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I was going to write something about the Civil War yesterday, but opted for another direction. The in-process Civil War related post remains in the hopper, and will see the light of day… or rather… the back-lit screen, soon enough.
What seems to catch my attention even more, however, are recent developments in the book industry. Not at all boasting, but I saw it coming, especially after having gone through my more recent graduate program. Yet, it seems to be progressing much faster than I anticipated. Certainly, there would come a day when we would begin to see the decline of the traditional book, and see the e-book grow in leaps and bounds. Still, others saw it coming much earlier. John Tolva, sixteen years ago, wrote about it in his article, "The Heresy of Hypertext". There are also others who saw it coming as well, especially those who wrapped their minds around hypertext theory, and the concept of the electronic writing space.
But then, it's not just the gradual disappearance of the traditional book that is significant. It's also the way it impacts the way we read… and I don't just mean whether that be by an external light source (as in the case of reading a book), or an internal light source (the example of the e-book). It changes much, much more.
In fact, whether one wishes to admit it or not, if they are already familiar with navigating the Web, they have already gone through a significant phase in reader evolution… the first phase of being re-trained for the e-book. That's right, the machine is training you. I won't give a guess at how many picked-up on the concept of Web navigation without having taken a course, but suspect the number is higher than that for those who took courses to learn about Web navigation, and this is why I say the machine is training you. You may feel that you learned the system, rather than having been trained by it. But, like an electronic tool of Pavlov's, has it not conditioned you? You do one thing, and you learn that you are rewarded; you do another, and you may find no reward at all… or worse. With each depression of a key, or click on a hyperlink, you began to find rewards and benefits that appeal to you, and, over time, you became better skilled in maintaining the system of rewards, and satisfaction. In some ways, it's a matter of survivability, and essential that you conform to the machine's systems, as new explorers in a new frontier, on your personal quest for… something… many things.
Of course, in the process of doing so, did you ever realize the potential threat this caused to the traditional process of reading? Well, not only reading, but writing. Indeed, if you write, did you ever consider this new process a threat to the manner in which you write for the reader?
What Halio and Adler fear is not that future writers will revert to pictograms but rather that the traditional modes of textual composition that stress linearity, closure, and containment are being eroded from the inside out by the visually-based compositional aids themselves.
Yet, what does that mean, really? Are we at the end of linear presentations; will there no longer be closure in the works that we read? What impact upon the manner in which one reads? How have the expectations of the reader changed, with the electronic platform?
Yes, expectations.
In the electronic space, do you not expect certain things that you do not, otherwise, with traditional books? Of course you do.
What does this mean to the writer? Is it not time to revamp our thinking about how we write… for the space in front of us… for the audience that reads within that same space? Do you still write for print, even when you are writing in the electronic space? (… and I'll add here, while important, adding mere hyperlinks isn't the end-all in writing for the electronic space…).
So, where does this lead to? What about historians? Have you, as a historian, become too comfortable in the traditional presentation of history, for print? Are you still writing for ink on paper, alone?
There are, indeed, programs that introduce historians to the digital world, but are they enough?
It's ironic, but as prone as we are, now, to read in the electronic space, English undergraduate programs have yet to reach the point where they teach the masses how to present in the electronic environment, and only a limited number of English graduate students are introduced to it (and usually, only because they select a particular path). Then how, as historians, can we expect to be prepared to meet the change… to take advantage of the change?
We stand on an interesting, fascinating threshold, but I'm afraid the machine is moving faster than our preparations. It is time to master the machine… the electronic space… as opposed to allowing it to master us.
Merely a toe back in the water, but… ahhhh, I've missed writing about this stuff…


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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is out on DVD now, and my mom has been determined to see it, for reasons unfathomable to me. The day before yesterday she went to the local rental place, and every copy was checked out. Every single one.
She went back again yesterday, and still had no luck.
On her way home from work today she tried for the third time, and there was one copy available. She snagged it and carried it around while looking over the other new releases, and while she was in the store she overheard two different people ask the clerk if there were any extra copies of AL:VH in the back.
Maybe it'll be one of those movies that die an ignominious death in theaters only to enjoy cult status in the home video market.
By the way, Mom didn't like it.

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MONTREAL — And that is why they run the races.
The 45th Canadian Grand Prix Sunday was handicapped to be a runaway for Mercedes Petronas, winner of all six Formula One races this season, and that's exactly the way it unfolded during the seventh, on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
And then, in the shadow of the Montreal Casino, the brakes of Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes cashed their chips, the product of Hamilton's aggressive lengthy chase of teammate Nico Rosberg.
As the laps ground on, Rosberg's car struggled with diminishing power and overheating brakes of its own. Somehow, the German kept a hungry pack behind him, the objects in his mirror definitely closer than they appeared.
Finally, having stalked Rosberg for about 20 laps, Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo muscled up beside the Silver Arrow down the Casino Straight and blew past before the Turn 13-14 chicane with just more than two laps to go.
That move should have been the climax to a remarkable afternoon of racing. But this being Montreal, we weren't done yet.
Williams's Felipe Massa earned a lifetime Quebec driver's permit when he violently plowed into the back of Sahara Force India's Sergio Perez on the final lap, getting a little help when the latter cut across the racing line.
The high-speed crash sent both into the barrier behind the Senna Corner of Turns 1-2; Massa almost took in a literal sense the padded wall advertising "Fly Emirates."
Both walked away from the wreck but the automotive carnage brought out the yellow, bringing Ricciardo casually home for his maiden Formula One victory, coming in his 57th career Grand Prix.
Massa and Perez were checked out in the on-site medical centre, then transferred to Sacré-Coeur Hospital for precautionary measures and their subsequent release.
Ricciardo, a 23-year-old Australian, had run in Montreal the past two years, finishing 14th and 15th for Toro Rosso. Sunday's third career podium obviously is his greatest, and it might be a couple of weeks before they pry the grin off his face given his champagne celebration and beaming news conference that followed.
It will be one hour, 39 minutes, 12.830 seconds that Ricciardo will never forget, winning his first Grand Prix at an average speed of 184.613 km/h.
Rosberg hung on to finish second with his brilliant drive, 4.236 seconds back, with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, the winner here last year, placing third, 5.247 seconds off the pace.
Indeed, Vettel was blessed just to make it to the finish, Massa and Perez having scrapped on either side of him charging into the final lap.
"I saw they were close to each other, I saw something white coming in the mirror and I opened the car, turned right, and Felipe was in the air coming past," Vettel said. "I was quite lucky and saw him just in time."
Fourteen of 22 starters were classified at the finish.
Ricciardo had been running in a small pack in the final laps, trying to get around Perez for a shot at Rosberg. But the latter hung tough and offered no overtaking possibility until Ricciardo finally squeezed around him and had a go at the Mercedes, blowing by the latter to a roar from the appreciative crowd.
"It still is a bit surreal, I think, and just really cool," the winner said. "It's not that we were leading the whole race. It's not like I had time to understand that I was going to win. That's why it's taking a while to comprehend in my head."
With Hamilton's surprising unreliability, this being his second DNF this season, Rosberg increased his four-point drivers' championship lead coming in to 22 points. But Mercedes saw its constructors' lead over Red Bull shaved, from 141 points pre-race to 119.
The Mercedes lads were hoping to make F1 history by running 1-2 for the sixth consecutive race, that trick never before achieved by a team. And for a time, they looked monotonously good enough to do so.
Mercedes announced their power problems as "high-voltage control electronics failure." That, and failing brakes on a Montreal circuit that's famous for eating them alive, would prove to be a lethal combination.
After a so-close call in the race's first corner — one more coat of paint on the branding of their Pirelli supersofts and they're banging tires — pole-sitter Rosberg remained in front of Hamilton without huge difficulty.
That's not to say there wasn't knuckleheadedness very early on. The Marussia-Ferrari duo of Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi combined for not even one lap, collecting each other in an oil-dripping, carbon-fibre-shredding collision in Turn 4.
The good news was, Marussia were able to employ the crafty zero pit-stop strategy and make it off the island, before the traffic, onto a sunny downtown terrasse.
Well, not really.
"Not happy," Chilton said. "I got a mega-start and was really good into Turns 1 and 2. We were side by side into Turn 3, I was half down the inside and I braked at point where I knew I could get around the corner and (Bianchi) braked later — he was only in front of me because he braked so late.
"There was nothing I could have done. I am not going to back down the inside because he is my teammate, he should have seen me as my teammate."
Bianchi surely saw Chilton as they crawled from their smoking wrecks, however, their tires not as warm as their tempers, the safety car on the track as crews mopped up their mess.
And race stewards didn't agree with Chilton's version of the facts, penalizing him three grid spots for the Austrian Grand Prix in two weeks.
At one point Sunday, about midway through, Rosberg and Hamilton were nearly a half-minute ahead of their almost resigned foes, true to the pre-race scouting report.
Then Montreal reminded one and all that this is the city that arguably offers the greatest spectacles in Formula One. Just when you think the race is going to be a processional to the finish, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve bares its fangs.
With Hamilton out, the three-time Canadian GP winner's day torched by overheating brakes, and Rosberg struggling, the rejuvenated pursuers closed the gap. With a half-dozen laps to go, less than two seconds separated the first five cars.
Which set up the "ridiculous" — his word — victory by Ricciardo.
Rosberg and Hamilton have been slugging it out all season and there was one twisted school of thought suggesting their dash to the Senna Corner on Sunday would claim both when neither would choose to give quarter.
They very nearly brushed but ultimately it was a force of nature that fried Hamilton's chances of winning a fourth Canadian Grand Prix, his maiden Formula One victory coming here in 2007.
"I was following (Rosberg) and when you're following someone you're gaining more heat," he said. "He was in clean air all the time in front. There wasn't much I could do. When I came out in front (from the pits on Lap 44), everything was cooked already."
Three laps later, 23 laps from the finish, Hamilton was done and the deck was dramatically reshuffled.
That's the beauty of the Montreal race, which takes the too-often parade from start to finish of Formula One racing and turns it into a high-speed circus act.
There were spins, bumps, some daring passes, tires smudged on walls, chicanes cut, a little sod chewed up by these expensive lawn mowers and more than a little fabulous driving.
There's another decade of this fun to come, with the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday having been renewed for 10 more years thanks to an agreement in principle reached with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
For the moment, Ricciardo was enjoying his first taste of victory, Red Bull was thrilled beyond words, and everyone understood that if this was punch to the gut of Mercedes, it was hardly a knockout blow.
"Obviously, I'm going to take the victory," Ricciardo said. "(Mercedes) had their issues today which allowed us to make an attack, but it's nice that we capitalized on that."
Having motored to victory down the Casino Straight, you could even say the winner did so with spades.
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The Taiwan Ministry of Culture Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development (BAMID) is excited to showcase three Taiwanese bands at this year's Canadian Music Week (CMW) in partnership with CLICK MUSIC. As the first foray into Canada, performers include the Taiwan Golden Melody "Best Band" Award winner MATZKA, twice-nominated io, and Taiwan Golden Indie Music Award nominated RED. A perfect showcase of local Taiwanese culture with the crossover appeal of overseas pop, these bands are ready to take Toronto storm with two nights of music on Wednesday May 7th and an official Taiwan showcase on May 8th from 7-10 pm on the second floor of the El Mocambo. The showcase will also include collaborations with the bandleader from Montreal-based band The Ins and Outs. Full show details below. For more information on the 'Hearing Taiwan' showcase at Canadian Music Week, click here: http://tinyurl.com/k44dsxn.
In addition to the official showcase, Taiwan representatives and artists will be available to connect with the media. A press event will be held at the Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre at the International Market Place on May 8th from 1-2 pm, which will include a stripped-down acoustic set from MATZKA. Media will have the chance to speak with key leaders in the export mission and showcasing artists. To attend please RSVP to email@example.com.
In addition, the Taiwan delegation will be available for B2B meetings as part of Canadian Music Week's international conference activity. For more information on how to get involved, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Canadian Music Week (CMW) is one of the most influential international music conferences and festivals in the world. Reflecting the Taiwanese Government support for the performing arts, the Ministry of Culture has fully supported this project and selected these three outstanding Taiwanese music acts to participate. To bridge gaps between the musicians and the global music industry attending CMW, Taiwan will be sending music business veteran Jesse Liu to CMW to discuss the latest trends in the development of international music. In addition, he will share insights regarding the status of Taiwan pop music industry and encourage more cross-border collaborations to promote opportunities for the future. This is surely the start of a great partnership between the booming music industries in Taiwan and Canada, and beyond. To learn more about BAMID: http://www.bamid.gov.tw.
Haling from Eastern Taiwan (Taitung), MATZKA is a four-piece group that mixes traditional reggae elements with rap and their aboriginal history for what they've deemed "Taiwanese Reggae". Comprised of Taiwanese aboriginals, MATZKA blends smooth rhythms with soaring vocals sung in both their aboriginal language and Mandarin. The band has been making waves internationally with their heartfelt and emotional music, touring overseas to music festivals around the world.
May 07 @ Cadillac Lounge – 7pm
May 08 @ El Mocambo – 9pm
Website: http://www.matzka.com.tw
Video: http://tinyurl.com/ooxcmoz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matzka2010
Formed in Vancouver, BC, io is four Canadian-born Taiwanese dreamers who left behind their staid cubicle gigs to pursue their passion – rock and roll. With two LPs under their belt, io have proven themselves at the forefront of Taiwanese rock. They have been nominated twice for the Golden Melody Award in Taiwan and recently signed with major Taiwanese record label Rock Records. A band with ambitions to change the world with their music, io are geared up and excited to return to Canada.
May 07 @ Johnny Jacksons – 7pm
May 08 @ El Mocambo – 7pm
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ioband
io Official YouTube Channel: http://tinyurl.com/ottx9yw
RED, which is led by Taiwan's top electronic music producer DJ Code, mashes up Chinese classical instruments with avant-garde electronic arrangements and ultra-psychedelic vocals for something truly unique. RED have netted multiple invitations to perform at clubs and prestigious music festivals, both mainland and overseas. Notable appearances include the Spring Scream's Moonlight Carnival Party, China's Qingdao International Music Festival and Chengdu Zebra Music Festival, Russia's Asia Festival, and Malaysia's WE LOVE ASIA Festival. The band's lead single "Olive Tree" also garnered a Goldie Indie Music Award nomination for Best Electronic track and they notably featured as the opening act for US house band Late Night Alumni's sold out concert in Taipei.
May 07 @ The Painted Lady – 12am
May 08 @ El Mocambo – 8pm
RED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redmusic.fans
Official Video for "Olive Tree": http://tinyurl.com/qektf9b


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MONDAY, May 12, 2008 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels not only are bad for your heart, they may also harm your eyesight, a new report suggests.
The two conditions appear to increase one's risk for retinal vein occlusion, a condition that leads to vision loss. It results from one or more veins carrying blood from the eye to the heart becoming blocked and causing bleeding or fluid build-up, according to background information in the report published in the May issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology.
The Irish study found that people with high blood pressure had more than 3.5 times the risk of developing retinal vein occlusion than those without it. People with high cholesterol levels had an approximately 2.5-fold higher risk of retinal vein occlusion.
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It's a common practice to quote from other's speeches, but when I read speech anthologies, I'm not surprised to find few--often the same few--women represented. So here's a suggestion, and one we can all carry out: Why not make an effort to quote from women's speeches in your next speech or presentation?
To help, here's a collection of resources focused on women's speeches and quotations. I welcome your additions--please leave them in the comments or on The Eloquent Woman on Facebook:
- Gifts of Speech: This is a great (and updated) database of women's speeches, from Sweet Briar College, and it offers speeches from women worldwide. It began in 1989 "when Liz Kent, a college librarian, was asked to help a student find a speech by Gloria Steinem. Ms. Kent assumed it would be easy to locate a speech by Ms. Steinem, and was surprised when she could not find one in any of the resources available within her small college library."
- Infoplease's Notable Speeches and Addresses by Women has a smaller but varied list of speeches from politics, science, literature and more.
- The Archive of Women's Political Communication at Iowa State University has a searchable speech database that's organized by subjects from abortion to welfare. You can contribute speeches to the archive at this link.
- The Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University has 40,000 hours of spoken word recordings -- not just speeches -- and you can search by topic or name of the speaker.
- The National Women's History Project has a "Great Speeches" page currently under construction--so write and encourage them to get it going!
- What If I Am a Woman? is a two-volume recording of African-American women's speeches, narrated by Ruby Dee and downloadable here on iTunes.
- Great Speeches by Today's Women is a series of videos. Prices may put this out of reach unless you're an educator or business.
- Speaking as Women: Women and Floor Speeches in the Senate is an academic paper analyzing speeches by women on the Senate floor, often about women's issues. Published in January 2010, it's available for $30 for the downloaded version.
- We Shall Be Heard: Two volumes, the first--We Shall Be Heard: Women Speakers in America--a collection of 28 women's speeches, and the second, We Shall Be Heard: An Index to Speeches by American Women 1978-1985, an index to guide your searching.
- Women in mathematics will find this list of "Books, Articles and Speeches of Interest to Women in Mathematics" from the Canadian Mathematical Society a useful resource. Women scientists also may want to check out the 50 must-read bloggers for women in science and engineering compiled by the National Research Council's Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.


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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Gratitude #7
I spent the day on a boat on the Severn River with colleagues from work, celebrating the end of a leadership training class. A gorgeous day, a slight haze on the river, but the breeze burnt off summer's swelter. We tooled around Annapolis, the Naval Academy, past the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and built deeper relationship. For it is the personal bonds in work that make work worthwhile.
One week into the 30 Days of Gratitude Challenge. So far, $31 dollars raised for hospice and my local crisis center. So keep posting your daily gratitude in the comments section -- I only count gratitudes, not general comments, because articulating a joy is half the fun. And sorta like laughing -- good for your health. Plus, three lucky 'grates' will receive a goody basket of hand-picked books and other treasures, plus a feature on my blog. Think quirky, think mushy, think gen-u-ine.
Peace, Linda
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I, too, am grateful for my work colleagues. They have become my best friends. The work we do is almost secondary to the relationships we have woven and most mornings I can hardly wait to get to work and tuck into our "morning yap."ReplyDelete
Also, I've been trying to lose a couple of pounds (knocking myself silly for not starting sooner but I hate dieting, hate, hate, hate it). I've been very good the last couple of days, getting lots of exercise and eating healthy things. Last night I laid in bed with an empty, growling stomach and it was everything I could do not to get up and go stuff it.
I am grateful I didn't.
(This is so cool, Linda. I'm enjoying your 30 Days very much!)
That sounds like a lovely day...ReplyDelete
I am grateful that my grandchildren enjoy talking to me, instead of perceiving me as someone they 'have' to visit.
I don't have any work colleagues, and I'm kinda grateful for that. It means I get to spend time with my kids. I guess they are my work colleagues in a way, or my staff. I hope they don't decide to form a union...ReplyDelete
You got that right -- good relationships at work are what make it worthwhile going in. That's what I'll miss most when I retire (in the not to distant future). Fortunately, I won't lose contact completely since we've formed two once-a-month lunch groups, one a book club, and one a boys-day-out group.ReplyDelete
I am really grateful I'll be able to maintain those connections.
today I'm gratefull that I popped in to be reminded about gratefullnessReplyDelete
I am grateful for my friends and how they have stuck with me literally through thick and thin. They are my heroes.ReplyDelete


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I love using this 36 hour method to make bread. It takes a little planning but once you figure that part out it's pretty easy. I have yet to have a bad result from this method unless you count the baguettes that got stuck to my peel and fell into my oven, but we won't go there!
I actually baked this bread on Monday but since this week has been a blur due to me starting a new job on Monday and adopting a new apprentice on Sunday I've had my hands full!
Our new family member Lexi is around 4 months old and is a black Lab mix. She's keeping Max busy, that's for sure!
I love caramelized onions and wanted to use them in this bake along with some fresh milled hard winter white whole wheat, spelt and rye along with some KAF French style flour. Other than the different flours this one was pretty straight forward formula and the end results were perfect. The crumb is nice and open and the onion flavor was to die for. I mixed the onions in with the dough when adding the starter and salt and it had plenty of time to permeate the dough.
On another note, I signed up to be a test subject for BreadStorm for the IPAD and the formulas below are screen shots from my first attempt. I have to still learn how to use this program, but for the first try it seems great and worth a look if you like to turn your recipes into formulas. (Update: I switched out the original formulas for the corrected versions with the flour and water from the seed starter included).
Give this one a try and I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
Starter Build 1
Mix ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Cover the bowl and let it sit at room temperature for around 8 hours. The starter should almost double when ready to proceed.
Starter Build 2
Add to Build 1 Starter:
85 grams French Style Flour
52 grams Winter Hard White Whole Wheat
100 grams Water at Room Temperature (80-90 degrees F.)
Mix ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Cover the bowl and let it sit at room temperature for around 4 – 6 hours. The starter should almost double when ready to proceed.
Main Dough Procedure
Mix the flours and the ice water together in your mixer or by hand until it just starts to come together, maybe about 1 minute. Put the dough in a slightly covered oiled bowl and put in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
The next day add your starter, caramelized onions and salt to the dough and mix by hand until it is thoroughly mixed and evenly distributed. Due to the high water content in the 100% hydration starter this dough is very easy to mix by hand and is very silky and smooth.
Bulk rise at room temperature for 2-3 hours until it grows around 1/3 in volume doing stretch and folds every half hour until it has developed the correct amount of strength.
Put the dough back into the refrigerator for around 20-24 hours. I took it out about 20 hours later.
When you take the dough out of the refrigerator you want it to have almost doubled in volume, but if it doest don't worry as it will end up okay anyway. Let it rise at room temperature for around 2 hours or until the dough has doubled from the night before.
Next, divide the dough and shape as desired and place them in their respective basket(s).
Cover the dough with a moist towel and let sit at room temperature for 1.5 to 2 hours.
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When my youngest son was maybe 2 years old, he crept outside our bedroom door very early one morning while my husband and I were still asleep. I awoke to a deadpan, tiny voice whispering, "Let her in. Let. Her. In. Let her in," over and over and over.
Turns out the cat was pawing at the back door, and he was just informing us it was time to, you know, let her in. But holy shitballs, that wasn't even remotely my first thought. (My first thought was vampires, okay? IT WAS VAMPIRES.)
That was a legitimately spooky moment, but it doesn't even hold a (flickering, ghostly) candle to this hair-raising Reddit thread titled, "Parents, what is the creepiest thing your young child has ever said to you?" Clocking in at over 11,000 comments, the forum is filled with an amazing array of stories ranging from hilariously weird to downright terrifying.
Want to see some of the most unsettling of the bunch? Read on ... if you DARE! *flash of lightning, peal of thunder*
I was tucking in my two year old. He said "Good bye dad." I said, "No, we say good night." He said "I know. But this time it's good bye."
While changing my daughter in front of the open closet door. She kept looking around me and laughing. I asked her what was so funny. She said, "the man." To which I replied, "what man?" She then pointed at the closet and said, "the man with the snake neck." I turn around and nothing was there. I'm afraid to look into the history of my house to see if anyone hung themselves in the closet.
I was on a bus recently and we were stopped outside a walk-in clinic. A little girl in the seat in front of me turned to her dad and said, "Death is the poor man's doctor." And that was that.
I jokingly asked: "What's the best way to get a girlfriend?"
7-year-old's response: "Tell her to be my girlfriend or she'll never see her parents again."
"Before I was born here, I had a sister, right? Her and my other Mom are so old now. They were ok when the car was on fire, but I sure wasn't!" He was maybe 5 or 6 years old? It was totally out of the blue..
My five year old son asked me last week "what do you see through the black circles in my eyes when you're controlling me when I'm at school?"
My 5 year old at the time had night terrors and would scream in her sleep. One night I said "mama's here its okay". She looked right at me still asleep and screamed "mama? But who is that behind you?"
5 year old: "Mommy, when you die I want to put you in a glass jar so I can keep you and see you forever." To which the 6 year old responds: "That's stupid. Where are you gonna find a jar that big?"
A friend of mine's child told him, "Daddy, I love you so much that I want to cut your head off and carry it around so I can see your face whenever I want."
I don't have kids, but once, visiting some friends on a farm, my buddy's youngest girl (5 or 6) at the time, was afraid of the chickens. I tried to explain to her that the chickens weren't there to hurt us but she wasn't having it. So I'm sitting around the fire pit, looking at one of the chickens a few feet in front of me when I feel hot breath in my ear as she whispers: "See. He's always watching."
Walking through a graveyard to "visit" some departed family members, we walked across the grave of a baby boy who died shortly after being born. There's a family relationship, so we know for a fact the mother is still alive. My 4 year old son turned to my wife and said "Why is that baby crying? Why won't his mom hug him?"
I was sound asleep, and at around 6am I was woken up by my 4 year old daughters face inches from mine. She looked right into my eyes and whispered, "I want to peel all your skin off." The backstory here is I had been sunburned the previous week, and was starting to peel. In my sleep addled state however, it was pretty terrifying for a few seconds.
My daughter said to me that there is a woman who watches her watch movies in her room and sleeps on the ceiling above her bed when she sleeps. She also says it does not like me and wants to eat my heart. My kid watches Elmo and fucking Dinosaur Train. Where in the hell did she get this from?
Has your child ever said anything super creepy like this?
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Schedules are easy to administrate. Checkpoints may be addresses (taken from WEBFLEET) or areas defined by our advanced geofencing-tool. Binding vehicles to tours can be done with just a few clicks. All monitoring and analysis are carried out by CoTrIS automatically.
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For many of you, the day after Thanksgiving requires you to put on your best Gap sport coat, head out to the local beef-and-beer drink your way through a high school reunion. Sometimes, the outcomes are disastrous. Heed these warnings.
So after a half semester spent at a big state school my freshman in a midst of weed and booze, I return home confident that I will enjoy my first Thanksgiving break. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the big night in my hometown for everyone to go downtown to the two local bars, talk about high school, get drunk, make awkward sexual advances, etc., so naturally my friends and I get after it like only a bunch of idiot 18 year olds can. Beer and liquor is drank in large, horrifying quantities, various drugs are consumed, and I mercifully black out and wind up in my bed at home the next day.
Fast forward to about 8am next day. I wake up feeling like Tom Hank's in the beginning of Saving Private Ryan - everything is moving in slow motion, my ears are ringing- and I roll over to see one of my friends strewn about on my bed like a beached wale. I sit up and look around, with a room of bloody bodies in front of me. One of my shirtless and blood-covered friends wakes up and informs me that we were all involved in a huge brawl with some guys, complete with police intervention and hospital visits, and I volunteered to have everyone sleep here. Knowing that it is Thanksgiving morning and we all certainly have families that are extremely pissed off right now, I wake my 17 year old sister who got her drivers license that very same week, and demand she drive all my friends home, while stopping at a deli for the necessary bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches that my slowly-dying body desperately needed.
Unfortunately for her, somebody found an unopened 30 of Natty Ice from the night before, and brought it into the back of the packed car. Naturally the 5 or 6 of us in the car go to town on them, gunning empty beer cans out the window at pedestrians, blasting music, and feeling a special type of Thanksgiving drunk. I have to admit, watching my shirtless, covered in dried blood, friend stumble to his front door at 9am and hug his Grandma as she opened it with a look of unadulterated horror on her face was pretty fucking awesome. On the way back home with a few of my friends who are generally soulless individuals, a cop starts to tail us about 5 blocks from my house just as one of my friends flawlessly pours a beer on my head in the front passenger seat. Panic ensues, and my virgin driver of a sister immediately loses her shit and starts sobbing at the wheel. With a chorus of "GO GO GO!" driving her, we speed the remaining distance, swing it into the driveway, and sprint into my backyard, holding the half empty 30.
To me and my friends, this immediately becomes a chance for celebration. Sadly my sister, who handled this whole incident with the fortitude of 1940's Poland, ran inside and got my mom outside, who saw the now-shirtless me and the other blood-soaked idiots drunk in the backyard Thanksgiving morning. I pickup the 30 and hop the fence, running around the block to my Dad's house, where he was entertaining a family from France for the holiday. Walking in shirtless, tired, drunk, fat, and having to take a horrific dump, I say "Merci" (yeah I know, I know...whatever) and go upstairs to pass out in my 6 year old stepbrothers' bunk beds. Thanksgiving complete. — Joe


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Fred Davidson: What external help is needed to break into an emerging market?
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Fred Davidson is president, CEO and director of Energold Drilling Corp.
Fred Davidson was most recently the VP and Chief Financial Officer of TOTAL Energold Corp., an energy and gold producer that had over $250-million in assets producing over 10,000 b.o.e. per day, 15 million cubic ft. of Natural Gas and 100,000 oz of Gold on an annual basis. Previously, he spent 10 years as CEO of Erikson Gold Mines Ltd. and Mt. Skukum, which grew from grassroots exploration to production. Mr. Davidson also had an active role in a number of other notable mines and exploration projects including: the Courageous Lake Project, Golden Bear Mine and the Denton-Rawhide mine.
He has been a senior executive in the mining industry for the past 35 years during which time he has helped finance public and private mining companies. His experience spans over 18 countries throughout North America, South America, Africa and Asia. He is also president and CEO of IMPACT Silver, a profitable silver exploration company with a processing plant.


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'A square a day in May', I am trying to find as many spare moments as possible to actually crochet a 12 inch square a day.
Not always happening, but nevertheless here they are:
Back to finding those spare moments..........
This looks great, I think the most difficult part is self-control :)
Your squares are awesome! I am so behind on mine. I'm having trouble findig the time as well. We are moving in June and I also have a 2 year old to take care of. :)
Hope you have a great day
Your squares look fabulous, I'm going to start mine all over again after seeing yours.
Absolutely gorgeous squares! I haven't been able to find time for much of anything this week except the daily grind! Love Grandma's Heart Square! Hope you find many more moments in May! :) Best wishes, Tammy
Your squares look great! I only discovered this CAL a week ago so I'm way behind but trying to catch up. Just finish my #5 square.
Pretty pretty pretty!!All of them. My fave is the falling star. Such pretty colours and pattern.
Every squares look pretty! I esp love the 'On the Huh' one. Keep it up, Dawn!
I love your squares! they're all so pretty!
Looking good. I love the idea of the wonky log cabin. I am sure it is much harder to do than just sewing it. Cherrie
They are so beautiful. I love the Grandma Heart square. :) Liz
They look great all together. The colours you have used are fab.
What beautiful squares. I love all the different colors you are using.
Hi Dawn,
This is the first time I've left a comment on your blog -although I've been oohing and aahing -especially over your current color palette- since February when I took up crochet again after a 35 year hiatus.
You and a handful of other crochet bloggers even gave me courage to start a blog of my own! (And I've avoided doing that for years.)
So, thank you -and your work is beautiful. :)
So great pictures of so great squares!
They are very beautiful.
Lucky you... May 13... I am on May 6!
I will try to catch up :)
I only found your blog May 7 and was totally "hooked"! I love the Monet and went out yesterday and bought some and started a pair of baby "boots" for my granddaughter last night, I have the first one done. I also love this block a day and will do this in the near future, I haven't done squares in years, but this is just too much to resist, and I think I may use the same Monet colors, they are all my favs, too. Love your blog!!!!
wow, these are amazing and it sounds like you do this fast fast fast!
The framed flower one is so pretty!
Those are all beautiful. Kudos to you for finding the time. I am in a Ravelry swap and crocheting a 12 in square is not as quick as it seems.
Good luck, can't wait to see them all together!
Beautiful... your work, your pictures, the colors you used, all of it... and I've seen your blog entirely...
Thank you for following my blog.
Have a nice week.
Hello, thank you for visiting and commenting on my blog, it's nice to meet you. You are truly a marvel at crochet, such gorgeous squares and wow what an afghan it will be. Such a simple, achievable and effective idea, I might justhave to do it myself xox Carry on with the "hooky joy"
Your squares are also gorgeous! I love them all! greetings from Holland
So beautiful - you work is amazing.
As always fabulous work! I admire your creativity!
Sandy from love ya to stitches..
love your squares! thanks for getting involved!
Your squares are meticulous. Really beautiful. Nice work...
Wow! Lovely colors, lovely images, lovely blog! We love crochet too!
Your squares are gorgeous! I can't imagine finding the time for a 12 inch square each day! But I really have to commend you for your presentation on your blog. Your "polaroid" framing, the collage of all your finished squares...so clever and sooo gorgeous. x&o, Annette
These are so very lovely! Just wanted to know what you did to make each one the same size? Why I'm asking is when I finished the (pretty big) task of finding all the patterns, I saw that some of them are smaller squares (8 inch and 10 inch, for example). Any help would be greatly appreciated! Kari from Cape Town


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I treated myself to a little shopping trip and splurge at Hobby Lobby last week. I found myself in front of an entire end-cap of Ice Resin products and a free project sheet by Jen Cushman, one of the Queens of Ice Resin. I'm such a kid about art supplies...the sparkly packaging was just more than I could resist.
I bought a variety of bezels and filled them with small pieces from my stitched paper stash.
I coated the cut papers with paper sealer, placed them into the bezels, filled them with Ice Resin, and waited overnight for them to dry. The result... a handful of sparkly smooth objects, just begging to be made into funky adornments!
These pendants would be cute on a charm bracelet, necklace,
or earrings on simple hooks.
I used a variety of brass blanks along with more bezels to create this chunky charm bracelet. To create the enamel look on the blanks, I coated each piece with Iced Enamels medium, added a sprinkling of the Iced Enamels Relique powder, and heated the pieces with my heat gun. Once dry, I sealed each piece with Ice Resin.
I could include a detailed tutorial here, but if you want to try your hand at creating some Ice Resin jewelry, your best bet is to check in with the experts ... visit iceresin.com or Jen Cushman.
Hope your weekend is a happy and craft-filled adventure!


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With a furrowed brow, he clamped his hand across his eyes, tight. He waited to the count of 100, uncovered his gaze - and had changed daylight into night.
Not that the entire world noticed. No, those who were thrust into darkness were those who most closely orbited him.
Fear gripped them, initially. Then worry. Then a mild disgust, bordering on indignant.
There were protests. OK, some mild bitching amongst themselves. Vacant threats to appeal to he who had taken away the light. Thoughts of appeasements. Much judgment.
As the gloom continued, those who suffered ultimately did so in reserved silence. A brooding melancholy, forged in his suffering.
She awoke from a dream, fresh and new and silky, only to find herself in the dimness. She reached tentative fingers into the shadows, looking for him. He rustled, slide away from her touch.
Her reaction was abrupt, tactful in its mission. She tossed a leg around his, clamped down hard. She moved as he moved, matching his speed and determination.
When her hand found his chest, warm and soft, she pushed gently, just about his heart. And with this, his fidgeting stopped.
"Breathe," she said. "Forgive."
A tremendous gust was exhaled. And with that, a most brilliant sunrise followed.


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Over the next few months, we will reach deadlines related to the debt ceiling, the sequester and the continuing appropriations resolution that has funded federal operations since October. If history is any guide, President Obama won't see fit to engage congressional Republicans until the 11th hour. In fact, he has already signaled an unwillingness to negotiate over the debt ceiling. This is unacceptable. The president should immediately put forward a plan that addresses these deadlines, and he should launch serious, transparent budget negotiations.
The biggest fiscal problem in Washington is excessive spending, not insufficient taxation. Tax cuts didn't cause this problem, so tax increases won't solve it. If we don't reduce spending and reform our three biggest entitlement programs - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security - then we will strangle economic growth, destroy jobs and reduce our standard of living. With the national debt above $16 trillion, and with more than $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities hanging over us, our toughest fiscal decisions cannot be postponed any longer.
Republicans are more determined than ever to implement the spending cuts and structural entitlement reforms that are needed to secure the long-term fiscal integrity of our country.
The coming deadlines will be the next flashpoints in our ongoing fight to bring fiscal sanity to Washington. It may be necessary to partially shut down the government in order to secure the long-term fiscal well being of our country, rather than plod along the path of Greece, Italy and Spain. President Obama needs to take note of this reality and put forward a plan to avoid it immediately.
Republicans in the Senate at least are signalling three things: One, Republicans expect to get trillions in SS/Medicare/Medicaid cuts, period. Two, they are willing to shut down the government and crash the economy to get these cuts. Three, they want president Obama to provide the specific cuts, so the cuts become his fault.
Such expectations are ridiculous, and Cornyn should be drummed out of the Senate along with the rest of these idiot for trying to accomplish this nonsense. But he's treated as a Serious Beltway Player for this notion.


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For at least the next few blogs we want you to get used to being scared. Thinking about working from home is exciting and frightening – building a business is exhilarating and frightening. Accepting the uncertainty of your work at home business especially in the beginning is a big part of getting started. What we want you to know is that everyone feels fear in the beginning. We have all been there at one time or another. The point is to go ahead and feel scared, but to use that energy created by the anxiety to get you moving in the right direction. I was really nervous the day I launched www.motherhoodincorporated.com . I just held my breath and pushed publish. There I did it!
It helps to think of the future — of your life and of your business as a journey. On this journey you are going to grow and change. That's a good thing because change is part of every journey. In order to have a place to work, you may need to change your kitchen around to make space to work at home. In your own mind, you may need to change your concept of yourself from stay-at-home-mom to work-at-home-mom. Change is part of everything we do whether we are aware of it or not. Most importantly, change is good.
We also want to grant you the freedom of a blank slate on which to create your future. We don't want you to be held back by your past choices, mistakes and challenges.
Where would Dorothy be if she never ventured down the yellow brick road? She not only went down the yellow brick road, she put her faith in the wizard who turned out to be just another person trying find his was home. We could call that a mistake, but why waste the energy. Dorothy made some incredible friends, had outstanding experiences, and learned the real reason why she wanted to go home. Don't beat yourself up for things you consider mistakes in your past, it all a part of your journey; a journey that has brought you here.
My past does not equal my future!
We think that is so important that we want you to write it down and post it somewhere you can read daily to remind you that your past does not equal your future. What you decide to do today determines your future, not what you did yesterday or years ago. The only difference between women who try to work at home and those who do is that the women who do kept trying.


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CKE Restaurants, Inc. Names Anne Blumenstein Vice President of Regional Marketing and Media for Carl's Jr.
Jan 4, 2007
CARPINTERIA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2007 -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) announced today the appointment of Anne Blumenstein as vice president of regional marketing and media for its Carl's Jr. restaurant concept. Blumenstein will oversee all local restaurant marketing, media planning and placement for Carl's Jr. advertising, and all local and systemwide beverage and consumer promotions, effective immediately.
Prior to joining Carl's Jr., Blumenstein served as director of Jack in the Box's regional marketing division, overseeing initiatives at more than 2,000 restaurants. Past industry experience includes work for Einstein Brothers Bagels and McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant. Blumenstein holds an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago. "Anne is a sharp individual who brings impressive industry experience to her role as vice president of regional marketing and media for Carl's Jr.," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of Carl's Jr. marketing. "We are very pleased to have her on our team and look forward to seeing her help take the brand to the next level."
Blumenstein replaces former vice president of field marketing and media Renae Scott, who left the company in 2006.
As of the third fiscal quarter ended Nov. 6, 2006, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,113 franchised or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 14 countries, including 1,079 Carl's Jr. restaurants, 1,923 Hardee's® restaurants and 95 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a restaurant location near you, visit www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com.


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Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who is fleeing high taxes in France, arrived Saturday in Russia by private airplane to claim his new Russian passport, possibly from President Vladimir Putin himself.
A spokesman for Putin told Reuters that the two men would meet in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
At whatever point he receives the papers, Depardieu will become a Russian citizen, liable only for a flat 13 percent income tax rate, compared with the 75 percent on income over 1 million euros ($1.3 million) he would be likely to pay under France's new Socialist government. A French court temporarily suspended the top tax rate, but the government is expected to reinstate it.
If radio talk shows and Internet commentary are any guides, the move will make him a compatriot of a great number of disillusioned fans. The Russian intelligentsia, which form one of the world's remaining bastions of French film lovers, are also among the most vocal critics of Putin.
"He became a Russian citizen to replace the three million Russians who have escaped Russia in the Putin era," the satirist Viktor Shenderovich said on the Echo of Moscow radio station.
To escape the new French tax bill, Depardieu first registered as a resident of Belgium. The resulting furor apparently captured Putin's attention, and he offered Russian citizenship to Depardieu. The actor responded by writing an open letter to Russian state television, saying, "I really love your president, V. Putin, and it is mutual."
But it remains to be seen whether Putin will continue a Soviet-era tradition by taking up more causes of citizens of Western states who are in disputes with their governments.
On Friday, another French screen legend, Brigitte Bardot, threatened to apply for Russian citizenship if two ailing elephants were euthanized in a zoo in Lyon. Bardot has long been an outspoken animal rights activist.
In an interview with the newspaper Nice-Matin published Saturday, she also praised Putin, in her case for his "humanity" and concern for the welfare of animals.
France, she said, had become "nothing more than an animal cemetery."
For Russian intellectuals, a sense of dismay is setting in.
In October, Depardieu attended a birthday celebration of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya whom human rights groups accuse of torture and murder. He saluted the Chechen, saying "Glory to Kadyrov."
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Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who is fleeing high taxes in France, arrived Saturday in Russia by private airplane to claim his new Russian passport, possibly from President Vladimir Putin himself.


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Iowa's F-16s transfered to Atlantic City, receive sendoff
All of Des Moines' F-16 fighter jets are being sent out of the state and to another base.
On Saturday, a few members of the Iowa National Guard flew their final flights over Iowa. A special ceremony wrapped a 72-year legacy of the 132nd Fighter Wing.
"It's a sad day for some people to see the F-16s go," said Maj. Ken Hartman of the 132nd Fighter Wing. "But it's a very exciting day for most of the rest of us who actually are excited to see some of the new missions come here."
Because the F-16s are being transferred to an out-of-state base, the Iowan pilots' jobs will change. They will fly a remotely piloted aircraft called a MQ-9 Reaper, a type of aircraft referred to in the international community as a drone.
"It's a common misconception, but they're not drone aircraft," Hartman said. "Drones are aircraft that you plug a computer program into and fly a specific set of instructions. The remotely piloted aircraft, which we're getting here, they're the MQ-9s, which are commonly known as Reapers."
Maj. Shawn Tapps is one of the pilots who will fly the Reapers. He said it won't be the same in some ways; however, he said the Reaper is an exciting opportunity to widen the reach of the Iowa Air National Guard.
Hundreds of airmen and women active and retired, gathered to commemorate the F-16s final Iowa flights.
"It's good for the unit," said Wendell Stamer, a retired Air National Guardsman. "There's going to be a new culture and as we've seen, as I saw in 36 years, everything just keeps progressing, and it's going to be good for the unit."
The F-16s will be gone by mid-October. Their next stop is Atlantic City.


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Boston, Mass., May 10, 2013 / 04:45 pm MT (CNA).- Cardinal Séan O'Malley announced that he would not attend the commencement of Boston College due to an honorary degree Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will receive at graduation.
According to a May 10 statement from the cardinal, "Mr. Kenny is aggressively promoting abortion legislation" in Ireland.
"Because the Gospel of Life is the centerpiece of the Church's social doctrine and because we consider abortion a crime against humanity," Cardinal O'Malley explained, "the Catholic Bishops of the United States have asked that Catholic institutions not honor government officials or politicians who promote abortion with their laws and policies."
"Since the university has not withdrawn the invitation and because the Taoiseach (prime minister) has not seen fit to decline, I shall not attend the graduation," the cardinal added.
In addition to serving as the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal O'Malley also serves as the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
On April 25, Boston College, a Catholic Jesuit university in Boston, announced that it would host Kenny as its commencement speaker and award the Irish Prime Minister an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at its May 20 graduation ceremony. On May 9, the college reaffirmed its commitment to having Kenny as its speaker following condemnation from various pro-life groups within the Boston area and across the country.
Traditionally, the archbishop of Boston delivers a closing benediction during the commencement ceremony.
Kenny and his party has been advancing legislation that would legalize abortion when the mother's life is in danger – including when the mother threatens suicide.
Abortion is currently illegal in Ireland, and both Kenny and his party, Fine Gael, had previously promised not to advance abortion legislation. Kenny has hinted that pro-life members of parliament who vote against the legislation may be expelled from the party.
Kenny has claimed to reporters that the legislation " restates the general prohibition on abortion in Ireland," and merely places into law an earlier Irish Supreme Court ruling that permitted abortion in such cases. However, critics note that the lack of a gestational age limit means that abortion would be available on-demand to any woman in Ireland who raises the threat of suicide.
As currently proposed, the law also lacks conscience protections for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers, and would force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions.
Irish bishops have criticized the legislation in a May 3 statement, calling it "a dramatic and morally unacceptable change to Irish law." They also note that the legislation, if approved, would "make the direct and intentional killing of unborn children lawful."
Cardinal O'Malley has also criticized the legislation, saying in a May 10 interview with the Catholic Herald that abortion "is the taking of an innocent human life" and that "everyone should resist" it.
The cardinal noted that while Ireland has had the "good fortune" to "have been opposed to abortion despite the great pressure that they have come under from secularizing forces," he hopes "that Ireland will continue to stand up against the pressures" to advance abortion within the country.
"Pressure to legislate for abortion is a dehumanizing force in our world," Cardinal O'Malley added.
In his May 10 statement, the cardinal said he was "sure that the invitation was made in good faith, long before" Kenny's legislative actions "Came to the attention of the leadership of Boston College."
Boston College Spokesman Jack Dunn said to the Boston Globe on May 10 that the school "invited Prime Minister Kenny a year ago" and chose him "in light of our long-standing connection with Ireland and our desire to recognize and celebrate our heritage." Dunn also said that the decision to invite Kenny is "independent" of the proposed legislation.
The cardinal offered his "ardent hope that Boston College will work to redress the confusion, disappointment and harm caused by not adhering to the Bishops' directives," and resolve the situation.
Adding that while he will not be able to give the final benediction, "I assure the graduates that they are in my prayers on this important day in their lives, and I pray that their studies will prepare them to be heralds of the Church's Social Gospel and 'men and women for others,' especially for the most vulnerable in our midst."
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I purchased it with the intention of organizing some of his arts and crafts supplies. It then occurred to me one day while he was eating the "Golden Arches" that he was getting ready to spill everything because he could not hold it all and his drink. I then grabbed this out of the house and left it in the car for next time and I can tell you it works like a charm. Everything has a place, even his drink. He loves it too because it's easy to hold onto in his lap.
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Sick health care system made Canadians lose more than $3-billion in economic activity: Fraser Institute
Posted on August 15, 2012 in Health Delivery System
Source: Calgary Herald — Authors: Dan Ovsey
CalgaryHerald.com – business
1 August 2012. Dan Ovsey, Financial Post
The key to boosting productivity in Canada may come from an often overlooked but seemingly logical source – health care.
So says a study released this morning by the Fraser Institute, which estimated that last year Canada lost $1.08-billion in business-day economic activity due to excessive wait times at hospitals and time gaps between visits to specialists and receipt of treatment.
Long waits in emergency rooms and forcing Canadians to take time out their work days to visit multiple doctors has a cumulative effect not only on the quality of their care but on the overall productivity of the workforce, says the report.
The study estimates that when factoring non-work time, the Canadian economy loses out on an about $3.29-billion in productivity – a number that does not take into account the residual productivity losses associated with the energy and time family members may need to provide to loved ones who are not receiving efficient care.
Nadeem Esmail, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, says the purpose of the study was to examine the efficacy of the healthcare system beyond the quality-of-care debate, which tends to overwhelm most discussion about health care.
"Rationing health care in Canada doesn't just deprive patients of timely access to necessary medical treatment… it also causes them to lose out on wages, productivity and enjoyment in life while they wait," he says.
The study estimates each patient loses about $3,490 each year as a result of having to wait 9.5 weeks between the time they see a specialist and the time they are able to receive care.
While Canada's healthcare system isn't nearly as costly as that of the U.S., spending on health care has been rising at a much faster rate than most other industrialized nations. Much of the spending has been due to a fluid transfer of healthcare-dedicated funds from Ottawa to provincial coffers, but how each province spends those resources and how effectively it cuts costs is still a bone of contention.
With more and more attention being placed on Canada's poor productivity relative to other industrialized nations, Mr. Esmail says it's high time Canada's leaders begin examining more efficient means of providing health care through a socialized healthcare model that operates parallel to a private care model that is open to competition (similar to the model used in Japan and numerous European nations).
"They all have a private parallel medical sector," says Mr. Esmail. "That is, patients aren't shackled to the public healthcare system with no alternatives. They are able to buy their health care if they choose to do so. Finally and critically, all of these nations have a social-insurance funded healthcare system. It's not a system run by government, it's run by an independent group or, in some instances, private insurance companies, with the government taking a more appropriate regulatory role."
The problem is likely to get worse as the population ages and more Canadians require higher levels of care over longer periods of time. The Canadian Caregiver Coalition estimates there are already more than 4-million Canadians today who are taking care of ailing family members and collectively losing out on $5-billion in earnings as a result. Couple that data with the fact that those same caregivers are spending more than $80-million a year on caregiving expenses and the economic consequences suddenly become severe.
The question is: Is anyone paying attention?
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It's Labor Day today. I hope you're not working.
Ron's search for who built la Maison Chaumont continues.
Ron Depatie thought Toussaint, the son of his ancestor Jacques Bélisle, had built la Maison Chaumont.
My ancestor's son built this…
Ron had written me a comment.
Hi from Ron Roture dit Belisle (known today as Ron Depatie)
This reply comes from reading an old blog I found on your site dated March 18, 2008 THE HOUSE OF CHAUMONT STE ANNE DES PLAINES.
Just wanted to let you know that there is an old family from Saint-Anne-des-Plaines coming out of the closet for the first time in over a hundred years today…
In this article you speak of Toussaint Belisle as being the local custom contractor to have built this house. I would just like to add, for any one who might be interested in knowing, that Toussaint Belisle an entrepreneur had three other brothers also, Léon, Élie, Frederick Belisle seen named as entrepreneurs in the area of Ste-Anne-des-Plaines and Montreal. They were the sons of Jacques Belisle and Elmere Therrien of Ste Anne's. Leon Belisle also known as Leon Despatie was my great-grand-father.
Thru your blog that I just read today, I found out something I never knew and that was Toussaint was a home builder in Ste Anne's and it would be neat to know if his brothers helped him on this one.
Well that's all from me for now. I thank you for taking the time to read this and hope it gave some information that might be helpful to others.
Thank you.
Ronnie Roture dit Belisle dit Depatie
After searching and searching, Ron and I think that another Toussaint, the son of George Bélisle and Olivine Bélisle, was the builder. He built also this house on Third Avenue…
Ron is with his uncle Paul
Ron has some expertise in old houses restoration and he noticed something quite interesting while examining la Maison Chaumont, the house on Third Avenue and also this one.
See you next Monday.


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A vehicle assembled at a maximum production run of 20-30 cars per day, the exotic mystique of the Audi R8 quattro supercar could sell itself on rarity. However, after five years of annual production capacity averaging 3,800 vehicles, the Audi halo car is now a bit less exclusive. For the higher social crowd that prefers to be noticed as unique individuals, performance and style tuner sources outside of the Audi factory can restore the unique allure of the favoured supercar.
TC Concepts R8 Toxique
A recent addition to the world of modified Audi R8s, the direction TC Concepts took with the German supercar aimed at creating a distinct automotive identity at an approachable price. Helping to keep customers from completely overextending their budgets, the TC Concepts R8 Toxique is created from the 4.2 liter V-8 version of the Audi R8 Coupe. Without involving any extraordinary engine enhancements other than a high-performance air filter and a reconfiguration of the engine electronics, TC Concepts positioned the bulk of the handiwork on the styling of the Audi R8.
Casting the supercar in their own image, the tuner group of TC Concepts dedicated themselves around the R8 supercar's front end as well as the side panels. Given a racier look, the TC Concepts R8 Toxique's enlarged front air intakes features recessed black mesh guarding. Subtracting the R8 Coupe's body colour-contrasting side panels, a sleeker surfacing for the R8 Toxique plays host to more aggressive air openings reminiscent of the R8 Spyder. Exterior touches such as a fixed carbon fiber rear wing and TC Concepts Parle 7-spoke wheels completes the outer modification setting up the bewilderment of the R8 Toxique's interior. Driver and passenger inside the TC Concepts R8 Toxique cabin will find a handsome use of Alcantara as well as carbon fiber surrounding them as they nestle into custom Bentley Beluga-Nero leather seats.
EDO Competition Audi R8
Furnishing the premium automotive marketplace with greater vehicle personalization, EDO Competition larger and growing portfolio of represented brands include BMW, Aston Martin, Porsche and Ferrari. EDO Competition also wrenches up the Audi R8 with some quaint but nonetheless mentionable modifications. Given a refined aerodynamic form on the outside through the generous application of carbon fiber, the EDO Competition Audi R8 increased downforce potential more effectively plants the supercar. Offering two sets of sport wheels, the Edo Competition Audi R8 can be fitted with either 19-inch or 20-inch forged stainless steel/aluminum rims. If Audi R8 owners desire an alternative from the metallic look, customers can request their selected EDO Competition sport wheels to be painted to a custom colour.
A modest power increase is acquired on the Edo Competition Audi R8 through the addition of lighter weight, sportier sounding stainless exhaust. Bumping horsepower from the 4.2 liter FSI engine to 442, the EDO Competition exhaust reduces the Audi R8's total weight by 18 pounds.
STaSIS Audi R8 V-10 Challenge Extreme Edition
Almost $56,000 cost on top of the purchase price of the V-10 powered Audi R8, the American-based firm STaSIS unlocks what could be the maximum street-legal potential of the German supercar with the Challenge Extreme Edition.
Ultimately, the presentation of the STaSIS Audi R8 V-10 Challenge Extreme Edition initially pulls off the attitude of a 'street sleeper' as little more than Anthracite ultra-lightweight forged aluminum wheels define the vehicle as a modified creation. In the engine bay is where STaSIS feeds new life into the Audi R8. Boosting the 5.2 FSI engine, a 7.5 PSI Eaton / Magnusson TVS 2300 supercharger and CNC machined intake plenum is a performance keys that elevates horsepower to 710 horsepower. Promising 0 to 60-mile per hour acceleration times in just 3.1 seconds, the STaSIS Audi R8 V-10 Challenge Extreme Edition is one of the fastest launching examples of Audi's finest sports car creation.
A more responsive suspension along with an improved braking system allows the STaSIS Audi R8 V-10 Challenge Extreme Edition to move with an increased confidence. Shown as lateral and brake acceleration both exceed 1.0 G, the STaSIS R8 V-10 Challenge Extreme Edition performance is beyond Audi factory specifications for the stock R8. Despite stretching the performance of the Audi R8, STaSIS stands behind the quality of their work with a 4-year, 50,000-mile warranty.
Unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, ABT Sportsline ventured deep into the maximization of the standard V-10 powered Audi R8 Spyder. The ABT R8 GT S sports radical appearance and performance enhancements making the vehicle a true super supercar.
Decorated in two-tone bodywork combining red chrome with carbon fiber, the ABT R8 GT S projects an endearing high-performance look. Structurally, the ABT R8 GT S body panels have been optimized with carbon-reinforced polymer construction.
The gripping two-tone treatment displayed on the exterior of the ABT R8 GT S is a theme asserted to the two-seat cabin. Red and gray ABT seating is showcased along with an interior upholstered generously with leather. Gripping onto a carbon fiber steering wheel, the driver of the ABT R8 GT S will quickly realize the impact of 620 horsepower as the car is launched from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 3.6 seconds. Motivated by an extra 95 horsepower over the stock 5.2 FSI V-10 engine, top speed for the R8 GT S supercar tops out at 200 miles per hour. Despite the extreme performance potential of the R8 GT S, ABT Sportsline claims the supercar is tempered enough for everyday driving.
MTM Audi R8 4.2 V-8
A company derived from the creation of a modified Audi Ur-quattro in 1985, performance tuner MTM GmbH has remained a faithful supporter of the VW Group vehicles. Centered on building functional but thrilling products, MTM magic is so brilliantly released on the Audi R8 supercar. Providing parts for both the V-8 and V-10 versions of the R8, MTM customization is opened to the coupe, Spyder as well as the Audi R8 GT.
Available for the 4.2 liter FSI V-8 engined version of the Audi R8 has the widest selection of pieces under MTM. Brembo brakes with 8-piston calipers, an electronic lowering kit and an unpainted carbon appearance kit is a sampling of clearly visible MTM enhancements. A choice of two 20-inch MTM Bimoto wheels completes the aesthetic enhancements the Audi R8. Guaranteed to the most invigorating MTM-sourced component optional for the Audi R8 supercar is the company's supercharger kit worth 140 extra horsepower over the eight-cylinder stock counterpart. With horsepower elevated to 560 horsepower, the MTM Audi R8's 0 to 62 mile-per hour acceleration is registered at 3.9 seconds (0.7 seconds better than the factory's version). Capable of 188 miles per hour with the standard final gear, an available longer gear allows the MTM Audi R8's velocity to almost approach 197 miles per hour.
Information and photo source: ABT Sportsline, EDO Competition, Motoren Technik Mayer GmbH, STaSIS, TC Concepts


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With seemingly the entire nation ensnared by the grasp of Linsanity, the Knicks' most valuable newcomer, Tyson Chandler, goes quietly about his work as one of the most effective players in the N.B.A.
Acquired by the Knicks in December as part of a three-team trade with Dallas and the Washington Wizards, Chandler was a key member of the Mavericks' 2010-11 championship run. A pending free agent, he became available because Dallas was apparently unwilling to give him more than a two-year contract.
Chandler, who finished third last season in the voting for the defensive player of the year, has been the linchpin of the Knicks' defensive revival. Last season the Knicks allowed 110.1 points per 100 possessions, which was eighth worst in the league. But this season they are allowing just 99.5 points per 100 possessions, the league's sixth-best mark.
Although Chandler does not have a signature defensive skill (à la Dennis Rodman or Dikembe Mutombo), his defensive statistics are solid across the board.
Chandler grabs about 22.6 percent of all available defensive rebounds, the best rate on the Knicks, and he leads the team with an average of 3.1 blocked shots per 100 opponent shots from 2-point range.
In addition, Chandler is one of only 11 players averaging at least one steal and one block per game. And even though he is active on defense, he has the eighth-lowest personal-foul rate among qualifying centers, averaging 4.6 fouls per 48 minutes.
While Chandler is clearly the team's defensive leader, he does not play a large role on the offensive end. That said, he takes full advantage of the opportunities he is given, and by some measures he is the N.B.A.'s most efficient offensive player.
True shooting percentage is a measure of shooting efficiency that takes into account 2-point field goals, 3-point field goals and free throws. Chandler's true shooting percentage is .736,.064 better than that of the runner-up, Mario Chalmers, and he is on pace to break Artis Gilmore's single-season record of .702 set during the 1981-82 season.
Putting it all together, Chandler is one of the more valuable players in the N.B.A.
Win Shares is an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player through his offense and his defense. Chandler has 5.4 Win Shares in 2011-12, good for third in the league, and he is averaging .247 Win Shares per 48 minutes, the league's fifth-best rate.
Perhaps most impressive, Chandler is playing more efficiently than he did last season, even though his playing time has increased by almost six minutes per game.
The story of Jeremy Lin is a compelling one, but the contributions of Chandler should not be lost in the hype. Without Chandler, the Knicks might be competing for a berth in the lottery as opposed to a spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs.


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Posted August 17th, 2009 at 1:12 AM by Thrace
Ok so I was reading a conversation between Vrai and colcolstyles (inb4 get a life hag). colcolstyles was telling Vrai to act more like a moderator and stop commenting on peoples hacks, I was like lol epic trolllll and was looking for a way to give him rep (even though we don't have it anymore), when I realised that people actually think that don't they?
Most moderators, the ones in emulation at least, seem completely detached from the community (no offence if you mod there), except for the new ones (its early days yet *_*).
Most moderators, the ones in emulation at least, seem completely detached from the community (no offence if you mod there), except for the new ones (its early days yet *_*).
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Posted August 29th, 2009 at 4:54 AM by Logan
I'm sorry Thrace but I think you misinterpreted what I was saying. I didn't tell Jake to "stop commenting on peoples hacks", as you put it. I was merely stating an observation of mine, and that is that I've noticed that Vrαi, along with Alice., doesn't moderate Emulation in the same way that I've grown accustomed to.
Also, if you would have read the next VM I sent to him (and that's not an excuse for you to go nosing through my conversations, thankyouverymuch), you'd see that I value a moderator who has a down-to-earth personality. That's what makes Jake so much more approachable, something that I can't say about the previous Emulation mods, yourself included. In fact, it gets to the point where you're so professional, I fear you. Do you have any idea how long it took me to work up the courage to compliment you on the map you submitted to the HotM? Or that comment on that xkcd comic in your album? And I once spent upwards of fifteen minutes writing a simple VM to Hiroshi Sotomura asking if I had submitted my entry to the Get-Together Mapping Competition in time for it to be counted, reading over it dozens of times just to make sure I hadn't made any spelling mistakes that would embarrass me in front of one of the people I respect most on these forums. And if that's not enough, I've literally spent about half an hour writing this blog comment, just so that I don't make a fool of myself.
So it's up to the new moderators. They can either sacrifice a little professionalism to become friendly, approachable mods, or they can sacrifice any display of emotion and become a moderator that is respected and revered to the point where my heart skips a beat when I see a comment by them on my profile. Because frankly, I haven't seen much middle ground.
Posted September 2nd, 2009 at 6:19 PM by colcolstyles
I totally agree with you colcolstyles. That was the point of this post actually. XD
I hated how cold and to-the-point I'd become when I was a mod (maybe not at the start but closer to the end). That wasn't because I thought that was how a mod should act. I just had a lot going on in my life and it felt like PC was getting in the way.
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Is there a list somewhere of which types of Diophantine equations are solvable, which types are not solvable, and which types are not known to be solvable or not? (When I say solvable, I mean that we can determine in a finite number of steps whether or not there exist solutions.) For instance, we know that linear Diophantine equations are solvable. But we know by Matiyasevich's theorem that there are some Diophantine equations that are not solvable.
I am interested in seeing what the borderline between solvable and unsolvable looks like.


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Area artists could soon have a space to display their work with the opening of a gallery in Fayette.
The storefront location on N. Fayette Street could be used as a space for displaying art, creating art and offering classes.
The gallery opened for two weeks to display the works of Black Swamp Art Guild members. The art guild is based in Bryan and is primarily made up of members from Fulton and Williams counties, said Rebecca Loveless, who helped organize the opening of the gallery.
The display was unveiled for the Fayette Fall Festival last month and contains 40 pieces of art created by 10 members of the guild. About 30 people belong to the group.
"We've been looking for a place where art can be sold," Loveless said.
After a retail business moved out recently, arrangements were made with building owner Tom Spiess for an initial two-week display that continues through Sunday with the Glasgow Reed Organ Series performance.
"We're hoping to have rotating art shows here and have an artists' co-op if it works out," Loveless said.
She aims to have a permanent gallery space, with shows to coincide with special events. She's also interested in offering the space for student shows.


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This code is to have a method that takes ints from a txt file and puts them in an array. I created a method that takes the name of the file nad the size of the array need to be created. The data is extracted from the file seems to be working fine when I print it out. But the array when printed only has one number instead of the many different numbers.
The method code
public static int[] fillarray(int n , String filename) { int [] arrs; arrs = new int[n]; try { FileReader fr = new FileReader(filename); BufferedReader inputStream = new BufferedReader(fr); String line = null ; while((line = inputStream.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(line); int temp = Integer.parseInt(line); for( int i = 0; i < n; i++) { arrs[i] = temp; } } inputStream.close(); } catch(IOException e) { System.out.print("Error in Reading the file"); } return arrs; }
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Identity Theft For Dummies
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Description : Practical solutions to help you deter, detect, and defend against identity theft In 2008, 9.9 million Americans became victims of identity theft. The cost exceeded $48 billion in 2008; consumers spend some $5 billion out-of-pocket each year to clear up resulting fraud issues. This guide will help keep you from becoming the next victim. Written by a veteran security professional, Identity Theft For Dummies gives you the tools to recognize what information is vulnerable, minimize your risk, stay safe online, and practice damage control if your identity is compromised. If you have a name, a date of birth, and a Social Security number, you're a potential victim; this book helps you recognize your risk and defend against identity thieves Explains what identity theft is, how it happens, and how to recognize if you have become a victim Shows how to protect your personal information, how to be discreet in public places, how to interpret your credit report, and why you should monitor your financial statements Helps you recognize risks you may not have considered, such as what you set at the curb on trash day Provides advice on how to clear your name if you are victimized Identity Theft For Dummies arms you to fight back against this growing threat.


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Nuggets rally past Bucks for 112-104 win
Dalembert scores career high 35 points in loss
Danilo Gallinari and Ty Lawson each scored 22 points and the Denver Nuggets rallied past the Milwaukee Bucks 112-104 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight victory.
The Nuggets withstood Samuel Dalembert's career-high 35 points and trailed by 17 points in the first half before coming back to beat the Bucks for the fifth time in a row and get their longest winning streak overall in more than two years.
Corey Brewer added 20 points and Kenneth Faried 13 points and rebounds for the Nuggets, who didn't lead in the game until late in the fourth quarter.
Dalembert finished 17 for 21 from the floor in surpassing his previous career high of 27 points on March 14, 2011, against Golden State while with Sacramento. Luc Mbah a Moute, Larry Sanders, Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings added 12 points apiece for the Bucks.
Trailing by 15 at halftime, Denver opened the third quarter with a 9-0 burst to pull to 66-60 when Danilo dunked off a lob from Andre Iguodala.
A running jumper by Wilson Chandler near the end of the third narrowed Milwaukee's lead to 82-78, but Dalembert and Beno Udrih connected on jumpers around a free throw by Chandler, and the Bucks took an 86-79 lead into the fourth quarter.
Milwaukee stretched its lead to 10 points early in the fourth when Udrih made a 3-pointer but the Nuggets gradually cut into the lead, pulling to 100-97 after Gallinari's 3-pointer with 5:08 left to play.
Faried made a free throw, and Brewer got loose for a breakaway dunk off a Milwaukee turnover to even the score at 100-all with 3:36 remaining.
Denver got six straight points from Lawson, including a pair of free throws with 3:06 left that gave the Nuggets their first lead. A turnover by Jennings led to another fastbreak that Iguodala finished with a dunk to put the Nuggets up 108-103 with 1:27 remaining. The Bucks managed only a free throw by Jennings the rest of the way.
Scoring a season-high for a half, the Bucks took a 66-51 lead at the break, boosted by Dalembert's blistering performance. He hit his first nine shots before finally misfiring on a layup, only to get the rebound and put it back in to finish the first half with 21 points on 10-of-11 shooting from the floor.
Iguodala hit a jumper to pull Denver within 46-43 with 4:22 left in the second quarter. Milwaukee responded by closing the period with a 20-8 run, starting with a 3-pointer by Mbah a Moute followed by five consecutive fastbreaks, including four ending in layups by Jennings.
NOTES: The Bucks' previous high in a half was 65 points (second half) a week ago at Detroit. ... JaVale McGee returned to action for the Nuggets after missing the previous three games with soreness in his left shin. ... Dalembert's previous scoring high this season was 15 points against New Orleans on Nov. 17. ... The Nuggets last won seven in a row was from Nov. 20-Dec. 5, 2010. ... Milwaukee has lost eight of its last 10 in Denver.


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The latest observations of Jakobshavn Glacier show that Greenland's largest glacier is moving ice from land into the ocean at a speed that appears to be the fastest ever recorded. Researchers from the University of Washington and the German Space Agency measured the speed of the glacier in 2012 and 2013. The results were published Feb. 3 in The Cryosphere, an open-access journal of the European Geosciences Union.
The new observations show that in summer of 2012 the glacier reached a record speed of more than 10.5 miles (17 kilometers) per year, or more than 150 feet (46 meters) per day. These appear to be the fastest flow rates recorded for any glacier or ice stream in Greenland or Antarctica, researchers said.
The scientists note that the summer speeds are temporary, with the glacier flowing more slowly over the winter months. But they point out that even the glacier's average annual speed over the past couple of years is nearly three times its average annual speed in the 1990s.
This speedup of Jakobshavn means that the glacier is adding more and more ice to the ocean, contributing to sea-level rise.
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04# Quadraphonic - Brain Defragment (Sonic Loom Music)
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08# Mergel - Can I Help (ManiacPsychoPro)
09# Select Project - Zen Of Sudoku
10# Narcosis & Cymazz - Rats On Acid (Moonsun Rec)
11# Technical Hitch Twist Osom - Berg Sturz (Un Release)
12# Noise Gust - Phase Space Bug (Fullmoon Rec)
13# Select Project - Not f@#king drugs
14# Select Project - Audio Traffic (Quantum Frog Productions)
15# Enichkin - If Then (Quantum Frog Productions)
16# Dark Whisper & Yaminahua - Clockwork Universe (Alice-D Rec)
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18# Polyphonia - Rearrange Your Mind (Quantum Frog Productions)
19# Lab - Highwind (No Comment Rec)
20# Noise Gust - Brainwashed By My Doctor (Fullmoon Rec)
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