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Fiona: One Week Old
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Fiona is a week old as of Friday! It was a special and also intense week recovering from surgery. So happy to be home and feeling like I'm on the mend. Fiona is a very relaxed baby, she sleeps a ton and is fairly easy to calm and comfort at this point. She is very snuggly which I'm loving!
She is tiny but very strong. I love watching her study the world around her and get the little scowl on her face that her big brother used to have. She's eating a lot and being passed around from friend to family so everyone can hold her and love on her.
Welcome baby girl!
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Mind Widening Music: Bizarro Music #1 – Frank Zappa
by Lee Widener
This is the first in a monthly series I will be writing about Bizarro Music. We all are familiar with Bizarro Fiction, but what is Bizarro Music? In this column I will illustrate what I mean by Bizarro Music by using the same principles used to define Bizarro Fiction. For my first column I'll profile a musician who is an obvious choice, someone most of you will be familiar with- Frank Zappa.
For those who may not be familiar:
"Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940– December 4, 1993) was an American musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock n' roll, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works, and produced almost all of the more than sixty albums he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers."
Frank Zappa's musical output ranged from the most sophomoric, juvenile humor to sophisticated orchestral compositions. He parodied musical styles such as doo wop and satirized American culture. He was a keen observer and critic of American society that often appeared on talk and news shows, and even appeared before the U.S. Senate, addressing the subject of musical censorship.
What is it though, that makes his music "Bizarro?" To answer this question I'll show how his music and lyrics parallel Bizarro Fiction. In his lecture on Bizarro Fiction to Rhoades University in South Africa, Cameron Pierce, Bizarro author and Editor of Lazy Fascist Press outlined some common Bizarro Fiction tropes.
"Although the movement associates itself with no political ideologies, in the work itself there exists an overwhelming condemnation of the mainstream culture and beliefs of the United States. Bizarro critiques of capitalism tend to be veiled in satire…" – Cameron Pierce
In the following video we'll see a stunning live performance of Zappa's song "Montana," which is told from the viewpoint of an individual whose fondest desire is to move to Montana, ride on a pygmy pony and raise dental floss. This is his version of the American Capitalist Dream. Certainly there is a lot of literature and music which uses satire to criticize American society that is not Bizarro. It's combining the satire with weird elements like a dental floss farm, something which does not exist, that tips it into Bizarro territory. There's also a blistering hot guitar solo.
Another Bizarro trope Cameron Pierce mentions in his lecture is anthropomorphism:
"Bizarro might be the only genre where not only animals, but also foods and inanimate objects, are so often anthropomorphized and appear as main characters that it's considered normal." -Cameron Pierce
In the following clip Frank Zappa encourages us to call vegetables on the phone and have a dialogue with them. In Bizarro Fiction anthropomorphized characters sometimes have a meaning behind them, they're used as metaphors, and sometimes they might be totally random. In "Call Any Vegetable," Zappa is using a metaphor. In "Absolutely Free: The Complete Libretto," a lyric sheet included in the original release of his album "Absolutely Free" he states:
"The best clue to this song might lie in the fact that people who are inactive in a society … people who do not live up to their responsibilities are vegetables. I feel that these people, even if they are inactive, apathetic or unconcerned at this point, can be motivated toward a more useful sort of existence. I believe that if you call any vegetable it will respond to you." -Frank Zappa
Also in this clip we'll see a prime example of Zappa's unique brand of crude sexual humor and skewering of the musical business. A little bit of background is in order.
The Turtles were an American pop band from 1965 – 1970 that produced a string of Top 40 hits including "Elenore" and "Happy Together." The latter song, their biggest hit, was an extremely infectious piece of ear candy thanks to the marvelous vocal harmonies of Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. The band dissolved in 1970 from the pressures of the musical business. Kaylan and Volman (along with bass player Jim Pons) joined Zappa's Mothers of Invention, revealing themselves not to be squeaky clean American pop idols, but just as sick and twisted as some of the most infamous rock stars of the era, with their sordid tales of groupies and the vicissitudes of life on the road.
In the clip below you'll find them deftly satirizing the music industry, culminating in a rock solid performance of the Turtles hit "Happy Together." Just the very act of the Mothers of Invention, an arduously uncommercial outfit performing a syrupy love song like "Happy Together" is Bizarro in itself.
In the following clip we have an even better example of Zappa's use of anthropomorphism. In "Billy the Mountain," from "Just Another Band From L.A.," Zappa and the Mothers tell the story of a mountain named Billy, and his wife Ethel, who is a tree growing off of his shoulder. Billy receives a fat royalty payment from posing for postcards and takes off for a vacation in New York, leveling Las Vegas and other cities in the process. Along the way we get endless pop cultural references ranging as far and wide as the Johnny Carson Show theme, Jerry Lewis, Los Angeles radio advertisements, the Wizard of Oz, Dudley Do-Right, and countless others, before Billy gets his draft notice, rebels, and is labeled a Communist.
In the end there's no resolution, and the story just kind of peters out. This also echoes Bizarro Fiction: the story might just end, with things left unresolved. My apologies for the lack of visuals for this lengthy clip. There are no video or film records of the piece in existence.
In this first column on Bizarro music I have tried to highlight three specific pieces of music that embody the same principles as Bizarro Fiction. This will be my focus throughout the series. It's not enough to be funny. It's not enough to be weird, or have a weird video. The music has to follow Bizarro principles. I focused on two this month- satiric critique of mainstream culture and anthropomorphism- but those aren't the only indicators of Bizarro. I'll talk about others in the coming months.
I hope you enjoyed this first installment of a monthly column on Bizarro in music. I'd love to read your comments below, as well as your suggestions for artists to cover in the future.
Lee Widener is a lifelong collector of weird music. For ten years he ran the internet radio station NeverEndingWonder Radio, which specialized in odd, unusual, freaky and bizarre music, and still runs a small Halloween themed radio station, which can be found at Welcome to Weirdsville . He is the author of "David Bowie is Trying to Kill Me!" and "Rock N Roll Head Case" published in October 2015 by Eraserhead Press.
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Nice article!
I listen to a lot of Weird Shit, and some artists I'd like to see covered:
– Captain Beefheart- Avant-garde blues musician. Zappa was actually a fan of his stuff.
– Wesley Willis – an enormously prolific schizophrenic keyboardist.
– The Gerogerigegege – a self proclaimed "Japanese ultra shit band" who delighted in fucking with their audience (example: Shouwa, which mixes a recording of people having sex with the Japanese national anthem, and was labeled as a Ramones demo album when initially released).
March 29, 2016 at 1:57 pm
Enjoyed the article as a life-long Zappa fan. I am 63 yrs old. Bought Freak Out when it was first released!!! I figure The Residents could also be considered as Bizarro Music!
March 30, 2016 at 11:16 am
Also a champion of Beefheart! Have been carefully absorbing the documentary on YouTube over the past few days, ironically! You could even say that Bonzo Dog were a cross between music and art!
March 30, 2016 at 11:19 am
Gong, and The Fugs, Please!
March 31, 2016 at 12:18 am
It's interesting that the world of Bizarro FICTION so often reaches outside of itself, in what seems to an effort to justify their existence, by showing that their absurdity had forerunners. I'd suggest adding the Marx Bros. and Alfred Jarry.
However, the current state of and interest in Bizarro FICTION has much more to do with the competence and relevance of its current practitioners.
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It's been an unbelievable last hurrah but why can't the real world have Spring Breaks? It only seems fair.
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As some of you may already know...it's Pi Day! You know...the whole 3.14/March 14th thing...right? So naturally I had to share a pie with you. What kind of themed food lover would I be if I didn't give you a pie recipe today?
I also have to dedicate this pie to Miss Ashley from The Uniqueness of Being. She has begged and begged and begged for me to make her a Key Lime Pie. She even requested it as her birthday treat. And like a good friend...I never made it for her. Which I completely blame on the fact that key limes aren't exactly available during winter in New England. And that she abandoned me for Missouri. But either way...I owe this girl a pie.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
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2 tablespoons sugar
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
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- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- To make the filling-Whisk the lime zest and egg yolks in a medium bowl for 2 minutes until frothy. Whisk in the sweetened condensed milk and the lime juice. Set aside at room temperature to let it thicken while you prepare the crust.
- To make the crust-In a medium bowl, stir together the graham cracker crumbs and granulated sugar. While stirring with a fork, slowly drizzle in melted butter. Mix until all of the dry ingredients are moistened. Transfer the crumbs to a 9-inch pie plate and evenly press the crumbs in the bottom of the pan and up the sides. Bake until the crust is fragrant, about 15-18 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool to room temperature.
- Once the crust has cooled to room temperature, pour the filling into the crust. Bake until the center is set, yet slightly jiggly in the middle, about 15 minutes. Return the pie to a wire rack; cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until well-chilled, at least 3 hours.
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Winter is on its way. Along with colder temperatures, this season also brings an overwhelming number of migrating Canada Geese. As a passerby these birds can be innocuous or even charming. However, when it is your land that the geese have claimed as their winter vacation getaway, they suddenly stop seeming so harmless. Not only are geese irritating—they can be dangerous as well. Part of the difficulty with solving the issue of goose infestations is that once a cycle of migration nests on your property, the new generation of geese have already been ingrained to return with each season. When a layperson attempts to deal with a goose infestation on his or her own, without any knowledge of goose behavior, it becomes clear where the saying "a wild goose chase" originates.
Just like the saying hints at, chasing a goose is futile. The key is to be proactive rather than reactive. To be clear, the origin of your problem is not the geese. The problem is that your property is attractive to geese. Take away the geese that are on your land right now and another flock will take its place. This is why solutions like the use of a border collie trained in chasing the geese away only last as long as the border collie.
Likewise, while you might be tempted to do something unsafe and ridiculous like shooting the geese that land on your property this is unnecessary and unhelpful. In addition to the fact that you will possibly be breaking laws and endangering your neighbors by taking this sort of action, you will also find that it has a very minimal, if any, effect on your goose infestation in the long-term. Instead, you will find that you've gained a new pest in addition to your goose problem: people protesting outside your property. Temporary solutions will only prolong your frustration. These types of situations trap you in a never-ending cycle and force you to keep shelling out cash. Products that focus on the environment that you provide rather than the geese who respond favorable to it will be much more effective for a lasting solution.
One thing to keep in mind is that the sooner your take action, the easier it will be to get a quick result. Ideally, you should prep your land before the geese arrive so that they know to travel elsewhere before laying down roots and starting the nesting process. If a full-fledged infestation is already in progress, start strategizing and execute your strategies as soon as possible. The longer the geese stay on your property, the more comfortable they will get. Once a goose realizes what a nice home he has found on your land, it will be much harder to convince him that there are better homes elsewhere.
If you have already let your goose problem go on for a long time it is not too late to solve it.
Environmental and Health Hazards of Goose Infestation
When geese come to your land they bring their appetite with them. They eat everything in their path. When they come in large numbers, as they often do, they can completely strip the land of plant growth. In one report published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , the population of Canada Geese at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge started at 350 in 1989 and jumped to 5,000 by 2007. This population required approximately one half-pound of food per adult goose each day. The geese at said refuge ravaged the tender roots of aquatic plants, over-browsed the ground vegetation and contributed to a 40% loss at the refuge's cornfields this past year. This problem was made worse when compounded with the fact that this ravenous eating leads to copious waste.
In the case of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, bird fecal waste leached into the water and degraded the water quality. Build up on the local driveways and parking areas of the visitor center was actually deemed a safety hazard due to the possibility of a slip-and-fall accident. Still, the most disturbing aspect of the waste from geese is that a plethora of avian diseases are passable to humans and fecal matter is rife with the possibility for transmission. While you may not have a population of geese as large as the wildlife refuge, you probably also do not have the resources that it is able to provide the existing geese. It is clear from this example that geese will populate an area until its resources are used up.
Solutions to Goose Infestation:
The first step to dealing with an infestation of geese is to get as much information on the population as possible. When do they arrive? What direction do they come from? Where are they settling? What are the environmental factors that make your land appealing to the geese? It will be easier to strategize ways to combat the problem if you have a full understanding of what the problem consists of. Start with a clean slate and get rid of all evidence: nests, fledglings, droppings, dead birds, and the residual scent – adult birds will return to protect their young, or to a familiar, "marked" scent. Also remove food spillage, garbage, nesting material and other items that make eating and nest-building easy.
You must consider that, like you, birds are multi-sensory. Just like you can put up with an irritation if an environment is appealing overall, geese will also stick around if you only approach the problem from one direction. Be prepared to take a synergistic approach that challenges all the senses:
Sight: Sight aversions are designed to look like predators. While some sight scare aversions are virtually useless due to the fact that geese become accustomed to their presence, others have been modified for maximum effectiveness. Rather than the traditional statue of an owl, try a balloon with mylar eyes. These are designed so that the eyes appear to follow any goose within a given area. Rather than sitting on the ground, they can be hung in trees so that they blow in the wind and move as a real predator would. For even more impact, they can be moved periodically to keep the geese from getting used to them. Also, holographic tape can be useful as the geese will feel ill-at-ease as the reflection changes with the light. Sight scare tactics are an economical and easy approach to dealing with bird troubles. They are very effective especially if you have a smaller property.
Smell: Geese utilize something called the trigeminal system which is similar to our sense of smell. A constituent of concord grapes has been found to be so unappealing to Canada geese that it actually seems to overwhelm them to the point that they are driven away from the treated environment. Despite its dramatic effect on bird infestation it has been used by the food and drug industry for over 40 years to flavor candy, sodas, gums, and drugs, is listed by the US FDA as "Generally Recognized As Safe" (GRAS), and is classified by the US EPA as "reduced risk".
Touch: For specific areas that you would like to protect, netting can be used to block an area off from geese.
Taste: Products that utilize the same part of concord grapes that were mentioned in the
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Sound: There are goose-specific sound devices that project the sound of distress calls into an area. While many companies carry sonic bird control devices they are not all created equal. In fact, all but one of these sonic devices uses distress calls that were recorded in a laboratory environment. As a result, the calls obtained by the researchers are not the same calls a flock would use to signify real, immediate danger in the wilderness and are, therefore, less effective. Bird-X manufactures and distributes the first and only sonic goose repeller with varied recordings obtained from the wild has been developed by Dr. Philip Whitford after 23 years of research in Canada goose behavior and vocal communications. This includes the very rare "alarm call" which is elicited for only the most dire emergencies.
These devices are especially useful if you have a large property or farm which is otherwise difficult to monitor. One unit covers 5-7 acres of land and adding another unit extends the coverage to 15-21 acres. After a couple scares geese will remember you're your area is considered unsafe and find another, safer environment for when they are molting and nesting—times when they are most vulnerable.


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Linguistics 001 Lecture 2 Persectives and Approaches
What is linguistics?
Here are two answers from The sci.lang FAQ :
The scientific study of human language, including:
Phonetics (physical
nature of speech)
Or, carving it up another way:
Theoretical linguistics
(pure and simple: how languages work)
The first set of six categories -- from phonetics to pragmatics -- divides up the study of the linguistic system itself. Each category focuses on a different level of description and analysis. Research that spans two levels, or deals explicitly with their relationship, may rate a compound designator. This is especially common with morphology, since word structure is inevitably tied both to sentence structure -- morphosyntax -- and to word-related effects on sound structure -- morphophonology.
The second list of categories -- theoretical, historical, socio- etc. -- tells us about possible connections between linguistics and external topics. Each of this second set of linguistic subdisciplines can in principle deal with any of the six levels of description in the first set. Thus sociolinguists study the social dimensions of pronunciation (phonetics or phonology), word and sentence structure (morphology and syntax), conversational styles (pragmatics), and so on. Psycholinguists have studied perception, production and learning of a similar range of topics. The list of topics related to language or language use is open-ended, and so the second list could be extended almost indefinitely (forensic linguistics, neurolinguistics, metrics, other applications in literary studies, etc.)
Theoretical linguistics is distinguished by focusing not on any external topics, but rather on the nature of the linguistic system in and of itself. Linguistic theory again can deal with any of the six levels of analysis. We can also cite the category of descriptive linguistics, which aims to create systematic descriptions of the facts of particular languages, and again deals with any or all of the analytic levels.
Follow this link for examples of the distinctions among levels of description.
Follow this one for examples of different connections to external topics.
What is language?
For most linguists, language is the pattern of human speech, and the (implicit) systems that speaking and listening rely on.
Other phenomena come to be called "language" because of more or less
close connections or analogies to this central case: writing, sign languages,
computer languages, the language of dolphins or bees. The ordinary-language
meaning of the word reflects this process of extension from a speech-related
core . The etymology of the word, from Fr. langue "tongue," makes
the same point.
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
Note that the phenomena named by the extended senses are quite different from one another. Writing is a system of transcription for speech. Deaf sign languages are an expression in a different medium of the same underlying human capabilities and needs as spoken language. Computer languages are artificial systems with some formal analogies (of debatable significance) to the systems underlying human speech.
Some linguists think that the boundary between the patterns of spoken language and other modes of communication is not a sharp one, or even that it is entirely artificial. For them, the extended senses of the word "language" belong to the same subject matter as the core sense. A larger proportion of poets, philosophers and religious thinkers agree with them, often going on to view language as magically connected to the world it describes: In the beginning was the word...
The core of the field of linguistics has always been the analysis of
linguistic structure, and this course will introduce the basic concepts
of this disciplinary core. However, there is much intellectual, practical
and human interest in other aspects of the study of language, and we'll
survey these as well.
Connections to other disciplines
Linguistics has many more or less obvious connections with other disciplines, some of which we've just mentioned. Psychologists study how language is learned and used. Anthropologists and sociologists examine the role of language in culture and society. Philosophers are interested in the nature of sense and reference. Computer scientists try to develop artificial models of the structures and processes involved in language use. Physiologists want to understand how language is produced and perceived by the brain, mouth and ear. Criminologists and literary scholars face the problem of determining the authorship of a particular spoken or written document.
Some of these connections are made within linguistics itself. For instance, the Penn linguistics department includes specialists in sociolingustics, psycholinguistics, historical linguistics and computational linguistics. In other cases, the work may be carried out within another field, or at least another department -- neurology, psychology, computer science, philosophy, anthropology, history -- perhaps in consultation with a card-carrying linguist.
We could continue the list of connections almost indefinitely, and could also expand each item at length. During the course, we'll point out numerous connections of this kind.
Some wider conceptual and mathematical connections
In addition to these direct connections of subject matter, linguistics shares terminology, conceptual approaches, practical techniques and mathematical methods with other disciplines, often in ways that are less obvious.
We will give only a few illustrative examples here.
Semiotics is the study of signs and signalling systems. It was developed around the turn of the 20th century by the philosopher C.S. Peirce, the linguist Ferdinand de Saussure and others. It provides a general framework for thinking about meaning and communication, and many technical terms for expressing such thoughts. As a result, semiotic concepts and terminology are used in fields as diverse as anthropology, computer science and the history of art.
One example of useful semiotic terminology is the opposition among syntax (the relations among signs in combination), semantics (the relations between signs and the things they refer to), and pragmatics (the relations between signs and their users or circumstances of use). Here is a contemporary example of the distinction between syntax and semantics used in an essay about dangers to computer networks.
Another example is the provided by the categories of index (a
sign that alludes to what it signifies through some sort of causal link),
icon (a sign that ressembles what it signifies) and symbol (a
sign connected to what it signifies by arbitrary convention).
Models of speech production and perception are developed both for scientific and technological reasons. Speech technology has become a large field, with increasingly broad applications. Much of speech technology involves particular applications of very general techniques, such as signal processing or statistical pattern recognition. The comp.speech FAQ provides an excellent overview.
Some myths and facts about language
There are plenty of valid controversies about language.
Some questions are entirely political: should governments try to accommodate speakers of minority languages? how important is it to maintain rigorous standards of usage? is it bad to borrow words from another languages rather than inventing native ones?
Other questions are factual, though they have immediate practical consequences: does bilingual education work? what are the consequences of oral education for deaf children? to what extent can ordinary citizens understand legal contracts? how well do computer speech recognition systems work?
A third set of questions are mainly interesting to those who care about
language itself:
Reasonable and informed people can and do disagree about these and innumerable
other linguistic issues. Particular arguments may be illogical, or particular
claims may be false, as in any debate, but our state of knowledge leaves
room for a range of opinions.
In some cases, the "flat earth" position is only held by exceptionally ignorant people, and gives rise to jokes with punch lines like "if English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me." However, there are plenty of misconceptions about language among otherwise reasonable people, not to mention French literary theorists or popular pundits. These are worth calling myths.
Here are some examples of linguistic myths from the sci.lang FAQ.
A couple of other examples:
Myth: speech and writing are parallel forms of linguistic expression,
different but equally fundamental types of text.
Myth: non-standard dialects are degraded and errorful versions
of standard languages.
Myth: Primitive cultures have primitive languages, at a lower
level of development and less well able to express a wide range of ideas.
La terre est-elle vraiment plate?
Yes, Jacques Derrida really believes that writing both "precedes and follows speech, it comprehends it," and that "there is no linguistic sign before writing," because "a certain model of writing was necessarily but provisionally imposed ... as instrument and technique of representation of a system of language. And ... this movement, unique in style, was so profound that it permitted the thinking, within language, of concepts like those of the sign, technique, representation, language."
This leads him to conclude that
"[t]he system of writing in general is not exterior to the system of language in general, unless it is granted that the division between the exterior and the interior passes through the interior of the interior or the exterior of the exterior, to the point where the immanence of language is essentially exposed to the intervention of forces that are apparently alien to its system." (all quotes from a translation of Of Grammatology)
It's hard to argue with that -- if only because Derrida seems determined
to prove by example his hypothesis that texts have no intrinsic meaning.
However, one wonders how this perspective can make sense of the grammatical
system of Panini,
developed (in India around 600 BC) entirely orally, for the codification
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Jamie and I played this game of War of the Ring last week, where I unleashed my new Ancient Dragon in its inaugural feast.
I had a Misty Mountains list with:
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- 6 Coy of Giant Spiders
- Ancient Dragon
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- Elphar (Isildur)
- Faramir
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- 2 * 3 Coy of Axeman of Lossnarch
- 3 * 3 Coy Knights
Below is a picture just after the first turn, where Jamie's Right Flank has rushed forward led by Aragorn and is busy mashing up the Black Shields. Meanwhile the Dragon and Druzhag (with Spiders) have moved up to burn and cast lots of Ruin spells at the wall of Warriors of Minas Tirith in front of them.
Now I have managed to skip forward a few turns as some of the photo's didn't come out right. Basically Aragorn and Friends have mashed the Black Shield Goblins while Druzhag and the Spiders wiped out the Warriors in front of them and then Thunderous Charged into the flank of a unit of Cavalry smashing them to a paste. Meanwhile the Dragon has leaped over the Warriors, Tremored the Axemen and Cavalry, survived a Challenge and then proceeded to eat lots of Axemen before hoping over them to complete the job.
The Dastardly Aragorn has called an Epic Challenge, and Druzhag is a moron and accepts it (IE: Failed his courage roll) and leads his Spider unit off to get killed by the King. Meanwhile the Cav at the top of the photo flank the Archers (who have done some good work so far) and start to crush them while the Dragon finishes off the Axemen. Summoned Spiders don't do a whole lot (as I rolled up one base) but kill a few axemen from the second unit. Druzhags spells kill some of Aragorns Warriors and then Aragorn's unit gets the drop on my Spiders (eeek!) and unsurprisingly fails to kill them all. After this the Dragon lands near them and his spells combined with Druzhags spells wreak bloody ruin on the Warriors but Jamie pins the Dragon in place with Farimirs Cavalry (seen lurking below the house) and the other Axemen unit. The Dragon is badly wounded (as in on 12 wound counters!) but eats a heap Men.
At this point the Cavalry on the Hill have killed the Archers, The Dragon had eaten the Warriors and then leaped up the hill and roasted the Cavalry. Faramirs Cavalry charges up the hill at the fell monstrosity but the duel fails and the beast eats them all before they can fight.
The weary bloody Dragon eyes the last remnants and wonders if he can be bothered eating them...
And decides he likes the taste of man flesh and charges in after a bit of Ruin Casting and kills them all before they can fight.
Adding the Dragon surely added a distinctive element to the game, and keeping my precious Wyrm from Aragorn helped. I'm sure the King will have a spot of Dragon Hunting next time!
So on the first day the Dragon ate some Men, and then on the next few days some more men and Horses. On the Sixth day the Dragon ate a whole lot of Men and then a King, so on the Seventh day he was full, and needed a sleep.


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Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Odissi: Inner life of an Indian dancer
An upcoming dance performance in the city will explore the inner world of Indian classical dancers through Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Odissi dance forms.art and culture Updated: Jul 13, 2016 19:49 IST
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A rasik of Indian classical dance might wonder what goes in the mind of the dancer. An upcoming dance drama will give its audience a glimpse into the inner world of the female dancers of India.
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Read: Foreigners throng Capital to learn Indian classical dance forms
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Organised by the NGO AIM for Seva, in association with Odissi Vision & Movement Centre, the theme of the dance production this year is Temple Dance Traditions. Apasara, the celestial dancers, occupy a dominant space in Indian mythology. The temple dancers, the court dancers and other professional dancers of the past consider themselves the incarnations of the Apsaras. They are the Vidyadharis, who exist simultaneously in the mystic and the real worlds and engage in intimate dialogue with the abstract and bring the essence of it to the common man.
Read: Why Delhi is India's new culture hub
Elements such as the multiple voices of the narrator along with the art of puppetry and Pinnal Pollattam, a traditional folk dance of Tamil Nadu which is performed during the harvesting season, will heighten the viewing experience.
WHAT: Antar-Yatra – The Journey Within Where: Kamani Auditorium, 1 Copernicus Marg, New Delhi
WHERE: Kamani Auditorium, Mandi House
WHEN: July 27
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"Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man." -- Heidegger
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For development purposes however I'll continue to use the Glassfish webserver on my desktop computer as this one can easily be integrated into Netbeans while Jetty is currently not supported. I'll also add a Netbeans build command which automatically copies the compiled .war website to the Jetty webserver so that I only need to "git push-pull" my code after compilation if I wanted to test it on the Raspberry-pi.
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This week however I'll be writing more text for the thesis than writing program code, and next weekend I'm visiting the south coast of Portugal in between Faro and Sagres. Até à proxima!


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Josh Johnson faced a split squad Braves team in Florida yesterday. But he still had to face the two Upton brothers and Heyward. The results were about as impressive as you could ask for. He pitched three and two-thirds innings and yielded no hits and no walks and struck out five. He has yet to walk a batter this spring and his strikeout to walk ratio is eight to zero. Yes, it is spring and it doesn't count. But, dang, that is impressive. Brandon Morrow has a five to one strikeout to walk ratio this spring. If these two stay healthy, the Toronto Blue Jays could have one of the best one-two punches in baseball.
The knock on Josh Johnson for all these years is that he could not stay healthy. And indeed, four of his eight seasons have included him missing significant time. But, boy, when he has been healthy, he has been impressive. Well...that is until 2012. Suddenly, he looked quite ordinary despite staying healthy all of 2012. But his season was not quite as bad as the 8-14 record and the 3.81 ERA indicated. His FIP was lower at 3.40 and his WHIP was fairly respectable at 1.280.
Johnson's struggles could have been trying to rebound from only making nine appearances from the year before. Now removed a year from his injury troubles of 2011, Johnson could be poised to start reeling off the kind of numbers that made everyone drool for a few seasons.
I have been a champion of Brandon Morrow for years now. And he has also had some injury issues. He missed twelve more starts in 2012. But in the 21 starts he did make, he started to show that he was really putting it together. I've always thought his stuff was better than his results. He throws six different pitches and five of them are above average. His fastball hums along with an average over 93 MPH.
And like I said, the results started to show last year. His WHIP was 1.115, an excellent number. He only gave up 7.1 hits per nine innings. His ERA was probably a little deceiving at 2.96 as his FIP was seventy-five points higher due mostly to a very low BABIP and a bit of a dip in his strikeout rate.
But I believe in this guy and I always have. So, as I am looking at the pair of Morrow and Johnson, I see a dynamic duo waiting to happen. As always, the health of the pair will be a key. But if both stay healthy? Look out.
And if that happens with R.A. Dickey and Mark Buehrle behind them, this Blue Jays team suddenly looks quite dangerous. The Blue Jays have to forget the money they have invested in Rickey Romero and scrap him from the rotation. Romero's spring numbers look as bad as his numbers from last season. He just has nothing in his bag of tricks that can get people out right now. J.A. Happ can probably hold the fifth position down better than Romero at this point. It wouldn't take much.
But again, how can Toronto fans not be excited? If Dickey is anywhere close to where he was last year and Morrow and Johnson can blow through lineups, this team is silly in how good it can be. Most people look at the Marlins last year and point to how a good team on paper can fall flat in the season. But the same can be said the other way around. The Nationals were good on paper and were even more terrific in the season. Sometimes the talent pans out to what it looks like it should.
The Blue Jays look like that kind of team. And it all starts with Brandon Morrow and Josh Johnson. The two are ridiculously talented. They just need to put it together for one full season of healthy pitching. Both are good enough to win a Cy Young Award. If one of them does, remember that I'll be saying, "Told you so."


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DISCOVER the magic of mosses when you take a closer look at these fascinating plants found in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Join Mossin' Annie,local expert and WNC native, for a FUN and INFORMATIVE hike as you go... "mossin' in the woods."
Offered by Mountain Moss Enterprises
Saturdays and Sundays in October and November
10 am & 1 pm
Holmes Educational State Forest
$20 Adults, $15 Students, Free for kids under 5
While many folks like MOSS, few people have ever had this opportunity to learn about the variety of types and distinctive botanical characteristics of WNC's 450 bryophytes including mosses, liverworts and hornworts. Mossin' Annie will highlight common types with recognizable features for identification. Moss Hikers are encouraged to bring your own close-up loupe or magnifying glass to enable taking a closer look.
Morning hikes begin at 10 am and afternoon hikes start at 1 pm. Thanksgiving holiday hikes available to groups upon request. Contact Mossin' Annie to schedule your own special event on weekdays or during holidays. MOSS HIKES last about 2 hours. Moss Hikers should meet ½ hour in advance of each scheduled hike. Plenty of parking is available. We'll meet at the small outdoor amphitheater in the center area of the parking lot.
The trail is moderate but be prepared to bushwhack as we venture to off-trail sites. Dress appropriately in layers and bring back-up rain gear. Hikes conducted RAIN or SHINE. Mosses love the rain, right?
MOSS HIKES are open to ALL ages. Children and adults will delight at these miniature plants and have FUN learning about their unique botanical characteristics. Friendly DOGS are welcome – if you keep them leashed.
Children under 5 Free
Payment with cash or by check is expected when you arrive. If you wish to pay with a credit card, contact Mossin' Annie at least 2 days in advance and a PayPal payment process will be provided.
***IMPORTANT***To reserve your spot, please contact Mossin' Annie in advance via email (firstname.lastname@example.com) or by phone (828-577-1321) to check on space availability for each hike. Space for each hike is limited. While walk-ins will be welcome, it is recommended that you CALL first to make sure there is still room for you and your group.
Holmes Educational State Forest is conveniently located between Brevard and Hendersonville at 1299 Crab Creek Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739. This forest is a magnificent resource in western North Carolina featuring the "talking tree" trail and an informative museum with exhibits, The Forest Center. Bring a picnic and enjoy secluded picnic tables for families as well as a picnic shelter which is available to groups by reservation. Holmes is located near Dupont State Forest and Pisgah National Forest. Turn off #64 near Penrose onto Crab Creek Road. Holmes is 5.75 miles on your right.
MOSS HIKES are offered by Mountain Moss Enterprises which is owned and operated by Annie Martin, WNC native. We are committed to sharing our expertise through educational outreach with others to learn about the environmental advantages of mosses as horticultural choices in sustainable landscapes. We respect our forest resources and we practice responsible land stewardship. Mountain Moss is certified as a nursery and native plant harvester by the NCDA (Licenses #6506 and #5291). Check out other sections of our Web site to learn more about mosses and Mountain Moss' products and services.
FOR MORE INFO: http://mountainmoss.com/test/educational-outreach/moss-hikes/
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BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - There are some steps to take to avoid tripping up over one of the most hated job interview questions, according to Harvard Business Review.
The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from Harvard Business Review and HBR.org www.hbr.org. Any opinions expressed are not endorsed by Reuters.
"One of the most hated, yet frequently asked, interview questions is, 'What is your greatest weakness?' We all have faults, but the last place we want to talk about them is in a job interview.
Next time you are up for a job, take these three steps to prepare for this dreaded question:
1. Prepare an answer. Yes, you need one. Make it brief, honest, trivial, and not a fault. If possible, use something out of your control. For example, 'My biggest weakness is that my professional network is in Boston, but I'm looking to relocate to Los Angeles.'
2. Get input. Run your answer by a few friends and colleagues to make sure it sounds reasonable.
3. Ask a question back. In the interview, deflect the attention away from you by ending your response with a question for the interviewer."
-Today's management tip was adapted from "The Worst Interview Question (and How to Answer It)" by Priscilla Claman.
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First it was bars, restaurants and office buildings. Now the front lines of the "No Smoking" battle have moved outdoors.
City parks, public beaches, college campuses and other outdoor venues across the country are putting up signs telling smokers they can't light up. Outdoor smoking bans have nearly doubled in the last five years, with the tally now at nearly 2,600 and more are in the works.
But some experts question the main rationale for the bans, saying there's not good medical evidence that cigarette smoke outdoors can harm the health of children and other passers-by.
Whether it is a long-term health issue for a lot of people "is still up in the air," said Neil Klepeis, a Stanford University researcher whose work is cited by advocates of outdoor bans.
Ronald Bayer, a Columbia University professor, put it in even starker terms.
"The evidence of a risk to people in open-air settings is flimsy," he said.
There are hundreds of studies linking indoor secondhand smoke to health problems like heart disease. That research has bolstered city laws and workplace rules that now impose smoking bans in nearly half of the nation's bars, restaurants and workplaces.
In contrast, there's been little study of the potential dangers of whiffing secondhand smoke while in the open air. But that hasn't stopped outdoor bans from taking off in the last five years. The rules can apply to playgrounds, zoos, beaches and ball fields, as well as outdoor dining patios, bus stops and building doorways.
"Secondhand smoke is harmful. It's particularly harmful to children," said Councilwoman Mary Cheh of the District of Columbia, one of more than 90 U.S. municipalities or counties considering an outdoor smoking law.
But is it really dangerous outdoors?
Federal health officials say yes. Studies have clearly established that even a brief exposure indoors to cigarette smoke can cause blood to become sticky and more prone to clotting. How long that lasts after just one dose isn't clear, officials say. The best-known studies so far have measured only up to about a day afterward.
Repeated exposures are more dangerous, and can worsen your cholesterol, increase the odds of plaque building in arteries, and raise the risk of chest pain, weakness, or heart attack.
Health officials say there's no reason to think that can't happen from breathing in smoke outdoors.
"There's no risk-free level of secondhand smoke," said Brian King, an expert on secondhand smoke with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
However, it's hard to pin down the health effects of outdoor smoke. There have been some studies — fewer than a dozen — that tried to measure how much secondhand smoke can be found outdoors. Some have found levels that rival what people may breathe indoors, depending on which way the wind is blowing or whether there's an overhang or sheltered area that can trap smoke. One study detected significant fumes as far as 44 feet away from a smoker.
"If you can smell it, it's obviously there," said James Repace, a Maryland-based scientist-consultant who's done some of the outdoor studies.
Two small studies tested about two dozen nonsmokers at a smoky outdoor dining area in Athens, Ga. The saliva tests detected significant jumps in cotinine, a substance produced when the body metabolizes nicotine.
That doesn't mean it's causing chronic illness, though. Repace thinks only two kinds of people may face a serious health risk outdoors — those with severe asthma and staff at outdoor cafes where smoking is allowed.
Indeed, health advocates in some places have focused on sites like sidewalk cafes, feeling they can't make the case for beaches or open-air parks.
"We only get involved where there's a real health risk," said Flory Doucas, co-director of Canada's Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control.
Still, cigarette smoke in a place like a park can be a nuisance to some, just like loud music or dog waste.
That's how Roger Montiel of Atlanta views it.
"I don't really like the smell and I don't like it blowing in my face. If I'm enjoying a day at the park, I'd rather it not be part of that experience," he said while walking through a downtown park recently.
That's good enough reason for outdoor bans, Repace said. "People don't have to be dropping dead for you to regulate something," he said.
Well, not so fast, said Simon Chapman, an Australian researcher. He once won a prestigious American Cancer Society award for his anti-smoking efforts and formerly was editor of a medical journal focused on smoking's dangers. But in recent years he's become a vocal opponent to wide-ranging outdoor smoking bans.


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DENVER—In about 30 days, President Barack Obama will discover how politically difficult his last two years in office will be—and he has good reason to worry.
Democrats boast a set of experienced, battle-tested Senate candidates, strong turnout operations and social issues they are exploiting aggressively. They've been handed a valuable wild card in staunchly conservative Kansas, where an aging Republican incumbent suddenly faces trouble against an attractive independent.
But Republicans entered the homestretch close to the six seats they need to recapture a Senate majority. And in some battleground states—like this one—polls show them inching even closer.


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Monroe's crystalline voice is capable of lifting the heaviest of lyrics, but it doesn't sell half-baked S&M.And the finale, "You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter)," only suffers from bad timing.
Major label artists Zac Brown and Chris Stapleton also appear on the record.
So do the independently-signed Jason Isbell and Holly Williams.
So if you're already hooked on ABC's twangy record biz soap opera "Nashville," why not lean your ear toward the real deal? Pistol Annies, her fiery trio with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley, have promised a sophomore effort in the months ahead, where Monroe will likely continue to play the foil to her brassier bandmates.
(She's also sung alongside Will Hoge, Wanda Jackson and Jack White, whom she first met by asking for his autograph at the airport.) But on her own, Monroe reprises the old-school balladry of Keith Whitley and the emotive oomph of Pam Tillis.
But with the rise of acts like Leon Bridges and the Alabama Shakes, the rock and roll side of the roots world is experiencing a tremendous upsurge, similar to how the string band sector became hot a few years ago with Mumford & Sons—though this Muscle Shoals vibe feels much more sustainable in the long-term.


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Whenever a defendant has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, or there is reason to doubt his or her competency, the court must appoint a qualified expert or professional person, who shall be approved by the prosecuting attorney, to evaluate and report upon the mental condition of the defendant. Wash. Rev. Code § 10.77.060.
Representation of witnesses: A victim who is incapacitated or otherwise incompetent shall be represented by a parent or present legal guardian, or if none exists, by a representative designated by the prosecuting attorney without court appointment or legal guardianship proceedings. Wash. Rev. Code § 7.69.040.
Accommodations: "Dependent persons" (includes I/DD) are afforded particular rights including: having language explained to them, allowing advocate to be present in court, etc. Wash. Rev. Code § 7.69B.020.
Witnesses: The court may allow a dependent person's testimony to be videotaped if the moving party shows that it is likely that the dependent person will be unavailable to testify at a subsequent trial. The court's finding shall be based upon, at a minimum, recommendations from the dependent person's physician or any other person having direct contact with the dependent person and whose recommendations are based on specific behavioral indicators exhibited by the dependent person. Wash. Rev. Code § 7.69B.030.
In no case shall a person be sentenced to death if the person had an intellectual disability at the time the crime was committed. A diagnosis of intellectual disability shall be documented by a licensed psychiatrist or licensed psychologist designated by the court, who is an expert in the diagnosis and evaluation of intellectual disabilities. The defense must establish an intellectual disability by a preponderance of the evidence and the court must make a finding as to the existence of an intellectual disability. "Intellectual disability" means the individual has: (i) Significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning; (ii) existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior; and (iii) both significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning and deficits in adaptive behavior were manifested during the developmental period. "General intellectual functioning" means the results obtained by assessment with one or more of the individually administered general intelligence tests developed for the purpose of assessing intellectual functioning. "Significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning" means intelligence quotient seventy or below. Wash. Rev. Code § 10.95.030.
Intake standards for juveniles: on intake, juveniles should be evaluated to determine detention is warranted, whether the juvenile is developmentally disabled, and if detention is warranted, whether the juvenile should be placed in secure, nonsecure, or home detention to implement the goals of this section. Wash. Rev. Code § 13.40.040.
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I haven't really done a Baking Buys post in a while, I've been trying not to add too much to my overflowing baking room at the moment, but as soon as I heard about the new silicone moulds at Sew White, I couldn't resist. I've had a few products from them already so knew I was on to a winner with my recent order.
They're silicone moulds are great and really reasonably priced too as you know I love my eBay so it's rare I actually use proper shops but in all honestly Sew White is one of my favourites, everything is so pretty! I use my button moulds all of the time and the 3D ones are super cute and regularly make an appearance in my kitchen :)
So now to the shopping, I got three lovely items - all silicone, a robots mould (£6), chocolate pots mould (£6) and a spoons mould (£3.99)
The robots were definitely the item I was most excited about, I'm such a consumer I love the fact the mould is green! I knew these would go down a treat with various boy family member and also some work friends so I couldn't resist trying them out with the recipe in this post.
The chocolate pots mould will be really useful for dinner parties, especially around Christmas when I'm trying to show off at dessert time filling them with ice cream or even mousse, nom!
And as for the spoons mould, there are so many ideas, Sew White herself has a brilliant idea about baking gingerbread in them which would be brilliant in coffee or hot chocolate. All of the silicone bakeware can be baked in which I just think is brilliant, robot biscuits next perhaps?
So of course I just HAD to try one of these out, I couldn't wait until I actually had a reason I just wanted to use them! :D So I decided to go for the robots, I will probably use these the most for chocolates, but there's no real recipe or fun to that for this post so thought I would try something different. I found a lovely Nigella recipe for chocolate and pistachio fudge, however I don't think these actually turned out like fudge...more like solid ganache...but still yummy! They looked brilliant as robots, am now thinking most treats should have an interesting shape, shortbread spoons maybe?
Anyway Sew White is offering 10% off at the moment with the Great British Bake Off inspiring us, use the code 'gbbo' at the checkout to snap something up, valid until the end of the series!
Chocolate and Pistachio Robots
- 350g/12oz dark chocolate, at least 70 per cent cocoa solids, chopped
- 1 x 397g/14oz can condensed milk
- 30g/1oz butter
- pinch salt
- 150g/5¼oz unsalted pistachios, shells removed, or spend an hour shelling them like me!
Place the chopped chocolate, condensed milk, butter
and salt into a heavy-based pan over a low heat and stir until melted
and well combined.
Place the nuts into a freezer bag and bash them with a rolling pin, until broken up into some large and some small pieces.
Add the nuts to the melted chocolate mixture and stir well.
Pour the mixture into a the moulds or cake tin and smooth over.
Let the fudge cool, then refrigerate until set.
Push out the robots and cut fudge in the tin into small pieces approximately 3cm x 2cm/1¼in x ¾in.
Once cut, the fudge can be kept in the freezer - there's no need to thaw, just eat straight away.
Recipe adapted from BBC Food.


text: Hi A friend of mine has a iPod Touch G1. The problem is that on iTunes the songs and albums have cover art but some on the Touch have missing cover art. My friend has done the usual Get Album Art. But on the touch it does not show even though it's showing on iTunes. It has been updated to the latest firmware also the latest iTunes also. Any ideas what the problem is and any fix to this. Thanks


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The Ministry of Finance has not released any official guidance on the scope of the planned amendments to Poland's network of income tax treaties in advance of the scheduled signing on 7 June 2017 of the multilateral convention for implementing measures in the OECD's base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) Action 15.
The amendments to be introduced by the multilateral convention concern four main areas:
In Poland, the publication of information about the effects on Poland's tax treaties affected by the multilateral convention are expected no earlier than after the official signing ceremony on 7 June 2017. It is expected that ratification of the convention by Poland would significantly affect the income tax treaty provisions, and that modifications to the treaties could be expected.
Read a June 2017 report [PDF 385 KB] prepared by the KPMG member firm in Poland
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According to Hollywood, a romantic atmosphere requires an abundance of red rose petals scattered across a bed, a bottle of expensive champagne, a sea of flickering candles, and a ballad on the stereo. In reality, romance isn't about flowers and chocolates. Romance is about mindfulness and communication. We at Liberator have found that the most romantic moments in our lives occur when you design a night for your partner rather than a romantic comedy. If you're having trouble setting the scene, our favorite method for decorating for that special evening is to engage all five of your partner's senses.
Your goal is to dress the room in a feast for your partner's eyes, so start by asking yourself a few questions about his or her preferences. Does he like sexy undergarments? Does she prefer dimmed lights? If you're looking for an alluring presentation, the Esse and Esse Chaise offer curves that accentuate the curves of a woman. Stretch out and elongate your body to let your lover bask in your beauty.
If you're more in the mood for something spicy, snuggle up and watch an erotic film together. Or, sometimes what you can't see can be even more appealing, so try adding a blindfold to your foreplay and make your own erotic film.
Scent is often a powerful link to memory and is an excellent tool to use when staging a romantic night. If she has a favorite candle that she lights, get a couple of extra to spread about the room. You could also try adding a Jimmyjane Afterglow or Kama Sutra Love Lights Massage Candle to the mix. Both melt into sensual massage oil to use for later. Also, if your partner loves a certain scent on you, spray a little on. She'll begin to associate that fragrance with passion and pleasure every time she smells it.
Music can be a great addition to any romantic evening when used properly. If he has a favorite song, turn it up, but avoid the radio. Nothing kills a mood faster than a commercial for car insurance. Check out our post on the hottest songs of the past year for some sexy songs to get you started.
If you and your partner aren't into a soundtrack during your lovemaking, try playing on this sense in a different way by reading from an erotic book or novel. Fifty Shades of Grey is popular for a reason—and it isn't her writing style!
Our favorite way to ignite passion is to verbally describe what you would like your partner to do to you or vice versa. Remember not all sound has to be loud; whisper in your lover's ear for an intimate way to share naughty secrets. Of course, if you do enjoy your pleasure loud and clear, do it with gusto so that even the neighbors will be able to hear you.
Strawberries and whipped cream with champagne are the traditional aphrodisiacs to tickle your partner's palette, but there are many other ways to include taste in your evening. Take your partner's favorite flavors into account and turn your bodies into a banquet by incorporating your food into your foreplay.
How about serving sushi with you as the platter? Or try channeling your inner Picasso by painting your partner's body with the Bijoux Indiscrets Poeme Body Paint and then lick off your masterpiece with your tongue. Your personal lubricants can also be injected with flavor. Try Sensuva Lic-O-Licous Oral Delite Cream or the Masque Flavored Gel Strips, which neutralize and conceal the taste of semen. For localized erogenous zones, the Sensuva Sizzle Lips Edible Warming Gel adds a heat that makes your massage out of this world and tastes delicious.
Your romantic night will involve a heady amount of touch, so we recommend amplifying that particular sense as much as possible. If she loves silky sheets, slip them on the bed. We promise a sensual massage will always be welcome, particularly when you use a high quality oil such as the Good Clean Love Oil.
You can also try stroking your partner with a finger vibe such as the Jimmyjane Hello Touch to have every touch make her tremble. Or incorporate a couples massager such as the LELO Tiani 3 Couples Massager or the We-Vibe Sync so your can share in the intensity and feed off each other's vibrations. Of course, there is always pleasure in what you can't touch, so we also recommend checking out our LeatherWorks line for the newest and softest leather restraints.


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First, let me just tell you why I am all a'flutter:
- We have a paper by doctors, for doctors to give to our doctors. Without something solid in JAMA or some peer-reviewed journal, some doctors won't give any credence to the idea that they could actually misdiagnose a miscarriage. I know, you're saying, but what about all the stories from women who have been misdiagnosed? They are purely anecdotal to some physicians and they just won't listen. Now, we can print out the new guidelines and take them in!
- It's all about the gestational sac! We need to quit worrying about hCG levels (they can rise, plateau and fall and still be normal). We can quit worrying about looking one to two weeks behind. Finally, doctors are getting it, measurements can vary from one tech to another tech to another tech. Measurements, not so important. What is important is watching the gestational sac grow. If it is growing, keep monitoring once a week until it gets over 25mm and, then, wait one more week for a follow-up ultrasound to verify. What a coincidence, eh, that that puts most women in the nine-week range which is what we've been saying for years. A blighted ovum should NOT be even suggested before nine weeks.
- Most Importantly, if doctor's follow these new guidelines, many babies will be saved and many women will be spared the fear and stress that comes alongside a possible miscarriage misdiagnosis
- Oh, and one more, I can retire from the misdiagnosed miscarriage business! Okay, well, there will still be misdiagnosed miscarriages. Although most are misdiagnosed blighted ova, I do talk to women who are misdiagnosed for other reasons (i.e. ectopic, molar, bleeding, etc...) but this would definitely give me a bit more free time!
If you want to know more about these guidelines, check out one of the following links:
CG154 Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: full guideline - the study I'm all a'flutter over (take note, clicking this link will download this as a pdf)
Misdiagnosed Miscarriage? The UK Has Changed their Guidelines. Your Doctor Needs to Take Note. (this also happens to be my previous post)
New Blighted Ovum Guidelines! You ARE Being Diagnosed Too Soon! - a page I put together to help women understand the new blighted ovum guidelines


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Baboesjka is a cushion with many options coming from Russian roots: there the word is a term of endearment, while Dutch manufacturer fatboy uses it for authentic cushions with a contemporary look.
The cushion set by Fatboy can be transformed wonderfully: from one piece emerges another, just like the Russian matryoshka dolls. Depending on how the three sponge-filled Baboesjka cushions are arranged, a completely independent image can be created.
The fabric on the Baboesjka-cushions is UV-resistant, and dirt and moisture-resistant. The cushions, with 100% polyester covers, can thus be taken out into fresh air without a problem. Thanks to the many variants on offer, Baboesjka by Fatboy is a contemporary furnishing which serves many purposes. The three cushions, held together with a leather band, can be used as a pouf, stool, footstool or side table.
The Baboesjka cushion set by Fatboy is also available in other colour combinations on request.
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