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About the Workshop:
Basics in Safety: Definitions- Hazards & risks; Importance of safety in industries-General Aspects, Safety Culture, Fire Hazard; Fire chemistry- Dynamics of fire behaviour, Properties of solid, liquid and gaseous fire, Fire spread, Toxicity of products of combustion; Classification of fire hazards- Indian Explosive acts and rules, OHSAS18001 Electrical Safety; Safety in electrical HV system w.r.t Power Grid Corporation- Hazards/Risks, Basic Work Practices, Clearances, Tools &Plants; Earthing Safety in Steel Plants- Processes, Hazards in Steel Plants; Steps taken at Tata Steel :Case Studies: Gas exposure while working on gas lines and Developing work procedures for working in electrical system.
The objective of the Workshop is to provide a unique forum that brings engineers from industry specially from the area of Industrial Safety to impart the specialist knowledge on Electrical High Voltage System. Engineers and students who are novice to this subject can readily acquire knowledge on this specific field.
Resource Persons
Mr. K. Nagarajan
Head Manufacturing & SCM
ZF Electronics TVS (India) Private Limited, Madurai.
Prof. G. Karmegam
Professor / Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Vickram College of Engineering, Enathi.
List of Topics to be covered :
Basics in Safety
Fire Hazard
Electrical Safety
Safety in electrical HV system with respect to Power Grid Corporation
Safety in Steel Plants
Case Studies
Participation: Faculty members, undergraduate students, post graduate students of all discipline in engineering, research scholars and Industrial practitioner are eligible to participate in this workshop.
Registration Fee:
Faculty, Research scholar, Industry - Rs.750 /-
Student - Rs. 500 /-
For more information please visit : www.vickramce.org
Important date:
Last date of Registration : 14 Oct 2014
Contact :
Asst.Prof. J. Mohammed Feros Khan
Ph: +91 9994320032


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Free Autographed Pictures of Disney Characters
This is kind of cool, and definitely worth checking out… You can get a free, autographed picture of your favorite Disney character by writing to:
The Walt Disney Company
Attn: Fan Mail Dept.
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
The only catch is that you have to make your request via snail mail — no electronic inquiries allowed. But if you have a Disney fan in your family, this could make for a fun little surprise that's well worth the price of a stamp.
I'm not sure how long the entire process takes, so plan ahead — especially if you're planning on giving the autographed picture as part of a gift.
Comments (scroll down to add your own):
Sounds like a fantastic, inexpensive gift to give…do you know if they just sign it or if they also place the person's name on it?Comment by saving advice — Feb 3rd 2007 @ 10:30 pm
That's a great question, and I don't know the answer. Sorry.Comment by dad — Feb 3rd 2007 @ 11:14 pm
could you please send me an autographed picture of mickey and minnie?? i am a big fan of theirs, I just love them and I am dying and I would love to get there picture… i love them both….
my name is BARB MILLER, 320 S MAIN ST. APT, 33, ROCHELLE, IL 61068
THANK YOU VERY MUCH….Comment by barb miler — Sep 28th 2008 @ 12:18 am
Yes they do personalize the autographs…I got one for my grandson! I am going to do more now that I know how it works and that it REALLY DOES WORK!!Comment by Mary Gulledge — Jan 13th 2014 @ 8:17 pm
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CRESSON, Pa. – The little things had a big impact in Wednesday night's Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference game, in which Penn State Altoona men's basketball suffered a 77-73 loss to rival Mount Aloysius College at the Athletic, Convocation, and Wellness Center.
The Lions' (6-11, 5-6 AMCC) inability to capitalize in several key situations – particularly at the free throw line – made the difference in their four-point loss. Penn State Altoona shot just 52.9% (9-for-17) at the foul line, compared to Mount Aloysius' (10-8, 7-4 AMCC) 78.3% (18-for-23) performance there.
"Tough loss tonight, but still proud of the effort of the majority of the team," said Penn State Altoona head coach David McGreal. "Our biggest problem was not being able to convert at the free throw line. We had some really big misses at crucial times. All in all, I'm happy with how we competed, but I still felt like we left a lot out there that could've brought home the win."
With starting center Cameron Gardner-Nicholson unavailable, Marshall Higley (Sayre, PA/Sayre) stepped up to lead the Lions in points and rebounds. Higley came off the bench to put up career-highs with 18 points and seven rebounds , shooting 5-for-9 from beyond the arc and 6-for-12 from the field overall.
Jalen Archie-Davis (Norcross, GA/Norcross) scored 13 points while posting team-highs with five assists and two steals. Nate Gillen (Johnstown, PA/Central Cambria) totaled 12 points off the bench on a 5-for-7 shooting performance that included a 2-for-3 showing from three-point range. Y'shua Bragg (Pittsburgh, PA/Carrick) posted 10 points and four rebounds.
"Not having Cam obviously hurt a lot, but I thought we still had a great opportunity to win that game," said McGreal. "Huge effort by Marshall and Nate off the bench, which really sparked us offensively."
Nate Christian and Carlos Palacios tied Higley for the game-high in scoring, finishing with 18 points apiece for Mount Aloysius. Imrane Amadou had a double-double, posting 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Trent McErlane chipped in 10 points for the Mounties.
Wednesday's game was closely-fought from beginning to end, with the largest lead of the night by either team being six points. The contest featured 17 lead changes, and the score was tied on 13 different occasions.
By the end of the first half, Penn State Altoona and Mount Aloysius were deadlocked 30-30.
After Higley's three-pointer midway through the first half put Penn State Altoona up 15-13, Mount Aloysius used a 7-0 run to stake out a five-point lead. Christian accounted for all seven of his team's points during the run, hitting three jumpers, the last of which was a three-point play to make it 20-15 at the 8:47 mark.
Shortly thereafter, Penn State Altoona responded with a 7-0 run of its own to turn a 22-17 deficit into a two-point lead. Gillen's three-pointer started the rally, and Archie-Davis' bucket tied the score at 22. Bragg's layup at 4:05 made it 24-22.
Mount jumped ahead 28-26 on Amadou's layup and foul shot with 2:24 left in the opening half, but scores by Higley and Gillen helped keep the score knotted 30-30 by the intermission.
Penn State Altoona started the second half by getting a three-pointer from Jack Kusters (Quakertown, PA/Lansdale Catholic) and a layup from Bragg. Later, the Lions stayed on top 50-49 following another three-pointer from Higley.
The Mounties used the three ball to their advantage, responding with treys from McErlane and Palacios to jump ahead 55-50 by the 9:55 mark. But Penn State Altoona struck back, getting two free throws from Archie-Davis and a pair of layups from Richard Dei-Kwarteng (Windsor Hill, MD/Standard of Excellence Academy), the second of which led to a three-point play, to get back on top, 57-55. Robbie Hicks (Rockledge, FL/Rockledge) made a pair of free throws at 7:14 to extend the Lions' lead to 59-55. Higley's three-pointer at 6:51 gave Penn State Altoona its largest lead of the night, 62-57.
But Mount Aloysius closed the gap, eventually tying the game at 5:03 on two Amadou free throws. Josiah Jones' three-pointer at 3:15 put the Mounties up 65-64, and a trey from Palacios made it 68-65 28 seconds later.
Higley connected from three-point range at 1:40 to help bring Penn State Altoona back to within two points, 71-69, but the Lions were unable to make up any more ground. Palacios' layup and foul shot at 1:06 boosted Mount Aloysius' advantage to 74-69, and the Mounties got free throws from Julian Stover and McErlane within the final 34 seconds to help solidify their lead.
Penn State Altoona men's basketball will look to bounce back at home this Saturday, January 26, when the Lions host AMCC opponent Penn State Behrend for a 4:00 p.m. contest in the Adler Arena. That date is also marked as Pediatric Cancer Awareness Day, as well as the Athletics department's "SAAC for Socks" initiative to collect new socks, hats, and gloves for the local homeless community.


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- A Long Dark Night: Race in America from Jim Crow to World War II by J. Michael Martinez
In A Long Dark Night: Race in America from Jim Crow to World War II,J. Michael Martinez attempts to provide a compelling synthesis of social, economic, and political actors and events that dominated American history from the end of the Civil War through World War II. Focusing on the southern region of the nation, Martinez shows how white politicians at the state and federal levels perpetuated and expanded racist discrimination and oppression. On some topics he succeeds in relaying important information to his intended audience (undergraduate and graduate students), but generally, Martinez's narrative style and focus prevent him from achieving his goal.
Much of this book concerns racial segregation, but Martinez fails to show the vast array of legal (de jure) and customary (de facto) details of Jim Crow. Few students today know just how oppressive this apartheid system was—from the cradle to the grave—so Martinez misses an opportunity to show the absurdity of white supremacist ideology. Incidentally, his consistent use of the term white supremacy should be commended. Most authors shy away from using this accurate term and opt instead to use less precise ones such as discrimination, prejudice, and racism.
At the same time, Martinez could be more precise in his use of language. When discussing black people, he should use the terms black people ox African Americans instead of using the archaic terms Negro and colored. Other examples of Martinez's curious word choice are found throughout his work. For example, he labels the abolitionist newspaper the Liberator a "rag," he describes one politician as an "angry rube," and in one instance he calls white men's sexual exploitation and assaults of black women as "trysts" (pp. 25, 138, 180). There are more than a few places where it is unclear whether Martinez is conveying the attitudes and beliefs of people he is writing about or whether he is assessing and critiquing them. This lack of clarity undermines his work.
One particular strength of the book (likely a result of Martinez's career as an attorney) is its history of Supreme Court decisions, especially those pertaining to the Fourteenth Amendment. Rarely has an author detailed and described these cases so clearly. Other strengths include chapters 7 ("The Great Migration") and 9 ("The Rise of a New Black Culture"), which cover black people's agency to create positive changes in their lives.
Apart from those chapters, however, Martinez's book is primarily a story of prominent and/or consequential white men who made black people's lives so hard. He makes only a few references to black men's agency. Left out is any comprehensive discussion of the vast array of African American fraternal organizations, as well as the mutual aid and self-help organizations, that black men established in partnership with black women. [End Page 463]
Martinez reinforces this gendered history by using masculine pronouns to generalize about white and black people, and by his decision not to include any substantive information on women—black or white. When Martinez does mention women, he generally shows them only as victims of white men who wanted to control women at all costs. There is no mention of the National Association of Colored Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, both of which organized extensively around social issues and had strong influences on American society and politics. Martinez's omission of Ida B. Wells-Barnett's research on lynching is especially glaring. Her work The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States (1895) proved that white people used that terrorist tactic mainly to punish black men and women who had allegedly committed "offenses" against white individuals, such as fighting, arguing, and being "disrespectful," and to a lesser extent to protect white womanhood from "black brutes." On a related...


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Sorry seems to be the Hardest Word
21 Mar - 14 Apr
17 Feb - 17 Mar
Merlyn Theatre
90 minutes, including interval
17 Feb - 17 Mar
Merlyn Theatre
90 minutes, including interval
Winner of three Helpmann Awards (2011) and four Sydney Theatre Awards (2011), this taut, stripped-back rendition of a modern classic never lets up. Director Simon Stone has developed from a wunderkind of Melbourne's indie theatre to an established force on Australia's mainstages. Here he transplants Ibsen's characters into the contemporary world in a new play tailor-made for an astonishing cast led by Ewen Leslie.
Hjalmar Ekdal grew up rich but scandal cast him into poverty. Now he lives in a tiny flat with his father, his wife, his daughter and a duck. When his old friend Gregers Werle returns with unfinished business, the truth Gregers brings could shatter the world Hjalmar has built around himself.
A bittersweet portrait of family dysfunction, deception and denial, The Wild Duck resounds for a new age.
Written by / Simon Stone with Chris Ryan after Henrik Ibsen
Directed by / Simon Stone
Set Design / Ralph Myers
Costume Design / Tess Schofield
Lighting Design / Niklas Pajanti
Composition and Sound Design / Stefan Gregory
Assistant Director / Anne-Louise Sarks
Dramaturgy / Eamon Flack
Production Manager / Glenn Dulihanty
Technical Manager & Lighting Design Associate / Teegan Lee
Head of Sound / Caitlin Porter
Stage Manager / Lisa Osborn
Assistant Stage Manager/ Amy Morcom
Performed by / John Gaden, Anita Hegh, Ewen Leslie, Eloise Mignon, Anthony Phelan, Toby Schmitz
Malthouse Theatre presents a Belvoir production.
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Knitting Short Rows: Techniques for Great Shapes and Angles is my new book with Interweave, and it's available now from Amazon. From the book intro:
Shape your knitwear seamlessly using short row techniques, including wrap & turn, yarnover, German and Japanese methods, and twin stitch shadow wraps.
The beauty, ease and charm of knitwear comes in large part from its organic nature, from the curve of a sweater around the body, the depth and texture of a warm scarf, or the perfect slouch of a hat. I love designing knits that shape the fabric or create interesting detail using various knitting techniques. One of my favorite techniques of all is short rows.
Short rows are an invaluable technique that allow the knitter to create curves, angles and depth, resulting in modern, seamless knitwear that is both engaging to knit and flattering to wear.
Knitting Short Rows is both a technical learning resource with tutorials, and a beautiful design source that embodies modern, seamless knitting with 17 designs including garments, accessories and wraps.
See all the patterns from the book on Ravelry.


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St. Louis CF Cycle for Life 2019
Online registration is closed. Registration for Cycle for Life will be available day of the event.
About CF Cycle for Life
Different Start/Finish location for 2019!
We are moving back to where the Gateway Chapter Cycle for Life started and heading back to O'Fallon, MO!
Get your wheels in motion and join us (10/05/2019) for our annual bicycle event as we ride through some of the most picturesque and scenic terrain in St. Charles County. CF Cycle for Life is a fully-supported ride with route options of 25, 50 or Century. From breakfast to our cycle post party, you can enjoy fully stocked rest stops every 10-12 miles, bike mechanics for bicycle maintenance and repair, and plenty of support vehicles to help you complete the ride. This unique event empowers participants to take action and demonstrate their fight in finding a cure for cystic fibrosis in a tangible, emotional and powerful way. We hope you can join us for the 2019 CF Cycle for Life!
Registration Fee
1/01/2019 – 09/02/2019: $15
09/03/2019 – 10/03/2019: $25
10/05/2019: $35
Fundraising Minimum: $175 (Registration fees are not included in fundraising minimum.)
25 mile route
50 mile route
100 mile route
Minimum Fundraising Requirement Policy: The minimum pledge requirement of $175 is due on or before event day, however if you have met your minimum fundraising by the day of the event, we encourage you to keep fundraising. Reach for the stars and earn great rewards and recognition up to one month after the event. The average amount a participant raises is $740. Registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferrable and do not count towards your fundraising minimum. Thank you for adding tomorrows for people with cystic fibrosis.
Riders ages 16 and up may participate.
Bike helmets are required to ride.
Learn more about other CF Cycle For Life® rides across the country.
Top Teams
2 - The Staenberg Group ($10,380.00)
3 - Grace's Gang ($9,337.51)
4 - SLUCare Cystic Fibrosis Team ($8,190.00)
5 - Ride for Roses ($6,935.00)
Top Cyclists
2 - Brittany Stout ($7,950.01)
3 - Rick Steingruby ($6,965.00)
4 - Greg Knapp ($5,500.00)
5 - Michael Burke ($4,650.00)
Volunteer for the CF Cycle for Life
Would you like to join the volunteer team or do you know someone who would enjoy being a part of a winning team? There are many skill-enhancing and fun volunteer opportunities to experience. The contribution of each volunteer helps make CF Cycle for Life more enjoyable and it helps raise funds to cure cystic fibrosis.Become a Volunteer
Cycle Goal: $132,000.00
Raised: $121,195.29Donate Now
Ride Details
Date: 10/5/2019
Check-in: 6:30am Century, 7:30am 50 Miles, 9:00am 25 Miles
Start Time: 7:00am Century, 8:30am 50 Miles, 10:00am 25 Miles
Route Mileages: 25, 50 & 100
Chapter: Gateway Chapter
Event Location: CarShield Field, 900 TR Hughes Blvd,
O'Fallon, MO
Event Coordinator Name: Jason Kempen
Event Coordinator Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Event Coordinator Phone: 314.733.1241
Please convert cash donations into a money order or check before mailing or bringing to the event.


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The Brillyant Resources objectives
Brillyant Resources is committed in its mission to master the art of replenishing soil nutrients and soil microbes, which includes naturally occurring bacteria, funghi and protozoa.
Brillyant Resources pledges to:
- Adhere to USDA organic specifications (OMRI)
- Be the benchmark for environmental stewardship in the fertilization and fermentation industries
- Look for sustainable solutions to problems in every growing environment
Brillyant Resources began by developing and field-testing specific proprietary methods for the reclamation of desert sandy soils.
Today, many of these test sites are productive farms, a result of a ten-year project for agricultural production of tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, squash, grains, and various fruit-bearing trees.
Two protozoans featured in our new Prometheus cocktail:
Tetrahymena and Paramecium.
The results included significant improvements in produce quality and yield from existing fields, and 1000 acres of bountiful new farmland reclaimed from the desert. We know of no other company that has used organic means as part of a desert reclamation program.
This same determination and boldness is helping us today in combating the root causes of fruit drop, caused by canker and HLB (citrus greening).


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Search Supreme Court Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Frad v. Kelly, 302 U.S. 312 (1937)
Frad v. Kelly
No. 87
Argued November 9, 10, 1937
Decided December 6, 1937
1. Where a defendant in a criminal prosecution in the federal district court pleads guilty upon three separate indictments, the court may impose a sentence of fine and imprisonment upon one indictment, and on each of the others may suspend the imposition of sentence and place the defendant on probation for a definite period to begin upon completion of service of the sentence on the first. Probation Act of 1925, §§ 1-2; 18 U.S.C. §§ 724-725. P. 302 U. S. 315.
2. A federal district judge who, while sitting in a criminal case in a district to which he had been assigned pursuant to R.S. § 591, as amended, had, upon a plea of guilty, suspended sentence and placed the defendant upon probation, is without authority, after the termination of his service in that district, to make an order revoking the probation and terminating the proceedings against the probationer. P. 302 U. S. 317.
3. A court other than that in which the judgment and sentence are recorded is without authority, either under the Probation Act or the statute providing for the assignment of judges, to make an order, pursuant to § 2 of the Probation Act, revoking probation and terminating the proceedings against the probationer. P. 302 U. S. 318.
4. Limitations upon the jurisdiction of the assigned judge cannot be waived by the actions of the probation officer or of the District Attorney. P. 302 U. S. 319.
89 F.2d 866 affirmed.
Certiorari, 301 U.S. 681, to review a judgment reversing orders of the district court which discharged the petitioner upon a writ of habeas corpus and denied a motion by the Government to sentence him upon indictments under which probation had been granted.
Official Supreme Court caselaw is only found in the print version of the United States Reports. Justia caselaw is provided for general informational purposes only, and may not reflect current legal developments, verdicts or settlements. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or information linked to from this site. Please check official sources.


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New Topographics
From the press release:
"Photographs in New Topographics emphasize aspects of the emerging, postwar American landscape: expansive parking lots detailed in Frank Gohlke's Landscape, Los Angeles (1974); subdevelopment tract housing documented by Robert Adams; idiosyncratic historic motels of Route 66 surveyed by John Schott's Route 66 Motels series; and industrial parks captured in Lewis Baltz's New Industrial Parks series."
Along with the exhibition, the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) presents an installation exploring the role of oil in the development of the American landscape. A previous CLUI show covered the oil landscape of Texas.


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I recently heard about a nifty new downloadable software that helps you to inventory your stuff. You know, like we do every time we move? (I wish...we are awful.) I have had many friends who have lost their things due to fires, volcanoes, and even disappearing overseas moving crates. Having a good inventory is the most important part in putting together an accurate and timely insurance claim.
The What You Own Home Inventory software is highly rated and helps make the process a little easier. It has been tested to make sure that it is a safe download, which makes me feel a little better.
Maybe that will be one of my goals for 2011: to make a good home inventory. Want to join me?


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Background material on gravity
Gravity and its context in physics. Centripetal forces in planetary motion. Newton's law of gravitation and Newton's shell theorem. Cavendish's experiment and G. Kepler's laws, Newton's laws, planetary and satellite orbits. Orbits and the centre of mass. "Weightlessness". Gravitational potential energy, escape velocity and black holes. The rotating frame and why the gravitational force is not (quite) vertical. The limits to Newtonian gravity. Comparing the forces of nature. The 'music of the spheres'. Includes
A simple experiment to measure g
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Gophers are one of the most common outdoor pest problems faced by property owners in Riverside County. You can tell if you have gophers by looking for small dirt mounds around your yard, garden, or orchard. Gophers live underground and primarily stay out of sight, but you may see them pushing dirt out of one of their burrows, feeding along the edge of a hole, or occasionally moving from one feeding area to another. While gophers may seem innocuous enough, gophers are often responsible for damage to plants, crops, water lines, and sprinkler systems. They can also divert irrigation water and contribute to soil erosion.
At Compass Pest Management, we are your best source for reliable and affordable gopher control in Riverside. We provide both one-time and ongoing gopher control services for properties of all sizes. Ongoing service can be scheduled on a monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly basis. To get rid of gophers, we use some of the most effective and eco-friendly methods available in our industry, including trapping, baiting, fumigation, and exclusion. Following the successful trapping of one or more gophers, ongoing gopher control services are recommended in order to prevent reinfestation.
Call us today for a free on-site consultation anywhere in Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Rialto, Fontana, San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Jurupa Valley, Eastvale, Norco, Corona, or Riverside. We are family owned and operated, fully insured, and licensed by California's Structural Pest Control Board and County Agricultural Department. As a testament to our exceptional results, fair prices, and responsive service, we have 1,000s of satisfied residential and commercial clients, and a very high customer return and referral rate.
We have always had confidence in your company with your professional presence and your thorough reports. However, it's times like these when you go out of your way to accommodate our inspection schedule, that defines you as the best.


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Springhill Gardens Saturday
April 22, 2017
The view from my writing desk is stunning this morning, with all the trees in full bloom, and the sun shining in a glorious blue sky. This will hopefully make for a productive day of PhD writing, interrupted by a stroll through the park and a nice brunch with [c], to make the most of this lovely Scottish spring day.
Some of you may have noticed that with the thesis submission now seriously looming [160 days, to be precise], I've returned to knitting as my favourite tool of procrastination and therapy. So, here I present you another project complete:
Pattern: Fort Grey by Fiona Alice
Yarn: The Uncommon Thread Tough Sock [colour: Confetti]
Needles: 2.25mm
[More project details on Ravelry]
I think this is the most entertaining sock project I've ever knitted, with so much going on at every corner: a Turkish Cast-On and a Stretchy Bind-Off, purl stitches, knitting stitches, slipped stitches and some serious cabling all helped me to keep the writing panic at bay, and to get my creative thinking going.
Summer Relaxation [and Some Knitting]
August 25, 2014
Over the last months, I have spent quite some time on the peaceful island which is the garden of my South London home, trying to squeeze yet another PhD chapter out of my confused and tired brain. Writing was [and is] particularly difficult this time, which I guess has to do with the fact that the project is slowly coming to an end, and I will have to think about how to wrap up things shortly, which has always been a difficult and challenging task for me.
Thankfully, this summer we have been blessed with a lot of sunshine and warm weather which allowed for nice and relaxing weekend outings to distract me from worrying to much. I still enjoy exploring the city immensely (and regret that I do not document my adventures here as regularly as I want to).
However, since I am a country girl at heart and need my regular dose of mountains, two weeks ago, [c] and I set out for a short break at my mum's in the Tyrolean Alps. Despite a lot of rain, we managed to do some hiking without getting soaked, and we even got rewarded with some particularly nice and dramatic valley views.
And of course we also managed to dwell within the odd old wall, and to stick our noses into a monastery or castle or two.
After such a wonderful break it does not feel too bad to be back in London, and to pick up writing once again. And knitting, for that matter. But before I share my current explorations on that front with you, here's a project I already finished back in March, but never got around to posting it here:
Pattern: Geometry | Hypotenuse by Olga Buraya-Kefelian
Yarn: Wollmeise Pure 100% Merino Superwash [colour: Versuchskaninchen]
Needles: 4.5mm
[More project details on Ravelry]
Happy knitting, writing […insert activity you are currently engaged in…] everyone!


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Upgrade your Suite: Introducing Suite Ready partners
Zendesk introduces the Suite Ready program, which enables businesses to use apps that provide greater functionality for agents and customers alike
Say hello to Zendesk Explore
With Zendesk Explore, you get instant access to the customer analytics that matter—and the deeper understanding of your customers and business that comes with it.
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Build a contact center with Talk Enterprise
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Introducing Textback, born in our hackathon
Phone-tree, or IVR, administrators can now add a text-back option for callers needing support. And it all came about at the Zendevian Cup, our annual hackathon.
Introducing Answer Bot
A a new way for customers to find the answers they seek even faster – introducing Answer Bot.
Outbound team: Welcome to the Zendesk family
We're happy to report another milestone in Zendesk's journey to help companies better communicate with their customers. Today we announced our recent acquisition of Outbound, and we welcome the entire Outbound team to the Zendesk family
Adobe and Zendesk: powering multi-channel customer experiences
In order to deliver a great experience to a wider set of customers, Zendesk and Adobe are collaborating on an integrated solution. We're excited to announce that we are partnering with Adobe to improve customer experiences, so customers can expect the same great service through a variety of channels
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Top Chef Review: Mean Paula Deen!
Paula Deen appeared on Top Chef and our critic came to one conclusion: this famous cook is pretty darn mean!
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TEMECULA — It's been on the schedule for months: LeBron James will play for the Lakers for the first time tonight.
It's not a surprise, and the Lakers have been preparing for the preseason opener with the Denver Nuggets in San Diego for the last week. James will start, alongside Rajon Rondo, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Brandon Ingram and JaVale McGee.
And yet something about seeing it happen, Coach Luke Walton said, should bring a little something extra when James takes the stage in front of a Lakers-friendly crowd.
"There will be energy in the building," he said. "He'll get a nice applause when his name gets called, but I think that will be a lot of places. Everywhere in the preseason, obviously besides the San Jose game, but they're going to be excited as they all are."
Luke Walton reveals tonight's starting lineup and talks about what he expects for LeBron's Laker debut. pic.twitter.com/U0v3lqiJRi
— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) September 30, 2018
It's the kind of reception James is used to, but which has sparked an uncommon enthusiasm even for the massive Lakers fanbase. ESPN reported Saturday that seats at the 14,500-capacity Valley View Casino Center were in high demand for the preseason contest.
Thinking about driving to San Diego for @KingJames Lakers debut on Sunday? Gonna be a tough ticket. Word is the game is almost sold out. A very limited amount of tickets were just released, but the nearly 14,000-seat arena will be completely filled…for a preseason game 👀
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) September 28, 2018
The Lakers got a small taste of it Sunday morning when they held a public shootaround at the Pechanga Reservation in Temecula, drawing several hundred fans from the community to the reservation recreation center. Many of them were wearing Lakers jerseys – some of them with James' name and number on the back, bought before he's even made his debut.
"I think it's great," James said. "They probably watch us a lot on television and online so for us to open our shootaround to them and for them to see us in person, I think is pretty cool."
LeBron talks about having a shootaround at the Pechanga reservation and looks ahead to tonight's preseason opener. pic.twitter.com/RuQfy1WjYT
— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) September 30, 2018
Walton said it's likely that this game will function as an opportunity for more of the older, established players to get their foundational plays in line. Younger players, such as rookies Svi Mykhailliuk and Isaac Bonga, will likely get more time later in the preseason.
The Lakers have worked on structuring their team chemistry and style over the last week, but there are elements of a game that can't be simulated. Rajon Rondo said he's hoping to learn more about how the defense functions against an offense they haven't seen yet – a particularly potent one led by Nikola Jokic and Paul Millsap.
"Obviously, in practice, we want to work on what we want to work on as far as our basic defensive coverages," Rondo said, "but playing the Nuggets, playing a different team obviously, there's going to be different coverages."
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SVA Alum Aura Lewis Talks 'Gloria's Voice,' Her New Children's Book About Iconic Feminist Gloria Steinem
March 13, 2018
by Emma Drew
At her commencement ceremony last May, Aura Lewis (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay 2017) boldly walked across the stage and approached the commencement speaker, activist Gloria Steinem, after being handed her diploma. Lewis wasn't able to speak to Steinem but pressed into her hands a packet of illustrations and a letter explaining where they came from: Lewis had spent the last year and a half working on a children's book about the iconic feminist and wanted to share it with her subject and source of inspiration as directly as she could. "It was very quick but she acknowledged it," Lewis said. "She opened the letter on stage—and we have it on video—and then she later posted one of the images that I gave her on her Instagram. So that was amazing." Cut to less than a year later and that book, Gloria's Voice, was released by Sterling Publishing last week, officially debuting March 6.
A New York-based illustrator, Lewis is also an author, designer, and mother of two young daughters. Gloria's Voice is her first book and was developed during her time at SVA; her second book, The Illustrated Feminist, which charts 100 years of U.S. feminist history, will be published in 2020, coinciding with the centennial of women's suffrage. In February, Lewis spoke as part of Alumni Affairs' panel discussion Let's Talk: Women in the Creative Industries. A life-long drawer, Lewis came to the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program after an undergraduate degree in psychology, stints in painting and graphic design, and a lot of soul-searching in Argentina with her family. "It was a career shift for me," she explained. "Working as a graphic designer, it wasn't fulfilling for me from a creative point of view. I really wanted to be a content creator, to tell stories and use color and draw people and just make images."
Lewis' participation in last month's 'Let's Talk' panel highlighted her indirect, though seemingly inevitable, path to illustration, the challenges of managing her time while working at home and her belief in sharing the floor with others when it comes to matters of artistic representation. Below, we delve further into her practice and its particular resonance within this moment's women's movement.
Tell me a little about the trajectory of Gloria's Voice.
[Fall 2016] was The Book Show. We had to come up with a book, some sort of book, and everyone took it a different way but I was really intent on making a children's book that felt like a real children's book. I wanted to write it, I wanted to illustrate it, and make it feel like a finished project. I've always been interested in the women's movement and feminist history, and I've particularly always been inspired by second-wave feminists in the '60s and '70s. In general I love that time, the fashion and style. And Gloria is such an iconic figure from that time. She really spoke unapologetically about feminism, and at the time it wasn't popular—[the word] used to be derogatory. And there was no book about her! No illustrated children's book at least.
My advisors were a little baffled by this idea—my program does not specialize in children's books. But I looked for help outside the program, too, looking for conferences on kids' books, webinars online, I contacted an old editor contact. It was fun and challenging because I just did a ton of research about Gloria, trying to put it in a book form and figure out how I was going to illustrate this thing. I basically worked on it the whole summer to bring it to where it was.
How you would describe the work that you do now, or some of your more general interests in your illustration practice?
It's constantly evolving. I'm constantly figuring things out, but right now I'm doing a lot of work that's related to women somehow. I also love doing children's illustration but I'm trying to figure out balancing that with doing illustrations for adults, editorial work.
Looking at your website and Instagram, it is a very cohesive body of work stylistically and, I think, content-wise. Regardless of the commission, what kind of stories or images you are hoping to convey?
I try to evoke a feeling that I'm having. Lately I've been doing a lot of sort empowerment [images]; it's what I've been thinking about lately. I am political but not in a manifesto-like way. I want something that people can identify with or take away something from, an inspiration.
Some of [my illustrations] are more conceptual and some of them are more straight-forward. I love drawing people so I'm always trying to figure out people in different situations, relationships. Or sometimes it's an internal world of a person, an emotional world. And I try to also make them happy--I definitely don't do the scary or gory end of things. I'm trying to evoke some kind of emotion, feeling, idea, a sense of recognition.
I think with illustration, as opposed to let's say fine art, there's something a little bit more, to me, immediate and less precious about it. I feel like with fine art for every piece, you had to have this whole thesis. It wasn't so quick and if it was quick, was is really art [was the connotation]. Illustration is really the form that I enjoy doing best. I feel like it's more accessible. I can be fun and light-hearted, something that I didn't really feel like I could do in fine art and in graphic design it's more about designing other content.
Is there anything from your research for Gloria's Voice or The Illustrated Feminist that you found particularly unexpected or interesting?
I've been mostly blown away by how recent some of these laws that talk about equality are. For example, only in 1974 were women allowed to have credit without their husband signing—before that, to get a credit card, her husband or father would have to sign. That's crazy to me.
There is a real demand to see and hear from women and have their stories told. What has this cultural moment meant for your work and audience's response to it?
I'm still really new to this so I feel like everything, all responses, are still new to me. Just the fact that people are responding to my work is actually new to me. You know, as a designer you're a little invisible—you can do a great piece but no one really knows you're the designer. I love that part of illustration: sharing these immediate stories and because they're accessible people can immediately see them and respond.
I feel like it's lucky because the timing feels right. [Feminism] is not a new thing, but [we're experiencing] a new awakening of feminism. It's been a little bit dormant for the last decade or so. It hasn't been like it is now, in this moment, so it's an exciting time. The fact that it's aligning right now with my interests is really cool.
You said at the panel that your work at this moment is also meaningful to you because you're interested in portraying your own kind of femininity. You want to make room, unapologetically, for any kind of feminist illustration, and yours happens to look like this. How does operating in this feminist mindset affect the work that you make?
Things are valued in our culture that a lot of times are more masculine—the aesthetic and the colors look clean, and, in design if something is too curlicue it's girly or feminine and it's not really considered really well-done. Just because it's not masculine doesn't mean that it's not good. I felt that with my illustration, it was really liberating for me. People do say that my work is feminine or girly but that's part of my feminist take. That's okay. I don't need to hide or fight against it, it's not less valuable than other forms of the female experience.
I think that today there's more of a place for a multiplicity of femininities and if you're feminine it doesn't mean you're not strong or brave or any other attributes. You can have that aspect [of yourself] without apologizing for it.
Aura Lewis' Gloria's Voice is available now through Sterling Publishing.


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The Royal Oak, Yattendon
Muddy says: This stylish country pub has a rep for good food. Plus it's the Muddy Award winner for Best Boutique Stay 2017, so why not sleepover.
If you're looking for a stylish country pub with a fantastic selection of craft beers and wines, serving fine food – then you've found it here.
The Royal Oak is in the chocolate box village of Yattendon, West Berkshire, a short drive from the M4 and A34. It sits within Lord Iliffe's 9,000-acre estate surrounded by fields and woodland. It very much describes itself as a locals pub, but the locals in this neck of the woods are whip smart and know good grub when it hits them in the lamb chops.
The red brick exterior suggests a warm, rural charm within. And it doesn't disappoint. The atmosphere is relaxed, confident and cosy. There are several separate areas to choose from – the large main eating area (above) with not one but TWO roaring fires, the attractive snug/bar area, three private dining rooms (seating 8, 12 and 40 people ) and a lounge area with squishy sofas and chairs to sink back a few G&Ts in front of yet another fire.
Once settled in here, you'll struggle to get up. Good job they have 10 cracking boutique rooms (all with gun cabinets) if you want to scoff, quaff and stagger to bed. They also won the Muddy Award for Best Boutique Stay in 2017 and 2018.
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The Royal Oak has been a reliable destination to eat for us over the years, but we were disappointed with it last night (28.4.18) because 2 items on the menu were no longer available (and it's not a large menu so this narrowed down the options considerably) and we had to send our main courses back because they weren't hot enough. Second time round they were hotter, but we were overall somewhat disappointed with the experience. The restaurant wasn't full so they were hardly rushed off their feet.
Hi Kate, Oh no. Sorry you were disappointed. I'll pass on your comments to the Oak. Rachel x
Hi Kate
Rachel has passed on your comments to me
I am distraught that neither your nor my expectations were met when you dined at the Royal Oak on Saturday, and offer my sincere apologies
We are generally an honest bunch of guys trying to do an honest job, but sometimes when we mess up we have to hold up our hands and say a heartfelt sorry
It can happen that we run out of one or two dishes from time to time – our menu is quite big in an attempt to appeal to as many tastes and budgets as possible, so our stock holding is not massive…hence if we have a run on one dish then we can run out. The Saturday lunch was particularly busy which was why we were a bit short on Saturday night. However I take your comments on board and am very sorry that it marred the enjoyment of your evening
What is more inexcusable though is the delivery of dishes which were not piping hot – many apologies. The kitchen was not particularly busy as you rightly say, but mistakes do sometimes happen. My only wish when we do make mistakes is that the mistake was rectified to your satisfaction and that apologies were sincere and forthcoming
Kate I would hate to think that you leave with an indelibly negative impression of the Royal Oak, so in attempt to restore some faith and as a gesture of goodwill I would be delighted to offer you lunch or dinner for 2 on me – no strings attached, just a friendly offer to try and right a wrong and to be able to apologise in person….let me know if you would like to take me up on the offer
In the meantime sincere apologies again, and we all hope to see you again soon


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Jasmine van den Bogaerde, aka Birdy, was just fourteen when she released her first album in 2011, a collection of covers of heartfelt songs by artists like Bon Iver, the xx, and the Postal Service. It didn't matter that the tracks were familiar: Birdy flexed her muscles within the music, and her precise and achingly beautiful voice made each cover a revelation. Her sophomore album, Fire Within, will debut in the U.S. on June 3, and this time, the music is entirely original. Though Birdy is still only seventeen (but why say "only" when peer artists like Lorde have shown us young women write deep, reverberating songs that crack adult emotion), hearing her voice quiver through her own words is at once powerful and soothing.
A great starting point is "Not About Angels" (below), a song she wrote for the sound track of the forthcoming film The Fault in Our Stars, starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort. In the visualizer video for the track, Birdy's handwriting and floating notebook drawings bring the characters' tragic love in the film to life. "For the lyrics I was inspired by the way they speak to each other," Birdy says. "I was in tears when they read the book, and was so inspired by how the characters communicate." Currently, Birdy is touring in the U.S. (she plays Irving Plaza in New York on Wednesday and Thursday), bringing her point of view and observations to the forefront of her work. "I've always been a writer," she says, after explaining that she began writing songs at age eight—"so for me it's the most exciting thing ever."


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27 November 2012
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU) issued a statement on Sunday, rejecting the Consitutional Declaration announced by President Mohamed Morsi and calling on workers to mobilise against the decree. Mass demonstrations have been called by opposition groups in protest at Morsi's announcement.
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SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (Reuters) - Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland was briefing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the second time in a few hours on talks to update NAFTA and will speak to reporters later on Wednesday, a government official said.
The official gave no details. A Canadian source had earlier told Reuters that Freeland planned to travel to Washington for fresh talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement, with the two sides still struggling to settle differences on some issues.
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The attached photo may strike you as a little odd… it did me! It's a squirrel in Britain helping himself to someone's Halloween decorations. I like it for a variety of reasons. The squirrel and I both look 'normal' on the outside. On the inside, I feel more like the screaming skull the squirrel is wrestling with. Looking in the mirror, my appearance is pretty much the same as always; but nothing on the inside works as usual. My return-to-work date from this pulmonary embolism is uncertain… when I'm physically ready, I'm told. What about the psychological side, which is beginning to use my frame of mind for ping-pong practice. "They" say this roller coaster ride after a life-changing event is normal. Why does it feel so freaking weird then? I KNOW my thinking's not right, yet, I can't seem to change it to my liking.
Being an 'island' during this recovery slows down my progress. I'd prefer to not need anyone or anything to get back to 'normal', but that doesn't seem to work so well. Last night, The Who's 'We Won't Get Fooled Again' played on the radio. The bit toward the end when Roger Daltrey lets out that bellowing "YEEAAAHHHHHH!!!", I thought, "That's IT, THAT'S how I feel." For some reason, it's comforting to put a known marker on a feeling. At least if I can name it, it's one less unknown scaring the snot out of me.
A friend recommended I read 'The Shack'. My minister, Ryan, had a copy. He always seems to have what I need to read on his bookshelf! It's kind of funny how the same book can strike various people so differently. The 'editor' side of my brain read the first few chapters and thought the writer should have hired a different editor. His writing style is not my cup of tea, still, I'm seeking the spiritual insights it may offer, the message God might be trying to pass along.
I'm trying to turn off my inner editor! Actually, that's probably a hopeful sign when my mind starts editing… maybe I'm feeling a little better, after all!


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Throughout history, the term "hatchet man" has meant different things. In the 1880s, it was slang for a Chinese hired assassin. In the mid-1900s, it was used to describe a journalist who assassinated the character of a public figure.
Today in Houston, it means something much simpler: someone who assassinates a man with a hatchet. And according to the Houston police, one of them is on the loose.
On Monday morning, several workers at a business park at 5562 Gasmer were in the parking lot when they stumbled upon a dump truck. Inside the truck's cab was a dead man. Police say his face had several deep gashes and that a hatchet was found by the body. Detectives believe the dead man, who was in his 40s, was the employee of a nearby business and that the body had been in the truck for several days.
Investigators say they have not come up with a suspect or motive yet.
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Police do, however, have a pair of suspects in a killing that happened Thursday night in a home at 8303 Bell Blossom Lane. Dorian Thomas and Chelsea White are both charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Fort Bend County for the death of Darrell Anthony Mouton.
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Mouton, 20, of Louisiana, was at a party when he and White started arguing, police say. White told Mouton that her friends were going to beat him up for insulting her, so Mouton and a buddy left and went to a home on Bell Blossom Lane.
Later that night, police say, White and two men went over to the Bell Blossom home and one of the men started beating up Mouton outside. Mouton then ran in the house when one of the men shot at him, police say. The bullet struck the door and then hit Mouton in the head. He died the next day at Ben Taub General Hospital, police say.
Detectives say they are on the hunt for both White, 19, and Thomas, 22.
On Tuesday morning, Harris County Constable deputies found a dead body near the intersection of Orleans and Ruben White. The body had been badly burned. Deputies have no suspects yet.
Ernest Steadman of 13030 Northborough Drive heard a knock on his door Sunday night. He opened up, stepped outside and was greeted by two or three men who began making demands. The men then shot Steadman, 29, and ran away, police say. The investigation is still underway.
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Police are investigating the death of 52-year-old Perry Barefield. He was found Sunday evening in his car outside 14000 Mary Kay Lane. There are no witnesses or suspects so far, police say.
On Friday night, someone called 911 saying that a gray Ford had wrecked in the southbound lanes of the Eastex Freeway near Brookside Memorial Park Cemetery. When Harris County Sheriff's deputies arrived, they found that the driver had been shot dead. Again, there were no witnesses, authorities say.
If you have information about any of these investigations please call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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Hi ladies!! I'm looking for opinions, advice, experiences to help me not go crazy in the next few days!
So here is my ttc story so far:
TTC since Jan. 2012.
Jan. 2013 - HSG showed left tube partially blocked.
Jan. 2014 - Decided to start fertility treatments.
Apr. 2014 - Bloodwork done (normal results), DH S/A done (normal results)
May 2014 - 50 mg Clomid - no mature follicles
June 2014 - 100 mg Clomid, one mature follicle at 20 mm + IUI = BFN
July 2014 - 150 mg Clomid, no mature follicles, but ~10 follicles between 11-13 mm. Dr. prescribed Bravelle & Ovidrel today. Injecting bravelle today & follow up ultrasound Thurs to measure follies. If any are mature, trigger shot Thurs & IUI Friday.
So my question: has anyone else has this combination of meds? I know injectibles carry a higher success rate, but how does it differ if it's just one injection of bravelle after clomid? What are the chances any of my follicles reach maturity? I am already freaking out about my u/s Thurs & need to hopefully hear some of your experiences to calm me down a bit =)


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On 9/11—that haunting date—in the now-distant year of 1973, a right-wing coup d'état backed by the government of the United States overthrew the democratically elected government of Chilean president Salvador Allende, an avowed socialist. Allende died. A week later, so did his friend Pablo Neruda, as well as the great Chilean singer and poet Victor Jara. A general named Augusto Pinochet came to power, backed by a powerful military, and for the next two decades supporters of the Allende regime disappeared, ever so quietly, into a homegrown Gulag. Chile went dark and quiet, its thriving literature and pop culture silenced for a generation.
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Pinochet has been dead for four and a half years, with more than 300 criminal charges outstanding against him in international and domestic courts. His fascist government, having acceded to a plebiscite, fell from power in 1988, and Chile has been democratic ever since. Chileans still wrestle with the troubled Pinochet era, though, and it and its aftermath form the backdrop for Carlos Franz's powerful novel The Absent Sea, published in Argentina in 2005 and just issued in English translation.
You were 14 years old when the Pinochet coup took place. Were you directly affected by the events?
No, I wasn't affected directly. My small middle-class family opposed President Allende's leftist government and celebrated the coup. I was against it, partly, I suppose, out of adolescent rebelliousness, but also because I saw in the aerial bombing of the governmental palace, which a few lightly armed supporters were defending, such a disproportionate use of force that even a child could sense something was very wrong in it. Laura, the main character in my novel, says something similar.
A few years later, my father disagreed with the military running Chilean diplomacy, his lifelong vocation, and he was subsequently expelled from his post. He fell into severe depression, became a chronic alcoholic and soon died in poverty at the age of 55. Those events destroyed my family. So, you see, I must correct my first assessment—I was affected by the coup. Even the nonvictims were affected by that historical trauma.
Are Laura, Claudia, Mariano, and your other characters modeled on people you know, or are they purely products of your imagination?
I suppose all fictional characters are, to certain extent, a mixture of experience and imagination. In my case, I am definitely inclined toward the imaginative source. While it is more difficult to create characters mostly from imagination, I feel freer working that way. And, more important, I suppose my characters feel and behave more freely.
Recent events in Spain surrounding the death of Federico Garcia Lorca and the search for the poet's grave suggest, as William Faulkner said, that the past is not past. Did you feel any qualms about writing about recent events in Chilean history, when many of those who engineered the coup and subsequent terror are still alive?
I felt more unease for the victims. The Absent Sea is not a novel of denunciation, not even a political one—except in the sense that it is a "politically incorrect" novel. As I understood it, it is a modern tragedy. The sort of tragedy that George Steiner prophesied 50 years ago would be impossible to write anymore.
As such, I risked hurting legitimate feelings. The bad and the good appear intertwined in the soul of the hangman as much as in the heart of the judge and the victim. Laura feels that terrible attraction of the weak toward naked force. She associates with her torturer and even loves him. That instinct to survive at any cost isn't an easy memory to be reminded of. Nonetheless, I've been approached by several people who told me, "I was there. I recognize that." Better a hard truth than an embellished tale.
Most American readers, it seems safe to say, recognize the names Borges, Vargas Llosa and Garcia Marquez. Most, it also seems safe to say, don't know many other South American writers, particularly those of your generation. Who are some of the younger South American writers that North American readers ought to know about?
There are several very good writers. In my generation, the Chilean Roberto Bolaño was the best, something that's already recognized in the United States. But I won't make a list. It would be too long, and I don't like name-dropping.
Suffice it to say that the main traditions in South American narrative are in continuous evolution, blossoming in surprising new forms. The more intellectual trend in the Rio de la Plata basin [Borges et al.] is spreading all over the continent now, mixing with a strong tradition of social realism. There is a powerful new and cosmopolitan generation in Colombia and Peru writing without too much regard for national borders. South American literature is experiencing a new boom, of strong and diverse creativity, that leaves behind old clichés. It has been long overdue.
You seem to be quite at home in English. Have you ever written fiction in English or translated your own work, or contemplated doing so? Or do you prefer to write in Spanish and leave the translating to another person?
My "good English" I owe to my translators. I taught the language to myself when I was almost 30 years old, with the help of Webster's dictionary and Hemingway's spare prose. After 20 years, I am still toiling with my bookish and broken English. But, yes, I would like to write in it at some point. For reasons similar to those of Beckett when he switched to French: to streamline my style. Besides, it would be such a liberation to write in a language you know you won't never fully master, so you don't have to!


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i5128-LG i5128-L iCreate Repair Fake Flash Drive Solution
Posted by inspectortech on December 12, 2008
FixFakeFlash – solution i5128-LG or i5128-L controllers (iCreate), fake flash drive. The drive tested and repaired was from an eBay Fake Flash Seller long forgotten. Advertised as 8GB, it's true capacity was 4GB. VID and PID information not provided in this solution (drives were disassembled by fake flash victim) get information. Read (Put Article) before proceeding to solution
Read About VID PID Repairing Counterfeit Flash Drives – Steps To Succeed before proceeding to solution.
From Phoenix:
Hi, my brother bought a pair of "8GB" usb flash drives from an ebay seller a while back with the same features as the flash drive found on this page :
The page suggests that the capacity may reach 8GB, with maximum read speed of 17mb/s and write speed of 15mb/s but that wasn't the case with the models we received from the seller. The items are no longer on sale unfortunately, and I do not have the seller's info (I will forward those details if I find them though).
After the first month of having the flash drives, it was quickly realised that the capacity on the formatted drives would max out at 4 gigabytes – half of what was displayed in windows. The read speed shown in vista was 10mb/s and the write speed maxed out at 2mb/s (although once past the 'actual' capacity of the drive –the write speed jumped to 20mb/s 'on air').
We knew we had been swindled but decided against doing anything figured 4GB is good enough – but the constant corruption of data past 4GB was annoying.
After making my own ebay account, I started looking for large capacity (16-32-64GB) flash and compact flash drives – and started getting interested in the negative feedback of some sellers. Apparently a large quantity of people have been receiving items with capacities marked way higher than the actual – corruption resulted past the actual values when used.
This sparked my interest in repairing these drives.
I found out the model of the drive components by physically opening the disk (it actually came apart by itself after it became heated one day while plugged in) and looking at the chips used.
This particular model had an iCreate (or just Create) i5128-LG (or i5128-L) flash memory controller, which is capable of controlling up to two chips up to 16GB. The memory stick itself is only manufactured in capacities up to 8GB. The flash chip was known to be 4GB – and had no identifiable markings on it.
From h2testw (before repair):
The media is likely to be defective.
3.9 GByte OK (8325561 sectors)
3.8 GByte DATA LOST (7982663 sectors)
Details:3.8 GByte overwritten (7982663 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
0 KByte corrupted (0 sectors)
2 KByte aliased memory (4 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x00000000fe137200
Expected: 0x00000000fe137200
Found: 0x00000000fe137000
H2testw version 1.3
Writing speed: 3.69 MByte/s
Reading speed: 11.7 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Armed with this info, I went onto the website http://www.flashboot.ru/index.php?name=iflash mentioned in Electrostorm's tutorial and used the Translated to English (recommended) option.
Keying in 'i528' gave a few results – some with links to applications. I selected the iCreate PDx16 (i5128-PDx16V1.34) application download link – unzipped it and opened it.
The interface is simple but kind of hard to understand without some trial and error. It shows up to 16 devices on one screen – any iCreate enabled flash drives show here.
Clicking on options opened up a large selection of features that could be changed in order to change the capacity, memory type and function of the program.
After a few attempts; I found that using the options:
– 'Enable Assigning Flash' under the tab 'Select Flash'; and changing the flash options to 'Samsung MLC x8 bus capacity 16384mb part K9LAG08U0'
– selecting the 'Mark Scan' option under the tab 'Flash Setting' with the options 'Default – Speed Optimization – Speed Adjust 3/3'
– and finally enabling the 'Capacity Adjust' option under the tab 'Capacity Adjust' with the settings '4092 – 5% error' allowed for the most error free function of h2testw.
– Also note; the options under 'Action Setting' allow for the selected options to run 'Run Setting', or the flash drive can be erased 'Erase Flash' or Checked 'Check Flash' – I performed an erase before attempting the settings above (it may have contributed to my success)
From h2testw (after repair):
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 3.55 MByte/s
Reading speed: 7.08 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Solution Provider: Phoenix 20081101
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5 Responses to "i5128-LG i5128-L iCreate Repair Fake Flash Drive Solution"
February 3, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I'll check it first and then will leave a comment again if this really helps coz i tried a hell lot of things to get my 32 GB kingston pen drive to work
April 3, 2009 at 5:25 am
Working on the following USB device which I had purchased directly from China,
PnP Device ID: VID = 1043 PID = 8012
Serial Number: 0904022119130038
Revision: 1.00
Device Type: Standard USB device – USB2.0 High-Speed
Chip Vendor: iCreate(??)
Chip Part-Number: i5128
UDTools did not detect it. Which I thought was odd. I then tried several versions of UDTools, same issue.
I then opened it up and found the memory chip HYNIX HY27UT088G2A-TPCB. After some research, I thought I discovered it to be 8GB on several different specification sheets. However, h2testw reported errors ..lots of them after 1GB.
Further research found the iCreate PDx16 (i5128-PDx16V1.34) program.
– I downloaded it.
– expanded it.
– Found it would not run, at all. It would hang and require a restart.
– I copied it to my Windows 2000 Server system
– Now it ran. Apparently, it was not necessarily VISTA compatible. I even tried running it in XP "mode" with Administrative Priv.
– It found the drive and reported 1GB size. (Sort of reported, I figured it out)
Much like UDTools it is that "sort", "style" or "kind" of program. It is technically similar to UDTool. A little more like one of the older versions of UDTools I've seen (even the looks). However, it seemed to help and get factuated excellent wonderous results..at least it looked that way and I think so.
Continued research found that the chip HYNIX HY27UT088G2A-TPCB is actually 8Gigabit not 8Gigabyte. 8Gigabit being 1Gigabyte. So, there I have it.
April 3, 2009 at 5:38 am
Ah, yes.
I forgot to say…
The drive formatted and reported 8Gigabyte prior to PDx16. It would, also, copy several Gigabytes of data to it. Every so often a file would apparently be corrupted for seemingly no reason.
Some of those Chinese, I could strangle them! Now if only I could turn my staff into a snake and get even. Yet, they would probably respond with a bigger stronger snake! I'll find some real magic or something around here to get back at them (because there is not much else I can do).
Akutra Cea
June 30, 2009 at 5:24 pm
This is a good tutorial how to repair a fake falsh drive based on the icreate controllers.
April 17, 2012 at 4:47 am
PnP Device ID: VID = 2000 PID = 2008
Serial Number: 5&&1D7BB9CE&&0&&1
Revision: 2.80
Device Type: Standard USB device – USB2.0 High-Speed
Chip Vendor: micov
Chip Part-Number: MXT6208


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