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Hello! I hope you are having a great summer. In this part of the world, people play hard in the summer, thoroughly savoring every bit of summer that
I hope you are having a great summer. In this part of the world, people play hard in the summer, thoroughly savoring every bit of summer that is to be had, knowing that it doesn't last long. So, I won't keep you long.
Just a few updates regarding my Seeing with New Eyes Photography retreats (there's still room in the October beginner's retreat), some info about my custom home portraits (not just for homes), and a summary of what's been in front of my lens lately through the blog.
Get out and enjoy these luscious days!
A small sample of the images created by the participants of the July retreat.
Are you a beginning to intermediate woman photographer? What have you done recently to nurture your artist within?
Imagine spending two days in a place of beauty and peace, away from the noise of the world, in community with five other women photographers.
At the heart of photography, even life, is the ability to really see, to be present to the beauty that is right in front of us each day.
A guiding quote for my work and my life comes from Marcel Proust, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
As a photographer, technical skills are vital but secondary to the capacity to see.
In this retreat, through a variety of activities and the tools of photography, we will hone our capacity to see the world around us. Time will also include learning and practicing basic photographic skills and techniques. There will be both private and group time to practice, learn, and share.
The retreat will be held October 2-4, 2015 at New Skete Monastery in Cambridge, NY. For full details and registration click here.
Only one spot remains for the October retreat, so if this sounds good to you, don't ponder too long! Or if you know someone who would enjoy this, please share with them. More retreats will be planned in the future, so let me know if you'd like to be on a retreat-specific mailing list.
New Skete Monastery provides a wealth of opportunities for image making.
Just a few of the words used by participants of July Advanced Photographer's "Seeing with New Eyes" retreat to describe their experience:
* exhilarating
* inspiring
* peaceful
* collaborative
* joyful
* supportive
* flexible
* fun
* community
* encouraging
For more information or to register for the October retreat click here.
July advanced retreat participants. There is a mix of group and individual activities.
Home Portrait display at NBT Bank, 1 Kirkland Ave. Clinton, NY
I'm currently working on a series that will highlight a family's special tree, one that stands tall over their home and has been a place of comfort and play for the family. So far, I have the spring and the summer tree painted.
Any place that is special to you is a good subject for a custom portrait:
Porches ~ Entries ~ Gardens ~ Vacation homes ~ Farms ~ Landmarks ~ Churches ~ Businesses
If you are in the Clinton area, you have an opportunity to see a few of my home portraits as they would look in your home, large, framed, and printed on canvas. I have a display through the end of August at the NBT bank at 1 Kirkland Ave, Clinton, NY.
If you have any thoughts of gifting a home portrait for the holidays, please keep in mind that the deadline for ordering for the holidays is October 15.
For more information on custom home portraits see the gallery and info on my website at this link.
Beech Tree Bark Mandala ©Gail S. Haile
Recent blog posts show a few of the things I've been seeing though my lens lately:
Summer, Roses, and Mandalas
Portrait of an Inn
Seneca Lake Colors
A Retreat: Part one
Retreat: Part Two
If you would like to receive the blog right in your email when it is published, sign up on the main blog page on the right-hand side. Click here to go there now.
Queen Anne's Lace Ready to Burst ©Gail S. Haile
Remember to click on highlighted links or pictures for more information.
If you know anyone who might be interested in my work, it would be great if you would forward this to them. Thank you!


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You'll keep it collectively pretty properly, even once they inform you their sidewalks are heated. Heated! Just squelch that primal scream coming on. But then, they go too far. Our very sweet tour guide instructed us that college students get 1,000 pages to print…free! However, don't fret, mother and dad, if they go over, we'll nonetheless allow them to print stuff!" That was my come to Jesus moment the place I virtually misplaced my shit. Actually? For sixty-five fucking grand a 12 months you may throw in some additional pages of copy paper? To paraphrase Adam Sandler, whoop-dee-fucking-dooooooooo. That I didn't throw myself over the tour group and swan dive on the tour guide whereas wringing his delusional neck was a miracle. However belief me, I'm now coaching exclusively at midnight arts of ninjahood just to be able to execute this transfer should I need to on behalf of all dad and mom all over the place.
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The RIA Rail Fellowship Programme seeks to showcase the best of the UK rail supply chain. The initiative pairs politicians with RIA members to promote the work of the organisations that build, maintain and enhance the UK's railways.
The Programme helps to educate politicians on the sector's crucial importance to the UK by placing them at state-of-the-art sites where highly skilled rail professionals showcase the fascinating work they do.
Participating Fellows spend a day 'on location' with a RIA Member whose work is relevant to their role or constituency. Participants become part of an annual RIA Railway Fellowship Class and are recognised at our yearly Parliamentary Reception in November.
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British painter David Hockney, readying for a show in London at age 78, told Radio Times, the Brit's weekly TV and radio program, that he became a better painter as he aged. "The Chinese have a saying, 'Painting is an old man's art'... It means it's an accumulation of things." Picasso would likely agree. As he famously said, "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child," implying that aging liberated him from the traditional cannons of art. And last week British art critic Jonathan Jones seemed to underline the point by noting how Lucien Freud paintings got freer as he matured.
But how does any of that square with Michelangelo's ability to carve his greatest works, "Pieta" and "David," before he was thirty and the Sistine Chapel ceiling just three years later? Yes, experience teaches us. Practice and persistence also help, which explains why some talented people fail to achieve. And yes, some things get better with age, like cheese and single malt scotch, but people? Not necessarily. When Michelangelo was 78, he carved another Pieta ("Florentine Pieta") and at age 89 still another ("Rondanini Pieta"), neither with much distinction.
Childhood matters
Michelangelo had something else going for him that would account for his early success. He was raised in a village rich in quarries of stone used by sculptors. And because his mother was not well, he was nursed by a nearby stonecutter's wife. As he told his art historian friend Giorgio Vasari, "What good I have comes from suckling in chisels and hammers with my nurse's milk." But there were more solid reasons for his facility with stone-carving.
Given his mother's poor health, he was sent to live with the stonecutter and his wife where he became familiar with the tools of the trade.
Wait, there's more. As his friend Asconio Condivi's biography of him in 1553 noted, in boyhood, Michelangelo often went to the gardens of the Medicis filled with ancient statuary where, disregarding his school work, he'd stayed captivated the day long. At age 13, his father apprenticed him to the celebrated fresco painter, Domenico Ghirlandaio -- clearly an advantage when it came time to paint his frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
Who you know matters
Still it was the boy Michelangelo's skill with the chisel that impressed Lorenzo de' Medici so much that he brought him into his household to live. Condivi said that when Medici saw the boy carving a god of Love out of marble in the shape of a sleeping boy, he said, "If you were to treat it so it seemed to have been buried I the earth, I would sent it to Rome and it would pass for an antiquity."
But here's the kicker.
According to William Wallace's biography "Michelangelo: The Artist, The Man and His Times," the artistwould have disagreed with Hockney and Picasso that age makes artists better artists because when he got old, he stopped caring about art in favor of his family.


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When I was eight years old, I visited my oldest brother in Toronto.
It was a pretty big deal. I took the train all the way from Ottawa, we went to a Jays game and Kensington Market, sang Irish drinking songs while strolling down Bloor Street, and I bought a pair of green Umbro soccer shorts with my own money (trust me, it was a really big deal). I felt so grown up. So mature. So cool.
In the mix of amazing memories I have from that trip, one of the most vivid was meeting Evan's roommate Alex. To me, Alex was (and still is) the epitome of cool. She played the guitar in a band. She talked to me like I was an adult. And she could sew a pair of jeans into the coolest looking "bum bag" I'd ever seen.
Alex has since become like a surrogate member of our family, becoming close friends with us all, and until recently lived just around the corner from my house. A few months ago, though, Alex moved to the East Coast. Before she left, she invited me over to raid her supply of fabric. It felt a little like Christmas morning – amazing colours and patterns, textures and sizes. I left with garbage bags full, which I've been slowly putting to good use with various projects.
One of the gems that I came home with that night was a roll of heat-resistant batting, perfect for a pair of oven mitts. So tonight, with Alex's latest CD playing the background, I set out to make some.
Here's how it went…
- Cotton Fabric for the Outside
- Fabric for the Lining
- Heat-resistant batting
- A Sewing Machine
- Pencil & Scissors
- Bias Tape or Lace
- For starters, you need a pattern. I used a great one that I found online here. Alternatively, you can trace around your hand, giving an extra inch or so for sewing and ample room to fit all hand sizes. Or, try using a pair of existing oven mitts as a guide (again, leaving extra space for the seams).
- Trace and cut out: 4 cotton "outsides" (fancy patterned fabric for the outside of the mitts – 2 for the right hand, 2 for the left), 4 cotton linings (again, 2 for the right, and 2 for the left), and 4 batting middles (ditto). Depending on the thickness of the batting, and how heat-resistant you want these bad boys to be, you might want to double up and cut out eight of the batting.
- Each side of the mitts (you'll make two tops and two bottoms) will be comprised of 3 layers – the lining, the batting (1-2 layers) and the top. Once you've got your pieces cut, lay each mitt-side in this order (right sides facing out) and pin the layers together all the way 'round.
- Next you want to do a quilting-like top stitch. This acts to hold all the layers tightly together. Depending on your fabric, you could choose a bold colour of thread and make a pattern, or you can do something more subtle. I decided to just meander around the material.
- Change to a zig-zag stitch and stitch around the edge of the whole mitt, cementing the three layers firmly in place. Don't worry if your layers don't perfectly match up – the seams will be hidden by the end.
- Repeat this whole process now for the "bottom" of your mitt (ie make a mirror-image version of the one you just made).
- When you've got both the top and bottom of your first mitt done, lay them on top of each other, right sides facing each other and pin around the edges.
- Using a 1/2″ seam, sew the two sides together almost all the way `round. Trim the extra away from the edges and turn right-side-out.
- Next, you want to create a nice edge along the bottom. This is where the bias tape, lace or other edge come into play. My suggestion is to use the bias tape, as you can make a little loop with it to hang your oven mitts up with. For instructions on sewing with bias tape, check out this little instructional video.
- Repeat the whole thing to make your second mitt and voila! You're done!


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Setting up Google Voice
It's rather easy – Setting up Google Voice
I love Google Voice and encourage anyone using social media to consider publishing a Google Voice number instead of their cell phone or home phone.
A great way to increase the ability to connect when you put a Google Voice number on your Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, About.me, etc profile.
Want some help Setting up Google Voice:
Setting up a Google Voice account starts with getting a Google Email account at www.Gmail.com.
Once you have a Gmail Account, go to www.google.com/voice and follow the prompts.
It's pretty easy. You have to start by associating your Google Voice account with a land line or Mobile phone#. (however the calls do not need to be forwarded there)
Here are some good videos on how to use Google Voice.
Hi there,
Thanks for signing up for Google Voice! Your new Google number is (336) 734-9169.
Here are some videos that help you get started with Google Voice:
- Read transcriptions of voicemails. Watch a video »
- Customize which phones ring. Watch a video »
- Personalize greetings for different callers. Watch a video »
- Make cheap international calls. Watch a video »
- Forward SMS to email. Watch a video »
- Share voicemails with friends. Watch a video »
- Block unwanted callers. Watch a video »
- Screen callers before answering. Watch a video »
- Access the mobile app on your phone. Watch a video »
- Conference call with co-workers. Watch a video »
You can see all these videos at youtube.com/googlevoice. And for the latest news, check out our blog.
I hope this information about Setting up Google Voice is useful to you.
If you need more help, contact me on my Google Voice line


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It's Friday Night and the Stars are out – Literally !
In an exclusive VIP Afterparty Event at Hotel Café Royal last night, celebrities gathered to enjoy an evening with fabulous Dame Joan Collins as Champagne flowed and guests including Miss Barbara Windsor enjoyed the 5Star Hospitality following Miss Collins' Opening Night at the London Palladium (see below)
DAN OLSEN – Award Winning Singer /Songwriter
Dan Olsen pictured above with Miss Collins, PR Guru Stuart Watts and Manager Luc Floreani was in attendance at the culmination of a Mega-Week of events which has seen him in the company of Global Super-Stars on both sides of the Atlantic.
Dan was a V-VIP Guest at Global Citizen Festival New York last weekend which headlined Rihanna, Usher and Metallica amongst it's line up – A Festival which raises funds and awareness of the mission to end extreme Global Poverty – A United Nations Directive. Dan is seen here backstage with Coldplay's Chris Martin (Creative Director for the Festival)
Dan Olsen Performs at SPENCER HOUSE Macmillan Fundraiser
With the weekend barely over Dan was back on a plane to London to appear during the week at an exclusive showcase night, an interview at the Hotel Café Royal with Sanila (The Sanila Interviews) then on to Spencer House an 18th Century Mansion in St.James's – and the property of Earl Spencer to perform at a VIP event for Macmillan Cancer Fundraiser Hosted by Sophie Conran and Macmillan's Director of Fundraising Richard Taylor – an incredibly successful event raising over £35,000 for the Fund and the figure is still rising .
Its been hinted that there may be the possibility of a tour in China which depends on the kind permission of the Chinese Authorities.
Dame Joan Collins is
Joan Collins-'UnSCRIPTED'
The Global Superstar who is Miss Joan Collins – Now Dame Joan Collins DBE opened last night at the London Palladium with a brand new show 'Joan Collins – UNSCRIPTED' which will now tour the UK giving fans in 13 towns and cities an exclusive opportunity to spend an evening in the company of a HOLLYWOOD LEGEND – check Miss Collins' website Joan Collins for further details – and we wish Miss Collins Every Success with the Show – as it undoubtedly will be !
Dan Olsen – links
You can find out all about Dan Olsen on his website – here- Dan Olsen Music
Watch Dan Olsen official Videos on YouTube
And follow @TheDoers on Twitter
@danolsenmusic #DanOlsen
and search danolsenmusic on all media channels – watch out for more news on Dan and his music and don't forget to watch his official music videos on YouTube- search Dan Olsen and find Dan on Facebook – and as always remember to 'LIKE' Popstars and Emerging Artists on all social media Channels – social media channels depend on it !
Also : check out: Heart into Trouble (from the movie Carnivore – premier soon!)
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|GM24 Geologic Map of the Millington, Clayton and Smyrna Quadrangles, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W., Tomlinson, J.L.
|SP28 Digital Elevation Model of Delaware
|Wang, L.T.
|GM23 Geologic Map of the Seaford West and Seaford East Quadrangles, Delaware
|Tomlinson, J.L., Ramsey, K.W., Andres, A.S.
|OFR50 Database of Quaternary Coastal Geochronologic Information for the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America (additional information for sites in Peru and Chile)
|Wehmiller, J.F., Pellerito, V.
|RI78 Subsurface Geology of the Area Between Wrangle Hill and Delaware City, Delaware
|Jengo, J.W., McLaughlin, P.P., Ramsey, K.W.
|GM17 Geologic Map of the Harbeson Quadrangle, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W., Tomlinson, J.L.
|GM16 Geologic Map of the Fairmount and Rehoboth Beach Quadrangles, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W.
|GM15 Geologic Map of the Georgetown Quadrangle, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W.
|OFR45 Characterization of the Potomac Aquifer, an Extremely Heterogeneous Fluvial System in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of Delaware
|McKenna, T.E., McLaughlin, P.P., Benson, R.N.
|IS7 The Delaware Geological Survey
|Pickett, T.E.
|B18 Clay and Clay-Size Mineral Composition of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Section, Test Well Je32-04, Central Delaware
|Spoljaric, N.
|SP11 Instructions for Preparation of Delaware Geological Survey Data Base Schedules
|Talley, J.H., Windish, D.C.
|HM3 Geohydrology of the Wilmington Area, Delaware
|Woodruff, K.D.
|OFR19 Regolith Thickness of the Delaware Piedmont
|Woodruff, K.D., Christopher, M.J.
|OFR18 A Numerical Indicator of Water Conditions for Northern Delaware
|Jordan, R.R., Woodruff, K.D.
|OFR13 Delaware's Extractive Mineral Industry
|Doyle, R.G., Pickett, T.E.
|HM2 Geohydrology of the Newark Area, Delaware
|Woodruff, K.D.
|RI26 Hydraulic Characteristics of the Piney Point Aquifer and Overlying Confining Bed near Dover, Delaware
|Leahy, P.P.
|RI14 Delaware Clay Resources
|Pickett, T.E.
|B7 Engineering Materials of Northern New Castle County
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Six adult believers are currently undergoing orientation for Baptism and Church Membership. The class is open and meets every Sunday afternoon. Anyone interested (even if you're not ready to become a member) is welcome. See the pastor or bro. Arnel (Deacon's Chair).
We will celebrate our 23rd church anniversary with a 3-day revival on Dec. 5-7 and a Stewardship Revival on Sunday, Dec. 14. Let's take our friends and neighbors to church starting this Friday & Saturday, 6:30PM and on Sunday, 10:30 AM.
Speakers will be:
Dr. David Hall on Friday to Sunday, Dec. 5-7
Rev. Tom Stolle of BCMD on Sunday, Dec. 14
PIBC needs messengers to Mid-Atlantic Baptist Celebration on November 9-11, 2014 at 8187 Telegraph Rd., Severn, MD 21144, The Church at Severn Run (former Severn Baptist Church). If you are interested, please contact Pstr. Manalang or Pstr. Arnel.
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Multicultural Student Services
On behalf of the Office of Multicultural Student Services (OMSS) and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL), it is a pleasure to welcome all enrolled students and those interested in attending UWL.
The primary mission of the Office of Multicultural Services is to improve the retention and graduation of underrepresented students by promoting their academic and personal growth. The office provides supplementary services in the areas of academic advising, subject tutoring, leadership development, the sponsorship of cultural events, and pre-college programs. Through these services and programs, students develop academic discipline and other important qualities that will enhance their development at UW-La Crosse.
OMSS serves African American, Native American, Latinx, Asian American (with emphasis on Southeast Asian), and bi-racial student organizations or multi-ethnic descent UWL students. OMSS supports collaborative efforts that promote human understanding, shared values, and respect for individual differences and similarities.
Please take a moment to stop by our Multicultural Center in 1112 Centennial Hall. In the Center you can spend some time visiting with friends, studying, or utilizing the computers in the space provided. If you plan on using the printer provided, please bring your own paper. Also, make sure to visit with our staff in Room 1101 Centennial Hall. We take pride in what we do at UW-La Crosse.
Antoiwana Williams,
Director Multicultural Student Services and Center.


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Anglo-Saxon beards and Harold Godwinson's Amazing Handlebar Moustache
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At the time of the Conquest, the Normans were clean shaven and cut their hair REALLY short, apparently going so far as to shave the hair clean off right up the back of the head. This was possibly an unconscious attempt (over 900 years early) to imitate the fashions of the 1990's.
It has been an article of faith that within a generation of conquering England, the Normans had become so acclimatised that they adopted the English fashion of long hair and beards. In fact there is a contemporary account of William the Bastard despairing of keeping his sons in line, as they took on the facial fashions of the subject race. This was obviously a Good Thing, as it was the first step in bringing Civilisation to these barbaric and boorish individuals. But is this really an accurate depiction of English fashion? Look at the representations in the Bayeux Tapestry. Nearly all of the English upper class have the most amazing handlebar moustaches (see illustrations). The lower classes, on the other hand , are usually clean shaven, as are the clergy (who are also tonsured). The only beards to be seen among the English are on Edward the Confessor and a very few warriors (whose beards are white, presumably depicting old men) in the battle line. There is also a mourner at Edward the Confessor's deathbed with what can only be described as "designer stubble".
So, are the Norman chroniclers wrong? Or is there a mis-translation from the original latin for a word meaning "facial hair in general" (barbus, perhaps?) being taken to mean "beard", rather than "moustache"? Not being conversant with latin, I can't make a definite pronouncement on this, but it does seem a little strange.
Certainly, the Anglo-Saxons had longer hair than the Normans – it would have been difficult not to. But even then, many only wore it in what would now be called a "page boy bob" – reminiscent of Prince Valiant. It was hardly long flowing locks. On the other hand, at least one other Pre-Conquest source shows hair shoulder length and longer.
Looking at other English manuscript illustrations, it is impossible to find the handlebar moustache depicted anywhere else. The best explanation I can find is that it was a transient fashion, relating only to the latter half of the 11th century, and only to the English upper classes.
Another point is that a moustache which sticks that far out from either side of the face can't be self-supporting. And this may explain something I'd always wondered about – foreign writers commented (unfavourably) on the habit of the Germanic races of smearing their beards with rancid butter. That has always seemed to me a particularly disgusting and illogical thing to do. But perhaps these writers were witnessing an early precursor of moustache waxing? If they used butter (though fat or wax would do as well), it wouldn't take long to go rancid, and would probably have merged in unnoticeably with all the other bodily odours associated with the Germanics, who weren't known for their hygiene.
An interesting speculation. Who's for growing a handlebar moustache?
Harold Godwinson - from the Bayeux Tapestry
Bill the B*stard - what a fashion victim
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Although physician-assisted suicide became legal in California in 2016, its advocates continue pushing to embed it deeply into the structure of California's health care policies, to broaden its reach to non-terminal patients and to expand the controversial concept to other states.
The last two objectives have not made much headway, especially with many states rejecting the role of physicians in hastening the death of their patients.
On January 24, 2018 Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton), who chairs a Select Committee on End of Life Health Care, will hold a hearing on the law to work on the first objective – embedding the concept more deeply in the State's health care policies.
The hearing is almost certain to be a promotional event for physician-assisted suicide rather than a serious look at what is actually happening.
Eggman is a staunch advocate of state-supported assistance for death and was co-author of the 2016 measure legalizing the practice. The Select Committee she is chairing has only members who supported the bill and no lawmakers who raised any serious concerns during debate.
Read the California Bishops' Statement on the Legalization of PAS
"The hearing will probably be a dog and pony show, a commercial for assisted suicide." warns Tim Rosales, an advocate for patient rights. "It will be a way for assisted suicide advocates to whitewash and promote their legislation in other states."
Those advocates are re-introducing legislation in states where the controversial concept has failed once already and are looking to produce "affirmation" from California that all is fine, explains Rosales.
Life defenders point to the danger that California's End of Life Option Act (EOLOA) will become a vehicle to cut costs in California's rapidly growing Medi-Cal program by "helping" people to use EOLOA instead of seeking palliative care, hospice and other effective end-of-life treatments.
"It is unconscionable that California is paying for doctors to help patients take their own lives while not adequately funding good, high-quality palliative care for all those patients," says Edward "Ned" Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference.
"Vulnerable populations, especially the sickest and the most disadvantaged in California, are rightfully concerned about this bizarre set of priorities coming out of the State political leaders," he said. "Where is the concern for the weakest among us?"
Dolejsi says there are some important questions that need to be addressed but are not likely to come up in the hearing:
"California spends a significant amount of money on protecting the elderly from abuse. But how do we keep them from being subtlety coerced into ending their own lives?"
Some problems with EOLOA are beginning to emerge as a record on doctor-assisted suicide in California starts to build.
A recent study of Kaiser Permanente Southern California's use of the state's EOLOA offered indications of how it can happen.
The Kaiser study looked at 379 people who inquired about using it to end their own lives in their southern California facilities.
The Kaiser study reported that 68 Kaiser patients died from doctor-prescribed drugs during the first year of the act's life but the fate of 16 patients who actually received the drugs is unknown. In one case, the patient's prognosis improved sufficiently that he or she did not go through with the suicide.
Despite the claims of proponents, data collection remains a significant problem in the process. Where the deadly drugs ended up, for instance, is not known.
During the review process 271 people were excluded. Another 15 were too ill to proceed through the process to obtain death drugs, and 110 died before completing the process after inquiring about EOLOA for themselves.
Where doctor-facilitated death could be headed shows in a story this week from the Netherlands, where the life-ending process has been legal for more than a decade and kills increasing numbers of people every year.
The latest Dutch story tells of a physically healthy 29-year-old woman who has scheduled herself to die from a legal lethal injection. She has no terminal illness; but suffers from substantial psychological problems. She lived in a hospital, then was in prison for setting her apartment building on fire. She wants to end her own life, and Dutch doctors authorized her death drugs for the day she chose.
It is unlikely that her story will be part of the hearing next week, but it shows how far physician-assisted suicide can go with continuing promotion by the end-life lobby.


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Generally held in Northern Virginia, USA one can meet me and other friends and peers there:
- User Group, Speeches, Mini-Classes – My User Group and new training company the successor to Carroll Software Training (CST).
- My Game Club meets slightly south of Baltimore, Maryland USA. We teach the games too. We play:
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- Eurogames, Card Games, Tabletop games, family Games, Strategy Games, etc.
- Roleplaying Games including HeroQuest and Glorantha. Come play a great Fantasy Role Playing Game. We are teaching as you play, so even if you have never played before you can join us.
Another Lifetime Ago – ASP and ASP.net communities
Yeah, in another lifetime, I made this site http://www.learnasp.com which was devoted to teaching beginners Classic ASP and ASP.net. In the 90s and early 200 it made it to #1 worldwide for ASP and was 24,000 unique viewers daily and 160,000 page views daily. I gave up updating it in 2002 and parted ways with Microsoft for many reasons. Gates ran a great Microsoft. Ballmer ran a corrupt Microsoft into the ground (which gift-wrapped Apple, Amazon, Google and everyone else usher in the post-PC era) that mistreated all it's community and commercial partners and punished all those who spoke out for better treatment.
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- created AspAlliance.com in 1998 and gifted it to Steve Smith in late 90s.
- Created AspFriends.com (let domain expire and closed in 2002) which I took from zero messages to 19 million messages per month and tens of thousands of unique subscribers. Many aspects of the ASP.net Forums (i.e. names like [AspFreeForAll], a moderation tool they cloned and improved from one I invented for Lyris) are exact copies of AspFriends.
I code in ASP.net MVC and ASP.net professionally focusing on Cloud Applications, and am a Software Architect and am releasing some ASP.net Open Source libraries in 2015. I am however over time transitioning to programming iOS (iPad, iPhone) and Android apps.


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The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #87
Hey, Sam here collecting the post from The Laser Cutter.
Above is a laser cut Modular Ornament employing a living hinge from Trammell Hudson.
And remember join TLC's Facebook page so you can submit you work to be featured through there!
After the jump, a hospital bed, fabric, view-master reals. and geometry…
Above is a laser cut business card from Peter Twyford.
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With Providence Park Apartments' convenient location near downtown Columbia, Forest Acres, and The Village at Sandhill, it can be hard for our residents to choose where to eat their next meal! In our Providence Park Places to Be series, we try to help by suggesting some of our favorite spots. In this week's edition, we're talking about the delicious Blue Fin Restaurant!
Blue Fin is in Sandhills, just a 10-minute drive from your Providence Park Apartment. You'll find great steaks and seafood dishes here, in addition to a killer happy hour during the week and an awesome brunch on Sundays.
The restaurant also has live music throughout the week and a wonderful wait staff. We love it for family outings, date nights, or girls' night out!
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Crashing Japan
Religion in Japanese Pop Culture
by Bamboo Dong,
It's not uncommon for the Japanese to believe in both Shintoism and Buddhism. Because Shintoism doesn't make provisions for an afterlife, it's popular to hold funerals in Buddhist temples. Watch any anime series and you'll see aspects of both religions in the characters' actions.
For instance, you may have seen characters pay to receive their fortunes at a Buddhist temple. At Senso-ji (which is actually next to a Shinto shrine), there are many areas where you can do this. Simply insert 100JPY into a slot, and pick up one of the metal canisters nearby. Shake it around a few times, and pour out one of the sticks inside. A number on the stick will correspond to a certain drawer, which will have a stack of fortunes inside. If it's good luck, then you're well off, but if it foretells bad luck (which this particular temple is apparently infamous for), you can tie your fortune to one of the racks nearby. At the end of the day, all of those are burned, destroying any bad luck you may have.
Another ritual that visitors to Senso-ji can do is burn sticks of incense. While these are burning, patrons reach for the smoke that arises—rubbing it on your face will give you beauty, rubbing it on your head will give you knowledge, and so forth. And of course, you can always go into the temple (after purifying yourself with water in a fountain nearby), make an offering, and pray.
For those who wish to go to a Shinto shrine, there are a large number of places to go in Japan. I ended up at Meiji Shrine, a sprawling place that was built in honor of the 122nd emperor. Trees from all over Japan were brought in and planted, making it a wonderful place for plant-lovers to go.
Praying at a Shinto shrine is different from that at a Buddhist shrine. Here, after you've made your offering, it's tradition to bow twice, clap your hands twice, say your prayer, and then bow again.
It needn't even be said how heavily Shintoism is featured in anime series. From the shrine maidens that you see in thousands of shows, to the warriors that use Shinto artifacts to fight, to the gazillions of times you've seen characters pray, it's a part of pop culture that show you just how influential Shintoism is in everyday Japanese life.
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ELOHIN AKA Lon C. Harris is a rap and hip-hop artist out of Detroit, Mich. Born and raised on the East Side of Detroit. Like many in America he had found identity in money, girls, violence & rap music until his lifestyle and music content were challenged and transformed.
This transformation along with his passion in his music career and missionary has allowed him to create a platform to impact many for generations. Elohin now raps to bring awareness to social issues as a means of expression and to inspire and encourage his listeners to grow in their own faith.
He has 2 AWARD nominations, 2 projects (Converted the Biography 2009, ReDefined EP 2013) and production from some of the best producers in the industry ( Tone P., Flawless Tracks/Best Kept Secret, Grammy Award winning producer Courtney (J.R.) Orlando), Elohin is no stranger to success.
Elohin's interview with ANEW podcast will air on February 17th,2018 and I will have the pleasure of interviewing him on Monday Dec.11,2017.
ELOHIN "R 2.0 Let's Continue" was released on August 14, 2017 and is available for download and streaming online everywhere.
The album starts off with the first track being R 2.0 (intro). Upon listening to the first track it has a retro funk era feel to it with a classic 80's feel to the rap. I could definitely tell by the first track it is an album that I was left wanting to hear more. he welcomes you with a message of "If you don't know who you are, then people will tell you who you should be. Welcome to 2.0."
Track 2 Miss America (ft. Reggie Williams) starts of with a political message and he raps about consciousness. Something that's really important for generations' to hear. A positive message and vibe. He raps about the pressure in America and the lost art of Liberty. Miss America we need more from you is sung back up as he spits on definition of what Americas history holds. You absolutely need to get the album. Period.
Track 3 New Destination (ft. Jenee Monica) opens with an R&B feel and he raps about being a kid and having dreams, learning and reaching goals as wishing upon a star is sung in the background and needing a new destination.
Every song I listen to has a great and inspirational message and I'm impressed how he puts his missionary work into his music in a non pushy way.
Track 4 Lost In You (ft. Ashley Garza)
Track 5 Tattoos and Scars has an 80's R&B feel to it...Great rhythm and rhymes... I love it. Smooth voice... Elohin can rap and sing.
Track 6 Talking goes back into a hip hop faster rhythm, rap, rhyme and beat...as born in the 80's is rapped in a very nice flow and beat.
Track 7 Man on the Bus (1995) Has an intense message and story in it where Elohin meets himself as an older man and he gives himself a message to break out of what he was doing. Powerful message everyone definitely needs to hear.
Track 8 When The Smoke Clears(ft.Corey Breeze & Jess Aleakatino) opened with a bang for me when I heard gun fire and shells hitting the ground and they rapped about life in the streets, living in the projects. Hard times in life and how that big dare will leave you crippled in a wheelchair. When the SMOKE CLEARS and your mind, heart and soul changes and how he finds that reading the bible and his faith in GOD got him through his hard times. Real life and a powerful message!
Track 9 Abe Lincoln (ft. Calik)
Track 10 Censor me is a good solid end to this entire album. Talks about staying original. Sticking to doing what he needs to do to keep doing what he's doing without judgement as the crowd chants "SHUT EM UP SHUT EM DOWN" ....you can't Censor me.
This is definitely an album you want to get! you can listen to R 2.O right here right now...and follow him now!
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Welcome to an introduction to Antique Jewelry Hallmarks and Markings on Antique Gold Jewelry.
Trying to understand what the marks mean on your Jewelry can be really challenging for ANYBODY and that's the exact reason I decided to create the Hallmark Challenge Dare
The following information provides a general introduction to hallmarks. If British Hallmarks is your area of interest, be sure to read (and bookmark) the Guide to Hallmarking in Great Britain...
For information on Investing in Antique Jewelry, Antique Jewelry Buying Basics, will guide you through the elemental steps. How to safely Invest Money in Jewelry? Info on How To Invest Money in Jewelry Can Be Found HERE... Then there's identification. Tips on how to identify Antique Gold Jewelry Can be Found HERE...
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're aware or you've been affected by the value of the dollar. at some stage. People are buying gold and silver as a safe haven. Doomer porn or prudent preparation? You decide.
There Are Three Basic Ways to Buy Gold Today That Investors Need To Know...
The two questions I'm asked the most on Antique Jewelry Investor are about Antique Jewelry Hallmarks and what is the value?
A magnifying glass, or jewelry loupe helps to see the marking much more clearly. This vital little tool, makes a hallmark determination much easier and you will have a much better chance of success.
There are literally thousands upon thousands of different marks on jewelry from countries all over the world!
Today, when people talk about hallmarks, they could be referring to just about anything... from the Jewelry marks used to identify who made the piece, to the purity mark, the guarantee that the metal was made from a high-quality metal, to town marks, tax marks, country marks, etc. etc.
Strictly speaking, a HALLMARK refers to the metal content, it's the caratage which may be in the form of the millesimal fineness, like "750" which may follow or proceed pictures, letters, numbers, stamps, initials, engravings.
Not surprisingly, gold investors who buy physical gold, like gold jewelry are often unsure if all these jewelry marks are really that important. Are British Hallmarks (UKHM) really the best in the world? British Hallmarks like Antique Jewelry have stood the test of time, and are trustworthy.
*** For a comprehensive look at British Gold Hallmarks, see: British Hallmarks on Gold, Silver and Platinum, including Historic British Hallmarks ... (this page opens a new window - it's a pdf file and a bit slow to load but well worth the wait).
Hallmarking was originally introduced in 1300 in the Great Britain by a Statute of Edward I and is one of the earliest forms of consumer protection.
Other countries, besides Great Britain, have Antique Jewelry Hallmarks. Around the former colonies of the British Empire, these marks are not seen so often.
And then we have desirable Antique French jewelry bearing French Hallmarks. During the Louis era, the ram's head was in use in France from 1819 to 1838, when it was the Georgian era back in Britain.
Very early pieces will not have any Antique Jewelry Hallmarks because hallmarking in the US only became as a legal requirement in 1906.
In the world of Antique Jewelry, import jewels are often NOT marked.
A Persian diadem, the ancestor of the tiara, was discovered made of brass metal, sometime between the 17th - 18th century and surprise, surprise! it sold at auction for 6,250 GBP.
Hand made Antique Indian Jewelry and old Ethnic Jewelry from the Arabian peninsula, are examples of premier antique jewelry bearing no such Jewelry hallmarks.
The point being, providing the Jewelry is authentic, early jewelry can be valuable although it will not hallmarked. Indeed, some of the most unique and fascinating jewelry items, were handcrafted by desert society people, who had either:
This does not mean these unmarked pieces are not investment worthy or valuable. In fact, the opposite is true. The uniqueness of the design and the rarity factor override the need for jewelry markings.
A good question on the subject of gold jewelry with no visible markings, was recently submitted to Help Central from India, about how to date antique gold jewelry from India not hallmarked. Read what Gem Palace replied to the gold testing lab question Here.
British Jewelry with a full UKHM (United Kingdom Hall Mark) generally consist of the following marks:
And sometimes:
UKHMs have been around long time. Striking a mark on British gold, originated in 1327 when King Edward III of England granted a charter to the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths marking the beginning of the Company's formal existence.
Headquarters were at London's "Goldsmiths' Hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmith" and this is actually where the English term "Hallmark" was derived.
Antique Jewelry Hallmarks may well have been applied by a trusted party known as the 'Guardians of the Craft' back then, guaranteeing a certain purity or fineness of the metal, but unfortunately that's not the case today.......
The guardians of the craft took their position seriously. Very seriously. Penalties for counterfeits were severe.
In 1397 a report was made on the false counterfeit stamps of two goldsmiths who were placed in the pillory at Westminster with their ears nailed to it and a ticket over their heads, on which their offenses were written. They each had one ear cut off. True!
Antique Jewelry Hallmarks include the Assay mark or quality mark that indicates the 'Quality' of precious metal in the item. An assay office undertakes the job of testing all articles of silver, gold and platinum, to ensure that they meet the minimum standard of purity.
For example, 9ct (.375) struck into yellow gold jewelry, tells you there is only 375 parts of gold out of 1000 parts of metal. The other 625 parts of metal is a mix of copper, silver and zinc.
The second stamp is the 'origin mark' or 'assay office' mark or 'Mark of Origin'. The origin mark, simply tells you where the item was assayed.
A Leopard's Head is the most common and, yes, you guessed it! It's the mark of the LONDON Assay Office. Sometimes, the Leopard has a crown on his head (until 1821). The Leopard Head, is the King's mark!
The other most common Assay Office marks are from Birmingham (an Anchor). Once there were many Assay offices around Great Britain and Ireland, the Chester mark for instance. There are only three offices left in England now.
Sheffield assay office, is the last, using a 'Rose' origin mark - the rose, has an age-old symbolic meaning in the History of Jewelry. Often, a "flower" motif in connection with Jewelry had symbolic meanings, for instance, the Rose of Sheffield.
In a puritan society, people in love, harnessed the language of flowers to weave meanings into Jewelry. When words fail us, Jewelry adopts the role of cupid.
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Well, another brag session about my nephew. Navy won 48-45 yesterday against Pittsburg in a very close double overtime game. For the most part both teams were neck and neck throughout the four quarters, the score teetering within a one touchdown range.
Kaipo (no. 10), awesome job!
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Texas sweeps Oregon for NCAA title
By Cindy Luis
Texas was pretty impressive today, sweeping Oregon 25-11, 26-24, 25-19. Think all the final four experience the Longhoorns had over the past few years played a big part, especially at the end of Set 2 where they outscored the Ducks 5-1.
Rather interesting that the all-tournament team had five Texas players, 2 from Oregon, 1 from Michigan and none from Penn State
Junior libero Sarah Palmer (HBA) hadd 11 digs out of 33. Freshman DS Kat Brooks (Punahou) with 4 digs, 1 SE.
Texas with 15 blocks but more impressive was their hitting .438 with just 4 hitting errors the whole match. 11-1-25 Set 1, 19-2-33 in Set 2, 13-1-31 Set 3.
First title for Texas since defeating Hawaii in 1988 in Minneapolis. A chilly night that Gov. Waihee attended. Wahine gathered after to sing Christmas carols in the hotel lobby. Particularly remember Martina Cincerova and her dad singing. The Texas players came down as well.
A different time and era. I remember UT's Dawn Davenport asking Coach Mick Haley if Texas would light the tower for their national championship. He said yes.
It is a big deal to have the Texas Tower lighted up in burnt orange. usually reserved for the men's teams. Texas wasn't too far removed from being one of the last holdouts for their women's athletic department, which was separate from the men's, to join the NCAA. As late as 1981, Texas was in the AIAW where their women's athletic director Donna de Varona was AIAW president. Interestingly, de Varona beat out UH's Donnis Thompson for the presidency. De Varona was the final AIAW prez.


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Meet the DesignersJin Teok (b. 1934), a fashion pioneer who began her career in the early postwar era in South Korea, is passionate about reinterpreting traditional Korean art and fashion. In this exhibition, five representative designs showcase her creative process in remaking the traditions of the past. Since the 1990s, when she was active in Paris and participated in several international fashion shows, she has conducted extensive research on traditional Korean clothing, motifs, and sensibility to inform her works. At times, Jin includes traditional Korean symbols, subjects, or details from paintings as patterns on her designs, or she incorporates traditional Korean motifs into Western materials, styles, and shapes. In doing so, Jin joins the visual language of the past with contemporary fashion sensibility.
In 2015, the Chanel Cruise collection fashion show at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, attracted enormous attention in the fashion world. Since 2000, Karl Lagerfeld (b. 1938), the creative director of Chanel, has presented the Cruise collection in various cities where he gained inspiration. Seoul was the third city he chose in Asia, following Singapore and Dubai. For the 2016 Chanel Cruise collection, Lagerfeld created designs that were influenced by traditional Korean clothing as well as by Korean artworks.


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Meeting Alastair in Polruan
I am a glutton, yes, as all of you know by now, and unashamedly so. But the lead photo is naught to do with my glutton genes. The point of the photo is that apart from emphasising our love for fish and chips on holidays (let's get fat fast), in the background is Alastair.
After our walk in the Cornish Woods we fell upon our plates with ravenous appetites, eyes goggling at the sight of food. Hours of walking through the woods and sudden steep stretches can do that to you. A middle-aged man with a shock of white hair entered the pub through its dwarfish door and asked for a half-pint of ale. Thereafter his natter did not cease. The barmaid lent her ears till she naturally had to serve other customers. At this point he turned around, spoke a few words to a girl in a pram, then turned our way and asked, "Have you guys come down from London?" That was the beginning.
These are the encounters that make a trip worth its salt. Do you know what I mean? Of course, you do. We are all social beings. Somewhere deep inside, even the most introverted individual likes to meet people. This yearning is engraved into the human genome, irrespective of caste, creed, age, gender. That apart, meeting new individuals is our window into a different kind of life; it may often be the life we aspire to.
Alastair gave me hope, that dreams do come true. But you cannot sit back, lie on your couch, and have visions of this glory that should have been yours. You work towards it. Listen to his story?
Alastair spent a fair part of his childhood visiting Cornwall with his parents. He roamed the world, said he never found anything like Cornwall.
A London worker, he came to Polruan one day, three years ago, and started looking for bed & breakfast accommodations. Found none, slept on a bench overnight with his rucksack and liked the look of the village so that he met an estate agent to scout for a cottage to buy. He found one at the top of the pub we were sitting in, that is the Russell Inn, and he staked his claim on it. But that is never enough, as we all know. We have got to go through the miserable practicalities of life such as waiting, negotiating, and the works. The estate agent would give him a call if it worked out.
He returned to daily routine in London and thought nothing would come of it. Two weeks had passed when he got a call from the estate agent, asking him to pop down to Polruan, sign some papers and take the cottage off his hands. That is how Alastair found himself back in the village with two bags and a rucksack. He lay down his sleeping bag on the floor of his new home because he had nothing apart from those few bags and slept. He woke up to a new life of a small pension, but it was also the life he had yearned for during his growing-up years.
Then Alastair muttered a few dozen 'sorry's' for interrupting our meal (what would the Englishman be without them) and asked us to return for a pint with him at the pub. "I live up this hill," he added. I do not know if we will end up sharing more conversations over a pint, yet for those few moments Alastair gave us a window into a future which seems achievable.
When you walk into Polruan, you see why Alastair fell for it. We did as easily.
Cornish fishing villages are a cut above anything you've seen. This particular one is stationed by the river Fowey with one road leading in and out of the village, names like 'The Singing Kettle', 'Lugger Inn' and 'The Winkle Picker' winking back at you. There are two pubs in the village – the 19th century Russell Inn (where we sat) and the old Lugger Inn. The Winkle Picker is a convenience store-cum-post-office that gets its name from its previous owners. The two misses were called Joan Winkle and Joanne Pickering, so you have that cute outpost on the quay.
How to Get There: Get to Fowey and take a 5-minute ferry to Polruan.
Where to Stay: At the top of the village, is a Polruan Holidays campsite (www.polruanholidays.co.uk) with 40 pitching spots. The view from the campsite: Stunning.
If not that, go for Hormond House (www.hormondhouse.com) where they have just three rooms, so book ahead?
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St. Saviours Chapel, an 8th century church.
Brazen Island, an isolated rock.
Ferryside (Daphne du Maurier's home) and Bodinnick.
The Hall Walk in the heart of Daphne du Maurier country takes you through Bodinnick, Lanteglos-by-Fowey and Polruan.
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Always a Foreigner
Meeting other people on a trip is one of my favorite things about traveling. We always seem to meet the most interesting people, that give us such great insights on life in other places, or what their experiences are traveling. I find that many people I meet while traveling are so like-minded with us, and it is wonderful to share time and stories with them.
Encounters like these stay with you your whole life, isn't it? 🙂 Memories of a place might fade over the decades but you always remember that one kind and chatty stranger whom you met on your trip there! Loved the post and relate to it so much. Also, I am awed that you still find time and will to write long posts everyday WHILE on a holiday. Wow! True dedication, I say! 😀 xx
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Ha ha. I am pretending this is real for now. My advise to my husband is to make us a home even in a cave somewhere on the Cornish coast. I will live with bats and whatever dark creatures live in those dark, slimy caverns for the love of the Cornish country *if there is a god, let him listen
Ha ha! We will pray that your wish magically comes true very soon and you live not in a slimy cave but in a cute, little cottage by the water, where you can sit for hours in solitude, listening to the waves and penning down your thoughts <3 I have visited Cornwall three years ago, back when we lived in the UK and indeed it is out of the world (literally feels like that!) Enjoy hun and glad that you have had such a wonderful time!
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Stewie Overseas
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You would love it Jen. Some of them are so quiet and remote and then to balance it out in the middle of it all are these bustling little villages that I shall post about too. And of course then to get away from the Brit's great love for fish & chips is impossible. I am living in a dream for the next few days and I am sending you fishy hugs 😉 x
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Alison and Don
Hi Alison, how have you been? Thank you for stopping by this link. It is difficult not to fall under Cornwall's charm. You must have great memories from your time there.
Alastair remains one of my favourite memories. The people you meet can add such meat to your travels. Thanks for reading and commenting! 🙂 xx
Found you through the Blogger's Secret Santa, https://thesnowmeltssomewhere.wordpress.com/2018/12/15/bloggers-secret-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-16128, and so glad I did! Just this year we found out my husband's family originally came to the US from Cornwall, so we would love to do a visit. This post adds to the enticement!
Hello there, thank you for dropping by and reading my rambles about the Cornish countryside. It is interesting to read about the fact that your husband can trace his ancestry to this beautiful part of England. I think you would love it what with history to call upon there. Which part of Cornwall does his family belong to?
I think the piskies and the pasties shall make it good if you do visit. 🙂
I have not been to Lanyon and indeed this is the first I have heard of it. Just goes to tell you that it takes a lifetime to know a place like Cornwall inside out. I have been to Penzance several times and always thought of the Pirates of the Penzance (it is so easy to think in cliches)…I wonder what the story would have been that led your husband's family to migrate as early as the 17th century. History is enticing.
Amen to the last thought.


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Alexanderplatz is not only where you'll find Berlin's iconic TV tower, but some of the best cheap hotels in Berlin city center. Take an express bus from Berlin's Tegel airport and check in at Alexanderplatz Hotels. There you will find budget properties such as Motel One Berlin-Alexanderplatz and Hotel Ibis Styles Berlin Alexanderplatz, to more luxurious options, including Adina Apartment Hotel Berlin Hackescher Markt and Casa Camper Berlin. Alexanderplatz is a central connecting hub for Berlin's two urban rail networks, as well as, its buses, which makes it convenient to everywhere in the city.
The Mitte neighborhood surrounding Alexanderplatz boasts a unique and dynamic array of sights, whether you shop at lively Hackescher Markt, pay your respects at the neo-Renaissance Berlin Cathedral, or sip lager at a biergarten on the Spree River. One cheap Berlin hotel choice that's equally unique and dynamic is Soho House. It's a pre-war midrise building that's been converted into a "members-only" style establishment, with a rooftop lounge overlooking central Berlin. It boasts 1920s décor and ambiance, but with rates that won't send you back to the Great Depression.
If you're looking to party, there are few better places in Europe (or in the world, for that matter) than Berlin. Clubs like Watergate, Tresor, and especially, Berghain are world-renowned for their uninhibited approach to partying. So, if you're in Berlin to get your drink on, consider booking one of the many hostels in Freidrichshain or Kreuzberg, Berlin's hipster hubs.
Scope out deals at hostels like Three Little Pigs Hostel or Hostelxberger. Then, scope out street art, sexy people, and Turkish restaurants in surrounding Kreuzberg. Heading further east to Freidrichshain not only brings you close to modern Berlin marvels like the Badeschiff riverside pool, but mere steps from the iconic Warschauer Straße Bridge and Berlin's most famous landmark, the Berlin Wall. Stay in Freidrichshain hostels such as Sunflower Hostel, Pegasus Hostel, or BackpackerBerlin to feel at home during your tenure as a tourist.
Berlin has long been famous as a leisure destination, but also as home to the German capital and a rapidly growing high tech sector, it's rising to similar fame for business travelers. If you've got dealings with the German government planned, stay in one of the hotels near the Bundestag (formerly Reichstag) like Motel One Berlin Bellevue, Steigenberger Hotel am Kanzleramt, or Hotel Amelie Berlin, which supplements its prime location with a 24-hour business center. Situating yourself nearby the capital isn't just convenient for your meetings, either – it puts you a short walk from iconic Berlin landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate and the lush Tiergarten city park, affording you work breaks even the most ardent backpacker would envy.
Berlin is a spread-out city in general, so if your business plans aren't concentrated near the government complex, select one of the cheap hotels in Berlin near central station, known as "Hauptbahnhof" in German. Whether you choose simpler hotels such as InterCity Hotel Berlin Hauptbahnhof and MEININGER Hotel Berlin Central Station, or mingle with up-and-coming Berlin fashion designers at stylish boutique hotels like Arteluise Kunsthotel and A&O Berlin Hauptbahnhof, you don't need to choose between convenience and comfort in Berlin. Hotels like Hotel Palace Berlin and Berlin Plaza Hotel am Kurfürstendamm are not only near the central station, but also a short walk from Kurfürstendamm, Berlin's premier shopping street.
Although a new Berlin airport has been slated to open for many years, the primary gateway to the German capital is Tegel Airport, which has served the city for several decades. Enjoy quick, convenient access to Tegel airport at cheap Berlin airport hotels like Hotel Bongard, Ibis Berlin Airport Hotel, and Mercure Airport Hotel Berlin Tegel, which offers complimentary two-way airport transfer – a rarity in much of Europe.
Home to top-notch dining, exclusive shopping boutiques, and elegant boulevards, Prenzlauer Berg is one of Berlin's most upscale neighborhoods today, which might come as a surprise if you know its history. It was formerly part of impoverished East Berlin. Hotels like Schoenhouse Studios, andel's Hotel Berlin, and Park Plaza Prenzlauer Berg Berlin are perfectly situated for sumptuous Sunday brunches, wonderful weekend dinners, or strolls through bucolic Mauer Park, the largest green space in the neighborhood.
The stateliness of Charlottenburg, which was formerly the heart of West Berlin, is less surprising. Centered around the baroque-rococco Charlottenburg Palace, former residence of the imperial Hohenzollern Dynasty, Charlottenburg exudes a luxury that will have you wondering whether you're in 21st-century Germany or the 17th-century Prussian Empire. Charlottenburg hotels such as Wyndham Berlin Excelsior, Leonardo Hotel Berlin, and Hotel am Steinplatz, Autograph Collection will make you feel just as regal as Prussian royalty.
In spite of its popularity among both leisure and business travelers, Berlin remains largely residential. It's full of properties to rent on Airbnb. Whether you have trouble finding cheap hotels in Berlin or simply want to enjoy a more local experience during your trip, you'll find what you need amid the 1,000-plus rentals in Berlin. You have a choice ranging from creative lofts in Freidrichshain and Kreuzberg, to sophisticated studios in Mitte.
While hotels in Berlin, particularly during busy times of year, can easily cost $200 per night, many Airbnb listings start at under $100. If you're traveling with family or simply want room to spread out, you can even rent entire homes, from three-bedroom floor plans in Prenzlauer Berg, to single family homes in outlying neighborhoods such as Wedding and Spandau.
Berlin's reputation as a party hub – and a budget one at that – have made it an in-demand destination for travelers of all stripes and from all corners of the globe. It's still possible to score deals in Berlin. One obvious strategy is to avoid visiting during the highest profile events in the city, such as the Berlin Film Festival in February, Berlin Gay Pride in June, or New Year's Eve. Hotels throughout Berlin, from Sofitel Berlin near Kurfürstendamm to Artim Hotel in Schoeneberg, raise their prices during these times, making cheap Berlin hotels all but impossible to find.
Winters in Berlin are bitterly cold and although this doesn't keep out the most passionate parties, hotel prices tend to be lower when the sun sits at its lowest in the sky, particularly during the months of January and February, outside the dates of the Berlin Film Festival.
Another tip for finding Berlin hotel deals is to be flexible with where you stay. Since Berlin is so well-connected by rail and bus, you might stay in quieter neigborhoods such as Neukölln or Wilmersdorf, then commute to the more happening spots of town.
Where there's a will, there's a way to find an incredible deal on a hotel in Berlin. No matter when you're headed to Berlin or why you want to visit, Hipmunk is the place to search for cheap Berlin hotels and cheap flights to Berlin.
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Because some days are better than others, I managed to upload the wrong zip file of the link cloaker plugin. That error has been corrected. This is the correct download link for the Simple Link Cloaker plugin.
It seems that if I had named the Simple Link Cloaker plugin The Fabulous Redirector instead, all would have been well – but the guys/girls that run the WordPress plugin repository didn't like the term 'cloaker'. I guess it implies being shady, which we all know is not the intent or use for this plugin.
At any rate, since you can't get it from WordPress any more, you can get it here: ilwp-simple-link-cloaker. Installation is a snap, if you remember the old way of installing plugins:
- download the plugin zip file to your computer
- unzip the file into a directory
- upload the entire plugin folder to your wp-content/plugins folder
- activate through the Dashboard > Plugins interface
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Tinariwen are a very special band for me, I am the sort to keep my feelings locked up tight most of the time (hey, I'm British!) but Tinariwen unerringly punch right through my steely outer shell to my mushy inner core every time. I'm not sure how, I think they just have the right combination of rhythms, melodies and groove.
Of course what Tinariwen also have is the gravitas and punch provided by both their own and their peoples' history, if you have a good rootle around on the internet you can find far more eloquent and better-informed writers than I offering their opinions on the band and their history. The nutshell version is that the nomadic sub-Saharan Touareg people never fitted well within the modern concept of nation states, their culture and loyalties were very different and distinct from those in Mali and Niger, this led to trouble. After the Touareg rebellion in Mali in 1963 was brutally suppressed, many fled to camps in Algeria and Libya, where they scratched and scraped a living often going to Libya where Khadafy set up military training camps, apparently duping the Touareg by promising an independent Touareg nation when he wanted an Islamist militia^. Tinariwen's main player, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib saw his father executed by Malian soldiers at the age of four and escaped to Algeria and Libya, there legend has it he discovered the guitar and Tinariwen (the name, roughly translated, means 'desert people') was formed with the aid of like-minded souls.
Needless to say this was a Western music journalists wet dream – essentially they were initially portrayed as a desert version of The Clash; except walking it, rather than talking it. The band have apparently moved to distance themselves recently from this image, it's too simplistic a summation of where they were from and where they now are. But this is a group born out of hardship and rebellion and by rebellion I mean the armed variety, not the 'my parents are so stupid, they won't buy me a car' variety.
You don't need to know any of this to love the music of course. They play a beautiful haunting version of the desert blues in which, to paraphrase what Santana said about them, you can hear the origins of American blues; to my mind there's a direct link here to the otherness of John Lee Hooker and, later, Junior Kimbrough. Their songs carry a payload of sorrow, regret, anger and hope, delivered through achingly, delicate intertwining traditional instruments and guitars; lots of beautifully played guitars. This is a good LP for the guitar fetishists amongst us.
I first came across Tinariwen on the incredible Festival In The Desert CD (no vinyl!!), which I bought my mum for Christmas 2003. If you don't own that CD get it, now!!! It has been called the best live album ever made and the liner notes are worth the price alone – I won't spoil it for you, but you need this CD in your life. It's even got Robert Plant on it (Justin Adams of his Strange Sensation-era band accompanies him*), go on. There's not a duff second on it, but the very best of the best were Tinariwen with a track called 'Aldachan Manin' which is a blistering, powerful slow blues groove – it's the second most played track on my i-pod (not that I'm anal enough to know stuff like that without even looking it up…). Needless to say my parents had already seen them and owned other stuff by them! and so it goes.
I own their LP Aman Iman (subtitled 'Water is Life', but I'll just stick to the original Tamashek as it makes me feel loads more cosmopolitan than I really am). It's a beautiful looking beast too, some excellent photography shows the band in the desert. The liner sheet is excellent, giving you not only the lyrics but a brief explanation of what each song is about before printing them in English, phonetic Tamashek and the Tifinar alphabet of the Touareg, one of the oldest alive in the world today.
The opening track 'Cler Achel' (I spent the Day) is my favourite. A song about displacement and wandering (as a lot of these songs are), it pulls your heartstrings whilst grooving like a bastard, there are some wonderful guitar licks all over this track, like all their more blues-based tracks it conveys a real sense of something culturally very different and yet simultaneously very familiar. It is difficult to single out tracks here but if you were planning on swooping off your lofty perch to sample its' delights, I would recommend the bitter, mournful 'Soixante Trois', the freewheeling guitar of 'Assouf' (Longing) and the percussive 'Ahimana' (Oh My Soul) with its evocative vocal melodies.
The whole LP is a treat though, the bubbling gentle rhythms tie the whole thing together, suggesting a flow of water, maybe the Aman Iman of the title. My spoken Tamashek being a bit rusty I'm free to simply enjoy the sound of their voices as another instrument. I would posit that for a race with a precarious cultural, linguistic and political position such songs do function as their lifeblood, or maybe a well dispensing the much-needed , as well as for raw entertainment value.
I was shocked to read this account recently about the effects of the recent Islamist incursion upon the music of Northern Mali. This regions' struggles continue, as will the music. The Touareg are a tough people, I think they and their music will prevail.
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P.S – If you're interested hit their website, there is a wealth of interesting videos there.
P.P.S – I have just bought their last LP Tassili, which features, amongst others Nels Cline and half of TV on The radio. I sort of wrote myself into it by doing this.
*and produced Aman Iman.
^I have simplified this horribly, please use the link before to get the full deal.


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