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What a year it has been! Not only for me but for every ICO DOG core member and the rest of the pack. Exactly one year ago, I started the ICO DOG twitter channel together with the hashtag #YearOfTheDog.
We started ICODOG in February 2017, everybody was still full of enthusiasm and still high of the ICO rush of 2017. Yes, the market dumped hard, in January, but it would recover in March for sure. At least that's what we were all thinking back then. March turned to April, followed by May, June, and July. Every month was tougher to handle. The ICO space took a particularly big hit in Q3 and Q4 of 2018, but we didn't care. It was our year and knew that we had to try our best to make something out of it.
And we did.
Fast forward to today. Year of the dog is almost over, and it was one of the most exciting years of my life. We managed to learn and achieve so much in just a year. A year where everything was working against us.
The last 12 months in 1000 words
Origin of the name ICO DOG, January 2018:
A friend and I were discussing; what I should call the twitter channel for the ICO reviews? He said, well Brian (my dog) is here, let's see if ICO DOG is still free. It was, and so was ICO_DOG born.
Birth of the ICO DOG POOL: February 2018
It was a chaotic time, people were killing each other to get into ICOs. The solution for many was the Pre Sale Pools. People asked me on twitter if I could open a primablock pool so that we can get into those sexy ICOs again. I knew that someone from the balina group was talking about pooling. He made a new telegram group for organizing the pools. I joined the group and, offered the head my twitter channel, he was an idiot and also ruthlessly greedy. After I told them that the ICOs that they were opening were scams or shitty projects, they decided to ban me. I then went to the founder and told him he could screw himself and I'd make my own pool. A better and bigger one.
That group later became the biggest pool group in the world. The ICO Participation Capital and we became ICO DOG.
ICO DOG Core Team Emerged: March 2018
ICO DOG grew quickly and the pool telegram channel was active 24/7. We even had a night shift admin, he lived on the other side of the world and could take over when we needed to sleep. The group became bigger, ken, jedi, mo and many others joined in and in March our tech genius Gio joined the dog.
Birth of the first ICO Presale Platform: April 2018
ICO hype was slowing down, but there was one project that everybody still wanted to get into. It was One Ledger. Everybody was saying 5x, 10x to the moon, myself included. Somehow I managed to get my hands on a one ledger allocation and people tried to bribe me to an allocation. Most people would have just given it to the highest bidder, but at ICO DOG we do things differently. I always knew about the proof of care system that some ICO adopted to select the people that should be able to invest.
We decided to do the same, little excel sheet and basic proof of care to see who deserves the allocation the most. It was a huge success, our growth tripled. People were happy, and so was the team.
We decided to build a platform for pooling that enables the best people to get allocations. This was the birth of the ICODOG Platform.
ICO DOG NO BS Reviews: May 2018
We knew that we needed a better ICO review page. Most, if not all ICO rating sites were nothing more than a rating shop, or a shill fest for VCs and influencers. We needed a place that had a quick overview and breakdown of ICOs, but on a platform that people trust. So we decided to do it ourselves. In the beginning, I tried my best together with Ken to build the website. The early version was, clunky looked like a bad 90s domain and was slow, but at least it was never paid or shilled for. As we grew, so did the quality of the website.
Old version of ICO DOG Reviews New version of the Website New
Big Expansion & Growth: July 2018
Its six months into the bear market and people started losing faith and leaving the ecosystem. Many projects started to struggle, but the sun could not have shinned for the ICO DOG team. We had the platform and the reviews done, and an army of supporters shilling us like mad. Every day our reviews got better, and the telegram group was booming.
I remember when one one of my tweets had around 180.000 impressions on Twitter, our telegram was packed and every day 100s of new users registered on the ICO DOG platform. It was the last big dead cat bounce before things turned really dark.
The Post One Ledger & Atonomi ICO Market: All of Q3 2018
ICOs were dumping like crazy, retailers dropping like flies and crypto startups going bankrupt on a weekly basis. Things were bad, but everybody remained hopeful. That quickly changed on the day that One Ledger and Atonomi both dumped hard. Atonomi and one ledger were one of the most hyped and anticipated projects of the year. Nobody expected them to underperform, yet alone to dump, but they did. After that, the ICO game was officially over for many. The majority of people started to finally give up and leave crypto.
It was a tough spot as a pool. People were pissed, everybody lost money. A lot of money. Even the best ICOs failed. The final nail went into the ICO coffin was Fantom. Very hyped Asian project that dumped just like everything else. After that, people had enough of the ICO space.
After One Ledger failed, we knew we had to change our business model, otherwise, we'd be out of business before the end of the year. We looked at all the problems that were plaguing the ICO system and decided to become the company that would slow the problems that decentralized companies face. Not only until the ICO raised money, but we would focus on helping these projects post ICO to become a decentralized entity.
Birth of the DAO Maker: Q4 of 2018
In the last few months, the team worked hard on building a plugin solution that could help ICOs with all of their problems. There are millions of software solutions for centralized companies, but 0 for decentralized companies. Blockchains like steem are still plagued by a lack of organization, and the DAO is still a dream. The closest thing to a DAO is still bitcoin.
We were on a tight time schedule; with revenue gone, we only had a few months to pull this off. Finish the platform and get paying clients and all before the end of the year.
We took our platform solution and improved it, added blockchain interactions to detect hodlers on and off chain, ERC20 or mainnet. Integrated real-time 5th directive KYC & AML services. Added marketing tools, community management tools, discord integrations and much more. The final product was pretty boss. After 3 months of work, we were ready for our first test client.
We were pretty happy with the ICO LTO Network, established company very transparent and uses a solution that seems to utilize the power of decentralized systems. Before the end of the year, we had our first deal signed and paid and saved our ass in the process.
Two days after platform integration LTO network started to moon in terms of awareness. ICOs public sale was said to be dead. Only option would be a IEO (Initial Exchange Offerings), however, LTO managed to raise over $1M on the ICO DOG platform and has been growing very rapidly since.
Around 4 million USD was raised through crowdsales in 2019 (excluding IEOs) and $1M were raised on the ICO DOG solution.
ICO DOG Mass Media: November 2019
We noticed there is a lack of high quality general educational material in crypto. We had an abundance of crypto mainstream news pages. Such as cointelegraph, coindesk and all the other coins. As well as a huge diversity in ICO review pages, but it was hard to find a place that would just present useful information on crypto related topics on a daily basis.
We decided to do it ourselves. The beginning was a bit tough, very few readers and our website analytics looked like a desert, but we pushed through and the results started to become visible. It's January 2019 and we now have "Crypto guides", "Crypto Stories", "ICO Deep Dives", and coming up are the influencer reviews.
Although we still have a long way to go as a mass media site, the progress is clearly visible. Also, check us out on steemit.com/@icodog
Roadmap for Q1 of 2019
First lambo, then moon.
Decentralized Post ICO analysis
Jokes aside. Q1 of 2019 is very exciting for us. We are in the midst of planning our community token. With the help of some fancy token economic theories, we are planning to build a second layer on top of the icodog page for decentralized ICO reviews. The idea is that ICO and crypto shill industry is plagued. Everybody lost trust in reviews, and that's good. That's why we are planning to start a little crypto social experiment. More news soon.
DAO Maker upgrades
We are currently in discussions with 3 more projects to implement ICO DOG solutions. Last week we implemented an upgrade that fixed over 100 bugs and implemented the blockchain detection functions as well as improved bot functions to find better community members and also working on some cool features like the anti-Fud button. Community responsibilities and elections, task leaders and a bunch of other cool things. We will present the changes in a joint blog with LTO Network.
ICO DOG Masternodes are coming back
Our first attempt at the masternodes, was pretty rekt. We started them mid-july just before the second downturn of crypto. We are implementing Masternode overview on the platform and will feature only the top coins that have real utility.
ICO DOG Crypto Education
We will make some major changes to the icodog website again, but hopefully this time we will finally be happy with the overall user experience and design. We are aiming to become more like an educational cryptocurrency platform and will start designing the overall changes and topics in the next 2 months.
We are continuing to push more articles and build up our following on all major social media sites. Best time to do marketing is during a bear market. This is the time that you can find the best people and have the least amount of competition.
If you're reading this and have been with us since the beginning, then you're amazing. Thank you so much for your continuous support through these crazy times. If you're new or recently found ICO DOG, then welcome to the pack. Let's make the world decentralized!


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Don't be shy about your looking for
Saturday, 20 April 2013
And so it is that all
The universe is here for you,
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The power of your
And so the night will become
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Activate your true potential as
The truest gift to self
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
For it is gravity that shall
Self exploration within the
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Observr the dream.
To delight in this day
Monday, 15 April 2013
Abroadened view promotes
Going with the flow
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Beauty find a place to bloom,
To be cured by this place
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Allow the light that shines
To soar is to understand that
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Perfecting your soul is
The trust gift
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To have the free well to choose
I was looking at some old
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Enjoying life fully.
If only in dreams does
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Going with the flow and
You know you are
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Another day is laid to
When we do what we
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Look at life through
May the light that
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"Doing something good
Pay attention to all
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You will always be deserving
There is no such thing as
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The art of the eye
Everyday a new opportunity
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Never undermine your worth
Make your ideas a reality.
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Beautiful, wonderful you.
Choosing the path of
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Examining Chocolate-Covered Broccoli: Eyetracking Evaluation of the ExMan Serious Game
Seugnet Blignaut, Gordon Matthew, Chrisna Botha-Ravyse, North-West University, South Africa
EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ISBN 978-1-939797-16-2 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC
Engaging users to playtest serious games during game design uncovers the value of design elements that contribute towards learning and fun during gameplay. During a first wire-frame test of the functionality of the ExMan serious game, students' learning and their learning experiences increased. They indicated that they did not like reading information task passages. It was not obvious how students utilized these passages during gameplay to collect information to progress to a next game level. For the adequate depth of processing of information, fixation duration is necessary. We propose that eyetracking could record how users attended to a design element in serious games. The longer an area of interest (AOI) is visited, the higher the cognitive load, and the deeper the processing of the information. This paper analyses the extent to which foodservice management students at a South African university fixated on an AOI in a food service management serious game.
Blignaut, S., Matthew, G. & Botha-Ravyse, C. (2015). Examining Chocolate-Covered Broccoli: Eyetracking Evaluation of the ExMan Serious Game. In S. Carliner, C. Fulford & N. Ostashewski (Eds.), Proceedings of EdMedia 2015--World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (pp. 28-37). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved December 14, 2019 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/151304/.
© 2015 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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Use the system policy editor to create an NTCONFIG.POL file that will be read on login and disable any service you specified in the file to lock down the workstation. After you've created the POL files, you place them on your NT network's Primary Domain Controller. You must put them in your server's NETLOGON share, which is in the SYSTEM32REPLIMPORTSCRIPTS subdirectory.
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It looks like there are rocky roads ahead in the second season of "Big Little Lies."
Case in point ― on Wednesday paparazzi images shot near the HBO show's set were published online showing Reese Witherspoon (who plays Madeline Martha Mackenzie) chucking an ice cream cone at Meryl Streep (who will play Mary Louise Wright, the mother of the deceased and once abusive husband, Perry Wright).
Naturally some users couldn't help but make jokes.
But some people on Twitter just wanted to know two very important details — did Witherspoon actually throw ice cream at Streep? And did she hit her?
Leave it to Witherspoon, who is pretty active on the social media platform, to clear up any speculation.
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Friday, 19 December 2014
A Present For Someone
I was sure I had some tartan ribbon at home but couldn't find it. Went to the Dollar Store with my daughter to see if they had any - no luck. Then my daughter told me she had found some tartan fabric at home when she was tidying so I have used a strip of that!
I would like to enter my card into these challenges:
Catch The Bug - Naughty or Nice (Nice)
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch
CHNC - Last minute cards
Glitter n Sparkle - Glittery Sparkly Christmas
The Outlawz Tuesday Challenge - Colours + Tartan Fabric
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Christmas Card
I have used a paper from a Christmas paper pad. The strip across the card is tartan fabric. I added a gold glitter dome to the right hand side of the tartan fabric. The image is from Bugaboo Stamps and has been coloured with copic markers with some Stickles on the hat. I used some red glitter cardstock from American Crafts for matting.
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Thanks for entering another lovely card for CHNC challenge 207, Suze - hope to see you again soon xReplyDelete
Such a cute card Suze! Love the added glitter and the red glitter mat just adds to the festive look! Thanks so much for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Hope you come back and play again soon!ReplyDelete
So very cute! The dp serves as a great background to make the image pop! Thanks so much for entering the Naughty but Nice challenge at Bugaboo Stamps. Merry Christmas to you and yours!ReplyDelete
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Hello, Suze! Merry Christmas to you! What an adorable card! I really like the sweet Bugaboo image and your lovely tartan fabric that your daughter found! So glad you linked up with us at Glitter n Sparkle for our Glittery, Sparkly Christmas challenge. Best of luck in our prize draw!ReplyDelete
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This is really cute! Great idea to use the material as your ribbon!ReplyDelete
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After having voted against Nikol Pashinyan's bid for the post of prime minister yesterday, the parliament will have another go on May 8.
35 MPs will have to nominate Pashinyan as a candidate, with a general vote to follow.
If no prime minister is elected, the National Assembly is dissolved, followed by snap parliamentary elections not earlier than 30 days and not later than 45 days after the fact.
Note: Today, throughout Armenia, people are protesting yesterday's failure by the National Assembly to elect Nikol Pashinyan prime minister. Pashinyan, the "people's candidate" lost the election 56-45. All 56 opposing votes were cast by the Republican Party of Armenia. After the vote, Pashinyan called on his supporters to relaunch their acts of civil disobedience on an even greater scale intending to paralyze the country. The National Assembly will vote again next week. (The original tally of 55 opposing votes released by the National Assembly was incorrect. After the tally, one MP said his ballot against Pashinyan wasn't counted.)


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Ladies and gentlemen, these people need us, please pick a charity to support.
This charity helps those who are afflicted with the brain disorder that affects their ability to pull the back of their shoe on and are only able to smash it down.
Out to Sea
This charity gives money to those that still have a land line so they can replace them with cellular.
The Hebrew Project
Such an easy one, because for a just a few dollars per person, this charity will provide "arrow" signs for people to understand they should walk on the left side of the sidewalk, just like cars, so everyone can pass.
Pillow Talk
This is a long time coming. This international charity insures that every man, woman and child has two pillows to sleep with-one for their head and one to squish between their arms and/or legs.
Girl Power
This charity gives money to the stars of the HBO series "Girls" so they can get therapy. Man that's some serious stuff on that show.


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23 March 2016 (Wednesday): Rooh-ul-Ameen, Principal Staff Officer of Chief Justice Peshawar High Court has been appointed as registrar of the special court hearing constituted to hear treason case of Pervez Musharraf. [Jang]
20 March 2016 (Sunday): Prominent political figures saved by giving Musharraf a "Safe Passage" . [Express]
18 March 2016 (Friday): Pervez Musharraf leaves Pakistan after three-year travel ban lifted. [Guardian] [Al-Jazeera] [BBC] [Express] [Jang]
17 March 2016 (Thursday): Gen (R) Musharraf may leave for Dubai via flight EK611 today. [Jang Live] [Express]
16 March 2016 (Wednesday): The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ordered removal of former president Pervez Musharraf's name from the Exit Control List (ECL), allowing him to travel abroad for medical treatment. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali, while hearing a pending federal government appeal against a 2014 Sindh High Court order removing Musharraf's name from the ECL, upheld the ruling. [Dawn]
12 June 2013 (Thursday): The Sindh High Court struck down federal government's order of preventing General (R) Pervez Musharraf from leaving the country, but the former military ruler will have to wait for two weeks to find out if he could actually travel abroad as the court suspended the operation of its judgment for 15 days enabling the federation to file an appeal in the Supreme Court. [Dawn]


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Do you have a woman in your life who recently had a baby and you're wondering what to get for her this holiday season? With a new baby in tow, new mamas barely have a second to think about themselves and things they may want or need. This goes for a woman who just had her first baby, or her fifth (or any other number). Newborns require a lot of care, and the rockstar new mama instinctively puts herself second. Aim for a gift that can genuinely help her cope with this chaotic exhausting period.
Thrive Market is an online service similar to something like "Whole Foods meets Amazon". They carry a plethora of different clean brands of food, baby items, pet necessities, and household items. Ordering from here does require a membership, but the convenience of this service for the new mama can be really helpful in getting good food in the house.
Meals are one of those necessary evils that have to get done but are so difficult to actually get to when caring for a newborn and recovering from giving birth. It's so easy to want to rely on convenience foods, but this is a critical time for the new mama to focus on good quality nourishment for recovery, energy, and breast milk production if she's breastfeeding. Services like Pete's Paleo and SunBasket can provide meals right to her door with high quality ingredients, combined with the convenience of a ready to prepare meal.
This probably doesn't sound like much of a "wrap it up with a pretty bow" kind of gift but the nutrients found in liver are so amazing, including for a new mama who's sleep deprived and recovering. According to the Weston A Price Foundation, beef liver also has an unidentified "anti-fatigue factor". This sounds kind of perfect for a tired mom. Quality brands like Vital Proteins and Perfect Supplements are the way to go here to be sure the liver came from a healthy animal.
Things get a bit hectic and chaotic when a new baby joins a family. Help this new mama keep things organized and her mind at ease with a fancy planner where she can write everything down, instead of trying to remember everything (or anything, really, at this stage). While she likely, and hopefully, isn't out doing all the things like grocery shopping and tons of housework, a planner is always handy for a mom. I love detailed ones like Emily Ley or Erin Condren.
If there's one thing this new mama should be drinking, besides water, it's bone broth. Full of amino acids, collagen, gelatin, and trace minerals, bone broth is basically a superfood for her. It's easy to make it at home, but it does take time and time isn't always a friend of moms, especially those with bitty babes. If you can't make her a couple batches of bone broth yourself, lean on a company that can provide quality broth to her front door. With Kettle & Fire, you can choose between beef or chicken broth. You can even choose between a one time delivery, or a subscription for regular future deliveries.
Collagen is incredibly healing to the gut and a great source of easy to digest protein. Among the full amino acid profile is glycine. Glycine has been shown to help improve digestion, fight fatigue, promote better sleep, and calms the nerves. These are all things a new mama can benefit from. Collagen can easily be added to just about anything, from applesauce to casseroles to coffee without affecting taste. Quality is important here so go with a trusted brand, like Vital Proteins collagen peptides.
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Oasis' forthcoming gig at Manchester's Heaton Park, set for the June 4 polling day, could delay voting in the European elections ballot, officials have warned.
Two roads, Bury Old Road and Sheepfoot Lane, will be closed at 9:30pm (BST) on the day of the gig, prompting election officials to urge local voters to apply for a postal vote to avoid voting troubles caused by poll booth access problems.
Polling stations are set to close at 10pm.
"Elections officers in Bury say that one way to avoid any potential problems would be to use a postal vote," a spokesperson from Bury council told BBC News. "Alternatively, some people might choose to go the polls a bit earlier."
The show will be one of three the Manchester legends will play in their hometown, being scheduled to play on June 6 and 7 as well as the June 4 date.


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On Saturday, May 5, Belleville High School students celebrated the junior Prom in the gymnasium from 8pm to 12am. At 9pm, every junior in attendance participated in the Grand March. Matt Hackman and Rachel Markhardt were named King and Queen for 2018. We had over 205 students here in attendance, with another 27 guests from 12 different high schools.
A BIG thank you goes out to Mrs. Smith for serving as the Prom Coordinator this year. Thank you to all the parents who helped to decorate on Friday night (and who will help take down on Sunday morning). Thanks as well to the junior parents (especially Pam Kelly!) for planning, organizing, and supervising Post Prom at the bowling alley and providing a safe place for our students!


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Effective solutions
Real solutions already exist, but not within the same conventional, mainstream mindset that has created the plethora of problems that Aboriginal people have suffered and endured since the mission days. Einstein stated that a problem cannot be solved within the same paradigm that created the problem. The solution to all of the above problems, as well as other related issues, is obvious. Simply stated, remote Aboriginal settlements need to become more functional, nurturing, autonomous, sustainable, empowered communities.
There are crucial differences between a town, a settlement and a community. Normally, a town is constructed as a place of commerce, for people to ply their trade. Towns are generally located in places to optimise trade, near resources, main roads, ports etc, and are relatively open to people arriving, staying and leaving at their own convenience. They are expected to be compatible with and supportive of the mainstream commercial ethic, and willing to interact commercially with other townspeople. Towns become places to live by dint of being places where work and trade exists. Close proximity neighbours, can be far greater strangers compared to likeminded working associates. In towns, people live to work, and when the work is not there, their lives are empty, unfulfilling and impoverished. Aboriginal settlements have none of the location benefits of a town, and are more likely to have been located on marginal land, where there is no resources, main roads ports, etc.
Sustainable living and community living are each long-existing fields of knowledge, understanding and application that are widely studied and practised by many varied groups of people from many cultures, ethnic backgrounds, and from all socioeconomic strata around the world. Each field has its own unique understandings, values and known, well-tested principles, and when practised together, will always lead to the good functioning of a community and to the wellbeing and fulfilment of its people.
A sustainable community is created primarily as a place to live, and is sited to optimise living, near clean water, suitable soil and vegetation. Where these are not available, they can often be created over time. A community is relatively closed, and people may join and participate only with permission of community members, or their representatives, who consider lifestyle and relationship compatibility as very important, to preserve community functioning and integrity. People are expected to interact with other community members in mutually supportive ways. Communities become places to work by dint of being places to live. All community members are committed friends. In communities, people work to live, and there is always work to do to improve one's living, like growing your own food, etc. Many only have time to do part-time paid work, and can live very well on the proceeds. And when there is no paid work, their lives are still busy, fulfilling and abundant.
Sustainability solves imbalance problems at both ends of the economic/consumption spectrum – impoverishment and scarcity, as well as gluttony and waste. Sustainability provides abundance without gluttony and waste, and frugality without scarcity and impoverishment, bringing all extremes into a balanced, integrated, optimally functioning, frugally abundant whole system. It is about frugal abundance, because frugality drives all resources further.
The immediate sustainable solution is to supply only well-selected, appropriate resources combined with smart infrastructure that will enable sustainable community solutions that are durable and essentially self-maintaining. All resources and all infrastructures on a remote community need to be very well suited to the task, well placed, and highly functional when in place. All stakeholders' diverse contributions need to dovetail and harmonise with each other, be mutually supportive, and work together, functioning as a complete, integrated, well tuned system, offering abundance and fulfilment to all members, and have economic and social resilience at all times. Everything about sustainable community living is about getting better and greater outcomes for a given unit of input, be it money, time, effort, materials, etc.


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The Great British weather let sky-watchers in Bexhill down on Friday with a thick display of impenetrable grey cloud which refused to quit.
East Sussex Astronomical Society (ESAS) along with many millions of other Brits had been hoping to experience "the eclipse of the decade" but was ultimately thwarted by typically annoying and contrary conditions.
Andy Lawes writes: "ESAS working with the BBC Stargazing live team organised a viewing session, equipped with Special Solar Viewing Scopes, and free solar eclipse glasses.
"As we all waited in anticipation of the event the clear skies that the weather forecasters promised us did not arrive, instead we had the dark grey cloud without any breaks in it at all.
"As the time of greatest eclipse approached the skies became darker and the temperature dropped, all the sea birds decided it was time to perch and sleep, the sea was still and silent, but still no blue patches for the 150 Bexhillians who came to the De La Warr Pavilion to see the eclipse." Expecting disappointment with the skies Andy, who is ESAS chairman, took along a large screen laptop to stream live coverage of the Total Eclipse from The Faroe Isles so all was not lost, and at least they saw something of this amazing and rare event. Andy added: " Here's to clear skies in 2026 for the next Solar Eclipse."
Further information about Astronomical Events and Meetings of ESAS can be viewed on its website www.esas.org.uk or telephone 07923458516


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Havana is a city so beautiful and so mysterious that she leaves one speechless in her warm and sensual embrace. By far, the most cosmopolitan of all Cuban cities, her history, architecture, culture, music, geographic beauty and most of all the Cuban people provide a backdrop for one of the most exciting experiences of your life and an intimate encounter with the best kept secret in the Caribbean. This beautiful Caribbean city has the most complete architectural compound in Latin America, featuring promenades, former city walls, the iconic "malecon" seaside drive and excellently built colonial fortifications that were inscribed by UNESCO in its World Heritage Site List in 1982. The colonial period edifices intertwine with a mélange of architectural styles and designs ranging from ancient Italian Renaissance, Spanish Baroque, Neo-Classicism, Cameo, Art Nouveau, Neo-Gothic, Art Deco, Mid-20th Century Modern and more recent Eclectic in every corner of this magnificent urban center. For the culture, music and art enthusiasts, Havana has so much to offer that it is impossible to take it all in on one visit.You will fall in love with the mysterious and magical beauty, culture and people of Havana. It can't be helped.
You can't really claim to have done a People to People tour, without actually being with the people and walking in the people's shoes. Cubans love their country and enjoy it, even with the economic limitations many face daily. They stroll the iconic promenades and malecon; they play in the parks with their children; go to work each day; shop for dinner; run errands and enjoy their leisure time in what most of them know is one of the most spectacular cities in the world -- timeworn and decayed from the battering of salt air for centuries, Havana still breeds pride in its residents and they enjoy what the city offers on very simple level. The light, the air, the sounds and the sea -- take the time to live like a Cuban and be an honorary "Habanero". You'll see Cuba through different eyes and only then, know her real enchantment.
Havana City Tours
Places & Things To-do
BAR -Restaurante D´Lirios
Address: Paseo del Prado Nro: 563 (bajos) e/ Dragones y Teniente Rey
Hours: every day from 12:00 am to 12:00 pm.
La Guarida
Address: Concordia Nro: 418 e/ Gervasio y Escobar.
Phone: +53 7866 9047
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com: www.laguarida.com
Nero di Seppia
Address: Calle 6 e/ 1ra y 3ra
Phone: +53 5478 7871
La Paila
Address: Esquina M y 25, Plaza de la Revolución
Phone: +53 5284 6072
Doña Eutimia
Address: Callejón del Chorro # 60-C Plaza de la Catedral
Phone: +53 7861 1332
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Habana Blues
Address: H, e / 17 & 19, Vedado
Phone: +53 7835 6545
Hours: from Monday to Sunday: 12 pm - 12 am
Address: Mercaderes # 207 (altos) e/ Lamparilla y Amargura
Phone: +53 7861 2437 and +53 5290 1531
Email: email@example.com
Address: Calle 29 # 205 e/ B y C. Vedado. Plaza de la Revolución
Phone: +53 7830 0711
Los Nardos
Address: Paseo de Martí
Phone: +53 7863 2985
Hours: Open 24 hours
El Divino
Address: Calle Raquel Nro: 50 e/ Esperanza y Lindero. Reparto Castillo de Averhoff, Mantilla
Phone: +53 7643 7734
Café Macondo
Address: Ave Boyeros e/ 100 y A. Boyeros.
Phone: +53 5282 4152 and +53 5268 5797
La Catedral
Address: Calle 8 # 106 e/ Calzada y 5ta, Plaza de la Revolucion
Phone: +53 7830 0793
Toros y Tapas
Address: Calle 6, #124. Miramar
Phone: +53 7202 1548
Dulceria Panaderia Restaurante-Bar: El Biky
Address: Calzada de Infanta #412 e/ San Lazaro y Concordia. Centro Habana
Phone: +53 7879 6406 - +53 7870 6515 - +53 7870 6583
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com - email@example.com: every day from 08:00 am a 11:30 pm.
Rio Mar
Address: Ave 3ra y Final # 11 La Puntilla. Miramar
Phone: +53 7209 4838
Email: email@example.com
Restaurante-BAR Razones
Address: Calle F Nro:63 e/ 3ra y 5ta. Plaza de la Revolución
Phone: +53 7832 8732
Hours: every day from 12:00 am to 11:30 pm.
Cafe Laurent
Address: Calle M #257 (altos, 5to piso) Apto: 9 e/ 19 y 21
Phone: +53 7832 6890
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Havana 61
Address: Havana Street No.61 e/ Cuarteles y Peña Pobre
Phone: +53 7861 9433
Email: email@example.com
Website: http://www.paladarhabana61.com/
Hours: from Monday to Sunday- 12:00pm to 2:00pm
San Cristobal
Address: San Rafael Nro: 469 e/ Lealtad y Campanario
Phone: +53 7860 1705 and +53 7867 9109
Hours: from Monday to Saturday - 12:00 m. to 12:00 pm
Mediterraneo Havana
Address: Calle 13 e/ F y G. Plaza de la Revolución
Phone: +53 7832 4894
La Chucheria
Address: calle 1ra # 4 e/ 28 y 30 Miramar. Playa
Phone: +53 7212 5013
Hours: every day from 08:30 am to 12:00 am.
El Figaro
Address: Aguiar # 18 Ave de las Misiones. Callejón de los Peluqueros. Peña Pobre.
Phone: +53 7861 0544


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Maria F. Rodriguez
Artist and Jewelry Designer
The artistically crafted designs of Mariflor Joya echo the creative spirit of generations of Spanish ancestry. After many years indulging her talent as a painter, the artist turned to the 3-dimensional forms found in jewelry. Each unique piece of jewelry pays homage to rich family traditions rooted in old world craftsmanship. Elements from delicately hand fabricated wedding gowns, intricately woven patterns, and architectural designs are reinterpreted to create unique pieces of wearable art. The collections not only preserve memories but also create new ones.
Working in both precious and non-precious metals, the textures produced using techniques such as reticulation and fold-forming evoke the fluidity of textiles. Provocative dimensions and striking colors are created with heat and other patinas on diverse metals. The various techniques of weaving and crocheting are explored in fabricating pieces that rely on traditional as well as new designs. Often embellished with pearls or gemstones, the feather-like creations take on a delicate ethereal quality.
Whether working in sheet metal or wire, the jewelry projects the complexity of women and the duality of their strength and grace.
Her work has been featured in the 2013 Lark Publication, "Showcase 500 Art Necklaces" and on the 2017 New York Fashion Week Runway.


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Summer Visitors
The following is a listing of all persons known to have vacationed in Star Lake, in addition to those listed in the section, The Cottagers of Star Lake, Wisconsin. Following each is reference material supporting their being listed here.
Carnes, Clinton S., aka Frank J. Lewis, 1928 Wash Post, NY Times
Davis, Mrs. Mary, with Forbes' at Oliver Lodge, 1928 Alton, IL Newspaper
Dreher, George Kelsey See Web Page bio, [Link]
Frenzel, Mrs. Otto, of Indianapolis. Quietude
Hauberg, John Henry and Sue Denkmann Hauberg, of Rock Island, in 1911. Hauberg
Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Horace, of Indianapolis. QuietudeCharles P. ForbesMarch 3, 2008Revised: January 14, 2011
Comprehensive ReferencesMu Phi Eisilon. Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon. 1918. View Full Entry (Full text available)
Major References****. Carnes Lays Flight to Blackmailers. [Washington Post, Sept. 30, 1928] Washington, 1928. View Full Entry****. Dr. Lilly of Milwaukee..... [Vilas County News, June 11, 1924.] Eagle River, 1924. View Full Entry (Full text available)****. Mrs. Joseph Aldous.... [Unk. newspaper, July 1928] Alton, IL, 1928. View Full Entry (Full text available)****. Short Biography: George Kelsey Dreher, 1919-1994. [Published on the World Wide Web, ] Midland, Texas, 1996. View Full Entry (Full text available)****. Local News. [Montreal River Miner, July 25, 1913, p. 5] Hurley, 1913. View Full Entry (Full text available)Associated Press. Carnes Lays Flight to Blackmailers. [New York Times, Sept. 30, 1928] New York, 1928. View Full EntryGeist, Wally. Citation Issued in Memory of [Karen] Potocki-Wessel. [Vilas County News-Review, July 22, 2015] Eagle River, 2015. View Full EntryHauberg, John Henry, Editor. Midwestern Family, 1848-1948. [Available through HeritageQuest Online] Rock Island, IL (?), 1950. View Full EntryHooper, C. W., ed.. Gov. Scofield...enroute to Star Lake..... [Minocqua Times, September 9, 1897] Minocqua, 1897. View Full Entry (Full text available)Sue. Quietude of Wisconsin Broken as Lumberjacks Forget About Prohibition. [Unknown Newspaper] Indianapolis (?), 1920. View Full Entry (Full text available)
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An equatorial marine counter-current is causing problems for beach-bound tourists and locals along the pacific coast of Guerrero state, western Mexico.
"On Saturday, on Icacos beach at the tourist resort of Acapulco, two women were swept away by a wave when they were walking along the sand. On Friday, at El Carrizal beach in Coyuca de Benitez, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Acapulco, three people, among them a young boy, were carried away by a large wave and drowned." In response, Mexico's Civil Protection Secretariat has closed several beaches to the public.


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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Hennes & Mauritz HM.B, -0.24%, the European clothing chain, said March comparable-store sales fell 3%, while overall sales rose 6%. Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires had expected comparable-store sales to fall 0.3% and total sales to climb 9%. The chain operates 1,767 stores, vs. 1,546 in the year-earlier period.
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Staying true to tradition, Kylie Jenner celebrated her 20th birthday with a bang. While there was no bouncy castle in sight (or a new car or girls' trip to Turks and Caicos for that matter), Kylie still rang in the big 2-0 with things worth Snapchatting and Instagramming. As Entertainment Tonight reports, Kylie's friends and family surprised her with the party following boyfriend Travis Scott's show with Kendrick Lamar in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Here's a mini recap of how the evening went.
1. There was a chocolate fountain. Hello, it's always been my dream to have a chocolate fountain at my birthday.
2. Kylie was depicted in ice sculpture form. Look at it melt and glisten!
3. There were balloons, of course. Still like Khloé's birthday balloons more. Just sayin'.
4. Guests included Mama Kris, Khloé, Khloé's boyfriend Tristan Thompson, Kim, Kendall, Jordyn Woods, and Jonathan Cheban. Travis Scott was there as well for the big surprise.
5. There was dancing. Go, Mama Kris!
6. Some gawking. As noted by Kim's Snapchat.
7. And at some point in the evening, Kylie took a break to be one with this mural of butterflies.
In the presents department, it's unclear what Kylie received from her family, boyfriend, or various puppies. It's also unclear what happened to the ice sculpture after it melted. Unless there's a big reveal like the Game of Thrones premiere date, I don't see a point in keeping what's left of it, right?
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Meal prep plan #8
Happy SATURDAY friends! It's perfect early summer weather here in Toronto this weekend and I've just started a couple of exciting new food-related jobs, so I am loving life 🙂 Hope you are too!
As promised, I'm going to try to post my meal prep plans on Saturdays from now on to give those of you who plan to meal prep on Sunday some extra time to grocery shop and prepare!
This week's deliciousness is below – hope you enjoy it!
Almond butter sauce – simply whisk together the below ingredients until smooth!
¼ c. almond butter
1 tbsp. sesame oil
juice of 1 lime
2 tbsp. tamari
1/2 tsp. fresh or dried ginger
2 tbsp. coconut milk or water to thin
squeeze of sriracha (optional)
Turmeric zucchini fries
Slice your zucchini into sticks, then coat with some avocado or olive oil, salt, pepper and about 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 mins, flipping halfway through, until browned.
Spaghetti squash
Cut your squash in half, drizzle each half with olive oil, salt and pepper, and place them cut-side down on a baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for about 40-45 mins or until fork tender (this will depend on the size of your squash). Once it cools a bit, use a fork to shred the squash into your "spaghetti"!
Baked trout
Simply season your trout filet with olive oil, salt, pepper and any other spices you like, then bake at 400 degrees for about 10 mins or until it flakes easily with a fork.
Spaghetti squash noodles w/ peanut sauce + broccoli
Trout w/ zucchini fries + hummus
Trout w/ spaghetti squash + broccoli
Roasted broccoli w/ almond butter sauce + trout
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Browsing Faculty -- Research, Data, Projects, and Papers by Title
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A Pictorial History of Mount Holyoke 1900-1935: Asa Kinney's View Camera Photographs (2017-02-23)This monograph reproduces and discusses 142 photographs of Mount Holyoke College from 1900 to 1935 by Asa S. Kinney (1873-1961). He was teacher of plant science and landscape design from 1898 to 1939, whose passion was a ...
Planning for Data Curation in the Small Liberal Arts College Environment (Sci-Tech News, 2011)Mount Holyoke College is in an unusual position among small colleges: as a top National Science Foundation (NSF) grant money recipient among liberal arts colleges, we also face the same responsibilities as larger institutions ...
Reconstruction of a Temperature Time Series for Lin-nédalen, Svalbard (2009-07-14)Phil studied the local record of the Linne' Valley and related it to the longer record from Isfjord Radio and the even longer record from Longyearbyen.
A Reconstruction of Equilibrium Line Altitudes of the Little Ice Age Glaciers in Linne'dalen, Western Spitsbergen, Svalbard (2009-07-14)Steve's project was directed at reconstructing the ELA depression during the Little Ice Age for the Linne' Glacier and several small cirque glaciers on the west side of the Linne' Valley
The Recovered History of Prospect Hill, 1879-1920: Goodnow Park, the Pepper Box and Lake Nonotuck (2016-08-11)Goodnow Park, Lake Nonotuck, and the Pepper Box: These were once familiar places at Mount Holyoke College, but they have been utterly lost. Only one of the three, the Pepper Box, has literally disappeared, torn down in ...
Relationships among Weather, Glacial Ablation, and Fluvial Processes, Svalbard, Norway (2009-07-14)Emily's project examined the relationship between measured weather conditions, glacier mass balance and sediment transport in the meltwater system of the Linne' Valley during the 2005 ablation season
The Role of Underflows and Weather on Sediment Distribution in Glacial-Fed Lake Linné, Svalbard, Norway (2012-07-03)Climate change is without doubt one of the most problematic issues that society will need to find a solution in the future to prevent further damage. According to the IPCC's fourth assessment report in 2007, recent climate ...
Roswell Field's Dinosaur Footprints, 1854-1880 (2013-07-15)Roswell Field (1804-1882), a farmer of Gill, Massachusetts, supplied sandstone dinosaur tracks and fossil fish from the Connecticut River Valley to scientists, collectors, and institutions, from 1854 to 1880. Like his ...
Seasonal Dynamics of a High Arctic Lake, Lake Linne, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard (2009-07-14)Melanie, studied the thermal evolution of Lake Linne' from summer 2003 to summer 2004 and related the observed changes in the lake to measured weather conditions
Sedimentation in High-Arctic Lake, Linnévatnet, Svalbard: A Modern Process Study Using Sediment Traps (2009-07-14)Megan studied the sediment trap records from Lake Linne' that were deployed during the 07/08 sedimentation year. She related textural changes in the various sediment traps to one another and to measured weather parameters, ...
Short-term Glacial Calving Processes at Kronebreen-Kongsvegen, Svalbard (2012-07-02)Calving is an important component of glacier mass loss, but it remains difficult to model and directly influences sedimentological processes at the ice margin. As part of the Svalbard REU, this study aims to characterize ...
Short-term meteorological influence on High Arctic Glacier, Linnédalen, Svalbard, Norway. (2009-07-14)Antoine's research focused on short-term meteorological changes during the summer of 2008 and their affect on the ablation of the Linne' Glacier
Slope Processes of Linnédalen, Spitsbergen: Sedimentation through Avalanching (2012-07-03)During late July and the beginning of August 2010 a field study on slope processes was developed in Linnédalen, central Spitsbergen (figure 1). The aim of this project is to analyze slope processes in the region focusing ...
Snowmelt 2008 in Linnédalen (2009-07-14)Leo used daily images from our automated camera to quantify the amount and rate of snow melt in the Linne' Valley during the spring of 2008.
Spring 2007 Linne Glacier up valley daily time lapse movie (2009-07-14)Time-lapse movie made up of daily pictures of the Linne Glacier from May 2007 to July 2007.
Spring 2007 Plume Camera daily time lapse movie (2009-07-14)Time-lapse movie made up of daily pictures of the south end of Lake Linne and the river mouth from April 2007 to July 2007.
Spring 2008 Linne Glacier up valley daily time lapse movie (2009-07-14)Time-lapse movie made up of daily pictures of the Linne Glacier from April 2008 to July 2008.
Spring 2008 Plume Camera daily time lapse movie (2009-07-14)Time-lapse movie made up of daily pictures of the south end of Lake Linne and the river mouth from April 2008 to July 2008.
Surficial Geology of the Kongressvatnet Catchment, Svalbard, Norway (2009-07-14)Leif did detailed mapping in the water-shed surrounding Lake Kongress. He mapped the bedrock units, glacial deposits and various other landforms. He produced some very detailed and beautiful maps of the area!
Suspended Sediment Transport in Proglacial Linne'elva, Spitsbergen (2009-07-14)Christina's research focuses on the sediment flux of the proglacial meltwater system during the summer of 2006. She relates suspended sediment flux to river stage and discharge and weather conditions in the Linne' Valley


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Word's definitely going around. Lake Havasu is THE place to be for fun in the sun! First, Trip Advisor put Lake Havasu on its "Best Budget Spring Vacations Across America" list. Then, our Lake Havasu community received over $2 million when Frontier Communications named it as one of "America's Best Communities". Now, our Lake Havasu Lifestyle receives even more accolades with CarRental.com's "15 Waterfront Towns You Absolutely Must Visit" list.
Why Our Lake Havasu Lifestyle is Tops
Residents of Lake Havasu already know how great it is to live here. More than 300 days of sunshine means lots of time on the lake. But, when you need a break from the water, thousands of acres of vacant desert land surround our fair town. That means hours of hiking, offroading, dirt bike riding and dry camping with friends and family. While this Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer for most across the country, our temperatures hit the 90's long ago. We expect triple digits this weekend.
Once you hit the water, our Lake Havasu lifestyle makes it easy to forget you're in the middle of the desert. Cabin cruisers, party barges, jet skis, kayaks and other personal watercraft hit the lake every day in the summer time. Don't be surprised to see parasailers overhead either. Several dedicated swimming locations can be found around the lake as well. Or, simply float lazily in an inner tube while sipping an icy cold beverage.
CarRentals.com specifically noted a "must do" things while in Lake Havasu. For example, learn about our city's origins with a visit to the Lake Havasu Museum of History. Cha-Bones offers up the best tapas in town. And, they believe Labor Day weekend provides the best opportunity for maximum activities on the lake. I disagree. I think every day is the best day to enjoy the Lake Havasu Lifestyle. Come here to see it for yourself!
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Jack's been doing a little bit of heavy haul this past week. He took a 95 foot cement panel from Anchorage to Fairbanks. The panel was just one small part of a natural gas tank that is being built in south Fairbanks, as you can see in the below photos. It was about a foot of cement poured on a thick metal sheet that is slightly curved. We stood on it to take photos.
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Driving into Fairbanks at night
Here's a new video of Jack driving into Fairbanks the other night, sped up so it's not too tedious. It's pretty late so not much is going on. Some trucks cleaning up the Steese Highway, that's about it. It's in HD so don't let YouTube show you a poor quality video, if you have decent internet. And it does have some music on it so you may want to reduce the volume if you are sensitive to that. When you add music through YouTube, you can't determine the volume, so it's loud.
Fairbanks is saved by the dam…again!
Recently Fairbanks and the surrounding areas have been getting a lot of rain. So when Jack and I visited the Chena Dam the other day the floodgates had been lowered in order to prevent high water from flowing downstream toward Fairbanks. This results in the river backing up into the reservoir area behind the dam but saves Fairbanks as it has many times since it was built almost 40 years ago.
Dermot Cole of Alaska Dispatch News wrote in 2014 when the floodgates were lowered then that Fairbanks' "most effective flood insurance policy … takes the form of an unusual dam with four 30-ton gates that operate like giant garage doors, stemming the flow of high water when the river rises. The floodgates are one element in an extensive federal flood control project that cost a quarter-billion dollars by the time of its completion in 1979."
Click on the first photo and scroll to the right to read the captions.
For more info: a slideshow on the Army Corp website and this pamphlet for a little more in depth information.
Lampreys falling from the sky?!?!?
Neither Jack nor I have seen these lampreys (thank goodness) but lately they've been found in strange locations like parking lots and front lawns. They spawn at this time of year in the local rivers and Alaska Fish & Game says most likely they are being dropped by seagulls who can't manage to hold the wiggling creatures. Terrifying, that's all I have to say about it!
The below photos are from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game's Facebook page (where they have detailed captions) and you can look that up or get info from this article: http://qz.com/425653/terrifying-vampire-fish-are-raining-down-on-alaskans/
This one explains their life cycle and how the native people harvest them through the ice: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=278
Alaska governor declares state disaster
Governor Walker declared the situation on the Dalton Highway a state disaster.
According to Alaska Dispatch News, this will enable the state to bring up private contractors to help. 700 to 800 loads are backed up in Fairbanks. Jack is on his way up there right now. Check out this article, it shows some aerial footage of the road.
Engine on fire
A few years ago a truck engine spontaneously caught fire. It was an electrical issue with the truck. It had popped a breaker and when the breaker was flipped back, the fire started. That's what is thought to have happened. In the photos you can only see smoke, and the Fairbanks Fire Department working to put it out. We can imagine it was some seriously toxic smoke, as it is anytime a vehicle catches fire. The Carlile employees including Jack moved the vehicles that were next to it immediately but couldn't do anything about the fire.
(For those of you lucky souls who don't have to deal with the cold temperatures, trucks and all vehicles are plugged in before driving to heat up the oil and anti-freeze.)
Click a photo to see it full size, then scroll through.
A raven's eye tour of Fairbanks
Flying into Fairbanks one day in 2008 the airplane took an unusual route. Instead of coming in from the southwest it came in from the southeast, flying over Harding Lake and Salcha and circling over Farmers Loop across north of town into the airport. Maybe this direction of landing is normal, I don't know, I have never experienced it before, but this day happened to be beautifully clear and I captured some great photos of the Tanana River and various Fairbanks landmarks.
Click on the first one and then scroll to the right for an overhead, raven's eye, tour of Fairbanks.


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"He is killing me. He is killing me" cried the Bulgarian woman a few minutes before she collapsed in the middle of the street after she was shot by her husband. The perpetrator was a retired Greek military man, who shot and killed his wife and then put an end to his life in Elliniko last Thursday.
The neighbors report hearing a quarrel that started in the apartment, and shouting that ended with gunshots. The wounded 60-year-old woman ran out of the house asking desperately for help.
She entered a taxi that happened to be there at the moment, but the driver did not do anything to help her as he himself said on air. "At that moment a lady came running towards me. She opened the door and entered the car. "He killed me" she said. I could not see where she had been shot. I opened the door, she got out and collapsed on the street" the cab driver said. When her 87-year-old husband saw her laying in a pool of blood, he shot himself.
The victim had taken care of the man and his first wife for many years. After his first wife's death, they got married.
Since the murder/suicide case there have been many articles that focus on the alleged problems that the murderer had with the victim.
They even cited a family friend who claimed that the man was very unhappy, that the deceased woman insisted on him marrying her and that after they were married she grew violent.
The story perpetuates the narrative of the male perpetrator presented as a victim. The woman is depicted as a foreigner and a cleaning lady when she should be portrayed as a yet another victim of femicide.
Details from the story:
- The 87-year-old retired military man was dead when the ambulance arrived at the hospital. The woman was still alive, but unfortunately she did not survive.
- The union of taxi drivers has demanded the expulsion of the taxi driver who admitted on air that he did not help the injured woman.


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St. Louis Police Officer Dan Page, who gained notoriety for pushing Don Lemon during a live broadcast from Ferguson, Mo. last week, has been relieved of duty after video emerged of a speech he gave in which he railed against African-Americans, the LGBT community, and President Barack Obama.
Mediaite reports that the hour-long speech was delivered at an Oath Keepers meeting just months ago. The Oath Keepers, as The Inquisitr has noted, are a far-right group considered by the Southern Poverty Law Center to be an extremist organization.
In the video, Page shows a photo of himself in Kenya, saying "I flew to Africa, right there, and I went to our undocumented president's home… He was born in Kenya." As RawStory points out, authorities are concerned over statements that Page makes in the video indicating his willingness to take life:
"I personally believe in Jesus Christ as my lord and savior, but I'm also a killer. I've killed a lot. And if I need to, I'll kill a whole bunch more. If you don't want to get killed, don't show up in front of me. I have no problems with it. God did not raise me to be a coward."
Ferguson: officer relieved of duty after 'black little perverts' video surfaces http://t.co/tRbwA3Mmbt pic.twitter.com/P8qPyxAOhB
— Blue DuPage (@BlueDuPage) August 22, 2014
Page doesn't limit his ire during the video, speaking out at against a variety of groups, as The Daily KOS notes:
"In addition to ranting about 'black robed perverts,' affirmative action, hate crime laws, Muslims, 'sodomites' on the Supreme Court, 'sodomites and females' in the military and declaring that the people he meets on domestic violence calls should just 'shoot each other and get it over with', and seemingly bragging about killing people, Page manages to hit a gamut of crackpot conspiracy theories."
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar relieved Page of duty after the video surfaced. Speaking to CNN's Don Lemon, who personally sent a link of Page's remarks to Belmar, the chief said that "it's embarrassing when you find out about stuff like this." Though the video has been on YouTube since April, Belmar claimed that it was "difficult to unearth," because he personally does not use social media. Page's comments, he said, "are not indicative of the St. Louis County police department, they're not indicative of the officers that he works beside, and frankly, he's let them down."
St. Louis County relieves Officer Dan Page after his racist video rant. #Ferguson http://t.co/Km7G1GLcYK pic.twitter.com/IiavOY1CWw
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) August 22, 2014
Chief Belmar extended an apology to anyone in the St. Louis community who was offended by Dan Page's remarks in the video.
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Broom House Butchery News
Hopefully most of you have been in recently to see our lovely new displays in the counter and Jamie's great new BBQ packs, which are selling really well, at last it's been BBQ weather. We're bouncing with BBQ ideas, from Mediterranean lamb riblets to simple fillet steaks and pork chops, whilst the production line of burgers seems never to stop. In fact unless we have a big event happening the Gray Family are not frequent "barbequers" , and it's a time of year where I like to cook different things. Last night I made this pork escalope recipe, which was first cooked for me by Edward Todd's (Fury Events) mother about 16 years ago!
We're in the Jubilee mood with a very British looking shop and we're busy with orders for all your celebration parties! Our pitch in Durham Market Place every Saturday from 9am-2.30pm is well supported, do contact us if you would like us to bring any meat or eggs down to our stall for you. We'll be here on Open Farm Sunday so do call in and see the end product of Marks' hard work!
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The On The Road Edition – 2018 Color Palettes
The inspiration for the On The Road Edition Classic Color Palettes hail from our time enjoying what Malibu has to offer. The fabled Pacific Coast Highway starts just minutes from our factory in Oxnard, so hitting up the surf or a trail after work is one of our favorite things to do; it's no surprise we find ourselves blending two of our favorite things—Bowlus Road Chiefs and Californian nature.
Each Classic Color Palette complements the beauty of honest materials like anodized aluminum and birch. In 2018 we offer Paradise Cove (beach sand), Surfrider (ocean blue), and Big Rock (brick red), all coordinated with the luxurious bedding from Libeco in a gorgeous, natural way that says "yes" to dogs, cats, children and breakfast in bed.
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On the Muse's Menu: Hannibal3
June 24, 2013 by Kira Lyn Blue
I was going to cover several various books and shows that I've been feeding the Muse lately, but I started writing this post and it turns out there's a lot of ground to cover in just one show: Hannibal.
Before The Red Dragon
I recently finished watching the entire first season of NBC's Hannibal. It's basically the prequel to The Red Dragon, and follows FBI profiler Will Graham as he tracks serial killers through his ability to empathize with and understand their motivations and actions and his relationship with his therapist, Dr. Hannibal Lecter who is supposed to be helping him cope with the psychological impacts of his job duties.
Lecter Movie? What Lecter movies?
This show wasn't at all what I expected it would be, but in a good way. Mads Mikkelsen as everyone's favorite cannibal is very different from how Dr. Lecter is portrayed by Anthony Hopkins. At first I found it a bit disorienting, but then realized it made sense. This is Dr. Lecter before anyone knows what he really is, before the mask of civility has been ripped away and he is oh so very carefully presenting only that which he chooses to the world around him.
Suspense, Tone, and Internalization
It's psychological suspense done very, very well. I absolutely loved how almost nothing is explained outright. It's all subtly implied and forces the viewer to watch carefully to see how each character acts and reacts to each given scenario. Even better, every aspect of the production is carefully crafted to create and amplify suspense and leave the viewer slightly disturbed at all times. The predominant colors in every scene are greys and blues, making things feel very stark, dark, and depressing. The splashes or color they do use come across as garish rather than cheerful or comforting. I even noted a lack of background music in most scenes or just some vague noise that ratcheted up my tension.
The producers are so very careful to only show beauty and elegance in close relationship with the killers or Hannibal himself, which is just so psychologically brilliant I both admire them and hate them for making "good things" in the show triggers for terror. The most obvious example is Hannibal serving gorgeous culinary delights to his colleagues in just about every episode and every time it happened I was cringing and hiding behind a couch cushion to prevent myself from thinking about how tasty it looked.
Another very interesting thing they did was the sets and costuming. It's all designed to be very ambiguous as to what time period the show is set in. At first glance, I thought it might be set in late 70s or early 80s, but then a random cell phone or laptop appears. Modern technology is sparingly used, though, which almost makes me think the creators wanted a series that could be watched decades from now without it appearing dated. Which was a brilliant choice, because this show is so well done I hate to see it forgotten.
It's not what you might expect. This show is about Will Graham and his mental state more than anything else. There's nothing more I can say without spoilers and I wouldn't do that to you. What I can say is that Hannibal is so very different from anything else on TV right now. I'd highly recommend it for any writer just because it does "Show, don't tell," better than anything I've seen or read in months.
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An ESXi virtual machine uses a virtual disk to store its operating system, program files, and other data associated with its activities. A virtual disk is a large physical file, or a set of files, that can be copied, moved, archived, and backed up as easily as any other file. You can configure virtual machines with multiple virtual disks.
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Shiny Shoes and Glittery Handbags
Monday night saw J and I dressed up, ball gown and black tie on! We were headed to the National Reality TV Awards, as we had been nominated for Best Performance of 2017.
I was wearing a gorgeous dress from Monsoon; I had so many lovely comments about my dress and J was wearing a tailored suit from Nathan Palmer Bespoke.
Shiny shoes and glittery handbags, we both had our fingers crossed. Our mums came with us as our guests but I have to say, I had forgotten just how demanding theyare getting as they mature gracefully! As we are getting in the car, they BOTH told me that they needed flat shoes, blankets, snacks and water! And mummy Gill even need a specific brand of water for it to be suitable! I mean, surely we were not that demanding as kids…
Oh how the roles are beginning to change!
With the red carpet done, we sat at our table – no.7 – or "lucky" no.7, which is what we were hoping for! We bumped into Susanna Reid from Good Morning Britain; she was nominated in a couple of the categories, individually, and also for Good Morning Britain.
Susanna WON all three awards and I was so happy for her! Her and her team had a brilliant evening, despite the early start the following morning! Our category was called towards the end of the evening and of course, I was excited to see whether we had won or not.
"And the winner for Best Performance of 2017 goes to …… JB & Chloe Gill!!" Oh my goodness, we have WON, we've actually won!! We both got up and went to collect our award with beaming smiles on our faces! I was SO happy!
This is the first award we've ever won together and it was so great to be recognised for Dance Dance Dance as we really had worked so hard and after finishing in third place, this was icing on the cake for us! I can't thank the public enough for nominating us, let alone voting for us to win, so I would like to say a BIG thank you to everyone who voted, it truly means a lot to us.
On Tuesday, I was woken up with Ace sooo excited to see our trophy and congratulate us both. However, it wasn't the only celebration of the week because it was also Ace's birthday! My little boy was 3! How did that happen?! Seriously time has flown by!
Ace LOVES anything to do with Cars at the moment and he had asked for a Cars themed birthday party AND in particular, a bouncy castle. I have to say; I really enjoy planning and making parties for people, especially kid parties! I was making car shaped sandwiches and watermelon, labeling bottles of water with car stickers, putting up car balloons and even had a 'Cars' birthday cake made!
After entertaining 25 children, with pass the parcel, jelly, cake and party bags, I was well and truly exhausted. I can't even comment on the state of the house! But it was genuinely all worth it seeing the happiness on Ace's face all day!
One thing that I haven't mentioned was that my husband has been singing again!! He's now been officially announced as the newest presenter for BBC Songs of Praise but he's not only presenting, he's got the microphone back out too!! We were all really excited to go and watch him at the Royal Albert Hall last weekend, where he sang a solo AND performed alongside Katherine Jenkins and Aled Jones! I was so proud of him, the Royal Albert Hall was sold out and watching him sing again with Ace and the whole family was a memory I will treasure for a long time. The whole of the JLS clan came to support him too, so it was truly a spectacular night and you will be able to see it all on BBC Songs of Praise soon.
Speaking of Songs of Praise, J will be featuring on the Harvest episode this Sunday at 4pm, make sure you tune in to watch.
I hope you all have a great week and speak soon.
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Yes, the oxymoronic, "RAINBOW BACON," has been achieved by supersecret bacon scientists working in secret in SECRETLAND, USA, part of ConAgra/Monsanto's 2010, "BACONFUSE AMERICA" initiative:
[Courtesy of BACON TODAY... yes, there's a BACON TODAY.]
The only problem with its ingestion, besides giving rabbis the technicolor hinkies, is that it seems to be associated with greater instances of these things (below) getting in the way of passenger jets and aliens:
The good news is that these turn out to be even TASTIER THAN BACON. But not as tasty as RAMPANT CAPITALIZATION. So, Tuesday's Rainbow Bacon Day has now syncretized into, "RAINBOW UNICORN-BACON TACOS" day. Mmmmm, unicorn-bacon tacos...
Tuesday is RAINBOW BACON DAY
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2 comments:
- brad said...
you know in "gamera vs gauron" gauron used his rainbow for destruction! what relevance this comment has in here i do not know...but it needed to be shared.
- 15/6/10 14:42
- A Man Called DA-DA said...
Oddly enough, the Japanese have long since turned Gamera into turtle soup (ok, a LOT of turtle soup), and Gauron HAS BEEN MIXED WITH BACON AND TURNED INTO TACOS. The Japanese are nutty for tacos, esp. if they're giant monster tacos.
- 15/6/10 19:50
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Sunnyside Memory Gardens cemetery in Charles City, Iowa is removing military markers by veterans' headstones in the cemetery. When one family asked why, they were told it was because the markers are "too hard to mow around."
Questioned about the decision, Leland Boyd, St. Charles Township board of trustees chair, said the rules for removing the markers are not new, but simply "haven't been totally enforced" until now.
The rule pertaining to the markers is Iowa Insurance Division rule 807, which says: "United States' flag markers may be placed on veteran's interment spaces to observe Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. If still present, Memorial Day decorations will be removed by cemetery personnel on the seventh day after Memorial Day and Veterans Day."
According to KIMT, Sarah Shearman's normal practice was to put up the military marker by her grandfather's headstone on Memorial Day and leave it up all summer long. Thanks to the recent enforcement of rule 807, that is no longer allowed.
Shearman places the marker there every year because her grandfather fought in the Navy during WWII.
Shearman said, "This is where my grandparents are buried and normally we just leave it by the shepherds hook all summer long." She added the cemetery said they removed the markers "because it's too hard to mow around them."
"I don't think a military marker that is small is too much to ask for all they gave to our country," she said.
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