - including a number of years as a member of her board of trustees. I have been associated with
The Earth Angel Foundation
(a regional children's charity) for more than a decade as an active member of that organization's Corporate Committee.
In addition to model railroading, my other interests over the years have included the classic car hobby, woodcraft and cabinetry, antique furniture restoration, creative writing (when that mood strikes me) and keeping up with the 1923-built home that my wife and I have been privileged to have been only the second owners of since we first purchased it back in 1986!
And... I have been an avid builder of scale-model cars, boats, rockets and planes all my life.
Basically, I have been a modeler of all sorts of things ever since I was a very young boy way back in early 1960's!
I was given a simple electric train set by my parents when I was only three or four years old. This was one of my very first toys that was not made expressly for a toddler! I was so young at the time that I barely remember playing with it all these fifty-five or so years later!
But, that little train and those several feet of track - nailed to a home-made table built by my dad - apparently made a very big impression on me! Model t
rains and then slot-cars and then model trains again have been in my blood ever since!
Nearly a full decade following that first little mid-century train set - and in the family's subsequent Columbus, Ohio home - my dad hammered together yet another sturdy plywood table onto which he and I would this time install a few feet of H/O scale slot-car track. A TYCO slot-car set no less!
The year was 1968 or possibly 1969. It was above and below that second plywood table that I began to teach myself the fundamentals of electrical circuitry and switching - both high and low voltages - both A/C and D/C currents. I began to understand what worked with miniature illumination (and what didn't), as well as many other things that tested my little hands and fingers and spurred on my youthful imagination!
I also began to discover - by trial and error - the rudimentary skills required to construct various types of scenery to scale. (and often times... not so much to scale) I learned how to properly time my work with various adhesives, paints and plaster compounds. I experienced something of a "
quality buzz
" brought on by inhaling the fumes and vapors emitted from various of the above mentioned materials while occupying the same confined space as those materials!
I incinerated at least a complete metric gross of those old-fashioned, glass thread-in electrical fuses that occupied the house's primitive, sixty amp fuse box! I learned all about open circuits, closed circuits and most especially about shorted out circuits! I learned what a 120V A/C single phase charge feels like when exposed to tender young fingers!
Fortunately, I somehow failed to actually ignite the table, the house or myself on fire! Self-electrocution also never occurred! (Thanks entirely to all those burned up fuses no doubt!)
As a young boy in his very early teen years, I would pedal my bicycle up the street to Cohagen's Hardware Store where I learned how to select the proper switches and wire and whatever other hardware supplies were required to satisfy my table modeling addiction - and those shopping trips were handled nearly entirely as a self-served customer without much,
if any
adult supervision! Cohagen's sold a LOT of fifteen amp fuses to that scrawny little kid as the late 1960's progressed into the early 1970's!
By 1971, or so, my folks were permitting me to ride a big orange Columbus city bus - again, unsupervised - from our east side neighborhood all the way into downtown Columbus in order for me to patronize Hall's Hobby Shop, which was located in the basement of Hall's Hardware Store on the then very bustling south Front Street.
Now THAT was high adventure for a (yes... somewhat geeky) fourteen year-old kid in the very early nineteen-seventies!
Back home again in my basement, it was always much more about the experience of actually
the modeling, and
figuring out
the electrical circuitry than it ever was about really enjoying the finished product for me!
All in all, building a table model was simply a marvelous experience for a young boy with a flair for translating the images of the mind into tangible, material objects and working all manner of materials with his little hands!
Then came the summer of 1973.
Mom and dad abruptly sold the east-side Columbus house that the family had called home since 1963, and we would all soon be relocating to a brand new home located way out the country! Well... way out in the country by an east-side Columbus kid's standards anyway!
By the beginning of the 1973-74 school year, we would be living just outside the south-eastern Ohio city of Lancaster,
and the slot-car table - my "lay-out" as it had come to be known in the household vernacular - would not be making the twenty-plus mile trek out to our new home!
The lay-out was deemed by dad as being simply too large to be brought up out of the basement in one piece and, by that point, it had become far too complicated to ever consider sectioning into pieces for transport.
The slot-car lay-out was doomed...
But not to worry as something other than the family's address was in the process of changing anyway.
The boy was turning into a young man. His thoughts were quickly turning more toward real cars than just models of them. Learning to drive was just around the corner... and so were members of the fairer sex.
I was to leave the very small, all-boy's private high school that I had been attending the previous two years in Columbus to finish up my high school years in the gigantic
Lancaster High school!
So, in spite of having to destroy the H/O lay-out and set it out at the curb for trash collection, life was good indeed during the summer of 1973 and I very much looked forward to whatever my new life would offer in Lancaster!
But... I did make myself a promise; As solemn a promise as most any sixteen year-old boy could have made to himself in the summer of 1973...
The promise:
If I
got the opportunity - and a good place to set up - there
come a day - sometime
in the future
- when I would go to work on another "lay-out"!
And it would be a
this time!
That day eventually did arrive...
Just a bit shy of thirty-two years later.
- Brian T
To be continued...


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- Any one (1) Public Administration Elective course at the 300+ level
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An overview of the design and operation of emergency medical services (EMS) systems, delivery of services, and the echelons of care. The history of EMS, the interface of public and private organizations and review of the various personnel who comprise these systems will be examined in relation to their impact on the health care delivery system. Prerequisite: Junior Standing or prior Fire/EMS experience.×
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This course provides the emergency medical services (EMS) leader with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for high performance services. Topics include interagency relations, strategic planning, personnel development, fleet management, data collection, communications and incident management for private, government and volunteer-based services. Prerequisites: Junior Standing or prior Fire/EMS experience.×
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This course explores the health and injury risks faced by our communities, the demands they place on the emergency medical service (EMS) system, and public education and prevention strategies to reduce their impact. Topics include determining and understanding community demographics, morbidity and mortality studies, emergency care resources and effective communication of risk and prevention. Prerequisite: Junior Standing or prior Fire/EMS experience.×
Course Description
This course introduces the student to the risk management principles of an EMS agency. The emphasis is on safety from the perspective of the field provider. Prerequisite: Junior Standing or prior Fire/EMS experience.×
Course Description
This course examines the legal aspects of emergency medical services (EMS) and the political and social impacts of legal issues. This course includes a review of the American legal system and in-depth coverage of legal and political issues involving operations, personnel, healthcare regulations, reimbursement and insurance. Prerequisite: Junior Standing or prior Fire/EMS experience.×
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How do we know that emergency medical services (EMS) are meeting the standards and needs of the community? The course includes quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research approaches, applies to quality assurance, program evaluation and customer service to validate and improve patient care and transport. Prerequisite: Senior Standing and PADM 301 or PADM 303, or permission of instructor.
- General Elective Requirements (30 Credits)
- Students may use general electives to complete a double major or one or more minors.
Students applying for entry into Point Park University's B.S. in Public Administration – EMS Administration program must meet the following requirements:
- Degree admission requires a satisfactory transcript from either a high school or postsecondary institution. Transcripts from postsecondary institutions must include a minimum of 12 earned credits or six months of training. A cumulative minimum GPA of 2.0 is required. Students with a lower GPA may be considered for admission by the program director based on additional information in support of the application.
- The University reserves the right to require an interview or supplementary materials for any applicant (degree or non-degree) and to use these as a means for making an admission decision.
Career OutcomesAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median wage for leaders in the EMS field was $41,430 annually in 2014. By pursuing further education, you can move beyond entry-level roles and into a variety of careers, including:
- Advanced EMT
Advanced emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are first responders for patients outside of health care facilities. They usually work under paramedics or nurses and are responsible for providing primary care such as basic life support, airway management, patient assessment and automatic defibrillator usage. Advanced EMTs must be able to remain calm under pressure and must possess superior judgment.
- EMS Administrator
Also called "deputy chiefs" or "directors," EMS administrators are upper-level managers who oversee EMS organizations. They are charged with ensuring that the large-scale performance of their organizations is successful and may also respond to emergencies when they involve mass casualties or several agencies working in tandem. EMS administrators generally report to boards of directors.
- EMS Field Training Officer
EMS field training officers oversee paramedics-in-training when they begin to work in the field. They are responsible for providing field orientations, ensuring that their charges understand policies and procedures, and assessing trainees. EMS field training officers are ideally experienced both in EMS and training, and they have excellent knowledge of the local systems in which they work.
- Ambulance Manager
Ambulance managers, also known as "operations managers," serve as leaders of ambulatory services within their areas. They may monitor the overall level of care provided by their department, develop mass emergency plans, appoint support managers and other staff, prepare budgets, maintain relationships with other relevant departments, serve as the face of their department to the media and much more.
- Emergency Services Director
Emergency services directors are administrative professionals charged with overseeing the emergency or ambulatory services within a municipality. They may be responsible for creating policies, regulations and work methods, preparing budgets, providing guidance and leadership for changing operations, performing public relations, preparing work schedules for employees and more. Emergency services directors must be well-versed in emergency medical care procedures and duties.
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Speaks with administrators, students and faculty about STEM
In an effort to learn about the nexus between career and technical education and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia visited the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College on Monday.
Kaine, along with U.S. Sen. Robert Portman of Ohio, recently formed the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus. The bipartisan Caucus, co-chaired by Kaine and Portman, will focus on improving and strengthening access to career and technical education to ensure that students of all ages are prepared with the skills they need for the jobs of the 21st century.
Kaine lauded Virginia's Community College System for meeting the work needs of the region. "There is sometimes a mismatch between what employers want and what students are learning," he said. "Community colleges do a good job of bridging that skills mismatch."
Kaine had a roundtable discussion with administrators, faculty and several students during his visit. Students spoke about their academic pursuits such as earning an associate of science degree or a cybersecurity certificate. Also on hand were representatives from SySTEMic Solutions, including its director Amy Harris.
SySTEMic Solutions is a STEM outreach program at NOVA focused on developing an education-to-career pipeline in the STEM fields. The program aims to have 40,000 students preparing for STEM careers by 2016.
Before taking a tour of campus, he met with the members of the NOVA Robotics Team 1, which is headed to the VEX Robotics World Championship in April in Anaheim, Calif. The students gave robotics demonstrations to the senator.
Kaine's tour included visits to the developmental math lab and concepts room, a biology lab and a chemistry lab where he was greeted by students doing makeup work because of a recent college closure due to snow. He also met briefly with individuals taking part in a National CyberWatch Center Leadership event on campus.
Media Contact: Jennifer Gonzalez | 703.425.5839 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Northern Virginia Community College is the largest institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of America's largest community colleges. NOVA enrolls more than 75,000 students at its six campuses in Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas, Springfield and Woodbridge, and through NOVA Online. For more information about NOVA and its programs or services, call 703-323-3000 or visit the College's Web site, www.nvcc.edu.


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Emergency crews performed a tricky rescue after an injured person was discovered down a very steep slope in Arnold, Md.
The Anne Arundel County Fire Department was called to the 1300 block of Kinloch Circle Friday evening and found a man, 69, suffering from multiple injuries 200 feet down a steep slope. The man apparently fell from a tram while descending the hill to the waterfront.
Rescuers were able to get to the victim and placed him in a rescue basket. The man was then transported via helicopter to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center with serious, life-threatening injuries.
Police are investigating the accident. A unit from Queen Anne's County assisted in the rescue.


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Benvenuti to Wienstein & Gavino's, one of the most iconic establishments in Montreal. Wienstein & Gavino's is an authentic and traditional Italian restaurant offering a rustic atmosphere and contemporary feel and taste. Wienstein & Gavino's was founded in 1996 and is a cornerstone of Ville-Marie Collection.
Influenced by the flavors and traditions of Italy, Wienstein & Gavino's cuisine is always innovative and fresh. Wienstein & Gavino's is constantly exploring new and creative dishes as trends evolve, all while respecting the classics; with homemade pasta made from scratch daily and pizzas cooked to perfection in a brick oven, Wienstein & Gavino's provides an authentic Italian culinary experience for all tastes. Combining a smart casual approach to lunch and dinner, with takeout, catering and event-hosting options; Wienstein & Gavino's is all-encompassing. The experience at Wienstein & Gavino's, "LA VITA È BELLA".
Ville-Marie Collection offers a unique franchising opportunity with Wienstein & Gavino's, as a solid large-scale brasserie that has thrived over a two decade period, a rare accomplishment in the industry. Its rustic atmosphere and synergistic balance of its contemporary ambiance and traditional cuisine help Wienstein& Gavino's stand out in a multitude of diverse cities. In a market where the consumer is progressively discerning and has higher experience expectations, with its fresh approach to smart-casual dining, Ville-Marie Collection offers Wienstein& Gavino's as a multidimensional option to its franchisees.
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Seattle Parks and Recreation is happy to announce the
construction for the Bell Street Park begins on March 21, 2013.
The completed park will run from 1st – 5th Ave on Bell Street. The
project will be divided into phases with each block being
constructed individually to minimize disruption to local residents
and businesses.
Phase 1 will begin construction on the area from 1st to 2nd Ave.
Parks anticipates this phase to be completed the end of May 2013.
Seattle Parks is providing safe access to all businesses and
residents along this portion of Bell Street during construction.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation during
For any questions or concerns with project construction, please
immediately contact:
Patrick Donohue
Seattle Parks and Recreation Project Manager
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Review: Mission Engineering Rewah-PRO Bass
In the long list of bass effect pedals that constitute a well-rounded collection, wah-wah is not as universally beloved as some—perhaps because it's more commonly associated with guitar, or maybe because inexperience with wah limits some players' awareness of its diverse potential. I, however, am a big fan of wah for bass, and not because I love the rhythmic rocking back-and-forth that some may commonly associate with the effect. Rather, a well-designed bass-specific wah can be a powerful tone-sculpting device, substantially altering the instrument's timbre to dramatic effect. The bass wah market is not an overcrowded space and new bass wahs are rare, so I was excited to check out the new Rewah-PRO from California's Mission Engineering. It's cleverly designed and specially voiced to work with the low register.
The crucial electronic ingredient of most wah-wah pedals is an inductor, a discrete component that in this context is part of a circuit that creates a resonant peak in the audible frequency range. When combined with a potentiometer (in this case, controlled by your rocking foot), this resonant peak is sweepable, increasing the gain around a given frequency and filtering out frequencies above the peak. Given the essential impact of the inductor on a wah's personality and tone, there is much debate among the wah cognoscenti about various inductors; it is to guitar-discussion forums what "which oil should I use?" is to car-discussion forums. When it comes to bass, the quality and size of the inductor is a substantial contributor to its efficacy, given the instrument's low-frequency zone. Knowing this, Mission Engineering spec'd one of the beefiest inductors I've seen in a wah, claiming it helps prevent unwanted saturation and better contends with the instrument's unique requirements.
The Rewah-PRO has a few other tricks up its sleeve. When you pop open the bottom cover, revealing the neatly designed through-hole printed circuit board, there's a quartet of dipswitches that allow further control of the wah's character. The first increases the gain at the input transistor, resulting in a touch of pleasant overdrive (although the degree depends substantially on the output level of your bass), while the others shift the pedal's frequency response. Even though I found myself favoring the pedal's stock sound, it's cool to have a bit of extra flexibility on hand. I was also impressed with the Rewah's construction. The true-bypass pedal uses a robust switch, and all the jacks, hardware, and associated electronics seemed up to the rigors of the road.
I used the Rewah-PRO with a variety of basses, including stock passive Fender-style basses and some hotter active instruments from my collection. It's an excellent-sounding wah, voiced ideally for bass. Its low-noise was welcome, as was its potent filtering effect. As I alluded to earlier, wah-wahs aren't just for rhythmic rocking; they can be left on in a static position for a dramatic timbre shift or, my favorite, slowly moved from low-to-high to emulate the sound of a synthesizer's lowpass-filter's cutoff frequency being gradually moved. With some distortion and octave, these kinds of gradual timbre changes can add great dramatic effect to transitions and any other sort of synth-emulating use-case one might dream up.
While it isn't cheap, the Mission Engineering Rewah-PRO does everything one could want from a bass wah, and then some. If you've never explored wah for bass, there are few better options out there.
Rewah-PRO Bass
Street $280
Pros Excellent construction; flexible design; well-tuned frequency response
Cons None
Bottom Line Anyone on the hunt for a superb-sounding bass wah should include the Rewah-PRO Bass on their audition list.
Input ¼"
Output ¼"
Power 9 volts via external jack or 9-volt battery
Made in U.S.A.
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General Information About Averett University
The Athletic Training Program at Averett University will prepare undergraduate students for successful and rewarding careers in the field of athletic training. Averett University is dedicated to providing the student with challenging educational experiences that emphasize both a sound academic and clinical foundation in all aspects of the athletic training curriculum. Our goal will always be to prepare our students for the NATA-BOC Examination and to produce well-rounded individuals who possess the knowledge and problem-solving clinical and interpersonal skills needed for entry-level careers in the modern athletic training environment. Goals and Objectives * To produce well-rounded individuals who possess the skills to become successful in the field of athletic training * Have students successfully complete the NATA-BOC examination * Place graduating students in a professional or graduate position where they can continue to grow and prosper * Have the students to begin applying their knowledge in clinical situations early in their education * Focus on teaching problem-solving skills by providing a critical thinking learning environment. * To provide a variety of learning environments to allow the students to have experiences in many different clinical situations * Continue to enhance the athletic training program by staying up to date with the latest changes in athletic training education and the profession in general * Continue to increase the number of quality athletic training students in the Averett University athletic training program * Become a leading accredited athletic training program by producing quality athletic training professionals
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
Institution Type
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Special Learning Opportunities
- Teacher certification
- Distance learning opportunities
- Study abroad
Student Services
- General Education Courses
- Career Services available upon completion
Credit Accepted
- Dual credit
- Credit for life experiences
- Advanced placement (AP) credits
- The acceptance of credits for work experience or military experience are subject to review by the school and cannot be guaranteed.
Religious Affiliation
- Not applicable
Federal Aid
- Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans).
Degrees/Certificates offered
- Associate's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
Campus Setting
- City: Small
Disability Services Student
- 3% or Less
Admission Total Applicants 1,157 Percent Admitted 23% Men Admitted 23% Women Admitted 23% Full Time Retention Rate 48%
Submitted ACT & SAT Scores
25th Percentile Score 75th Percentile Score Critical Reading 410 490 Math 420 510
25th Percentile Score 75th Percentile Score Composite 15 20
Student Demographics Total Enrolled 1,041 Native American 7.0 Asian 13.0 African American 293.0 Hispanic 34.0 Enrolled FullTime Undergraduates 807 Enrolled FullTime Graduates 4


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To many Witches the end of the year is near and we are, in sorts, winding down as winter approaches. Knowing this you might imagine Mabon is key in helping us transition from summer into winter. This is a time to celebrate, be thankful, and enjoy time spent with family and friends.
These questions are always more intense when you are entertaining guests or coven mates. You want things to be dazzling, memorable, and well… perfect. You feel the need to create the right atmosphere and appeal that will put everyone in a celebratory and cheerful mood.
Be wary of trying to cram too many items onto your table. In most cases, it doesn't look good and it will interfere with the movement of items as you pick them up and set them down. So give yourself wiggle room.
Here are photos of my Mabon Altar. I hope this will give you some inspiration.
Please let me know how you are doing out there. Feel free to comment and share this post.
Leandra Witchwood
Through persistence, I found the honest answer… I can have both! I realize that I could forge my own path using the skills and knowledge I gained, and the simplest of techniques.
I love food and everything that goes with it. I have spent more than 35 years in the kitchen, enjoying every minute. Okay… well, enjoying almost every minute of it.
In addition, I have disbursed nearly as many years studying Wicca, Witchcraft, and Paganism. Combining these two interests has created a Magickal path where I combine food and spirituality. To my delight they play brilliantly together.
My love of whole healthy foods, and unique recipes has also lead me to help run a local teen cooking program, where I teach kids valuable life skills in the kitchen. In addition, I teach a variety of cooking classes for adults and covens on subjects ranging from making the time spent in the kitchen more enjoyable, to cooking together as a group, and recipe-spell creation.
It only made sense that I would begin writing and sharing my experience. From this, The Magick Kitchen was born. My journey with you is about developing a spiritual experience with food, far beyond the dull habit of consumption. We have a marvelous opportunity here to take a most mundane task and make it Magickal!
The Magick Kitchen is about connecting to Divinity through food and the ritual of preparing and sharing food. It is about developing a sacred balance between nourishment, ritual, and spirit. Food has the power to heal, sooth, and bring us together as friends, families, and community.
I am so glad you joined me! Sharing knowledge, experience, and personal perspective with you is an honor. Thank you!
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