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Kent County is now equipped with a state-of-the-art AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailer that will be available to dispatch to any disaster scenes that need assistance sheltering pets.
AKC Pet Disaster Relief, a national program that is dedicated to keeping pets and their owners safe in the aftermath of natural or civil disasters, joined forces with local American Kennel Club dog clubs and dog lovers to present an emergency trailer to officials from the Kent County Office of Emergency Services in a ceremony held yesterday. This is the 8th AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailer to roll out in the state of Maryland, with trailers also located in Baltimore, Caroline, Calvert, Cecil, Harford and Queen Anne's counties, as well as Easton, Maryland.
AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailers help to create a safe, temporary home-base for at least 65 pets immediately after a disaster is declared. The trailers house and deliver essential supplies such as fans, lighting and generators; cleaning supplies; maintenance items; and animal care items including crates and carries, AKC Reunite microchips and an AKC Reunite universal microchip scanner as well as bowls, collars and leashes. These supplies can be used as co-location shelters, where people can evacuate with their pets, as well as emergency animal shelters for displaced animals.
"Thank you to these AKC dog clubs and AKC Reunite for helping us to obtain such a valuable tool that will allow our agency to ensure the safety of our pets during any future disasters."
Ginger Gregg ~ Emergency Planner for Kent County
"This trailer will provide animal care sheltering supplies during the first critical hours after a disaster hits Kent County or the surrounding areas," said Tom Sharp, AKC Reunite CEO. "Safe, effective pet sheltering solutions in times of disaster are incredibly important, and AKC Reunite is pleased to help communities across the nation prepare by mobilizing AKC Pet Disaster Relief."
The purchase of the trailer was made possible by more than $22,000 in donations and grants from the Maryland Kennel Club, the Annapolis Kennel Club, the Mispillion Kennel Club, the Northeastern Maryland Kennel Club, Kent County Commissioners, Daniel Gueriero & Michelle Leone, Fred and Duffy Askins, the Cairn Terrier Club of America, citizens of Kent County and AKC Reunite, the nation's largest non-profit pet identification and recovery service.
"Thank you to these AKC dog clubs and AKC Reunite for helping us to obtain such a valuable tool that will allow our agency to ensure the safety of our pets during any future disasters," said Ginger Gregg, Emergency Planner for Kent County.
"The Northeastern Maryland Kennel Club, Maryland Kennel Club and all the other supporting clubs and dog lovers are dedicated to giving back and helping the pets loved by those in the community. We're very proud to help bring an AKC Pet Disaster Relief Trailer to Kent County," said Mary Lou Olszewski and Fred Askins, two club members that helped make the trailer a reality. "It is our hope it will provide meaningful support during difficult times of disaster."
Individuals, corporations and other interested parties can donate to trailer projects in local areas or across the country. Donations are tax deductible and accepted online. Approved organizations that raise a minimum of $1,000 will have their logo featured on the AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailer.
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Having a 'good eye' is connected with generosity and having a 'bad eye' is connected with stinginess.
See this great article on the issue:
I frequently talk about having 'good eye days' when I can see better than usual, and 'bad eye days' when my vision is cloudier and it's much more difficult to see things clearly (after an eye bleed, or new scarring, or a medical procedure has been done).
Guess my eyes are being generous on the good eye days and quite stingy with sight, the little stinkers, on bad eye days. ☺

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| Chantelle Spier | Over the last 10 years, podcasts have increasingly become the way we obtain news, share ideas, and explore concepts. Though radio itself seems to be on its way out in many regions, podcasts have spawned new independent broadcasting companies as well as provided a format for established outlets. Here are a few different shows to spark or expand on an interest.
If you are at all curious about the world around you, this is an amazing place to start digging for answers and stories. From technology and architecture to sounds and objects, host and network Radiotopia founder, Roman Mars, explores the life of our designed world, and how it affects us. Since the show's humble beginnings in 2010, Mars and his staff have been bringing us well-researched and thought-provoking shows—without a single repeat. Since then, the show has gained great notoriety, having 150 million downloads through iTunes. Not only that, if you enjoy the podcast version of the show, check out the website, where many more stories exist in both audio and article form (https://99percentinvisible.org). Even though the podcast has come a long way, it is still an independently produced show, supported by donations from droves of loyal and loving listeners.
Where to Start: My personal favourite episodes are "Wild Ones Live," which takes on a topic not often covered by 99PI – the wilderness, and "The Mojave Phone Booth," the epic story of one man's relationship with a remote telephone booth. I'm also a huge fan of the episode, "The Revolutionary Post," which explores the foundations of the US Post in relation to creating America. There is no bad place to start, and the vast archives never feel out-of-date.
The CanadaLand broadcaster presents a variety of podcasts that provide nuanced critiques of Canadian media and politics. Not only do you, as a listener, get a more in-depth examination of an issue, but also an understanding of how we come to understand that issue through media representation. The main show, CanadaLand, hosted by journalist Jesse Brown, is a weekly exploring everything from media coverage of climate change to government actions towards reconciliation (or lack thereof) to how different media outlets cover elections (ie. who owns what media). Other shows include the recent investigative coverage of issues regarding police and violence in Thunder Bay, Ontario and Commons, which is marketed as a politics show for people who hate politics.
Where to start: Given that these are primarily news shows, listening to the most recent episodes is the most relevant; however, a lot of the topics covered are ongoing issues within Canadian media and politics. I thoroughly enjoyed the Thunder Bay podcast, which was the broadcasters first foray into deeply investigative journalism. The realities for residents of Thunder Bay, particularly Indigenous folks, comes through in the expert storytelling and facts presented. A list of their podcasts can be found at: https://www.canadalandshow.com/podcasts/
Ologies host Alie Ward breathes a lot of life and enthusiasm into a range of scientific fields from biology to anthropology – and some 'eulogies' you have never heard of! Each episode is an interview with an individual who is an expert in their field of study, giving "ologists" an opportunity to share their passions, answer listener questions, and provide us an opportunity to explore a topic we have perhaps never thought of. This show is regularly in the Top 10 science podcast downloads – and for good reason. Science and scientific research are often inaccessible to the general public, hidden behind journal paywalls and jargon, so this show is very valuable to increasing public understanding on a range of topics. Don't be fooled by Alie's silliness as a host – she is a powerhouse of scientific knowledge and knowledge activism as a correspondent for the CBS series Innovation Nation, and host of "Did I Mention Invention?" on the CW, as well as having written for L.A. Weekly and the Los Angeles Times.
A major bonus of this show, besides being generally amazing, is that it is entirely funded by listeners through Patreon and merchandise sales. This means not only are there are no ads, but the accountability to listeners is strong with this one.
Where to start: With an extensive backlog, there is no wrong answer here, so don't be daunted! Recent favourite episodes of mine have included Kalology (beauty standards) – the follow up bonus minis ode to this actually made me cry on the bus its so powerful – Corvid Thanatology (crow funerals – how cool!), and Selenology (study of the moon).
Modern Love is a podcast presented by NPR and the New York Times and offers listeners personal stories about the intricacies of love in today's world. "Modern Love" is a long-standing column in the NYT and this podcast provides host Meghna Chakrabarti and editor Daniel Jones the opportunity to go deeper, sharing some of the best stories about love today.
Ranging from familial to intimate partner relationships, each episode is a deeply personal and beautifully reading contributed by a fellow listener and brought to life by a celebrity voice. In a world of increasingly complex personal relationships within technology, this show is a reminder of our humanity within interactions.
Where to start: Some of the episodes are pretty tear-inducing, such as the episode "Learning Humanity from Dogs" (the unconditional love of dogs always makes me cry anyway) read by Ethan Hawke, while others, like the "Hunter-Gatherer Parking Division" read by Jason Alexander, have made me chuckle. Other episodes provide some insight into complex issues, such as "Maddy Just Might Work," which explores the complexity of coming out as a transgender parent.


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10.12.2013 trail back ride (first horse back ride for boys)
first ever camping trip — 11.2013
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9.2.13 hiking again Lake Casa Blanca International State Park
9.1.13 3 THREE mile hike
8.25.13 hiking Lake Casa Blanca
Back to the desert hiking trails at Lake Casa Blanca (ok there are only two trails, it does not offer the diverse hiking options we are used to).
Hiking 8.4.13 Lake Casa Blanca International State Park
Another hike at Lake Casa Blanca International State Park
hiking on July 4th 2013
We hiked on the Fourth Of July. Government Canyon State Natural Area; we hiked the "front county" since pets are not allowed in the "back country". We hope to return over the next year and hike more of the trails and do the more challenging back country. It was a long hot hike, and I was proud of the boys.


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The Broken Pledge
This is a jig setting of the tune, transcribed from the first go round on the Kane Sister's "Well Tempered Bow" cd.
I've always like the reel, and this jig version does it justice, and a good tune in its own right. But I'm a sucker for D dorian tunes….
A strange medley
Any thoughts about this medley I'd like to put together of two tunes posted today? The first is a D Dorian jig version of The Broken Pledge, that Will transcribed from The Kane Sisters. Then it goes into a 4/4 march in G Major, The North Wind, that Kenny got from a Teada album. (Maybe I should run this by John Blake!) I'd call the set The Broken Wind. I had fun coming up with that and just thought I'd give you all a whiff of the craic.
Re: A strange medley
Lol Gary, you could also include The Blast of Wind (a slip jig), and The Day the Ass Ran Away (a slide).
Re: A strange medley
You could slip in The Smell of the Bog, The Convenience…. King of the Parpers. Sorry…. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse…
I think I'll wind up now.
Re: A strange medley
Well, yes, Touching Cloth and Sitting on the Throne….
I learnt this tune as a reel 20 years ago, and this jig version is boring to me.
The Kane Sisters should not have changed the nature of the tunes like that. Better to write a new tune than to jigify some reel.
Sounds poor inspiration, doesn't it ?
Ehm… The Musical Priest Jig
T:The Musical Priest Jig
C:Gian Marco
N:Dedicated to Emmanuel Delahaye
A|FBB Bcd|cBA ecA|FBB Bcd|cAc B2:|
|:c|dcd fed|cAe AfA|dcB fga|edc B2:|
||:c|dBb afb|aec Ace|dBb afb|aec B2:|
To each his own. I've know the reel for years as well, but happen to like the jig just fine. And I doubt that Liz and Yvonne should get credit for the jig version—"changing the nature of the tune" by reframing reels as jigs and vice versa is a long-standing and well-supported custom in this tradition and it's likely they learned it from someone else (I don't have the liner notes so can't say for sure).
There are damn few "should not's" in this music, thank goodness.
Broken pledge
"we got this jig version of the 'broken pledge from Cork fiddle player Deirdre Moynihan"
thats what it says on the cover of their album.
There you have it. Thanks g-f!
Kevin Rowsome Version
My attempt at transcribing Kevin Rowsome's playing:
||:ed BA Be eB| dG AG FA DA|EF GA Be ec| (3.B.cB Ad Bf gf
| ed BA ~B3 c|dG AG FA DA|EF GA Be ec|~B2 Af Be eB:||
||:ed BA (3B.c.d ef|g2 ef fd Bc|dA FA dc de|fd (3B.c.d fb af
|ed BA (3B.c.d ef|g2 ef fd BA|~G3 F GA Be|dB AF Be eB:||
Rowsome Verstion Correction
My apologies, these ABCs were to have been for the reel version.
I also found this tune a bit boring and hard to follow the melody, although I have no problem with people turning reels to jigs and jigs to reels.


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The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Genius
Margie Profet sent shockwaves through academia by generating solutions to seemingly intractable puzzles of biology. Then she disappeared.
IMPORTANT POSTSCRIPT -- May 29, 2012:
On May 18, Karen Profet -- Margie's mother -- emailed me after I inquired about rumors following the Psychology Today story. She gave me permission to share this news:
Dear Mike:
Dear Mike:
At the time of your email, Margie's sister and I had already been in Boston for a day and were making reservations to bring her home with us.
At 6 AM the following morning, we were on a plane to California.
Margie had called us on Monday, after someone who knew her Googled her name and found from your article that she was being sought by family and former colleagues. She had not known that people were looking for her and deeply regrets giving anyone cause for concern on her account.
At the time we lost track of her, Margie was in severe physical pain. Not wanting to trouble anyone else, she did not disclose the fact to us or to her friends, but moved to a new location in which she thought the pain would soon diminish. Instead, it persisted for many years. Unable to work because of it and subsequent injuries, she had long lived in poverty, sustained largely by the religion she had come to early in the decade.
Margie is finally home now, recovering from her long ordeal and hoping to find work in the near future. She is very happy to be reunited with her family, and we are overjoyed to have her back.
We had a small but lovely celebration yesterday. Margie's brother rose at 3 AM and drove 200 miles to await us at the bottom of the LAX escalator for passengers arriving on United.
After he drove us home, Margie's brother-in-law, five nieces and nephews, and one little grand-nephew joined us for a celebratory lunch.
Another brother-in-law, in L.A. on business from the east coast, came for dinner. Margie also met her new step-Dad.
Margie is extremely grateful to all the people who were kind to her during her years of distress. If you wish to release the definitive (though sparse) news about Margie, you have her permission to do so. As one might expect, she is not open to interviews at the present time.
She and all her family thank you immensely for your help in reuniting us.
Karen Profet


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Tropical Gelatin Fancy
Top Layer:
- 1/2 cup mango syrup
- 2/34 cup chopped mango pieces
- 1/2cup Water
- 1 Envelope Knox plain gelatin
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tbs sweetened condensed Milk
- 1 Envelope Knox plain gelatin
- Make the bottom creamy layer 1st
- Sprinkle gelatin over 4tbs water in a small sauce pan and leave for about 5min
- Heat water in larger saucepan to make a water bath, float the smaller pan of gelatin in the water bath and heat gently till gelatin is fully dissolved. Shake occasionally but do not stir to avoid bubbles.
- Once gelatin is dissolved mix in your coconut milk and condensed milk along with 1/2 a cup of water and stir gently to combine.
- Pour mixture into a bowl or mold.
- Leave to set for approx 30min till set but not firm.
- Repeat steps 2-4, this time mixing in the mango syrup and water with the gelatin,
- Add in the chopped mango to this mixture
- pour over top of your earlier layer and leave to set for 3 hours


text: Share: Comments Print May 18, 2014 at 6:19 PM Climate change: Inslee is leading by an example that Republicans should follow Posted by Letters Coordinator The Seattle Times recently published a story on how U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., was upset that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee passed an executive order to lessen greenhouse gas emissions ["Montana lawmaker criticizes Washington's coal-power plan," Local News, May 12]. This would hurt Montana and Wyoming's economy because 13 percent of Washington's energy comes from these states' coal plants. Should Americans try to lead by example and reduce emissions of coal, which make up a large amount of climate-warming greenhouse-gas emissions, or keep it going for the safety of our economy? This has become a real struggle for not only Washington citizens but for everyone in the U.S. Some republicans find the fact that emissions from fossil fuels are causing devastating effects on the climate to be so dangerous to their economic growth that they outright deny what science has found on the issue. Many claim that even though 97 percent of climate scientists believe in human-caused climate change, not all the science is in. We, as a nation, must turn from the so-called debate over whether it is true and start focusing on how to make the necessary steps to avoid global catastrophe in the future. Inslee has just taken a difficult but needed step toward a better energy future. Stephen Soike, Seattle Comments | More in Climate change | Topics: climate change, coal, Gov. Jay Inslee


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Phomaz makes HUFFINGTON POST UK!!!!
Posted on Monday, April 03 2017 03:54:00 PM in News by Beth Swanson
Celebrity stylist and London Fashion Influencer, Verna Taylor Barker is interviewed by Prince Cassius for Huffington Post during London Fashion Week 2017. Verna is carrying her Phomaz Grey Spiral Rad Mini Handbag. See whole story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKpJ13tiq04#action=share


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Your HVAC system uses a lot of energy. That is why if your unit is not as efficient as it should be, then you could end up spending a lot of money. Fortunately, there are things that you can do in order to make your HVAC system more efficient.
Change Your Filter on a Regular Basis
Most air filters need to be changed every one to three months. Your filter traps dirt, dust and pollen. If your filter is not changed, then those particles will be circulated throughout the air. A dirty filter can also reduce the efficiency of your unit.
Get Annual Maintenance
Many people believe that they do not need the assistance of a professional if there is nothing wrong with their unit. However, it is important to get professional maintenance at least once a year. This will make your unit more efficient. It will also help your HVAC system last a lot longer.
Do Not Close the Vent
Many people think that if they close the vents in the rooms they are not using, then they will be able to save energy. However, this can cause your HVAC system to work harder. If you want to select which areas of your home, then you will need to talk to a HVAC expert. They can create zones in your home.
Clean off Your Unit
Leaves and tree limbs can obstruct airflow. This can put a strain on your HVAC system by causing it to work harder. You will need to clean your outside unit off on a regular basis.
Upgrade Your HVAC System
Air conditioners are designed to last 8 to 10 years. If your HVAC system is nearing the 8-year-mark, then it is time for you to upgrade to one that is more energy-efficient. New HVAC systems are designed to do the same amount of work and use less energy. New HVAC systems are also better for the environment. Furthermore, a new HVAC system will last longer.
These tips should all help homeowners get the most out of their HVAC systems. Many of them apply to commercial and industrial HVAC as well. If you are looking to maximize the lifespan of your industrial HVAC system though you should probably work with a professional like ACSIS Air conditioning Warehouse or someone similar to ensure that your needs are met. Whatever your situation, remember that doing a little bit of maintenance every week goes a long way.


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Training in physics emphasizes practical mathematical skills, problem-solving techniques, and abstract analytical thinking. Physics is used in the design and construction of everything from toasters to super computers, from bridges to particle accelerators, from umbrellas to medical imaging devices. No process, natural or man-made, can violate the basic laws of nature. An understanding of these laws therefore is crucial to both scientists and engineers.
Why Study Physics at Ship?
Students get solid training in physics at Ship with 3 separate degree programs offered in the Department of Physics:
- Bachelor of Science in Physics
- Bachelor of Science in Education in Physics
- Applied Physics/Engineering 3+2 Program
The university offers a comfortable learning atmosphere where the emphasis is on quality teaching and student-faculty interaction. Small class sizes (most physics lectures have less than 40 students, and the maximum number of students in labs is 18) and a dedicated faculty ensure quality. You will be treated as an individual and have plenty of opportunities for face-to-face interaction with faculty.
The Department of Physics also has a combined library/computer laboratory and a dedicated study lounge for physics students. We encourage all our undergraduate students to become fully involved in joint student-faculty research projects, a privilege most universities reserve for graduate students.
Career Opportunities
Many physicists work in research laboratories in industry, universities, and government, but that is only the beginning. Training in physics emphasizes practical mathematical skills, problem-solving techniques, and abstract analytical thinking. These skills are highly valued in today's fast-paced, technology-based world. A degree in physics is a very good background for law school, medical school, and business school and for graduate work in biophysics and medical technology. Engineering, patent law, consulting, management and teaching are just a few of the career options available to the physics graduate.
The average salary for physicists in Pennsylvania is $68,000.
Major and Minor Requirements
If you plan to study physics in college, we recommend you take 4 years of math in high school: one year each of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and pre-calculus. If possible, taking a high school calculus course and/or physics course is beneficial. Communication skills, both oral and written, are essential in any field and especially in the sciences, where you are required to explain phenomena clearly.
All of the physics degrees offered at Shippensburg University require you to complete courses in the Physics Core (55 credits). If you are interested in earning a Bachelor of Science from the Physics Department, we offer two tracks: Advanced Physics (29 credits) and Computational Physics (31 credits), and a certificate in nanofabrication to complement the general Bachelor of Science in Physics (20 credits).
The Applied Physics program (98 credits) results in a dual Physics-Engineering degree, and it is controlled by 3+2 agreements between Shippensburg's Physics Department and several engineering schools.
The Bachelor of Science in Education program (135 credits) leads to teaching certification in Physics at the secondary level. A certification in General Science can be obtained by taking three additional credits in Computer Science and six in Biology.
Shippensburg University offers a minor in physics, which includes 41 credits of math and physics courses. Mathematics, computer science, and chemistry majors will find the physics minor especially helpful. More and more employers in these fields seek out applicants with a physics background.
Student Groups
The physics department has a chapter of the Society of Physics Students, which is affiliated with the American Institute of Physics. Our active chapter organizes many interesting events each year. Trips to national laboratories, tours of engineering departments, and social events are just a few. New students are welcome and encouraged to become contributing members. Our top students may also be elected to membership in Sigma Pi Sigma, the national Physics Honor Society.
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Representatives of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and Relief International pose for a souvenir picture during the launch of the human rights program in the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of the Rural Missionaries)
On 15 May, 2017 ucanews reports that the NGO Relief International has simultaneously launched a project in the Philippines and Bangladesh aimed at training human rights defenders in tribal communities. In the Philippines, Relief International has partnered with the Rural Missionaries "to scale up" the faith-base group's human rights intervention for tribal people in Mindanao. "This new initiative will promote and protect human rights of vulnerable indigenous communities," said Sister Famita Somogod, coordinator of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines.
The program dubbed "Promoting and Protecting Indigenous Human Rights" aims "to promote and defend" the rights of tribal people "through monitoring and reporting on violations and abuses." The initiative, which was launched recently, will cover 43 tribal communities in Mindanao and in Munda communities in Bangladesh.
Source: Rights push launched for Philippine, Bangladesh tribes ucanews.com


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Happy Cocooning
Happy Cocooning Cocoon Tables bring the warmth of a campfire to gardens, terraces and balconies across Europe. By using a gas burner you 've got the feeling of a cosy fire, but not the inconvenience of a traditional wood burner. The Cocoon Tables are made of very strong and weatherproof composite and available in multiple shapes, sizes and colours. Enjoy cosiness, light and warmth outside without any sparks or smoke.


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Skyview Spring
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The Skyview Spring is a location in Skyward Sword.[1] It is a sacred spring located deep inside the Faron Woods. It is here where Link finds the Ruby Tablet, which makes a rift in the clouds leading to Eldin Volcano once placed inside the Statue of the Goddess.
Appearance and Features
The Skyview Spring is found deep inside the Skyview Temple and is filled with scenic waterfalls and Sacred Water. Link first visits Skyview Spring intending to find Zelda at the spring, but his fight with Ghirahim prevents that.[2] At the end of the spring, Link finds a crest that is similar in appearance to the crest found inside the Statue of the Goddess. Link must perform a Skyward Strike on the crest to activate it.
Fi says she has a message from the gods of the old and begins to translate it for him.[3] The text of the message states that the spirit maiden has set off for a second sacred place similar to Skyview Spring, known as the Earth Spring.[4] After the translation is complete, Link receives the Ruby Tablet.
Link must later return here so that he can receive some Sacred Water for the wounded Faron from the spring's waters.
- If Link tries to take water from the spring before meeting Faron, or after the quest with her is finished, it will be regular water.
- The Spring of Power in Breath of the Wild strongly resembles the Skyview Spring, featuring identical geometry and positioning of trees, waterfalls, and architecture.
|Names in Other Regions
|Source de la contemplation
|Spring of Contemplation
|Quelle des Himmelsblicks
|Fonte sacra
|Manantial de la Contemplación
|Fountain of Contemplation
- ↑ "When Zelda purifies her body in Skyview Spring and Earth Spring, dedicating her prayers to the Statue of the Goddess, her memory of being Hylia returns." (Hyrule Historia (Dark Horse Books), pg. 75)
- ↑ "I fear I spend far too long teasing and toying with you. The girl's presence has all but faded from this place, which means there's no reason to linger here." — Ghirahim (Skyward Sword)
- ↑ "Master, I have a message written in the language of the gods of the old. Allow me to translate for you." — Fi (Skyward Sword)
- ↑ "From the edge of time I guide you, the one chosen to carry out the goddess's mission. The spirit maiden who descended from the clouds must travel to two sacred places to purify her body. You stand in one of these places: Skyview Spring. The other is known as the Earth Spring. This second spring is hidden away deep within the scorched earth of Eldin. The spirit maiden, ever mindful of the heavy task entrusted to her, has set out to this second sacred place." — Fi (Skyward Sword)


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Hi! If you didn't already, read Reflecting on creation – semantically!
And, if you haven't watched Butters in Imaginationland yet, give it a go too ;-) 1 | 2 | 3
So, here we are constantly skiddly beep bopping our stones across the pool of reality. Our power, aim, and the stone itself create impressions and patterns that affect the outcome.
We have to be conscious of this! We need to understand and learn how differences in our actions and attitudes will adjust the perception of the big picture to ourselves and others. We must know how our intent, thoughts, emotions, uses of physical artifacts and personal interaction will magnify or reduce these energetic qualities in the existence of our creation.
Once we understand this and start to learn, it also becomes easier to control and create our desired reality. It's kind of like The Secret, but you can't just want something and keep focusing on it to attain it rightfully. It's the understanding and ensuing belief of how reality is created that allow us to exercise greater control over the process, and experience the situation we desire.
- Incubus – Summer Romance
(Anti-Gravity Love Song)
The more positive thought, intent, and love we put into our creations and relationships with each other the more they will spread to make other things happy. That's a no brainer! How many artists out there have created works able to spread a huge grin across our faces no matter what mood we are in :-D
Whether an artifact, a non-tangible creation like a song, or just great times together (excellent dance party anyone?), when we create there is an energy exchange underlying the experience that we identify with. Even with a sensual experience, the energies behind that, its other forms of existence, are what help us recognize and form our current perception and mood.
So we should have great respect for our creations!!! Learning the energies behind them and how we can re-create them will shift reality into great directions! I'm not saying abracadabra world's problems solved, just that once we understand how we are creating and make adjustments, things will start improving.
So next time you are creating, put positive thoughts, emotions, and intent into your creations – at the very least in honor of something that makes YOU happy. You have the biggest role in creating the reality before you, so aim carefully, and throw the most positive vibed stone into the pool of reality to create something beautiful :)


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I took this photo on Christmas Day. Sorry it's been so long before I could post it! I'm having real issues uploading stuff to flickr, is anyone else having problems?
Monthly Archives: December 2007
early Christmas
Today I had Christmas dinner at Kalman's crazy converted warehouse flat in Seven Sisters. It was a very proper Christmas with a tree, two turkeys (and nut roast for the vegetarians!), crackers, presents, the works. Amazing, and I got snap-happy with all the eclectic bits and bobs in the flat too – it must help to live down the road from a flea market! I will let the photos speak for themselves:
1. 016, 2. 012, 3. 010, 4. 009, 5. 008, 6. 006, 7. 005, 8. 003, 9. 001
Sunday night pudding
Kalman's old!
Christmas Christmas Christmas
It's all Christmas all the time chez fingersandtoes.
First up a Christmas FO:
Buffalo Slipper Socks, from the Winter 06 IK, for my aunt. Unfortunately not knit in buffalo! I knit these in RYC Cashsoft. I really hope she likes them (I also hope she doesn't read this, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't read my blog)
Second up, I finally got myself a little Christmas tree the other day. It has fibre optic lights, which are admittedly a little tacky, but they save buying extra lights and I'm actually warming to them. If you can't be tacky at Christmas, when can you be?
I needed the tree in order to display my growing Christmas ornament collection. I collect them on my travels and so far have ornaments from Germany (unfortunately they are back in NZ), England, Wales, New Zealand, Italy and Spain. If you click on the picture it will take you to the flickr page where I have flagged all of the decorations with descriptions!
This is what the tree looks like with the lights off:
Stage 2 of the Christmas cake
This actually happened on Sunday night, but it takes me a while to get around to posting during the week. Four hours later I had a Christmas cake, but you'll have to wait for the photos of that!
This one's for Sarah!
(no, not me, the other one)
Sarah has been taking some excellent photos and putting them up on her blog; as well as this she has put some of her pics up on www.voevoe.com, a mobile content site, for use as mobile phone backgrounds. Observe:


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By choosing a longtime corporate attorney to head the nation's top energy regulatory agency, President Donald Trump stuck to his practice of nominating officials riddled with potential conflicts of interest to high-ranking roles in the U.S. government.
As a partner with Jones Day, a prominent Washington, D.C. law firm, Kevin McIntyre's ties to energy companies that fall under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) jurisdiction were so numerous and ran so deep that his swearing-in as chairman of the agency was delayed to give him more time to sever the relationships.
After his first meeting as chairman on December 21, McIntyre explained to reporters that unlike most commissioners, he worked in private practice for almost 30 years representing companies that are regulated by FERC. Unwinding all of the obligations to his clients and business relationships was a slow process. "Each of them took some time and had to be done with care and done properly to my responsibilities," he said, according to S&P Global News.
Last summer, McIntyre, who joined Jones Day in 1999, submitted his financial disclosure form to the Office of Government Ethics, showing that in the previous two years he had represented a wide variety of energy and utility companies — from electric utility giant American Electric Power Corp. (AEP) to natural gas company Enable Midstream Partners LP — that had cases under consideration by the agency he now heads, DeSmog Blog reported.
Subsidiaries of AEP, for example, have been accused of generating profits that exceed the rates allowed by FERC. Another subsidiary of AEP has filed a complaint with the agency accusing an electric grid operator of unfair treatment. Unless the parties in the disputes reach settlement agreements, the cases would need to be decided by McIntyre and his colleagues on the five-member agency. The agency is composed of three Republicans, including McIntyre, and two Democrats.
It's already a familiar pattern just one year into the Trump presidency. Trump has filled top positions at other federal agencies with corporate lawyers and lobbyists who are now supposed to regulate the interests on behalf of which they recently lobbied. In July, the Senate voted to confirm industry lobbyist David Bernhardt to the No. 2 position at the Department of the Interior. Bernhardt is a "walking conflict of interest," said Aaron Weiss, spokesman for the Center for Western Priorities, a nonprofit conservation group.
William Wehrum, an industry lawyer and lobbyist, has represented companies who regularly filed legal challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency's clean air regulations. In November, the Senate confirmed Wehrum to head EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt also hired chemical industry representatives to fill top positions at the agency, including Nancy Beck, who came to the agency from the American Chemistry Council, the industry's leading lobbying group.
McIntyre's path from Jones Day to FERC marks the first time in almost 30 years that a nominee has gone directly from representing energy companies to leading the agency that regulates those clients. In 1989, President George H.W. Bush nominated Martin Allday, who represented oil and gas companies at the law firm of Lynch, Chappell, Allday and Alsup in Midland, Texas, to head the agency.
Even though he resigned his position at Jones Day, McIntyre still is bound by legal ethics rules as a member of the D.C. Bar. "He has a duty not to reveal or use client confidences or secrets to the disadvantage of the client, or to the advantage of himself or a third person — which would include the agency he is leading — and that duty continues even after the lawyer-client relationship ends," David Luban, a professor of law at Georgetown University who specializes in professional ethics, told ThinkProgress.
"In other words, he can't use information he's learned from or about Jones Day clients either to disadvantage them or to help the agency," Luban said. "The rules are worded differently in other jurisdictions, but basically the duties are the same for lawyers everywhere."
As a public official, McIntyre is also bound by federal conflict-of-interest laws and anti-corruption laws, which means he cannot do favors for his former clients or other Jones Day clients, Luban added.
During his legal career, McIntyre has focused on energy compliance and enforcement matters, energy marketing and trading, energy exports, electric reliability standards, and utility mergers and acquisitions, Jones Day said in a news release issued after the Senate confirmed his nomination to chair the commission.
"Flying below the radar … has been a function of what my role has been in private practice where typically I and my law firm colleagues were retained not to land our client in the headlines, but in most instances just to serve as a forceful advocate and — I hope — an effective one," McIntyre said in a podcast posted on FERC's website last month.
McIntyre pledged in an ethics letter that he would not "participate personally and substantially in any particular manner involving specific parties" with ties to Jones Day unless he first obtains a waiver from a FERC ethics official. McIntyre also stated he would not not participate in any cases that involve a former client, unless he receives prior authorization.
Financial disclosures and ethics agreements are mandatory for certain executive branch nominees, including FERC commissioners. McIntyre was among more than a dozen Jones Day lawyers who left the law firm to take various positions in the Trump administration, according to the National Law Journal. The Washington-based law firm represented Trump during the presidential campaign.
"Public officials are basically public fiduciaries. We put them in a position of trust to act on our behalf and always in our best interest," Hana Callahan, director of government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University in California, said in an interview. "As public fiduciaries, they have a duty of loyalty, which means they have to put the public's interest before their own personal interest."
A variety of outside organizations have been pushing for FERC to create an office that caters to the public interest. In 1978 Congress directed FERC to create the office, but it has yet to happen. In 2016, dozens of groups representing consumer advocates and environmental organizations filed a petition asking FERC to create an office of public participation.
David Pomerantz, executive director of the Energy and Policy Institute, said he has no reason to distrust the promises that McIntyre made in his ethics letter or his general integrity. But Pomerantz believes McIntyre's appointment follows a pattern at FERC where corporate attorneys and officials are getting picked to work in a position where they are expected to serve the public's interest, not in the interest of their former clients or employers.
"If Commissioner McIntyre wants to demonstrate his independence from the companies he once represented, one concrete step he could take would be to finally fund a FERC Office of Consumer Advocate and Public Participation that represents the public," he told ThinkProgress.
McIntyre joins a long list of Trump appointees with strong corporate ties. A large number of these appointees hold radical views, far more extreme than policy positions espoused by officials in previous presidencies — either Republican or Democratic. But there are a lot of unknowns about how McIntyre will manage FERC as he completes his first month on the job.
McIntyre is a longtime Republican donor. He and his wife — Jennifer Brosnahan, a former associate counsel to President George W. Bush who currently works as chief counsel of Boeing's Washington Operations — gave money in 2016 to the presidential campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), E&E News reported. He also contributed money to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's short-lived campaign for president, and other political donations have gone to the Republican National Committee, Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Rob Portman (R-OH), along with prior Republican presidential nominees Mitt Romney and John McCain, according to RTO Insider.
McIntyre was preceded by a placeholder chairman, Neil Chatterjee, who had close connections to congressional Republicans. During his brief tenure as agency chairman, Chatterjee fit the stereotype of a Trump appointee. He was described as "political," both for his previous role as energy policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-KY) and his willingness to promote Energy Secretary Rick Perry's proposal to subsidize coal and nuclear power plants.
Like other Trump appointees, Chatterjee has shown a willingness to confront members of the public with whom he disagrees. During his time as chairman, Chatterjee criticized actor James Cromwell, a longtime environmental activist, in personal Facebook posts that critics described as unusual behavior for the nation's head energy regulator, Utility Dive noted.
The third Republican on the commission, Robert Powelson, served as a leading advocate for Pennsylvania's natural gas industry in his prior role as a commissioner on the state Public Utility Commission. Powelson has not been shy about his support for gas production, or his antipathy toward environmentalists, the Energy and Policy Institute, an industry watchdog group, wrote in a profile of Powelson. Speaking in March at a gas industry conference, Powelson said environmental advocates were on a "jihad" to keep natural gas from reaching markets.
Unlike other top Trump appointees, McIntyre's arrival at FERC generated positive buzz from both industry and some environmental groups. Observers pointed out that McIntyre's affable manner stood in contrast to the abrasive demeanor of Trump and many of his acolytes in Washington.
"If there are two things that can be said of President Trump's appointees, it is that that they are often ill-qualified for the positions that they are given, and that they attract opposition due to extreme and obvious political views," PV Magazine, a publication that covers the solar industry, reported last summer. "Kevin McIntyre is an exception to both of these."
The magazine noted that McIntyre has worked on a number of cases before the agency, including those involving approval of gas pipelines and mergers and acquisitions. "And while he is a member of the Republican Party, little has been published regarding his political and energy policy views," it said.
Immediately upon taking over as chairman, McIntyre requested a 30-day extension to make a decision on Perry's controversial proposal to support coal-fired and nuclear power plants. On December 8, Perry granted McIntyre's request for the extension on the Department of Energy's so-called Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule. McIntyre said the extension was needed simply because he had just been sworn in and needed more time to review the proposal.
At his first public meeting as chairman on December 21, McIntyre said FERC would review its policies on certification of natural gas pipelines, an announcement that gave some hope to environmental groups and landowners who believe the agency's 1999 policy statement on pipeline reviews lends itself to the "rubber-stamping" of applications.
"In very encouraging news, the chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today announced that FERC will revisit its 1999 Statement of Policy for evaluating whether to approve proposed interstate gas pipelines, a policy that has remained unchanged for almost two decades even though the energy industry is far different now," Montina Cole, a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council's Energy and Transportation Program, said in a statement.
McIntyre did not promise any major changes to how the agency reviews pipeline applications. In comments since taking over as chairman, though, he has stated his desire to make the agency's deliberations more transparent so that energy companies awaiting decisions and the public are not left in the dark.
Maya van Rossum, the head of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, was not impressed with McIntyre's planned review of the agency's pipeline approval process.
"The recent comments by Commissioner Chatterjee disparaging states' rights and Commissioner Powelson talking about communities opposed to pipelines as jihadists support my concerns," van Rossum said in a statement.
Until the review of its pipeline policies is completed, the agency is likely to continue its practice of approving almost every natural gas infrastructure application it receives from companies. Even if McIntyre works to protect the agency from White House interference, FERC will remain a political organization for its role in promoting the delivery and use of fossil fuels, according to Lee Stewart, an organizer with Beyond Extreme Energy.
"At a time when the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate are devastatingly clear… FERC must be active about ushering in a just transition off fossil fuels," Stewart said.


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Anatomische Hierarchie
Allgemeine Anatomie > Harnsystem > Niere > Margo medialis > Nierenhilus
The medial border (margo medialis; internal border) is concave in the center and convex toward either extremity; it is directed forward and a little downward. Its central part presents a deep longitudinal fissure, bounded by prominent overhanging anterior and posterior lips. This fissure is named the hilum, and transmits the vessels, nerves, and ureter. Above the hilum the medial border is in relation with the suprarenal gland; below the hilum, with the ureter.
The relative position of the main structures in the hilum is as follows: the vein is in front, the artery in the middle, and the ureter behind and directed downward. Frequently, however, branches of both artery and vein are placed behind the ureter


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The most dynamic duo in hip-hop, Rae Sremmurd are back. Recently the fellas took their talents to the stages of 'Jimmy Fallon', bringing their track "Swang" to life. The latest single from their SremmLife 2 album has been making its way up the charts recently, and the fellas showed off their talents alongside The Roots in the performance.
It was Swae Lee's birthday, so of course, they went a little extra hard. Check out the performance in the footage below and stay tuned for much more from Rae Sremmurd coming soon!


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Dramatic Escape
Season 2017 Episode 15 | 1h 30m 9s
The documentary that transports viewers into the lives of maximum security prisoners at Sing Sing in Ossining, NY, as they mount a stage production of A Few Good Men. From auditions through curtain call, the men reveal their personal stories, their everyday struggles and the importance of the arts in their journeys. Sing Sing is a maximum security prison on the Hudson River, 30 miles north of NYC.
Aired: 06/13/17
Expires: 06/12/20Video has closed captioning.


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West Ham open to offers for Mexico striker Javier Hernandez - sources
West Ham United are open to offers for striker Javier Hernandez during this month's transfer window, sources close to the club have confirmed to ESPN FC.
Hernandez only joined West Ham last summer in a £16 million deal from German side Bayer Leverkusen but has struggled to make the desired impact, scoring just four goals in 21 appearances.
Sources added that West Ham feel the Mexico international, who has started five of the last six Premier League games on the bench, does not fit their style of play and a departure may be best for all parties.
The Evening Standard, which first reported West Ham's willingness to sell, linked Hernandez with a move to Major League Soccer's LAFC, but sources in the U.S. said the expansion club are happy with their current options in attack.
LAFC have already used two of their three designated player slots -- reserved for high salaries -- on forwards in Mexico's Carlos Vela and Uruguayan teenager Diego Rossi. They join Costa Rica striker Marco Urena ahead of the club's inaugural MLS season.
And Portuguese news outlet Record reported that LAFC were in talks with Benfica to sign 21-year-old midfielder Andre Horta, who's currently on loan at Braga, in a €6 million deal.
However, in an interview last week with ESPN Mexico, LAFC manager Bob Bradley joked that he wouldn't turn down a talent like Hernandez.
"That one is left with the ownership," Bradley said with a smile. "From the standpoint of the manager, Chicharito is a big player, big personality, great goal scorer.
"So if Will Ferrell, the rest of the ownership can bring that commitment, I can figure out a way to get him on the field and help him score goals."
ESPN FC's Jeff Carlisle contributed to this report.
Peter O'Rourke is ESPN FC's transfer news correspondent. Follow him on Twitter @SportsPeteO.
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Three Random Satsangs
ShiningWorld Reader
Getting Unstuck from the Meat Tube
Kenny: Hi, James. Chapter VII of your book How to Attain Enlightenment has my head spinning… I think I have read it about ten times in the last few days. "There is no doer." My experience (I apologize for the language I use because it may not technically be correct) is this: there is awareness, which is impartial and passive, and then there is all this crazy, random shit that happens in the mind and body. It know that I don't control my thoughts and I thought that I controlled my body, but upon current examination and past experience, it seems that stuff just happens, which is one hell of a head trip and seemingly a bit schizo. So I am essentially awareness animating my meat suit? And seemingly, my meat suit is just part of the cosmic or universal program (sorry for the geekspeak)?
James: Got it in one, Kenny, as the Brits say. The meat tube is just matter, no different from a stone or an automobile. It appears in ever-present, formless, actionless awareness, aka you. I'm sure you have the good sense not to tell your bosses or you wife that you are ever-present, formless awareness. What animates the meat tube? The vasanas. And what animates the vasanas, since they have virtually the same status as the meat tube insofar as they are also insentient? You, awareness, animates them. But to animate them takes no effort. Your very presence animates them. You can't do, because you have no sense organs and mind. You are non-dual. It can't do and you can't do, but when you shine on it – voila! – doing happens. How cool is that.
Kenny: I have been trying to write more, but as I reflect upon this issue my brain seems like it is being pulled apart and is stuck…
James: Great. That's the idea – unstick the brain from its idea of doership. Liberation, freedom, enlightenment, is nothing but the firm conviction "I am not the doer. I am awareness." It solves all problems. They all belong to the body-mind/sense complex, not to you. You probably can't write more, because this the essence of Vedanta. What more is there to say? You can talk about this in different words from different perspectives, but it all boils down to the same thing: discriminating the subject from the body-mind, the apparent doer, separating what is actionless from what is active. When you go to a symphony, you are so fascinated by the sounds you don't consciously hear the silence that contains and defines them.
Kenny: The whole thing is awareness, and the black and white is maya, creation and destruction, right and wrong, etc., etc., happening in the whole. Two is one and one is two. From the awareness perspective there is no doer, but from the ego perspective there is a doer.
James: Absolutely.
Kenny: Sorry, but I am just babbling now and will stop. Have you ever seen 3D stereograms before? I have trouble seeing the images; they seem to be a nice analogy for what I am experiencing (EyeTricks.com/3dstereo.htm). I guess I still need to keep contemplating this no-doer thing a while longer.
James: Life is like that. Another apt metaphor is the hologram, a projection of empty, actionless form in space. Yes, just keep thinking about it. It really is the way you are now seeing it.
~ All the best, James


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Kansas Indoor Clean Air Act (Spanish) Poster
The Kansas Indoor Clean Air Act (Spanish) is an anti-smoking law poster by the Kansas Department Of Labor. This is an optional poster, so while it is recommended that you post this if it is relevant to your employees, you are not required to by the Department Of Labor.
This poster, written in Spanish, is optional to post and this poster lets employees know that smoking is prohibited inside the building.
KS All-In-One Labor Poster: Instead of printing out dozens of posters, employers can also purchase an all-in-one poster that covers both Kansas and Federal poster requirements by clicking here .
NO FUME Es prohibido fumar prove ído por la ley estatal. www.KSsmokefree.org 1-877-416-8547
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Big open tournament that I already went to last year.
In my pool: two As, one B, one D, one E, and two of us, unrated. Somehow I managed to beat our E. The D was counter-attacking in response to any real threat from me, and was pretty good at not reacting to feints. One double touch after another – my attack, his counter, point to each.
At this point I decided to risk it, and fleched at him, beating his blade (he counter-attacked) aside while flying.
I went into very defensive mode, and caught him on attempt to even the score.
No chance against the As and the B. And I lost to my unrated colleague, ending up 41st seed for direct elimination, out of 65.
And the lights went off.
The power outage came to stay. For some time the organizers thought that the electrons will start running the wires again soon, but stubborn electrons seemed to have had enough of being run into metal rods beating on one another, and would not be moved. Luckily, there were several scoring boxes that could work on batteries, but the batteries were few, and wouldn't last long. That made for much longer wait for DE bout to start.
By the time I got on the strip, it was starting to get dark already. My opponent was a fairly strong B, I didn't have many chances to begin with. And it didn't help that by mid-bout I could no longer see his blade, and not even the tip of my own. Our DE was the last one, the organizers had to stop the tournament, since it was too dark, and impossible to continue normal fencing.


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Incom Polymer Fused Fiber Optics Enable Interactive Tactile Feedback Button Displays to Revolutionize Video/Audio Editing Consoles
18 Apr, 2016, 17:47 BST
Combing Fairlight's patented Picture Key Technology with Incom's optics delivers control surfaces that have endless design and feature possibilities
LAS VEGAS and CHARLTON, Massachusetts, April 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Incom, the world's largest supplier of innovative glass and polymer fused fiber optic solutions, continues to enable a cadre of variable, tactile user-interface technologies for consumer and commercial dynamic digital display systems. At NAB 2016 (booth N6019), OEM-partner Fairlight, a leading supplier of adaptive control surfaces and digital audio/video production equipment, will showcase a range of solutions featuring Picture Key Technology enabled by Incom polymer fused fiber optics. Solutions on display include audio mixing consoles, PYXIS for EDIUS video controllers and vision switching controls from broadcast solutions experts SUZOHAPP.
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Incom polymer fused fiber optics enable Fairlight's Picture Key Technology by seamlessly transferring images into places that traditional displays could never fit—completely transforming the look, feel and function of digital interfaces.
"Fairlight has taken the concept of tactile user interfaces to a new level of flexibility, delivering faster throughput and more intuitive operation. Using Incom's fused fiber optics dramatically improves the brightness and the usability of control surfaces, buttons, and knobs, which have the ability to change display labels and functions," said Philip Belcher, CEO for Fairlight. "Providing multi-level menu based content usually only found in touch screen displays with the confidence, accuracy, speed and safety of tactile buttons and controls results in faster workflow, better performance and assured accuracy."
The Incom polymer fused fiber optics used in Fairlight's Picture Key Technology are suitable for a wide range of applications across many industries, including automotive multimedia, building automation, aviation cockpit panels, kiosks, medical, process control and any other human interface applications where users benefit from an adaptive digital tactile interface.
"Incom and Fairlight share an innovative spirit for, and proven history of changing the face of displays to advance customer experiences and industry capabilities," said Michael A. Detarando, President and CEO for Incom. "Applying Incom's polymer fused fiber optics to Fairlight's Picture Key Technology gives manufacturers endless design possibilities to enhance features and performance by, cost effectively, turning conventional displays into customizable, interactive viewing surfaces that can take the shape of any geometry or contour imaginable."
Incom will be at the NAB Show April 18-21, 2016. Contact Jeff Solari <email@example.com> for a meeting and/or demo at Fairlight's booth N6019.
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Incom is the world's largest supplier of glass and polymer fused fiber optic solutions that enable innovation in the medical, scientific, display and defense industries. Combining the most progressive components with unparalleled technology expertise, Incom empowers customers, researchers and instrument makers with fiber optic solutions that advance product development and user experience. @IncomUSA | Facebook: Incom, Inc. | LinkedIn: Incom, Inc. www.incomusa.com
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Arthur Kornberg is credited with leading a team of scientists at Stanford University who synthesized DNA in a test tube.
San Diego, known as a snow-resistant city, had snow 44 years ago with surrounding mountain tops coated in white and temperatures that dropped to 19 degrees Fahrenheit.
Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson announced his retirement from politics and was succeeded by Pierre Trudeau.
The Beatles released "Christmas Time is Here Again."
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was presumed to have drowned when he disappeared while swimming in rough seas at Cheviot Beach in Portsea, Victoria; his body was never found.
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Nope, we're not kidding. This is really a video of Tim Tebow reading Green Eggs and Ham...in Auto-Tune. Of course, he didn't originally intend for it to be presented in Auto-Tune. But after Pizza Hut released a video of him reading for a bunch of kids, someone took the liberty of Auto-Tuning it for him. Dr. Seuss must be spinning in his grave.
Oh, and sidebar: As Off The Bench points out, L-O-fucking-L at the description of this video on YouTube: "Tebow is the Joe Montana of reading." Classic.
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In order to meet the state's ambitious 100% by 2045 renewable portfolio standard, the Hawaiian Electric Companies plan to continue relying heavily on utility-scale solar and wind projects. However, these types of projects require a considerable amount of land, which is limited on each island in Hawaii.
Therefore, the Hawaiian Electric Companies have launched an effort to gather information about land that may be made available for future renewable energy projects. Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric, and the Hawaii Electric Light Co. have issued a request for information (RFI), which asks interested landowners to provide information about properties on Oahu, Hawaii island, Maui, Molokai, and Lanai available for utility-scale renewable energy projects, such as solar and wind farms, or for growing biofuel feedstock.
"Land is one of the most important resources to consider in the development of renewable energy projects. By proactively identifying potential sites, we are hoping to make the process of developing renewable energy projects faster and more efficient for both landowners and prospective developers," explains Shelee Kimura, Hawaiian Electric vice president of strategic planning and business development.
To reach 100% renewable energy, Hawaii will need a broad mix of renewable energy resources. Additional large-scale projects are expected to complement the continued growth of private rooftop solar energy systems and energy storage.
Interested parties should submit responses to the RFI by Jan. 27, 2017. More information is available here.


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The Jimmy Kimmel / Matt Damon feud is back on.
During a segment of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" the late night host's sidekick Guillermo crashed a fake junket for Damon's upcoming Sony flick "Elysium."
Guillermo storms in saying he's promoting a "new film" called "Estupido," a true story about "a man from Boston who's stupid" before showcasing another fake film featuring the star.
The entire fake feud started as a joke years ago when Kimmel sent fake apologies to the actor for not having enough time to interview him.
Hopefully, Damon will exact revenge by taking over the show again.
Now that you've watched, take a closer look at the credits on the movie poster:
According to the poster, the fake film was written by Hugo Chavez and produced by Robert Rodriguez and Guillermo del Toro.


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Not long after wrapping up the previous project, we got a call from a resident of a large apartment complex. She feeds 4-5 adults and had just recently seen a kitten. So, we drove out to assess the site. It's a large apartment complex that borders a mobile home community. A fence separates the two but there are plenty of places for cats to get through.
The feeder reported seeing the kitten in this old brown truck.
We talked with the resident of the property where this brown truck resides and they were thrilled we were offering to help with the feral cats. They had called animal control and some other groups asking for help but none was offered and then a few days later we just happen to show up!
Thankfully, these people have offered to help us trap – so they will be checking traps all through the night. Monday morning we will swing by there on the way to the clinic and pick up however many cats they have trapped! I'm hoping all nine traps are full!
On the drive home, I spotted a dog wandering along a major 7-lane highway. He had that "loose dog" look – you know the one. No people or houses in sight, I had to do something. So, I flipped a U-turn and coaxed the dog to me. In no time he was in the car ready to go for a ride! He had a collar on but no tags. A beautiful, older chocolate lab.
I dropped him by my 24-hour vet, who scanned him and found he is chipped! So, hopefully he goes home and stops his wandering ways.


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Many of you, after reading my last newsletter to welcome the New Year, have asked me to be more explanatory in regards to what is coming our way since December 21, 2012 !
Thank you for reading the newsletters that I feel guided to write. I always welcome and highly appreciate your feedback.
For a few years now and more significantly, since the beginning of 2012, we could see changes coming our way in different forms. We all knew that we were leaving an era of materialism linked to anything physical with a population thirsty of consumption, and leading to a more spiritual and simplistic world, a world where human beings will reconnect with their true source and less stuff around them, less consumption, less garbage and more quality so-to-speak.
Any occurring change does not come easy most of the time. Especially when the change occur after decades of the same lifestyle, and sometimes centuries of the same rituals, habits. When that's all you know, it is difficult to adjust to a new lifestyle.
I heard that many Light Workers felt sometimes disconnected, sometimes lost, alone, having more and more difficulties to connect, etc. Personally I do not believe that we can be disconnected if our Soul is connected, but we can have the feeling that we aren't. It is a bit as if we were watching a TV program and suddenly having a fuzzy TV screen. We are still connected yet we cannot watch, or follow the program.
Beginning of 2012, signs given under various course of events or revelations help more and more people to wake up, to awaken, whether they were conscious of it, or not. People who used to believe in nothing suddenly started to believe, or at least became more open minded about possibilities, and their perception of life events started to shift positively with more clarity.
These shifts started a few years ago but could be felt more strongly during 2012 and more intensely as we were approaching November and December of 2012.
Since December 21, 2012, new frequencies have anchored on our planet Earth. Before some of us had one foot in the Light, in the new World but since Dec 21, we have both feet in it. We cannot go backwards. We only can go forward. Those who were successful preaching certain things before, may be less successful now, as they find themselves in dissonance between the old vibrations and the new ones. Their audience whether it is established feels it too and it has worldwide impacts politically also.
Yes frequencies are higher than they were. And things just cannot be the same. And if someone tries to lead a matter or country in the same old frequency than before, it will lead to failure so the anew can begin. Again the new frequencies will be established no matter what, with a smooth transition, or not. It is up to us to be alert and awake to help make that transition the smoothest and happiest possible.
Succession of events will help the people of the planet to awaken and to wake up from their sleeping state. Hopefully the people of the planet will "get it" before too many events need to occur. Again it is only up to us.
The Chapter of anchoring these new energies, vibrations, frequencies on Earth started on Dec 21, 2012 and may take up to a couple of years for the anchoring frequencies to be finalized (anchored on earth but also for our bodies to finish to adjust to these frequencies.)
Now let's take an example to illustrate how this may occur in your daily life :
We talked earlier about Light Workers having more difficulties to connect , no matter whoever they used to achieve that, Archangels, Angels, God, Jesus, Buddha, Saints, and so forth. Well, it is a bit as if you used to listen to your favorite radio station on a certain frequency, let's take as an example 98,5FM, and since it reached the new frequencies of 99,8 FM, you cannot connect to it. Therefore you had to go through periods of adjustments until you adjust your connection to the new frequency of 99,8 FM so you can listen to it again. Does that make any sense to you ?
More and more people will receive clear reception of THE TRUTH. It means that more and more of you will know how to distinct if what is said to you or to the world is true or not, whether it is someone close to you, the medias or even your own Government.
You will also be gifted of knowing more Your Own Truth: what is good for you may not be good for your neighbors or best friends. So be careful before you accept any recommendations, especially if it comes from someone who may have any influences on your decisions. Again your own truth is only yours. Nobody but you can live your life. So make sure to live your own life.
Now you know that only you can know what is best for you. You are a gentle loving soul who is having a physical experience with the body you chose to integrate in. Nobody can have this experience but you. So do not let anyone fool you 🙂 Be You and Rejoice 🙂 Feel absolutely no guilt for being You !
This is an extraordinary time to finally start getting back to live your own life.
Because of these higher frequencies, things you may have done for as long as you remember can cause you issues now. For instance, I have heard that some people who used to consume lots of animal products such as red meat, are now becoming sick when eating it. Same with people taking certain pills before, starting to feel uncomfortable taking them anymore, as their bodies are changing, adjusting to the new frequencies. These changes will help them have more clarity, help them to feel, have the sense of "knowing things."
This time is extraordinary because you are given an opportunity that you did not have for many thousands of years, to purify your body, your thoughts, everything that has been taught to you for the sake of controlling you, of making you a living human robot. Eating less garbage to purify your body, to feel more clean in the inside, which ultimately will bring forth more clarity in your thoughts. So beware of the power of your own thoughts, thoughts that will materialize easier than before, with the new frequencies installed.
Well it all depends on us, the human beings. If we keep going the way we do, maybe not so much. However, we can always dream and pray for humans to awaken and start thinking for the sake of humanity instead of their own little selfish self. Many people make decisions based only on the consequence in their little life. I say "little" by choice, because too many of us take themselves way too seriously.
We are all accountable for every decision we make, and the direct consequences of these decisions, acts, thoughts, etc on our civilization. If the human race had woken up many years ago, perhaps we would not have given our power away.
Until we see pure and clear, positive change cannot be installed.
So raises a question "Do we have to suffer much more in order to be forced to become reasonable, loving, caring again ?"
The answer is up to us all.
With the help of these new and higher frequencies, I feel that the truth will be revealed on many aspects of our lives.
Since a child I always felt to know when something was true or not, especially in regards to the News. I clearly recall that it was somewhat disturbing as most people around me thought I was either crazy or being negative, since my version of the story was often not the version that the medias were told to deliver to the masses.
Without giving names I have often known of influential people around the World having a sudden fatal accident, a car or motorcycle wreck, sometimes a suicide, when in fact I "knew" their lives had been tragically shortened, for their influences were becoming troublesome to others, and might have awakened the masses. So they had to be "stopped."
I also feel we will know someday the truth about Religion. Who was Jesus, Buddha and all the others that served the same purpose wherever they were on earth. We will know the truth, about the things and sometimes the lies that have ruled our lives for thousands of years.
Truth about the games of Governments around the World. Empires will fall after risen to the top of the pyramid, before of extreme Greed. Seems like human race never seemed to learn from past experiences. We repeated the same cycles, patterns. Like Nature repeats its cycles of ice age to warm weather. Climate changes have always occurred. Desert land where used to live wide rainforests, etc. And I do not think they had global warning because of pollution in these times. It was just a new cycle.
All these changes are for the good of Humanity ! There is no reason to be afraid, worried, concerned. What will/may happen will/may happen. Breathe with it and stay connected to your own Self, and your own Truth.


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Mixed Media, Collage, and Altered Book Classes
I'll be posting dates for mixed media, collage, and altered book classes I'll be teaching in the near future. These classes will cover basic design elements and principles. Students will learn how to layer various media and work with different techniques. Final pieces may be based on personal experiences, dreams, or fantasy.
In my altered book classes, students will alter an old book with text and pictures and make it their own by blending collage and text to create their own striking and colorful collage journal. They will learn about layering and working with various media and type as a graphic element.


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Dining in Comfort with Kitchen Banquettes
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On a recent road trip to Tasmania found me in Strahan on the West coast to unwind from the road and enjoy the sunset. I thought the weather had other plans for me though as by the time I reached the West coast it was overcast and a light rain was consistently falling. As I understand it, this is pretty normal weather for the West coast though, so I should and did expect it would be this way.
The rain cleared up right on sunset, as I drove around the shoreline of the bay, and while the sunset was not a spectacular it still made for some nice colours in the sky.
Driving further around the bay a rainbow started to develop, and as I continued my trip it turned in to a full arch. Unfortunately I couldn't find a good stop to take advantage of its colours. By the time I found a spot to stop to make an image it was starting to fade away. This was the only image I got before the full arch disappeared.
Strahan originally began as a port for the mines in the area, with product being transported on rail. A line that you can travel on today as West Coast Wilderness Railway. Strahan was also largely involved in the timber industry. There are many historical buildings in the small town, and it is an enjoyable walk.
There is a beautiful walk from the Peoples Park Google Map up to Hogarth Falls a short distance from the main part of the town. This a good stroll up to the the falls along a well maintained path. It's about a 40min return trip. With the rainfall around while I was there the falls were very full, and the amount of moisture in the air kept the lens wet seconds after wiping it clean.


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Israeli Killers of Arab Boy: Aberrant Individuals
The basic asymmetry is that, whereas the murderers of the Israeli boys are still at large, and Palestinian society is known to systematically glorify and reward terrorist murderers of Israeli Jews, Israel reacted with horror to the news about Abu Khdeir's murder—all the more so when it turned out he had been burned to death. Meanwhile, Israel's police and General Security Service did their work and, on July 6, four days after the murder, six Israelis were arrested. Three of them remain in custody and have now been charged—which brings us to this week's revelations.
It turns out that the three suspects are a 29-year-old man named Yosef Haim Ben-David and two as-yet-unnamed teenage accomplices.
And it also turns out that Ben-David has both a psychiatric and a criminal background.
Ben-David has had a difficult history of mental health problems, which he will most likely use in his defense during the trial. When his daughter was only one month old he threatened to murder her and was arrested.
The police claimed that he had begun to choke the young baby, but stopped when his wife entered the room. As a result of the incident his family committed him to a mental hospital and he was separated from his family.
Ben David…suffer[s] from the mental condition known as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), which is stipulated in the indictment against him. About 18 months ago, he told a psychiatrist who was treating him that he sometimes had thoughts of murdering his baby daughter, and even attempted to do so once by strangulation. He was arrested after admitting this to the psychiatrist, though [he] was released into a rehabilitative program and not charged with any crimes.
The Jerusalem Post added:
The three suspects were charged with murder and kidnapping as well as a slew of other crimes….
The indictment included charges against Ben-David and one of the minors for their attempt to kidnap 7½-year-old Musa Zaloom…and striking him and his mother with whom he was walking….
The indictment has separate charges for multiple attempts by the same two to burn Arab cars….
Both Ben-David and one of the minors take psychiatric drugs for obsessive compulsive disorder, said the indictment.
In other words, the suspects in the Abu Khdeir murder are aberrant individuals—and certainly not members of an ideological organization that forms Israel's government as Hamas does in Gaza. Even the "what-have-we-come-to" hand-wringing that his murder prompted among some Israelis now appears out of place. "We haven't come to" anything; all societies, lamentably, include some number of such individuals. "We" have done our duty by condemning, arresting, and charging them. If they're found guilty, they'll go to prison; no streets will be named after them, and, God forbid, our education system will not teach Israeli children to emulate them.
When the same things can be said about Palestinian murders of Israelis—that they are condemned and shunned by the society, arrested, charged, and punished—this morally asymmetrical "conflict" will be over.


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Transportation markets
The US DoE and most major auto manufacturers are currently pursuing the use of thermoelectrics to replace belt-driven alternators, targeting a 10% increase in fuel efficiency predicated on the development 20% efficient thermoelectric units. Progress has been significantly hampered by the fact that current thermoelectric devices fall well below the targeted 20%.
The automotive industry's pursuit of thermoelectrics may not be based purely on financial considerations, as the economics are not necessarily compelling for a significant portion of the market unless far greater efficiencies can be obtained, and the price can be reduced below $1/watt. Consequently, we are devoting our resources to other markets in the short-term.
Manufacturers of heavy trucks are also pursuing the use of thermoelectrics as a means toward greater energy efficiency and increased reliability. Of course, trucks only make up a fraction of the overall automotive market (approximately 4%), but they travel far more miles annually than ordinary passenger vehicles, often covering 80,000 miles in a single year.
Clearly, one of the key reasons that the economic case for automotive applications does not appear compelling is that most people are not driving their car for the vast majority of the time. However, employing the same economic model to commercial trucks presents a far more appealing proposition due to the fact trucks are driven significantly more, and are less fuel-efficient.
As in the auto industry, MicroPower thermoelectric generators capturing waste heat produced by the main engine can be used to generate electricity. Though fuel economy and reduced emissions are obvious benefits, the primary driver for the implementation of waste heat recovery systems in the aviation industry is the desire to significantly increase on-board power capabilities without needing to undertake a major engine redesign.
Most of the transportation sectors share common waste heat technologies (reciprocating engines with exhaust pipes or steam systems with cooling pipes) and will share common thermoelectric solutions. Jet engine technology along with mission critical safety will require a careful and lengthy development process.


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Friday, January 04, 2008
The Elite Gilrl View on Inflation
Frame 1:
EG: After much consideration, I have found that the peasants have not been affected by the Inflation
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$G: Did you found out about this by doing in depth study of the consumption of the low income family?
EG: Not really...
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$G: If not, it must come from your professional views based on economic data and statistics
EG: Not so troublesome
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$G: Maybe you have visited a low income family?
EG: Don't be stupid!
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EG: My conclusion comes from the fact Orchard road is so packed with people and I could not even get my burger from McDonalds!
$G faint.
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Last week two important documents hit the internet. In one, Mrs. Bourne, a stern English mother-in-law-to-be scolded her future daughter-in-law regarding her "uncouth" and "vulgar" behavior during a visit in April. In the other, an ambitious young Los Angeles woman regaled her 15 closest friends (and eventually the entire internet) about her first hand encounter with Quentin Tarantino's foot fetish.
I have mixed them together. After the jump, Mrs. Bourne writes to Mr. Tarantino regarding their recent one night stand:
It is high time someone explained to you about good manners. Yours are obvious by their absence and I feel sorry for you.
Unfortunately for both of us, my toes have grown quite fond of your amorous attentions, so I suppose I must make an attempt to get through to you. Your behaviour on my visit to your "place" (as you call it) during April was staggering in its uncouthness and lack of grace.
Unfortunately, this was not the first example of bad manners I have experienced from you.
If you wish to see me in open-toed shoes again (to say nothing of entirely unshod) I suggest you take some guidance from experts with utmost haste.
There are plenty of I suppose they're called dominatrixes around. You would be an ideal candidate for a course in proper foot worship from one of these professionals.
Please, for your own good, for my sake and for the sake of any other well-bred ladies who find you at the foot of their bed, fondling their lower extremities, do something as soon as possible.
Here are a few examples of your lack of manners:
When you meet a proper lady at a party, you do not walk up and simply start pouring orange juice into her cup. Both orange juice and plastic cups are considered fit only for servants and dogs in my country, and it was only my impeccable manners that prevented me from leaving on the spot.
When a lady mentions, out of politeness mind you, that she liked Reservoir Dogs, you do not then fish for compliments by asking what she thinks of the rest of your rather distasteful oeuvre.
You do not presume to declare which of your films are "seminal works." Furthermore, the word "seminal" should never be uttered in the presence of a lady.
You do not simply swoop in and begin "making out" with a lady with whom you are conversing, in the middle of a crowded kitchen no less. You are not a swineherd and I am not a scullery maid, and we are not out behind the hay bales on Boxing Day.
After witnessing your indiscretion, my butler, who kindly escorted me to the party, had to go through months of physical therapy in order to lower his eyebrow from its arched position, at great expense to me, and great trouble to our family veterinarian. As of this writing, the eyebrow in question still retains a partial arch, and now I can never tell if he is being ironic when he says "yes ma'am." It is very distressing.
You should have introduced me to Jamie Foxx. I still fondly remember his performances on In Living Colour, one of my favourite programmes.
When a lady agrees to be a guest in your house, you do not waste time with photo booth shenanigans and talk of cinema. Why on Earth should she want to listen to a spittle-flecked monologue about her five least favourite movies? Such conversation is only appropriate for the pub, among football hooligans and other such riff raff.
Her unchaperoned presence in your home at such a late hour should indicate that she is interested in only one thing.
You should have hand-written a card to me. Not every woman would acquiesce as willingly as I to your peculiar predilections.
It is tragic that you have oddly-shaped genitals. However, you aren't the only young person in the world who has them.
I know quite a few young people who have this condition, one of whom is getting married in June. I have never heard him discuss his condition.
He quietly gets on with it. He doesn't like having genitals so ugly that they cause women to reconsider their sexual orientation. Who would? You do not need to fling them about with no warning or use them as an excuse to draw attention to yourself. It is vulgar.
As a foot fetishist of long standing you must be acutely aware of the need to prepare your prospective partner for extraordinary eventualities, your request to "suck on your toes while I jerk off" being one such example.
You are experienced enough to have prepared a lady such as myself appropriately.
No-one "dives right in" without warning and starts lavishing such attention on a lady's toes. It is brash, celebrity style behaviour.
I understand you are unable, or unwilling, to contribute very much towards the cost of the rather extensive pedicure I must now arrange to repair the damage you caused with your unbridled, almost savage lust. (There is nothing wrong with that except that convention is such that one might presume you would have saved over the years for such eventualities, given your proclivities.)
If this is the case, it would be most gentlemanly and gracious to engage in such boudoir assignations as befits both you and the lady who has so graciously agreed to enter your bedchamber.
One could be accused of thinking that Quentin Tarantino must be patting himself on the back for having caught a most elegant, refined woman for a "one night stand." I pity my pedicurist.
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Earthworm Jim 3D – Cheats
Nintendo 64
Play as Earthworm Kim
To play as Earthworm Kim (the last boss), collect 1000 marbles and beat the game. You should have a "Smart Superhero" rank if you collected all the marbles. Now, start your file, go to the "Fear" world and enter the door with the clock outside. Once inside, go straight ahead to the green barred gate. The game should automatically reset itself, and you'll be able to load your save file as Earthworm Kim.
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Tolkien the Teacher
Back in early 2010, I quoted reminiscences about J. R. R. Tolkien at Oxford from Diana Wynne Jones and Susan Cooper, as collected by Leonard Marcus. Cooper said, "He was a wonderful lecturer," but Jones said his lectures were "absolutely appalling."
It looks like many more people shared Jones's response. Adam Gopnik's recent article in the New Yorker about high fantasy for young readers begins:
At Oxford in the nineteen-forties, Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was generally considered the most boring lecturer around, teaching the most boring subject known to man, Anglo-Saxon philology and literature, in the most boring way imaginable.Since Jones and Cooper were at Oxford at about the same time, and since Cooper can appreciate theatricality when she sees it, most likely she was remembering the more popular lectures of C. S. Lewis.
"Incoherent and often inaudible" was Kingsley Amis's verdict on his teacher. Tolkien, he reported, would write long lists of words on the blackboard, obscuring them with his body as he droned on, then would absent-mindedly erase them without turning around.
"I can just about stand learning the filthy lingo it's written in," Philip Larkin, another Tolkien student, complained about the old man's lectures on "Beowulf." "What gets me down is being expected to admire the bloody stuff."
According to Philip Pullman, Tolkien left his stamp on the Oxford curriculum even after he had retired from teaching: "every undergraduate had to read and study—and suffer—Anglo-Saxon."