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Martin Whatson (b.1984) is a Norwegian street artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids. Over the past decade, Martin has developed an unmistakable aesthetic combining abstract movement with figurative stencilled compositions. His works can be seen to mirror the rise and fall of the streets, as he symbolically recreates the urban environment, then vandalises it to reveal his vibrant transformations.
Growing up in Oslo Norway, Martin was an active part of the emerging graffiti scene of the early 90's which at the time maintained zero tolerance. The physical architecture of the city was a constant inspiration, the elaboration and destruction of each generation contributing to the urban infrastructure. The same deconstructive processes can be seen in his creative influences of Jose Parla and Cy Twombly. In the early 2000s, this interest in layers became more literal with the introduction of stencils into his work. The evolution moved him closer to a simple yet effective aesthetic he believed could bridge the gap between the passion and spontaneity Graffiti held for him, with the fragility and transience of nature. This balance would come to define his creative approach.
With as many works on walls as on canvas and paper, the relationship between vulnerability and strength remains constant in each work. Delicate and organic characters feature; butterflies, ballerinas and animals all rendered in empty grayscale space. Almost stylised, these minimal figures are constructed of a few layers of hand-cut stencils. The ashen tones of the compositions and vacant backgrounds are reminiscent of his alternative canvases, the concrete. True to form, no gray space stays gray for long in Martins presence. whether immersing entirely or embellishing a detail, the images disappear beneath expressive, spray-painted strokes of assorted colours and textures.
Martin's work features with festivals, projects and walls globally. His original work can be found in private collections and institutions with solo exhibitions featured in cities from Tokyo to LA, London to New York.


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I am so very happy to have the opportunity to host this party once again! My sincere welcome to those of you who are participating for the very first time and to all of you who have come back once again to visit and participate with us here. I am just blown away by the incredible response to this party -- I think we have over 400 blogs participating this year --(the final count will be made tomorrow.)
The purpose of this party is to meet new blogging friends and to extend an open invitation to "follow" each other. There are SO many blogs in the "less than 100 Followers" category -- more than ever before. I have met so many wonderful folks and seen some truly amazing blogs in this category. So while, you are visiting and making new friends, please take an extra moment or two to make a special effort in visiting these blogs who are just beginning their journey and want very much to make new friends. We do all remember what it was like to start as a new blogger and to want so desperately to have a dedicated family of followers!
Before I briefly introduce myself -- I just want to take a moment to tell you that it has not been all that long since I was a brand new blog writer. I remember all to well what it was like to publish my blog and wonder -- "is there anybody out there who reads this?"
In my early days of blogging, there were some wonderful ladies who, through their own blogs, helped me so very much--- Lynn and Dawn. I will always remember their kindness in helping me to bring attentions to my blog, and through their kindness, I was able to truly Grow my blog.
Now, I am so happy to pay that kindness forward. This party is my way of sharing that with all of you --- sharing with you the opportunity to meet new friends and to "Grow your own blogs".
Be sure to visit her and say "Hello"!
You can find Sharon at her popular facebook page
Before you begin -- a few brief notes to mention -
My email -- firstname.lastname@example.com
1. please check your own blogs for any mistakes I may have made.
I have 40 wonderful volunteers, if your link is wrong they will catch it -- but you are free to email me as well. No need to panic.
I will be home and at my computer all day --- if there is a mistake I will fix it very quickly I promise!
2. There are so many new blogs this year in every category -- but especially the "less than 100 followers" category. Perhaps you might especially try to visit some of those folks and become friends with them. We all remember how hard it was to start into blogging and to begin to grow a follower family.
3. This party post will remain up for the entire year. There will be a link to it at the top of my sidebar for the year. So please know that you will continue to receive visitors throughout the year. I would suggest that you consider leaving your party post up for a minimum of 2 weeks before you move on to you next posting. You should also consider a link on your sidebar or someplace easily found that will take folks to your party post after you have moved on to other postings.
Meet my wonderful group of Party Volunteers !
(this party has become so BIG --- I could not possible host this
event without their help! A huge THANK- YOU to everyone who volunteered to help me this year!)
A Half Baked Notion -- Monique
Alaska Blue Moose -- Karen
Apple and Apricot -- Wendy
Aunt Marti and 52 Quilts -- Marti
Back Porchervations --LuAnne
CatieAn and Company -- CatieAn
Comptonia --Quinn
Deb's Artistic Impressions --Deborah
Debbie's Corner -- Debbie
Dreaming of Vintage -- Kelly
Fil's Place- Old Songs and Memories-- Fil
From My Carolina Home --Carole
Full Circle --Rhonda
Good Golly Ginger --Katie
KathyinOzarks Pages -- Kathy
Hooked on Quilting -- Gloria
Home-Ec-Mama -- Jennifer
Lou Messugo -- Phoebe
Mosaic Magpie -- Debbie
My Painted Garden -- Erin
Nanmade -- Nan
Normandy Life -- Maggie
Pretty Little Things in a Box -- Angela
Roses, Lace and Brocante -- Shane
Shauna's World -- Shauna
Shirleystitches -- Shirley
Stitch Lines -- Linda
Stitch and Quilt -- Thearica
Stitchin At Home -- Cindy
Sugarplum Patchwork-- Laney
Sunflower House Art -- Debbie
Suziqusthreadworks -- Suzy
The Crafter's Apprentice --Wendy
The Enchanting Rose --Stephanie
The Seared Blue Haired Comment -- Tammy
The Whimsical Dowager --Beth
Thistle Cove Farm --farm life, travels
ThreadPainter's Art -- Sharon
Under a Creative Spell -- Asia
Val's Quilting Studio -- Val
Less than 100 followers
A Bit About Britain -- Great Britain history and travel photos
A Country Chick Retreat- crafting at retreat
Addicted 2 Fabric -- textile art, quilting
A Symphony of Stitches --cross stitch
Adventures in Mixed Media --thrifting/collecting,creating,cooking, life in country with chickens and dogs
A little love everyday-- crochet, paper crafts, drawing
A Focused Journey --art journals, mixed media, photography
A Grandma's Blessings --faith, family, tea time
A Quilted Passion--quilting
Applique and...knitting, stitchery, genealogy, food
Around the World (As Voltas no Mundo)--travel photos, running
Arranged Words--knitting, painting, writing
Art, the Beautiful Metaphor --embroidery
Section Two
At the corner of Scrap and Quilts --quilting
Barbara Lilian in France --country gardening, watercolor painting, photography
Blessings in the Country --cross stitch, primitive/country crafting
Bluejeans and Tea Cups -- all things TEA,Christian historical fiction, hospitality
Brownie's Chair -- cross stitch
BQuiltin' Studio -- quilting
busybusybeejay-- knitting, crochet, reading
Catie An and Company --mixed media, DIY projects
Catrinket --polymer clay creations
CHANNELBANK CREATIONS --crafts, gardening, simple life
Chasing the Sun -- photography
Section Three
Cheeky Rose Boutique -- doll maker
Christ in Me--spiritual faith, weekly "word bytes"
Cloister of the Heart --mixed media art, soulcollage, assemblage art
Colourful Cross Stitches -- cross stitch
Colours In The Breizh--travel sketching, nature, book binding, dress making
Cooking with Amanda -- recipes, food photography
Coser Tejer Crear
Country Fragrance --knitting, sewing, crochet, gardening
Country Lady Quilts --quilting
Country Wife --lifestyle
Cozy Expressions --folk art fabric creations, primitive art
Crafts, Cavies and Cooking -- quilting, cooking, guinea pigs
Section Four
Crafting Paws -- cross stitching, candles, mason jars
Crochet Bliss --crochet
Cross Stitch Angel --cross stitch
Dapple Design --photography, sewing, crochet, snippets of life
Debbie's Corner --knitting, cross stitch, cooking
Doodles"n" Daydreams --outdoors, family, life in general
Diary of a Novice Quilter -- quilting
Ditsy Gran Quilts--patchwork, quilting
Dillman's Dallies --lampwork beads, jewelry, upcycle leather crafts
Dry Gulch Beads and Jewelry --jewelry, beading
Duchess Declutter --retro/vintage, decluttering, life in Australia
Section Five
Easy Street Ramblings --quilting, cross stitch, country life
Fabric and Memories --quilting, sewing
Fabulous Frivolities -- quilting
Fancy Foot Farm --quilting, sewing
Felt by Rae --crafting
Fitz's Stitches
Flora's Bee Crazy Quilter --crazy quilting, beadwork
Field and Fen --food, character dolls, nature walks
Fil's Place - Old Songs and Memories-- singing, travels
Finding Simple Treasures
Section Six
Four Miles North of Nowhere -- knitting, quilting, card making, life in general
Frances Lilly Designs -- quilting
Fresh Off The Frame --quilting
Full Circle --mixed media, quilting/textile arts, natural dyeing fabrics and wool
Fun with This and That - painting, mixed media, fabric arts, travels
Gentle Wanderings --getting fit and healthy, food,gardening, crafts
GEM'S PC CORNER --polymer clay creations
Ginko et Coquelicot --beads, jewelry making
Glass by Lindi --stained glass,quilting, sewing, jewelry making
Gone Beading --jewelry making, crochet, random life
Great Balls of Wool --knitting, crochet, sewing
Gypsy Spirit Rising -- everyday life as wife and mother
Section Seven
Hand Embroidery Journey -- hand embroidery
Hattie's Attic --primative decor
Heather's Sewing Room--quilting, box making, crafting, living in Asia
Hexe im Hollerbusch --knitting, stitching,quilting, gardening
Jennifer's Vintage Paperie--card making
Judy Cooper Textile Images --textile art, hand/machine embroidery, felting
Judy's Fabrications Art and Craft Creations --cloth dolls, lace creations, patchwork, Zentangle drawings
Just A Little Stitchin'-- cross stitch
Section Eight
Keeping it Real --sewing, crochet, crafting
Kiwirachfindinghome--crafting, vintage items, self-reliance
KNETTYCRAFT--needlework, soap making, family life, mixed media
Leaning into Life -photography
Lessons on Linen --embroidery, cross stitch, sewing
(Life and Creativity) with Four Quirky Greers
Little House on the Dairy --quilting, sewing children's clothing
Living My Dream --crazy quilting, embroidery, cross stitch
Living to Work -Working to Live -- machine embroidery, mixed media
Making It From Page to Table-- crafting
Marly's Quilts --patchwork, quilting
Section Nine
Marti's DIY --quilting, home remodeling
Measi's Musings -- cross stitch
Mel Makes --crafts, sewing, vintage items
Memorias Coloridas -- cross stitch
Modern Parti Quilts --quilting
Mountain Stitches
Muffin Tea House --painting
Section Ten
My Paper Daisey-- paper crafts, stamping, card making
Nan Made -- jewelry making
Needleworker's Samplings --needlework, reading, knitting
Neverending Book Quest --a quest to read all the Newbery Award Winners
New Horizon Reviews --book reviews, cooking
Nonna Rose Creates and Cooks --knitting, cooking, photography, gardening
North Yorkshires Craft Guru-- crafting, upcycle crafts
Of Art and Other Things --drawing, painting, mixed media
One Crafty Creature -- card making, mixed media
Section Eleven
OUTBACK CRAFTAHOLIC -- quilting, embroidery, soft toys, family life
Paper Vernissage --hand made cards, photography, Zentangles, recipes
Patching Pixies --patchwork, embroidery
Patchwork Allsorts --patchwork, quilting, embroidery,crochet
Peachy Pages --quilting, travel scrap booking
Pedal Sew Lightly --quilting, crafting,bicycling
Pepsi Max Addict --life with cats
Section Twelve
Pickles Quilting --quilting, sewing, crafting, photography
Pink Doxies --modern quilting and sewing
Pinkz Passion -- home decor, art, travel
Q is for Quilts -- quilting
Quiltn 4 Fun -- quilting
Quilting Fun -- quilting
Quilting Nonnie --quilting
Section Thirteen
Rainbows and Sunshine -- crochet, knitting, jewelry making, photography
Reflections of a Desert Rat--cross stitch, knitting, crochet, jewelry making
Red Eye Crafts --quilting, knitting, baking, papercrafts
RobinSueQuilts -- quilting
Romancing the Ordinary --cooking, knitting,crochet, pets
Sarah Lizzies-- quilting, sewing, knitting, gardening
Sanderella's --crochet, knitting, baking, gardening
Sami's Colourful World--life in Australia, travel, cats,crafts
Sarah's Uncensored --photography, writing, crafts, cooking
Section Fourteen
Sew Much to Quilt --sewing quilting, embroidery
Sew..... This Is My Blog --quilting
Shabby Royale --fabric/lace books, vintage crafts, personal wedding gifts
Sharing Divine Inspiration -- knitting, crochet, needle felting
Shellsaquiltin -- quilting, teaching young girls to sew
She's Lady of the Manor--gardening, tablescapes, crafting
Shroo's World --art
Silver Springs Acres Labors of Love -- art, gardening, lifestyle
Simple Things --family time, crochet, sewing
Simplicity and Domesticity --cooking, baking, reading, stay at home daughter
SIN-Sometimes I'm Nice --- cross stitch
Southern Charm Inspired --quilting, sewing, cooking
Spud's Daily Photo --photography, travel
Section Fifteen
Stitch and Sow...the handwork of home and garden--gardening, simple living, sewing, quilting
Stitch4therapy--cross stitch,crochet,beading
Stitched Together --stitching, embroidery
Stitchin At Home --quilting
Sugar Moon -- faith, crafts, gardening, quilting, photography
Sugarplum Patchwork --sewing, quilting, drawing, painting
Summer's Sewing Room --cross stitch, sewing, latch hooking
Sunflower House Art
Susan's Scrappy Domain--quilting, embroidery
SuZeQ Creations --paper creations
Sweet Serendipity --reading, cooking, family time
Section Sixteen
Tasty Textiles by Textile Cottage -- textile art and embroidery
Temenos of the Blessing
The Cat's Meow --jewelry making
The Country Witch's Cottage --witchcraft, herbalism, divination
The Crazy Earth Mama-- parenting a toddler
The Lady of the House Speaking -- lifestyle, scrapbooking, reading, travel
The Mag Rag --mixed media, jewelry design, paper crafting
The Misadventures of Myrtle Grace --cross stitch, punch needle, recipes
The Next Stage --life after retirement
Section Seventeen
The Phantom Zucchini--humor
The Seared Blue Hair Comment --art, stitching, nature photography
The Victorian Gypsy -- living life, crafting with joy
(th)INK Positive --rubber stamping, mixed media, art journals
ThreadPainter's Art --machine embroidery, pen/ink drawings
Threads of Inspiration --cooking, sewing, crafts, fiber art
Section Eighteen
Through a different lens --photography
Timeless Romantic Designs--sewing, crochet, knitting, roses
Toothpaste and Orange Cat --quilting, sewing, cross stitch, life style
View from the Teapot -- life in France
Through my hands --living in Oregon, fiber arts, embroidery
Where Blessings Gather -- rustic vintage and shabby creations, everyday blessings
With Work in Hand -- cross stitch, knitting, embroidery, crochet
Wuthering Stitches--cross stitching
Wyrd Needles --embroidery, cross stitch
100-200 Followers
Section Nineteen
Accroquilt--quilting, free motion journey
Africanaussie --crafting, cooking, gardening in Australia
Alaska Blue Moose --book arts, photography, knitting, mixed media
A Half Baked Notion -- jewelry design
Anne's Attic--interior design (French Nordic/Shabby Chic), weekly craft projects
A Prim and (not so proper) Quilter --quilting
A Spirit of Simplicity --photography, writing
All Thingz Sewn --sewing, farming, family
Anna Nowicki - Textile Artist ---embroidery, art to wear costumes, thread painting
Section Twenty
Ariadne from Greece -- sea glass collecting, crafts, cross stitch, traveling
Beads and Birds --crazy quilting, sewing,crochet
Beth's Raggedy Attic Prims --primitives, folk art, country style crafts
Beneath the Witch's Moon -- magical life and life in general
Cache-Mire --making pine needle baskets, knitting, travels
Comptonia --cashmere goats, fiber art, nature
Section Twenty One
Conversations from My House --crafting, flea markets, Tea Cup Tuesday
Cup on the Bus --raising 2 granddaughters, weaving, current events
Cynthia Crane's Art and Gardening Goodness -- gardening, decorating, pottery making
Deb's Artistic Impressions -- watercolor painting, sketching, textile designs
Dogwood Lane Rambles --quilting, cooking, country living
Section Twenty Two
Everybody Loved Clark --cross stitch, quilting, soap making
Fat Dormouse getting thinner--food, nutrition
French Oddities--sewing with vintage linens, quilting, embroidery
Gadget's Joyful Page -- cross stitch
I Dew Quilting --quilting
Jayne's stitching tales --cross stitch, knitting, beading, sewing
Judy Cooper Textile Images --textile artist, quilting, sewing, embroidery
Section Twenty Three
Just Another Flamingo on the Lawn --stitching, parenting, life in general
KathyinOzarks Pages -- soap making, fiber arts, hand dyeing, weaving
Les Quilts -- quilting, stitching
Liniecat at Large -- quilting
Magpie's Mumblings-- crazy quilting, knitting, crafting
Maureen's Vintage Acquisitions --pin cushion dolls, crazy quilting, small stitching projects
Mia's Creations-- making bags, quilting, crafting
Mooshie Stitch -- embroidery
Paisley Rain Boots --writing, photography
Phoenix Heirlooms --quilting, sewing, textile art, painting
Section Twenty Four
Pug Mom Quilts --quilting, pug doggies
Quilt Fabrication -- quilting
Quilting through Rose-Colored Trifocals --quilting, nature
Rosy Stitches -- cross stitch, beading, crochet
Sewing After Seven--sewing, quilting
Shauna's World --quilting, digital scrapbooking
Section Twenty Five
Shirleystitches -- embroidery, family
Stitch Duchess Crazy and Sane-- quilting
Stitching in Crosses and More --cross stitch, growing orchids, reading
Stringing Fool --photography, create nature inspired jewelry
Sunshine Reflections --paper crafting, sewing
Tanya Quilts in CO-- quilting
The Crafter's Apprentice--crafting
The Dusty Cellar --travel photography, historic places photography
The Flying Needle -- cross stitch
Section Twenty Six
The Quilting Queen Online --quilting, crafting, cooking, gardening
The Summerhouse by the Sea--crochet, sewing, papercrafts
Things I Make --quilting, sewing children's clothing, cookie decorating
Through My Window -- cooking, knitting, fiber art, art quilting
Tosty's Quilting Tidbits --quilting
UK City Crafter -- quilting, sewing,crochet
Under An English Sky --homeschooling Mom, knitting, gardening, stitching
Valley Primitive Stitches -- primitive creations
200-500 Followers
Section Twenty Seven
A Cozy Little Place for Stitching-- cross stitch
Apple and Apricot -- mixed media, embroidery, sewing, crochet
Back Porchervations-- reading challenges
Butterfly Tales : Metamorphosis from the Cocoon --photography,journaling, travel, family
Caring Stitcher--cross stitch, bead weaving
Cottage Wishes-- repurposing, junking, painting furniture, mixed media
Crafty Cat -- cross stitch, beading, sewing
Crafty Gardener --gardening, crochet, knitting
Creatin' in the Sticks--sewing, quilting, crafting
Section Twenty Eight
Donna's Designs --paper crafts, gardening, photography
Dragon Stitches and Stuff by Astrid --cross stitch, Pintrest interests
Dreaming of Vintage --scrapbooking and crafting
"E." Lizard Breath Speaks -- travels, camping, hiking, kayaking
From My Carolina Home--quilting, crafts, hikes, sewing
Gilly makes--sewing, crochet, knitting,quilting
Good Golly Ginger --fabric, quilting
Section Twenty Nine
Hooked on Quilting --quilting
Joyce's Love of Life --cross stitch, greeting cards, scrap booking
Julie's Lifestyle--crochet, knitting, cooking
Kitten Stitching --cross stitch
Kwilty Pleasures -- quilting
Little Wandering Wren --life in Australia, travel, family/pets
Lou Messugo -- life in France, travel
Section Thirty
Michell's Place --patchwork stitchery, cross stitch
Moose Bay Muses --quilting
Mosaic Magpie -- needlework, smocking, crazy quilts
Mountain Quiltworks --quilting, photography, outdoor life
Needle and Hook --Tambour embroidery, needleembroidery, sewing
Nellie's Nest --paper crafting, sewing, gardening
Normandy Life --life in France
Patty's Pretty Things --paper crafting, crochet, sewing
Picking Poppies --lifestyle, photography
Section Thirty One
Pretty Little Things in a Box--cross stitch, knitting, crochet
Sew. Darn. Quilt -- quilting, sewing, cross stitch, mixed media
Sew. Knit. Create.--sewing, knitting, home decor, cooking
Sew Many Yarns --quilting, embroidery, knitting
Shelia's Quilt World -- quilting, wool, embroidery
Silly Goose Quilts --quilting
Silver Nik Nats-- jewelry designs
Step by Step until you can run--reading, writing, traveling, music
Stitch Bitch -- cross stitch
Stitch Lines --quilting, gardening, reading
Swapping Howdies --photography, digital design, crafts,... life in Munich, Germany
Sugar Lane Designs --quilting, recipes
Section Thirty Two
Super Mom-No Cape!--sewing, homemaking, recipes, crafting
Todolwen (old to new)--creating from old, tattered, and tarnished
The Alchymyst's Study--cross stitch, sewing, knitting
The Whimsical Dowager --wool projects, paper arts, mixed media, jewelry making
Thrift Shop Commando -- thrift shopping, sewing
Val's Quilting Studio --quilting
Villa Loredana - life in Croatia
Section Thirty Three
What Happens at Grandma's-- quilting, crafting with grandchildren
Wendy's Quilts and More -- quilting, cross stitch, embroidery
Wisdom with Needle and Thread --cross stitch, needle point, paint Limoges boxes
wont-to-be-quilter-- quilting
World of Charity Stitching
Greater than 500 Followers
Section Thirty Four
Altered Book Lover --mixed media, altered books, gardening
Artsy Fartsy --crochet, mixed media, Pirate back yard
Aunt Marti and 52 Quilts-- quilt making, knitting
Books, Books, the Magical Fruit -- book reviews
44th Street Fabric--quilting
Faeries and Fibres --quilting
Section Thirty Five
Fit, Fun and Fashion After 40
Heartfelt Balance Handmade Life
In The Boon Docks --quilting, sewing,crafts, raising kids and chickens
Kiln Fired Art -- arts and crafts
Martha's Favorites -- tea cups, Tea Party Tuesday, decorating, grandchildren
Mindy's Needlework Mania --crochet,cross stitch, needlepoint
My Painted Garden-- painting, gardening, photography
PREFERABLY PRIM-- primitive country decorating, cross stitch
Section Thirty Six
Roses, Lace, and Brocante --photography, gardening, travel
Sew in Love -- needle arts, sewing
Stephanie Farris --lifestyle
Stitch and Quilt --crafting, crazy quilting, quilting
Suziquesthreadworks --mixed media, lace/fabric journals,creating with beautiful laces
The Enchanting Rose -- crafting, recipes, spiritual encouragement, book reviews
Thistle Cove Farm --farm life, travels
Under a Creative Spell --paper crafts, card making, home decor, mixed media
Thanks so much for visiting us all here at the
2015 Grow Your Blog Party --- just a reminder that a link to this post will remain on my sidebar this entire year -- so feel free to come back and visit whenever you wish!
ps -- a huge thank you to my dear friend Karen Valentine for her help in the design of this years party badge. Karen is a wonderful resource person for bloggers everywhere. If you would like help with your blog design, need help setting up your blog or making changes -- she would be happy to help you!


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Artifice is a sci-fi comic written and published by me, Alex Woolfson. All the art is by the awesome and brilliant Winona Nelson.
I hope you enjoy it!
Some navigation tips:
At the bottom of each comic, there is a navigation menu giving you the choice to go to the First, Previous, Next and Last pages. (You can even use the Bookmark link to save your place!) You can also click on the comic page itself to go directly to the next page (that's what I like to do). And you can use the following keyboard commands:
- Left Arrow: Previous Page
- Right Arrow: Next Page
- Shift + Left Arrow: First Page
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'Idol' Contestant's Older Man -- That's Her Fiance!
"American Idol" hopeful Jackie Wilson isn't just dating the CONSIDERABLY older gentleman she was smooching on "Idol" last night -- they are getting married!
Turns out Jackie, 28, and Phil Martin, 52, hooked up in May 2010 ... and got engaged in October. Sources tell us the two are like "high school sweethearts" -- except when he graduated high school, she was six years away from being born!
We're told they had to push back their wedding date because of "Idol," but hope to get hitched in Napa in June.


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Worms is a cool retro arcade game developed by Team 17 Software.Fire missiles in order to eliminate the worms at the other side of the island.Precision and tactical awareness are very important.Some Worms games are also to play multiplayer.
Do you like to play Worms Games? We listed the best funny games online! Play them for free on FlashGames.jp. Have fun playing our Worms Games collection!


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Fresh Canadian salmon served with a side of your choice.
This place has been in Miami for ages yet I have never been there, i decided to stop by last Friday and I noticed that They have a good variety in their menu. the customer service was pretty good!! The Carrot and ginger soup was awesome and the moussakas are out of this world. I would come back again soon.
Elva S., Yelp
I had a falafel salad that made my week. My server CHRISTINA, I believe she was Colombian, super sweet, super helpful, catered to my specific diet which could be annoying to 80% of the population but she was just awesome. I love Mediterranean food to begin with but the food at Pega was great. My waitress Christina, great. The ambience, great. Definitely stop at this little piece of greek heaven and try it out next time you're in downtown!
Aj C., Yelp
Amazing food especially the branzino and the octopus. Everything fresh and cooked with a Mediterranean style. Great service as well, very friendly and responsive to every need.
Marco N., Yelp
Greek food at this place – super good. service is consistently good. ambience is similar to fresno's scene.
Giovanni Wood, Google Reviews
Great greek food. Awesome lamb and falafels.
Serguei Hernandez, Google Reviews
Love their gyros! Amazing shoe string fries! We get lunch from this place at least once a week. Great servers, great service.
Lexie Taylor, Google Reviews
greek food, yeah, quality stuff. entered near eleven, it wasn't packed. service is typically great.
Deborah Bernard, Google Reviews
In the heart of Miami, this place has some of the best Greek cuisine! High quality and authentic food. The best and healthiest choice Downtown has to offer, try it and you will be not disappointed.
Melissa Amarís Pinzón, Google Reviews


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Following the success of the exclusive September event showcasing the company's wide range of industry expertise, Yale Europe Materials Handling brought a taste of 'This is Yale' to the renowned trade fair, LogiMAT last week.
Taking place from 19-21 February 2019 at the international hub of Stuttgart Messe, LogiMAT was once again an unmissable event and one that Yale was proud to attend. Elements from the company's solutions showcase event, 'This is Yale', were carefully hand-picked for the exhibition, demonstrating its extensive experience in specific industry applications.
"This is Yale was a superb demonstration of how vast and versatile Yale® industry solutions can be, so we were delighted that we were able to bring a small taste of this to the renowned LogiMAT trade fair," said Iain Friar, Yale Brand Marketing Manager.
Guiding the future
After its successful debut in September, Yale brought the recently launched MC15 robotic counterbalance stacker to LogiMAT.
Just like the full Yale robotics range, the MC15 counterbalance stacker is driven by industry-leading Balyo geoguidance navigation technology. Unlike traditional automated guided vehicles, which rely on a dedicated physical infrastructure, Yale robotic models self-locate and navigate in real time. There's no need to bury wires in the floor or mount reflectors on walls, which reduces the cost of installation and virtually eliminates ongoing structural maintenance. The solution is fully connected to the customer environment and can be integrated into current processes quickly and easily.
The innovative counterbalance truck is capable of both horizontal transport and vertical lifting. The truck's ability to lift and lower loads means it can autonomously deposit and retrieve pallets with ease and a dual-mode design allows operators to regain control at the touch of a button. This gives customers the flexibility to accommodate unexpected requirements without the need for separate equipment.
"Our robotics solutions are designed to be more versatile than traditional AGVs and integrate into existing industry applications with ease," said Ron Farr, Warehouse Solutions Manager for Yale. "The products were well received when they were revealed for the first time at This is Yale and we were pleased to introduce a wider audience to Yale robotics at LogiMAT."
Yale products take pride of place
The new MR Series tilting mast reach truck joined the Yale line-up at LogiMAT. Sharing many features with the award-winning MR Series reach truck range, the new MR10-14E trucks benefit from a tilting mast, making them particularly well-suited to light-duty and low-height applications as well as those where space is at a premium. Ideal for smaller fleet users, the tilting mast reach truck is a cost-effective solution for customers operating in minimum aisle widths, with the narrow chassis facilitating in-aisle passing of two machines.
A specially configured Yale ERP30VL electric counterbalance forklift, featuring dual pedals for directional control and a double pallet handler, highlighted solutions for logistics applications. With its adjustable steering column, full suspension seat, 'head up' display to keep operators' field of vision clear, and adjustable armrest with built-in hydraulic controls, operator comfort and efficiency are at the forefront of this truck. The dual pedal arrangement provides a natural, comfortable driving position, affording the operator additional control and responsiveness and making them more productive, especially when changes in direction are common occurrence.
The MS16S rider stacker was also present at the exhibition. Designed for stacking and retrieving goods over short and long distances, visitors were able to appreciate the rider stacker's excellent operator visibility and ergonomics. The unique, adaptive seating design allows a choice of sitting, leaning or standing, offering maximum flexibility. While its narrow chassis width enables the MS Series to position, load and unload pallets in confined areas.
New MSX Series platform stacker preview
The next generation MSX Series platform stacker was previewed for the first time at LogiMAT. The dual-purpose warehouse machine combines the manoeuvrability of a pedestrian stacker with the travel speed of a ride-on pallet truck. As well as competitive lift and lower speeds, the new stacker boasts a load capacity of up to 2000kg and a maximum lifting height of up to six metres.
Branching out
As well as Yale experts on hand during the event to discuss application-specific solutions, representatives from the Yale dealer network were also present for all three days of LogiMAT.
A close partnership with knowledgeable and experienced dealers is key to the company's success in the region with an extensive network of dealers offering local support. Yale dealers understand the pressure on businesses to respond quickly to peaks in demand or unexpected events and were available to discuss how Yale Short Term Rental options can help optimise fleets and boost materials handling capacity to keep operations running smoothly.
Iain concluded: "We really enjoyed working with our dealers, reuniting with our customers, and meeting with plenty of prospective customers in Stuttgart. LogiMAT is always an excellent fair to be part of, and this year's event was no different. With our robotics solutions, power options, and a teaser of our range of materials handling equipment all on display at our stand, it has been a great way to start our year. We can't wait to see what the rest of 2019 brings!"


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The political landscape appears to be shifting in subtle but important ways. The Liberals seem to have stopped the bleeding and are now statistically tied with the floundering Conservatives who are over 12 points back from their majority achievement in 2011.
The NDP continues to hold on to a narrow but significant lead which would be more decisive save for the entry of Gilles Duceppe into the Quebec race. An elevated 'other' reflects dissatisfaction with any of the above and perhaps those who would prefer a 'more than one party' answer.
The NDP rise continues to be the most impressive feature of our recent time series data, but the declines of the Conservatives and the Liberals have also pretty clear over the past month. The Liberals, however, have shown a rebound whereas the Conservatives are once again headed downward.
There is nothing dramatically different in the regional patterns but a few points are in order:
- The NDP strength is distributed across the country but they would have good seat efficiency in Quebec and British Columbia.
- The tight three-way race in Ontario remains the critical unknown, but we can now certify the NDP rise there as more than an overnight sensation.
- The Liberals are looking competitive in Quebec, but the Bloc Québécois is the big question mark. Will their ascension continue? If not, that will favour the NDP as the default option. The Conservatives appear to be receding badly in Quebec as the terror and culture themes that revitalized them fade from public priority.
The NDP continues to do well across the demographic spectrum but their concentration with younger voters may be a concern in terms of turnout. The Liberal vote shows almost no significant differences across age or gender. The NDP's continued advantage with university educated voters remains a major and revealing asset.
Finally, the fate of two smaller parties is also up in the air. The Green Party has fallen back and really needs something to get back in the fray. There is a big difference between 10 points and eight points, particularly in pivotal ridings where they could aspire to be the best non-Conservative choice for progressive voters. The Bloc Québécois has definitely been invigorated by the return of Gilles Duceppe and this has been largely at the expense of the NDP. This dynamic will be important to watch in coming months.
The Canada Day Effect?
Turning to directional measures, we see a slight improvement in Canadians' satisfaction with where their government is headed. There are a number of factors that could be driving this modest reversal, but the most likely explanation is that Canada Day, with its myriad of celebrations endless displays of red and white, has re-kindled Canadians' appreciation for the country in which they live – at least for the time being. However, this is not the first time that we have seen a temporary Canada Day boost and the perceived direction of both the country and its government are still very poor by historical standards.
Liberals improve standing on best/clearest plan
Finally, we updated our tracking on which party holds the best and clearest plan. While no party holds a distinct advantage here, it is notable that the Liberal Party has succeeded in improving its standing by two to four points on all three indicators. While none of these improvements on their own is statistically significant, the fact that the party has improved its reputation across the board is highly noteworthy. Indeed, it appears that the Liberals have managed to raise the volume and clarity of their plans for Canadians and this previously muted connection was probably as or more important than any other factor in their fall from voter grace over the past few months.
In Conclusion
The newly tightened political landscape provides a fascinating mix of opportunity and risk for the political parties as we enter the vacation and barbeque season. Here are the three most important points to bear in mind:
The NDP rise is real and, while it has plateaued, it leaves the NDP with a modest but clear advantage. This advantage is reinforced by their leader's clear lead on approval, a good demographic and regional mix of likely voters, and a concentration of voters in some regions which will yield seat dividends.
The Conservatives, while insignificantly ahead of the Liberals, are the party with the sternest challenges ahead. They have extremely scant second choice consideration and, as such, they have very meagre room to grow.
The Liberals appear to be in recovery and can legitimately aspire to close the modest gap they now suffer. Their leader scores well and more importantly, they are showing significant improvement on getting their messages about the future out. As with the NDP, the Liberals have ample head room in terms of second choice to aspire to form government.
The Conservatives, while insignificantly ahead of the Liberals, are the party with the sternest challenges ahead. They have extremely scant second choice consideration and, as such, they have very meagre room to grow. Their leader has by far the lowest approval ratings, the economy is stalled, and they are mired at 27 points, more than 12 points short of their result in 2011 election. They have virtually no political capital left to spend if they encounter any further missteps. It is really hard to imagine what rabbits they have left to pull out of a pretty empty hat at this stage.
In closing, the directional, approval, and best plan numbers show the same patterns of a very tight race with a clear NDP lead, but the Conservatives and Liberals are basically tied for second and are not far back. The overall sense we have is that nothing is very clear in terms of next fall, but barring another security shock, it is increasingly hard to see a path to victory for the Conservative Party.
Approval Ratings
Frank Graves is founder and president of EKOS Polling.
This study was conducted using High Definition Interactive Voice Response (HD-IVR™) technology, which allows respondents to enter their preferences by punching the keypad on their phone, rather than telling them to an operator. In an effort to reduce the coverage bias of landline only RDD, we created a dual landline/cell phone RDD sampling frame for this research. As a result, we are able to reach those with a landline and cell phone, as well as cell phone only households and landline only households.
The field dates for this survey are June 24-28, 2015. In total, a random sample of 1,752 Canadian adults aged 18 and over responded to the survey. The margin of error associated with the total sample is +/-2.3 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Please note that the margin of error increases when the results are sub-divided (i.e., error margins for sub-groups such as region, sex, age, education). All the data have been statistically weighted by age, gender, region, and educational attainment to ensure the sample's composition reflects that of the actual population of Canada according to Census data.
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XKCD (as usual) makes a very good point – this time about password strength, and I reckon it's something app developers need to consider urgently. Geeks can debate the exact amount of entropy, but that's not really the issue: insisting on mixed upper/lower and/or non-alpha and/or numerical components to a user password does not really improve security, and definitely makes life more difficult for users.
So basically, the functions that do a "is this a strong password" should seriously reconsider their approach, particularly if they're used to have the app decide whether to accept the password as "good enough" at all.
Update: Jeff Preshing has written an xkcd password generator. Users probably should choose their own four …
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- To be applied on earthenware/low fire bisque
- Using 2-3 coats with crystals dispersed evenly
- Firing range between Cone 06 (999°C) – Cone 04 (1,060°C)
- Colours are intermixable
- Crazing may be experienced therefore not for use on functional ware where they can contact food and drink
Fantasy Glazes – Fuchsia Fantastic
Our "Fantasy Glazes" are a range of effects glazes that contain various coloured crystals that explode when fired. The exciting part is the results are never identical!
Chrysanthos Fantasy Glazes are a premium range of crystal glaze designed to add an element of surprise to your ceramics experience. The Fantasy Glazes are applied directly to bisque from the container. Colours may be intermixed to create even more exciting combinations than those available.
The Fantasy Enhancer may be added to each of the products to enhance the crystal growth and flow effect of the Fantasy Glazes either individually or in combination.
Fantasy Glazes may be applied adjacent to each other and will not flow into one another so multiple effects can be applied to one piece. To allow them to flow into one another just add Fantasy Enhancer to some or all of the Fantasy Glazes before application.
For a really interesting effect, add Fantasy Enhancer to a Fantasy Glaze that is applied to the top of a piece and let it run down over other Fantasy Glazes.
The Fantasy Glazes are also fully intermixable with the Superior Glazes.
Generally, to obtain optimum results, 2 – 3 coats of Fantasy Glaze should be applied using a glaze fan brush. Ensure each coat is dry before applying subsequent coats.
Different methods can be used to apply the Fantasy Glaze. Either shake the jar and apply glaze and crystals together or first apply glaze for one or two coats then shake the jar and apply the last coat with crystals.
Use the following as a guide as to how much Fantasy Enhancer may be added to Fantasy Glaze to create the different effects:
1. Enhanced crystal growth, 10 ml Fantasy Engancer to 100 ml of Fantasy Glaze
2. Increased flow, 20 ml of Fantasy Enhancer to 100 ml of Fantasy Glaze
3. Glaze and crytals become diffused and glaze runs freely, 30 ml of Fantasy Enhancer to 100 ml Fantasy Glaze
Note that when Fantasy Glaze is to run, be sure to stilt piece correctly and brush ample Kiln Wash onto shelves to prevent damage to shelves.
For the best results, the Fantasy Glazes should be fired to between cone 06 (999°C) and cone 04 (1,060°C) on earthenware bisque that has been previously fired to between cone 04 (1,060°C) and cone 03 (1,101°C).
Ceramic ware that has been coated with Fantasy Glazes should not be used for the storage of food and beverages.
The Fantasy Glazes in all cases are lead free. Several may contain encapsulated cadmium or copper compounds and due to the nature of these types of glazes, they will have a tendency to craze.
Always refer to the bottle for all hazards and safety instructions.
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Renesas's history and experience in the space and defense industries spans decades, beginning with the founding of Radiation, Inc. in 1950. Renesas leverages this experience to deliver efficient, thermally optimized, and reliable SMD, MIL-STD-883 (/883), and Class-V/Q products for the defense, high-reliability (Hi-Rel), and radiation hardened / space marketplaces.
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Title: Tempted by a Vampire
Series: Immortal Hearts of San Francisco
Author: Susan Griscom
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Cian DeMarco, a sexy, rockstar billionaire vampire has lived in San Francisco's prestigious Cliff Side neighborhood in his beautiful mansion overlooking both the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean for seventy years. Happily—or so he thought. Until the rare beauty that is Magdalena De la Rosa sits down at one of the front-row tables in Club Royal where he and his band perform once a week.
Magdalena De la Rosa has it all—Bachelor's degree in journalism, a job she loves in California, a gorgeous apartment in San Francisco, and a dream guy. Except her boyfriend lives and works in Sacramento—an hour and a half drive from the city Magdalena has always fantasized about living in. All her dreams change, however, when she and her girlfriend find their way into an upscale nightclub and she's suddenly swept off her feet by the lead singer of that night's performing rock band, The Lost Boys.
Sparks ignite between the two until a threat that was thought to no longer exist returns to wreak havoc on Cian's and Magdalena's lives. Will the temptation to be together outweigh the reality of what Cian must do to keep Magdalena safe from harm?
A stand-alone book. The first in the all-new Immortal Hearts of San Francisco series. 18+ due to adult content.
Susan Griscom writes paranormal and contemporary romance. She's hooked on gritty romances and is a huge fan of superheroes and bad boys confronted with extraordinary forces of nature, powers, and abilities beyond the norm mixed with steamy romance, of course.
She loves those days when she gets to sit around in her sweat pants, doing nothing but writing emotionally charged stories about love and violence, and drinking coffee.
She lives in Northern California with her romantic husband and together they have five great superhero kids and eight mini-superhero grand kids, so far.


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The first U.S. death known to be from COVID-19 occurred on Feb. 6 — nearly three weeks before deaths in Washington state that had been believed to be the country's first from the coronavirus, according to officials in Santa Clara County, Calif. The person died at home and at a time when testing in the U.S. was tightly limited not only by capacity but by federal criteria.
The person is one of three people posthumously identified as dying from COVID-19 in Santa Clara County, after the medical examiner-coroner carried out autopsies and sent samples to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The other two deaths took place on Feb. 17 and March 6.
"These three individuals died at home during a time when very limited testing was available only through the CDC," the county's health department said as it announced the findings. "Testing criteria set by the CDC at the time restricted testing to only individuals with a known travel history and who sought medical care for specific symptoms."
The Bay Area county, which had previously reported its first COVID-19 death on March 9, says it will likely identify more coronavirus deaths as its investigation continues.
Revelations about the deaths in early February underscore a point that public health officials often make when talking about a viral outbreak: that it's difficult, if not impossible, to get an accurate real-time picture of a disease's actual impact. By the time test results and statistics emerge, experts say, the information is weeks out of date.
At the time of the person's death on Feb. 6, the first known death outside of China had only been reported less than a week earlier, in the Philippines. U.S. cases then numbered in the tens, not the thousands.
Two days before the death in Santa Clara, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was urging people to wash hands and take other precautions to curb transmission of the virus. But the agency also said via Twitter, "CDC does not currently recommend the use of facemasks to help prevent novel #coronavirus. #2019nCoV is not spreading in communities in the US" – two positions it later reversed, as the disease's global impact grew.
At the start of February, COVID-19 had not yet been declared a pandemic and it didn't yet have an official name; it was still mainly known as the "2019 novel coronavirus."
By the end of February, President Trump announced the first U.S. coronavirus death had occurred on Feb. 28. Within days, officials in King County, Wash., said two people had died from the disease earlier, on Feb. 26. And they noted that they were seeing signs of community spread of the virus, as people were being hospitalized without having any known exposure to it.
The U.S. has now confirmed more than 825,000 COVID-19 cases, including 45,000 deaths, as of Wednesday morning, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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• Chicken thighs
• 2 red onions
• Rosemary
• Olive oil for frying
• 1 tin peeled tomatoes
• 3-4 glasses white wine
• 2-3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 handful raisins
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• Prosciutto
• Pine nuts
• Salt
• pepper
Proscuitto chicken
1. Sauté the carefully peeled red onions together with rosemary in olive oil until translucent. Chop the tomatoes in the blender and add the white wine. Add the tomato and white wine mixture to the onions. Add a couple of tablespoons of balsamic vinegar, a handful of raisins and two to three teaspoons of brown sugar. Allow to slowly boil down until the alcohol evaporates. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
2. Fry the chicken thighs in olive oil until crispy brown and then wrap them in strips of ham. Place the chicken thighs with the tomatoes into an ovenproof dish and bake in the oven at 200 degrees for about 30 to 40 minutes. Then leave to stand for about five minutes.
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Firesheep sniffs the network looking for session id's and makes it very easy for an attacker to hijack this authenticated session. It should be noted that Firesheep is nothing new ; it just makes this attack very easy. Many websites like Facebook (EDIT: Actually Facebook has patched this vulnerability) and Stack Overflow violate OWASP A9 - Insufficient Transport Layer Protection. A user can protect themselves by using a plugin like HTTPS Everywhere, but stackoverflow.com doesn't even have a valid certificate. Thus it is trivial to MITM https://stackoverflow.com and users have no way of protecting themselves.
Does the Stack Overflow team not understand the threat of OWASP A9? Do they not care enough to spend the $20 on a certificate to give users the option to protect themselves? Google has not experienced a significant increase in resource consumption by switching to HTTPS. At least give people the option to secure themselves.
Gmail switched to using HTTPS for everything by default. Previously it had been introduced as an option, but now all of our users use HTTPS to secure their email between their browsers and Google, all the time. In order to do this we had to deploy no additional machines and no special hardware. On our production frontend machines, SSL/TLS accounts for less than 1% of the CPU load, less than 10 KB of memory per connection and less than 2% of network overhead.
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6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.


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Players take the role of lawyer Phoenix Wright as he fights to prove his client's innocence in all five cases from the original GameBoy Advance title. In the game players will "collect evidence, survey crime scenes, weed through inconsistent testimonies, and overcome corrupt agendas to ensure that justice prevails."
The game is currently available for $4.99. The game is seemingly a direct-port of the 2005 DS version of the game, as screenshots show two distinct "screens" being rendered.
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'Dr. John,' funky New Orleans 'night-tripper' musician, dies
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Dr. John, the New Orleans singer and piano player who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77.
In a statement released through his publicist, the family said Dr. John, who was born Mac Rebennack, died "toward the break of day" of a heart attack. They did not say where he died or give other details. He had not been seen in public much since late 2017, when he canceled several gigs. He had been resting at his New Orleans area home, publicist Karen Beninato said last year in an interview.
Memorial arrangements were being planned. "The family thanks all whom have shared his unique musical journey, and requests privacy at this time," the statement said.
"Dr. John was a true Louisiana legend," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a statement. "He showed the world Louisiana's rich musical heritage, and his passion for music has left a mark on the industry unlike any other."
Drummer Ringo Starr was among the first musicians to weigh in on Twitter. "God bless Dr. John peace and love to all his family I love the doctor peace and love," the Beatles legend tweeted.
Fellow New Orleans singer Irma Thomas said he was loved around the world. "He was just a mystical person," Thomas told WVUE television when asked what made his music special. "He did what he liked best and was very unique with his style."
His spooky 1968 debut "Gris-Gris" combined rhythm 'n blues with psychedelic rock and startled listeners with its sinister implications of other-worldly magic, employing a piano style both rollicking and haunting. He later had a Top 10 hit with "Right Place, Wrong Time," collaborated with numerous top-tier rockers, won multiple Grammy awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
A white man who found a home among black New Orleans musicians, he first entered the music scene when he accompanied his father, who ran a record shop and also fixed the P.A. systems at New Orleans bars.
As a teenager in the 1950s, he played guitar and keyboards in a string of bands and made the legendary studio of Cosimo Matassa his second home, Rebennack said in his 1994 memoir, "Under a Hoodoo Moon." He got into music full-time after dropping out of high school, became acquainted with drugs and petty crime and lived a fast-paced life. His gigs ranged from strip clubs to auditoriums, roadhouses and chicken shacks. The ring finger of Rebennack's left hand was blown off in a shooting incident in 1961 in Jacksonville, Florida.
He blamed Jim Garrison, the JFK conspiracy theorist and a tough-on-crime New Orleans district attorney, for driving him out of his beloved city in the early 1960s. Garrison went after prostitutes, bars and all-night music venues.
The underworld sweep put Rebennack in prison. At that time, he was a respected session musician who had played on classic recordings by R&B mainstays like Professor Longhair and Irma Thomas, but he was also a heroin addict. After his release from federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, at age 24, Rebennack joined friend and mentor Harold Battiste who had left New Orleans to make music in Los Angeles.
Rebennack, who'd long had a fascination with occult mysticism and voodoo, told Battiste about creating a musical personality out of Dr. John, a male version of Marie Laveau, the voodoo queen.
In his memoir, Rebennack said, he drew inspiration from New Orleans folklore about a root doctor who flourished in the mid-1800s.
Battiste, in a 2005 interview, recalled, "It was really done sort of tongue-in-cheek."
But Dr. John was born and Rebennack got his first personal recordings done in what became "Gris-Gris," a 1968 classic of underground American music.
In the years that followed, he played with The Grateful Dead, appeared with The Band in director Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz" documentary, jammed on The Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street" album and collaborated with countless others - among them Earl King, Van Morrison and James Booker.


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If Unity is about anything, it is about the spiritualization of the material world. It is about going to places where by all appearances God is not recognized and not heard, and, when we get there, speaking truth to power. Moses went Pharaoh, Jesus went to the Temple, Paul went to the Emperor. If we really want to be spiritual, we must also go to the heart of where God needs to be heard. That place today is Washington DC. And, like Moses, Jesus and Paul, we need to go there and deliver God's message that health and prosperity for all is possible and that no one needs to be hungry.
Over 40 years ago, in October 1975, I wrote my first Bread for the World letter. This issue was Biafra and my senator was Ted Kennedy. Bread had been recently organized by a group of Christian church leaders who had a goal of eliminating hunger at home and throughout the world.
The picture you see here was taken 18 years later when Stephanie and I visited our member of Congress in his Washington DC office about better nutrition for women, infants and children. Later that year her entire 3rd grade class learned about the power of the word when they wrote letters about a variety of issues to this same guy. He responded as favorably as he could to each child's letter, affirming the sincerity of their intent, regardless of politics.
I would be grateful for the companionship of anyone who would like to parter with me and Bread for the World to help convince Washington leadership to do what's right for people struggling with hunger and poverty. In the menu to the left you will see the values that drive this desire in me. I hope they resonate with you. In time I will be adding vision and mission statements and, hopefully, news and updates about the progress we make together to alleviate hunger.
Looking back from 40 years I've learned that Power respects Truth; I've learned that prayer and gratitude can open the heart of anyone; I've learned that a spoken affirmation is the most effective means of getting anyone to do anything and I've learned that advocacy for someone in need may be the most compassionate human action we will ever do.


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WHOAH. Check out this sneak preview photograph of Aja Lathan as The Queen of Diamonds from a shoot for the San Francisco-based Five & Diamond collective by Allan Amato. Lathan is adorned with a breathtaking array of pieces crafted by various indie and alternative designers associated with the 5&D store/gallery:
Aja Lathan as The Queen of Diamonds for Five & Diamond / Photography by Allan Amato / Art Direction by Jessica Atreides / Styling by Ricardo Felix / Makeup by Medina Maitreya / "Pharoah" Headdress by Monica Wallway / Gold Neck Coil by Tawapa / Crystal Necklace by DUST / "Ruff" Ruched Scarf by Radio Cloth / Studded Bra / Axis Waist Cincher by Steam Trunk / Burlesque Skirt by Miss Be / Leather Gloves by Sparrow / Rings by Jungle Tribe / Shot at Purebred Pro Studios
"The Five and Diamond Design collective is a collaborative project created to promote local artists and designers while providing a resource to San Franciscans and beyond for unique, artistically designed apparel, jewelry and accessories."
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For the first time, doctors are reporting that they have restored vision to people blinded by a rare genetic disorder using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR.
NPR health correspondent Rob Stein joins us now. Rob, helping blind people see sounds miraculous. What exactly do they do?
ROB STEIN, BYLINE: Yeah. So they use this gene-editing technique called CRISPR, which lets scientists make very precise changes in DNA much more easily than ever before. It's been showing promise for treating blood disorders, like sickle cell disease. And doctors are trying to use it to treat cancer. But those experiments involve taking cells out of the body, editing them in the lab and then infusing the modified cells back into patients' bodies. In this case, they did something completely different. You can't take cells out of the retina in the eye and put them back in. So they infused the CRISPR gene editor directly into cells in the retina in the eye to edit a gene while still inside the body - inside the eye.
Here's Dr. Eric Pierce at the Harvard Medical School. He's helping conduct this experiment.
ERIC PIERCE: This is the first time we're having evidence that gene editing is functioning inside somebody. And it's improving, in this case, visual function. We're thrilled about this.
STEIN: Now, you know, Pierce stresses that this is very preliminary. Doctors have only tried this on seven volunteers so far. And they have to treat a lot more patients and follow them a lot longer to really know for sure how well it's working. But nevertheless, they're ecstatic that it looks safe and it looks like it could be helping people. And, you know, A, NPR got exclusive access to interview two of these volunteers, and they're thrilled, too.
MARTÍNEZ: Yeah - blown away by everything so far, Rob, especially getting that access. So what can you tell us about these people?
STEIN: Yeah. So they were both born with a rare genetic condition called Leber congenital amaurosis, which is caused by a genetic mutation that progressively disables the function of key light-sensing cells in the retina. Dr. Pierce and his colleagues infused billions of harmless viruses that were genetically modified to carry the CRISPR gene editor into their retinas to literally cut out the mutation. The hope is that it would restore the function of the cells in the retina and restore at least some vision. And it looks like it worked for at least some of the patients.
One of them is Carlene Knight. She's 55, and lives outside Portland, Ore. Her vision is still far from normal. But everything is much brighter and clearer. She can find doorways and move around a lot easier, look down and she things she's dropped in the floor. And then there's colors. They're so much more vibrant now.
CARLENE KNIGHT: I've always loved color since I was a kid. It's one of the things I could really, you know, enjoy, even with just a small amount of vision. But now I realize how much brighter they were as a kid because I can see them a lot more brilliantly now. It's - well, it's just amazing.
STEIN: You know, to celebrate, she dyed her hair her favorite color...
MARTÍNEZ: (Laughter).
STEIN: ...Green. Yeah. You know, and I also talked to Michael Kalberer. He's 43 and lives on Long Island. He's reporting a lot of the same things and can do something he hasn't been able to do for years - watch sunsets.
MICHAEL KALBERER: The first time I saw one, I was coming home from a meal with a friend. I see pink in the sky. She goes, yeah, you see the sunset. That's the sunset. And we both smiled at each other. So it was a great moment.
MARTÍNEZ: I'm thinking Carlene's in Oregon. She might be an Oregon Ducks fan. That's why she painted it green - or dyed it.
STEIN: (Laughter) Yeah. That's right.
MARTÍNEZ: Now, Rob, what else could this be used for?
STEIN: Yeah. You know, scientists hope that there are many other diseases that they could use this on, where it's not possible to take cells out of the body, edit them in the lab and infuse them back in - you know, brain diseases like Huntington's and muscle diseases like muscular dystrophy. Now, no one is trying that yet, but this could open the door to that. But these researchers are trying a higher dose on adults and planning kids, too.
MARTÍNEZ: That's NPR health correspondent Rob Stein. Rob, thanks a lot.
STEIN: You bet.
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RF2M Technologies, a manufacture of electronic components for the defence-aerospace sector, is saving more than £30,000 in energy costs per year after switching to a CompAir L75 variable-speed compressor with heat-recovery system from Gardner Denver distributor, Rodwell Bayne.
The system has been so successful that the customer has recently invested in a second L75 RS compressor to achieve even greater energy savings.
Part of the global API Technologies group, the site at Great Yarmouth has been manufacturing sensitive, high-tech electronics since the early 1980s. Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, RF2M has high-demand for a reliable source of instrument air which must also be highly efficient to ensure energy consumption remains as low as possible.
In 2007, the customer invested in its first CompAir L75 variable speed compressor, which was one of the first in the industry to have a heat recovery system fitted.
Recent analysis shows how significantly this investment has contributed to energy savings at the Great Yarmouth site, as Andrew Rodwell, director at Rodwell Bayne explains:
"RF2M's manufacturing processes require high volumes of air and, over the years, its existing compressors had become costly to operate, due to inefficient loading.
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"In the first year alone, the customer saved over 370,000 KWh of electricity on an average 35% compressor consumption rate, with a high percentage of this saving attributed to the efficient, variable-speed technology.
Typically, almost all of the energy that is used to power a compressor is converted to heat, which is released in to the atmosphere and wasted. Using heat exchangers, Rodwell Bayne was able to develop a system to recover this energy as a source of factory heating, reducing the requirement on the site's gas boiler.
RF2M's site manager, David Yates adds, "Despite average colder winter temperatures over the past few years, the heat recovery system is still saving up to £3,000 per annum in gas consumption. Additional savings are also expected this year as we now supply our nitrogen generation plant directly from the factory-air supply, rather than using a separate, fixed-speed compressor.
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When I work with educators, I get asked on a regular basis, "What about the universities? What are they doing to prepare educators who can facilitate technology-infused learning environments that emphasize deeper cognitive complexity and greater student agency?" Unfortunately, I don't have much to offer them.
I'm not up on all of the thousands of preparation programs that are out there but, as I think about the shifts that we need to see in schools (and the new building blocks that we need to put in place), at a minimum any teacher preparation program that wanted to label itself 'world-class' would be able to affirmatively say the following…
Our graduates know…
Project- and inquiry-based learning
- how to operate in student-driven, not just teacher-created, project-oriented learning environments
- how to facilitate inquiry-based activities like 'passion projects' or 'FedEx days' or '20% time' or 'genius hour'
- how to facilitate students' development as creators, designers, innovators, and entrepreneurs
- how to integrate communication, collaboration, and critical thinking skills into these types of environments
Authentic, real-world work
- how to organize student work around the big, important concepts central to their discipline
- how real work gets done by real professionals in that discipline (practices, processes, tools, and technologies)
- how to find, create, and implement robust, authentic simulations for their subject area
- how to facilitate and assess authentic performances by students
Standards-based grading and competency-based education
- how to write and implement a 'competency'
- how to help students thrive in a standards-based grading environment
- how to facilitate learning-teaching systems that focus on mastery rather than seat time (or other dumb criteria)
1:1 computing
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- how to facilitate student success with digital tools, online systems, and social networks
- how to help students create appropriate AND empowered 'digital footprints'
Digital, online, and open access
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- how to meaningfully curate digital materials in their subject area
- how to helpfully contribute to our online global information commons (and have students do the same)
Online communities of interest
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Adaptive learning systems
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- how to utilize blended learning environments to individualize and personalize students' learning experiences (time, place, path, pace)
I think most teacher preparation programs probably fall short of the mark on these, but a program that could say these things about its preservice teachers would be INCREDIBLE.
What do you think? What would you add to this list? More importantly, does anyone know of a teacher preparation program that's doing well in some / many / most of these areas?


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