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Three Kalecik Karasıs
Three Kalecik Karasıs - Three different styles of Turkish wine.
ADA Public House
Need a pint? Head over to Kurtuluş's latest, ADA Public House. The beer list may not be extensive. Nevertheless, the presence of any pub in the neighborhood is cause for celebration. Have a drink with us.
Some Wonder Women of Istanbul
International Women's day came and went. Let's take the time to celebrate the women in Istanbul who are making the road a little easier for the next generations.
Emir: A Pairing
As of late, I have been diving into the world of wine, specifically Turkish wine. And, thanks to a very well-versed and very patient sommelier-to-be friend – let's call her "A" – the journey has been more educational and pleasant than I could have imagined. Last November, my partner in crime – you can call … Continue reading Emir: A Pairing
Kafital Roasters
What Karl's lacks in grub, is made up for in coffee. And when you roast your own, isn't that the point?
From the Chinese soup dumpling to the Italian ravioli, any culture worth its salt has a dumpling dish of sorts. In Turkey, we have mantı.* Mantı is made from a simple dough, rolled into a thin sheet. The sheet is cut into small(ish) squares and, traditionally, a small amount of a ground lamb mixture is … Continue reading Mantı
Montag Coffee Roasters
The next time you find yourself in Kadıköy Çarşı with a couple of minutes to spare, treat yourself to some fine roasts.
Café Replika: Little Turkey
Learning that we spend most of our time in Istanbul, a friend told us that she just had an amazing Turkish breakfast. Really? Naturally we came a'running.
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text: Skin Health Psoriasis Living With Self-Injection Instructions for Psoriasis Print By Lia Tremblay | Medically reviewed by a board-certified physician Updated November 02, 2017 ballyscanlon / Getty Images More in Psoriasis Living With Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment For mild cases of psoriasis, simple topical treatments (creams, ointments) may be appropriate. Moderate to severe cases of psoriasis, however, may require biologics, which are injected. If you must have frequent injections, you may need to do them yourself at home. This may seem scary or intimidating at first — it honestly does for most people. But don't worry: Once you've learned the procedure, the process quickly will become second nature. The Use of Biologics Biologics are medicines derived from human or animal proteins, rather than ones created by a process of combining chemicals. Insulin, which is used by some individuals with diabetes to compensate for an insufficient production of this substance within the body, is an example of a biologic. A common biologic used to treat psoriasis is Humira, which blocks signals in the immune system that encourage inflammation. Humira is designed to be injected every other week. Other biologics may be injected weekly, or even twice a week. How to Perform a Self-Injection for Psoriasis Some biologics are given through a subcutaneous injection, meaning that the drug is injected into the layer of fatty tissue just under the skin. Others are given via intramuscular (into the muscle) injection, which can result in mild soreness for hours after being given. Biologics such as Remicade, meanwhile, are given via intravenous injection, which means the drug is delivered straight into the bloodstream through a vein. This mainly occurs in an infusion center or another medical facility. If you can inject your medication yourself, it may come in pre-filled syringes or in a vial of powder that must be mixed with fluid. Specific instructions for preparing the dose will vary, and you should be sure to read any injection package inserts carefully. Here are general instructions: 1. Start with clean hands. Wash them thoroughly to prevent infection. 2. Gather the necessary equipment. Make sure you have: your medication (either a prefilled syringe or one you have prepared according to the instructions)the size and type of needle and syringe recommended by your doctor or pharmacista small, sterile gauze padalcohol padsa trash can that remains out of reach of pets and children 3. Prepare the injection site. Your doctor or nurse may already have shown you the best places on your body to give the shot. These locations can include the thighs and the abdomen — places where it is easy to pinch a bit of fatty tissue between your fingers. Once you have decided where to give the shot: Cleanse the skin with an alcohol swab by rubbing the swab it in a circular motion over the intended injection site. Allow the alcohol to air dry, or dry it off with your sterile gauze.Uncap the needle and hold it with one hand, as you would a pencil. With your other hand, pinch the skin at the injection site between your thumb and forefinger to provide a fold of skin for the injection. 4. Give yourself the shot. With a quick thrust of the needle, insert the needle completely into the skin at a 90-degree angle — directly into the top of the fold of skin you are grasping. For children or adults with little fat under their skin, a 45-degree angle may be recommended. With the needle fully inserted, let go of the skin you are pinching. Use this free hand to stabilize the base of the syringe.Pull back on the syringe plunger slightly, in order to see if any blood is drawn into the syringe as a result. If blood does appear in the syringe, this may mean that the needle may have entered a blood vessel instead of fatty tissue. Injecting the medication into a blood vessel may cause it to be absorbed too quickly. Pull the needle out, replace the cap and begin the injection procedure again if this occurs.If no blood enters the syringe, inject the medication slowly and steadily.Once the injection is complete, apply a piece of gauze to the injection site and firmly hold it over the skin as you pull the needle out. This will keep the skin from pulling back with the needle, which can be uncomfortable. Apply some pressure to the gauze over the injection site for one to two minutes before removing. 5. Clean up — safely. Replace the cap on the needle, and gather all the used wrappers, gauze and alcohol pads. Throw all of this medical refuse away in a trashcan that will remain safely unavailable to curious children or pets. For even greater safety, ask your doctor or pharmacist about getting a sharps container, which allows for quick disposal of used syringes in a sealed box that children and pets cannot get into. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Sign up for our Health Tip of the Day newsletter, and receive daily tips that will help you reach your 2018 goals. Email Address Sign Up There was an error. Please try again. Thank you, , for signing up. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Article Sources National Library of Medicine. Subcutaneous Injections fact sheet.National Psoriasis Foundation. Biologics fact sheet.National Psoriasis Foundation. Who Can Take Biologics? fact sheet. Continue Reading


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Hurricane Maria makes landfall on DominicanaAnd as we saw with Hurricane Harvey, even a downgraded hurricane or tropical storm can cause massive destruction and chaos. Central and southern Leeward Islands could see as much as 20 inches of rain, according to the National Hurricane Center .
Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp Lists Three Potential Options For Replacing Suspended Sadio ManeMaybe that's not at all warranted considering it's still early days, but the mistakes continues to pile up and cost us dearly. Philippe Coutinho could also be given more match time , whilst Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could start in central midfield.
Olive Garden's $200 "Pasta Passport" offers all-inclusive trips for two to ItalyThe first-of-its-kind Pasta Passport to Italy has all the benefits of Pasta Pass plus a trip of a lifetime for two to Italy. Well, this year Olive Garden is thanking their most loyal fans by offering Pasta Passports to Italy .
Merkel Victorious In Germany's National ElectionMerkel's main centre-left rivals, the Social Democrats, slid to their worst result since the Second World War, projections showed. Calling the AfD a "party of agitators" and "the enemies", Schulz said his Social Democrats were the best option to fight them.
Markets close with marginal losses; auto stocks top laggardsAfter resuming higher, the Sensex slipped into the red, before settling down 1.86 points, or 0.01 per cent, at 32,400.51. Sun Pharma , Hindustan Unilever, PowerGrid and ICICI Bank were also on the losing side, falling by up to 1.96 per cent.
Erdogan refutes western concerns over Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 missilesMoscow - Moscow and Ankara confirmed on Tuesday that they signed a deal in which Moscow would sell Ankara S-400 missiles. Some media reports have said the deal could be worth up to $US2.5 billion.
Man Utd midfielder Mkhitaryan: I need to improve to become Jose regularWith a number of injuries in the midfield, Craig Burley examines how Man United might cope when they visit CSKA Moscow . Phil Jones and Eric Bailly are available again after serving European suspensions but the former will not feature.
Beer and margaritas coming to some Taco Bell locationsTaco Bell's chief operating officer credits millennials' moving into downtown areas helping to revitalize urban areas. And that certainly rings true as this isn't the first time Taco Bell has attempted to revolutionize its brand.
Hackers backdoored CCleaner, likely affecting tens of millions of usersBut that means up to 2.27 million users could be vulnerable, and Piriform is urging all users of the affected versions to download v5.34.
Fed Makes No Changes To Dot Plot, Hinting At December HikeThe biggest percentage gain was the telecom services sector's.SPLRCL 2.3 percent jump on merger and acquisition speculation. Tesla was down 1.86 percent after Jefferies started coverage of the electric vehicle maker's stock with "underperform".
Jennifer Garner cries over 'Hamilton' following dentist visit in comedic videoThe actress shared in the caption that she was delirious from laughing gas and novocaine after a dentist visit. Ben Affleck's ex is usually so articulate and composed, which is what makes this video so great.
Pakistan look to seal Independence Cup against World XIWorld XI were off to flying start in chasing the target of 175 runs, as openers gathered 47 runs for the first-wicket partnership. With the focus now firmly on the second T20 and the celebratory entrances done with, expect complete focus on the cricket.


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Police say they are to 'review' the case of murdered Mansfield man before making a decision on whether they will continue their investigation after his girlfriend was acquitted.
A jury found Michelle Swift (49) not guilty following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday.
Mr Blankert (48), of Ladybrook Place, died in December last year from injuries he sustained during a brutal attack.
Charged with murder, Miss Swift had already faced trial in the summer from which a jury failed to reach a decision.
But following Friday's verdict, she has since been released, and the police say they will consider their next step in the investigation.
Following the conclusion of the trial, DCI Tony Heydon, said: "The police and the Crown Prosecution Service built a case and believed that Emiel Blankert had died after he had sustained injuries thought to have been caused by Michelle Swift.
"That evidence was put before a jury who failed to reach a verdict after two-and-a-half weeks.
"Disappointingly proceedings have now concluded without anyone being convicted. The trial Judge has decided to release Michelle Swift unconditionally.
"The death of Emiel Blankert will be referred to the coroner to consider an inquest.
"As always we are in touch with Emiel's family in Holland and they will receive the best possible support by the Dutch victim support scheme. Our thoughts are with them at this time."
Over the course of both trials, the court was told about the violent 17-year relationship between Mr Blankert and Miss Swift, in which both had instigated fights.
Mr Blankert had taken several blows to his body, including one that ruptured his bowel which led to his death in hospital four days later. It was thought that he had either been stamped on hard in the stomach or hit with a weapon.
CCTV footage taken from around the parade of shops in which he lived above showed that he was clearly injured after emerging from his flat on Sunday, 15th December last year.
Miss Swift's barrister, Michael Auty, suggested that Mr Blankert could have been attacked by a gang who set upon him in an alleyway or walkway or on a stairwell not covered by the cameras.


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Branded content essential for your content marketing strategy
One of the key concerns with ensuring good results from your content marketing strategy, is identifying the practices or activities that keep your audience engaged and interested in your brand.
Online marketing trends change all the time, where one day polls may be a popular way to foster engagement and the next month it's not as interesting to your audience.
A survey conducted by independent research company Forrester found that around 70 per cent of US online adults trust brand or product recommendations from friends and family, while 46 per cent trusted consumer-written online reviews.
Only one in ten of the 58,000 respondents trusted ads on websites, with nine per cent trusting text messages from brands or companies.
This, Forrester says, signals a "need for new ways" for marketers to build their brand with consumers as brand-led advertising online and offline has lost its allure.
Consumers are preferring self-selected online content over the "one-way push communications".
"Marketers now have the power to connect with their customers in ways they never could before, as branded content can bridge the gap between TV's emotive power and digital advertising's measurability and efficiency," Forrester principal analyst Tracy Stokes posted.
"But for every Old Spice and Oreo success story, there are hundreds of unseen messages and videos."
Stokes noted that branded content offers an "opportunity to truly engage with consumers" in a way that marketers have never done before.
Forrester's four C's framework was suggested by Stokes to help build your brand with branded content, which involves: Capturing the brand's 'North Star' in branded content, connecting to consumers in context, creating visible value and continuously measuring and optimising results.
"So as branded content gains steam, marketers must shift from an ad hoc approach where content is an afterthought, to an approach where content production is systematic, integrated, and data-driven," Forrester notes in a March 21 press release.
"By doing so, brands will enable the four components of a 21st century brand — one that is trusted, remarkable, unmistakable, and essential."
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Hermosa Beach has large professional, scientific, and technical industries which comprise 15.8% of all industries in the city, which is almost twice that of the California average. The main occupations of its residents are in sales, services, wholesale and manufacturing, as well as a high number of engineers and computer specialists. The 24 hour fitness employs the most workers at 187, closely followed by the City of Hermosa with 183. Other top employers are Vons, Ralphs, and Patrick Molloys.
The city also enjoys being close to a variety of conveniences. The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is only 7 miles away. The hospital Providence Little Company of Mary is only 4 miles away in neighboring city Torrance and about 5 miles away is El Camino Community College, which has over 8500 full time enrolled students.
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Magic: August 21 to September 25, 2009
Screengrab of installation center image, presented at Without Borders, August, 2009. (Left: Nicole Starosielski; Right: Erik Loyer)
Presently in production, Magic looks at the increasingly varied ways in which artists — or, perhaps more generally, makers — collaborate to bring disparate pieces of a project together to form a coherent whole. The project itself is also a product of these same collaborative forces.
Craig Dietrich, John Bell, and myself, in collaboration with Vectors staff, this summer's NEH Vectors fellows, and many more have contributed to Magic. As often happens, the nature of the partnership is dictated as much by the personalities and backgrounds of the collaborators as by the specific technical or production needs of the project. Magic is presently installed at "Without Borders VI: Conjunction", a gallery show on the University of Maine campus, through September, 2009. The public opening is September 10th, at Lord Hall. We've placed up a Web-based version of the installation interface, and stay tuned for the release of the prototype Web-only project.


text: OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the early effects of transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) on both atrial and ventricle diameters and functions by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and to assess the correlations with N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP) levels. METHODS Twenty-two patients with secundum type ASD referred for percutaneous closure and 22 healthy subjects as a control group were included the study. TTE and concurrent blood sampling were performed prior, 24 hours and 30 days after the closure procedure. RESULTS At follow up; 24 hours and 30 days after the closure right atrial (RA) areas, right ventricular (RV) areas, RV end-diastolic volumes (EDVs), RV end-systolic volumes (ESVs) were decreased on the other hand LVEDV, LVESVs and LVSVs were increased. Global RV systolic and diastolic function indices such as TAPSE, Tricuspid E/A ratios, Tricuspid E/e' ratios were immediately decreased after the closure. NT-proBNP values were increased in 24 hours following closure and after 30 days it was still higher than the values measured before the transcatheter closure. LV structural and functional parameters were significantly correlated with these NT-ProBNP values. (LVEDV (r= 0.37; p= 0.02), LVESV (r= 0.38; p= 0.01), LA area (r=0.46; p=0.002), Mitral E/e' (r = 0.28; p= 0.04)). CONCLUSION Percutaneous ASD closure could lead to both early and sustained changes in cardiac anatomy and functions involving both sides of the heart. NT-proBNP levels were increased at the 24 hours and notably 30 days after the percutaneous ASD closure which is associated with increased LV diameters and volumes.


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This acid is of a different nature from that contained in the tissue of the leaves. As long as the [page 15] tentacles remain closely inflected, the glands continue to secrete, and the secretion is acid; so that, if neutralised by carbonate of soda, it again becomes acid after a few hours. I have observed the same leaf with the tentacles closely inflected over rather indigestible substances, such as chemically prepared casein, pouring forth acid secretion for eight successive days, and over bits of bone for ten successive days.
The secretion seems to possess, like the gastric juice of the higher animals, some antiseptic power. During very warm weather I placed close together two equal-sized bits of raw meat, one on a leaf of the Drosera, and the other surrounded by wet moss. They were thus left for 48 hrs., and then examined. The bit on the moss swarmed with infusoria, and was so much decayed that the transverse striae on the muscular fibres could no longer be clearly distinguished; whilst the bit on the leaf, which was bathed by the secretion, was free from infusoria, and its striae were perfectly distinct in the central and undissolved portion. In like manner small cubes of albumen and cheese placed on wet moss became threaded with filaments of mould, and had their surfaces slightly discoloured and disintegrated; whilst those on the leaves of Drosera remained clean, the albumen being changed into transparent fluid.
As soon as tentacles, which have remained closely inflected during several days over an object, begin to re-expand, their glands secrete less freely, or cease to secrete, and are left dry. In this state they are covered with a film of whitish, semi-fibrous matter, which was held in solution by the secretion. The drying of the glands during the act of re-expansion is of some little service to the plant; for I have often observed that objects adhering to the leaves [page 16] could then be blown away by a breath of air; the leaves being thus left unencumbered and free for future action. Nevertheless, it often happens that all the glands do not become completely dry; and in this case delicate objects, such as fragile insects, are sometimes torn by the re-expansion of the tentacles into fragments, which remain scattered all over the leaf. After the re-expansion is complete, the glands quickly begin to re-secrete, and as soon as full-sized drops are formed, the tentacles are ready to clasp a new object.
When an insect alights on the central disc, it is instantly entangled by the viscid secretion, and the surrounding tentacles after a time begin to bend, and ultimately clasp it on all sides. Insects are generally killed, according to Dr. Nitschke, in about a quarter of an hour, owing to their tracheae being closed by the secretion. If an insect adheres to only a few of the glands of the exterior tentacles, these soon become inflected and carry their prey to the tentacles next succeeding them inwards; these then bend inwards, and so onwards; until the insect is ultimately carried by a curious sort of rolling movement to the centre of the leaf. Then, after an interval, the tentacles on all sides become inflected and bathe their prey with their secretion, in the same manner as if the insect had first alighted on the central disc. It is surprising how minute an insect suffices to cause this action: for instance, I have seen one of the smallest species of gnats (Culex), which had just settled with its excessively delicate feet on the glands of the outermost tentacles, and these were already beginning to curve inwards, though not a single gland had as yet touched the body of the insect. Had I not interfered, this minute gnat would [page 17] assuredly have been carried to the centre of the leaf and been securely clasped on all sides. We shall hereafter see what excessively small doses of certain organic fluids and saline solutions cause strongly marked inflection.
Whether insects alight on the leaves by mere chance, as a resting place, or are attracted by the odour of the secretion, I know not.


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Studies suggest that 90 percent of knee and hip replacements still function well 10 to 15 years after they're implanted, but recent joint replacement innovations may make them last even longer.
Is Robotic-Assisted Joint Replacement Right for You?
Robotic-assisted joint replacement procedures are growing in popularity, thanks to customized treatment plans and the benefits of increased precision. Learn more.
Joint Replacement in 23 Hours: Is It Right for You?
Joint replacement surgery used to require a lengthy hospital stay, but times have changed. Find out if a 23-hour joint replacement is right for you.
How You Can Have a Faster Recovery After Joint Replacement
As little as 10 years ago, joint replacement surgery was rather rigorous, with a long, 10-inch incision, a hospital stay and time at a rehab facility. Now, however, newer, more advanced techniques are changing the patient's experience.
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Personalized Replacement Joints: How Surgery Is Changing For the Better
Patients have rising expectations and are demanding more from total knee replacements and joint replacements than in previous years. This has generated improvements in the field, including design, delivery and execution.
Why You're Never 'Too Young' for Hip Replacement Surgery
If hip pain is inhibiting your lifestyle, talk to your doctor. Many nonsurgical and surgical options are available to help manage your pain and get you back in the game.
Surprising Benefit of Hip Replacement: A Better Sex Life
For people in need of hip replacement, sex can be extremely painful. The good news is that once the joint is replaced, you can resume having sex within six to eight weeks – and it's often better than it's been for years.
4 Exercise-Related Things You Should Avoid Before Elective Surgery
Patients often ask me questions about "prehab,"or exercise programs they can do before an elective surgery. These questions show how exercise has taken on such major importance in people's lives.
Advances Make Hip, Knee Replacements Last Longer
Contributor: Michael Bloomfield, MD Hip and knee replacements eliminate pain and improve movement for hundreds of thousands of people every year in the United States. Younger and more active patients are seeking joint replacements. This is why surgeons and implant developers continue to improve the prosthetics and techniques involved in the surgery. In recent years, manufacturers … Read More
Is a Hip or Knee Replacement Right for You?
As people live longer and are more active, they expect more in their golden years. They want to move well and without pain. "Patients today aren't as willing to live with the limitations that past generations accepted," says Michael Bloomfield, MD, a Cleveland Clinic orthopaedic surgeon at Hillcrest Hospital and Cleveland Clinic main campus. With … Read More


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Seconds Away
By Rebecca Vernon [Posted December 15, 2004]
Seconds Away Self-titled demo Seconds Away = The Used + Gift Anon + Drive-Thru Records OK, I put Gift Anon in there because of the tender vocals. They should send their CDs only to Drive-Thru Records and Jade Tree and call it good. Seconds Away are pretty good at making emo that doesn't suck, thanks … read more


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Moratorium approved on wind turbines
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The Town Board voted Tuesday night to impose a 128-day moratorium on applications and permits for wind turbines.
The delay is designed to provide the town time to establish regulations on several aspects, including noise, size, height, zoning and use.
But with a plan pending from Canon for its headquarters in Melville, more applications expected in the future, and no regulations on the books, the town is moving toward establishing rules.
Before the Town Board's unanimous vote, several people spoke about the need to consider how to handle wind turbine applications.
The resolution was sponsored by Councilman Mark Cuthbertson.
Canon has applied to set up 11 wind turbines at its headquarters under construction near Route 110 in Melville.
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I absolutely love University of Louisiana-Monroe. It is completely a great school to attend, especially an online school. I transferred from Louisiana State University to go ULM because it offered an online program with a reputable school. I plan to get my bachelors degree in Psychology from this school. I would definitely recommend anyone attending this school; especially if you are in Louisiana. I did have a sour patch with the Financial department for a "pell grant" mishap. However, that does not alter my experience with the school. Definitely great online program, especially for military members. Great professors and even better counselors. ATTEND!


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Last week's Fixer Upper was a first, a houseboat renovation! I loved the simple, clean, midcentury look of this design and especially all the exterior updates that they did to modernize this 70's houseboat. The mix of raw wood, unique black siding, and the modern windows on the outside of the houseboat completely transformed the entire look. If I ever have a houseboat, I would want it to look just like this! Check out the amazing before + after below:
My favorite area of this renovation was the simple, modern living space. It was the perfect mix of midcentury and rustic, while still feeling cozy and comfortable. This home was designed with a more masculine style in mind, but I think that the overall look would work for just about anyone! Not only are all the neutrals easy to work with but the simple, clean lines are timeless, making this space both functional and stylish for years to come.
The star of the space is this gorgeous gray midcentury couch- I've linked some similar options below ranging from Ikea to West Elm so there's something for every budget. The metal sconce adds a little industrial touch to the space and I love the little bit of brass on it too (I've linked a lot of options below under $100!). The wood circular shelf is the perfect minimal wall art that also serves as a little storage space too.
My favorite part of the space: that cute little row of midcentury planters by the window! Such a simple way to add a pop of brightness that still fits in with the overall style of the room. The midcentury coffee table is the perfect size for the space and I love the touch of dark wood against all the white. The printed shag rug adds a little texture, pattern, and pulls everything together.
This minimal style is so easy to work with because it doesn't take much as far as accessories to make a space feel complete. Some textured pillows and a throw with a little pattern make the couch feel cozier and less stark. The coffee table is decorated with a simple stack of books, a candle, and some ceramic vases keeping with the clean, mid-century vibe. A mid-century magazine rack provides storage without taking up as much space, or blocking as much window light, as a side table. I've linked many similar accessories below to help you achieve this look, whether you are starting from scratch, or just want to add a touch of mid-century style to a space.


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Hank Fisher was born in Washington, DC on 10 January 1900, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Fisher. The family moved to Los Angeles, California, when he was ten years old. After attending the University of Southern California for one year, he entered the Academy on 13 June 1919, as a member of the Class of 1923.
No one in E Company was ever in doubt as to where Hank hailed from. A deep "Cataline Island" tan was his trademark during summer months. This is preserved for posterity in the informal snapshot which accompanied his write-up in the 1923 HOWITZER. During periods of cold winter weather, Hank enjoyed pointing out to his less fortunate (i.e. non-Californian) classmates the advantages of Southern California's climate over that of the Hudson Valley.
His four years at the Military Academy were not easy years but they were good ones. Hank weathered occasional academic storms and, for that reason, probably appreciated being at West Point more than many of his classmates. Hank contributed his full share to life at the Academy. He was on the swimming squad Plebe year. Handball was his favorite sport, however, and he excelled at it. He won the Academy Handball Championship Second Class year and was awarded class numerals for that accomplishment.
Hank graduated from the Military Academy on 12 June 1923, and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Infantry. His first post was Fort Douglas, Utah. After a year in the 39th Infantry Regiment, at the end of which he was a company commander, he applied for a detail to the Army Air Service. He graduated from the Air Service Primary Flying School at Brooks Field, Texas, in March 1925. He later graduated from the Air Service Balloon and Airship School at Scott Field, Illinois, in June 1927, with the rating of Balloon and Airship Pilot. In May 1928, he was a member of the US Army Balloon Team at the National Balloon Races. The Balloon Service was deactivated in 1928 and Hank, after being promoted to 1st lieutenant, returned to his basic branch, the Infantry.
On 28 November 1925, Hank married Miss Eda Wilhelm Droosten of New York City. The marriage took place in San Antonio, Texas. A daughter, Charlotte, was born in September 1926, and a son, Charles, was born in January 1931.
In September 1930, he was assigned to the Signal School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Graduation from the Signal School was followed by a three-year assignment at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. For two years he served as a battalion adjutant in the 35th Infantry Regiment. (Many years later Hank was destined to achieve lasting fame as the commander of the 35th Infantry during the early tough going in the Korean War.) After a year as Commanding Officer of the 11th Signal Company, he was transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia, where he graduated from the Infantry School in 1936.
Five years later he was assigned as a student officer at the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in the Class of 1941-1942. Hank considered this to be one of the high spots in his career and modestly said he had not expected to be selected for it. After graduating from the Command and General Staff School, he was assigned to the 317th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Infantry Division. After serving as its executive officer for two years, Hank assumed command of the regiment, took it to Europe and led it through ten months of almost continuous combat in France and Germany. As part of the 80th Infantry Division of General George Patton's Third Army, the 317th Infantry Regiment was involved in some of World War II's heaviest combat.
Hank's regiment landed on Utah Beach on 3 August 1944. Within five days it was in combat at Avranches. Argentan was captured on 20 August. The 317th Regiment was involved in the establishment of the Third Army's first beachhead across the Moselle. The division was moved north on short notice when Luxembourg was threatened and halted the German advance before it reached the city. The 317th was involved in very bitter fighting for several days in late December during the relief of Bastogne. Hank had reason to feel proud of the part his regiment played in administering the knockout blow to General von Rundstedt's attempt at a German comeback. The Rhine was crossed on 28 March, less than eight months after crossing Utah Beach. On 8 May, the 80th Infantry Division accepted the surrender of the German Sixth Army. In recognition of his outstanding leadership and personal bravery during his tour of duty as commander of the 317th Infantry Regiment, Hank was awarded the Silver Star, two Bronze Star medals and the French Croix de Guerre.
Upon his return to the United States, Hank served as G-3 of the III Corps. Then, in 1948, the Fishers were transferred to Japan where Hank was assigned to the G-3 Section of GHQ, Far East Command. In July 1948 he assumed command of the 35th Infantry Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division.
Hank's service as commander of the 35th Infantry Regiment immediately before and during the Korean War undoubtedly constituted the highlight of his military career. The Korean War broke out on 25 June 1950. In early July the 25th Infantry Division was rushed to Korea. It landed in Pusan on July 13th and all three regiments saw immediate combat as the North Korean Naktong Offensive developed. Roy E. Appleton, army historian, in his history of the Korean War, entitled South to the Naktong—North to the Yalu, said of Hank:
"Competent observers considered the 35th Infantry Regiment's commanding officer, Colonel Fisher, one of the ablest regimental commanders in Korean…This officer was a fine example of the professional soldier. He possessed an exact knowledge of the capabilities of the weapons used in an Infantry regiment and was skilled in their use. He was a technician in the tactical employment of troops. Of quiet temperament, he did not court publicity. One of his fellow regimental commanders called him 'the mainstay of the Division.' "
Because of its overall performance under Hank's leadership, the 35th Infantry Regiment was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. Hank himself received a well-deserved Distinguished Service Cross. Hank gave credit for the regiment's superior rating to its officers, particularly its junior officers. He said, "Because of the nature of the combat (close combat) they bore the heaviest burden."
Lieutenant General Sidney B. Berry, Superintendent of the Military Academy from 1974 to 1977, graduated in the Class of 1948. After a year's training at Fort Riley and Fort Benning, 2nd Lieutenant Berry reported to Camp Otsu, Japan, to join the 35th Infantry Regiment. Thus, Hank Fisher was his first regimental commander. He served under Hank for ten months in Japan and six months in Korea. General Berry wrote a comprehensive and very informative account of the sixteen months he spent in Hank's regiment. Several extensive quotations from General Berry's account follow:
"Colonel Fisher was my first regimental commander in garrison and in combat. I was fortunate, both personally and professionally, to serve under Colonel Fisher's leadership, especially during the formative days of my military service. He was a professional in the finest sense of the word. He set high standards for his soldiers and his regiment and saw to it that we lived up to his expectations for us. He drove us in training with a sense of urgency and purpose that seemed born of the expectation that the 35th Infantry Regiment would enter combat within a short time. We did—in July 1950, when the North Koreans invaded South Korea. Because 'Hammering Hank Fisher,' as we called him, had trained us in a tough, demanding, professional manner, we won battles in Korea from the beginning. Indeed, combat seemed easier than training under Hammering Hank Fisher! Many of us survived because of the tough, effective training Colonel Fisher had provided us.
"During the heavy fighting of those first six months of Korean combat Hank's regiment was spread thinly over extended fronts, and he had his hands full. But every soldier in the regiment felt Colonel Fisher's influence twenty-four hours a day. We could feel his strength and toughness, his determination and his effectiveness as a combat leader. His was a proud, combat effective regiment. We won every battle, even when we were required to withdraw because of the overall situation. We fought in battle the way Henry Fisher had trained us to fight—to win.
"I know now that those six months of early Korean combat must have sorely tried and fatigued Colonel Fisher. Those were tough and demanding days. Dig in and defend by day and early evening, and withdraw during early morning hours. Then the Pusan perimeter when Henry Fisher's 35th Regimental Combat Team held a critical avenue of approach into the port city of Pusan, along which the 7th North Korean Division attacked with heavy armor supported by heavy artillery. Then the breakout from the Pusan perimeter and exhilarating pursuit of the enemy into North Korea. Then in late November and early December, the massive attack of Chinese Communist Forces necessitating the delay and withdrawal back into South Korea below the 38th parallel.
"I think that Colonel Fisher's most difficult time as a soldier must have been during late November and early December 1950. His 35th Regiment was spearheading the advance towards the Yalu River in the 25th Infantry Division Zone of I Corps in the western part of the North Korean mountains. Then the Chinese Communists attacked in force. Units on the regiment's left gave way. The right flank was open, and a great gap existed between the 25th Infantry Division and the 2nd Infantry Division to the east of us. The 2nd Infantry Division took the brunt of the Chinese attack, gave way, and was in distress. The result was that Hank Fisher's regimental combat team had to fight fiercely, hold tenaciously, and withdraw slowly until units on both flanks could withdraw southward across the Chongchun River to the regiment's rear. ... Here is where Hank Fisher's leadership was tested by fire. His dilemma was this: hold long enough to permit other friendly units to withdraw but not so long as to permit his regiment to be destroyed by overwhelming odds or to be outflanked and enveloped by the enemy. At the end, out of communication with the division commander, Colonel Fisher was entirely on his own. He had to take it upon himself to decide when his mission was accomplished and when to withdraw his regimental combat team. He did both. He accomplished his mission and he saved his regiment intact to fight continuously throughout the remaining two and a half years of Korean combat.
"In his book about that phase of the Korean War, The River and the Gauntlet, S. L. A. Marshall sings the praises of Colonel Henry G. Fisher and credits him with saving many American and South Korean units and then his own regimental combat team.
"Of the dozen or so US Army colonels who commanded Infantry regiments in Japan, Colonel Henry G. Fisher is the only one who took his regiment into Korean combat and retained command as long as he did. Hammering Hank Fisher retained command of his regiment for almost six months of combat before being returned to Japan to take over the 34th Regiment.
"Colonel Fisher retired as a colonel of Infantry in 1953. A number of his West Point classmates retired as general officers. One was Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. But no person I have known has been more successful as a soldier and as a leader than Henry Granville Fisher. I and many others were privileged to serve under his leadership and to have him as an example for us to follow in our lives as soldiers. From Hammering Hank Fisher we learned the true meaning of Tough love' and what a professional soldier—an American professional— really is."
Following a final tour of duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia, as head of the Infantry Section, Headquarters, Army Field Forces, Hank retired on 31 August 1953, having completed thirty years of commissioned service. After retirement, Hank and his wife of twenty-eight years moved to St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, tentatively selected years earlier, when Eda and the children made it their home during World War II. Charlotte and her husband, Colonel Carl B. Smyth, Infantry Retired, and their two children also retired in St. Petersburg Beach. Colonel Smyth has the following to say of his father-in-law:
"Korea was perhaps the finest hour for this able, brave and modest officer. He was well decorated for his heroism, both in Europe and Korea but was proudest of the Presidential Unit Citation which the Regiment won for its performance in Korea.
"He was a devoted family man and, in his later years, derived much well-deserved pleasure from association with his grandchildren. He was, to me, the most responsible commander I ever met, the best teacher to both officers and enlisted men and, last but not least, a real friend."
Five years after his retirement, in response to a query, Hank said the most satisfying experiences of his career were: (1) his tour of duty as Commander of the 317th Infantry Regiment in the European Theater during 1944 and 1945; (2) his assignment as Commander, 35th Infantry Regiment in Japan and Korea; and (3) his assignment to the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth.
Hank died in St. Petersburg, Florida, on 27 July 1970 His wife, Eda, died three years later. Both are buried in St. Petersburg. They are survived by their daughter, Charlotte Smyth of St. Petersburg, Florida, a son, Charles of Santa Cruz, California, five grandchildren and Hank's brother, Dr. Charles Fisher of Glendale, California.
The last of Bill Kean's 25th Division major combat elements, the 35th Infantry, arrived in Pusan on July 13. It was commanded by Horton White's West Point (1923) classmate, Henry G. ("Hank") Fisher, also knows as "Hammering Hank Fisher" fifty. The 35th was mated with the 64th FAB, commanded by West Pointer (1932) Arthur H. Hogan, forty-two, to form an RCT.[6-29]
Although Hank Fisher was a year older than White - by George Marshall's reckoning too old for regimental command - his attitude was completely different from White's: He was itching for a fight.
Fisher well knew how to fight and command troops. Like Mike Michaelis, he had successfully commanded an infantry regiment (the 317th of the 80th Division) through many months of tough fighting in the ETO.
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ablest regimental commanders in Korea," who possessed an "exact knowledge" of
weaponry and tactics. One of Fisher's young West Point (1945) officers, Sydney
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He was a professional in the finest sense of the word. He set high standards for his soldiers and his regiment and saw to it that we lived up to his expectations for us. He drove us in training with a sense of urgency and purpose. . . . Because "Hammering Hank Fisher," as we called him, had trained us in a tough, demanding, professional manner, we won battles in Korea from the beginning. Indeed, combat seemed easier than training under Hammering Hank Fisher. Many of us survived because of the tough, effective training Colonel Fisher had provided us.[6-30]
Upon landing at Pusan, the 35th, like the 27th Infantry, was fragmented. Johnnie Walker ordered Kean to send the 1/35, commanded by West Pointer (1939) Bernard G. Teeters, thirty-five, to Pohang to relieve Michaelis's 2/27, so that the latter could rejoin its parent organization. Fisher, his regimental headquarters, and his 2/35, commanded by John L. Wilkin, Jr., forty-two, camped for a few days in a rear area near Kyŏngju. This brief interlude before battle provided Fisher and his men with time to adjust to Korea, assimilate fillers, and engage in training exercises.[6-31]
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The visitors closely scrutinized Eighth Army's senior field commanders. Ridgway had nothing to say about the division commanders, but he judged that "some" regimental commanders were "very poor." They were too old and lacked "combat experience and aggressiveness." He named no names, but undoubtedly he was referring to the three regimental commanders in the 1st Cav (Rohsenberger, Nist, and Palmer) and the 24th Infantry's Horton White. Although both Dick Stephens (21st Infantry) and Hank Fisher (35th Infantry) were considerably overage for regimental command, they were doing well, as were the "youngsters," Michaelis (27th Infantry), Beauchamp (34th Infantry), and Moore (19th Infantry). Replacements being sent by the Pentagon didn't help. "Three out of five were over fifty," Ridgway wrote.*


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KARACHI: CID police claimed to have apprehended three gang war accused, involved in the killing of 14 police personnel and recovered weapons and hand grenades, Geo News reported.
SSP CID Usman Bajwa told Geo News here Friday that police during action in Gulshan-e-Iqbal arrested three members of Lyari gang war's Sohail Ladla group.
He said, the accused have been identified as Sheeraz Faisal, Muhammad Zubair and Abdul Rehman and they were involved in the killing of 14 policemen and several other people.
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Although I often write quite open and personal posts on here, this one is going to be particularly intimate.
Around this time last year, I was in the most amazing place mentally. I had just started to get over the anxiety that had been holding me back for the past year and a half, I'd just started working a job I loved, I had a pretty good social life, and I'd just started dating a rather lovely man. Every day I felt so present and grateful and content; I literally felt like the happiness could burst out of me in great rays of golden light.
Not long after the new year, I stopped working at that job (an unfortunate thing that comes with being taken on as Christmas staff), my social life dissipated along with my main friendship, and before long the anxiety had crept back in. After that, I never quite got back to the head space I'd been in before. I tried to be more present, more grateful, I tried meditating, yoga, exercising, busying myself with blogging, but nothing quite cut it. I was stuck in a rut, and although my positivity would return on occasion, it was fleeting at best, and I always ended up slipping back into my unhappy and anxious state.
Add to that the stress of exams and decisions about the future, and my relationship with that lovely man becoming long-distance when he moved away for university, and I was really struggling. I just couldn't seem to pick myself up, but I kept trying, and after a few months of stress, anxiety and more tears than I care to mention, I decided to see my situation as a turning point; a point from which to try and get back to where I was.
Just looking back over photos from that time last year and listening to the music I listened to then and remembering how I felt became such a huge motivator for me to keep trying. Lately I've been really focusing on the frame of mind I was in and how I got there, and although my circumstances were a big factor in that, I've come to realise that I don't have to have certain things or be in certain circumstances to feel that way again. I simply have to be appreciative of everything I have and everything I am experiencing now. It's something I've been working on for a while now, and although it's taken nearly a year, I'm finally starting to get back to that wonderful, happy and alive place. The positive days are slowly starting to outweigh the down days, I feel more confident, I'm talking to people more and with greater ease, I'm no longer shying away from opportunities I'm presented with, and I actually feel excited about the changes that are coming my way.
The main focus of this post is that ultimately, if you keep trying, eventually it will pay off. You may feel that your efforts are getting you nowhere, that you're stuck in this hole and there's no way of getting out of it, but if you're persistent and you keep going, no matter how much you might want to give up, everything will slowly start to come together, until one day you find yourself looking back and realising just how much has changed and how much of a better position you're in now.
Just don't ever stop trying, because it's so worth it in the end.
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My gluten-free graham crackers are based on one of the free recipes at Top Secret Recipes . Since it's one of his free recipes, I'll go ahead and post the whole recipe. I wrote a post about some of the other Top Secret Recipes here.
If you've ever worked with gluten-free dough, you've discovered that most doughs aren't as thick as gluteny doughs. They can also be very difficult, if not impossible, to work with. I created the rolling technique that I use here so I could have rolled cookies, such as cut-out Christmas cookies. It ended up being a great way to store cookie dough. I can just pull one out of the freezer when I need it. It also keeps me or my kids from eating a whole batch right after it's made. So now, that's what I do with all my rolled doughs.
To be honest, you could make this into a pretty workable dough by adding less water. You could probably roll it out the regular way, but the method I've been using really makes it easy to create the square crackers without any waste or re-rolling of the dough.
Gluten-Free Graham Crackers
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon Sugar
3 tablespoons honey, warmed
1.5 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups Pamela's Ultimate Baking and Pancake Mix
1/4 – 1/2 cup water
For the procedure of mixing the dough, I'm just going to link you directly to Top Secret Recipe's version of Nabisco Graham Crackers.
I only have a couple of notes in addition to the recipe as written for making the dough. It turns out that graham flour is just a course grind of whole wheat flour. Pamela's Baking Mix is really good with duplicating the appearance and graham-y flavor because it actually has almond meal in it, which is where the dark brown flecks in the picture come from. Pamela's Baking Mix also has the salt, baking powder, baking soda AND the ever- important GF baking ingredient – xanthan gum. When you get to the part where you put the water in to bring the dough together, go easy on the water. I start out with a 1/4 cup and see how it goes from there.
To roll your dough out, you will need a gallon-sized zip-top bag, a one-cup measuring cup and a rolling pin. In the pictures, I put a white towel down just so you can see the dough. I actually did everything directly on the cutting board and not the towel.
1. Fill a one cup measuring cup with dough. Put it inside the ziplock bag and squash it down with your hands. Do not seal the bag yet.
2. Using the rolling pin and your hands, work the dough down into the bottom corners.
3. Using the rolling pin and your hands, work the dough to fill the bag. As you get to the top of the bag, get as much of the air bubbles out and seal the bag. You want as flat and uniform an end-product as possible, so you'll want to roll the sealed dough back and forth, side to side until you get it as flat and uniform as you can.
4. At this point, I put the dough in the freezer. I keep a cookie sheet in the freezer just for this so I can keep it completely flat. When you take the dough out to make the graham crackers, you'll need to work fast because it warms up pretty quickly.
5. When you're ready to make the graham crackers, open the bag and cut down the sides and across the bottom, removing the bag from the top surface of the dough.
6. Flip the dough onto a greased cookie sheet, dough side down, and peel the rest of the bag off. I usually have to work at this a bit to get the first edge off the bag so it stays in one piece.
7. Now, take a pizza cutter and cut the dough into squares however big you'd like. (Being a girl, I have to point out that the popeye arms are just a trick of the camera. Man… My forearm looks like a slice of pizza…! Anyway…)
8. Bake them in a preheated 300 F oven for about 5-7 minutes, or until they are beginning to turn a light brown. At this point, you'll need to take them out of the oven and space them apart. The spacing is how you'll get that crisp graham crackery-ness. If you keep them all together, you'll end up with the outer ones having a crisp edge, and the inner ones being soft. If they aren't cooperating with the spacing, put them back in the oven until they firm up more and try again.
9. Return them to the 300 F oven until they're a medium golden brown. They will still be soft at this point, but will be crisp when cool.


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The making of Basildon
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At the dive-in
The Underwater Studio in Basildon attracts rock bands, film stars, world record breakers and scuba divers. James Wood finds out more
At first it's unclear why actor Joanna Lumley or indie rock band Stereophonics might visit an industrial site just off the A127 in Basildon.
But amid the recycling points and manufacturing fi rms, the Underwater Studio opened there in 2004, when Geoff Smith relocated the facility from Enfield in north London: "We decided on Basildon not only because it was close to the M25 and the coast, but also as we have access to fantastic industry. We can call on the various engineering and manufacturing firms operating here when we need to."
Since the move to Basildon, the studio has been used for myriad feature films, music videos and commercials, as well as world record attempts and nearnightly diving and scuba diving classes.
Most recently, singer, Birdy – whose songs have featured on the soundtracks of successful film franchise The Hunger Games and the Josh Boone romantic comedy, The Fault in Our Stars – made use of the facility for the music video of her latest single, Wild Horses.
On set, Birdy grins as she slips into the water for the shoot – "I've always wanted to be a mermaid," she says. Director Francis Wallis explains the concept behind the video: "We shot Birdy standing on top of the water. The narrative is that we see a whole sequence of a sailor getting dressed into a vintage diving suit. Meanwhile, Birdy is dressed as a mermaid and we essentially see the impossible love story between the two underwater."
It's not the first time the studio has been used for dramatic shoots. Jonathan Glazer's acclaimed 2013 science fiction film, Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson, about an alien on earth, needed an underwater scene to create the graphic illusion of a human body having its insides sucked out.
The cinematographer behind the shot, Mark Silk, told Moviescope magazine that filming underwater can be a painstaking process, with a 12-hour shoot often only producing four seconds of footage, but the advantages of such a facility from a filmic perspective make it a worthwhile exercise.
"There's no geography underwater, so you can get away with a lot of things you wouldn't be able to on land. It allows for a fluidity of shot, so you can rotate the camera as you're filming an artist," he told the publication.
Raising the roof
Sky Atlantic TV drama The Tunnel – a remake of the Danish show, The Bridge – makes use of an impressive feature at the studio, which allows the stage setting to be transformed from an indoor to an outdoor facility.
An enormous crane is used to lift off the roof and frame of the building, exposing the pool of water beneath to the elements. There is no other studio in the world with such capability.
Other notable films and TV programmes to be shot at the facility include a scene from the forthcoming Absolutely Fabulous movie, which will be released in cinemas in summer 2016; comic book caper Stan Lee's Lucky Man, broadcast on Sky 1, which has received plaudits aplenty; popular Sky Living programme Britain's Next Top Model and Danny Boyle's film, Trance, starring James McAvoy.
Bands to have taken a dive at the studio include Stereophonics, whose video shoot for the 2013 single Violins and Tambourines was directed by the group's singer, Kelly Jones. Friendly Fires' Jump in the Pool and The Maccabees' Marks to Prove It music videos were also fi lmed there.
Breaking boundaries
The studio has also been hired for some memorable world record attempts.
In 2007, Essex FM (now Heart FM) radio station attempted the record for the longest underwater broadcast, breaking the one previously held by German radio presenter, Frank Niessen.
This served as inspiration for others who have since broken it again, such as Australian station WFSM and even the British Armed Forces' station.
One former soldier, who lost a friend to a diving accident and has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, will attempt to break the record for the longest amount of time spent underwater – a record currently held by Ronny Frimann from Norway.
Mark Colman attempted the record in 2012, only being allowed out of the water every four hours for 20-minute food and water breaks. He is busy preparing for his next attempt in June 2017, again at the Underwater Studio, aiming for more than five days submerged and raising money for the Veterans in Action charity.
With such a range of complex and diverse purposes, those who run the studio also find time to offer diving classes run by the Orca Scuba Diving Academy and Waterfront Scuba, which are open to all abilities.
Perhaps one of the most surprising things about the Underwater Studio is how its profi le and standing has managed to stay so low.
Famous names often have cause to quietly visit this part of Essex, but Geoff Smith feels no need to shout this from the rooftops – they know where he is, continuing to offer a unique and versatile location for underwater pursuits of all kinds in the most unlikely of places.


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Critical Issues for Ontario's Politicians
Note: This post originally documented two issues. One of these has been split off in condensed format under the heading New Electricity Strategy for Ontario.
Our elected representatives from municipalities, at Queens Park and in Ottawa are on vacation. They could use it as a "time-out" to research and collaborate on a couple of issues extending well beyond their next election.
Long Term Plan for a New 400 Series Expressway
Transportation Minister Listens
Champions from north of the 401 to Georgian Bay never materialized to push for a 20 or 30-year expressway plan. Yes, the political ball was dropped, and as expected Provincial transportation planning continues to concentrate on the GTA and on improvements to the 401 -to the detriment of the northern 519 area.
SWEA Hears Transportation Call Too Late


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"VR Study of Human-Multicopter Interaction in a Residential Setting," T. Marinho, A. Lakshmanan, V. Cichella, C. Widdowson, H. Cui, R. Jones, B. Sebastian, and C. Goudeseune. Video proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2016.
"The Effects of Cell Phone and Test Message Conversations on Simulated Street Crossing", Sarah E Banducci, Nathan Ward, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, John G. Gaspar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Kurt R. Schab, James A. Crowell, Henry Kaczmarski, and Arthur F. Kramer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Human Factors, 2015
"Characterizing The Effect Of Videophone Conversations On Intersection Driving Performance", John G. Gaspar, Ronald Carbonari, Henry Kaczmarski, & Arthur F. Kramer, Driver Assessment Conference, 2015
"Musical Instrument Design", C. Goudeseune. In Designing for Emerging Technologies, 255-272, ed. J. Follett. O'Reilly, Nov. 2014.
"Relationship Between Shoulder Pain and Kinetic and Temporal-Spatial Variability in Wheelchair Users", Ian M. Rice, PhD, Chandrasekaran Jayaraman, MS, Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler, PhD, Jacob J. Sosnoff, PhD, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2014
"Stretchable, multiplexed pH sensors with demonstrations on rabbit and human hearts undergoing ischemia.", H.-J. Chung, M.S. Sulkin, J.-S. Kim, C. Goudeseune, H.-Y. Chao, J.W. Song, S.Y. Yang, Y.-Y. Hsu, R. Ghafari, I.R. Efimov, J.A. Rogers">2014, Advanced Healthcare Materials 3(1):59‒68.
"Variability of peak shoulder force during wheelchair propulsion in manual wheelchair users with and without shoulder pain", Y. Moon, C. Jayaraman, I.M.K. Hsu, I.M Rice, E.T. Hsiao-Wecksler, J.J. Sosnoff, Clinical Biomechanics, 2013
"Auditory, visual, and bimodal data link displays and how they support pilot performance", Steelman, K.S., Talleur, D., Carbonari, R., Yamani, Y., McCarley, J.S. & Nunes, A., Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 84(6), 560-566, 2013
"Training and Transfer of Training in Rapid Visual Search for Camouflaged Targets", Neider, M. B., Ang, C. W., Voss, M. W., Carbonari, R., & Kramer, A. F., PloS one, 8(12), e83885, 2013
"Providing conversation partners views of the driving scene mitigates cell phone-related distraction", John G. Gaspar, Whitney M. Street, Matthew B. Windsor, Ronald Carbonari, Henry Kaczmarski, Arthur F. Kramer, Kyle E. Mathewson, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2013, 57: 1209
"Saliency-maximized audio visualization and efficient audio-visual browsing for faster-than-real-time human acoustic event detection.", K. Lin, X. Zhuang, C. Goudeseune, S. King, M. Hasegawa-Johnson, T. Huang. 2013 ACM Transactions on Applied Perception 10(4): 26:1‒26:16
"Stitched Panoramas from Toy Airborne Video Cameras", Camille Goudeseune, arXiv:1311.6500 [cs.CV]. 2013.
'Are Gamers Better Crossers: An Examination of Action Video Game Experience and Dual Task Effects in a Simulated Street Crossing Task', John G. Gaspar, Mark B. Neider, James A. Crowell, Aubrey Lutz, Henry Kaczmarski, Arthur F. Kramer, The Journal of the Human Factors and ERgonomics Society, August 2013
'Falls Risk and Simulated Driving Performance in Older Adults', John G. Gaspar, Mark B. Neider, Arthur F. Kramer, Journal of Aging Research, January 2013
"Effects of Basic Path Properties on Human Path Integration ", Xiaoang Wan , Ranxiao Frances Wang & James A. Crowell, Spatial Cognition & Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 13:1, 79-101, 2013
"A comparison of visualization and command-based decision aiding in a simulated aircraft departure sequencing and timing task", Riddle, K., Kirlik, A., Talleur, D., Carbonari, R., Zhang, Y., Holbrook, J., Byrne, M., Beard, B., & Bauer, D., Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's 56th Annual Meeting, 233-237, Boston, MA. 2012
"Examining the Efficacy of Training Interventions in Improving Older Driver Performance,", John G. Gaspar, Mark B. Neider, Daniel J. Simons, Jason S. McCarley, Arthur F. Kramer, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2012 56:144
"Improving faster-than-real-time human acoustic event detection by saliency-maximized audio visualization", K. Lin, X. Zhuang, C. Goudeseune, S. King, M. Hasegawa-Johnson, T. Huang, IEEE ICASSP, Kyoto, 2012
"Increased Cognitive Load Leads to Impaired Mobility Decisions in Seniors at Risk for Falls", Lindsay S. Nagamatsu, Michelle Voss, Mark B. Neider, and John G Gaspar, Todd C. Handy, Arthur F. Kramer, Teresa Y. L. Liu-Ambrose, Psychology and Aging 2011, Vol. 26, No. 2,253-259
"Multimodal Speech and Audio User Interfaces for K-12 Outreach", ">M. Hasegawa-Johnson, C. Goudeseune, J. Cole, H. Kaczmarski, H. Kim, S. King, T. Mahrt, J. Huang, X. Zhuang, K. Lin, H. Sharma, Z. Li, T. Huang, ">Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, Xi'an, China, 2011
"Topological Considerations for Tuning and Fingering Stringed Instruments",
Allen, T., & Goudeseune, C., arXiv:1105.1383 [cs.SD]2011
"Walking and talking: Dual-task effects on street crossing behavior in older adults", Neider, M. B., Gaspar, J. G., McCarley, J. S., Crowell, J., Kaczmarski, H., & Kramer, A. F., Psychology and Aging, 2011
"The effect of active selection in human path integration"Wan, X., Wang, R. F., & Crowell, J. A, ">Journal of Vision, 10(11):25,2010.
"Driving impairs talking", Becic, E., Dell, G.S., Bock, K., Garnsey, S,M. Kubose, T. & Kramer, A.F.,Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2010, 17(1), 15-21.
"Pedestrians, vehicles and cell phones", ">Neider, M., McCarley, J. & Kramer, A.F., Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42(2), 589-594.
"Transfer of computer-based cognitive training to simulated driving in older adults", ">Cassavaugh, N., & Kramer, A.F., Applied Ergonomics, 40, 943-952.">(2009)
"The effect of acute treadmill walking on cognitive control and academic achievement in preadolescent children", ">Hillman, C.H., Pontifex, M.B., Raine, L.B., Castelli, D.M., Hall, E.E., & Kramer, A.F., Neuroscience, 159, 1044-1054">(2009)
"Effects of a computer-based training module on drivers' willingness to engage in distracting activities", ">Horrey, W.J., Lesch, M.F., Kramer, A.F., & Melton, D.F., ">Human Factors,(2009)
"Myriad: scalable VR via peer-to-peer connectivity, PC clustering, and transient inconsistency", Benajmin Schaeffer, Peter Brinkman, George Francis, Camille Goudeseune, Jim Crowell, Hank Kaczmarski, Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, Vol. 18 Issue 1, 2007, Wiley
"The binding of features in visual short-term memory", Levinthal, B. R., Ambinder, M. S., Thomas, L. E., Gosney, J., Hsieh, B., Lipes, G. A., Wang, R., Crowell, J. A., Simons, D. J., Irwin, D. E., Kramer, A. F., & Lleras, A. (2005). Journal of Vision, 5(8), 615a.
"Assessing Interference From Mental Workload Using A Naturalistic Simulated Driving Task: A Pilot Study", William J. Horrey, Daniel J. Simons, Evan G. Buschmann, & Kevin M. Zinter, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, 2006
More publications on driver distraction here.
"Virtual Unreality and the Shape of Time: Virtual comics, postmodern self-referentiality, and the fourth dimension" Prof. John Jennings, Damian Duffy, Rose Marshack
"Myriad: Scalable VR Via Peer-to-peer Connectivity, PC Clustering, and Transient Inconsistency", Benjamin Schaeffer, Peter Brinkmann, George Francis, Camille Goudeseune, Jim Crowell, and Hank Kaczmarski,
ACM VRST (Virtual Reality Software and Technology) 2005, Monterey, CA.
"Video Stereoscopic Avatars for the CAVE� Virtual Environments" Lance Chong, Hank Kaczmarski, Camille Goudeseune ISMAR 2004, Arlington, VA, November 2004
"Synchronous data collection from diverse hardware", Camille Goudeseune, Braden Kowitz. DSC Europe 2004, Paris, September 2004.
"AVICAR: Audio-Visual Speech Corpus in a Car Environment", Bowon Lee, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Camille Goudeseune, Suketu Kamdar, Sarah Borys, Ming Liu, Thomas Huang. INTERSPEECH2004-ICSLP Jeju Island, Korea, October 2004
"Open-loop multi-channel inversion of room impulse response", Bowon Lee, Camille Goudeseune, & Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, arXiv:1106.1199 [cs.SD] 2003.
"Does Workload Modulate the Effects of In-Vehicle Display Location on Concurrent Driving and Side Task Performance?", William J. Horrey, Amy L. Alexander, Christopher D. Wickens. DSC North America 2003 Proceedings, Dearborn MI, October 2003
"Tele-sports Tele-dance: Full Body Network Interaction", Benjamin Schaeffer, Hank Kaczmarski, Lance Chong, Mark Flider, Luc Vanier, Yu Hasegawa-Johnson. ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, October 2003
"The Effects of Head-Up Display Clutter and In-Vehicle Display Separation on Concurrent Driving Performance", William J. Horrey, Christopher D. Wickens, & Amy L. Alexander, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting, 2003.
"Navigational Control Effect on Representing Virtual Environments", X. S. Zheng, G. W. McConkie, B. Schaeffer, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting, 2003.
"Connecting the Dots: The dissection of a live optical motion capture animation dance performance", Luc Vanier, Hank Kaczmarski, Lance Chong, Bradford Blackburn, Michael Williams, Anne de Velder. Biennial Symposium for Arts and Technology, February 2003
"Syzygy: Native PC Cluster VR", Benjamin Schaeffer and Camille Goudeseune. IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2003.
"ALICE on the Eightfold Way: Exploring Curved Spaces in an Enclosed Virtual Reality Theatre", George Francis, Camille Goudeseune, Hank Kaczmarski, Benjamin Schaeffer, John M. Sullivan. Visualization and Mathematics III, H.-C. Hege and K. Polthier, eds, Spring 2003.
"Networking and Management Frameworks for Cluster-Based Graphics", Benjamin Schaeffer. Proceedings of Virtual Environments on PC Workshop, Protvino, Russia, September 2002. VEonPC.ppt
"Interpolated Mappings for Musical Instruments", Camille Goudeseune, Organised Sound, 7(2):85-96.
"Composing Outdoor Augmented-Reality Sound Environments", Camille Goudeseune, Hank Kaczmarski,. Proc. 2001 International Computer Music Conference, Havana.
"Resonant processing of instrumental sound controlled by spatial position", Camille Goudeseune, Guy Garnett, Timothy Johnson. New Instruments and Musical Expression workshop, SIGCHI '01, Seattle.
McConkie, G. W., Zheng, X. S., & Schaffer, B. (2001). Effects of navigational control method on spatial updating in virtual environment. In P. N. Rose (Ed.), Proceedings of the ARL Federated Laboratory 5th Annual Symposium: Advanced Displays and Interactive Display Consortium (pp. 59-64). College Park, MD: Army Research Federated Laboratory Consortium.
"A Software System for Inexpensive VR via Graphics Clusters", Benjamin Schaeffer, 2000.
"Investigation of timbre using spectral matching, modelling, and interpolation", ">J. Beauchamp, A. Horner, C. Gennaula, C. Goudeseune, Proc. 1992 Intl. Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Tokyo, pp. 51-54
Invited Talks and Panels
"Myriad: Scalable VR Via Peer-to-peer Connectivity, PC Clustering, and Transient Inconsistency", Benjamin Schaeffer, Peter Brinkmann, George Francis, Camille Goudeseune, Jim Crowell, and Hank Kaczmarski, ACM VRST (Virtual Reality Software and Technology) 2005, Monterey, CA.
"Commodity Clusters for Immersive Projection Environments", Hank Kaczmarski, Marcelo Knorich-Zuffo, Benjamin Schaeffer, Camille Goudeseune, Bruno Raffin, Phillipe Augerat, Luciano Soares, full-day course, SIGGRAPH 2002, July 2002.
ClusterVRcourse.ppt ClusterVRcourse.pdf
"PC Clusters for Multiprojection Immersive Environments: Time to Go?", Marcelo Knorich-Zuffo, Benjamin Schaeffer, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Bruno Raffin, Roland Blach, panel discussion, Immersive Projection Technology (IPT) 2002, March 2002.
"The Eviolin: Motion Capture for Musical Instruments", Camille Goudeseune,
Invited presentation, Microsoft Research, March 29,2001


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I've often wondered why I like bad movies. Not even bad movies, but bad horror movies, which are set apart on the bad-movie scale. Why do I enjoy watching people be torn apart in the most violent, gore-filled way? What makes a bloody decapitation or a close-up on a knife slicing the skin so much fun to watch? I abhor violence in real life but show me a man getting hacked to death on the big or little screen and I'm in my happy place.
I don't have a good answer for that. Part of it is an appreciation of practical effects. Horror movies, like pretty much all movies, have moved towards more CGI of late but the best ones still use real, physical objects to tell their disgusting stories. I can appreciate the craftsmanship in that. The ability to create lifelike violence is an interesting art.
There is also the "bad movie becomes good movie" effect. There is something fun about watching a film whose plot makes no sense, whose actors couldn't act their way out of a paper sack in the rain, whose directing is slipshod at best. Horror movies often fall into this category because fans are willing to accept bad productions as long as their some good old-fashined blood and guts. It's fun to yell at the screen when characters make horrible decisions. It's a special kind of treat to be both horrified at a bit of gore and to be able to laugh at how ridiculous it all is.
I'm not alone in this. Loads of folks enjoy these types of films. The good folks over at Vinegar Syndrome love them enough to consistently put out really nice Blu-ray versions of them on a regular basis. This week they are putting out a little film entitled The Corpse Grinders. Its about a high-end cat-food company that gets into a bit of financial trouble. The only way to solve the crisis is to grind up dead bodies and serve that up as kibble (because, of course, human corpses are cheaper than chicken and lamb scraps!). Once the little fur balls get a taste for human flesh, that's all they want, and they're willing to scratch your eyeballs out to get some more.
That is a terrible-sounding film. It's ridiculous on a storytelling level. I can't wait to see it.
Also out this week that looks interesting:
War for the Planet of the Apes: I've not been particularly excited about this new trilogy of Apes movies since they were first announced. Just about the time this one hit theaters, I finally got around to watching both Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Neither my wife or I were that impressed and we both agreed we'd had enough of Apes for awhile. We're still not ready to give this one a shot, but I'm sure many of you reading this will be excited to see it hitting Blu-ray.
Personal Shopper (Criterion Collection): Kristen Stewart stars as a personal shopper to a rich celebrity. She spends her time hopping about Europe buying whatever expensive thing the celebrity wants and mourning the death of her twin brother. She's also a spiritualist so she's expecting her brother to appear as a ghost at some point, or something. It won awards at Cannes, but has very mixed reviews elsewhere.
The Walking Dead: The Complete Seventh Season: I think my lack of interest in these TV zombies is pretty well documented so I'll just let this one sit here.
Annabelle: Creation: First, there was The Conjuring a really good horror film sort-of based on the real life paranormal exploits of The Warrens (if we're not counting the old Amityville Horror films which was based on one of the Warrens' exploits). That film spawned two sequels (The Conjuring Parts II and III) then there was Annabelle, a spin-off film about a doll that was first introduced in The Conjuring. Now we have Annabelle: Creation a prequel to the spin-off. There are rumors of other spin-offs from characters introduced in some of the sequels. That's quite a franchise. I've seen The Conjuring and at this point that's pretty much all I want to see, but for fans this is quite a feast.
The Old Dark House: Cohen Media Group has restored this very early haunted house movie from elements that were originally thought lost.


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