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Alfa Laval AlfaCond condensers are specifically designed for condensing of vapour under vacuum. These plate surface condensers are ideal for use in applications such as vacuum condensers in evaporation systems, ethanol condensers in bioethanol plants, pan vapour condensers in sugar refineries, and as turbine condensers in small power plants. With its compact design, AlfaCond is easy to install where space is crucial.
Highly efficient and very compact
Highly efficient and very compact, AlfaCond is the world's first plate condenser specifically designed for condensing under vacuum. Due to its compact size and efficient design, AlfaCond has become the preferred alternative to bulky indirect shell-and-tube condensers. Also, AlfaCond is easy to clean by means of Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) or mechanically.
AlfaCond is an alternative to direct condensers when condensate recovery is the goal and when there are space constraints. The AlfaCond can be configured with or without subcooling of the condensate. Non-condensables are removed from the condensate outlet pipe and led to the vacuum system.
Equipped with well-designed features, AlfaCond heat exchangers are easy to maintain and have a long service life. AlfaCond features the glued gasket, which is a two-component, oven-cured epoxy glue keeps the gasket in place during any possible cleaning condition. Additionally, the pressure plate roller, the bearing boxes on tightening bolts, and the 5-point alignment system with reinforced hangers make opening and closing the heat exchanger quick, and easy without the need for heavy tools or the risk of damaging the plates.
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The heat transfer area of a gasketed plate-and-frame heat exchanger con sists of a series of corrugated plates, assembled between the frame and pressure plates, which retain the design pressure. The sealing between the plates on the AlfaCond alternates between laser welds and gaskets. It has a unique porthole configuration that is specifically designed for vacuum condensation. Vapour condenses in the welded channel and the cooling water passes through the gasketed channel.
The channel gap size is asymmetric with a larger gap on the vapour side and a smaller gap on the cooling water side. The result is a very low pressure drop on the vapour side and high velocity and turbulence on the cooling water side. Together, these maximize heat transfer efficiency and minimize fouling.


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Give a royal finish to your look: The ring-type crown designs are a symbol of perfection and eternity. These royal elements fascinate with detailed precision and allow you to shine with a powerful persona.
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The black zirconia is distinguished by its high quality brilliance and captivates with its purity and perfect cut.
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The artistically decorated ring is a royal eye-catcher in which the black pavé trimming is particularly effective in combination with the yellow gold tone.

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Gauging the Need for Panic over Chinese Equities
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The Chinese authorities moved decisively on many fronts last week to put a floor under the collapse of Chinese stock markets. ChiNext, China's NASDAQ, was plummeting from astronomical heights. The CSI 300 index of China's biggest listed companies, which had soared more than 150 percent over last year's levels, plunged almost 40 percent in little more than a month before moves to prop up the market halted the fall.
The Chinese authorities moved decisively on many fronts last week to put a floor under the collapse of Chinese stock markets. ChiNext, China's NASDAQ, was plummeting from astronomical heights. The CSI 300 index of China's biggest listed companies, which had soared more than 150 percent over last year's levels, plunged almost 40 percent in little more than a month before moves to prop up the market halted the fall.
There is nothing unusual about governments stepping in to cushion stock market collapses. Central banks in the United States, Japan, and Europe have all moved in recent times to buy shares and ease credit in order to turn around stock market crashes. Nevertheless, there was more than a whiff of panic about the moves to stop the stock market rout in China. Aside from easing interest rates (a move that might be taken further in a deflationary economy that is operating under potential), the regulators capped short selling; pension funds were pledged to buy more stocks; initial public offerings were suspended, and brokers were cashed up by the central bank to buy more shares.
China's stock market is still very underdeveloped. Its absolute size, measured in volume of turnover, has more than doubled over the past year. But it still plays a surprisingly small role in the economy. It's about a third of GDP, by one measure, compared with more than 100 percent in developed economies. Less than 15 percent of household financial assets are invested in the stock market. That is why rising share prices did little to boost consumption and why falling prices will do little to hurt it. The players in the market are small. Institutional investment is underrepresented. Corporations do not yet rely on equity financing for investment. The connection between the stock market and China's economic performance is much weaker than in developed economies.
Then why was there a touch of policy panic around managing what would seem like a side problem? The context of Europe's unravelling gave pause to even cool, experienced policy hands around the world. Experience and depth in managing financial markets is a commodity that is understandably still in short supply in China. Xiao Gang, Chair of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, is under particular pressure. Premier Li Keqiang, with good reason, emphasised the growth and reform of the stock market as a facilitator of the emergence of the new, entrepreneurial edge of the Chinese economy. But that is no short-term job. There will be missteps. Yet pinning over-reaction on President Xi's inclination to reach for the armoury of the state is too simple (though for some, politically convenient) an explanation of how the Chinese state has responded to this event.
By some accounts outside China, the sudden end to the rally and the multi-pronged scramble to stop its collapse is the first major dent in the public standing of the Xi-Li reform team. If they are pro-market reformers, the argument runs, let the market take its course. That, of course, is the wrong inference: but it hints at another risk.
The immediate reaction of the authorities to the gyrations of the Chinese stock market over the past year may have been a little ham-fisted but it presents no serious threat to reforms that are necessary to capture the economic benefits of financial market deepening and opening to global financial markets. The main risk to the ongoing transition of the Chinese economy to steadily higher incomes would arise where Xi and Li, seared by optics of this bump along the way, deter from their commitment to comprehensive financial market and capital account reform.
Today, the sustainability of Chinese growth is at the front of everybody's mind. Moreover, the challenges facing Chinese policymakers have never appeared more real since historically most other countries have failed to graduate into high-income status after reaching a stage of development that is similar to that in China now. With Chinese growth visibly and persistently slowing, the bears are coming out of the woods.
China's growth model is already changing, evidenced by a narrowing current account surplus, rising shares of consumption and services in the economy, an improving income distribution and higher wage shares in income. There is still quite a way to go. So far, changes in the labour market triggered the positive changes.
At the core of the task ahead will be China's steady-handed delivery of its financial reform agenda. Financial reform is the critical first step. Financial repression results in an enormous misallocation of capital. It favours particular regions, privileges state-owned enterprises, shields the banking sector from the need to build risk-management capacity, and starves the more dynamic private sector of competitive funding. The next and complementary step is capital account liberalisation that links investment in domestic and international capital markets.
In addition, it seems likely that purchase on political legitimacy with China's new middle class will depend primarily on success in this next phase of economic reform. Therefore, it is important that President Xi and Premier Li show no signs of losing the stomach for it.
No need for China's leaders to lose nerve over market is republished with permission from East Asia Forum


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Merry Christmas everyone. It's been a while since I last presented a song here. I wrote the original version of "Santa's Fantasy" in Sydney, Australia, in December 2007 as "theme song" for the christmas party I attended. It was thus first performed live about 365 ago depending on your time zone…
Almost one year on I decided to partially rewrite the song as a little Christmas present for my Australian friends. What you can listen to here is the result of the effort. I'm quite happy with it.
Many thanks to my sister, who sang the backing vocals and Sebastian Linke, who's, as so often, the mastermind behind the drum arrangement. As usual, it's a mostly VST based demo in 160kbps mp3 format. Enjoy!
"Santa's Fantasy"
(c) 2007-2008 Tobias SchwarzWhen Santa was a little boy
He was a problem child
His parents were quite worried
'Cos he was way to wild
When he grew up and went to school
And learned the family trade
It took a few nights on the booze
When he found out his fateTo put on weight grow facial hair
stay celibate to his despair
And fake smile for all his lifeHe hates his job he tried to quit
He hates the reindeers but loves the whip
And every year he's gotta spread joy
But Santa's just a dirty old boy
He's bringing joy not to the nice
But the naughty in disguise
The game is on under the tree
If you are Santa's fantasy.Year after year he sits and sulks
And keeps on watching porn
He tried his best to like job
But in the end he's torn
He wants to go out on the town
Meet girls and have some fun
But he will only see the world
For his (special) delivery runsHe's stuffing socks and quite a heap
but has to work while others sleep
so no one can see Santa weep.Chorus
But he still has a fantasy
A naughty girl who likes
A big guy wearing Santa clothes
Without a change, for life.Chorus x2


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How to test the Jumbo Frame pass-through feature on TP-Link switches
This Article Applies to:
Most gigabit switches support jumbo frame pass through. This article is talking about how to test this feature. To do the test, we need two computers and at least two CAT5E cables. Here are the detailed test steps.
Step 1: Enable the jumbo frame feature on computers.
In windows system, most network adapters have jumbo frames disabled by default. To test the jumbo frame feature, we need to enable it on your network adapter via the steps below:
1. Open control panel and go to Network and Sharing Center.
2. Click Change adapter settings.
3. Right-click the adapter for which you want to enable jumbo frames and select Properties.
4. Under the Networking tab, click the Configure button.
5. Go to the Advanced tab. Select Jumbo Frame and change the value from Disabled to the desired value, such as 9KB MTU.
Note: The maximum value of jumbo frame depends on the NIC, for most MIC the value is 9KB.
6. Click OK to all the dialogs.
Note: When you make the change, the adapter will lose network connectivity for a few seconds. You should also reboot to ensure the change has taken effect.
Do the same steps to enable the jumbo frame feature on the other computer.
Step2: Enable jumbo frame on switch
Enable the jumbo frame on switch. TP-Link will enable the jumbo frame by default. So, if you are testing with TP-Link switch, just escape this step.
Step 3: Test the jumbo frame feature.
Connect these two computers directly to the same switch with CAT5E cables; set static ip addresses to these two computers and do the ping test. Detailed steps are as below:
1. Connect two computers directly by CAT5 cable.
2. Set static IP addresses to the computers. Set the IP address of one computer to be 192.168.0.100 and the other to be 192.168.0.200; Both the Subnet mask to be 255.255.255.0.
Detailed steps for static IP setting please go to FAQ 553.
3. Do the ping test with the two computers. On one computer, press windows key + R; put cmd in the Open bar and click OK; in the cmd dialog box, input the command "ping IP address –f –l 9000" and press enter. The Ip address is the static ip set to the other computer. ie: ping 192.168.0.200 –f –l 9000
4. If the ping test is OK, you can get reply from the other computer, and then the two computers can communicate via jumbo frames, and the switch can support the jumbo frame.
Note: If you can't ping the other computer in step 3, you can connect the two computers directly without the switch, and do the ping test again. Just make sure your settings on computers are OK, and your computers can send and receive the jumbo frame.
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Dr. Weeks' Comments: In a market situation, the patient should be advised and allowed to choose. But as Dr. Bach comments below:
"….Normal markets wouldn't behave like this,… You couldn't introduce something twice as expensive and no better and still sell it….."
Alas, in America today, the cure remains elusive. One patient told me that she thinks there will never be a cure because, in her words "More people are living off of cancer, than dying from cancer."
Sanofi Halves Price of Cancer Drug Zaltrap After Sloan-Kettering Rejection
By ANDREW POLLACK
Published: November 8, 2012
In an unusual move, a big drug companies said on Thursday that would effectively cut in half price of a new cancer drug after a leading Cancer Center said he would not use the drug because it was too expensive. The move "" announced by Sanofi for the colon cancer drug Zaltrap "" could be a sign of resistance to the unfettered increase in the prices of cancer drugs, some of which cost more than $100,000 a year and increase survival by a few months at best.
Zaltrap came to market in August at a price of about $11,000 a month. Soon after, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York decided not to use the drug, saying it was twice as expensive but no more effective than a similar medicine, Avastin from Genentech. Both drugs improved median survival by 1.4 months, doctors there said.
Three doctors at Sloan-Kettering publicized the cancer center's decision last month in anOp-Ed article in The New York Times.
"Ignoring the cost of care is no longer tenable," they wrote. "Soaring spending has presented the medical community with a new obligation. When choosing treatments for patients, we have to consider the financial strains they may cause alongside the benefits they may deliver."
Sanofi executives argued that the price they had set was very similar to that of Avastin. "The intent was not to charge a premium," Christopher A. Viehbacher, the chief executive of Sanofi, said in an interview last month.
Sloan-Kettering, he said, was basing its price comparison on a dose of Avastin that was half the dose Sanofi used in its own comparison.
On Thursday, Sanofi backed down. "We believe that Zaltrap is priced competitively as used in real-world situations," it said in a statement. "However, we recognize that there was some market resistance to the perceived relative price of Zaltrap in the U.S. "" especially in light of low awareness of Zaltrap in the U.S. market. As such, we are taking immediate action across the U.S. oncology community to reduce the net cost of Zaltrap."
The move was first reported on Thursday by The Cancer Letter, a newsletter about cancer issues.
Sanofi said it would not change the official price for Zaltrap but would offer discounts of about 50 percent. Zaltrap, which is given intravenously, is not bought directly by patients but is sold to doctors or hospitals, which administer it. The cost is then reimbursed byMedicare or private insurers. Patients could be liable for a co-payment.
Dr. Leonard B. Saltz, chief of gastrointestinal oncology at Sloan-Kettering and one of the authors of the Op-Ed article, said Sanofi's offer of discounts "doesn't really address the problem from our perspective" because Medicare reimbursement and patient co-payments would still be based on the higher list price, at least for several more months.
Also, he said, the discounts could give doctors and hospitals an incentive to use Zaltrap because they could profit from the difference between the discounted price they pay for the drug and the higher price at which they are reimbursed by insurers.
Dr. Saltz said even at the lower price, he did not foresee Sloan-Kettering doctors using Zaltrap because it was no better than Avastin and might be more toxic.
Dr. Saltz is now a consultant to Genentech and has been one to Sanofi.
Zaltrap, developed by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company in Tarrytown, N.Y., was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in August for use as a second-line treatment for colorectal cancer, meaning after an initial regimen had stopped working. Like Avastin, Zaltrap impedes the formation of blood vessels that nourish cancer cells.
Dr. Peter B. Bach, director of the Center for Health Policy and Outcomes at Sloan-Kettering and one of the authors of the Op-Ed piece, said the price of Zaltrap reflected a bigger problem "" that over all there was little relation between drug prices and the value they provided.
"Normal markets wouldn't behave like this," he said on Thursday. "You couldn't introduce something twice as expensive and no better and still sell it."
Dr. Lee Newcomer, senior vice president for oncology at UnitedHealthcare, said it was the first time he could recall a company cutting the price of a cancer drug so much. "It was the first time physicians have stood up and said, "Enough is enough,' " he said. "And I think that was a watershed moment."


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Working backward: Computer-aided design of zeolite templates
(Phys.org) —Taking a page from computer-aided drug designers, Rice University researchers have developed a computational method that chemists can use to tailor the properties of zeolites, one of the world's most-used industrial minerals.
The research is available online and will be featured on the June 21 cover of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Journal of Materials Chemistry A. The method allows chemists to work backward by first considering the type of zeolite they want to make and then creating the organic template needed to produce it.
The findings are the latest from the laboratory of Michael Deem, Rice's John W. Cox Professor of Bioengineering and professor of physics and astronomy. Deem's group has previously identified the zeolites best-suited for removing carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust, and they have also used supercomputers to create a database of potentially synthesizable zeolites—some 2.6 million in all.
In the new study, Deem and co-authors Ramdas Pophale and Frits Daeyaert created a computational procedure to identify small organic molecules that can be used to synthesize zeolites.
"We began working on this three years ago," Deem said. "It's basic research, and we illustrated it by applying it to known zeolites. The approach could be used by industry to produce new types of zeolites."
Zeolites are common minerals. About 40 varieties occur naturally, and there are more than 150 man-made types. All zeolites are made of silicon, oxygen and aluminum, but the atomic arrangement of the three varies slightly in each type. These subtle molecular differences lead to significant variations in the chemical properties of each zeolite. As a result, several million tons of zeolites are used each year in processes such as refining of petroleum into gasoline or separation of air into oxygen and nitrogen and products as diverse as cat litter, cement, laundry detergent, water filters, animal feed and chemical separators.
Several million tons of natural zeolites are mined globally each year, but industry also uses a number of synthetic varieties. Producers create these in large process tanks.
"The silicon is either in a gel or in solution, and it condenses to make the zeolite crystal," Deem said. "The current thinking is that the crystal nucleates from an amorphous cluster of silicon oxide that's maybe 3-5 nanometers in size. Once the nucleus of the crystal forms, it continues to grow, and producers regulate the crystalline pattern by including organic molecules in the original solution.
These molecules are called "organic structure directing agents," or OSDAs. The zeolite crystal grows around the OSDAs. Intense heat is used to burn away the OSDAs and open the pores that give the zeolite its characteristic chemical properties.
In the new study, Deem, Pophale and Daeyaert created a procedure for designing OSDAs that would make a particular type of zeolite.
"We begin with a library of organic fragments—molecules that you could buy from a chemical supplier," Deem said. "Next, we have the computer apply a range of chemical reactions to each of the molecules in the library to build up an OSDA from these individual fragments. We then evaluate each candidate OSDA based upon a number of criteria. For example, is it easy to synthesize? Is it stable in solution? Can it withstand the conditions in the zeolite production vessel? How well, energetically, does it stabilize the zeolite?"
Deem said the method was designed to be practical for industry.
"Our inspiration for this is what people have done in drug design," he said. "Drug designers learned the hard way that they could build perfectly shaped molecules, atom by atom, but that it was completely impractical to produce those ungainly molecules in bulk. As a result, they pioneered this idea of searching whole libraries of known compounds and feasible reactions to find drugs that are both efficacious and practical to produce. There are at least 55 drug candidates that have been discovered by this approach."
Deem's new method for designing OSDAs is similar, and he hopes it may one day allow researchers to produce one of the 2.6 million theoretically possible zeolites that his group identified in its 2011 study. For example, the crystalline structure of some zeolites features a chiral, twisting pattern that can be either right- or left-handed. The resulting zeolite crystals are mirror opposites. Researchers can make mixtures of these materials today, but they can't make pure right-handed or left-handed crystals. With Deem's new method, it may be possible to create an OSDA to make only left- or right-handed varieties.
"Breaking that chiral symmetry would be very exciting," Deem said. "It would highlight the broad range of possibilities of this OSDA design method."
More information: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articl … g/2013/ta/c3ta10626h
Journal information: Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Provided by Rice University


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Thermochromic paints are paints that change color at a given temperature. Although there are color change paints for a wide array of temperatures, we have decided to start our inventory off with those that change at 30 Degrees C, or at 86 Degrees F. They are very effective at changing to a clear as the temperature goes up to reveal the graphics or base color underneath.
Warning: Thermochromics are very sensitive to UV light, and will fade without proper protection.
We have excellent luck spraying our pearl paint, candy paint, ColorShift Pearls, metal flakes, and temperature change pigments in products such as PPG's DBC-500 color blender, but we understand that many of our customers are using Dupont's color blender or just any old clear binder. Using these Color Blenders, you can make over a mixed quart of temperature changing paint for less than 1/4 what you will pay anywhere else.
Thermochromic paints have been known to have issues with UV Tolerance if not top-coated with an appropriate UV inhibitor clear coat. Many of these clears are priced above $200 per gallon. If you are going to use the color change pigments for outdoor use, check out alsacorp.com for their "Sunscreen Clear", or look for a high-end Dupont clear. We now have a clear coat of our own to provide excellent UV tolerance as well. It is called All Kandy Wet Wet Plus with extra UV. protection. Using these high-UV tolerance clears has been shown to last over a year in full UV. Keeping your project garaged when not in use will increase the longevity of the paint as well. A few extra coats of quality UV clear never hurts either.
Paint at a temperature under 86 Degrees when using the 86 degree F paint. That way you can see what kind of coverage you are getting. Make sure the surface you are painting is also cool.
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You can add any pearls, candy paint pigments, or metal flakes right into the mix of color-change pigments, or topcoated over the color-change paintpigments. The good thing about that is the extra protection you get for UV, as our pearls contain Titanium Oxide, a principle ingredient in sunscreen.
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I'm 27 and a half weeks pregnant with our sweet baby Hudson.
It's pretty crazy to think that we have already survived 3 full months of bed rest.
I think I have almost forgotten what it feels like to be normal
yet at the same time I think we are finally getting used to this new normal.
Before bed rest I rarely spent a whole day at home.
We were always out and about doing something.
And now...well we almost never leave the house (unless I'm being naughty and we sneak out in the wheelchair).
Life has definitely creeped by instead of flown by at its usual frantic speed.
And in some ways that has been nice.
And in some ways that has been nice.
I have definitely gotten to enjoy my kids more and savor their littleness while it lasts
because I'm sure before I know it bed rest will be over, baby will be here, and life will be a whole new level of crazy (4 kids under 5! yikes!).
Anyways, yesterday I had my dreaded glucose test.
Thankfully I had Aaron in the room to keep me company while we waited for the sugar to do its thang.
He was sweet enough to let me destroy him in a game of words with friends.
Thanks babe.
AND we had another ultrasound to check on the progress of baby and the hemorrhage.
Isn't he the cutest baby ever?
The ultrasound showed that the hemorrhage has shrunk a lot and still has a lot of shrinking left to go.
Baby Hudson is growing great and was measuring 5 days bigger than he should (which is a great sign and means my placenta is functioning well).
I'm still on bedrest but I was freed to do a little more walking around the house (thank you Jesus!).
I go back in a month for another ultrasound and check up so we are just praying that things are smooth sailing until then.
Thanks for all of your prayers for me and Hudson!
And apparently Aaron and I only make one kind of kid.
I found some pictures of Wesley and Madelyn...
look at how similar they all look!
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Everything was set and I awoke for the trip out to Nebraska for Odin's Revenge at the comfortable hour of 6am. Not so my traveling companion, The Bonk King, who had to get up at 3am to drive to where I was from the suburbs of Chicago. He arrived a wee bit late due to a traffic incident involving a burning semi tractor-trailer rig which blocked his passage for about a half an hour. No worries though, as our rendezvous with Mike and Amy, who were the couple that were ultimately going to be portaging The Bonk King and I with all our gear, were running late anyway.
The view out back of Mike and Amy's rig |
The weather was turning rainy, and we ran in and out of rain quite often along the way. At some points, it was raining so hard it was difficult to see, but Amy, being the champ driver that she is, handled it all with aplomb and The Bonk King and I were totally trusting of her driving capabilities. It was really nice to have to not worry about anything and just to enjoy the company and the sights as we traveled. (Thanks Amy and Mike!)
We discovered that my bar tape was being worn through, so Mike made an impromptu patch at a refueling stop. |
An interesting script on this fire truck. Not sure I'd want them putting out my fire! |
The DSG crew getting folks checked in. |
We got checked in, but we had to scoot over the interstate and check into our motel, download our gear and bicycles, and then come back later for the pre-race meeting, which was to happen at about 7:00pm. The Bonk King and I were to shack up in one room and Amy and Mike, of course, had their own room.
It's always a bit comical when I go anywhere with my bicycles and I wheel them right into the motel. Most folks wouldn't give a second thought to leaving their bicycles outside for the evening, but then again, most folks don't travel with such expensive gear. So there are always "the looks" that one gets as you wheel your bike across the lobby and into a waiting elevator.
The door to our room was right below this sign! |
We were all settled in, and it wasn't time to head over yet, so we just chilled for awhile and chatted about the coming event, rain possibilities, and where we might be dining for the evening. The highest concern was with weather. There was some question to whether we would get to ride the originally planned for course since there were a lot of dirt only roads in it which would be made a mess by rain. The final word would be given at the rider's meeting.
Captain Chad holding forth at the Rider's Meeting |
We sauntered over to the rider's meeting and there was already drips falling randomly from a grey sky. Radar showed a cluster of thunderstorms bearing down on the area. Chad Quigley, one of the heads of Odin's Revenge, called the meeting to order. He went over the conditions of the course and said it was up to the long course riders whether we should go for it or no. With (almost) one accord, there was agreement that we should buckle up and head into it as it was planned for. There was one, minor but very notable, exception.
A loud voice piped up from the throng of riders decrying the decision to ride the long course due to the "over average" amounts of rain the area had seen previous and with more on the way, surely we shouldn't be riding the long course as planned. Then this individual asked what tires were recommended to be run if we were going to go ahead with the madness. Chad, a bit dumbfounded by the outburst, paused just long enough for my buddy MG to quip, "The ones on your bike!". This brought out a round of chuckles and with another question quaffed by another quick witted MG reply, the gent went silent and we closed up the proceedings with a bit of a word from fellow DSG'er, Matt Bergen. Matt said some kind things about Jeff Kerkove, myself, and Trans Iowa, which I appreciated greatly. (Thanks Matt!)
Red sky in the morning...... |
Afterward we went in search of our beds and tried to get some shuteye for the 4:00am wake up call. We were pretty stoked and it wasn't easy to fall asleep. I think I vaguely remember wind driven rain against the window as I drifted off to sleep...........
Look for The Madness Part 2 tomorrow!


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A remote writer/student is someone who is unable to write at an institution that generally facilitates the national benchmark test sessions.
Usually it is a writer who is in another country or in an area too remote to be able to make a trip of a reasonable distance to the nearest testing centre.
Send an email to email@example.com to register as a remote writer.
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1. A test proctor, which is the test invigilator, needs to be appointed. This should be a person with credibility and not a friend or relative of the writer.
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- Serve as a receiver for mailed tests and not receive the tests directly from the writer/student;
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Through the Islamic Heritage Project (IHP), Harvard University has cataloged, conserved, and digitized hundreds of Islamic manuscripts, maps, and published texts from Harvard's renowned library and museum collections. These rare—and frequently unique—materials are now freely available to Internet users worldwide. IHP is made possible with the generous support of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal . For the IHP, Harvard's Open Collections Program (OCP) has produced digital copies of over 280 manuscripts, 275 printed texts, and 50 maps, totaling over 156,000 pages. Users can search or browse online materials that date from the 10th to the 20th centuries CE and represent many
The Koran About the Koran This is an electronic version of The Holy Qur'an, translated by M.H. Shakir and published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc., in 1983. The text was provided by the Online Book Initiative and subsequently marked up at the HTI in SGML. Like all the versions of this text derived from the Online Book Initiative, it is not free from errors and represents the text as published. We will strive to correct any transcription errors pointed out to us. Last revision 7 January 2000 (corrected a number of typos and encoding problems).
Interest in the Middle East and the Islamic world is at an all time high, generating a corresponding increase in demand for specialized teaching, learning and transmitting critical knowledge and perspectives on this part of the world. Understanding this region involves learning about the social, political, religious and cultural issues – past and present – that shape the Islamic world of today. Studying Middle Eastern cultures and peoples across all time periods provides a crucial framework for understanding the complex relationship between Islam and the West today.
Site developed & hosted by Center for Digital Scholarship Brown University Library Providence, RI 02912 The Minassian collection and its holdings of early Qur'an folios This database catalogues the holdings of over 200 Qur'anic manuscript folios dating from the 9th to the 16th centuries housed within the special collections of the Brown University libraries. These items were acquired as part of a treasury of rich artistic and textual items donated in 1998 to Brown by Adrienne Minassian, the daughter of Kirkor Minassian (1874–1944), who was an active art collector and dealer based in New York and Paris in the early 20th century.
Medieval Islam Islamic cultures are among the most interesting, complex, and dynamic in the world. At the same time, they are among the least known in the West. From its dramatic rise in the seventh century A. D. to the present, Islamic civilization has covered a large part of the globe, incorporating many subcultures and languages into its orbit, and vigorously engaging the peoples around it. Medicine was a central part of medieval Islamic culture. Disease and health were of importance to rich and poor alike, as indeed they are in every civilization. Responding to circumstances of time and place, Islamic physicians and scholars developed a large and complex medical literature exploring and synthesizing the theory and practice of medicine.
Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts Preface On the 30th of November 1094 AD (or to be more precise, the 19th of the month Dhu al-Qa`dah in the year 487 of the Muslim era), a scribe in Baghdad completed a copy of an Arabic treatise by one of the most important medieval physicians and clinicians -- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya' al-Razi, who worked in Baghdad in the previous century and was later known to Europe as Rhazes. This manuscript is the oldest volume in the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the third oldest Arabic manuscript on any medical topic known to be preserved today.
The diverse collections of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts include thousands of works of art that were made for worship or religious ritual. Historically, people have lavished the finest materials and workmanship on those things that represented their most deeply held beliefs. The works of art included here were selected because they illustrate the main theological concepts of the world's major religions. The texts attempt to provide concise overviews and are intended to serve as comparative teaching resources. Each entry was reviewed by a knowledgeable practitioner and/or ordained clergy of that faith.
by Gracia Clark The Muslim men and women in this gallery live and work in Kumasi, Ghana. They are not professional scholars or teachers, but they are deeply interested in following the principles of Islam. Their interpretations of the requirements and values of their faith influence their behavior at home, with their neighbors and at work as traders and tailors. Muslims are a minority in their city and country, where Christianity is the dominant religious affiliation and indigenous spiritual practices remain popular. The broader community sometimes neglects their interests or discriminates against them, but they continue trying to live a virtuous life and to expand their understanding of the Koran through study groups and discussions.
Pluralism and Adaptation in the Islamic Practice of Senegal and Ghana is a digital library of multi-media resources that demonstrate how innovative Africans have been in the history of Islam and Islamic practice and how they continue to live and experience Islam.
Four digital galleries – two from Senegal and two from Ghana – emphasize pluralism - the coexistence and indeed the mutual respect among people of different religious persuasions - and adaptation – situations where Islam takes root in a particular society and culture that changes over time.


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Decades After Paul McCartney Was Mugged, His Grandson Was Too
Paul McCartney revealed that one of his grandsons was recently mugged for his phone, and that it made him think of how it had once happened to him too.
The Beatles icon didn't identify which of his eight grandchildren had been the victim of theft at knifepoint in London, England, but did say that the young man had felt like a "coward" over the incident.
"He was saying the worst thing was that he should have just thumped the guy," McCartney told the Times (via Billboard). "I said, 'No, no, no, no! The guy had a knife and you don't know, the guy might be able to use that knife."
That led to a reminiscence of a similar moment in his own early days in Liverpool. "When I was a kid it was four guys and they nicked my watch," he said. "I was of a similar age. I just happened to be on my own… bigger kids came along and it was the same feeling." He recalled thinking: "I have got to learn karate and be a black belt – and then I'll get em'!" He added: "It was the worst thing."
In the same interview, McCartney again said that he was working on his first stage musical, an adaptation of the classic movie It's a Wonderful Life, and discussed his children's book Hey Grandude!, which is described as "a super-cool grandad who takes his grandchildren on a whirlwind magical mystery tour, from tropical seas to Alpine mountains, all before bedtime!" He'll appear at the London Piccadilly branch of Waterstone's bookshop on Sept. 6 to read from the book and sign copies.
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As health professionals, we know that Beverly Hills dentists diagnose and treat conditions of the teeth and gums, but we sometimes overlook the importance of the tongue.
Have you ever considered all the amazing things your tongue can do? It helps us talk, perceive the texture and flavor of food, chew, and swallow. This strong and nimble gymnast is in near-constant motion during our waking hours. It is a wonder that we don't accidentally bite it more often as we smile, chew, drink, breathe, swallow, cough, and laugh.
Your tongue can also reveal problems with your health, including digestive problems, infections, and diseases of the blood.
When Dr. Bill Dorfman performs oral health exams, the tongue is always checked for signs of oral cancer and other serious diseases.
Here are some tongue abnormalities and possible causes:
- Swollen tongue: reaction to food/drink/medication, strep infection, leukemia, hypothyroidism
- White tongue: dehydration, yeast infection, irritation to tobacco, enteritis, gastritis, colitis, anemia or other nutritional deficiency
- Canker sores: may be triggered by stress or reaction to food, toothpaste, or mouthwash.
If you have persistent canker sores, you may want to try eliminating products that contain sodium lauryl (or laurel) sulfate (SLS). SLS is a cheap foaming agent that is found in many personal care products. It can be difficult to find SLS-free dental products in Beverly Hills. The following brands have previously offered SLS-free versions but check labels carefully every time you buy a new tube. I have noticed that SLS has re-appeared in some brands.
- Biotene
- Sensodyne Pronamel
- Tom's of Maine
- Rembrandt Low Abrasion
If you can't find an SLS-free toothpaste at your local Beverly Hills Walmart or Target, I would suggest trying health food stores, specialty drug stores, or trusted online sites.
Many of my Beverly Hills cosmetic dentistry patients have asked me about tongue-scraping. I recommend thorough dental hygiene including cleaning the tongue. To schedule a consultation to discuss any dental health issues including tongue scraping, please contact my office at 310-277-5678.
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Hi everyone! This is just a reminder that my Photoshop for Photographers: The Essentials online class kicks off tomorrow at 9 am PST and runs for three days. As with all creativeLIVE classes, it's totally free to watch while it's live. If you want the class to watch later (and get the bonus material), you can purchase it while it's live for a discounted price.
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By the end of this course, you'll have the core, everyday Photoshop skills that every photographer needs to produce professional-grade work.
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I can't find out what the base is, but I'm assuming it's neutral grain spirits, rather than the cognac that Domaine de Canton is made from. The nose, however, is a much sharper, stronger ginger than the Canton. It's got a little fire to it! I used a drink called the Chatham Cocktail as a starting point for this, but since I'm not using ginger-flavored brandy, I made this one mine. Named after an area that's now part of NYC's Chinatown, I'm calling it:
The Chatham Square CocktailThe ginger is very very strong with this drink...kitty wants to play! I really like it, though, because it stands up well to both the Plymouth and the lemon juice. The orange bitters round out the citrus notes a bit, and depending if you go with the Angostura or the Peychaud's, you'll get a slight spice or anise nose from the drink as you bring it up for a sip. I quite like it!
2.5 oz Plymouth gin
.75 oz Stirrings Ginger Liqueur
.75 oz lemon juice
3 dashes Fee Brothers orange bitters (cheaper than Angostura's but not as good. They're what I've got on hand, though)
3 drops Peychaud's or Angostura bitters, for garnish
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CLEVELAND (AP) — In an extraordinary last-minute twist to a volatile campaign, FBI director James Comey lifted the cloud he had placed over Hillary Clinton, saying Sunday the bureau had found no evidence in its hurried review of newly discovered emails to warrant criminal charges against her.
Comey's move capped a stunning chapter in the bitter, deeply divisive contest between Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. The director's initial decision to make a renewed inquiry into Clinton's emails public on Oct. 28 upended the campaign at a crucial moment, sapping a surging Clinton's momentum and giving Trump fresh ammunition to challenge her trustworthiness.
FBI Dir just informed us "Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Sec Clinton"
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) November 6, 2016
Clinton's campaign, furious at Comey's handling of the review, welcomed Sunday's announcement. Communications director Jennifer Palmieri told reporters, "We're glad this matter is resolved," though Clinton herself did not mention the issue during a rally in Ohio with basketball superstar LeBron James.
The new review involved material found on a computer belonging to Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former congressman and estranged husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin. While Comey was vague in his initial description of the inquiry, he said Sunday that the FBI reviewed communications "to or from Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state."
Based on that review, Comey told lawmakers the FBI was not changing the conclusion it reached this summer. Then, Comey said, "no reasonable prosecutor" would recommend Clinton face criminal charges for using a private email system while at the State Department.
Trump, campaigning in Michigan, challenged the FBI's ability to review the newly discovered emails so quickly and argued Clinton was being protected by a "rigged system."
"Hillary Clinton is guilty. She knows it, the FBI knows it, the people know it," Trump declared. "Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice at the ballot box on Nov. 8."
In financial trading Sunday evening, Dow Jones index futures jumped about 200 points ahead of Monday's stock market opening on news of Comey's announcement. The stock market, which is allergic to uncertainty close to Election Day, wilted after Comey's notification to Congress in late October.
The FBI began investigating the handling of classified material on Clinton's private email server shortly after she announced her bid in April 2015. The issue has dogged Clinton's campaign and contributed to the questions a majority of Americans have about her honesty and trustworthiness.
Still, Clinton had appeared to be heading for a sweeping victory before Comey's first letter to lawmakers, in which he stressed the FBI could not yet assess "whether or not this material may be significant," or how long it might take to run down the new investigative leads.
Since then, national polls and those in battleground states indicated a tightening race for the White House and for several competitive Senate seats. Democrats need to pick up four seats if Clinton wins to take back control of the chamber.
"The October surprise that came only 11 days before Election Day has unfairly hurt the campaign of one candidate and changed the tenor of this election," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a statement.
Clinton still appears to hold an edge over Trump in the campaign's final stretch. The Republican has a narrow path to victory that requires him to win nearly all of the roughly dozen battleground states up for grabs.
The candidates spent Sunday sprinting across swing states as they sought to lock up support ahead of Election Day. As the campaign's final weekend drew to a close, more than 41 million Americans had already cast their ballots in early voting.
During remarks at a black church in Philadelphia on Sunday morning, Clinton urged voters to choose "unity over division" as she sought to close a caustic presidential campaign on an uplifting note. She warned that President Barack Obama's legacy is on the line, part of her strategy to shore up black voters who may be less enthusiastic about her than the president.
"If we come together with the common vision, common faith, we will find common ground," Clinton declared.
Following her rally in Ohio, Clinton headed to New Hampshire with Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father who delivered a stinging indictment of Trump at the Democratic convention. Her high-wattage allies also fanned out across the country, including President Barack Obama, who was joined by musical icon Stevie Wonder at a rally in Florida.
Trump opened a furious day of campaigning in Iowa, the battleground state where he appears strongest. He was also making stops in Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania, three states that have reliably voted for Democrats in presidential elections, as well as Virginia, a state Clinton's campaign believes it has a solid hold on.
Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told reporters Sunday that Trump planned to keep up the breakneck campaign pace through Election Day. After voting in New York Tuesday morning, Trump was expected to return to Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and New Hampshire later in the day, Conway said.
The businessman was also facing criticism for a new ad that asserts the "establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election" and features photos of billionaire George Soros, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein, all of whom are Jewish.
The National Jewish Democratic Council said the ad's use of anti-Semitic stereotypes is "shocking and dangerous." Trump's campaign pushed back, saying the criticism of the ad was "completely false and uncalled for."


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Hello Debate Opponent
Dongzhou University of Finance and Economics, characterized by debate, merged with the comparable Beijing Jiaotong University. As members of debate team one of Dongzhou University of Finance and Economics, Xiaoyu, Nanbei, Tao Hao, and Tuanzi were facing a huge crisis of replacement of their team. What's more, their team would be replaced by the team of Liu Yanze, who refused Tuanzi's love, and Yin Nan, Xiaoyu's childhood rival. Unwilling to become substitutes, they decided to challenge their rivals, but failed. These substitutes went from "giving up " to "going up", and gradually gained fun and friendship in debate. They learned a lot from debate and they really love it. However, the school team was worried that the rapidly growing substitutes would dominate the national competition. It started to make things difficult. All of them went through all the troubles to participate in the national debate competition. Finally, they met their rivals of the school team in the semi-finals. Faced with school pressure, collective honor and their own dreams, they had to make the hardest choice of the year.


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Defence Civilian Pensioners: Procedure for Revision of Pension
Defence Civilian Pensioners: Procedure for Revision of Pension
Standard Operating Procedure for REVISION OF PENSION [PRE-2016]
DEFENCE CIVILIAN PENSIONERS AS PER 7th CPC
1. Introduction:
Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of P&PW issued orders vide their OM No. 38/37/2016-P&PW (A) dated 12.05.2017 for revision of Pre-2016 Defence Civilian pensioners as per 7th CPC. These orders were circulated by this office vide Circular number C164 dated 30-05-2017. Pension / family pension in respect of all Defence Civilian pensioners / family pensioners who retired / died prior to 01.01.2016, has to be revised by notionally fixing their pay in the pay matrix recommended by the 7th CPC in the level corresponding to the pay in the pay scale / pay band and grade pay at which they retired / died.
1.1. The estimated number of Defence Civilian pensioners is about 5.5 Lakh. Revising pension, issuance and dispatch of PPO at this scale with the existing manpower was a mammoth exercise in itself. If methods adopted in past were to be deployed, the task would have taken more than 3 years. Dispatch of PPO to Head of Offices was a matter of great concern during similar exercises in past since there were a large number of complaints regarding non-receipt of PPOs sent by this office.
1.2. As per the government orders, the methodology of fixation of pension w.e.f.
1.1.2016 is as under:- The fixation of pension will be done by notional pay fixation under each intervening Pay Commission based on the formula for revision of pay. While fixing pay on notional basis, the pay fixation formulae approved by the government and other relevant instructions on the subject in force at the relevant time are to be strictly followed. 50% of the notional pay as on 01.01.2016 will be the revised pension and 30% of this notional pay will be the revised family pension w.e.f. 1.1.2016. In case of family pensioners who were entitled to family pension at enhanced rate, the revised family pension shall be 50% of the notional pay as on 01.01.2016 and shall be payable till the period up to which family pension at enhanced rate is admissible as per existing Rules. The amount of revised pension/family pension so arrived at shall be rounded off to next higher rupee.
1.3 The higher of the two formulations i.e. the pension/family pension already revised in accordance with OM No. 38/37/2016-P&PW (A) (ii) dated 04.08.2016 i.e., multiplication by a factor of 2.57 or the revised pension/family pension as worked out in accordance with Para above, shall be granted to pre-2016 Defence Civilian pensioners as revised pension/family pension with effect from 01.01.2016.
1.4 These orders would not be applicable for the purpose of revision of pension of those pensioners who were drawing Compulsory Retirement Pension under Rule 40 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 or Compassionate Allowance under Rule 41 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. The pensioners in these categories would continue to be entitled to revised pension in accordance with the instructions contained in GOI, DP&PWO.M. No. OM No. 38/37/2016-P&PW (A) (ii) dated 4.8.2016.
1.5 The pension of the pensioners who are drawing monthly pension from the Government on permanent absorption in Public Sector Undertakings / Autonomous Bodies will also be revised in accordance with these orders. For revision of pension of those pensioners who had earlier drawn one time lump sum terminal benefits on absorption in public sector undertakings etc. and are drawing one-third restored pension will be regulated in terms of P&PW OM No. 4/34/2002-P&PW (D) Vol. II dated 23.06.2017, circulated vide this office circular no. C-173 dated 11-08-2017.
Authority: http://pcdapension.nic.in


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NEWS 150520 about AndEX – The Absolute Ultimate Edition
My new build of Android-x86 Lollipop 5.0.2 has GAPPS pre-installed. I.e. Google Play Services, Google Play Store, Google+, Maps, YouTube and more apps. The ISO is called android-x86-5.0.2-lollipop-GAPPS-kernel4-exton-687mb-150520.iso. I call it The Absolute Ultimate Edition because AndEX build 150520 is totally error-free. Google Maps is the only app you'll have to update. (Just start Google Play Store and do it!). All other included apps work perfectly well! You shall always use Google Play Store in AndEX version 150520. Only use Aptoide App Manager (which is also pre-installed) if you can't find the app you are searching for in Google Play Store.
About AndEX
My compiled Android–x86 system (Lollipop 5.0.2) can run live (from CD or a USB stick) or be installed on almost all laptops (and some Desktop computers). For example Acer (Aspire), HP, Samsung, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, Thinkpad, Fujitsu, Panasonic and Asus laptops. The Android system is distributed in the form of an ISO file as the rest of my Linux distributions. I.e. you must (as usual) burn the ISO file to a CD (DVD) if you want to run the system live on your computer or install it to hard drive. Read about how to burn ISO files. Or skip that. Just use ImgBurn. Nothing can go wrong.
More about AndEX
Lollipop 5.0.2 is the second latest version of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google. I call my remaster of it AndEX Lollipop Live DVD. It uses "my" special kernel 4.0.0-exton-android-x86 with some extra features. I.e. extra drivers and NTFS read/write support. My Android-x86 KitKat 4.4.4 build from 2015-05-04 will also cost you 9 $. It has one advantage over the Lollipop version: You can run the system in VirtualBox. Read more about the KitKat 4.4.4 version 150504 or DOWNLOAD it instantly.
Installing new apps in AndEX Lollipop
Use Google Play Store or Aptoide App Manager, which are pre-installed. Just make your choices. Normally you should always use Google Play Store, but if you can't find the app you are looking for you can try Aptoide.
Install the system to hard drive
Say for example that you have a laptop with Windows 8.1 installed as the only operating system. If you just create one extra partition of about 5 GB you can install Android Lollipop on this extra partition and then "dual-boot". I.e. you can turn on your computer (called "booting it up") and decide whether you want to start Windows or Android Lollipop. Grub will be installed as boot handler/loader during the installation of Android Lollipop. Note: The installation will take only about one minute. And the installation to hard drive is so simple that a 10 year old child can do it.
USB installation
Read my instruction. Learn how you can run AndEX from a USB stick with persistence. Read under A).
Unfortunately you cannot (normally) run/test the system in VirtualBox. I.e. run it directly from the ISO file and install it to a hard drive created in VirtualBox. That can however be done if you use one of my other Android remaster KitKat 4.4.4 version 150504.
Screenshot 1 – AndEX Desktop without modifications
Screenshot 2 – AndEX Desktop with modifications
Before you buy and download this version of AndEX you must be aware of that not all apps downloaded from Google Play Store can run in an Android-x86 system. Some very big (around 1GB) games for example won't run. Note about version 150520: While running The Absolute Ultimate Edition you won't get any error messages.


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Friday, October 1, 2010
How St. Therese saved a murderer and inspired Mother Teresa
5 comments:
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
"I was concerned not with the souls of priests but with those of great sinners which I wanted to snatch from the flames of hell."
How great a need there is to pray for priests in our day. For it is perhaps the priests who are often most in danger of the flames of hell!
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, pray for us! - October 1, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Bernardus said...
Dear Fr. Reginaldus,
Every day the faithful need to pray fervently for priests. Priests who are Holy men of God. Priests who model themselves after St. John Vianney or St. Pio. All of you offer the Holy Mass which is the source and substance of our lives. I know too often priests face the trappings of the world as all the faithful do. But it is perhaps a much greater victory for the evil one to bring a priest down.
Unfortunately we faithful need priests who will sit hours for one confession, who will give his all in a Holy celebration of Mass (be it Ordinary or Extraordinary). And some of us need spiritual guides who will help us lead and foster a Holy life.
Father, I pray for you always. Please pray for me. The moniker you have chosen for this blog (Fr. Reginald Lagrange I presume) is a favorite of mine. It would be interesting to read his commentaries on the priesthood.
O Mary, Holy Mother of God, pray for us and obtain for us many and holy priests.
Yours in Christ Jesus, our Lord,
Ernie Bragiel - October 1, 2010 at 9:00 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Thank you for your prayers and encouragement!
You are correct, I have taken the pen-name Reginald after the great Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange. He was able to combine a love for theology with a love for the poor; and a passion for dogma with a depth of insight into the spiritual life. If only we might merit more priests like him!
Blessings to you in Christ our Savior. - October 1, 2010 at 9:44 PM
I burn for souls so much that I find myself speaking very vehemently to sinners, especially Catholic sinners, about repentance. I have been nice to them, speaking gently and I have been stern and I have been passionate and righteous. I pray for them every day and that doesn't seem to work. I would dare to ask, "What does one do about inveterate sinners who know what is right but simply continue in sin?" St. Monica held out for St. Augustine and got to see him repent. I hope I can do the same for these pitiful sinners!
- October 2, 2010 at 10:01 PM
- Lynn said...
I have been praying for the desire to save sinners too. But how does one obtain the desire within the heart to want to save a murderer/rapist especially a pedophile? My deepest gut reaction is to want their punishment and a severe one too! When I look at the photo of such a criminal this is what comes to my mind and heart. How do I get past this? It is so hard to desire mercy for them and not judgement! I am praying to the Blessed Mother to help me with this.
- October 5, 2010 at 9:10 PM
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SlickPanel – Modern panel that provides tools such as a list of open windows and an indicator bar
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Its goals are:
Provide a robust, and quick desktop panel
Make it easy to customise and extend, rather than hide options
Use modern technologies rather than be backwards-compatible
Make it easy to hack on!
Why do you need SlickPanel
From application creator
When I switched to Oneiric, I tried Unity and GNOME Shell however I found I preferred my classic setup of GNOME Panel and used a external application launcher.
However, I was surprised to find that GNOME Panel had not very well maintained in Oneiric. In fact it is buggy and I had to go through some effort to get Indicators working on it.
After looking at GNOME Panel and other options (such as wingpanel) I realised there was not a quick, stable, extensible (and pretty!) desktop panel for GTK.
So I made one
Install SlickPanel in ubuntu 11.10
Open the terminal and run the following commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:and471/slickpanel-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install slickpanel


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January 16, 2014
Hitchcock and the Architecture of Suspense
'The Wrong House' investigates how Alfred Hitchcock used architecture to create suspense in his films.
Hitchcock on the set of Rope, with actors Jimmy Steward, John Dall, and Farley Granger.
All images courtesy nai010 publishers
In the films of Alfred Hitchcock, things happen, but the events that gave rise to them are easily forgotten. You quickly forget how A leads to B or, say, by what elaborate means Roger Thornhill ends up at Mt. Rushmore in North by Northwest. But as the French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard observed, the Hitchcockian cinema compels not with story, but with images—the open-palmed hand reaching for the door, the simulated fall down the staircase, the whorling retreat of the camera from a dead woman's face. These stark snippets imbue the films with their uncanny allure and imprint themselves in the mind of the spectator much more effectively than any of the master's convoluted plots.
In his newly re-printed book, The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Jacobs expands on this insight. The volume, based on a 2007 exhibition of the same name, unpacks the architectural imagery of several Hitchcock titles, spanning his early American works like Rebecca and Suspicion on through to the later Hollywood blockbusters of Vertigo and The Birds. It does so, on the one hand, through exegesis, whereby Jacobs calls on figures like Walter Benjamin and Gaston Bachelard, not to mention a supporting cast of Hitchcock scholars, to substantiate his readings of the films. On the other, and more to the claims of the book—positioning the filmmaker as a kind of "non-architect," a term both accurate and not—Jacobs produces floor plan drawings that recreate several of Hitchcock's most memorable studio sets.
In the former analysis, the author traces Hitchcock's development as a filmmaker and that of his cinematic language. Like many other commentators, he makes much of the fact that the young Hitchcock worked as a set designer in the 1920s in Weimar Germany. While a stage designer, Jacobs argues, Hitchcock not only digested the expressionist aesthetic then de rigeur in German cinema, but also experienced first hand the dynamics of the studio system and all the control implicit in it. "German cinema was more architectural, more painstakingly designed, more concerned with atmosphere," Jacobs writes, quoting the Hitchcock biographer Patrick McGilligan.
The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock investigates how the master filmmaker used art direction, set design, and architectural elements in his films.
Jacobs, however, breaks with others over the degree to which Hitchcock can be seen as the successor of expressionism. Although he would incorporate moody elements of the genre in nearly all his films—in the use of shadows or perspectival shifts, for example—Hitchcock was very much given over to a different strain of German filmmaking, the Kammerspielfilm. Where expressionism employed highly stylized sets at the service of an exaggerated plot, the Kammerspielfilm, or "chamber drama," cast a meticulous eye on the "life of individuals in everyday claustrophobic environments." This anal attention to detail, of course, tinges every one of Hitchcock's films. "The combination of intimacy, careful exploration of domestic interiors, use of highly charged objects, and mobile camera work," which Jacobs says characterizes the Kammerspielfilm, were to become hallmarks of Hitchcockian suspense.
The director's so-called "German background" thus conditioned his methods of work for decades to come, regardless of the house studio to which he belonged at the time. Most importantly, his time at the UFA studios deepened his appreciation for art direction, to the point that, for him, the set itself could be made into an active character in the narrative. A set's design could both accommodate the specificities of the script while also influencing the actors who inhabit it. Architectural constructions and details, however, were necessary in fleshing out this key role.
Stairs, stairs, stairs. Hitchcock made great use of domestic architectural objects like stairs, windows, and dining tables.
On one level, this can be accomplished by the manipulation of symbolically charged objects. In a Hitchcock film, a door handle or a set of keys can be reimagined as one of the many "fetish objects" that precipitate a moment of suspense or psychological fracture. "These architectural motifs," Jacobs explains, "often relate to specific narratives or plot constructions such as a secret that is hidden within the confines of the house and the family." A window illuminates the interiors of a house or apartment, while also promoting, even inviting the compulsive voyeurism that drives Jeff to near ruin in Rear Window. Similarly, a staircase not only connects "the semi-public spaces of the house with the strict private environment of bedrooms," but, for this reason, portends deep familial crisis.
But Hitchcock wasn't satisfied in just set dressing. As he wrote in an entry for the Encyclopedia Britannica, "an art director must have a wide knowledge and understanding of architecture." This conviction is evident in the detailed designs of Hitchcock's sets, like those featured in Rope, Rear Window, Psycho, and many others. As Jacobs shows in twenty-six floor plans produced exclusively for the book, Hitchcock was very much conscious of the architectural plan and its role in a scene. That isn't to say he put great store by the ideological or functional implications of the plan. Rather, he used it as a blueprint on which to plot a film's psychological content and choreograph its dramatic movements.
The floorplans of the Bates house. Note how small Norman's room is compared with his mother's.
The drawings are "reconstructions of spaces that never existed," Jacobs says, and as such, they don't always make sense architecturally. Sets like Manderlay, the mansion in Rebecca, are plagued by inconsistencies, many of which are nonetheless impossible to spot on the screen. Superfluous sectional changes and baroque nooks are introduced to accommodate the sweep of the camera or, in many cases, a single camera position. Even when the sets are consistent, their design reveals the hand of a particularly inept architect. The plan for the Bates house in Psycho, for instance, gives you an idea about how oppressively small Norman's bedroom is. Similarly, the rooms in the adjacent motel aren't laid out in an efficient manner, with the bathtub in Room 1 invading the neighbor's living room.
The plan of the Bates compound. The hunched over, Gothic house contrasts with the modern, L-shaped order of the motel.
Yet, while they may falter on paper, the plans reveal more ambitious concerns. In Pyscho, the sets' composition embody physical Norman's split, fractured personality in a way that's not immediately apparent, but gradually made clear. Citing Slavoj Žižek, Jacobs points to the "schizoid architecture" found on the Bates's property and how the buildings are spatially related to each other. The imposing, but crumbling house on the hill is juxtaposed against the rectilinear geometry of the motel strip. Norman's frail mental state is a direct result of "his inability to locate himself between the anonymous modernist box of the motel and his mother's Gothic house." Or to quote Godard once more, here, between these two architectural extremes, lies "the tangible terrain of one's uneasiness."
Jacobs's book is an excellent source on Hitchcock and film history. Its chief provocations—that architecture can be equated to set design, or that Hitchcock was a kind of architect—are nominally justified if not entirely original. That said, the book is a great achievement in Hitchcock scholarship, and it should be commended for taking its source material as seriously as it does.
A new re-print of The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock, out on nai010 publishers, is available now.