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.The rain woke her that night. She listened to the sound of it, pitter-pattering against the large windowpanes that took up nearly the entirety of the wall beside his bed. She could hear the wind whistled past, sneaking in between the buildings before escaping out into the open air above the city.
With her eyes closed, she imagined the storm raging. The dark clouds overhead, bearing down on the world as if to bring The End, dumping their watery contents in droves against the earth.
If she were home, she knew the rain would turn the yard to mud, and flood the flowerbeds and window boxes. The rain would run off her front walk and down into the street, curving with the road as it made its way down to the sewer.
Here was different, though. The city operated separately from the suburbs, and she found herself wondering what rain would even disrupt here. Homeless people. Late-night pedestrians.
And her.
She opened her eyes finally, blinking to dissuade sleep from returning even though she wanted nothing more, really, than to sink back into unconsciousness. There had to be another reason she'd woken besides the rain, and—
Her body stilled beneath the covers when she felt it. Or, to be more precise, when she didn't feel it.
She knew before she even rolled over to look that he wasn't lying beside her. Nonetheless, he did it anyway. It was strange not to see him there, occupying his side as she occupied hers.
It was even stranger still, for her to be lying there, in his bed, without him.
She turned her head to the side, listening now not to the rain and the blowing rain, but to any sound she could discriminate apart from those two. Half a minute passed. Then a full minute. She was about to get up and take a look around when she heard something creak.
It was only a chair, she guessed, but it still made her jump. Still made her pulse quicken.
Every day she wondered when her neurosis would leave her. Not today, apparently.
It will never be today.
She found him sitting at the kitchen table, leaning back against the back of the chair like it was two in the afternoon, not two in the morning. His elbow was propped up on the table, but it didn't support anything. His head stayed between his shoulders, his eyes focused on a point in a place somewhere far away. She stood there, wearing nothing more than a loose-fitting white tank top and a pair of ordinary black panties, and watched him. She thought he would've looked up when she'd walked in. She hadn't been loud—how can you be loud with bare feet?—but she hadn't exactly tip-toed, either.
He didn't look up.
Yet she stood there, counting the seconds as she ordered him mentally, Look at me, Look at me, Look at me. She was too frightened to give him a firmer directive. Too scared it would sound like a plea, and she wouldn't be able to look either him or herself in the eye after she let things sink to that level.
He never looked up, so finally she just asked: "What are you doing awake? It's the middle of the night."
His head turned to face her slowly, as if it took great willpower and great pains for him to leave the place he'd been before and return to her. She bit down on her tongue to try to distract herself from thinking too hard about the distance that seemed to be separating them more and more with each hour that passed these days.
The cordial smile that spread across his face bloomed too late and too slowly to be genuine. "I could ask you the same thing."
She walked over to the table, pulled out the chair, and sat down across from him. "It was the rain," she told him quietly, and just then the wind blew past, causing the precipitation to lash against the walls. Like this was a court of law and she'd needed proof to convince him of her case.
She wondered if he'd give her his proof if she asked for it.
"The rain woke me," she repeated, and he nodded slowly, as if needed time to digest this decidedly uncomplicated explanation. Silent seconds passed between them as she waited for him to answer, to reply, to give some indication that he heard her, that he understood that this was a conversation. Finally, she just had to ask: "What about you?"
He shrugged, going back to his staring. She realized too late that it probably would've been better just to live with his I-can't-hear-you routine. That was better than getting this I-don't-care rejection, this flat-out refusal to communicate.
She listened to the rain against the windows in the absence of his explanation. It was really driving against the glass now. When the wind calmed down, and its roaring quieted for a moment, she could hear the booms of thunder accompanying the cracking of lightning in the distance. She could hear it growing closer. If the lights were been on, she wondered if they'd be flickering now.
"Is it going to rain all night?" she asked, just to break the silence.
"I don't know." He didn't even pause for thought before replying.
"Do you think it's going to storm tomorrow, too?"
"I don't know." A reflex answer, quickly turning into a habit.
"Will you still want to go out if it does?"
"I don't know."
"Are you coming back to bed soon?"
He opened his mouth at once to reply—I don't know—but then shut it when he realized her trick, and she almost smiled in triumph. But in the end, she didn't, because there was nothing to smile about. Instead she waited, blank-faced, for him to respond. The few seconds he allocated himself to think of a new answer felt like they lasted for hours.
"In a little while."
She closed her eyes, ducking her head and pressing her lips together so she wouldn't yell at him. Doing this took a lot more effort these days than it had in the past. In her lap, her hands came together and clutched at one another. She was so desperate for contact it seemed she'd even settle for her own.
"I'll be there when you decide to come back."
He nodded, speaking to her directly, but still not quite looking into her eyes: "I know you will be."
His reply released a weight in her stomach, and it pulled her down, twisting her insides as it crushed them beneath its bulk. From the way he didn't meet her eye, she couldn't tell if the words were meant as an insult or not. She thought about calling him out on it—thought about telling him I won't be here forever, you know—but she knew it wouldn't matter. He was barely listening.
And besides, no matter how much she wanted to be her own person, they both knew she felt more herself when she was with him. They both knew she would, in fact, be there forever—she'd wait out death if it meant he'd eventually come back to her.
She stared at him, wondering if he knew that. Wondering if he cared.
Of course he cares, she told herself, but it was an empty reassurance. She had never really been able to see inside of his head, and he'd never really trusted her fully with its contents. Not that he trusted anyone.
Still, she'd been foolish to think she'd be able to break through where everyone before her had hit a brick wall. That was the definition of insanity, wasn't it? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?
She turned her head away from him, no longer able to keep up the one-sided eye contact—the last façade of communication—and looked back towards the windows. The wind had let up some—the gusts were no longer roaring like they had earlier—but the rain was still coming down hard as ever. She watched as it beat against the windowpanes like a continuous shower of hollow-point bullets, each one expanding as it met its target.
When she tired of looking at the rain—tired of being awake in general—she got to her feet and headed back to bed. She didn't bother looking over her shoulder as she went; she knew he'd probably returned to that far away place he'd been staring at when she'd sat down.
She drew the covers close as she laid in bed, shivering against the cool sheets. It was cold here near the window, and without his warm body against hers, there was little warmth in the bed. She rubbed her legs against the sheets and blankets, trying to create some friction to heat herself. When her shivering finally stopped, she laid back against the bed, resting her head against a pillow and turning her body to face the windows. Doing so made her put her back to the kitchen and him, but she pretended she didn't mind because she was certain now that he wouldn't.
She laid there for a long time—maybe an hour—just watching the rain fall. Gradually it did let up. The wind died completely not twenty minutes after she settled in bed, and after that, the only sounds left to hear was the rain against the building. The sound was quieter now, calmer. She couldn't help that it would seem peaceful—if only he were lying here with her, watching the rain in the middle of the night and trading secrets with each kiss or soft touch.
She closed her eyes, letting the pitter-pattering of the rain numb her senses as she thought back to earlier this evening. She tried to remember if he'd seemed standoffish, or different, but nothing came to mind. Nothing stuck out in her mind as an omen, portending an imminent end.
In fact, when they'd rolled and twisted between the sheets earlier, she'd thought he'd been extremely present. Even more attentive than usual.
Then maybe it's a just nighttime thing, she mused, watching the rain fall like teardrops down the windowpanes. Maybe the night scares him, makes him think of things he'd rather forget.
Too late, she asked herself why she'd never questioned him about this before. Certainly things had never gotten this bad, but there had to have been warning signs, hadn't there? Weren't there always warning signs?
She didn't think she could handle it if things just fell apart out of nowhere.
She hoped tonight wasn't her last warning sign. She hoped she hadn't ignored the others.
She hoped for a lot of things.
When he finally did return to bed, it was much later than she expected and yet a great part of her was still relieved. A great part of her hadn't expected him to come back at all. A great part of her still worried that this thing between them would not, could not, last much longer.
For reasons that were petty and spiteful—reasons that later shamed her—she kept her body completely still, frozen in place like a statue, as he settled into bed beside her. He shifted towards her, reaching out to place a hand on her hip, but still she didn't move. She wasn't feeling too interested in another roll between the sheets—no matter how attentive he was, or pretended to be—and she figured she'd give him a taste of his own uncaring medicine for once. With those angry thoughts in mind, his gentility took her by surprise; she almost jumped out of her skin when she felt his lips pressing the lightest kiss to her shoulder blade. Somehow, she had enough discipline to stay where she was.
Even so, hearing her name coming from his lips in that raggedy whisper nearly broke her. The soft kiss was nothing compared to hearing him speak like this.
"I'm sorry," he murmured, his voice so quiet and low that she had to struggled to keep her breathing even so as to not drown him out. "Some nights I just can't keep it together."
Keep what together? she longed to ask, but she kept her mouth shut. If she opened it, she'd blow her cover of being asleep, and then she knew he'd never speak to her like this again. She focused on her breathing—keeping it low and slow and measured—as she listened to him speak.
"It doesn't mean I don't want to be with you. It doesn't mean I don't…" He trailed off, and she strained her ears, hoping to pick up any audible syllable. For a time, there was nothing.
And then:
"It doesn't mean I don't love you. It doesn't mean that at all. It just—It means that I need to think. I need to take time alone and think, because God knows I've fallen too far deep into this thing with you much too quickly, and I don't want to scare you off so I'm trying to slow it down, I really am, but it's not…" He laughed shortly, and she almost shivered when his hot breath tickled her skin. Thankfully, he pressed his forehead against her shoulder then, and it was easy for her to lie still beneath his touch. "Baby, it's not working," he whispered hoarsely, and all the laugher was gone from his voice now. "It's not working and there's no way to reverse it and I… I'm running out of ways to postpone the inevitable."
When he sighed heavily after his hurried speech, she could feel the heat of his exhale spread across her skin. She squeezed her eyes shut, wishing she could lean back and rest against him. She wished she could roll over and take his face in her hands, and press one big kiss of thanks on his lips.
She wished she could turn over at say I love you too and tell him not to worry so much.
But of course she could do none of that, because she was asleep. Or so he thought, and so she needed him to believe that. She bit down on her lower lip, wondering how she'd ever be able to really sleep tonight after all this.
At least, she told herself later, as she waited for him to fall asleep so she could attempt to relax, at least it wasn't a sign of the end.
It was a sign of something else, though, that was plainly clear, and while she welcomed that something else with open arms, she couldn't help but wonder if that was actually a good course of action.
He loved her, she could assume that much, and she loved him—she knew that much—but what did any of that mean right now? He was staying up late at night trying to convince himself he felt nothing for her and she was burying her feelings deep down so he couldn't break them—what kind of a love was that?
And even if it was true, even if it was real love, what did it say about their chances if they were both too scared to say a word of it out loud?
Author's Note: Reviews are always appreciated. Here's to hoping I'll have something real the next time I post. Thank you so much for reading.


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|Project Area
|12 Acres
|Total Flats
|Total Shops
|16 (Carpet area 14'x15'.5", supar area 325 sq.ft.)
|Sector 84 Faridabad
|Situated on 30m wide Sector Road
|50 Families Shifted
|Gated security, 24x7 power backup, Swimming pool, club etc.
|Transfer cost
|Rs.150/- per sq.ft. (PLUS 14% service tax on transfer charges)
|2.25 Per sq.ft.
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|2 Bhk
|2+1 Bhk
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|1100 sq.ft.
|1300 sq.ft.
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|1400 sq.ft.
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The project is on a 100 ft sector road having connectivity with schools, markets and medical facilities. The best feature of the project is its spacious living areas and affordable prices. As on January 2016, the 2, 3, 2+1 and 3 BHK units come in the prices starting from INR 36 lakhs, 45 lakhs, 50 lakhs and 46 lakhs respectively in resale. With many families already living in their homes, Puri Pratham has only some units for resale. The project has received good price appreciation and is still a hot property for prospective buyers on resale. It has received accolades from buyers for its aesthetics and superior quality of living. Please feel free to contact us for these units.
Round the clock security, clubhouse, swimming pools, high speed elevators, full power back up and wide internal roads are its other major features.
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Free parking and free wi-fi join stunning corner views to put this executive two-bedroom, two-bathroom security apartment in a league of its own, located in a prestigious Southbank complex moments to all Melbourne CBD has to offer.
Host dinner for six in the carpeted open-plan living/dining room where stunning corner city views are showcased through floor-to-ceiling windows. The full-sized kitchen will also make entertaining a breeze thanks to gas cooking, a large timber breakfast bar, stylish white stone bench tops, pantry and premium European stainless steel appliances including dishwasher and microwave.
There are also floor-to-ceiling city views from the master bedroom with two built-in robes and a luxurious ensuite with large frameless glass shower and double vanity. The second bedroom – also with a built-in robe – is adjacent to the main bathroom with shower over bath and European-style laundry, and a separate study with even more built-in storage completes the package.
The five-star complex also features an indoor lap pool with sauna, fully-equipped gym and extensive gardens with barbeque facilities.
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The property was well situated, easy walking to all public transport, shops, restaurants and cafes. The property was very comfortable and met all our needs. Bed/pillows very comfortable. Kitchen amenities were very adequate. Would have no hesitation staying here again.
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I put on the face of a baseball fan – charged and reeling in the blind optimism that goes along with wholeheartedly cheering on a team that just isn't that good. I grabbed a beer, some cotton candy, the hand of my favorite 4-year old as his dad and I helped him down the steps toward our seats along the third base line at Minute Maid Park.
I hushed the stat-studying sports nut that lives in my head and I became that fan – but just for a game. Batting averages didn't matter, and neither did their record. Pitch counts, runners left in scoring position, ERAs, pathetic fan attendance, post-game quotes – none of it mattered. I was a fan.
After attending an Astros-Cardinals game and assuming the role of a diehard fan – as opposed to being a credential-wearing body in the press box – my views on this team, this season, this sport have changed. Sort of.
I had a blast. We screamed at the Cardinals players, cheered on my favorite player – little Jose Altuve, tried to catch foul balls and made a valiant attempt to appear on the fan cam. We made friends with other high-spirited Astros fans and made friendly-type-enemies with Cardinals fans. I stuffed my face on pizza and peanuts and got peanut shells all over my shirt and somehow in my purse.


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Investigation Finds Google Collected Location Data Even With Location Services Turned Off
from the questionable-practice-raises-Fourth-Amendment-questions dept
What if you take every precaution you can possibly take to avoid leaving a digital trail of your movements… and it still doesn't matter?
Many people realize that smartphones track their locations. But what if you actively turn off location services, haven't used any apps, and haven't even inserted a carrier SIM card?
Even if you take all of those precautions, phones running Android software gather data about your location and send it back to Google when they're connected to the internet, a Quartz investigation has revealed.
Since the beginning of 2017, Android phones have been collecting the addresses of nearby cellular towers—even when location services are disabled—and sending that data back to Google.
So much for going off the grid. There are some caveats to Google's permissionless collection of cell site location data, with the most significant being the fact Google didn't store the auto-collected cell tower info. That doesn't excuse the practice, but it at least keeps it from becoming tracking data the government can access without a warrant.
Google's collection of cell tower data occurred when notifications were pushed or phone users utilized the phone's built-in messaging service. In both cases, it's reasonable to assume users weren't expecting Google to be collecting this data. (It wouldn't be necessarily reasonable to assume cell providers weren't, as that's what's needed to deliver messages and notifications if the user isn't using a WiFi connection.) But no one would reasonably assume the operating system would still send cell tower info to Google with the SIM card pulled.
This is a troubling practice to be engaged in, no matter how temporary the storage of cell site data. It flies directly in the face of what phone users expect when they shut off location services or undertake other affirmative actions to minimize their digital footprint.
This does raise some interesting Fourth Amendment questions, even if the circumstances under which the collection occurred make it unlikely these factors will ever be the centerpiece of a motion to suppress evidence. US courts have made it clear on multiple occasions there's no expectation of privacy in cell site location records. Judges have stated cell phone users should know cell companies collect tower location data to provide service to their phones. According to this line of thinking, the third party location records have no expectation of privacy because phone users are aware of the realities of cell phone usage: phones connect to towers and create records of the tower's location.
The question in this case would be whether the expectation of privacy is still nonexistent when phone users undertake deliberate efforts to disable the collection of location records. It would seem these efforts would restore an expectation of privacy -- at least if judges are going to be consistent and intellectually honest. As some judges have pointed out, defendants who don't like being tracked by their cell phones can just not use them. (This is still a somewhat ridiculous assertion -- roughly comparable to the TSA suggesting people who don't like invasive searches/biometric data gathering can just choose to not fly. Both ignore the realities of the modern world.)
If a person makes efforts to prevent collection of location info and a company does it anyway, should law enforcement still have warrantless access to these records? This remains a hypothetical question, but given the amount of surreptitious tracking performed by a number of tech companies (providers, ad networks, etc.), it won't remain hypothetical forever.
Phones generate a wealth of third party records just a subpoena away from being in the government's possession. Users cannot possibly be aware of all the information gathered by multiple companies each time they use their smartphone, but they do "reasonably expect" shutting off location services means no one (outside of their service provider) will be gathering location data. Would someone, in performing these actions, be granted a higher expectation of privacy as a result of their actions? Or would a court treat savvier digital natives the way it treats the unwashed masses who make zero effort to limit collection of location info?
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Previous Projects
See some of our previously commissioned projects
MomentumMomentum is the theme of Somerset Art Works' creative programme between 2015 – 2017. We want to invite artists, curators and artist-led groups to engage with us to create new work, exploring aspects of the theme through contemporary visual arts and craft.
HerbariumA new commission at Lytes Cary Manor with highly acclaimed artists: Gary Breeze, Alison Crowther, Malcolm Martin collaborating with Gaynor Dowling and Annemarie O'Sullivan. Curated by Yvonna Demczynska from FLOW Gallery London to showcase contemporary craft: makers, skills, materials and thinking in the context of the site and subject 'Herbarium'.
Gather-ingThe large tithe barn at Stoke Sub Hamdon Priory, Somerset, is amongst a rare and unique group of medieval domestic and agricultural buildings. This was the focus of a contemporary craft project in 2015. The commissioned artworks was exhibited as part of Somerset Art Weeks 2017 at the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury.
Blackthorn Gardens Pocket ParkSomerset Art Works successfully gained a Pocket Park grant to work with the communities of North Taunton and Taunton Deane Borough Council to improve and refresh an unloved play area known locally as 'The Cage'.
Our PlaceSomerset Art Works has been developing and delivering projects with the communities of North Taunton since 2014. Our creative programme encourages people to explore their neighbourhoods, identify opportunities to improve the local environment for play, attractiveness, ecological diversity and health and wellbeing.
Routes to the River Tone with Somerset Wildlife TrustSomerset Art Works worked in collaboration with Somerset Wildlife Trust on the Routes to the River Tone Project in Taunton in 2015.
Craftivist GardenSomerset Art Works co-ordinated a Somerset cluster of the national Craftivist project. Workshops facilitated by Nina Gronw-Lewis took place in North Taunton as part of SAW's Our Place project and at various venues around the county.
Momentum Open CallA series of site-specific contemporary visual arts commissions to be presented across Somerset during Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2015 (3rd to 18th October 2015), in any media, taking a different approach to the theme of 'Momentum'.
Z-Twist-2014Z–Twist brought together artists, designers, textile producers, educators, curators and archivists to raise the profile of high quality textiles in Somerset and the South West - past, present and future.
Make the Most at Barrington CourtMake the Most Working with partners Craftspace and the National Trust, a vibrant exhibition of contemporary craft, sourced locally, nationally and internationally was showcased at Barrington Court, Somerset.
Abundance'Abundance' is a new programme created for Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2013, featuring exhibitions, new commissions and events. Connecting the wider public with the creativity between the cultivation of gardens and art making in Somerset.
Make, Create , Cultivate 2013 -14The central focus of a two year programme of visual and applied arts activity was the imaginative and innovative use of locally sourced raw materials, and ways of translating these processes and products into new platforms and markets for makers, producers and artists.
Maximum ExposureThe project created a series of new visual arts commissions, exposing enigmatic or unknown aspects of Somerset. The project aimed to attract new audiences through bringing new and dynamic work to the region, and through a series of associated events.
Reveal'Reveal' is a working partnership between Somerset Art Works and Somerset Film. 'Reveal' aims to raise the profile of visual arts and media across the county by active collaboration.
The Avalon Project @ Glastonbury Festival 2013Somerset Art Works promote the county's leading artists and their works at the summer's headlining festivals, including Glastonbury!
The Great Crane Art ProjectSAW has engaged a number of professional artists to develop a programme of community engagement projects inspired by cranes to offer creative opportunities to local schools, groups and individuals and to help raise awareness of this fascinating conservation project.
The Hunky Punks ProjectSomerset Art Works with The Churches Conservation Trust and the New Saints Young People's Group in Langport, Somerset
Around hereIn 2010 artists Sue Palmer and Simon Lee Dicker explored the art of place making in Langport with a focus on the public and civic spaces in the town.
Company of Voices – Making MattersMaking Matters was part of the Somerset-wide Company of Voices intergenerational project. The aim of the project was to bring together older (50+) and younger people (under 25) to work together on positive activities that are of benefit to the local community.
Safe Play Project with Knightstone HousingIn 2012 SAW worked on a project in Crewkerne in partnership with Knightstone Housing. Lead artist Sophy Denny worked with local families to develop creative ways of raising the profile of Street Play - with the aim of encouraging drivers to show consideration and awareness of children playing outside.
Project TauntonTaunton Deane Borough Council commissioned a Connectivity + Legibility Study to create guidance to improve and enhance way-finding and ensure a coordinated approach to public art across Taunton town centre. Reveal Partners were also invited to stage a two day consultation event in the High Street
Safe RoutesSafe Routes engages young people through an arts based approach explore both the rational and emotional response to the journey to and from school, particularly at the time of transition from primary to secondary school.
River Parrett RevisitedArtist Simon Lee Dicker came up with the idea of creating an Internet based drawing that is activated through exploration.
Revealing the LandscapeThe Neroche Scheme has commissioned a diverse range of artists to make work in relation to the Neroche landscape.
Art Weeks 09 Artists-in-school ProgrammeContinuing on from the success of Somerset Art Weeks 2008 educational programme for schools, SAW and SPAEDA (Somerset's Arts Education Partnership), teamed up again to develop an education programme for Somerset Art Weeks 2009
Artists At WorkArtists At Work are a series of short films created by artists Kate Noble, Mark Parry and Bronwen Bradshaw.
TriparksTriparks was set in three different rural places, defined by political boundaries: Dartmoor, Exmoor and Northumberland National Parks.
Young People's Film Project – Artist's InterviewsAs part of the Art Weeks 2008 Education Programme, South Somerset District Council and The Engine Room worked together in supporting young film makers in the area understand more about the digital media industry by creating a video about artists participating in the Art Weeks.
Young People's Film and Animation Workshops 2008Led by Stanchester Media Club, the Digital Double Decker Bus was toured within the South Somerset area to deliver digital media workshops to young people and schools.
'Transience' – web artwork by Sue Palmer part of 'Revealing The Landscape'Sue Palmer has been commissioned to produce sound and video pieces to go on the Web and hand held PDAs. She is exploring migratory and transitory paths made by humans and non-humans across the Neroche landscape.
LandmarksLandmarks was a multi-faceted arts, education and environment project devised and managed by SAW Ltd that was designed to provide opportunities for visual artists to "work with environmental agencies across Somerset" in order to "reconnect rural and urban communities to the land through the arts."
Local Networking Projects 2008SAW Ltd has recently set up an initiative to encourage SAW members to work together and to develop projects in their local area, supported by Arts Council England, the Lottery Awards for All Fund, the Somerset Partnership Fund and the five Somerset District Authorities.
Artists on TrainsRail passengers travelling on two popular routes from Bristol Temple Meads – the lines to Taunton and to Weymouth have been involved in an exciting art project involving artists Bronwen Bradshaw, Jenni Dutton, and Leo Saunders.
Studio WorksTo celebrate this, 11 artists were invited to work with our guide designer Chantelle Henocq, graduate photographer Sebastian King and Somerset based writer David Davis, to produce a collection of images that are incorporated in the guide and other publicity materials.
New EyesNew Eyes aimed at showcasing the wealth of arts and crafts talent in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The project offered opportunities for art activity and training for the arts and crafts sector in the Blackdown Hills. This project was managed by the artists themselves, and invited local artists and craftspeople to submit ideas to make work about the Blackdown Hills in any media they chose. http://www.bhaam.org.uk/project/
In this section:
- Abundance
- The Avalon Project @ Glastonbury Festival 2013
- Safe Play Project with Knightstone Housing
- The Hunky Punks Project
- Art Weeks 09 Artists-in-school Programme
- Make, Create , Cultivate 2013 -14
- Young People's Film Project – Artist's Interviews
- Young People's Film and Animation Workshops 2008
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During the fleet race, the guest on the back of Russell Coutts' Oracle boat was four-time Olympic sprint gold-medalist Michael Johnson — but not for long.
While trying to switch sides on a tack, Johnson lost his balance and fell into the chilly water.
"He yelled out," Coutts said. "I think he was expecting me to come back, but there was no way I was coming back."
A committee boat quickly fished Johnson out of the water. It was the first time he has been in a sailboat. "It was incredible," he said.
As for his fall, "I think we just hit a wave or something."
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Residents in East Refrewshire are being urged to have their say regarding childcare hours.
As part of the council's plans to put in place the additional infrastructure and staffing necessary to meet the new requirement of providing 1140 hours of free childcare by 2020, it wants your views on the matter.
The Scottish Government is planning to expand Early Learning and Childcare from 600 hours to 1140 hours per year.
This equates to 30 hours a week of free Early Learning and Childcare for all families with children aged between three and four-years-old and eligible two-year-olds.
These extra hours will be in place by 2020.
It is planned that families will have choice and flexibility with how they access these hours, including whether they use their entire child's funded entitlement during school term or chose to spread it throughout the year.
To have your say on the changes to childcare hours, log on to the survey here.


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The City of Eureka continues to maintain its 24 hour recorded job information line to assist job seekers and all potential applicants with information on current job openings in the City. The number to call is (707) 441-4134, and the Job Line is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The recorded message includes a job description and general information about each currently available position. Through the Job Line, callers may request that applications be mailed to them. Information on new positions is generally updated every Friday, and requests received by 3:00 p.m. are mailed out the same day. Any additional questions about available positions can be answered by calling our Personnel Department at (707) 441-4124. We look forward to your calls, and your applications!


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Golf Klosters, Switzerland
Golf Klosters in Graubünden, Switzerland, was converted from a ski mountain and required minimal cutting and other major landscaping. Less than half of the total land is used for play — the other half sits untouched. The course's steep hillsides are still farmed for grass in the traditional ways, which happens later in the season, preserving and extending the window of opportunity for many rare plants, insects and animals.
Golf Klosters operates using an environmental management plan that covers things like landscape, water, waste, energy, and education and awareness. An environmental working group made up of stakeholders like the general manager, course manager, local government and community representatives and other committee members are GEO Certified by the Golf Environment Organization.


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Jess's Top Five Kickstarters of the Week 4/14/17
Jess: Hold on to your wallets people! It's time for my weekly roundup of stand out Kickstarters!
1. Bridges to Nowhere
I've seen a bunch of friends and twitter followers checking out this game so I felt compelled to take a gander.
Bridges to Nowhere is a card drafting micro-game about building a better bridge than everyone else. Hmmm a building game you say. Welp I'm in.
It looks like a card drafting game in a similar vein to something like Circle the Wagons, where every turn you are taking a card and adding it to your bridge trying to make high scoring combos. It sounds simple, quick, fun and for only $12, a pretty good game to pick up. Check out the Bridges to Nowhere Kickstarter campaign here.
2. Petrichor
Cheeky, mischievous clouds? I like your style Mighty Boards.
In Petrichor, you play a cloud who is trying to water the most crops. I love the idea of clouds getting into minor scuffles over watering plants. The game is for 1-4 players and is a action selection/area influence game. I like that it has a solo mode and the art is really freaking pretty. I am also highly amused by the little cloud cups you get to hold sun and rain tokens. You can pick up a copy of the game and all applicable stretch goals for $45 on the Petrichor Kickstarter.
3. King's Champion
Andrew turned me on to this game because it is a dice rolling, worker placement jousting game. In King's Champion, 2 players are knights facing off in the King's Jousting Tournament. You can level up your buildings, get squires, add equipment, and promote your knights to make it more likely you will best your opponent in battle. King's Champion has a ton of stuff packed into the box and looks nicely designed.
Andrew: I love the idea. I was given a walkthough by the creator and when I looked at it, it was still being refined, but it seemed like it had a lot of potential to be a really fun dice chucker.
Mount up and ride over to the King's Champion Kickstarter campaign for more info!
4. Bios: Genesis 2nd edition
Phil Eklund is back at it! Bios: Genesis is getting a reprint and now has improved graphics, illustrations, and new rulebook! The game is a 1-4 player co-op game where you are creating life itself. Through a whole bunch of sciency stuff that involves rolling dice and card drafting, you will earn points by evolving your organic compounds into more complex creatures.
This edition also includes rules which allow you to play from the origins of life in Bios:Genesis, into the time of dinosaurs in Bios: MegaFauna (which will be released later this year) and interstellar travel in Bios:Origins (coming 2018). Learn more about the game on the Bios:Genesis Kickstarter campaign page.
5. Omiga the one minute game
Omiga touts itself as a game you can play anywhere and considering how small the box is, I am inclined to agree although I seriously have my doubts about the pool scene in their video.
Omiga is simple. It is a 2 player game where each player is quickly laying down cards trying to either get behind their opponent's line or reach the other side of the table. You can only lay a card down where it's colors match so there is some strategy to it. Omiga looks like a great bar game or and in between game. I also like that there's a solo play option so you can play whenever you want. A bite-sized game that looks ready to please, Omiga is on kickstarter right now.
So what games are you backing this week? Are there any campaigns that really intrigue you? Let us know in the comments below!


text: There are hundreds of claiming strategies for Social Security benefits, so do your research before you make your move. Getty Images By Brian Levy, Investment Adviser | BML Wealth ManagementDecember 1, 2017Contact Me The rules and strategies for how and when to claim Social Security benefits are so complex that many an uninformed and/or overeager retiree has lost thousands of dollars — even tens of thousands — by making the wrong choice. SEE ALSO: What to Consider Before Filing for Social Security Early According to the Social Security Administration, nearly nine out of 10 individuals 65 and up receive Social Security benefits — and for many, it is their major source of income. So, clearly, the decisions you make about claiming Social Security retirement benefits are probably some of the most important financial moves you will ever make. Here are some common mistakes to avoid: Don't claim too early … or too late. The earliest you can file for benefits is age 62; the latest is age 70 (well, technically, you can claim later than that, but your benefit won't grow anymore, so there's no reason to wait beyond then). Your full retirement age is somewhere in the middle, based on your birthdate. Advertisement Most Americans still file at 62, but if you can, it pays to wait. If you file before your full retirement age, your benefit could be permanently reduced by up to 30%. And if you can wait until you're 70, the government has incentives for you: credits that come out to about an 8% increase per year. (Where else are you going to find an 8% return on your investment?) Of course, there are reasons to claim sooner: If you have health concerns, for example, or if you think you'll need the money more in early retirement than when you're older. Don't ignore your spousal or survivor benefits. There have been a lot of changes to spousal benefits in the past couple of years, so make sure the information on which you're basing your decisions is up to date. There used to be some lovely tactics the program allowed, including the popular "file and suspend" strategy that was lost when Congress tightened things up with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. One opportunity that remains in place, at least for retirees born before Jan. 2, 1954, is to file a "restricted application." With this strategy, a spouse at full retirement age claims half of the other spouse's benefit, if the latter has filed for Social Security. Then, at age 70, the spouse who filed the restricted application switches over to his or her own benefit, which has grown to its maximum in the meantime, thanks to delayed retirement credits. Advertisement As with standard Social Security retirement benefits, you can collect a spousal benefit as early as age 62, as long as your spouse is collecting his or her own benefit. However, your spousal benefit also can be permanently reduced if you claim it before your full retirement age (based on your birthdate). Most strategies for married couples require one or both spouses to delay claiming benefits for as long as possible. If you are a widow or widower, you may take your survivor's benefit at age 60 (not 62, as many believe). Then, at age 70, you can switch to your own benefit (based on your work record) if it's higher. If you're divorced, you may be able to get a benefit based on your ex-spouse's work record. To qualify, you must be at least 62, have been married for at least 10 years and be currently unwed. If you've been divorced for at least two years, your ex doesn't need to have filed for Social Security for you to claim this benefit. See Also: 5 Wise Decisions You Can Make on Social Security Right Now Collecting benefits while you're still working probably isn't a good idea. If you collect benefits before your full retirement age and earn too much while still working ($16,920 in 2017), your benefits will be reduced by $1 for every $2 you earn over the limit. Advertisement If you do have payments taken away, however, you'll get credit for those months when you reach full retirement age. If you change your mind about starting your Social Security retirement benefits, you may be able to withdraw your claim and reapply at a future date — as long as you do it within 12 months. Just remember: You'll have to repay all the benefits you and your family already received. Don't underestimate the amount you could be taxed on your benefits. Many people are surprised to learn they have to pay taxes on Social Security. But if your combined income (married filing jointly) is between $32,000 and $44,000, up to 50% of your benefits could be taxable. If your combined income is more than $44,000, that amount goes up to 85%. A higher income also might affect your Medicare benefits. You may wish to delay taking your benefits until you've used up some of your other taxable income sources. And speak with your adviser about how you could lower your tax burden with different types of investments, such as a Roth IRA, fixed annuity or municipal bonds. Advertisement There are more than 500 claiming options for Social Security — and endless ways to get it wrong. And guess what? The folks down at your local Social Security office can give you information about your benefits, but not one bit of advice about when to take them. A financial adviser who is a retirement specialist can help you get it right by walking you through the possibilities and explaining what each one means specifically to your income plan. Understanding those various scenarios will help you decide what makes the most sense for you. See Also: Maximize Your Social Security Benefits With Tailored Strategies Kim Franke-Folstad contributed to this article. Brian Levy is the founder of BML Wealth Management in Irvine, Calif. Brian holds the Series 66 license and is independently licensed in insurance (CA Insurance License # 0E50344). Brian has a bachelor's degree in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Investment Advisory services offered through Cooper Financial Group, an SEC Registered Investment Advisory firm. BML Wealth Management & Cooper Financial Group are not affiliated. Comments are suppressed in compliance with industry guidelines. Click here to learn more and read more articles from the author. This article was written by and presents the views of our contributing adviser, not the Kiplinger editorial staff. You can check adviser records with the SEC or with FINRA. 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On Sunday, June 8, 2014, Bruce Sharp and Nancy King unveiled a plaque commemorating the foundation of Edmarc Children's Hospice, Inc. The plaque memorializes the Holy Spirit working through the congregation of Suffolk Presbyterian Church in establishing Edmarc, now in Portsmouth. Bruce and Nancy, former and present board members, presented the plaque to the congregation following Sunday's outdoor worship. In attendance were Peggy Page and Ed Page, Jr., widow and son of the Rev. Edward Page; the Rev. Barbara Mease, the original program director of Edmarc and later executive director of The Children's Center; and Roselyn Cutchins, presently executive director of The Children's Center. The Children's Center spun off from the early Edmarc development and serves children with developmental needs in Western Tidewater and Suffolk. For more detailed background see Edmarc Historical Notes
The plaque inscription reads:
"In 1978, the congregation of Suffolk Presbyterian Church supported the vision of members Allen and Joan Hogge to found the nation's first hospice for children. The name honors their terminally ill son Marcus and the church's pastor and cancer victim Rev. Edward Page
Through the generosity of the Presbyterian Women's Birthday Offering, other organizations and individual donations, Edmarc has become an independent agency and has served thousands of children and families throughout Hampton Roads."
"For with God, all things are possible. Mark 10:27"


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If its very lightweight (30-50 grams) you can use it as a bonding layer. Otherwise you can use it for boats, speaker enclosures, itch your skin,....
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Aspen third-graders test well on Transitional Colorado Assessment Program reading exam
The Aspen Times
Aspen third-graders again scored above the state average on standardized reading tests this year.
According to preliminary data released Tuesday by the Colorado Department of Education, 88.8 percent of third-grade students at Aspen Elementary School and Aspen Community School scored proficient or better on the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program reading test given in March.
The program is designed to support school districts as they transition to the Colorado Academic Standards.
For 2014 in Colorado, 71.5 percent of the students scored proficient or better.
"We're really pleased with the results," said John Maloy, the superintendent of schools for the Aspen School District. "We'd love to see 100 percent, but if you look at our historic trends, we're usually around 88 to 89 percent here in Aspen. Our staff is doing a wonderful job preparing our kids for their educational lives."
The 2014 score is down from the previous year, when 98 percent of third-graders scored proficient or better. The 2013 score only reflects the elementary school, as the community school did not have the required minimum of 16 students tested to tally an overall grade score.
"When you only test 110 students, one or two kids can really make a difference on a percentage score," Maloy said. "Last year's score had a big 'wow' factor. The difference was only two students were tested as partially proficient in 2013, as compared to nine this year. We really nailed it in 2013."
In the Aspen School District, 126 students were tested, with 16 students coming from the community school and 110 from the elementary school. Of the 126 students tested, only one student recorded an unsatisfactory score.
Basalt Elementary School also scored more than 10 percent above the statewide average. Basalt's overall third-grade proficiency score of 82 percent is more than 5 percent above its 2013 average.
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Mountain-lion hunting expands near Aspen; hope is to lessen conflicts with humans
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Wonderful to see A Child of Books in the Bookseller! This "inspirational volume" is an exciting collaboration between Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston, and is set to delight book-lovers young and old.
Published by Walker, this book features images by Jeffers' and landscapes, from children's lullabies and stories, by Winston. We can hardly wait until September 2016 to journey through "forests of fairytales," and "sleep in clouds of song."


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The Salmon Forest
The Salmon Forest
Susan Double
Published in Written River #10
Every thread of creation is held in position by still
other strands of things living.
—Don McClean, 'Tapestry,' 1969
She waits with a million others for the taste and smell of the coming rain. For years she has roamed the ocean, growing hard and strong in its abundance, until her belly filled with eggs and she felt the call. A thousand miles stretches behind her, and a hundred more lay ahead. She followed the sun and the tug of earth and ocean to meet with her kin at this place of race memory, but now they pause, waiting for guidance from the rain.
And soon dark and leaden clouds roll in over the ocean, tumbling over themselves in their rush to climb the mountains ahead. As they heave their gorged bodies upwards their load is squeezed from them and the great rains come, thrashing and hissing onto the patient land. Soon the rills become streams, and streams become torrents, which evolve into monstrous white foaming snakes, scraping, scouring, and gathering up the rocks and dirt of the valleys through which they surge. A great weight of water hurls itself exultantly back down the mountains to the Pacific Ocean from whence it came. The essence of the land spreads far out into the sea, and finally comes to the waiting salmon.
A shiver runs through the shoal and she stirs as old tastes and smells fire her memory. The multitude divides into a hundred crowds and they press forward, at last, to the mouths of the rivers that bore them so long ago. Her strength is tested as she fights her way upstream, but there will be no rest, or food, until her journey is done many weeks from now. The days and weeks pass, and many of her companions lose the fight, dying from exhaustion, but so numerous are they that for each one that fails another is waiting to surge forward and take their place. Other dangers lay in wait as they fight their way upriver. Otters take their fill from below and ospreys from above. Death weaves life into others. Countless hundreds are taken, but a multitude still remains.
She leaps again, and again through ever-tighter races until with a last effort she finds herself in quiet water and knows she is home. Her respite is short. She fights with her sisters for a chosen place over the gravel stream bed, and defends it with all her being. Red, hook-jawed males battle for her attention, and soon she chooses. She turns on her side and thrashes at the gravel with her tail. All around her others are doing the same, until the shallows seethe with eggs, milt and struggling salmon. In the shallow depression she has made, she sheds her eggs, and her chosen mate covers them with his milt. Again and again she digs at the gravel, shedding four thousand and more of long-carried and precious eggs, until, with the last of her ebbing strength, the final clutch is gone. Utterly spent, she swims quietly away. Her body is torn and ragged from the rigors of her journey, and she will not return to the ocean. Her destiny is almost complete. She will die here not a meter from the place she was born.
A young male grizzly stands watching in the shallows. His muzzle glistens with fish scales, and his chest and belly fur drip from repeated dives to catch the fast moving fish. He has been successful a dozen times and is no longer hungry, but still he hunts. The stimulus of so much plenty is too hard to resist, but he is confused by the multitude. His head twists this way and that, but finally he spots a lone fish swimming listlessly a little apart from the melee. He lunges across the pool and picks up the fish easily, his first bite crushing the skull. He pauses with the fish, still weakly flapping, hanging from his jaws. He is about to drop it when, from the other side of the pool, a large, roaring mature bear rushes at him in a welter of spray and leaping fish. Unwilling to challenge the true owner of the fishing spot, the young bear retreats rapidly away from the river and back into the gloom of the forest, still clutching his prize. After a while he stops and drops the fish on the ground. He turns it over with a muddy paw and sniffs at it, but he is sated and finally loses interest, leaving the fish and wandering off to find a sleeping place. He will hunt again tomorrow, and day after day until the salmon run is over, and he will grow fat. Fat enough to hibernate through one of the hardest winters the planet can produce. He is not alone. Hundreds of predators, congregate along the rivers for thousands of miles while the salmon run. The bears take the most fish of them all, but they are wasteful gluttons. They take only the most tasteful parts, leaving the rest for the scavengers or to rot on the forest floor or riverbank, before they return to the river for more.
The forest has stood for ten thousand years, since mighty ice-sheets weighed heavy on the land and great rivers of ice carved their names in the valleys. Spruce, hemlock, maple, alder, and cedar have grown tall on the salmon's bounty. And they are old. Forty human generations in the life of one tree. Like terrestrial reefs they stand providing and nurturing a myriad of other beings. Birds roost and nest in their branches and cavities, while more earthbound creatures dig dens in the shelter of their roots. Ferns and mosses cling to their rough bark and hang as ragged curtains from their boughs: a vertical landscape through which scurry innumerable many-legged smaller forms. Agile martens prowl the branches searching out the nests of negligent parents. They lap rain cupped between branch and stem or dripping from the epiphytic plants suspended fifty feet above the rich earth, and never needing to return to it, except when the salmon come.
The run is over. The remains of tens of thousands of salmon litter the forest floor and the banks of the streams, and carpet the beds of the rivers and lakes for hundreds of square miles. A gargantuan feast for the scavengers. Gulls, wolves, eagles, pine martens, crows, and a host of others take their fill. In the forest, beetles, ants, worms, fungi, and microbes go to work on the carcasses and within the few short weeks of autumn the bodies become one with the forest, their minerals and organic matter fertilizing and enriching the soils. The explosion in the population of insects feeding on the decaying bodies nourishes small birds, fattening up for their long migrations south. In the streams, rivers, and lakes small crustaceans, insects, and a host of small fish do the same, until not a trace of the vast multitude of salmon is left, save for the treasure of pink pearls hidden in the gravel of the stream beds. But they are not gone. The salmon have woven the Pacific Ocean, carried within the tissues of their bodies, deep into the fabric of the land.
The bugs, in their turn, race to reproduce before the coming winter. Billions upon billions of eggs are laid, in forest and stream alike, to lie dormant and await the warmth of the spring sun many months from now. In the seasonal forests the trees turn golden and red, and finally drop their leaves. These miniature solar panels, grown from the bounty of the previous year's salmon run, are no longer required for the dark days of winter, so the trees cut them loose and they form drifts of golden snow on the forest floor. There they break down and form a rich, dark, nutritious mulch which will sustain the tall trees in the years to come. They fall into the streams and are washed into the rivers and lakes, spreading their nutrients far from the forests in which they grew.
It grows quiet, save for the wind. The bears have retreated into their dens, and songbirds have long since departed for warmer climes. A growing canopy of ice gradually stills the music of the waters. Finally, the skies grow grey and heavy, and it snows. It snows as if it will do so forever, weighing down the trees, softening the rocks, and framing the pools and lakes. The landscape takes a last deep sigh and drifts into sleep.
Under the safety of the icy shield, the waters continue to flow, and the salmon eggs are far from sleeping. Inside their fragile translucent pink shells the tiny fry are developing and growing, until, as the ice finally begins to thin, they hatch. Transparent and all but invisible in the gin-clear water the minute scraps of life remain hidden in the gravel's canyons and gorges, growing on the sustenance contained in their yolk sacs. Weeks later, as the returning sun warms the water at last, they emerge into the stream fully formed and hungry, in time for the first flush of hatching insect larvae: larvae that are nourished by nutrients from the fallen leaves decaying in the water, as the leaves in turn were nourished by the decaying bodies from millennia of salmon runs. As they feed and grow the fry become travelers, wandering the streams, lakes and pools of their home range. They take shelter in ponds created by the beavers building dams across small streams. Dams made from the trees sustained by the young fishes' ancestors.
Eventually, borne on the downstream currents, the smolts retrace slowly, over many months, the journey that their parents made in just weeks. Their pace slows as they enter the estuaries and deltas. They wander leisurely through the meandering channels, seeking out the sea, and all the while their bodies are changing, and adapting to the ever more saline water. Until one day the waters mingle, and they no longer taste the freshwater of their birth, but the salt of the Pacific, and they are free. For years they will roam the ocean, growing hard and strong in its abundance, until they hear the call and gather together at the mouths of the rivers which bore them, waiting for the rains.
Full circle, and the story begins anew. The salmon feed the trees, the bears, and other predators; the bears bring the salmon to the forests; the beavers eat the trees and make ponds; young salmon grow in the beaver ponds; the trees feed the bugs in the water and the soil; the bugs in the water feed the salmon. The rains swell the rivers; the rivers wash the soil from the forest into the sea, and the tastes and smells of their ancestors bring the salmon home.
The same scenes, albeit with different players, are acted out in thousands of ecosystems, large and small, across the surface of our world. All are tiny threads woven into a vast cosmic tapestry, in which humans too, are mere strands of color. Within this rich, tangled, and multicolored fabric multitudes of diverse organisms are intricately interwoven with the environments into which they are born; each being, man, bear, salmon, tree, beaver, bird, or bug, is interconnected by a myriad of threads to every other, woven into the canvas of the very earth, air and water that surrounds them. Everything that any organism does affects every other in ways that we cannot even begin to imagine. On and on in a never-ending story.
1. These temperate rainforests cloak the Pacific coasts and rivers of Canada, Alaska, and other North American states, but it is in the Canadian province of British Columbia that they have earned the name, "The Pacific Salmon Forests."
2. Bears take more than 70% of the fish that swim upstream.
3. Pacific Coast of British Columbia encompasses one of the largest remaining intact temperate rainforests in the world. Over half of the original forest has gone and much of the rest has been scheduled for logging within the near future.
4. A quarter of the trees' nitrogen comes directly from the salmon.
Susan Double has a life-long interest in natural history, which has led to a degree in science from Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, and a future research career in Vertebrate Palaeontology. However, she also has a passion for popular science and natural history writing and is currently working towards building a publishing history in this field.


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Running parallel to the Passeig de Colomb, Carrer Ample means 'wide street' – wide enough for carriages that is, which in higgledy-piggledy 16th century Barcelona was good enough to make it the city's most aristocratic address, where the likes of Emperor Charles V and the kings of Hungary and Bohemia stayed, and where the city's merchant princes hunkered down in their mansions and waited for better times.
Decidedly less regal today, it still has its charms: the Basilica de La Mercé, as well as several bars and intriguing shops, including the 19th-century grocer's La Lionesa at No. 21. On its northern end you'll find Barcelona's grand palace of letters, the Correus (1927), designed to awe visitors sending postcards home from the 1929 Exhibition.
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Where other people sit down solving crosswords or cryptograms, I draw guitar plans. Taking measurements and literally re-searching these instruments gives many insights and can be a real puzzle.
My drawings are known for their high degree of accuracy and detail.
These plans are used by guitar and lute makers all over the world.
I offer a wide variety of instruments:
- Electric Guitars
- Historical Guitars
- Lutes
When you need a set of plans for a guitar or lute, you've come to the right address…
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Electric Guitars:
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Historical Guitars:
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- Stradivarius
Baroque guitar after Antonio Stradivari template "MS 750", from the Cremona museum.
The string length of this guitar is 657 mm, suitable for tuning in E' (415 Hz).
Instead of scaling down a larger guitar (like the Hill) or copying a heavily altered guitar (the Rawlings), this is an original Stradivari model.
More info on this guitar can be found in my #122 GAL article: "Antonio Stradivari: GUITARMAKER..!" (PDF).
- Panormo
Romantic guitar after an early "Panormo Fecit" guitar from 1825.
The plan contains information to make both the "Spanish" (fan braced) and "French" (ladder braced" models.
- Grunewald
Called "The Harp-Guitar" this unique 10-string guitar (ancestor of the modern 12-string) made by René Grunewald of New Orleans, right at the end of the 19th century. An ideal ladder braced folk/blues guitar as used by Daddy Stovepipe.
The body reminds of Martin and Washburn instruments of the same era.
(Just click the picture to see prices and go to the order form)
- Alto Lute in G'
This set of plans was inspired the 1581 Georg Gerle (Innsbruck). It's my own basic student lute, ideal both for beginning players and makers alike.
The plan contains information to built both 6- and 7-course variants. As well as 3 different rosette designs.
The first sheet is a plan of the instrument, while the second sheet can be used as a template for the inner mould.
I've based this lute on the "Venetian Inch" as proposed by Robert Lundberg in his book "Historical Lute Construction".
The lute has a string length of 59 cm.
More plans in preparation;
- 6/7course student vihuela after the Chambure model
- Baroque lute after Frei
- Stradivari guitar(s)
- 19th century Stauffer style guitar(s)
- Danelectro shorthorn bass
- Anglo Saxon/Germanic lyres
If you want to inquire about other models/instruments, just send me an e-mail.
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Ladycat runners compete at state
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Cassville's Ron'L Hoff was the Ladycats top finisher at the Class 2 cross country championships on Saturday in Jefferson City. The sophomore finished in 76th with a time of 22:52.
Freshmen Courtney Beagle and Tia Baker also finished the difficult course in strong fashion. Beagle finished 84th (23:01) and Baker was 96th (23:16). The girls competed against 153 other runners.
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Machu Picchu- Peruvian Experience
Peruvian Experience
This slow guided highly experiential tour of Peru is all about seeing the South American country up close and personal. We have teamed up with our partner, USA based travel guide, Michael Jensen who has been leading Peruvian Adventures for years. This is an inclusive world-class program custom designed for the discerning traveler searching for a personal experience in Peru. This itinerary, that includes UNESCO world heritage sites and world wonders is a non-rushed, educational and cultural experience for like-minded travelers. Our goal is to accommodate 12-18 guests to achieve the all-important intimate group tour setting. We are committed to delivering a world-class Peruvian Experience and creating life long memories for our guests. Please join us.
Here are the highlights of what you can look forward to on this exclusive experience. NOVEMBER 9-19, 2016
- 11 day 10 night Peruvian Adventure designed for only a select group of guests
- Exclusive access to a privileged way of Peruvian life few get to experience
- All transfers upon arrival, during, and at the conclusion. All luggage handling, and porterage on all program days
- 2 nights at the deluxe Casa Andina Hotel in Lima – Mira Flores
- 6 nights in Sacred Valley and Cusco – 1 night in Urubamba Casa Andina, 2 nights at InkaTerra Machu Picchu, 3 nights in Cusco Aranwa Hotel,
- 2 nights Libertador Lago in Puno
- 1 day room at Casa Andina Hotel in Lima on day 11 prior to return flights home to US & Canada (flights depart late evening)
- All inter-Peruvian flights, Lima-Cusco, Cusco-Puno, Puno-Lima. Round trip train to Aguas Calientes at Machu Picchu
- Inter-Peruvian departure taxes (to & from Cusco/Juliaca/Puno Lima)
- All sightseeing, entrance fees, and visits as outlined in the itinerary with seasoned expert local Peruvian guide(s). Lima, Cusco, M.P. and Puno (3)
- Veteran Travel Director, Mike Jensen, to accompany and oversee all aspects of the program from arrival to departure.
- Language assistance, food/restaurant, and shopping suggestions
- Breakfast daily in each hotel
- 9 lunches / 5 dinners-including farewell dinner in Puno, Wine tasting
- Bottled water on bus rides
- Gratuities to hotel luggage handlers and coach drivers.
- Free time in towns and villages for shopping, relaxing, etc.
- All updates and tour information mailers/emails prior to the program.
- Final trip packet with group bag tags, traveler information, final itinerary, packing advice, home-leave behinds, and passenger list
- Personal Service to each and every guest throughout the tour
- Exclusive Transfers & VIP Concierge Service
Day 1 November 9th 2016- Travel day to Lima, Peru
Depart from home city and arrive Lima, Peru late evening. You will be met at the airport by Mike & local Peruvian staff and transferred immediately to the Casa Andina Hotel in downtown Mira Flores district of Lima.
Day 2 Lima, Peru – The Experience begins
After breakfast in the hotel, Begin the day with a tour of historic Colonial Lima, including an exclusive visit to the 16th century Casa Aliaga. This 66-room mansion was constructed by Don Jeronimo de Aliaga, a member of Pizarro's conquering forces. Seventeen generations later, this home is still occupied by the Aliaga family. Lunch is included at the incredible Larco Herrera Museum. After lunch visit the museum which provides a clear and captivating narrative account of more than 5000 years of pre-Columbian Peruvian history. An idyllic beginning to your Experience through Peru. This evening is free to enjoy dinner on your own in the Mira Flores district in Lima. B,L
Day 3 Lima/Cusco/Sacred Valley –
After breakfast in the hotel, fly to Cusco this morning (one hour flight) and enjoy the beautiful drive into the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We switch from Spanish Conquistadors to Incan and Quechua history. Arrive in the village of Pisac, drive directly to a traditional Incan restaurant and enjoy a traditional Peruvian lunch. This afternoon continue touring through this Incan Village known for its colorful outdoor handicraft and food market. Check-in to the hotel; Join the group for wine tasting prior to our included dinner at the hotel. B,L,D
Day 4 Sacred Valley/Ollantaytambo/Machu Picchu –
Begin the day in the UNESCO recognized village of Ollantaytambo. Enjoy a walking tour through the incredible Incan Fortress set into the base of the Andes Mountains. By now you're ready for an included lunch in a Rural Peruvian restaurant. After lunch visit a traditional Incan home passed down from generation to generation. Later this afternoon, board the train for the amazing ride along the roaring Urubamba River through the Valley of the Incas ending in Aguas Calientes, the small village at the base of Machu Picchu. Check-in to Inkaterra Machu Picchu hotel.
Dinner is included this evening at the hotel. B,L, D
Day 5 Machu Picchu –
Following breakfast, we make our way up to the infamous Citadel of Machu Picchu. Our guide takes us on a complete educational and comprehensive tour through the ruins with ample time to view all corners of the once powerful Empire of the Americas. After an included lunch break, take the opportunity to explore the ruins on your own and hike to the Sun Gate or perhaps to the recently restored Inca Bridge. Both of these hikes will be guided as well. Perhaps you may like to sit and meditate by simply looking over the citadel in your own corner of the grounds and ponder one of history's great mysteries. Your evening is free to explore the tiny village of Aguas Calientes if desired. B,L,D
Day 6 Machu Picchu/Cusco –
After a leisurely breakfast this morning, our return train departs back up the Valley to Ollantaytambo followed by the stunning drive to the Incan capital of Cusco. In route to Cusco, stop in the historic village of Chinchero with its well preserved Incan wall in the main square. Enjoy lunch at a private residence and meet the owner of a small textile business. Check-in to 5-star Aranwa Hotel in Cusco, dinner is included at the hotel this evening or you're welcome to venture out on your own. B,L,D
Day 7 Cusco – Full Day in the Ancient Incan Empire City
Today, tour through the massive ruins of Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Park overlooking Cusco, Qoricancha-Temple of the Sun, Cusco's main Cathedral and, of course, famous Cusco City. Enjoy a group lunch at a local restaurant on the main square known as the "Plaza De Armas". Your afternoon and evening are free to explore Cusco and shop for local textiles or gold. B,L
Day 8 Cusco City
This is your day to do as your wish, catch up and sleep in, relax, shop until your heart's content. Enjoy a free day in the great city of Cusco.
Day 9 Cusco/Juliaca/Puno –
Following breakfast this morning, transfer to Cusco airport for the short flight to Juliaca and then on to Puno, which sits at an altitude of 12,500 feet on Lake Titicaca – the world's highest navigable lake. In route to Puno we visit the spectacular pre-Incan burial ruins of Sillustani including spectacular vistas of Umayo Lake. Check in to the beautiful Libertador Lago Hotel on the banks on Lake Titicaca. Dinner this evening on your own. B
Day 10 Puno/Uros Island/Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca –
Following breakfast, depart for Uros Island, the legendary "floating Islands" just off shore from Puno. See how these industrious people have survived for generations on these islands using only the minimalist of materials and the Lake to survive. After departing Uros, travel to Taquile Island where the Incan "Quechua" tradition still lives under community collectivism. The Taquilenos people are known for their fine handwoven textiles and clothing which are regarded as among the highest quality handicrafts in Peru. An incredible cultural experience awaits. Lunch is included today in a traditional Taquile island restaurant. Return to Puno late afternoon. Tonight enjoy a group farewell dinner in Puno. B, L, D
Day 11 Saturday November 19
Puno/Juliaca/Lima-Flights back home
After breakfast at the hotel, depart Puno early this morning for our return to Lima.
Check-in to the hotel with a day room to relax and prepare for your return flight home. Lunch & Dinner is on your own or perhaps with your fellow travelers this final afternoon/early evening in Lima. Group transfer this evening to the Lima airport for flights returning to US & Canada. B
Price per person based upon double occupancy: USD $4659 –Tour price is based upon 10 or more travelers
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Banned in China after the Cultural Revolution, Red Heroine was made at the height of the martial arts craze in Shanghai (1920s-'30s) and is the sixth episode of a 13-part serial. It tells the story of a young woman, Yun Mei ("maiden of the clouds"), who is kidnapped during a military raid that decimated her village and killed her grandmother. Later rescued by a mysterious Taoist hermit, White Monkey, she trains in the mountains for three years, learning the art of hand and sword fighting, along with powerful magic.
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"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth."
― William W. Purkey
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
― Dr. Seuss
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
― Elbert Hubbard
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
"Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you've never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can't wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful.
There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it's like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn't exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day's work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there's no need for continuous conversation, but you find you're quite content in just having them nearby.
Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon.
You open your heart knowing that there's a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that's so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life."
― Bob Marley
"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not."
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
"As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
― Elie Wiesel
"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
― Friedrich Nietzsche
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close."
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
― William Shakespeare, Love quotes from All's Well That Ends Well
"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up."
― Neil Gaiman, The Kindly Ones
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
― Lao Tzu
"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment."
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
"You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there."
― Bob Marley
"You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real."
― Love Quotes from Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
"I'm in love with you," he said quietly.
"Augustus," I said.
"I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you."
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
"I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.."
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
― William Shakespeare, Love quotes from A Midsummer Night's Dream
"Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it."
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember
"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…"
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
"You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not."
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
"We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love."
― Robert Fulghum, True Love
"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings."
― Anais Nin
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey