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I thought I knew about rain. Then I moved to the south.
I've lived in California rain – (rare, big droplets then cool air after) – and also England rain (mostly misty mist). In the south though, the rain is hard, fast and sporadic. Loud thunder. Crazy lightning. Then when it's done, it's just humid. Really humid. There are a lot of different kinds of rain but no matter what rain I am in, I know its needed. I know the grass and the flowers need the water so it can grow. Animals need rain to live. I know the lakes need rain so they don't dry up. Farmers and ranchers need rain so they can provide for their families. Everywhere you look, the land NEEDS to rain so it can grow; so it can be reborn.
As I sit here, waiting in Atlanta airport because of one of the many cancelled flights today due to weather back in Texas, I am thinking about rain in a different way. Today it was absolutely GORGEOUS here, so green and vibrant. Even the pollen wasn't bad like it usually is in Georgia this time of year. Hard to believe that when I got here the other day it was pouring rain and pretty gross out. Yet it wouldn't be this beautiful if it didn't have rain.
We need rain to appreciate the sunshine.
If it was sunny all the time, we would get used to it and it wouldn't be as special. When I lived in LA, most of the time it would be sunny and in the seventies. When it would jump to eighty degrees, I would barely notice. I'd sit inside, in the air conditioning, and not really think twice about it. Nice became normal and it wasn't till I moved away and came back that I really appreciated such gorgeous weather. I wasn't suffocated by humidity! Nor did I need a jacket! I couldn't get enough time outside because I knew it wouldn't last forever.
That is like our lives a lot. I hate to say it- and trust me, I could do without this – but we need the bad times to appreciate the good ones. Just like storms can change the landscape around us, they can also change US. We don't know how we handle pressure until we are pressured. We don't know how we respond to fear unless we are afraid. And you know what? EVERYONE faces storms throughout their whole lives and the sooner you accept that, the sooner you will understand how much you need God to help you get through them.
I have had some horrible experiences in the last few years; when I said, "I thought I knew about rain; then I moved to the south," I meant that literally but also figuratively. I have gone through hurt and betrayal and confusion like I had never experienced until I moved to Texas. There were times I didn't know what I was doing or why God had me in this place. I wondered what I had done wrong to deserve this and for awhile became kind of bitter and untrusting toward those around me. This storm lasted a lot longer than it should have because I refused to get out of it.
You see, sometimes storms need to run their course. The damage NEEDS to be done so the clean up can begin. It wasn't until I admitted the storm was happening around me and instead of just praying that it would end, I needed to trust God that He would take care of me no matter how it ended. I forgot that God promises us that He will be a "refuge from the wind and a shelter from the storm" (Isaiah 32:2). It doesn't say God will stop the storms from happening; it says He will protect us; He will be there with us while we go through them.
April showers bring May flowers. No storm is ever the same as another and in turn, they all have a different result. Tough times bring growth and transformation. God will not give us what we can't handle and when we are the most stressed, the most vulnerable, the most scared- God says in 2 Corinthians 12:9: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I hope that whatever storm you are in right now, you have your hope anchored in God's love and protection for you. If you are not in a storm right now, I hope you are thankful for the sunshine around you, because a storm may be coming and you need to hold on to that light when you encounter the darkness.
Journal Journey: Think about a storm in your past. A betrayal by a friend? A health issue? A fight with a parent? Write as much or as little about how you felt at the time. How did it end? What did you learn from it? Examining our past battles will give you hope for the future. If you remember what you have gone through, you can remind yourself how strong you were and THAT will encourage you in the future!
Scripture: Read about how Jesus calmed the storm in Mark 4:35-41
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HEliseApril 20, 2016 at 5:55 am
Thank you so much for this post. I wasn't born in the south but grew up (until about two years ago) there. I never really thought about this concept, It really is a encouragement. A few years ago a "storm" hit my family but through it i have seen so many growths and blessings that without this storm wouldn't be here. And like you said how you thought you had "known about rain" we thought we had completely known Gods love and to trust in Him, but he showed us how little we really do know.

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It is an immense privilege to be attending and presenting at the 2018 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit in Washington DC on behalf of the Australian Christian Lobby and its' Centre for Human Dignity. Along with around 600 others, I have wept through stories of exploitation and then applauded as we have heard stories of redemption and of great courage in the most awful of circumstances.
It is clear at this Summit that advocacy for the most vulnerable is happening all around the globe and I am grateful that we can join hands to stop sexual exploitation in all of its forms. Can I share with you some of what's on my heart.
The most prominent factors present for all victims of sexual exploitation are race, sex, age, poverty and history of abuse. To humanity's shame, children have the highest commercial value in the sex trade world.
Women and children feature most prominently in all pornography where they are turned into objects, degraded, dehumanized and denigrated.
At times it feels as if there is a caste system where people who need money are subjected to the immoral desires of the wealthy west simply to get bread and water.
Over the past 10 years approximately 120 million images of child exploitation have been uploaded online. Contrary to what people in the industry want us to believe, there is NOTHING harmless about pornography. Whenever child exploitation is seen online, remember the viewer is almost always looking at a crime scene.
It is almost too much pain to bear. And it makes most of us want to look away because it is too dreadful. But we dare not look away because it could be my child. That woman could be me, or my cousin, or my best friend. We in our country are outraged about so many things. We fight to save the whales, and the trees, and historic buildings. And we get angry if our coffee is bitter or our steak is tough.
But where is the outrage against pornography?
We know pornography contributes to increased violence towards women, mental health issues for adolescents, the normalisation of paedophilic behaviours, a huge increase of child-on-child sexual assaults, and the glamorisation of power imbalance between men and women - in a day and age when we talk big about the promotion of equality.
I am reminded of that famous quote - 'not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act'. A society that allows pornography to flourish is a society that enables it to flourish. What you feed, grows.
This is the first generation to have 24/7 access to hardcore pornography.
In Australia, we have never before seen the phenomena which is now happening with 11 and 12 year old boys, calling into Australia's only phone counselling service asking for help because they are addicted to pornography.
But there is hope. There is always hope. Without hope, people perish.
ACL's Centre for Human Dignity has produced a research paper entitled Pornography as a Public Health Issue. I have had the privilege of presenting it here at the Global Summit in Washington DC. We will be sending this to every member of parliament in Australia, and all the Director Generals of Education and of Health. Let us know if you would like a copy to raise your voice!
The Centre is also running a petition on the harms of pornography which is attracting strong support but we need more! Please sign if you haven't already, and share it with your friends, family and colleagues - Pornography is a Health Crisis
At this Global Summit in Washington, I have heard some devastating stories and statistics, but there is also some good news.
Innocence is our children's birthright, and so we do not give up. Anything else is unthinkable. We roll up our sleeves, we act, and we pray. There is such a thing as righteous anger. We must apply this anger to fighting back with all the strength we can muster. The Centre for Human Dignity is a vehicle to enable you to participate. We'd love to hear from you.
Here in Australia…
The 2nd Australian Summit Against Sexual Exploitation will be held in Melbourne on 27-28 July, and the collaboration that is occurring is extremely encouraging with support from law enforcement, psychologists, parliamentarians, radical feminists, commentators, faith based organisations, survivors from prostitution, and many others. It would be great if you could come.
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Basketball a financial winner for TAB
Oct 27th, 2017 | By Thomas Airey | Category: Radio News, Sport
Kiwis are betting big on basketball, and the national governing body is reaping the rewards.
Basketball New Zealand received just under $2.5m from the New Zealand Racing Board in the 2017 financial year.
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Gourmet Mini Donuts in San Diego
Sensational Treats is San Diego's premiere mini donut company, where we bring the bakery to you! Our mouth watering mini donuts are made on location at your event and it doesn't get any fresher than that. Your guests will love watching them come out hot and then bagged and topped with their choice of cinnamon sugar, powdered sugar or a Ghirardelli chocolate…it just doesn't get any better!
(We also have donut holes available if you really want bite size)
Some of the basics
•We bring the bakery to you...our mini donuts are made fresh at your event
•Our staff is friendly and professional.
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•We can make up to 1200 mini donuts an hour.
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•Customized mini donut bags are available.
•We use "cholesterol and trans fat free" canola oil for cooking.
•Let's face it, they're not health food but they sure are tasty. It's ok to live it up once in awhile.
Other "Donut" Facts
•Americans eat more than 10 billion donuts each year so you better believe that your guests will love fresh, hot, mouth watering mini donuts.
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How to Network Successfully
The aim of networking is to initiate and develop relationships with new and existing contacts in both formal and informal settings that could help to build your profile, partnerships and more business opportunities. This workshop will provide you with techniques to help you feel more confident with the networking process.
You will leave this course with an elevator pitch and a networking plan to put it into action.
What you'll learn on this course
Networking – why bother?
- What can be gained from networking
- Identifying networking goals
Developing your personal network
- Reviewing your network
- Identifying the ask
- Building a SMART personal networking plan
- Making it easy to make connections
Networking events and meetings
- Where to network, who to network with and development of a Networking Action Plan for events.
- Planning and preparation for attending social / networking events
- Focus on developing a positive networking mindset
- 'Working' the room
- Opening the conversation and building rapport
- The importance and art of questioning and listening
Your elevator pitch
- Preparing your elevator pitch – how to introduce yourself and your business
- Developing a relevant elevator pitch
- Delivery techniques – making an impact
- Following up
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The course takes place from 10:30am – 4:30pm at our offices in The Fire Station, 139 Tooley St, London Bridge:
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You Need to Determine to Pick the Right Type Fly Screens
Every homeowner at one point in his life, gets tired of flies buzzing around hi or her ears all the time. This is when the need of getting fly screens installed is realized. When you are the kind of the person who likes to have natural cool breeze circulating through your home throughout the day, you are the type who keeps the doors and windows of the house open. The only drawback of this is, along with the cool soothing breeze come in a lot of flies and insects. That is why, most people get fly screens installed in their homes.
Now, when you finally decide to choose a fly screen and install it, there are so many types to choose from that you are bound to be confused. You will be at your wit's end trying to figure out which one is suitable for you.
The types are dly curtains, hook and loop,mesh, hinged, retractable, DIY, professional, etc. So, to help you out of your confusion and guide you towards picking the right one, we have done the complete footwork and came up with basic point that you need to consider and the factors you need to determine to pick the right type.
- Costing and budget: This obviously is the top-most determining factor for your fly screens type. If you want a low cost solution that keeps bugs out of your homes, you can simply choose stick on meshes or hook and loop meshes. But all these products last for a short while and then they start to wear and tear. So, in case you are looking for something that lasts longer and is sturdy, you may want to consider increasing your budget. You can also consider DIY fly screens that save you the installation costs of a professional.
- Amount of protection needed: If keeping out insects is your ultimate priority along with keeping out dirt and dust, you should consider retractable fly screens or a fixed fly screen. All these have a perfectly made frame to ensure that the mesh stays securely fitted onto the windows and there are stiff brushes to keep those in place for additional security. This ensures that insects do not sneak in from edges or loops, making your home completely free of bugs. When you need fly screens for doors too, you cannot used a fixed screen as it cannot be opened and closed.
- Aesthetic appeal: Fly screens are very effective to keep out bugs from your home but when it comes to appearance, most of them fail in it. Fly curtains, stick-on and hoop and loop meshes are definitely not the ones you should choose if you want a good aesthetic appeal.When you are looking for a bit camouflaged look, you can choose DIY fly screens as they are white in colour and may look a bit discreet on your windows and doors. For a perfect aesthetic appeal, your best choice is getting a professionally fitted and custom made fly screens. Professional fitters can provide you fly screens with colours that are in perfect combination of your house colour and theme.
- Ease of handling: The question here is that whether you want your screens to be permanent and be always visible or you want them to be retracted when not needed. There are many removable fly screens available. You can also choose hoop and loop velcro mesh. There are also some low cost fly screens that you can install and remove and then again start installing it from the scratch the next year when you need them.
These factors are the base point that will help you narrow down on one type of fly screen.
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Aches, pains, and joint stiffness. When completing a mission that will take long intervals of time, keep in mind to get up and walk around each half-hour or so. The joints in your fingers aren't the only ones that want lubrication. Excessive use of the hands can cause a thinning of this cartilage and lead to irritation of the joints.
But drugs and other therapies can relieve pain , cut back symptoms, and delay recurrences. However, joint ache is a type of joint dysfunction. For older people, it may be used to scale back joint fatigue in addition to to forestall frequent osteoarthritis.
The table at right lists a number of varieties of arthritis and non-arthritic conditions commonly associated with joint pain. Joint pain is incredibly frequent, impacting an estimated 30 % of U.S. adults and causing ache, swelling and stiffness that can range from mildly irritating to completely debilitating.
Seek the advice of your doctor before heavy lifting: Heavy lifting may cause further harm to weak joints. Wrapping the joint before mattress could decrease swelling and discomfort, in addition to stop your knees from bumping into each other whilst you snooze, says Karadsheh.
Individuals with RA who continue to smoke have higher ranges of certain chemical markers of their body, which show ongoing illness exercise and joint harm, even with treatment, according to research printed within the January 2014 concern of Arthritis Research & Therapy The the explanation why smoking has this effect on RA treatment aren't yet clear.
Applying an ice pack to your joint is a straightforward, simple method to get fast pain reduction and forestall inflammation. Turf toe is a common sports-associated damage, and like sesamoiditis is characterized by pain on the bottom of the massive toe joint.
To detect metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint synovitis, gently squeeze the dorsal facets of the totally prolonged MCP joint distally with the thumb and index finger of one hand whereas screening for a ballooning impact with the same fingers of the opposite hand placed over the proximal features of the joint.
That said, typically joint ache might be relived by minor train and stretching. Home therapy could help relieve pain, swelling, and stiffness. Probably the most common reasons for giant toe joint ache is injury. When it's a must to use three totally different mice all through the day to cease your shoulder and hands from siezing up.
The following health issues may result in joint pain. The very best time to apply the medication is before bedtime because the joints can rest for higher therapy. Understand the difference between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The reality is, most of us in all probability had inflammation in our joints for a while, but estrogen was cloaking our sensitivity to the ache.
Warming up protects your joints, lets you retain range of motion and lowers the possibility that you will injure your self. Applying heat (for instance, with a heating pad) could lower pain by relieving spasm within the muscles round joints (for example, after an damage).
Its length could serve to differentiate inflammatory forms of joint disease from noninflammatory kinds. But should you begin to have whole-body ache and fatigue, get tested for the opposite two (blood take a look at for rheumatoid and bone scan for psoriatic) as a result of there are special medicine for those sorts that may make a huge distinction.
Constant joint pain could possibly be the start signs of arthritis, and it is best to handle it earlier on." And naturally, having joint pain or stiffness year-spherical—not just when the temps are low—can be a warning sign. Use a lever-type car door opener to reduce stress in your palms.
The joints are painful and turn into swollen and are particularly stiff in the morning; the fingers, wrists and balls of the feet are most vulnerable; symptoms are progressive so that they turn out to be worse over the years; you may additionally expertise tiredness, despair and a basic feeling of unwellness and irritability.
Whenever toxic compounds are allowed to build up within the physique, inflammation can even improve and send our well being right into a downward spiral. With inflammatory joint disease, ache is present both at rest and with movement. Finally, stories of joint ache and tenderness in any type of joint disease are influenced by the affected person's emotional state and pain threshold.


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Fake Anti Virus via Social Means
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 @ 03:07 PM gHale
With social media becoming a stronger element in the manufacturing automation sector, users should be on the lookout for a very complex and efficient fake anti virus attack targeting Facebook users.
It starts with a "friend" contacting a Facebook friend via the social network's chat feature. "Hi. How are you? It is you on the video? Want to see?" asks the "friend" and offers a link to a YouTube page.
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Stolen Certificates: True Attacker Booty
Cybercrime Motto: Knowledge Means Profit
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The user, intrigued, follows the link, and sees that the video (with his name in the title) has comments on it — positively and negatively — by a bunch of his Facebook friends. But, he can't see it. The note says, "You need to upgrade your Adobe Flash Player." The note appears over the blank space where the video should be.
And the comments indicate that following the download link is safe. Unfortunately, it is not. The downloaded file is Trojan.FakeAV.LVT.
"It copies itself as %windir%\services32.exe and as %windir%\update.X\svchost.exe, where update is a hidden directory and X is the version of the malware," said BitDefender's Loredana Botezatu. "After that, it adds a registry key in %SYSTEM% and the malicious code is added thus to the list of authorized applications for the firewall or it disables the firewall altogether. Then it proceeds to disabling all notifications generated by the firewall, the update module and whatever anti virus it finds installed on the PC."
But this piece of malware is not your typical fake anti virus solution with a bogus name. This one has the ability to detect which legitimate anti virus solution the user has installed on his computer and to display personalized warning message windows that mimic the ones this legitimate solution would present.
Of course, it "finds" a virus on the system, and asks the user to reboot the computer so that it can clean it up.
Unfortunately for the users, the reboot triggers an unwelcome series of events: The system boots in safe mode, which allows the malware to start and uninstall the legitimate anti virus solution, and then the system reboots once again, this time in normal mode.
But that's not the end of it. This unprotected system is now ready for a downloader component integrated in the Trojan to begin misusing the system. The component downloads further malware from an array of URLs, depending on the OS running on the computer.
"The malware contains a hardcoded list of IPs, as well," Botezatu said. "These are the IPs of other infected systems which will be used at exchanging malware between them, creating a fully-fledged malware distribution system with peer-to-peer update capabilities. These IP lists are changed regularly and so infected systems are always in contact and constantly exchanging malicious code."
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Economic Valuation of River Systems
Edited by Fred J. Hitzhusen
Chapter 3: Estimating Willingness to Pay for Additional Protection of Ohio Surface Waters: Contingent Valuation of Water Quality
Stephen Irvin, Tim Haab and Fred J. Hitzhusen
Stephen Irvin, Tim Haab, and Fred J. Hitzhusen INTRODUCTION Public good provision usually depends on governmental intervention in the form of regulations or standards. Regulations try to level the playing field in markets involving externalities like pollution. The difficulty comes in trying to find the right amount of externality to regulate. In the case of rivers, state environmental protection agencies must decide the amount of pollutant discharge to permit into the water. The rules regarding discharge consider rivers and other water bodies as surface water.1 The amount of pollution admitted to enter surface water determines the level of public good available to all consumers. These rules are the regulations established by state governments to protect rivers and provide nonmarket benefits to the public in the form of cleaner water, recreational opportunities, scenic views, and healthy diverse ecosystems. They are usually confusing to the general public, but have value in that they facilitate the provision of a public good. In Ohio, the regulation concerning discharge into surface waters is known as the Antidegradation Rule. The rule outlines a quality criterion for surface water, known as the minimum pollutant assimilative capacity, which states the level at which surface water cannot accept any more discharge in order to protect human health and wildlife (Ohio EPA, 2003). Any discharge beyond this point would create hazardous conditions. Some surface waters have the ability to assimilate more pollution without violating the quality criterion. In these cases, the ambient quality of surface water is above...
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If you currently have to have an audit because of your trading status, but you feel that your audit is nothing more than a necessary evil, then maybe you are not being audited by the right firm!
We aim to turn what many business owners consider to be an unwelcome burden and intrusion into a valuable health check – the process of carrying out the work to undertake an audit can be very revealing and often highlights areas for business improvement that could increase efficiency and profitability.
If you don't actually have to have an audit, then here are some reasons why you might want to consider being professionally audited anyway:
- An audited set of accounts and report can improve the status of your accounts in the eyes of lenders and might help you get preferential treatment and/or rates
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- The tests that are carried out on your business to complete an audit can provide your management team with valuable 'what if' information they can use in their business planning and financial forecasting.
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History of Tissage des Roziers
Creation of the first weaving company by Mister Etienne Compigne.
Weaving technique of silk trade produced on professional Jacquard loom.
New directions taken by Jean and Joseph Compigne.
Gérard Compigne, the son of Jean, takes ownership of the company.
Installation of the first velvet professional Jacquard loom.
Transformation into SARL (Limited Company).
First electronic Jacquard machine.
Beginning of direct marketing of high-end fabrics for export.
Emmanuel Périat enters the company to enrich the management team.
Submission of application and receipt of the label "Living Heritage Company".


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Let me start with the age warning. This is an erotica novel, ages 18 and up only.
With that out of the way, let me also say, I don't normally read erotica. To me "erotica" means one big sex story tied together with a loose plot.
Killer Temptations is not your typical erotica. The story was phenomenal. We've all been in some deep dark places in our lives and this book explores the "what if" side to a person's desperation. What if you were made an offer you couldn't refuse, when you needed it most?
Danity O'Shae doesn't skimp on the detail, nor does she shy away from building her characters, or setting the scene. There are no shortcuts. I found myself truly involved with the characters, something I didn't think would happen from a book in this genre.
While the book ties up the loose ends, I still want to know more. What happens to the characters in the long run? You know that you've just read a good book when you still care about what is going to happen to the characters long after that last page has turned.
Danity O'Shae has a very clean writing style that seduces the reader further into the tale, until you are completely enthralled as the pages continue to turn! Killer Temptations was a great read that may have just turned me on to a little more erotica in my life! If you already read in the genre, then this one will be a treat!


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It is estimated that more than 5% of the U.S. population suffers from some form
of autoimmune disease. The interferons are at the center of the immune response
and thus play a key role in nearly all autoimmune diseases.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), an often severe autoimmune disease, afflicts
more than 350,000 people in the U.S. alone. An important role for both interferon-α 1
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in SLE has been postulated based on the observation of high interferon
activity in the SLE patient. A number of examples of SLE induced as a side effect
of interferon therapy have been reported 3 and gene expression patterns
have led investigators to conclude there is "a strong rationale for the development
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…In Yuiguard's abode...
Yuiguard, was listening to Fufun's report on the accomplishment of the mission tasked upon her and the next steps for the mission.
Currently, Demon King Gaul is stronger in personal strength when compared to Yuiguard.
".....we have to do that and that…..And, to overpower Gaul, we must utilize the Evil god's sacrificial ritual"
Evil god's sacrificial ritual is a ritual that calls upon the power that exists in a different realm, the realm of Darkness, which contains a higher quality mana, thus enabling an immense power up in strength.
This kind of magic that calls upon otherworldly mana, is what the Dark Magician Marissa used, however this ritual is several times stronger due to the sacrifice it uses.
"Doesn't the ritual's effect wear off really quickly?"
"Yes, this is why we will pre-chant it, but complete the chant right before the battle with Gaul. This method will allow the most efficient and make the most out of the ritual. Whatever, the next move is, all depends on you Sir Yuiguard!"
"You can count on me! I, Yuiguard shall surpass Gaul and become the true demon king!"
Yuiguard laughed narcissitically, and Fufun bowed.
Behind Fufun, two humans were lying on the floor one of which were struggling to escape. They were captured to be used as a sacrifice for the ritual.
"nn! nnnn!! (release me! I am not a human who will die in a place like this!)"
Demon King Gaul has 3 God Class subordinates, called Trinity God
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Death Horse Slape
Double-Headed Bird Fugy/Mugy
The three gathered in one of the secret rooms in the Demon King's castle, where they were talking about the message they receive from Fufun about Yuiguard's plan on the ascendance to the throne.
The plan was to abdicate the Demon King Gaul through ritualistic duel that determines the true Demon King.
Despite the fact that three were still completly loyal to the Demon King Gaul and were apprehensive of Yuiguard's personality, the recent attitude of the Demon King Gaul were making them feel a little upset.
Yoru-meet said, "…these days Sir Gaul has been a bit too easy going…"
The Trinity God all nodded in agreement. The recent departure of the Demon King from his castle to meet with mere human, were a well known fact in the castle.
"Sir Gaul has changed, he weren't like this before. The old him would've just resulted to violence to completely eliminate the enemy, not talk with him. "
Slape said in frustration, while the others nodded in complete agreement.
"We should aid Yuiguard in his ascendance to the throne temporarily, maybe then, Sir Gaul will realize the severity of the situation and change back to his old ways" x2
Fugy-Bugy's words sealed the deal for the three's next course of action. The three didn't have a shred of belief that Yuiguard will win against Gaul. They thought that, after Gaul defeated Yuiguard, they could just swear their loyalty back to Gaul. All in hopes of waking up Sir Gaul from his current careless self.
Other, direct subordinates of Gaul agreed on the decisions made by the trinity gods, and showed an optimistic attitude towards the whole ordeal.
"Are you guys dumb-nya? He won't accept this nya! You guys don't know the consequence of your actions nya!!!!!!! "
However, they were met with strong opposition from Uliminus and the silent ears.
Even though Uliminus frantically opposed the decision, the Trinity Gods imprisoned her in belief that she will disturb the ritual.
…….Present time in the Demon King's throne room…….
Yuiguard faced off against the current Demon King, Gaul.
"Big brother…no Gaul! Your foolish acts has disappointed us and your subordinate, incurring their betrayal! What do you have to say about it!"
Behind Yuiguard, Fufun and the trinity gods were standing looking at Gaul. Fufun was ready to kill the sacrifice at any given point, with her swords pointed at the two captured humans.
"Gaul, your luck ends today! Come, let us start the duel and see who is most worthy for the Demon King's position!"
Yuiguard was laughing with complete confidence.
Against this, Gaul raised his hand.
"Wait, can you stop for a bit"
"Wha…what? Are you begging for your life now that you realized you will die!"
"I have no such thoughts but..what do you mean by the foolish acts?"
"You….at times like this dare to act like you know nothing!?
You instead of eliminating the hero, went out of your own way to befriend him.
You goes in and out of the castle as you please.
Even for the invasion of the Humans, you gave them mercy by stopping the march mid way!
if this is not foolish, what is foolish!? "
"…I see, these are the so called foolish acts"
Gaul glared at the trinity gods and the direct subordinates who stood around the Yuiguard's side. Cleary demonstrating their position in this matter. Towards this betrayal, Gaul's eyes contained great fury as he felt truly maddened.
Being glared at by such intense glare, even the most powerful soldiers the Trinity Gods felt their back get drenched with sweat.
I…I already knew it but…as expected of Sire Demon King Gaul…..
The Trinity gods felt scared but at the same time overjoyed at the reaffirmation of their demon king's strength.
Come, vent your anger against Yuiguard and defeat him to reaffirm your position as the true Demon king!
While at it maybe order us to exterminate human race
If you do so, we will support you with everything we got!
Gaul looked around one last time.
Gaul swallowed mouthful of air and calmed himself.
"..I understand. I will accept my punishment and abdicate from being the Demon King"
He took off the bracelet, the symbol for his authority and threw it to Yuiguard.
"I've been in your care everyone. See ya"
That was the last word from Demon King Gaul and the word that birthed the new Demon King Yuiguard.
Everyone in the hall were dumbfounded at the turn of event as they stood still with their jaws dropped.
The two humans who were captured to be the sacrifice were, Blonde Haired Hero and Allure.
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An online school is essential to make the education simple and flexible. It is a medium through which one can study independently without having limitation of time. In this fast paced life, students are very busy because of their various tasks. Today, students don't just study they even work along studying so in such a scenario attending classroom lessons is very difficult. Considering this aspect, online schools have found their base to impart them knowledge.
Online schools give an idea of the extent of competitive world we are living in. Education is always useful for everybody. It is not just constrained to students but even the people who have not been able to complete their studies in the past due to some reasons.
There are many advantages of online schools.
There are many people who are registering themselves for online schools to enhance their education so that they can enhance their scope of attaining a good job. Let us consider a case, a student has many responsibilities in his overall life and along with studies, he is attending office. But, his office hours and his class timings clash so how would he manage? He can neither afford to miss his workplace nor can he neglect his class. This brings a real question in front of him to sacrifice one of the two things but to his aid online schools have made it possible that he can continue with both the tasks. If he is free at his office he can refer to his online lessons.
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Online schools are the perfect mode of education without missing out any significant role in life and considering this cyber savvy world. Online schools are always beneficial for students who want to keep up their education updated. The sole aim of these online schools is to give the learners a chance to adapt themselves in the competitive world and always stay ahead.
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In the wake of a Chinese newspaper reportedly telling its single female readers to stop aiming so high in their search for a soul mate, The Watsonia Bugle has decided to empower the single women of the Diamond Valley and encourage them to keep shooting for the stars. After all, as the saying goes, even if you miss the stars you might still end up on the moon, and that would be pretty cool, right?
In what could just be a lazy English translation of an article in the Sichuan Daily, single female readers have been told, "Change your attitude, return to reality. Maybe there'll be some imperfection, but your life will be full for it." Amongst some other absolute gems of advice, the Sichuan Daily also said, "Marriage is a process of tolerating each other, and it's impossible that everything goes your way". In isolation this is actually very sound advice, but the article also referred to single women in their late-20s as "leftovers" who should just "settle for a 'more or less OK' person".
Watsonia singleton Lili Frampton was horrified by the sentiments expressed in the article, telling The Watsonia Bugle, "If I settled for a 'more or less OK' bloke in the Diamond Valley I'd end up with a guy who spends every Friday night at the Lower, owns a pair of 'going out trakky dacks', refers to bourbon as 'the nectar of the gods', and considers a visit to Greensy Hoyts as a viable first date option. What a bloody joke."


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Practical Suggestions For A More Nutritious Way of living
Though many people are busy with their lives and preoccupied other things, it is vital not to forget about nutrition. Having knowledge of nutrition is essential to getting into and maintaining good health. The following article will give you tips on nutrition that will get you and keep you on the right path.
Eat nuts for a snack instead of crackers. Even though nuts are higher in fat content, eating only a small amount can satisfy your hunger for a longer period of time. Crackers are mainly carbohydrates. You will need to eat more of that to satisfy your hunger over the same period of time, leading to eating more calories. So, in the long run, nuts are better snacks.
In making decisions about nutrition, you should cast a wide net. If you take mind and spirit into consideration in other aspects of your life, you should also do so in regard to nutrition. One writer who does this is Sally Fallon in her book, "Nourishing Traditions".
Have a doctor check your blood for levels of various minerals and vitamins in your blood stream. Ask for a complete check. That way, if you find you are deficient in any one thing, or a few things, you can immediately start taking steps to change your diet so you stay well and healthy.
Did you know that you can fight fatigue that is experienced after eating? You can snap out of the tiredness you feel after lunch by drinking a tall glass of water and eating a small high-antioxidant food such as a prune. This will help revitalize your lethargic feeling and help fire up the mind.
When considering your nutrition, do not over do it with vitamins and supplements. Multivitamin pills can never replace the amount of nutrients that you receive in eating food. While they are good to compliment your meal with, never substitute a pill for real food. Your body might not react well to a large intake of concentrated vitamins.
When you go to coffee shops to get your morning fix, you should stick to basic coffee and personalize the amount of sweetener and lightener you add to it. This means that you can add a sugar substitute and skim milk, and you will not be drinking any unnecessary fat and calories.
So many of the foods we eat today are filled with preservatives and artificial ingredients that are easy to get addicted to, and are not good for your body. Stay away from buying any type of canned food, or food that comes from a box. Make your own meals at home so you know exactly what you are eating.
Sometimes salads are best when they are all green! Just include a variety of lettuces and spinach. Add some edamame and some chickpeas, maybe some sliced bell peppers, and whatever else you can think of that is green. Finish it all off with a low-fat dressing, and rest assured you are eating very healthy indeed.
When you want to improve your nutrition, look for natural foods. Processed foods are not good for the body. You need to focus on eating lean fresh meats and healthy fresh produce. If you think you could be tempted to purchase processed foods at the supermarket, avoid isles that contain these foods.
Sometimes, it is hard to stay on track with a healhty diet while traveling. There are times that you may have to stop at a fast food restaurant. If you do, there are a few things you can do to cut calories. First, order your burger with no cheese or condiments. Also, if possible, choose grilled meats or a salad bar.
To reduce the amount of sugar in your diet, try using natural sweeteners instead of white sugar. Honey, molasses, and syrup can sweeten your food without adding as many calories. When you're baking, try substituting fruit juice for some of the sugar. Use fresh fruit to add some sweetness to your cereal in the morning instead of another spoonful of sugar.
If you are on a diet that highlights fruits and vegetables, do not forget to eat the skins on these foods. The skins are packed with http://time.com/5034102/collagen-supplement-powder-benefits/ nutrients and minerals that your body requires, and can go a long way in helping to curb your appetite so you do not eat poor quality foods later.
You can help make fast food a little less damaging to your daily nutrition routine by leaving out the bacon when you order that burger. Instead of the bacon, order extra tomato. Tomatoes are a good source of fiber and contain good levels of vitamin A. A fresh tomato also offers a supply of potassium for good cell function.
When you are eating, it helps if you actually eat your food slower. When you savor your food, it is more likely that you will feel full much quicker, than if you just wolf it all down at once. You can even try eating half of your meal and then pausing for a few minutes and then finishing the rest.
If you have only tried a certain fruit or vegetable once in your life, reconsider your approach to seasonal produce like pomegranates, sweet potatoes, grapes, and pears. When seasonal fruits and veggies are found in the store during their off-season, there's a good chance that they will not taste as juicy and delicious as they do when grown during collagen for joints pictures their natural season.
If you are going to eat food with high calorie or sugar content, try to eat it early in the day when your metabolic rate is moving at a faster pace. You are more likely to end up with excess calories that get stored as fat if you eat such foods later in the day when your metabolism is slower.
Make sure to eat something with protein as soon as you wake up. Your body needs protein to start the day and it will get it one way or another, either from the food you eat or by breaking down your existing muscle tissue. Even coffee with low fat milk is better than nothing.
Keeping track of your personal health will help you know if you are following a healthy diet and getting the nutrients that you need. Going to the doctor for an annual check-up is the best way to know that you have been doing what is required to stay very healthy.
As stated in the beginning of this article, nutrition is important when it comes to getting into and maintaining good health. This article has given you tips on what you can do to improve your knowledge of nutrition. Hopefully, these tips will stick with you for a long time and maybe you can pass it on to other people!
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06 January 2009
The Good, the Bad, and the In-Between
The GoodI've finished the book! Yes, 11:15 pm on Saturday night. Hurrah! Never thought it would be over ... over 3,100 files created in 3 months. I put in a 14 hour work day on Saturday to get it all done, to get a whole two days off. There was champagne!
This isn't the end of the process, though. I've now got 4 weeks of Author Review - addressing all the edits / comments / suggestions made on the text and puzzles by Sarah (Project Editor), Megan (Copy Editor), and Raymond (Technical Editor) One quarter of the book each week. So I'm not out of the woods yet. But at least I'm working on existing stuff now, not having to write new material. Fair bit easier.
I've got a second book waiting in the wings, too, for Hinkler Books - a sticker / puzzle book for 5-year-olds. To be finished by early March. This one is worrying me for reasons below.
The Bad
Hubby's lovely Uncle Paul isn't going well. He got bowel cancer a few years ago, and in fact has lived longer than anyone expected. But the doctors now say they can do no more, and are setting up palliative care in his home. Paul is a professional, and very talented, watercolor artist. His wife is the one who designed these crazy and wonderful knitted vegetables. He is a handsome, softly-spoken, intelligent and lovely man. Hard on his sister (Hubby's mum) too. It's all rather crap.
The In-Between
Hubby's dad is still in hospital, but hopes to be out in a week or so. He keeps threatening to 'walk out'. The Aged Care Assessment was done yesterday, and we were able to give the nice young woman assessor a pretty good idea of his situation. She's going to recommend an at-home Community Aged Care Package for him - and largely as way of supporting us, too, which is really good - fingers crossed that it's approved. He doesn't really understand what's going on, though, and is - shall we be nice and just say 'somewhat wearing' ...
I called the hospital yesterday to find out where I was roughly, on the waiting list for my hip replacement. Remember when I signed up back in September? A year's wait, they said. Plenty of time, they said. I was cool with that! Well, they lied! Next bloody month!! "February - early March at the latest," said the chirpy young thing on the other end of the phone. What, this year?! Aaaaaaaaaaah!
I know it needs to be done, and I still think I've made the right decision, and my doctor and physio are really happy – but I really wasn't counting on it happening quite so soon. I'm feeling a little tense about getting my contracted work done at the same time as dealing with all the hip stuff. I don't feel ready.
I hope that working on the various books will be a distraction while I'm in hospital, and that I'm not in so much pain / doped out on pain killers etc that I can't work, and there aren't any complications. Ideally I'd like to have taken a good month off for the operation and recovery. Bugger.
I've already put time restrictions on my surgery booking, and can't keep changing the date otherwise I'll be dropped from the list altogether... here's hoping the exact date will be early March, and not in February. And hopefully my publishers will be understanding. I've been working towards having all of March off, so hopefully that can still work for my rehab (although it won't be quite the holiday I was imagining!).
Insert general complaint about living with two young adults, and a chronically-ill husband. Nothing specific, have just generally had enough at the moment. Working practically non-stop while the rest of the family is in bed or lounging around for whatever reason (illness or school holidays) is starting to get to me. Funny, that.
To mitigate the above, here's Dotter in a slightly red wig - crazy, or cute, or crazy and cute?
I probably shouldn't be writing when I've only had 5 hours sleep, so please take the above with a dash of salt, and I'll catch you on a happier day before too long, I'm sure.
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Ah, you are carrying quite a load of different things aren't you? You've done an amazing slog to get the book written, and I'm sure the revising will seem much (a bit?) easier compared to that. As for the hip, at least the sooner it's done, the sooner it's not hanging over your head any more. That may well be a really good feeling afterwards!ReplyDelete
I hope the timing all works out well for you.
Congratulations on finishing the book!! That is fantastic!ReplyDelete
I hope everything else improves for you especially the timing for your hip thing, and the book edits etc.
Jolly good news about the book!! Nice to see that thus far, there is no 'Ugly' in your year, so it's not all bad!!!ReplyDelete
Your name should be Atlas! Hope Hercules comes along soon and gives you a break. Getting your FIL off your hands should be a big help. And really, your editors will just HAVE to be understanding, won't they? give them lots of advance warning and they might even extend your deadlines.ReplyDelete
I vote crazy and cute for dotter's wig, but I'm a fan of hair color.ReplyDelete
Hugs and eek all at once on the hip replacement. Yay, sure, but I think anyone's entitled to a freak-out when faced with orthopedic surgery, let alone someone who has had a bad experience. Hang in there, and good luck.
Just think - you will have the rest of the year without your hip op hanging over your head! Good luck with it. You are a strong woman so you will manage this I have no doubt. Congrats on the book. And I vote crazy and cute too!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on finishing the book! It's another big tick off your list. Very sorry about the other illnesses in your family though. Hope the home care people can sort out FIL.ReplyDelete
As for the loungers, you may have to do an intervention and just go on strike.
So much going on. So very much. It never ends for you guys does it. Hugs.ReplyDelete
But finishing the book is fabulous. And Dotter's wig is gorgeous. Really.
Yay for book finishings - you rock!ReplyDelete
And timing, things will sort themselves out.


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This means I have the right to change my mind. Over and over.
What factors into a mind change, you ask? Information and experience.
We had E2 over for dinner earlier this week (our first attempt at African peanut stew was de-frickin'-licious). We wanted to discuss this break we're taking and his upcoming month-long travel plans. Well, we got a lot of information. For instance, we learned that the month-long trip is only the tip of the we're-gonna-be-spermless iceberg. E2 is tired of living in a city (who knew Portland was a city?!). He wants to go work on farms. And then travel around Europe. Who knows? Well… I know! Holy crap, he can't leave! He said there may be a couple weeks between the month-long and the forever trips, but otherwise he's Audi 5000!
You're thinking one of the following:
1. They're gonna try now because he's leaving.
2. They're gonna wait and hope he decides to leave in March rather than January.
3. They're gonna buy Euro wear to camouflage themselves and stalk him through the Continent.
Because I was feeling reasonable, but not so reasonable to give up on having Xanax for my upcoming trips of intensity, I took the news quite well and asked him to please let us know as soon as possible when he has decided on his departure date.
But then my Aunt Flo came to town. She came angry, and she knocked me off my feet. Literally.
So, if you keep up with this blog, you are familiar with my whining about cramps that "just seem to get worse & worse each month. It's uncanny!" Well, I mean it this time. The day before yesterday I had the worst cramps I've ever had. How bad were they? They were so bad that I had to rush home and yell commands at K for a hot water bottle, a barf bucket, and pain killers (which I'd already taken—prescription level, mind you) as I hobbled upstairs, panting. I literally was out of my mind in pain. K had to go pick up her mother at the airport and I had hours of work left to do that day. So, I laid in bed and tried to focus on breathing and not dying. A couple hours passed and so did that extreme pain. What came out of it, besides me in a much better mood, was the thought that something just ain't right downstairs and I need to get a look-see.
This experience let to my mind changing about the HsG. No waiting 'til January. It's happening this week. I wanna see what the hell is in there causing me so much pain. And, if it turns out there's nothing (after all, we're talking about the uterus, which makes its owner, by definition, hysterical), we are going to inseminate again. As in next weekend. As in no Xanax for me when I fly home for Dad's unveiling since I won't know if I'm pregnant. But, oh, my flight home… If I get another negatory pee stick, I'll be flying higher than the plane.
I sent an email to E2 with the same subject line as this post, to which he replied, "I always suspected." Cute.
He's up for it (heck, it's more moolah for the Eurail Pass), and, assuming the HsG doesn't show a hairy nodule of tissue holding a big stop sign, we'll be try-trying again.
Just a parting note on how scared I am about pain all of a sudden. I used to think I could handle it pretty well. But with this period, I'm beginning to doubt the power of my own "roar." I've heard the HsG can be quite, let's say, uncomfortable… especially afterward. Did I mention the fear of finding something that requires surgery? How about flying without my little friend? Maybe I should've titled this post: I Am Woman, Hear Me Whimper.


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Your business is up and running and all the pieces appear to be falling into place. You've got clients, a schedule that works and an organized system in place as well. Yet there is a small voice inside of you that keeps questioning if this will work. Can you really be sure that it won't come to a crashing halt, leaving you with an empty organizer, a lack of clients and no money in the bank?
While it may seem impossible to predict how successful you will be, with forces that appear to be beyond your control, you are not as helpless as you think. Your way of thinking and actions that follow actually have much more control than those outside forces.
Do you want to be successful? That may seem like a ridiculous question, given that you are the one taking on this venture, but look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself these questions, then wait for your answers:
1 – Do I really want to be successful?
2 – What would it look like if I was successful?
3 – How would I know if I were successful?
4 – What am I willing to do to be successful?
5 – What am I doing right now that will not support me in being successful?
Once you begin to feel that success is a perfect fit for you, it is time to visualize how much success you actually want. Begin to live into your visualization, as if it is already occurring. This is the real challenge.
For instance, if I asked you to visualize what it would be like to be at a carnival right now, what would you see and feel? What would you smell in the air? Do you smell the sweet scent of funnel cakes? Can you hear the kids screaming on the small fast rides? Can you recall the things you and your friends laughed about back then? If you close your eyes tightly, you probably can picture yourself there right now.
Imagining the success of your business, what it will look like, sound like and taste like when you are as successful as you want to be, needs to be that clear. So clear, that as you describe it, it is as if you have been there before. The challenge is that unlike the carnival, you haven't experienced this success yet with your business, so in effect; you will be making it up. In Coaching we call that creating and it can be one of your most powerful tools in becoming a success.
Create what you want, and then have it become reality. You will be amazed to see that when you live into a reality that is not quite here yet, the reality is not far behind. As a matter of fact, success may follow so easily that you will wonder why you didn't live into it sooner.


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Untitled Project: Souvenir [Miami], 2003 is a limited edition postcard featuring an image of carved and painted sculptures of miami/flamingo souvenir salt and pepper shakers installed and left in a thrift store in Champaign, Illinois. This printed matter was sold during the Art Basel Miami art fair as an official souvenir postcard. (signed/numbered)


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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie donate $2 million to African wildlife sanctuary
Hollywood actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $2 million to the Naankuse Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary in Namibia, where they spent the past Christmas with their children. Through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, the couple made the donation in the name of their Namibia-born daughter Shiloh, reports the AP.
"We want her (Shiloh) to be very involved and grow up with the understanding of her country of birth," the AP quoted Jolie's statement released Monday. "We continue to be impressed by their (the owners of the sanctuary) hard work and dedication to the people and conservation of the land and wildlife of Namibia."
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Rakhi Sarkar is a cosmopolitan woman. We meet at her daughter's house in Golf Links, where she sits in a room full of vintage maps, as comfortable amid them as they seem with her.
The reputed founder of Kolkata's Centre of International Modern Art began as a collector of the Bengal School in the early 1990s, at a time when collecting was limited to curios and crockery. She travelled a show, 'Chamatkara - Myth and Magic in Indian Art,' with two hundred modernists, including Ganesh Pyne and Vikas Bhattacharya, to London's Whiteleys shopping centre. It was attended by "the Swaraj Pauls and Hindujas of the world," she remembers, as well as Bianca Jagger: "mainly a white circuit."
Mrs. S spent the next two decades building an elite network of viewers and patrons, and the decade after that creating an 'art mela' in Calcutta for both a public and artists who do not have access to such networks. This week, she's bringing it to Delhi for its first edition. She says, "people are buying for the love of it, the pure love of it. The love is there, the hankering and aspiration is there. Somehow, the prices baffled them."
Showing art is ultimately a manifestation of the profound and strange workings of a singular mind, she believes: showing art is showing an idea, a person's strange workings. It's another matter that the mela—besides selling the work at prices between 3,000 and 75,000—does not fully exhibit this radical freedom.
"Mediums such as video art don't sell in mainstream India," she points out. "The middle class are a newly excited generation. They don't understand too much, they're not interested in the theory of art." The art mela, she says, "is about creating a young clientele for art. We don't go in for very high art. Even an artist such as Ganesh Pyne who would normally create very esoteric art, would give us very interesting, playful work that would appeal to the newcomer."
Pause. Here, let us acknowledge two glaring gaps in the art world in India. The first is the sense of an unusual distance between aspiration and commercial constraints - a distance that, in fact, every artist in history has had to confront. The second gap: we think "they" don't want the theory, the absurd poetry, the tantalizing philosophy. Imagine, instead: they want all of this. The premise of existence itself is abstract and everyone, even on the most banal of days, ponders existential matters. Perhaps it is not that the middle class is not trendy enough for new media, but that risk-averse curation and the comfort of the two-dimensional finally works against both artist and contemporary collecting culture.
Mrs Sarkar insists that painting will never die. This may be true: love will also endure forever. But painting is having its own dramatic changes, self-reflexively responding to our evolving bio-technological tactility and her selection, while beautiful, is not necessarily forward-looking.
"Trends will always be part of the art language, technologies will change, trends will also die," she responds. "First there were cave paintings, then oils. But never forget that something you can hang, preserve easily, will live on. It's the most convenient form. An artist must have the total freedom to do whatever he lives and that is what extends the frontiers of art, and as people go to Mars, that'll become part of art. These will come and go. But be prepared that they will go. Paintings will not disappear".
Would we like to possess a serene portrait of a woman drawn in smooth lines, pensive, with a yellow background, as if she were rising out of something, into light? Maybe her face is like an ocean, infinite. Yes. At the fair next weekend, there will be spellbinding Arpita Singhs and Manu Parekhs, names you know. There will be pieces by artists you've never heard of but that will move you for no real reason.
In an atmosphere of political attrition, environmental catastrophe and neo-fascist discrimination, we wouldn't be afraid to pick the art that feels like it gives a shit; pick what heals. Maybe someone who buys their first work of art here will someday yearn for work that doesn't exist as a thing at all. Maybe an artist who makes their first major sale here will test these lines of lines of visibility, materiality and human experience. Mrs Sarkar knows.
Getting there: 80 artists will show at the Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre between April 26-30, from 10am-8pm daily.
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My name is Jacob Gellatly. I am an Environmental Resources Engineering major at Humboldt State University. I was born in Pensacola Florida, and graduated high school in Santa Clarita California. I am interested in studying sustainable housing systems, as well as renewable housing materials, and permaculture. Outside of class I enjoy backpacking, fishing, rock climbing, and playing music. I would like to develop living systems, that take care of their inhabitants, so that our homes will benefit the environment, instead of taking from it. I am seeking an internship position that will help me build skills pertaining to appropriate technology and sustainable engineering.
My Experience
I have hands on experience with 3D modeling using Mastercam and SolidWorks. I have worked in a machine shop, operating 3 axis and 5 axis CNC mills. I have constructed a hydroponic growing system for my backyard, and succesfully yielded strawberries, spinach, kale, and tomatoes. I also have experience rebuilding aircooled Volkswagens.


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The Science and Engineering Library at UCSD will for the next year be prominently featuring prototypes of the unique, and patent-pending, Switchblade and iceCube designs, courtesy of the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab. Do swing by and take a peek!
The UCSD Flow Control Lab, together with Curt Schurgers, Ryan Kastner, Michele Zorzi, and Jules Jaffe, just won a major ($1.2M) new NSF grant on Networked Sensor Swarms of Underwater Drifters. In this project, we will further refine our novel new algorithms to control the topology of formations of underwater vehicles via buoyancy control (only). As illustrated in the plot at the right, by strategically controlling the depth of each drifter in a stratified flow system, the drifters can be made to ``go with the flow'' at each respective depth in a very deliberate fashion, thereby achieving a remarkable degree of control authority over the topology of the swarm in this very low power, significantly "under-actuated" setting.
Prof. Haoxiang Luo, one of the founding PhD students of the UCSD Flow Control Lab and now an Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University, received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award. The five year grant, entitled Flapping In The Wind - Passive Mechanisms In Insect Wings For Flight Stabilization, will support his research on computational modeling of insect flight physics, with application to the development of biomimetic micro air vehicles. Congratulations Prof. Luo!
We recently sat down with an editor at the Next Big Future blog site for an far-ranging interview. The transcript of this interview is avialble here.
A huge thanks to Ben Sams for the cools new lab signs! Darth Gubbe strikes back.
The Coordinated Robotics Lab handed off half of our Switchblade vehicle fleet to Jeannie Falcon and Andy Chang at National Instruments at NI Week 2010, kicking off the next stage of our already productive collaboration. These vehicles will be used by NI field representatives to show off the unique capabilites of the NI hardware and software as implemented on the Switchblade vehicles.
An army of advanced Switchblade robots designed & created by the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab infiltrated a parking lot at UCSD and explored clouds of (inert, non-toxic) colored smoke set off in a controlled test. Equipped with high-tech sensor packs and electronics, the robots measured smoke concentrations and wind velocities as they moved. The measurements were transmitted in real time (via wifi and 3g cellular data links) to an off-site supercomputer running advanced weather-forecasting type algorithms pioneered by the UCSD Flow Control Lab. These algorithms, in turn, synchronized a numerical simulation of the smoke plume with the actual measurements taken in the field in real time (a problem known as
data assimilation), then told the vehicles where to move next in order to minimize the uncertainty of the
forecast (a problem known as adaptive observation).
The goal of the system, which was successfully realized in the experiment, was to forecast where the smoke was going to go, as precisely as possible, before it got there, while coordinating the vehicles in real time to collect the most valuable information possible for the particular wind conditions present during that test.
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The Sign Swifts have decided they should follow Federico the Pegasus and Coco the Rabbit on their journey to collect presents and delicacies for Christmas. The journey will take the pegasus and the rabbit into the Unknown Lands and the swifts want to be able to help if they are needed.
The Sign Swifts soar high in the sky, their streamlined wings helping them fly faster than any other bird. After just a few short hours of flying they look down and see the large beating wings of Federico who frowns as it begins to drizzle.
They fly silently on above their friends, not wanting to give them reason for concern, but keep a watchful eye as their perilous journey continues over snowy peaked mountains, deep gorges and castles into unfamiliar lands.


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Although dental injuries and dental emergencies are often distressing for both children and parents, they are also extremely common. Approximately one third of children have experienced some type of dental trauma, and more have experienced a dental emergency.
There are two peak risk periods for dental trauma - the first being toddlerhood (18-40 months) when environmental exploration begins, and the second being the preadolescent/adolescent period, when sporting injuries become commonplace.
Detailed below are some of the most common childhood dental emergencies, in addition to helpful advice on how to deal with them.
Toothache is common in children of all ages and rarely occurs without cause. Impacted food can cause discomfort in young children, and can be dislodged using a toothbrush, a clean finger, or dental floss. If pain persists, contact the pediatric dentist. Some common causes of toothache include: tooth fractures, tooth decay, tooth trauma, and wisdom teeth eruption (adolescence).
How you can help:
Dental avulsion (knocked-out tooth)
If a tooth has been knocked-out of the child's mouth completely, it is important to contact the pediatric dentist immediately. In general, pediatric dentists do not attempt to reimplant avulsed primary (baby) teeth, because the reimplantation procedure itself can cause damage to the tooth bud, and thereby damage the emerging permanent tooth.
Pediatric dentists always attempt to reimplant avulsed permanent teeth, unless the trauma has caused irreparable damage. The reimplantation procedure is almost always more successful if it is performed within one hour of the avulsion, so time is of the essence!
Dental intrusion (tooth pushed into jawbone)
Sometimes, dental trauma forces a tooth (or several teeth) upwards into the jawbone. The prognosis is better for teeth that have been pushed up to a lesser extent (less than 3mm), but every situation is unique. Oftentimes, the force of the trauma is great enough to injure the tooth's ligament and fracture its socket.
If dental intrusion of either the primary or permanent teeth is suspected, it is important to contact the pediatric dentist immediately. Depending on the nature and depth of the intrusion, the pediatric dentist will either wait for the tooth to descend naturally, or perform root canal therapy to preserve the structure of the tooth.
Tooth luxation/extrusion/lateral displacement (tooth displacement)
Tooth displacement is generally classified as "luxation," "extrusion," or "lateral displacement," depending on the orientation of the tooth following trauma. A luxated tooth remains in the socket – with the pulp intact about half of the time. However, the tooth protrudes at an unnatural angle and the underlying jawbone is oftentimes fractured.
The term "extrusion" refers to a tooth that has become partly removed from its socket. In young children, primary tooth extrusions tend to heal themselves without medical treatment. However, dental treatment should be sought for permanent teeth that have been displaced in any manner in order to save the tooth and prevent infection. It is important to contact the pediatric dentist if displacement is suspected.
Crown fracture
The crown is the largest, most visible part of the tooth. In most cases, the crown is the part of the tooth that sustains trauma. There are several classifications of crown fracture, ranging from minor enamel cracks (not an emergency) to pulp exposure (requiring immediate treatment).
The pediatric dentist can readily assess the severity of the fracture using dental X-rays, but any change in tooth color (for example, pinkish or yellowish tinges inside the tooth) is an emergency warning sign. Minor crown fractures often warrant the application of dental sealant, whereas more severe crown fractures sometimes require pulp treatments. In the case of crown fracture, the pediatric dentist should be contacted. Jagged enamel can irritate and inflame soft oral tissues, causing infection.
Root fracture
A root fracture is caused by direct trauma, and isn't noticeable to the naked eye. If a root fracture is suspected, dental x-rays need to be taken. Depending on the exact positioning of the fracture and the child's level of discomfort, the tooth can be monitored, treated, or extracted as a worse case scenario.
Dental concussion
A tooth that has not been dislodged from its socket or fractured, but has received a bang or knock, can be described as "concussed." Typically occurring in toddlers, dental concussion can cause the tooth to discolor permanently or temporarily. Unless the tooth turns black or dark (indicating that the tooth is dying and may require root canal therapy), dental concussion does not require emergency treatment.
Injured cheek, lip or tongue
If the child's cheek, lip or tongue is bleeding due to an accidental cut or bite, apply firm direct pressure to the area using a clean cloth or gauze. To reduce swelling, apply ice to the affected areas. If the bleeding becomes uncontrollable, proceed to the Emergency Room or call a medical professional immediately.
Fractured jaw
If a broken or fractured jaw is suspected, proceed immediately to the Emergency Room. In the meantime, encourage the child not to move the jaw. In the case of a very young child, gently tie a scarf lengthways around the head and jaw to prevent movement.
Head injury/head trauma
If the child has received trauma to the head, proceed immediately to the Emergency Room. Even if consciousness has not been lost, it is important for pediatric doctors to rule out delayed concussion and internal bleeding.
If you have questions about dental emergencies, please ask your pediatric dentist.
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Make Your Own Damn Ribs/
Adapted from several recipes across the internets...
UMTailgate Ribs
Rub 'Em
- Baby back ribs
- 2 parts chili powder
- 2 parts smoked paprika
- 2 parts coriander
- 1 part onion powder
- 1 part garlic powder
- 2 parts crushed red pepper
- 3 parts ground cayenne
- 1/4 part ground coffee
- 1/4 part lemon pepper
- 3 parts dark brown sugar
- Sugar in the raw
Preheat oven to 280 degrees. Reserve about 2 cups of rub for later. Mix rub 2 to 1 with sugar in the raw. Spread half a cup of mixture on meat side of each rack of baby backs (spare ribs work too) with membrane removed. Spread a quarter cup of mixture on bone side. Place ribs on sheet pan, meat side up and cook for 2.5 hours. Remove from oven.
Glaze 'em and baste 'em
- Peach preserves
- dark brown sugar
- apple juice
Lower the temperature in the oven to 230 degrees. Make an individual packet out of tinfoil for each rack. Depending on thickness of the foil you are using, you might want to double up on layers. Spread 3 tablespoons of peach preserves on each slab followed by 2 tablespoons of brown sugar. At this point you are wondering why you are making peach pie on top of a rack of ribs...but trust me, it works. Seal the ribs leaving one end open and pour about 1.5-2 cups of apple juice into the foil packet. Seal it completely and put it on a rack in your oven being careful not to tear the packet and have the apple juice leak out all over the oven. You might want to use a sheet pan underneath them if you are worried. Cook packets for 1.5 hours. Remove from oven once again.
Finish 'em
- apple juice
- rub from step one
Feel free to cover refrigerate at this point, up to overnight. Place ribs on a medium grill and moisten each rack with about 2 tablespoons of apple juice, then sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of of rub and spread it around. Heat ribs to desired temperature...which should be somewhere around "hot"...usually found around the time you start to see significant carmelization of the glaze.
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Based on a recommendation from Matija, I decided to give whitewater rafting a shot in Jinja. I felt so guilty that I was going without Trevor, but there was nothing I could do. I knew we'd be reunited soon enough, and I'd be sure to make it up to him.
This was something I was always too afraid to try on account of the fact that I can't swim. Matija explained that you can request to have your raft not flip and that there weren't that many rocks, so even if you do fall over, you'll just float in your lifejacket until somebody picks you up again.
And since Olive wasn't working at the time, I invited her to join me in Jinja, which is just a few hours north of Kampala. She was happy to join me, and so the next morning, we were headed to Jinja.
Unfortunately, Olive failed to tell me that not only can she not swim, but she is petrified of water! When we arrived at the starting point, Davey, our guide, gave us lifejackets and took us in the water to see just how comfortable we wer in the water–in case we happened to flip.
I was perfectly fine, but holy crap, poor Olive was crying and screaming! She was holding on to Davey as if her life depended on it! He kept urging her to let go of him, but she wouldn't listen. He was holding her at arm's length to try and get her to lie back and float on her back, but she was squirming all over. Then she accidentally gave Davey a solid kick in the one place a man never wants to be kicked, and that was when he'd had enough. Davey peeled her hands off of his arms and basically thrust her into the water. She wailed and kicked, but she didn't sink! Davey got her to turn on her stomach, and then back on her back. "She's going to die today," I thought to myself. "And Davey is going to die saving her. Cra."
Thankfully, we never flipped. We were in the safety raft, or as one of the guides in the other raft called it, the chicken rat. With the exception of the very first set of rapids, it was actually a pretty safe ride all the way through. The first set was brutal. Heavy on the rocks. I totally thought we were going to crash into some rocks and flip over, but we had a master navigator to guide us through.
There were a pair of metal bars across the middle of the raft. These bars supported a wooden plank. On top of the plank sat a large cube. This was where Moses, our navigator sat. He rowed with two massive wooden oars. I'm sure it must have been impressive to watch him control and manoeuvre the raft through those violent rapids, but we were too busy holding on for dear life as we were pummelled by wall after wall of water. I don't know how Moses could move the raft so swiftly while being bombarded by those crazy rapids.
While we managed to survive the first hectic rapids, the right oar in our raft couldn't say the same. Of course, being professionals, our guys carried an extra oar for just such an occasion.
There were two upsides to sitting in the safety raft: 1) We got to enjoy the show and watch everybody else flip. It was actually pretty hilarious to watch. 2) We didn't have to row. We just sat back and enjoyed the ride.
In between rapids, there were long stretches of peaceful and tranquil waters. Everybody jumped in for a quick swim during these times. (Well, everybody except Olive. She was people watching.)
Later on, as we ate lunch, one of the girls in the other raft told me that she was actually pretty terrified when her raft flipped. She was trapped underneath the raft, and she felt like she was going to drown. Another girl actually joined our safety boat just before the 8th and final set of rapids because she knew their raft was going to flip, and she didn't particularly enjoy it the first time around. So I was pretty happy with our decision. I totally would have broken down and cried like a baby. Dammit, I need to learn how to swim.


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Running out of Growing Timeâ¦
… But the garden still looks alright. I don't think I'd be lying if I said that I've taken maybe 40-50 pounds of tomatoes from the garden. We've had a couple of good sauces, a pizza night with fresh tomatoes, lots of salads, a few grilled cheeses with tomatoes, and I took a bunch up to Maine this past weekend for the family.
The fingerling potatoes are looking good also. I've harvested two batches of those - one I took to Maine, and they were totally consumed, roasted whole with some oil. The second batch was larger and is still kicking around here. All told, we're going to be eating potatoes for awhile.
The cukes are finally ready to be picked, and maybe I'll make pickles in the next few days for fun. There are a few peppers to pick, and if things stay warm enough, we'll get some late beans. I'm toying with building a cold frame, but that will only happen in a perfect world.
Other than the completely experimental brussels sprouts (which are doomed to fail) and some broccoli, that leaves nothing except for the onions and shallots. Neither are going to be great successes, but I'm really looking forward to trying again next year…


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The League Two table already has a familiar feel about it before the end of August.
Swindon, tipped for the title in this column 3 weeks ago, lead the way on goal difference from last season's beaten play off finalists, Exeter City and Luton Town complete the top three.
The Robins will expect to stay top as they host last place Crawley Town, while the Grecians and the Hatters are both on their travels.
But what of the others you would expect to see up there?
Well, Coventry are there, just outside those three with goal difference the separator as is most common with such a small amount of games played so far.
A win for any one of the cluster of clubs in mid table with four points could see them leap in the top three, such is the closeness currently, not one side boasts a 100% record, although there are five teams with an unbeaten record.
Chesterfield and Grimsby haven't hit form yet, nor have Wycombe but with the division being as tight as it is, even a loss this weekend won't put too much distance between them and the top three.
Fight to climb out of the mid-table zone
Accrington, with one of the smallest budgets in the Football League will have the chance to top the table for 12 hours at least if they win at Notts County, the hosts also with the same goal as both teams are locked on 6 points.
Barnet entertain Stevenage in the derby at The Hive, Forest Green and Crewe will look to build on last weekend's wins and begin to put some momentum together.
Three points this time out for any of the sides from 4th to 15th can propel some teams up as many as 10 places by the time the final whistle blows.
Only three clubs have yet to register a win, one of those surprisingly are last season's National League champions Lincoln City. Those coming up previously have fared well, time is however on their side and the Cowley brothers will be determined to get the ball rolling on their season.
The bottom two hoping to get their seasons back on track
In the bottom two, whilst not adrift of the others, both Crawley and Colchester will be hoping their season begins at last and if they are successful, any one or two from the seven clubs above them could be sitting in the drop zone by 5 o'clock.
It seems harsh to be talking about the drop zone with only 3 league games played, and even the top three promotion places, but the stark harsh reality of today's management game leaves very little margin for error with success demanded yesterday.
Also, the increasing pressure being put on the shoulders of managers/head coaches up at down the country and with plenty currently out of work and some looking to get their first movement into the game, there will be a willing for some to fail.
Will we be seeing the season's second managerial departure in the next couple of weeks?
I certainly wouldn't bet against it, although with still time to make moves in the transfer window, the merry go round might just hold off until September.
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