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"Austrian Jew-Hitler once said: 'The bigger the lie the more people will believe it. The truth can be so outrageous that one chooses to disbelieve it.' Nobody in the mainstream media has apparently put all the odd pieces of the puzzle together - and if somebody actually did, they, for sure, didn't dare print it! If anybody tried to expose the truth they would be ridiculed for being 'paranoid' or simply ignored." - Omar H. Cinballan ('The Conspiracy briefly: 10 Lethal Questions - Only ONE Answer,' www.100777.com/doc/23).
All traditions are decaying like the old skin of a snake. They'll all be zombified, sinking ships full of zombies. The Aquarian Age is upon us! Light is being poured from above into the vessel of the individual mind and communities rather than traditional institutions. They are by nature rooted in the pain of the past. Flowers may blossom in the cemetery. But who wants to go there unless to visit dead relatives who aren't even there? Likewise, Elitism will be a thing of the past.
Without yielding either to fear or anger, it's about time we understood more about the secret World Government, the Talmudic Zionistas and the demonic forces of darkness, who control us. The satanic Elite we have now is just another outer form of the primeval Brotherhood of the Snake which dates back to Atlantean times and is directed by dark ET forces. They use humans to keep the rest of humanity imprisoned in dense vibrations.
Our awareness possesses a purity and a power. It results, potentially, in intent towards liberty and wiser choices. A game of chess is being played without our knowledge and our freedom and happiness are at stake if we would but play the game consciously! Outsmarting the opponent in this game of chess does not require that we employ the same tactics as the black pieces but that we express the Light within us through purity of heart as the white pieces. People are blindly pushing pawns forward like unconscious zombies while their opponent knowingly makes every effort to keep them as distracted, ignorant and powerless as possible. They take our pieces – our power and our (real) leaders - and keep us divided and dumbed down. Awareness creates unity creates collective power.
This is a vast and complicated area of study with some pieces of the puzzle still missing. I'm sure the masses now think that people who research the 'Illuminati' and 'New World Order' are crackpots who have been watching Angels and Demons, reading The Da Vinci Code or listening to Jay-Z who has made the 'myth' of the Illuminati trendy but denies that there is any real truth in a network of secret societies spanning the globe on behalf of a satanic, supremacist cult like an octopus keeping humanity confined to the Matrix of limited, third-dimensional existence, plugged in to the holographic illusion, vibrationally crippled, lost, confused, fearful and asleep. The Elite wants people to believe that ideas such as the existence of UFOs, extraterrestrial races and a sinister, hidden World Government are so fantastical and 'out there' that they cannot possibly be real, just Hollywood fantasies. Welcome to Conspiracy City!
I believe that emphasising and focussing on the oppressive measures that are being employed to keep humanity down is contrary to our health and sanity. Reaction merely serves to create more tension and negativity and thus binds us to the system of control, the Matrix, that has been demonically and cleverly designed, just like a spider's web which functions to capture prey and render it helpless. Of course, most of us are stuck on this web and we were raised by parents who believed that conforming to the status quo and succumbing to materialism serves our best interests! Bless them. So, how does the fly free itself from the web? Well, first, it has to recognise that something is wrong: it is not flying around as nature intended! There must be lurking inside each captive fly a memory of whizzing about freely in the air and buzzing brazenly, going berserk and getting away with it! We're talking freedom of mind here mainly. 'And the Truth shall set you free.' Indeed.
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus.
So, where were we? Ah, yes, stuck on the web. A blend of suffering, desire for truth and liberty and a childlike desire for the natural expression of the eternal Spirit beyond all realms of mind and its madness. When is a fly not a fly? When it's the sky. The sky of universal Being. When we play in the many mansions of the multidimensional cosmos it is important not to lose sight of the underlying reality, the ground of true Being. There will always be something missing in our lives if we deny the eternal flame at our core, if we fumble around forgetfully in the dream of physical existence like doomed birds with broken wings at the mercy of savage hunters, wild beasts, who have made the dark undergrowth their chosen habitat. The wings of awareness are what elevate us, get us out of tight spots. The fly's salvation lies in its awakening. Awakening not only to the truth of that which is without but also, and more significantly, that which is within. In other words, the truth of the outer illusion will carry us only so far and then we will be running around in circles, chasing our tails. I regard this as a major stumbling block in the Western mind. Too much emphasis on the external world at the expense of consciousness, and, ultimately, of God, basically, divine Reality. I am guilty of this, too, in my own way but 'you guys'...lol...I mean most people don't even meditate. Enough said. Love God to become God; that is, wake up from the dream and remember who you really are.
Where are we? That's right. Stuck! Right here. The first step to freedom and happiness is sensing that something is not quite right and questioning the world in which we live. Is all this hardship and heartache natural? The next step is to study and explore and find out what wise men and women say about the human condition. Let your intuition and hunger for truth and freedom be your guide. You will find your way through the labyrinth of information and ideas congesting our mental highways now. Once you reach the zenith of information overload, coming back down the mountain should be a breeze. For, your labours, your research, will have reaped rewards in terms of the gems of awareness you will have to take with you and keep permanently.
And, so, slavery is where we are at. Long ago, a monk arrived in Tibet and succeeded in spiritualising the demon-infested mountains and most dangerous of all warrior peoples. Elsewhere, it seems, various barbaric tribes, including the Turkic Khazars, practicing ancient customs of blood sacrifice for self-empowerment and other satanic rituals wound up in a region of far Eastern Europe. And, there, they formed the Khazarian Empire (652-1016AD). Im Nin'alu notes that, "The Khazar royalty was descended from the Ashina Turk dynasty." ('The Khazars,' www.imninalu.net/khazars.htm). Attempting to trace the actual origin of the tribes that settled in this region seems quite confusing.
Flanked on either side by Christians and Muslims, the Khazars' king and aristocracy converted to Judaism to unite the people in a common identity and purpose to make them more positive and united. They had to be different from their enemies because any association with either would invite attack. Otherwise…they would be under threat from other empires who were bonded through the fire of religious belief as one consciousness. Khazaria also attracted persecuted minorities in Europe and Islamic countries. Consequently, many Jews who were being persecuted went there because people in Khazaria were allowed to practice any religion. The aristocracy may have inherited a specific form (perhaps Talmudic) of Judaism via the refugees (although there may already have been certain Jews that had migrated from Babylon and settled in the region before the Empire of Khazaria was formed).
It sounds to me like members of the ancient Brotherhood of the Snake had travelled up as far as Mongolia from the Middle East long ago and that the overly warlike tribes that were kicked out of Asia were descended from them. Im Nin'alu also suggests that, "the association between Jews and Khazars begins many centuries earlier. The Jews encountered Scythian-Turkic tribes, including the Khazars, in the fifth century…in Asia, when Israelite merchants from Assyria and Persia reached Kaifeng, then the capital of China. It is even possible that intermarriage occurred with Khazars and members of some of the Northern Israelite tribes, those considered 'lost,' which have dwelled in China and only now are being discovered and returning back to Israel. In this case, the Khazars' particular tendency towards Judaism would have a natural, genetic link. In fact, such idea was also spread among Khazar kings, who asserted that they did not convert, but returned back to Judaism." ('The Khazars,' www.imninalu.net/khazars.htm).
Henceforth, this people was ruled by Jewish kings. The Khazars excelled not just in terms of military power but also trade - mainly arts and crafts and slaves from Russia! When Genghis Khan and co finally invaded the region the Khazars headed West, entering Northern Russia and with a large number settling in Poland. The kingdom was broken up long before this, however, it seems through various invasions and possibly civil wars as well. The flow eastwards continued into Germany, down to Italy and throughout Western Europe. Their business acumen meant that wherever they resided and set up shop they would end up taking all the money and wielding significant control over society. They learned to protect themselves from resentment by accusing their 'victims' of hate while they themselves demanded respect. They were thrown out of many countries in Europe during the Middle Ages (Britain was the last country to welcome them and the first to kick them out!). Judaism was the sheep's clothing beneath this wolf concealed its true identity and intentions as it infiltrated European societies after losing the kingdom of Khazaria.
I am guessing that the 'Jewish' Black Nobility already in Europe (who had hijacked the Republic of Rome centuries earlier) joined forces with the elite families of the Khazars owing to a common interest in dark forces and satanic practices and possibly a common genetic heritage too. Both had a tradition of preserving their (Atlantean) bloodlines for reasons of power and supremacy. The European aristocracy has always, it seems, been divided between light and dark, reminiscent of (and perhaps continuing) the conflict between the aristocracies of Atlantis during its final millennia. As Metatron explains, "An aristocracy of sorts evolved that consisted of two opposing ideologies. The two major components of these were the 'Law of One,' based predominantly on the Isle of Poseida and 'The Sons of Belial' based on the Isle of Aryan. The island of Aryan was the most populated and exerted influence and political control over Og, Atalya and Eyre." - Archangel Metatron (channelled through James Tyberonn, 'Revisiting Atlantis: The Crystalline Field of 10-10-10,' 6 June 2010, www.earth-keeper.com).
The Talmudic, supremacist Jews have been there all along, assassinating Jeshua and Julius Caesar and anyone else who stood in their way even before that time and before Babylon, before the Talmud was written even. So satanic Jews were already here in Europe before the Khazars migrated. They were, at least, in Italy, Greece and the Middle East. Consequently, the Khazars did not just take over. They met their own kind. No doubt there had been relations between Middle Eastern Jews and Khazars from the beginning. There were probably some tribes from Babylon already in that region when they arrived there. In fact, the Mongolian tribes might well have been on their way to the Middle East when they found the region in which they formed the kingdom of Khazaria a convenient place in which to settle. They had connections to related people in China and elsewhere and perhaps in Babylon too. They were still a mixed bunch until the king officially converted to Judaism in order to show neutrality, posing no threat of siding either with the Christians or Muslims. Whether or not the idea was actually to unite the people of Khazaria as well, Judaism, as an official religion, presented the perfect cover behind which to hide for those practising forms of Satanism.
Just as people of the Light got around and met and forged bonds with others of the Light in other parts of the world, those of the dark also travelled and connected in various parts of the world, each being guided by beings on the inner planes to help spread either Light or darkness. Two energies working against each other, both with designs on the world as a whole and preparing for global unity – one through individual freedom and the other through collective fear and control.
"The Rothschilds claim that they are Jewish in many cases, when in fact they are Khazars. They are from a country called Khazaria, which occupied the land locked between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea which is now predominantly occupied by Georgia. The reason the Rothschilds claim to be Jewish is that the Khazars, under the instruction of the King, converted to the Jewish faith in 740AD, but of course that did not include converting their Asiatic Mongolian genes to the genes of the Jewish people." – Mark Knight (Wayki Wayki, 2008, www.waykiwayki.com).
The Rothschild and Rockefeller families (now residing in the UK and US respectively) belong to the ruling classes of these Ashkenazi (German/European) Jews as does the Queen of England and the Germanic bloodline that succeeded in establishing themselves here as our 'Royal Family.' The Rothschilds have made huge sums of money since they began lending to royalty, particularly for wars which they themselves influenced or even started. They then moved on to making even more money by setting up central banks in each country (in addition to perpetuating wars, loaning money, manipulating and selling arms to both sides). By the 19th Century, they had half of the world's wealth. Some researchers estimate that, between them, these two powerful families are worth around $1,500trillion. They derive huge profits through the interest on these loans which each new government inherits and which the people pay through taxes keeping the people enslaved and easily controlled through these five areas: government, law, education, media and commerce.
The Elite works to a plan for global domination which includes many other bloodline families in this aristocracy which practices satanic rituals and sacrifices and demonic possession. They employ many secret societies, most of which they have infiltrated and now direct (just as they do with any charity that becomes large enough to be influential in the world) as well as gangs of thugs. Their scriptures are contained in the Talmud, the book which which Jeshua, the Nazarene, denounced, and they say that they are the 'Chosen Ones' of the Talmudic God which is Lucifer. They have infiltrated and control Freemasonry from the higher degrees which were once reserved for initiates attaining genuine illumination. Likewise, they control the Roman Catholic Church through their agency the Jesuit Order as well as the Knights of Malta and other orders. They have infiltrated Protestant/Biblical Christianity and exert their influence in this religion too.
"This booklet contains the text of a most revealing and shocking interview of a Jew by the name of Harold Rosenthal, which was conducted in 1976, by a concerned patriot, a Walter White, Jr. Mr. Rosenthal, an influential Jew learned in the Jewish ways and involved in the workings of government in Washington, D.C., explained the Jewish involvement and cause of the major problems we face today. Rosenthal, in exposing certain aspects of the 'inner invisible world of Jewry', revealed the modes and tactics Jews have used in destroying Christian civilization and covertly attaining control over our lives and governments. The result has been a 'hidden tyranny' upon us like the tyranny waged against the Saints by the red beast system of Revelation referred to as 'Mystery Babylon'. But how could such a small number of Jews enslave so many people and gain such an overwhelming control over their governments, especially without their being aware of it? The answer to this may be found in Christ's parable of the unjust steward, which represents Jewry. They are able to prevail in the world despite their ungodly ways because of their cunning and shrewd ways. As Christ said, 'For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.' (Luke 16:8). In other words, the Jew, with his worldly mind set, is wiser than God's Christian people." - Charles A. Weisman June, 1992. (From the Introduction to 'The Harold Wallace Rosenthal Interview, 1976, The Hidden Tyranny,' www.antichristconspiracy.com/HTML%20Pages/Harold_Wallace_Rosenthal_Interview_1976.htm).
The Khazars are alive and kicking and they continue to regard both the Christian white races and the Muslims as their enemies. This group of racial, right wing supremacists among the Ashkenazi Jews of Europe (half of whom now reside in the United States - about 6 million - with others living in Israel) cleverly accuse their critics of the 'crime' of 'anti-semitism' even though they are not the descendants of Shem but false Jews using Judaism as a cover to conceal their wicked practices and ambitions. A-anyway (smile)...
Along with the gangster network they manage, the Elite represents the disease that attacks and spreads through the cells of a body in order for it to release those that are weak and no longer stimulate growth and energy. They have a role to play on our planet. Yet, with so many cycles converging during these End Times which herald the rebirth of Light in this world whatever 'contract' these souls had to challenge humanity, their time was up years ago. The forces of Light (millions of souls form our space family with their human allies) are working behind the scenes to 'remove the bully from the playground,' as the Ascended Master (and Hierarch of the Aquarian Age) St Germain notes. He assures us they are dealing with the situation and counsels us to play and have fun, love and laugh, to raise our frequency and contribute to the birthing of the imminent new Golden Age, to anchor the cosmic energies that flood into our world during each New and Full Moon, each Solstice and Equinox, each eclipse and portal combining these energy gates (as well as the power dates 9:9, 10:10, 11:11 and 12:12). He also urges us to envision the world the way we would like it to be for this helps to attract higher energies to manifest such a world, particularly at this time, amidst these powerful energies and a new Lemuria waiting to happen. So many higher beings are around us now, keen to get involved and assist us in this creation as Earth itself ascends to Light (a fifth-dimensional orientation of consciousness and higher) and golden opportunities abound for each human being who releases the past, embraces the future and lives in the Now.
"The Jews are not merely a different religious community, but - and this is the most important factor - ethnically an altogether different race. The European felt instinctively that the Jew is a stranger, who emigrated from Asia. The so-called prejudice is natural sentiment. Civilisation will overcome antipathy against the Israelite who merely professes another religion, but never against the racially different Jew...In Eastern Europe the Jew is the cancer slowly eating into the flesh of other nations. Exploitation of the people is his only aim. Selfishness and a lack of personal courage are his chief characteristics; self-sacrifice and patriotism are altogether foreign to him." - Ernest Renan (French historian).
It is important to remember that the majority of Ashkenazi Jews are not part of this criminal network. They are innocent. The Rothschilds and the network of which they are a part, however, want a people over whom they can rule directly and overtly without hiding behind a race, government or religion. They have mastered all these vehicles, assumed these roles and adopted these masks because they feel insecure not having their own land. As a consequence of this, a. they have succeeded in taking over part of Palestine with a view to expanding and killing off the Arabs and b. what they are really interested in now is global domination anyway since they have no real attachment to any particular part of the world. Also, c. their sinister international meddling called 'globalism' has helped to shake the world up, unsettle staid, stubborn cultural and racial identities and herald, in a crude way, the New Age, by destroying the old one. As I said, the Global Elite is the disease that is clearing the way for a new consciousness to be birthed, not in tribes or nationalities, cultures or personalities, but as a direct expression of the Source through individuals returning collective consciousness to the level of universal Oneness.
As these cells (fears and beliefs) die the body renews itself with fresh vigour in contrast to the corruption that has taken root. The health of our societies will be restored so don't worry! A greater abundance than we have ever known in every area of life awaits us. This is a natural process since all empires and all civilisations have gone through the cycle of expansion and decline. Sickened by the injustice, the lies and oppression, the wars and famine, pariah politics and pollution, we simply detach ourselves from the heavy, dark chrysalis and allow it to fall away. The darker our existence appears to us the greater the relief once we finally awaken from our nightmare, inspiring to embrace the peace, joy and bliss that is our rightful heritage as expressions of the Source. The heavier our experience the lighter we feel and the higher we rise in our consciousness, in our realisation of the Spirit which is our true Being and Reality. Everything has a purpose. Everything has been planned at a soul level prior to incarnation to maximise our growth.
Upon the wings of truth and awareness we are elevated to a higher perspective of life. So, let us observe this situation in which we find ourselves for the present whilst focussing on the bright future ahead of us. Let us breathe to allow ourselves to face the challenge before us and allow ourselves to feel and to flow so that we may divest ourselves of any negative emotions we may have denied repeatedly for many lifetimes. As the Light approaches our cells the density is projected onto the screen of life. As the blockages are cleared so do these same cells fill with Light. Visualising ourselves inhaling and exhaling the white Light of God and visualising each of our cells filled with divine radiance can assist in this process.
You know what they say: 'adapt or die.' Deterioration follows culmination. Corruption is only death; death is but transformation to a new and higher, or more universal, state. The veil is lifted and we see each other as one family, which we were all along. So...we must let go of our attachment to the past in order to survive and grow. Understand the present and embrace the future...without fear.
So, it goes without saying that we bid our oppressors, our hidden puppet masters and clandestine tormentors, adieu with a heart of love and a smile of forgiveness.


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A place for English speaking sofrim (scribes), magihim (examiners), rabbis and vendors of Stam (Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzah scrolls) from around the world to communicate, share ideas, ask questions and offer support and advice.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
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I think I saw it once in the back of a new print of keses hasofer. The sefer had a green cover and was medium thickness. I don't have the sefer anymore so I don't know who printed it...ReplyDelete
If you can get your hands on כתיבת סת"ם - אומנות הכתיבה ויסודותיה by R' Mordechai Mendelowitz, there's a whole section on writing lefty starting on p. 537 of volume 3. It includes diagrams of how to write the letters.ReplyDelete
Do you know where this Sefer is available?ReplyDeleteReplies
I bought my copy from the author, but he only had vols 1-2 left, I think. You can try virtualgeula.com, which is a used book finding service in Israel, and I think that the YU library has it as well, if you're in NY.Delete
I could probably scan the relevant sections next week and e-mail them to you; email me at dovbergerATdovbergerDOTcom and I'll reply with it early next week. (Book's at home and scanner's at the office.)

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Panel Discussion Podcast
with Adam Marelli, Jim Hopkinson,
Jey Van Sharp & Helen Todd
The Podcast on Creatvity
For those of you who missed the introduction and write up on the panel discussion I participated in during SXSW V2V Conference this past month, have a look at this link or our Forbes write up. As a quick introduction I was invited by Helen Todd to speak along side Jim Hopkinson and Jey Van-Sharp on Creativity and how ti relates to Entrepreneurship. After the panel, Martin Waxman recorded a podcast that I wanted to share with all of you today. Follow the link below to hear the podcast. Martin, who was in the audience had a few topics that he wanted to explore further. Since I really enjoyed to hear the opinions of my colleagues I thought it was a great way to keep the conversation going.
PODCAST LINK: http://www.insidepr.ca/index.php/2013/08/29/inside-pr-3-44-getting-creative-at-south-by-southwest-v2v/
Creativity, its not just for artists…
The concept of creativity is something I find to be profoundly misunderstood. There are a group of people, you might know one, who believes that you are either born creative or not. And if you are not born creative there is NOTHING you can do about it. This is a farce, scam, or myth…depending on which way you want to approach it. My rather blunt statement on it (kids close your ears) "Its bullshit." We, as humans, are incredibly creative. For many people who go through formal eduction, it gets crushed out of them over time, but at our cores we are put on this planet with an endless capacity to be creative. At the V2V conference it dawned on me that this topic deserves more attention because people greatly underestimate their abilities. If you are one of those people, I just want to say that YOU ARE CREATIVE. While you may not believe it, its true.
Over the next few months I will be making some major changes to the site. We, as a photography community, are swimming in website reviews and technical articles that do nothing to develop us as visionaries. I will be adding videos to the site, because the topics of Creativity and the Artistic Process are best explored in my own voice. And for those of you who have kindly endured my writing, typing and non-existant proofreading skills, the videos should be a welcome relief to your eyes.
But for now…go and enjoy the weekend and I will see you on Monday.
Be Well–Adam
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Thanks for featuring the podcast interview, Adam – and being on the show! I really appreciated your insights and enjoyed meeting you.


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WolfQuest was funded by the National Science Foundation and created by the Minnesota Zoo and eduweb. International Wolf Center personnel, including Dr. L. David Mech, wolf biologist for 50 years, advised on the wolf biology.


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PyCharm allows working with the various types of interpreters, and choosing each approach has its pros and contras - it's up to you to decide which one suits better to your particular case.
Note that interpreters can be configured on the various stages of development: when a project is only being created (File | New Project, or Create New Project on the Welcome screen), or in an already existing project ( on the main toolbar - Python Interpreters page).
In this tutorial:
- You are working with PyCharm version 3.4 or higher.
- You have at least one Python interpreter properly installed on your computer.
- To be abse to define a remote interpreter, you need a server running on a remote host.
Local interpreter
If an interpreter resides locally, the procedure is rather straightforward:
- Just click on the main toolbar.
- In the Project Interpreter page of the Settings/Preferences dialog, select the desired interpreter from the list, or click next to the Project Interpreter field.
- In the latter case, choose the option Add Local, and then select the desired interpreter - Python executable - from your file system.
It is also worth mentioning that, if you have some virtual environment already defined, you can also add it as a local interpreter.
Remote interpreter
Let's define a remote interpreter, using settings from an SSH connection (note that the server should be already running on a remote host!).
Configuring remote interpreter via existing deployment settings
1. First of all, we need a server. To define one, on the main menu, point to Tools | Deployment, and then click Configuration:
Then, in the Deployment dialog box, create a new server: click , specify the server name, and select its type (always SFTP!). Specify the necessary settings (host, port, login name etc.) - make sure that you made no mistake by clicking Test connection. Having observed the message box Connection successful!, proceed with the interpreter.
2. Next, on the main toolbar click , and in the Settings/Preferences dialog box, open the page Project Interpreter. Click and choose Add Remote:
3. In the Configure Remote Python Interpreter dialog box, click the button Deployment configuration to take the settings of the existing SSH server (for example, the one you have already defined).
Choose the desired remote server from the list, and see that all the server setting fields are magically filled with the values, specific for this server:
Now this interpreter can be defined as the project interpreter. Note that all remote interpreter names automatically get the prefix "Remote".
Remote interpreter via SSH credentials
If you do not define a server in advance, you can always specify connection settings manually. To do that, follow this procedure:
1. On the main toolbar click to open the Settings/Preferences dialog box, and on the page Project Interpreter, click and choose Add Remote:
2. Next, in the Configure Remote Python Interpreter dialog box, click the radio button SSH credentials, and type the server host and port, user name etc.:
Now this interpreter can be defined as the project interpreter. Note that all remote interpreter names automatically get the prefix "Remote".
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Another way of defining a remote interpreter lays with using information from the Vagrant configuration file. Using virtual boxes requires certain prerequisites to be met - so, before you start, make sure that:
- Vagrant is installed on your computer, and all the necessary infrastructure is created.
- Oracle's VirtualBox is installed on your computer.
- The following executables are added to the system path:
- vagrant.bat from your Vagrant installation. This should be done automatically by the installer.
- VBoxManage.exe from your Oracle's VirtualBox installation
And, last but not least, Vagrant plugin is enabled.
1. First of all, we need a virtual box. You can certainly do that manually, but PyCharm provides a handy user interface and allows doing everything without leaving the IDE.
On the main toolbar, click , and in the Settings/Preferences dialog, open the page Vagrant.
Specify location of the Vagrant executable, and the path to the Vagrant instance folder:
If the boxes are already defined, they appear in the list, and you can select one. If there are no suitable virtual boxes, create a new one by clicking .
Next, you have to initialize Vagrant box. To do that, on the main menu, point to Tools | Vagrant, and then choose Init in Project Root. After that, you are ready to perform the command vagrant up:
Next, again in the Settings/Preferences dialog box (click on the main toolbar), open the page Project Interpreter. Click and choose Add Remote:
In the Configure Remote Python Interpreter dialog box, you have to specify the server settings. These settings can be taken from the Vagrant configuration file you've already defined, so click the radio button Vagrant.
All the server setting fields are filled with the values, taken from the Vagrant configuration file:
Now this interpreter can be defined as the project interpreter. Note that all remote interpreter names automatically get the prefix "Remote".
For more details, refer to the dedicated Vagrant tutorial.
Creating virtual environment
- Open the page Project Interpreter (click on the main toolbar).
- Click and choose Create Virtual Environment.
- In the Create Virtual Environment dialog box, you have to specify the name of the new virtual environment, its location, and, most important, the base interpreter to create your virtual environment for:
PyCharm spends some time working on the new virtual environment, and in the meantime shows the progress bar:
Working with packages and paths
When an interpreter or a virtual environment is ready, you see all its packages. So doing, PyCharm shows the currently installed and the latest available versions of each package. You can make a decision to upgrade:
To see the installed paths, however, you have to click and then choose More. You see all of the available Python interpreters:
Select the one you want to see paths for, and then click in the toolbar. The list of paths for the selected interpreter show up:
If an interpreter has been updated, it is a good idea to refresh the paths by clicking .
In this tutorial you've refreshed your knowledge of defining local and various types of remote Python interpreters. It makes sense to refer to the product documentation for more details.
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A Chicago, Illinois, spray coater needed to comply with federal EPA new source performance standards and EPA Title V air regulations. The company established the Spray Coating Air Pollution Compliance Project to help it determine how to deal with regulations. The project was headed by Controlled Environmental Systems (CES), Waukesha, Wisconsin.
CES suggested a Retox twin-bed regenerative thermal oxidation (RTO) system. This system, from Adwest Technologies, has a compact modular design and low operating costs. The 10,000-scfm RTO system accommodates hydrocarbon VOCs for two tandem spray coating booths. The system operates energy free and is self-sufficient at solvent loadings of 420 ppmv and greater.
The spray booths use a variety of solvent blends in the spray coating formulations, including MEK, xylene, toluene, alcohols and heptane. The RTO has an AC variable frequency drive with pressure control capability that saves fan electrical energy when only one spray booth is on line.
The RTO system provides 99-pct hydrocarbon removal, which meets and exceeds current air quality standards and regulations for the spray coating industry.
Since installation, the system has operated continuously with no maintenance required. It provides rapid startup of less than an hour from a cold start, which allows for almost instant startup after a weekend shutdown.
The spray painting shop is quite efficient, installing RTO insulation to allow the oxidizer to store and retain the heat of combustion for a longer time.
The RTO system provided the lowest life cycle project costs when factoring in the capital, energy use and maintenance costs. This simplified the selection process for the team. The system features a PLC control system that is equipped with an integral Tel-Max telemetry package for on-line service diagnostics and record keeping of the unit's operation.
The system was installed in a converted loading dock area. This saved the paint shop floor space that is devoted to coating electronic components. This allowed the coater to achieve and exceed VOC compliance on a budget.


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European media groups voiced concern Tuesday (14 March) that the European Union could ditch plans to force search engines like Google to pay them when their content is used.
A proposed EU directive on authors' rights prepared by the European Commission included plans to create a so-called "neighbouring right" to such payouts from search engines.
But a European Parliament report on the proposal does not contain neighbouring rights, a move the board of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) "deeply regrets", Agence France-Presse (AFP), a member of the alliance, said in a statement echoed by various other European media groups.
The 32 news organisations – which also include Britain's Press Association, Germany's DPA and Spain's EFE – called on the parliament to reinstate the plan.
AFP noted that search engines and other internet aggregators have been making a profit using content "that they have not created or financed", which makes neighbouring rights crucial to protecting the content of news agencies and publishers.
"Search engines have become data banks, exploiting content they have not created and for which they have paid no remuneration," the EANA said in a separate statement.
"Unauthorised internet use of media content is threatening citizens' sustainable access to quality news content and a grave concern especially when discussing how 'fake news' and disinformation can distort elections and other democratic processes," it added.
Julia Reda, a German MEP from the Pirate Party who is the Parliament's rapporteur on the Commission's copyright proposal, argues exactly the opposite, however.
Speaking to euractiv.de in January, she said the Commission's proposal for a "Google tax" on search engines "definitely threatens" freedom to share news on the Internet.
"Journalists have absolutely nothing to gain from the extension of copyright law to press publishers," she said. "If users of social networks are only able to link to European news if they have first bought a licence, we will see a massive increase in content from sites not bound by this copyright law," she warned, adding this will encourage "fake news" sites and state-sponsored publishers like Russia Today.
The European Commission presented a plan to charge internet companies for linking to online news as part of a controversial overhaul of EU copyright law presented in September 2016.
The proposal followed a heated, two-year-long fight over whether the "Google tax" will help publishers stay profitable—or simply be an over-ambitious regulation that could "break the Internet".
Hours before the executive published its copyright proposal, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in his annual State of the Union speech that he wants "journalists, publishers and authors to be paid fairly for their work, whether it is made in studios or living rooms, whether it is disseminated offline or online, whether it is published via a copying machine or commercially hyperlinked on the web".
The so-called Google tax for news publishers has been sharply criticised by Google and other online firms that came under fire when similar laws were introduced in Germany and Spain.
- 22-23 March: Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee debates copyright reform
- 30 March: Deadline for amendments
- June: Planned vote in Legal Affairs Committee
- Late 2017 / early 2018: Expected plenary vote
Further Reading
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[The execution of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) on 29 October, 1618, at Old Palace Yard, Westminster, London (Anonymous Eighteenth-Century English engraving)]
AG: So, then..
Student: Why was (Walter) Raleigh executed?
AG: I don't know. Let's see, He went.. did go to Virginia or something, and… politics..
[Students brief discussion] - (Did he stay?)
AG: No, no he went back to England…" The night before his execution" ["Even Such Is Time"], published in 1628:
Even such is Time, that takes in trust
Our youth, our joys, our all we have,
And pays us but with earth and dust;
Who in the dark and silent grave,
When we have wander'd all our ways.
Shuts up the story of our days
But from this earth, this grave, this dust
My God shall raise me up, I trust.
"But from this earth. this grave, this dust/ My God shall raise me up, I trust". [AG reading from the textbook] - "The poem as a whole existed only in manuscript form until 1902".
So that was..that was, page 137, on another poem of his.
[Details on Sir Walter Raleigh's execution - see David Hume - The Execution of Sir Walter Raleigh and the events leading thereto
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President Paul Kagame met with business leaders in Paris Tuesday as he wrapped up the first visit to France by a Rwandan leader since the country's 1994 genocide. Kagame's trip reflects a sea change in once-bitter bilateral ties, but it was not without controversy.
Lunch with President Nicolas Sarkozy, an enthusiastic welcome by several thousand Rwandan expatriates and talks with France's top business leaders: Rwandan President Paul Kagame appeared to achieve the main goal of his Paris trip - to put French-Rwandan ties back on a positive path.
That was the message Kagame reiterated during an interview on France 24 TV.
"Whatever has gone on in the past and whoever is responsible for it, we are more tuned to the future and that's what we're focused on. We're not focused on the past," Kagame said.
But the past continued to haunt Kagame, including on Tuesday, when a small group of protesters denounced his human rights record as he met with French industrial chiefs in Paris. France and Rwanda have long traded accusations of involvement in events surrounding Rwanda's horrific 1994 genocide that killed up to 800,000 people.
The presidents of France's national assembly and senate declined to meet with Kagame; French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe was on a trip overseas. A number of French generals called Kagame's presence in Paris insulting.
For their part, rights groups expressed disappointment that human rights concerns did not top the presidential talks.
"Unfortunately from what we heard from the first discussions was that human rights was put aside and it's really something that we are concerned about because we think there are strong human rights issues both in France and in Rwanda," said Marcel Sivieude, Africa desk director of the Paris-based French League of Human Rights.
Among other issues, Sivieude says, the group wants France to speed up the judicial process of nearly a dozen Rwandan expatriates implicated in the genocide. And he believes that Sarkozy should have spoken out about human rights violations in Rwanda.
Kagame dismissed criticism about his human rights record during the France 24 interview. "There is nothing terribly wrong that has happened in Rwanda by government or by any official, by institutions, that does not happen anywhere in this world - all these countries, in Europe, or Americas or wherever," he said.
Kagame's visit to Paris is the latest step in normalizing Rwandan-French ties, which analysts say is in the interest of both countries. President Sarkozy visited Rwanda last year. During his trip here, President Kagame urged business leaders to invest in Rwanda. France's government announced interest in supporting Rwanda's energy and banking sectors, among other areas.


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|with my brother at Christmas
Santa had been there! But instead of toys, he left behind a bunch of black boxes in various shapes. We unsnapped the lids, surprised to find a shiny musical instrument in each, nestled in blue velvet: a trumpet, trombone, flute, clarinet, and a saxophone.
One of us bumped into some brass symbols that Santa had propped against a chair. The crash roused our parents from their room, groggy and in bare feet. "Well this is unusual," Dad said. He let us down gently by explaining Santa Claus was still at the North Pole, so evidently a stranger had entered our home. He picked up the phone and dialed "O" for Operator who contacted the police.
Turns out, a musician from a beach jazz club had volunteered to deliver the equipment to a friend's home. It had been late and dark. He'd forgotten the address, but when he saw the cottage with the bright porch light and the front door unlocked, he figured he'd found the right place.
I'm thankful for the man's mistake.
Years later this curious incident inspired THE SECRET OF THE JUNKYARD SHADOW in my Cabin Creek Mystery series with Scholastic. In this adventure, townsfolk are perplexed when damaged items show up on their porches in shiny good repair:
This is a real puzzle," Mrs. O'Neal told the cousins. "See, when I went out to get the newspaper this morning, I was flabbergasted to find my broken toaster. Someone had returned it all spiffed up, with a ribbon and a bow."It takes much sleuthing for the young detectives, but a lot of nice things happen along the way as they solve the mystery.
The photo [above] shows my brother and me a few years earlier in our dining room where we were allowed to thumbtack Christmas cards to the pine paneling. We enjoyed regular tea parties with orange juice and little Danish cookies.
From BLUE SKIES: ONE AUTHOR'S JOURNEY, to be published this Fall.


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Remember that time that the MTV Movie Awards were pretty much MADE by Rob.... And Kristen looked beyond gorgeous... And Jason Sudekis owned hosting?
But - wait, where was I going with this? OH. RIGHT. As SOON as those two awards went to Rob (ESPECIALLY Best Fight) I knew it was about to become -the Twilight Awards.
And THEN our girl won the Best Female Performance and in absolute awkward, nervous Stew perfection - OWNED the stage AND the award.
YES. That is how it is done people.
And Natalie Portman don't even try to bitch about her calling you out. CLEARLY you only started dating your co-star cause you saw KStew do it first. [and this is coming from a total Natalie Portman lover - Garden State & Closer are two of my all-time favorites. And yeah I'm kidding about her dating her baby daddy cause Kstew did it. Kinda. Sorta. Well - who knows.]
So by the time Gary Busey rolled out in a hamster ball... which might I add was WINNING at it's best...
And OF COURSE Eclipse won Best Movie - BIG SURPRISE - again, don't mind me, I wanted The Social Network to win so yeah, let me sulk.
BUT Eclipse winning meant some perfect shots of the cast.... as well as some tender moments between only the hottest couple on the face of the earth...
oh rob.
you gots the look of love
LOVE them
"you say it best - when you say nothing at all"
So yeah - IN CONCLUSION.
MAYBE the show could have been funnier. MAYBE the set was like a really crazy trip on acid to Narnia. MAYBE Bieber decided he was cool enough to exit from backstage to accept his award [pukes] while embracing his inner Miami Vice. MAYBE we never got the highly anticipated R/K kiss we wanted. And MAYBE everyone WAS "chocolate wasted" on stage resulting in innapropriate F-Bombs, werd-vomit, and backstage funsies.
[A/N: HUGE shout out to the lovely Jessie (@sianria) who volunteered to be my partner in crime for this years MTV Movie Awards. She basically made THE best homemade salsa on the planet. I kid you not. She also put up with any and all hyperventilating and that's why I love her.
To @j_carroll7 and @tiybor - I seriously do not know what I would do without your incredibly perfect tumblrs to snag pictures (and in this case gifs) from. YOU make blogging x10000 times easier. Seriously. Mad love to both of you.
Lastly - welcome ALL new followers! Please feel free to leave some love and say hello! I'd love to hear from you!
Next post - I think it's gonna be a fic rec! Stay tuned. - C xx]


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The University of Southern California defines sexual harassment defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature; or
• Submission to such conduct is either explicitly or implicitly made a term or condition of an individual's educational environment, employment, living environment, appointment, admission, or academic evaluation; or
• Submission to such conduct is used as a basis for evaluation in academic evaluations, educational opportunities, admissions evaluations, financial aid, or personnel decisions affecting an individual; or
• Such conduct has the effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or academic performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or learning environment or student living environment.
Read the complete USC policy on sexual harassment.
Eliminating sexual discrimination in the classroom:
• Base statements about gender on accurate, reliable information.
• Respect all students. Avoid "humor" that demeans other people on the basis of gender, gender identity or sexual orientation, just as you would avoid remarks that belittle people based on other identity characteristics.
• Try to monitor your behavior toward or treatment of various individuals in the classroom. Consider whether you call on individuals equally or whether you disproportionately interrupt a gender more than the other.
Things to consider:
• Sexual harassment is not something anyone deserves.
• Consider communicating your dislike of behavior that makes you uncomfortable. Students are not required to speak up. The university will take the case, even if the complainant didn't communicate their dislike.
• We welcome any documentation.
• You may file a formal complaint against a student with Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards or against a staff, faculty, visitor or other appropriate parties with the Office of Equity and Diversity.
• Educate yourself about your options. You can come speak with us at Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention and Services to discuss your options.
For More Information
Office for Equity and Diversity, (213) 740-5086
The Office for Equity and Diversity investigates allegations of gender-based discrimination that involves faculty, staff, students, or applicants.
Title IX compliance for athletic programs
Contact: Donna Heinel – (213) 740-1636
Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention and Services , (213) 740-4900
Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention and Services education, counseling, and advocacy on gender-based discrimination that is student-against-student, including sexual harassment.
Phone and Email Harassment
What is telephone harassment?
A harassing call often involves obscene or threatening language, heavy breathing or silence intended to intimidate you. Telephone harassment is against the law in California (Penal Code section 653m, Penal Code section 422-422.1).
How often or how many calls does it take to be deemed harassment?
Just one unwelcome call may be harassing, depending on the content and nature of the call.
Who should I contact when I get harassing calls?
For serious threats such as threats against your life or obscene calls, you should file an incident report with the USC Department of Public Safety and/or LAPD. Provide as much information to law enforcement as you can: the time and date of the call; what did the caller said; whether the caller seemed intoxicated; and whether a name or number appeared on the Caller ID device.
Talk with someone at Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention and Services. We can provide personal support and help. Often times, phone service providers are able to provide more assistance if you have previously filed a police report. Most telephone companies will not take action such as changing your number free of charge unless the calls are frequent. Usually your local phone company will not take action unless the calls are frequent, unless a caller has threatened you or someone close to you. Please be sure to document the various calls/texts.
What can I do to stop harassing calls without going to LAPD or DPS?
Hang up on the caller after the first obscene word or if the caller remains silent after you've said hello more than once. This is the quickest way to deal with an isolated call, and it discourages the caller from trying again. Do not engage in conversation. The caller wants an emotional response from you: don't give one. Even a witty response may be interpreted as an encouragement.
Please see the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse for more information.
What precautions can I take to reduce the risk of harassment?
• Do not disclose personal information when called by someone you do not know. If the caller asks what number they have called, do not tell them. Instead, ask them to tell you what number they were trying to reach.
• Do not include your telephone number on the outgoing message of your voice mail service. By omitting your phone number from your message, you prevent random individuals from getting your number for future misuse.
• Never reveal that you are home alone, or that you're feeling unwell.
• Never offer details such as a home address, or your roommate's name. When placing classified ads, use a P.O. Box address if possible. If you must list your home number, don't list your home address.
• Remember that you have choices about what directory information is listed for you in USC's online student directory. If you don't specify otherwise, your local address, phone number, major, and e-mail address will be listed. It will be accessible to all members of the university community. This is useful if you want a professor to be able to reach you easily, but you may not want someone you used to date to know your new number. Always check references of any person calling or emailing you seeking information for a survey, credit check or subscription drive. Don't fall for the guy who says he's doing research on people's sex lives for his term paper.
How can I stop telemarketing calls?
The most effective and easiest way to prevent telemarketing calls is to register your personal phone numbers with the National Do Not Call Registry operated by the Federal Trade Commission. You can sign up for the Do Not Call Registry two ways:
• The FTC's toll-free phone number is 888-382-1222 (TTY: 866-290-4236)
• Online registration is available at the FTC's web site.
Important facts to consider when using social networking sites
• Remember that you cannot control who has access to information you post.
• Even after you erase or delete data from a profile, blog, etc., the information you posted may stay online through caching technology. Additionally, it may have been downloaded and distributed without your knowledge.
• Future employers, graduate schools, campus organizations, and others may use information gathered from online communities when making decisions.
• Anyone with an @usc.edu email address has access to the USC Facebook community, including individual student profiles, photos, and groups (unless the owners set specific privacy limitations).
• By agreeing to the terms of use, you grant permission for online communities to republish your content and share information with advertisers, third parties, and law enforcement officials, among other.
How may I maximize my privacy and personal safety online?
• Be selective about the specific content in your personal postings. Don't post items that you wouldn't be comfortable allowing literally anyone to read.
• Use privacy settings, where available, to limit access to your information.
• Only post phone numbers and residential information on trusted sites with enhanced security features such as OASIS.
• Avoid posting information regarding your whereabouts or daily schedule.
• Do not share passwords and login information with anyone.
• Always log out and close your browser, particularly when using computers in public places (libraries, labs, etc.) or at a friend's place.
• Understand your rights. Carefully read the terms of use policies for any online community you join.
• Educate yourself about socializing online, avoiding identity theft, and other privacy and personal security issues. OnGuardOnline.com is a good resource for information.
• Learn how to cover your online history from stalkers and other abusers here.


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Dave McClure runs a very cool conference called Startonomics. It's unlike anything else I've ever seen done in the conference business.
Startonomics is all about instrumenting your startup business and using measurable metrics to determine how you are doing. It's about using numbers to improve your marketing, your product, and your business.
It's happening this Thursday, Oct 2nd, in San Francisco. I'd encourage anyone who is based in the bay area and doing a startup to attend. It's affordable (students for $195, entrepreneurs for $295). Register here.
Dave has graciously offered 2 free passes to AVC community members. I'll give one each to the two best comments with a quick (twitter size) comment about how you use startonomics to run your business. Comments have to be in by 5pm eastern today.
For those readers who are in NYC and wish they could attend one of these, Dave has promised us he's going to try real hard to do one here next year. I can't wait.
UPDATE: Chachra and Khawk are the two winners. It wasn't easy but I liked the brevity with which each of them outlined their approach to startonomics. Chachra said "Use startonomics to build what people need, measure what they want and
and deliver what they don't know they need! Iterate & $profit :)". I love iterate and profit. It's right on. And Khawk introduced a new c-level position, the CBO – Chief Burnrate Officer. Very nice! I also think both of them are in SF (a guess) and hope they'll actually use the free passes. Thanks again to Dave for providing them.


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WELCOME TO OUR BEST OF 2015 STUFF! Coming up tomorrow… Páraic picks out the Best of Irish Cinema.
So a word of introduction. Not all of these films have seen a cinema release in Ireland. Some are available on video-on-demand services, some on DVD and Blu-Ray and some are still toiling around festivals looking for a bigger release. The documentary genre feels like one of the most fragmented areas of modern cinema, and often the stories are as easily enjoyed in the comforts of your own home as they are on opening night with a live satellite Q&A with the director. This evolution and wider availability should be embraced.
Anyway, all that aside, I loved each and every one of these very different documentary features. The one thing they have in common? Great stories told by talented, insightful and balanced film-makers.
Let me know what I've missed in the comments or @spoooolers or @wheatln2 on Twitter.
10. The Wolfpack
Crystal Moselle's film is a marketeer's dream. Six brothers who all look alike who have been home-schooled and effectively imprisoned in their rent-controlled New York apartment for years, with a world of VHS movies, props and a camcorder for amusement. Enter the film-maker with unfettered access to their world.
Knowing very little about the film beforehand makes for a special viewing experience. Is this going to turn out nasty ala Capturing the Friedmans? When is all this happening? What's archive and what's new input from the film-maker? Who the hell are these people?
Yes, it's open to criticisms and moral questions about the close access to some clearly troubled souls, but by the film's conclusion it feels validated.
Available: DVD/Blu-ray
9. I Am Belfast
The documentary/drama (though it's not a docu-drama by any means) appears quite reactive and natural, but the post-screening Q&A revealed that Cousins scripts things meticulously and waits for the moment to fit the idea in his head. The composition of the observational moments with the staged 10,000-year-old "Belfast" scenes (shot by acclaimed Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle) work well and, when coupled with Cousins' superb ability to use just the right amount of archive, make for a truly engaging work. (Read my full review from Galway 2015)
Available: n/a (played at Belfast Film Festival and Galway Film Fleadh, acquired by New Europe Film Sales so perhaps a wider release is planned)
8. Cobain: Montage of Heck
A large pinch of salt must be taken when people are remembering events after the fact yet the documentary makes an attempt to present all sides. The frankness of some of the unseen footage makes for uneasy watching as we ponder should we ever had access to this footage in the first place? It seems though the dead have little say in the matter. … There is no doubt that Montage of Heck is a forthright portrayal of a gifted songwriter ravaged by drugs, track marks and all. (Read Páraic's full review)
Available: DVD/Blu-ray, iTunes
7. Dreamcatcher
At the centre of the world is the sex worker-turned outreach volunteer Brenda Myers-Powell who calls to mind Oprah Winfrey if she'd ended up on a very different path in early life. Brenda's comfort with the camera and the people around her is remarkable and she is the reason the film works so well, without her it might almost feel exploitative of the exploited. (Read my review)
Available: Volta.ie, DVD, iTunes
6. The Queen of Ireland
The whole film is only 82 minutes longer and sometimes feels more like a TV edit, with enough of a story here that the film could have been twice as long and still captivated the audience. All in all, a fascinating portrait of one of modern Ireland's most important people. (Read my full review)
Available: DVD, iTunes and RTÉ2 television in the new year
5. The Look of Silence
At the film's heart is the optometrist Adi, the brother of Remly who was murdered in a series of killings in his village. Adi, much to the chagrin of his centurion parents, decides to visit the village elders responsible under the pretense of providing eye tests. It's tense and the saddest part of the whole thing is the realisation that these men feel absolutely no remorse. (Read my review)
Available: DVD/Blu-ray, iTunes
4. Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
I saw the Alex Gibney documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine a week before Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs hit screens. Ultimately it was Gibney's look at one of America's most interesting figures of the forty years that left me feeling let down by the Boyle/Sorkin Steve Jobs. On reflection now, that film is probably a whole lot better than I gave it credit for and deserves a second look as a purely dramatic work.
Gibney's documentary portrait of Jobs is great as it creates a proper picture view of a man who re-defined industries as varied as computing, retailing, communication and music – and yes, was a bit of an asshole about it all too. If you're interested in the man behind all the noise, then seek this out.
Available: iTunes, DVD
3. Being AP
Tony McCoy is probably the greatest living horse-racing jockey, having won pretty much everything in his career and holding the incredible record of being Champion Jockey (winning the most races in a year) for 20 consecutive years from 1995–96 through to his final year of activity in 2014/15. It's that final season which is covered in Anthony Wonke's film.
Now put all those numbers aside for a moment, as Being AP is a whole lot more than some gushing portrait of a celebrated icon of an industry. Instead it gives an insight into just how exhausting, exhilarating, pressurising and often ridiculous being an elite professional sportsman is. A typical moment will be AP trying to remember how many punctured lungs he's had and where his next win is coming from, all while his wife is there dying of worry over whether he'll be paralysed from a fall – and what kind of fascinator hat would go well with her outfit at Cheltenham.
Available: , DVD, iTunes
2. Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
The film is expertly crafted, and a perfect example of how a modern documentary with access to willing subjects can be made, without any need to rely on moving photos or countless talking heads. The film instead uses primary sources of Benning's 13 Lakes, Small Roads and Ten Skies and putting them alongside Linklater's Slackers, Dazed & Confused, Before trilogy and Boyhood to discuss the passage of time as it's presented on-screen in these men's films. This won't be for everyone but any film fan with an interest in the way films are made will take something from. (Read my review)
Available: iTunes
1. Amy
It's a harrowing watch at times, pulling no punches in showing by the end how ravaged Amy had become by drink and drugs. It reminds us of what a truly great talent was lost and no doubt will bring a new wave of people to her music. (Read Páraic's review)
Available: iTunes, DVD
Five more in the mix worth a watch:
- Older than Ireland
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
- Fortune's Wheel
- Red Army
Five unseen that are on the watchlist
- Cartel Land
- The Salt of the Earth
- The Hunting Ground
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
- Iris
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Why Jesus?
Let's start with the assumption that there is a God. (Whether you believe in God or not, for the sake of my argument, let's just say there is a God.) God is without sin because he is perfect, holy, and pure. Because he is perfect in righteousness and goodness he can't be involved with any kind of sin—whether a white lie, or murder. So, how could he have a relationship with his people if they were sinful? Well, in the Old Testament he set up a way for people to be forgiven their sins on a temporary basis—through animal, grain, and drink sacrifices. These sacrifices had to be the best animals without imperfections, the finest grains and drinks. Nothing less would be accepted. After all, these were sacrifices from the people of things that were very important to them. This was their way of repenting their sins to God. (God hated the pagan practice of human sacrifice.) But God being all knowing had a better plan for mankind. They couldn't go on sacrificing forever. It was only a temporary fix. So the only way forgiveness of sins would work is that he had to make it work—not the people through sacrifices. And here is the beauty of his logic. He needed the perfect sacrifice, one that would take care of sins on a forever, not temporary basis. So God , who is perfect and without sin, became human through Jesus, calling him his Son. Jesus, was man and God, but had the same attributes of man. He could be tempted, be hungry, sad, angry, thirsty, tired and feel pain. Jesus could empathize with man's state. So what did God do? He sacrificed Son—Jesus-- the perfect unblemished "sacrificial lamb". Here is the second part of his logic that is so compelling. Jesus would only die once. Thus, that one act would cover the sins of those people who believed in Jesus' sacrifice of himself for their sins. This one act would cover their sins—forever. It was not a temporary fix. God knows, as we know, we will always be sinning one way or another, but if we recognize these sins, confess and ask for forgiveness, they are covered through Jesus. Jesus, being God rose from the dead to show his divinity. It's brilliant. There's so much more to say, but I'll just talk about one last thing. The Bible—because that's where our information comes from. The Old Testament: Content grew and was gathered from ancient prophets. Much was aligned with historicity of those times. The Jews historically have collected writings, traditions from OT writers and it reflects their history. The Ten Commandments were some of the earliest writings of the OT. Archeological findings like the Dead Sea Scrolls (i.e. the Book of Isaiah) have been unearthed. Jesus as well as writers of the New Testament often referred to OT Scripture. After about 435 BC there were no more additions to the OT. It originally was translated into Greek. New Testament: Five principals were used to evaluate the writings: Is it authoritative, is it prophetic, is it authentic, is it dynamic? Do the writings portray the integral part of the history of redemption? NT historicity aligns with those ancient times. The writers of the books often had personal testimony of authenticity from the writers of other books in the NT. In some cases, when an author is not known, such as the book of Hebrews, the words are self-attesting.
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I'm like, landslide giving her best dressed award. Simple, chic, Ralph Lauren. Done. She is the next America's sweetheart. She's just so beautiful!
Here's some other favorites of mine:
I had a special request this week from a former classmate and friend of mine to put together a board inspired by magnolias with the colors being green, gold and white. I find this color palette especially near and dear because it hearkens back to my southern roots. I grew up climbing magnolia trees with all of my cousins in my great uncle's front yard and that is a fond memory of my childhood. I think to pay the proper respect to this great southern bloom, one must have a grand southern affair complete with a historic venue (perhaps a plantation home or old courthouse?), classic tuxedos, and beautiful ecru engraved invitations. I even love the idea of the calligraphy being in a beautiful, deep emerald tone. This is absolutely one of my favorite palettes I've created and I commend the bride for devising such a unique and heritage-driven theme for her wedding.
Clockwise from top left: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
A friend of mine (from why back in elementary school!) requested a board with black, white, grey, and shades of purple. This is a pretty formal and muted palette, so I kicked it up a notch by throwing in a striped motif. Stripes are great because you can incorporate them throughout the wedding, from linens, to attire, to invites, to the cake! Enjoy!
For this board, I decided to tone it down a notch from my typical style and lean towards a more neutral palette. If neutral is done right, it can be really beautiful. I always love to add at least one pop of color – in this case, a pale coral-pink. My personal favorite pic is the groomsmen shot – Leslee Mitchell does beautiful work and 2 of my good friends were groomsmen in this wedding.clockwise from top left: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Eek! My new stitch fix is here! I hated having such a big break between fixes, but financially, I just can't do them monthly, so I'm going to switch to every other month.. for more info about this site, check out my previous fix here.
I got 5 items in this fix – and I loved it all!
So in the end, I only kept the dress, but I seriously wanted all of it so bad! I just didn't need to break the bank! Stitch Fix really is SO much fun – if you love all the garments or not. If you want to sign up, click here and I'll get a $25 credit towards my next fix!
Let me offer a small amount of praise as well – I found a tiny snag on my dress and emailed customer service a photo of said snag. They offered to either send me another (which could take a while since it wasn't in stock) or give me a $15 credit so I could have it repaired. THAT, my friends, is customer service. Not to mention, they responded to my inquiry in less than half an hour! I opted for the credit just because it was less trouble and that was $15 in my pocket. Win-win!
When I got married I already knew what my wedding colors were going to be, but I contemplated one other color combo for a hot minute. I love orange/grey/white as a combo, because it's unique and contemporary. But orange is a much harder color to come by than yellow, which is I why I opted for yellow instead. In hindsight, I wish I had used these colors because I see yellow and grey EVERYWHERE now. OH well! Hope you enjoy!
I have a serious crush on this festive and fun color combo. It has the feminine coral touches without being over-the-top girly and is also glamorous with the touches of gold. I usually don't LOVE pink in a wedding, unless it's brightly hued and combined with some fun non-pink colors. I pulled some of my favorite images from a shared Pinterest board for this board. Hope you enjoy!
The numbers will link you to the original, gorgeous weddings these images are pulled from! Clockwise from top left 1. These Bari Jay bridesmaids dresses are a personal favorite! / 2. How sweet and simple is this cake? Perfect for an outdoor bride / 3. I have serious love affair with succulents / 4. Mason jars with striped straws are a perfect way to serve a signature cocktail! / 5. Those envelope liners and fun quirky calligraphy drive me wild! So fun! / 6. Turquoise bow ties are the bees' knees. / 7. Kate spade. Need I say more?
Stitch Fix is:
1. $20/Fix (or month if you sign up for monthly) – if you buy anything the $20 is a credit towards that item.
2. A shipment of 5 fashion items – My first box was 2 tops, 2 bottoms, 1 pair of earrings.
3. 25% off all items if you buy all five items.
4. Customized based on a survey you fill out, you have a personal stylist that tries to match your likes and dislikes to garments in their collection.
5. By invite only – click here and sign up! I'll get a $25 credit if you do!
6. Confusing? Any other questions can be answered here.
7. AWESOME! My friend Katie Nall told me about it, I signed up, and had to wait almost 2 months for my first box, but I was SO excited I could hardly stand it!
My box came in looking all pretty and stuff! I literally stood and waited for the mailman to come into the leasing office because I couldn't wait to open it!
So of my first five items in my fix, I only kept item #5, but that was mainly because of the prices. I seriously liked all of it except for the polka dot denim! This was so much fun – I cannot wait until my next fix! I requested beachy items for my upcoming Memorial Day family trip! Check out Stitch Fix and sign up! It was so much fun!
Which items did you like most? Did you agree with my decisions?
This man is a vortex of some of kind of insane creative energy. There is much to be envied about him in the bridal world. He takes risks, while still maintaining a very commercial appeal. There isn't a single one of these dresses that is too outlandish to imagine not being worn by some real bride out there on one of my gajillion wedding blogs I follow. I love him. Look at the cube thingy on that girl's head. I mean, really? What's NOT to love?! Maybe it's the architect in me, but this guy has GOT it. Whatever IT is.
Enjoy this journey of gorgeous bridal fashion and when you are done, tell me which is your favorite. I think this is one of the best collections I have EVER seen. Maybe you can help me decide because I simply do not know how to pick one.


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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Cranberry and orange scones .... a somewhat snowy and x-massy send off to the sister!
What does one pack for such a major move like this?
Definitely lots of underwear, towels, swim goggles......a wetsuit.... maybe?
How much does the luggage weigh? How much can it weigh?
Why are the dogs attacking each other??!!
This chocolate cake is so fudgy and making me sleepy......
These are some of the comments floating around during the few hours before my sister's flight to Sydney.
It had snowed a teeny tiny bit that morning and we decorated the house with some x-mas lights and bows. We made a yummy olivey baked pasta, some cranberry orange scones, and my friend and current roommate bought a HuUUGe chocolate fudge cake.
A perfect pre-x-mas Huen family celebration I call it!
My sister bought me an awesome running watch (an early birthday/x-mas gift YAY!!) that just uploads all my run times/distances by plugging into the computer - technology is so great (that is...when I know how to use it).
It also allows you to connect and share your runs with other users, which is so very cool if your sister lives on the other side of the world and you can see where she's jogged!
So now the sister also has a running watch, and being an awesome yoga teacher, she got 20% off regular price. And in about...... 4 hours, she should hit the Sydney airport tarmac and potentially begin her Australian running routine.
Go San Go!!!!!!
To bring a little bit of early x-massy joy to everyone around the world, below is a recipe for cranberry orange scones from the Barefoot Contessa with a few measurement modifications.
2 + 2/3 cups all purpose flour
1 + 1/3 Tbsp baking powder
1 + 1/3 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) of softened butter
Zest of 3 medium oranges
1/6 cup white sugar
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup whipping cream, cold
2/3 cup dried sweetened cranberries
Juice of 1 orange
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 Tbsp orange juice
Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
In a separate bowl, cut butter with orange zest and sugar until roughly combined, then place inside fridge to re-harden the butter. Keeping the butter cold actually helps give a nice fluffy flaky scone.
In another bowl, beat eggs with vanilla and cream.
In yet another bowl (I swear this is the last bowl!) soak cranberries in orange juice.
Take out butter mixture and add in egg mixture and mix. I use a blunt knife and just combine manually. It doesn't have to be homogeneous, but as long as it's about 70% combined, it should be fine.
Add in flour mixture spoon by spoon (I use a large spoon) and continue to combine. If the mixture gets too tough for the knife, use your hands!
Add in soaked cranberries (but not the juice) and continue to mix. It doesn't have to be evenly combined, and try not to over mix as that tends to make them too chewy. About 70% combined is good.
Shape dough into a huge circle and cut into slices. I cut them into large slices (about 100g each slice, 9 slices in total - don't ask me how I got 9) but feel free to cut them into any shape/size you like. Some like to use cookie cutters to get equal sizes.
Wrap each scone and place in freezer for at least 30 mins.
Before baking, preheat the oven to 400 deg C. Bake for 16 to 20 mins, and check often. The top should be golden and crispy looking when done!
To make icing, mix icing sugar with orange juice until thickened and drizzle over scones.
Enjoy with a beautiful cup of coffee or tea :)
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Haha your sis is going to love our down under :DReplyDelete
Hope she has a safe trip!
Love these scones today they are indeed very Christmassy!
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I'm very envious of her!Delete
I love these scones early in the morning with a big mug of coffee while there's soft snow fluttering around - puts me right in the mood for x-mas!
Too bad it's overcast and dreary outside!
Thanks for the lovely comments CCU!
This looks delicious! I have never tried to make scones but I would love it! Thanks for stopping by my blog. You have a very nice blog yourself!!ReplyDelete
This scones were DEEELICIOUS!ReplyDelete
Miss you already :(
- AnonymousDecember 3, 2012 at 11:52 PM
The scones were yummy. =) I give it two thumbs up.ReplyDelete
- the boyfriendDecember 3, 2012 at 11:55 PM
Hm. That was the boyfriend.ReplyDelete
What lovely looking scones you got there Jen! Wish I could have some for tea! :-)ReplyDelete
I love that your scones are triangular shaped but ours are round! I think ours are closer to your biscuits too. Are your scones like biscuits? :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, good question! I'm not quite sure so I hope somebody corrects me, but I think the British scones tend to be round and are butterier? The North American ones harder and bigger and perhaps the shape defines that? I just like that I can make huge triangles!Delete
This scone is the perfect combo of flavors!ReplyDelete


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Some people have a moment -- Amber Cowan is having a year!
In addition to being featured in three museum exhibitions this spring and summer (Shelburne Museum's Supercool Glass, Brattleboro Museum's Flora: A Celebration of Flowers in Contemporary Art, & New Britain Museum of American Art Glass Today: 21st Century Innovations), having a solo museum show planned for the fall (Amber Cowan: Second Life Glass at San Francisco's Museum of Craft and Design) & her work being recently acquired by the Shanghai Museum of Glass – she has just become the recipient of the Corning Museum's very prestigious Rakow Commission.
As the 29th recipient of this annual award, she joins an august list of artists from the United States, Europe, Australia & Latin America, who have been selected and commissioned to make a new work for the Corning Museum's collection.
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Man Arrested in Connection With Wife's Death is Released From Jail
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A former community college instructor arrested in connection with the death of his wife — who plunged to her death from a multi-story parking garage in Alhambra last week — was released Tuesday from jail.
Prosecutors declined to immediately file a case against Russell Errett, 56, and asked for further investigation, according to Sarah Ardalani of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Errett was arrested last Thursday in connection with the death of his wife, Hui Lui, 29, of Alhambra.
Alhambra police went to 26 N. First St. shortly after 1 a.m. last Thursday after a caller "reported that his wife fell from the top level of the public parking structure," Sgt. Steven Carr said.
Lui died at the scene, according to the coroner's office.
Errett was arrested less than 5 1/2 hours later, and remained behind bars until he was released from custody at about 5:15 this morning, jail records show.
He worked for East Los Angeles College and retired in August 2014 as an adjunct instructor, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported.


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Resident 3-D printing analyst Steve Heller recently turned to Twitter to see what questions investors had about 3-D printing stocks. Twitter user William White was wondering what kind of expectations should investors set over the next decade for 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD), voxeljet (NYSE:VJET), Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS), and Dassault Systemes (NASDAQOTH:DASTY).
@3DFool @BosBlake what's a realistic expectation for DDD, VJET, SSYS, DASTY over the next 10 years?
— William White (@willthekid1) February 11, 2014
Being such a huge question, Steve sat down with the head of Motley Fool's industrial sector, Blake Bos, to help investors start thinking about setting their long-term expectations in an industry that's sure to rapidly change over the next decade. One point the two highlight is how investors should watch competing 3-D printing technologies to see which one becomes the most popular in the future. Check out the video segment below to get the full story. (The relevant segment can be found between 6:49 and 10:17.)
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County of Peebles (ship)
County of Peebles
|United Kingdom
|County of Peebles
|R. & J. Craig, Glasgow
|India—Great Britain
|Barclay Curle & Co., Glasgow[1]
|Yard number:
|5 July 1875[1]
|In service:
|Out of service:
|Sold to Chile, 1898[1]
|Muñoz Gamero
|Beached as a breakwater, 1960s
|General characteristics [1]
|266 ft 6 in (81.23 m)
|38 ft 7 in (11.76 m)
|23 ft 4 in (7.11 m)
|Sail plan:
|Full-rigged ship
The County of Peebles was the world's first four-masted, iron-hulled full-rigged ship. She was built in 1875, by Barclay Curle Shipbuilders in Glasgow, Scotland, for the shipping firm R & J Craig of Glasgow.[3] Measuring 81.2m (266 feet 6 inches) long, with a beam of 11.8m (38 feet 7 inches), a draft of 7.1m (23 feet 4 inches) and a cargo capacity of 1614 net tons, she was a state-of-the-art windjammer when she entered the jute trade between the ports of Dundee and Cardiff in Great Britain and Bombay and Calcutta / Hooghly River in East India. Her rig was in the 'Scottish style , with royal sails above double top-sails and single topgallants.
County of Peebles represented an important development in sailing ship design, which allowed wind-powered ships to compete successfully on long haul routes with steamships in the last quarter of the 19th century.[4] With her success R & J Craig ordered a further eleven similar four-masted 'full-rigged ships' for the thriving Indian jute trade, forming what was referred to as the Scottish East India Line. Following the pattern set by County of Peebles, the sister ships were also named after Scottish counties as follows: County of Caithness (launched in 1876), County of Inverness (1877), County of Cromarty (1878), County of Dumfries (1878), County of Kinross (1878), County of Selkirk (1878), County of Aberdeen (1879), County of Haddington (1879), County of Edinburgh (1885), County of Roxburgh (1886), and County of Linlithgow (1887).
In 1898, County of Peebles was sold to the Chilean Navy. Renamed Muñoz Gamero, she was used as a coal hulk at Punta Arenas on the Strait of Magellan. In the mid-1960s she was beached as a breakwater in Punta Arenas, where she lies as of 2017,[update] with cut-down masts.[5]
- ^ a b c d e "County of Peebles". Clydebuilt Ships Database. 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
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- ^ "Shipping news". Otago Witness. Dunedin, New Zealand. 2 February 1878. p. 11.
- ^ Cumming, Bill (2009). Gone....A Chronicle of the Seafarers & Fabulous Clipper Ships of R & J Craig of Glasgow. Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84927-013-7.
- ^ "Punta Arenas, Google Maps". maps.google.com. 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
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Coordinates: 53°10′37″S 70°55′03″W / 53.17698°S 70.91746°W